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Ilkl, i k AP . ) - • r, • 9- 13 - 1 ali t \A 41. . I ^. 4 * ' 11X WA . °Zr /0 1 4 \ 24 ' AO. 1 '1 n. l" • • . 141 :67 0,10, adel at whlti; ing prisone r in sOnMent. _y e 4erc l°l _d Geoff, t* 3 ' es, an before gr. and rioto'll seed is once,_te to Ne"Slc — is for as— LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1833. (No. 12,701.) ( PRICE 7n.) FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 24, 1333. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Q. Vivian to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Christmas, who retires, May '24. Rm'al Waggon Train—Lieut. T. W. Nesham, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Burrowes, who retires, April 30. 10th Regiment of Foot—Major W. G. Freer, to be Lieute nant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Belli, who retires; Capt. E. Allen, to be Major, by purchase, vice Freer ; Lieut. C. L. Strickland, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Allen ; Ensign W. G. D. Nesbitt, to be Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Strickland ; Ensign A B. Cane, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Nes bitt, May 24. 26th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. M. M'lnnes, vice Park, deceased, October 11 ; Lieut J. Frazer, vice M'lnnes, whose promotion of the 27th Oct., 1832, has been canceled. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign 0. G. Perrott, vice M'lnnes, Oct. II ; Ensign and Adjutant A. Macdonald. to have the rank, Oct. 12 ; Ensign J. W. Boyd, vice Perrott, whose promotion of Oct. 27, 1832, has been cancelled. To be Ensign—Ensign T. Price, from half-pay 31th Foot, vice Boyd, May 24. 67th Fout—W. Pilsworth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cane, appointed to the 10th Foot, May 24. 80th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Christie to be Captain, by purchase, vice M'Niven, promoted ; Ensign J. Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Christie; W. 11. Bradford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith, May 24. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieut. R. W. D. Flamstead to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nesham,promoted, May 24. To have the rank of First Lieutenant—Second Lieutenant and Adjutant R. Wilbraham, May 23 ; Second Lieutenant and Ad. jutant S. Beckwith, May 26. To he Second Lieutenant,by purchase—R. Viscount Jocelyn, vice Flamstead, May 24. Royal African Colonial Corps—Lieut. T. Berwick to be Cap tain, without purchase, May 24. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign A. Findley, May 22 ; Ensign St. Leger Bere, May 23 ; Ensign D. W. Jevers, from the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies, vice Ber wick, May 24. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Cornet G. S. Harcourt, from half-pay 9th Light Dragoons, May 22; J. R. Maxwell, Gent., vice Findlay, May 'M ; H. M. Nicolls, Gent., vice Beere, May 24. Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies—Ensign J. Mas ters, from half-pay 89th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Jevers, pro moted in the Royal African Colonial Corps, May 24. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 21. The SPEAKER took the (hair at ten minutei past five o'clock. MONTGOMERY ELECTION. Sir T. WINNINGTON brouht up the report of the Committee appointed to try the merits of this election, declaring John Edwards, Esq., to be duly elected, and considering the petition of David Pugh, Esq., to be neither frivolous nor vexatious. CLONMEL ELECTION. ;DPL E " '"',•". articl6 t1It:011°°" Sir W. GUISE brought up the report of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition of E , q., against the return of Dominick Ronayne, Esq. The Committee declared the latter gentleman duly elected, and that neither the petition nor opposition was frivolous or vexations. On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, the Dublin and Kingston Railway Committee were ordered to make their report before the lOrh of June ; and leave was given for them to sit, notwithstanding any adjournment of the House. Lord DTINCANNON brought up the report of the Committee on the Grand Jury (Ireland) Bill, to which they had made several amendments. The Bill was or dered to be recommitted in a Committee of the whole House on Monriay se'nnight. Air. WOOD brought in the Consolidated Fund Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next. Mr. OSWALD brought up the 22d report on public petitions. On the motion of Mr. DOMINICK BROWN, leave was given to the Galway Election Committee to adjourn to Tuesday next, in consequence of the ab s ence of a mate rid witness. Air GENE RAL CEMETERY COMPANY. ‘SO ULS CEMETERY, ONE MILE AND A HA LE T r , FRO M PADDINGTON CHURCH. 11E DIRECTORS invite the public to kent view t hi s establishment, now ready for the inter 414the d ead, the wa n t o f w hi c h h as hitherto been a 4 tia c i t ° London, other countries having long . since .e 6 ine advantage of removing the dead to a distant. the habitations of the living. 114 0 4 f the ground has been consecrated by the Lord 14 r tl i °f•L "don, and a chapel has been erected thereon di e Performance of the burial service. The eastern. ri ' t l ' e has been devoted to the interment of those whose clierlsidesa burial service differing from that of the t'rEiig!and. A Chapel will be also shortly com l .. 'ltl apte4 " this part. Catacombs in both are prepare, for families or single interments. The whol e f l'ar% e e slis laid out as a sepulchral garden, in the style ttnet eY of Pere la Chaise, in the neighbourhood of 1444„1.41 surrounded by a lofty wall, and watched y thereby affording perfect security against ex p li u u r m i jaa tt,trit,;;tfeneral register, according to the Act of i ' , hag C d t tePt for both parts of the ground, a duplicate It ithq ° , ged in the Registry of the Diocese of London, ei:Egisterti of parishes. • iitriatV)irectors feel confident that the beauty . of the d itt security, the advantages of registration, an ailj 4,,eretepric,s of the catacombs, vau'ts, and grav f es, ri -tet ' t 'lend the G,n•Tal Cemetery to all who pre er ti ) , !teat aro r , 41 11,,, , ,. 5 evereid inter i e n nt m o an f v de c c a e se as s e , d friends to disgusting crowded,; .sll 4 4 l o4 l s ,, , isimridon R a n t : ft , Westminster; and they are Ilito t , 'e e eti t hat an undertaking so eminently calculated to e tro bro ! ll d ' , Mire the health of this great and incr asi g t kiar'l will rec,:ive that decree of public encourage ii,e which i t has so just a claim. t. er t hitth • be obtained of Mr. Bow et 0, Russell ufmnitt°n may Itlt il r i° Ltltnarry, wh e r e all applic a tions are to made: if "t paid. /p" - -- 1 •11 BOWMAN. Clerk of the Company. h :ll °M AS TURNER, of Tunirs-lame, A'sr t h e ,. task , -ity of Lichfield, in the County of Stafford, ( r)rd a Pplication to JONATHAN MLLET, of 4 e of the Executors of the late A Mr. Joseph lt l' e will hear o f something to hi s a d van t age . Pie:t.'n Apbe is about SO years of age. il 30, 1833 . . This day was published, 11 ' () D O L P H I N. , In 3 vols. post Syn. ilie uard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ?? „ ( Successor to Henry Colburn.) 