The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-21 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO BRIBE A CANDIDATE.

The extraordinary statement made upon the hustings
by Mr. Robert Crawford, the Liberal candidate foz
Shrewsbury, to the effect that he had been offered £BOO
to retire from the contest, continues to excite much con-
troversy in the borough. Pending the preparation of his
affidavit, Mr. Crawford fully supplies details of the alleged
transaction. He states that on the day preceding the
nomination a Mr. Harding came to him, and after
descanting upon the annoyance and exposure which Mr.
Clement would be put to if Mr. Crawford persisted in
making his attempt to break up the compromise entered
into between Mr. Clement ,and Mr. Figgins, offered
him £2OO to retire. This Mr. Crawford declined,
and by degrees Harding increased the proffered
bribe to £BOO, when Mr. Crawford said he would take
the night to think about it, and that Harding might call
for an answer in the morning. Mr. CraWford states that
during the interview he conceived the idea of obtaining
possession of the £BOO, paying it over to the charities of
the town, and publishing the transaction at the hustings,
to the discomfiture of the Tories. There is no doubt what.
ever that Mr. Crawford went to the manager of one of the
local banks in the afternoon before the nomination, and
made arrangements for depositing the sum of £BOO in his
hands in the names of certain trustees, And that an hour
Was fixed for the manager to call on him the next morning
to receive the money ; but in the meantime the chairman
of Mr. Crawford's committee declined to have anything
to do with the transaction, and his solicitor also advising
him at once to close the negotiation, it was brought to an
abrupt termination within a couple of hours of the nomi.
nation. Mr. Harding does not deny that he had inter-
views with Mr. Crawford, at which the sum of i'Boo was
mentioned in connection with the election, but he gives
quite a different version of the story, stating that Mr.
Crawford instructed him to negotiate his withdrawal
from the contest upon receiving the sum in question. As
both these statements are supported by sworn affidavits
the case has assumed a very serious aspect, and will not be
permitted to rest in its present position. It should be
stated that both Mr. Clement, M.P., and Mr. Figgins,
M.P., indignantly deny all knowledge of the alleged
transaction.

It is rumoured in legal circles that in the event
or a change of Ministry Lord Justice Page Wood will be
Lord Chancellor, and that Sir Itoundell Palmer will
made Lord Justice of Appeal.—Law Times.

A woman, wife of a gardener, has just died at
Lindau, Lake of Constance, at the age of 97. Her hus.
band, who has attained his 107th year, survives. He was
married at 28, and his wife at 18 ; their union has there.
fore lasted 79 years.
The Manchester Courier is informed that the vali-
dity of the Tamworth election will be questioned on
account of bribery, intimidation, and unlawful treating;
and also on account of the partiality shown by the Mayor
as returning officer.

AN OBSTINATE PRELATE.—It may be remem-
bered that the Archbishop of Olmutz had been successively
condemned to various fines, in consequence of his refusal to
hand over to the civil authorities the marriage registers in
his possession. A further delay has been granted by the
judge, within which, if his grace failed to deliver them, he
was to be subjected to a penalty of 30,000 florins. Tho
prelate, however, finally gave up the documents at the
very last moment.

The publisher of a local almanack recently
offered prizes for the three best local songs and the three
best conundrums by local authors. The conundrums were
adjudicated upon the other night, and the prizes were
awarded before a numerous company assembled in a
circus. The first prize of thirty shillings was awarded to
a local poet, for the following conundrum :—" Why is
Mr. Joseph Cowen, sea., of Blaydon, like some of the
articles in his own manufactory ?" Answer: "Because he
is an old brick that stands fire, and is proof against all the
retorts of his enemies." 1,
THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK.—The investiture
of the Order of St. Patrick, at a chapter held by his Grace
the Lord-Lieutenant, as grand master, on the 7th inst.,
at the Viceregal Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, was rather
of a private character, owing, probably, to the present
electioneering excitement. Sir Bernard Burke attended as
Ulster King-of-Arms, when Sir John Henry De la Poer
Beresford, Marquis of Waterford, and Sir John Crichton,
Earl of Erne, were invested as knights companions of Om
iaustrious order.

