The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-17 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

WEATHER EXPECTED TILL NEXT REPORT
North Britain W. to N. and N.E. ; fine.
Ireland N. to E. and S E.; fine.
East Coast
South England N.N.E. to E.S.E., fresh; fine.

THE REPRESENTATION OF LINCOLN.

We have to announce the sudden death of Major
Waldo Sibthorp, M.P., which took place on Sun-
day morning las!, at the Victoria Hotel, St.
Leonard's-on-Sea, at the comparatively early age
of 45. The lamented deceased, while on a fish-
ing excursion some few months since in Derby-
shire, was seized with paralysis, from which he soon
rallied, but never thoroughly recovered. On Wed-
nesday last, however, he left his seat, Canwick, near
Lincoln, for a short sojourn in the south, in compa-
ratively good health; he stayed a few days in Lon-
don, and on Saturday morning proceeded to St.
Leonards. In the course of the following day he
was taken. suddenly ill from compression of the
brain, and within two hours he had breathed his
he has
last. The death of Major Sibthorp causes a vacancy
city
since
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Conservative
serthe
death of his father (Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo
Sibthorp) on the 14th Dec., 1856. In politics the
gallant major was a Liberal• Conservative, and
during the whole of his representative career has
faithfully and diligently attended to the interests of
his constituents, supporting the party with which
he was more nearly allied in principle whenever
he could consistently do so, but ever maintaining a
strictly independent position in the house.
Major Sibthorp owned extensive estates in Lin-
colnshire, and also in Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire,
Middlesex, Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire. He is
succeeded in these possessions by his eldest son, Mr .
Coningsby Charles Waldo Sibthorp, a youth 15
years of age.

As soon as the news of Major Sibthorp's death
reached Lincoln, meetings of the leading Liberals
and Conservatives were held, and the former decided
to invite Mr. J. Hinde Palmer, Q.C., of London,
who has twice unsuccessfully contested the city.
The Conservatives telegraphed to Lient.-Colonel
Sibthorp, brother of the late member, offering to
support him; but we understand that he declined
to come forward. The Lord Mayor of London was
then spoken of, and we believe he was commu-
nicated with, but it would appear he was not anxi-
ous for the honour they wished to confer upon him.
At length a deputation waited upon Mr. J. Bram-
ley-Moore, merchant, of Liverpool, and chairman of
the Liverpool docks, who some years ago represented
Maldon, and he consented to contest the election in
the Conservative interest. Yesterday evening his
address was issued, and he will commence a canvass
this morning. In his address he states that he is a
Liberal-Conservative ; that he will not pledge him-
self to a blind support of party measures ; and that
he approves generally of the policy of the late Con-
servative Government. He also approves of the
course taken by the present Government in its rela-
tions with foreign Powers, and will not offer to it a
factious opposition. With respect to home policy,
he is in favour of moderate and gradual changes,
and is opposed to the ballot as un-English.
Mr. Palmer has not yet issued his address, but he
is well known as an advocate of broad Liberal prin-
ciples.

COLLISION BETWEEN 7HE BENCIi
AND THE BAR, AT CABLLsLE.

