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awe agri- ' the that of heir deti he I, i 4 at.-.. cry ex ,,01) of ,0 11, re• ,nd had ich • .r 0 ade 11 4 11 Came forward to express his deep and unfeigned sorrow for • haying ever cont r ib uted to give it circulation.' Mr. Hill added, ' that if there were any way consistent with honour by W hich he could make reparation to Mr. Shell, he should deem ' •.110 s acrifice too gre a t to heal the wound which his erroneous ' • oent had inflicted.' • ' " it is with the highest gratification that your Committee find themselves enabled thus to exonerate an accused Me liansent from i mputations alike painful and undeserved.Memberbe The vo r of Par- InwfarYavowal of an erroneous statement on the part of Mr. Hill , Inds it now i n t h eir power to pronounce a decided opinion and to , dose the p resent inquiry. Neither of the witnesses who appeared bef ore the C omm i ttee deposed to any facts calculated to bear out the allegation against Mr. Shell, nor did their testi o m s o m ny m go iy Sot impeach his character and honour in any . matter whaever. elating their The Committee had no h w es e i y ta Shell, in del,berate conviction that the innocence. referred to r esPect to the whole matter of complaint ot n o i f n Mr.tie ; their investigation, is entire and unquestionable.. Y our Committee feel bound at the same time to express their full confidence in Mr. Hill's declaration, that the state nkHeuni I t i 41Pe ache n r. Sheil's character de by him at racy under a ChM, i though mistaken ' persu from the tone of T hey derived this confidence as well . . was made of its accu generous re,. • tident the close ~,ret which characterised his . d issions and the e of their proceeding as from the candi communication at the delivered Whl ril they have ob e ved throughout his testimony as Y to avoid all exaggeration and misstatement in their presene,s r The r question put that it be 1 • °Port having been read, and the from ald ePon the table a cry for Lord Althorp proceeded "" Parts oft H ' / 4341 , _e ouse. 41.TIIORF rose and was received "en ' t he 11' • in a tone of voice so 1 4, _ n _ 1 ieisterial benches. He with loud cheers tat- ,a 4. Indistinct that it was difficult spoke almost throughout to $e said I4s sentences, except by conjecture from particular words. f om some parts aid that after the cheers which P diel;:eliouse, and after the report the had just this report to be laid_llietilt for him to remain silent and allow y raceeded st heard, it would (Mr. Shell) E d l ' i rts the table without any observation. l m H o e n could r. assure th at t $° the and the Hon. and Learned t the Hon. and rein ° n, Pers° ° more sincerely rejoiced G at en t t h . e e contents of the Le ar „ ' Gentleman mself. The charge agams unications to %yr,' was, that he m ft. 114411, 'IA and to others as to the adconsequencesunder the consi derati t" rejection of a certain measure then emim that would When first this 'Pok e s' . ,ef the House, while in his place . in Parliament he stibj et ;' voted against the same in which the too no was brought before them he rn st e a ns ted urc ciistinctly that there Hon andkridation for that part of the charge he mentioned t; Learned Gentleman was represented to have made at th, -"ttnnunications to Government. B .h u ie t h placed the he earliest time that, upon authority on which ve le ar",,, t ,,, rel lattee, he had reason to cationsen bnett; ' en tlernan in private commuhneo ed n. and which he expressed in th e li c ° the measure different to t r e t x h p e r e . 1-1 .. s those place, and after ' , bat "aT' After what had now taken upon a former occasion la th e H be drawn from him state openly why be ot•0, he feat himself called upon to from him 0 wl ade use - • the House heard el'°° tbat rif the observations in several public Pap his ilia `' e asion. H e saw by what appeared speech made hY s Ot great attention had been draw . n to the Ht. il By the taisst°°• and Learned Friend (Mr. Hill) a H r ouse he saw that th ey we us kit to him (Lord Althorp) . in the h some further Proceedings Pet with the view of following up evi y ously made in o or n , puh n i gs those attacks that had been himselfPr with a simple and genet le Papers. Had he contented put to him, t he Mattal s . tate ntent in answer to the question • furher he per hPs act" !rqht ~,... have ended there. In going did - not see how he ed "Prue Minister, but he could have ently as a better nd he should be be Pleas ed t ~ acted otherwise as a man, and 111110 0 he f. ion for too "a -.LIM fault with upon such an occas an indi_ 'id" Pr—ealoe than f t o much. His character as lie al he niUst always crr • o above his character as a Minister. k. stip t ., o„., .. prize . h the House now made upon 'llo it was 'm Mat by the call which some opinion as to the „ eapected th e should express satisfied as i eth ' 4 ' 4 . lie was ready to declare himself quite e fact th t h H Learned Gentleman neither him 'elf te ,,, • a t e on. and others to kali„, he to Government nor authorised which h e ' the communication of opinions different to those setZPressed in his place in that House; but there was an_ 1,(..,,,er question, namely, whether - the Honourable. sentiments tlifre."ed Gentleman expressed in conversation s6qltim this 1,,,,,1t'ent to those he maintained in the House. Upon • , e, !'e received his information first from persons in whose d , t , , :r el „. 4 tY h e Placed the utmost confidence, and the Hon. an ele G htl an did not appear to him • at first to deny . ‘'he:, - Z i , t made by him (Lord Althorp). He did not tint 4 Yis -e 'tade the statement that (as we understood) . he tow a kee,tB:nYthing which could be considered disparagmg oet 1 It ttit t ,, r f Parliament but, as a Minister, perhaps I hit •or'entlY in making 't As he mentioned before, he had ' 44 111 • 1 ' • honour and veracity lie triil atem from persons in whose w came for i Ward ,but if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman not express In Driv:ed declared before the House that he in his place he 11)04 opinions di ff erent to those he expressed _ _ been _ mis Int he convinced, and rest satisfied that he had on e n had been tv e l, or that and Learned Gentleman tallnde4 iat the Hon. information the li kii whi, t h e ed• Ile was bound to say that . bear out the °t ittr i Ma r ch he grounded his opinions did not Gentle. trlan, j-- °f the charge against the Hon. and Learnedh. Wem. e owd n4ll therefore he was ready to apologize to o Noble Lord ; ted h 't bear the concluding observations o . f the 4 e was heard throughout very indistinctly. Learned kriend (~,i-uNNELL did not think his Hon. and ested by t n , h ' /Cob'', r , _* S hell) was bound to come forwasd as su gg before in the Pre s n- him His Hon. and Learned Friend once et qol nst e °f the House emphatically denied the charge . right to ~,,by the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord had no mitt, again u his II and Learned Friend. _The Ono; Bet ki„,„,, out y 'llin Ho the charge. The Noble Lord mu. tair-c'oltE as heTT s could. d rejoiced that this stain was wiped ° the Irish Members. lie should say not a word as to the o hdition in which the Noble Lord was plac e d . I t was on ly W hat was to be expected. b kr. O'DWYER thought the Noble Lord would have done : I ,,_ter if, after hearing the report of the Co mmittee read, he at f:_re expressed himself satisfied that his charges were without tZtl dation. He had no hesitation in expressing his conviction andse whole proceeding was directed, not against his Hon. Med F • d . 7 a h„,. . Friend singly , but that the object was to prostrate wiTY in that House of which his Hon. and Learned h Friend k it eir:e. The Committee having made their report, would better consult hit own to the Noble Lord, whether he would n f ot th b: ' Committee, bY 0, 4 di gnity, and that of the House and t o wo or three days, 41 1 e °Pe ning upon a fresh discussion. his Hon. and Learned p . thi s i . was going forward,. most ~. rie nd w Inquiry . certain quarters with s unrelenting .a- l'e , ; 4 eci tu a s s Pursued in . ",,„'Qu t,,,, i' '' '',. - --(Cries of " Question.") He made no direct a u the Hon. Member for r tlill I,,,‘,4l4lriduals, but he must say that . ncluct in s ‘,,, done himself great honour by his co B on t h in this '1 1 11.1 1 ,.,"ohn the Part taken by a Right Hon. ar from that tart ( J. o ' he was hippy to see, that when a Member lei.in;, the empire ' to which he (Mr. O'Dwyer) belonged was hod Y aualled he was sure to meet with support from a 4 ~? N. lligh_ . in H se —(Loud cries of Vnestion „ r inded gentlemen that House .