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7 I t I .1 ! 1 THE LORD ADVOCATE'S SPEECH ON THE RATE OF QUALIFICATIONS. The Times, Ccirrier, and Post. The Tones, Courier, and Post, have been bickering, says the Caledonian Mercury, upon a point which it seems to us that two such strong advocates of the Reform Bill might have settled without troubling the public, especially as they now seem both perfectly agreed. The Times states, " as a most positive fact, that the Bill, the Bill itself, will be immediately brought forward after the meeting of Par liament, and its unqualified adoption in all its essential features recommended by Ministers to the new Par liament." With the knowledge of this fact, the Times expresses its surprise " that such a man as the Lord Advocate of Scotland should have committed the grie vous error of intimating that a change might be made in the amount of the qualification. We sincerely hope he will see this correction of his mistake, and set himself right." \Ve have already, adds the Mercury, stated the correction which the Lord Advocate, at the Perth dinner, gave of his speech ; and Saturday night, we had the honour to receive a letter from his Lordship, entering into still fuller details, which, if we mistake not, will set the matter altogether at rest. It appears, that no change what ever will be made in the 101. qualification, either in Eng land or Scotland. Uneer the circumstances which have taken place, we have no hesitation in saying, that any change in that would have been destructive to the bill. The following is a copy of the Lord Advocate's letter on the subject: Saturday earning, 14th May, 1831. Sift,—i am concerned to observe, both from the newspapers, and other sources of information, that great misconception appears still to prevail, as to the import of certain expressions, which I ant supposed to have used in the Council Chamber of this City, when addressing the Town Council on the day for election of their Member; and that far more importance is, on both sides, ascribed to those expret-sione than in truth belongs them. You will permit me, therefore, to correct the erroneous accounts which have been circulated of my statement, and to explain to what it really amounted. In the first place, I never said, or insinuated, that I believed nothing was fixed or uetermined as to the rate of qualification to be introduced in the new bill--and that it might as well be 1001. m 501. or 251. as any lower sum.— What I said, in reference to these sums, was exactly the reverse of this supposed intimation. In the second place, and what is far more material, I said nothing at all upon this subject of the qualification, as on the authority of the Government, or in the character of a person acquainted with their de signs. On the contrary, I took pains to explain that I had no other grounds of knowledge or belief, than were open to every one who heard me—that, if I had been entrusted with the Councils of the Cabi net, I certainly should not feel myself at liberty to reveal them— but that I was in no danger of betraying what had never been con fided to me. _ After this declaration, what I said on the subject of the qualification was nearly as follows :—I mentioned that I had received many com plaints as to the rate of qualification in the former bill, especially as to house property in counties—and many suggestions as to its being raised or varied in different situations; all which I had reported, as in duty bound, to the Government. I then said that these, and every other re spectful suggestion, would of course be fully considered by the minis ters ; and, while I had not the slightest reason to believe or suspect thut there would be any change in the qualifications formerly announced, I tilt confident that it would be considered as one of the principles of the bill, to keep to what would be looked upon in this country as a very low qualification, by which 1 meant something far below 1001. or 501 or the half of 501 These I think were nearly the words 1 used—and I am perfectly certain that such was the meaning I intended to convey. I stated nothing whatever as to my knowledge (or conjecture even) of the in tentions of the Ministry, and meant merely to intimate that, while I had not the slightest ground to suppose that they would make any change in the qualificetions specified in the former bill, it wa , my own confident belief and persuasion, Ds an individual, that they would consider the lowness of the qualification as a fundamental principle of the measure. I may add that, since I made these observations, I am more and more confident in the belief, that no change will be attempted in the rate of qualification formerly announced. I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, F. JEFFREY. SIIt JOHN MILLEY DOYLE, K.C.B. M.P.