The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY,

LIVERPOOL ELECTION PETITION.

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
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"l 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 goes 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 oucht 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 proved ? 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 tor many
years been vested. I think lam right in statine--
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 1,508
or 1,600, I do not mean to include thoes 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 once open 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 inquiry, 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. Ido 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 other hand, while Mr. Turner could
not obtain anypledge or promise from a single freeman ex-
ceeding 484, and, while Mr. Mackenzie received pledges
from only 473, thus leaving unpledged 544 freemen in all,
it is most extraordinary to find that the unpledged free-
men, to the number of 544, 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 history 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, the 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, a long 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 KINGLAKE : 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 53 Stern. In 1834, a bill
passed the House of Commons for the disfranchisement
of the freemen of Liverpool, but it was lost in the House
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 bejust
as corrupt as the freemen of 1833. 1 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, the rest 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
whole 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 com-
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, receiv-
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 be 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
of Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner. Alderman Molyneux
was appointed chairman of that meeting, and a resolution
was come to that a committee be appointed for the ma.
nagement of the election. A large number of names,
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PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE SELECT

COMMITTEE.'

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTEL)

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. Robart
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 sittinr members Mr. Edwin
James, Q.C., Mr. Montague Smith, and Mr. Hunter
Radwell. 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
Itowett, Mr. J. Shaw Leigh, Capt. Evans, Mr. Stephen
Court, (civil engineer,) Mr. Messiter, Mr. Ronald, (one
of the petitioners,) Mr. Higlifield, 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 GOSSETI', 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 ur.til 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
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 very short time.
Mr. CLABOS, (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 cpse. _

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.
Clabon says that within five minutes we shall have the
great bulk of the cases, 50 far as they aro 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.-CLABort : 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 KINGLAKE : Exactly. We will do our
best to furnish them to-day; at all events, they shall be
suppllea more the committee meet on Monday.
Mr. JAMES : Very well ; let that be understood.
The CHAIRMAN : 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.

SECOND EDITION.

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 preliminary discussion took place with reference to
the presence in the committee-room of gentlemen who
had been summoned as witnesses. Mr. Sergeant KING-
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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.—' 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.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE : Of course, that is under-
stood. I hope, Mr. James, you are now satisfied.
Mr. JAMES : No, lam not. (A laugh.)
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE then proceeded to open the
case for the petitioners, He said—l appear, in this case,
together with my learned friend by my side, m support of
the prayer of this petition. The matter which is to be
submitted to you is one of very grave and very serious
importance. It is a matter of importance, undoubtedly,
as it regards the sitting members ; it is a matter of very
great importance as it regards the borough of Liverpool
is
of but I think it is a matter of still higher interest—it
of very vast importance —as it concerns the true re-
presentative system of this country ; and the great i
question which is about to be submitted to you S.

MAY 31, 1853.

