The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-17 00:00:00

GREAT MARLOW.

The Committee appointed to try the petition againit the
late return of a Member for the borough of Great Marlow met
yesterday morning in the Committee-room, No. I, shortly after
eleven o'clock. The members of the Committee were, Sir J.
Yarde Buller, Chairman ; Sir W. Heathcote ; J. W. Chil-
ders, Esq. ; Sir H. B. Campbell ; the Hon. F. Cowper ; Sir
J Mordaunt ; and James Power, Esq.
The Counsel for the petitioners were Mr. Sergeant Mere-.
wether, Mr. Sergeant Wrangliani, and Mr. Talbot; the
Counsel for the sitting Mennber were Mr. Austen, Mr. Cock-
burne, and Air. Alfred Austen.
The usual preliminaries having been gone through, and
Counsel having exchanged lists,
Mr. Sergeant AIEhEWETHER. opened the case for the peti-
tioners. lie appeared as Counsel for certain electors of Great
Marlow, who petitioned against the return of Sir William
Clayton, one of the sitting Members for that borough. The
elec ion had taken place on the 2d of July last. Tbere were
three caodidates, Mr. Peers Williams, Sir William Clay-
ton, and Dlr.' Rent, Hampden ; the numbers at the
close of the• poll were declared to he, for Mr. P. Williams,
233 ; for Sir William Clayton, 170; and for Mr. Hampden.
169; leaving Sir William Clayton a majority of one vote only,
while two other votes had Leen tendered in favour of Mr.
Hampden. The petitioners alleged that the majority of Sir
William Clayton was merely a colourable one; that illegal
votes. had been accepted in his favour, and that good votes had
been tendered for Mr. Hampdeu which were improperly rejected.
'I hey further alleged that Sir William Clayton bad, by bribery
and corruption, unduly controlled the election. The petition,
therefore, involved, in the first instance, a scrutiny, and in the
second place, it involved the conduct of the sitting Member.
He trusted that he should be able to succeed upon the first
point, and that it would be unnecessary for him to trouble
the Committee with any investigation in respect to
the other. The Learned Serjeant having stated that
Sir William Clayton, Bart., was charged with the bribery,
through his agents, of two individuals in the borough, of the
names of Baines and l'ovey, proceeded to say that he was pre-
pared to bring forward yaßnis other cases of corruption and un-
due influence of electors, into the particulars of which he would
not then enter:
Mr. .AUSTEN contended that the different cases should
be stated in order to enable Sir IVilliam Clayton
to meet them ; a manifest injustice would otherwise
be done to him, inasmuch as he would be put on his defence
withouthianmy previous knowledge of the charges to be brought
against .
Mr. Sergeant MEREIVETHEIt contended that, according to
foimer precedents, he was not. boned to state the particular
cases, inasmuch as they would go Merely to render the election
void, and would not immediately affect the sitting Member.
Mr. COCKBURNE having replied, •
The room was cleared, and the Committee, after deliberating
for some time, came to the following resolution :—" That it is
the opinion of the Committee that the Counsel for the peti-
tion( rs having stated it to be his intention to prove the bribery
of certain voters, it is necessary for him, in his opening speech,
to specify the eases."
Mr. Sergeant MEREWETUEIL then entered into various
details respecting the bribery of certain electors, which he
should be ready to prove in evidence.
Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHEE, then proceeded to the cases
connected with the removals.
Henry Stalwood, the returning-officer at the last election of
Great Marlow, was called, and produced the poll-book; which
had been in his possession since the election.
William Barton was the first case of removal, and
William Smith was called and sworn. He deposed that he
was one of the overseers of Great Marlow. He produced the
rate-book, and in that book William Barton was rated for a
house in West-street, at the rate of 17/. ; the owner, Sir Wm.
Clayton, Bart. This was on the 25th of April, 1840.
In the rate-book, under the date of the 17th of April
1841, the house formerly occupied by William Barton, was en-
tered on the rate-book as empty.
Thomas Walker proved that in April last the house formerly
occupied by Barton was then to be let. There was a bill• in
the window, stating the house was to let, and which remained
there for five or six weeks. The notice was up a few weeks be the election.

