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?' - 7 1 % ' :s 2 / V e-ee . " • - : . „.. kq t. r 4j ttl e t ‘p4 OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEE. S, 183 4 2. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of his MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that they are ready to DISPOSE OF, to such Persons as may be willing to Tender for the same, a quan tity of BRASS arid IRON ORDNANCE, and other METALS, in Store at the Tower of London, and in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, consisting of Brass and Iron Ordnance, Cast Iron Shot and Shells, Wrought and Bushel Iron, Copper, Steel, Lead, Brass Boxes, Old Brass, and Mixed Metals ; the whole of which have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed upon application to the Principal Storekeeper at the Tower, and to the Ord nance Storekeeper at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on any day previous to the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders. A Catalogue of the several Lots may be ob tained by Persons willing to become Purchasers, on appli cation at the Secretary's Office in Pall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole, or any number of the said Lots, are to be delivered on or before TUESDAY, the 2.oth March next. By Order of the Board, R. BYHANI, Secretary. PRIVATE EDUCATION. AVACANCY for a PUPIL is now open in the FAMILY of a MARRIED CLERGYMAN, resident Twelve Miles from London, the number of whose Pupils is limited to Six. He can offer the roost satisfactory References to Noblemen and Gentlemen whose Sons have been under his care. Letters to be directed for the Rev. A. 8., to the care of Mr. Searle, Bookbinder, 77, Lower Grosvenor-street, London. Just Read•. JULIET, (COMPANWN to the BRIDE MAID.) Painted by 'Miss Sharpe, and beautifully Engraved by J. Bromley. Prints, I/. Is. ; Proofs, 21. 2s. ; Before letter, 31. 3s. __. Lindon : Published by Moon, Boys, and Graves, 6, PAR MA . AS PRINTED FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 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Revised and corrected by Mrs. HARRIETT LEE, expressly for this Edition. CONTENTS Clergyman's Tale, Pembroke—The German's Tale, Kruitzner—The Scotsman's Tale, Clau dine—The Landlady's Tale, Mary Lawson—The Friend's Tale, Stanhope—The Wife's Tale, Julia. "'There arc tine things in the Canterbury Tales.' Nothing of Scott's is finer than the 'German's Tale.' I admired it when a boy, and have continued to like what I did then. This, I re inember, particularly affected me."—l., rd livn.oN. No. XIV. (to be published April'lst) will contain COOPER'S Tale of " THE PIONEERS," complete in 1 volume, with a New Introduction and Notes, written by the author expressly for this Edition. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington eti eet, London ; and to he had of all respectable Booksellers in the United Kingdom. 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The case of Priscilla Woodford, the girl convicted of setting fire to her master's hay-stack, excited considerable inter, si, th e Jury and prosecutor having recommended her to mercy in consequence of het: youth (she hein; between 15 arid 16 years of age), in which recommendation the committing Magistrates subsequently joined. Mr. Justice J. PARKE, having placed the black cap on his head, told her that she must entertain no hopes of Dr c3' in thi s wor ld . H e was gr i eve d to state t h at t h e 'result of all his inquiries hail been most unfavourable as r l e i g 4 "ed her previous character, conduct, and disposition. tTWas, t hereforepainfully bound to suffer the judgment ien the i""e in he; case to its course. His Lordship 7,4lZuouneed sentence of death upon the prisoner. Bank of as' Roteson, conv i c t e d of utt e ring a forged 5/. blacks m i t h , n g l d note at Louth, and Edward Graves, a who pleaded guilty to a similar offence, had sentence of Death recorded against them, with au infinity• tion they would „ ,use sent ou t o f t h e coun t r y. .Frederick k i,n fenced 'to convicted of a riot at Boston, was and the other defendants, 1 8 months' im risonment with hard labour ; convicted of the same offence, were . sentenced to different periods of imprisonment, vary ing Item 12 to 3 months,. LONDON TUESDAY ENTENING, MARCH 13, 1832. (No. 12,321.) DORSETSIIIRE ELECTION COMMITTEE. This Committee decided yesterday the long-debated question of last week by the opposite Counsel—whether the hod-tax assesstnen's of 1830-31, or of 1831-32, should form the criterion of the scrutiny of the votes ob jected to by either party; and resolved, that as the Com mittee were fully in possession of the assessments made and paid till the month of September, 1831, (which was pre vious to the time of the election contested), that the rates of assessments from March till September, 1831, would form the standard or guide in the subsequent decisions of the Committee, on all votes objected to solely on the point of a discrepancy between the assessments alleged. This de termination seemed to startle not a little the Counsel for Lord Ashley, as many of the votes olsjected to against them were on the basis of their irrelevancy to that assessment; and many of the votes objected to by them against the votes for Mr. Ponsonby were on the ground of their discrepancy with the assessment of 1830-31. Immediately after this de cision, a scrutiny of fifteen votes in the Hundred of Bland ford (objected to by Mr. Ponsonhy's Counsel) was demanded; y e t few of these were amenable to the late decision of the Com mittee (one being objected to, being stated merely Mr. Wyndham, M.P. for Salisbury—another as having from voted from Milton School, Etc. &c.), and out of the fifteen votes eleven were held to be good, and the other four were postponed for a further hewing. A similar scrutiny for the same hundred was then demanded by the counsel for Lord Ashley, against some votes given for Mr. Ponsonby. The first was where three or four persons had voted from the same premises, as if they had bad a different freehold or interest therein pursuant to the will of their father, which stated that his property should be inherited by his widow, and (on her decease) by their sons. One assess ment (it appeared) had been made for all at the last as sessment; but one engagement subsequent to this assess ment was tirade between the assessor and the parties, that a proportionate division of this amount should be assessed on and paid by each of the brothers ; and on the strength of this, each brother claimed a separate right of