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CLARE ELECTION. O'CONNELL'S RETURN!!! FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIY, JULY 2, HALF-PASZ,OWII.t An Express has this instant arrived in town, with the intelligence of O'Connell's return. Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald resigned at four o'clock yesterday, when Mr. O'Connell was declared duly elected. I have been as yet unable to procure a more ample account. O'Connell is expected in town to-night. The contest was conducted all through in the mast peaceasle and orderly manner. (FROM ANOTHER CORRISPONLY.NT.) WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. The friend of the Test Acts, the Ally of Wellington and Peel, the Pro-Catholic enemy of the ChtholicAisociation, the Seconder of Thanks to the Manchester lirt:omanry for sabring the people, the Pro-Catholic Patron of Anti- Catholic boroughs, the Percivalite, the Liverpoolite, the Canningite, and the Cabinet Minister, has been defeated by Daniel O'Connell and the Irish Nation. An express arrived here this morning, bringing intel ligence from Clare up to :our o'clock yesterday afternoon. The intelligence which it brings is addressed to a quartrr that will take very little interest in publishing it, and it is at this moment but very partially known, tbough.it will doubtless be duly celebrated at the Catholic Meeting this afternoon. That intelligence is that Fitzgerald resigned the .contest yesterday before many votes bad been polled. The day bad beet principally spent- Making' epeeches; - - You will infer from the previous accounts of O'Connell's reception, with what feelings this event was consummated in Ennis, and will be celebrated here, as soon as it is generally known. Illuminations are expected. The prediction of my last, that O'Connell will return in triumph t.s-day or to-morrow, is so far likely to be verified. May it instruct our rulers, how much they lose by retarding the full measure of Emaoci pation ! If granted in time, I would pledge my existence that it would pacificate the country from one end to the other. It would be a boon even to the Orangemen, with whom it is only a question of feeling, and not of merits; and while they admit that they would ho glad to have Emancipation forced upon the Catholics, if it could only is given in such a way as should demonstrate that it was sOreed open them, I believe they would even consider them ',lves relieved from the dilemma into which they have been arried by the esprit du corps, if the Government should .but force the measure upon themselves. I need !:carcely stop to expose the gross fabricition published in the Courier of Monday last, in which it is alleged that a delerate assault lias.been committed on Vesey Fitzgerald. Its falsehood will he inferred, before this reaches you, from nothing of the kind having appeared ;:n the Irish Papers. You will thus see that the fabrication was considered too gross to be published in any quarter of Ireland ; though it served well enoriih fur the Courier. The people here are remarkably peaceable during their e'.ertions, be.ing always well admonished to that end by their t'riests and Leaders. The articles of the Courier, and the introduction of military power, notwithstanding, ex asperate ve►y notch the feelings of the people against the Government. I have seen remarkable proofs of this during 'zhe last few days ; but the people cover these emotions with satirical mirth at the scene of action. THE ELECTION-THE 11/TSTINCS. (BY EXPRESS.) (From the Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday.) The Election for a Member to serve in Parliament, in the room of the Right Hon. W. V. Fitzgeralc, commenced en Monday. At an early hour all the approaches to the Court-house, at Ennis, were crowded to excess and at eleven o'clock the doors were thrown open to the public, when the rush of persons anxious to gain admission, ex ceeded any thing ever witnessed in that couety. Mr. Fitzgerald, accompanied by upwards of ISO gentlemen,' who waited on him at. Senner Park; shortly after made his appearance on the hustings. Amongst those who acoom partied the Right Han. Gentleman, we observed Sir F. O'Brien, Bart., General Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, Bart., John M‘Donnell, Thomas Browne; George O'Callaghan, Poole Hickman, Llinclon Blood, J. Scott, A. Colpoys, John Brady, John Singleton. Heffernan Consadine, J. 0. Vandeleur, B. Scott, John Ormsby Vandeletne A. Staekpole, F. Core, R. Hunt. F. M‘Narnara, &c. Be was very warmly restive 1, and having bowed repeatedly to the Electors, took his feet, Assongst the deputation that waited on Mr. Fitzgerald west sixty Magistrates, twenty Gent/ernen who had filled the office of High Sheriff, the two Late Knights of the Shire, he., Mr. SYCONNI3I.I.. next presented himself at. the table and said, he had to complain of a breach of faith in net having the same access afforded to himself and friends as was girded to his opponent. It was intimated" to him, he eu.id; that the doors would not be opened until eleven ; the Court was now crowded, and it wanted yet fix rninsttes of the hour. • The Suentrv—What I said was, that the writ should he lead at eleven o'cleck. I regret that any misunder standing should '111Y.2 taken place. Mr. O'Corener.r.—A breach of faith certainly has taken Owe, but I care not fie . it, and shall remain here -amongst the people.—(Cheers.) The High Sheriff then ordered the writ to be read, and during the reading of it Mr. O'Conpell 4..e.* his place tern the hustings. Sir Enwalta O'BRIEN—Mr. Sheriff and Geneleniertee, In addressiug you upon the present occasion, I come for ward at the request .of the great landed proprietors of this eaounty, to express, in putting the Right Hon. W. Vesey Fitzgerald in nomination, the nuenimous sense of the fed :rra, esteem with which they view his public conduct as itheir Representative.—(Cheers.) The Sueeter—l call upon that person there ,(peinting to Mr. O'Gornun Mahon, who was dressed in his Or der of Liberator ; epitome wearing his green badge and medal) to remove feern his person that party badge which be now displays- Mr, D'Gottetex Mmteet--/ tell that person who com mantle this person, that this peczon disdains to weer a party badge--elre has the ensign of is country displayed around his neck, and never shall it be taken keim him but with his life.—(Laid cheers.) Mr. O'Coererete—Green i.s no party colour; it may to ,sure be hateful in the eves of our opponents, but that dar!ing colour shall flourish when the blood .stained orange shall r`ede and be trodden under foote—(Cheers.)— We are in Ireland still, awl neither Wellington or his Cabinet ehall trample upon us._—((ireers.)—Out of eeurtesy to the Sheriff did not wear the badge. bet the cohorr is dear to me as my ,beart's blood.—(Cheers.) eyaoetetaN Marron—l will not lower this green badge as long e e I have art arm to protect it.---(Cheers.) —I owe the Sheriff no courtesy, and he shall have none from me. I caged upon the Sheriff to give us time by postponing the ele,otiou to get a proper candidate, and he .refused—and. is it to tieis plan that I am to pay a mark of courtesy?