4thet'.tiltie 'Scotland Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. Thy d ay was published, in Silo., price 145., 0 A RESIDENCE AT THE , ` - ',ItT OF LOND Ay the Hon. RICHARD RUSH. ti,, tr tltraortlinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from l e . l 'ed States o f Am e ri c a, f r om 1817 to 1825. Bentley, New Burlington-street. tt (Successor to Henry Colburn.) 441'ta,,a)' next, in 2 vols. Bvo., with fine Portrait b from an original Picture, --4 °llA e O an F MRS. INCHBALD. By JAMES BOADEN, Esq. 4'l . . 41. Correspondence with Celebrated Per s. ons; 0 4 o'with Dramatic Pieces, &c., now first pubirshur l e r „ i glnals. hoed Bentley, New Burlington-street. 'Successor to Henry Colburn.) A k itlll) Is, ------- -- 4 1 "ORK of the AUTHOR of TRENIAINE. -- I St isi.l' June, price only 4s. per volume, in morocco ''''',. t .,i's with a Portrait of the Author, t..; V E It E. Y the A u th or o f " T rema i ne ." k A, () P t . ° , 24 ING THE FIFTH MONTHLY SET OF l 'lt t . tio "RS MODERN NOVELISTS. Il i , 4, t4 4 of the roost sterling Novels by distinguished , Olr y 44, now issui ng , a t a l ower pr i ce t h an t h e s!i4ill, hovels. for 11. Colhurn by B. Bentley, New I3ur- Is and sold by all Booksellers. 1C4104 ,lodl,uaY was published,in vole. Bvo., 24i., It 8 IN UPPER ~4,A l ° PARTS of the HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. ,r,',(,IfCOUNT of the COURTS of the NATIVE th v , and PRESENT STATE of the BRITISH "NIENT in the EAST INDIES, &c. By Major ARCHER, t e Aid-dv-Cainp to Lord Combermere• 2% at all times great interest in works on India, 12ut Ntl,nlarly at a period when every particle of information with increased avidity, in consequence of the po ;A'\,!.!:)rtance which her affairs have assumed. The pre- N jk ; l Make its own popularity by the force of its real R~e-ard Bentley, New Burlington -street. 'Successor to Henry Colburn.) L I 1 4 t 2 volumes, post bye., price 1/. Is., "I C E AFLOAT. 'o l 4,( 3 l) v riBing the PERSONAL NARRATIVE o f a F ICER employed during the late War ; and of an OFFICER engaged in the late Sur ition under the command of th , CAPTAIN OWEN, + L ' th e W ESTERN COAST of AFRICA. . 1 1 1i i i' L 'tiv -s ti°n of Negro emancipation many valuable hints y sti lloji l d from thi;work ; the two Naval Otticers who vi4 v i'lg devoted considerable attention (one dur littht,„ t ,to the principal West India Islands, and the tiD, 'Zi , g ,.„"e coast of Africa) to the character and condi lt,'tog,i"."- Some of the mote violent adv: cites of the tiL I N tw lre ;will b e a littl e s t ar tl e d a t t h e di sc l osures 4 11td 1 ( ; ) v olumes."—Globe. Y R. 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There `,lt otli of January, 1832, to 95.555 A. Il i , Per - of , -29 re . C,, t .44 / ,nr. Consols, whom -a, I ..- ~ Ea,,t• A " and 6 m ore t h an 5,0001. ; 447 on N e : r. tltlities, 1726 ; 82,194 New 3i An- Per C ent. Annuities ; and 4,832 o n is °,761. Y e ars. Th e whole _number freely- ,', l it‹...Zeesor to henry Colburn.) 1 1 . I t 4ti ith zin h e published (to ho . continued Monthly, 1. 1 litly N e 't &c.), price halt-a•crown, Part I. of "r Edition of \ DER N ATIONAL PORTRAIT GAL- ts ta • Y OI L 'op.' A Series of Portraits, with Memoirs, k / ii ts l g i n ' h ighest style, from the most authentic ori- ',,,i4 t i 'lk t tca,.: o t Alasters. Y!,,Vi t `', l le ',Undertakings have ever established a better , 1' 40t;, , ':qt!oliage than this As an attendant upon the ,k:kS l , n a i: . t i sinestimable. It gives to the perusal of our , r 4 \::o,: s ' i interest a hundredfold greater than that i) , it lil th,,Without such an auxiliary. We see the fa ' l 4 ; kly - 7 Who have played extraordinary parts, and ,::.,Itt i , ; w select men amongst men. We read their .;q ; ,:.dt k i e„trace their characters and conduct in the un- '' th i th r s ,Yri, as if we were made free of their company, y G'oubled animation, the events, in the midst .4) ~ ' e d. Moved, and had their being."—Morning 0 ; Lt r 4 , Igt I{ the New Edition received by every Book- - i'ngdw n 4 1 % 4 '`'nrion ; Fisher, S(111, and Co. At , Op h Lt HANTS. ‘Vkt,,,, AI ARINE RESIDENCES. WITH that th e , bo „ii, 0 : 4 or 11 Oat .- 10, i t tocl“, f" ,Ye 131.' UNATTACHED. Capt. T. W. 0. M'Niven, from the both Foot, to be Major of Infantry, by purchase, May ?1. - - MEMORANDA. The under-mentioned officer has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an unattached commission : Major J. Barwick, half-pay unattached, May 24. The appointment of Lieut. A. Heddle, from halt-pay; Royal African Corps, to be Lieutenant in the 55th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the sth September, 1831, has not taken place. The Christian names of Ensign Plunkett, of the Bth Foot, are Anthony Tisdall Sydney Shawe. The commission of Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General W. Cordeaux has been cancelled from the 3d instant, inclusive, he having accepted a commuted allowance for his half-pay. The commissions of the under-mentioned officers have been cancelled from the 01th inst , inclusive, they having accepted commuted allowances for their half-pay : Capt. G. \Vackerhagen, half-pay 9AI Light Infantry Battalion King's Getman Legion ; Licut. C. Von Windheim, half-pay 7th Line Battalion King's German Legion; Capt. H. C. L. Von Borstel, half-pay Ist Line Battalion King's German Legion ; Lieut. It. H. Symons, half.pay unattached ; Lieut. T. l'igott, half-pay 104th Foot ; Lieut. J. Coates, half-pay 104th Foot ; Lieut. J. Deighton, half-pay filth Fat ; Lieut. K half-pay 22d Light Dragoons ; Capt. L. Bebne, half pay 2d Light Infantry Battalion King's German Legion ; Capt. F. Von Hugo, half-pay 7th Line Battalion King's German Legion ; Ensign G. Macdonnell, half-pay 58th Foot; Ensign J. A. Maxwell, half-pay York Light Infantry Volunteers. The half.pay of the under-mentioned officer has been can celled from the Ist April, 1832, inclusive, he having accepted a commuted allowance for his commission : Lieut. C. H. Delamain, half-pay York Chasseurs. Lieut. E. Fairfield, of the r..sth Foot, has been allowed to re tire from the service, by the sale of an unattached commission, May 2-l. VAR-OFFICE, MAY 24. The King has been pleased to command that the following officers of the Irish Militia be appointed Aides-de-Camp to his Majesty, for the service of his militia force : Colonel the Marquis of Ormond, Kilkenny Militia; Colonel the Marquis of Thomond, city of Cork Militia, May 18. Commission in the Cumberland Regiment of Militia, by his Majesty. Rowland Pennington, Gent., to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain, May 15. commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent. East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Sir J. E. Honey wood, Bart., to be Cornet, May 18. BANKRUPTCIE, SUPERSEDED. ..... WILLIAM BENNETT, cotton-spinner, Lostock, Lanca shire. THOMAS HODGSON, tanner, Manchester. BANKRUPTS. JOHN HAGGER (and not JOHN HAGGA R,) oilman, Brighton-place, Brixton-road, Surrey, to surrender May :10, at two, and July '2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Soames, Great