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(Questiun.) The Hon. Member was proceeding to qul scone cases, when— Lqrd GRANVILLE SOMERSET rose to order, and appetled to the Speaker if the matter introduced by the Hon. Member was not irrelevant to the question before the Howe The SPEAKER decided that it was, and read the motion. Mr. WARD bowed to the authority of tbe Speaker, and sat down, declaring that it was his determination to support the motion. Mr. GOULBURN said the resotutions of his Hon. Friend appeared to him highly objectionable ; for the ob ject of his Hon. Friend was to appoint a Committee, not to inquire into the existence of extensive bribery and cor rupt treating in the borough of Hertford, but to devise mean., for punishing that, to the existence of which it ap peared he had made up his mind, and which, he therefore assumed, the House would as readily credit, and act upon. --(Hear.) They had before them the indictment, cer tainly ; but was it fair to call on them to proceed to judg ment, without first going through that stage, which ap peared to him to he no unnecessary form, viz., an impar tial tri,i, where the accused parry would have, at least, an opportunity of defence afforded him.—(Hear, hear.) Al liedon had been made to the case of Newry : he begged leave to read to the House the recommendation contained in the special report of the Committee.—(No, no ! Hear, hear.) In tl:e case of Newry, the Committee reported that bribery prevailed to a considerable extent in that bo rough ; whereas, in the instance before them, all that was alleged by the Committee was, that bribery and treating prevailed. without saying to any extent ; and they were therefore called upon to punish this constituency for what might turn out to be merely a few individual cases.—(Hear, hear.) It was the extent of corruption alone, which could be considered to consti tute a crime on the part of the borough g e nerally. The . . .•_ case of Newry, a borough containing a constituency o about 600, was, in all its circumstances, very analogous to that of Hertford ; and there the resolution of the Com mittee war, that the Attorney-General should prosecute the individuals who were most prominently engaged in these corrupt practices. He regretted that a similar plan had not been adopted on the present occasion ; but, at al' evente, he trusted that the House would not stultify its already declared opinion, by coining to a resolution con demnatory of the borough, without bearing its defence.-- (Hear.) If he really thought that bribery prevailed to a considerable extent in Hertford, be should most certainly desire that an opportunity cf establishing or refuting that fact should be given ; and no one would be more ready than himself to punish the offenders, if this could be proved. But he did not think a sufficient case had been made out to warrant the adoption of such a course. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—The defence set tip in the present case, was precisely the same as had been set lir on all former charges of bribery and corruption.—(Hear, hear.) His Right Ton. Friend bail contended that the effect of the proposed resolutions was to condemn the borough of Hertford without trial. He was surprised at such an argument.—(Hear, hear.) The ultimate con sequence of this measure, if adopted, would be the prepara tion of a Bill which would lie introduced into that House. On that Bill the electors of the borough might obtain leave to be I eard by their witnesses and Counsel at the bar of the House, as was done in the instance of East Retford, and after the Bill should have passed that House, it would have to undergo the same ordeal in the House of Lords, and this was what the Right Hon. Gentleman called condemning without trial.—(Cheers.) The cry of those who opposed such a visitation on the offending electors as was now proposed, was, that there were already laws and penalties enough against bribery, and that they should be carried into effect; nor did they object to any general measure that could be proposed against bribery, provided it could not be applicable to par ticular cases when they occurred. It really was a pity that the zeal which those gentlemen exhibited against bribery in the abstract should be so lamentab'y deficient when individual instances were brought before them.— (Hear, hear.) He was surprised that his Right Hon. Friend, the Member for Montgomeryshire, should con sider the treating in the present instance as so venial an offence, for be remembered when he first entered that Fl use, there was no Member who denounced such prac tices with more zeal than that Right Hon. Gentleman. Intleed, in that respect, they had frequently differed, he (Lord John Russell) thinking that some allowance was to be made for the temptation to which the poor electors were exposed, whilst his Right Hon. Friend was always for sending them to prison. But now his Right Hon. Friend thought the best thing was to hush it up. The evi dence of Mr. Nicholson was alone quite sufficient to con vince his mind that the borough of llertford bad been for some time in a very corrupt state.—(Cheers.) It ap peared, then, that 2,5001. was expended before the testing of the writ. Tickets of refreshment, as they were called, were issued out ; and Mr. Nicholson spoke of about 400 applications—applications certainly not to be registered, but for some purpose perfectly intelligible. He was le r fectly ready to vote for the motion, and that by which it was to be followed, considering it the duty of the Com mittee not to bring in a Bill, but to declare what they think the best means to promote the purity of the bo rough. He trusted they would not stop in their efferts to preserve purity of election. They had already got rid of the abuse of seats being sold by individuals—let them non get rid of the remaining abuses, springing from the cor ruption of a small class of voters.—(Hear.) It was their bounden duty to set their face against such practices.— (Cheers.) He declared that with respect to any of those boroughs where bribery and corruption prevailed, unless very satisfactory proof were offered to set aside the pre vious evid.nce, he would never consent to issue any writ to those places during the present Parliament.—(Cheers.) Mr. Gouerannet anti Lord Joliet RUSSELL exchanged explanations. which were inaudible in the gallery. Mr. BERNAL replied. He declared his perfect con viction of the completely corrupt state of the borough of Hertford. Out of the 2,500/. expended before the testing of the writ very little was paid for the expenses of registra tion ; full 1,7001. was devoted to corrupt treating alone, which was expended by Messrs. Nicholson and Dack ; anti yet gentlemen could be found to call on that House to declare to thetnselsree. and-to their constituent., that it was not itnprop r to circulate tickets guaranteeing the payment of their amount in cash over the whole town of Hertford, under the deceitful guise of refreshment tickets ; such tickets enabling the persons possessing them to go, as they did, into the shops of the various tradesmen of the town and purchase with them any articles of which they might stand in need.—(Hear.) Was this the bread and cheese refreshment which the Hon. Member for Montgomery shire eulogised?