voting. The vote of one was decided by the Committee to be good; and an examination of the second brother's right was pro ceeding, when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers. THE ANTI-REFORMERS REFORM BILLS. BILL TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE EXTEN SION OF REPRESENTATION TO POPULOUS AND WEALTHY COUNTIES, DISTRICTS, AND TOWNS Whereas it is expedient that provision shounsi be made for the extension of representation to populous and wealthy counties, districts, and towns, and that, nevertheless, the number of members to serve in Parliament should not be increased, be it enacted, that at any time after the day of ,in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two it shall be lawful for the Speaker of the House of Commons for the time being, by some writing under his hand and seal, to direct the returning officer of any city or borough returning members, or a member, to serve in Parliament, to call and hold a meeting of the persons entitled to vote in the election of such mem hers, or member, for considering whether it be expe dient that for the future such city or borough shall either wholly cease to return any member to serve in Parliament; or, in the instance of a city or borough returning two members to serve in Parliament, shall return one such member; and such returning officer shall thereupon proceed to call and hold such meeting accordingly. And the resolution of such meeting, on the matter so submitted for the consideration thereot; shall be ascertained by the returning officer aforesaid who shall for that purpose attend on the day, and at the place appointed for such meeting, seven hours—from 9 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon of such day, and shall take the sense on the matter aforesaid, of each person en titled to vote as aforesaid, who shall attend thereat, and shall forthwith faithfully register the same, together with the name, place of abode, and qnalification of such per son ; and the returning officer aforesaid shall sign such register, and shall forthwith deliver or transmit the same to one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; and shall likewise keep a true and faithful copy thereof at his usual place of abode, to be perused, or copied by any per son during the period of one calendar month after such meeting shall have been held. And in case it shall be re solved by a majority of three-fourths in number of the per sons entitled to vote as aforesaid, present at such meeting, that it is expedient that, for the future, such city or borough shall either wholly cease to return any Member to serve in Parliament, or in the instance of a city or borough returning two such Members, shall return one such Member only, such returning officer shall, by some writing under his hand and seal, forthwith report such resolution to one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, who shall cause copies of such report to be laid be laid before both Houses of Parliament, if then sitting, or if not sitting, then within ten days after the assembling thereof. 2. And be it enacted, that in case an act of Parliament shall thereupon pass, providing that any county, district, town, or place, shall return Members or a Member to serve in Parliament, in lieu of the Members or Member hereto fore serving for the city or borough, which shall be the subject of such report or in lieu of one of the Members serving for the same (in case it shall have been resolved in manner aforesaid, that it is expedient that the same, having theretofore returned two such Members, shall for the future return one only), it shall be lawful for his Majesty to is sue his Royal Proclamation, making known the whole matter ; and after the end of the Parliament existing at the time of issuing such proclamation, the city or borough to which the report to be made as aforesaid shall relate, shall eitner wholly cease to return any Member to serve in Parliament, or shall return one such Member only, accord ing to the purport and effect of the resolution so reported. 3. Provided always, and be it enacted, that every meet ing to be called for the purpose aforesaiu by the returning officer of any city or borough, shall be held at some conve nient place within such city or borough, or as near thereto as possible; and notice of the time and place of such meet ing, and of the purpose for which it is intended to be held, shall be inserted for two successive weeks in the London Gazette, and shall be affixed for two successive Sundays on a conspicuous part of the door of the church or chapel of every parish or chapelry within such city or borough, and shall be otherwise made public, as may be convenient, and the period to e l a p se b e t ween th e fi rs t o f suc h severa l notices and the holding of such meeting, shall not be greater than one calendar month, nor less than 21 days. 4. And be it enacted, that the expenses to be incurred by the returning officer of any city or borough, in calling and holding any meeting in pursuance of this act, and all other expenses to be incurred in carrying into effect the provisions thereof, shall be defrayed by the treasurer of the county, riding, or part, within which such city or borough shall be situate, out of any public money in his hands, and he shall be allowed all such payments in his accounts. 5. And be it further enacted, that this Act may be altered, varied, amended, or repealed by any Act or Acts, to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. It is the province of a separate Act to appropriate the seats to be hereby surrendered, and to determine what shall constitute the qualification of an elector. A BILL TO ADAPT THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES TO THE AL TERED CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE COUNTRY Whereas it is expedient to adapt the representation of the people in the Commons' House of Parliament to the altered circumstances of the country; be it therefore en acted, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that notwithstanding any law, statute, or usage to the contrary, no man shall be hereafter entitled to vote in the election of Members or a Member to serve in Parliament for any county, city, or borough, in virtue of any right or qualification whatso ever, other than is hereinafter conferred. 2. And be it enacted, that every man who, for 12 ca lendar months next preceding, shall have had, in his own name, or in trust for him, 40s. by the year, above reprises, in lands or tenetnents of freehold tenure, shall have a right to vote in the election of knights or a knight of the shire, to serve in Parliament for the county in which such lands or tenements shall be situate. 