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that contempt which no moral cr loyal person coal sane lic'n• Without this wat put a stop to by the strong arm of t the •aur how could the Jury or himself tell how much f urther Mr. Alexander would dare to carry this. If, after this !natter should come to a close, Mr. Alexander con tilue's still to exhibit these defamatory publications, be (the Attorney -General) should consider it his duty to pur 1, again the course that he bad on this occasion adopted. The Lean CHIEF JUSTICE then charged the Jury at come length. The Jury retired at half-past three o'clock and had not re turned a verdict when we went to Press. (We shall give the conclusion in a SECOND EDITION.) FA SHIO NAB LE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. ' Tile Dowager Lady Kilmaine, at her house in Chapel-stree', n sv enor-place; Sir William Johnstone, Bart. in Piccadilly ; ;7, 7 and Miss Smith, in Gloucester-place, from Brighton ; the of Euston, in Grosvenor place, from Euston Hall ; Major „R'ilhatn Edwards, in 'Waterloo-place, from Gibraltar; Major ah ,,,?rPc, in Pall-mall, from Paris ; Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis Inn. Ellis, in Berkeley-street, Portman square, from Brigh- Z I Captain LI Roche and Madame Duquesnoy, in Pall-mall, r. Paris; Captain and Mrs. Fergusson, in SJekville-street, n 1 Edinburgh ; Lord and Lady Holland, at their new rest „,r° Ko h. ce in Saville-street, from Holland House, Kensington ; the how°U. Robert Smith, at his house in Belgrave- street, from his Gayhur.t ; Lord Carrington, at his house, Whitehall-yard, Abbey, Buck ; Hon. r. ,in t. Jam , (, " s-street, wycornbe from Oxfordshi s re ; the Captain a nd Mrs. Fiennes S Locke, in C h sTenor.street, from Brighton; Colonel and Mrs. Wilson, at 1%!, 14 nd0n Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour; Captain Haylet, H.E.C.S. at the Stratford hotel, Oxford-street, 'f a tour ; W a lf re d Holmes, Esq. at ditto, from Bath ; Edw. "" 1 " , Esq. at ditto, from Bath. CHANGES. The Duke of Rutland, from his seat, Belvoir Castle, for Lei- Pter ; the E a rl o f Mexborough, at his seat, Methley Park, ~.....o r kshire, from Staffordshire; Lord Gosford, at Worlington , from a tour; the Bishop of Ely, Mrs. Sparke, and fami!y, 7their house in Dover-street, to Brighton; Sir Thomas and Farquhar, from St. James's-street, on a visit to the Mar ;: Of Hertford, at his scat, Sudburn, Suffblk ; Sir Wns. Lum- Bart. for his seat in Hampshire ; Sir John Dugdale Astley, —"" for Everleigh House, in Wiltshire ; Mr. and Mrs. George h~bert, from Brighton, for Bath; Sir George Bamfylds, Bart. \vim Mowbray, for Poltirnore Hall, in Devonshire ; Sir dam A bdy, Bart. from Hill-street, for Cobham Place, Sur • ; Sir George Thiwyer, Bart. for Radley Hall, in Berkshire ; Marquis of Donegal, from Dublin, for Fisherwick, in the e°o t3' of Antrim ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Simeon, from Southamp ,"'n Lodge, for Brighton ; Major Rowley, for Canterbury i f t kior and Mrs. Keene, from the Regent's Park, for Brighton ; Stanley Smith, for Northumberland; Lord and Lady Chet ;;Ynd, from Crawley's Hotel, Alb emar l e-s t reet, f or B r i g h ton ; ;Plain Jones, from ditto, for Bath; Mr. and Mrs. F. Hicks, the Bri' ish Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Norfolk; William 2,7 • 44 ,..d, Esq. from ditto, on a tour; the Rev. Thomas Wright, p "'sight, and family, from the Stratford Hotel, to Bucks n ar tleY Esq, and Mrs. Hartley, from ditto, to Clifton, Thos. a.arker, EA . • ditto . from ditto, to Suffolk; William Jepps, Esq. from Suffblk ; John Barnard, Esq. and Miss Barnard, from dittp l to Brighton; James Jacks, Esq. from ditto, to Brighton ; • • Tomes, Esq. from ditto, to Brighton. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PRESENT WEEK. iris Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Thorp; and 1,, 4 ... u rsdaY, at Two-mile Brook—,:t 11,11-past Ten. O'Kelly's Hound., on Monday, at Bryanston ; 1 4 _ 4 , raday, at Spetisbury; and Saturday, at Knowle—at patt Eleven. Alla Mar . of Cleveland's Fox Hounds , on Tuesday, at Alt% T hursday, Is • urgh ; at Watlass Lime. kilns ; and Satur all, at York gate—at Eleven. „Th. Hambledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Botley- Nnd Saturday, at Stephen's Castle Down—at Half rut T„ . The New Forest Hounds, on Wednesday, at Norley En '4l:laure • Thursday, at New-park ; and Saturday, at Den •h ' a ni Wood—at Half-past Ten. The Vine Hounds, on Wednesday, at Paul's Wood; 'end Saturday, at Mapledurwell Hatch—at Ten. Mr. A. Smith's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Everley ; Wed biday, at -Ashnansworth ; and Thursday, at Tidworth- Nsse—at Eleven. SiiJohn Cope's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Stanford ; and Thursday, at the lied Lion, Basildon—at Half- Past Ten. nock Harriers, on Monday, at Imber Furze ; and -- "" rd aYl at Redhone-gate—at Eleven. The Craven Hounds, on Wednesday, at Savernake -614e ; Thursday, at Denford-house; and Saturday, at Aehridge—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Wieksted's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Whitmore ; a lld Saturday, at Willow-bridge—at Half-pact Ten. Bulteel's Fox Hounds, en Tuesday, at Yarnicknole ( V -gate ; and Saturday, at Train Brake—at Ten. fiijl4e Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Seaton Wind -1/1 ; Tuesday, at Owston Wood ; Thursday, at Carlhy I ndnaill; and Saturday, at Little Dalby—at a Quarter `before Eleven. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday. at Fi'kerton "ig Wood • Tuesday, at Gate Burton ; Wednesday, at ‘ T• erby Village ; Thursday, at Winceby Village and Us-. " r 4, bY-house; and Saturday, at Gautby park and Usselby "llse—a t Eleven. Lerd Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Weelsby 4:4se ; Tuesday, at Goxhill Cross-lanes ; Thursday, at u rnasby-mill; and Saturday, at Roxton Wood—at Eleven. ). The B roo k s id e H a rriers, on Mond a y, at Newmarket :l3,ll ; Wednesday, at Asheombe, the alternate Wednesday ""' the Kennel ; and Friday, at Telseombe Tye—at Half- Pan Ten. Mr. R. K. Sampson's Hounds, on Monday, at West tan ; Thursday, at Bourne ; and Saturday, at Mr. Ade's, uttles--at Ten. The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham; Wed iteldi, ay, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at '"alf-past Ten. Th e Cambridgeshire Hounds, on Monday, at Eltisley green ; and Thurday, at Hayley Wood—at Half-past Ten. The Puekeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Culver; 7eilnesday, at Rockells; and Saturday, at Munden Lord liniP---at Half-past Ten. Th e i Royston Harrers, on Tuesday, at Foulmire; and T hursday, at End-hil—at Half-past Ten. The Holme Harriers, on Monday, at Cork Common ; irld Thursday, at Sandford-bridge--at Ten. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Cliffey ; I nd Saturday, at Cotheridge—at Half-past Ten. Th e Hon. Mr. Legge's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Worm leighton Village; and Friday, at Warksworth—at Ten. The Earith Harriers, on Tuesday, at Mepal-green ; and Priddy, at Needingworth—at Ten. Th e H. IL, on fue-day. at Matterly-gate; Thursday, 11 (isted•green; and Saturday, at Hartley Church—at Ten. The Lambton Fix Hounds, on Tuesday, at Morden ; Thur ve sday, at Claxton ; and Friday, at Long Newton—at Elen Mr. Osbaldeston's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Harrington ; Thursday, at Stowe Wood ; and Friday, at Hardwick V illage —at Half-past Ten. Mr. Berkeley's Hounds, en Tuesday, at the Kennel ; Thursday, at Melchboum-house ; and Saturday, at Xempston—at Half-past Ten. rise Shropshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at West bury Village; Wednesday, at Ralston; and Saturday, at Acton Burnell—at Half-past Ten. Sir Richard Pulleston's Hounds, on Monday, at Crewe- Veen ; Thursday, at Hardwick ; and Saturday, at Bettis.. fleld—.at Eleven. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Monday, at Tuck-hill ; and Thursday, at Brineton—at Half-past Ten. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Weaver-hall; ' Wednesday, at Booth-lane Smithy ; Thursday, at Min %hull Guide-post ; and Saturday, at KellNall Toll-bar—at Half-past Ten. • The Quom Hounds, on Monday, at Allexton-bal ; Tuesday, at Beeby ; Wednesday, at Six-hill; Thursday, t Ratby; and Saturday, at Bunney park—at Half-past Ten. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Deepdale; Wed nesday, at Dunehurch Kennel ; Thursday, at Combe Abbey; and Saturday, at Frampton Wood—at Eleven. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, ou Monday, at Bradby ; Thurs -447, at Catton ; and Saturday, at Holly Bush—at Half- Put Ten. Mr.Shawe's Hounds, on Monday, at Kingsbury Wood ; and Thursday, at Canwell-gale—at Half-past Ten. The Montgomeryshire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Berriew Village; and Thursday, et New Bridges, near Llanymyneelt—at Ten. Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds, on Monday, at the Kennel ; an.l Thurs.lay, at Wood Norton—at Half-past Ten. The Kempstone Hounds, on Monday, at Mr. Abbott's, Wicken Castleacre; and Wednesday, at Mr. Reek's Dlile hatu----at Eleven. Mr. H. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Whitting ton-hill ; Thursday, at Bradenham-green ; and Saturday, 4t Marham Tithe-barn—at Eleven. The Glossop Harriers, on Monday, at Pikes ; and Thursday, at Ludtvorth Intakes—at Half-past Ten. Lord Petre's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Stock ; Thuasday, at La.ngdost-mills ; and Saturday, at Tilbury znilh--at Half-put Ten. Abe Warwickshire Hounds, on Monday, at Uston W d; Tuesday, at Epwell; Thursday, at Braila; and Sat , rday, at Farnborough. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1829. The great length to which the trials in the Court of King's Bench have gone, compel us to leave over several articles and communications. German Papers of the 16th Dec. have been received, but they contain no news. The reco very of the Emperor of RUSSIA is the theme of exultation, as being so nearly connected with the repose of Europe. VIENNA, DEC. I I.—Metalliques 102—Four per Cents. 91Z—Bank Shares 1,241. PRICES C} ! , 71'4 - )(7.'7 , ' , US 14AT AT O;; L' decoct:. Rink it -cl' :1 pm. Cm:. Red. 94 37',1:4 4 :i74 li!id Annuities - — 3 ier Ceti . Cons. shut i Yew 17.itt.,, shut 14 p(.r Cent --;!;',x.„ Bill& £1,00 ,1 2.1. '74 75 pm. Dia , 1;e1. ..... .... ..... 9,ITR 11 1 0 1 ,.", i Ditto l;d. 71 7.') pm. per Cent. Ann Ditto, 126 Ditto Scrip —lDittz. amail Bank 1.. Ann. Ditto 30 years - 1914 (Bank for Account — !ndia Stock shut 'lndia for Account ... 2244 2 - 25 Ditto Bonds 119 pm. 'Cons. for January ...95 47R 51,R PRICES OF FOREION FUNDS TULE DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres B0:1;i3 ---. Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds ... Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, W 24 — Russian Dani,h 1823 (reek Bands... Ditto, :18:25 255¢ French Rentes, 5 p. c. —c. Guatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1:325 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. ,Anglo Alex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm. , .£lOO 4034 41 Itoianos Mining Co. £ 9 OO 4SO Brazilian Imp. .+1 tn. (:o. ms itt tV pm.) .£2l 91 , 93% 94Y, Ditto Nationa' lO IS‘ IA I I Columbian Alining Co. (iss. at r , /. pm.) £35 11% Mexican Mining Co. £3s 15 1 4 (teal dcl Monte Mining Co. X,IOO 72Y, _ ____.. 1'7.16 - . - - thi ne , ' Mex. Mtn. Co. (irs. at 2/. prn.) £39!4 Guardian Assurance Co lO PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC 19. Bark S'e^k Cc 3 per cent. - • Royal Irish Ditto (3 ov. Stock, 33 per cent. 9914 National Ditto Ditto, Nev. , — --:. Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent lOl% Ft ibernian Bank IN Gov. Deb. 314 percent.... - 99 Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent — 'kilning Co. of Ireland — Ballast 4)dice Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F 12 61 Ditto, at sight 12 4 Rotterdam 2 U 12 6-1 Antwerp 12 6.i Hamburg Al. 814 0 Altona l4 01 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80 Ditto 2U. 26 0 Bordeaux 26 5 Belli.; Frarkforton Maine, Ex. M 1531 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna; efreotive 11. 2 M. 10 12 Trieste e. lO 13 Maiirid 35% Cada 'lO Rilboa 35% Barcelona 153; Seville 35% Gibraltar 47% Arnved. Due. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 O Carthagena 0 1 Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 I France 0 O Guemsey&Jersey 0 NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4114 Genoa 2.) 99 Venice 47 !, Maid gaplts l 9 li Palen - no peroz. 