—(Hear, hex.) It should not be for gotten that the exclusion of non-resident freemen had cut off one very fertile source of corruption anti expense, and, therefore, there was no longer the same excuse for treating as formerly existed. Out of six hundred and fifty who furnished their names an overwhelming proportion bad received these tickets, which it was absurd to treat as the effusions of English hospitality ; in his opinion it was I,eebery, and nothing else.—(Cheers.) Such bribery might be small in its individual distribution, but it was w h o lesale and gross in its general consequences.—(Cheers.) In short, they hail here a case which, if they did not choose to be wilfully blind, imperatively called on them to elo something.--(Cheers.) He denied the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Goulburn) opposite, that the report d d not set forth the extent and general prevalence of bribery and corruption in Hertford. He was also at a loss to understand what his Right Hon. Friend meant, by urging that the proposed Committee was to devise a punishment —it was not to devise a punishment, but to prevent the future occurrence of such transactions. Mr. GOULBURN—You punish by throwing in the eitcumadjacent places. Mr. BERNAL—His Right Hon. Friend had also reterred to Newry ; but what, he should like to know, had Newry to do with this case?—(Hear.) The Committee )tad decided on the present course, and he thought they had ,doge their duty; and he was doing his in carrying their Feccanmendation into effect.—(Loud cheers.) He, of eourse, did not mean to intimate that the Newry Commit tee had not also done their duty. Allusions had been made to the cases of East Retford and Penryn, but they were not analogous, for there the proposition was to take away the franchise altogether, and transfer it to other places, whereas it was proposed to incorporate other dis tricts with the boroughs of Hertford. It had also been asked why he had not brought in a Biil in the first in stance, but considering the number of populous circum adjacent pieces in the county of Hertford, he felt that it ought to be dealt with by a Committee. It had been erroneously steted that the Reform Bill had already ex tajed the limits of the borough of Hertford to a radius of ten miles—(No, a circumference.) lie begged pardon; but even that was a mistake, for the extension of the limits of the borough was merely to the limits of its cor porate jurisdiction. The House then divvied, when there appeared For the mo tion ........................................... 9:21 Against it ............................................ Majority ............... VOTE BY BALLOT. When we re-entered the galls y 1 we found Colonel EVANS on his legs, speaking of de second resolution respecting the borough of Her tferJ— s,ie " That a c Committee be appointed to consider arid report rpon the best means of preventing bribery and corrupt practices at all future elections for the borough of Hertford." The Rant Colonel obeervcd, that the object of the Nyble 17. Lord was to extend the constituency, b/ taking in a district extending two and a half miles beyond the present limits of the borough, and he expected to obtai❑ the desired purity in the elections by this extension of the constituency. The Noble Lord seemed to rest his whole case upon this, arguing that no act of bribery bad been alleged to have taken place in the county. He (Colonel Evans), for his part could not conceive how extending the constituency would produce purity of elec tion. He saw no real and effective remedy for corrupt practices but the ballot; and he, therefore, thought they had now a very fine opportunity to try the question of the ballot. He should, therefore, merely move, as an amendment, that "gross bribery and treating having pre vailed during the last election for the borough of Ilertford, it is expedient, with a view to the better management of the election for the same, that the Members to represent that borough should in future be elected by ballot " The SPEAKER having put the question, Mr. TYNTE observed, that he was placed in very pe culiar circumstances. He was always a friend to the bal lot ; amt he confessed that the circums•ances of his sitting as a Member of the Committee on the Hertford election had decided his opinion upon the subject; and he should support any measure for introducing it. if his Gallant Friend (Col. Evans) divided the House, he should feel bound to support him. Mr. E. J. STANLEY said it was very probable that the ballot might turn out to be one of the modes for ef fecting the objects which they bad in view ; but he thought it would be better to leave it to the Committee to determine whether it was the best method wh ch they had it in their power to adopt. He thought, certainly, that the present was not a bad opportunity for making a trial of the ballot—an experimentum in corpore viii ; but at the same time he thought it ought to be lett to the Com mittee. Mr. O'CONNELL wished his Eon. and Gallant Friend (Colonel Evans) to consider whether his motion would not tend to defeat his own tfoject. He was quite aware of the paramount importadee of the ballot ; but he thought its effectei small constituency, would afford a less firrndible opportunity of treeing its operation than that which would be afforded if the constituency were ex tended. The only fruits which they could anticipate from the introduction of the ballot into a borough in which such miserable, low, abd depraved corruption had prevailed, would be, the return of some Hon. Member of the corps of twaddle, who might be less hurtful than those who were introduced by corruption, but would not be more ❑seful. He hoped, therefore, that his Hon. and Gallant Friend would allow the Committee to be appointed, and the constituency to be enlarged. He might then move the introductio❑ of the vote by ballot, when he should cer tainly command one vote at least in favour of it. For these reasons, he would respectfully implore his Hon. and Gallant Friend to withdraw his motion. Colonel EVANS said, the Hon. and Learned Member for Dubli❑ contended that his proceeding on the present .erasion tended to defeat his own object. He (Colonel Evans) was of opinion that the vote by ballot would se cure purity of election, even if the borough of Hertford were to continue to be a small borough. His object, however, was not confined to the borough of Hertford. His object was, in this case, to endeavour to gain a great principle. He therefore differed from his Honourable and Learn d Friend in this respect. At the same time, if it should appear to be the opinion of the House that he ought to pursue a different course, he had no objtc tion to shape his amendment as a recommendation to the Committee. Mr. O'CONNELL said, if the Hon. Member's amend ment succeeded, it was plain there would be no Committee —don't you perceive it ?—(A laugh.) Colonel EVANS then withdrew his motion. The Committee was then appointed. On Mr. POLLOCK'S name being read as one of the Members of the Committee, The HON. MEMBER observed that he was quite willing to undertake the duties, if the House Those to impose them upon him, provided the Committee was to be allowed to inquire: but he objected to proceeding upon former inquiries. Mr. BERNAL objected to his appointment from pri vate circumstances.