sonally engaged in the bribery and treating which to which Le would refer, as it referred more especially to
subsequently took place were members of this central one of the sitting members—Mr. Turner. John B.
committee; and it is important that the names of Mr. Brown, a freeman, a man advanced in years, and he
Molyneux, the chairman of the committee, and of Mr. believed rather deaf, was the person to whom the inci-
Buckmaster, the secretary, should not be forgotten, for dent related. Mr. Turner saw this person's wife, and
it will appear, during the course of the inquiry, that the they talked about a vote and a place. Mr. Turner was
central committee was connected with several ward corn- most distinctly given to understand that unless some kind
mittees ; that its chairman and secretary were ex officio of situation was given to John, he would not exercise his
members of those ward committees, and that there was a franchise in his favour. Mr. Turner said he had no in-
, constant communication kept up between them. But fluence in the quarters mentioned, so that the plan pro-
there is in Liverpool what is called the Constitutional posed was not feasible. It was at length suggested,
Association. I do not know what is indicated by the however, that there was a situation which might be
name; but know that at the last election the association obtained the man in the Sailors' Home. Some cor-
was converted into a political organisation. First of all, respondence passed between the parties on the subject,
the association elected a committee of 30 members, with a which would be laid before the committee. It appeared,
president, a vice-president a secretary, and a treasurer. however, that the voter had not got the situation which Mr.
Ward committees were also appointed, with a chairman Turner had promised. In his closing remarks the learned
and secretary to each. It is important to notice that the counsel insinuated that, totally independent of the purity
Chairman of the Constitutional Association at the time of fund at the hankers in Liverpool, there had been a hidden
the last election was also the Chairman of the Central fund. The question they had to decide was one of great
Committee, and you will find it an important matter for importance. It would be a serious tax upon their time.
consideration that the chairman and secretary of each No doubt they would give it that patient attention which
ward committee were also members of the Central Corn- it demanded at their hands; and he had as little doubt
mittee for managing the election. that, after all the facts had been laid before them, they
i The CHAIRMAN asked if the ward committees existed would, at once, and unhesitatingly, declare the last elec.
previously to the time of the election ? tion at Liverpool to be a void election.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE :I am not aware that they Mr. Nayler, officer from the Crown-office, produced
did. There were ward committees for municipal pur- the poll-book, the writ of election, and the return thereof;
1 poses; but we cannot establish their identity with those and also proved that the petitioners in the present case
I which were so active at the time of the election. What were Mr. William Rathbone, jun., and Mr. Robert
we assert, and are prepared to prove is, that upon the Wilson.
eve of the last election the chief members of the Constitu- The next witness called was Mr. Rathhone, jun., who,
I tional Association were transferred over to the Central after been sworn, deposed as follows :—I am one of the
Committee appointed to manage the election ; and that petitioners in this case. Mr. Robert Wilson is joint
in addition, the central committee likewise avaied itself of petitioner with me.
the machinery of the ward committees, and that a corn- Cross-examined : I pay part of the expenses incurred
plete understanding and thorough communication existed in prosecuting this petition, and of course lam respon-
between the three parties. In fact, it would appear as if sible for the whole ; I have subscribed for £lOO. Ido
the staff of the Constitutional Association was transferred not know how much is subscribed for altogether; I be.
over to the central committee, and, during the whole of , have the sum to have been upwards of £2,000.
the election, was used for election purposes. It was found I do not, however, exactly know. The liberal
necessary to divide the central committee into sub-corn- gentlemen of Liverpool are the subscribers. I
mittees; and, accordingly, we have acommittee for finance, I understand that, with the others, I shall pay
another for printing, another for music—and it was a fact any excess of expense which may be incurred. I really do
worth notice that all the bandmasters voted for Mackenzie not know that I made a proposition to Mr. Bold that, if
and Turner, afourthforcolours, which mightbecalled a mere his party withdrew one of the sitting members the peti-
sham, or colourable appointment—(a laugh)—and, fifthly, tion would be departed from. I recollect perfectly what