—( Loud . k r. vi ,; tlet e : v , 'N . Bade one or two observations, whic • h were corn. 4.. Mandible in consequence of the noise in the House.had been ~,,, C FERGUS •ter ed . SON regretted that any discussion . an _ t ea ,,_ Into after the report. He rejoiced that his Hon. d Th er e Friend stood completely acquitted of the charge. th e ~c i' m t 'u s no person in the House who would not rejoice a e Etcol,h7ed the of any Member Under peculiar circumstanc t e he p H .. linf proceeding from the beginning. During intercourse y i „: the measure which gave rise to it he had had ir c:_el intany Irish ensh^ M — yrs, and he never saw anything in the ith`ll:tieTor language that was pot fair, consistent, and honour he re io the eh_ I rt coUld have no effect but to raise still higher aequit4thacter of ~,, the Tx on. and Learned Gentleman, and to C ol e . muse of any participation in these attacks. .. enel L. n . olskt„sion AY said that what fell from him in a previous ' 4 ' th li uPon this subject was not meant to hurt the feelings r '4 ;„°n' an d Learned Ge tl ( Mr. Shell ), and he now ktttee, ex pre ss his g r atificati n on e r n t the decision of the Corn. W as h e the feelin g of thecountry now must be that there (Althot"undation f like the Noble Lord , place P), h ut L. or the charge. He, which he reh an nms i nformation from quarters on kr s ti re. 411 :,h° lief.ri,after some hesitation, said it must be evident to P ii i ''''Y - e xone rat eLl report read that he must feel himself cow. rid t_e,, h e -,•arian,,s' from one part of the charge. The Hon. felt h''' Gentleman that (the Member for Hull) declared I l, fts t o '' l t 'nlY tl but that it ia tally d . 'at the charge was not proved, e,,tl_. estaute of Learned f oundation. That Hon. and . ' 'kith "ten, upon the, turned to him (Mr. Shell) the (Nsi'me e, ootio n r Meeting, forgive him. th e ,' r• Shell), e ' ar 'd desired that he would tment for f, ' ' l ever found ntertaining no feelings of resen 1 , rg aee him ti residence in his bosom, said at once that he f i a ' i 'e l ,r of 40Z i g h he Inade a most serious charge against House, and toted"..With teepee endeavoUred to establish it in . the ; oble yetvat`i° disei a i tt e t t i to the call made upon him private con. the c °4 differ, me utterance of opinion ed s i . . t.o om mitt e tit frorn those he express in . the House. e d th (-- would d • justice to admit t a h t he With st . at h e re o him the i this point. Not. Ni % the quested, investigation upon warned by the trh at 11 . ott. qet 44111114 y which he was me nl lght i tielan (Mr. I slanley) his fearful bodings of stin te °ho w tit recipice, , tindi s ,.. gh placed to the verge . of a P This de. Mein -. por es "!aYed, and dared to court inquiry. of the I,thpuer tettou was not limited to the allegations ed so in. 1 , and 111 " Th charg -JUN ~,, - whi ch ,_ e perfidy which had been d to the ' ' ‘'t th • ''" nail so long as a charge circulate on W tth th e intio Jest,„ 5 Perso„ ....„eent--•the perfidy of the .tran.aacti rested Ma. of t ; ' GOve,ti,:: .willlM made the communication to his name , 44. oat pers on 7 1( ot. If the Noble Lord had given up t . he i .n.. : ‘ , O lr Y, and thelue would have done rightly, and this painfu I . ei , 4 ki have heeahuse of the mind of the House and of the r.,-"twre,neY in h is n ?ared. The Noble Lord, however,had g iveng the it had e f the ' O5l " name to the slander. It was not i _ - bee" h m-unielit, but thepower of the hand by which ..ord h ad , urle d, ~,,,, ac enittea g've ° ,thew.."` had done the mac • hief The Noble to gi, --. the ebt_eight of his character to the charge. He v ._ e any n nt ..,,_ v Lt)rcl of intending to do what was wrong, or 'g d epd th e Iccii,Zr PrePonderance to the charge. He was con itat.w"libtedi. d , y g one 4r-- Was incapable of such conduct, but he heti One srish ad' the length of pleelging himself that more also origina " initiu oh had b een guilt: of the conduct which , ted to ~ voived in 'ed a rem ark n r a (Mr. Sheil). The Noble Lord h the ti Pon the sacrifice of private character Dan delic "neu Lor d ; atelY °v er th at e t be had stigraatized. He wished to Ilan but therei eoutd P , a , r t of the observations of the Noble ate °Us tollUtatien 1. ; "e ho doubt that he had adopted the :°3. harge of the NohY the tone of his remarks. At this part whether he wat, one r d be (Mr. Sheil) called upon him 'tkatrehceived an answer` Ja t , of the Members referred to,. and lti, e had said ande t.'le athrtnative. Now he admitted liQ much Crime B ' 4t e °f Ireland was such, that there so 41,,,, • ^vs; Incendiarism a that something - ought to be done.—(Hear, hear.) When he so said, how ever, he had also observed (hat, in his opinion, the suggestions of the Queen's County Con-at:Mee, if carried into execution, would be enough for the rurpos s of traaquillization.—(Hear, hear.) Bo had said this out of the House—he thought he had said it in the House. If, then, he had said as much as this at Brooke's, or the Athenzeum, or at any other club-house, would it warrant, upon the testimony of club-house witnesses, the heavy accusation brought against him, of having declared himself in favour of the Coercion Bill ?—(Hear, hear.) If, be ' fore the Committee, he had been called upon to defend himself against that charge, he should have been prepared to show that, upon the very occasion upon which he had so declared his opinion upon the state of Ireland, he had spoken in terms of strong condemnation of the Coercion Bill He might be per ' witted to name the Hon. Member for Edinburgh (Mr. Aber. crombie) as the gentleman who ua , prepared to state to the Committee the true nature and circumstances of the conversa. tion. He would have stated that he (Mr. Shell) having been invited by that Hon. and Learned Gentleman to deliver his sentiments upon the state of Ireland, in a conversation at a club-house, had freely done so, but that he had said nothing of the kind imputed to him by the Noble Lord. He should also have produced his friends, those who had known him in his domestic relations of life, to whom the habits of his mind and all the secrets of his heart were known. They would have disproved the charge of perfidy which laid against him. He should have been prepared with this and other evidence to dis prove, both directly and indirectly, any serious charge against him ; but he could scarcely have expected to meet, as the only charge, the sweepings of clubs by Ministerial agents, the rakings of after-dinner conversations at convivial meetings, or in social assemblies, where a loose was givep to the tongue without the thought of responsibility attaching to what was said.—(Hear.) He should like to know which of his Majesty's Ministers would like to be judged in that way. Had they never said aught in private they would not like to have produced against them in the form of a public accusation ?—(Cheers.) But he stood there to defend, not to accuse. The heart should be a man's de fence, not his professions. The Noble Lord had stated that if he (Mr. Shell) would state that he had not done those things which had been imputed to him he should feel bound to believe him. He accepted the Noble Lord's apology and his invitation at the same time ; and he did solemnly declare that he was not guilty of any of the charges that bad been made against him.-- (Cheers.) He had been led to make these observations against his original intention. After all that had been said and circu lated upon this subject, the materials that bad been furnished to the newspapers for months past to wound and slander a repu tation dear to him, not on his own account merely, but on ac. count of others, who were dearer to him than his life, and to whom his reputation was more dear than their existence, he had found it impossible to remain silent.