—On Sa turday evening Sir J. M. Doyle, K.C.B. and member of parliament for the County Carlow, visited his country resi dence at Sandymount. The moment that his presence amongst them was ascertained by the inhabitants of this little village, they immediately lighted tar-barrels, to demonstate their joy at the success of this gallant Irishman in being nominated by the people as one of their representatives to support the ministry in carrying the reform bill. Sir J. M. Doyle appeared amongst those worthy people, to return them thanks for the compliment they paid him. He was received with the most hearty and enthusiastic cheers, and they through the munificence of this gallant, honest, and distinguished Irishman, continued to pass the evening in the most innocent and cordial pleasures- When Mr. R. A. Dundas was passing along the Mound from the Edinburgh county election, with Baron Clerk Rat tray, stones were thrown at him by several boys, two of whom were caught in the fact by the police. Mr. Dundas having since found out who they were, and learned from their employers that they were well-behaved lads in other respects, addressed the Judge of Police upon the subject, request ing that they might be let off without any other punish ment, than such a reprimand as might serve as a warning to them against committing similar offences in future. This was accordingly done. A piece of trickery has just come to our knowledge with regard to the Northamptonshire election, which we think it right to publish, in order to put the London freeholders of that county on their guard against such practices. An agent, or friend of Mr. Cartwright called on a Northamp tonshire freeholder, resident near Smithfield, and solicited his vote on behalf of Lord Althorp and Mr. Cartwright, thereby covertly endeavouring to procure a vote for Mr. Cartwright, at the expense of Lord Milton, by making the voter belive that Lord Althorp and Mr. Cartwright were em barked in the. same cause. ' Really' as the late Lord Liver pool would have said, ' this is too bad.' Of the Irish Members, 68 are returned. Of these 47 are declared Reformers; 19 are declared anti-reformers, and 2 who have objected to the extent of the Bill will, it is sup posed, vote ultimately for it. Majority of declared reformers over declared anti-reformers, 28. The places, the result of the elections in which is at present undeclared, are Clare, Cavan, Down, Donegal, Dublin City, Fermanagh, King's County, Leitrim, County Londonderry, Louth, Mayo, Ros common, Sligo, Tyrone, County Wexford. Of these, Clare, Down, Dublin City , the King's County, Kerry, Louth, Mayo, Roscommon, and Wexford County will certainly return 14 re formers ; Cavan, Down, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Sligo, Tyrone will, we fear, certainly return 9 anti-reformers. Of the re maining 9 Members, 6 will, most probably, be reformers.— The certain majority in favour of the bill from Ireland is 33 ;1 and it may be, with sufficient safety, calculated that this will be raised to 38. Of the Irish counties, nineteen, or nearly two-thirds, return each two reformers ; and three more, Wexford, Roscommon, Kerry, will most probably follow the same noble example. Four counties return each two anti-reformers; one returns a reformer and anti-reformer; and the five remaining counties will, most probably, send one of each party. Of the cities and large towns, where the popular voice is not totally suppressed, there is an over whelming preponderance for us. Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Belfast, Kilkenny, Derry, Wexford, -Galway, &c. return reformers. Two open boroughs, Drogheda and the University, have sent anti-reformers. J. H. Knox, the member for Newry, will, it is asserted, vote for the bill. Of nineteen close boroughs, fifteen have returned anti-riform- ; . era, and but four reformers. Must thatifystem exist,which makes fifteen individuals neutralise the wisharanAMPlNftions 7. of eight counties over one-fourth uttaudnedosti . ' PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, MAT 14. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Wind.ld, of Bir mingham, to the Editor of dries Gown*, relative to the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Moseley, and the assault on him. Sir,—Having seen an account of the insult offered to the Rev. Thos. Moseley, Rector of St. Martin's, in your paper of the 7th instant, In which, by implication, I am lodireetly charged as a party, I beg leave to say that I was not instrumental to that outrage in any way whatever. The facts of the case are as follow : I was deputed, together with three oiling, at a meeting of the Freeholders and Freemen, held at the Public Office, on the 28th of April, to wait upon the Rector for the purpose of obtaining his permission to ring the parish bells, in testimony of the gratitude and joy felt almost unanimously by his parishioners, foe the great, paternal, and patriotic act of His Most Gracious Majesty in dis solving the late Parliament. In consequence of the ens of two of my colleagues, and the indisposition of the third, I alone waited upon the Rector at the Church Vestry. On pay arrival, I found* num ber of persons in the church, who remained