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ROBERT STEPHENSON'S RAILWAY BRIDGES.—
Time was, and will be well remembered by every engineer,
when in case of a railway having tobe carried over openings
exceeding 30 or 40 feet wide, special plans had to be pre-
pared and consultations held upon the subject; but now
(such is the confidence acquired through the experience' of
Stephenson in the use of wrought iron), that a bridge of
three or four times the app. is regarded as an ordinary
work. This is the practical result brought about by the
construction of the Conway and Britannia tubular bridges,
and by the high level bridge over the Tyno at Newcastle.
—Once a IVA. •
THE MOOBING3 FOR THE GREAT EASTERN.—
Orders have been received by the authorities at her Ma-
jesty's dockyard, Portsmouth, from the Admiralty, to fur-
nish the necessary moorings for the great ship, to be laid
down preparatory to her arrival in Southampton Water.
They will consist of two anchors of about 90 cwt. each ; two
blocks of about seven tons each, and 130 fathoms of the
heaviest mooring chain, with a 22 cwt. swivel. It is ex-
pected that the men from the dockyard will be lent to lay
them down, if they can be spared-from their duties, as such
heavy work' requires men who aro constantly employed
upon it to carry it out successfully.
=',THE QUEEN OF HEIRTs. Ily WILX/E COLLINS. 3 vols.
" Mr. Collins (says the Literary 'Gazette) has fashioned a
most charming framework for his stories; a framework so
bright and fresh that it gives a value of its own to the volumes.
The Queen of Hearts is ell& a fascinating creature, so nag
tural, and so loveable, so wayward, impulsive, womanly, and
true-hearted, that we cannot choose but follow her through
the pages with something' of a lover's tenderness. As for
the three old men, they arc as good in their way—which is a
different way—as the Brothers Cheeryble of immortal me-
mory.",

Amidst miserably cold weather our Houghton
Meeting is being celebrated. To-day the wind was
boisterous enough to blow the jockeys from their
saddles, and only those who have experienced the
roughness of the Heath can realise that pursuit of
sport under difficulties to which turfites have been
exposed. Racing each day has commenced before
noon, so little time has been afforded for the
"settling," and after the proceedings on the Heath
bookmakers and others have been glad to hurry to
their lodgings, and, as Gramio would say, "to
warm them." My intention in taking up my pen
is not to place before my readers a description of
the consternation which was created by the suc-
cess of Red Eagle for the Cambridgeshire, or to
describe other incidents of sport ; it is to place
before them matter of greater importance, a few
rough and necessarily brief notes on the " Nur-
series." Two classes of acceptances have been
formed, and they are likely to produce races of far
greater interest than the same events occasioned
last .year. Still, I have not yet either heard a bet
or an offer to make one upon them. To begin with
the " first class"—Rattlebone is the highest weight
left in, and his running with Thunderbolt to-day
will doubtless cause many people to entertain a
favourable opinion of his chance. lam quite pre-
pared to see the colt run forward. I shall not,
howeverfuselessly occupy-space-by referring-sepa-
rately to each animal, but shall record my parti-
ality in favour of Sparrow Hawk, Nessus, Black
Cloud, and Curlew; and shall select Nessus and
CURLEW to" stand on."

For the second class, Feodorowna attracts my
fancy. She was once much thought of, and was
indeed supposed to be a good thing for the Good-
wood Nursery. The Rowena colt has shown some
form ; and the Lady Evelyn colt ought to be good
enough to trust even' if he had shown no form at
all. To one of these I shall leave the race.
A FRESH MAN.
Newmarket, Wednesday.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.
Optional Selling Plate of £5O, for three-yr-olds and up-
wards. Cambridgeshire Stakes Course. One mile
240 yards.
Mr. Hughes's Vilikins, 5 yrs (£5O), 7st 121 b.. (Hughes) 1
Mr. J. Hayhoe's Sichvous, 5 yrs (£5O), 7st 121 b
(Musgrove) 2
Mr. Higgins's Broadbrim, 3 yrs (£5O), 6st 71b.. (Sadler) 3
Betting-5 to 4 agst Vilikins, 2to 1 agst Broadbrim, and
3 to 1 agst Siehreus.
Won by a length ; half a length between the second and

third.
Free Handicap of 20 sovs each, h ft. Last five furlongs of
A.F.