—(A laugh.) Mr. BERNAL than moved the suspension of the issu ing of the writ for the new election for the borough of Hertford till the Ist of July.—Agreed to. Lord G. SOMERSET asked whether the House was to he prorogued in the meantime? Colonel EVANS repeated his opinion, that the case of the borough of Hertford was one of the most innoxious and most satisfactory modes of putting the question of the vote oy ballot upon trial. He would, therefore, now put his former motio❑ in the shape of a recommendation to the Committee. Tie SPEAKER observed, that the motion was either ttf such a nature as to give the Committee the power of doing what they could already do—viz., to inquire into the best means of preventing bribery and corruptio❑ in the borough of Hertford—sr, it went to impose upon them a spt cies of restraint which was inconsistent with inquiry. He therefore put it to the Hon. and Gallant Member whether he ought to persevere in such a motion ? Colonel EVANS apologised for ❑ot being aware of the precise forms of conducting business i❑ the House ; but if , he Committee should recommend any Bill upon the sub ject in question, he should consider it his duty to propose a clause for the introduction of the vote by by ballot. CARRICKFERGUS ELECTION. _ Mr. O'CONNELL bad a similar case to bring forward —that of the borough of Carrickfergus. The SPEAKER observed that the case was not exactly similar, as the writ in the former case expired that day. Mr. O'CONNELL said his writ also expired to-day. It was his intention to comprise what he had to say in the shortest possible compass. His purpose was, to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the total disfranchisement of the borough of Carrickfergus. If it were possible to bring the whole evidence before the House, he entertained no doubt of his being able to induce them to permit burn to bring in the Bill which he proposed. The county of Antrim, in which the borough of Carrickfergus was situated, returned five Members exclusive of that borough, and therefore he thought that the district in which that borough was situated was already sufficiently represented. There was another ground on which he considered it advisable to disfranchise the borough—he meant the smallness of the constituency. It consisted of a single parish containing 8,698 inhabitants. Be!ore the passing of the Reform Bill, the voters consisted of 39 freeholders Ind 812 freemen, in all 851. Out of all these there were only thirteen 40s. lieeholders. The present number of voters was 1,021, of whom 948 voted at the last election, 498 for the sitting Member, and 450 for Sir A. Chiches ter. The • influence in the borough had been disputed between the Eari of Donoughmore and the Marquis of Downshire, and the former had in the end prevailed; but the bribery had been universal, and be (11r. O'Connell) had analysed the poll.books.dividing the p rticulars into ' isolated cases, as explained in the evidence which had been hid before the House. The first case to which he would refer was that of Alexander Hallerton—a case which showed the effrontery with which bribe ry had been carried on. The next case to which he would refer was that of James Hunter, who bad received bribes from both parties, 71. 10s. for the sitting Member, and Si. for the candidate he voted for. Another case to which he would call the attention of the House, was one of the most open, undis guised, and profligate character, where the wife of a voter was paid 201., in the street, for the vote which her husbar d had given. He regretted the hour was so late, as he bad prepared a digest of evidence, which would not fail to satisfy the most sceptical of the gross proceedings which had taken place.—(Hear, hear.) He would, how ever, mention a fact connected with the bribing of a family named Harper. There were three of them, having a vote each : the father and two of his sons. One came, he was off:red 101., under the supposition that he was the only one possessed of the right to poll. A second came, and he was offered 101. also. A third came, and the agents struggled hard to run his price down to 71. It was resisted; and at length a pocket-book was procured, notes to the amount of 301. were deposited in it, and it was confided to the care of a trustee. The trio went tip and polled, and immediately afterwards, in the open street, without the slightest concealment, the pocket-book and its treasure was handed over to the profligate voters. —(Hear, hear, hear.) Another witness who had been examined before the Committee, was George M'Cann, who admitted he got, at one time, upwards of 1201. for general election purposes. He was not, he said, exactly an agent, but he was very active indeed.--(A laugh.) This money he got from ens Legge ; and in reply to a question why, and on what ground he had got it, his reply was, " Most likely to give it to voters." The voters he negotiated with were in the interest of Dobbs ; and he did not deny, nay, he admitted, that he who gave him the money expected, " most likely," that it would be distributed amongst the wives of the vot. rs. Jas. Penny, another general agent for bribery, actually produced to the Cnornittee a list of those individuals whom he had corrupted, acknowledging t,lvlol,el„.£3duiesr wasw v) h ,tri i g ch ;e h n e had given, none of which exceeded T h h i e m , t , ntoonemy,akaeccotrhe bestdingto u h se is o o f own could." He managed to get one vote so low as V. 17s. Well, then, lie came to this Legge, Daniel Legge, at torney, Lisburne, Antrim, who admitted hiving given money fur these vile purposes, and whose hesitation was only as to the amount thereof. He admitted they bribed every one they could, and as a n excuse for such conduct , ---a fact which showed the enormity of the system he wished to annihilate—said they were forced to it by the opposite party, and that they bad allowed that party thirty-six hours start before the y began to bribe. They corrupted, he said, the great mass of electors, for they were poor, and could not withstand their offers. There was, however, equal bribery amongst the 101. householders. An agent of the name of Cohen. swore that he knew of some hundreds who had been bribed, not one of whom received under Si. This witnes , said, he had himself bribed upwards of 200 to vote for Sir Arthur Chichester, and as an excuse said there was no getting them to the poll at all without doing so. But the evidence which spoke most emphatically to his mind was that of the Rev. G. Cheine, a clergyman of the Church of England, who swore that he gave 9501. to Legge for the purpose of corruption : 500/. of which he had obtained from the Conservative Society of Ireland, and the rest he had borrowed on his account from Mr. Luke, a hanker, at Ballast. " The impression on his mind," said the Rev. Gentleman, " was, that the election could not be carried by any other means than bribery." After such evidence, he (Mr. O'Connell) put it to the House as a solemn duty, to act boldly and decidedly.