The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-21 00:00:00

RYE.

The principal point in the examination of the
witnesses in this committee was the examination
of Mrs. Sutherden, the wife of an elector, who
it was said had received £5O for his vote. She
altogether denied the fact, and said that a relative
of hers who had made the statement was a " use-
less," and a great trouble to the family. She did
not mean that Heath was useless because he had
no vote.

James Heath was called. He lived at Rye,
and remembered the month of May, prior to the
election. He recollected Mr. and Mrs. Sutherden
talking about getting some money. They said if
they could not get it on one side they would on the
other. Mrs. Sutherden made use of the observation.
She said they would first write to Payne, and if they
did not get it they would write to the other side.
Fifty pounds was the sum talked about He took a
note from Mrs. Sutherden to Mr. Robert Hoad. She
always read to him:the contents of the note. On
the evening of the day he took the note to Mr.
Hoad. Mr. Sutherden came in, and Mrs. Suther-
den said if they could not get the money from the
reds and the whites they could get it from the blues.
Mrs. Sutherden always did the talking for her hus-
band. She wrote the next 'day to Mr. Payne. She
said she had had parties who had been to Mr.
Sutherden, and had offered him so much. The
offer was £2O, and she wanted £5O. She said she
should vote for Mackinnon if she could not get it
from Payne. (Laughter.) He had previous to
this promised to vote for M'Donald. He had
also been to Mr. Atkins to see if he
could settle the business of the Sutherdens.
Mrs. Sutherden said they must have the money for

the payment of the creditors. He recollected being
asked to take a note to Mr. Holt in July last year,
but he refused. There was a bill of sale made, but
Mrs. Sutherden said that if the parties came for it
she could split. He was in Sutherden's shop.
Cross-examined by Mr. Keane—He was a manure
agent, and had carried it on for six or seven years.
He lodged with Mr. Sutherden, but he did not pay
rent. He did not know how much his business
yielded a year. He could not say how
much of profit it yielded, not because it
was so large, but because it was so small.
He had stated nothing but what was the fact ; he
had not coloured the matter. She said Mr. Robert
Hoad told her she must have a bill of sale, and that

she could put down what she liked. He could not
swear how long this was before the election. She
told me she'd split if they ever came for the bill of
sale. He knew they had the £5O, but he did not
see them get it, but they told him they had the
money. The money was given for the vote. Mr.
Robert Hoed carried the money to Mr. Sutherden in
the shop. He, was not present when this occurred,
but Mrs. Sutherden told him so. She said Mr.
Sutherden shall vote for Mackinnon.
By the Chairman—He was not voter, and had
had no quarrel with Mrs. Sutherden.
No definite result in either of the above commi

tees was arrived at when the hour of adjournmen

arrived.

Mr. Johnson and the Civil Rights Bill.

The Times, in commenting on the passage of the
Civil Bights Bill over the President's veto, says
that the anxiety of the American public and of the
world will be directed to the action of the President.
Mr. Johnson is the elected of the people as much
as Congress is ; he is the Chief of the Executive, or
rather he comprises the Executive in himself ; he is
immovable for nearly three years longer, and
during that time he has complete command of the
military force by which alone the Civil Rights
Act can be enforced. Except by impeachment
Congress cannot effectually control him in any
course which is within the limits of his authority.
He knows this, and he also knows how far he may
venture on using his powers negatively to prevent
the enforcement of the Act. It may be that the
President has not public opinion at the North so
much on his side as is believed by some of his
friendS. Though the Atlantic cities are, for the
most part, enthusiastic in his favour, yet through-
out the States, and notably in the West, the Re-
publican party is most powerful, and is likely to
remain so. There is probably a steady set of the
tide in favour of the President, but it will take
time for this movement to bring to his side a clear
majority of the people, and to enable him to with-
stand the action of Congress. We may then watch
his proceedings with interest, and observe how far
he aids or permits the action of the machinery
which this Act will shortly establish in every
Southern State. It must be remembered that the
Act will give the District Courts of the United
States exclusive cognizance of all offences committed
against its provisions, and concurrent jurisdiction
with the Circuit Courts of the United States in all
civil and criminal cases affecting negroes who are
denied their new rights in the Courts of the State.
According to President Johnson's interpretation of
the measure, " Members of a State Legislature who
should vote for laws conflicting with the provisions
of the Bill, Judges of the State Court who should
render judgments in antagonism with its terms,
and Marshals and Sheriffs who should execute pro-
cesses sanctioned by State laws, and issued by
State Judges in execution of their judgments, could
be brought before other tribunals, and there sub-
jected to fine and imprizonment, for the perform-
ance of the duties which such State laws might

impose." We may assume that Mr. Johnson will,
as Chief of the Executive, give as little assistance
as he can to a law which thus invades the judicial
power of every Southern State. Yet, on the other
hand, he may not think it constitutional to nullify
such a law by any overt act. His course most
likely will be to leave those who have made the law
to enforce it, if they can, against the will of the
population, and to hold himself neutral in disputes
which are not of his making.

We understand that her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased to place Bushey Park (formerly the resi.
deuce of Queen Adelaide) at the disposal of his Roya
Highness the Duke de Nemours and family.

ON THE TESTIMONIAL TO THE GEORGE CRUIK-
MANY COMMITTEE French literature and art are repre-
sented by MM. Fourrier and Michel, and MM. Dor6 and
Nadar.

THE MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. KEBLE, it
is said, will be the foundation of a now college at Oxford
bearing his name.=—The Reader.

MACREADY AND THE MURDERER.—At a re-
hearsal of the banquet scene in " Macbeth," the
"first murderer," spite of Macready's adjurations, per-
sisted in walking down the centre of the stage, and thereby
entirely hiding Macbeth from the audience.- The trage-
dian impatiently called for a carpenter, a brass-headed
nail, and a hammer. The carpenter came. "Do you see
that plank there ? Drive the nail into that spot." It was
done. "Now you, sir," (this to the "murderer ") "look
at that nail. Come down to that spot, not an inch further
—and wait there till I come." Mr. Utility did as he was
desired, and Macready's mind was easy. Night came,
and with it the banquet scene. The " first Aurderer "
enters,
andwalksround,
do
apparentlywth the st stage, k
stops suddenly, then turns
round i n g
for something ho
had dropped. The audience began to titter. Macroady
stalks to the man's side : "In Heaven's name, what are
you about ? " "Sure," exclaims the murderer,' " ain't I
looking for that blessed nail of yours ? " The effect of
this speech upon the audience may be imagined. The
"first murderer" had to give his royal employer a wide
berth for the rest of the evening.—Chambers's Journal.
MISS BIFFIN ALIvE AGAIN.—The Berlin jour-
nals contain the following curious paragraph : —" A Hun-
garian girl, born at Oodenbourg without hands, now 20
years of age, has been giving some curious representa-
tions in the Prussian capital. She performs with her
mouth the functions of hands. She sews, embroiders,
executes the most delicate work with pearls, even threads
her needle and makes knots, all with the tongue, appa-
rently without difficulty, and certainly without the assist-
ance of any one."