3. And be it enacted, that every man who, for 12 calen dar months next preceding, shall have had in his own name, or in trust for him, 10/., by the year, a),ove reprises, in lands or tenements, of copyhold or customary tenure, in fee.tail, or for the life of himself or some other person, shall have a right to rote in the election of knights or a knight of the shire to serve hi Parliament for the county in which such l a nds or tenements shall be situ ate. 1. And be it enacted, that every man who, for twelve calendar months next preceding, shall have had in his own came, or in trust for him, 20/., by the year above reprises, in lands or tenements, held by lease or leases for the term of 21 years, or some longer term, whether determinable on a life or lives, or not, shall have a right to vote in the election of knights or a knight of the shire, to serve in Par liameut for the county in which such lands or tenements shall be situate. 5. And be it enacted, that every man who, for 12 calendar months next preceding, shall, as tenant or lessee, have been in the actual occupation of lands or tenements for which he shall be bona fide liable to a yearly rent of not less than 50/. 2 shall have a right to vote in the electiun of Knights or a Knight of the Shire to serve in Parlia ment, for the county in which such lands or tenements shall be situate. 6. And he it enacted, that in the election of Members, or a Member, to serve in Parliament for any city or borough, where the right to vote for such Members or Member is, according to the laws now in force, enjoyed solely, or in part, by persons entitled to yob, in virtue of some corporate right, every freeman' of such city or borough, who, for 12 calendar months next preceding, shall have been an inhabitant householder within the same, paying scot and lot, shall have a right to vote and that every man of the full age of 21 years, and not subject to any legal incapacity, who, for three successive years next preceding, shall have been an inhabitant house holder within such city or borough, rated to the relief of the poor on a yearly value of lbl., shall, for the purposes of this Act,t be entitled to be admitted a freeman of-the same. 7. And be it enacted, that in the election of Members or a Member to serve in Parliament for any city or bo rough, where the right to rote for such Members or Mem ber is, according to the laws now in force, enjoyed by persons entitled to vote in virtue of any qualification other than those hereinbefore-mentioned, every man who for 12 calendar months next preceding, shall have been an inhabitant householder within such city or borough, paying scot and lot, shall have a right to vote. 8. And be it enacted, that where any lands or tene ments which would otherwise entitle the owner or lessee thereof respectively to vote - in the election of Members, or a Member, to serve in Parliament for any county, city, or borough, shall come to any man within 12 calendar months of such election by descent, devise, marriage, marriage settlement, or by promotion to any benefice or office, tine, owner or lessee of such lands or tenements respectively shall, notwithstanding, have a right to vote in such election. 9. Provided always, and be it enacted, that notwith standing any thing herein contained to the contrary, no man shall have a right to vote in the election of Knights or a Knight of the Shire to serve in Parliament, in re spect of any estate or interest whatsoever, in lands or te net:. eats, situate or being within the limits of a city, town, or borough, (whether the same be a county of itself or not), returning Members or a Member to serve in Par liament. Provided nevertheless, that where any lands or tenements, which would otherwise entitle the owner, les see, or tenant thereof respectively to vote in the election of Knights or a Knight of the Shire to serve in Parliament, shall be situate or be within the limits of a city, town, or borough (whether the same be a county of itself or nor), returning Members or a Member to serve in Parliament, the owner, lessee, or tenant of such lands or tenements re spectively, shall have a right to vote in the election of such Member or Members. 10. Provided also, and be it enacted, that no man shall have a right to vote in the election of Members or a Mem ber to serve in Parliament for any county, city, or bo rough, for or by reason of any trust estate or mortgage, unless such trustee or mortgagee be in actual possession or receipt for his own use of the rents and profits of such estate ; but that the mortgagor or cestui•que trust in pos session shall have a right to vote in such election for such estate, notwithstanding such mortgage or trust. 11. II Provided also, and be it enacted, that no man shall have a right to vote in the election of Members or a Member to serve in Parliament for any county, city, or borough, in respect of any rent issuing out of such lands or tenements as aforesaid, unless such rent shall, in the creation thereof, have been bona fide granted or reserved for an absolute estate of inheritence in fee simple, svitltout any trust, power, or agreement, or other matter or thing for determining the beneficial interest therein of the grantee or grantees thereof, or of the person or persons reserving the same, his, her, or their heirs or assigns. 12. Provided also and be it enacted, that nothing in this act shall extend, or be in any wise deemed or construed to extend, the right to vote in the election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for any county city, city, or borough, to any man who shall be under the full age of 21 years, or who shall be subject to any legal inca pacity, or who, within twelve calendar months of such election, shall have been in the receipt of parish relief. 