The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONLON, TUESDAY EV ENING, OCTOBER 16, 1866.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Russian screw steam frigate Swetana, Capt.
Drescher, from Cherbourg for the Brazils, arrived
on Saturday at Plymouth. Her salutes of the Cita-
del and Port Admiral were duly acknowledged.
The Prussian frigate Niobe, from Kiel for the
East Indies, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday
morning. Her consorts, the Mosquito and Rover,
were expected to follow in the afternoon.
Port Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., pro-
ceeded on Friday into Plymouth Sound and in-
spected the armour-plated screw steam sloop Zealous,
20, Capt. R. Dawkins, prior to her departure for
Spithead to embark the Admiral.
The paddle wheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6,
Capt. Elphinstone D'O. D'A. Aplin, from Sheer-
ness, arrived yesterday in Plymouth Sound.
The screw steam frigate Bristol, 31, Capt. Leve-
son E. H. Somerset, from the West Coast of Africa,
last from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Sound yes-
terday morning. After her powder is discharged she
will proceed to Keyham steam yard for the purpose
of being supplied with a new shaft for her propeller.
The screw steam gun vessel Star, 4, at Devon-
port, is ordered to be put in commission with a com-
plement of 90 officers and men for service in the
East Indies. She burdens 695 tons, and has engines
of 200 horse power. Her present master is Mr. J.
B. Snell, and chief engineer Mr. John Bruce. The
pennant was hoisted on board yesterday morning.
The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 35, Capt. J.
Seccombe, which went into the Channel to meet the
Bristol (since arrived at Portsmouth), returned to
Plymouth Sound on Friday afternoon.
One of the new powerful steam fire engines sup-
plied by Messrs. Merryweather and Sons, of Lon-
don, was on Saturday received at Woolwich. The
engine is on their double cylinder long stroke prin-
ciple, and is similar to the Sutherland, which gained
the first prize at the Crystal Palace competition
in 1863. It has two horizontal steam cylinders
of 84 inches diameter each, and two direct and
double-acting pumps, each 6iin. diameter, with 24in.
stroke common to the steam and water pistons, from
which 10 gallons of water are discharged at each
stroke of the pumps. The cost of the engine, it was
stated, is £950. Before being handed over to the
authorities of the yard the engine was put through
a severe and highly-interesting test of its capabili-
ties, which extended considerably over two hours.
Messrs. Merryweather, jun., attended on behalf of
the firm. Commodore Edmonstone, C. 8., Super-
! intendent of the yard, Commander Dillon, Master-
Attendant (acting), Mr. Laird, master shipwright,
and the superior officers generally, were in attend-
ance, some of whom took official notes of the pro-
ceedings. A volume of water was thrown, with
inch hose, from 801 b. to 100 lb. steam pressure, to a
height, perpendiculary, estimated at 160 ft., with a
suction lift of about lift., with 2-inch hose, steam
pressure 1251 b., 150 ft. ; horizontally, over a mea-
sured distance of 246 ft., with li-inch hose, and
with 11-inch hose, with a pressure of ;steam aver-
aging 1201 b. to the square inch, 234 ft. The trial
was brought to a close by throwing a steady stream
of four jets simultaneously. In 13 minutes after
kindling the fire the engine commenced pumping
with 100 lb. steam pressure, and worked exceedingly
well and satisfactorily. The Commodore at his
departure pronounced as his conviction " that the
engine was capable of extinguishing any amount of
fire within the range of probability." It was yes-
terday brought out on the quay of the outer basin
in the dockyard, where Mr. Merryweather was
again in attendance, and witnessed the working of
the engine in the hands of the local fire brigade,
going through the whole of the manoeuvres as at
the trial on Saturday, Capt. Edmonstone, C. 8., the
Commodore-Superintendent, Admiral Goldsmith,
and many naval officers were present, and expressed
their admiration of the machine. A second will be
delivered at Chatham during the week.
The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Commander Sul

van, after conveying the Queen of Denmark from
Calais across the Channel, returned yesterday to
Woolwich, and was taken into basin to undergo
some necessary alteration and repair.
Admiralty orders were received on Saturday by
Mr. Ladd, master shipwright at Woolwich, to com-
mence to-day the removal of the upper deck of her
Majesty's ship Repulse, with a view to her being
converted to an ironeased frigate, after Mr. Read's
newly-adopted system. The Repulse was intended
to carry 81 guns armament, to be of 3,716 tons,
and to have engines of 800 horse power. She has
been lying in an unfinished state upwards of four
years. :Nevertheless, her timbers, which are par-
tially of Indian teak, are said to be as sound as
when laid down.