119 fisbon Oporto 43 Rio Jane:ro Bahia 26K, Th.enos Aries Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l4 BULLION, PER OZ. X. F. d. Portugal Go!d, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, iii bars 3 17 9 New I )oubloons 0 0 0 New D,,llars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburg C Holland O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands 0 O Lisbon 0 O Mexico O Sweden I Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON Biunnz TO-MORROW. ;IL:ming... 27 minutes after 0. j Evening ...55 minutes after 0. . • A. V 440 THE FUNDS. - (THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE CLOCK. Quebec Papers to the 22d November have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house : The Paper of Nov. 21 states that upwards of 30 yes sets are still ha port, sold as the season continues open and mild, there is every probability that they will be able to gq cut of port before the navigation is obstructed. The Montreal Paper of Nov. 19 Contains the following : "We learn, from a source on which reliance can be placed, that his Excellency Sir Howard Douglas, and the Hon. Ward Chapman, were to appear before the King of the Netherlands in the beginning of January next, on the subject of the north eastern boundary, which was left to the decision of that Prince by the two Powers." Charleston Papers to Nov. 23 state, from New Orleans of the Bth November, that General Barradas was to re main there for some time. The Spanish corvette Diana, the brig of war Jason, and a ship, with General Morente, and 600 sailors for Laborde's squadron, arrived at Porto Rico on the 24th October, on their way to the Havannah. Another expe dition was to sail from Ferrol to join the above. They write from New York that several Russian officers had arrived there, to practise in the American navy; also, that the Emperor of Russia intends to purchase several American ships of war. THE FUNDS. The Consol market, which left off yesterday at 95 for the Account, opened rather worse this morning, at 94i 95, with little business doing as yet. In the Foreign market, Colombian Stock has improved, owing to a report that instead of the Colombian Govern ment raising money there on their tobacco, they are going to send it to this country for sale. ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 216 17 India Stock, 3 per Cent. Cans. shut Do., for Account, 95 Ditto Reduced, 94 31 per Cent. 1001 New 4 per Cent., shut 4 per Cent. 1826 1051 India Bonds. 67 69 Exchequer Bills, '74 75 FOREIGN Brazilian, 691 Buenos Ayres, 26 29 Chilian, 26 28 Colombian, 25,- ; Danish, 741 5 French, It per Cent. 108 9 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 84 4- FUNDS. Greek, VI Mexican, 254. Peruvian, 17 18 Portuguese, 691 . 604 Prussian, Russian, 1081 94 ,Spanish, 104 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols which were, in the early part of the morning, at 948 95 for the account, may be quoted at 95 ; the Commissioners purchased !in Three per Cent. Reduced at 9-I , * and 3i per cent. at i 00i. Some business been doing in the Foreign market in Colombian, Brazil, Portuguese, and Mexican stocks. Por tuguese fell in the early part of the day to 58i, since which a reaction has taken place, and they are now 59i -60 ; Colombian Stock has improved about 14 per cent. ; the other Foreign securities are much thesame as yesterday. There is an improvement iu the Share market, most of the Shares have got up. TRREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 94,1 5. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL. DEC. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived from London the Sarah Ward, Menott, for St. Vincent's. PoitTSMOUTII, DEC. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived from London the West Indian, Cook, for Antigua. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Dover, Bruseby, from Boston ; Providence, Fox, from Nevfoundlan'i ; Lady Dunmore, Watkins, and Antigua Packet, Smith, from St. Petersburg') ; Jessie, Todd, from Riga; Perfect, Prince, Charleston, from Montreal; and John Francis Miller, Horatio, Miller, from Quebec. LIME1111:1:, DEC. 20.—Arrived the John, Warden, from Qurkee. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21. —Wind S.W. to W./I'M.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Ariadne, from the Mediterranean We are requested to state that the Third and concludiug Volumes of the "Memoirs and Correspondence of the late Tnomas JEFFERSON, Esq., late President of the United States," containing the Declaration of Inde pendence, with the Erasures, Interlineations, and Additions of Dr. FRANKLIN and Mr. ADAMS, as they appeared iu the original .draught, are published this day by Messrs. COLBURN and BENTLEY, New Burlington-street.—." The Alemoirs of an Jr sh Gentleman," in Three Vols., are like wise ready for publication. THE WATERFORD 1- ;•(-:TION (From the Dublin .Iro.ming R / is; r Affmtlay.) Dublin, 29,.Me1 . C•0n-squar, N. i!til l Dee. Is 2 9. Sut,—The various statemenre winch have appeared re specting the proposition communicated through me to Mr. O'Connell,. to act as coensel for Lord George Beresford at the ensuing election for the county Waterford ; the d e e i iie of that transaction given ly Mr. O'Cannell himself, coupled with his demeed that no part of his letters should be kept back ; and a natural anxiety to prevent any mis conception of the motives either of myself or those for whom I acted, in a matter which has excited no ordinary interest, induce me to lay before the public, by the autho rity of my client, an account of the circumstances under which the professional aid of Mr. O'Connell was re quested, and of the facts, of which Mr. O'Connell him self, in calling for a publication of his correspondence, has expressed a wish that the evidence should not be with held. It is not my object to assail others, or to impute to any person any intentional departure from strict accuracy. ' My motive is to vindicate myself from the aspersion, that any undue means were resorted to, for the purpose of pre vailing on a gentleman of great eminence, both political and professional, to desert his public duty. Charged with having been the instrument of offering a bribe, and of having endeavoured to seduce a distinguished individual from his integrity, I owe it to myself to afford to those whose good opinion I value, the means of judging whether I have lent myself to a purpose deserving of so much con demnation, and used any corrupt or unwarrantable expe dient to procure the legal services of Mr. O'Connell, it the expence either of his professional reputation, his poli tical consistency, or his personal honour. Nothing can be more foreign from my desire than to press myself into a wanton and unnecessary publicity. If in the outset I venture to allude to any part which I have taken in politics, it is not for the purpose of making any boast of myself, but to account for the manner in which I became connected with the canvass of Lord George Beres ford. As a Protestant, upon Protestant in inciples, and for national interests, I had before the settlement of the Roman Catholic question used my best, although they were but very humble, efforts to promote it, and while I do not affect to possess any sort of political influence, yet I may, I hope, without incurring the charge of presump tion, be permitted to say that the endeavours made by me, in my small sphere, were not altogether unatteriiied with some useful results. Strenuous