Mr. Edward Stubbs, resides at Dorchester ; was at Grew
Marlow 21st April last, for the purpose of hiring a house.
Cal!ed on Mr. Tyler, in Marlow, the agent of Sir W. Clayton ;
went with him to a house in the street, leading to the Market-
place. The house was pointed out to witness 'a few days ago,
and it was then empty. Did not take the house in April, but
can swear that it was not inhabited then.

John Smith went with the last witness to the house in West-
street, Marlow. That was the house occupied by Mr. Barton.
Believes Mr. Tyler to be the agent of Sir Wm. Clayton.
Josiah Clarke lives in Marlow. Knew where Barton lived.
Went with the overseer when he collected the rate from Mr.
Barton in his new house.

John Hackshaw lives in Great Marlow. Knows West-street
well. Barton lived in West-street till about ten days before
Lady-day last. Saw him take his furniture away. After that
saw workmen in the house. The house has never been °cat.
pied since.

• James Batsing worked in the house formerly occupied by Bar-
ton. Was doing repairs in the house. Mr. Tyler sent him in,
and paid him for his work. Was at work as a bricklayer's
tabourer.
Cross-examined—Has had the misfortune to have been com-
mitted to prison for stealing sausages. "-But," said the wit-
ness, " I didn't have 'em."—( Laughter.) Will swear it was
Mr. Tyler that paid him for his werk.
Re-examined—lias been employed in other places for Sir
Wm. Clayton, and was then paid by Mr. Howe, the keeper.
This was the ease against the vole.

)o rt Mrof .
the CockuuttN then called the following witnesses in sup-
vote..

Mr. Wm. Tyler being sworn, deposed that he colle.;ted
rents of property belonging to Sir W. Clayton. Mr. Barton
occupied the house in West-street. On the 23d June, 1810,
i•ecriv. d a notice to quit from Barton, which expired at Christ-
mas, 1840 Barton continued in occultation up to that time
and afterwards. In 1841, he proposed to give up the pre-
mises. Witness objected to it, as he required a fresh six
months notice. Barton acquiesced in the term; but he com-
plained that it was a hard case. There is not a redundancy of
tenants in Marlow. Mr. Barton had taken a new house, but
he paid witness the rent up to Michaelmas, 1841. The rent
was 251. Mr. Barton complained, and wished to state the
case to Sir William Clayton. Witness said he would
do what he could to let the house. Witness probably
put the notice in the window. There were fruit-trees in the
garden of the house, and at Michaelmas Mr. Barton took the
fruit. The garden was highly cultiva!ed, and he took the
produce during the summer. The house was out of repair,
and the witness thought that if it was repaired it might let
better. Witness made a proposal to Mr. Buton to have ther
house repzi-ed, which proposal was acceded to. Witness had
the key of the house from Mr. Barton, which
was
when the repairs were finished. Mr. Barton held thekey
till Michaelmas. returned_

Cross-examined—Paid for the repairs of the house on account
of Sir William Clayton. Mr. Barton received the key back
about two months before the election took place. has seen 549

th
family of Mr. Barton gathering the fruit, and atoOPt
flowers.
Re-examined—The house is not let at the present time.
Frederick Barton, is a son of William Barton, _formerly
West-street Marlow. Remembers his father taking another 1107
at Lady-day. Ile wished to give.up the house in West-strere
but' that • was refused by the landlord. Remembers .ura.
repairs being done in the house ; and also renteroDZ:
'
that thb key was given up by his father to I‘„',"
Tyler. Ilia father 'received the key hack again.
bati
had the key in his (witues-'s) posy ssion since, and
gathered fruit in the garden. That was on the 2nd of Auglo,
Cross-examined—'l he Louse his father removed to was
situated in West-street. The fruit in the garden consisted n
_:..
apples, cherries, pea s, strawberries, &e. Will swear 47:
full a month before the election took place that he went Iv'
the house Lifter they had removed to the new house. • the
RL-examirel—Will swear he was in the garden before
e'ec ion was talked about. of
Mr CocxaunN then addressed the Committee in ON0
the vote.