and lastly, a coach and car committee. I hold in my hand passed at our interview. I think it was about three
a curious document, issued by the last-named committee. months ago when it happened. I went to Mr. Bold, and
It is headed, " Mackenzie and Turner for ever." Then told him that I had not consulted my party on the subject.
follows, " Car Committee—Special Regulations. The I had not even spoken to my own father at the time, and
present arrangement is intended toafford a constant and re- I told him distinctly twice that I was not prepared to
gular communication between the principal committee- withdraw the petition. I said to him—Do we understand
rooms, and every polling-booth, with the view to avoid ab. that this is a strictly private and confidential conversation
stracting the ward-cars from their own districts, to promote I between ourselves. and not to be used in any way prejudi.
tire convenience of electors, and to avoid delay and dis- vial to either party ? He replied in the affirmative,. I
appointment. The Car Committee beg to impress upon then stated that the object of the petition was to endeavour
all the canvassers the advantage of bringing every voter, to put a stop to the system of bribery and corruption,
where practicable, to the ward committee-room, as one which was a disgrace to the electors of Liverpool, and if
great aid to the successful development of the plan.— his party agreed to the retirement of one of the mem-
Plan r Two lines of coaches, &c., marked ' Atlas,' will hers whose election had been so improperly secured, I
pursue the route laid down in reel- on the accompanying should do my best to sway the party to which I belong to
map, starting every five minutes from Leece-street on consent to the withdrawal of the petition. We had some
the one aide, and London-road on the other, going the little conversation ; and I told him that I thought it ex-
circuit in opposite directions • thus uniting Exchange, ceedingly likely that if Mr. Turner and Mr. Cardwell were
Castle-street, St. Peter's, Rodney, Abercromby, Lime- elected if would be a fair representation. I told him at
street, and St. Ann's Wards. Other coaches will the same time that I was merely one of the party, and
go every five minutes along the streets marked not the mouthpiece, and one of the youngest mem-
in blue, and keep up a communication between the five hers- of it. I believe I signed the petition, partly by
outer wards, namely,—Scotland, Vauxhall,. St. Paul's, accident, because r was not paid at the time. There are
Great George% and Pitt-street, to the line of coaches no subscribers to the fund in London that is am aware of.
marked Atlas. These coaches will be marked with the It has been got up entirely by the working party in
names of the ward to which they run. Every canvasser 1 Liverpool. lam not aware of any subscriptions for
on showing a Car ticket, whether on the line of route or at I others than the merchants and traders of Liverpool.
any of the seven or eight committee-rooms, will be con- Mr. ROBERT WILSON, the ' second party to the
veyed by the coaches to any point along the journey ; but petition, eleposed : lam a wool-broker in Liverpool. I
the drivers will not pick up any person unprovided with was an elector and voted at the last election. lam one of
one of the metal checks. Cars, &c., employed on this the petitioners against the sitting members. I never
duty will on no account be allowed to deviate from the heard of the proposal to- Mr. Bold, made- by the pe-
route laid down. Canvassers may pass a voter to the titioner, 7.1 r. Rathbone, until this moment.—Cross-ex-
polling-booths from any place in the route, or send them audited :1, pay my part of the expenses. I and my
back after voting, on stopping the coach and showing the partner have subscribed £25. I do not know what
tickets. The zinc tickets to be carefully preserved by the is the amount subscribed. Mr. Smith Harrison, the
canvassers, to prevent their falling into the hands- of the treasurer, has the management of the fund. I gave a sub-
opposition. It is obvious' that parties who require look- scription, but I have never seen the list. I• do not
ing after—(laughter)—should be accompanied to the know who is the largest subscriber.
polling-place, still the committee would impress upon Mr. Rathbone here handed in a part of the list, elating
canvassers that as each vehicle can only convey a very that there was-no subscription higher than XlOO.
limited number, and has to call at seven or eight places, Mr. Rathbone's co-petitioner concluded his evidence
space should not be unnecessarily occupied. (Laughter.) by stating that he had signed the petition on one condi-
These regulations only applied to coaches and cars' but tion, and that was—that it should' be proceeded with. And
they shewed that all the ward committees were working lam sorry that any proposal of the kind mentioned should
together under the central committee, and according tot have been made without my consent.