THE ELECTION FOR SOUTH-WEST LANCASHIRE.
—The Liverpool police officials are making every prepara-
tion for ;Tuesday next—the polling day in Liverpool for
the South-west Lancashire election. At all the principal
police-stations a strong reserve force will be kept during
the day, while the large polling-booth containing twenty-
four voting compartments will be guarded by a strong
posse of police. A large number of detectives have also
been detailed for duty ; and, with the precautions which
are being taken, it is generally anticipated that the con-
test for the county will pass off in as quiet a manner as the
election for the borough.
LAWYERS IN PARLIAMENT.—WO find that very
few gentlemen of the Inner Bar are sent as new members
to Parliament. They comprise Mr. Serjeant Simon LI/
Dewsbury ; Mr. Stavely Hill, Q.C., for Coventry ; Mr.
Serjeant Cox, for Taunton; Mr. Jessel, Q.C., for Dover;
Mr. V. Harcourt, Q.C., for Oxford; and Hinde Palmer,
Q.C., for Lincoln city. Of these two are Conservatives and
four are Liberals. The Junior Bar has four representa-
tives among the new members—Mr. Watkin Williams, for
the Denbigh district ; Mr. Wheelhouse, for Leeds ; Mr.
R. Bourke, for Lynn ; and Mr. Charley, for Salford. Of
these, the first is a Liberal and the others are Conserva-
tives. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General
are deprived of their seats.—Law Times.
JERUSALEM.—Even Jerusalem is going ahead.
A letter from the Land of Promise states : " I am now
employed at a steam-mill which has been lately brought to
Jerusalem. A macadamised road has been made from
Jaffa to Jerusalem, and an American of the Jaffa colony
drives a small omnibus on it, the only carriage on the
road yet." An irreverent contemporary remarks : " The
piper that played before Moses would, we think, be con-
siderably astonished if he saw the steam-mill in full work,
and the enterprising Yankee cracking his whip and
molting his cheroot as he coaches his team along the
macadamised road. We expect soon to hear tInA Lhis
road is extended to jericho,"--Pfenccr. Oct. 2G.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 20.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise,
went out this morning.
The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia
went to London.

LATEST INTELL LGENCF.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF TiE COLUMBIA.
NEw YoRK, Nov. 10 (Noon).

Governor Reid, of Florida, refuses to recoguiSO
the legality of his impeachment by the Legislature.
lie declares that that body is illegal. The Lieu-
tenant-Governor has been arrested by Governor
Reed for conspiracy to seize his office in the inte-
rests of the Legislative, which body has adjourned
without testing the disputed authority.

A complete return from lowa shows that that
State recently adopted negro suffrage by a small

majority.

Nearly complete returns show that General
Grant's majority in north Carolina was 9,000. Ala-
bama is now declared doubtful. The majority of
Mr. Hoffman for the Governorship of New York
has been increased by later returns to nearly
30,000 militia.
The Governor of Arkansas has ordered the
organisation of 60,000.

Treaties have been ratified with the Kansas
Indians securing the immediate cessation of hostili-
ties with eight tribes.
General Sheridan is organising a formidable ex-
pedition against the savages of the Western Plains•

The recently ratified treaty with Bavaria pro-
vides the same condition in recognition of Ame-
rican naturalised citizens as already conceded by
Prussia.

Teleraphic advices from Cuba state that the
in-
surgents were devastating the plantations.
General Lersundi has received discretional
authority from Madrid to suspend sentences of
death pronounced upon captured insurgents,

In Ilayti Salnave is stated to be gaining ground•

CANADA.

OTTAWA, Nov. 9.

The Hon. Joseph Howe, of Nova Scotia, hal
declared the repeal of the Canadian Confederation
Act to be impracticable, and advises a compromi,e
regarding the Confederation.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Cimbria arrived at Southampton to-day (Nov. 21)
with 113 passengers for this port ; Havre and Hain'
burg 57 sacks of mails ; $4,150 for London ;
$1,200 for Hamburg; and 1,300 tons of cargo.

On the 14th the Cambria spoke the Hamburg
and American steamer Hammonia, on the 19th the
British bark Superb, of Shields, from the Black
Sea. The Cambria supplied her with provisions•
She experienced strong easterly winds throughout.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 21.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Teutonia, from Havana on the 3d inst., arrival
here tnis morning. She landed the passengerand cargo for this port and proceeded for Hain'
burg.

INDIA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 21.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Nyanza, with the above mails, arrived here tbis
morning. She brings 83 passengers, £25,713 ill
specie, and a general cargo, including 2,031 bales
of silk, value £190,000 sterling.
On the 17th inst. the Nyanza spoke the yacht
Zoe, on the 18th the steamer Sabrina and her g3'
jesty's transport Serapis, and on the 20th the HO'
burg bark Ciriale.

GIBRALTAR, Nov. 16.

Sir John Hay, her Majesty's Minister in Mexico,
left Tangier on the 9th for Mequinez on a spec°
visit to the Sultan.

An American vesel, name unknown, has Well
wrecked off Cape Spartel. The United States CO'
sul had gone to render assistance.

Exchange on London, 49* to 3-16 ; on Pari°'
5.21; Madrid, f to I discount.

OUTWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS'
GIBRALTAR, NOY. 20'
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stea►ver
Pera, from Southampton on the 14th inst., arrive°
yesterday at 6 a.m., and left at 10 a.m. for Alter
andria. All well.