A notification has been received at Chatham that
the entry of apprentices at that dockyard will be
resumed in December next, after the usual compe-
titive examination of candidates before the Civil
Service Commissioners.
Col. Lambrick, C. 8., A.D.C. to, her Majesty,who
has been Acting-Commandant of the Woolwich di-
vision Royal Marine Light Infantry since the depar-
ture of Col. Maxwell on leave of absence, is now suf-
fering from severe indisposition. The command of
the division has consequently devolved temporarily
on Col. Suther, C.B. The division was yesterday
inspected by Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., on the pa-
rade facing the Royal Artillery Barracks at Wool-
wich, at 10 30 a.m. The battalion, consisting of
8 companies, 32 files each, was under the com-
mand of Col. Suther, C. 8., assisted by Lieut.-Cols.
Louis and Stewart. They received the General in
line, in open order, with a general salute. He imme-
diately afterwards carefully inspected the ranks,
after which they closed, formed open column right
iu front, and marched past in open column of com-
panies in slow time, and in quarter distances column
in quick time. The bayonet exercise was then per-
formed under the command of Lieut.-Col. Louis,
after which a series of manceuvres was entered into,
under the command of Col. Suther. At the conclu-
sion the General expressed himself to the following
effect, in a tone audible to the whole battalion :
" Royal Marines Light Infantry—l am very much
pleased with what I have seen this day ; it is highly
creditable to the officer in command. To manoeuvre
so strong a body of men in so confined a space shows
that he knows his work well. It likewise reflects
great credit on the officers, non-commissioned offi-
cers, and men for the steady manner in which the
manceuvres were carried out, which plainly proves
the highly disciplined state of the division. lam
glad to be informed of the very good behaviour of
the division during the past twelvemonth. Your
Commandant, whose interest in the division is of the
highest character, well deserves the estimation in
which he is held, and the greatest credit is due to
him for the admirable manner in which the various
duties of the division are conducted. I consider that
theWoolwich division of Royal Marines are as happy,
well-conducted, and fine a body of men as any
corps in her Majesty's service.
The half-yearly inspection of the several corps at
Chatham garrison was continued yesterday by Major:.
Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., who devoted the day
to an inspection of the corps of Royal Engineers, in-
cluding the depot and other companies at headquar-
ters, Brompton Barracks, under the command of
Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., director of the Royal
Engineer establishment. In the early part of the day
Sir R. Walpole mustered the officers and men of the
several companies who were assembled in front of
their respective quarters, where the arms, kits, ac-
coutrements, and equipments were inspected, after
which the Major-Gen. made the 'customary inspec-
tion of the official returns, books, and other docu-
ments belonging to each company, and also went
over the barrack roomf, non-commissioned officers
and mens' quarters, library, schools, halls of study,
and the various departments, in which duty he was
engaged until the afternoon. After completing the
establishment portion of the inspection Sir R. Wal-
pole had the entire available force assembled on the
garrison review ground, where the officers and men
were inspected in the customary review and field day
manceuvres, in the execution of which they acquitted
themselves in a very satisfactory manner. This morn-
ing Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole will inspect the
Royal Field Artillery at Chatham, which Will bring
his inspection to a close so far as the garrison is
concerned.

Great Yarmouth Election Commission.

GREAT YARMOUTH, Monday.
The commissioners resumed their inquiry this
morning in the Town Hall.
Robert Bean, a fish merchant and smack owner,
said he voted for Lacon and Goodson at the last
election. He received no bribe, and was offered
none. In 1859 he voted for Lacon and Stracey.
He never voted for the Liberals, and has never been
bribed.

