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information cmitaineti in tie document cmi he obtainer! elsewhere. But he thought the House. would best consult its own dignity, in adopting the most lenient course towards Mr. Lambe, who atood in a peculiar situation in this case, being concerned profssionally with those who wcre en gaged in the transactions of this election. It would be sufficient,. in his opinion, to reprimand. Lambe. Mr.Alrattaizt contendedi that in the first exa ruination of Mr. Lambe nothing was to be found . stir; h indicated that be had been given to under valid that be would be required to produce the agreement. It was, therefore, not to be wonder ed that he had said that be did not recollect any linestion as to that agreement ; and when he haLl idmitted the other day, that in that examination (of the 27th May) he had been given to under stand that he might be called on to produce that document, be must have been mistaken, as not a Nrr(ord respecting it was to be found in the minutes, Ile therefore urged, that though dr. Lambe might not have acted %s it!' propriety, he had done no thing which could deserve either the gentler or the severer punishment. Mr. W. lirrt.LlAl , said, that when Mr. Lambe vras about to leave the llotise after his exanrina. tint) of May 27, he (.\lr. Williams) had distinctly gated to him, that he was not to consider himself released horn attendance rin the House, and that he wonid be examined as to that agreement. Mr. Lambe, therefore, was a better judge of his own feelings than tire Honourable a nd Learned Mem ber who !tall spoken list, when he had admitted that he hail been told that this agreement would he referred to. Vet he hod told the House, that he had within ten thiys, that is, since his last examination, deatroyed this document. As to tha confidence between la%, yer and client, which had been spoken of, he thought that plea could not he construed to entend to the protection of an At torney, when he departed from the tail course of l is profession, to cuter into illegal compromises affecting seats in that House. Mr. ll'AanEN put it to the Hottse, whether a Member could fairly allege to the injury of a wit -11,;, words addressed by him to drat ,witness, which words had not been entered in the rni- notes ? I\ll.. \V. WteetAms said, that his caution had been addressed by him to the witness from his place, and in the hearing of Members who were then present,—(Hear !) Mr. BERNAL thought 'hat Mr. Lambe had been guilty of an infraction of the ptivileges of the House, and this opinion made it compulsory on him to vote for the Resolution. As, however, he was inclined to think favourably of the disposition which Mr. Lambe had shesvn, to protect the in terests of his client, that (if he might be allowed the expression) this peccadillo—(No, no, from Mr. Wynn, and a laugh)—might be visited gently. Mr. WYNN said, that far from being a pecca dillo, the offence of the witness was one of the worst which be could have been guilty of, against the privileges of the House and the course of jus tice. He observed, that it was the uniform prac tice that cautions addressed by individual Membets to witnesses should not be entered in the minutes of evidence. He was sorry to see any disposition to palliate the offence of which the witness had been guilty, by allegations that he had been ac tuated by such and such feelings. As to the pro tection which the - House was bound to afford to Attornies, it could only extend to bona fide communications between them and their clients ; if the House were to be stopped in all its inquiries as to what had been transacted by them as agents, their powers of investigation would be nullified. In tile present case he should, however, secede to the proposal for a mitigated punishment. The Resolution was agreed to. Mr. WYNN then proposed that A. Lambe be brought to the bar to•morrow, in custody of the Sergeant. at Arms, to be reprimanded by the Swaker for his said offence.—Agreed to. CAMELFORD ELECTION. The House went into a Committee, to consider the Report from the Committee on the Camelford Election. Mr. P. Moure took the Chair. Mr. Hallett, of St. Mary-axe, was called in and examined b y Mr. D. W. Harvey. stated, that in June, 1818, he had intended to go down to the Borough of Camelford. He had about that time a conversation with a Mr. Sibley on the subject. Witness's intention was to go down to Camelford to endeavour to procure the return of two Members to Parliament. He was introduced to a Mr. Stewart on the 10th Jole, and he left London on the Ilth. He was introduced to Mr. Stewart by a Mr. Allsop; on that day they made arrangements for Mr. Stewart to accompany him to Camelford. 