there until after My con ference with the Rector was over, and who, from their situation on the vestry.stalrs, with the door open, heard all that paned between us. It is unnecessary here to repeat all that did pass; make it to say, the Rev. Gentleman (no doubt with a view of giving expression to his pro found respect for the King's Majesty} said, ' ' The King is a more eat's paw, and has no will of his own." On leaving the vestry, the persous distant from the door ;eked me what the Rector said? I replied, he had refused to allow the bells to be rung. I then straightway left the church, and proceeded upon my own business, leaving the Rector in the vestry and the people in the church. What took place afterwards I only know by hear-say ; but I am informed that as rood as the rector left the church, the people began to hoot and hiss at him, and soon af terwards to pelt him with mud. Now you, Mr. Editor, seem to blame me for having communicated to the people the rector's refusal ; but, Sir, how was I not to communicate his refusal under such circumstance ? and what is the just inference to be drawn from this imputed blame ? Why, that even in your own opinion the rector's determination was so palpably wrong, that a knowledge of it must necessarily excite the in =lion of his parishioners. I, for one, sincerely regra the insults to the Rev. Gentleman ; but at the same time, I must pay. Ido orbs most deeply regret that a beneficed clergyman of that church of which our most gracious King is the head, should have thought it con sistent with his duty to use the authority of his office to prevent the honouring of that king. I further regret the extremely unwise and un just conduct of the rector in his peitinaciously insisting upon the exer cise of his legal right, in direct opposition to his moral duty, seeing that it cannot fail to be highly injurious in other ways. It he, already stirred up inart-burninv, and dislike bctwecu the rector and ninety.nine hundredths of his parishioners; and it cannot fail to lead them to con. trast, to the prejudice of that Rev. Gentleman, the prrs-ot disagreeable state of' things with that goodwill, peace, and harmony, which gut:sine:l en many years between themselves and their late universally respected vsitat, the Rev. Charles Curds. However much 1 may regret that any man, and more particularly a Minister of Religion, should experience insult or molestation of any kind ; yet I have the satisfaction of understanding that the persons offering such insults were merely loose women and children generally, under twelve years of age. I regret inure titan all that a Clergyman of the church of England, instead of conciliating• the people into the boom of that church by acts of kindness and consideration, should have takes any sup calculated to outrage their feelings and opinions, and having a tendency to bring his sacred callin g into disrespect. In my humble opinion, a clergyman of good sense or of good feeling, would not lisve hesitated a moment to comply with the loyal and grateful feel ngs of his Parishioners, however disagreeable such feelings might possibly be to himself. JOHN WINFIELD. Clarenc--row, George.strect, Birmingham, May 9, 1831. The following amusing production appeared In the shape of a hand bill, during the late election : To the Chairman of the Committee of C. Tennyson, Esq. Stamford. It is stated in the London papers, that the corporation of Stamford have been compelled, by their fears, to engage a number of fighting. men belonging to the London Prise Ring, to attend the election at Stamford, for the purpose of intimidating the electors, and assist in forcing them to return to Parliament an anti-reform candidate, contrary to their wishes. I can hardly believe that any respectable pugilist* can have so far forgotten themselves, for it is a maxim with us to sup port our King, his Ministers, and the People. If, however, it be true, the professional aid of myself and my Birmingham comrades is at the service, and freely offered, in support of Mr. Tennyson, whom we know to be a staunch friend of reform, and of the people, and to whom this town is greatly indebted for past services. At any moment myself and Birmingham comrades are ready to proceed to Stamford, in opposition to our apostate brethren, and all we require is, a " fair field and no fa vour." I should wish to know the names of the pugilists now at Stem. ford, if they arc of the right sort, and really belonging to the P. R. I shall be able, knowing their names, to judge of their points, and to match them properly, being anxious to obtain no unfair advantage in weight or inches. If, however, as I suspect, the Corporation have mustered a set of Curs, audacious enough to assume the character of true men, to frighten the voters, a few of our Birmingham apprentices will be quite sufficient to rid the town of Stamford of the vermin. Birmingham, April 30, 1831. A. MATTHISON. P.S. It is stated that thirty fighting men are at Stamford. 