—(The Hon. Gentleman here went into some details, to show that the evil could not be remedied by merely punishing the poor freemen, as the ten-pound householders could not, as a body, be trusted, and those who were pure, were not sufficient to form a proper constituency.) It might be said, that he who proposed this measure, ought to suggest where the franchise would be advanta• geously bestowed. That duty did not by right fall upon him. He declined such responsibility, for many reasons. One of them more particularly was on the sco re of deli cacy, differing, as he did, in his religious opinions from those entertained by the inhabitants of that part of the eountry.—(Hear.) Tne House would not, therefore, think him wrong in disclaiming ali responsibility upon that part of the question. The Hon. Gentleman con cluded, by moving a declaratory resolution as to the exist ence of gross bribery and corruption at the late election for Carrickfergus. Mr. F. SHAW said it would be uncandid in him not to say that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had clearly made mit a prima facie case, and he for one could not think of opposing the motion. Sir R. BATESON had a petition to present from this borough, which, denied that the poor voters were bribed. Mr. E. TENNANT contended that they ought not to punish the many, for the faults of the few. Lord ALTHORP said, after what had been adduced by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dunlin, it would be impossible for any one to disapprove of the mo ion he now made. In giving his consent, however, to the introduc tion of the Bill, he must be consi lered as reset ving to himself the right, in a future stage, to exempt any class of persons who might be proved guiltless, and who were sufficient to form a constituency, if the House should then think it fitting to adopt a particular measure, instead of resolving on a general disfranchisement; but at present he certainly could not refuse his con: ent to the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member. The resolution was agreed to after a few wurds from Mr. WYNN. On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, leave was given to bring in a Bill to disfranchise the borough of Carriel fergus, and the issue of a new writ was suspended until Ist July. Mr. O'CONNELL then gave notice that on Tuesday w e ek he would submit a motion to the House relative to certain parties in withholding papers ordered by the Com mittee. DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES. The second reading of the Dramatic Performar.ces Bill (a dropped order) was fixed for Thursday. The other orders of the day having been gone through, the House adjourned until Thursday next at a quarter before two. LIST OF THE MINORITY OF SEVENTY (TELLERS INCLUDED) WHO, ON THE 22D OF MAY,YOTED FOR MR. WARBURTON'S MOTION, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into and report upon the various points arising out of the Acts 2 William IV., c. 45, and c. 88, upon which contradictory decisions have been come to, whether by the Revising and Assisting Barristers, or by Returning Officers, or by Election Committees." For the motion in Against it 061 Majority 26 Total in the House ENGLAND. 166 Tennyson, Right Hon. C.— Lambeth Tooke, W.—Truro Trelawney, W. L. S.—East Cornwall Turner, W.—Blackburn Vyvyan, Sir R. 11—Bristol Wason, Rigby—lpswich \Williams, U.—Ashton Wynn, Right Hon. C. W.W.— Montgomeryshire Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Beauclerk, Aubrey Wm.—East Surrey Bewes, T.—Plymouth Bish, T.—Leoininster Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Bowes, John—South Durham Brocklehurst, J.—Macclesfield Buckingham, J. S.—Sheffield Buller, Charles—Liskeard Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets llier, J.—Plymouth Dawson, E.—South Leieestersh. Duncombe, Hon. W.—North Yorkshire Evans, . De Lacy—West- minster Ewart, W.—Liverpool Faithful, George—Brighton Gaskell, J. M.—Wenlock Gladstone,W.E.-Newark-upon- Trent Godson, R.—Kidderminster (xrote, George—London Harvey, 1). W.—Colchester Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight Hughes, Hughes—Oxford llumphery, John—Southwark Hutt, W.—Kingston-on-Hull Jervis, J.—Chester Knatchbull, Sir E.—East Kent Lloyd, J. H.—Stockport Nichol], J —Cardiff Pease, Joseph—South Durham I'enleaze, C.—Southampton Philips, Mark—Manchester Hominy, J.—Bridport Itomilly, E.—Ludlow Strutt, Edmund—Derby Stuart, Lord D. C.—Arundel LIST OF TH ON MR. BERNAL'S RES ENGLAND. Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire Ashley, Hon. H.—Dorchester Attwood, Thu.—Birmingham Bankes, W. J.—Dorsetshire Baring, H. B.—Marlborough Baring, F.—Thetford Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingfard Chandos, Marquis of—Bucks I Dare, R. W. H.—South Essex Darlington, Earl of—South Stu opsh ire Dugdale, W. S.—North War- wi . ckshire Estcourt, 'l. G. B.—Oxford Un. F inch, G.—Stamford Forster C. S.—Walsall Gaskell , J. M.—Wenlock Gladdone, W. E.—Newark Goulburn, H.—Cambridge Uni versity Gronow, Capt.—Stafford Halford, Henry—South Leices tershire Hanmer, Sir J.—Shrewsbury Hardinge, Sir H.—Launceston Hope, H. I'.—Gloucester Inglis, Sir H. IL—Oxford Uni versity Jenny'', Earl—Bury, Suffolk Irton, John—Cumberland Lincoln, Earl of—South Notts Miller, Win. H.—Newcastle under-Lyme Nicholl, J.—Cardiff Norreys, Lord—Oxfordshire The names of Sir F. Blake, :It E. W. W. Pendarves, and L. 01 of the majority for the second tics Bill. Mr. Crawley voted for P. Stewart paired off in favou: voted in the majority, and not it Sun of yesterday. SCOTLAND. ,Arbuthnot, Gen.—Kincardine- shire Maxwell, Sir John —Paisley Sinclair, G.—Caithness-shire IRELAND. Blake, Martin —Galway Butler, Hon. P. —Kilkenny Co, Evans, G.—Dublin Co. Finn, W. I'. —Kilkenny Fitzgerald, Thomas—Louth Fitzsimon, C.—Dublin Co. Fitzsimon, N. —King's County. Lalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. Lynch, A. H.—Galway Nagle, Sir R.—Westmeath O'Connell, Daniel—Dublin O'Connell, John—Youghall Roche, William—Limerick Roe, James—Cashell Ronayne, D.—Cionmell Ruthven, E. S.—Dublin Ruthven, Ed, ard— Kildare Shaw, F.—Dublin University Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Wallace, T.—Carlow TELLERS.. Hume, Joseph—Middlesex Warburton, H.—Briciport MINORITY oLUTION LAST NIGHT. Powell, Colonel —Cardiganshire Somerset, Lord G. C. 11.—Mon. mouthshire Stewart, John—Lmington Stormont, Lord—Norwich Tyrrell, Sir J. 'f.—North Essex Villiers, Viscount—Honiton Vyvyan, Sir R. IL—Bristol Walsh, Sir J. B.—Sudbury Willoughby, Sir H. P.—New castle-under-Lyne SCOTLAND. Grant, F. inshire and Nairnshire Stewart, K—Wigton, Stuart, C.—Buteshire IRELAND. Archdall, Gen. AL—Fermanagh Bateson, Sir lt.—Londonderry [Christmas, W.—Waterford Cole, Lord—Fermanagh Cole, Hon. Arthur—Enniskillen Conolly, E. M.—Donegal Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Daly, James—Galway Co. Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Shaw, F.—Dublin University Verner, Col. W.—Armagh Co. Young, J —Cavan TELLERS. Wynn, Right Hon C. W. W. Montgomeryshire Pollock, F.—Huntingdon [essrs. 'F. Wallace, F. B. Dykes, liphant, were omitted in our list reading of the Jewish Disabili r S. Whalley's motion, and Mr. it of it; and Mr. James Oswald n the minority, as stated in The The commerce of Genoa, Leghorn, and other ports in the Mediterranean suffers greatly by the war in the Levant, and the interruption of the intercourse with 13:irbiry—and there seems little prospect of a favourable c';ange in this respect. POLISH PATRIOTISM.