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of the National Assembly cannot fail to be approved 0 : t he whole of Belgium. M. de Chokier is known by the m o st favourable antecedents ; he is an upright man, ~3 p ,ible and popular. A great proprietor, industrious, I nd a me mber of the opposition under the Nassaus ; re bas every title to confidence ; he is a Re :en t , who has carried the House, and who will sit worthily upon the woolsack. His salary has been flexed by the c o ngress, it will be 10,000 florins per month, which is equal to 258,000 francs per annum. The nomination of M. Sued de Cliokier as Regent, will, we are assured, en counter many obstacles on the part of certain powers: but France, we doubt not, will cause to prevail still, in fa vour of our brothers the principle of non-intervention.— That recognition obtained, the new Regent will have at rst to struggle against the conditions which appear t ,, iai:iosed upon Belgium by the last Protocol o f London, dated January 27. On this subject, we have bad transmitted to us tokens to which we cannot give cre dit. All the world knows the principal griefs of the Belgians against King William; it is the enormity of the debt brought upon them by Holland, that caused their revo !aim to break that odious community. Well ! the con• ference of London has, by a written treaty, annulled the ber.efit of their political freedom. The last Protocol takes no departure from the treaties of 1815, considering the mass of debts without regard to their origin, and proceeds to the division from the financial resources of the two countries. The High Powers have consequently ircidc , l, that Belgium shall support the 16-31 of the total debt, and Holland 15-31. The new state, it is rue, participates in the commerce of the colonies, but all the marine belongs to William. We feel that such condi :ions would rouse the whole of Belgium. The provisional Government, we are told, in reference to the solemn pro t;-:station of the Congress, has restored to Lord Ponsonby the new protocol, and refused to execute it. Such is the :rate of things at the accession of M. Surlet do Chokier.— Constitutionnel. RUSSIA AND POLAND. The following are extracts front the provincial and foreign papers v: , tch reached Paris on Saturday: ST. PETERSBUROH, FES. 9. " NICOLAS I. " Byour m anifesto of the 26th ult. we announced to our faithful .objects the breaking out of a rebellion in Poland. in then preparing narself, according to our just sentiment of indignation, to seize and Funislt the movers of it, we hoped to save those who were blind and roisid. By the voice of truth, and by new proofs of our indulgence, re have endeavoured to bring them back to their duty, and to re. ritnn:e the courage of good subjects, who had been frightened by the tint terrors of rebellion, and to make them see the possibility - f hindering it from spreading, and proving to all the world, by a happy ::.action. that it was not the whole population of Poland which had de served the epithet of traitor. We are still persuaded that this un. feria:late people is only the victim of some villains • but the unfaithful and perjured parsons who there exercise power have prepared arms azainst Russia, have called our faithful subjects apostates, and have can dared to declare, in the centre of a seditious and illegal Diet, in which they reconstituted by their own power representatives of the nation, that we had ircurred our own forfeiture of the throne of Poland, and That of our dynasty. This insolent forgetfulness of so many rights and oaths,—.this pertinacity of wickedness—is the height of crime, and the moment has arrived to make the guilty feel our severity; we have therefore ordered our faithful army to march against these rebels, in voking. at the same time, the aid of the Supreme Judge of our actions and intentions. •• Russians, at this grave moment, when we draw the sword for the hour and inviolability of our reign, although penetrated with pater- cal cares, but with the tranquil fimmess of a Prince who has to accom plish a saered duty—at this•grave moment let us all unite our ardent prayers at the altar of the All.wise, that he shall bless our arms, even fur the safety of our adversaries; hat he will remove, by a rapid vic tory, the obstacles which may oppose themselves to the calmness of the people confided to us by his hands ; that he will aid us to fix the future lot of the country now occupied by rebels, upon stronger base, .agreeable to the want s and th e sa fe ty o f t h e w h o l e o f OUT emp i re, an d to put a stop to the hostile intentions of the wicked, who strive for a ,eparation„. Faithful subject!, this is an object which is worth all your pains efforts. You will not relax in them for us, and for the country. Done at St. Petersburgh, the 25th of January,lB3l. " NICOLAS." The words of the Emperor of Russia to the Duke of Blonteroarte sae—'• The honour of my crown does not permit me to make any con. ctgion it the midst of the rebellion of a people with arms in their bads. Illy proclamation sufficiently developes my sentiments with ngard to Poland and its inhabitants who do not persist in error. The, altiloci of the rebellion, and not the whole people, are the objects of my LthAnation. But if the Poles continue to arm against Russia,—if 'ney persist in fighting their sovereign,—themselves, their own vollies of cannon. will have caustd the overthrow of Poland, the misfortunes of :heir country." _ ITALY. GIENONLE, FEB. I9.