Mr. Fitzgerald said the commissioners had been
informed to the contrary.
Witness said it was quite incorrect. He never
received a shilling.
William Edwards, seaman, stated that he re-
ceived £l5 for voting for Brogden and Vanderbyl.
He received the money at the Army and Navy
Tavern. He heard that money was being given
away there, so he thought he might as well go and
have some. (Laughter.)
Edward Smith, a:blacksmith, said at the last elec-

tion he had no vote. In 1859 he voted for Watkin
and Young. He received then £lO from William
Newman. In 1857 he voted for Watkin and
APCullagh, but he got no money.
James Smith, shoemaker, of Church-plain, said
he voted for Brogden and Vanderbyl at the last
election. He received £2O at Wright's. He was
offered £l5 by Cooper on the part of the Conser-
vatives, but did not take the money. In 1859 he
had no vote.

John Benslyn, a carpenter, said he voted at the
last election for Lacon and Goodson, and received
£l5 for doing so from Mr. E. 0. Johnson. He was
offered nothing by the Liberals. He had heard
that his brother had been bribed, but it was only a
rumour. His brother was absent from Yarmouth.
There was a good deal of amusing confusion as to
the manner in which this witness spelt his name, and
eventually it turned out that he had been examined
before.

W. Newman recalled, stated that he only received
£2B in 1859 for distribution in bribes, and this sum
he had fully accounted for.
J. Fricker, tailor, said he had no vote at the last
election. In 1859 he voted for Watkin and Young.
He was offered £lO by Mr. W. C. Reynolds, but
he refused it to vote fch Lacon and Stacey. He was
also offered money bir E. Smith, residing in the
Broad-row, to vote on the Conservative side. In
the course of the present inquiry witness had been
employed as messenger by the commissioners. The
following persons alleged to have been bribed are
dead :—R. Beales, D. Beales, jun., S. Cullum, W.
Darnell, W. G. Dye, W. Ellis, W. Houghton, A.
King, J. Lammis, S. Peachment, R. Read, A. So-
lomons, and J. G. Rivett. The following, alleged
to have given or received bribes, were at sea:—G.
Wright, W. Frosdick, S. Johnson, J. Haylett, J.
Howes, W. Muller, J. Tully, E. Sutton, D. Carter,
J. Fill, B. Pratt, and W. Wright. Among those
. alleged to have been bribed, and some of whom had
left the town, were J. Adcock, S. Alsopp, W. But-
cher, G. Hunt, A. Lorimer, W. R. Mayer, W. C.
Miller, S. Parsley, W. Scott, W. Worlledge, B.
St'phens, H. Cooper, J. Crisp, G. Hastings, R.
• Mybill, W. Fisk, and J. Lewis. Witness had been
unable to serve summonses on all these persons.
Mr. C. J. Palmer recalled, said he had been twice
mayor of Yarmouth. He said he wished to correct
a statement made by Mr. Harvey, M.P., that he had
authority to draw upon him on behalf of Sir H.
Stracey in 1859. He had nothing to do with the
matter directly or indirectly. Yarmouth first sent
members to Parliament in 1294. It was one of the
first boroughs that sent members to Parliament.
Before that counties only sent members. Before the
Reform Bill the electors were freemen, who in the
time of King John were members of the fraternity
or merchant-guild. They transmitted the freedom
to their sons ; other parties obtained their freedom
by a servitude of seven years to another freeman.
In the early times the governing body, what is now
termed the town council, returned members to Par-
liament, and they continued to do so for a great
number of years. They used to elect a committee
or inquest, of six town councillors and six aldermen,
who nominated the members, and these members
almost invariably belonged to the governing body
at the time. This continued until the time of the