—(Cheers.) He had done. He accepted the apology of the Noble Lord, and if on his deathbed, at that moment about to appear in the presence of his God, he would fearlessly protest that he was not guilty.— (Loud and long-continued cheers.) Mr. ABERCROMBIE (havingbeen called upon by the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary) would merely trespass on the House to state the particulars of the conversation which had passed between himself and the Hon. and Learned Mem ber. A few days ago the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had reminded him of a conversation they had held upon the state of Ireland during the deb:tes on the Coercion Bill. He (Mr. A.) told him that he recollected having held such a conversa tion, but could not call to mind the particulars of it. He now repeated that statement to the House. He had found it impos sible to recall the particulars ; but although he could not recol lect what the details of that conversation were, neither could he recollect any one circumstance or opinion coming from the mouth of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman inconsistent with the opinions that he had heard him express publicly in that House.—(Cheers.) He should not have thought this worth stating to the House had not the Honourable and Learned Gentleman referred directly to him. Mr. Secretary STANLEY hoped the question was at length brought to a conclusion.—(Hear, hear.) In the report which had been laid before them, and the painful discussion which had followed, he trusted a salutary lesson had been impressed upon the House to guard itself against receiving as facts wor, thy of attention matter which rested upon vague and rambling reports. If the experience which they had of this affair had taught them this lesson, all they had gone through would not be thrown away. He should not have said one word if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had not called upon him. That Hon. and Learned Gentleman appealed to him, demanding to know what must have been his (Mr. Sheil's) feelings, as an in nocent man, when his warning had been addressed to him. In answer to that appeal, he would say that such must have been his feelings as would be the feelings of any man labouring under unjust suspicions, who saw a tribunal appointed which' was to make manifest his innocence. —( Hear, hear, hear.) He (Mr. Stanley) hastened to say, that with respect to the charges brought against the Hon. and Learned Gentleman at Hull, he had been by the report of the Committee fully, distinctly, and honourably acquitted.—(Hear, hear.) He also rejoiced to have heard the positive, explicit, and frank denial of the Hon. and Learned Member, and which having heard, he could entertain no doubt any longer on the subject that upon no occasion had the Hon. and Learned Gentleman used language out of the House inconsistent with that which he had used in, the House. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman would forgive him for repeating over and over again that his Noble Friend had not brought a charge against any one. He knew that his Noble Friend would not have made the statement had he not believed it to be true, and believed it upon the testimony of persons on whose veracity he had the fullest confidence. After the denial of the Honourable and Learned Gentle. man, he (Mr. Secretary Stanley) had thought it the best course to appoint a Committee of Inquiry, the character of the House being involved in the truth of such denial. The Honourable and Learned Member had courted the fullest inquiry, and he was entitled to claim the benefit of the inquiry of the Committee, before which no evidence in support of the accusation had been adduced.—(Hear,, hear.) He also stood acquitted upon his own statement of having held con versations of the character imputed to him, the imputations having originated in loose reports and exaggerations. He did not wish to derogate from the triumph of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, but he was bound to state that his Noble Friend would not have advanced the statement if he had not believed it. He was glad that the House had been spared an inquiry into loose and vague conversations. He hoped the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was satisfied with the manner in which he (Mr. Secretary Stanley) expressed himself. He had ob tained a complete vindication of his character, and was re lieved from the paint ul situation in which he stood. There was now not the shadow of a doubt resting upon the word of the Hon. and Learned Member.—(Hear, hear.) Sir H. HA RDlNGyeeling, in common with many Hon. Members, a strong desire that this discussion should close, would not have troubled the House upon it but for some of the observations which had just fallen from the Right Hon. Gentle. man. The vindication of his Hon. Friend did not depend upon his own assertion of his innocence, but upon the distinct opinion of the Committee. The report of the Committee did not merely state that the charge brought against his Hon. Friend by the Hon. and Learned Member for Hull was disproved, but that there was no ground of imputation whatever against him. —(Hear, hear.) The statement of the Committee was, that there was nothing to bear out the allegations which had been made against the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary, or in the least to impeach his character and honour in any way whatever. The Right Hon. Gentleman, however, seemed to draw a distinction between the charge which had been brought against the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary by the Hon. and Learned Member for Hull, and the statement which had been made by the Noble Lord ; and seemed to imply that the assertion Mr. Secretary STANLEY, in explanation, begged to observe that he had repeatedly declared that the Report of the Com mittee had fully and entirely exonerated the Hon. and Learned Gentleman from the imputations against him, and therefore, that he was bound to give the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the full benefit of that circumstance, as well as of having court ed a strict investigation of his conduct. Sir HENRY HARDINGE acknowledged that that was the case, but observed that the Right Hon. Gentleman had taken care to add, that the Noble Lord had received his information from persons on whose veracity he could rely. Having, as a Member of the Committee, heard the evidence, he must say that the person whe gave the information to the Noble Lord did state to the Committee, in the most frank and loyal manner, the im pression under which he had made the communication in ques tion. He had declared that when in conversation with the Noble Lord he mentioned the circumstance, he had attached no importance to it whatever. Not only so, but after having men. tioned what had taken place at the Athenaeum Club, he (Sir Henry Hardinge) believed at dinner he had said that the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary at the same time expressed the strongest disapprobation of the Irish Coercion Bill. He (Sir H. Hardinge) having asked the individual in question if he had mentioned the occurrence to any other individual, the answer was, that he had attached toolittle importance to it to do so. In fact, he had not communicated it to the Noble Lord until the month of December, when the Noble Lord and him. self were discussing the speech which had been made by the Hon. and Learned Member for Hull. What he (Sir IL Hardinge) r 'se to insist upon was, that the innocence of his Hon. Friend did not depend upon his assertion in that House, but on the evidence, proceedings, and report of the Committee. Lord ALTHORP, after what had fallen from the Hon. and Gallant Member, begged to be permitted to state that the Gentleman in question did certainly, as he conceived, give him information which had induced him to make the statement which he had made the other day in the House. He now, however, believed that he or they must have been mistaken. Mr. John Wood was the individual to whom the Hon. and Gallant Officer alluded. The name of the other gentleman he had not mentioned, nor did he intend to mention it. He re. peated, that he was perfectly satisfied with the full vindica tion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary.—(Hea.r) Mr. O'CONNELL observed that it must be the wish of every one that this discussion might now end.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord's declaration must be abundantly sufficient to justify his Hon. and Learned Friend. The gentleman who had given the information to the Noble Lord—the only one who had given evidence before the Committee—had, in his statements before the Committee, not only not sustained the charge against his Hon. and Learned Friend, but had done di rectly the reverse; for from that gentleman's statement it ap peared, that instead of his Hon. and Learned Friend having approved of the Coercion Bill, he had begun the conversation in question by distinctly declaring his disapprobation of it. Such being the statement of the witness whose information had produced so mistaken an impression on the Noble Lord's mind, it was certainly not going too far to say, that every trace of imputation on the character of his Hon. and Learned Friend had been completely removed and annihilated. 31r. FERGUS O'CONNOR also declared himself fully satin. fled with the declaration 'of the Noble Lord. He wished however, to say a few words with respect to what had fallen a few evenings ago from the Hon. and Gallant Colonel who sat behind the Noble Lord.—(A laugh.) It must be in the recol lection of the House, that the Gallant Colonel had declared his belief in the reports that Irish Members had in private ex pressed opinions on the Coercion Bill different from those which they had stated in the House. Colonel LEITH HAY said that it was impossible he could have made that statement—the information upon which he had spoken, and which he was now bound to believe was entirely erroneous, applying solely to the Hon. and Learned Member for Tipperary. Mr. FERGUS O'CONNOR observed that, such being the case, he had done. The motion for printing the report was then agreed to. SMUGGLERS. Mr. FRANCIS BARING moved for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the provisions in the Customs Acts, by which service in the Navy is made a punishment for smuggling offences : and to alter and amend the said Acts. Captain YORKE, was not quite prepared to acquiesce in the propriety of such a measure. He knew from experience that when a smuggler was received on board a man-of-war, he gene rally became an exceedingly good seaman. After a few words from Mr. F. BARING, leave was given to bring in the Bill. ob bat his hem , ad- 1.0 11 tile*wha t the a be the ,vere I 0 0 oink; two artY use, aalY - s of hick si, lino was He Jral ?lief to ;hat and , his of t he -jai old oti t . 0 01 the 4 11 1 1 1 IRELAND. On the motion of Mr. FERGUS O'CONNOR, copies of cor respondence between the Irish Government and the Magistrates of several parishes in Ireland, respecting the appointment of police force, the collection of tithes, &c., &c., were ordered to be laid before the House. Mr. LITTLETON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act relating to Jurors and Juries in Ireland. The Bill was subsequently brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. On the motion of Mr. AGLIONBY, a variety of returns were ordered to be laid before the House. At half-past ten the House adjourned till Monday. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand in the Order Book of the House of Com. mons, for the ensuing week. MONDAY, FEB. 17.—ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Ways and Means—Report. 2. Ways and Means—Committee. 3. Supply—Committee. 4. Turnpike Road Acts Continuance Bill—third reading. 5. Juries (Ireland) Bill—second reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir James Graham—Navy Estimates—(in Committee of Supply). 2. Mr. Wallace (of Greenock)—Copy of any further evidence taken by the commissioners of revenue inquiry respecting _ the colonial and foreign post office department; also, any draft of a report by said commissioners, and transmitted by them to the Treasury, on the expiration of the com • mission. TUESDAY, FEB. 18.-NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. O'Connell—Bill to establish the liberty of the press. 2. Mr. Harvey—Select Committee to inquire into the consi deration of each grant in the pension list, and report the same to the House. 3. Mr. Andrew Johnstone--Bill to improve the small livings in the Church of Scotland. 4. Mr. Hughes Hughes—Address for " Copy of memorial of lay members of the established Church acting as a Com mittee for the defence of the Rev. John Wilcox, A.M., late Minister of the Episcopal Chapel of St. John, at Hampstead. 5. Sir James Graham—Bill for better regulating the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster. 6. Mr. Halcomb—That the two petitions from inhabitants of Leamington Priors, for and against the extension of the elective franchise of the borough of Warwick to Leaming ton Priors, presented in the last Session, be printed. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Solicitor-General—Bill to abolish imprisonment for debt, except in Cases of fraud, and to amend the law of debtor and creditor. Also, Bill to regulate the execution of wills of real and personal property. 2. Mr. Murray—Bill to amend the laws relative to Roman Ca tholic marriages in Scotland. 3. Mr. Poulter—Bill to amend and extend the provisions of the statute 11 Geo. 2, c. 19, on the subject of equitable ap- portionment, so as to apply th em to all periodical and fixed money payments. 4. Mr. Cripps—Bill to alter and amend the law regulating county coroners. 5. Mr. Charles Buller—Select Committee to examine the re gulations of the Courts of Common Law, lately laid be fore the House in pursuance of the Statute 3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 42, and to report thereon. 6. Mr. Hume—Returns from the principal registrars of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury; similar returns from thedeputy registrars; also, return of offices in the said Court at the disposal of the Archbishop of Canterbury. THURSDAY, FEB. 20.--.-NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. Littleton—To call the attention of the House to that part ofthe King's speech which refers to the state of tithes composition in Ireland. 2. Mr. O'Connell—Bill to amend the law relative o distress foii rent in Ireland. 3. Mr. Jags—Bill to repeal so , much of an A passed by the Irisfi Parliament in the 3d year of his late Majesty Geo. 111. c. 31, as relates to the levy and appropriation of ton. nage dues by the corporation of Londonderry. 4. Mr. Thomas Attwood—Resolution, that it is expedient to authorize the issue of notes under 5/. by all persons duly licensed for that purpose. 5. Mr. Lynch—Bill or Bills for the better employment of the labouring poor in Ireland. 6. Mr. Secretary Stanley—Bill to enable the Legislature of his Majesty's Colonies in North America to alter and amend the laws relating to their internal postage. FRIDAY, FEB. 9-1.-NOTICES OF MOTIONS. I. Mr.-Ellice---Army Estimates. (In Committee of Supply.) 9.. The Marquis of Chandos—On motion for going into the Committe of Supply, to move a resolution on the distressed state of the agricultural interest. ORDER OF THE DAY. Hertford Borough Bill ;—Second reading. Last day for receiving petitions for Private Bills. SUN NEWSPAPER EXPRESS, WITH THE KING'S SPEECH AND THE WHOLE OF THE DEBATE. THE SUN.--It is due to the spirited Proprietor of this Paper to acknowledge the receipt of an Express Edition, con taining a copious report of the whole of the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday, per his agent, Mr. Wiley, of this town. Mr. W. brought the papers hithself. He left London at two o'clock , when nine other expresses were for warded to different parts of the empire, and travelled 163 miles in 14 hours. It was an herculean task, and evinces a determi nation to furnish the public with the earliest intelligence.