one system. This was a circular, rotatory system;. as
shown by the maps, devised by the central committee, and
accomplished by the members of the Ward Committees.
By and by, I shall call your attention to the manner in
which the voters were brought together—how they were
shepherded and taken care of hr the public-houses—how
they were driven in dozens to the polling-booth—and
how, finally, they were brought buck to the public-houses
and treated; and subsequently paid sums of money in con-
sideration of the way in which they had voted. Mr.
Kinglake now p►oceeded to state a number of cases
of alleged bribery, and the remaining part of his

speech we are obliged to compress in Consequence of
the lateness of the hour at which our report arrives. One
of the committee-rooms of Messrs. Mackenzie and
Turner had been held at the house occupied by Mr.
Blondell, Scotland-road. He would shew what was done

William Dodd was then called upon, but was requested to
withdraw,—Mr. SaITII, 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 4,595.
The latter lived in the parish of Liverpool, and the other, in
the extra-parochial district of Toxteth-park. He 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. Ile 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 frequentiy no con-
nection with the voting... Indeed, not unftequently 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.

at this committee-room • how a list of voters was made
out; how there was a chairman and secretary, who re-
ported to the central committee;.. bow the expresses,
running up every week, were transmitted to the central
committee, by them referred to the finance sub-committee,
and subsequently paid. The whole exhibiting a clear and
recognised system of union as existing between the cen:
tral committee and these ward committees. Most of the
committee-rooms were situated in public-houses; thehouse
being a portion of the machinery by which the freemen were
to be brought together and their support obtained on the
polling-day, after they had been debauched and shepherded.
The committee-rooms to which he had called their atten-
tion were in the house of Mr. Blondell, in Scotland-road.
Now, in the course of his experience, he had had occasion
very often to hear of kidnapping voters—he knew, too,
that attempts were made to force them from home, or to
do what was called walking them into the country—but
he had never heard anything one half so disgraceful as
that to which he was now about to draw their attention.
Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Evart had issued notes upon cards
to the voters—to their political friends ; and these com-
munications were sent by the post. By some means or
another, two postmen had brought the letters to the com-
mittee-room, in Scotland-road, and in some way or an-
other the letters containing these notices to the voters,
were extracted from the bag, and that in one of
those rooms, and they were not sent to their several
destinations till the election was over. These docu-
ments consisted of cards within envelopes ; and,
while those which were addressed to Messrs. Cardwell and
Ewart's opponents reached their destination in due time,
it was a singular fact that those addressed to the parties
who were expected to vote for Messrs. Cardwell and
Eivart were abstracted and taken away. Surely that was
a most illegal and daring act of irregularity ; and he prayed
of his learned friend, the counsel on the other side, to be
ready at the right time with the proper explanation. He
then called their attention to the way in which the elec-
tion was organised and planned ; supplying a few of the
many names which were involved in the case. The first
name to which be would allude was that of Mr. Wm..
B. Jones, ship-builder. And he could only give five or
six illustrations at present, although the range was a wide
one. That which was done by one was done by another..
Mr. Jones employed a good many workmen. A greal deal of
the corruption which had prevailed in Liverpool at the elec-
tion, he might remark, had been among those who were in
connexion with the shipping interest. It would be proved
that Jones bought the votes of between fifty and sixty
voters—some time before the election—offering them a
certain :sum of money each if they all agreed to vote
on the same side. There was a public-house in the Tox-
teth ward called the Old Oak, occupied by an E.Jones, and
here electors were carried, some of them in the convey-
ances on the circular routes—first of all breakfasted, after-
wards getting drunk ad libitum—finally, on the Saturday
following, calling again at the house, and each receiving
from Jones the sum of 55., for what they called their
trouble and the loss of a day's work. Some forty or
fifty freemen had been treated and bribed in the
same way by a Mr. Fisher, who was employed by
Mr. Jones in his shipbuilding yard, as foreman. Mr.
W. B. Jones being all the while one of the most active
members of the central committee, and one of the com-
mitteemen in the Toxteth Ward, attending the meetings
of the committee in that ward daily, and assisting to the
fullest extent of his ability. The forty or fifty freemen
managed by Mr. Fisher, Mr. Jones's foreman, had been
taken by that person to the Sefton Arms. The names of
the others involved included that of Mr. William Rowatt,
a gentleman, to whom was assigned the management of
the ship-chandlers, and who was a very active member of
the central committee, and, also, a member of the West
Derby Committee. He had taken upon him the office of
charming the ropers. Another name he must introduce
to them was that of Mr. Edward M'Keverigan, a mem-
ber of the firm of Ashley, Clayton, and Co., shipbuilders,
a member—and a most active one—of one of the ward
committees. He was assisted in the work of corrupting
by his foreman, a man of the name of Humphrey Smith,
and their labours in this work of treating and bribing, not
only related to the men in their own employment, but
also to those employed in other yards. So notorious did
the bribery become in Liverpool, that people had only to
go and personate a freeman to the committees of Messrs.
Mackenzie and Turner, in order to secure five shillings,
and this was actually done. Another class of cases was
illustrated by the fact, that Jonas Gleave, the landlord of
the Derby Arms, and a plumber by trade, together with a
clerk in his own employment, named Thomas Sweetnall,
had entrusted to him the appointment of coloursman.
These men were invariably voters ; several non-electors
who applied for employment being refused ; although, ac-
cording to the stringent act of the legislature, no elector
was permitted to record his vote who accepted em-
ployment of that nature. These colourmen, he
alleged, had been put in a room, in the door of
which there was a small aperture, through which a
rosette was pushed by the hand of some invisible per-
sonage behind ; and, in the heart of this rosette, each
of the voters found a sovereign enclosed. Mr. Kinglake
stated that, with a desire to put a stop to the pernicious
system of colours, the committee of Messrs. Cardwell
and Evart had written to their opponents to come to a
mutual arrangement on the matter, which proposal the
committee of Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner declined to
accede to, expressing themselves quite satisfied with the
proposal of the " Liberal" committee to give, instead,
£5OO to some local charity ; but, at the same time, re-
serving to themselves the conducting of the election in the
way which they deemed most agreeable to themselves. One
other case, to which he craved attention, involved bribery
by offering place and employment—the employment being
in the capacity of doorkeepers at the election. Not only
on the eve of the election, but for a long time previous,
orders had been given to freemen by numerous persons,
among whom were some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of Liverpool, including Mr. W. B. Jones, Mr