Mr Sergeant ME REWETH ER replied.
The Committee then adjourned ts 11 o'clock r
to-M9r °W,

BOROUGH OF CI.ITHEROE•
present
The Committee appointed to try the petitition p.re_vu,h,
against the retu:n of the sitting Member for this DU"
assembled in the Committeeere• ms, at one o'clock. br,
The Committee was composed ef the following Mem
Mr. James W. Hogg (Chairman), the Hon. Mr. B eerte
Mr. Ogle, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Wm. Evans, Sir C.
and Mr.• Colville.
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Hilliard aelle"rgrlt,
Counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Cardwell, of the Regent
for the defeated candidate. , Ore
Mr. Austin, with Mr. Cockburn and Mr. A. Austin,
Counsel for the sitting Member. ager°t
Some conversation then took place between the „neon,
parties respecting the mode of conducting the inveseto
when the room was cleared. itmer
Mr. WRANCHAM in opening the case for the petit d
said that the borough, although an old one iu name elope
tory, was in reality a new one. It had been a borouguteeee
the Reform. Bill, when the franchise was by burgeffe, eete
but now there was not one of the old burgesses 10 let or
stitueney. The number of voters at the time of the la ,m6gb
tration was 387, of whom 175 voted, at the election oe, j
of July last, for Mr. Wilson, the sitting Member, antl„egett/
Mr. Carets ell, the petitioner • so that there were upon the kre
41 who did not vote at all. Sometime before the election
sition was presented to Mr. Cardwell, inviting him to str otee
pledging the requisitionists to support him with that v
oftee
This requisition was signed by a considerable neeletl.,e the/
electors, and there were a number of others, who th°u''',,ort
did net put their names to that document, yenta eto
bs
Mr. Cardwell at the election, Under these circuncceeee
might fairly have expected success without being too s'en'a
But the fortune of the day was otherwise, and he %ea' ' web&
nority of five instead of a majority of five times that e,
the re
What were the causes which induced no less than eh °lee 60
quisitionists to vote for his opponent, and what inclutese sod
others who signed the requisition to violate their P nraticb
to abstain altogether from voting, would be one Imo° ee for
of this inquiry. The petitioner, in the first place, prays fee'
b
the seat, and, failing to establish his right to that upon brit/
tiny, that the election be voided on the grounds of tail
ro
and corruption. He would not go into a'l eel'
the law of bribery, nor into an exposition of the Poe
ous kinds of arts which constituted bribery. ,e00el;
points were well understood by every member of the
tee—of course he meant not by their personal experteutteeobe;
the result of the scrutiny should net be, as he bad bead of tee
lieve it would be, to place the petitioner at the ne tee s;
poll, be (Mr. W.,) would feel it his duty to show than.,
ting Member had been guilty of acts of briee9ed he
only by his agents but by his nearest relations, eleacoes'
his own direct acts. In discharging this duty, if it she be 001,
to be necessary, he would.have to do much violence t° reeen
feelings, and to implicate in practices of more than fare:leter
corruption several gentlemen hitherto of e-espeetablef aoolht
one of them a magistrate of the county, anpreysis,
a member of the most sacred profession—a eiee sss'o
of the Church of England. He should show t'''grdeere
of those who had signed the requisition to Mr. kjeobej
were carried off to the seat of the sitting e,
father, the Reverend Jeremiah Wilson, at Eshton el; do
others •to places in the neighbourhood of that se,' le.d/k
there they were feaster', intoxicated, and even er"de ,tit
that is, not simply intoxicated, but intoxicate 0 tie,
liquors having something put into them more t!!:re are
e
wit,' ingredients. Whatever was theelpfluence exeret
those persons at Eshton Hall, the result was, that, tribe), let
exception, they voted against the petitioner, whom to sari
invited to become a candidate, and pledged thernseleeseote,
port. This much would be shown that a system of e,eetroeteitie
revelry was carried on at Elton Hall, and the Le' is fee
would be enabled to judge what other induC'° 01,
brought to influence those voters, - when th„'' orbs,
what were the inducements brought to bear letradlei,
cases in which that of bribery was applied the
loosely, and lavishly. Of the persons carried away to eo is;
Mr. Wilson's seat, one remained true to his promise' e
ducement could shake his resolution, and if be eetle,,eee
means go to the poll he would have done so. But rude
rul,e;
companions were sent 0 Clitheroe, it was not deenseee