—One day while the dictator CI-toms:l was reviewing the N.tional Guard, a villager desired to be presented to him. The whole corps perceived With emotion a n o ld peasan t, f o ll owe d by his three sons, already, like himself, wearing the national uni form. The virtuous old man had sold his oxen that the state might not be put to tile expense of their clothing. Thus he gave to his country his fortune, his children, his R EZYNSKI, formerly a staff-officer, nearly sixty years old, re-entered the ranks of the army, and fought by the side of his sun at the battle of Kurow. They were surrounded by a number of about twenty Russian dragoons. In vain did they endeavour to ward off their blows. The young man received a deep wound ; his old father seeing this, fought with so desperate a bravery that our troops 14ad time to come to their succour and save them. A courier sent by Marshal DIEBITSCH to the EMPEROR, having been taken by a lancer, offered him 400 ducats for hi. , deliverance. " Though you were to give me 4,000," replied the honest soldier, " I ant a Pole ; and shall not suffer you to pass." He immediately tea his prisoner to the head quarters, presenting bins to the general-in chief, but without speaking of the action which he had performed, wit!, as much simplicity as nobleness. ft was the courier himself, who, still more moved with admiration, related to the general all that bad happened, exclaiming, "I n all the armies of the E3trEßox. you amuld not find one individual resembling this man.'' New Monthly Magazine. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM . RACES, MAP 24. The races terminated yesterday with quite as good an attendance as is usually witnessed on the Oaks day. To say the meeting went off well would give a faint idea of its complete success, and of the decided improvement in every department connected with it. The public money was subscribed liberally and applied with judgment ; the arrangements for keeping the course, and for the general accommodation of the public, were judicious, and an swered the purposes intended to the fullest extent. The conduct of the police was moderate and praiseworthy, although placed in rather delicate circumstances, and ex posed to much unmerited abuse from parties having the appearance of respectable tradesmen. The resident Stew ard, Baron de Tessier, exerted himself with unwearying zeal ; he is, confesedly, the best Steward that Epsom has ever boasted, and has been almost the sole instrument of their increased prosperity. There were present yesterday — The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Duke of Cleveland, Duke of Grafton, Lord and Lady Chesterfield, Lord and Lady Erroll, Lord and Lady Wilton, Lord Exe ter, Lord F. Fitzclarence, Lord G. H. Bentinck, Lord Conyngham, Lord Uxbridge, Lord Stradbroke, Lord Coventry, Lord 11. Grosvenor, Lord March, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Lichfield, &c. ; the Hon. General and Mrs. Grosvenor, Hon. Colonel Grey, the Right Hon. E. G. St alley, Hon. G. and Mrs. Anson, and many others who were given in our list of Thursday. The Duke of Bruns wick was present on the Derhy day; his Serene Highness was accompanied by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and en tered very freely into the spirit of the day. Earl Grey and Viscount Althorp were also visiters on the occasion. The races commenced an hour later than last year, the start for the Oaks being fixed for three instead of two, as heretofore. We subjoin full details. THE OAKS. The Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for fillies, Bst. 41b. Mile and half. All the other conditions the same as for the Derby. (97 subscribers.) Sir M. Wood's Vespa Duke of Grafton's Octave Mr. Batson's Revelry The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Barrow's f. by Whisker (Conelly), Mr. Rawlinson's Funny (Mann), Sir G. Heathcote's Carnation (Buckle), Duke of Richmond's Ba!ein' (Boyce), Lord Egremont's sister to Gayhurst (Armin), Lord Chesterfield's Dirce (Scott), Lord Chesterfield's Weeper (Nat), Mr. Stone hewer's Chantilly (Robinson), Mr. Chifney's b. f. by Emi lius (Chifney), Mr. Gratewick's sister to Frederick (Nor man), General Grosvenor's Falernia (G. Edwards), Col. Peel's Malibran (Pavis) Lord Exeter's Agina (Darling), Mr. Cooke's Tarantella (Wright), Mr. Cosby's Diversity (C. Day), Mr. Grant's f. by Etnilius (Macdonald). H. Edwards weighed for Mr. Chifney's Deception, but she did not start. There were repeated fluctuations in the course of the morning, the prices on the breaking up of the ring averaging as under :-2 to 1 agst Tarantella (taken); 7to 1 agst. Shoveler ; 9 to 1 agst. Alecto (taken); 9 to 1 aget. Revelry (taken); 14 to 1 agst. Octave; 16 to 1 agst. Funny ; 20 to 1 aget. Malibran ; 20 to 1 agst. Baleine. The winner was not even men • tioned in the ring, and the only bet we heard out of it was one hundred pounds to two against her. Weeper was hacked in the town at 14 to 1, was subsequently declared to be amiss, and disappeared from the betting. At ten minutes past three o'clock, the horses started, Weeper taking the lead, at an indifferent pace— Alecto and Baleine about a neck behind her ; the rest in a crowd, all well up ; Tarantella, sister to Frederick, Revelry, Amina, and Shovel, r being forward. In the first quarter of a mile Dirce was beaten clean off, and before they reached Tattenham-corner the favourite, Tarantella, and Funny, were fain to cut it ; Weeper was in fr nt till she had completed the turn for straight run ning, and then fell back ; sister to Frederick took up the work, Alecto, Diversity, Raleine, Octave, Revelry, and Amina all at her quarters, and Vespa handy, ready to come whenever called upon. At the distance the pace became pretty good, yet was still a long way off being first-rate. Alecto gave up here, Diversity tired at the same place, and Amina (Ed not last many strides farther. Vespa now catne up with Octave, joined sister to Frederick, and the three ran together till within fifty or sixty yards of the Chair, where sister to Frederick was added to the list of beaten horses, falling behind Revelry (who ran on the upper side of the Course), and just having the call on Amina for fourth. The remaining ground was contested with much severity by Vespa and Octave, the former win ning in the last stride by a neck. Revelry was be iten about a length from the second. Behind her came sister to Frederick, Ansina, Shoveler, Carnation, and Diversity. Falernia, Chantilly, Weeper, and two or three others came in in the tail of the race, but before Tarantella, Fanny,and Diree. The pace was wretched. Thus was the favourite beaten in the same palpable manner as was Glaucus on the Thursday by an outsider, and by the same jockey that rode the winner of the Derby. The winner ran for the 1,000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket Second Spring Meeting, and was beaten in a hand canter by Tarantella. Since then the latter has been amiss, and Vespa has had her throat blistered. The same remark applies to this race that was made on the Derby—all the horses were bad. We have no reason to believe that Sir M. Wood won any considers' 1e stake ; he did back her some time back, but the inferiority of her running naturally deterred him from going on, and kept her out of the market. Chapple rode her with admirable patience, and is the only jockey that has won Darby and Oaks since the year Robinson rode Cedric and Cobweb. The stakes amount to 2,9001., sub ject to the usual deductions. The settling for this and the Derby is expected to be very harmless. A Plate of 501., given by Mr. Denison, M.P. for West Surrey ; three yrs. old, 7st. ; four, Bst. 71b. ; five, 9st. ; six and aged, 9st. 