Commonwealth. In the last Parliament which was
summoned by Oliver Cromwell the freemen asserted
their right to vote for members of Parliament. This
the governing body resisted, and would not allow.
A double return was made for Yarmouth, but the
question was decided against the freemen by a com-
mittee of the House of Commons, whe decided that
the right was with the governing body. Then at the
next election, which was at the Restoration, the free-
men again claimed the right of voting, while the
governing body claimed it exclusively. Another
double return was made ; and on appeal a committee
of the House of Commons reversed the previous de-
cision and admitted the freemen to vote. James 11.,
after filling the corporation with his own adherents,
granted a charter by which he provided that the
members of Parliament should be returned by the
vote of the corporation ; but that arrangement was
upset by the Revolution of 1688, and from that time
the freemen voted until they were extinguished by a
special act of Parliament in 1848. Gorleston and
Southtown were incorporated for parliamentary pur-
poses with the municipal borough of Yarmouth at the
passing of the Reform Bill.. A commisson was issued
at that time which determined the limits of boroughs.
The commission sat here for some time, and
upon their report the parish of Gorleston, which
includes the hamlet of Southtown, was added to
the borough for election purposes. In 1851 the
total population of the borough was 30,879, and in
1861 it had increased to 34,573, viz., Yarmouth,
30,088; and Gorleston and Southtown, 4,485. Wit-
ness had no doubt that there had been a large in-
crease of population since, perhaps 15 per cent.
The area of Gorleston is about 2,000 acres. Fish-
ing pursuits formed the principal industry of Yar-
mouth ; probably the shipping had decreased of late
years, particularly in the coasting trade, since the
introduction of railways. All other trades had in-
creased. The number of visitors to the town had
also increased very greatly. The fishery had in-
creased to a very great extent in consequence of the
rapid communication established with markets. The
corporation of Yarmouth are possessed of consider-
able property, but the freemen have no interest in
it, and never had. Local men were returned to
Parliament for the borough until the commence-
ment of the eighteenth century. The old law was
that resident freemen should be returned. There
was an Act of Parliament passed to that effect in
1430, which applied to the whole kingdom, but that
was afterwards broken through to some extent in
Yarmouth, as in other places. After the accession
of Queen Mary she sent a requisition directing that
the old law should be adhered to, and that resident
freemen should be returned. She also recommended
that good Catholics should be returned. In the
next reign came the great constitutional axiom
which was promulgated to the effect that members
of Parliament were not merely delegates from the
places from which they were sent, but that they were
to represent the whole country. Still Yarmouth con-
tinued to return resident members, and made a law
of its own to that effect in 1685. So great was this
feeling that when, in the reign of Charles 1., an at-
tempt was made to induce the burgesses to elect sup-
porters of the Government from persons residing out
of the town, it was met with a most decided refusal,
and the corporation elected one of their own men.
They also elected Myles Corbett, theirrecorder, who
although a Norfolk man was yet a Yarmouth man.
Corbett was afterwards one of the King's judges,
and signed the warrant for the execution of King
Charles. Corbett was compelled to take a house in
Yarniouth and reside iri town for, part of the year.
Mr. Russell—Have you in your antiquarian re-
searches, Mr. Palmer, come across traces of corrup-
tion prevailing in old times in Yarmouth?
Witness said thC corruption did not always exist
on one side, because members of Parliament were
sometimes corrupted. For instance, about 400 years
since an elector endeavoured to induce the member
for the borough to obtain a place for him in the
Customs, and in return the applicant promised to
allow the member's son sufficient to maintain a horse.
This circumstance appeared in the "Parton Letters,"
There' was nothing to show that any thing was paid
by the members for Yarmouth in old times. Wit-

