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EUROPEAN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY'S OFFICE, No. 10, Chatham-place, Btackjiiars, London an., 1836. NNO'T'ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, th a t e DIVIDENDS to PROPRIETORS for the Ha -v r ending the 30th day of December, at the rate of 5; pe eut. per annum, are now payable at the Company's Office ery day, from Ten till Three o'Clock. This Company continues to effect Life Insurance at reduced Premiums, which may be paid Quarterly, Half-yearly, or An nually, at the option of the Insured; to grant Annuities on sin gle or joint Lives; and to advance Mo ne y on A nnu iti es se cured on Freehold , Copyhold, or long Leasehold Property, or on Money in the Funds. The Assured with this Company participate periodically in he profits, and all Policies becoming claims will be paid within three months after the proof of death The Bonus declared on the 3d of July, 1831, attaches to all Policies effected on or before the 31st day of December, 1829; and a further Bonus will be declared at the end of 1837, in which alt who Insure during the present year will be entitled to participate. DAVID FOGGO, Secretary. WIDOW SUTTON and SONS, Agents for Liverpool, change-street East. REDUCED PREMIUMS OF ASSURANgi. YORK AND NORTH OF ENGLAND FIRE ND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. THE attention of the Public is solicite to the Rates of Premium required by this Company, • . contrasted below with those demanded by the London As nee Offices. York and North of England. London, 4c., Offices. Floating Policies los. per Cent....l2s- per Cent. Specific—All Risks Bs. per Cent....lls. per Cent. " Omit Haz. Trades• •• • 7s. per Cent....los. per Cent. " Omit also Haz. Goods 6s. per Cent.... 9s. per Cent. Short period Policies at the usual proportions of the above. The' Premiums on Life Assurance will be found on maw. rison to be much more favourable to the Assured than those charged by most other Offices. N.B.—Persons insuring in this Office, are neither liable to be called upon to make gond the losses of others, nor prevented from bringing an action at law against the Company, in the event of a disputed claim, as is the case in all Offices where the assured participate in the profits. 11. WOTHERSPOON, Agent. 7, India-buildings. YORKSHIRE FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1824. PATRONS. His Grace the Archbishop of York. The Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry The Right Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliain. The Right Hon. the Earl of Tvrconnel. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Glows. Viscount Morpeth, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Dundas. The Right Hon. