The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-08 00:00:00

The official declaration of the poll was made this day,
at noon, by Mr. Sheriff Mechi and Mr. Sheriff Keats,
from the hustings in, front of the Market-house. .A
general feeling prevailed that the proceedings would not
pass off quietly, but that some unpleasant ebullition
of popular feeling would be displayed by the friends of
the defeated candidate., Lord Chelsea's friends and sup-
porters, even " to the lowest," were invited to attend,
and'no doubt this urgent appeal was the cause of num-
bers assembling in the open srlce of the market place
before ten o'clock this morning. All the shops in
the square, and the approaches leading thereto,
were closed. A etrong,body of police was on the ground,
and several of the mounted patrole were stationed at
the different points contiguous to the hustings. Happily
their services were .not required otherwise than to
keep the approaches to the hustings clear. The early
gatherings comprised men and women of the
working-classes who behaved themselves in the
most peaceable. and orderly manner, and presented a
striking contrast in their favour to the conduct of the
militia " roughs" who assembled on the nomination day
and so disgracefully interrupted the proceedings.
The windows of the houses were filled with fashion-
ably dressed ladies, who expressed their sympathy with
their favourite candidate by waving of handkerchiefs,

About five minutes past tw&lve o'clock Lord Chelsea
arrived on foot, acconii)anie'd. by many members of his
committee, and took his station on the hustings in
silence. A. placard was then fxhitited from his lord.
ship's side of ' the 'hustings bearing the following
"Result of the poll, 3,000 whole votes against 4,000
split votes." The former referring to Chelsea's plumpersy
and the latter to the successful candidates pelting.
The two successful candidates did not arrive until nearly
20 minutes after his lordship.. They were enthusiasti-
cally received by the assemblage, which had then greatly
increased. They each arrived in a carriage drawn by

four grey horses, preceded by banners, horsemen -
and a band of music. On the banners were
inscribed, " Down with the Tories, they are the
people's enetnies,"-- " He who taketh bread ,from
the poor, the people shall curse him," "Down with the
monopolist, and the robbers, and the oppressors of the
poor," &c., &c. :The cavalcade was a very extensive one,
consisting of numerous horsemen, several carriages-and•
four, with outriders and colours, broughams, omnibuses,
vans, &c. The appearance of the candidates wrs the signal
for an outburst of applause, which the disconsolate friends
of Lord Chelsea on the hustings in vain attempted to
msr•by groans and hlsses. Finding it to be more in-
jurious to their lunga than to the cause of reform they
shortly desisted, and •consoled themselves by pondering
over their ignominious defeat. Lord Chelsea, on pre•
smiting himself in fiOnt of the hustings leaned his
chic, on his hand, and slightly acknowledged a few faint
cheers that wet* raised, but was speedily overpowered
by cries of " Go back to Dover," and other such ebulli-
tions of popular fervour.
Mr. Sheriff Macai announced the clo-e of the poll as"

(Before Mr. Justice Erie and Mr. Justice Williams.)
Robert Goodacre,•aged' 19, pleaded guilty to two in-
dictments, charging him with forging 'cheques upon
Messrs. Drummond's, the bankers, of Charing•cross.
The prisonerlad been in the service of a gentleman
named Abrahams, who banked with the Messrs. Drum-
mond, and during the last 12 months he bad forged
eNyen cheques to the amount of 2001. The jury, found
him guiliyr,but sentence was deferred.

Charles Jackson, a
.young man, employed in the
General Post-office,— pleaded guilty to an indictment,
charging him with stealing several registered letters,
containing cheques and securities to the amount of 570/.
Mr. Bodkin•said the prisoner was in the constant ern:
ploy of the post-office, and his duty was to exAmine the
bags, after they.had been received from the country, to
see that they were empty. By some means he got into
his possession the letters containing the securities, with
which be was charged with stealing. The prisoner,
after being charged with the offence, confessed his guilt,
and gave such information that led to the recovery of
nearly the whole of the property.
The learned-Judge; in passing sentence, said it was'of
the greatest importance to the public that honesty should
bentrictly enforced at such an establishment as the Post-
office. Under these circumstances it became necessary
to punish all those severely who, having obtained their
sitnations en the ground of their honesty, deviated from
that course, and committed acts similar to those thwbich.
the prisoner bad pleaded gtiilty. The prisoner was then
sentenced to fOur years', penal servitude.
James Wright, also in the employ of the General Post-
office, was charged with wilfully detaining five post
letters.