Mr. Crawfurd's Tight-fit, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Bray) 1
Mr. Alexander's Brown Middleton, 4 yrs, Est 81b
(Boggis) 2
Mr. Hare's Little Gerard, aged, Bst 7lb (Wells) 3
Mr. Payne's Pandora, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (L. Snowden) 4
Mr. Hodgman's Mutineer, 3 yrs, Est 41b.... (Dickenson) 5
Cynthia and Timon were weighed for, but they did not
get to the post in time to start.
The betting varied and was very limited, the horses hav-
ing started before the books were opened.-3 to 1 agst Little
Gerard, and 4to 1 each agst Tight-fit and Mutineer.
Won by two Lengths ; bad third ; Mutineer got badly off
Fifty Pounds, for three-yr-olds and upwards. A.F. 1 mile
2 fur 73 yds.
Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs, Bst 71, (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Lambert's Claire, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Fordham) 2
Mr. Osbonae's Lady Alice, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 3
Betting-3 to 1 and 7t02 on Lifeboat, 4to 1 agst Claire
10 to 1 agst Lady Alice:
Won by a head ; bad third:
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds and up-
wards. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded,
&c. Last half of Ab. M. 3 fur. 217 yds.
Mr. Locke's Infanta, 2 yrs, 7st (Bray) 1
Mr. Merry's Lady Falconer, 2 yrs, 7st (Custance) 2
Lord W. Powlett's Doctrine colt, 2 yrs, 7st.. (Ilibberd) 3
The following also ran:— Miss Conyngham filly, Fair
Maid of Kent, Even, Pauline filly, Amsterdam, Lady
Emily, and Herman.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Infanta, 4to 1 agst Lady Falconer,
6 to 1 agst the Miss Conyngham filly.
Won by two lengths ; a neck between the second and
third ; and a head between the third and fourth.
The winner was claimed by Mr. Merry, and afterwards
repurchased by Mr. Locke.
Match, 300, 200 ft. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yds.
Lord Derby's Canezou colt, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. F. Robinson's Arethusa, Bst 41b (A. Day) 2
Betting-2 to lon the Canezou colt, who won by a
length.
Subscription Plate of £5O ; for two-yr-olds, 7st ; and three,
Bst 121 b. The winner to bo sold for 350 soya, if de-
manded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yds.
Mr. Mills' Dartmouth, 2 yrs, 7st (Lambourn) 1
Mr. E. Batson's La Bellotte, 2 yrs, 7st (Custance) 2
Lord W. Powlett's Adulation, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (S. Rogers) 3
The following also ran '—Jewish Maid, Sobersides, Step-
pingstone, Guerilla, Ripon, Mountain Ash, colt by Con-
fessor, out of Mr. Sykes's dam, Fore-top, Rare Avis,
Ardour, Jenny Longlegs, Weatherbit filly, Maynown, and
Solomon.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Ripon, 7to 2 agst Ardour, Bto 1
agst Mountain Ash, 9 to 1 agst Dartmouth, 10 to 1 agst

Rara Avis.
Won by four lengths ; a neck between the second and
third ; Ripon was a bad fourth.
The winner was claimed by Mr. Batson.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b; fillies, Bst 51b. The winner to be sold for 60 sovs if
demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 7 subs.
Mr. Stephenson's Twang, Bst 71b (Alderoft) 1
Mr. Hitchin's Plumper, Bst 51b (J. Goater) 2
Mr. Brown's Youralak, Bst 51b (Ducker) 3
The following also ran :—Golden Rule, Harwood Lce,
May Bell filly, and Gang Forward.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Golden Rule, ato 1 aget Plumper,
4 to 1 agst Twang.
Won by a head; a length and a half been the second and
third.