'fill Mr. Ml sop introduced him to Mr. Stewart, witness had never heard of the latter Gentleman. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Aliso') wished to be returned for the Borough of Camelford. Mr. Allsop had been introduced to him by a Member of the House (whose name it was not necessary to men tion), whom he had informed that the Borough of Camelford was dissatisfied with its Patron. The Honourable Member had told him that Mr. Alison would be glad of a seat. Previously to the 10th June, he had sent a letter to a Mr. Chingal, Camelford, containing the halves of a parcel of Bank-notes ; they were the halves of six 1,0001. notes ; he received part of those notes as the discount of bills from his Banker (as would appear from his Banker's book), and the rest he raised by other means. He threw himself on the indulgence of the House, whether, as a mercantile man, he should be called on to state how he had procured them, but he declared he had raised them on his own means. He had reason to suppose that he should be able to procure the return of two Members to Parliament for Camelford, and be bad been given to understand, that in the case of a contest, the eppearance of money would be required to inspire the confidence of the Electors In a contest with so powerful a person as the patron. This was done to procure the return of en individual whom ha had never seen till the lit of June. He was to avail himself of this money as the exigencies might require. He knew James Har vey, of Camelford. The witness had been engag ed in an attempt to raise potter's clay in the neighbourhood of Camelford, and he thus came to the linowledgc that the people Ivcre dissatisfied with the patron of the IloroUgh. tie maci an I a rrangement with James Harvey, that he sho u l d ' go down to Came'ford with - two GentlEmen, as Candidates. Mr. Stewart, Mr. Amorey, and Mr.'' Sibley, went down with hint. it was JaMes liar rey who told hint that 60001. would be neces sary. The half notes were only sent to thing fur the sake of security. Witness having de clined to state why he had sent the GOOOl. down to Mr. Ching, was ordered to witndraw. Mr. HARVEY was of opinion that the witness ought to answer this question. There could be no excuse here that an answer would be a breach of professional confidence. Mr. Iltumnose thought, that the witness ought to have been examined before a Select Committee. lie had pledged himself to give a fall account of all he knew, but it was unfair to put questions, the answers to which would implicate himself. The 1-louse had an instance in the case of Mr. Merce ron of the impropriety of compelling a witness to answer. The testimony extracted from that Gen tleman htfore a Committee of the 'lonic of Com mons had been lose(' against him in one of the Courts below, and he was convicted upon it. Mr. Alderman VirmTn al AN observed, that if this o i oestion could not be put, they had better give tip the ivestigation altogether. Alter a few words from Mr. H. MARTIN and Mr. W. WYNN, 'rhe witness was again catled in. Ile knew that many of the electors were in debt to a Mr. Carpenter, and to Rcteral other persons, and he had provided himself with money accordingly.— lie did not know on what groun►l the electors had received loans of money, but having been told by J. Ilarvey that a stun of 6,0001. was necessary, he had provided himself with it. He declined stating whether he did or did not know of his own knowledge th►►t the 6,0001. or any part of it was to he paid to the electors.—Ordered to withdraw. Mr. l'aiMsosz suggested the propriety of in forming the witness, that he would be protected against the effects of any evidence he might give before the House. Witness being called in, was told by the Chair man that the House would protect him as far as was in its power ; but he was at the same time cautioned against refusing to answer any question put to him. Witness then said his impression was, that in the event of the two Candidates nominated by him being returned, he was to give up the 6,0001. lie did not recollect having told his partner, Mr. Sibley, that the Came'ford electors were a set of d-d scoundrels. He had patticular reasons fa: cautioning the House against relying on the testimony cif Mr. Sibley. If the parties no minated by witness had been returned; be had no doubt but they (Messrs. Stewart and AlIsop) would have honourably repaid him his expences, e had been repaid his travelling ex pences by Mr. Amory. He did not know the electors had received money at former Elections, or noes of hand, which were not to be presented unless the parties refused their votes to the holders. 