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PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. J. Allen, to the Curacy of Long Sutton, Cambridgeshire.
Rev. 0. B. Byers, tc‘the Perpetual Curacy of Christ Church,
Croydon, Surrey.
Rev. F. A. Crooke, M.A., Curate of Kingsdown, Kent, to the
Rectory of that parish.
Rev. E. P. Eddrup, M.A., to the Curacy of the newly-conse-
crated Church of St. Gabriel, Warwick-square,
,Mon
Rev. R. M. Evanson, M.A., Rector of Llansoy, Monmouth-
shire, to the Rural Deanery of Mitchell-Troy.
Rev. H. E. B. ik
, M.A., Incumbent of St. Martin-at-
Palace, Norwich, Ftof°theesliectory of Broughton, Norfolk.
Rev. W. Gill, jun., 8.A., to the vicarage of Pulloxhill, Beds.
Rev. A. R. Grant, M.A.' Fellow of Trinity College, to the
Incumbency of St. Michael's, Cambridge.
Rev. W. W. Harvey, AA., to be Domestic Chaplain to Vis-
count Falmouth.
Rev. R. H. Howard, M.A., late Incumbent of St. Matthew's
Church, City-road, London, to the Vicarage 01 Dalston, Cum-
berland.
Rev. M. Jefferys, M.A., to the Rectory of South Thoresby,
near Alford, Lincolnshire.
Rev. W. G. Jervis, M.A., to the Curacy
Of Kingston-on-
Thames.
Rev. G. Kemp, M.A. late Curate of St. Dionis Blackchurch,
to the Curacy of St. Giles's, Cripplegate.
Rev. T. Langley, Incumbent of Landogo, Monmouthshire,
to the Rectory of Ganerew, Herefordshire.
Rev. C. Lee, M.A., Incumbent of Bingfield, near Hexhatn,
to an Honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral.
Rev. R. H. Morgan, M.A., Incumbent of Merthyr-mawr,
near Bridgend, Glamorganshire, to the Curacy of Llanguick,
Nipntb.

T. Openshaw, M.A., Curate of St. John's Church,
rn, to the Incumbency of Brackenfield, near Alfreton,

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Black
Derbys.......
Rev. A. Povah,
31.A.,Wadham College, Oxford, to the Lec-
tureship and Curacy of St. Andrew Undershaft, Leadenhall-st.
Mr. E. A. Scott, ILA., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to
be Assistant Master in Marlborough College.
Rev. J. Sheffield, to the Stipendiary Curacy of Hartford,
Cheshire.
Rev. J. Snape, M.A., Principal of the Royal Grammar School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to the Curacy of the District Church of
All Saints, in that town.
Rev. W. Valiance, M.A., Incumbent of Maidstone, to the
Rural Deanery of Sutton
Rev. S. Warren, M.A.; Rector of St. Mary St
the Rectory of Brandon Ferry Suffolk.
Mr. R. A. Whalley, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge,
to the Second Mastership of the Grammar School, King's Lynn,
Norfolk.

s, Exeter, to

Rev. J. Wilson, 8.D., Second Master of the Free Grammar
School, Manchester, and Fellow of Corpus Christi College,
Oxford, to the Rectory of Hampton Meysey, near CricklaCe,

LIVERPOOL ELECTION PETITION.

PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE SELECT
COMNHTTEE.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

The Parliamentary Committee, which was sworn in on
Friday, met on Saturday, at one o'clock, in room No. 25
of the new Palace of Westminster, for the purpose of pro-
ceeding with the long-pending inquiry into the charges of
corrupt practices at the Liverpool election. The com-
mittee, as we stated last week, consists of Mr. Robert
Ingham, (Whig,) M.P. for South Shields, chairman ; Mr.
James Williams Freshfield, (Conservative,) M.P. for
Penrhyn and Falmouth ; the Hon. James Pierce Max-
well, (Conservative,) M.P. for Cavan ; Mr. William
Williams, (Radical,) M.P. for Lambeth ; and Mr. John
Ball, (Radical,) M.P. for Carlow county.
The counsel for the petitioners are Sergeant Kinglake ;
Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, Q.C. ; Mr. Bodkin, Q.C. ; and
Mr. Paget : and for the sittinz members Mr. Edwin
James, Q.C., Mr. Montague Smith, and Mr. Hunter
Radivell. The agents for the petitioners are Messrs.
Fearou and Clabon, of Great George-street, London ; and
for the sitting members Messrs. Thompson, Ebenham,
and Brown, and Mr. Bremner.
For a considerable time before the doors of the room
were opened the lobby was crowded by professional gentle-
men and strangers, who appeared to take much interest in
the proceedings. Among these were several gentlemen
from Liverpool, including Mr. J. B. Lloyd, Mr. Thomas
Bold, Mr. William Earle, Mr. William Rathbone, jun.,
Mr. Nelson Wood, Mr. J. R. Jeffery, Mr. William
Rowett, Mr. J. Shaw Leigh, Capt. Evans, Mr. Stephen
Court, (civil engineer.) Mr. Messiter, Mr. Ronald, (one
of the petitioners,) Mr. Highfield, Mr. Rowland, secretary
of the Pilots' Commissioners, &c. ; also Mr. Brotherton,
M.P., and Sir Thomas Birch. Mr. Charles Turner
entered the lobby a few minutes to one o'clock, and
remained in conversation with Mr. J. B. Lloyd and his
other supporters until the door was opened. The room
was soon crowded, and considerable confusion reigned for
a brief period, caused by the general scuffle for seats by
the numerous reporters who were in attendance. The
committee, with Mr. Ingham in the centre, sat at a table
at one extremity of the room, parallel with another appro-
priated to the use of the learned counsel and agents for
each side. Mr. Turner occupied a chair near the com-
mittee, but Mr. Forbes Mackenzie was not present.
Captain GossETr, the deputy sergeant-at-arms, having
read the petition which complained of " an undue elec-
tion and return for the borough of Liverpool," and the
usual forms having been gone through,
The CHAIRMAN, addressing the petitioners' counsel,
asked if they had delivered in the list of cases charged.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE I don't know, sir, whether
you will allow us until Monday to complete the lists. It
was not expected that the business would open to-day, or
that the lists would be required to be delivered before
Monday. The greater portion of them we have now here.
The whole of them are in a very forward state ; but there
is one class of cases which we have not yet completed.
Mr. JAMES : We are entitled to have the lists ; for
without them we cannot tell what cases we shall have to
answer. There has been plenty of time to prepare them,
and it is hard upon the parties to be put to expense for a
delay that might well have been avoided. It cannot
surely take long to select the cases upon which you mean
to reply.

Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE : They are all but prepared,
and those which are ready you may have forthwith ; but
we cannot begin the case, I apprehend, before Monday ;
and probably it would be better that the committee should
now adjourn.
The CHAIRMAN : You ought to have had the lists
ready ; but I don't see any objection to the course you

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propose. How soon will you have the lists completed?
Mr. JAMES : You see, sir, unless we have the lists
before us, we know not what evidence we shall require to
rebut the charges. Surely the parties on the other side
can let us have them complete in a ♦ery short time.
Mr. CLABON, (the agent for the petitioners) : In refe-
rence to the great body of the cases I am expecting the
list every minute. It was not anticipated that the com-
mittee would commence the inquiry to-day, and we are
not altogether prepared. The list that is still incomplete
is confined entirely to one class of cases, and does not
exceed twenty in number.
Mr. JAMES : I see my learned friend Mr. Bodkin has a
large brief before him, and surely that must contain some-
thing about the case.
Mr. BODKIN : Not about these cases.

Mr. JAMES : Let us know what we have got to answer.
You say you are prepared to hand in a general list. Can
we have that now ?

Mr. CLABON : I can promise within five or ten minutes
to hand in a list of the whole of the cases contained in that
"huge brief."

Mr. JAMES : That will do. Let us understand, then,
that they will be handed in by three o'clock to-day.
Mr. CLABON : Oh, yes ; certainly.
Mr. JAMES : Well, that will do, and we shall have the
twenty, I suppose, on Monday. We had better, there-
fore, adjourn till then.
The CHAIRMAN : What I understand is this. Mr. 1
Clabon says that within five minutes we shall have the
great bulk of the cases, so far as they are completed, and
that all will be included in that list except about twenty
of one class of cases, and that these will be furnished in
the course of the day.
Mr. CLABON : No, sir ; not before Monday, I think.
I promise the committee to do my best, and, if possible,
they shall be furnished to the other side to-night.
Mr. JAMES : The committee will remember that this
case has been in preparation many months, and that but
for the adjournment of the House until Thursday,it would
have come on on that day. Certainly I think they ought
to be prepared with the complete list of all the cases some
time during the day. We are entitled to it, for without
it we don't know what we have to answer, or what evi-
dence we may have to get up to meet the charges brought
against us. We may take this incomplete list and bring
evidence to rebut all the cases it contains, and on Monday ,
we may find twenty more cases brought forward against us
of which we know nothing. It is most unfair to the
sitting members fo place them in such a position.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE :. We can always relax the
rule, Mr. James. As the substantial commencement of
the case does not take place until Monday, and as then he
will be in possession of the whole of the cases, he will
have ample time to answer them.
The CHAIRMAN : It is certainly important that the sit-
ting members should know what cases they will have to
meet. Of course Mr. Clabon will give all the accommo-
dation he can, and will deliver in the lists already come in.
You say you will give in the lists as far as you know them ;
but as to the others—those which you do not now hand
in—l think you ought to give an undertaking that the
cases not specified to- day should be called last in the pro-
gress of the inquiry. Will that be satisfactory to you, Mr.
James ?

The following list was then handed to Mr. James :

Mr. JAMES :-Satisfactory, sir ? Am I to understand
that, in addition to the long lithographed list which has
just been put into my hand, we are to receive another ?
That is what I want to know ; and, also, what number of
cases will be contained in that list, and what class of cases.

We shall have to get up one case to meet the charges in
this list ; and, on Monday, we shall have to get up another
case to meet other charges, of which at present, we know
nothing.

Mr. CLABON : I have already said there is only one
other class of cases, and that the list of those cases will
not exceed twenty names.
The CHAIRMAN : When will you be ready to supply
them ?

Mr. CLABON : On Monday morning.
The CHAIRMAN : Why, three o'clock this afternoon
was all the time you asked.

Mr. CLABON : Not for this list • but I will do it as soon
as I can. I cannot, however, undertake to get the list
ready by that time.
Mr. JAMES : Will you say that it shall be delivered
before eight o'clock to night .? We ought to have it before
post time, in order that we may have the opportunity of
sending by post for the necessary evidence to rebut the
charge.

Mr. BROWN, (the sitting members' agent ;) By the six
o'clock post. We ought to have it by then.
The CHAIRMAN : Then we shall have the complete list
here on Monday. If that is the wish of the committee,
you (Sergeant Kinglake) will comply with it ; and, under
any circumstances, those cases which are the last furnished
will be the last called.

Mr. Sergeant KINGLARE : Exactly. We will do our
best to furnish them to-day ; at all events, they shall be
supplied before the committee meet on Monday.
Mr. JAMES : Very well; let that be understood.

The CHAIRMAN i Then. we shall proceed to consider
the case on Monday • and we will now adjourn until
that day, at eleven o'clock.

The committee accordingly adjourned until Monday, at
eleven.

MONDAY, MAY 30.

