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London, England, 1859-10-26 00:00:00

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SHIREHALL, GLOCESTE `4
The following notice was posted o zyeA,
the Shirehall this morning :
" GLOCESTER ELECTIOI‘; INQUIRY COlllO /1C01441 S
"The Commi,sioners having power, un er the
Act of I'arliamer4, to award costs to witnesses who
have been summoned before them, and who have
appeared and'aris:*ered all questions put to them
to the full satisfaction of . the said Commissioners,
this is to give notice that the secretary will attend
from 10 o'eloek to four o'clock on Thursday, Oct.
27, in the Sliirchali, to
.cons:der and satisfy the
claims n' 0. n show that, owing
to thei. ,Jaey absolutely require re-
muneration for their loss of time in appearing to
give evidence before the said Commissioners. No
persons making application will be attended to un-
less they produce the original summons served upon
them, nor will any costs.be allowed to any witness
who has been called in court and not answered to
his name, although he may subsequently have been
examined.

" By order of the Commissioners.

"CHARLiS EDWARD COLERIDGE, Secretary."
The appearance of this notice has created not a
little stir among the large number of Glocestcr wit-
nesses who consider that they are entitled to com-
pensation from being kept in attendance on the
Commissioners, and who nevertheless consider that,
in order to entitle themselves to remuneration, they
must place themselves in the position of paupers
before they can receive any allowance for their loss
of time and detention from business.
The following is an ektract from a letter read by
Mr. J. Lovegrove yesterday to the Court. It was
a communication made by Mr. Cooke, the barrister,
to Mr. Lovegrove, as the result of the interview be-
tweenta him (Mr. Lovegrove) and Sir R. Carden as
the inspection by the latter of the accounts of the
election of 1857 :
" Sir Robert Carden considers that, in justice to
you request. you and himself, he ought not to write the letter
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veracity, thaantd heth a
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epistle
would impliedly admit he had done so. He also
thinks that your proper pride and conscious integ-
rity should induce you to feel above such a method
of character giving, and that your moral courage
ought to make. you indifferent to insinuations of an
imaginary or trumpery description. In much of
thisl concur"
The commissioners to-day proceeded with the
examination of witnesses in reference to the elec-
tion of 1857.
Mr. Brewer Monk deposed that he undertook
the management and control of the messengers en-
gaged on that occasion. He could not tell the
number of - messengers employed, but the amounts
paid were £6B 16s. and £2B 12s. 6d. A portion of
these were voters and some non-voters. On the
morning of the poll the agent, Mr. Viner Ellis,
having. somewhat mysteriously disappeared, and he
being in want of money to pay the out-voters, he
applied to Mr. Hughes and Mr. S. Jones for money
to pay them. Received £lO from each, and also a
sum of money from Mr. Potter, which he stated
was £94 ; it was in gold. He had gone through
the register of 1857, and believed he paid the fol-
lowing sums on that occasion :—To Wm. Probert,
jun., £9. It was a very small sum of money, but
had no doubt he did what he could to buy votes.
Had the greatest confidence in Probert, who had
always worked with him. Gave George Allen
about £B. It was for the purpose of winning the
election, if we could. He did not ask for it, but
witness said, " Here, Allen, we've got some money ;
take the £8 and do the hest you can with it."
Gave Thomas Green £l2, William Wingate £2,
H. Merrett £2, and some other sums, which kft
him a good balance in hand, which he distributed
in small sums among voters for the purpose of con-
ciliating them, as he expected another election
shortly. There was also £2 spent at a supper of
electors to arrange evidence in support of the peti-
tion against Sir R. Carden's return. The witness
enumerated a number of sums of money paid to dif-
ferent persons, electors and non-electors, for services
rendered on the Liberal side during the election of
1857—tavern bills, &e. The gratuities which he
dispensed, after payipg all the claims made upon him,
amounted to about £26. He should not have hesi-
tated in giving this money before the election, but
hadnot got it then. Did not receive the money until
the other party had bought up all the purchaseable
commodity. Did not offer J. G. Gardner a bribe.
Should like to see the man that dared to offer him
one. He asked for money at 11 o'clock in the day,
and if he had got it then it would have been of ser-
vice ; but he did not get it until 2, and it was too
late then. The voters had nearly all polled, and
there was no one left to bribe, so that he had no
chance of bribing. From information he had re-