and indefatigable efforts will often supply the absence of eminent ability,— I merely wish to account for the manner in which, hav ing previously had no sort of professional connexion with Lord George Beresford, I became, after the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, associated with a canvass, of which the oblivion of past differences, and a zealous anxiety to accomplish a permanent reconciliation amongst ish men of all classes, constitute ,tbe fundamental principles. I have reason to believe that the chief motive which led the Beresford family to select me (who was equally uncon nected with violence upon either side), was a sincere anxiety to evince their desire that all factious animosities should be buried with the cause which gave them birth, and in the opinion that from my knowledge of the leaders of the Catholic Body, and my acquaintance with their real feelings, I should be able to point out the best course to calm those political passions which it must be the wish of every good man of every party to appease. Before the Government had determined upon the greet act of tran quillization, its opponents might with a vehemence not the less conscientious, because it was mistaken, have thrown every obstacle in its way. But it would have been a worse than useless indulgence in retrospective animosities, when once the measure hail passed into a law, to have per petuated the contentions to which it had given rise. When I had ascertained there was on the part of a family,which had been assailed with much invective, a disposition to commit all former feuds to oblivion, and to co-operate with the Legislature in the work of reciprocal forgiveness and national peace, I suggested that Lord George Beresford would only aet in accordance with that salutary policy if he were among the first. to take a step which would be strongly and conspicuously indicative of this patriotic solicitude, and give an example in his own person of that kindly feeling which it is the duty of individuals, however formerly exasperated, to inculcate. With this view I recommended that the two gentlemen that had been most active leaders in the Roman Catholic cause, and who had distinguished themselves by their opposition to his fa mily, should, under the total change of circumstances which had recently taken place, be immediately employed by him as his professional assistants, but without any compromise of abstract political opinions on either side. I thought that both parties might forego their antipathies without any sacrifice of their principles. I hoped that Mr. O'Connell would he ready to lend his powerful aid in giving consummation to that great measure which he had been so instrumental in advancing, and that although Mr. Shell, by his inflammatory harangues, had greatly con tributed to the alarming excitement which had preceded the Catholic Relief Bill, he had views too sound to perse vere in that system of agitation of which the only legiti mate ends had been just achieved. With 'this object, in which I conceived that the public good was blended with the advantage of my client, I recommended the selection of those gentlemen as Counsel, a measure which, guarded by express stipulations, I felt would have operated as an act of amnesty on all sides, without any kind of pledge, either direct or implied en either side, as to any one of the great political questions which might afterwards grow into discussion. For what possible inference could be drawn from . the employment of Mr. O'Connell or Mr Sheil, with respect to the pert which these gentlemen or their clients may think proper to take in reference to parliamentary re form, or any other measure which may become the subject of popular discussion or of legislative deliberation ? These views, whatever opinion may be formed as to their cor rectness, were honestly and honourably entertained, and adopt, d by my client. The detail of the negociation it self which took place with Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Sheil, will' best appear by the correspondence of which Mr. O'Connell has called for the publication, and the publica tion of which, even if he had not challenged it, would have been rendered necessary by the statement he had re peatedly made at the meeting in Youghal, and elsewhere, that a bribe had been offered to him, which lie had in dignantly rejected. After the necessary communications, and having permis sion to do so, I wrote a letter from London to my brother and partner, stating my views, and giving him authority to retain Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Sheil for the next election for the county of Waterford in the event of Mr. Villiers Stuart's expected resignation. Upon receipt of my letter, my brother lost no time in communicating with Mr. Shed, then in Dublin, and that gentleman having stipulated that he was to act in an exclusively professional capacity, and that he eras not to compromise any political opinion, or render any political service, agreed to accept a retainer for Lord George Beresford ; and as it has been stated that Mr. Shell was hired by the Beresford family, and the word " bribe" has . been also used in his regard, it is but an act of justice to him to state, that after having thus stipulated that his political support was not to be expected, and that he was to act merely as counsel, he unhesitatingly agreed to give Lord George Beresf o rd his professional assistance without making or alluding to any pecuniary terms what ever. Mr. O'Connell being absent from Dublin on his canvass for the county of Clare, my brother addressed to him the following letter:— (PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.) " 29, Merrion-square, North, June 12,1829. "MY DEAR O ' CONNELL,-I this day received a pri vate letter from Peirce, dated London, 10th instant, au thorising me to communicate with you and Mr. Sheil, in the strictest professional and personal confidence, on the subject of this letter; first. obtaining► your assurance that it should not be.divulged by you, or made use of in any manner, without previous consent, unless you judged it right to accept the offer I am about to make, and that you were released from secrecy. Upon this previous un derstanding I will proceed to state my object; and should you (as I trust you will) accept my offer, please write me by return of post. If you decline it, then burn this, and let me hear in reply ; and I will consider that the matter remains with you, and not to go further. " You are aware of the retirement of Mr. Stuart from the representation of Waterford. This event was ex pected, but had not taken place at the date of Peirce.; letter. On the morning - of that day, Peirce had