Mr. BODKIN stated that both the cases quoted were cases of
scrutiny, in which the greatest possible accuracy was absolutely
required. It might be more 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. SMITH stated that, while there were two persons
of• the name of William Dodd on the register, there
might be fifteen John Jones's, and no description was given
to-enable them to distinguish who was meant. The same ob-
j2ction applied to the bribers, as well as• to the bribed.
They were stated in the same indefinite manner. Mr. Smith
remarked further that the committee had given the petitioners
till Saturday night, at eight o'clock to prepare the list of wit-
nesses, which they were then required to place in the hands of
the counsel for the sitting members. But, notwithstanding,
the indulgence which had then been granted, the list had been
presented in a very imperfect condition; and thus, were the
decision to favour the views of the petitioners in bringing for-
ward the witness, a great injustice would be done. The prac-
tice, if they sanctioned it on the occasion, would be established
by the precedent; but he trusted that they would not do so.
They would, by sanctioning such a system, do a great injustice
to the sitting members, and Heaven knew they wanted protec-
tion, for they had difficulties enough to contend with already
without their receiving an accession to their number. In the
present instance, when t no or more of the same name occurred
in the register, and when one of them was mentioned as a per-
son bribed, and as a witness-without the particular person
being distinctly specified—the sitting member, not knowing
who might be meant, was in this position, that he either
guessed at the individual summoned, and perhaps, in doing so,
found himself mistaken, or he was subjected to the inconve-
nience and expense of tending for evidence in regard to all the
persons of the name in question.
The Committee ordered the room to he cleared, and
after the lapse of about twenty minutes,, the reporters,.
along with the other parties, were admitted. The Chairman_
announced the decision of the committee to be, that the coun-
sel for the sitting members should read the list of witnesses
(voters) to whose designation they object,—the agent for the
petioners to identity such voters with their respective numbers
on the register, and the examination of such voters not to.
proceed till Wednesday morning, or the day before the rising
of the committee.
Felix M'Leary sworn.—l am a ship-carpenter by trade. I
am a freeman of Liverpool, and voted at the last election for
Mackenzie and Turner. At the time of the election, and before
it, I was in the employ of Mr. Major. I know a person named
Evan Jones, who keeps a beerhouse, called the Royal Oak, in
Park-road. On the morning of the election I was at Evan
Jones's house. I saw Jones at half-past seven, in Park-road,
close to a polling booth. He told me if I came to his house
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 I had got four or five glasses of ale, I was at his house by
eight o'clock. I was shown into the front room up stairs. I
found a .*ood many people there. The room was pretty full ;
there miguit be thirty present. Those I knew were all freemen'
We bad breakfast together. I remained there about three-
quarters of an hour. I 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 drink 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 as. Evan Jones was there, and a
e his
wife. I h ed I
cannot seen d risnaky, t but
h that
female, who appeared to be his 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 Evan himself that
I would be paid. It was between five and six o'clock when I
twheen
wt
ot omba enw
paid.
h o m seauwpix,nosel
disttoobr book.
was not tipsy. There was no person in the room but Jones and
she was really his wife; however, I had more drink 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 the room where the money was paid. I 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. I know William Buck-
ley Jones, master shipper. I saw him at Jones's house during
the election—twice, bringing up men in 'bosses. I cannot tell
how many he took in 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 of 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 et 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 five days at a time. Evan Jones only asked me
to come and have some refreshment ; he did not mention any,
thing about my vote.
In the beginning of his evidence, this witness was asked,
what party he belonged to? Was 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. SMITH : Which party do you agree with ?
Witness: 1 scarcely care which side I have. (Laughter.)
Mr. Smrrn : What motive had you in voting previously on
the Liberal side ?
Witness : Well, I suppose I voted to please myself.
John Breckon.—l am a freeman of Liverpool, and have 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 that firm. I
know Humphrey Smith, foreman of that company. I met him
before the election. He promised 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 use if I had polled. I said not. He
said if I went with him, he would give me my day's pay. He
did not mention the sum. I did not understand what sum I
was 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. I was a week
before I tot it. Mr. Humphrey Smith promised my missis
that she should get the money. I did not hear that conversa-
tion. She went down to Mr. Smith's house. 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 return with anything.
Mrs. H. Smith afterwards came to me, and told me that some
one had come, and, in my name, received the money. At the
same time Mrs. Smith gave me the ss. I did not mention that