ness believed that Yarmouth was purer in those old
times than it was now, when members travelled
with sovereigns in their portmanteaus. The pay-
ment of what was called " head money" to the free-
men commenced about 100 years since ; the money
(£2 2s. per head) was paid by all the candidates,
whether they were successful or not. A committee
of the House of Commons declared this payment
illegal, but notwithstanding this it still went on. It
was this payment which led to their disfranchise-
ment. At the election of Lennox and Coope witness
found that the £lO householders to some extent
took the £2 25., as of £1,200 expended £9OO went
to the freemen and £3OO to the householders. Two
of the then leaders of the Liberal party stated in
evidence that the election on their side cost from
£B,OOO to £lO,OOO, chiefly for bringing voters from
a distance. There was no family which had territorial
influence in the borough. The Anson family had
property in Southtown which formerly belonged to the
Paston family. In old times there was a jealousy
between Yarmouth and Southtown, and ships were
not allowed to take in cargoes en the Southtown side
of the river Yare ; but in the time of Charles 11. Sir
R. Paston obtained an Act of Parliament which en-
abled ships to load and reload on the Southtown side,
and also conceded other privileges to Southtown. On
the death of the last Earl of Yarmouth, at the com-
mencement of the last century, the Paston estates
were sold to Lord Anson, the distinguished circum-
navigator, who left them to an ancestor of the present
Earl of Lichfield. The Anson family held this pro-
perty still, but it bad not given them any material in-
fluence. Mr. Rumbold had no family connection with
Yarmouth ;he was brought down in 1817. He was
much esteemed for his high character, and he repre-
sented the borough for a great many years. Witness
did not know whether the Anson family had any in-
fluence in attaching Southtown to Yarmouth for
Parliamentary purposes ; at any rate he did not think
that it had done them any material good. In the
last century the Town shend and Walpole families had
great influence in the borough from the official patron-
age which they possessed, while a majority of the
electors were in favour of the principles of 1688 which
they represented. The Hon. Charles Townshend re-
presented the borough for 30 years, and was returned
eight times. The inhabitants of Gorleston and South-
town were at one time rather a poorer class, but they
had been increasing in prosperity of late. The local
rates were higher in Gorleston and Southtown than in
Yarmouth. Besides fishing, boat-building, shipbuild-
ing, netmaking, &c., were carried on in Yarmouth.
Deep-sea fishing for cod, turbot, &c., was also now
prosecuted from Yarmouth, and with considerable
profit. The average rent paid by a working man in
Yarmouth would be about £6 10s. or £7. A large
proportion of the present voters were, however, Yar-
mouth men.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Reynolds volunteered state-
ments to the effect that they knew nothing about the
witness Tricker having been offered a bribe on the
Conservative side in 1855.
Tricker reiterated his former statement. Mr.
Reynolds did not offer the money himself, but he
was with the parties who made the offer.
The Chief Commissioner thanked Mr. Palmer for
the valuable information which he had afforded, and
stated that the inquiry was now closed. The com-
missioners thanked the mayor and corporation for
the courtesy and consideration which had been
shown to them, and they had been struck with the
general truthfulness of the witnesses examined, and
with the desire of all parties in the town to afford
all possible information.
The commissioners then adjourned till Saturday,
at No. 1, Essex-court, Temple, when they will meet
privately to consider their report.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Oct. 15.

A congregation will be holden on Saturday next, the
20th inst., at 2 o'clock for the purpose of electing a Head of
a college or hall to be a member of the Hebdomadal Coun-
cil in the place of the President of Magdalen College, whose
seat is vacant on account of insufficient residence during
the past year. The voting will commence at 2 and termi-
nate at half-past 2 o'clock.
A congregation will be holden on Saturday next, the
20th inst, at half-past 2 o'clock, for the purpose of electing a
member of Convocation, of not less than five years' stand-
ing, to bo a member of the Hebdomadal Council, in the
place of the Rev. Jas. Riddell, M.A., deceased. The voting
will 'commence at half-past 2 and terminate at 3 o'clock.

A congregation will be holden on Monday, the 22d inst.,
at 2 o'clock, for the election of three heads of colleges or
halls. o be members of the Hebdomadal Council in the place
of the resident of St. John's, the Warden of New College,
and the Warden of All Souls. The voting will commence
at 2 and terminate at half-past 2 o'clock.

A congregation will be holden the same day for the elec-
tion of three professors to bo members of the Hebdomadal
Council, in the place of the Regius Professor of Hebrew,
the Margaret Professor of Divinity, and the Chichele Pro-
fessor of International Law and Diplomacy. The voting
will commence at half-past 2 and terminate at 3 o'clock.
A congregation will be holden the same day for the elec-
tion of three members of Convocation, of no less than five
years' standing, to be members of the Hebdomadal Council,
in the place of the 11ev. R. Mitchell, 8.D., the Rev. J. Grif-
fifths, M.A., and the Rev. E. Turner, M.A. The voting
will commence at 3 and terminate at half-past 3 o'clock. All
the forenamed seats are vacant by rotation.. In accordance
with the Act 17th and 18th Victoria, cap. 81, clause 21,
each member of congregation ispntitled. to give in each class
two votes for the three vacancies. Each member of con-
gregation will present to the Vice-Chancellor the names of
the two persons for whom he intends to vote, according to a
form, copies of which may be obtained on the day of elec-
tion in the Apodyterium.