a commu nication with Lord Beresford and Sir George 11;11, and he was authorised to endeavour to secure your valuable ser vices, professionally, for Lord George Beresford, at the ensuing election for Waterford, assuming Mr. Stuart to retire, as he has since announced. _ _ The anxiety on their part to retain you on behalf of Lord G. Berestord is the strongest mark of his Lordship's desire to bury in oblivion, and for ever, the political differ ences which formerly existed between you and his Lord ship ; and that he wishes to become the representative of the County of Waterford, and not of any political party in it. His object will be during his canvass, as well as dur ing the election, to give an exampl e of forbearance, and restoring friendly feeling among all parti e s. Pierce adds forgetfulness of all past differences his own hope and expectation , that you will readily eat ; and thus to assist in brace this opportunity of proving your willingness in an equal degree, to contribute to the same r esu lt—in which hope I myself concur, and trust your reply will justify us. " Be your decision what it mav .sPeirce and I were re :.ted tt• 7 . -ur previous promise, not to disclose wit I n w i:lieut the permission of Lord George l.krosfct :imed assent I now write. " I ...ay a•t•t tbst I believe (in addition to the fact that all the Berestan , t pa, , y, ititte in number, with the excel-) • tion of the rums late measures for the r.- generati,n Ir.darul :Ito ;,(I:,:rulc:qnent of her be=t in- Ne- e st,), ii the wlioda t wh was I:tiown, it would he found that the Cat.hoiics h id not, in this family, the bitter enemies they supposed ; lot eirethr.stances prevented their sheaving how they felt or were acting. However, there is no longer " a Catholic question,"—it is no longer a struggle whether a supporter of emancipation is to be returned or not. It is merely whether a member connected witi , and interested in, the general prosperity of Ireland is to be re turned. Religious prejudices have no longer any concern in this election. To consolidate and unite all the in terests of the country, ought to be our common object, ar.d I conclude you will be found amongst the foremost to pro mote this great work of perfect conciliation and oblivion of past differences. " Mr. Sheil has accepted the retainer, and allow me to say, you will do the same. The arrangements )nu may safely confide to our friend by whose desire I now ad dress you. Of course your compensation must be ample. How goes on the Clare registry? and when do you return? " Believe me, dear O'Connell. sincerely your's, " DAVID MAIIONY. " To Daniel O'Connell, Esq. Ennis." To the foregfing lever my brother received the follow ing reply :-- (Private.) " Kilrush, June 14, 1E29. "My DEAR MAHO.NY,—You may re) , upon it that the communication to me shall be strictly confidenti .1. I am exceedingly delighted at the offer made me, as it proves that the memory of former dissentions is to be buried in oblivion. No man living mot e heartily desires that con summation than I do. Before I accept the retainer I wish to have it distinctly understood, that if I do accept it, there is to he no expectation that I will do anything be yond my professional duty, that is, there is to be tn. sale by me, nor any purchase by them, of my political exer tion. I made this stipulation with Villiers Stuart, and although I went beyond that duty for him, it was only be• cause the political sentiments I then advocated were more mine than they were his—this is a point which must be distinctly understood before I even consider whether I shall or not accept the retainer. If the offer of it, under those circumstances, shall be repeated—a matter of which I en tertain some doubt, as out of term I made Villiers Stuart pay me 6001.—my professional remuneration I will leave to you and your brother, should the offer be repeated, and should Ihe able to accept of it. I need not tell you that there could not be a greater inducement held out to me than the fact that you and your brother are the law agents of the Beresford family on this occasion. I have always been exceedingly well treated by that family when they employed me as a professional man. " I will certainly be in Dublin on Thursday night at the latest. I have this county hollow, half the county is not yet gone through, and my majority is already certain. It is impossible that there should be a serious contest. You know I would not deceive you, but I can now beat even Vesey Fitzgerald three to one. No other person could stand one hour—the popular excitement and enthu siasm are greater than ever. Ho e' wise is Master Peel and Co., to send me back. I destroyed your letter. No human being shall know anything of its contents, from " Your's, most sincerely, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. " David Mabony, Esq., Dublin." This 1 tter, together with one from my brother, inti mating Mr. Shell's having accepted the retainer, having reached me in London, after consulting Lord George Beresford I wrote to my brother as follows: " London; Union Hotel, 28th June, 1829. "My DEAR Davin,—On Monday I received your letter of Saturday, stating that Mr. Sheil agreed to accept a retainer from Lord George Beresford, for the next Water ford election (as proposed by you on the authority of my letter of the 10th instant ) and I also received your letter of the 16th instant, enclosing Mr. O'Connell's answer to a similar application made by you to him, dated Kilrush, 14th instant. " I have handed Mr. O'Connell's and your letters to Lord George Beresford, and I am desired to request you will state to both Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Sheil, that your authority is to retain them respectively, as Counsel for Lord Waterford's interest at the next election for the county of Waterford. That, of course, it is not intended to compromise the politics of either party. That neither Messrs. O'Connell or Shell will be snore responsible for the polities of the candidate (whether Lord George Beresford, or some other member of the Beresford family, and none are at present thought of but Lord George) than the candidate will be for theirs. All that we expect from them is, what they must feel bound as counsel to give— namely, their zealous support to their client's cause in the usual way by which such proceedings are governed. Mr. Wallace was Counsel on the last election for Lord George Beresford, and will, in all probability, be retained again ; but surely there was no compromise or bargain for a com promise of political conduct on either side. Upon the question then at issue, no persons (at least in the public eye) differed more than Lord George and Mr. Wallace. Yet Mr. Wallace