to let him go with them, although he entreated te trecee'
Gentleman to release him. But he was sent to a dis.t,aPi ti
from from which it was impossible for him to reach the t°"flee of l'he
to give his vote; and when he was seen after an abeen-e t
days, he wore a hat, which was certainlY, "5": tOet:i
own, but belonged to the Rev. Jeremiah Wilson, er erer'e
was written iu it in his own handwriting, as wool
to corroborate the other evidence that would be
to
e
The elector he spoke of had been taken forcibly 3';ol'
Clitheroe ; whilst they were draping him' into the coac
Slue fileshe0
him to Eshton Hall, his hat fell off, and was lost. Ina hose
time there was enough going on in the town to t ettelo
Committee what else besides mere revelry y
on at Mr. Wilson's. Here the Reverend eeete:,
figured again ; and many were the ingenious ,
resorted to to disguise the real character of theehrole
actions, and td escape, if not detection, at least eent'of '0
Old claims were trumped up, and under pretence ie to
charging them, money was paid that never was due"ret!'ll
named Benjamin Swales had made a claim for 51. agi,' 010'
Committee of the Clitheroe Schools for jobbing wereerrschr,
they refused to pay on account of the -brat
fiance of the demand. Upon this be toe ea.'
an action against three of the members, Messrs..Ande,re
demon, and Ilopweote There was on the Conemille
ioa
tleman named Garnet, one of the chief supporters of, ect,
scn, and he was, though not directly, a party 10 tee 14.0
brought by Swales, one of the most strenuous llghte,se
ing his claim. But when Swales saw what his "ee'ely °ee
were getting by their votes, he declared that he would deaf •
for the the candidate who paid him the all. geddebte ande,h ester
action against the &hoof Committee, to which b°`
belonged On this Mr. Garnet paid him 4el. im•faroond,
debts and eostsel he odd halfpenny,indeed the fraction °boa reit
was palpably brought in to give the transaction iogyolio
look. 'the direct purchase of the vote by a pretendet; tete
of a vote, would have been too plain. However, i-eoelef
was continued, and would end, if it hadnot ended, itteee s Feet
It might be said that although Mr. Garnet was teteereee
to the action, yet that, as a member of the Com—tetveref
zeal led him to pay this claim for the purpose of saving Ore,
of the school. But it would be shown that in no waelool-Wes
had this sum been brought to the account of the sc" et es' of
And the Committee would observe that Mr. Garteoteree
Mr. Wilson's Committee, and was his seconder. 1 or'fe
the name of Pilling received a bribe of 51. from the 'O-001,4
Garnet. Another voter was offered 45/. by these bo nief
of whom one was the Rev. Mr. Wilson. Other acts °tee giber
would be proved against Mr. Henry Thompson, ne'te V,"
elagistrateof the borough, and Mr. Wilson, jun., teve
of the sitting Member, and others of his Committee' od' se
beans were bribed by an extravagance of expeeditu elml oe
before in Clitheroe, and seldom known anywhereee the
came to that part of the case in which he must ent°rieafee'te
solution of the Committee by the exclusion of fur. bee do
(Thatgentleman immediately withdrew.) Mr. Wra„egees.
proceeded to state several cases i., which Mr. “ge.ell,e'ort
was a solicitor, and the Town Clerk of the boroughli.,:e '
to have given bribe s, and one case in particular, in 'Td c-re 00'
al eged that, in the office of the 1 own Clerk, he ha i.fiter,ol
large bribe of 9/., under the name of a loan, to a .ty ter.
gave no security of his own, but the nominal seeetleeet;fiested
workmen in the employment of Mr. Thompson; eee- w t°•ess
and chairman of Mr. Wilson's Committee. He nee e°tee t 0
cases of bribery alleged to have been committed bledrte
Member in person. It would be shown that he offer eyeretellfe
person named Towles for his vote ; and in the courted Iv by
gentlemen, of whom Mr. Trapp was one, he chidej fel'
already mentioned, Si.- The Learned Sergeant cellar°
stating that he would now put in the poll-books t.°
with a view to the scrutiny. • the ete
The poll-books having been put in and proved ota,bet 000
form, a lengthened discussion was then entered f° ,ee lee/
Counsel, as to the arrangement which it was PM:, eel ,r 0
be made when the scrutiny was commenced—that tt-etas'seer
should be exhausted in each class before a difreeePetet „Pr
entered upon, and the parties should not be at ]the
roe
they had concluded the evidence with respect fe e
Blass, to resume it. SPeghee 1
In consequence of the announcement that thee.° „epee, elle
taken his seat in the blouse of Commons, the Le"„ Tterseo
not come to a decision upon the point, and OP
eleven o'clock this day.

