New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-17
CANADA.
From Our Own Correspondent


TORONTO, May 10, 1853.
The session of the Legislature, which, take it
all in al, may be set down as positively and COM
parstivey dull and stupid, is occasionally enlvened
by revelations of election rascalties which are
quite refreshing. Between one fifth and one-sxth
Of all the seats in the House are subject to
condensation, and the unusual course has been
taAen of examining witnesses at the bar. The
progress, retarded by forms which are not neces
sary in the Committee room, is slow, and as q
general thing the House is very thin when these
cases are under investigation. 1t has several
times been counted out for want of quorum, and
the public, including a good proportion of the
senter sex, who fill the galleries when exciting
question is up, withhold the patronage of their
presence. 1t sometimes happens, however, that
these dreary election cases become positively start
ling. The strangest which has yet come up ls that
of LOtbiniere. O'Farrell, the candidate returned
as elected has been shown to be guilty of some ex-
traordnary frauds; and when he returns-for he
ran away from Toronto when the disclosures be-
came so bad as to put him into state OF treplds-
tion-be will be ANONYMOUSLY expelled the House,
and will, under the law, be incapable of being
reelected for fourteen years. if, indeed, ne be not
subjected to a criminal prosecution. The Return
ing Officer, named Noel, brother of the OppOs-
ing candidate. O'Farrell first commenced to tam
per with him, Offering him f1OO If he would Sc
cure his election without a contest and attempt
ing to induce him to open the poll too
soon and thus void the election, if contest could
not be avoided. These proposals being rejected,
OFarrell attempted to turn them into " fun" AT
the st. Sylvester Hall the most extraordinary pro-
ceedngs took place. In the afternoon of the second
day. the partisans Of O'Farrel, rendered desperate
by the intelligence that Noel was far ahead at the
IL. +o.I nf tba r,nn and
began to write down names with all the rapidly of
men who running race against time. They
broke the windows, the floor and the ceiling of the
building frightening away the deputy Returning Off
Ger Cote who took refuge in the private house. Cote
was, however, forciby dragged back and compelled
to be party to the fraud. When the par
tsans of O'Farrell had written down as many
names as they llked-they said they wanted 1000
they compelled the deputy Returning Officer and
McCuloch the Poll Clerk, to certify to the cor
rectness of the book In this part of the business,
O'Farre was himself chief actor, declaring
that if Cote refused TO certify TO the correct
ness of the books he would stand a good
chance of being punished. When O'Farrel found
that the matter was coming before the House, he
tried to prevent Cote coming to Toronto TO give
evidence; saying that he would get nothing for his
expenses and would run imminent risk of the jail.
O'Farrels friends added that he would be assassi-
mated in the woods his way TO the railway station,
en- route for Toronto
O'Farrell offered Dr. Reed of Quebec, $50 to
steal the ST. Sylvester pol-book; and he is charged
with dragging Cote and another functlonary in or
der to ncapactate them on the second day of cleo.
ton. for the performance of their duty. DR.. Reed
alleges that OFarl sent for him at the close of the
first DAYS poll and asked him for opium, anthony
and calomel; that on the Doctor refusing to gave
these drugs, O'Farre said he had some doses and
would use them. Cote was taken sick next day and
had to be prescribed for by Dr. Reed. There are
two or three other bad cases under investigation,
but so far OFarrell is entitled 10 the palm of in-
fanny.
An extraordinary libel case was tried in this city
last week The plaintiff was no less person than
the Deputy Receiver-General of the Province, and
the defendant was Mr.. Beatty, proprietor of Tie
L,ad,r newspaper The alleged libel arose out of
certain comments on the conduct OF Anderson, in
connection with bank detalcation which took
place here some months ago. Some years ago
the Bank of Upper Canals, the fnancia
agent Of the Government, established a sort
Of agency in the Office of the ReceIver-Gen.
ersl for the payment of Government warrants, sal
aries of clerks and similar transactions The
agent appointed was relative of Andersons wife
and got the situation through his influence. Las,
Fall the bank was robbed. and an inquiry into its
management followed. Anderson offered to give
Cumming, the bank agent $1,000. and see
tell all about the robbery, of which the
latter persists in declaring his utter
ignorance. In the course of the investigation re-
eardng the robbery, it came out that great rregu.
srties had been committed before that occurrence.
Loans had been made without authority and the
checks of private persons, which never ought to
have been touched by the agent cashed, as 1t now
appears, BY the orders of Anderson. Among the
PERSONS TO whom loan, were improperly made, was
one Hugh Scott Of Montreal, to the amount of
81, coo or $1,000 The alleged LIBEL charged An
derson with being one Of triangular partnership
in speculation. in which the money of the bank,
improperly sent to Scott, was to be used. He was
also charged in general terms with using bis official
position for his own private advantage, and in
quiry into bis whole conduct as public officer de-
,nanded. At the trial last week letter was pro-
duced from Cumming to Hugh Scott ncloslng adraft
for 81 goo, directing him to purchase quantity of
oats and stating that Anderson would be partner
IN the speculation which was expected TO turn out