At the quarter sessions held at Carlisle, on Tues-
day, Joseph Carr, formerly a railway clerk at
Carlisle Citadel Station, was charged with em-
bezzling the money of his employers. Mr. M'Outrey
and Mr. Fawcett appeared for the prosecution ; and
Mr. Sleigh, of London, was specially retained for
the prisoner. The chairman of quarter sessions,
Mr. Hasell, being chairman of the Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway Company, declined to hear the
case, which was consequently heard before Mr.
Spedding, of Mireside, and a bench of magistrates.
Mr. Marshall, M.P. for East Cumberland, took his
seat on the bench ; and, in the course of the trial,
commented on the propriety of a question put by
Mr. Sleigh to a witness who was under examina-
tion. Mr. Sleigh retorted, said he hoped he
knew his duty, and that be was not in the habit
of taking up the time of the Court by making un-
necessary interruptions. He said he understood
there was some gentleman on the Bench connected
with the railways ; and he expressed his opinion
that to sit there and interfere with the chairman,
when the prisoner was at the bar charged with
felony, was indecent. Mr. Marshall remained on
the Bench some time after, but left before the case
was finished. At the conclusion of the trial, the
prisoner having been acquitted on the first indict-
ment, the Hon. Percy Wyndham, M.P., rose and
said :—Having the honour of a seat on this Bench,
I beg to ask you, sir, if it is not the right of any
magistrate to ask you, as chairman, any
question he pleases during the progress of
any case, or to discuss the matter with you
as much as he likes. I ask this question because one
of the counsel engaged in this case grossly insulted
Mr. Marshall by imputing to him interested and base
motives when he was consulting with you and ask-
ing a question connected with the business before
you. I felt at that moment, and I know that that
feeling will be sympathised by gentlemen sitting on
this Bench, that when Mr. Sleigh made use of that
accusation, he adopted a tone which, however usual
or proper it may be in that court to which he has
alluded—l mean the Old Bailey, where, I believe,
he is specially appreciated—l hope is rarely heard
elsewhere. Mr. Sleigh—l take the liberty of say-
ing that, personally, I treat those observations with
that contempt which they deserve. I am not
to be told by any man, be he Justice of the Peace,
or be he what he may—be he in the position in
which he can, or thinks he can, with impunity in-
sult me—how I have to perform my duty. Whether
I perform it to his satisfaction or not, it matters
not to me. If I had said anything which I thought
needed an apology to that Magistrate (Mr. Mar-
shall), I am too much, I hope, a man of honour, and
too much a man of courage, to be ashamed or to
hesitate to tender an apology for any injury I had
done, or for any affront I had occasioned. (Applause
in the body of the Court.) I never intended either
one or the other, and therefore I offer no apology.
What I did intend to do I did; and what I did I
would do again, if occasion should occur. (Renewed
applause, which was immt diately suppressed.) If
I offended any member of the railway company
who are prosecuting this defendant, and who took
his seat on the Bench by virtue of being a Justice
of the Peace—Mr. Wyndham : He is not a
member.—Mr. Sleigh : I understand he is a direc-
tor of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and as
such a party to the agreement which constitutes
the Citadel Station Committee, I don't believe any

justice of the peace who hears me now, if he were
in any shape or form concerned in the part of a
prosecution, would think, on reflection, it right to
sit next the judge and make observations in refer-
ence to the progress of the case.—The Chairman :
Allow me to say I did not interfere at the time, be-
cause I did not think it was seemly to interrupt an
important criminal investigation with such discus-
sions ; but I was aware at the time that Mr. Marshall
was very much annoyed and did take your re-
marks in the way in which Mr. Wyndham has put
it. But I do believe that no insult was intended,
and that you only wished to stop what you thought
was au irregularity. However, I am bound to say
ur ar tt e, I
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justice in the exercise of his ordinary privilege, and
doing as he sometimes does taking a little part in
the case ; but I am sure he did not intend to act
partially.—Mr. Sleigh—l am sure of it; and lam
sorry it occurred to any magistrate to make any
observations to me. Mr. Marshall is, I have no
doubt, a man of integrity, and I shall have his
sanction for saying that it would be more seemly if
a man so connected did not communicate with the
judge.—The Chairman—l assure you there was
nothing said to me to bias my mind.—The matter
here dropped.

There is an odd and original way of putting a
matter sometimes in Scotch people, which is irresistibly
comic, although by the persons nothing comic is intended,
as for example, when in 1786 Edinburgh was illuminated
on account of the recovery of George 111. from severne !cla.
ness—in a house where great preparation was gonivgicooncies,
the occasion, by getting the candles fixed ie"ci,u,,Aye, it,s
an old nurse of the family looking on, eev: m
h 712 e king is sick,
a brew time for the cannel make*'
nfsigottish Life and Cha-
racter.
man I"—Remini.---ves ---, o
-pACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN
...,L,
—lnformation was received last evening at the
terminus of the Great Northern Railway, that
r al 1 ey
niece,in g and from
o n reaching
a accident had occurred at the Ashton station, on the
aarfrivtalal of the 2.20 p.m. train. A lady named Bloyds, who
. A
jilt
resided3Aihnit
ogL n'Wg -cross
the° Huddersfield,
purpose
of was
visiting j o journeying Salfordto
the station, before the train was brought to a standstill, she
attempted to leave the carriage. In stepping down her foot
slipped, and was so severely crushed between the carriage
and the platform that death resulted shortly afterwards.
This is another warning to imprudent travellers by rail.