ceived he found the other party was going to bribe,
and if he had had the money he should have done
the same; but on representing the matter to the
committee they said that if the others chose to bribe
they must, but Mr. Ellis declared that not a penny
should be spent in bribery or treating.
Joseph Clarke, a pilot, who had been blind ever
since 1857, was paid £5 for his vote in 1859, and
nothing in 1857, for voting for Sir R. Carden.
Harriet Clarke, wife of the last witness, had not
received any money on account of her husband's
vote in 1857, and corroborated her husband's testi-
mony in other respects.
Mr. William Stephens was canvassed by Sir R.
Carden and Mr. Butt in 1857, and refused to give
him his vote. The witness went on to say that ho
was arrested the same evening for a debt of £l4 at
the suit of Air. Compton. On the morning of the
election his (witness's) late father came to him. He
was a partisan of Sir R. Carden. He said he had
seen Mr. Lovegrove, and Mr. Lovegrove would ar-
range with his detaining creditor if he would vote
for Sir R. Carden. He said this in the presence of
the governor, the turnkey, and a fellow-debtor
named Greening. Told his father he'd sooner have
his tongue cut.
Commissioner Welford—You refused then?
Witness—Yes. I refused, and my father then
said I had better remain where I was. Had never
requested my father to see Mr. Lovegrove in refer-
ence to this. I had fully determined not to vote for
Sir R. Carden. I was agent for the Conservative
party before that.
Mr. Lovegrove here stepped into the witness-
box, and said he had unfortunately had some diffe-
rences with the last witness, he having in April,
1857, recovered a judgment against him in a supe-
rior court for £l5O, and an offer had afterwards
been made to witness by Mr. Wilkes of 6s. Bd. in
the pound in payment, but he declined to accept it.
In reply to Mr. Commissioner Vaughan, Mr.
Lovegrove said most decidedly that he never offered
to Mr. Stephens's father to settle with his detain-
ing creditor if he would vote for Sir R. Carden,
and he had never seen his father respecting such
an offey.
Mrs. Dowers, wife of Robert Dowers, stated that
her husband gave her £1 10s. of the £2 which he
said he had received from Mr. Whithorn for "his
trouble." He kept 10s. for his own purposes.
James Brown voted for Carden in 1859, and re-
ceived £lO. Received nothing in 1857.
William Bowkett received £lO from Thomas
Evans to vote for Price and Monk at the last
election.
Mr. Goodrich deposed that he owned a good deal
of tenement property in Glocester, and was a sup-
porter of the Conservative party. He canvassed
his tenants for Sir R. Carden, but never threatened
a tenant in arrear of rent to distrain on him if he
did not vote for Sir R. Carden ; nor did he ever
give, or threaten to give, any tenant a notice to
quit in consequence of not votine, cr according to his
(Mr. Goodrich's) wishes. Had not exercised any
undue influence on a tenant named Fletcher to
obtain his vote.
Henry Townsend received £s from Evans for
voting for Price and Monk, and £2 in 1857, also
from Evans.
William Burgess received £4 10s. for voting for
Sir It. Carden at the last election.
John Haling voted for Price and Monk at the
last election, and received £6 from Harry Jacobs.
Was a messenger in 1857, and voted for Carden.
Received ls.
-William Woodcock received £6 from Jacobs for
voting for Price and Monk at the last election.
John Llewellin received £5 from W. Fletcher for
voting for Price and Monk at the last election.
-William Lee received £6 for voting for Price and
honk at the last election. All these voted for Car-
den without pay in 1857.
Several other witnesses gave similar evidence,
after which the Court adjourned for the day.

The Archdeacon of Canterbury has appointed the
Rev. James Clarke Franks, M.A., to the rectory of St.
Margaret's, Canterbury, vacant by the secession of the
Rev. E. H. Woodhall. Mr. Franks has not recently done
any parochial duty, but we (Kentish Gazette) believe that
formerly he held the curacy of St. Mary's, Whittlese y,
Cambridgeshire. It is understood that the views of the
now rector are those of a moderate high churchman.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 1 dis. and the short exchange:on. London is 25.121
per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the 'Eng-
lish Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard
gold, it appears that gold is at about 1-10th per cent. dearer
in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the
price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange
the
on
London is 13.4 per £l. sterling. Standard gold
English Mint price is therefore at about the same price
in London as in Hamburg. The course ofs.
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Mint par-between the two countries, showsaher tinnaignilg
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allowance for charg
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