'acre were six candidates for the Bo rough. Two were proposed by Lord Darlington, two by Mr. Mason, a clergyman, and two by witness. Mr. Mason lived within 40 miles of Ca melford. Witness had the sum of 60001. in his possession for some days before he sent the half notes to Mr. Ching; he never had any communi cation with any elector on the subject of pur chasing his vote; he never made any attempt of the kind ; he was disappointed, and had no op portunity of making any such attempt ; probably, if he had, he might have done so ; he understood the majority of the voters had promised the other party. Sir G. HILL objected to any questions which went to inquire what witness would or might have done in any given case. Ile ought only to be examined as to matters of fact. Mr. PRINIROSK submitted that his examination was directly in point. His object was to elicit from the witness those truths which he seemed very unwilling to tell. Ile had stated that he had possessed himself of the means of corrupting the electors, but that he declined using those means, though be went down with the avowed purpose of having his friends returned ; from whom, by the bye, be expected to be repaid all his ex pences, in the event of their election. The witness being again called in, the Com mittee proceeded with his examination, which was chiefly directed to ascertain how he had obtained the 6,0001. and how he had disposed of it after the election. The witness stated that he had ob tained it partly by discounts from bankers, partly by loans from his friends, and partly front the concern in which be was a partner. He believed he bad paid it into the banker's hands after the election was over, but could not say so positively. Being asked to state the names of the persons from whom be had borrowed part of the money, Mr. nnouGnam objected to the question as un necessary and unfit to he put. Me. WarrumAx maintained the propriety of putting the question, upon which a conversation of some length arose, and after a few observa tions from Mr. W. Harvey, Colonel Davis, Mr. Marryat, Mr. K. Douglas, Mr. Gordon, Xi r. Primrose, anti Mr. W. Wynn, a division took place. For putting the question 46—A gai st it 13—Majority 3. The witness was then.again called in, and un derwent a long examination as to the mode in which he had obtained the 6,0001., after which time Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wednesday. Mr. P. Mootta presented the 'Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Committee.—Ordercd to be printed. It was ordered, that the Speaker should not issue a new writ for the Borough of Camelford before Wednesday uext. CARLZSLR presented the Second Report of the Commission appointed to ingoire immto the State of the Charitable institutions for time Edu cation of the Poor.—Ordcred to be printed. The other Orders of time Day were then (ha. posed of, and at One o'Clock this morning the House adjourned. GREAT PE n.--A young man, named Torring ton, did two miles on the Uxbritige.road yestcr• day, in six seconds under ten minutes for JOL— Consideriag he had not been trained, thus Is one of the greatest things on pedestrian recor4.l. Lil'ErtAll7 REV-1ir:617: Tar, WAGGONER, a POE.M.I:O which are adde, S.ox By WTLCIAM WOIMSWoRTH. " If I were not ALEXANDER, I Could wish td be DIOGENES,'' said we to ourselves, as we finished the perusal of . " The Waggoner." Let us not, however, be misunderstood : it. is. not precisely ,lionest BRN.IaMt N in whose person we coitid wish to embody ourselves, •though we have tits small affection for him ; but it there be one hu man being with whom we should be peculiarly inclined to exchange our identity, we think it would be WILLIAM WoRDSWoRTH. We are aware we must, in such a " barter of being," take the eail with the good ; and that one of the first pri vileges resulting from our transmigration would be the becoming a butt for all the second and third-rate Wits of this " sleepy age." We should be ridiculed in The Edinburgh Reriew, parodied in the Newspapers, and wondered at in Magazines ; all this we take into the account : but then we should have, to compensate these formidable sources of annoyance, WORDSWORTH'S noble and elevated philosophy, his devotional enthusiasm, his fine perceptions of the beauties of external nature, his °vet flowing philanthropy, and indul gent sympathy with the humblest of human be ings, and the delightful consciousness, not only of having written "no line that dying he could wish to blot," but of having added to