Bishop, Mr. Thomas Inman, Mr. Robert Blagg, and also
Mr. Horsfall. However, he did not place such stress
upon this as upon the other evidence of corruption—for
the freemen constituted the chief elements in the disgrace-
ful and revolting debasement which had characterised the
Liverpool election, at which, by the system of treating
and bribery, a party had frustrated the wants and
wishes of that great commercial community, and prevented
its real voice from being heard, and its true opinions from
being developed, Deforo lie sat OM there was Qag case

ages were C

previoasi

cbad been

-ell, ..AI
much troubled with it

Cross-examined : I was out of work for two days, and lost the
st of the WPAk_ hurt thAt WAR nw nwn fnnit_ I have voted for

I had oroMisecf my vote a fortnight be-
y's work paid; ss. was not mentioned as

the same colour; red
fore, and getting my de_
connected with my vote
Margaret, the wife of the witness just examined, was SWOrn
and corroborated the evidence of her husband. She reposed
I any Nr. Humphrey Smith at the yard. I did P9t Rik 1414

oloant.helrewaansyrtehqinugestfeodr John."th plump.en- t wassaid, too
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 tte
masters; I did not know him, but I believe it was g
r•
M'Kinnegan. I saw him in the building-yard, and I asked
Smit h. I called at Smith's house several times, without seeing
him ; and at length I saw Mrs. Smitb, and asked her for tt
him for the five shillings. He said I must see Humphrey
She did not give It me; but she and her husband came to our
_
house that same evening, when she said that she had previ Ous,l!
paid it to another person, who had represented himself to os.
e
my husband, and that it was an imposture; she gave us the fa.
My husband, I think, must have spent, in the election -Wee
".
,
,t
by him to
two guineas of his own money, and all he got was
(Laughter.) ecasliaaidgainuost
Peter Rice: I am a freeman of Liverpool, and voted at last
election for Mackenzie and Turner. I had always voted before,„
on the Whig side. I know a person named William Callara
He was in my company on the morning of the election. A talk°
named M'Allister, Arthur Davis, and others were there. Davis
is one of Mr. aPlieverigan's foremen. When I met Daviaheaslqa
us if we had get our names booked. Callard is a freeman. B
not say he wanted our names. We said we were going to
to vote
for Mackenzie and Turner. We were in a house at the titne'
and I do not know who began the conversation. I said the
had not got our names "booked." He said we were to go and
get " booked " at the house of Jones, called the White Liens
in St. James's-street. I never answered him at all at the time;
but I went down in the latter part of the day to search f°;!
Davis. All of us went together to the White Lion. Pall
brought a book from his pocket, and put down our tumult• y
understood that it meant we were to get ss. for our day .
wages. Davis entered our names, and likewise told us that are
should be paid ss. I was paid the following week at Mr'
Keverigan's yard. We were out of work. and thought via
would go and ask for the cash. Mr. M`Keverigan paid ale'
When we went to put our names down on the book, the
parties who were with me were the two whose names base
been already mentioned. I attended a meeting of the DV'
makers the week before the election. We arranged thebannerlo
at least as to how they were to be carried. Mr. Wm, Rovial
did not interfere in those meetings. The meetings were calleaa,
by the chairman of the club. We had a meeting the preViau°
week about the Navigation Laws. Mr. Rowatt was there.
Cross-examined.—l was a little interested in the NavigatiOn
Laws, and after the meeting I resolved to vote for Mackenaie
