The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

THURSDAY, JUNE

The following list of persons who were alleged to be
agents in treating, and the communication which accom-
panied it, was produced :—" The gentlemen whose agency
will probably he called in question by the evidence of to-
morrow will be the following :—Thomas Watson, Robert
Clegg, Richard Whittle Birchall, R. P. Manger, Oliver
Hatch, William Rowett, Joseph Green, Edward M'Kev-
erigan, Humphrey Smith, William Gibson, William
Fisher, of Redcross-street, William Buckley Jones, Evan
Jones. Thomas Inman, Wm. Joseph Horsfall, J. B.
Lloyd, George Sandford Russell, Henry Buckmaster,
Edward Smith, Thomas Bold, James Parker, Thomas
Williams, Edward Williams, and any publicans who may
be called in reference to treating in any of the houses
named in the list. You will understand that this is not a
list delivered under any resolution of the committee, and
that we are not in any way to be debarred from giving evi-
dence of treating by any person not named in this letter."
John M`Nally, a freeman of Liverpool, said : I
promised my vote, before the election, to Cardwell and
Ewart. On the morning of election I was in company
with William Bland, a freeman, and went with him to the
Swan. Bland introduced me to Jonas Gleave there.
Bland asked Gleave whether he might have some drink,
and we had a glass of rum each. Mr. Gleave paid for it,
and said he would pay for it out of his own pocket.
Gleave asked for our voting papers, and we showed him
our voting papers on the red side, and he asked us to go
over to his own house and have breakfast. This was to
the Derby Arms. We saw Gleave, and went up stairs
and found plenty to eat and drink, there was beef, bread,
and ale and coffee there. There were seven or eight per-
sons in the room. I heard a noise in other rooms. I re-
mained an hour before I voted. I paid nothing. I did
not see any one else pay. Cross-examined by Mr, Smith.
—I voted for Cardwell and Ewart. We were canvassed
by each committee :—Murphy voted for Cardwell and
Ewart. Bland and Taylor voted for Mackenzie and
Turner. He went to the Great George Tavern
with Wand and another, and got drink there,
for which they did not pay. After leaving the Vine,
went to Lockett's, and got nearly tipsy there, with-
out paying for the liquor. Got no drink at
Lowe's ; it was a committee-room for Cardwell and
Ewart.—William Musker, publican, in Gildart-street,
keeps the Thatcher, in Lime-street ward ; had a good
many voters in his house on the election day, who drank
there and were taken to the poll in cars; received his
orders for drink from Mr. Edward Smith ; received orders
from Mr. Jonas Gleave for a committee-room for can-
vassers ; he had not sent in his bill, nor had he been paid.
Expected Mr. Smith to pay him the bill, which amounted
to £2s.—William Smith, provision dealer and letter car-
rier, had been a letter carrier for about three months ;
took an interest at the election time in the return of
Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner ; was not a member of
committee, but attended at Musker's, in Finch-street ;
canvassed, and reported his progress to Mr. Jonas Gleave
generally. Mr. Edward Smith, brewer, Mr. Musker,
himself, Mr. Parsonage, Mr. Thomas Atherton, and a
great many others, attended this branch district. Saw
Messrs. May, B. Lloyd, Scott, and Gleave there ; re-
ceived directions to go to Musker's from the general
committee, at the Swan. Mr. Riding was in the
chair—he was deputy-chairman ; he could not recol-
lect that it was from Smith he received instructions.
The Chairman said there was no proof that Smith acted
as an agent. A person might be a member of a com-
mittee without the sitting members being responsible for
his acts.—John Henry Francis Curchod, landlord of the
Queen's Hotel, Lime-street, said : On the day of the
Liverpool election the central committee occupied part of
my house. The room was used on a previous day, and
was ordered by Mr. Buckmaster. Mr. Buck master was
there, and his clerks. I believe I saw the chairman of
the committee, Mr. Molyneux. I have been paid for the
use of my rooms on the polling day. Mr. Thomas Bold
paid me, three or four months after the election. I
charged £5O for my house, and lost by my bargain. I
received £5O. I thought it was robbery to charge £5O,
but I found afterwards I lost by it. (Laughter.) The
£5O included refreshments and the use of the house.
—Millington Walthew was employed at Pyecroft's as a
messenger from the Friday before until the election was
over ; Pyecroft's is in Scotland-roal ward ; received
small tickets, with a mark on them, from Mr. "Watson,
after T came on the Friday. I rave two or three of those
tickets away. I only received six. I received them
twice. Mr. Watson was there every day ; sometimes in
the evening, and sometimes not. lie acted as deputy-
chairman, and gave orders about making out books and
lists. They were copies from the canvass hooks. I was
bound to obey Mr. Watson and Mr. Clegg at the
Wheat Sheaf.—What directions did Mr. Watson give you
when he gave you the tickets ? Mr. RODWELL objected to
the question.—The committee decided that there was
sufficient evidence of Watson's agency for the examination
to proceed.—Examination resumed : There was a' small
oak tree printed on the cards. They were for refresh-
ments. If I wanted refreshments I got one of those
tickets, and gave it to Mr. Pyecroft : they gave me a
glass of ale. I gave away some to voters who asked for
refreshments. I gave away two or three. I saw some
of those tickets in Watson's hands. I did not see him
with above half-a-dozen altogether. Mr. Watson gave
me authority to put my initials on a small piece of paper
if I wanted refreshments myself. I was also to do so
for the other men and to voters. I gave those papers to
about twenty or thirty voters and non-voters. I gave
most of them on the day of nomination. I saw only half
a dozen of those cards during the election. Altogether I
did not give more than eight of those slips to voters—the
rest were to non-voters—on the day of nomination. The
change from cards to slips was made because Mr. Watson
did not wish to be troubled for tickets, and he authorised
me to give those slips.