The winner was claimed.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
The winner to be sold for 150 sovs, if demanded, &c.
T.Y.C. 8 subs.
Mr. W. Day's Gleesinger, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Day) 1
Mr. Formby's The Speaker, 3 yrs, 7st 71b.... (Fordham) 2
Mr. Seymour's Hop Merchant, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(A. Edwards) 3

Volta and Beauty also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Hop Merchant, sto 2 agst The
Speaker, 7 to 2 agst Oleesinger.
Won by a neck; two lengths between the second and
third.

Mr. J. Osborne's E. L., 3 yrs, ran in this race by mis•
:eke, and came in fifth; her engagement was for the sub•

sequent one.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards,
The winner to be sold for 40 sovs if de:uanded,
T.Y.C. G stibs.

Mr. Mellish's Little Nat, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ......... (Mills) 1
Mr. Smollett's Miss Eleanor, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (A. Edwards) 2
Mr. It. Ten Broeck's Dove, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Fordham) 3
Merry May, Fractious, and J. Osborne's E. L., also ran.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Fractious, 2to 1 agst Miss Eleanor.
,Little Nat made all the running, and won by 10 lengths.
The winner was claimed.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b"; fillies, Bst 51b. Winners extra. D.M. 7 furlongs

201 yards.
Mr. Alexander's Thulderbolt, (in. 51b extra), 3st 121 b
(It. Cotton) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Rattlebone, Bst 71b (Ford ham) '2
Betting-2 to lon Thunderbolt, who won a close race in

by a head.
Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous, h ft. Winners
extra. Last half of R.M. 8 subs.
Mr. Mundy's Confectioner, Bst 71b ........ (Swift) 1
Mr. Crawfurd's The Gentle, Bst 41b ..... (J. Osborne) 2
Mr. R. Sutton's Von Stroom, Bst 71b (Kendall) 3
The following also ran :—Urania, Van, Optimist, colt by
Tadmor, and Pipo.
Betting-3 to 1 each agst Confectioner and Optimist, 5
to 1 agst Von Stroom, 7 to 1 agst The Gentle.
IV on by a length and a half ; two lengths between the
second and third, about half a length from Von Stroom
Optimist was fourth ; the Mainstay colt was fifth, and Pipo
sixth.

Match, 2,000, h ft. A.F. 1 mile 2 fur. 73 Yds•
Mr. Sextie's Mazzini, 3 yrs, Bst 41b, received ft from Mr
F. Robinson's Antonio, 3 yrs, Bst 71b.

Match, 100, h ft. T.M.M.
Mr. 11. S. Thompson's Glenbuck, 3 yrs, 7st 41b, received
ft from Baron do Niviere's Miss Cath, 6 yrs, 9st.
Match, 150, 50 ft. First half of Ab.M.
Duke of Bedford's Harry, Bst 61b, received ft from Mr.
F. Robinson's Apollo, Bst 71b.

Match, 301, 100 ft. T.Y.C.
Mr. Sutton's Von Stroom, Bst 81b, received ft from Mr.
Alexander's Tyburn, Bst 41b.
Match, 300, 200 ft. T.Y.C.
Mr. F. Robinson's Aurora, Bst 71b, received ft from Lord
Derby's sister to Toxophilite.
A stormy, cold day ; the wind blew a hurricane, and
before the termination, of the racing rain fell, hats were