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200, &c. Heats, two mi►es. Mr. T. Wood's c. by Filho, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 1 Lord Conyngham's Lady Charlotte,3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Palehin's Pamela, 4 yrs 5 3 Sir. Cooke's Drover, 4 yrs 3 4 Mr. Smith's The Fairy, 3 yrs 4 dr Mr. Day's The Sea, 3 yrs bolted First Heat-2 to 1 agst. Lady Charlotte, 3 to 1 ag! The Sea, and 6 to 1 agst. the winner. Second Heat— Even on the winner. Won cleverly. BEVERLEY RACES. . - WEDNESDAY.—A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each for Hun, ters. Two miles. Mr. Hopkinson's Napoleon Le Grand 1 Mr. Hudson's b. g. Forester 2 Four others started, but were not placed. One paid. A Maiden Plate of 50/. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Dyson's b. c. by Y Phantom, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. J. Mills's b. c. by Tramp, 3 yrs 0 2 Mr. Watmough's b. c. by Figaro, 3 yrs 0 3 Three others started. THURSDAY.-Two Year O'd Stakes of 20 80y8. each, b. ft T. Y. C. Mr. Bower's b. c. Mr. Merryman Mr. J. Mills's ch. c. by Tramp 0 The Members' Plate of 501. Heats once round and a distance. Mr. Richardson's ch. c. by Comus 3 1 1 Mr. Watmough's c. by Figaro, 3 yrs 1 0 3 Mr. Mills's c. by Tramp, 3 yrs 5 0 2 Two others started. MANCHESTER RACES NEXT WEEK. BETTING AT 'MANCHESTER UP TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT Lancashire Stakes.-5 to 2 agst. Mowbray Hill, 3to agst. Manchester, and 7 to 1 agst. any other. The Cop.-7 to 4 agst. Chancellor, 2to I agst. David, 2 to 1 apt. Physician. Produce.—Even on Controller. St. Leger.-2 to 1 agst. La Grace. THE LADY CHAPEL.—TO the splendid re storation of the Lady Chapel, and the gratifying object it is rendered to the eye of the visiter and passer-by, on that greatly improved side of the London-bridge, on which it is situated, the public, we believe, are in no small de gree indebted to the unremitting exertions of Mr. Taws. SAUNDERS, of Great Surrey-street ; and we are now enabled to communicate, from undoubted authwrity, that the Bishop (WINCHESTER) has offered to procure an ad vance of 12,0001. tca the parishioners, for the purpose of enabling them to restore the nave, and complete the church of St. Saviours. There can be no doubt that the parishioners will readily accept of an offer so handsome, and without delay have that building made one of the finest ornaments to be seen i❑ this vast metropolis. It is proposed that the loan should be procured for a period of nut less than from 20 to 30 years ; so that the repay anent of it in that time could not be expected to fall very heavily on the parishioners. PLENTY OF ROOM IN THE WORLD.-I often wished that some of those who think that ere long the world will lie overpeopled, and that we shall shoulder one another off it, or into the sea, could view the vast so litudes of Guiana, and reflect that nearly the whole of the interior of the South American continent, though capable of supporting billions of inhabitants, is as yet almost en tirely in the keeping of nature. The cultivation in British Guiana is now confined to two hundred miles of the coast, and the same may be said of South America generally.—Alexander's Transatlantic Sketches. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE VERY INTERESTIZVG TO THE FAIR SEX. (Abridged from the Glasgow Courier.) SHERIFF SMALL DEBT COURT. AYR, MAY 9. MARSHALL V. MARGARET LOGAN AND HUSBAND (JACK) This case is another melancholy proof, to the thousand and one already on record, that " the course of true love never did run smooth." The pursuer, a douce-looking village schoolmaster, about middle age, had, it appeared, been deeply smitten, some twelve years ago, with the laughing eyes and rosy lips of the defender, a pretty little woman, who has now attained the age of thirty-two. After a most laborious courtship, and a long and faithful attachment on his part, the dear object of his wishes found out, as set forth in one of her epistles, that " love is not in our own power," and threw her self, some time in the cool month of January last, into the warm embraces of a youth, called Robert Jack, by whom she was attended in court on this trying occasion. The action was brought to recover payment of the followiug account, which the pursuer produced and read aloud : " Langtown, Feb. 15, 1833. " Having addressed Margaret Logan in Brae, on a sub. ject of the tenderest nature, I received from her several professions of esteem and regard, in which I placed confi dence, and, in full expectation of a future connexion, I gave her the following trinkets, during our correspondence, from 30th August, 1820, till 18th December, 1832. " PETER MARSHALL." 3 yards dark red ribbon £0 4 6 1 gold ring, 5 imitation garnet stones 0 7 6 1 gold brooch 0 7 6 1 smelling-vial, silver top 0 1 6 1 silk handkerchief 0 5 0 3 yards white ribbon 0 4 6 1 hair-brush 1 cape comb 1 copy Walker's Dictionary, with name 0 15 0 1 copy Domestic Cookery, with name 1 copy Gregory's Legacy I copy Murray's small Grammar 0 1 0 3 yards right red ribbon 0 4 6 1 silver thimble 1 penknife and inkstand 1820. 1821. 18.22. May 15. 1 parasol, ivory handle, and green figured silk June 18. 2 white ostrich feathers 2,1 yds. French white ribbon and bandbox U 4 0 Aug. 20. 3 yards pink ribbon 0 5 0 Oct. 11. 3 yards light blue ribbon 0 4 0 1823. March 18. 1 elastic steel busk 0 1 9 ~.77 1 cape comb 1824. - Jan. 10. 1 silver thimble 1 necklace 0 1 3 20. 1 umbrella 0 7 0 April 12. 1 pair scissors 0 2 6 June 12. 1 mourning brooch 1 silver smelling-box, inside deep gold plate 6 17 6 .--- 1E1'29. Dec. 5. 1 penknife, with name 0 3 6 9. I silver thimble, motto 1 cape comb 1830. May 24. 1 silk handkerchief 0 2 6 25. 21 yards ribbon, 55., and 1 yard do. Is 0 6 0 26. 1 pair side-combs, and dressing do 0 1 9 Nov. 2. 2 pair stockings 0 5 0 Dec. 1. 1 gold ring, with name 0 12 6 1 silver thimble, initials 0 2 0 7. 1 inkstand 1831. April 20. 3 yards white pearl ribbon, 45., and 1 cape comb, Is 0 5 0 £lO 10 0 1831. Received from Margaret Logan. Dec. 31. Domestic Cookery £o 8 6 1833. Received the following trinkets from Margaret Logan : Jan. 28. 1 smelling-vial, silver top 0 1 6 1 silver thimble, initials 0 1 6 1 penknife, with name 1 gold ring, with name 0 12 6 1 silver thimble, with motto 0 2 0 £1 9 6 The pursuer in support of his claim produced and read the following statement : " The following are a few of the declarations of esteem and regard, made to me, by M irgaret Logan in Brae, in which I placed confidence, and on which account I gave her the trinkets stated in my account against her. " One evening in the Spring of 1921, I called at her father's, and after some conversation, I a kid, that for some time, she bad been the object of my fond attach men,. And asked, if she would be content to pass the rest of her days in my company ?