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London, England, 1828-03-04 00:00:00

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On the meant] of Air. TENNISON, the Order of tie Day was
read for the House resolving itself into a Committee on the East
Retford Disfranchisement ROL

Mr. Cis BANKES bald, that he robe in cornplia,ce
with a notice he had given, to move that certain indi.
vi 1.. irons whom on a previous evening he had pre-
seated a Petition on the subject, should be heard at ive
Dar of the House, throiskb their Coon el, on the East
Uetfurd Disfranchisement Bill. He was aware that the motion
was nut a common one, hut the House would remember that the
Borough of East &Word stood in a peculiar situation. It bad been
altogether without a Representative (or eleven months, and be
therefore hoped that hie motion would not be objected to.
Mr..TE.NNISON sa'd. that although tile motion was
almost unprecedented, he should not object to it.
The Douse having gore into Committee, a long desultory
conversation took place, in which the tullowiog Menshere took 'a
part:.—Mr. TINNIsoN, Mr. HAMMY, Lord JOIIN lie,iNLL, Mr.
BATLEY, Mr. W WTNN. the Amenity Gionnt•e, Mr. LITTIAToN,
and Mr. Secretary Peva '1 he point blister consideration was.
whether Counsel should be heard brat in support of the Petition, or
whether the evidence waa to be got a into Bust and Counsel after-
wards heard?
Mt. Secretary PEEL nggested, that in a case of
this kind, which was without precedent, they outfit not to tic4bern-
selves down to the strict rules of the Courts. Ties:eat object of
the House must be to see justice done to aft parties. He could ere
no inconvenience in hearing the observations of Counsel now, and
pet mitting them to address the House a second time, after evidence
had been heard at the Bat.

After some further cot,versalion on the point, Mr. Denimll, se
Cwunsel for the Pensioners, was called to the Bar, and the onion
alien him, tither to addre►s the House then, or wast till the wa-
nes's:a were examined. The Learned Gentleman adopted the latter
course.

The Bill was then read a setond time, paragraph by paragraph;
and the question being put that the preamble be read,
Mr. Richard Ilaminutid, the first witness, was called to the bar,
and examined by Mr. TSNNholll—Witness is a Solicitor, residing
at East Retford; is a burgess, and knew that borough for thirty
three years ; wittwssed some elections there; three or four. It was
generally understood that elects...) money was paid In the borough,
twenty gui,.eas by each Member.
Witness basing withdrawn,

The AT FORNEY GENERAL objected to the
words C generally underutood " The.querion ought to be, whe-
ther witness knew of his own knowledge?
Witness called Clack—lle was concerned in one election In the
year 11112. Mr. I►larch was one of the Members then returnesi.
Witness upon that occasion paid the election motley hitneelf to orte
or two persons, two years atter the election. Sixty or seventy in-
dividuals were paid in one day( Here winnli produced a list).-s-
That bat, he said, contained the names of seventy-Ave elector.; he
kept it that be might he able to ascertain who were paid, and who
were not. Some had twenty guineas. AA of them had not so
much as twenty guineas, because they did not promise their votes
in Owe. .Mr. Dickenson, a Magistrate, who is now dead, assisted
witness in drawing up this list. The persons mentioned in the list
were paid in his presence, at' the Angel Inn, by Mr. Pigot, the
Agent—(Here witness read the names in the list, and the sum
which each person received).—There was one, continued the wit-
ness, who gut but ten guineas, being only a half-titau—( A laugh).
The, were whole•mrn, balf-men, and quarter-men. Nu bargain
was made with the electors beforehand. but they expected payment.
No one of them refused the money When it was offered—Mere
witness produced another list containing the names of twenty nine
outvoters. Mr. Not brought some outvoters to the election.
Does not know whether they were all paid at the Angel. Witness
had several applications by letter from outvoterx fur their money
(lad sic of these letters now by him ; they had the post mark on.
Could not speak with certainty as to the handwriting, but he kn,ew
there were electors besting the names with which these letters
were signed. •