One of-the most extraordinary races ever seen came oil
yesterday, between Waltcr Bell, a waterman of Richmond,
and Joseph Wise, also a waterman, of Kew. The result, we
may say, was totally unlocked for. It is years since such
a race has taken place. That for the championship of the
Thames between Messenger and Cole, in 1854, being the
last bearing a similitude to the contest of yesterday. Bell
and Wise aro both well known to the rowing world, although
the number of their races are very few. They are fine
strong young fellows, Bell, litowever, being a very awkward
puller compared to his opponent, whose style is exceedingly
• pretty, fast, and strong. They rowed for £3O aside, from
Putney Aqueduct to the ship at Mortlake, and betting was
level. They were accompanied by Citizen K (Captain
Hawkins), to whom great credit is due for his keeping his
boat well astern to the last minute throughout the race.
On board were the umpires—Thomasi Mackinney, for Bell;
and George Williams, for , \Vise ; James Messenger,
ex-champion of the Thames, being referee. The men got
to their stations shortly after three o'clock, both dressed in
jerseys, Bell having the best place; and the water being
rough at starting. They get away well together, and re-
mained so for 100 yards, when Bell: drew so rapidly in ad-
vance that he led at the Star and Garter by more•than his
owa length. Wi.e-began steadilyo(iverhaul, and at Sim.
mons's was a yard or more over his after canvas, but this
state of things only lasted for a dozen strokes, when Bell,
putting on some of his desperate pulls, cleared himself, and
in another 100 yards was nearly two lengths a-head. The '
water at the Crab Tree was very rough, but Bell, who was
now some half-dozen lengths a-head, seemed to improve
on it, for at Hammersmith-bridge there was quite a dozen
lengths between them, and toa these Bell added two or three
more in the next hundred yards. Bell had all this time
been rowing very hard, Wise more evenly, although not so
fast, so that off the Doves the Kew man began to decrease
the gap between the beats, and as Wise gradually neared
his man, the latter seemed to grow weaker and weaker, till
at the bottom of Chiswick Ait .he left off rowing, com-
plaining that he had lost the use of his left arm. Wise
was, therefore, left to finish the distance alone, a feat ho
ultimately accompli§hed, although the tido had turned, and
he had a dead noser against him. The race was in old-
fashioned boats.

MR. DR UMJIOND, 111. P., AND MR. BRIS-
COE, 111. P., IN 'SURREY.

DORKING, Wednesday.
The annual show of the -West Surrey Agricultu-
ral Association took place at Dorking to-day. In
the evening a public dinner took place, at which
both the hon. members for West Surrey were pre-
sent. Mr. Cubitt occupied the chair.
The usual loyal toasts having been proposed,
Mr. DRTJMMOND, M. 13., said that havinr, been
desired to give the toast of the "Army and Navy"
he had no other alternative than to comply. In
giving this toast be did not wish them merely to
drink the health of a class of men who were most
useful to the country, bat he wanted them to be
satisfied that their whole existence depended upon
them. He was not one who would propose a toast
merely for the purpose of wasting a glass of wine,
and in proposing this toast he wished to impress
on them the necessity when the time came of fighting
for themselves. Wnat he said to the farmers of
England was "Don't call upon the army and navy
to help you, but help the army and navy." There
were numerous ways in which they could do this.
He had lately heard a great deal about the estab-
lishment of rifle corps, in various parts of England,
and was glad to find that Surrey had been behind
no other county in that respect. At the same time
it was necessary in forming a rifle corps to take
care that it should be efficient for the public service.
The members of that corps must be 9f a certain
calibre, and they must also be of a certaiß age. When
he looked round the room he must say that he saw
many young gentlemen whose waistshe thought were
a little too stout for a rifleman, and who would have
some difficulty in hiding behind a tree or a bush.
Until their waists got a lags less he would advise
them not to " adventure themselves.', (Laughter.)
But there was another way in which they could
most materially help the cause, and that was by
" forking out.' (Laughter.) The best way to pro-
vide for the national defences was to improve the
condition of the soldier and the sailor. They ought
not to try how cheaply they could get a man to be
killed for them, but they ought to try how they
could bring their moral force to bear so as to in-
sure that those who fought for them should be well
treated, instead of having Gd. or Bd. pension a-day
when their legs and arms were shot off. It was
very well known that the people of England were
enormously rich, and not very long ago a very
awkward little return had been made showing that
the increased income tax paid by the landed and
manufacturing interests amounted to a great deal
more than the sum required for keeping up an effi-
cient force, and that without trenching at all upon
their personal comforts.
Mr, WISE returned thanks, observing that he
was quite sure that the rifle corps movement in this
country was a genuine one, and that he could ven-
ture to say that, at all events, not a man of the
Surrey Rifle Volunteers would hide behind a bush
or a tree. (Cheers.) _ _

The CHAIRMAN next
Proposed " The Health of
the County Members," which was drunk amid the
cheers of the meeting.