the happi ness Of many happy hearts, by opening to them new sources of enjoyment ; and by showing them how cheap, how simple, and how attainable are some of the most delightful emotions of which cur nature is susceptible. " The Waggoner" is a Poem of much less pre tensions than Peter Bell ; but see consider it quite as successful : it has a good deal of fancy, we will even say of fine poetical fancy, about it, little of lofty imagination ; many passages of descrip tive beauty, but few or none of deep passion. There is no story, or ne - at to none. The Poem opens with a short description of a close sultry evening in June, dark, with a gathering storm ; presently BENJAMIN, his waggon Fllld ream are introduced to our acquaintance ; the tempest be gins, and our good-natured Waggonet's coin miseratiou is solicited by the wife of a sailor, who, with her infant and husband, are overtaken by the storm among the ricks ; he readily accommo dates the woman and bet child with a seat in his waggon, anti they all get on es best they can, till they reach a tetnpting scene of festivity, an alehouse by the road-side, where a rural fes tival is held that night. Seduced by the alluring sights anti sounds, by his own social habits, and the persuasions of his new friend the saiIoi',BEN JAMIN loses two whole hours at the (c Cherry Tree," which so offends his master, that the next day he is disirlissed from his post ; anti as no suc cessor can be found to fill it, there is an end both to the Waggoner and iris %vain- 4 3 , 16 is the story, if it can be called one, and see really think no living I'oet but Wotanswowrai could have made any thing of it ; at least we know of none who could have given us the whole in such keeping ; who could have ornamented it with such playful and exquisite gleams of fancy, yet preserved its simplicity uninjured ; the tone of indulgent, unaffected, cordial simplicity, with humble feelings and habits which pervade the whole, render it still more delightful.—Our limits must oeeessarily render the specimens we shall in dulge ourselves in selecting rather meagre, neither will they appear to advantage thus detached from the Poem itself, but we must give a fete. The opening lines have great sweetness anti beauty. 'Tis spent—this horning 11;ty otJtme ! Soft darkness o'er its latest gleams is stealing ; The buzzing dor-hawk, round and round, is wheeling, That solitary bird Is all that can be hearth In silence deeper far thee that of deepest now. ! Confiding glow-worms, 'tis a night Propitious to your earth-born light ! But, where the scatted stars are seen In hazy straits the clouds between, Each in his station twinkling not, Seems chang'd into a pallid spot. The air, OS in a Thies den,* Is don , and hot and now and then Comes a tir'd and sultry breeze Like the stifling of disease ; The mountains rise to wondrous height And in the heavens there is a weight; But the dews allay the beat, And the silence makes it sweet. Tire first presentment of BENJAMIN and Isis Waggon, the distant tinkling of his leaders' the faint grating of the wheels, heard fitfully, the suspension of these sounds as he stops occAsioneily to give his horses breath, and the idea of his huma nity, conveyed in these brief but expressive lints— , Steep the way and wearisome, Yet all the while his whip is dumb! All these circumstances are admirably managed, but we must pass them over, as well as iris ren contre with the travellers, and the storm itself ; the homely comment of the Sailor, though, is too characteristic for us to suppress it. " And now the same strong voice more near Said, cordially, " My friend, what cheer? Rough doings these ! as God's my judge, The sky owes somebody a grudge ! We've had in half an hour o r l e ss A twelvemonth's trouble and distress!" We are almost afraid to trust ourselves within the magic circle of honest BENJAMIN'S seductive enchantments at the Cherry Tree, but we think few lovers of hilarity can peruse the following animated picture, hardly surpassed even in "'Tarn o'Stianter," without admitting it to he a scene somewhat tempting to men who had just wea thered the pitiless pelting of the elements. Blithe souls and lightsome hearts have we Feasting at the Cherry Tire I This was the outside proclamation, Tlll3 was the inside salutation : IVhathustling—jost ling—high and low! A universal overflow ! What tankards foaming from the tap! What store of cakes in every lap! What thumping—stumping—overhead, The thunder had not been inure busy ; With such a stir, you would hare This little place may well be dizzy ! IF a a a As if it heard the fiddle's call, The pewter clatters on the wall; The very bacon skews its feeling, Swinging from the smoky ceiling! A steaming bowl—a blazing lire— What greater good can heart desire? 