13. And be it enacted, that if any man who at the time of election shall be in the enjoyment of any office by law disqualifying him from giving his vote in the election of Members or a Member to serve in Parliament for any county, city, or borough, shall presume to vme in such election, he shall be liable to all penalties and forfeitures to which he would be subject for the said offence by any law in force at the time of such election, in case this Act had not been passed ; and in case of a petition to the House of Commons for altering the return or setting aside the elec tion in which such person shall have voted, his vote shall be struck off by the Committee, and such sum shall be by him paid to any petitioner as to such Committee shall seem just. 14. And he it enacted, that if any man shall falsely and deceitfully pretend that he is entitled to vote in the elec tion of Members, or a Member to serve in Parliament for any county, city, or borough, and shall thereby vote, or attempt to vote, in any such election, or shall falsely and deceitfully assume the name or character of any other per son, and shall thereby vote, or attempt to vote, as and for such other person on any such election ; or if any person, after having voted in any such election, shall again vote or attempt again to vote in the same election ; every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be for ever afterwards disqualified from voting in any election whatever of any Member to serve in Parliament, and shall be liable to such fine not exceeding 501., or to such imprisonment not exceeding six months, as the Court before whom he shall be con victed shall think fit, and in case of a petition to the House of Commune for altering the return or setting aside the election in which such person shall have voted, his vote shall be struck off by the Committee, and such sum shall be by him paid to any petitioner as to such Commit tee shall seem just. 15. And be it enacted, that all laws, statutes, and usages now in force respecting the election of Members to serve in Parliament, shall be and remain, and are hereby declared to be and remain in full force, except so far as any of the said laws, statutes, and usages, respect the right to vote in such election, or are otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. 16. Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to Gr in any wise affect the election of Members to serve in Parliament for the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, or for the city of Landon, or for the boroughs of New Shoreham, Crick lade, Aylesbury, or East Retford. 17. And be it enacted, that this Act shall extend to that part only of the United Kingdom called England and Wales, and to the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. IS. And be it enacted, that throughout this act when ever the words city or borough may occur, those words shall include all cities and towns which are counties of themselves, towns corporate, cinque ports, districts or places entitled to return a Member or Membcrs to Parlia ment, other than counties at large, and shall also include the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. 19. And be it further enacted, that this act may be altered, varied, amended, or repealed, by any act or acts to be passed in this present session of Parliament. It is proposed, in separate acts, to fix the limits of bo roughs, to shorten the duration of elections, to ap point the several districts in which the poll at county elections shall be taken, and generally to revise those regulations which are only incidental to the exercise of the elective franchise. s mon ;;l c ' a re ll e e m d a t n, is the aitnenAnctu)sel, The object Geo. of t. he (c om legisla ture in using the most general term, freeman,' was to preven t any argument that might arise ; and therefore, by whateve r name the freemen may be called in any particular corporation, this general term will extend to all."—per Lawrence, J. Williams v. Evans, 8 T. R., 9.5."). • -I- This is not the introduction of a new principle; at Carmar then, inhabitants paying scot and lot, who for three years previ ous have rented lands within the borough, for which they have paid 101. a year, may be admitted to the freedom of the borough. 112 Geo. 111. c. 21. s. 1. it This proviso destroys occasional and fictitions votes occa sioned by granting rent charges for the voters' lives only, which consequently terminate on their decease, without depriving those persons of their votes who may be possessed of freehold interests in perpetual rents, which are bona fide property. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARcH 9. In consequence of the death of the Speaker's Mother (the widow of the late Archbishop of Canterbury), it was arranged that the House should not meet this evening. Shortly before Four o'clock the Right Hon. Gentleman en tered the House, and prayers were read, during which not a Member was present—while the lobby was full of Members. At Four o'clock the Speaker adjourned the House until to-morrow. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 9. A message from the Commons (Mr. Crampton and other members) appeared at the bar, begging of their Lordships' a copy of the evidence given before a select Committee of their Lordship' House to enquire into the sub ject of Irish tithes. _ Clayton's Divorce Bill was, after some discussion, be tween Lord TEYNHAM and the LORD CHANCELLOR, read a second time. The Bread-baking (Ireland) Bill was read a third time. IRISH EDUCATION. The Archbishop of ARMAGH presented three peti tions from various parts of Ireland against the new plan of national education. They were signed not only by Protestant dissenters, but by. Members of the Church Establishment. The Right Rev. Prelate was of opinion t".;at no plan of religious education could be effectual which authorised the Scriptures, or portions of them, to be with held from the children. Earl of ELDON, in rising to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, said—it might be the opinion of many of their lordships that he would have acted with more discretion if he bad taken no notice of the imputations which had been cast upon his character in another place; however, it was not in accordance with his feelings to be silent, and he hoped he would be able to lay such facts before their Lordships as would make them accede to the motion with which he intended to con clude.