Winchester-street. JAMES GEORGE CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN, grocer, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, June 4, at twelve, and July 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bousfield, Chatham-place. JARVIS PALMER, fish-sauce manufacturer, Walworth, June 5, and July 5, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wheat ley, Maiden-lane, Cheapside. GEORGE ROSS, grocer, Upper Clapton, May 30, at half-past twelve, and July 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gadsden, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. . _ , - - CHARLES THOROGOOD, victualler, New Church-street, Lisson-grove, May 30, at twelve, and July 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Colombine, Carlton Chambers, Regent_ street. JAMES EYRE WATSON, merchant, Bucklersbury, Lon don, June 5, at eleven, and July 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Crowder and Maynard, Lothbury. JAMES HOLMAN, calenderer, Hoxton Old Town, June 4, at twelve, and July 5, at ten, at the Court ot Bankruptcy. Rowland and Young, Princes-street, Bank. STEPHEN HA LE ALONZO MARSH, music -seller, Bristol, June 1, and July 5, at twelve, at Bevan and Brittan's offices, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford.row, London; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. JOSEPH WINTER, glove-manufacturer, Stoke-under- Hamdon, Somersetshire, June 11, and July 3, at eleven, at the George Inn, Ilminster, Somersetshire. Nicholetts, South Pe therton, Somersetshire. DIVIDENDS. W. Lushington, jun., merchant, Mark-lane, June 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Finney, merchant, Charlotte_ street, Portland-place, June 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—C. Bray, coach-maker, Theobald's-road, June 14, at half.past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy--T. Freethy, car penter, Acton, Middlesex; June 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Cox and F. Heisch, merchant, New-court, Crutched-friars, June '2O, at half_past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy— Dickinson, warehouseman, Milk-street, June IN), at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy--W. Wilmington, jun., glove manufacturer, Melbourne Port, Somersetshire, June 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—C. H. Wearing r and W. Greenwood, merchants, St. Paul's Church-yard, June 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Sangster, builder, Holland-place, Lambeth, June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—lt. Smith, merchant, Old City Chambers, June 13, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Ilbery, merchant, Doughty-street, St. Pancras, Jun. 17, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—A. M. Pereira and H. Castellain, merchants, Old Bethlem, June 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—NV. F. Fussell, tanner, Baltonsbury, Somersetshire, June 17, at eleven, at the George Inn, Castle Cary, Somersetshire—J. Stadders, draper, Barnley, Lancashire, June 15, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Preston—E. Andrews, bookseller, Worcester, June 17, at twelve, at the White Horse Inn, Worcester—J. Wilde, J. Bowden, and Z. Mayan, cotton-spinners, Oldham, Lancashire, June 17, et nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester—J. Chorley, merchant, Liver po.l, June IS, at the office of Messrs. Leigh and Sanders, Liver pool—W. Haywood, book-binder, Birmingham, June 19, at one, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—T. Cooper, coach-pro prietor, Thatcham Berkshire, June 18, at two, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol—J. Bagley haberdasher, Liverpool, June 15, at two, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool—NV. Emery, corn factor, Bristol, June IS, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES-JUNE 14. Dodgson, innkeeper, Preston, Lancashire—J. Leighton victualler, North Shields, Northumberland—T. Gilbert, coal.' dealer, Birmingham—C. Rollin, plumber, Chelsea—J. Ili , ery, merchant, Doughty-street—G. A. Whale, innkeeper, Rocking, Essex—G. Rich, tailor, Curzon-street, Mayfair—H. Joyce, drysalter, Milford-lane, Strand. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Butler and T. Maxfield, haft and scale pressers Sheffield— J. Jones and G. Broune, morocco dressers, Liverpool—J. Saun ders and F. Bur hart, jun., saddlers, Warwick-street, Golden square—H. M. Wrench and J. Dodsworth, linen-drapers, Re. gent-street.—R. Riding and A. Manby, surgeons, Liver pool—J. Yearsley and C. K Thomson, surgeons, Ross, Here fordshire—J. and J. Parker, cotton-spinners, Harpurhey, Lan. ca hire—S. Sherlock and W. L. Thompson, wine-merchants, Liverpool—J. Mountford and J. Jackson, brickmakers, Alpra. ham, Cheshire—E. Knapp and Co., coal-merch ,nts, Winches ter—T. Jeffery and J. Burrow, stone.bottle manufacturers, Al. lerton, Bywater, Yorkshire—J. and T. G. Angell, curriers, Norwich—B. and L. Hart, clothes-salesmen, Holywell-street, Strand—J. Weaver and BP. Mandcr, manufacturing chymists, Wolverhampton —H. Wilson and G. H. Cutler, wine -merchants, l)unstcr_court, Mincing-lane. FUNERAL OF DR. HENNIS. - EXETER, NIAY 23.—The funeral of Dr. HENNIS took place to, day. The shops in the High.street were closed till after the procession had passed, and in the lower parts of the city the windows were partially closed throughout the day. The bells of the neighbouring churches tolled, and St. Sidwell's and St. David's rung muffled peals. The feeling of grief was universal, spontaneous, and sincere. The deceased possessed no powerful connections here to com mand a show of resp ct ; the whole was a tribute to moral worth and manly integrity. I believe I omitted to state, through want of time, that the deceased had always ex pressed himself a decided enemy to duelling,, and Lai frequently declared that he never would fire in the event , t 1 Icing forced to "go out." He maintained his reso lution to the last. MRS. INCHBALD'S MEMOIRS.-110 forth coming Life of Mrs. INCH BALD has been prepared front tier private papers, particularly her journals, constantly written with her own hand for a period of 50 years, and will contain numerous anecdotes of her contemporaries, illustrated by her familiar correspondence with the most distinguished literary and political characters of her time, printed froin the original autograph. Two dramatic pieces, now first published, will also accompany the vo lumes, which will be embellished with a fine portrait of INCHBALD, from an original picture. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from Cam apirst the Irish Church Temporalities Bill. Colonel LEIGH HAY moved for returns of the salaries and emoluments of the different excise offices. • After a few observations between L,4rd DUNCANNON, 31r. GOULBURN, arid Mr. O'CONNELL, tire latter Hon. Member withdrew his motion, of which he had given no tice, for the production of a copy of the opinion of the Attorney-General on an information of intrusion against the Lord Primate, on the understanding that a new trial was to be granted in the case. Mr. RONAYNE said he had seen, by the public papers, that 11r. Gun, with a body of police and troops, had attacked a house in order to enforce the payment of tithes, and that, finding the inhabi tants on their guard, they broke in with crow bats and hatchets, and carried off the inhabitants to Cloumel gaol. He wished to know whether Government were aware of and sanctioned those proceedings. Lord ALTHORP said the Hon. Member for Waterford had a motion upon the subject of the Irish Coercive Bill, and the better way would be to postpone any discussion upon the subject until that came on. Certainly, it was contrary to the wish of the Governtneot that the Irish Coercive Bill should be applied in any way to the collec tion of tithes. Mr. RONAYNE hoped, at all events, that this notice would prevent the recurrence of such practices. Mr. O'CONNELL would not enter into any discussion of the subject at present, but he must say that breaking into houses by the police had become so general in some places, as to be almost universal. The refusal of the gentry to give the usual acre land for potatoes this year was another cause of great affliction. He hoped it would not be long before the Hon. Gentleman who had been appointed Secretary for Ireland would be in his place, for he bad great confidence that that Hon. Gentleman would make himself very active on behalf of Ireland. Mr. FINN asked if there wouhl be any objection to the production of the proceedings which had taken place in the county of Kilkenny against the police, respecting the Irish Coercive Bill. Mr. RONAYNE sail, the Noble Lord was mistaken in supposing that the case to which he alluded was in a county in which the Coercive Bill had come into opera tion. It was in the county of Tipperary, and in one of the most pe.iceable parts of the country. The motion of the lion. Member for Wexford did not refer to Tipperary, and therefore this case could not then come under ob servation. Lord DUNCANNON then said, that the proceedings alluded to by the Hon. Member did not arise out of the operation of the Coercive Bill, but the Tithe Bill of last Session. Mr. RONAYNE—Certainly. Lord ALTHORP said he had no knowledge of the cir cumstances, and consequently could not give the Hon. Member any information at present. With regard to the question of another Hon. Member (Mr. Finn) he could not give him any answer. Colonel DAVIES said he had been pressed by many gallant officers to ascertain when the Deccan prize money was likely to be distributed. He wished to have some information upon the subject. Lord ALTHORP could not tell ; the warrant had some time back been issued for the distribution of the money, but in consequence of a discussion in the House it was suspended, and no decision had yet been come to. Mr. WILSON PATTEN begged to be informed by the Noble Lord, whether it would not be possible to have the evidence of the Commissioners to the Factories printed and laid upon the table of that House up to the present period, and so continued from time to time until com pleted, that Hon. Members might learn what progress was made? Lord ALTHORP thought it would be objectionable to have the evidence printed piecemeal. Mr. HENRY LYTTON BULWER postponed his motion for a Committee to inquire into the conduct of General Darling, the late Governor of New South Walee. ADJOURNMENT. Lord ALTHOIIP moved that the House at its rising should adjourn to Thur• , day next.—Agreed to. Sir M.S. STEWART asked whether it was the intention to proceed with the Entail Bill for Scotland that evening. Mr. KENNEDY said, that in the absence of his Hon. Friend, he believed he might say that if possible it would be proceeded with to-night. Sir JOHN HOPE made some observations relative to the impropriety of bringing such a matter before the House at a late hour. Mr. KENNEDY replied it would be certainly desir able to have the measure discussed in a full House, and at an early hour; but such wa: the state of business in the House that perhaps any opportunity ought to be em braced. HERTFORD ELECTION. Mr. BERNAL moved, that the report of the Hertford Election Committee of the 2d of April be read. It was his duty as Chairman of that Committee to bring the subject before the House, which he should do as britfiy 3 S th? importance of it would admit. He held in his hand a voluminous report of the evidence adduced before the above mentioned Committee, occupying no less than 400 pages ; but this enormous mass of evi dence need not terrify Hon. Members, as it would be unnecessary to go completely through it—(Hear)—but only to extract shortly the most essential point.., upon which the House could come to a decision.—(Heal.) In 1831, Lord Ingestrie was an unsuccessful candidate for the borough of Hertford ; Messrs. Duncombe and Spald ing being then returned. Early in 1832, a feeling got alive in the town, and clubs were formed for the purpose of securing the return of a Conservative Member. Amongst the most important of those was one called the Union, set a going by a public-house keeper named Drum mond. The avowed object of that club was to secure the return of a Member in their interest ; the members on entering were called upon to ! , I,lge themselves to do all in their power for the return of tie candidate supported by the club. The members of the club in creased, and at last, by a bylaw, the members Were to be unlimited. A system of treating was begun by the club— beer and liquors were given gratis by Drummond, not only to the members of the club, but to others. The consequence of these proceedings was, that a requisition was got tip in the club, early in the spring, which called upon L ord i ngestr i e to come forward as a candidate for the borough. He at first refused, but afterwards, in May—he accepted it, and arrived in tlra town in the month of June. He ought at this stage to observe, that the House would see t h e :lame of Mr. Geo. Nicholson very frequently in the proceedings —th a t gentlem in was a soli citor in Hertford, and, with bis partner, acted as solicitor to the Marquis of Salisbury, and also as Under Sheriff. It appeared that the members of this society then addressed themselves to Nicholson, who, throughout the contest, acted as the agent for Lord Ingesttie.