The ATTORNEY GENERAL could see no use in
readiag the letters, as witness could sat prom the baud writing.
Mr. N. CALVERT thought there was no occasion
to tie down the House to strict rule in s case of, thi. kind. The
!ewers alight be read, and if they could not be brouglu borne to the
pe rsops whose names they bore, they would of eaten: .0 for no-
thing.
lhe ATTORNEY GENERAL admitted that they
were not to be tied down Dy the strict rules of the Coons below,

Examined by Jr. EnoOstne---There were no entries made of
the items in this account ; the practice is not altogether onuses!.
The reason for not enterint the items was to avoid trouble—
(A laugh). lam sure no entries were made of do Ise items. I
believe, however, that this money was applied to election purpose-
The payments might have been made in notes.
Examined by Sir P.. %moon—ln 1820 money was also lodged in
our house. I received money for small expellees in that year ; the
amount might be 1001. fur my trouble in issuing the sum of 700 f.
I told the bankers that I received .uch a sum.
Examined by Mr. MARTIN.—We pay money on orders, which
are sometimes returned at the request of the party. When I put
'down " stmdries," I suppose it was to save trouble. We gave up
the voucher when they were ealled for. The £2,840 was paid to
vicious persons, and we therefore put it down as" sundries. ' We
do not usually keep our accounts in that manner.
Examined by Mr. G. Pniceirs.—The entry for the paymeht is
under the head of 0 sundrie►." .

Then if you bad any error in your daily accounts how would you
have been able to rectify k?—l cannot say.
Did you ever pay any sum so large to a bell ringer before ?-1
cannot say. The money was delivered in parcels.
Well, did you ever deliver any such sum, under such citcont-
stances, and pretend to say you would not recollect it to the last tag
of your life ?—I have stated my belief that the money so paid was
for election purposes.
The CMAIRSIAL—That is no answer; I must have a direct
answer given to the t ommirtee.
• Witness.—l believe the parcels were made up 'and contained
twenty guineas eAh. I have already stated my belief to be, that
such a sum was paid to each of the voters.
Do you believe there are any of the voter, of Iletford who would
not receive money? I believe some would not.— Are there ten?
I cannot say.,—Are there five? I cannot say.—ls there one?
Perhaps so.—Are you a voter? lam not.
Examined by Mr. Baxem, Jun.—Mr. Cru npton had several
agents, and I believe Mr. Foljamhe was the principal ; I bad con-
versations with hint on the subject of the election ; I made no
inquiry of him about sealed packets being sent out to the voters;
I know that Lord Firawilliam had no banking account regularly
at our house. Certain slams were from time to time paid in on
his Lordship's account, 'but I cannot state exactly whether it was
for election purposes or not ; but the impression on my mind is,
that two sums of 5001. each were paid for such purposes. This
was before 1018.

Examined by Mr. W. SPOTII-11e never remembered an instance
in which is large sum ut motley paid into his bank was divided in
small • portions, nithout an order lions the per"on sending that
money. He could not say the order was from ►lr. Crumpton. He
could not say that he had any doubt that he paid the money by
order of Mr. Crumpton.
Examined by Mr. Secretary 60,1 not say whether
the packets consisted of gold or silver. Mon probably the contents
would he mates vf hi' own 'link. If he had paid 2,84t51. to the
bellman in note•. they would not have been entered in their books.
He could not tell where the money in.packets was to hr paid.
Examined in, Mr. W. HAfiver —The witness said he gave up all
his vouchers to Mr. Crumpton in inn, but his account With 'Mr.
Crompton continued till 1826. Tl.ei ve:tne-s applied to Mr. Crump.
ton for the voucher', to enable him to give evidence in this [louse,
and was told they had been destroyed. lie presumed that 2,8401. 14.
' was paid out of their firm by the order of Mr. Crumpton. Hr
received a list of the persons who were to receive that money.
The witness was then ordered to withdraw.