The committee assembled this morning at eleven
o'clock, Mr. Ingham chairman. The inquiry appeared to
excite great interest, and during the day the committee-
room was crowded to excess. A large number of influen-
tial gentlemen from Liverpool were present, and watched
the proceedings with much interest. Mr. Turner and
other members of Parliament likewise attended during
the day.

A. p;eliminary discussion took place with reference to
the presence in the committee-room of gentlemen who
had been summoned as witnesses. Mr. Sergeant KING-
LAKE, for the petitioners, complained that Mr. J. B.
Lloyd, Mr. William Rowett, Mr. J. Shaw Leigh, and
Mr. Thomas Bold appeared in the committee-room,
though they had been warranted:to attend as witnesses
for the petitioners. He submitted that they should
be excluded until the proper time came for calling
them for examination. Mr. JAMES, for the sitting
members, contended that the mere fact of a warrant
having been served upon the gentlemen in question
was not sufficient to authorise their exclusion ' • but
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake having given a pledge that he
really intended to call them as witnesses, the committee
requested them to leave the room, which they did.
Mr. JAMES.—I hope it will be understood by the agents
for the petitioners that the gentlemen who have just left
the room are here as their witnesses, and at their expense.
Ur. Sergeant KINGLAKE : Of course, that is under-
stood. James, you are now satisfied.
Mr. JADES
I JAMES
: hope,
lam not. (A laugh.)
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Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE then proceeded to open the
hiinchsuipspotort be of
the prayer of this petition.
case for the petitioners, He said—l appear, in this case,
ymmatytesr side, together with my learned friend b
submitted to you is one of very grave and very serious
importance. It is a matter of importance, undoubtedly,
borough of Liverpool ;
great importance as it regards the
as it regards the sitting members ; it is a matter of very
but I think it is a matter of still higher interest—it is
of very vast importance —as it concerns the true re.
presentative system of this country ; and the great
question which is about to be submitted to you is,
whether the borough of Liverpool—whether the voice
of one of the first, if not the first, commercial communi-
ties of this country—is to be truly heard in the House of
Commons; or whether it is to be silenced by a system

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, T CESDAY, MAY 31, 1553.