— Shdfieid Iris, Feb. 11. UNEQUALLED DESPATCH.—The Courier and The Sun News papers, containing his Majesty's Speech, were received by Mr. B. Wheeler, of St. Ann's square, at seven o'clock on Wednes day morning last, and soon after five the same evening, we re ceived through the same medium a copy of The Sun, containing the whole of the debates in both Houses of Parliament on the address. By this spirited effort, the Morning Papers were an ticipated about six hours.—Manchester Herald, Feb. 11. DESPATCII.—The King's Speech was received here, be Ex press from The Sun Newspaper-office, at nine o'clock on Wed nesday morning, having left town at five. It overtook the North Devon coach at Salisbury.—Sherborne Journal. An express edition of The Sun newspaper, containing a full report of the debates in both Houses of Parliament, with the division in the Commons at twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, was left at our office before noon on Wednesday. Though too late to enable us to avail ourselves of it for our last week's publication, we beg to express our thanks to the spirited and enterprising proprietors for their gratuitous accommodation.— Bury and Suffolk Herald, Wednesday, Feb. 12. NEWSPAPER DESPATCH.—We are indebted to the enter prising and spirited proprietor of The Sun newspaper for his courtesy in sending us copies of that paper of Tuesday evening, Feb. 4, containing not only a copy of the King's speech, but in a second and express edition, full reports of the debates on the address in both Houses of Parliament. This extraordinary exertion is well deserving of public patronage.—Tyne Mercury, Feb. 11. NEWSPAPER EXPRESSES.—The astonishing exertions which were made by the proprietors of The Sun newspaper, to convey a report of the debate and division of the House of Commons on the Address to his Majesty, entitle that journal to a priority in public estimation.—Cheltenham Journal. DESPATCH OF TIIE SUN.—Through the kindness of Messrs. Paterson and Rutherglen, who yesterday afternoon received an express edition of TuE SuN, bringing down the Parlia. mentary Debates till ten o'clock on Monday evening—three hours after the mail left London—we are to.day enabled to present our readers with the result of Mr. O'Connell's motion as to inquiry into Mr. Shell's case.—Glasgow Courier. THE SUN NEWSPAPEIL—We should be guilty of injustice as well as ingratitude to the managers of TflE SUN newspaper, if we omitted to notice their extraordinary exertions for the dis semination of early intelligence. We received by the York noon mail, on Wednesday, a copy of their paper, expressed to us, and containing a full report of the debate on Monday evening, on Mr. O'Connell's motion for a Committee, to in quire into Mr. Hill's extraordinary allegations.—Hull Packet. MR. SHELL AND HIS ANONYMOUS CALUMNIATORS.—The par liamentary proceedings of Monday, which we publish al full from an express edition of THE SUN, will be read throughout every part of Ireland with the most intense interest. They relate exclusively to the charge advanced against Mr. Shell. We have already declared our disbelief in the truth of the im putation sought to be cast on the character of the Member for Tipperary ; and the circumstances which have recently taken place fully confirm our original impression. —Fr eeman's Journal of Thursday. EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCEI.-At half-past ten on Tuesday evening, The Sun Newspaper was read in Birmingham, con. taining a report of the King's Speech, and other particulars, connected with the opening of Parliament i and, at half-pact one on Wednesday, copies of the same Newspaper reached this town, with a full and complete report of the debate on the ad dress, which terminated in the House of Commons at twelve o'clock the night before. We were favoured with a copy by Mr. Mansell, . of Union-street, Birmingham; and we have also to acknowledge the receipt of an Express Edition of The Sun yesterday morning, containing the debate which took place on Monday night on Mr. Shell's question, from Mr. Cooper, of Bir mingham. Ourselves, and the other Provincial Journals, are under deep obligation to the Proprietor of The Sun for the spi rited and persevering manner in which we are thus early sup plied with all intelligence of importance. — Wolverhampton Chronicle, Feb. 12. LEEDS ELECTION. Thursday last, being the d ty appointed by the returning Officer (Benjamin Sadler, Esq.), for the nomination of a Burgess to be returned to Parliament, in the room of J. B. Macaulay, E-q., who had accepted the Chil!e:n Hun dred., Leeds has been during the week in a state of excite ment and anxiety hardly ever before, if ever, experienced. S:r John Beckett, Bart, the son-in-law of Lord Lqasdale, and eldest son of the late Sir John Beckett, Bart., of Leeds, banker, being brought forward on the Tory interest, Mr. Baines, the conductor of the Leeds Mercury, on the Whig interest, and Mr. Joshua Brown on the interest of the Radicals. The day - was exceedingly propitious; so fine a day had hardly been through the whole winter. The Mayor bad appointed the nomination to take place upon Woodhouse Moor, where hustings bad been erected cal:ulated to hold about 300 persons. About a quarter before ten, A.M.. the Returning Officer, accompanied by hie deputies, reached the ground, having been preceded by Mr. Baines and his friends about h.,lf an hour, by a previous arrange ment. The time having been cilled, the oath to the Re turning Officer having been administered, and the Bribery Act read, the MAYOR spoke as follows : Gentlemen—ln consequence of a precept which I have rec.-ived from the Sheriff, requiring of me to appoint a day 'for the purpose of electing a burgess to serve this borough in Parliament, in the room of J. B. Macaulay, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, I have, by a proclamation which you have all seen, appointed this day for the purpose. As I consider it will be out of my duty to 134 more at present, I shall order the precept to be read to you. Tile precept and the Bribery Act having been read, he continued— Gentlemen, I am now prepared to hear every person, being a voter, who wishes to propose a candidate for your acceptance. —(Cheers from the Blues.) Mr. JOHN GOTT then rose, but, limn the distance, only a few Fe u ten ces could be distinctly heard. He said, I have the pleasure to present to your notice the Right Hon. Sir John Beckett.—(Cheers.) You know him well— you know his family—the respected family of which he is the head.—(Cheers.) I have net to inform you how, for a century neatly, his family have been diffusing good around them, and in every shape and way improving the public interests. Sir John has undeviatingly pursued the same line of conduct down to the present day.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, are these considerations to have no weight ? They have a right to have weight, and they will have se eight. The Right Hon. Baronet is now before you ; his earliest recollections are here; his attentions are here, and here they will remain. Look at Sir John in his public life ; if at the University, what did he do there ? He took An honourable degree —(A laugh.) That was a high honour. He gained the respect of most men, and what was more, men of very distinguished character, who called him to the important situation of Secretary of State.