—(Hear.) He had served his King for upwards of forty years, and during that long time he had acted so as to satisfy his own conscience. He had never coveted the place of Chancellor—he could assure their Lordships opposite, that he had never thought of any thing higher than the office of the Chief Justiceship of the Com mon Pleas, where he would have been content to have remained during his life; but he had found it im possible to attain his wish, consistent with the duty which he owed to his Sovereign. He had been charged with making the high office of Chancellor subservient to the making provision for his family—this he totally denied— he had been accused of making no less than six places for his son. II; never made use of the appointment with which he was charged. There were two reversionary places which he was solicited by his late Sovereign Giorge 111. to take them for himself, but he had de clined, and the papers which he meant to move for, would prove that he had taken them for his son, at the express solicitation of his King. The appointments were not wade when he became Chancellor, but some time in the year 1805, after he had been in office four years. Neither of these offices had yet become vacant, nor did he consider them of any value further than as being a mark of his Majesty's favour. In the year 1813 it was the pleasure of Parliament to create the office of Vice Chancellor. On the creation of that office, had, he, Lord Eldon, he would ask consulted his own interest ? The fixed salary of the Lord Chancellor was five thousand pounds per annum, and immediately after the creation of the Vice Chancery ship, he (Lord E.) gave up 2,5001. a-year out of the 5,000/. This he had done from 1813 until 1827, when he quitted office. More tban that, for the sante number of years he bad given up upwards of 1,8001. a.year in order to in crease the salaries of persons connected with the Bankrupt office. Lord Lauderdale held an office for three lives, the last life expiring in 1818 or 1819. He (Lord Eldon) was pressed by several persons to fill up the office, which he refused to du). Notwithstanding this, be had been held out day by day, as being influenced by nothing but the love of lucre. With respect to the offices which he had given his son, three-fourths of the benefit of those offices he never could enjoy, and with respect to the rest, the emoluments to be derived from them would never reimburse him for that expenditure which his father had been at, for the purpose of establishing the offices to which he had alluded. If he bore not an unspotted character in the country, it was not his fault—be had done every thing to acquire one. He begged pardon of the House for having detained them so long on a subject personal to himself. A slur, however, had been passed on his cha racter, which be was anxious to remove. He trusted there fore the House would indulge him by granting his request, that the returns made to the House of Commons in 1822, with respect to the Lord Chancellor's emoluments, he communicated to the House. It it bad been found that he had acted properly during the time he was Chancellor, he trusted the House would rescue him from the imputations that had been cast upon his charac. ter. (The Noble Earl throughout this speech was heard hut imperfectly below the bar.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE found in the journals of the day a speech attributed to the Right Hon. G. Dawson, consisting entirely of an attack upon his Noble and Learned Friend ; and the chief complaint of the Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to be, that Lord Plunkett and his family annually absorbed 27,850/. of the public money. His Noble and Learned Friend was, in the first place, accused of being Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and re ceiving the salary of that office. The Noble and Learned Lord was next charged with having appointed his son, Mr. P. Plunket, to the situations of purse-bearer, with a salary of 8001., and of secretary of bankruptcy, with a salary of 9001. It was true, and it was certainly very extraordinary, that Lord Plunket did make his son purse bearer, and secretary of bankruptcy; but it was utterly untrue that the emoluments of those places were of the amount described, It had also been stated, that that gentleman received as counsel to the chief remembrancer 350/. a-year ; whereas there was no salary attached to the office ; the income, which seldom exceeded 1001., solely depending on fees paid for actual. work done. Mr. D. Plunket was described as drawing 1,5001. as prothono tary df the Common Pleas, and 1001. as examiner of the Common Pleas. He believed he was right in Saying that this place of examiner was not in existence at all. The two offices had been consolidated, and the amount of money received by Mr. D. Plunket was 1,3801., instead of 1,5001. Then followed a list of clerks and assistants, whom the Commissioners of Inquiry into Courts of Justice in Ireland had declared to be necessary; and though not one of them had been appointed by Mr. D. Plunket, yet the whole of their incomes was put down as money drawn from the public by the Plunket family. It was strange how the Right Hon. Gentleman could have so misrepresented the facts of the Hon. John Plunket's emoluments, for Mr. Kemmis, the Right Hon. Gentleman's own brother-in law, could have informed him that it was he that enjoyed the emoluments which the Right Hon. Gentleman would persuade the public were possessed by Mr. John Plunket. —(Hear.) A still more flagrant misrepresentation was the assertion of the Right lion. Gentleman, with reference to Mr. Al‘Causland. The Right lion. Gentleman stated that that gentleman, the brother-in-law of Lord Plunket, was in the receipt of 1,5001. per annum of the public money, all owing to the abused patronage of the Lord Chancellor. Their Lordships, perhaps, would be surprised to learn that Mr. M'Causland did not recive a single shil ling of the public money, nor derive any official emoln ment through Lord Plunket whatever—(Hear)—and that the item thus, with artful malevolence, placed to the debit side of l.ord Plunket's public character, was nothing less actually than an estimate of the possible profits of the house of M'Causland and Company, the solicitors.—Hear.) And so the mere accident of a relative of Lord Plunket's derivin g a good income from his profession, is represented to the public as an abuse of official patronage by that Noble and Le arne d L or d . — (H ear, h ear. ) Was there ever such a flagra nt i nstance of party sp l een and party misrepresen tation Then let them consider the other items —that c h arg i ng Lord Plunket w i th hav i ng b estowe d t h e deanery of Down, worth 1,2001. a-year, upon his son Thomas, an d the v i carage of Bray, wort h 8001. a-y e ar, upon his son Edward. But why was it artfully left out that Mr. John Plunkett gave up a very profitable living which he had held for eleven years with exemplary dili gence, on his promotiou,—conduct not exactly parrallel to that of the holder of a much richer deanery,—that of St. Patrick, held by a Gentleman who also held a large living in Kilkenny, Then Mr. E. -Plunket's emoluments were aot fully 400/. a-year, and he bes id es h e ld b ut h a lf t h e living of B ray , t h e other half being h e ld b y. hi s co - curate, under thi l a t e v i car. And yet these R ev . G eu tl emen were represented as revelling in the public money. Indeed, Mr. (PRICE 7D.) Dawson's doctrine on this head was somewhat strange ; for he spoke of the emoluments of the Rev. Messrs. Plun ket as so much misappropriation of " public property." So, then, he has discovered that church property is public property—he, who is no radical, nor dissenter, has found out that this " public property" should be interfere-] with for the public advantage..