The prisoner wag one of the letter carriers in the
Streatham district, and in consequence of constant com-
plaints of the non-delivery of letters in that district, cer-
tain test letters were made up and posted by some of the
post-office officials. The letters were never delivered,
and were subsequently discovered in the possession of
the prisoner.

The jury had not returned tbeir verdict when our de-
spatch left.

DEATH OF LORD DOUGLAS.

GLASGOW, MONDAY.
James Douglas, Baron Douglas, died at, his seat, Both-
well Castle, upon the Clyde, this morning. The deceased
peer had been in indifferent health for, a lengthened period,
but the illness which finally' carried him off was only of
two or three days' duration. He was born in 1787, and
succeeded to the title and estates on the death of hie
brother, in September, •1848. He married in May, 1813,
Wilhelmina, second daughter of the late General James
Murray. The deceased was in holy orders, but subsequently
to his accession to the family estates he lived principally
either at Douglas Castle or at Bothwell Castle, and rarely
took any activeipart publio affairs. He was also very
seldom seen in the House of Lords. Dying childless, he is
succeeded in his estates—which are principally situated in
Clydesdale, and estimeded to be worth about 55,090/. per
annum—by his sister, Lady Elizabeth, married in 1832 to
the Earl of Home. This lady is the mother of a large
family, the eldest of whom is Lord Douglas.
The deceased peer was the son of the first Baron Douglas,
in whose name " The Great Douglas Cause"—the most-im-
portant legal case of the last century—was carried on. In
connection with the death of the last male heir, it may not
be out of place to give a brief sketch of this celebrated
case. The Duke of Douglas died childless in 1761, when
the title became extinct, but the real and personal estate
was claimed by his nephew, Mr. Archibald Stewart, who
was served nearest heir to the Duke in the same year. The
assumption of the estates led to this memorable lawsuit.
Lady Jane Douglas, sister to the last Duke already men-
tioned, was one-of the handsomest women of her time, and
in August, 1746, being then 48 years of age, she was
secretly married to Mr. Stewart, afterwards Sir John
Stewart, of Grandtully: They resided abroad, principally
in France, from 1746 till the end of December, 1749.
At the latter date they returned to this country and took
up their residence in 'London, bringing with them two
male children, of whom they gave out that Lady Jane
had•been delivered in Paris at a twin birth in July, 1748.
The youngest of the twins, who was named Sholto Thomas
Stewart, died in May, 1753, and in November of the same
year Lady Jane died- at Edinburgh. Immediately after
the Duke's death theguardians of the surviving youth pro-
ceeded to put him in possession of the estates of the Dou-
glas family. He was served heir to the late duke before a
jury after the examination of a great body of evidence,
the-examination or inquest having been atiended'by coun-
sel on the part of the Duke of Hamilton, who claimed the
Douglas estate as heir male. The guardians of the Duke
of Hamilton were not- convinced, however, of the legiti-
macy of Stewart-or Douglas, and with the view of clear-
ing up the case they sent agents to the continent, who
brought back a great body of evidence to prove that the
pretended delivery of Lady Jane was a fiction, and that
the twins really belonged to two poor families in France,
named respectively Mignion and Saury. The guardians of
Mr.- Stewart, on the other hand, brought forward persons
to swear that they had seen Lady Jane in a state of preg-
nancy, and that they were actually present at the birth of
these twins. After evidence had been collected pro and
con. from every -quarter, and most minutely sifted and cri-
ticised, the case came on for judgment in the Court of Ses-
sion•in Scotlandon thelth of July, 1767, and so important
was the cause deemed that the 15 judges took eight days to
deliver their opinions. The result was that seven of the
judges voted in favour of the identity or legitimacy of Mr.
Stewart and seven against it; the Lord Prc-ident, who,
bad the casting vote, agreed with the latter, by which
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MARKEr NEWS —(This Day.)