'Twere worth a wise man's while to try The utmost ancer of the shy ; To sea for thoughts of painful cast If such be the amends at last. Fur soon, of all the happy there, Our travellers are the happiest pair. All care with BENJAMIN is gone— A C/E4All past the Rubicon ~::. f' What an idea of orptelsivr heat is couveyed by this Iwago. ; Tt „ ; , -• . VVC forget OU ,„• rSeiVeS aS 6 ' Pc so We must get away from the Cherry Tree. effect of these two hours delicious tars ienee 13eN;AmtN and the Sailor, after they tesome their a journey, their" excess of amity," thus ele vate . 5 by the bowl, the quarrel between our Wagg oner Mastiff, and the .aildr's Ass—the Sailors sut le r stitious 'comments on the Owl's foltehoding and hone s q explanation of it, - pre equally good ; but we have no room for thetn' We must however make room for the followi n g picture of the ‘vaggon ascending a hill at br ea d of morning ; it is, we think, rich in fanCY, aD most beam i fully drawn " And In I—op Cast rigg's naked steep (Where smoothy urg'd the vapours sv.ree(s Along, and scatter and divide Like fleecy clouds self-multiplied.) " The stately waggon is ascending With faithful BrNJAMIN attending, Apparent nosy beside his team — Now lost amid a glittering steam." Up against the hill they strain ; Tugging at the iron chain, Last and foremost, every horse, To the utmost of his force, And the smoke and respiration like an exhalation, Blends with the mist,—a moving sbroui To form—an undissolving cloud; Which with slant ray the merry sun Takes delight to May upon. Never, surely, old APOLLO, 1„-le, - or other God as old Of whom in story we are toll, Who had a favourite to follow Through a battle or elsewhere, Round the object of his care, In a time of peril threw Veil of such celestial hue; Interpos'd so bright a screen Him and his enemies between!" o of But we must close our extracts, and taft, leave of Mr. WottoswoeTH, though we hatlP:', know bow to refrain from giving some of concluding reflections, in which he epoiogiz el t : e naturally and poetically for his theme : b"t forbear, in the hope that the reward of our O u r ; bearance will be a determination on the part of (')., Readers to enable themselves to decide, from perusal of the whole, on the justice of 4) l ' i! praises. We thank the Author most cor d ' s for the pleasure we have received, and we if he has any more MS. of thirteen years stAn dil' ci " by him, that he will savour the Public with t4 c without deity. tO , ** We areF ..1. indebted for the present cviel sel f, a Correspondent, %rho is a good Poet hiol and who is therefore the wore entitled to refire A 9 a liberal Critic. Eptros' THEATRICAL REGISIER. form l ed Last Ni H.:—g• ht. THEATRE ROTA Per T), COVEN-GARDC RoRICO and Rowe, Mr. C. Keiuble ; Juliet, Miss A fter Mother Goose. THEATRE RoYaL, Hart.zAnit ET, DRURY-LANE CONl A ltge Pizarro : Rolla, Mr: Rae ; Cora, Mrs. Robinsou• which, The Prisoner at Large. , rf er• EATItE ItoYA i„ ENG LISII OPERA• Hou —The J o vial — ,jr , After which, My Own Rival : Principal Character s 0 0. 1 Wrench and Miss Kelly. 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'" , ce il from which the most alarming and d oss ' events may be expected to arise: The Se d ` tir)d o Miscreants, who assembled at Stockport , we announced, sent a circular invitation, req ulrt" Rebels from all quarters to convene in 5111 ii field on the 21st instant. All who est e r's' rank and property in this Country will se e o r astonishment as well as regret that the na rf ‘ e 11 1 an English Baronet is at the head of cv" t 1 4 fairly be deemed the Signal of Revolution. , or. surely the LOIID MAYOR and the other Consell'-t of the Peace of the City of London have s°cie authority to prevent a Meting So port°toor and that threatens such alarming co nseq ° ' ellecs . to What, suffer a band of rebellious Reformer :" s semble in the very heart of the Metropolis cif British Empire, and perhaps collect in suet' fc)11;1 i ; dable numbers as may absolutely s l tak c the t4br of Government, and overwhelm us in all thg 11°C : curs of a bloody Revolution, such as dotroYed French Monarchy, nod which has left stlCh fats t‘ consequences, that France never CAT! reg3i" rani: among the Nations of Europe ! rib°"ll doubt not that the City Magistrates trill (1 0 311 ti)e : e can to prevent so alarming art assem bla g e ° f 1.°61 1) , Politicians, yet, considering the daring , detgrilli ti ~~ Ii tale Ir on tb at bp () 'Atli Pro' te g tliii