gave Lerd George the full benefit of his talents during the contest. So would Mr. O'Connell or Mr. Sheil, if they had been retained as Counsel by Lord George. If this explanation is satisfactory, you will, upon receipt, hand to each of these gentlemen a retainer for the candidate in the interest of the Marquis of Waier`ord for the next election for the county of Waterford, with twenty guineas each, and as to the fees to be paid, they shall un questionably be liberal ; and, in all probability, I shall have authority to name them by to-morrow's post—pos sibly by this. I told Lord George my opinion as to what should be their amount, and after he consults other parties, I am to receive my instructions. " I wish you would say to O'Connell and Shell, that their ready acquiescence in my proposal gave great satis faction, and that I do think it will tend to remove all those animosities which political differences have engen dered, not only as between them and their former oppo nents, but also amongst Irishmen in general. When the leaders at each side lay down their arms, and show an anxiety to bury in oblivion past differences, we have a reasonable prospect of enjoying peace and general concord once again—which may God grant, is the prayer of " Your affectionate brother, " PEIRCE MAHONY. g , David Mahony, Esq., Dublin." On the next day I wrote my brother the following letter: " Union Hotel, 19th June. _ _ _ "MY DEAR DAVID,.--I have seen Lord George Beres ford this day, on the subject of the Waterford election. I read to his Lordship my letter to you of yesterday, of which he approved ; and I have now to request that you will write a note to Mr. O'Connell, stating that it is his Lordship's desire to secure his professional services at the next election for the county of Waterford, for such mem ber of Lord Waterford's family as may be a candidate on that occasion for that county; that at present Lord George Beresford is the person selected, and in addition to the twenty guineas retainer, that we are authorized to say, that whether there shall be a contest or not, Mr. O'Con nell shall receive 3001. for his fee ; and if there shall be a contest, 6001. You will write Mr. Sheil a similar note, stating, that in addition to his retainer, he shall receive 2001. if no contest, and 4001. if there shall be one.— This arrangement will, I trust, be satisfactory to each of the gentlemen. It was suggested by me yesterday, as, under all the circumstances, the most equitable. " I again repeat, that neither Lord Waterford nor his friends intend in any degree to compromise their polities by selecting Alessi's. O'Connell and Sheil for their Coun sel ; neither is it to be understood that either of these gen tlemen are expected to compromise theirs by the accept ance of their retainers. But of course we expect from them, as we should from any other gentlemen of their profession, that bona fide xercise of talent which their duty as Counsel obliges them to give in support of their client. It would be an insult to them, if I doubted for a moment that they are ready to make this return for the confidence which is thus placed in them. " Indeed, I feel that a greater compliment could not be paid to their talents and station, than the proposition thus made by a family they have so violently opposed on so many occasions. It is, besides, a strong indication of the disposition of the friends of the Government to give an example of forbearance and forgetfulness of all that has passed during the late struggle. Ever your's, " PIERCE AIAHONY." Upon receipt of those letters, my brother again com municated with Mr. O'Connell, who, in consequence,, wrote as follows : " Merrion -square, June 21. " MY DEAR MAlloNv,--The letter of your brother is quite satisfactory in all its professional details. I acquiesce in all he says of professional duty and emolument. " I am also proud of the selection made of me by Lord Waterford as a professional man : the certainty that he and his Emily concur with all the real friends of Ireland in burying in oblivion all former feuds, is both satisfactory and consoling. For my humble part, I am impressed with the strongest conviction that the distinction between Protestant and Catholic in politics should be for ever fol. qotten. " I would not, therefore, have it conceived for one mo ment th it my declining to accept the retainer has art . ) , liar ~ C Urre hae ng now ascertained the 00: minty of toy return for Clare, I do not feel at liberty to of l'ennsel fcr any Candnlaie r eudinv, iii. Parliament as a Member of the House, I consider myself precluded from being so, because, if there were a disputed return, I would be liable to be one of the judges of that return ; so that it would be impossible for me to pre-engage my mind by my advice as Counsel. If there shall be no new elec tion until the general election, I will he then too occupied for myself to assist any other person. Of course you will distinctly understand that I do not consider myself any I •tiger at liberty to' be professionally engaged against the interest of Lord Waterford. My present prospects in Clare thus precluding me from accepting any such re tainer, I again beg leave to express my great gratifica tion at the matter and manner of the communication made to me. " Believe me to be very faithfully yours, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. " D4vid lll,hony, Esq., Merrion-square North." The above letter was enclosed to me by my brother. I lost no time in set ing Lord George Beresford en the sub ject, and wrote in consequence AS follows: " Union Hotel, 23d June. "MY DEAR DAVID,—I have seen Lord George Beres ford, and I have handed him Mr. O'Connell's letter to you, with which his Lordship was much pleased, though he regrets that he will be deprived of Mr. O'Connell's most ♦aluable aid as his counsel. I trust, however, after what has now pissed between those parties, that a good and kindly feeling will ensue. In truth, nothing further is necessary to secure so desirable a result but the avoidance of personalities by Mr. O'Connell. " Ever yours, " PIERCE MAHONY. " David Maheny, F..sq., Dublin." I have thus put the piddle in possession of the facts connected with a negotiation, on which much obsf!rvation has been made, and I leave the facts to speak for them selves. I have purposely avoided any reference to these parts of Mr. O'Connell's letter of the 7th instant, addressed to the people of Waterford, which do not relate to myself. A 4, however, he has mentioned that he handed me a list of 23 families who it was alleged were " driven from their house and home for having voted hone4ly," it becomes necessary that I should state what further took place between Mr. O'Connell