The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-08 00:00:00

lap: the persons whet acted vote forward 'alums rili,l
and the Cometittoe.reele was sorely a place for per.
llon• In Coil it, to know what was going on. Fenno
its* to lair, witness knew nothing of menus having i
Urea I•.rod to break lbw poste. Mr. ihtstle4 voters
met with frequent inirtroptionslit Rotting to the pall.
In etto.soqeenee. measures were taken to procure
constabies to anoint the tooth end of the 'matins,
In ptorOttl Oftoill Int the inter,. The complaints of
ittiorruption4 in: reused towards the end of tho elec.
lion, sad notice was plicardod and carried by wen
about the strvals, that seasates bad bees taken to
facilitate the await, of setting to the poll. liarin;
the last days, the Talon were sent to the poll under
weir:lino. Bond ease to eitnnos after the elec.
Ilea eel ewer, le demand payment for what he
had dope; but mitosis said he would not pay it, as
he had stream masa to suspect that the account was
sot a Its, Olt*.

Re•essmined.....Coold too oot of t►e rano into
ih. el 'Pm : Deter saw bine and boi Moods till after
t►e poit ►ad closed.
Croes-vsaorined.— After tb poll was clogeol. the
ribands were sent to t►e Constitotion, in Bedford.
otreet, and no person could set soy witbost a ticket
front w knees. The Consittee.roos was robbed due.
ill the election.

Mr. Macdonald, M.P. was en Mr. Lanh's Com.
mittee. There was anCeritnl Committee of any kind.
There was se public sobrceipeke 10 sapper. Mr.
Lamb: but some Geettenarto who werefriends sub.
seeded. Mr.Wishert west with Mr. Lamb seery day to
the besting.; bet with respect to say mestere, sakes,
by the witness le protect the webers, Mr. Wialuart
was consulted in any way whatever, and look
no part in them. Towarris_the close of the Election
great complaints were made that the friends of Mr.
Lamb could out gel up to poll.
The Cowered for the defines submitted that this
evieM•a ought sot to be received.
The Loan Cam mince thought that it ought.
Evidence bed been coiled to show t►at person; had
been hired to creole a disturbance, and it was fair to
•bow that if any persons were hired they were not
hired for that purpose.
The witness continued.—lts tonseqseoce of the in.
terruption given to the voters, be felt it to be his
defy to state to them that the avenues would be clear.i
ed to enable them to reach the hustings. On the
Thursday, being on the hustings, be observed three
respectable leaking persons who Mille to vele for
Mr. Lamb, set only booted and insulted, bet ac-
tually followed by a huge pardon of the web to
King-atreet, sad pelted by them. He then wrote
to the High Constable, sad desired farther protec-
tion from the police for the voters. The High Con.
stable replied, that there was no farther force at his
ditpasal. On the Saturday, in ronsegeeoce of this
conduct at the hustings, a wee? ;mule had been ea-
died ; and shoess theo applied to Band, who was
represented to be a Bow-street patrol,desiringbim on
the Monday morning to hues number of persons, not
more then 'one hundred, who should receive a me-
lain allowance, to attend between the Seutb-end of
the heating. and the committee-room. to protect the
rotten; that Bend would be responsible for them;
slid that on as at:covet were they to be permitted
to hare either a weapon or a stick, and if any one
inirconducted ►imself, he *Weald be instantly dis-
charged. No complaint was ever brought to the
Committee of the misconduct of anyone of them, and
witness never beard that soy one of them rendered
kime•l, obnoxious to others. Mr. Lamb found •
great deal of dithcolty to be heard : bet his friends
wished that bath parties should be fairly heard.
Re-ezainined.—Mr. Wishart was so much a mem •
her of the Committee as any other ; bet hi was not
centiliter' on the means laterite protect the 'ldris.
There sere some pursues who had colours before the
election was closed.
The Counsel far the Defendant then elated, that
they hail Ito other evidence then had been addereril,
in connect Mr. IVishart with those who bad broken
the peace
Mr. SCARLITT, in reply, ob.erved, that he did not
in this rase, to Mil op his political opinions with
those of any other persons, but be could ;int help ob-
'serving that Sir F. Beechen was the greatest 'eery to
the Casa. of Reform that ever existed.
The Loan CURT Justice samined up the ase to
the Jury, and observed, slat theirs was nothing
to
connect Mr. Wisher( otitis the passes who bad cow-
islited the outrage.
The Joey were deliberating, when his Lordship
odd, as Gentlemen, what is year difficulty ? the case
is clearly pressed."
Foreman of Is Jury.—My Lord, if you plisse,
we wish to consider our verdict.
CHIEF JUSTICE.—WhiII tan you. have to consider?
Foyeemy.—Tbeee were persons employed by the
. Committee, and we wish to consider that point.
Cuter Ju.ttcs.—They were hired before that.day
and it is not proved that Mr. Wished was at all privy
to that measure.
Frorrearb—M7 Lord, it was Staled by Mr. Holmes
that be sever yaw any colours; bet Mr. Macdonald
said, that be saw some colours before the eked,s was
elated.
Cut sr /MICE.— What leas t►at to do with it ?
It is nothing usleu Mr. Whims was connected with
it.
Mr. Sc.t•Ltrr then interposed, sad begged to say
• few to the Jury.
The Lone Cnste Jusetce desired tbeas to sated
to what the 1./weed Coronet was about to say.
Mr. ScsaLarr then recapitulated some parts of the
evidence, and insisted that the mob who broke the
windows of the Plaintiff were not hired by him. He
raid .hat tie Newspapers bad given long colonies of
Air. llotehnese's speeches, bet bad not Oren a ward
of what Mr. Lamb said. Mr. Macdonald did not
him a mob. but he did what was meritorious, be told
one of the Bow-al rest patrol.' to hire pelmet to make
a p•a.ege for the voters to get up to the hustings.—
This was net to make a riot, het to prevent it,riot
being mode by the rabble. The persona employed
were placed at Ifill south end of the busting'. and the
north end was left open to the voters of Mr. Hob-
house, to do as they pleased. As to the ribarde,
thry were not presided till the 3d of March,aed they
were not—
Ilere a Juryman interposed, sad said, it had
error:A to Mtn, that some of the persons who had
be“, eis•ppoiu:rd of rectiting their mosey, Ird