—(Confusion.) Many other persons having to address you, you will not expect me to say much more, and therefore I conclude by proposing Sir John Beckett as a fit and proper person to represent you in the Commons' House of Parliament. Mr. ATKINSON, of the firm of Hewes and Atkinson, then came forward, and in an animated but short address, seconded the nomination of Sir John Beckett. The MAYOR—If any other person has any one to pro pose I shall be most happy to hear him. Mr. JAMES AJARSHALL then presented himself, and said—Gentlemen, I have great pleasure in fulfilling a duty which I have been selected to perform. I need not now enter into a disquisition on the character of Mr. Baines, nor the important part which has been allotted him for the last thirty years,—a man to whom we owe so much, for the achievement of the signal triumphs we have gained during tbat period in the cause of ,civil and religious liberty and ecnnAmic government. It May be said that by the extension-of-the franchise we have been admitted to a fair I share in Abu management from which we were before Un justly excluded. NVe have now the power to obtain good government if we do our duty. We have now the oppor tunity to strengthen our position, if we steadily persevere. —(Confusion : " Silence !" by the Mayor.) It is our interest to represent these opinions, and we have now to decide which of our candidates we ought to send to Parliament. If we judge by former experience we cannot hesitate to select a man who has lately thane so much fur the cat's of the people as Mr. Barnes, and it is a duty we 0%% e to outselv, a as well as to our country to give him both our votes and our support. I beg therefore to propose Mr. Baines as a fit and prop •r person to repre sent us in the Commor.s' House of Parliament. Mr. JOHN CLAPHAM rose to second the proposition. He said—Gentlemen, I congratulate you that you are again wet to exercise the high privilege of electing a Mem ber for the Commons' House of Parliament.—(Uproar from ' the Blues.) Whilst I congratulate you on the enjoyment of this distinguished privilege, I call on you to remember that that privilege is united with the exeteise of a weighty and an important duty. Recollect, this privilege was not obtained for you without a mighty effort ; and, gentlemen, it was by your efforts that we obtained it, for to them I attribute our success over that borouglimongering faction —(Loud cheers)—which had so long triumphed over the rights, and which would have trampled on the privileges, of the people of England, over that faction—which would have ground down all those who did not agree with them in political and religious opinions—that faction which would exclude you from a fair share in their civil and political rights, because you did not happen just to think as they do. But I always considered, and so have you too, that the Reform Bill was no more than a means to the attainment of our end; arid, Gentlemen, it you wish to see the end of the Reform Bill attained, you must act a part whit'► becomes you as the free and independent electors of Leed'. Now, Gentlemen, who do you think the likeliest man to send to see out the working of the Reform B II? shall we send the man who has done all that laid in his power• to prevent us having the, franchise ? . (Cries of "No, no.") I can never believe tiny fellow townsmen will be so misled.—(Cries of "Never, never.") Nor that they will be driven by the command of my Lord Duke—(" No, no")—nor by virtuous Marchionesses ? No, and to come neater home, not even by the great Corporation of Leeds itself. Gentlemen, the last, and I mean no disrespect to the persons themselves, have, as a body, beau constantly opposed to your liberty on every opportunity. They have done all they could and that has been precious little ! They did all they could ter 'prevent us getting reloim. The Right Hon. Baronet was in London, and no doubt there were com munications sent up, about the danger which would accrue. They did all they could to prevent us being successful, and now they are trying if they cannot get it into their own hands again. There is no effort spared to make the Borough of Leeds a Corporation borough, and now the COI poration of Leeds bring forward the Conservative, the nominee of the Lowthers, who was rejected at Basse,law, and whose next step might be en the liber ies of the people, a man who a few days ago could not recollect how he voted !—(Cheers.) The Tories are now playing the trump card. They are now playinq for their last stake. They have been strutting in a little bt ief authority : Magistrates canvassing publicans and beer shops.— (Shame.) Yes, we are here with a character for consis tency. We are here to meet our enemies face to face, and I can tell you what else we are here for, with your hi Ip— to give them a complete drubbing. Don't be afraid of that diaphy, they are like ci,aff before the wind. What if they had 10,000 bands of music, yours is the music fur my heart, the expression of your approbation.—(Cheers.) I hope you will learn to•day a lesson you will never forget. Now 1 hope you will take my advice about the working of the Reform Bill. You tiny depend upon it if you elect Sir John, he will eo all in his power to prevent it doing what it may. He'd let the steam go down. You see things are going on too rapidly for him, but too slow for us. Instead of having reform in ti e Government speedily accomplished, if you send Sir John, it will be done by pie day, and not by ti►e piece. When the Commission makes its report respecting close corporations, he will get them to touch it as gently as possible. Gentlemen, you all know Mr. Baines ; I have known him thirty years, and in the consistency of his prin ciples his enemies cannot find a flaw. The worst wish I have for opr opponents is, that they may stand as fair as we do. And now I must conclude by requesting you will be de ermined to do your duty. Never mind the means which they adopt , let your votes be given for an inde• pendent man, and let tite consequence be your sending to Parliament that man who will do your work in the most ' effectual manner.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, 13! determined and steadfast—up and be doing l—and you will discomfit our opponents at the very o ►t , ct. I beg to - second the nomination of Mr. Baines. The MaYou—lf any gee-l- :nail has any other candidate to propose, I shall be glad to hear him.--( Cheers from the Blues for Mr. Bower.) Mr. Bower was then proposed by Mr. Joi; HEAPS, and seconded by Mr. BAYLEY. These bAng all the candid it , s Sir JOHN BECKETT wa then called upon, on which he rose and said,—Gentlemen -permit me to say, as I am entitled to do, Fellow-towns. men—of the borough of Leeds, I h .ve the honour to be thought a proper person to represent the interests of th.. town of Leeds in the House of Commons ; permit me to add, by whom have I been nominated, since that nomination has been seconded, not by strangers come here fir the sake of oratorical power and display, but by individuals whom you know, because they live and are with you always in the town of Leeds. Gentlemen, I should not on this occasion be doing justice to any of Owe who have spoken so flatteringly of me if I did not declare that no men stand higher in the estimation of their fel low-townsmen, in character more pure and unsullied, nor more distinguished for their integrity, than they.—(Cheers. ) Gentlemen, in the course of their address they did me the honour to advert to the time when I was a resident in this town. They had the kindness to state whit they did of my pretensions to the appointment I seek. It is true th it my ancestors had set the bright example of loyalty to their King, affection to the constitution. and regard for the interests of Leeds. Gentlemen, it is not becoming for me to speak of myself, but I assure you I have not di verged this way or that. I tread in their footsteps, and am willing to render you any service in my power.__ (Cheers.) I speak not as the nominee of any man : I wish to be the nominee of the constituency of Leeds. Gentlemen, my friends who are here around me have had an opportunity of ascertaining what are my opinions on certain points now before the country. They have also ascertained from me what my views are in reference to this town. They think lam not incompetent, and there- fore they recommend me to your notice ; and I know the intelligence of the people so well that I need not explain why I have been induced to seek the high honour of your representatiou.—(Hear.) I have devoted myself to ascertain - what was the state of the manufactur ing interests of this town and neighbourhood. For that purpose you know how I have employed myself for the last fortnight.—(Cheers and laughter.) I have taken the opportunity of stating where 1 have been, my opinions, and I have consulted others. It is my constant pride to pro mote the prosperity of the merchant, the manufacturer, and the industrious classes of Leeds.