which has long continued, and which. I am sorry to say,
still continues to exercise its power and its influence in
Liverpool, to the degradation and to the destruction of the
true exercise of the franchise of the constituency of that
place ? When I state that I state it advisedly, because I
have no doubt you will find in the course of this in-
quiry that everything which I will -call your attention
to will be fully borne out in evidence, and that the
question I will raise will be a question of vast
importance, and one which will require your most serious
consideration, I do not say it in corroboration of my
views, but I am quite satisfied that great public interest
is awakened with reference to this inquiry, and I have no
doubt for the wise and sufficient reason that your decision
upon it will be likely for the future to influence and direct
what shall be the course to be pursued with refe-
rence to constituencies similarly conditioned with
that of Liverpool. Now, sir, the object of this
inquiry is to unmask before you—to lay, as far a
we are able, before you—the general system of cor-
ruption, of bribery, and of treating which has for a
long period of time existed in Liverpool, and which was in
full operation at the last election. There is no doubt that
the inquiry, as it gees on, will disclose to you not any small
or partial system of bribery or of treating, but that there
has been bribery and treating conducted upon a regular
system—premeditated and pre-determined—and that, too,
by those who, from their position and from their high cha-
racter in the borough of Liverpool, I think ought to have
abstemiously abstained from practices of this description.
All I can trust is, that the result of this inquiry will
be, for the future, to eradicate the evil, and to enable
those who have the right to exercise their franchise
in the borough of Liverpool to know that their voice
is undoubtedly heard in the House of Commons in truth
and in fact, and not as a matter of name, and as a
matter of pretence only ; for I may say, without hesi-
tation, that, in consequence of that which at former elec-
tions, as well as at the last election, was in full operation
at Liverpool, there can be no doubt that there has been
such a check upon the true declaration of the opinion of
the constituency of that place as has proved fatal to what
I call the true representation of Liverpool in the House
of Commons ; and it is certainly a matter of great
importance, and it will be a matter for the serious
consideration of the committee, whether the facts
which are brought before you do or do not fully
justify me in making the remarks which I have thought fit
to offer in introducing this case. The real and only
question will be, whether, for the future, the representa-
tion of Liverpool shall be a piece of mockery and delusion,
or whether or not the people of Liverpool shall have their
wishes and their wants truly, properly, and fairly repre-
sented in the House of Commons. The facts of this case
are somewhat invalid and intricate, but it is not my in-
tention to occupy much of your time in scattering your
attention over the details. First of all I will call your
attention to the peculiar position of the constituency of
Liverpool, and then to the means which have been had
recourse to, and particularly at the last election, for the
purpose of preventing the constituency of that great and
important commercial community from giving fair and
true expression to their opinion. Now, I will call your
attention, in the first instance, to the time of the last
election. The nomination took place on Tuesday, the
6th of July, and the polling on Wednesday, the 7th.
The successful candidates at the election were Mr. Forbes
Mackenzie and Mr. Charles Turner, the last being a
highly respectable and eminent merchant in Liverpool—a
gentleman undoubtedly well qualified to represent the
commercial interests of that borough, but who, when he
aspires to an honour of that kind, must take care to attain
it through legitimate means, and not through such as may
become the subject matter of an inquiry before a Par-
liamentary Committee. The unsuccessful candidates were
Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Joseph Christopher Ewart, the
latter being also a merchant in Liverpool. The name of
Ewart must be familiar to all those who are conversant
with Liverpool. I will now call your attention to the
numbers polled at the last election, a matter of some im-
portance, as you will find by and bye. The numbers
polled were—for Turner, 6,693 • that gentleman standing
prominently at the head of the poll ; for Mackenzie,
6,367 ; for Cardwell, 5,247 ; and for Ewart 4,910.
And now the question comes to be at once intro- '
duced to your notice, how was this majority brought
about ? how was the election conducted ? what is
the accusation to be brought against the sitting
members ? and how is it to be prored ? There is a very
important part to which I have to call the attention of the
committee in the first place, and that is. that in the
borough of Liverpool there is a large number of free.
men. I will give you the exact number afterwards,
but I may take them at present at between 1,500 and
1,600, in whom the right of the franchise has for many
years been vested. I think lam right in stating—
indeed, no doubt can exist on the point—that the re-
presentation of Liverpool is, I won't say materially;.
but essentially dependent upon the mode, and manner, and
way in which those freemen may be induced to vote at the
election. When I speak of freemen to the amount of 1,500'
or 1,600, I do not mean to include those freemen who may
possess another qualification, but only those who have the
right of the franchise by means of the freedom of the
borough and nothing else—who vote as freemen, and who
form no portion of the constituency with reference to any
other qualification. The number of the latter is, as I
have said, between, 1,500 and 1,600, so large and so strong
that I am sorry to say they have been found to make, and
to maintain, what is called the balance between the
conflicting parties in the borough ; and the result is,
that whoever obtains the favouritism of the freemen
have, I believe,, at any rate established a probable chance
of success. Now, let me call your attention to the votes
given at the past elections, and they will at onceupen your
eyes—at any rate, furnish matter of suspicion as to the
mode in which matters- were arranged, and as-to how a
large majority of the freemen were induced to- -vote in
favour of the sitting members. Ido not hesitate, at this
early stage of the inemirr, to tell you that one of the sub-
stantial complaints upon the face of this petition, and one
of the substantial matters of complaint to be adduced
before you, is, that bribery and treating prevailed exten-
sively among the great body of the freemen. Ldo not
mean to say that bribery and treating and corruption did
not exist in other quarters ;. on the contrary, evidence of
that will be brought before you ; but, with reference to
the large majority of cases, to be adduced before
you, they regard the wholesale system of corruption
practised among the freemen of the borough. Now, sir, I
think it will appear to you before the end of the inquiry,
a most extraordinary circumstance that, when Mr. Card-
well, who was one of the defeated candidates, had received
promises from 294 freemen, and while Mr. Ewart had re-
ceived pledges to the amount of 275, there voted for, the
first 295, or an excess of one, and for the other 283., an ex-
cess of eight. On the othethand, while Mr. Turnetcould
not obtain any pledge or promise from a single freeman ex-
ceeding 484, and, while M. Mackenzie received pledges
from only 473, thus leaving unpledged 544 freemen in all,
it is most extraordinary to find that the unpladged free-
men, to the number of 5444 are found voting for Messrs.
Turner and Mackenzie at the last election. Now, sir,
I contend that that fact is, in•limine, a most extraordi-
nary circumstance. With reference to those freemen,
I will refer for a moment to the past histoey.of. Liver-
pool, as this is not the first time that the conduct
of the freemen has been. impeached and accused, or
that the House of Commons has appointed a committee
with regard to them. I find that, in 1830,,ihe conduct
of the freemen of Liverpool became the subject-matter of.
investigation, and a bill was actually introduced in 1832
for the purpose of disfranchising them. I understand that
bill did not pass ; but, in the year 1833, there was a peti-
tion from the electors of Liverpool, presented to the
House of Commons, upon, which an investigation took
place, along inquiry was entered into, and the published
reports of the house disclosed a system of flagrant corrup-
tion, as regarded the freemen of Liverpool, such as was
unprecedented in any borough in the worst periods of
corruption in this country. It was stated in the Parlia-
mentary Report of 1833, that as many as. 2,646 freemen
had actually been bribed at a former election.
Mr. JAMES : What have we to do with that ?
Mr. Serjeant KINQLMCK : It shows that bribery and
corruption are no novelties among the freemen of Liver-
pool, and that what took .place at the last election was
only the continuation of an old system. In 1834 e shill
passed the House of Commons for the disfranchisement
of the freemen of Liverpool, but it was lost in the Dose
of Lords, merely upon the ground that the Reform Bill
having then recently passed, it was.hoped the extension of
the suffrage would wipe out the old blot, and,that the
freemen would either learn a lesson from what had been
done with regard to them, or the new constituency
would be able to improve the administration, of, the repre-
sentative system in the borough. I mention this to show
that what was abortive in 1833 was abortive at the last
election, and that the freemen of 1852,are found to be just
as corrupt as the freemen of 1833. will now call your
attention to the mode and manner in which the
corruption—the wholesale bribery and corruption—
was practised at the last election. The constituency of ,
Liverpool amounts altogether to 17,433,. of whom about
15,000 are £lO householders, thereat being freemen. By
the Reform Bill the Parliamentary boundaries of the bo-
rough were extended so as to include the districts called
Toxteth-park, Evertou, Kirkdale, and Edge-hill, embrac-
ing a very wide district, which formed no part of the old
borough. Now, let me state at once, and before going
into details, the general nature of the corruption practised
at the last election. It was not by payments of large
sums of money, but was a general system pervading the
whose borough at the time of the election, denoting bri-
bery and treating by associations and committees, for
which there is no doubt whatever the sitting members. are
answerable, as can be proved by understanding and emu-
munication between the parties, by previous arrangements
with them, by contracts entered into for the indiscrimi-
nate payment, after the election, of ss. to each of the
freemen who voted for the sitting members, for treating
them in public-houses, at an early period of the day
of the election, and for driving them to the poll.
ing-booths. You will find that this system was not
carried on in solitary instances, that the freemen were
grouped together by previous arrangement,, taken to cer-
tain public-houses opened for the purpose ; marshalled
there by sub-committees in the interest of the sitting
members, treated in those houses, then taken to the
polling-booths, and finally, two or three days after, receiy.
ing a money payment of ss. each for what was called the
day's occupation. I believe it will appear in the course of
the inquiry that the limits to this system were only regu-
lated by the number of freemen. As far as their num-
bers went, to that extent was an attempt made to bribe
and treat them; and you will he able to form some estimate
of the extent to which the system was carried, when I
tell you that while 295 voted for Mr. Cardwell, there
voted for Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, 1,030, and for Mr.
Turner, 1,016—a very close approximation as be.
tween the two successful candidates clearly elicitting
that they sailed in the same boat, and that the same
system was pursued in the interest of both. But we now
call your attention to the mode in which this result was
brought about, and to the machinery by which the elec-
tion was carried on. On the Ist of April, 1852, a public
meeting was held in the Royal Amphitheatre in support
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Buckmaster, the secretary, should not be forgotten, for
it will appear, during the course of the inquiry, that the
central committee was connected with several ward com-
mittees ; that its chairman and secretary were ex officio
members of those ward committees, and that there was a
constant communication kept up between them. But
there is in Liverpool what is called the Constitutional
Association. I do not know what is indicated by the
name; but I know that at the last election the association
was converted into a political organisation. First of all,
the association elected a committee of 30 members, with a
president, a vice-president a secretary, and a treasurer.
Ward committees were also appointed, with a chairman
and secretary to each. It is important to notice that the
Chairman of the Constitutional Association at the time of
the last election was also the Chairman of the Central
Committee, and you will find it an important matter for
consideration that the chairman and secretary of each
ward committee were also members of the Central Com-
mittee for managing the election.
The CHAIRMAN asked if the ward committees existed
previously to the time of the election ?
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE : I am not aware that they
did. There were ward committees for municipal pur-
poses ; but we cannot establish their identity with those
which were so active at the time of the election. What
we assert, and are prepared to prove is, that upon the
eve of the last election the chief members of the Constitu-
tional Association were transferred over to the Central
Committee appointed to manage the election ; and that
in addition, the central committee likewise availed itself of
the machinery of the ward committees, and that a com-
plete understanding and thorough communication existed
between the three parties. In fact, it would appear as if
the staff of the Constitutional Association was transferred
over to the central committee, and, during the whole of
the election, was used for election purposes. It was found