Mr. BRISCOE, M.P., in returning thanks, ob-
served that he came before them not only- as a pub-
iic servant, but as a brother farmer. lie had been

trying his hand at farming for 40 years, and he had 1
founa it a very pleasant, if not a very profitable
thing. He was greatly gratified at the progress
which had been made in agriculture, as evinced in
the ploughing field that day, and he very much re-
gretted
the absence of the steam plough. He looked
upon meetings of this kind as being most valuable
for the interchange of scientific acquirements, and
he thought that no one Who had watched the pro-
gress of agriculture for the last year, but must ac-
knowledge that science:had been of the greatest value
to agriculture. (Hear.) He should have been glad to
refer them to no other subject than that of agricul-
ture, but his hon. colleague had alluded to a topic
which at the present moment attracted the attention
of all minds—namely, the defence of the country.
He must confess that for some time past he had felt
ao small anxiety respecting that subject. He must
say that in the present critical state of affairs he
most thoroughly approved the formation of rifle
corps throughout the kingdom, and he was very
glad to find that Surrey was not behindhand.
(Cheers.) If British hearts value British homes,
they could not do less than defend them— (cheers)
—and he should be sorry indeed to see a movement
which he believed to be so indicative of the general
feeling of the people checked. (Hear, hear.) He
had always been in favour of training the great
body of the people to arms, but he was bound in
the present conjuncture of affairs to look upon the
matter in a more serious light. Rifle corps were
all very well, but they could only Fesist an invasion
of armed men by men who were accustomed to act
in large bodies under the control of their officers.
The volunteer corps would not be able to repel an
invader from our shores, but they must have an ode- i
quate number of troops to meet them. They had
already voted no less a sum than £13,000,000 for
the army, quite exclusive of the sum voted for the
navy; but, although our troops amounted to 133,000,
about two-thirds of that number were in India. It
was for that reason, he said, that we had not suffi-
cient troops to defend us from invasion. This was
a serious question for the people of England, for
upon their will it depended whether their represen-
tatives should speak boldly in the House of Com-
mons, and say to the Minister that there must be a
large increase in the expenditure of the army and
navy, or whether they would content themselves to
leave things as they are. As it seemed to him, the
small number of troops they had were to be dimi-
niohed, because 15,000 of them were to be sent on
an expedition to China. He observed, also, that
several gunboats and other vessels were to be de-
spatched on that expedition, but be still entertained
hopes that matters might be satisfactorily arranged,
and that we should not go to war with the Em-
peror of China and a population of 300,000,000
of the human race. With respect to continental
nations, he was quite willing to suppose that the
Emperor of France did net contemplate an invasion
of England, but he thought that circumstances
ia
osns on that ground
might arise which would force him into war, and
if he found himself in such a position he would not
thatsc rn p lhe
eto t undertakehought it.snnil i n s It ti t
umt,
as rifle corps
, ums3umpNppor.
—t
ought to be established, and lie should give them
his heartiest
I know (Hear,
better hear . )
Mr. pa
than you do
how excessively tiresome it is to hear the same
voice. Having, therefore, in proposing the toast
of the " Army and Navy" addressed you once, I

shall not now trouble you with a long story. I
should, however, like first to settle the question
with respect to the rifleman, and, having had the
honour of commanding a rifle corps, I will tell him
that he' must not be ashamed of getting behind a
tree or a furze bush, but he must remember that his
duty is to kill as many of the enemy as he can with
the least possible loss. (Hear, hear.) With respect
to the agriculturists, there is, indeed, very little for
a county member to talk about. Nobody would
find it very easy to point out a discontented farmer,
and all those questions which formerly used to
occupy men's attention are now left to le irned
towns where social science congresses are held.
(Laughter.) Country bumpkins know nothing at
all about that. With respect to our present con-
dition as compared with the power of other nations,
I can only say if we have only 137,000 troops in
our pay, in the name of common sense, why are
97,000 of those men in India? Depend upon it,
if you lose London you will not hold India. One
great inducement you have to keep up a warlike
attitude is self-preservation. Let 20,030 foreigners
land upon the south coast of England, as all au-
thorities agree they could, and your dividends
would be worth nothing at all. It is a matter of
life and death, and you must not sit still. You
must be defended by somebody, or you will never
be defended at all. (Hear, hear.)
" Prosperity to the Association" and other toasts
were then given, and the proceedings terminated.