—The events at Paris have made a great im. re•sion here. The firm attitude of the Government gives courage to e pod citizens. A report is spread that a movement is going to be :pttcl in Savoy. The Sardinian Government seems to be aware of , :or the garrison of Montmeillan, which consisted of only 200 men, ju.t been increased to 800. it was added, that a certain quantity muskets, sabres, & c. coming from Piedmont, have been met with tag to (.lambery. The Duke of Modena took his departure, with 's wilily, from Mantua on the 15th, having first issued the following proc'amation We, Francis IV. Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary •'1 Bohemia, Duke of Modena, Reggio, Musa, Carrara, &c. rte. In &th , equence of a perfidious conspiracy, the origin and progress of which sell known to us, tending to revolutionize the states of Italy, which t , t broke out at ;Modena in the night of the 3d of February, prudence ba• dictated to us a temporary absence from our States, with the inteation •: retuning as early as possible. Therefore we announce to all ur %Al-beloved and faithful subjects, and also to those of :ke Duchies of Slams and Carrara, and those of Garfagnana :rd Louisiana, whom the revolutionary contagion has not tainted, •i'at we declare null and void every act, order, or provision, does not emanate from the authorities established by us, which may emanate from the usurped and revolutionary Govern. established at Modena, Reggio, &c. as the illegal productions of :tbdlious subjects. And we give notice to all our subjects who remain ti:hful to us to regard these acts as such, and call upon them to coo tit with us on our return to re-establish our legitimate Government, wheteever it may have been momentarily usurped by a certain number of ttaitots ; as also to manifest and prove our satisfaction with such por tion of our well-beloved subjects as have always remained faithful to us. " Mantua, Feb. 14. " FRANCIS." SPIRIT OF THE JOURN.ILS. Timm—This evening will present the singular phenomenon of a Ministry proposing a reform in Parliament. We are arrived now at ::e grand crisis for which the country has been so long preparing sclf.—a reform, or a dissolution within a few days or hours !—a reform. or the immediate re.cppearance of those who resist the just ..elnands of the nation before their constituents ! But it is impos ,illc that the reform should not be admitted : for, if rejected, it is 1, - ;:ous that all connexion whatever between the mcn from thence -107,h assembling themselves in Westminster, and the people of E.. - .4land, is at an end ! They are uhknown to us ! But— te reduce the question to a mere ministerial and opposition not Lord tirey dissolve the Parliament utiless the motion of reform be carried ? To be sure he will, or else Lord Grey actin; treacherously, and the Ministers, his colleagues, are all acts :ag:treacherously ; they arc playing into the hands of the anti. netotnnsts, and never tne:,nt to gam their own measure. Their re ':zration would not merely be pusillanimous, it would be downright knavery : fur the resignation can only have in view :he direct prevention Gi reform, It' Lord they and the present mi n i stry resign because they Lannot catty the question of reform to-night, it will be the resignation, ar.d rot the previous division, that will balk, for a short interval, the lest demand of the nation. Let Ministers, if the question of reform be not clearly carried, do their duty by at once di sso l ving t h e P arliament, and England will du her duty at the new elections. In truth, we know that i'eliament will be dissolved if the question of reform be not carried ! it may be thought that a superior power may inturfere between supposed decision of a majority and the dissolution. In questions Hattn g to the executive merely, the executive must be spoken of ; and ' , re. also, we arc safe. Indeed, respect being had to the unanimous sa of the people of England for reform, it should appear to be sl,ort of treason to say that the King, who has no corrupt to support, no seL.s in the house to sell, is in total .position to all his subjects. But His Majesty has con. nie:cd the question of reform, be has communicated his sentiments at upun it, and has expressed himself equally sensible of the access of the measure with every other upright Englishman. He has t uroly and decisi ve l y , not orally, but in elaborate and well-digested riltea language declared himself zealously anxious for the success of th e Calls: of Parliamentary reform. Littera seripla ma tt e and what 1.4 i ntriguer who denied t hi s , means , we k now not ; b ut h e i s an a li en , :n all his habits, manners, and ideas, to the people of England. t , Cat ioxicze.