necessary to divide the central committee into sub-co►n-

mittees; and, accordingly, we have acomrnittee for finance,
another for printing, another for music--and it was a fact
worth notice that all the bandmasters voted for Mackenzie
and Turner, a fourth for colours, which migh t be called a mere
sham, or colourable appointment—(a laugh)—and, fifthly,
and lastly, a coach and car committee. I hold in my hand
a curious document, issued by the last-named committee,
It is headed, " Mackenzie and Turner for ever." Then
follows, " Car Committee—Special Regulations. The
present arrangement is intended to afford a constant and re-
gular communication between the principal committee-
rooms, and every polling-booth, with the view to avoid ab-
stracting the ward-cars from their own districts, to promote
the convenience of electors, and to avoid delay and dis-
appointment. The Car Committee beg to impress upon
all the canvassers the advantage of bringing every voter,
where practicable, to tha ward committee-room, as one
great and to the successful development of the plan.—
Plan : Two lines of coaches, &c., marked ' Atlas,' will
pursue the route laid down in red on the accompanying
map, starting every five minutes from Leece-street on
the one side, and London-road on the other, going the
circuit in opposite directions ; thus uniting Exchange,
Castle-street, St. Peter's, Rodney, Abercromby,. Lime-
street, and St. Ann's Wards. Other coaches will
go every five minutes along the streets marked
in blue, and keep up a communication between the five
outer wards, namely,—Scotland, Vauxhall, St. Paul's,
Great George's, and Pitt-street, to the line of coaches
marked Atlas. These coaches will be marked with the
names of the ward to which they run. Every canvasser
on showing a Car ticket, whether on the line of route or at
any of the seven or eight committee-rooms, will be con-
veyed by the coaches to any point along the journey ; but
the drivers will not pick up any person unprovided with
one of the metal checks. Cars, &c., employed on this
duty will on no account be allowed to deviate from the
route laid down. Canvassers- may pass a voter to the
polling-booths from any place in the route, or send them
back after voting, on stopping the coach and showing the
tickets. The zinc tickets to be carefully preserved by the
canvassers, to prevent their fallinginto the hands of the
opposition. It is obvious that parties who require look-
ing after—(laughter)—should be accompanied to the
polling-place, still the committee would impress upon
canvassers that as each vehicle can only convey a very
limited number, and has to call at seven or eight places,
space should not be unnecessarily occupied. (Laughter.)
The following witnesses were examined v

William Dodd was then called upon, but was requested to
withdraw,—Mr. SZI ITH, counsel for the sitting members, urging
an objection to the witness on the ground that upon the regis-
ter of voters there were two persons of the name- of William
Dodd,—one was No. 14,531 on the list, and-the other was 4,505.
The latter lived in the parish of Liverpool,- and the other in
the extra-parochial district of Toxteth-park. HIT submitted
that there being two-voters of the same name, the description
given by the petitioners was a defective and• inefficient descrip-
tion, and could not be accepted. He did not speak without
authority. because it had been so decided in previous cases of
the same description.

The CHAIRMAN asked if they both voted on-the same side?
Mr. SMITH remarked that bribery had frequently no con-
nection with the voting.. Indeed, not unfrequently a bribe had
been given to a party to, give an adverse vote.• He then, in
support of his objection, quoted a decision in, the Galway case,
and-another in the case of Dundalk, the latter having taken
place in 1848.

Mr. BODKIN stated that both the cases quoted-were cases a
scrutiny, in which the greatest possible accuracy was absolutely?
remitted. It might be snore convenient for them tO give the•
number of each voter, but it was only as a matter of con--
venience that they were required to give it to the counsel for•
the•sitting members.