—(Hear.) To such lengths did the Right Hon. Gentleman's seal, against two clergyman whose only crime was their being the sons of Lord Plun ket, lead his disinterested and benevolent spirit f The Right Hon. Gentleman forgot, besides, that these revellers in the public funds were in the exercise of these spoliating functions some two years ago, under an administration which had the incalculable advantage of the Right Hon. Gentleman's own services. Then Lord Plunket had been denounced a " political judge," and as having thrown on the shoulders of the Irish Master of the Rolls duties which ought to have been discharged by himself; while the facts, the very reverse, that a single case had been heard, or, indeed, accord ing to the construction of the two Courts in Ireland, could be heard in the Rolls Court which belonged to the Chancellor's immediate jurisdiction—(Hear, hear)--and but one appeal had been made from the Irish Court of Chancery to that House since Lord Plunket's accession to office. Then, besides being a political Judge, Lord Plun ket had been held up as a " venal politician," who was 'spending his time here in Parliament which ought to be devoted to the suitors in his Court. Lord Plunket had been called over here in 1825, to afford the aid of his in valunble services in carrying that great measure of reli. pious liberty with which his fame is imperishably and gloriously associated—(Cheers)— and perhaps devolved on others duties which ought to have been discharged by himself ; but Jais stay here was a great patriotic sacrifice on the shrine of the country's weal, for besides his other inconveniences, he had to pay a fine of 4001. for not go ing his circuit.—(Hear, hear.) Was this the conduct of a venal politician? If recrimination were his cue, bow easily miglt he state facts—not wholly unfounded assertions— in which two great Right Honourable names might not appear models of disinterested patriotism? But he would not imitate the bad example.—( Hear, hear.) It would be impertinent in him to attempt the vindication of the high character of Lord Plunket. It belonged to the his tory of his country, and would be written in her most golden letters among the mighty men whose eloquence and patriotism, and above all whose labours in the cause of religious liberty, shed a lustre on their native land.— (Cheers.) If that Learned Lord was a man who was the mere mouthpiece of the virulence of a party,—if be was a man who had changed his opinions on a most important question at the mere beck of an influential relation,—if his views had a reference to self, no matter how exposed to conniving at corruption,—if he was a man wholly in debted for his public station to the accident of an acci dent, lie would not have been singled out, as he had been, for the base insinuations of the little-minded, the bigoted, and the malev )lent.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") The Marquis of LONDONDERRY felt himself called upon to offer one or two remarks, were it only to show that he had not been frightened " out of his propriety" by what had been addressed to him a few evenings since by the Learned Lord opposite.—(" Hear," and a laugh.) He could assure the Learned Lord that every angry feeling to wards him had vanished from his mind, and that the sparks of temper, if he might so express himself, which he might have then hastily manifested, had wholly disap peared with the collision which had elicited them.— (Cheers ) He felt that he w:,s only performing an act of public duty in seeking from the Learned Lord for informa- tion relative to a transaction on which the House of Com mons, after a minute discussion, had, a Few evenings pre vious, pronounced a very emphatic opinion,—leaving the Learned Lord, though zealously supported by Ministers, with a bare majority of four.—(Hear.) He would still press for that information, and trusted that if the Learned Lord would not produce it himself, he would not object to his (Lord Londonderry's) moving for it. Earl GREY was sure that his Learned Friend would have no objection to the production of any documents which it would be consistent with the usages of that House to produce ; but he doubted very much whether the information sought for by the Noble Marquis fell within the scope of those usages. He had listened with great satisfaction to the statement of the Noble Marquis (Clanricarde), and was sure their Lordships would agree with him that it furnished a triumphant refutation to in. sinuations which were propagated with rancorous assi duity, and a malevolent perseverance only to be equalled by their falsehood.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") There was one fact connected with the Noble Marqu s's state ment, which having come under his own knowledge, he thought it but right to mention—he alluded to the ap po;ntment of the Hon. Thomas Plunket to the Deanery of Down. It was true that that Rev. Gentleman had given up a very considerable living on his appointment; but it was equally true, that his promotion bad been wholly , ur.- solicited by himself or his Noble and Learned parent-- (hear), —and that the appointment was the free gift of his Majesty, after due inquiry as to hie fitness for the office. The Duke of WELLINGTON was always disposed to deprecate allusions by their Lordships to statements made elsewhere, as likely to lead to mischievous inconvenience, but felt that his Learned Friend (Eldon) was justified in the course he had pursued that evening. His Learned Friend had been attacked for having, in the exercise of the patronage of his office, not overlooked the interests of his own family. To be sure he did nor, and ought not.— (Hear, hear.) If he did, he would only be departing from the practice of all his predecessors.—(Hear.) Let him remind their Lordships, that for at least a century and a half back the Lord Chancellor and other Judges had in variably dispensed the patronage attached to their offices in favour of their own immediate relations.—(Hear.) So that his Learned Friend, in providing for his own family as well as he could, was only acting according to the uni form and acknowledged practice of all his predecessors.