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The Flertford Election Committee, during the past week, has been occupied principally with the evidence of Mr. Philip Longmore, one of the agents for the sitting members. He strongly denies that bribery or intimidation were made use of to secure their election; and directly contradicts much of the evidence given for the petitioners. He says that Twaddle had no authority to act as an agent during the election— that he is a man of some property, and gave his services gratuitously. lig partner, Mr. Nicholson, had authorized Dack to issue tickets. " From 300 to 350 poor voters usually got ten shillings for each vote from the members. Mr. Longmore, during the whole of his cross-examina- tion, appeared to be extremely ignorant of the mode in which the money paid to several subordinate agents was disposed of, during the late elec- tion. The counsel for the petitioners complained of the doubtful an- swers which he gave.
Mr. Irton was returned on Friday week for West Cumberland, by a majority of 84 over Aglionby ; the numbers at the close of the poll being —Irton 1,684, Aglionby 1,600. The Carlisle Journal says—" The bribery has been most shameful. A shoemaker in the neighbourhood of Maryport has received an order for thirteen pairs of shoes, at :30s. a pair. At Keswick, the bribery oath was tendered to one man, and he durst not take it. From Egretnont the agent writes to say, that there were numerous cases of bribery in the course of the day."
Mr. Taylor, the proprietor of the Manchester Guardian, obtained, on Monday last, a verdict of 450/. damages against the proprietors of the Manchester and Salford Advertiser, for a libel upon him published in that paper. The Advertiser was a " Cobbett Paper" during the last election; and as the Guardian was strongly opposed to Mr. Cobbett, a good deal of abuse was thrown back upon Taylor in return for his attacks upon Cobbett. Among other things, Taylor was charged with having sent some printed bills of a most infamous nature to a woman of low character in the town. It was for this libel that the damages were given.
On the night of the 2d November last, the house of Mr. W. Hancox, farmer, at Tauley, in the parish of Disney, Gloucestershire, was entered and robbed by three men, one of whom tired a pistol at Mr. Hancox junior, and wounded him so grievously as to deprive him of sight and endanger his life. Ellis, the Bow Street officer, was sent down ; and having traced three brothers, James, Thomas, and William Berryman, to London, apprehended them ; and the two former were fully com- mitted for trial at the Gloucester Assizes ; the third brother, whose.in- nocence was established, being discharged. Ellis obtained information, in the course of the inquiry, that the third person was a man named Hunt, husband of the sister of the Herrymans, supposed to be the chief contriver of the outrage. From the middle of December, Ellis has been in search of him ; and on Wednesday night, shortly before eight o'clock, he traced him to an obscure lodging in Grove Street, City Road; where he found him at tea, and took him into custody. When Ellis entered the room, the prisoner exclaimed, " I am done at last ; " and before Ellis could say more than that be was his prisoner, he said he was innocent, for when " the depredation" was committed he was ill in his bed at his lodgings in London. He was taken before Mr. Halls, at Bow Street, and %%lien Ellis stated the charge, he was asked if he had any thing to say, and repeated that he was ill in London on the day of "the depredation." Ellis said tie was evidence to show that he was not only absent from his usual IRgings in London at the time of the robbery, but that he was seen at Burford, a short distance front Disney, the very evening, and was afterwards brought to London with James and Thomas Berryman in the Burford waggon. Mr. Halls ordered him to be conveyed to Gloucestershire, where he will be in- dicted with his brothers-in-law at the Assizes.
A surgeon named Gamon residing at Hulme, near Manchester, in a fit of intoxication shot a blacksmith named Fletcher, on Sunday evening last in a publichouse on the Oxford road near to Manchester. Fletcher was not killed, but is not likely to recover. Two of his sons and a brother were accidentally killed during the past year. Gamon remains in custody.
A dog belonging to a farmer living near Wakefield, a few days ago, swallowed a Bank of England note for 10L, and a Sheffield note for 51. The dog was killed ; the notes were taken out of his stomach, pasted together, and were made negotiable.
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