Mr- Smrrn stated that, while there were two persons,
of the name of Witham Dodd on the register. there.
might he fifteen John Jones's, and no description was given
to enable them to distinguish who was meant.. The same ob-
jection applied to the bribers, as well as to the bribed.
Theywere stated in the same indefinite manner;

NAME,
Walthe m, Thomas,

Cook, Robert ....
Parkinson, Joseph,
Cook, Robert ....
Crosbie, Thomas
Ellis, Thomas ....
Brecken, John....

Ferrx M'Leary sworn.--14 am a ship-carpenter• by trade. II
am a freeman of Liverpool, and voted at the last election for
Mackenzie and Turner. Jut the time of the election, and before
it, I was in the employ of Mr. Major. I know-a person named
Evan „limes, who keeps a beerhouse. called the Royal Oak, in
Park-road. On the morning .of the election I was at Evan
Jonegi-horse. I saw Jones- at • half-past seven, in Park-road,
close to a poling booth. fletold me if I came to his house I
would get breakfast, and be paid for my day's work. I was to
get drink. I was to get money for my day's work, or loss of
my employment. At that moment I had not promised my vote
to any one. Evan Jones did not speak to me about my vote.
After Dhad got four or five glasses of ale, I wao-at his house by
eight o'clock. I was shows . into the front roam up stairs. I
found a good many people there. The room was pretty full ;
there might be thirty present.- Those,' knew were all freemen'
We had breakfast together. I remained there about three.
quarters of an hour. lb then walked up to the polling.
booth: A freeman, named, Maxwell, went with me. He also
had been in the breakfast room. We went together, and
polled: This was Wednesday. We polled between nine and
ten o'clock. I got some Clink on the road and paid for it ; but
we went there on the afternoon. On the Saturday I went to
receive my money, and got se. Evan Jones was there, and a
fema:e, who appeared to testis wife. Whether he or her put
down the money I cannot say. He was there- at any rate in
the room. They asked me if I was one of the men who had
voted from their house. i'understood from liven himself that
I would be paid. It was between five and six o'clock when I
went-to be paid. I saw no list or book. I had seen drink, but
was net,tipsy. There ma no person in the room but Jones and
the woman whom I supposed to be his wife. I cannot say that
she was really his wife ; however, I had moredrink in the house
after I was paid. When I went to be paid I-saw William Dodd
there:- he was there when I went. I cannot say of William
Dodd anything but this, that we had some drink together—not
in tire room where the money was paid. 1 got the loan of half-
a-crown from Dodd. I saw Wm. Dodd in some other part of the
house than that in which we drank together. There was like-
wise near that part of the house where money was paid a voter
named Crofts. I stayed with Dodd and the other person for
some time. Some other men, freemen, who, were working with:•
me at the Dock, told me to go to the room in which the money
should be paid. I have voted twice before at Liverpool ; voted
on the Liberal side on both occasions. Irknow William Buck-
ley Jones, master shipper. I saw him atilones's house during
the election—twice, bringing up men ia,'busses. I cannot tell-
how many he took ha the 'bus. The vehicle appeared to be
full, and a Liverpool 'bus can hold 12: He was in the break—
fast-room, and he carried off cargoes or. voters twice.
Cross-examined,—My wages at last election were ss. a-day ;
now they are 6s. Two days I did no work in consequence
of the election. Twice before I voted for the Liberals, and
got nothing for the loss of my time. I lost one day at the
election before this one. I am working for Mr. Major now.
I was only occasionally in the employment of Major at that
time; four or Eve days at a time. Evan Jones only asked me
to come and have some refreshment ;-he did not mention imp..
thing about my vote.
In the beginning of his evidence, this witness was asked,
what party he belonged to? Woe he a Liberal ? To this- he
answered. he did not much care-which of the two parties he
adhered to. In the cross-examination, the following conversa-
tion took place :
Mr. Srtt::ita Which party da..you agree with ?

Bland, William
Taylor, Ge.,rge
Parkinson, Thomas
Stanistreet, John
Ovens, or Owens, Joseph
Hamilton, James William
Coward, William
Rice, Peter
Joynson, Richard

Serjeant, Robert
Fazakerly, Robert
Inanity, Jeremiah
Allen, Thomas
Tudor, Thomas Park

Witness :- I scarcely care which aide I have. (Laughter.)
Mr. Smxwit : What motive. had you in voting previously on
the Liberal side?

Witness.; Well, I suppose Ir voted to please myself

John ii!reckon.—l am .a freeman of Liverpool, and ;save been
so for thirty years. I was working at last election for Mr.
Major„shipwright. I know :a company of shipwrights, Ashley,
Clayton, and Co. Mr. Kennigan is a member of thafirm. I
know. Humphrey Smith, foreman of that company, I met him
before the election. He protnised me my day's pay,if I polled
along with him. I was to poll for Mackenzie.and Turner.
When I met him he asked me if I had polled. I said not. He
saidif I went with him, he would give me my day's pay. He
did not mention the sum. did not understand what sum I
vas to get. My "stab•wages were then 6s. Smith was stand-
up at the bar along, with me when I polled for. Mackenzie and
Turner. I did not get the money then. b was a week
before I, eot it, Mr. Humphrey Smith promised my missis
that she should gar the money. I did not hoar that conversa-
tion. She went down to Mr. Smith's housc. I sent her there
to see him in Mr. Kennigan's yard, where he was foreman. I
sent her there because it was the most likely place to see the
overseer. In consequence of something_ the wife told me, I
afterwards sent her to Humphrey Smith's. I sent her twice
afterwards, but on no occasion did she zeturn with anything.
Mrs. H. Smith, afterwards came to meond told me that some
one had come, and. in my name, received the money. At the
same time Mrs. Smith gave me the 55., I did not mention teat
my wages were 6s. I had been so much troubled with it
previously.