and myself, with reference to that subject. After inquiring for my own satisfaction into the matter, I apprised Mr. O'Connell that the individuals alluded to were not put out of possession on account of the votes at the last election— that upwards of twenty years ago there bud been au ad dition made to the demesne of Curraghmore, and that in termediate between the part then added, and the demesne itself, there was a rection of the estate occupied by tenants, which I supposed to be those in question. I further told Mr. O'Connell, that at the period of the original enclosure it had been determined to add the latter portion of tl - e estate to the demesne whenever the then existing leases should expire. Those leases expired in March last, and during the minority oftthe present proprietor, the long contemplated improvement, without the remotest reference to the last election, was carried into effect. Mr. O'Con nell appeared to ►ae (but I presume that I was mistaken) to be satisfied that the circumstance did not deserve the character imputed to it, and I heard no more of the or rather the petition, of those persons (which he left in my hands), until about a week before the publication of his letter, when, at Mr. O'Connell's request, I returned it to him. Had not my name been introduced in reference to this last transaction, I should not have noticed it. I am, Sir, your humble servant, PIERCE MAHONY. MEETING AT COVENTRY. A public Meeting was this day (Tuesday) held at St. Mary's Hall, in this city, in consequence of the following requisition, signed by thirty-four of the most respectable individuals in the city, viz.:— e' We, the undersigned inhabitants of Coventry, re spectfully request you will call a public meeting as soon as may be most convenient, to consider of the best means of relieving the present severe distress of a large portion of the population of this city, by providing soup, or in any other manner that the meeting may deem most effectual. To S. Whitwell, Esq., Mayor." At near one o'clock the Chair was taken by the MAiroa, who read the requisition, and stated the object of the meeting. Jou24 TWIST, Esq , proposed several resolutions, the purport of which were to choose a Committee to obtain subscripti,ms, and adopt other measures to supply the poor with bread and soup at a cheap rate. These resolutions were seconded by Mr. JAMES GRANT. Dr. SOUTIIAM (a member of the Society of Friends) got up and suggested, whether it would not be better to provide bread, potatoes, and coals, and offer them to the necessitous at reduced prices, say two-thirds; but the ori ginal resolutions were ultimately carried. After some further observations approving of them, Mr. JAMES GRANT requested permission to propose the fol lowing resolution, viz. " That as the utmost aid which this meeting can afford must fall infinitely short of the necessities of the poor, a memorial be presented to his Majcsq's Ministers, setting forth the distresses of the people, the causes by which they have been produced, and the measures necessary to their effectual relief." Several gentlemen here interposed, and said the resolu tion was irrelevant to the object of the meeting, and in order to prevent its being• put, Mr. Twin got up and proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and entered his protest against the introduction of politics. Some confusion here ensued, the advocates of Mr. Grant's proposition cousidering that the nature of the re quisition allowed such a latitude, the words being " to consider of the best means," &e. the opponents of this view of the requisition persisting in their determination not to admit its being put from the Chair. A considerable number of unemployed weavers being present, protested against the manner in which Mr. Grant had been put down, and several of them at one time cried out, " We don't want soup, we want labour, and to live thereby;" and declared their determination to call a town meeting, for the special purpose of taking Mr. Grant's motion into serious consideration. The meeing now seplrated. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chambres of Sunday.) PARIS, DEC. 20.—The convocation of the Cham ber of Deputies is said to be fixed for the second fortnight in January, and that the Chamber would be assembled on the 10th or 12th of February. The number of Deputies who arrive at Paris daily increases. Many are already met with in the political assemblies. The Deputies of the extreme right appear to have received an extraordinary summons, for almost all of them are already arrived at Paris. Some preach moderation, announcieg that all kinds of ameliorations will be proposed to the Chambers, and that the Ministry of the Bth of August will be more constitutional than all those that we have hitherto seen. Some persons pretend that there is some hesita tion in publishing in the Moniteur the ordinance which appoints M. Syrieys de Mayrinhac, so much is this ridiculous choice already repented of. (From the Moniteur—Non-official Part.) By an ordinance of the King, the 16th inst., M. Syrieys de Mayrinhac has been appointed Director of the establishment of the Department of the Interior. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, DEC. 1 9.—Five per Cent*. 108 f. 60c. 65c. ; Three per Cents., 841. 55c. 50c.; /link Stock, 1,920 f. ; Naples Stock, 92f. 20c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 834. ; Spanish Rentes Perpetuellts, 64k ; Hiytian Loan, 4251. Exchange on London,—one month, 25f. 50c; three months, 251. 35c.—fours Au thentique. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAr. CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies to this day's market are only moderate. Good parcels of Wheat are held firmly at Monday's price s, in other qualities there is very littla doing. Barley is unaltered from last market day. Beans and Pease meet a slack demand, notwithstanding the coldness of the weather. Oats of the best descriptions support the terms of Monday, and the factors arc not willing to take less prices for any other sort to-day. The Flour trade has no variation. AnItIVA I.S. 1 Wheat. 1 Barley. (has. I Flour. 