--(Hear, hear.) It was in evidence that when Lord Ingestrie made his appearance for the first time in 1832, the members of this Union Club, forming a compact and powerful body, met him and went in - procession, and that at a dinner given by gentlemen in the sa me i n t erest , t h e Unionists, as a body, attended with their banners. It was also in evidence, that there existed in Hertford a practice of distributing on certain occasions little tickets, which were called refreshment tickets. It was proved that at the time of the entry of Lords Ingestrie and Afthon the first distribution of these tickets took place. They were coloured blue and red, with the initials of the person charged with their distribution ; and they had also the valuation of half-crowns and five shillings. They were distributed by a person named Dack ; and it was proved that a sum of a hundred pounds, which ap peared ent red as an item in a private account, it the commencement of the election, was paid to Dark to be distributed. Now he (Mr. Bernal) did not mean to say that the inhabitants of a • town or borough on the occasion of a general election should be debarred from festive amusements, eating and drinkiug, &c., but he would say, if they did not take care to draw a broad line of demarcation, they would soon ascend the steps of the grossest bribery. He protested that he ‘s as not exaggerating these transactions, when he could prove by this evidence that these tickets were not applied solely for the purpose of refreshment, but in fact, pissed as a current coin through the shops of the town,—that they were, taken and received for calico, linen, tea and su gar, meat, and sundry articles; that they were, in short, an election manoeuvre for the distribution of a new paper currency—(A laugh)--for the purpose of bribery. This was the case in the beginning of August, Dack being on that occasion the powerful sub-agent, be cause Nicholson admitted that he had in fact no practical check on the issue of those tickets. But the issue was not confined to the transaction on the entry of the two Noble Lords. Subsequently there were two other issues. Tickets were issued to so late a period as die 2Stli Nov., only ten days before the testing, 01 the writ ; and Mr. Pol lan'', a respectable draper in Hertford, proved that during the whole of the canvass ; and when he sent to Mr. Dock, to know if these tickets would be honoured or paid, Dock said that they would.—(Hear, hear.) Nay, more, 121 odd of tickets was received by him in payment for goods, of which he paid 31, to the butcher as cash, and received 91. odd from Mr. Dack for the remainder. Was it then saying too much when he asserted that these tickets were but a device, and a shallow device, to evade the law ? The total amount paid on account of these tickets Mr. Nicholson admitted to be not less than 3001. Now, as Hertford only contained a constituency of 690 electors, it was absurd to talk of these being mere refreshment tickets. He should not object, perhaps, to a man receiving Is. or 2s. for a pint of beer in hot weather, hut the tickets were some times for 55., and sometimes for 10s. Lord STORNIONT—Not 10s. Mr. BERNAL s rid he would now proceed to de tail the evidence upon which the resolution he should propose was founded. The first witness to whose evidence he would call the attention of the House was F. Edwards, at p. 275 of the Report, and who stated that he had a bill owing to him to the amount of no less than 2201., incurred on the 10th, 11th, and 12th days of December, which were the nomination and polling days. When he was asked how be expected to be paid this Bill, he stated that he depended on a person of the name of A!lons, a saddler, for its payment—just as if it was likely that a small saddler in Hertford would incur a debt of 2201. on his own responsibility for the purpose of sending Lords Ingestrie and Mahon to Parliament. The ❑ext witness was Mrs. Took, at p. 277, who kept the ship public house, and she stated that she had a bill owing her of 1901., incurred on the nomination day. She stated that a person of the name of Mundy, a friend of Lord Ingestrie, asked her permission to put up a flag at her house that he afterwards assisted her to check off the items in her bill, and he, with a person named Dade, subsequently signed it. Robert Hill kept the Maidenhead public-house, and had a bill owing him of 177/. outstanding. Mrs. Stafford kept the Rose and Crown, and had a bill owing her of 1101. J. Nicholson kept the Red Cow, and had one owing him to the amount of :AL for the two election days; besides a bill fur upwards of 1001. for "bullies," those who were called " persons for protection"—( Hear, hear) —and, as lie stated, on the responsibility of a plumher. Mrs. Kennedy kept the Wool Pack and had a bill owing her fan• 2201. Wm. Newman, a baker,—a person who was well known, the Honourable Me,nber believed, to many who now heard him, by the name of Doughy Newman,—admitted that at the same time he kept a baker's shop, he aspired with his house to the higher reputation of a Tom and Jerry shop, because he stated that besides having a bill to the amount of Si due to him as a baker, he had one for one hundred and seventy pounds for beer supplied at the election.—(Hear.) He was sorry to be so tedious, but the subject required it. Jenah Cooke, the landlord of the Wbeatsheaf, stated in his evidence, that his bill, which was unpaiu, amounted to nearly 1501., and that his house was open on polling days by the order of Mr. Drummond. The landlord of the Salisbury Aims, the principal inn in the place, where Lords Mahon and Ingestrie stopped, stated that his bill, which was unpaid, amounted to 4401.—(Hear, hear)—•end this witness, when pressed, stated also, that though be should not like to lose the amount, he could not tell who was to pay. There were other pub! c-houses at Hertford open on this occasion,but no evidencehad been taken against them. By this the House would see that unpaid Bills, after the testing of the writ, amounted to 1,700/. Was that a legal expense? And that, too, it might be remembered, in a town, the constituency of which did not amount to mole than 655. But this was not all: ac cording to the evidence given previous to the testing of the writ, upwards of two thousand pounds were ex pended in canvassing and keeping up the interest of Lords Mahon and Ingestrie in Hertford. For the in formation of Hon. Members on this subject, he would refer• them to the standing orders of the House, by which, if any Member, by himself or his agents, promised meat or drink to the amount of lOL to any of his constituents, that offence rendered him incapable of keeping the seat which he had obtained by that treating. In 1695, an Act passed for remedying the serious and formidable offence of bribery, but, singular enough, it excluded the treating to the extent of 101., but, at the same time, it provided, that any treating. that was for affecting an election was an offence. It was to be regretted that they had been always coquetting with the subject of treat ing, and it was a pity they did not deliberate, and reach, with the strong arm of the law, those transactions which frequently occurred for months previous to the issuing of the writ, and which always threw great expense and difficulty on the candidates, and not un frequently effected their ruin. —(Hear.) He thought Government should take up the subject with ►he determination to effect sonic remedy, for it was too much to expect that the burde❑ should fall on a single individual.—(Hear.) He, for one, would never sacrifice his time and health to play the solo fiddler on any other such occasion, —(Hear, and a laugh.) He thought there was always a degree of maiden shyness on the part of Members when the subject of bribery at elections was toucher! on. There was no point of union between them, and so it would re• main, unless a remedy were afforded, until the end of the nineteenth century.