GLOUCESTER ELECTION COMMISSION.

GLOUCESTER, IVEDNESDAY.

The first witness examined this morning was Mr.
Taynfon, rolicitor, was concerned for the Con-
servatives. He denied the truth of a statement
which had been made that he had bribed the father
of one of his clerks, named Dee, to vote for Sir R.
Carden at the last election.

Mr. Helps, Mayor of Gloucester, the agent of
Mr. Hope, stated that, as his evidence in re-
spect to the cost of former elections in which he
had been engaged had been questioned, he wished
tc say that he had referred to his books, and
found the expenses of the elections in which he was
concerned for Mr. Hope to be as follows :-1847,
election, £1,832 3s. 11d. ; 1852, £455 12s. ; 1853,
£693 is. 7d. He received the followinc, amounts
from Mr. Hope :-22d July, 1847, 1500; Nov. 3,
£5OO ; Dec. 20, £600; Feb. 4, 1818, £250, There
wore bands and colours in 1847, and also chairing,
and several legal agents were employed. In 1852
there was only one legal agent, and there were no
bands or colours, or chairing, which were all rather
expensive affairs. This accounted for the difference
in the cost of the two elections. No other money
passed through his hands than the above amounts.
Was certain no money was spent in bribery in 1847.
The friends and supporters of Mr. Hope were
treated to a dinner after the election. The cost of
this was included in the total he had given. Nume

rous public house bills were sent in after the elec-
tion, amounting he should think to about £5OO,
but as these had been incurred without authority
both he and Mr. Hope refused to sanction them,
and they remained unpaid to the present day. Mr.
Hope had subscribed to most of the local charities,
perhaps to the extent of £5O a year. If, for the pur-
poses of public justice, the commissioners desired to
go back to thoso elections in which he was con-
cerned, he would place his books at their disposal;
but in so doing he feared they would do a great
deal of harm by raking up so many affairs which
had long been forgiven and forgotten.
Mr. Commissioner Vaughan intimated that they
did not intend to minutely inc uire into the elec-
tions prior to 1857. _ _

Examination continued—ln 1347 Mr. Hope
heard that a public-house had been opened on his
behalf, and he threatened to resign if thst course
was going to be pursued. The bills having been
sent in, Mr. Hope said lie would pay every one
which witness considered he was liable for. ?4r.

Hope was not in the habit of subscribing to a fund
to meet the expenses attending municipal contests
by the Conservative party, but witness once heard
that he subscribed £lO towards the expenses of one
gentleman who had been elected. Having been
asked the character of the bills sent in in
reference to the 1847 election, he was glad
of the - -opportunity of vindicating himself
from a charge of having received the money
to pay them, and appropriated it to his own pur-
poses. He did not believe a single farthing was spent
in bribery in 1847. The most ancient charter of Glou-
cester was granted by Richard 1., and Gloucester
was summoned to send representatives to the first
assembly of the Commons of the realm. The cor-
poration now had no power of patronage, by which
they could influence votes.
Mr. E. Washbourn, solicitor, said he was co-agent
with the last witness in the elections of 1847 and
1852. He had more to do with the details of those
elections than Mr. Helps. The expenses of the 1847
election► were rather more than he had stated them
to be. They were a little over £2,000. Witness
did not believe the unpaid publicans' bills of that
election amounted to more than £2OO. There was
no bribery in 1847, although the cost was so much
more than in 1852. The dinner to the electors, the
bands, the chairing, the colours and the employ-
ment of more legal agents were the causes of the
larger outlay.
Mr. D. M. Walker gave the commissioners some
information they desired as to the various charters
which had been granted to the city of Gloucester.
Mr. S. Herbert, solicitor, denied that he had ever
offered a bribe of £3 to one of the notorious Coopeys,
as had been stated.

Mr. Karn, wine and spirit merchant, denied that
persons were freely allowed to go into his vaults to
drink on the election day. Some gentlemen called
on that day and had some brandy and water, but
with no election object.
The following witnesses who had received bribes
were then examined :
William Brown, £3 to vote for the Liberals,
Price and Monk, in 1857. He voted for Carden.
Received £1 for his services in making out voting-
papers on the polling day.
E.Roberts, £2 for votinr, for Carden in 1857.

Joseph Davis, £3 for voting for Carden in 1859.
Georg© Davis, £3 ss, for voting for Carden in
1859 ; and 10s. in 1857.

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John Bagley, £5, for voting for Carden in 1859.
Henry Hancock, £5 ; Thomas Kent, £5 ; and
Robert Williams £2, for voting for Price and onk.
The latter witness stated that he had voted for
Carden in 1857, in order to get some damage which
he had sustained made good by the Gloucester
Board of Health, the Conservatives having a pre-
ponderance at the board.
Thomas Fletcher received £lO for voting for
Carden at the last election. Was offered £5 on the
other side, and got £1 on account, but he found his
wife bad had £lO given her for his vote for Carden.
He was going to return the sovereign which had
been advanced, but was insulted, and then kept it.
William Smith £3, for voting fur Price and
Monk; voted for Berkeley and Price in 1857, but
received nothing.
Joseph Lovett £5, for voting for Carden in 1859.
John Bolder £3, for voting for Carden in 1857.
John Phillips £2 10s., for voting for Price and
Monk.
James Sallerbank £2,' for ditto.
James M'Coy and Henry Hatch each £5, for
voting for Carden in 1859.
Shadrach Wood 505., for voting for Carden in

1857.
Za;nes Rudge voted for Carden in 1857. Sup-
plied refreshments to the value of £7. Should not
have voted for Carden but for the order for the re-
freshments.
Amelia Jeynes received £5 for her husband's
vote for Carden in 1859.
Mrs. Hannah Davis deposed to Mr. Ayres, one of
the Liberal party, .calling upon her, and after he had
gone she found five sovereigns on the table. Her
husband did not know of this until after the elec-
tion.
James Westbury voted for Carden in 1857 ; five
months after the election he received £B. A bill o 4
£9 19s. had been contracted by Mr. Hope's friends
in 1857.
Mr. Samuel Lovegrove, timber merchant, bribed
a voter in his employ with as. to Tote for Carden
in 1857.
John Davis, a publican, gave a supper to a num-
ber of voters at the last election. Had not been
paid his bill of £6 15s.
Mr. Dowding, a publican on the Conservative
side, was in a similar predicament.
George Winfield received £lO from Mr. Robin-
son, corn merchant, and paid a doctor's bill of 4-'8
2s. 6d. for the vote of a man named Newth, since
dead. Spent the balance in treating.
Mr. Stafford, chemist, contested a municipal elec-
tion in 1834. The contest cost him £3OO, part of
which was paid by subscription. •
Mr. Griffiths swore he never stated he had not
been bribed, while two witnesses swore he had so
stated.

A large number of other witnesses were examin,?d
who had received bribes.
The inquiry will terminate to-morrow (Thursday?.,