--
Mr. Alderman WA I 111 M AN sail, if the House suf.
feted its dignity to be insulted as it had been, it was quite idle to go
911 with the examination. Thy last witness had prevaricated during
two hours, and it was impossible to believe one word he said.—
Could they believe that a banker would distribute so large a sum of
money, and have no entry in his books relating to the transaction ?
He conceived that the Committee would not do its duty if they did
not convince these witnesses that they were expected to tell the
truth. The Hon. Alderman concluded by moving, that Jonathan
Fox, the last witness. having been guilty of prevarication, should be
sent to Newgate.
The CHAIRMAN reminded the Hon. Member that
they could only come to a corclusion that the witness had been
guilty of prevarication. and then report it to the House.
Mr. BARING said, the eneeavour on the part of the
witness to avoid the truth had been so open, that it excited the In-
dignation of ev. ry one who heard him. Some years since a foreigner
fromltaly, who could not recollect certain points of evidence, was
thosubject of universal reptobation ; but in the present case a man,
during more than one hour and a half, bad insulted the House by
carrying on a course of gross talsehood and prevarication. There
must be an end to all inquiry if the Committee did not mark such
glaring misconduct.
Mr. WAITHMAN then ?roved, that Johathan F s
•Ift his evidence before the Committee, had been guilty of gross
prevarication.
Mr. Secretary PEEL thought the witness had been
wilfully suppressing the truth. The Right Hon. Centleman, how-
-1 ever, did nut consider the terms of the motion correct. Wilful
prevarication was not the priper term.
The ATTORNEY(iENERAL al,o considered the
words wilful prevarication improperly applied.
%Ir. W. WYNN expressed a similar opinion.
Mt. WAITIIMAN said he knew of no better term
than prevarication. If a man would not tell the truth under ex-
anibration he was guilty of p • ication.
•Mr. Secretary PEEL suggested that the words might
be "guilty of suppressing the ti uth."
Sir M. W. RIDLEY did not see much difference be-

tween prevarication, and concealing the truth.
Mr. W.11.11-1.‘1.1N amended the resolution by in•
setting the wnrd•, " Jonathan 1702 has attempted to defeat the in-
vestigation of the Committer by wilfully concealing the truths"
The above having been carried, it was reported forthwith to
the Heu•r.

Mr. WAITEIMAN then moved, that Jonathan Foi.
for his said offence. be committed to his Majesty's gaol of Newgate.
Mr.WAttlitiltlON was of opinion, that the better
way would be to inform the witness of the intention of the House
to commit him unless he spoke the, truth. He therefore moved as
an amendment, that the WHOM he called again to the bar.
The Gallery was c eared fur a disison, but the House did not di-
vide. The question fur the committal of the witness was carried.
Mr. llAwsers, upon our admi-sion to the Gallery, was again act-
ing as Chairman of du- Committee. _ _ _

T)sornton having been called iu, stated that she was the
widow ON the late Mr. John Thornton, one of the Aldermen of
Retford,in 18111; her late husband was agent for Mr. Evans; he'
paid the election money in 1818, and 1820 she had the boots of her
late butkand ; they were in her husband's head writing ; ber hus-
band employed two or three persons to pay the election money.
One was Atanted Foram; she did not recollect the names of any
more; sbe,paid to the voters in 1820 and 1818 Al. In 18111 the
money was seat by several persons down to the voters; the money
was directed in letters to all the Burgesses of Retford.
Elantined by Mr. Homer—Her husband, in 1818, received
from Mr. Evans for election purposes nearly £4,000. About 100
voters in the. sown received twenty goisteas each. In 1820 her
husband was employel by Mr. Evans to distribute money a the
voters, but instead of sending the money be gave it himself.

The witness withdrew. -
but he saw no use le rextiing the letters, unless they could be made
evidence.

• Mr. BARING said it had been always the practice
of the House to resist being tied down by the strict rule in cases of
this kind. He recollected when a Prince of the Blood was proceed-
ed against upon evidence as loose as this.