—(Hear, hear.) While be lamented that two respectable and talented Nobleman had lost their seats in that House, he would not shriek from declaring that there was a great body of evidence affecting the constituency of Hertford. It was proved that there were still 17 or 1,800/. now lying unpaid in that town, and that names were tnixed ❑p with transactions, all of which appeared in the accounts of Messrs. Nicholson and Longinore.— The gentlemen he had named had, in their account, brought in the incidental expenses incurred at the election ; and be (Mr. B ) trioueht that when it was shown these gen tlemen had opened houses in favour of the candidate, it was not too much to iufer that they had been indirectly or covertly au'horized to do so.—(Hear, hear.) Do House should keep in remembrance that it was not called upon to deal with the seats of Members, but only to pro nnunce an opinion as to whether the state of the ca nstituency of the borough of Hertford was such that the elective franchise was properly exercised there, or whether it was not so corrupt that some change was necessa , y.—(Hear, hear, hear.) In fact, the House in this case was called upon to act up to the declarations made by Honourable Members when promoting the great measure of reform. For his own pant, he thought it would be really better to have a close borough system, by which seats might be at once purchased for two or three thou „,id pounds, than to have a system continued which put a candidate to a cost of six or seven thousand.—(llear.) There did not appear to b e touch doubt on the winos of the Members of the Committee as to the corruption that hai l ta k en place, It appeared that there was a practice z,. eliminate to wives, to widows, an -I all the inhabitants of tile place. He confessed he was at a loss to see upon what eround - it was that they sought to establish one rule for he boroughs and another for the counties. It was well known that iu counties, hounes bad been kept open five e.,; • months before the testing of the writ. Something had ee • , iieen said of the 1,8001. which was spent, but the House \Y - oust be aware that it was one thing to talk of that sum being spent, and quite another of its being charged. He had known one case in which a charge had been made o f 5001. for soda water..--(A laugh.) The effect of the present measure would certainly be that of an ex post facto law ; and he could by no means be brought •O think that the electors of any borough should he punished for any crime not within the provisions of the Act. He hoped also that the House would i sir in mind that the borough of Hertford had not been defended in the Committee, and that if they passed the present Bill, they would be deciding on the case of Hertford without Giving that borough a hearing. He hoped that the House in interfering, as it had a right to do, with the ,urity of elections, did not intend to meddle with the !parity of justice. The Noble Lord afterwards went on to analyse the evidence giveu before the Committee. He particulary commented on that of Mr. Russell Davis, pointing out inaccuracy as to the description of the room in which a conversation with Lord Mahon was said to cave taken place. The evidence of George Beck, another material witness, was disproved (continued the Noble Lord) on one principal point; consequently his evidence could not be of any great weight on other points. Wi t h respect to the case of the distribution of blankets, it had been a practice at Hertford, and elsewhere, for some years, and should not ba harshly dealt with—for there was more of charity in the practice than of corruption. The king away with such a practice would tend less to dimi nish corruption than to dry up the sources of benevolence. He contended that justice would not be obtained in the lune way from a Committee of that House as from an open Court upon which public opinion operated ; and even though it should be obtained, the moral effect upon the country would not be the same. The Noble Lord concluded by stating it to be his opinion that the evidence as to the state of bribery and corruption in which the Ito tough of Hertford was said to be, did not justify that Kruse to vote for the motion before it. Mr. CLAY considered the decision the Committee had come Was perfectly right. With respect to the Noble Lord's analysis of the evidence laid baffle the Committee, he thought that the reach did not correspond with the Noble Lord'. npectation. He concurred with the obsei-- 7, ltiOn of the Noble Lord, that persons who would render themselves guilty of low practices, such as accepting -ickets for clothes, Esc..—if such tickets were for purposes :Icorruption aPid not of charity—ought not to vote at all. But upon that pi,tq he thought there was at least a prima t:rcie case to show that- persons having a right to vote listed at Hertford wise were willing to lend themselves a those low and corrept practices. Such an opinion would be borne out by an emstnination of the evidence, as it would be found that out of f 4 24 electors, three or four :undyed were in the habit fur eye last two or three •lections of receiving IL each, as polling MOV. , P. He would eik the Noble Lord if he would say that, after 'fie evi lence which had been adduced in this case, there *ad been a prima fitrit case made out that the electors wet, not worthy of being intrusted with the elective franchise, and that the case was not one which called for inquiry? Ile (Mr. Clay) thought that it was ; and lie wouhl tell the llouse, that the only way in which they could retain a hold m the affections of the people, was by instituting a strong ,nd searching inquiry into all cases of corruption which might arise. Mr.WYNN said that the question was not as to the pro priety or impropriety of the conduct of the late Members. but as to whether the electors of Hertford had so abused heir privileges as to call for the severe measure which was now asked. He could not allow that giving clothes ir food was an act of bribery which came within the ineaning of the Act of Parliament which regulated those inatter., unless it were at the same time proved that it was given for the specific purpose of obtaining a vote. Then as to treating—where such had been proved, it had ilways been visited not on the receiver, but tin the giver, lie thought it unreasonable that the electors should be punished for merely accepting of the refreshment offered to them by candidates ; and, in fact, that was contrary to ill former precedent. As to the case is question, the House ought to keep in remembrance that there were only twelve or thirteen cases---or, at all events, below twenty eases—of bribery proved among 695 voters. That was a comparatively small number to the number in all former 'aces in which punishment had been it,flicted. If such a principle were admitted, it might be easy on the same ~round to stop the issuing of the writ of any place in the kingdom, and so disfranchise it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having voted fir the Reform Bill, the object of which was to prevent all cor ruption, would consider himself as deserting the principles on which lie gave that vote if he did not now support those resolution., founded, as they were, on evidence which clearly proved corruption. If the bribery and treating acre proved, were the House to disgrace their Committee by disavowing their resolution? The only fault he had to find with the resolution was, that it was not sufficiently strong to meet the case.