—(Cries of no, tee.) The SHEILIFF here consulted 1,74 leis Assessor for some time, and then said, I may have been , ser.ateg in calling it a party colour, teat surely iu a contest like the preeene every badge of distinction ought to he avoided. Mr. V. FITZGERACP .Laid that he should not in this stage of the proceedings ikerpose a single word, but that l i e was anxious, even before the hearned Gentleman and himself bad been put iu nomination, a z.esure the Electors, that his a rd e nt wis h w .as, that this make* or !ether this *Amami, should be comb:is: l *d with good lellalig 4 4, et° temper, and good feeling. (t..:::"rg.) Sir E. O'Batert remitted—l do hope, Sir, with My Right lion. Friend, that this Election will lie conducted with good humour, and I was about to slew. wheel I was interrupted, that in this Election no principle wee involved. We are all, Sir, strongly united in opinion upon every great political question, and no actual difference, as far as f can see, really exists between us. It has been objected et> Mr. Fitzgerald that• he is a Member of the Duke of Wellington's Adniinistration. How, may I ask, can you separate Mr. Fitzeerate from a Ministry who car ried the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts ? Such a triumph to the canto of Civil anti Religious liberty ought surely to be sufficient to take au* any stigma from the 'Administration of the Duke Of 'Wel lington. (Hear, bear.) We are on the threshold, within the very precincts of the Constitution. and believe me that after the triumph of 'the Dissenters, Catholic Emancipa tion cannot he long delayed. _(Cheers. )—And yet we have an opposition created against a Minister of the King who is favourable to the aline; of the Roman Catholics, and who may have the power, as I know he has the inclination, to serve theM. Let me implore the Learned Candidate to pause before he rushes on the path which be is about to pur sue—let me implore the Ministers •f that religion whose duty it is to inculcate pears and charity, not to dissever the ties that unite us to the people.—(Cheers.)—l call upon them as they value the public peace, and the comfort and happiness of the deluded peasantry, to desist in time. ---(Cheers.)—Sir, I have nearly done, but before I eon elude, let me express the feelings of admiration which I en joy at the able manner in which the Learned Candidate Las fought the battles of his country. When, however, he looks to become a Representative in Parliament, I should ike to see him turning his attention to his native Kerry Let him leave us to ourselves, and we will at all times find a fit person in our own county to represent us.—(Cheers.) Sir AUG USTINE FITZGE ALI) seconded the nomination. Mr. O'Gortarata Manosr, who had taken his place in one of the most conspicuous parts of the side gallery, then addressed the Sheriff, and , concluded by proposing Daniel O'Connell as a fit.vepreseattativee , . Mr. STEELE seconded -the nomination, cud concluded his speech with the following anecdote :—Thit ty years ago (said Mt. Steele) I remember_ an. anecdote occurred, which made such an impression upon my young mind, that I never can efface it Irons memory. I reedier that I was then lodging in Jail-street, and I saw a procession formed of the Longford Militia and the Yeomanry Corps of the town. Tire procession was preceded by a triangle, arid in the centre of the soldiers was placed a wretch who was about to be flogged. The triangle was ererted,and the wretch stripped and tied up to it. The laels.,eesounded—and the i colour of the poor man's back ehenged from white to a livid purple—the blood of the sufferer. began to flow--;cries of shame, shame, from Mr. O'Connell)--I heard bins cry, f‘ take me down, Lord Grauard, for mercy's make, take me down ;" but his prayers were disregarded. —This very Court, Mr. Sheriff, resounded with his shrieks.—(Cries of oh ! oh ! shame, shame.) That scene left an impression on my mind that hae worked within me for thirty years. The act to which I allude' was perpetrated by the Govern ment of that 'day, and we have now a Government that would rejoice to perpetrate the - same et hues if they could.- - - (Cries of• hear,. hear, from Mr. O'Connel) The aiVOI this Gmrt-house can never be purged from the cries, of that poor victim, unless by shouting huzza for Daniel O'Connell, huzza, huzza! Mr. Steele was joined in the shout by the majority present a:id it was some minutes b e fore order could be restored. The Snrairr was about to call upon the Candidates to 'proceed to address the electors, when Mr. Goer addressed the Sheriff, and animadverted in strong terms upon the readiness. which Mr. O'Connell evinced to sacrifice the Forty Shilling Freeholders, when his own aggrandizement was to have been the purchase. When Mr. Gore concluded, the High Sheriff called upon the Candidates to proceed, when" Mr. FITZGERALD presented himself to the notice of the electors, and spoke as follows :—Mr. Sheriff and Gentle men—Although this is .the fifth occasion ox which I have stood upon these hustings, the circumstances under which I now appear here are so different, that never has there been any occasion in which I felt a deeper anxiety tu ad dre-s the freeholders, nor any on which my appeal was deserving of a more impartial hearing.—(Cheers.) A person in the gallery asked, why did you vote against the Test and Corporation Acts ? Mr. FITZGERALD---I am here to answer any question that may he put to me any of my constituents; indeed I may say I stand arraigned here, convicted Without a trial, and threatened with your displeasure without being allowed to enter into my vindication. Ido not object, far front it, to any Elector demanding, of the person whom he returns to Parliament a strict account of the man ner he conducted hims.-If as his representative. From this scrutiny I :hall not shrink, but before I proceed, permit me to call your attention to the situation in which this county is placed by the novel mode which has been adopted by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman and his friends. I hope I may he permitted to -say, without un kindness to those opposed to me, that the system on which they proceed, is one fraught with danger to this hitherto united county. They seek to dissever the tiess which ought to hind the. tenant to his landlord, as his natural protector ; and according as they shall succeed in this unfortunate ca rper, must the success of their candidate depend. It has been said, and perhaps believed, that I was not honest in the support which I gave to the Catholic Question— Mr, O'GORMAN MAHON—It Carnes to that. Mr. FITZGERALD—I do not for a moment doubt the Gentleman's right to question the propriety of any vote 1 may have given, but I do confe. , s that I cannot reconcile the exprrosions of personal retard which lie bestowed upon me with his at the same time attributing to me dishnne4y of purpose._ Mr. O'GommtaN.MatioN—l do not think I used the word, but I adopted it at his suggestion, in order that Mr. Fitzgeraamay in a manly manner meet the charge. Mr. F.ITGERA lam incapable of taking any but a manly course, either in this instance or in any other. —;-(Clmeers.)—l shall therefore come to the essence of the charge, which is this, that I was not honest in the support lelmich I gave 'time Catholics. Sir, I deny the imputation, and I repel the charge with scot n. I deny it, Sir, as a Man of honour and a Gentleman, well known among you, and I claim credit in virtue of my character for that denial. Another charge against the is, that I have been called to the Councils of my Sovereign—and may it please God th4t while in that situation it may be my good fortune to render my Roman Catholic countrymen honest and honou:- abie service. But be the result of this day what it may, an oppotinnity will he afforded me of asking those who are opposed to me, and who arraign me now, how I have kept my word.