1 under take to bring 15 true men who will take the fight out of 50 base enough to oppose the wishes of their King for the good of his people. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKRT, MAY 12.—We have had a good supply of both wheat and barley, mostly foreign. For wheat there is but liule demand: fresh farmer's wheat is sold the turn lower, and all other descriptions 2d to 4d per 621bs lower. Barley is become a heavy trade. The quantity of beans and oats offered is small, for which there is a fair demand. Wheat, per 621bs, 7s 4d to 9s Bd. Barley, per im perial quarter, 42s to 475. Malt, old and new, boa to Ode. Oats, per 39 lbs, old and new, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Beans, per bag, 10 score grew, old, 20a to 22s 8d; new, 17s to 19s. Beans, per bag of 3 bush. imp. white, 18s to 19s; grey, 15e 6d to 16s. Flour, pet sack of 2801ba net, fine, 57s to 595; seconds, Ms to 555. SINITHTIRLD, MAY 12.—There was a moderate supply. Beef and mutton quite as dear, and veal a little lower : beef fid to 61; mutton 5d to 6d ; veal 5d to 6d ; fat pigs 8s 6d to 9s 6d per score. Hay Menus., MAT 10.—Good hay and straw come sparingly, for which there was a fair demand. Hay, 60s to 90s. Straw, 50s to 70s per too. MARRIED—At Aston, Mr. W. F. Pater, of the Bank of Eng. land, to Elisabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Carter—The Pew. Norris Cogswell, B.A. to Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. Wm. Johnson, of Runcorn—W. Handley, Esq. of Burford, near War. wick, to Emma, youngest daughter of the late T. Cartwright, Eaq.— At Leamington Priors, W. Tringham, Req. R.N. to Eleanor Amelia, widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel H. Tarieton—Mr. G. Stilwell, surgeon, of Ewell, to Jane, youngest daughter of Mr. R. Ratherham, of Coleshill—.l. H. Dixon, Esq. of Stourbridge, to Ethonora, youngest daughter of G. Hellen, Esq. of Waresley-green—Thomas B. Bray, of Church Stretton, to Ann, youngest daughter of R. Welbank, Esq—At St. Mary's, Warwick, Mr. Howler, of Coventry, to Miss Pears, of Warwick--At Osweatry, the Rev. O. Wharton, to Eleanor, only child of J. Hunt, Esq—At Mitten, Mr. T. Whitton, of Areley Kings, to Mary Anne, only daughter of Mr. Samuel Crane—At Stone, Mr. John Bothams, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Worsey, of Whitgreave—At Bridgcnorth, Thomas Pardoe Putton, Esq. of Fain. tree, to Caroline Frances, daughter of the late Lionel Lambert, Esq. DIED.—At Wootton, near Henley, the Dowager Lady Smythe of Acton—At Green Hill-place, John Temple, Esq. of Nash, 76—The Rev. W. F. Bird, rector Widmerpool, 66 —The Rev. T. Russell, Vicar of Dilwyn, one of the Canons of Hereford, 77—A g ed 53, at Broadward Hall, C. B. Unett, lisq.—Mrs. Wood, of the Lye, near Stourbridge—At Baschurch, Mr. Joseph Gittins, 72—At Weeping Cron: near Stafford, Mrs. Harding, widow of the late Edward Hard. ing, Esq. 82. DUBLIN MORNING REGISTER, MAY 16. Some considerate cruatutes in England give way to the most painful appruhunsions as to the effect or the reform bill in increasing the in fluence of Ireland In the Imperial Legislature. What, they ask, would be the consequence, if one hundred and five men, really representing Ireland, combined to carry an Irish measure against du: interests of England ? It is ten ible, no doubt, to contemplate autth a possibility. But see how contentedly we poor Irishmen must live In the contempla don of a far worse one—that is, the combination, not of 105, but four hundred and seventy-two Englishmen agaiwu our interests.—Combing. don is a game, like many others, at which two parties can play; and the deuce is in it if 472 Englishmen are not a match at it for 103 bi‘lnnen. DCOOKEDA ELacerox.-Immedistely after the poll closed finally, a deputation of Gentlemen waited on Mr. Wallace, with the follow ing Resolution : " We, the undersigned, electors and inhabitants of Drogheda, view. ing with gratitude and admiration, the manly and patriotic exer tions made by Mr. Wallace, to rescue the representation of our town from the grasp of corporation monopoly, and to support his Majesty and his Ministers, in the great cause of Reform, end taking into con sideration the great personal sacrifices he has thereby incurred, pledge ourselves to give him all the support in our power at the next election for Drogheda, which we feel to be the only way in which we can re quite him for his personal sersl‘es and sacrifices, in a cause in which we are all equally concerned." Answer of Mr. Wallace--" I dad engage in this contest not igno rant of the difficulties, the labour, and the expense which the Corpo ration of Drogheda know so well to inflict on the candidate they oppose —for I had experienced them. 1 did hope, however, that the professed loyalty of the Corporation.