—(Cheers.) It was incumbent upon the House to follow up the principle of the Reform Bill—purity of election ; and the House must allow of the inquiry, or they would be disgraced ttroughout the country.—(Cheers.) Mr. F. POLLOCK thought the resolution premature, , f not utterly uncalled for. He had not even heard what lie resolution was to be till it came that evening before ih e House; and supposing other Members to be in the -acne predicament, how could they be called upon thus eaddenly to vote for a resolution without having had ime allowed to read the mass of printed evidence, exfend ng over not less than 450 pages, containing 15,000 'rimers by 40 witnesses. If the resolution were inter.(!ed 'o act as a check open future elections, he would most eadily vote for it; but as he understood its present moaning, he was by no means prepared to support it. As -o the disfranchising the borough, or enlarging its presate boundaries, he saw no grounds for any such thing. Mr. HARDY strongly supported the resolution. The Earl of KERRY would not have risen but for 'he observation of the Hon. and Learned Member for Huntingdon. The Hon. and Learned Member complained al the evidence not having been long enough before the House. It had been for six weeks on the table, and that vas a sufficient time to make it known to every Mem ber. The case supposed by the Noble Lord (the Mem ,er for 'Monmouthshire) of general treating in a county, , could scarcely take place; but if it did, lie could assure 'lie Noble Lord that the Parliament would tiod means, not to disfranchise the county, but to regulate the eon.. stituency.—(Hear, bear.) Sir H. HARDINGE said, the evidence before the Com mittee only went to unseat the two Noble Lords who were returned for the borough ; but it did not go to prove anything against the character of the hot ough. It only showed that treating had prevailed, and that wto no offence against the law of Parliament. If the House did agree to the resolution, it would be making an ex post . law against the borough of Hertford. He coue plained that a similar measure had not been adopted witL regard to other boroughs; and in the case of Newry, where gross bribery had prevailed, the Hoe. Member, ,vho generally supported the Government, retained his seat, and no other measure was taken but to order one individual to he criminally prosecuted. He could not con cur in the motion. Mr. WASON said gross bribery had been proved to exist, and he thought treating was bribery ; and he wished to know what remedy the Noble Lord who pi a , posed the motion meant to apply to that conduct? Mr. MILDMAY was of opinion that treating and bribery were squally bad ; one was pouring into the pocket, and the other was pouring down the throat; cue. , vas the use of drops of gold, and the other of drops of brandy.--(A laugh.) He knew not why that man should he turned out who was wafted into his seat on the %quip, Ai hank notes, while he was to retain his seat who waa Buffed into it by the smoke of tabacco.—(flear, hear.) They had already sent their case to a Jury, for so the Committee might be considered, and if they refused the further inquiry which that Committee recomtnended, they would refuse to carry the verdict of their Jury into exe cution.—(Calls of " Question.") lie could conceive no thing worse than the man who, being himself blest with ,vealth, seduced those who had it not, to barter their po iitical privileges for sensual indulgence or pecuniary ad vantaees.—(Question.) Sir H. WILLOUGHBY opposed the motion. Mr. WARD had a petition to present from one hun 'red and trxty-two residents of the borough of Hertford, ohich he had not been able to present to the House. It , as most respectably signed, and ferty-one of the per.oto vho signed it had either not voted at all, or lid spa their otes between the different parties at the last e le t c: n ea r l i e . chat petition showed that there were many caso rs o eidation as well as bribery ; and the ,sa t s i eiy te s d,o7ve ehe bf i t ui l kti a! :A:wi t te l oi i e: s v,dt l en,b i c n : stlrweieo:ii,..nek7ycsbdett la l edi!ec,;;ni:‘,7, , ,rt i oett r ,v a sre o P eetdo eli th t bg l it i , ,,y.id a! mh :‘ ,l l: ,7::: : nge, h ,:itaix a e:rn c t u : sg: t t t : i:id t - e..f ; still ~seeable inhabitant..—(Question ) hail some s att.. !tents to make to the Mouse, sapported by affidavits.-.-, of long standing in the borough of Hertford to give ten shillings to each of the voters to drink the health of the candidate after the election was over ; and that there were 690 registered voters, of whom 670 had voted. If any man could read the report of the evidence this case, and not come to the conclusion that this con atituency was most corrupt, he could only say that the state of mind of such a man was to him most amazino. There was one other point to which he wished to call :the attention of the House. It was this. Every voter ex oected at the close of the election to receive a fee of 10s. rront each of the successful eanelidates. Now there were 670 persons who polled at the last election. The voters of the boroughs consisted of freeholders, of householder, not receiving parochial assistance, and of 101. householder under the Reform Act. When the witnesses were asked how many persons had applied for these ten shillings, they answered 300 or 4 , 00.—( Hear.) The origin of this fee was very simple. It had formerly been the custom of the successful candidates to dine with the most respectable of the inhabitants of the borough at the close of the ele .- tion, and to such of them as could not on account of their station join in that dinner it ha I been the practice to give a few shillings, at first 55., afterwards 10s., to enable them to dine together to celebrate the event. In this manner the giving of this fea had had its origin ; but, whatever that origin might have been, he tl ought it deserved no other description but that of _ - 'igateck bribery.— (Hear, hear, hear.) He wished to put it to ilte_flouse whether the practice pursued in the case of Charles Little ought to be countenanced by being passed over without notice? It was not now dealing with the candidates, successful or unsuccessrul—with Lord Mahon or Lord In gestrie, with Mr. Duncombe or Mr. Spalding—but with the borough of Hertford, and with the fitness of adopting some measure to purify it. It had been proved, among other things, that 1501. had been given away in blankets, but he would not insist upon that, and merely remark that they and other things were bought of one Twaddle, who kept a slop-shop, and who, according to the evi deuce, received no other remuneration for the trouble he took at the election than that derived from the goods be sold. As to what was termed direct bribery, this case might want the marked and disgusting features obtruding themselves in the instances of East Retford or Penryn ; hut it was clear that there was a corrupt influence—an atmosphere of corruption always floating about the town of Hertford ; there were always plenty of Mephistophiles whispering in the ears of the voters, like the daemon in Goethe's " Faustus," when the heroine in a celebrated passage was obliged to call upon ber neighbour for the loan of her smelling bottle. Swift had talked of a shower of mitres, but in Hertford there was a con stant pouring of new hats, new coats, and new shoes, which would not fit all the voters, but seemed measured to a nicety for the heads, backs, and feet of the electors in the interest of one of the parties. Upon this subject he begged to refer the House to the evidence of Edward Hardy and John Meade; and it would also be seen, besides, that a Mr. Drew cut an important figure, as he presented one voter with bed, blankets, sad shoes ; and another with 61. 