The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1860.

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY (Incorporated by Act of Parliament).

71, Lombard-street, London.

Notice is Hereby Given, That the HALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company
will be held at the Company's Offices, 71, Lombard-street, on
TUESDAY, the `bth inst., at two o'clock precisely, pursuant
to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual business, and
to declare the Dividend for the half-year ending the 31st
day of December, 1859. MARTIN PRATT, Secretary.
London, February 1, 1880.

METROPOLITAN. COUNTIES. AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,

27,11eientletreet, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
CAPITAL £lOO,OOO. _

Assurances upon single and joint Jives and survivorship'.
Immediate annuities, and annuities to commence at a fixed
age. Endowments for children and for expected fami lee.
Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years.
Three-fourths of the profits divided amongst the assured.
Policies purchased after five years premiums have been paid.
No charge for policy stamps, or other entrance lees. Loans
ou approved real and personal security, is connection with,
life assurance. Service permitted within the United King-
dom, in any volunteer corps free of extra premium.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

TEA: STRACHAN and CO.'s Strong rough
"Demostic" Black at 3s. 2d. per lb.-20, Cornbill, Lou-
don. E.C.

TEA STRACHAN and CO.'s Fine " Inter.
mediate" Black at 311, Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon.
don. E.C.

rrEA._ STRACHAN and Co.'s Matchless
" Drawing Room" Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-28, Corn-
bill, London. E.C.

SPUR:I:LNG IIVTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL' S-N'ESTERHAY.

LINCOLN HANDICAP.
Bto 1 agst Tommy Noble (taken)
CHESTED CUP.
20 to 1 agst Satellite (taken)
25 to 1 agat The Squire (taken.)
DERBY.
9to 1 agst Umpire (take 10 to 1)
9to 2 agst Mainstone (take 10 to 1)
12 to 1 agat Thormanby (taken)
18 to 1 agat Nutbourno (taken)

40 to 1 agst Cramond (takes)
1000 to 10 agst Sabreur (taken)

SLOTJGII STEEPLECHASES.-THURSDAY,

A Free Handicap of 3 soya each, with 20 added. Abot
two miles and a half. 6 subs.

Captain Hunt's Theodine, 9st 131 b (Mr. Edwards) 1
31r. B. Land's Old-Ilan, lOst 81b (Gammage) 2
Mr. Barling's Nicholas, 10st- 121 b (Eatwell) 0
'Betting-2 to lon Theodine. Won by a length!and a half.
Nicholas fell, and did not pass the post.
A Selling Steeplechase, of 3 soya each, with 2• added.

About two miles. 6 subs.

Capt. Hunt's Theodine (£3O), 12st 111 b (Mr. Edwards) 1
Mr. Barry's Haphazard (£2O), 1 Ist 111 b (Barry) 2
Mr, Gilbert's Gardner (£3O), 12st llib (Owner) 0
'Betting-3 to lon Theodine. Won by twenty lengths.
Gardner dropped into the rear soon after starting, and came
home by easy stages.
The Metropolitan Handicap Steeplechase of 100 says, added
to a sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 3 ft. The second to
save his stake. About three miles and a half. 19 subs.

Mr. Phillips's Heads 6r Tails, 6 yrs, 9st ....(Gammage) 1
Mr. Lewis's Tartar, aged, gat 41b (Clay) 2
Mr. Owen's Shylock, aged, Bet 121 b (Nightingall) 3
The following also ran :—Little Charley, Athlete, Con-
grave, and Physician.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Little Charley, 4to 1 agst Cengreve,
5 to 1 each apt Heads or Tails and Physician, and 8 to 1
agst Shylock. Heads or Tails made all the running, and,
after a pretty race with the first two, he won cleverly by
three quarters of a length. Shylock third, fifteen lengths
off. Cosgrove searcely rose at his first fence, fell on jump-
ing out of the second field,. and threw his rider, who re-
mounted and went on in pursuit, but was ultimately pulled
up, and returned home by a short cut. Little Charley put
his foot in a grip on the top of the hill the second time
round; and oame down on his head, never afterwards show-
ing in the race. Athlete and Physician tired, and were
pulled up before reaching home.
Omar Pacha was struck out at 1.45.
The Railway Handicap Plate of 5 sous each, with SO added
by the Great Western Railway Company. About two
miles. 8 subs.
Mr. Price's The Premier, aged, list 101 b (Captain Vane) 1
Capt. Hunt's Ribbonman, I yrs, lOst 121 b (Mr. Edwards) 2
Mr. H. Liugton's Illustrator, lOst 81b (Nightingall) 3
Acton also ran.

Batting-5 to 4 agst Ribbonman, 2to 1 agst Acton, 4to
1 each apt Illustrator and Premier. Won by threa
lengths ; bad third. Acton fell and was not persei'ered
with. Archer weighed for Rnfford, but was too late to
start. , .

The Military Steeplechase did not produce a raca.