—All sorts of reports have been circulated *Meeting " PhD of Ministers. It would seem, from the determination of the Opposition to meet it with a plan of their own, that they arc &ermined I whatever Ministers propose shall be objectionable. It is taken for granted by all parties, that some Reform must be granted ; but, if if we may credit the adherents of Sir Robert Peel, the house being little disposed to reform, they who propose the lowest in amount will be the most acceptable. We are, therefore, to have a sort of Dutch auction, on the understanding that Parliament will close with the party who propose the least extensive reform. The opposition, too, it is said, build their hopes on the difficulty of the crisis.— Should the House prove refractory, Ministers, they say, will not dare to venture on a dissolution. But in such a ease Ministers ought to hazard a dissolution. In the present state of the public mind, great exertions would unquestionably be made to return men of sound prin ciples to Parliament. We do not believe that Ministers have any thing to apprehend. The King is with them. There is not a man in his do minions who does not know that the word of the Itlonarch may always be implicitly relied on. If Ministers be true to themselves, their So vereign will not desert them. With the country with them, and a Sovereign like William IV. what have they to fear? HERALD.—That there is no good without its attendant share of evil is a rercark not less trite than true, and is not less applicable to the Press than to many of those numberless blessings and advantages of which it is the powerful inculcator. Great and acknowledged as the benefits are which a free Press confers upon the community, nothing can be more mischievous than the Press when its power is employed in perverting the truth, in giving false colourings to facts, for the purpose of serving mere-factious or personal ends. Of this abuse of its powers we are at present witnessing but too many striking instances. That the present Administration has, to a certain degree, disappointed the ex pectations of the country, we admit ; but the motives of those who are thereupon endeavouring to hunt them down are quite as intelligible and much more to be condemned._ _ Poss.—On Friday night Sir James Graham, feeling himself more adapted for the office of a Constitutional Critic than a Naval Minister, made use of the time which he should have devoted to an explanation of his own estimates in reading a lecture upon the alleged misdeeds of his official predecessors. The facts upon which such an assertion is founded are, that the surpluses of certain votes for special branches of the naval service were applied in augmentation of sums applicable to other branches of the public service in the same department. No money has been expended beyond what was included in the votes of parliament' , under one head or another ; and none has been expended secretly, or for any other than public purposes. THE ROYAL FA3HLY. WINDSOR, MONDAY, FEB. 28.—His MAJESTY left the Castle this morning about 11 o'clock in his pony phaeton, drawn by four ponies, preceded by two outriders. He was accompanied by Sir WM. FREMANTLE and Sir JEFFREY WYATTVILLE. He inspected Adelaide Cottage, in the Little Park, and afterwards drove through the Great Park to inspect the Farms, proceeding through Hi g h- street, Park -street, and the Long-walk, and returned to the Castle , at two o'clock by the same route. His MAJESTY afterwards took a short drive, accompanied by her MAJESTY and Miss WI Lsox. Prince Gcorics fol lowed, driving another phaeton, with his tutor. In the evening Colonel Limon, of the Life Guards, now stationed at Windsor, and Colonel D'OYLty, of t he secon d b att a lion of Grew'. diet Guards, and Sir J. and Lady .Gona, will have the honour of dining with their hlasErr es. This morning the second battalion of Grenadier Guards marched from the Barracks at Windsor. They will be relieved by the second battalion, of Coldstream. BRIGHTON, FE8.... 0 1. Colonel and Mrs. Fox left the Pavilion and returned to town yesterday. It is expected that the funeral of Lord CHAS. SOMERSET will take place here on Tuesday. His Lordship's remains are to be deposited in St. Andrew's Chapel, the duty of which is performed by the Rev. Dr. E. Ev ERA RD. It is situated in the neighbourhood of Bedford-square, in the parish of Howe. Lady CH ARLES SOMERSET, Capt. PAL: LETT, and Mr. So- MERSET, continue at the Bedford Hotel; Lord EDWARD SOMERSET left it to go back to town yesterday, but with the intent of returning to-morrow. The following is the inscription on the coffin plate of the deceased : " General the Right Honourable Lord Charles Henry Somerset, died February 20, 1831, aged 63 years." The Petition and the Counter Petition on the subject of Parliamentary Reform have both been sent off to London, •o be presented. The Counter Petition is signed by the ..ouseholders and owners and tax payers in the town, while many others, not expecting its removal so suddenly, regret their disappointment in not having had an opportunity of adding to it their signature. COURT CIRCE. LA R. The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg and the Duke of Sussex dined with the Princess Augusta yesterday at her residence in St. James's Palace. The Duchess of Keut, accompanied by