10s., and a couple of fat pigs. Mr.Twad. die offered a person of the name of Tysoe 30/., if be would support " the two My Lords ;" and to others he pre sented smock-frocks, shoes, stockings, and hats, out of his own repository. By the evidence of Elizabeth Meade (p. 176 of the Report), it appeared that her husband had his rates paid. An extraordinary device had been hit upon in her case in the way of bribery; her son had been robbed of a sum of money, and, long before the election, he had gone round the town with a petition to raise it, but in vain. Shortly before the election, as he was a voter, he was sent for by Mr. Dack, and seven sovereigns were given to him by seven different persons, whose business it seemed to be to go about the borough corrupting voters. This case was at least suspicious, and the same might be said of that of Charles Diller, who owed between 4/. and al. to Dr. Norwood, who had proposed Lord Mahon ; Diller was not only not required to pay this debt, but actually received money from his creditor. It was not, therefore, too much to say, that the whole atmosphere of Hertford was in fected ; and he (Mr. Bernal) wished that the whole House could have seen, like the Committee, the gross pre varication by the witnesses, and the total disregard of honour and solemn promises by the voters. Ile was not the advocate of either candidate; he was actuated by no party feeling ; he meant to state the facts only as a legis lator, and in that capacity he required the House to interpose for the correction of a gross abuse. Many were apt to say that this immorality, this disregard of all obliga tion, was common to vulgar life, and especially during an election ; but he entreated the House to open its eyes, and to look at the matter in the face, fully and fairly. Robbery, murder, and the worst crimes, grew out of such a state of profligacy. He especially directed the attention of Mem hers to the evidence of Hooding, Dillon, and Aylett ; one roan actually said that he would sell his promise, though he could not sell his vote—that there was a market for promises, though none for votes ; and it ought not to be forgotten that bribery and corruption brought with them a train of evils which the wisest statesmen would be unable to correct. It was a disgrace to the British nation and to the British Legislature, that such cases should occur in 1833. Whose fault was it ? The fault of the House. There were mean,' to prevent it, and since much had been re cently done to make the House incotrupt, something ought to he done to make the voters incorrupt. The first motion he should have to propose would be " That the briber; and corruption which had prevailed during the last election for the borough of Hertford deserved the most serious con sideration of the House." If that were carried, he should follow it by another proposition—a" That a Select Com mittee be appointed to consider arid report upon the best torahs of preventing bribery and corrupt practices at all future elections for the borough of Hertford." The last resolution suggested on new practice, but, as he (Mr. Bernal) thought, not a bad one. There was one analogous case, but supposing tine proposition without precedent, it was fit to establish one. Some had asked " Why not dia. franchise the lower order of freemen of the borough of Hertford ?" To this he replied that he did not think there was a sufficient case for disfranchising the borough, but that the best mode of proceeding would be, by extendin4 the limits, to infuse new wholesome bioodinto it; by this course, if corruption were not exterminated, it would at least be neutralized. The Hon. Member concluded by moving the two resolutions he bad just read. Mr. WALTER (we believe) seconded the motion. Mr. W. STEWART was beard only at brief intervals. He contended that the only case of bribery brought home to the Noble Candidates for Hertford was that of Russeil Davis ; and, in his opinion, that man's story was lucre dibie. It appeared by the evidence, that the blankets of which the Hon. Gent eman had spoken, were distributed, not only to voters, but to non-voters. The allegations of bribery were not sufficient to warrant the disfranchisement of the borough ; and all the precedents, such as the cases of Eist Retford, Shoreham, Penryn, &c., were much stronger than the facts made out against Hertford. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought he had a right to complain that the Hon. Member for Rochester had kept the House completely in the dark as to what the nature of his motion would be. He had asked the Hon. Aleir.ber what would be the purport of his proposition; and he regretted to say, that he could obtain nothing like satisfactory information on the subject. The Hon. Mem her did not state to what extent he meant to propose the punishment of the borough of Hertford. He admitted, it was true, that a borough ought to be punished for a cer rain degree of impurity, but he did not state what that extent of impurity should be which ought to bring down upon any given borough the displeasure of Parliament, and the penalties which thence ensued. The House was unfortunately left in total ignorance as to the purposes of the Honourable Member tor Rochester.— not that he imputed to that Honourable Gentleman the design of intentionally keeping them in ignorance; but such had certainly been the eff,ret of the course which he had pursued. The House, be was sure, would egret with him that a case had been made out rather for un -eating the sitting Member, than one upon which the (louse could proce which had , (1 to u beenshown to I have t In isop opinion, the expenditure place before the testing of the writ, was of a kind tha au g ht n o t to be visited with the degree of punishment which was now proposed. He saw, when he went down Rochester immediately before the election, a great deal f rejoicing at the anticipated approach of the Hon. Gen tlemsn by whom the present motion was introduced. H did not know whether the distribution of the tickets took place before or after ti testing of the writ. Mr. BERNAL could say, certainly not after. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET—It was an indis criminate distribution of tickets, and, therefore, not within the meaning of the Act ; but lie would only er.y, that the ise of Hertford was as far from being within the mean ing of the Act, for the distribution of tickets was indis- ..rr+ 4