—(Loud cheers.)—The first and moot important tneasure referred to (important, whether viewed as regards the character of the vote I gave, or the effect produced by the measure itself) is the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. There are some perhaps with whom I should not obtain full credit for the feel ing which iidiuenced me in giving the vote I did. I can, however, account for it on far different grounds than those attributed to me. Although that was not the first time that the subject was brought under the consideration of Parliament, it was the first time that any specific propo sition 'bonded upon the claims of the Dissenters . was submitted. to the consideration of the Legislature—or tlat any specific enactment was proposed. The first time . . that sii i pnif success attended the friends of the Catholic muse in the of commons, petitions had been pre- pared and entrusted to 'various Members of the House, so as :1 be brought forward at one moment, and thus have the effect of injuring the cause of the Roman Catho lics by the numerous petitions against them which were to be presented on time same evening. The petitions to which I have been alluding were the petitions of the Dissenters against any further concessions being made to the Roman Ceti These petitions were presented on the day preceding the debate on the' Catholic Mims. I was on that day charged with the petition of my constituents, praying for the repeal of the laws Which affected the J)i.senters, and in presenting it I took occa sion to contrast the conduct of the Roman Catholic., who petitioned in behalf of the Dissenters, with the gand,,,n4 of the Dissenters, who petitioned against the Ro man CetfW::iL J declared that I should consider the c laims of the Caw and Dissenters from thenceforward as distinct. The Dissenters: eevered themselves from us, and I saw no reason why we riot seek for a repeal of the laws affecting the Roman CatlinHee, in the way most likely to insure success. Every one knows how little notice is ken by the public press of what occurs on theresentation of petitions, particularly preceding a de-' 1 44" of g.t..,h interest as that on the Catholic Question. My repia*s weTe not reported, but I hope the Learned Gentleman will belie4re ;pa that the observations I have alluded tu were really made by we. Well, !iir, ;Mother cir 7 comstaimee ocentredv4lr, Canning 7 eMinistry was formed. At that moment the Govsmnent of Mr. Catining had suc ceeded that over which Lord Liverpool presided, j bad avowed my intention of resigning my office. In the expla nations which followed Mr. Canning's appointment, one of the grounds of opposition to his administration was his re : ;:ceded opinion upon the Catholic claims. Sir, it is not neeessari because-men differ upon political subjects, they must cease to to private friends, and although " friend of Mr. Peel" may be used far the pnrpose of having it in ferred upon this particular question tb4P 4 PyprPly of political feeling was meant, yet I trust, in Q.'mpping Pf Irishmen it will be unnecessary for me to state, that pri ya4:4 ki ie 4 dship may exist, and that in the very highest de . viligic men differ upan one political subject.— (Cheers.) fa,:i ? I communicated to Mr. Canning that as his op!niOn upon r. , 401ic • Question was the cause of the oppos:f4sll then givkp fig kb government, I should continue to hold office ; and give him all rise snut in my power. Mr. Canning expressed himself most gra, tified at the resolution I bad come to, and also expressed A wish that I mightpat i na a more important office, and be come one of the confidential r ,ppcillors of the King.— My answer was, No! I was al oi4 ,to leave you, but I never would hive opposed yon. I will cnNip;,:e in the (Ace which I at present hold. I will neither accept ,c l f power nor a‘kantawe under you more than I possessed under the former kdininistration. Mr. Canning said, " I enter into your sentiment p lint the day I trust N not far distant when you will '• le induced to become one' of the .Cabinet allinisters of the IS.ivr ? .." —(Cheers.) Mr. Canning was on the following day questioeml relative to his opinion respecting the repeal of time Test awl Corporation ' Acts. notice stood in the Order Book of the I-louse of Commons,. in the name of Lord John RtisseY, fora perticillar day. Mr. Canning " T will oppose their repeal, becaise j do not think the Dissenters labour under any practical griev 'ancea of which they have a right to complain very kindly ; will oppose their repeal, became I think a great number of our countrymen do labour ;tacr practical grievances which call more loudly for removal than those of which the Dissenters complain." The effect of this announce ment was, that 'Lord John Russell withdrew his motion. Such, Sir, were the feelings to which I responded, and in furtherance of those feelings, as a man in office, i was pledged to vote against the repeal of the Test and Cur poration Acts. The measure was in the next year op posed by every man who held place _under Mr. Can ning, and all of whom were the consistent and honest supporters of the Catholic cause.—(Cheers.)--These men who recently secebil from the Ministry have been enlogized by the same persons who traduce me, and -yet every one of them voted, against the repeal of the Teat and Corporation Acts.—(Loud cheers.)—Pre vious to the vute which I gave upon that occasion, I had a conversation with a distinguished member of the House, and who may be considered as the orgau of the Dissenters. I communicated with him and said, that if the Dissenters made common cause with the Catholics, they must succeed. This the Hon. Crentlearan declined doing.. Then I said I must adhere to the course I had originally marked out, and vote against the repeal of these • Acts. The charges against nie.are of a two-fold description, first for the vote I gave against the Dissenters, and next for haying joixed the Administration of the Duke of Wel lington, an Admieisiration which actually succeeded in carrying their repeal. I know it will be said that the Duke of Wellington dill not change his mind upon the sub ject until a majority of the House of Commons had de cided that the laws ought to be repealed. How, I would ask, could that measure ever be carried without the sup port of all the Ministers of the Cabinet? Is there no merit in a Minister acting upon the expressed wish of the House of Comtnoos—is there no merit in a Minister carrying a measure of that kind through the House of Lords, and mitigating the hostility of the Church to its progress ? Think you if Mr. Canning had • been alive, *hat he ever could have carried that measure through the House of Lords? He most unquestionably never could—and feeling his incompetence'to carry it through. the Upper House, the measure would most likely haVe been lost in the Lower. I appeal to every gentlemen here, and ask if my apology is not such as ought to satisfy any honourable mind?