The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-01 00:00:00

ELECTION PETITIONS.

The following is (according to the Time 3) a correct list::
the election petitions appointed for hearing up to
t
present time. There were 70 petitions presented tin'',
the Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868. Of that numb:`
seven are in abeyance, virtually abandoned, securitP i °
costs not having been given, under the 6th section 0f th!
statute. There were eleven petitions withdrawn .1,1
pursuance of judge's orders, and two turned into 81361
cases :

tVe Boroughs, &c. Petitigners. Respondents. , Days
Dai-
Wigan BrAyhheary and an-1 WcoaostrandLan-5 March
y 6
Williams and an- ro
J March • Zl6-40
ant Taunton
other ox .
IC • t lice Blafr. sr
for Beverley { Hind; and others Sir H. Edwards J March 8, lip
the Hereford .. Thomas and others,Cynlldielianednonha.rd t ron MaLrisr
his
King's Lynn Armes and another Bourke .. ilViarchga:rtili
led• Oldham .. Cobbett and others Hibbert Platt{ Ma.re 1•
3/2,ck"0.)
Dover.. .. Helliott .. Dickson (March
200 t
IMta'rcebßrabuor°
sat Pembroke .. Hughes .. ..,Meyrick • • • • April 1.
Brecknock .. Lucas and another Gwyn ..
• • .(April 7.
lel, Christchurch 'Popham and others'Burke : 'April 13.
id. The first petition was heard on January 12, and the 's"!
er- so,
me appointed for the 13th of April. There are 10
fIIP
ras
petitions still to be heard, and it is probable, unless be
3W 0
ther petitions are withdrawn, that the judges will "
ild able to get through the list much before the Long Ira°
o f s
of ars
tion. According to present appearance the expenses .0
general election of money to be voted by Parliament
not fall much short of £lOO,OOO including the three 5°
nt
tional judges appointed under the new Act. 460
•ee I The special point raised by the Salford election Pe-4 r
,
•as
as is a novel one. The respondents are charged with cell'? -ea
ing voters to the poll, and this after they had been /I°
nit by the other side that such conveyance would invalidsrt
as
the election. Mr. Pope, who is conducting the petitieesi.e,s
case, claims to have proved that this was done, but relo/
also on various other illegal acts done by or on the 1331",,,,t
Messrs. Cawley and Charley, the sitting members. 21-13l°/1:r,
these there are items of treating, most of them, lielve,;•
not on a large scale. Small treats rather than open
ments were, according to the petitioners, the rule. v °cieos
lea and non-voters were produced who had been suPPlis he
I o the day of the poll with beer and beef. Drunken rongio
9prevented voters from polling, and obstructed those °to
were on the way to the poll. The agency was souoto.
2 I be established by the respondents' own advertisenle e„
4 In reply, the respondents, represented by Mr. Holker,Q'tbe
5 admit that a strong case has been made out, suPPesi_kilg. of
' evidence to be true, but they maintain that the 173-00
the petitioners' evidence is utterly untrustworthY, t,
3 -
rest very much exaggerated and coloured. Mr. 11°'tiers.
= in his address to the judge, referred to °ire tbe
gstances long anterior to the election, to shelgast.
- efforts which Messrs. Cawley and Charley took ill (1-1400
4
4 if by any possibility they could do so, to keep the elec.".bi
pure, and be returned, if they were returned, solely, o 0
3 the force and legitimate exercise of the franchise of
5 - the part of their supporters. A great toltilbe
people were employed, or employed themselvesiold
5 it was very hard upon the candidates that they stes
4 -
be responsible for their acts, though no on'
ever
might be made responsible for acts which theY the
• — sanctioned. With regard to the published List of o 0
6 -
committee, he pointed out that very few of the Pere eve
named had ever acted, and a great many had I'ou tiler
that their names might be withdrawn. He altot the
disputed the position taken up by the other side,
he ; mere advertising of these names constituted agencY• were
!it sitting members were called, and declared that th e 01°00
m only used for canvassers and messengers, and 551 a, tbel
' was no disturbance in the street. In this latter Pes°"totes
_ i were corroborated by Mr. Trafford, the police Enag'is
d) I and others. 114
In his opening statement at the trial of the to
petition, Mr. Heron gave the details of what aPPeiestS
at have been a conspiracy among the Roman Catholic Prised
a against Mr. O'Flaherty. Mr. O'Flaherty had *Ol
in
llt to submit his claims as a candidate in the
interest to the test of a private polling, e' all lb
;I, consequence, he had what Mr. Heron term:4olo
m the splendid organisation of the Roman C tho
le Church brought to bear against him during hits.
to election. The priests were ordered to preach against O.
h,
• and to denounce him from the altar, and they " the
it One priest, the Rev. Mr. Cullen, whose appeal 11:ys
d. people from the altar was couched in general ter° exed
upbraided in the sacristy by his bishop, and was alrart4iiist
to return and direct his remarks more pointedly liioed
Mr. O'Flaherty. This priest has since been r
ep the
from his position ; and he is now giving evidence 0"
trial.

of
Mr. Heron, Q.C., in his address tt e elect
Cashel, for which borough he comes forward on iodrPi.o%
dent principles, says ho regards the land question 89 rch
,
of the greatest importance to Ireland and on the Ono.,
question will follow Mr. Gladstone's 'policy as far
dared. lereu

The judge of the Wisbech county court has 0111;0
air.B. Young, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for t,
C°
bridgeshire, to pay ono Peacock the sum of £lO
ill
ponsation for broken windows and furniture. The ',40
held that the action of Mr. Young during the °lee"' if
might be interpreted by the mob as an approval the
conduct.
It is very probable that the
voo
American - .1 t
awaiting
3ac race will come off after all. The two 'iboss
tilting settlement before a final decision are, flrst,4 "it t
prOpOSed .13. v. to
rolating to the proper mode of measurement, 13ngi's-o°l.
American ; and second, a requirement, of course easilY
g
plied with, that the challenge should go from some 13
yacht club of which Mr. Ashbury is a member. .
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. The folloivinlf3ots
vertisement is from a recent New York paper :—" ,bcif
want a really pure, unsophisticated, familyPill'
silent
Dr. R— 's liver-encouraging, kidney-persuadingn "
perambulator—twenty-seven in a box. This Pi
mild a 9 a pet lamb, and as searching as a 03113°oth
comb. It don't go fooling about, but attends strict/1 to
business, and is as certain as an alarm clock." ~, 11013
CABINET COUNCIL. —A Cabinet Council war, t
on Saturday in Downing-street. The Ministers Pr,e,.6e,,130.
were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord "3-y,
cellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of 101'1)erIgeo,r1
the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the Earl of ClarenOn'im of
Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the 1)11-- on.
Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the "4, gliori•
Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Iligh'izigG. J. yf
Goserlivretneru.
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