MILITARY 11s1 TELLlGBtCorriorel
PORTSMOUTH, MONDA v. —Preparations are, 011,,A
throughout the district for the reception of a Jarnotnioli
force of several thousand men. Orders have bee"-ecOrs'ior
the barracks of this garrison to be got ready for tb,e
of as many men as they can conveniently contsre.l,
Chichester, Winchester, the Isleof ht
instructions have been forwarded to the barrack re
&C. Tbe_49
for. 0
about to be quartered here are those destined for
trap-`
vice, some of which will embark as soon as the trs.— bete
be got ready to convey them to their destination.
s'.
The 10th Regiment, about to embark for Judie' wie,,,o
:n a few days, from Glasgow, which it leaves in 041„iiier,lot
for Liverpool, and comes on to London by the
floormmeardel:infrtohm,rtyG.eliags ,13vi,,tere„;ettt
Railway, and thence to Gosport by the South- " reg",,er
1
Glasgow here Formerly it would have' taken nearlfa month for at, be cot
marcheso. 0
The de
the dfir
to-day for Brighton, to stake room for the
73d Regiment will leave in a fortnight for WoolwieFintolth,:ich
be su;ceeded by the 16th, at present at Winched
to the 20th, 23d, 29th, 71st, 95th, and battalion the
have been ordered to be au minted to 1,200 strooPatso !AP,
lowing regiments now in, or ordered to India, are
:oh,
augmented to the same number:—the 10th, 17t1i):. these rjoY
78th, and 86th. The head-qUarters of several th!ot
ments will be in this district. The Albany 13arraco_00 lej iv
of Wight, are intende'd as one of the depots for reglrfccupi:,
East Indies, and it is anticipated that they will be
out the l'„,te
between 2,00( and 3,000 troops in the course 0 'boo 11,
mer. 'f he officers of Parkhurst prison, who,balcartaielesre
eying apartments, as also General Eveleign, to „pig
grave, and others on the establishment, have or._ are irpd
immediately. The barracks and the various offlee!00,0 tert
put in suitable repair and order to receive the_ rro,%-ehteotte
newly. raised St. Helens. regiment, now lying 'tt . for I jeo
will be removed into them as soon as they are read}
_Roe
s re' ivlare.
jt
(Tinian. The 16th Regiment at Winchester was
r,,, ,
Chief of the dist elf ou.,
Wednesday by th. Commander-in- d ops OeP
General Sir Hercules Pakenham, who expresse regt
pleascd at the excellent state of discipline which the
too
pourtrayed. for Boo' foto
The 32d and 34th Regiments will continue
nd I,r
cop
longer in their present quarters at Portsmouth, reg'!iliald
garrison duty. ,Is the service companies of dies
ha-e but recently returned from Canada, it is not
rviee'
that they will be immediately ordered tor foreign re,gito
upon come extraordinary occasion. Both of tl 0-
e
PI e in a very effective state, and admirably disciplinen
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The Municipal Council of Evreux was "I 55
this 5°
the lith inst., by Royal erdonnance. '1 he cause of
sure is not stated. fitrAlw-Ye
"On the othl, inst," says the Moniteur etp le
900 shares a the Orleans Railroad compani thole
been sold on the exchange; but, at the beginning
el (?pg Of '-
only ten remained unsold. This shows that the yla •c,ll
slitres is n ade in earnest." -c re) .s.ro.of
The steeple of the church of Conches (-Lutl- sw
was undergoing repalr at e cost of the State, r;,e.00
down by the late storm, Al.. Meremce, the InVeeGoiere;te
of Historical Monuments, has been ordered by thee
neceisfct
to proceed to the spot to report as to what oiay b
,tppair thisaccident.

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t, and autos ti'd

he present time. ,
Barton, ,formerly
taking another 1000
ouse in West stye
Remembers the
id also remembers
s father to ldr.
hack again. liss
ion since, and has
I the 2nd of Augu.t.
removed to areabo
garden consd of
Will swear it was
e that be went into

w house. '
e garden before 1
mittee is surVrt of