On Saturday, Oct. 13, Mr. Edward Russell Bernard, 8.A.,
Craven Scholar, late Hertford Scholar, and late Scholar of
Exeter College, was elected to the vacant clerical Fellow-
ship in Magdalen College.
The following gentlemen have been elected to Demyships

in the same College:—ln Classics—William Brock, Repton
School ; W. H. Paulson, Charterhouse ; Arthur B. Ste-
ward, Rugby School ; Digby M. Berry, Wimborne School;
proxime accessit, William A. Clarke, Harrow. In Mathe-

matics —Robert J. Muir, Edinburgh University. In Nature'
Scienco, James Bradshaw, Forest School, Snaresbrooke.

The Exhibitions were awarded asfollows : —ln Classics,
to Walter Cosser, Magdalen College School ; in Natural
Science, to Campbell P. Billing, Magdalen College School

CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 15.
The announcement of the death of Mr. William Hopkins,
M.A., F.R.S., Senior Esquire Bedell of this University,will
be read with regret, not only by members of the University,
but by men of science in general. The office which Mr.
Hopkins filled in the University was one on which he con-
ferred more dignity than,it gave to him ; but in an unofficial
capacity, as a private tutor, fewmen have exercised so wide
or so beneficial an influence on the studies of the place.
Quitting the profession, utterly uncongenial to his tastes
to which ho bad been brought up, he entered the Univer-
sity comparatiVely late in life, and graduated as Seventh
Wrangler in 1827, in the same year with Professor De
Morgan, of University College. Ho soon became eminent
as a private tutor, and for about 33 years a large part of
the elite of Cambridge mathematicians formed the class
to which he lectured, and he became known as the senior
wrangler maker. -Among his pupils were the present
Vice-Chancellor, the Bishop of Worcester, the Master of
Peterhouse, Canon Heaviside, Mr. Justice Blackburn,
Archdeacon Pratt, Bishops Cotterill and Coleuso, the late
Bishop Mackenzie, the Dean of Ely, Professors Stokes,
Kelland, W. Thomson, Tait, Fawcett, Dr. G. Budd, Mr.
Main, Rateliff Observer ; Mr. J. Toahunter, Dr. Barry, and
many other distinguished names. The secret of his suc-
cess as a teacher was the happy faculty ho had of drawing
out the thoughts of his pupils, and making them instruct
each other, while he took case that the subjects under dis-
cussion were treated in a philosophical manner, so that
mere preparation for the Senate-house examination was
subordinate to a sound scientific training. He is perhaps
bettor known to the public for his investigations in geology
and the temperature of the earth, but he used to complain
that he could not make mathematicians take an interest in
his geology, or geologists comprehend his mathematics.
He served in turn the offices of President of the Geological
Society and of the British Association for the Advance-
ment of Science. Not long since a prize was founded in
his honour, the funds for which aro held in trust by the
Cambridge Philosophical Society, for the encouragement
of mathematico-physical investigations. For some time
past his health has failed, so that his duties have been per-
formed by deputy. His memory will long be cherished by
his pupils at Cambridge for the kindly manner and philo-
sophical spirit with which he directed their studies, and
the wholesome influence which the training of his class-
room has exercised on their after pursuits.

The Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity purposes to
lecture duiing the present term on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, in the Arts School, commencing on Monday,
November 5. Subjects—At 11 a.m., First Book of Samuel,
with reference to the Septuagint version ; critical. At 12
a.m., Historical Books of the Old Testament. Students
who wish to attend are requested -to enter their names at
Messrs. Deighton, Bell, and Co.'s, Trinity-street.

THE LATEST STYLE OF BONNET has turned up at
Richmond, U,S. It is described as consisting of two
straws, tied together with blue ribbon on the top of the
head, and red tassels suspended at each of the four ends of
the straws. Price nineteen dollars.