the Princess Vic toria, visited the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. The Austrian Ambassador visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign Office. A deputation of the merchants of Liverpool and Man chester, headed by Sir John Tobin, attended yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade, and had a conference with Lord Auckland, the President. A meeting of the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, was held yesterday at the Treasury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor and the Deputy Governor of the Bank was present. Mr. Higham, secretary to the commissioners, attended. M. Contini, an Italian courier, arrived in town at an early hour yesterday morning, from Ancona, with despatches for the Colonial-office, from the Honourable General Pon sentry, the Lieutenant-Governor of Malta. Sir James Graham had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Treasury. NAVAL I . •TELLI6ENCE. 111au.s Altman Tun Ray—Dublin, 1 ; Waterford, 1; France, 1 ; America, 1. FROM OUR CORIMPONDENT. - Fmarnunt, Fn. 27.—Wind N to N.W. a gale.—Arrived the Os borne packet, Lawrance (wing), from Bermuda—sailcd 9th Jan. and from Halifax 9th February. Feb. 6th, his Majesty's packet Rinaldo sailed from Halifax for Bermuda. Also arrived the Struggler, Baxter, from Malaga—sailed .sth February, for Liverpool. Dam., Fatt. 48.—Wind N.W. squally.—Arrived the Olive Branch, —, from the Cape of Good Hope; Havre, Keen, from New York; Delos, from Barcelona ; Kent ktta Clazina, from Batavia ; Bowcheater, —, and Heroine, Dalrymple, from London for Do minica. POIVIIMODTM. Fn. 28. Arrived his Majesty's ship Pallas, front Malta—sailed Ist instant ; and Persevera nce , H u t c hi ns , from Genoa. PLYMOUTH, Fm. 27.—Wind W.N.W. STANGATR Canc. Fn. 28.—Arrived the Aurora, Corneby, front Venice ; Charles Aders, King, from Trieste ; Perseverance, Scariest, from Cephalonia; and Hebden, Fowler, from Marseilles. Cowas, Fm. 28.—Arrived the Virginia, Hodgson, from Havannab, and Samuel Wright. Knight, from New York. lavisaroox, Fss. 27.—Arrived the Dash, Clark, from Tampico; Gem, Baxter, and Minerva, Rice, from New Orleans ; Kuphemia, Findlater, from Nassau ; S arah, Hughes, from St. Domingo; Mont gomery, Salter, from Charleston ; and Mary Ann, from Odessa. Off the port, the Plantet, and Hermitage, front New Orleans; and Geo. Canning, from Mobile. The General Towan has been abandoned at sea; crew saved by the Montgomery, arrived here from Charleston. The letters from Bombay, by the steam-boat yesterday, are of the 6th December. The Courts were shut up on ac count of the death of Judge Dewar. COMMITTEE Rooms, HOUSE OF COM SIONS..--. Bl lt- MITGIIAMBURIAL-GROUND BILL.—The Committee on this Bill sat yesterday front twelve till four. Mr. Whalely, the Barrister, appeared on behalf of the trustees and credi tors. He addressed the Committee at some length, giving a brief history of the proceedings of the trustees. Mr. Gun, solicitor for the Bill, was called to prove the preamble. Mr. George Edmonds, well known at Birmingham as an advo cate of Parliamentary reform, appeared against the Bill. He cross-examined Mr. Gun at considerable length as to the facts he had alleged respecting the preamble, and then, for about three quarters of an hour, addressed the Committee on the grounds of o;position. The Committee was obliged to adjourn at four o'clock in consequence of the Speaker of the House of Commons having taken the Chair. Mr. Edmonds resumes his address at twelve to-day. IMPERIAL PARLIAMFNT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 28. Sir J. GRAHAM and other Members from the Commons brought up the 12,000.00 U Exchequer Bills Bill, and several private Bills. Mr. H. Davis brought up the Bristol Poor Bill. A message was also delivered, requesting their lordship.% to permit the Duke of Richmond to atten d a Select Committee of the House of Com. mons, toe the purpose of giving evidence. The LORD CHANCELLOR Informed the Messengers that his Grace the Duke of Richmond had permission to attend the said Com mittee if so disposed. RZTORM. The Earl of RADNOR presented a number of petitions for Parlia mentary Reform, one was from Marlborough, and one from Leicester, for ballot. Earl SPENCER presented petitions to the same effect, from Berk shire. Lord DURHAM presented petitions from the County and City of Durham, and one front the parish of St. John, Southwark. Lord DIORLEY presented a petition from Plymouth, praying for reform. The petitioners stated that the Inhabitants of their town con. slated of 7,000 persons, and out of that number 200 only had votes for the election of Members of Parliament. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented a petition from Waterford for Parliamentary Retorm. The LORI) CHANCELLOR said he had a number of petitions to present, praying for Parliamentary Reform One was from the county of Devon, which required more than ordinary attention. The peti tioners said they adhered to the principles of the Constitution in its original purity, and earnestly prayed of their Lordships at all events to secure a more adequate representation of the people in Parliament, and that they would shut that door which was now too wide open to corruption. lie was convinced their Lordships were sensible that a change in the mode of representation was now necessary. He should think the person who could assert that the present representation worked well, qualified for a lunatic asylum. The noble and 'emitted lord also presented a petition from the rate.paycrs of Liverpool, praying for • system of election by ballot, and took the opportunity of making a few observations on that specific point. It had been said he differed in opinion upon the subject of ballot, and treated with contempt the feel. ings of the people. His opinions on the subject had been long known ; but he never could treat with disrespect the petitions of the people. He should always treat petitioners with deference and respect. The noble and learned lord was prepared to argue, at the proper time, that election by ballot would not produce the effect expected. Petitions .o the same effect were then presented from Tregony, Dun. bar, Jedburgh, Londonderry, Banff, Dumfries, Kilmarnock, Kircud bright, Wigtoun, Blackburn, and heeds. Lord CAW DOR presented a petition from Carmarthen for parlia mentary reform. Earl GREY presented petitions for reform in parliament from Vas brid g e, Leith. Lanark, Wexford, and Kilkenny. Lim' KING presented petitions to the same effect from Great and Little Bolton (and for ballot,) Selkirk, Bannock-burn, Northampton, Redfern, Leslie, Barnstaple, and one from Brighton. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a counter-petition from Brighton. NSW 'truce. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from the parishioners of St. George'e, Hanover-square, complaining of the expenses of the New Police in that parish, which th e n o bl e l or d trusted government would take under its consideration. Lord MELBOURNE observed that an efficient force could not be kept up in a large parish like the one referred to by the noble lord,who he was glad to find did not complain of the new police. Every exer tion would be used by his Majesty's ministers to reduce expense as much as possible. Lord }.LLENBOROUGH considered the. parish of St. George had great grievances to complain of. Petitions were presented by the Bishop of Chester from Wigan, Stockport, Manchester, and several other places, against slavery ; by the Duke of Devonshire, from Waterford, Armagh, and Bellchurch, in favour of parliamentary reform ; and by the Marquis of Londondeny, from Sunderland, complaining of the proposed new duty on small coals exported, and praying that the proposed measures may not take effect. (In consequence of some Irregularity, the noble marquis withdrew the petition.) .111 VAN Rivas. Lord TEYNHAM askedWceitwaa the intention of the noble lord to place on the table the papers relating to the state of the Swan River Colony. Lord GODERICH said the papers relating TO the Swan River Set tlement would be laid before the House, and his lordship had no doubt they would satisfy the public there was no foundation for the rumours respecting the supposed desperate state of the colony. DISTILS= 111 MAYO. Lord DAC RE presentred; petition from - Aryls, in the county of Mayo, complaining of distress. Lord TEYNHAM bore testimony to the distress that was existing in Mayo. and trusted his Majesty's Ministers would take into consider. ation all the circumstances. Earl GREY observed, that the distress referred to had attracted the attention of his Majesty's Government, who were always willing to do every thing they could to alleviate the distress under which that country laboured. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, the distress to which the noble lord alluded in the county of Mayo, had attracted the attention of his Majesty's Government ; and if the noble lord would give himself the trouble to consider the interest of the parties, he would find that in terest would be best promoted by saying little on the subject. Lord GI.ENGALL presented a petition from Tipperary for the repeal of the Union. Lord ELLENDOROUGH postponed his motion respecting tim ber duties. Lord KING, on presenting a petition from Greystoke, complaining of abuses in the tithe system, took occasion to observe, that lay impro priators had a statute right to urge their claims without limitation. Earl GREY was convinced of the necessity of some speedy remedy being administered for the abuses complained of by the noble baron.