-- (Cheers.) —With respect to the East Retford Bill, I beg to state, that upon that subject also the ireatest misrepre sentations have been circulated. The question seas shortly this. Tht4e were two places-to be' disfranehised, and it was understood that the franchise of one of the boroughs WAS to be transferred to a populous town, and the other to the neighbouring hundred. One of the boroughs was Penryn, and the other that of East Belford. Penryn was situated in a county very fruitful in representatives, and therefore it was agreed that the franchise of the electors of that borough should be transferred to some populous town. It Was objected to me that the effect of my vote would be to give the return of two Members to a Noble Duke, hostile to the Catholic Claims. I did not hear of this circumstance at the time I gave my vote, and now that I . do hear it, I do not heiieve it.—(Cheers.) — To show how impossible it is that such could be the object, I need only state that the rental of the •Hundred of itassetlaw is upwards- of Y 2511,000/. a year, and that a greater number of freeholders would be created by the act than are in many counties in Ireland. riio man, therefore, has a' right to state that I meant by the vote I gave, to throw two more votes into the hands of a Noble Duke, hostile to the Catholics. With respect to the share which the Ministry had in the transaction, it may be necessary to state that the Bill was introduced by Mr. Nicholas Cal vert, the Member for Hertfordshire, who hail always given his vote in support of the Catholic Claims. Att.. Calvert _ _ is an English county Member, and therefore cannot be sup posed to have given his vote from interested motives.__ (Cheers.)—Mr. Culvert is one of the earliest supporters of the Catholic Claims, and was one of the glorious minority who voted with Mr. Fox on the first introduction of the question by that Right lion. Gentleman, and he at leaast wool! have dared to give 21 conscientious vote.—(Cheers.) —The seconder of Mr. O'Connell has stated that I was nut actuated by the saute motives. I think I may rest upon my character as a public man and a gentleman, and defy him to show uny just reason for sup posing that I voted "upon the Catholic Question as I have done, because I dale not vote otherwise. —(Cheers.)-11ad I chose to enter Parliament and belie my opinion, 1 beg to assure the Gentleman that I might have done so, anti proud as I have barn and ever shall be to be chosen your Representative here, I would not compromise a single principle to obtain that high situa tion, nor would I give a vote to secure my return because I dared not give it otherwise. (Cheers.) I now pass to the other subjects. There is one vote that I gave which, how ever I may regret, I certainly did not give it because I was afraid to vote otherwise— I allude to the vote 1 gave for sup pressing the first Catholic Association. (Citeers. ) I have not the bad taste or folly to raise a topic, when soliciting your support, that may lead to contention amongst us, but the matter having been broached, I will nut shrink from ex plaining my conduct upon that occasion. I world ask of my querist, whether he really believes I would be afraid to give a vote if my conscience dictaud the propriety of my giving it ? If I lament that vote, it is not so much from the character of the vote itself that I lametit it, but because it has alienated the good feeling of those t o w ar d s m e, - . whose kindness I have already so often experienced. Let me remind you, that that vote was supported by the most influential friends the Catholics ever had. The Bill for suppressing the Association was drawn by Lord Plunket, a man, whose-energy of mind, powerful abilities, zeal in the cause of the Catholics, aqd honesty of intention have never been surpassed by any individual. That vote was sanctioned, too, by Lord 'Wellesley, inasmuch as it Was upon his special application that the measure was intro duced. Lord Wellesley, though now no longer in the zenith of power anti popularity, ought never be spoken of by Irishmen without the greatest gratitude. . A man who had not the power to do all lie wished for the good of his country, but had yet the good of that country as earnestly at heart as any man that 'ever lived—a man who, if powerless• to do moth gaud, Lad yet much poster to prevent mischief—he introduced a new tone into so ciety in this country, and was the first to infuse a spirit of impartiality into the system by which the country was to be governed—a' man . who proclaimed that he carpe not to alter the laws but to execute them with im partiality, and who kept his pledge in such a way as to . prove the sincerity in which he made the communication. Yet Lord Wellesley was the man who expressly ►called for that enactment for supporting which I am now arraigned. I may have been wrong in giving the vote I dig, but I do not adroit that I was. - If Idid err, I erred with these dis tinguished personages who gave the Catholic cause the nowt zealous and efficient support. l gave my vote in con]• mon with Mr. Canning. The speech' in which Mr. Can• ning supported the measure will not soon be forgotten. He supported the suppression of the Association, he said, because he was a friend to the Catholic cause, and upo►i this ground he justified his vote. I wish to show that gave my vote in conjunction with the ablest advocates of the Catholic cause, and in common with those men whose secession from office is so much deplored by the Catholic Body. ? I gave my vote in common with Lord Dudley, with Lard Palmerston, in common with Mr. Huskisson, and I gave it in common with Mr. grant, who held the office of Secretary for Ireland, - and whose secession from office I sincerely deplore. But, Sir, it is a charge against me that I succeeded to the office of a man who voted the same way 1 did upon all the questions upon which my accusers have thought proper to arraign me, I have in fact been arraigned for acting a similar part with the man upon whom they have lavishly bestowed their praise. Is this honest, is it candid, is it just ? Now, Sir, there :ire one or two topitz More to which I should wish to allude, if I have not trespassed too long already. (Loud cries of " No, no.") I have ad verted to the East Retford Question, the Di.senters, and the Catholic Association. My joining the Administration of the Duke of Wellington I have only adverted to inci dentally. This Sir, is really the head and front of my offending—it is but manly to state that it is so, and be the cgtu;eq4ences what they may,,l am not ashamed of possess ing the cpug.der,c, and being the colleague of the illustrious Wellington.—(Loud cheers.)—l thiiik a Government constituted as the present is, could do much to neiltrelie the opposition made to you. Doi a any Man suppose that a Whig Administration could ever have' carried the Dis senters Relief Bill? No, it could only be achi e ved by a !nixed Cabinet. There are other points upon which I 'j a i:, Legg gope great inj us ti ce , a n d I tun sure th e L earne d Gentleman will pr4ch of whit he has adv ance d against me. It has been said that 1 have Inn twenty years in office, doting which period I spent or received up-' wards of 100,000/. of the public money, which was ex tracted frog'. the suffering people. This only shows, Sir, li t o e we know the point at which we spay be assailed, for I' Kati t ioi eht 'Oizt hurolde as I was, I was at least ' soKeiently known nett to Incur ?Ate f being actuated by mercenary viers, or cursed with a sordid charuete F ._ (Loud cheers.) ---During my politisal Hie, Which it is now twenty years since I entered nPon, I have lreen thirteen year.; 4.4 nnplaced and unpensioned Member of Parliament, retaining, tiro/ I psims of retaining no other character, than what I was entitled to as your Representative.