Cross-examined : I was out of work for two days, and lost the
rest of the week, but that was my own fault. I have voted for
the same colour, red. I had promised my vote a fortnight be-
fore, and getting my day's work paid; Ss. was not mentioned as.
connected with my vote.

Hesketh, Samuel

Wilson, Joseph
Turner, George

Wilson, Thomas,

Knowles, Thomas
Green, Thomas- ..
Huston, Henry ..
Nose, Richard.....
Evans, Thomas,
Casement, Robert
Grooby, Joseph ..

Knowles, George.

Abraham, Robert
Bradburn, Richard
Bradburn, Jonathan
Coffield, Walter
Crawley, John
Devenney, John
Davey, Joint
Evans, Thomas
Fullerton, John
Husband, John
Kershaw, Edward
Lucas, Joseph
Lucas, James
Mormsey, John
Stanwix, Thomas
Taylor, Thomas
Tyrer, James .
Glass, William ..
Shaw, John
Kirkman, Samuel
Woodruff, Samuel
Wrag, Thomas
Moffit, Thomas .
Lightfoot, John
Yfainwaring, William
Dimsdale, John
Rissock, John

Margaret, the wife of the witness just examined, was sworn,
and corroborated the evidence of her husband. She deposed
I saw Mr. Humphrey Smith at the yard. I did not ask him
plump. I said, "Is there anything for John." He said not
then— it was too soon. I was requested by him to call again,
but no name was mentioned. I went next Saturday, and re-
quested him to keep it for me. When I went I saw one of the
masters; I did not know him, but I believe it was Mr.
M'Kinnegan. I saw him in the building-yard, and I asked
him for the five shillings. He said I must see Humphrey
Smith. I called at Smith's house several times,without seeing
him ; and at length I saw Mrs. Smith, and asked her for it.
She did not give it me; but she and her husband came to our
house that same evening, when she said that she had previously
paid it to another person, who had represented himself to be
my husband.

[We shall give the remainder of a
Second Edition.]

Itarnett, Samuel

le day's proceedings in our

Rithardson, John
Franklin, Luke Benjamin
Robinson, Douglas

BY WHOM.
Wm. Fisher, Mary Hiles, Wm,
Buckley Jones,. John Story
Geo. Leach, Thos. Inman,
r.47.,t1 • Wm. Joseph Horsfall, Henry
Buck master and John Peacock
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same

Hmphrey Smith, Henry M`Ke-
verigan, Arthur Davies, -
Whitaker, William Gibson,
Henry Buckmaster, and John
Peacock.
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
William Rowett, Joseph Green.
Henry Buckmaster, and John
Peacock.
The same
The same
The same
The same
Jonas Gleave, T. Swettenham,
Jno. Buck Lloyd, Hy. Buck-
master, and John Peacock.
The same
The same
Jonas Gleave, W. Evans, -
Pierson, G. Scott Russell,
Solomon, William May.
Richard Whittle Birchall, Miss
Birchall, Oliver Hutch, Robt.
Pearson Manger, Henry Buck-
master, and John Peacock.
Westmore, John The same
Talbot, Robert
Brown, John
Whitby, William
Woods, John
Cannel!, Thomas Richard Whittle Birchall, Robt.
Pearson Manger, Owen.
Ranken, Freers William Buckley Jones, Wm.
Rowett, Thos. Inman, Thos.
Bold, John Buck Lloyd, Robt.
Horsfall, Wm. Fisher, Arthur
Henderson, and Gilbert Win-
ter Moss.
smith, Charles
Brown, John Bathurst Chas, Turner, Esq., the sitting
member.
Alanson, William Thos. Fleetwood Roskell, and
George Henry Horsfall.
Cain, Charles
Abraham, Joseph Wm. Jones, John Jones, Henry
Buckmaster,andJno.Peacock
Addison, Henry The same
Amery, John • The same
Amery, Thomas The same
Bamber, John- The same
Butler, Thomas • The same
Caddy, Jonathan
Caltrall, John Leigh The same
Carson, John • • The same
Coppell, Robert The same'
Croston, Henry Booster- The same
Croston, Daniel Every The same
Dawson, William
Edwards, John . The same
Ellison Richard The same
Evans, Richard ..... - The same
Fairclough, William Burton
Fisher, John The same
Goodwin, Thomas The same
Herrison, Joseph
Houldin, Thomas The same
Hughes, William
Jones, Thomas .••• •.• • The same
Lee, Richard • • The same
Lewkes, John The same
Lockhart, John
Miles, Samuel The same
Moroni. Thomas The same
Rawlinson, John
Roberts, Robert The same
Robinson, Thos. Greenhough • The same
Robinson, William The same
Scarratt, John The same
Seddon, John
Sherlock, Samuel
Smith, John The same
Unwin, George
Wainwright, George The same
Wathew, Thomas Hunt
Warringcm James
Wilde, Robert William
Williams, Jbhn
Wright, Thomos T-he same
Parkinson, JOhn ..Henry" Harrison, Thos. Chapi-
Inall, T. Jones, W. Rowett,
and Henry Buckmaster.
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
Thomas Williams, Henry Buck-
master, Oliver Hatch, Richard
Whittle Birchall, Jas. Parker,
Hy. Bremner, Gilbert Winter
Moss, Thos. Bold, John Buck
Lloyd,and Jas. Aspinall Tobin
Thos. Watson, Robt.Clegg,Wm.
Clarke, Thos.-Chapinan, Thos.
Green, John- Peacock, and
Henry Harrison.
Abrahams, John Fitifwkk .... Hy. Harrison, Thos. Chapman,
Wm. Rowett, By. Buckmaster,
Wm. Clarke, and John Shaw.
The same
The same
The same -
The same -
The same
The same
The same
The same-
The same--
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
The same
Forbes Mackenzie, Esq
Forbes Mackenzie, Esq., Thos.
Watson, Robert Clegg, Wm.
Clarke, Thos. Chapman,•Thos.
Green, John Peacock, and
Henry Harrison.
Geo. Jones, Thos. Williams, Hy.
Buckmaster, andJohnPeacock
The same
The same
The same