2,100 qrs. 2,600 qrs. 9,100 qrs. 2,stith,tekb. 1,750 English Irish - Foroign • I 600 -- brio, IPIRIT OP THE PUBLIAJOURNA.LS. . . . We publish a letter from 'lr. PiercevMahony, introducing his own formerVargspondence (as ,gent for Lord George BeresVn4with Messrs. STeil and O'Connell. Mr. Mab*""l*l tement_,' is drawn up with clearness, force; - ,a - a4etnpkr; Although any question relating to Mr. Daniel O'Connell has now become rather a musty sub ject, even with Irish Catholics, it may, for the common cause of truth and honesty, be as well to point attention to facts which are manifest upon the face of the letters :-Ist, That before a word was hinted to him about any specific fee, and only an assurance offered from Mr. Mahony of " ample remuneration," he, O'Connell, ex pressed " some doubt whether the proposal of retaining him for the Beresfords" would be re peated, " as out ?perm" (says the Counsellor) " I made Villiers Stuart pay me 600/." Verily ; this sounds like huxtering for a fee. 2d, That the sum of 900/. was not offered to O'Connell, though he so solemnly asserted it ; hut 300/. in the whole if there should be no election, and 600/. in the whole if there should be one, That ; so far from his " indignantly rejecting," as this blusterer boasted, both in speech and writing ; that he had done, the proposal oldie Beresfords to be their counsel,—considering the offer a bribe for the desertion of his principles,— the second sentence of his very first letter states him to be " exceedingly delighted at the offer made" to him. A subsequent passage of the same letter (after the hint of the 6001. fee) declares that " I have always been exceedingly well treated by that family, when they employed: as a professional man ;" and his second letter, dated only a week after the first, says, that I proud of the selection made of me, by Lori Waterford, as a professional man." a 1 would not have it conceived for one moment, that 3:'y declining to accept the retainer has any ct;:er• motive than this ; —meaning the possibilire of his being called upon to sit as a Member of Par liament on an election committee, in case of a petition against the return for Waterford ; and, lastly, " I again beg leave to express my great gratification at the matter and manner of the communication made to me." After this I—bur probably the public has already had enough cif the virtuous indignation of Mr. Daniel O'Con. nell.— Times. The trial of the Proprietors and Publisher of the Morning Journal, for a Libel against the Lord Chancellor, came on yesterday ; taid a verdict of guilty was returned. Therg can be but one opinion, we should suppose ; with regard to the nature of the attacks on ll'e! Lord Chancellor, which fbrmed the subject of this prosecution. Most men will subscribe to ;he opinion of the Attorney-General, that " although the public conduct of public men ought to be open to the most free discussion, yet they ought not merely, on account of their high character, to be abused and scandalized." To charge a Lord Chancellor with selling or be stowing a legal appointment for the considera. Lion of a loan of 30,0001., is to state that which is calculated materially to lower his Lordship itt the public estimation. So many distinguished men in both Houses of Parliament lent them selves lately to schemes for plundering the simple and credulous, by means of Bubble Com panies (for some of the Companies could never be taken from the beginning for anything but bubbles), that there is a general disposition at present to attribute great laxity of prinetimi to the higher ranks of this country ; arid though to all well-informed persons the idea that a man so distinguished in his profession as the Solicitor-General would lend 30,0001. for his appointment, was sufficiently silly (even if the appointment were with the Lord Chancellcr) ; yet it would be hard that a public man should be believed by ill-informed persons corrupt and venal. When a specific charge of corruption was there fore made against his Lordship, it was generally ' allowed that he ought to have an opportunity of meeting it ; and the proceedings instituted by his Lordship himself met therefore with nearly general approbation. That a man should be allowed to set himself right with the world, by some judi cial proceeding, is a point respecting which there can be no doubt ; the consequences with which the procedure ought to be followed is a matter involved in more difficulty. We will not, now ever, at present, agitate this question. We have a few observations to offer on the speech of Sir James Scarlett. " All must admit (he said), and I do to the fullest extent, that the Press has a most salutary influence on public and pri vate conduct; an influence which has increased with the increasing intelligence of Europe." So far so good. " If the publication (he after wards observed) which I now venture to bring before you were allowed to pass unobserved among the many others which too much distin guish the present day, it would, I am con• vißced, have the effect of placing all newspapers on the same level ; and, no matter with what pe culiar caution they may be conducted, they would be involved in the common cause with this paper, and all alike entitled to contempt. I never was afraid, in any place, of avowing my opinion on this subject ; and however anxious I am that the right of printing and publishing should be preserved, I here freely declare, that for the last ten years the license of the Press has, in my judgment, been too much unrestrain ed, and that its wholesome use would he better preserved if more restraints had been placed on it. The time when the present publication took place was, perhaps, more than any other distin guished for the calumnies which were daily di rected against the public and private characters of those who had been selected to fill offices of trust by his Majesty." We are at once at issue with Sir James as to the facts. During the last ten years the Press has, generally speaking, been less factious, less intemperate, than during any ten years since it was emancipated from the Li censer. Two or three Papers, at most, during that period, have laid themselves out in the way of calumny ; but this is not a new phenomenon in the history of the Press ; on the contrary, in former periods the abuse used to be greater and more frequent. But calumny leads its victims to seek redress in Courts of Law, and Juries have not, shown any disposition to screen the offenders. At the time when the publication alluded to took place, there was much inflammatory language in Parliament, and at Meetings, as was to he expected in the agitation, with a view to the settlement of a question which, a year or two before, few men thought could he carried ; and when Lord El don could, in his place in Parliament, express a fervent aspiration that his voice might, by some means, be conveyed from one extremity of the kingdom to the other, with the view to obtain ing such an expression of the public feeling as might intimidate the Legislature ; are we to wonder that the language of that portion of the Press enlisted in his Lordship's cause should be extravagant ? We are ready to allow that in the race of rhodomontade, some of the Newspapers in that interest were not behind some of the