—(Cheers.):---I have not received one- fourth of the sum imputed to me ; and if it micros* that I was that sum out of pocket by the offices which I have ; t weNld lie much nearer the truth than the state ment which has ht;tr pot fOrtvir4l , -( 1 Oieers-)—I never held any office that did net require me to expend two; three, and 'four times' Mere moutly titan the emolu ments arising from them suppled me with. It is really painful for me, Sir, to be obliged to speak so much about myself, but I trust I shall be exensed, as I Ain but vindicat ing my character. I was for 4 certain number of years Chancellor of the ExChequer in IrOand. 'At the Union it'wo enacted, that after the lapse of a certain number of years, the Exchequer of the two countries sould be consoli dated. I acctlerated "the period, and I will ask was that the conduct of a sordid man?—(Cheers.)—l proposed the consolidation of the two Exchequers—l pressed the mea sure upon Parliament, and I carried it—l offered up my own situation first—l set the other officers the example of not demanding compensation—l declined accepting any office growing out of the new arrangement—l only asked that the old servants of the public should not be sufferers by the change ; but I was determined that neither myself our any one connected with me should be henefitted one penny by the arrangements. The period at which the consolidation took place was within a few weeks of the time when by Act of Parliament I should have been entitled to compensation for length of services. I hastened the passing of the Act, lest it might be said that I had it passed for the purpose of availing myself of the compensa tion, and front that day to this I never received one shil ling in lieu of the salary I voluntarily gave up.—(Cheers.) —I also served abroad, and certainly spent more money in my mission than I received front the public. I must also state that during my political career I several times either refused or resigned Privy C.uncillor's office.—(Cheers.) I now ask the Learned Gentleman does he think I deserved the censure he bestowed on me ?—(Cries of no, no. ) Now, Sir, with respect to another point. I have been ad vised that a Roman Catholic is not eligible to stand as a candidate. • I possess no knowledge of the subject myself, but I should not think in point of principle or feeling that objection ought to be urgett—nay more, I will say that it would ill become me, who have been the advocate of the Catholics, myself to start such an object-ion.—(Cheers.)—l appeal to toy constituents on other and hotter grounds than quibbles of such a nature can supply. If Mr. O'Connell be eligible to sit, and should you return him, and his return assist the cause I have so much at heart, I shall be the first to coograMlate hint. The Learned Gentle man in his; address to the county has alluded to the oaths taken by Members of Parliament. But I do not believe he meant to insinuate that I took any oaths that were not taken by every Member who advocated the cause of the Catholics. It may not be amiss to state that moving for the repeal of those oaths would be taking from the friends of the Catholics one of the strongest arguments they possess to urge in their favour. Ido not wish by any conduct. of mine further to alienate the tenantry of this county from their landlords. Ido lament, unfeignedly lament, the course that has been taken. When the day arrives, and arrive I fear it will, when a serious difference will take place between the landed pro prietor and his tenant, and by Heaven, said Mr. Fitzgerald in great agitation, I deprecate the thought of it ; but if it should arrive, let me ask is it the payment of an arrear of rent by any body of men that will compensate to the untOrtunate peasant for being deprived of his natural protector? Is it the payment of a few pounds that can compensate the tenant for the total alienation of his land lord ; when the poor man is sick, and his family perhaps finishing with hunger, where will those men he who to gratify a public, perhaps a private pique, burst the bonds which for years have bound together the landlord and tenant, by what was till now considered an indis soluble tie?---alas! they will he far distant, and the unfitrtunate tenant will have nobody to look to for re lief and comb re, except that landlord whom he is now called' upon to desert. —(Cheers. ) Now, Sir, the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Steele) who seconded the nomination of Mr. O'Connell, has alluded, and I think very unnecessarily, to what occurred in this town in 1798. The person who urged that topic could not have held me responsible for what occurred, when I was still a very young man. I am, Sir, the son of a man who in those days held office, and who did everything in his power to temper justice with mercy.—(Cheers.)—That individual is now stretched on a bed of sickness, and is unaware of the situation in which I ant placed.—[The Right Honourable Gentleman here became so affected that he shed team, and the tone of voice in which he made the allusion to his father, came so directly from his heart, that numbers of his auditors were as visibly affected as the Right Honourable Gentleman himself:l—l have, said Mr. Fitzgerald, after a lapse of a few minutes, oh tendril upon you too lung—(cries of no, no)—but there is one charge brought against me which I have not no. ticed, it is that where I am charged with having 18 years ago joined Mr. Perceval's _Administration. I have four time since that period been returned by this county, and therefore, it is not the time to bring that circum stance as an accusation against Inc. I admit if I were a Candidate for Kerry the Learned Gentleman might be warranted in taunting me with it, but here the thing is quite idle. I trust I may be permitted to express my hope that this contest will be prosecuted as all former contests in this county have been prosecuted—entirely, I am aware that it cannot be, as a new principle has been introduced. —(Hear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Shell.) I have no complaint to make against the Learned Gentleman, if he thinks himself qualified to sit. But if, on the other hand, he be not qualified, on him must teat the awful re. Sponsiffility of having convulsed a county which was here tofore remarkable for the good feeling which pervaded all ranks of society.—(Cheers.) (The Right lion. Gentleman sat down amidst the loudest cheering, which lasted several minutes.) Mr. O'CONNELL then presented himself to the notice of the meeting, and was received with loud cheers. He said, I agree entirely with the sentiments expressed by the Right Ilan. Gentleman in the commencement as well as in the conclusion of his address. 