Mr. Godson, of St. Margaret's and St. John's,
*Westminster, was called to the chair, and amongst
the delegates present were Dr. Bachhoffner, Marvle-
bone ; Mr. D. E. Cameron, churchwarden, and Mi.
H. Farrer and Mr. Eldridge, St. Pancras ; Mr.
Dowden, St. George's, Hanover square ; Mr. Chin-
neck and Mr. Watkins, St. James's, lirestminster ;
Mr. Tempany, Mr. Petler, and Mr. BertQlucei, with
Mr. Drngerfield, vestry clerk, from St. Martin's-in-
the-Fields; Mr. Redfern, Newington; Mr. Stratton.
and Mr. Warren, Lambeth; Mr. J. Watkins and
Mr. Perry, St. Luke's, Chelsea; Mr. Wilkins,
Kensington, Sze.
Mr. BEAL, the hon. secretary, stated that since
the last meeting he had enclosed the copy of the
bill which the delegates proposed to introduce into
Parliament in the ensuing session to the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, Sir G. C. Lewis.
He had called the Home Secretary's attention to the
following facts :—That at the previous interview
which a deputation had had with the Home Secre-
tary on the subject of the existing arrangementfor
the supply of gas to tho metropolis, and the pro-
posed legislative enactment to remedy the evils
consequent on the distributing arrangements of
the companies, whereby a monopoly in the sup-
ply of gas was effected without Parliamentary
sanction, he was good enough to promise full con.
sideration of the question. That they also
pressed upon his attention the propriety of Go-
vernment taking the same course as to the
gas supply as was adopted in reference to the
Water Act of 1852. He expressed a hope that the
Government would be now prepred to aid them in
carrying the bill. He informed the Home Secre-
tary that the grounds upon which they claimed this
support from Government were, that the metro-
polis was most unfortunately situated as-regarded
its own local government, which almost every pro-
vincial town had authority to apply its funds to
protect its public interests. Not so the metropolis.
A high legal opinion had been circulated that they
were not justified in expending the rates in resist-
ing this monopoly, although a saving in public
lighting of nearly £50,000 per annum would be the
anticipated result. If the Government were pre-
pared to entrust to the whole metropolis the muni-
cipal powers granted to other towns, they would
readily await the time when, under their own
powers, they could make the appeal to its legality
uncontested. In the absence of those privileges
they asked the Government to consider the
unprotected state of the metropolis, a prey to a
monopoly, involving an annual metropolitan outlay
at the lowest estimate of £,2,000,000, as well
worthy of consideration. He further stated that
should the Home Secretary be disposed to aid them,
an early communication as to the time he would
receive a deputation was of the deepest importance.
If, on the contrary, more information was required,
the delegates would be happy to lay the whole case
before him, either hy memorial or personal inter-
view. To this communication he (Mr. Bcal) had
received the following reply :

WHITE/LULL, OCT. 19.
Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Lewis to
acknowledge I he receipt of your letter of the 15th inst.; and
its enclosures, on the subject of the supply of gas to the
metropolis, and to inform you that. when he returns to town
he will fix a tim 3 for an interview with a deputation.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. Beal, Esq. 11. WADDINGTON.

Mr. BEAL further reported that he had also
written to the President of the Board of Trade, Mr.
Milner Gibson, but had not yet received a reply.
He also corrected .a statement that Mr. Wyatt, the
Parliamentary agent, was responsible for the delay
in not giving due notices for the bill last session.
The communication was received, and ordered to
be entered upon the minutes.
Dr. BACHOFFNER expressed a hope that in their
bill they would maintain 4s. Gd. per thousand feet
should be the maximum price the companies should
charge for gas, as that was the original basis agreed
upon with the companies, and if they put in a
lower price it would be breakieg faith with them.
Mr. REDFERN and other gentlemen combatted
this point, and said if it was persisted in, the
parishes of the south side of London would be
placed in a wore position than they were in at pre-
sent as to price.
It was ultimately resolved that a special meeting
should be convened to consider this and other de-
tails of the proposed bill.
Mr. llnGuEs, the honorary engineer, read a re-
port he hal prepared on the subject of metropolis
gas lighting, which showed, although the com-
panies state that they have made no advance in
their price, that the contracts entered into for the
suppiy of the public lights during the last two
years have conditions in them insisted upon by the
companies which are practically equivalent to a
rise in price. Mr. Hughes then proceeds to detail
various instances of encroachment and annoyance
on the part of the companies in respect to public
lighting, ani the fact of their cutting down the
illuminating power of their gas, and other matters in
which the public at present are entirely at their
mercy. After entering into a variety of statistics and
details to prove his position, Mr. Hughes concluded
by expressing his conviction that when the whole
of the facts were brought under the notice of the
Government and Parliament they will not permit
this great wrong upon the entire metropolis to
exist.
The report was adopted, and after some discus-
sion resolutions were carried, calling upon the
parishes which had promised subscriptions, and
others to aid in fighting the battles with the gas
companies in the ensuing session.