The meeting was a decided failure; but Mr. Topham
exerted himself strenuously,* other results. The business
arrangements were excellent.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STA',
race must be raised 61b. We*
Trumpeter to state that thia,hl
cluied among the accapttuaces.

XES.—The weights for tkii

gre requested by the owner of
tone has been erroneously in-

NOTTINGHAM 31
NOTTINGIWISII:
age at lb
Adam Bede
Nucleus 4 8 7
Stapleton
Glee Singer
Duuboyne , 6 7 10
Aucurin 4 7 8
Lovett , 4 7 8
Accurate _ 5 7 7

FETING.--FEB. 21.
WI HANDICAP.

age it lb
Remunerator 4 6 10
Allegra
Codicil
Tyrant
Confusion
Malpas
Goldea 3 6 9
Tommy Noble 3 9
Dame Quickly
Wallace 3 8
Annan
Ellen
Tormentor 3 6 6
Jenny Longlegs 3 5
Job 3 4 4
Rajah Brooke 3 4 4
Bessie B 3 5 0
ST PLATE.

Prince of Orange a 7 4
Autbuoh... 4 7 4
Mire's
Cynthia 4 7 2
Joskin '..
Vigo
Rara Avis 4 7 0
Minster
Miss Digby

THE Foin
Yrs st lb
Amsterdam . 5 8 7
Glee Singer
Lord Berkeley
Contract 4 7 10
Lizy Lass
Lady Peel
Cynthia
Lansquonot
Vigo
Rara Avis
Miss Digby
Julie
Allegra
c out of Gentle Kitty 4 6 10
Carlotta

Yrs st 11)
Dapple ..
Tyrant
La Hollandaise 3 .5 12
Confusion
Malptts
Lord Palmerston 3 5 10
out of Empress of
Russia
'Fern Leaf 3 5 8
Tormentor 3 6 8
Jenny Longlegs 3 5 7
F out of Calista
Ellen
Eva
Isis
King Edward 3 5 4

Why Not
Codicil

Tur Hun:

age ht lb
Miss Harkaway .. a 11 12
Pactolus .. 5 10 9
Hagen fa
Toddy
Roscommon a 10 4

Charlee the Second 5 10 3
King William 5 10 0
Congreve ..... a 9 10
Lincoln Green.... a 9 9
Contention ....... 5 9 9

Bs UTER'S TELEGRAMZ

GENOA, FEB. 9.
Letters from Naples of Monday last state that
the Ministerial crisis still continued, as the King
had not given up the idea of ordering the army to
pass the frontier. A revolutionary movement had
broken out at Acerra, near Naples. Troops had
been despatched thither, and a state of siege pro-
claimed. The formation of a camp of 10,000 men
at Pouille (?) was spoken of. _ _ _

PARIS, FEB. 9.
The Presse, Patrie, and Pays announce that the
report of a serious insurrection at Constantinople is
entirely false.
The Freese states, besides, that an official despatch
received from Constantinople, dated the 7th inst.,
mentions nothing of an insurrection.

MARSEILLES, FM 9.
Letters received from Constantinople to the let
inst. state that general dissatisfaction prevailed in
Turkey. The complaints against the administra-
tion of the Grand Vizier were increasing, and it
was believed that the Sultan will dismiss him on
account of his unpopularity.
The Dutch Minister had been insulted by an
eunuch in a street of Pere, and had demanded
satisfaction.

The Turkish Government has promised to with-
draw the me; money from circulation next month.
Information causing suspicions against Prince
Danielo has been received by the Porte. Intrigues.
of Prince Milosch for obtaining the complete inde-
pendence of Servia had also been discovered,
The suzerainty of the Sultan was not mentioned
by Prince Couza in the constitution. Agitation
prevailed in Servia. The tranquillity of Bosnia
and Roumelia was also threatened. The Porte
therefore had reminded the Powers of their en-
gagement to defend the integrity of the Turkish
Empire.

MADRID, FEB. 9.
Marshal O'Donnell judges it useless to pursue
the Moors into the interior of the empire.
In the battle of the 4th inst. the Spanish lost
10 officers and 58 mem killed ; and 53 officers and
711 men wounded.

COPENHAGEN, FEB. 9.
In consequence of the death of the Minister
Rottwitt, the other members of the Cabinet have
tendered their resignations, which have been ac-
cepted by the King.
The Paris papers publish the following mes-
sage :

ANTIBES, FEB. 9.
Yesterday another manifestation took place in
the Royal Theatre at Nice. Two-thirds of the
spectators were foreigners and Italians. All the
members of the Royal College were also present.
Tickets and money were distributed by the Italian
party, by which means disturbances were pro-
voked. The inhabitants remained quiet. The
garrison is composed of two regiments.

THE WAKEFIELD ELECTION.

REPORT OF TIIE COMMISSIONERS.