and Turner. I was off work on the nomination and polling Ml'
Those have been holidays among the shipwrights and rope"
makers of Liverpool ever since I remember. Four shillings,lr
day is my regular day's pay. When Davis spoke to me, I sal,d'
I meant to vote for Mackenzie and Turner, and when he talkea
to me about having my name "booked," he did not say any'
thing about my vote.
By Mr. BODKIN: I lost two days at the election.
By the CHAIRMAN : The Ropemakers' Association is a burial
club, and not at all a political one.
Robert Talbot sworn : I voted for Mackenzie and Turner.
I know Mr. Birchall. lam a brassmonger. I recollect some
time before the last election meeting Mr. Birdman, and we lin.
a conversation. He said, who are you going to vote for.
said I was going to vote on the old side. He replied that Wa'
right, and asked me what ward I lived in. I told him, and he
directed me to go to the Pontack public-house, in Christian'
street, kept by Mr. Clegg. I remarked to him that I under'
stood that a day's wages were to be given. He replied-4'
there was such a, thing I might depend upon it that he would See
that I should be paid. I said, so far so good, and Ileave it to yoa;
I went up to the public-house, and saw Westmore there, as
he was a doorkeeper. There was another person named John
Brown. We sat there for about an hour: I: went alas).'
leaving Birchall there. Next day, along with Westmore'
and Broom, I went and voted. We proceeded from the PI O;
lic-house in a coach. The coach came up- to the door, an
we were desired to take our place in it ; by whom t did not
know. I saw Mr. Birchall carrying off voters to the pollio.f.
booth. Next thing went and saw Birdman, and he gave Oa?
las. ; 4s. for Westmore, 4s. for Brown, and the same for mysel
Cross-examined : I' should have voted for Mackenzie an:
Turner although I had never seen Birchen. I had madeala
my mind. I have always- voted red. At the former electioo
I voted for Mr. Cardwell.
By Mr. KINGLAKE : I do not think I should have got the
ss. had I not voted as I' did. Birdman was very particular to
know that we really did vote for Mackenzie and Turner before
he would give me the money.
John Westmore wns next sworn and examined. He deposed!
I do not remember whetherl saw Birchall before Fwent -to tb
Pontac public-house. Talbot and Brown went there with'll
It was seven or eight o'clock when we arrived there. Theret
was a roam there into which I went, but I did not see a man
the door. We remained there about an hour, and returned.
went to the poll from that house. I went from the- Pontacl'j
a coach, but Mr. Birchall was not along with us: He ha
plenty to do without looking after me. He was walking aboaba,
I was there about an hour. I saw two or three omnibuses going
away from the house. After I had polled I received 4s. It was
quite a surprise to me. I had voted three or four times beta
for the red side. I always voted for the red side.
Cross-examined : I had intended to vote for the red. / had
•
made one promise only before the election, and that was £0
time Reform canvassers, that their men should not have
vote. (Laughter.) I had no promise of money for my vote'
of the case was adjourned till to-morrow, when the comenittea
As it was now a quarter to four o'clock, the further hearing
will resume their sitting at II o'clock.
It appears that the Observer of Sunday professed to give
anticipation some of the particulars of the alleged bribery 81
corruption at the last Liverpool election ; and, previous -to t.,
an
meeting of the committee to-day, this report was the satbi4y,
of general conversation in the lobbies of Westminster •Ho
and especially among the sons of the Mersey now assemble
in London.