LIST OF HOUSES AT WHICH ALLEGED,TR.EAT-
ING TOOK PLAC3. BETWEEN IsT AND BTH
OF JULY.
Halliday, Edward, Everteneoffee-house, Everton Village.
Webster, Henry, Liver Inn, Kirkdale-road.
Pyecroft, Job, Wheatsheaf, Scotland-road.
Mattinson, Sylvester, Railway Hotel, Great Howard street.
Clegg, James, Pontack Inn, Christian-street.
Prescott, Margaret, Swan Inn, London-road.
Jaynson, Moses, Globe, Meant Pleasant.
Bispharn, Mary, Vine Tavern, Pitt-street.
Cutts, Wm., spirt vault, Chapel-street.
Hughes, Thomas, spirit vaults, Earle-street, St. PauPS,Squarer.
Lawson, Wilfred, Great George Tavern, Upper Pitt-street.
Sykes, Robert, Royal Oak, 'Foxteth-park.
Marshall, Edward, Edge•hill Coffee-house, Edge-hill.
Aspinall, John, 95, London.road.
Ammes, Charles, Roscoe,Head.
Blundell, Richard, 236, Scotland-road.
Bridge, John, Organ Tavern, Bevington Bush-rOad.
Cane, Robert, 22, Limekiln-lane.
Clegg, James, 55, Byrom,street.
Clarke, Wm., The Grapes, School lane.
Cole, William, 85, London-road.
Coward, William, Combermere-street.
Cleminson, John, Manchester-house, St. Anne's Ward.
Curchod, .1. H. J., Queen's Hotel, Lime-street.
Dunbar, William, Goat, Areck-road.
Downey, Peter, 12, Chapel-street.
Elme, William, Hoidens, Richmond-row.
Franklin, L. 8., Liverpool Arms, Robert-street North.
Fernyhough, Mary, Tranmere Ferry.
Gleave, Jonas, Derby:Arms, London-road.
Gibson, Benjamin, Sinithdown-lane.
Gough, Benn's-gavdens.
Harriot, William. 163, Scotland-road.
Harrison, Henry, St. James-street.
Hiles, Mary, Sefton Arms. Toxteth-park.
Heatley, Lydia, Pine-apple, 19, London-road.,
Jones, Evans, Old-Oak, Toxteth-park.
Jones, D., Renshaw-street.
Jones, William, Old White Lion, St. James's-place,
Kelshaw, William), St. George's Vaults.
Kirkham, Mary, Queen, Great Homer-street.
Lancaster, James Holland, Oldhall-street.
Lawton, William, Bee Hotel, Queen's-square.
Lunt, Samuel, Low-hill.
May, Solomon,William, Ranelagh-street.
Musker, Wißiam, 25, Gildart-street.
Nuttall, R. D., Palatine Hotel, Dublin-street.
Postance, Thomas, Ann-street.
Parry, Frauds, 58, Edmond-street.
Pritchard, George, Donkeys, Vauxhall-road,
Rigby, Richard, 45, Devon-street.
Scott, Richard, Queen's, 6, Redcroas-street.
Seddon, George, Wellington-road.
Scarisbrick, James, Castle-street, Kirkdale.
Tracy, James, Bay Horse, 171, London-road.
Taylor,, William, Dr. Syntax, College-lane.
Unwin, Margaret, 48, Great Homer-street.
Williams, John, Hawarden Castle, Toxteth-park.
Williams, Mary, Crown, Lawton-street.
Warburton, Samuel, 42, Latimer-street.
Wynn. Thomas, 10, Virginia-street.

THE TOMB OF NAPOIEON.—We learn from Paris,
that crowds daily throng round the Hotel des Invalides,
to visit the tomb of the E)nperor Napoleon, which is now
open to the public. A number of objects which had be-
longed to the deceased are placed near it, and in particular
the sword which he wore at the battle of Austerlitz, his
hat and his decorations. There are also to be seen 54 hats
taken at the same battle from the Russian and Austrian
Guard.

THE NEW Av 8-MALIAN CONTRACT.—A.ccording to the
conditions of the new Australian mail contract, the con-
tractors must state at which of the three ports, Melbourne,
Sydney, or Adelaide they propose to sail, and they will
be bound accordingly ; but they will be at liberty to touch
at either, or both of the other two ports, as may suit their
convenience. If the contractors cannot touch at all the
three ports, they must provide for the delivery of mails at
the ports at winch they do not touch. If they land all
the mails at Adelaide a deduction of fourteen days will he
made for the time allowed them for the performance of
the whole mail service, and if they land them at Mel-
bourne a deduction of seven days will be made.

mE
daßysEaFgloN,EabNirl IN THE FEATHEREDd'snestwasdiseervered pleasure-
ground RACE. few
ground of Earl Manvers, at Thoresby- park, composed of
the following materials, namely :—A lady's cap, a collar,
a habit shirt, and a quantity of lace, amounting in value
to 165., the whole being interwoven with twigs and bits
of bay and moss, and not at all injured. Several articles
of the above description had disappeared from the
bleaching-ground, and different persons had been blamed
for the supposed theft. The real thieves were a pair of
missel-thrushes, which had chosen a fine cedar tree near
the place for their summer abode, and had used the above-
mentioned articles to construct their nest; but not being
skilful enough to weave in the strings, the nest was dis-
covered by one of the gardeners. The nest, when found,
was quite finished, and had received two eggs. It has
been carefully removed from the tree, and sent to his
lordship, who is now in London, and will probably find
its way to the British Museum.—Leicester Journal,