— He (Earl Grey), however, did not rise to address the house on the present occasion for the purpose of entering upon any discussion of the system under which the tithes were collected, but to state, that a noble and learned friend of his (Lord Tenterden) had a bill in preparation on the subject, in which the rights of the Crown as well as those of the lay inipropriators were provided for and protected. The Poor Laws Settlement Bill went through a committee. Lord TEYN HAM rose and moved that there be laid on the table of the house a classified list of all the petitions complaining of agricultu ral distress which had been presented during the two last sessions of Parliament, distinguishing the place or parish whence the petition had I come, the number of signatures it bore, and in general every other fea ture appertaining to it. In doing so the noble lord gave it as his opi nion that much of the agricultural distress arose from the tax on malt and hops, and the ev:ls consequent on poaching. Earl GREY characterised the noble lord's motion as extraordinary in its nature; it was also quite unprecedented, and could not be agreed Ito without a great waste of time and money. He, therefore, did not feel inclined to concur with the noble lord. Lord TEYNHAM expressed himself satisfied, and xithdrew the motion. FRAUDS UPON CIEDITOIW BILL. On the motion of Lord WY NFORD, the Frauds upon Creditors' Bill was committed pro forma, in the absence of a noble and learned lord (Teruo%len), upon an understanding that it would be competent to offer any remark on its re-commitment on a subsequent day. LUNACY BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR a t•imilar arrange.. cent was entered into ;is regarded the Lunacy Bill, which was ordered tobe re-rommitted to-worrow. The London Bridge Approaches Bill was read a second time. Adjourned at Sevin o'Clock, HOUSE OF COMMONS. The gallery was not opened till after tour o'clock owing to the call of the Howe being fixed for to-day. %lr..lJaxwell howertr wijourned the call. 314 O'CONNELL. Mr. O'CONN ELL, in ireete;tinetaever.ll petitions, begged to ask the Secretary for Ireland, in reference ;o a late prosecution, and with reference to what that lion. Member hnd said windier any person had applied to the liateerament on his (Mr. O'Connell's) account to com promise the protecution, if so what was the name of the party ? He denied having authorized any person so to appear on his behalf, and he therefore requind distinct answers. Mr. STANLEY teplied that application hod been made to him by the Earl of Glengall in writing, and Mr. Bennet, and a letter written by Mr. O'Comielli's son purporting to be authorized by Mr. O'Connell. (Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL was glad of this explanation. The questions hail been answered to his satisfaction. He had not the slightest con. nection whatever with the Eail of o!engall ; and, therefore, if that no. bleman made any proposal, it was without authority from him. (Hear.) With respect to Mr. Bennett, that gentleman had certainly informed him (Mr. O'Connell) that he (Mr. B.) had received three distinct pro. posals from Govenunent of great advantage, and advised him to sub. mit to a compromise of the prosecutions. Ile had written in answer to this communication of Mr. Bennett's that he never would submit to any compromise. His son had also written to the same effect, and stated as a reason, that he had been deluded, step by step, by the pre ' sent Administration. He would contend that the prosecutions bad been generally, or he might say universally, withdrawn, on the past of the Government. He had had propositions from a person sent over to Eng land respecting withdrawing the prosecutions. His answer was, let him see what Ministers will do for Ireland, and then probably he should not press for a repeal of the Union, n or wo u ld he ask anything like a compromise in this. The hen. member then read his son's letter to Mr. Bennett, which stated his belief that the proposition did not arrive from the head of the government, therefore he would not believe it. The indictment against him contained thirty-one counts, the first fourteen of v:hicb were under a particular statute (Hear, halve) The fist fourteen counts charged him with violating the proclamations of the Lord Lieutenant. The other seventeen charged hen with offences at common law. They charged him with sedition, moral ter. pitude, and wishing to bring the Government of the country into con. tempt. Now• he would say that these 31 amnia flamed two distinct indictments; the fret part of which—he meant the first 14 coums of the indictment—charging him with an offence against the Statute only. The seem:, or remaining 17 counts, charged him with seditien. Now, how did the ease stand ? why, he pleaded guilty to the first fourteen counts, and the Government had withdrawn the others, and by eo doing they admitted that he was not guilty of sedition. He hail made no concession. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It was true the Government might cal him up for judgment on the first day of next term, if they should think prudent so to do ; but if the y did so they would have no right to go on, until he had obtained the judgment of the twelve judges of !relent' on the writ of error which the Attorney-General bad by a written acknowledgment allowed, and then if that decision should be against him, he could appeal to the Home ref Lords; and before their judgment could be obtained no sentence of the law could be executed against hint. I. had also been said that lie Led made stipulations respecting punishment. He could boldly as err, without the least fear of contradiction, that no such thing ever toile place. If, however, he had acted wrongly, he alone otiget to he put lashed, for the other seven gentlemen included with hint in the indict ment, being no lawyers, had left their cases entirely in his