1 agree with him in the neces sity of mitigating as much as possible the rancour of this contest—and I beg to assure hint that if in the burning heat that animates me fur the good of my country, any uncour teous expressions escape me, I shall regret making use of them and apologize fur their utter woe. I did imagine that the Right Hon. Gentleman had received much more of the public money than it appears he has done, I have much therefore to retract upon that head ; for I will do no man willfully a wrong, and if convinced of My error I will be found very expert at reformation. Ido assure Sir E. O'Brien, that the time is come when the system that has been pursued towards this countmy must be put a stop to. It will not do fur the future, that they say sweet friend I wish you well, but it mu-t be shown by acts, that they do wish us well. It is quite time that this systeM should be put an end to, and I am come here to put an end to it. (Loud cheers.) The Right Honourable Gentleman has boasted of the support he has received from most of the Gentry of the County. He has the support of some of our friends, it is true, and of all our enemies —not one portion of the filthy press but affords him their support. Oh there is nothing makes the iron enter my soul so much as the air of patronage with which our claims are taken under the wing of a great personage. " I took the trouble of penning a petition forsooth But the Right Hon. Gen tleman mistakes us, the time when we could be trampled upon with impunity is gone by. We do not now, as we were went to do, bend our necks before our masters.— Are there no biblical persecutors amongst his supporters ? Are not the wretched faller and mother driven out to starve unless their wretched children are permitted to attend all the proselytizing schools. Mr. V. Fitegerald put down one Association, if you send hint to Parliament, Vie will be voting to put down another. lie did not condescend to ex • 'press regret even for the wits he gave, and why, think you? Because his colleagues are planning the tlestructiou of another. If I ant returned to Parliament, and if the voice of the people can command it, I have a chance--- (cheer.).,-,•I slallOonsider myself in the nature of a juror between the Country and the King. Send in the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he will be calculating how touch hock and chatnpaigne he expended in entertaining his col leagues in office. Mr. Frrzattitatn,—l appeal to the Learned Gentlemen whether I deserve this. Mr. O'CONNELL-I admit I was wrong as to a part of the money. I like sentituentality, but I admire consistency more. Mr. Gore arraigned me, and he was right with respect to the part I took on the question of the furty shil ling freeholders. I went to London at the time the Ca tholic Association was suppressed, and seeing the fell dispo sition of the Government, I did every thing to conciliate them.. I went to London at a great pecuniary sacrifice in order if passible to carry the measure of emancipation.— I did offer to give up the forty shilling freeholders, be thought they belonged to the landlord, but now that I am convinced to the contrary, I would rather die than ever consent to such a measure again. Perceval it was who first raised the No Popery cry, and every man who s oppornsl the base, bl oo d y, an d unc h r i st i an P erceva l, i s as guilty of the deeds lie com m itt e d as th a t infamous Mini star hiniselr, The Marquis of Anglesey came here, and preached toleration,- his sop, gallant an officer as ever trod 4 ship's deck vot e d in f a vour' of us. • Lord Anglesey , tried to satisfy us with swe e t i ro r Cl s , but did he vote for !Is? So--and for this I denounc e him. Delusion is abroad. If you send me to Parliament I will put an end to . . the horrid for bui:di ng P rotestant Ch urc h e s an d providing S a cramental Tine:.(Cheers.)--Pll vote for the diminution o f the tithes.—( cheers. ).411 vote for a Reform in Par liament, and finally I'll vote for reconsidering the abomi nable measure of the Union._(Cheers.)--.13e true to each other, and twine, and We Must succeed, Make way for Mr. Pitger4ld's freeholders as y ou w ould for mine; but go round the country and tell his voters that they ought to vote for me—scatter throuzh the country and do that manfully for me. I have taken the oath of allegiance to my King, and will keep it, but I must tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that the young blood of Ireland is in a ferment. I detected a boy of thirteen years of age a few days since : , xllll. LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1829. MR. O'CONNELL'S RETURN! From the crowded 'state of our columns we have only room to-day to advert to the singular fact—that Mr. O'CoNNELt. has been returned to serve in Par liament for the County of Clare. The Election began on Monday, and on Tuesday, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. FITZGERALD, seeing the utter hopelessness of succeeding, gave up the con test, when Mr. O ' CONNELL was declared duly elected. The utmost order prevailed during the election. We have received this intelligence by Ex press from Liverpool, and from our Agents in Ire. land. The next great question is, will Mr. O'CoN NELL take his seat this Session ? We hope he may. The French Mottling Papers of Wednesday, by Express, have been received, but they do not con tain any fresh news from the East of Europe. The Rentes were on Wednesday, Five per Cents, 106- 71 Three per Cents. 72, 85, 90, 95. By the Duke of . Marlborough picket we haWte . : ceived news from Lisbon to the 22t1 ult.; but asthe particulrs are furnished from the agents of Doti Mmum, they are of course unworthy of belief. In another column willbs found some extracts froln the Lisbon Gazettes. By private letters from Lisbon, however, we learn that all goes on well %:ith the Constitutionalists. The Junta of Oporto had proceeded to join the head quarters of the army at Coimbra, on t h e .l3tii June. , . The execution of nine youths, students at Coimbra, has excited the most intense feeling in Lisbon. The conduct of the Monks on this sad occasion was most disgraCeful. The poor youths were tortured for seventy-two hours to confess a crime of which they were innocent. They were hanged one after another very slowly, • by the executioner laying .hold of one at the bottom of long and wide ladder. On coming out of the gaol, one of the assistant monks began to address the miltit tide, saying that he, who was the last of the procession, and the most criminal, was a victim of the Freemasons, who had induced him to commit the horrible crime by the Masonic society. One of the young men, with resolution and indignation, ra i se d hi s vo i ce an d replied—„ Father (Padre), why are you iFnposing and telling such falsehoodS ? It is shameful, for I never told you any such things, drilling a regiment of boys- 7 —they had flag on which was emblazoned, " Renzeml?ei`tf :Let this be borne to Wellington, and let -. % s itoyvhich he is reduc ing the eonntry.. MK, otonnillhi4ingloncluded 6Theilialy Sit RIFT Proceeded to put :the question upon the nomination - , of the candidates, whe& on the show of hand s being Made, and a inajdrity appearing in favour of Mr. O'Connell,. le - iints declaCetteleated. A ballot was of course demanded for Mr. Fitzgerald ; and the next morn ing (yesterday) was appointed for the commencement of the polling. SECOND EDITION. EVENING MAIL OFFICE, 12 o'cr.ocK. We stop the Press to state, that it is said an Express has been received at the Association Rooms, announcing that Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald had resigned yesterday, at Four o'clock, and that consequently Mr. O'Connell had been declared elected. The fact has - not readied this Office; but our readers are prepared fer such an occurrence. (Prom the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) ENNIS, SUNDAY NICHT, 12 O'CLOCK. The streets at ills moment are crowded to excess, in the expectation of Mr. O'Connell's arrival. Several troops at cavalry an 4 infantry have arrived by forced marches here this