Witness bring called hack, read the six letters in succession, and
each of the wiiters demanded payment fur Ms vote previously
given. Witness had a conversation with an elector named Thomas

Butter, who said that his father and g andfather bad forty guineas,
and he must have the same.

Pdtsmilied by Mr. J. WooD—The list witness gave in contained
168 vutrrs. Of these 78 were whole men, who got 40 guineas each,
Making a sum of 3,2784 ' Twenty-otre'we re half men, at 20 guineas
each, who got 4101. The rest on the list received various sums,
ro the amount of 1151. making altogether 5,8211. Mr. Osbaldestan
had no secret communication:with witness. There were some on
the list to whom no money had been paid. One of them was
transported and two died. Mr. Marsh paid no money for his elec-
tion, but hi never came again. lie never heard of any other Can-
didate going awsl without payment. Witness had ■o communica-
tion with Mt. Osbaldeston about the election.

By Mr. BATLEY-=W1111C11;dia not believe the money was paid is
consequence of a previous 'contract.
By Mr. Caavaa—Witness lent some of the electors money after
the election. He expected re•payntent out of the money they were
t• receive for the election.

Examination continued by Mr. Basnio—ln 1812 the practices
I have apoken of were known ; electors were an Usually paid at
Osbaldeston's, as in the other cases; witness was paid as ht
had stated; I know of no precise payments to individuals.
By !Ur. Basalts, jun.--1 know of no payments made by Mr.
Marsh; he only came once, and never again; the money I re-
ceived was through my bankers, Cooke and Co.; the money I
obtained was in part paid to some of the riectors ; the persons
whu wrote the letters we're not paid, for there was not money
enough; witness did nut pay the money himself, it was done by
others; in one instance only I paid myself; money was paid in
1814.

By Mr. DErx•x.—Flow many of those persons who were then
paid are now alive?

Witness... 4 know nothing about that'; I Iflieve one is dead.

THE EVENING STAR.

.LON i/uN.

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1828.

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened thil morning at 834 i for the Account, with
little or nothing doing.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE OtLOCK.

Within this hour there has been some animation in the CAunsi
market, and they have improved from 851 to 831 j for the At.,
count, at which price they may be quoted at present.

PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCIL

Bank Stock irrl 6* South Sea Stock
3 per Cent. Red. 841 01 01 Old Annuities
3 per Ct. Cons. 83* 1 * 1 .21000 Etc!seq. Bills 59 57
3/ per Cent. 921 £5OO Ditto 59 57
31 per Cent. Red. 92 911 921 £lOO :ad £2OO Ditto 59 ST
4 per Ct. New 1001 1001 India for Acct.
4 prr Cent. Scrip Consuls fur Acct. 151 1
4 per Cent. 18k6, Shit Advertised 57 511
Long Ann. Shut. Bank for Acct. 2061
FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO act.tPt
Itrazilian Bds. 5p Ct. Peruv. 13,1, 6 p
Do. Acct. 63 I Do Aka.
toombian Bonds, 9 per Ct. RUSS. Mts. 11.22. S per CL 90
D0.80nd5,1624, Do. Accr. 291
Do Acct 25k Spanish lids 5p Ct 101
qmish Irds. 3 p Ct. 61 Fr. Hodes. 5 p C. 1041 154
Mei. 8d5,1825, 6p Ct. 341 F.xclialis, 251
Do. Act. 34* 1 1 Do Acct
BRITISII AND FORF.IGN SL MIS, TWO O'CLOCK.
SUAKIN, VAIN
Brazilian 35 20 68
Alezlean 100 23 61

The Ktrra arrived in town last 'night, in .icell,4l
health. Ills NI/ixasav is expected to hAd a Council to-morrow al
w. Janes.% In this House of Lord. yesterday eveDins,,"vvas

?hideous were preeented, in fissurr

and test Acts. Lord Cursing strongly
Lord niDIIiALI defended them. Lord

.only fit for such men as Charles IL under
tiered. Lord CaLtmostie deprecated the

Acts. tin the motion of tht• Marquis of
cOnsolfdatht: atui anteoding the laws

person was read a first time. Tbis is

Oirreral ansendments of the Criminal Laws,
during some rime, the attention of that

Justice Asoorr.