—its charter toast—would hare somewhat softened their opposition, if It did not conellitate their favour, to a popular measure, when that measure came recommended by the sanc tion of their gracious Sovereign—the advice of an able and united cabinet—and called for by the voice of millions in every quarter of the empire. I miscalculated—their loyalty took a contrary direction, and has roved its true nature and qualities by exerting a seal and activity hitherto unexampled, at once in opposition to the ICing's Go. weenniset, and the nadmes wish. This undoubtedly, has greatly increneed the Mashies I appeelooded. Our opponents have not, however. sueoseded. They have, indeed, obtained the return of an tell& candidate by a majority ceasperatividy sma ll , and little ez the number of our votes rejected by the assessor for mere tech nical of registly. They have obtained their majority by the gross abuses of a fund furnished, I know not from 'bum, and used, u lam well informed and believe, for purposes of most extravawt corruption. But, above all, they have procured it by eallecdng from every quarter of the empire, a crowd of stranger to your town and tu its interests, to vote spinet both. Special favour freemen, 13 0154 . ebi• dent soldiers priests, and.l am sorry to say, two judges. I do not Ind mute that hisMajeety's judges have not a right to vote Oil such occasions; but I confess I lament to see the ermine sullied by being drawn through the tumults and the conflicts of an election contest. But after all our great object hat been attained—the sense of the real elec tors of Drogheda, even according to the present conetttueney. has been abundantly manifested, for, of t hose who are really and truly resident freemen and freeholders of your town, the great majority has been with us, with Reform, and with the will and wishes of our sovereign and his ministers." In December Lust, hie Majesty brig Plumper rent her boats up the river Pongas, in Remelt of slavers which infest that river. They returned with a schooner and 95 slave* ; but deer!e did the brave fellows suffer for their humanity. Soon of the return of the Plumper to Sierra Leone, sickness broke eat among her crew. At find it was unlined to those who had b en up the river; but, ultimately, it spread among the whole ship's crew ; and in little more than three weeks, twenty. ight ludividurls (including two officers) out of thirty-five, perished. The remeintin continue vary ill, but it is hoped they will surely •. The barrack-inane?, Alr. Lynch, died in ihree months after his' arrival, leaving a wife and six children, whom be had taken out with him, to deplore his loss. A fine young man, named Fuite. died in kss than a month after his arrival. The letters go on to mention others, and then add that the master, mate, and every man forming the crew of the Shakespeare, a merchant vessel, died la two month after their arrival ; the second mate being the only survivor out of twenty persons eho left England. The Shakspeare left this Golgotha on the Sd Jan. lest, with an entirely new crew. In the Mallacourt ' river, close to the colony, there was another vessel lying, with every man on board dead or dying. IVAIZTAILIC AGAINST Tivents.---Tbere are some haMOIIIOG% points ' about the opposition in Ireland to tithes ; this is more particularly the cams In the counties of Kilkenny and Carlow. The country people, sooner i Ilan pay the tithe, allow their property to be distraincd—that trhcle it can ba got at; for the instant It et known that the pollee tithe proctor and military have come out for the purpose of seising property, the next scout announces with a horn their apps oath, and the warning,' with the tepidity of a telegraph, is caught up in every direction of the' borne of the p-asantry, who instantly proceed to hide their pigs and ducks, or drive them into one another's land where they cannot be wuched. es the law allows distraint only on the premises or lands of the defaulter. FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, MAY 16. Letters were yestezday received in the city from CI :motel, stating that Lord Donoughinore, who has been for WHIZ date indisposed, died at iti, scat, (Knecklofty,) on Saturday. The Tipperary Free Pr 's' whtell reat:' , ed our dike, does nut mention the circumstance; but a- dna pap:r i. published in the early part of the day, we are not to inter from its silence the untruth of the statement in the private le: ars. Should the news be true, there must it. new election in Tip perary, a- Captain Hutchinson, the new m :tuber, and the nephew and next heir of the old earl, would then be called to dm peerage ; is which case, we suppose, that either kir. Prittie or Colonel Deferent - Darner, would seek the reer-stntation of the county. The immediate c.