—(Cheers.) The general prosperity in the manufacturing districts must de. pend on the union of its several classes. I am an advocate for wages up to the full amount that the manufacturing interests cin afford. I have taken the opinions of a fair pro portion of interests there; and from all that I have talked with, J gather that the two interests cannot be separated withont injury. These opinions have been widely circulated in print, and you will not expect of me, on this occasion, that I should go again through the circumstances, because it would detain the too long. You will recollect that the proceedings of the day will be long, and we must use brevity in the speeches we have to make.—(Cheers.) Gen. tlemeu, what 1 propose to do is to make a few observations to show you what I consider the duty of every man who is sent to the House of Commons. Gentlemen, I say, in the first place—and remember that we have other interests to consider as well as those of any particular constituency —I say, that these interests and this constituency must be bound together as well as the case allows. He must think of both. If he loses sight of one, the other will suffet. His busines is to give his best thoughts to both. But I go on still further, and say this,—that unless this be established, religion must suffer also. This is the true basis on which every Government must stand which acts for the true interests of a country. I was gratified to hear, in the speech of Mr. Heaps, that on this subject we agree. It must he attended to—this, in all good times, has been acknowledged—and, the longer you live, the more you will find it so. I am gratified to be able to see that such is the character of the English people. Gentlemen, the Church of England, as you know, is the chief; and one branch is known by the name of the reformed church. Gentlemen, it sub stantially remains now in the same state as it was at the time of its reformation.—(Cheers.) The form of church government is very much improved, and adopted by much the largest proportion of the people. But do I say, then, thy there ought to be no inquiry—no authority exercised over the concerns of the Church ? No : I say no stich thing. I say I hive a disposition to remedy abuses in the Church, if there be any—(Cheers from the Blues)--andtorectify them wherever they are found. It is grati r ying to me to have heard from some sources that-the grievances of the Dissen ters are to be considered by the House of Commons very soon.—(Cheers.) I will join most heartily in that inquiry. —(Cheers.) 1 admire the con , titution of the three estates of the realm—King, Lords, and Commons—and I am not afraid to give you an instance of the power which it has of self correction. I allude to the Reform Bill. I say that that Bill is a proof bow it can :correct itself. I need not tell you that some Members of the House of Commons were of opinion it went too far. I need not conceal from you I did not vo e for that measure. I thought it too extensive, and that it would be attended with danger greater then the advocates of the Bill thought; and those with whom I acted were also so impressed, and resolved from conscience to oppose it. But now, when Vitt Bill is the law of the land, I will obey it, and I will carry it to the utmost extent of my judgment for the good of the people.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. BAIN ES-( Opposition from the Blues)—Gentle men, it is a gratifying sight to you, but what must it be to me—(that would be indeed a cold bosom which was not filled with delight to see the manifestations of opinion to me by your suffrage), who feel elevated to the proud distinction of being the man of your favour. Gentlemen, we don't want a show of hands, we have had such a mani festation of hands and of hearts, that there can be no doubt of the ultimate result. It is gratifying to see so many electors, and still snore to see so many non-electors, because they have a suffrage, though not in the booth, which no man can controvert.—(Hear, bear, and loud cheering.) Gentlemen—(lnterruption from the Blues)--4 come forward on the call of the largest rt quisition that ever was presented to any man from the electors of the town of Leeds; and not only this, but what is still more important, obtained in the shortest time also, and, I will add, by the fairest means. I lsave heard, Gen tlemen, that I am a nominee of the Whigs. I deny it. I will support the Whigs when they support their country, but I will oppose them when they oppose the true inte rests of the people.—(Cheers.) What do I rely on now?. Not on music and banners. I rely on your favour, and on your favour only. —(Cries of " Fair play," occasioned by interruption from the Blues.) It has been said by Sir John that he is now favourable to reform. Now I was so before. To use the distinction—l helped to obtain it, Sir John endeavoured to prevent its being obtained. Gentle men, I have ever been the friend of peace, I am still the same, and if you send me to Parliament I shall always be found so.—(Laughter from the Blues, and cheers ) You may rely on it I will be the friend of peace among all the nations of the world. I was an enemy to the war, which has burdened with debt. I resisted it to the utmost of my power. I have been a friend to liberty ; lam its friend still. I will be always its friend ; but I will not be the friend of licentiousness. I have been a friend to the economy of the public purse, and so is Sir John ; but the difference between Sir John and me is, that he is a friend to economy now that he is out of office, but he was not so when he was in office. On what do I found this observation? Why, on the fact that two-thirds of his speeches were spent in defending his salary.—(lnterruption from the Blues, and Cheers.) I have been a Reformer at home and abroad. I have en• deavoured and succeeded in diminishing your burdens. If you send me Parliatnetr, I will endeavour to diminish them still more.—(Cheers, interruption, and cries of " Fair play, Mr. Mayor.") But I will not speak of genera .. lities but Particulars: I have reduced the ;:hurch-i:ates of Leeds from 1,5001. per annum to 3001. per annum.— (" Lay it on thick," by an Alderman.) When Sir John can put forth such a claim, be will be entitled to your support and interest. But I have been a friend to church reform. Sir John doubts whether there be any abuses in the Church. I do not doubt it at all that there are abuses, and amongst others there is a prominent one, which is, plurality of livintls.—(Cheers.) I am also against tithes. They are and have been, the bane of this country. They have done more to alienate the minister from the flock than any other thing whatever. If you send me to Parliament you may depend upon it I will endeavour to promote a commutation of tithes, and that through the land, as well in Lincolnshire as elsewhere. Sir John says be will endeavour to remedy the grievances of the Dissenters. Can you doubt that I shall do less? I will not only endeavour to do this, but to place them on an equality with their fellow subjects.—(Cheers.) Sir John says he will support church reform. I have been a church reformer all the days of my life. Gentlemen, I am for free trade. I will promote it lo the utmost of my power. lam for freedom of election, but I will not in terfere with it when it is pure. I will open no putil•c house—(Uproar from the blues)—to corrupt the n ovals of the people, and bring us back again to the rotten bo- rough system. Let the purity of your elections be main tained, and we shall have a pure instead of a vicious people.—(lnterruption and cheers.) lam for freedom of political opiniens—l am a friend to the freedom of the press. I have exercised it, and I will give it to others to exercise also. lam for national education, and never wi rrest satisfied till it is diffused through this country, and every son and every daughter of every man can read the Bible. I was an advocate for the amelioration of the criminal code. Ido not think it is right to have hangmen always at the end of the law.