, In the Commons, but night, a
discussion took place on the second reading
Ferry-bridge Canal Bill, which was ultimi
a—A Bill was introduced by Mr. G. Da•
the payment of duties on policies of

House afterwards went into a Committee oh
franchisement Bill. Some of the witnesses
SO and sometimes 40 guineas a vote •
One witness baying refused to
to be committed to Newgate. The

progress, obtained leave to sit again this day.
The Report of the Committee on the Test
. Is to be brcnaght up to-night.

The French Pipers of Satisiday,
last night, contain no political
columns being chiefly filled with
It is announced that Count CAPO
at Napoli di Romania, where he

as supreme Chief of the Greek nati
of all classes are represented as

their submission. The Members
who h,id lately directed the a

Were to be brought from Egina to
would be henceforth the seat of the

Dutch Papers to the 2J inst. have
forenoon. They contain two artic!
of Frankfort, the 2.41 h and 26:h oh.
credit, deserve notice at this junc
former date represents the Austri
having ordered its Ambassador at
remonstrate in the strongest
policy pursued by Turkey ; and, kk
tentions of the Allies, threatens to
with them, if the Par te should

intervention. The other article to
the doubt expressed as to the
Turkish Manifesto sohich has let
reasons adduced for this doubt are,
inserted in any of the Austrian Jr
issuing of this document is at war

and prudence inherent to Turkey,
pursued for so many years. The foil
FRANK FORT, F,
We hear that the Russian Nth

Von Heyden, will shortly sail for
are very impatient to learn the
Turkish Proclamation has made on
vernment. It is affirmed, in private '
that the Austrian Ambassador in
received instructions to rations'

tanner against the late measures
to declare to it, that Austria will be
pacifi: sentiments of the Allies; that
persevere in refusing their inter

;obliged to make common cause w;'
that this measure will have the

FRANKFURT, Fn.
The famous hatti-scheriff of the
sulmen, which bas excited so much
yet appeared in the Austrian Jour,
in them any statement from which
a document can be inferred as

• stance seems to have induced some
this important document as not
very much falsifie.i. However, it
the letters of the 18th Jan. ment
tl ose of the 25th ; besides that, it is
the Minigerial French Journals.

the genuineness of that document
which for these six years has shown
yrudruce, would hardly throw off
HAARLEM, Fu.
The shock of the earthquake on
have been felt at Flushing, Nim(
Ath, and on the Rhine, but in gi
Melds Papers, March 1.

Hamburgh Papers to a late date
ceived this forenoon. Their
'interest. We extract the following

FROM THE VISTULA,
It is affirmed that letters deservi,
received from Sr. Petersburgh, whi
parture of the Emperor to the
being near at hand. The Polish
considerably augmented.
BERLIN, Fss.
According to official start
minions, exclusive of Neuchatel,
of the year 1804, on 5,679 I.sth sq\
inhabitants; and at the end of di'
square mi1e5,12,256,932 inhabi'
Felruary 27.

UNITED STATES AND
JP consequence of a resolution of
mutative. of the 2d ult. the -

tranwitted to the House the

between Mr. Robello. Brazilian

Mr. Clay, in relation to the

States' vessels by the Brazilian

pretext of enforcing the blockade
ports. Mr. Robello, on the SOth

by the correspondence, corntau
desire of his Government that a
be sent to the Brazils to supply the
Baguet, declaring that he would
the most pacific dispositions,
would be satislactorily adjusted;
Robello ezpressed a hope tha
Baguet, in demandi.ig his pas.,

disapproved of by the Government
Mr, Clay replied on the 31st May,
Ltiguet bad acted without orders,