-use of Lord Donoughmore's death was paraly is. The noble earl was in the act of wording a letter to a relatirc in reub- Itn, when he got the fatal stroke. He became delirious, and in hi.. wand. rings freqt.ently demanded toe know ell.. state of the poll.' which indicate. the anxictr lie felt about the return of his relative and Slittat sof. The decea,cd cal wrs a highly distinguished military officer. He succeeded the salient and immot tap Sir Ralph Abercrombie in the corn. mod in Egypt, whrre lie gauped great glory. At his death the noble earl w..s colonel of the 111th (Royal Irish) foot. He sat iu parliament .. Lord Hutchinson (in England.) In Ms speech to the electors of Armagh, after being declared one of their representatives, Lord Acheson mentioned the following eircum. stance, which r fleet, great emit upon his character as an Irishman, and hi . end:mat:thug as a na.tu Upon trusting Perlktment. I found a set of men in office, in whom, whatever opiatiow 1 might have had of them individually, and in their private capacities, a. a 3overunteut, I had but little confidence. My feeling was they went upon no fixed principle of action—that the Dukc of il'elington's government was one of shifts cud expediency, and, consequently, a sorer:mem to whom no independent man could give ' more than n very qualified t.nd guarded support. (Cheers.) This opiniott I was freed to declare sooner than I expected, and owing tot most unlooked-for circumstance. I received r communication from a member of that, government, doing me the honour of requesthis me to strove the address to the King, on the meeting of Parliament. This, of course, 1 f I. as highly flattering and complimentary to mys-lf, and it was an honour that I would if possible have moat F ludly accepted. Upon con- iteration. however, I found this to be Impossible, consistently with my opinions of the gorernmens, and I stated in my r^ply, that 1 was actoateti by no motive, of hostility to the Duke of IVejlington's administration—but that, as an independent member of Parliament, as the representative of e large body of coustitucnts, 1 could not, while in total ignorance of the future plans and intentions of government, pledge myself to ant' .nitre than a qnalified support—aud that therefore I must beg to decline the honour intended tue (gteat cheers, and cries of " well dune, Acheson"). I never received any light upon the future 'men. lions of that government, and indeed I was not much surprised at it— for I do not b-lieve that they themselves had much more idea of what they intended to do than I had. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF IRISH MEMBERS ALREADY RETURNED FOR THE NEXT PARLIAMENT. Reforaters in italic. Armagh County-1 7 4count Acheson ; C. Brownies,. Armagh Town—Viscount Ingestrie. Athlone—R. Handcock. Amrim—l.ord Bab' ast ; General O'Neill. Bandon—Viscount Bernard. Belfast—Sir A. Chichester. Carrickfcrgus--Lord G. Hill. Cork County—Hon. R. King; Lord Boyle. Cork City—D. Callaghan • Hon. J. Boyle. Carlow County—W. illak;ney; Sir J. Doyle. Carlow Town—Lord Tullamorc. Coleraine—Sir J. Brydges. Cubcl—M. Peunefather. Clonmcl--E. Coote. County Dublin—Lord Brabasen ; Colonel While. Dundalk—Captain Gordon. Dungannon.—Hon. J. Knox. Dungarvan—Hon. G. Lamb. Drogheda—J. H. North. Downpatrick—E. S. Mahon. Dublin University—T. Lefroy. Enniskillen—Hon. A. Cole. Ennis—Vary Fitzgerald. County Galway—Sir J. Burke, A Lambert. Galway City—J. J. Bodkin. County Kilkenny—Lord Osaory, Lord Duneatimas. Kilkenny City—N. P. Leader. Kinsale—J. Russell. Kildare—Sir W. Hort, Moore O'Ferrall. Londondeny Town—Sir R. Ferguson. County Limerick—Hon. R. Fikgibbon, Colonel O'Grady. Limerick City—T. S. Rice. Lisburn—H. kleynell. Longford—Viscount Forbes, A. Leroy Meath—Lord Killeen, Sir M. Sookrvilk Monaghan—Hon. C. Blayney, Ho*. H. B. Westenra Mallow—C. D. 0. Jephion New Ross—C. P. Leslie Newry—Hon J. H. Knox Portarlington—sir W. Rae Queen's County—Sir C. Cook, Sir H. Parnell Sligo Town—J. Wynne Tralee— Walker Ferrand County Tipperary—T. Wyse, Hon. J. Hutchinson County Waterford—Sir It Musgrave, R Power Waterford City—Sir J. Newport Westmeath — Colonel Rochfort, if. L. Chapman Wexford Town—A. Walker County Wicklow—J. Grattan, R. Reward Youghall—Hon. Ponsomby MARRIED.—In Dingle, Thomas, only son of P. Moriarty, Esq. M.D. to Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick. DIED.—At the Isle of Man, Pierre W. Hughes, Esq. late of Wen. ford--In Wexford, Alexander Hannah, Esq. half-pay bath Regiment. —At Hawing% 84, Mrs. Colonel Lloyd, mother of the lam T. Lloyd, Esq. M.P. for county Limerick. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—THIS DAY. By the Carease.—Per stone of abs. Beet .2. 10d 5$ Sd Ss 101 Mutton 5s 6d 4s 41 4s ed Veal 5s 4d 46 Od 4s 4d Pork !Ss 84 4s 44 4s ,641 Lamb .... 54 4d ... fis Od 6s 4d. FARRINGDON MARKET—THIS DAY. Drip—Finest Roasting, ad to aid per tb. Bolling, Sd to Bd. Mat you—Leg, Bd. Shoulder, Td. VIAL—Leg. 811. Fillet, 10d. Pori, did to ad. Laani, 10d to is. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET-THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, At 10s. to L 4 13a. Useful ditto, Al Os. to At 151. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hey, .15 15. to A 4 Si. Clover Hay, As 10s. to AS 10s. Oat litreo, Al 101 to fl lie. Wheat &raw, £1 les. to Al 16s. per load. LAW REPORT& PREROGATIVE COURT. Met 17. ZXTRAOIRDINAIIT WiLt. CAVIL WIEZZLIM AND itaTIVOIID V. ALDER/OlL—This was a cute instituted to try the validity of the Will of Mrs. Elisalw.b Month which is opposed by the next of kin, on the ground that the dec ea „d' at the time that sha executed it, was of unsound mind. The one Is a most extraordinary one as regards the character and conduct of the deceased, who died worth personal property to the ext. nt of 70,0001. about 35,000 L of which was left by the old lady to mr Wheeler, her Stock-broker, and Mr. Batsford, her Attorney, end drawer of the WILL The deceased died in March lam. Th e to dance produced in the cause is of the most extensive nature, and 4: tailed facts connected with the history of the deceased, of a more re markable and disgusting nature than was ever before tendered to a Court of Justice. The Court was occupied nearly the whole day in hearing the errs dance. The deceased was a descendant of Sir Isaac New ton , and we; possessed of great property. She married a Mt. Morris in 1795, und er circumstance peculierly novel. The deceased bad been a Uiduw sh im 1006, and resided at Horselydown up to the time of her death, when site was sixty-fire lean old. She was accustomed to drink to excess, anti was considered as insane by all who caw her—s a d a were het eccentric habits ; she dressed in the most fantastic and un. becoming manner—wearing the 'met and bosom mostly bare, and her gowns, dec. extremely abort. She would, in the midst of winter, go out to market with het basket, without any bonnet, or umbrella, in rainy weather, and if 'spoken to, replied that elle wished she could do without clothes altogether. Sometimes she wore gowns made of the cheapest materials, though she wore diamonds, and other rings, of the value of 1,400 L on her fingers ; she had a great afenion to children, and when riding in het carriage, would all to the coachman to run over the " little ha-tatlis." Flee marriage was most extraordinary ; eh; went out tete ...orning to go to market wilt her basket, and met Mr. Morris; he Asked her if %he was going to town ? She said yes ; and they pro eecded together. Oa the road, Mr. Morris asked deceased if she had ever seen a ...serfage, and aha replied no ; he promised to show bet one. On arriving in Cheepside, they went into church, and she asked where the parties were ? Morris replied, we arc ti:e parties—l have got the ring, and all is prepared. " Well (said the deceased) if it must he so—it must hero." She had never seen Mr; Morris hut a few days previously. Mrs. Morris had a great affection for eats, dulls, &c. talked mow indecently, was exceedingly dirty, and happy in making people c i drunk, and encouraging them to fight; she drove four horses in Sir I r a ricsow here said, he would go on with the evidence nest Court day. OLD WesIMPDAY, MAT 18. NEW COURT. Before the Hon. C. E. LAW, Common Serjeant, Mr. Serjeant Acasta, ands Middlesex Jury. Maim*: ItossEßT.--.foias Ha WI and William Trillium, were severally convicted of violently assaulting an elderly man named George Davies, on the King's highway, and stealing from his person 2s. 9d. SEWTEXCE& These sessions having terminated, the Recorder, accompanied by the Sheriffs and other city authorities. pronounced the sentences upon the prisoners who had been convicted of the offences upon which they had been committed. The awful sentence of death was passed upon the following 21 unhappy individuals, viz.—George Dent, John Smith, John Langshawe, Thomas Non ington, John Attwick, Francis Clarke, and Franc& Robinson, for stealing goods and monies to the amount of 51. and upwards in a dwelling house ; Benjamin Grimley, John Hayes, George Osborne, John Redford, Thomas Chalk, Henry Bradford, Wil. liarn Tinney, Charles Crockwell, and Edward Brown, alias Rowley, fat housebreaking; Mary, alias Hannah Kelly, for uttering counterfeit coin, having already been convicted of a similar offence; William Williams, and John Handwiek, for robbery from the person; John Anthony Dobbs aid Samuel Penton, for horse-stealing. To ne TRANsPORTED TOR large—Charles Jones, alias Siber. thorn, Pcter Davis, Robert Jones, Benjamin Goddard, Maria Thomas Haze% Rebecca Edwards, John Clark, Susan Rider, William Sawyer, John Taylor, and James Budd. Feu FOURTERN Yzaus.—William Darling, W. Robinson, Chas. Knight, William Collins, John Dudley, Joseph Young, ldward Taylor, John Blake, Laura Whittaker, Mary Wright, Charles Christ mas, James Crook , Ann Howe, and Ann Fisher. Fos Szvara Yrames—Edward Burn, Edward Watson, Mary Ann Bramley, Mary Hodson, and at the expiration of the term, she (Hod son) to be further transported for a like term, she having before been onneteted ; John Higgon, Ellen Hurbey, James Arsandale, William Elmore, Thomas Brandon, Joseph Bagshaw, William James Freeman, Daniel Donnell, Mary Tinsley, Mary Haley, William Jones, William Macheith, Michael O'Farren, John Davis, Mary Abrams Thomas Evans, Matthew Caplin, Ann Williams, Samuel Morris, Geo. Payne, James Puwy, James Wm. Rowe, James Simpson, Richard Walker, Lawrence Shannon, Wm. Tomkins, James Veitch, Geo. Warky, Geo. Kempson, Ellen Fitzgerald, Thos. Husband, George Messer, Richard Lake, John Pedro, Wm. Baxter, Thomas Foreman, Thomas Potter, George Williams, William Rose Dennis Harley alias Collins. The judgments upon Ann Perkins and William Pearson were re. spited till next sessions. To BE mien ISOYED SIX MONTUR—Thomas Cole, WM. Gibson, John Connerford, John Fuller, Peter William Palmer, James Salmon, John alias James Mantalet, Margaret Davis, John Primly, Ann liar. vey, George Purvey, and James Parsons. Twenty-six were ordered to be imprisoned for three months each, and twn were sentenced to one year each. The sessions were then adjourned to Thursday, the 30th of June. l'OLf t E REPORTS. lil•werow-Housz.