113 e Vrobintes.
Two other candidates for the representation of Brighton have ap- peared—in the persons of Mr. Nicholson of Fenchurch Street, a Liberal, who vindicates the doctrine that taxation and representation should be coextensive ; and Mr. Brooker of Alfriston, who was supported at the time of the last election by the Chartists.
The Stamford Mercury contains an advertisement purporting to be signed by eight electors of South Lincolnshire, on the subject of Mr. Christopher's memorable " pilot-balloon " speech. Mr. Thomas Dun- combe quoted passages from the report of that speech ; and on the 25th February, Mr. Christopher said that Mr. Duncombe "had quoted cer- tain remarks imputed to him by persons politically opposed to him, and which had been published without his knowledge or concurrence : now, not only had he never uttered them, but the sentiments imputed to him in that production were such as he never imagined or conceived." The advertisers say that they have collated Mr. Duncombe's quotations with the report of Mr. Christopher's speech in the Lincolnshire Chronicle, the leading Conservative paper of the district, and that they are a verbatim copy of the corresponding passages in that report ; and they add- " We were present in the Castle-yard at Lincoln on the dig alluded to; we heard the speech of Mr. Christopher ; and we quitted the meeting with the full and firm conviction that he (Mr. Christopher) had pledged himself either to maintain the present Corn-law inviolate, or to support ally measure that might give increased protection to the farmers; and also that he would oppose each and every proposition which bad any tendency to diminish the legislative pro- tection then afforded to the agricultural community."
A serious accident happened on Monday, to Mr. Gainsborough Hayter, the Member for Wells. Mr. Hayter was hunting with the Queen's hounds, near High 'Wycombe, in company with Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Prince Esterhazy, and other distinguished persons, when, in attempting to clear a stile, he was thrown from his horse, and was severely bruised and cut. The wounds are, however, pronounced not to be dangerous.
At a meeting of the Town-Council ol—Gateshead-on-Tyne, on Wed- nesday, a resolution was carried, to the effect that the export-duty on coal, propofed by Sir Robert Peel, would ruin the foreign coal-trade of England, and produce no adequate advantage to the country.
At the Dorchester Assizes, on Friday, Mr. Drax, the Member for Wareham, was indicted for bribery at the last election. Mr. Drax was accused of having given a bribe of 5/. to Thomas Hutchings, a pub- lican, with the understanding that he should vote for him. Hutchings, who actually voted for Mr. Calcraft, stated that he received the money in order to show the world how Mr. Drax obtained his election, intend- ing all the time not to vote for him. He could not deny that he had uttered a solemn declaration that he would vote for Mr. Drax : he wavered a good deal in his testimony ; and the whole of the evidence was loose and unsatisfactory. The Jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty."
At the Derby Assizes, on Wednesday, James Bamford was indicted for personation and perjury. i At the election in July, Bamford ap- peared at the polling-place n Melbourne as a voter named Thomas Harryman. A friend of Mr. Harryman was at the polling-booth, and gave information of the deception ; and Harryman himself was present at the trial, and gave evidence against his spurious double. Bamford had pleaded " Not guilty," but his counsel declined making any de- fence; and the Jury found a verdict of "Guilty." Seven other per- sons were found guilty of the like offences ; and all were sentenced, in cases where personation and perjury were combined, to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour ; in cases of personation without per- jury, to six months' imprisoment ; and where personation was incom- plete, or accompanied by extenuating circumstances and previous good character, to three months' imprisonment, without hard labour.
At the County Assizes, several cases of fatal violence have been tried. At Nottingham, on Saturday, Jones a shoemaker, was convicted of the murder of Mary Hallam, a girl who had jilted him ; and was sentenced to be hanged. At Wakefield, on Monday, William, Joseph, and John Lodge, farming-labourers, were indicted for murdering Thomas Depledge at Darfield on the 11th October, in a quarrel, in which Depledge was taken for another man whom he resembled. A verdict of " Manslaughter " was returned against William and Joseph ; and they were sentenced to transportation for fifteen years. The pro- ceedings against John were stopped. At York, on Tuesday, Henry Timms, a shoemaker, for stabbing William Pashley, a boy of weak in- tellects, in a moment of drunken rage, was found guilty of " Man- slaughter "; and was sentenced to transportation for life. At Lancaster, on Tuesday, James Parker was charged with the murder of Thomas Isherwood, a gamekeeper, in a struggle to take some poachers into cus- tody, in the year 1839. The evidence of an accomplice against Parker was not corroborated by the testimony of other witnesses, and he was acquitted. At Stafford, on Wednesday, were tried Joseph Wilkes, James Wilkes, Thomas Boswell, and George Giles, who broke open the house of Adams, an old man at Walsall, to rob him of a hundred pounds which he was about to give to his granddaughter on her mar- riage: he resisted, and was killed by Joseph Wilkes with a hammer. The murderer was convicted and sentenced to death ; the others were acquitted.
At the York Assizes, on Wednesday, Robert Goldsborough was in- dicted for the murder of William Huntley, at Crathorne, in the year 1830. In the month of July in that year, Huntley received the ba- lance of a legacy due to him ; and he was shortly afterwards seen with Goldsborough, and then he was missed. Goldsborough said that he had gone to America. About that time, Goldsborough was observed to have money ; and two witnesses deposed that they had seen him carry- ing something bulky in a sack, into his house. He subsequently left that part of the country ; and the matter was forgotten, until lately, when, during some improvements in Stokesley-beck, the bones of a human body were discovered, and the skull presented such appearances as led to the supposition that it was the skull of Huntley. The Jury were not satisfied of its identity ; and a verdict of "Not Guilty" was returned.
An accident occurred on Sunday, on the Bristol Railroad at Keyn- sham. An old man named Brittain, having taken his ticket to proceed to Bristol, persisted in crossing from the Stationhouse to the opposite platform, although he was warned of the danger of so doing. As he crossed, the train came up, and the fore-part of the engine struck him violently on the skull, and he died instantly. The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death," and recommended the Directors to con- struct a bridge at the Keynsham Station, to obviate the necessity of paz-. sengers crossing on the level of the line.
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