— (Hear.) The fact was, that the office of Lord Chancellor would he very inadequately remunerated, unless the indi dual filling it possessed the means of providing for his family; 'and he believed it would be found out ere long, that with this inadequate remuneration, and what with their stripping off so much of the Chancellor's patronage, an.l what with surrendering up so much of his bankruptcy fees, that the remuneration would be so inadequate to the labour and change of habits, that few eminent gentlemen at the bar would be disposed to accept of it..--(Hear, hear.) For the same reason that he justified his Learned Friend, he would say that the Learned Lord (Plunket) opposite was justified in the exercise of his official pa tronage. That Learned Lord had a large family, and was perfectly right in placing them in those situations to which their abilities and pretensions were adequate.—(Hear, hear.) The only blame would be, if he placed them in situations to which their abilities were not equal; and that bad not been insinuated in the course of the discus sion. —(Hear.) He agreed with the Noble Earl (Grey) in hoping that that would be the last they should hear of this senseless outcry against public men for not having overlooked the ties of blood and nature in disposing of the patronage of office.—(Hear, hear.) Lord PLUNKET begged leave to assure the Learned Earl (Eldon) that he never on any occasion gave utterance to an expression at all reflecting upon the Learned Earl's exercise of his official patronage, and that so far as he un derstood the reference to the Learned Lord's family made in the other House of Parliament, it was by no means in tended to criminate the Learned Eirl, but merely to ex culpate him (Lord Plunket). He could also assure the Noble Marquis (Londonderry), that he believed him in all sincerity and truth when he stated he had dismissed from his mind all angry recollections of the passage at arms between them a few evenings since, and that he on the other hand entertained not a particle of toward the Noble Marquis, and should regret if, in the heat of a reply to what he conceived a most unjust attack, he had given utterance to an expression likely to ruble the calm serenity of the Noble Marquis's understanding.—(Hea r .) With these declarations he would take his sear, but • that there were one or two points which only he himself, as the person most interested, could well explain, with reference to the attack which had been directed against him else where. It had been stated that he was a " political Judge' — as one, therefore, in the sense of the calumniator, who prostituted his judicial functions for the mere purposes of party. Now the expression " political Judge" was one of great ambiguity, meaning anything or nothing, according to the immediate object of the person using it. If it mean 01 be believed was intended in the speech he was alluding to, that he was a man who carried his political opinion , with him to the judgment -seat, he need not observe that no conduct could be more unjustifiable, more base, o. more unworthy._( Hear.) He would confidently appear to every candid man who knew him, whether he bad eve. permitted himself to be biassed by feelings of party or po-- *'loos when discharging his duties as a judge. In hull, vhen he approached the judicial seat, he knew not what p arty or politica were.—(Bear, bear.) He had but one hrject, one pursuit, one recollection—the administering ;impartial justice.—(Hear, bear.) But he took pride in saying that in becoming &judge, he did not, therefore, rea e o be a politician ; and that he felt a proud satisfaciion in -tating his opinions on political euljects when called upon by the executive. It so happened, that the political Opi nions he then held were those he had advocated throughout his public life. He did not mean this by way of reproach on those who had best pr ived their consistent devotion to the public good by changing their line of policy ; nor did he hold it up as a very rare circumstance, but merely as mat ter of honourable gratification that his early opinions were those which his mature judgment approved of.—(Hear.) It was stated elsewhere that he had absented hi mse lf frees his court whale terms, and that the Master of the Rolls was consequently compelled to do his business as well as his own. A simple statement of facts would show the total falsity of the assertion. The Noble and Learned Lord here entered into a statement, from which it appeired that he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland in December, 1830 ; that he commenced his sittings in the ensuing • January ; that a very great mass of arrear of business was left to be disposed of, except at the express instance of the suitors, in order to be more prepared at the next term.— (Hear, heir.) The interval between Hilary and Easter terms he spent in Parliament, and having bear constantly engaged during Easter and Trinity terms in hie court, roa three days before the termination of the lase-earned term, with not a single cause undisposed of, except one or two, which, as in the former instance; he consented to pestpene at the instance of the suitors themselves.—(Hear.) He might, if he thought fit, have devoted the four months of the ensuing long vacation to his domestic affairs : but, in. , stead of doing so, he devoted them to the service of the pub- lic in that house, returning in time to his court when he sari during Michaelmas term. This broualit him to the last Hilary term, during which he had been charged of totally al. , senting himself, and of leaving the business to be ilischarged by the Mabee of the Rolls. By an arrangament which he had made with the bar, he commenced his November sit tings a couple of days before the usual period, by which means, and by sittiug every day from the commencement of Hilary term, he succeeded in disposing of every cause set down for hearing in his court,—( Hear, hear t —) so as to be able to rise four or five days before the term was over.— (Hear.) These four or five drys lie, in point of fact, spent in Dublin, having literally nothing to do in the Court of Chancery, so that he might consistently- with his judicial duties, have taken his seat here a week sooner than I.c did. And was this spending his time in Parliament to the in jury of the suitors in the Court of Chancery?