day, and also several pieces of cannon, ordered from Athlone ; but notwithstanding which 1 am happy to in, feria you that every thing remains quiet. GORT, SUNDAY EVENING. If 1 may use the expression, " tremendous" prepara tions are made in (Ilse there should he any rioting or dis turbance. There are at least 3,000 troops surrounding Ennis. A company from Athlone, en forced march, are now passing through this town, having been ordered off at almost an instant's notice, and. the Barrack-master of this town has just got orders to have quarters for tw• troops of cavalry, who are to march in at day-light to morrow morning, on route to Ennis. If any untoward circumstance should arise, it is too much to be feared that Peterluo will be but a sham fight to what may he expected here. You, hear no other name as you pass along but O'Connell'e. The report here is, that there was rioting in Ennis yesterday. - It is not supposed the Ministerial Candidate will be able to poll one hundred in all. The Sheriff is determined, at least as far as he has gone as yet, to act fairly, and with strict impartiality ; and as to the assessor, the very name of Mr. Keatinge is a pledge of his impaitiality and unbend ing integrity. Mr. Fitzgerald seemed to admit the title of Mr. O'Connell, if elected, to take his seat in the House, and to vote there also. The Right Hon. Gentleman pledged himself to take no advantage of Mr. O'Connell's religion, This was, at all events, candid. You cannot conceive, much lest can I describe, the ex citation which pervades every bosom here. The town is full of useless military and police, who might be better employed elsewhere, if the Government have any duty for them. The streets are at this moment as silent; if not more so, than Sackville-street, and the electors are deter mined not to taste spirituous liquors till their champion is chaired. TUESDAY MORNING -ELEVEN O'CLOCK. The polling commenced at ten o'clock, and at this hour Mr. O'Connell has received double the votes of his adver sary. Since the break of day Mr. O'Connell's tally-root has been surroundeil by several thousand freeholders, who continue to pour in from all parts of the country, in coaches, ea, s, gigs, &c., preceded by hands of rustic mu sicians. Notwithstanding the unparalleled excitation of public feeling, the slightest breach of the peace has not cc curred.—Victory is certain. (From the _Dublin Morning Register.) At a separate meeting of Catholics held yesterday at the Corn Exchange, the Rev. Mr. L'Estrange produced a lively sensation by announcing a letter from Mr. O'Con nell. It was one addressed to Mrs. O'Connell, and dated at Ennis, at four o'clock on Monday morning. The fol lowing is the portion of it that related to public affairs : "It is four o'clock. lam just twenty -four hours out of bed. Such'a day was never known ! I spnhe to upwards qffive hundred thousand persons from time to time. I have every reason to be satisfied that Victory is certain." The Rev. Mr. L'Estiange stated, that many accounts sustained the opinion, that " Victory is certain." One of the leading agents of Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald wrote to his family, " that his heart was broken, and that there was not the satisfaction of getting one promise from a freeholder that could be relied upon." PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank stock 3 pc: Cent. Heti. 98 % 3 per Cent. Cons. ........ —.. shut 334 per Cent —. 95,,, , ,,' Ditto tied. --. 4 pt. Cent ti ew ' shut Ditto, 15:26 'Ol% 5 : Bank L. Ann 19 11-16 14 India Stock shut Ditto lionti3 D•Y AT ONE O ' CLOCK• South Sea Stock shut Old Annnitirs:.. ... ...... — New Ditto ~.. shut Ex. Bill* £l,OOO 241.67 .601 mi. Ditto sth) 2d. 67 69 pm. Ditto ;'mall Ditto Commercial pm Bank for Account -- India for Account - Cons. for Ac. gBn, 9,/,', CANADA COMPANY. NOTICE is hereby given, that at a COURT of DIRECTORS of the CANADA COMPANY, held at the Canada House, in St. Helen's place, on the 3d day of July, 1823, in pursuance of the power granted by the Company's Charter, It was Resolved,—That a call fur an instalment of 21. 10s. for and in respect of each Share of 1001. of the Company's Capital Stock, be made from the several Sub scribers and Proprietors of the said company, to be paid on or before the 25th of Jur.v instant, to the Company's Bankers, Masterman, Peters, Mildred, Mastermitn, and Co., at their Banking-house, in Nicholas-lane, Lom bard-street ; or, Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Bidclulph, at their Banking-house, at Charing-cross. JOHN PERRY, Clerk and Accountant. I which are mere lie s i n v en t e d b y you . I never even EX' owned that I committed such crime, consequently 1 1DDR N I keep to your holy ministry, and do not abuse it so scandalously." The infamous Monk was so strucit,, Thi s ker. tv . by this expression of a l as t t ru th, t h at he did not lieral of a 1 l ul '7 utter a syllable more, an d th e p oor young man wo' Ihi 1 ) ,. pvl4 w thereby delivered front the false exhortations of that,enha in; g an l scandalous hypocrite. •I des Petate z A correspondent of The Times says, that the nut!C ed i nt) h tive for this perse cu ti on i s k nown : i t i s a in e re: lo ,, i tli th t t a , l , vengeance:of Marshal BEREsPO RD ' s M ARIA DA Liii,;lle „ row care t h' i - i t who was banish e d t o Al garve in SUBURRA ,o, ur glory, on account of her immoral rivalship wit: o :vi tn nTirY , . , i,,,,, 4 ,. that premier's wife, each having , the van i!fliter .4, t nt' r, of being the most powerful of Europe, tis thet,'Y afteini ) 4 are the most dissolute. About Marshal ibutEs- li g ni elously -•- . ; - . l4 3 Pearid FORD I might say a great deal; but it is suffictentit., Joh al l : k lift to tell you, that at Ajuda your Ministry is only . fileltdrucati‘ ai tioned as a set of drunkards, and that in England : rr cota ir there is but one honourable and virtuous man, and',," l4 ll ne,'a that is Marshal BEREsF o R D I Y e G o d s ! w h at next ??,•ttot?,."lti°ll ._, -- _ _ In another column will be found official accounts nor k:: o d, f ty t s he m o ii p n e t r: r t r i t o ly n t s ed o . f th N e ot ßu a ssi T an ur a k rm i y n after ),:isas:nt tß°a ul:4itintedethofaal.i.vin:ii the Danube. Their progress has Leen for several 1 1 , 1).4 % 4 ll f t , tl . • ~,,, g plat' be seen. ,n p . ,,, r German Papers received this morning, say that' , , ela n d , , lin the Russian fleet had proceeded against Constanti.:; k , 31 natal' nople. Brailo7 n' was to be taken by storm. ' 10 te: t. : 1 1 : , 1 ect eded New York Papers t o th e .B t h u lt. h ave been re- - ,ilkt l w its, h., ceivetl, and Quebec to the Ist ; but th e ii'eontente dd ~ s 4" %Id cl not possess any particular interest. Indeed,' we ba n e , a 14t4,,e bar we - m no room to-d a y f or any.extracts. :o eve , held t o LAW INTELLIGENCE.—CEHIS DAY.) . 2e h ekreut HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord s h• lelibe II SIR N . MENZIE V. LORD BREADALBANE . 1 ration h , The judgment of th e C our t o f S ess i on i n t hi s saga, ,_etber hi which related to an em b an k ment o f t h e r i ver T ay, was im a he off, reversed this morni ng . i 1 a certain, WELLESLEY CASE.