—(Loud cheers.) I run for good and cheap justice—for terminating the suits in Chancery, which have ruined many more for tunes than the tithes themselves. I am, Gentlemen, not a friend to the corn laws, but an enemy.—(Cheers: biases from the Blues.) I take this law to be the bane of this country. Sir John says--(Hisses from the Blues).— he has travelled through the different agricultural districts, and has found them in great distress ; and what is his infer ence ? That though they are distressed under the influence of the corn laws, yet these laws should yet be continued as a remedy. I think differently; and therefore lam first for modifying them, and then repealing them.—(Cheers.) But I am convinced the agriculturists *ere never in such distress as they are now, since the war. I should, how ever, like to know in what dine this interest was depre ciated 30 per cent. since the peace? It had advanced 50 per cent. before the war, and therefore it is still 20 per cent. better than it was once. I will sup port progressive reform. I will endeavour to make the Bill, not a dead letter, but a living and vital principle. The Bill ought to bring good govern ment, and I will not tie satisfied till it has hail that effict. I have been a friend to the abolition of slavery, and I will not rest till it is fully carried into effect,—(Loud and continued cheers.) Gentlemen, I hope I may, without presumption, say, that I am a friend to the interests of this town. I have laboured incessantly for that purpose—(Cheers)—and I never will cease to promote them to the utmost extent. Gentlemen, I have not been very diligent in my canvass, but there is one man whom I must canvass to-day, and that is Air. Win. Beckett.—(Cheers, and interruption.) He was the man to say of Air. Macaulay's election, you ought to be careful of voting for a man who had been known to have has his hand in tha public purse. We have the aristocracy against us, the moneyed interest against us, the nobility, the corporation, and the landed interest. What have we then on which to ely, ?—vi hy, the suffrages of the electors of Leeds. Gentlemen, I hive no claim to nobility, but I have a claim of a higher nature—l am one of your own body. Ii you elect me, a man taken from among your -elves, he will remember the kindness with which you have treated him, and the confidence you have reposed in ~,,, elm Gen 1-men, you will show Sir John you have oa k been beaten. If you think that there are not suffiCient Members in the House of Como,oni to repre.eq c t the agricultural interest, you should e:ect Lord Sir John Beckett. If you think that there are not sufficient Members to represent in Parliament the trading in terest, I hope I may put in a claim to your support. Gentlemen, I havi t only one oth e r word to say; we has: at present three candidates in the field. Sir J. Beck, says the Reform Bill goes too far—Mr.,Bowers says it does not go far enougo. I cannot think that the will hold up their hands for Mr. Bowers, nr Bowers's friends for the Blufs.—(Blue band pla : cries of " Shame.") You Wive a duty to perfor like men, as I know you will,-and of the result t not for one moment be a douht.—(Loud cheers / Mr. BOWERS next addressed the meeting. his statements was that the Reform Bill did enough; and that if elected he would endeavo it go still further. The MAI-on-being about to call for a show Mr. HEAPS againcainTlOrward, and said and felony townsmen, it-appears to rue , be E. importance that wcteas ask.a fe questions of to, didates as to their o-ive..l_,Gert<iin motions now bet,,:, the House. Wit t q ilsion , Sir, I will put the cp414,..„. dons seriatim, and tligtilsk each candidate for a rent Sir John Beckett, I .ask,syea will you supp o rt a m otto for a Select Corowittee to*:iiiquire into the ancient and modern origin of tithes, and how far they may be appro. priated to the use of the poor ? Sir JoaeN — l don't think I can answer this question; for this reason, I am told the motion is already made fi a committee of inquiry ; I will go into that inquiry. Mr. BAINES—I will:,(Cheers.) Mr. BOWER—I would.—(Cheers.) Mr. HEAPS to Sir John B.—Will you supp ,rt a mo tion for the repeal of the duty of stamps on newspapers ? Sir J. B-1 answer in the affirmative. • Mr. BAINES—I will if Lord Althurp can spare the amount.—(Cheers and hisses.) Mr. BOWERI will.—(Cheers.) Mr. HEAPS to Sir John—Will you support a motion to inquire into the value of church lands in Ireland? -•. . Sir J. B—l hare no objection to go into the inquiry...-. (Cheers.) Mr. litnizs—l will support a motion to inquire into the value of church lands in Ireland, and in England too if necessary.—(Cheers.) Mr. BOWER-4 will. Mr. HEAPS (to Sir John)—Will you support a motion for manning the navy without impressment? Sir JOHN-4 will give no pledges to you.—(Hisses.) Mr. BArtats—l wil►.—(Cheers, and hisses from the Blues). Mr. BOWER—I will.—(Cheers.) Mr. HEAPS—WiII you support a motion to abolish:" flogging in the army ? Sir JOHN—I can give no pledges. Mr. BAINES—I detest flogging, and I will support it, Mr. BOWER-4 will. Mr. Mars—Will you support a motion for the repeal of the corn 134/5 ? Sir JSHN—I will not pledge myself. Mr. BowER—I will support a motion for an alteration and gradual abolition.—(Cheers and hisses..) Mr. BowER—I will. 11r. HEAPS—WiII you support a repeal of the malt tax? : Sir JoHN—I will not pledge. Mr. BAINES—I will, if the Chancellor can spare the amount. Mr. BOWER—I w.ll. Mr. HEAPS—WiII you support a motion to expel the . Bishops from the House of Lords? Sir Jon N—No.—(Hisses.) Mr. BAINES—I think the Bishops will be better out than in. Mr. BOWER—I will. Mr. HEAPS—WiII you support an inquiryrto , sinecures, with a vi ew t o t h e i r a b o li t i on ? P kt. Sir JoHN—I will not pledge myself. • r. BAINES.—I Ir. 130WER—I will. WR Mr. HEAPS—WiII you support a motion th •-• and window duty shall cease on or before the • . IKI next? Sir JOHN—I cannot answer it. •z, Mr. BAINES—If Lord Al:borp can spare -.it. -o' c _l)l l 9* Mr. BONE R —I w ill. • . ' Mr. HEAPS-Will y ou support triennial' • .414 ‘, Sir JOHN—Certainly not. Mr. BAINES—No. - • Mr. BOWER—I will. Mr. HEAPS—WiII you support a proper t y t. A l et •.4 tend to the Funds ? • • Sir JohN—To h e can did, I w ill not. Mr. BAINES—I will not. Mr. 80WER....1 will. Mr. HEAPS—WiII you support household suffrage iind the ballot? Sir JOHN said he would make inquiry. Mr. Baittrs—l will not. Mr. BONER—I will.—(Loud cries of" Question," and " Show of hands.") 'One or two other questions were put by Mr. HEAPS, an operative; but the show of hands being so impera tively called for, the Mayor conceded. The show .of hands was first for Sir John Beckett ; secondly, for Mr. Baines ; and, thirdly, for Mr. Bower. There was an admitted majority for Mr. Baines over Sir John Beckett, by. about three to two. Some of M.. Baines's friends having by mistake held up their bands when Mr. Bower's name was called, along with the whole of ti.e Blues, Mr. Bower was declared, the Mayor said With_ out hesitation," to the wonder of every person in the booth, to have the show of bands in his favour. There is something most extraordinary in this e'ec.. iion, which nobody seems to understand, for even Sir John Beckett himself is said to have held up his band far Mr. Bower. All the Blues, however, held up their hands for boil Mr. Becketerend Mr. Bower, as if there had been some previous arrangement, that if the show I: s ‘so l ui as unfavourable fairnessiußemne od f ow a n v rele o ren u .ni r at : vi b eitkh l niia e ctri Tt.ac S einon ir nsoa tn.ltfrthouiehshttnleehe,da least result t thl late t e cas r t et m u i r th in t g be o ffi gi c v e e r n , to s now deeply regretted. He set an example of impartiali y with a d o u o t b f h t e . th p e and without banners, Mr. Baines's friends, bol t, rlVpe soi Without u c g e t" e l ectors ui f s n dni and um-electors, were more than double their oppon nts, with every art of electioneering which they nad d. vised. the Whigs had no open houses, no excitement but hat of honest feeling; whilst the Tories have ope. e I Cammittee-rooms, and spoken in public-hou es to ani [lumber who might happeu to be assembled. ~~' WM RIME .