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

THE LATE LAMI3ETH ELteTION.

The minutes of evidence taken before the select
committee en the Lambeth election petition have
just been printed by orderof the House of Commons.
The sitting member, Mr. Roupell, was opposed
chiefly on the 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 witness.:a 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 e'ection only a small proportion of •
the electors voted, the largest number that ever
lolled for one candidate having been 4,000. Some
of the many committee-men who acted for Mr. Run-
Fell were also employed to canvass, and were paid
103. 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 Tiedre, 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-
eiant 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
interett 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turn should be withdrawn.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 that he came from 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's evidence he most positively as-
serted 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 messengat's rcom, and then made the
offer as the agent of Messrs. Harrison. Mr. Cr3ss
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, 7,648 ; Mr. Wilkinson, 3,234.

His 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. Leonarde-on-Sea for about six weeks.
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
elejesty and the Prince Contort are 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 Catholics, 10,494 Protestants, of the
ccmfe.e;on of Augburg, 1,293 Calvinists, 170 Anglicans,
15,116 Jews, 954 members of the Greek church, -and 33
Mus,blmans. The capital contains 8,793 houses with
89,441 suites of apartments.
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—The new steam-ship Gre-
nada, 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 irst. The company's steamer Sultan, which
was in readiness to leave with the mails of the 17th, but
cuuntermanded shortly before that date, still remains in
deck, awaiting orders, and it is currently rumoured that
she will be employed in the transport service, as well
as the Euxine, expected hero to-morrow with 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 back premises, and with difficulty the inmates were
rescued, Mrs. Lewes having,only been recently confined.
The house being built of wood was quickly enveloped in
flame, lighting up the river and country for some dee-
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 S
.Superintendent
White at cute proceeded to the spot with a powerful
force. The engine was got to work from the Creek, and
rendered mu'h service in protecting the cement works
of Messrs. Bevan and Knight, which at one time were
.A.ronycehdor;
tpbuebleico-nlitoeunstes
andplaced u inld greatbuilding
adjoiningp e i
were insured in the Globe.
have been running through Chaniounix and the prin-
lTwheereßlducest
The Prince of Wales and suite, eight persons in all,
Prince selected the finest u
day or two ago. The p
ppy
cipal resorts. The party were at the Great St. Bernard
a
of the famous 5,. Bernard breed, and I think paid 200 f.
for it. But the Valaisans are rude and stupid. They
filled the little beast with milk, and then gave him to a
peasant to carry. The man flung him round his neck as
he would carry a young pig or lamb, and the consequence
twhaast ?beet f thelo cubr
ugsuffocated.btto t
b e Itrsr
nwcaes. but his dead body
ness was grieved and annoyed. The monks have made
all the reparation they can by forwarding another cub.
After all, the race is degenerating, and travellers take
so much better care of themselves, and are enabled to
do so by means of railroads and other modes of convey-
ance, that few remain to be saved in a tourtncnte of the
mountains.—Letter front Bex. •
VALERIAWATE OF AMMONIA IN NEUEALGIA--FOr
some time back Dr. O'Connor has been prescribing, with
success, the valerianate of ammonia in oas
It
es of nuraallgia
under his care, at the Roe al Free Hesp ital
been given in a few cases of epileptoid die ease. In one
. has so
case of paralysis of the facial nerve, which did well,
there was considerable . pain along its course, sometimes
e well ith ene, an in a ver
of a very excruciating character. b The valderienate of
ammonia was admine t er.
This rtemedy has been
short time the patient got
freely used in the Parisian hospitals, but especially at
the Salpetriere and the Bicetre. Dr. Tuffuell, professor
of mi nary surgery to Dublin, has also tried it, and found
it eminently successful.—Luncet.
CHANGED TIMES.—In 1616 a maid servant's half.:
yearly wages, according to an excerpt from the Burgh
Records of Forres, inserted in the Gazette, was only is.
4d., with a pair of shoes worth 4d., an apron of linen
worth 6ed., and a barn or coarse apron worth 5d.--
making in all 2s. Bd. of our money ! The prompt
wages range from 2/. 10s, to Si. half-yearly.