The report of the Wakefield commissioners was
published yesterday.
The commissioners find that the election in April,
1859, was conducted by and on the part of each of
the candidates in a corrupt and illegal manner, and
that corrupt and illegal practices extensively pre-
vailed. They set forth the names of 98 persons wbo
were guilty of bribery in respect of the votes of
other persons; 86 who were guilty in respect of
their own votes; and 12 who "were guilty of acts
of bribery and not on one side only, but on both."
They find that Mr. W. H Leatham expended,
through his agents, a sum of money amounting " at
least" to £3,900, of which all but £478 7s. 6d. was
' disbursed in illegal payment ; and that on behalf of
Mr. J. C. D. Charlesworth a sum of at least £4,150,
of which only £652 10s. passed through the hands
of the election auditors, was expended, the residue
being disbursed in illegal payments. Of the ex-
penditure of a sum of between £l,BOO and £1,900
by Mr. Gilbert, through whom the bribery on be-
half of Mr. Leatham was carried on, the commis-
sioners say :
" We find that Mr. W. li. Leatham provided the
monies with the intention that they should be em-
ployed, in part at least, in bribery and corruption,
and that before the said monies were provided Mr.
W. H. Leatham had anticipated and suspected, by
reason of his observation of what had previously
taken place at elections for the said borough, that
corrupt practices would probably be had recourse
to in order to defeat him, and that he intended to
make use of the like means in order to secure his
own return."

After detailing the ingenious method in which
Mr. Ciarlesworth's money was placed out, the
commissioners add, speaking more particularly of a
sum of £1,600.

"We find that Mr. J. C. D. Charlesworth,
having provided the fund out of which the bribery,
in fact, was afterwards carried on on his behalf,
designedly abstained up to the election from in-
quiring as to the manner in which that fund was
being employed, having before the eleaion the
means of knowing and good grounds to suspect the
manner of its disposal."

The commissioners conclude their report AS
follows :

" We find that large bodies of non-electors to the
number of several hundreds on each side, and in-
cluding on Mr. Charlesworth's side at least several
prizefighters, were employed by the respective can-
didates at wages varying from 3s. 6d. to ss. a man
per diem for soma time before and up to the day
of election. These men were ostensibly employed
as watchers and runners for the purpose of de-
tecting and Preventing improper practices by the
partisans of the opposing candidates respectively,
but in our opinion not really for such purpose,
but for the purpose partly of exercising an im-
proper influence upon the election, by the expen-
diture of large sums of money in the borough, both
in payment of the non-electors themselves, and of
the publicans whose houses they frequented, and
where they were supplied with refreshment, and
partly also for the purpose of causing intimidation
and annoyance to the canvassers and voters of the
opposing parties respectively. One case of actual
abduction was proved before us, which will be
found in the evidence of the witness Abraham
Lupton. We have been informed by the witnesses
that the employment of non-electors in the manner
described is an established practice at the Wake-
field elections. We find that it is without any
necessity or legitimate object, that it impedes and
interferes with the freedom of election, and that it
causes intimidation and great annoyance to the
voters on both sides, and furnishes cloaks for
bribery and corruption in various ways. The fact
found by us that neither of the candidates thought
proper to pay the non-electors through the election
auditor, but adopted the alternative of paying
them wages in a manner secret and declared
illegal by statute 17th and 18th Viet., c. 102, s. 18,
satisfies us that the employment of the non-electors
in the manner described was well known to be
unnecessary and illegal, but the provisions of that
statute as to the payment of expenses through
the auditor appear to have been made of no at,-
count whatever by either of the candidates. We
find that it was generally anticipated by the par-
tisans on both sides for some time before the
said election that recourse would be had to
bribery by their respective opponents, and we find
that the fact that bribery was being carried on on
both sides was, before the election, a matter of
common notoriety throughout the borough, and ex-
cited but a scanty measure of disapprobation even
on the part of those who did not actually join in the
work of corruption. Lastly, we find, having regard
to the length of time before the election at which
the preparations for the work of corruption were
commenced—to the large proportion (142 out of
866) of the whole constituency engaged in corrupt
practices and guilty of bribery—to the number of
persons (including 56, themselves electors) who
voluntarilyjoined in the work of offering and giving
bribes—to the zeal and skill they exhibited—to the
readiness with which their services were received
and their acts adopted—to the open way in which
bribery was carried on by the canvassers and dis-
cussed amongst ail classes—and to the manner in
which the voters received and bargained with the
canvassers on both sides, that large numbers of the
electors were then not for the first time engaged in
the like operations of gross corruption."
Schedules are appended to the report, containing
the names of persons who have been guilty of bri-
bery; others, also, of those who have received bribes.
There is a small list of persons who have been guilty
of bribery on both sides.

LIBERALITY OF LADY FRANKLIN.—Each of the
crew of the Fox has been considerately propented with a
very handsome silver watch and chain, of the value of £lO.
Mr. Henry Tome, :voiding at Trafalgar place, late quarter.
master on board the Fox., and now serving on board the
Royal yacht, and the only native of Portsmouth among the
crew, has received one of the watches, bearing the follow-
ing inscription :—" Presented by Lady Franhlin to Henry
Tome, as a memorial of his services in the Fox, in the
Arctic Seas, 1859."—SouthaalptonMeB.