—She replied that she would, for I had never given her any cause to entertain an unfavourable opinion of me. And assured me, that I had gained her affection very much. " I called at her father's about the beginning of De cember, 1829, where I spent some time conversing with the family. When they withdrew, she gave me a simi lar declaration of her regard. But being then rather in a delicate state of health, she thought it would not be prudent to enter upon an engagement of that nature for some time. " We were at Glasgow on the 25th of AI ty, MO, and when taking a refreshment in the Rack Bud Inn, during our conversation I said that for many years my affection for her had been constant and sincere, and asked if she entertained a similar regard lor me. She replied that I did not need to ask that question, for I could not but know her mind very well upon the subject. I asked if she had any objections to spend the remainder of her days in my company ? She replied, that for anything she had seen, she could live very agreeably with me, but on ac count of particular circumstances, she could not think to leave her parents in the meantime. " I called at her father's on the evening of the 301 August, 1830, and after some conversation, I asked if she thought she could give me her heart and her hand, and be my companion for life ? She replied, that she thought she could, for she bad been many times very happy in my company, I had always used her discreetly, and my attach: ment bad gained her esteem and affection very much. But she hoped, as she had made me acquainted with the par ticular reasons, that I would not insist upon her to comply immediately with my wishes. " PETER MARSHALL. " Langtown, 31st December, 1832." The reading of the above inventory of love tokens, and the statement which follows, produced much merriment, in which the defender joined very heartily. On being called on for her defence, she boldly denied that she had even given the pursuer any promise of marriage, or grounds to suppose that she meant " to pass the rest of her days in his com pany ;" but she admitted that he had given her many presents, which she averred were forced upon her, and received as " free presents," without any pledge on her part whatever. In evidence of these as,ertions, she referred to the following epistle from the pursuer : " Glasgow, March 30, 1824.—My Dearest Love, By this time I hope that thy lovely bosom has got free from the complaint which has afflicted the dearest object of my heart, almost since I saw you. For, believe me, I shall always feel a tenderness for you, and shall be deeply interested whet , - ever you are concerned. This is but gratitude on my part, but, if my feelings should be finer, I hope you will have the goodness to excuse the man whose tenderness for you may prove his greatest fault. Pray accept of a small present along with this, and excuse this hurried scrawl, as it is now very late. Hoping that you are now recovered, and that I shall hear from you soon—saying when I may call and see you—altho' at midnight's darkest hour—l remain, my Dearest Love, Your sincere and devoted Lover, [Signature clipped off.] " My dearest dear, you have my heart, Sure it is far the noblest part : No other fair one doth it share, Tho' shining in their silks so rare. Come, let us haste to Hymen's shrine, And join our hands in love divine, Then all our fears shall quickly end,-- In mutual love our days we'll spend." [lnitials here blotted out.] " Miss Margt. Logan, Brae, Dunlop." The pursuer then produced the following letters, which he alleged he had received from the de fender, in evidence of her attachment and of his being ill-used : " Brae, 10th March, 1823.—Dear Sir,—l received your letter of the 13th Nov. during the time of my in disposition, and am thankful for your kind attention. " If convenient, I shall expect to meet you on the hank in the garden, at nine o'clock on the evening of I uesday the 18th current, when perhaps there may be something new, that is not worth committing to paper. I hope this will find you well, as I myself am. I remain, dear sir, your affectionate friend, (Signed) " MARGARET LOGAN." " Mr. Peter Marshall, Dunlop," " Brae, 10th August, 1830.—Dear Friend,—l received your kind letter of the 21st July, inquiring kindly respect ing my health, and informing me of your late indisposi. to he if 3 you oth o ; e tion, which I was truly s orry to hear ; but I sincerely hope that by this time you are completely recovered. Y( p u rp ose whichtit n without inju r i ng y our h ea l t h. But by ke such a jou rne y, if y ou t hi n k it will i acc omp li sh means n t sh a l l, t ?im teie I hereball b on e glad Al c however, w a it for you at the east end of n u n de rtake to see nigh y t :u the d of the garden at nine o'clock, and if you do not come, the disappointment to me will be but trill rig. " I soon recovered of a cold which I caught when we were at Glasgow last May, and have since elliq'yos health. Since I had the pleasure of seeing r ti f o rst there, where I remained three weeks, and have to itt tf 10) , you that my sister had got another daughter. 11 . gr brother, and am happy to say that be is looking W!', 4oc es own immediate friends, and any of your shave that I know, are enjoying good health. I have no ert , farther of any importance .0 communicate, and shall thou fore conclude by subscribing myself, dear friend, affectionately, (Signed) co MARGARET LO O " Sio " Brae, Dec. 18, 1880.—Dear Friend,—dne"e myself at so great a loss how to address any person, a:, e have showed so much kindness to me, and I can nwiti return; any thing short of my heart and band wau Ot presumption, and even that would be too small an e 9 t lent for the undivided possession of yours, but as 01 1, already disposed of, it need be no more talked of. I said all on this subject already that seems necessary' man possessed of so much good sense, an d, I hope' di ro•ity. Yes, Sir, let me bespeak your humanity to and justice to yourself in this point, and th at shall be will ask in my favour. I know you deserve a notch 0 0 wife than I can ever make, and as love is no t in oar 00 power, and I have the misfortune to know that ca love you, will not justice to yourself, if no t pity t°,ol oblige you to abandon my company, and mak e c worthier person happy in your ashamedou when radriressesrthrtiii happy in them. lam truly : my ingratitude. I hope my conduct will be au 5400 thoaveshouwsedyouyoumymunlwhoarvtheindesosn,e,as w e oma n j tot least of your attention. I thereforeifagashine h d eg esetrvba f t e 1 , 0 : will refrain my company as much as possible in futu " you need not talk of wearing off the affection 11 6R coming back ; you may as well think of quenching !oei by adding fuel. I will try to have the small jobs 6°1101,1 you left for me to do by the time you mention ed yo.l, brti be here, when I hope, for your own sake, you vii" 0 0 1 up the correspondence as abruptly as possible , all but but those who loved can tell the anguish of a last fay , ; I therefore hope you will accept of the kind ative uP "-votlf, gave to me, to do nothing rashly, and not give situation, and render yourself uncomfortable wit h „ foo t to the comforts of this world, which you hav e ; o re' own hand, but see that you settle in your own and become a respectable member of society. ' SO alone the advantages of rank or fortune that renders air or woman worthy of esteem. It is the superior Peboo tions of the soul, and the finer feelings of the bet which can alone exalt the nature, anti place one 0 0 than another in the great chain of beings. 