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ought to the booth by some policemen, who were
covered with mud.
,d by Mr. O'M

.e.examinel oy r. .alley—Father Conway spoke
to the people in Irish, and most of the people he spoke
to understood Irish. Inside the booth everything was
quiet, but the difficulty was to get there. He did not
know that the words of caution were addressed solely to
the people.

Mr. James French examined by Mr. O'Malley—l live
at Tuam. lam a landed proprietor in Mayo, and own
a house in Galway. lam a Roman Catholic. lam a
voter for the county of Mayo, and went to Ballinrobe
for the purpose of voting for Col. Higgins. I went to
mass on Sunday. Mr. Conway was the priest there. Be-
fore the mass was finished I heard Mr. Conway speak of
the coming election. I told a person when I came out
what I had heard, and I put it down in writing. I have
that memorandum now. I wrote a portion of it immedi-
ately after mass. After eulogising Messrs. Moore and
Palmer, he said that Higgins was a consummate scoun-
drel—he had deceived them on every point, he had
broken all his pledges, bad sold himself body and soul,
and yet had the presumption to come and ask them for
their votes. He said he hoped the curse of God might
rest on all who should vote for Higgins, and that they
would be legally justified in shouting and hooting after
them in the streets, to show their disapprobation of their
conduct; but on no account to hurt the military or the
police. That was all said in a very emphatic manner,
and after that the town became in a very excited state.
That language was used before the mass was concluded,
immediately after the communion.

Mr. W. F. O'Connor examined by Mr. Hale—l am
head-constable in charge of the police at Ballinrobe. I
recollect the last election at Mayo, and was in charge of
Mrs. Monaghan's Hotel. I have attended elections in
Mayo and Sligo, but I never saw the people so excited
before. The people seemed to be watching their oppor-
tunity to make an outbreak. On one occasion I ordered
a body of the police under my command to fix their
bayonets to protect some voters near Monaghan's Hotel.
I saw Conway and other priests acting on the part of
Mr. Moore. I saw them bringing in voters for Mr.
Moore.

Cross examined by Mr. Karalake—l did not see Mr.
Burke come in on the Sunday with Colonel Higgins'
voters. When Conway was on the wall I heard him
speaking to the people, but I did not hear what ho said.
He had not heard of a pistol being presented to Mr.
Conway while he was on the wall.
Stephen Gorekelly was the next witness examined by
Mr. O'Malley. He said—l am a printer of Ballinrobe.
The bill produced was printed at my office. I produce
the manuscript from which the bill was printed. It is in
Mr. Conway's handwriting. It was brought to me on
the morning of Wednesday. I was to print 1,000 of
thorn. I have not been paid for them, but I expect to
be paid by Mr. Conway.
Cross-examined by Mr. Karslake—The copy was
brought to me at 3 o'clock in the morning, and some were
distributed by 8 o'clock that morning. I also printed
500 or 600 placards for Mr. Griffiths.
Mr. John Burke, examined by Mr. E. James—l re-
side with my father. On Sunday, the sth of April, I
accompanied my father to Ballinrobe, as he intended to
vote for Col. Higgins on the Monday. My father is 76
years of age. We went in a car to Ballinrobe, and there
met a large mob of people, about half-past five on the
Sunday evening. Many in the mob wore half-drunk,
and very excited. Peter Conway was surrounded by
the mob. know him as the Catholic priest of Bal-
linrobe. The demeanour of the mob was calculated
to excite alarm. The mob called upon us to stop.
When the mob stopped us, as I saw Conway there I
thought we should have been safe, but as soon as he
saw us he said, " Oh, you are Col. Higgins' supporters ;
I wash my hands of you." He then went about 100
yards away, when two men came out of the mob, seized
us, and dragged us for 100 yards in the direction of where
Conway was. I then learnt that my father had been
beaten on the head, back, and shoulders, He was crip-
pled for some days, and complained of the injuries he
had received from the mob, The object was to prevent
us from voting for Col. Higgins. My father said if you
will let me go home I will not vote for Col. Higgins.
He said, " Will you promise me, Mr. Burke, on your
honour as a gentleman, that if I will let you home that
you will not vote for Col. Higgins t My father said he
would promise him upon his honour that he would not
vote for Col. Higgins." Upon that, Father Conway
turned to the mob and said, "Boys, we will let Mr.
Burke and his son go home, as he has promised me
upon his honour that he will not vote for Col. Higgins
at this election."

The Speaker being announced at prayers, at five
minutes before 4 o'clock, the committee adjourned.

WARE HAM ELECTION.

The select committee nominated to inquire into the
allegations in two petitions against the return of Mr.
Ca'craft, for the borough of Wareham, met yesterday
for the first time.

The committee consisted of Mr, M. Gaskell (chair.
man), Sir W. Dunbar, Mr. G. C. Glyn,. Mr. Mowbray,
and the Hon. F. Lygon.
Council for the petitioners—Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., Mr.
Rod well, and Mr. J. Clark. For the sitting member—
Mr. James, Q.C., Mr. Phinn, Q.C., and Mr. Welsby.
Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., opened the case for the peti-
tioners. They prayed that the name of Mr. Calfraft be
erased from the return, and that of Mr. Drax substituted
instead. The learned counsel detailed the particular
charges of the petition.
The inquiry, for the chief part of the day, had reference
g Aely to questions of scrutiny. At 4 o'clock the com-
mittee adjourned until this day.

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—June 2G.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

APPEALS.

'Before the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord
St. Leonards, Lord Wensleydale, &C.)
RIDGWAY V. WHARTON.

This was an appeal from a decree of the Lord
Chancellor, reversing a decree of Vice-Chancellor
Stuart, in a cause in which the appellant was plain-
tiff and the defendant respondent. The suit was
brought to compel specific performance of an agree-
ment entered into by the respondent, the Rev. H.
J. Wharton, to lease to the appellant, M. W. Ridg-
way, the promises and buildings called the Grey-
hound Inn, at Sydenham. The facts and arguments
have been fully reported, and it will now be suffi-
cient to state that the questions involved were whe-
ther an agent of the respondent had sufficient au-
thority to make an agreement for a lease on his
behalf, and whether certain documents alleged to
be a memorandum of agreement signed by
the respondent or his agent, were within the mean-
ing of the Statute of Frauds. The Vice-Chancellor
made a decree for specific performance of the agree-
ment, but the Lord Chancellor held on appeal that
on neither of the points above stated was the appel-
lant entitled to a decree. The matter came by way
of appeal before this house last session, the Lord
Chancellor and Lord Brougham being the law lords
who heard it ; and at the request of the Lord Chan-
cellor it was re-argued a few days since by one
counsel aside, before the noble and learned lords
above-mentioned.

The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord
Wensleydale were of opinion that the decree rever-
sing that of the Vice-Chancellor and holding that
the alleged agreement entered into by the respon-
dent was not sufficiently authorised by him, and
was not such an agreement as satisfied the Statute
of Frauds, was correct, and that the appeal should
be dismissed.

Lord St. Leonards was of a contrary opinion on
both points.
The appeal was accordingly dismissed, but with-
out costs. -