The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

THE LATE LAMBETH ELACTION.

The minutes of evidence taken before the select
committee on the Lambeth election petition have
j ust been printed by order of the House of Commons.
The sitting member, Mr. Roupell, was opposed
chiefly on charge of bribery and treating, and
the facts that an unusual number of houses were
thrown open by his agents during the election,
that his expenses amounted to 5,3391., be-
sides the auditor's charges, and that one
of the witnesses alleged to have been
bribed was not forthcoming, gave countenance to
the charges. The proceedings occupied five
days. It was proved by the witnesses that nume-
rous private as well as public houses were en-
gaged for holding committees and for - placard-
ing, and that the sum of 2001. was spent in
distributing circulars to the electors, Mr. Roupell
having determined to canvass every one. At
the previous election only a small proportion of
the electors voted, the largest number that ever
polled for one candidate having been 4,000. Some
of the many committee-men who acted for Mr. Rou-
pell were also employed to canvass, and were paid
10s. a day for their services ; but that fact was
endeavoured to be concealed. The utmost, how-
ever, that the witnesses against the sitting mem-
ber seem to have proved was, a very lavish
expenditure ; and the witness Tredre, who had
concealed himself for the purpose, as he said, of
seeing which party would pay him best, when
taken into custody and examined before the com-
mittee, did not make any disclosures affecting
the sitting member, but only criminated himself.
The points of most interest brought out during the
proceedings were in the statements of Mr. Roupell
himself, from whose evidence it appeared that the
petition against him had been concocted for the
purpose of inducing him to join the South London
Railway. He stated that Mr. Rhodes, a hop-mer-
chant in the Borough, and chairman of Mr.
Wilkinson's committee, waited upon him, and
"in great trepidation, apparently conscious
that he was about to make an improper
overture," said that if Mr. Roupell would join
the South London Railway, and support it with his
interest in Parliament, the petition against his re-
turn should be withdrawn. Mr. Rhodes was further
stated to be a large shareholder in the proposed rail-
way, and that as the railway would pass through his
drawing-room he would obtain large compensation.
Mr. Roupell also stated that an offer to withdraw
the petition was made to him by Mr. Cross, an elec-
tion agent, who represented thathe came fro m Messrs.
Harrison, the agents for the petitions, and that the
petition would be withdrawn if Mr. Roupell would
consent not to proceed against them for the costs.
In Mr. Roupell'a evidence he most positively as-
sorted that a messenger came to him in the House
of Commons, with a message that a friend wanted
to see him in the lobby, that he accordingly went
out, and was accosted by Mr. Cross, who beckoned
him into the messenger's room, and then made the
offer as the agent of Messrs. Harrison. Mr. Cross
in his examination entirely denied having done so.
The committee expressed their sense of the bearing
of the evidence by reporting that Mr. Roupell had
been duly elected, and that the petition against his
return was frivolous and vexatious. The numbers
at the close of the poll were—Mr. Roupell, 9,318 ;
Mr. Williams, 7,618 ; Mr. Wilkinson, 3,234.

Hi■ Excellency the French Ambassador and the
Countess de Persigny are expected in town, from Paris,
on Saturday next. Their excellencies will shortly go to
St. Leonards-on-Sea for about six weeke.

THE QUEEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION.— It
has already been announced that the closing of the
Exhibition of Art Treasures, at Manchester, was fixed
to take place on the 15th October. The circulation in
the newspapers, about the same time, of a statement
that the Queen would visit Wentworth House, the seat
of the Earl of Fitzwilliam, on the 15th October, not un-
naturally gave rise to a conjecture that there was some
connection between the two events, and we believe that

it may now be stated on good authority that her
Msjesty and the Prince Consort aro expected to be pre-
sent at the closing of the exhibition, and will proceed
from thence to Wentworth House the same evening.
According to the last census return of the population
of Vienna, that capital contains 579,457 souls, including
20,000 troops in garrison, 18,356 foreigners, and 210,262
Austrians who are not natives of Vienna. There are
441,161 Roman Catholic', 10,494 Protestants of the
coefees;on of Augburg, 1,293 Calvinists, 170 Anglicans,
15,116 Jews, 954 members of the Greek church, and 33
Museuluaans. The capital contains 5,793 houses with
89,441 suites of apartments.
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SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—The new steam-ship Gre-
nada,ar built for the Peninsular and Oriental Company,
and recently launched at Northam, is being prepared
with all speed, 150 men being employed on her, to be
ready to take out the Peninsular mails on Monday next,
the 28th inst. The company's steamer Sultan, which
was in readiness to leave with the mails of the 17tb, but
countermanded shortly before that date, still remains in
deck, awaiting orders, and it is currently rumoured that
she will ho employed in the transport service, as well
is tle Euxine, expected here to-morrow witk the mails
from the Peninsular ports.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT NORTHFLEET.—GRAVESEND,
Sept. 22.—Early this morning the inhabitants of this
place were aroused by the alarm of fire. It took place
in the adjoining village of Nortbfleet, at a well-known
waterside public-house called the Blue Anchor, in the
occupation of Mr. Lewes, situate near the mouth of the
Creek. Some labourers discovered the fire raging in
the Lack premises, and with difficulty the inmates were
rescued, Mrs. Lewes having only been recently co
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The house being built of wood was quickly envelope
flame, lighting up the river and country for some die-
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tance. An adjoining tenement ignited, and soon shared
a similar fate. A telegraphic message was sent to the
Town-hall for the engines, and Mr. Superintendent
force. The
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renderedThmeueenhgsienreviwcaesin protecting the cement works
of Messrs. Bevan and Knight, which at ono time were
placed in great peril. The Blue Anchor publichouse
and building adjoining were destroyed ; the contents
were
insured in the Globe.
The Prince of Wales and suite, eight persons in all,
have been running through Charnounix and the prin-
cipal resorts. The party were at the Great St. Bernard
a day or two ago. The Prince selected the finest puppy
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do so by means of railroads and other modes of convey-
ance, that few remain to be saved in a tourmcnte of the
mountains.—Lettcr from, Bex.
VALERIAKATO Of AMMONIA IN NIIJEALGIA.—For
some time
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care, at the Royal Free Hospital. It has also
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been given in a few cases of epileptoid disease. In one
case of paralysis of the facial nerve, which did well,
there was considerable pain along its course, sometimes
of a very excruciating character. The valerianate of
ammonia was administered with benefit, and in a very
short time the patient got well. This remedy has been
treely used in the Parisian hospitals, but especially at
the Salpetriere and the Bicetre. Dr. Tuffnell, professor
of raillery surgery to Dublin, has also tried it, and found
it eminently successful.—Lund.
CEIANGED TIMES.—In 1616 a maid servant's half-
yearly wages, according to an excerpt from the Burgh
Records of Forres, inserted in the Ga:ette, was only le.
4d., with a pair of shoes worth 4d., an apron of linen
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wages raage from 21.100, to 51, half-yearly.