- JUDCM h e w orst. , ••orst. At one o'clo c k thi s d ay Mr. HORNS concluded his re- ' e2 s of an t ply in this long-protracted case, and their Lordships ixo-- " iii devotion mediately proceeded to pronounce judgment. ' ; Ris friem Lord iIenESDALS stated, that the arguments of Counsel ,` re spite, In appeared to rest up on t wo groun d s ; —fi rst, w h ether the i ., him, fo Court of Chancery could r i g htly exer ci se i ts jurisdiction 714 tture he in separating a parent and his children; and '*dly, that etr ft to one allowing such right to exist, the circumstances of this 1 1 , r ° tip fp r i case did nut warr an t it s b e i ng e x erc i se d . His Lordship ' ir ough th e was most decidedly ofopinion that the Court pos4osed that T seetnw a power; and [as to the evidence in this CUP, warrantittE 1 the 1118°Iva feeli judgment pronounced by L or d Ch ancellor Eldon. Ailing]; e tu n i4 y extract from a letter written by Mr. Wellesley- to Mr. Pit-,, ' l ,‘' hil be d . man, the tutor of his children, m us t a b un d ant l y satisfy "" Surg e ,. their Lordships. That extract was as follows :—." There :tte , • Th ei are many things whi c h o ug ht t o b e l e t alone—s Court of '`s leeping Chancery had no business t o i n t er f ere b e t ween a f at h er and " eottaten his children—they ought to be allowed to go to the devil ould bi di, in their own way." His Lordship concluded by moving ePraraaee , that the Judgment be affirmed. id 1, 5 . appc Lord MANNERS second e d th e mo ti on . sexy. On =---------- VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Le tuinkel INJUNCTION. "` Q ty, bl FREDERICK V. PARSONS. ?arrant a The l3ill in this case was fled for an account, and it ," t ruction prayed that the defendant might be restrained from work- curse. be in ing into a ny p ar t o f t h e p l a i nt iff' s m i ne, an d also front ' ! I ns chemi pulling down th e ba rr i ers w hi c h separate t h e plaintiff's mine ' t ell will from that of the defendant. The parties are the proprie- ~e rye • Sue tors of two adjoining mines, at a place called Neat Abbey, ,e might ha and, in the early part of last month, the plaintiff was hi- ) ",:r's Jury formed th a t th e d e f en d an t was ' encroaching- on his mine ; ' T he car et he immediately applied to the defendant for permission to :ruled by thi examine the mine, with the view of ascertaining whether itered the his information was correct. Under these eircunagances l'ed e 'd ) on% he was obliged' to send two surveyors bystealth ' into' the ,IsPeetabl e mine, anti they, after much difficuity, found that the de- :With his eye fendarat had worked a considerable way into the plaintiff's .! Walked property. . . - - ' ,l terror, an Itlr,tivonsN, in support of the applicatio,, said that '.. bie handl it would_be necessary to restrain the defendant from rentov- 1 struggleti ing the barriers between the mines, otherwise there - could :' raised hi be no means of calculating the exact amount of the damage ',.4, and hi which the plaintiff bad sustained. Mr. CoE, on the part of the defendant, applied for time to enable his cli e nt t o answer the affidpite. Till Ilia HONOUR granted the injunction. . *te suppl 6 PPING INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.) good, (FROM . , , LLOYD'S.) ne at trade - ar leY, Bea • DEAL, JULY 3,—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Sterling, 44 Meet a White, from Iluvannah ; Enchantress, from Jamaica ; 'n'e nut oi Symmetry, Crain,frona North America; Leipzic, Robert, 'ported cxt from St. Vincent's. Arrived from London the Susan, Halliday; Coldstream, Miller; Moffatt, Brown; and nithh Barossa, Hutchinson, for Indi a , an d rema i n. ish ... ? •.... PonzsmouTir, lumr ;.—Wind E.S.E.—P is t e d th e "niiii' — ' _ ..... Pamelia, Wimple, for Bengal. A rr i ve d the Hero of Ma- titNr.l—a lawn, Studdart, from Singapore; Robarts, Corhyn, irons ,I f t p h e Wee] Calcutta; sailed th e 30th J anuary . Th e M ellish left the an d V a r i lsi , Cape for London on the 20th of April. The Henry, Priv. il 'eat !. , cher, arrived at th e C a p e on t h e 17 t h. Arley : FALMOUTH, JULY 2.—Wind S.S.W. to W....... Arrived 1he 5t.......,t the'Stephena, Handjude, from Pictou ; and the Duke of al l Y........... 1 Marlborough.packet from Lisbon ; sailed the 22d Jnne.• THE FUNDS : -( THIS DAY). . 116 day' , other kin eati ltr I . 04 card ith a very u elY Mond Pqr %ton r nlcxY P CITY, Twzara o' aocz. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off at yesterday, Sei ; scarce a bargain has been done. Three per Cent. Consols, for July 22, 89 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 891 ; Three and a half per Cent: Re duced, I ; Four per Cent., 1826, 104.1- 5 P Bank Stock, 2091 101 ; India Bonds, 67 9 ; Ex chequer Bills, 07 9. Iferi, r ripjQqu al i t • "' ° lar n ri f '" (*( r,. t.s ect r t !, i 't Shoe 'oa r ;'qualit ° "s44,wriV, Fotams.—Brazilian, 65/ Chilian, 27 9 ; Colombian, French, Fire per Cent., 1051 Mexican, 414. 2 ; Peruvian, Russian, 93 4 ; Spanish, 1 Mixxs.—Anglo Mexican, $ pm. ; Real dcl Monte 60 20 19 dia. 6 ; Buenos Ayres, 48 9 ; 241 5 ; Danish, 9.1 i 2 ; 61 ; Three per Cent., 72 24151 ; Portuguese, 60 1 ; 111. 671 65 die. ; Brazilian, 5G 40 die. ; United Mexican, su -4, stg A l tii • , 4 useful NI.: NV FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish 62 Do• 1 for Ac. 89h 4 Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 42 Buenos Ayres -- Peruvian Milian Do. Russian 94 Columbian, 1824 25 Spanish, lB2l 11i te c r . Fl'• mor wally tio Y from p i .nt were ) A very Leavy and continuous thunder storm passed over lit,tla furl the Metropoli s l as t night anti this morning. It bega n a b ou t molt pc'rie, nine, and was Lot finished at five o'clock. The flashes ~,S 4l ° 11i . of light n i ng were pecu li ar l y v i v id, an d at t h e moment of: . 4 t t, ri ja their o ccurrence not hi ng cou ld b e conce i ve d more beauti. 11 ;ifi l1 'eks j fol - than the manner in which the opposite bank of. the l! i 'lrt,: t iT' 4 River, with th e wa t e r itself, and occasi ona ll y passing .It::Flrtin boat, were brought into strong and inhtaut relief out of Dut i Ni'', l utter darkness. The storm was accompanied in its corn- 1 1 - , l Z,Loh4 t menceinent by a slight drizzle, which, as the enure )I:icrOr 410, nearer, increased, and by two O'clock was converted into a torrent of rain. The night was excessively warm. The storm shout Hampstead and its vicinity wag one Thi. day t continuous flash of lightning and accumulated peals of 11 Yers l o th thunder, relieved for a moment by intense darkness, accom. n od Navin , pulled by heavy rain. The lightning destroyed some trees 'et With a and chiumies to the westward, and struck off the spire of sr of Brentford Church. We have not heard that any lives were lost. THUNDER STORM. Prince LEOPOLD left his residence, Marlbo- I"ugh Ilituse, Pall Mall, yesterday mornin g , for his suit at Claremont. lotto The Duke or CAMBRIDGE received a visit sup ily goo , yesterday, at the Kiso's Palace, St. James's, from Si r • 4" . depres,i TuoNtAs Prince LEOPOLD honoured ALMACK'b Grand Ball, on Wednesday evening, with his presence. The Spanish (Special) Minister had a con ference with the Earl of AEERDEEN, yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State-for Forei g n Affairs. d 'lton --- The Neapolitan Minister transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign Office, Downin g -street. OLD BAILEY.--(TIIIS DAY.) —The Rev. Fuss was brou g ht up, and pleaded " Nut Guilty," to two bills found afzainsr. hint ;in. fin t ely. Lord HILL held a Levee, yesterday afternoon, as Commander of the Forces, at his dfice iu the Hose Guards, wLich wan nuan-routily uttendvd. fo„, :11r