LIST OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH HAVIN6
BEEN, AND BY WHOM ALLEGED TO HAVO
BEEN, BRIBED.

Dood, Willim

Cook, Robert ...,
APLeavy, Felix
Harris, William
Burrows, Charles
Willetts, James
Newton, Edward
Benjamin, Thomas
Jones, George
Jones, Owen
Underwood, Joseph
Foulds, John
Richardson, Richard
Croft, Simon
Maxwell, Charles ...

Walthew, Thomas:

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

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

Serjeant, Robert
Fazakerly, Robert
M`Cartliy, Jeremiah
Allen, Thomas -
Tudor, Thomas Park

Hesketh, Samuel
Wilson, Joseph .

Turner; George ..

Wilson, Thomas,

Westmore, John.
Talbot, Robert .
Brown, John ...
Whitby, William
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Cannel, Thomas

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William Buckley Joneso-John
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Henry Buckmaster, and-John
Peacock.

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Buckm aster and John Peacocg
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Whitaker, William Gibson►
Henry Buckmaster, and.JohP
Peacock.

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William Rowett, Joseph Green'
Henryßuckmaster, Jobo
Peacock.

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Jno. Buck Lloyd, Hy. Boa'
master, and John. Peacock.
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Pearson Manger, Henry 1311C1'
master, and John Peacock.
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Pearson Manger, Owen.
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Rowell, Thos. Inman, DILI,
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Brown, John Bathurst

Alanson, William

Cain, Charles ....
Abraham, Joseph

Addison, Henry
Amery, John
Amery, Thomas
Bamber, John
Butler, Thomas
Caddy, Jonathan
Caltrall, John Leigh
Carson, John
Coppell, Robert
Crostun, Henry Bunster
Croston, Daniel Every
Dawson, William
Edwards, John
Ellison Richard
Evans, Richard
Fairclough, William Burton .
Fisher, John
Goodwin, Thomas
Herrison, Joseph
Houldin, Thomas
Hughes, William
Jones, Thomas
Lee, Richard
Lewkes, John
Lockhart, John ...........
Miles, Samuel
Moran). Thomas
Rawlinson,,John
Roberts, Robert
Robinson, Thos. Greenhough
Robinson, William
Scarratt, John
Seddon, John
Sherlock, Samuel
Smith, John
Unwin, George
'Wainwright, -George.
Wathew, Thomas Hunt
Warrington, James
Wilde, Robert William
Williams, John
Wright, Thomas
Parkinson, John

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

Knowles, George

Abrahams, John Fishwick

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George Henry Horsfall.
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kmaster,andJno.Peaceo'
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Bradburn, Richard

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Coffield, Walter ....

Devenney, Johr

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Henry Harrison, Thos. ChepC~
man, T. Jones, W. Itv"
and Henry Buckmaster.
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master, Oliver Hatch, Riccero
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Moss, Thos. Bold, Johni.ool.
Lloyd, and Jas. Aspinall
Thos. Watson, Robt.Clegglnog'
Clarke, Thos. Chapman, dot
Green, John Peacoclt,
Henry Harrison. Otgln
Hy. Harrison, Thos. ChaPaster ,
Wm.Rowett,Hy.Buci'vashaW'
Wm. Clarke, and John
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Fullerton, John ..
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Kershaw, Edward

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