The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-02 00:00:00

HARWICH.

The committee reassembled this morning at 11 o'clock,
and proceeded with the case of the petitions by certain
electors of the borough against the return of the sitting
members, Captain Jervis and Mr. Selk, on the ground of
illegal practices.

The first petition was decided yesterday in favour of
Captain Jervis, the committee being of opinion that the
situations he held did not render him ineligible for a seat
in Parliament.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, who appeared in support of the
present petition, sai d that the case he would submit to the
committee on behalf of his client did not rest upon specific
acts of bribery, but would turn upon the question as to
whether or not the sitting members had contravened the
statute of George the Third, namely, that which related to
the prevention of corrupt practices at elections. It
was a common coincidence that ten y ears ago a
member for Harwich was unseated on the ground some-
what simlar to those upon which the petitioners now
relied. There were -only 370 voters out of the whole
population of Harwich, and this population was poor and
chiefly engaged in shipping or other labour. Capt. Jervis
had boon deputy-chairman of the Great Eastern Railway,
which had a branch lino into the port of Harwich, and he
was at the present time a director of the company. The
company considered it advisable to establish a steam-
packet communication between Harwich and Rotterdam,
of which Captain Jervis was appointed sole manager.
In consequence of his position Captain Jervis necessarily
had considerable influence with the labouring population
of Harwich, and no less than 62 of the voters were em-
ployed by the company. Captain Jervis had two very
active partisans in tradesmen, named Daniels and Groom,
who occupied an influential position in the borough.
When the Continental communication was decided on they
were appointed agents of the company, and it would be
proved in evidence that they were also electioneering
agents of Captain Jervis at a previous election, and of both
the sitting members at the last election. The Continental
Steampacket Screw Company not proving so successful
as was expected, the company determined to make certain
alterations in reference to its management, and amongst
others to appoint a paid officer of their own in the place
of Messrs. Daniells and Groom. This alarmed Captain
Jervis, and Mr. Kelk wrote to Mr. Bidder, one of the di-
rectors, remonstrating with him for entering into any ar-
rangement on the eve of the election, which was calculated
to interfere with his return. Captain Jervis interfered,
and the arrangement of the directors was not carried out.
The learned counsel then proceeded to state that he would
be able to satisfy the committee, documentary and oral
evidence, that Captain Jervis consented to use the in-
fluence he possessed on behalf of Mr. Kelk, provided the
expenses of his (Captain Jervis's) election were defrayed
by Mr. Kelk.
Evidence was then called to support the narrative of the
learned counsel.

CHELTENHAM.
Additional evidence was adduced this morning in sup-
port of the petition, and specific acts of bribery deposed to.

HUDERFIELD.
The evidence in this D
case waSs resumed this morning.

DROGHEDA AND CARLOW.
The petitions in the cases of these elections have been
withdrawn.

LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening.

, APRIL 28.
The Queen has beenFOREIGN-OFFICE pleased to approve of Mr. W.Martin
Jones as Consul at Clifton, Canada, for the United States
of America.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Idiot 1. F.
94th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Edward W.
Walker, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Geo. Powell
Higginson, deceased.
4th West India Regiment—Lieut.-Gen. George Thomas
Colonth to be Colonel, vice Liout.-Genoral John Julius
William Angerstein, deceased.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
Alfred Charles Duncombo to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Henry John Robert Osborne, who retires ;
Arthur Wills
Hillsborough Blundell TrumbulSub-Liel Sandysutenant, Roden,
by pur Earl of
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chase, vice Duncombe.
8d Dragoon Guards—Sergeant-Major Robert Ward, from
the Cavalry Depot Staff, to be Riding Master, vice
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THE VICARAGE OF GREENIVICII—Yesterday
morning the Yen. Archdeacon Sinclair, M.A., acting for
the Bishop of London, instituted the Rev. Dr. J. C. Miller,
of Lincoln College, Oxford, late rector of St. Martin's, Bir-
mingham, to the vicarage of Greenwich, to which he was
recently nominated by the Queen. The rural deanery of
Greenwich, comprising a largo number of benefices, will be
divided, a portion of them being placed within a now rural
deanery of Woolwich, which will be at once created. The
Rev. Dr. Miller will be rural dean of Greenwich ; and the
now rural deanery will be conferred upon the Rev. nary
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