—(Cheers.) With respect to the assertion that the Master of the Rolls was necessitated to assist him in disporrieg of his own arrears, he begged leave to state that the Master of the Rolls never heard a case not belonging to Ilia own immediate jurisdiction, except one, and that was a case in which he (Lord Plunkett) happened to have been origi nally employed as counsel, and therefore feat a delicacy to sit upon as judge.—( Hear, hear.) At his special request ; and for that especial reason, the cause was heard by the Master of the Rolls. He trusted this unvarnished state ment of facts would be felt to be a complete refutation of all the calumnious assertions which had been directed against his official couduct.—(Cheers.) Atter the manly declaration of the Noble Duke (Wellington,) he did not feel it necessary to vindicate at length his having appointed his owu relatives to the situation connected with the Court of Chancery. The papers be had moved for a former evening would show that he had acted pre cisely as his predecessors bad done. Lord Manners dis possessed the former officer, and appointed his brother-in law as his secretary ; Sir Anthony Hart dispossessed that gentleman and appointed a friend of his own ; he (Lord Plunket) dispossessed that last appointment, and appointed his nephew, Mr. M'Causland, a young man of great pro mise, who was most assiduous in the performance of the duties of his office.—(Hear.) On his making that ap pointment, Sir A. Hart, who fully recognised his right to do so, recommended him to retain the services of Mr. Long, his secretary. A negotiation was accordingly en tered into, and Mr. Long's services were reained at a sa lary of 5001., to be paid out of the ahowance of Mr. M'Causland, with the title, at his own request, of "joint secretary."--(Hear.) It had been represented that he (Lord Plunliet) had made a double appointment, of course, with a double extension of patronage. But what was the fact That he had: only made one appoinment of two persons, with 2,5001. a year between them, while the emolutnents of the former single secretary had been 3,000/. a year.—(Hear, hear.) There was another point which had been trumpeted forth in the newspapers, and to which he would draw their Lordships' attention. It had been said that a brother-in-law of his had appointed to a living of 1,2001. a year, at his (Lord Plunket's) re commendation ; and again, what was the fact in this in stance ? Supposing, however, that this was the case, it had nothing whatever to do with the charges made against him. However, the fact was simply this —that this gentleman, Mr. Oliver M'Causland, was now eighty years of age, that he had been for forty years a clergyman in the diocess of Derry, and that the late Bishop, his old friend and schoolfellow, had appointed him to a living, and that with that appointment he (Lord Plunket) had as little to do as any of their Lord ships.—(Hear, hear.) A Noble Marquis (Londonderry) had alluded to certain fees taken by his (Lord Plunket's) secretaries, and had, no doubt, unintentionally, represented them as fees going to himself. With these fees he had nothing whatever to do. They were those accustomed to be taken, and belonging heretofore to the Secretary, the Trainhearer, and Pursebearer., The Noble Marquis bad. said that it was represented as a hardship that these should be paid by Magistrates ; but the only question was, we; e these fees legal or not, and if so the Lord Chancellor could not remedy the hardship were any suffered. But the mo ment he (Lord Plorrket) heard that there was the slightest question of their legality, he ordered an inquiry to be made into the subject. A case was laid before the At torney-General, who was of opinion that the fees could not be legally demanded, but thought that compensation for them would be made by the Lords of the Treasury. He (Lord Plunket), however, thought that if the fees were not legal, there ought not to be any compensation for them, and he had at once given peremptory orders to re turn them. After a few words from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, which were inaudible, The LORD CHANCELLOR should then say, that in the communications which had taken place with respect to compensation for offices affected by the late alqTations in the law, nothing could he more liberal, as well as more correct, than the conduct pursued by the Noble and Learned Earl (Eldon) and those connected with him. The Noble and Learned Chanceilor for Ireland had made such a statement to their Lordships, as carried conviction with it to those who had heard him ; but it was necessary that he (the Lord Chancellor) should remind Noble Lords, who did not take part in the legal business of the House, of what his Noble Friend had omitted—namely, that his Noble Friend, in the cases of appeal and review which came before that House in the last report, gave an assistance of his labour and talent which was invaluable. The motion of the Earl of ELDON was then put, viz.— " That there be laid before the House a return of all the offices held by the Hon. W. H. J. Scott, distinguishing those in possession from those in reversion, with an ac count of their emoluments respectively for the last three Sears."--A greed to. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Earl of ABERDEEN said that it had been his in tention to have called the attention of the House, and to have asked an explanation from the Noble Eat 1 (Grey) opposite, with respect to an event of great iraportance in itself, and one which relatively might be of moment to the general peace of Europe,—be meant the occupation of Ancona by French troops. He would not, however, du so at a present, but he gave notice that he would ask expla nations upon this subject to-morrow from the Noble Earl (Grey), should he be in hi.o place. GENERAL FAST. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY rote to move that the Bishop of Winchester be rep:Ater! to preach before the House on Wednesday, the 21st of this month, the day appointed for a genetal fast...—Agreed to. The Mutiny (Army) and Marine Mutiny Bills Were read a second time. The Cominitte on the Pluralities Bill was postponed till Friday, acid the House adjourned. The death of that learned and excellent Judge Lord Newton, was announced in our second edition of Monday last. The circumstances attending his Lordship's demise it would be equally painful and unnecessary to detail. He fell a victim to a disease to which men of studious and sedentary habits are peculiarly liable. Lord Newton is known to the PP° placed in every country in two capacities—as Professor of the Civil Law in the University of Edinburgr, and—,l4 a'Judge in the Court of Scs sion.—Ca/cdonian Mercury. 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