hands. There. fore, he alone ought to be punished. (Hear, hear.) That hart of the indictment which charged him with sedithei had been give,' up, but in doing so. he would contend Government had given up nothing. Tit y never could have substantiated the charge. If he had gone to neat iii the first fourteen counts and been cenvieted, he still should have It td the appeal to the Jury. But he had preferred pleading guilty ; I:e would tell the house his honest reasons for so doing. Ttie excitement w!a.. Is would have been created by the trial would have been such that the stree of Dublin would have been thronged ; the trades would have he, n out with their banners ; the shops would have been closed; thousands would have come to his house anti accompanied him in procession to and tru..i the Court, and the population of all the adjoining counties of Wickha.. Cavan, &c. would have been pouring into the capital, and as the tti..l. no doubt, would have lasted five or six days, he felt anxiotte to avo such a cam of excitement.—(Hear, and a laugh.) These a ere hie honest reasons. And notwithstanding all that he felt for the ameliora tion of Ireland; notwithstanding all the trouble he had taken fir the amelioration of that country, he would sacrifice all, rather titan purchase it by the shedding of one single drop of human blood. A stranger in the gallery, here called out in a loud, deliberate, but determined voice, " It's a lie." He was immediately taken two cut. Cody by two of the officers of the House. During this pieceteling greet excitement prevailed, in the midst of which Mr. O'Connell sat down. The SPEAKER elided the &leant, and the Scrjeatit immediately went to the gallery. Mr. O'CONNELL (order being restored) proceeded. He would re. peat that the reasons he bad stated were his only objects in pleading guilty. He begged to repeat the language. He had not &tired the shedding of one drop of human blood. He concluded with stating that to avoid the consequences of such excitation lie had pleaded guilty ; but with the written admission given, to promote the appeal. He said he had petitions to present for the repeal of the Union. Mr. STANLEY observed, that he thought that his statement on a former occasion, respecting the non-compromise on the part of the go- • vernment, had now been fully borne out by the statement of the hon. member for Waterford. As to the indictments, he (Mr. S.) was n. lawyer enough to enter into a discussion upon their technicalities, but the hon. member opposite, conceiving that the government were wrong in the first fourteen COtilltS, demurred to them on that ground ; then, finding out his error, he thought proper to withdraw the de murrer, saying he should go upon the fact. Before, however, his plea of not guilty under the demurrer in point of law could be discussed, he withdrew his plea of not guilty as to the fact, and judgment was obtained against him for a misdemeanour. Judgment having been thus obtained against him, and the extent of that judgment being iu the discretion of the Court, the Crown had gained all it wished—arid felt that by not proceeding further the Government would avoid—what they wished to avoid—the appearance of a political prosecution. The hon. member had said that the reason for shrinking from his trial before a Jury was his unwillingness to create agitation in Ireland. Was there an individual to be found in Ireland, in London, or in the world, re ha had ever beard or read a word of the thousand and one declamatory speeches and letters that had been circulated by the honourable member throughout Ireland who would give him an atom of credit tor saying he did not wish to agitate Ireland ? (Loud cheering.)— The honourable member, with all his extraordinary anxiety that the public should not be the least excited, with the same breath then told the House he was afraid of the conduct of the people—the very people whom he himself had excited.—(Hear). He (Mr. S.) bad a considerable number of the Hon. Member's inflammatory speeches before him, parts of which be should take the liberty of troubling the House with ; every one of which was only calculated to exdui and exasperate the lowest and most illitetate persons to be found in Ire land. The Hon. Member bad said In one of those speeches, that its Ireland alone was slavery still predominant ; but he hoped to see Ike day when she would be free ; and though th at time might be distant, it would be the more secure, and the triumph would be aide greater err ! tainty bloodless. Ile had alluded also to the people of Belgium, Swit ' ratiand, France, and Poland ; but could any one believe that his allusion to them was for any other purpose than that of holding their conduct up to Ireland as an example for her?—(Loud cheers.) Was this the mode in which the Legislative Union between the tevo countries was to be dissolved ? He (Mr. Stanley) did not know what the Honourable Member thought, but he certainly confessed that Ice did not by any means envy him his feelings, when lie could stand up in that House and declare he was afraid of the excitement in Ireland which his own conduct had occasioned.