row ot the re
um strongly c.
n. Lord KIN,
vs IL under wh
recited the con
Marquis of L
ie laws touchin
. This is und•
riminal Laws,
ion of that able
night, a lo
second reading
la was ultimate!
Ir. G. DAWSON,
Gies of Insuran.
Committee oh
f the witnesses
a vote were glv
reveal the requi
The Chai
again this day.
Lee on the Test
Saturday, wh
r political i
filled with p
um CAco D'
a here he ha
Greek natio
vented as ha
Members o
d the affairs
v Egina to N
seat of the L
!..1 inst. have
n two article
ld 26:h ult.w
I this junctu
the Austria.
ibassatior at
mgest mann.
; and, kno
reatens to ma
hould perseve
er article to
is to the a
ch has lately
s doubt are, t
tustrian Jour
t is at variant
to Turkey,
ars. The folio
FORT, Fes. 2
ssian squadro
ly sail for C.
earn the im •
:as made on
I, in private le
assador in C.
I remonstrate
to measures .
Istria will be
:Allies; that
ear interventi.
on cause with
pave the desire
i. FORT, Frs.
eriff of the S
red so much
istrian Journa
rom which th
rred as certain
duced some p
it as not authe
lowever, it w
Jan. mention
des that, it is i
Journals. Tho
document tit
s has shown so
y throw off al
RLEM, Fn.
rrthquake on t
Nimegue
but in gener
1.
to a late date
Their cons
the following:
E VISTULA,
tiers deserving
rsburgh, whic
or to the Ar,
The Polish ar
ed.
RLIN, Ft& *5.
dal statements,
Neuchatel, Co.
679 1-sth aqua
e end of the ye
32 inhabitants.
TATES AND
resolution of t
ult. the Pre
ouse the offic
Brazilian Ch
to the deten
Brazilian Gov•
the blockade
n the SOth Ma
cornannica
sent that a n
to supply the
it he would fi.
ipositions, and
y adjus:ed ; at
hope that t
g his pas ports
: Government
the Slat May,
:hoot orders, a

at Oatt4n.
loyed to go is
I. I there tors
I paid the
er twenty guL
no papers cos,
paid nation"
lainniond gave
ma at liett.Ord,
t ; the h>t now
now one of to

'e at Retioni.
r four electio4
ty guineas have
re was an elec.
I recollect that
the purpose of
lier, have since
luced. I asked
sot get theta,
on, staring ha
n h id no ,ather
atcount it ap,
elore that time.
Crompton, to
in 'terra sums.
ours, for all that

ilon. Member
of the mode
to to the Homo

so ; but in tbe
ink more' pusi.
:vet conndered
Bank. I Was
the vouchers I

)0,1 that the

esi was called in.
lect my having
I really mum
that 1 ever paid
bcr paying
nolv what
of the account
; of Cartwright
relative to the
was paid, but in
—: Laughter).
ould speak mote
Al on account of
r Mr. Dundas—
tl then be paid,
its treating at the
r a considerable
tsilfusion. John
e electitm; there
itary were called

s to the manner
ail belief is, that
eneral natter; of
nd it appears that
included in the
the vonchers, but

he day book in
o the Bth March,
the use of Air.
Ant. and handed
r Mr. Cresuprw,
man of the name
a letter to hip% or
DI. upon ortlea et
Ite. Some of this
in in the town.
at recollect.

1 can't say.
ger ?—No.
11-rinsert—'m6:
on on nay mind is,
sons.

-my fmpre4sion i►
mount, I unapt

the bell•ringer 7

1 to burgesses of
he was a Bonen
remembered the
0 guineas at those
/illiant Cefton, at
is to others; this
Mr. Crompton
at election money
titneu west there.
airman, who paid
; he received 40
seed by Mr. Fol-
ndas all would be
vote; he did not
; the witness al-
it subject of eels-
they were to re-
a letters which
eta who teskleti
at give his vote to
&your of Catholic

be was by trade a
iir Robert Duodas
was to be pawl tor

,ere a Magistrate?

ran te,lay - ITS
kiwis. lam not.
ild be aU right be
te; he did not is.
re were more Mae
elve a b►ibe.' lie

'ledge. •• -
Rained leave to sit
tetia provide foe

TA Et.

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