3lanY has rised unto themselves eternal monuments of fand'ilti°' glory, on whom fortune never smiled nor honour, Or guislied. But I must stop ; you have e nough ° l :st coherence for once; yet I trust you will par d°P will likely be the last. I hope this will find y ° ing that blessing of health r which I at P re l t f 1 , r," reason to be thankful ; and in the meantime ac cel3 l respects, and although I cannot be what you w e) ",,' me to be, do me the justice to believe me to be core friend and well-wisher, " MARGARET LOG " Mr. Peter Marshall, Dunlop." nt The Sheriff here remarked, that he did "veeireo serve in the catalogue of books she hod,v re ,:te,rf from the pursuer the " Complete Lettet-" ' 1 r and asked where she found her last epist le ' s o o , this question she made no reply, but by her e pot appeared to receive the query as a compllr""de her powers of composition. The two letter o e 10th March and 10th August, being onlY;cv the defender would not admit their autheutiftitsritill! she acknowledged the last to be in her Ilan u. ' o pter ) :e and seemed much mole entertained by its c. 's than Mr. Jack, who obviously saw no fu" :be P" m Itter. The correspondence was closed by ' lowing business-like communication :-- f ,°'; " Langton, Dec. 31, 1832.—Miss Ont oo' lowing is rather a disagree .ble task, but a le ss disposition on your part might have prevente d i t 'igtt; " On Tuesflay evening, the fifteenth F.-bru b ° d e 0 ,a hundred and thirty-one, a short time after i n ior r f formed me that your marrisge with Thomas tirrtOto to take place that spring, I returned you every BratrAi° yours then in my possession, even to a pa ir °f n or "4 garters and a crooked pin. At the same tiroew f P after, I hinbd to ou to return every article %"e li . had received from me, during our correspond e°c- A l' you paid little attention to my request. . o for t y " Ou Tuesday evening, the 18th instant, yo.° etj°o me that you were to be married to Robert JOS ,1 4 b-ginning of the new year, when I insisted or° tit propriety of your retaining any trinkets or otbectl ticte belonging to me, as they were only given in exPec,,,itr a future connection ; but you appeared somewhst is to part with them. saro‘ "As I have sometimes known you to be t !P h i but a friend to truth, perhaps you may deo,' me ti have nceived any trinkets, or other articles fr og' e, di; I have kept a list of them ; and your letter to 18th December, 1830, yet in my possession, "iijitiete strong evidence against you, and prove the °s o f', /j r what I assert. Indeed, you could only aceePtellY) articles in the character of a virtuous woman, well ref a worthless one, and therefore you wilt- do We b 0/ them immediate." „, dO l d " I therefore r quest, that within twentY -n— pe re ) ,":o the date of this letter you will return, by a° l l ..:ch'„ o tY please, to rne, at the Langton, every article ' o r/ yuu since 1820, without destroying or icjuring ct,e,4 them, otherwise, a public prosecution in ",f) ill will be the immediate cons , quence, and Y°ll obit, yourself to blame for exposure, unnecessary tro expense.—l remain, your obedient servant. dfai-fr, (Signed) "PETER 3 1At' ite' At this stage of the case the purs uer 1 " 11 11 ,,ob a r i claim to the gold trinkets enumerated 01 lid e ll account. The defender alleged that she that turned some things to the pursuer , ' l° , d s eso i° o o had very few of his presents in her r n ' t ‘` l° o l4 many of them having been worn out', away by other beaux." She acknowleogoot rL " exchanged garters" with him, but did cer e it worth while to return his, as they io worn. The Sheriff here inquired if th e go, gave the prisoner bore any particular 111 Y which she blushed a negative reply. „ 0 5 ,111 3 The parties having been fully heard, hoi e pt t mitted by an agent whom the deferidao t e to her aid, that the whole correspondereirisitVe. prove that she had received the purstie r ,: e id ° ,l; t srst h aleuic e igneorielg g tdmie r i. e isisg a te t ibll e tt s roh : ppe r ehe e ,ro, l ht u ‘olva c ape t iwic a vi e n smbr c o: e oft , efhnt a ehft n oi es d tr imech h doei a nur d tigrffot naaofe of i v i,i r tso r iyi j o slot : : ; (1 13 r ,:oc it b ; once, and that therefore his claim cow-,405- ° 114 to hind his brows" from his client, but ' l° o l The pursuer asserted that he w as s", O pr",:e:Y as to need a yellow ribbon, and o ffered ' ut 0,4; 1 ' the defender's eath that she had held ot he him which were not fulfilled, on the P t „e j he had given her the presents. The Sheriff held the reference coroli e-t e ife o fo l i p was accordingly sworn, when sire rleg li i,tr cc o' t ' pursuer's averments, leaving him no t eqll tion than what may be derived from hono of his disappointed love and her umvar' tation, in a court of law. * , V ' ghat "` nt )31°'tfi'i , ' ' l t l i ° 1 DEATH OF THE REV. EDWA RD .„,st d i4 ,,,i;° 'iliL t " —Our town was plunged into the ° e rr the ~i '?. " '`'e Monday evening by the sad intelligence e ` t" f" ' (' ' k' tl '' t 1 one whose life was dedicated to the totaintne'isbee 11l d° it —to the inculcation of its pri ci le's---and. t° o e 4 , 'lle,r' l l of an unbounded and umstentna.tiPous charll. OP; kq t. l te 9:41 e , . 1 , - ELM ARD BRENNAN, after a protracted ill° of t i It, tt the most edifying manner, about six o'elc' e)‘ ‘ P h seem —Tipperary Free Press.,fil l ' oi l 01)e 0: tha t, hl 4 1 .ie We have authority to state l' e . ii, 42, ii spect to the parish of Shipley, in this be "tielifq mation laid before Parliament by the P°° f sl y g, 4 ly al missioners is very incorrect. The nurilber e ti otil l ,f It i el example, in the parish, is 900 more than )'N f'C / alt 4 document.—Brightou Gazette. n oW ali ti er 1 DINNER TO CELEBRATE TI-1 5 'ciorliii,/ lect SIR ANDREW AGNEW'S SABBATH PR,OTIC"iy ot,';, A few evenings back a number of the Soc ie ,f ty? Butchers sat down to an excellent die'lerof,Vlo L Tavern, Hungerford Market, for the purpose 0 1 ,0 ,0, 1 fi k t ate the defeat of Sir Andrew Agnew 's " S 3l° Jo /.th, Var t i , Bill." Mr. TOWNSEND, a veteran in the 0 ,p° p . 'o l 411.' oy S E. le ti) ti) 'tk known liberal principles, was unaniinoo o to,/ o r Or a l, the chair, and proposed a number of 311Pr°:be r t, ' ,3 1,,, 1 z , and in a s peech of consider4ble a bility Pl e r, PY,' 4j l . '' l the Right Hon. CHARLES TENNYSON, A':, ro e os ,,o ol tli A e tl right and distinguished conduct on ~ll par"l9cDol4,o 11 : 4 tk lions a ffecting the welfare of the country, ' l ' l ' oii / jr,,,"t with enthusiasm. The celebration bein. 4;oroYea o f 4i a Member proposed, ‘. The independent ,6 1 10 if d 01 tijq lANI ininster—health and succe•s to o ur g a doli r e y Ne t ;Evan•), ,, The company separated at o '' ,le f Ap t ' 0 41j. IN ,n the morning, wishing Sir Al•ioaX e. bit return to Scotland. 14 0 , co,„ i t , rl3l:l