--(Loud cheers.) He Should not enter much further into details on the present occasion. Whenever the Learned and Horaurable Member should think fit to catty into et. feet the threats he had made of bringing his conduct mere formally before the House, either before or after the time when he (Mr. Stanley) should, as the Hon. Member for Waterford had been land enough to tell the population of Dublin, stand like anuthet Polignac. with up-lifted hands at the bar of that house, and when there should be a Reform in Parliament, which he most sincerely hoped would be in one little week, or a very short time more there would be, he (Mr. S.) should be perfectly prepared to meet him. (Cheers.) Before lie sat • down, he begged to say a word respecting the hurlers of Kilkenny. The hon. member had invited them, if they had a vote, not wily • to vote for the return of his friend, but urged them to use 411 tl:etr it.fitunce in returning that friend—if they I:ad any is flueige,- 1 (Laughter.) Who were the individuals called hurlers? They were a , act of persons ahem the Hon. Member opposite himself had declined to meet, persons acting illegally, and contrary in every respect to the law of the country ; and yet, the Hon. 31enther was the very man who had solicited and invecd them to come leeward and assist in the return of his friend. He was sorry to have detained the House so lung, but lie felt called upon to state thus much, in consequence of the Hun. Mena bee having mutle a flourish of his anxiety for the ptescrvatien of the peace in Ireland. The SPEAKER said, that before the Howie preceeded lui titer, it was his duty to inform the House that he who had committed the outrage was now in the custody of the Sergeant at Anne. Mr. O'CONNELL, in moving that the petition which he hat I:re sented be read, felt bound to notice some parts of the speech of the Hen. Member opposite, a great part of which was utterly destitute of feat du. lion. He said the Honourable Secretary was triumphant in his it an. net., but deficient in argument. He had promoted agitation, eta a crisis, such as the papers had called fur ; he wanted no crisis, ti d if his countrymen obeyed his advice. these would be repeal in Ittlard and reform in England. If there were a reformed Parliament, he would take the Secretary at his word, and call him to account for his despotic and illegal corAict. lie wanted no crisis —no; and to shwa what had been achieved, had any person, had one man been hurt et inter. mired ?, What had the present A dministration dam ? Lord Ang'a ley's proclamation had prevented him from receiving sonic honours en hi s ding—it was founded on the recent Act, end who would not despise such an Act, and the party acting under it ? If they would not have despised such conduct, how unlike their sires of old were they ? This was cl.e course of the the liberal administration. Agitation had been in reality excited by the Honourable Secretary, and the proclama tions egainst breakfasts and dinners. He would bring the Hen. Si ere lary's illegal letter before a Reformed Heuer, a House that it wcteti be an honour to have ama in. He then spoke of his desire to rotas the peace, as instanced in his suppression of the "hurlers of Kil kenny " The proclamations were the cause of the agitation. The Irish were slaves, but not willing slaves, such as not to be etireged at t he proclamations. They were meat hostile. They were despotic. The law was nothing. One man's a i:1 one man's prcelamatiou was law, was every thing. Was not that ciespotism, and was it not slat very ? There was ito union bete ern England and Ireland. There was net equal laws, not equal jury haws between the tan countries. Ho Lad ulluded to the provocations given—they came from Whigs—be it rent( mbered—and what had occasioned them ? There was net any vi de: cc. He was etrugglieg fig free and open discussion; for constitue tional liberty. The hon. Secretary had tat contreelicted any cne part of his (Mr. O'Conuell'e) etatenient respecting the evils that might have resulted from the vraceeelings in Ireland. He had not said he did not wish to have excitement wed agitation in led .nd. He had said the reverse. Agitation was the puce necessarily paid for liberty, end he desired to have agitation in Ireland for the purpose of obtaining the repeal of the Union. If these lied not been agitation in England, the Reform question would have slept at this moment. It was owing to the salutary agitation which had taken place here that the subject now about to be brought forward had been occasioned. It was a similar agi. tation he trttsted that would convince the House of the ere., priety of bringing forward a measure for the tepee' of the union, and for making Ireland have and maintain its own government. Had the Hon. member opposite never heard of agitation in Ireland before ? Why, when he (Mr. O'Connell) under the former Government. had in Ireland advocated the rights of the Irish people, and of means, to was looked fors erd agitation there, he had been cheered by the very to su i e n a d in ivid th u e s i ls: now got into power, and who now, since they had got into power, had Reform m ost d in espo por tic ire w h o e h . 1 d re"f Shou t l ed d thteremebaenlittbße t I~