—Yesterday the Justice-room, and the avenues to It, were crowded whit stock-jobbers, and other persons interested in the Potosi Peruvian mining speculation, in order that the LORD MAYOR might enter into an examination of Mr. William Healey, who appeared in the custody of n Union-Hall officer, charged with having forged several shares or certificates in the above-named company. Mr. Samuel Hill, of Somers-town, deposed, that he gave 10s. a share for 30 shares, which were consolidated into three shares, so that the price of the whole amounted to 161. Tim prisoner sold them as genuine shares. Mr. B. Lusatia, of Bedford.phce, deposed, that he had signed his name to some of the shares, u a director, and the signature on the shares was not genuine. Mr. S. E. Sweziman deposed that he was a stock agent, and had been concerned in the Potosi as a broker, when the company first came out. After witness had described the system of obtaining instalments upon the shares, he stated, that from 70,0001. to 100,0001. had been paid into the bankers' hands upon the part of the Potosi Mining Company. Mr. ALLKY..—Stet/ ! Let me hear that again, for the sake of the poor shareholders. Prom 70,0001. to 100,0001. in the Bank for this wretched bubble. M. S u such. is no bubble : I do not by any means consider it Mr. Bodkin contended, that the evidence proved a felonious forgery, • within the meaning of the last statute, which made it an act of felony to forge any " accountable receipt or security for the payment of too. ney." It did not signify whether the company was a bubble or as stable u the Bank of England, the offence committed by the pricoort was precisely the same. The fabrication of the plate had been traced beyond a question to the prisoner, who had bent fitted himself by the grate fraud he had committed, what might be the real nature of the concern. He (Mr. Bodkin) should advise the prosecution to the fullest extent, a conviction upon which would subject the accused to transportation for life. Mr. ALLEY said, that the °Roca with which his client was charged was of an immoral and illegal character, and would, if satisfactorily proved, subject him to the penalties of an indictment ; but to call it felonious forgery was what could not be for a moment admitted into the vocabulary of the law. He thought It very kind in the directors to have consolidated the shares, by which they generously determined that 100,0001. should answer. What I 100,0001. to be advanced five years ago to work the mine, and note halfpenny to be had for it yet ! " Oh, the Loan deliver me," said Mr. Alley, " from such directors and such mines, and such shares, genuine and counterfeit ; they all de save to be thrown into a bag and well shaken togetber.".--(Lowl L ugh ter.) The LORD MAYOR, afterconbulting with Mr. Nobles, said be shculd hold the prisoner to bail for the fraud, himself in 400 L and two our, ties in 200 L each. The 18th inst. at the Palace, Fulham, Mrs. Blomfield, of a son.-- The 18th inst. in James -street, Buckinghasn-Oute, the lady of W. Rothery, Esq. the younger. of a daughter.—At Clapham, on the 17th inst. the lady of T. Hankey, Esq. of a daugter.—At Birkenhead. Che shire, the lady of Alfred Chapman, Esq. of a son.--The 16th to.'. the lady of the Rey. C. Baring, of a son. MARRIED. The 18th inst. at Wall's End, county of Northumberland, Fft CU. rick Dickens, B.sq. of London, to Anna, fourth daughter of Jora Wright, Esq. of Wall's End.—The 18th inst. at St. George's, liano• ver-square William, eldest son of Sir W. Curtis, Bart. to Georgisrt Mans, eldest daughter of the late John Stratton, Esq. of Port ucal• street, Grosvenor.square, and of Farthinghae.lodge, Northarnytor DIED. The 7th inst. at Welling, in Kent, Lieut.-Colonel Bum, rermerli of . His Majesty's 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—The 17 ninsi. at Deal, aged 2&, Clam, the wife of (krt. W. Jull, of His :N.je•t! 64th Regiment.—At sea, cep hosed the ship Nancy, bound from (41. mum to Bordeaux, on the Wilt of Meech, near Bt. Helens, James Ca. twee, Fag. jun. of the Bast hulk Company's Bengal Civil Service The 17th inst. John Robins, leg. if 170, Regent-street, and Norwood' n, MkltUesez..—Tbe 1111 t S. the Rev. H. Alexander De Is Pie. AJI. Lietegie if St. Paters, Covent-garden, Az. by JOHN MAYNE. at thi Lownox : Orrzcz, Na 1, Pistaii-place, Temple Bar. ~i, ~I . t E 's. 1 1 '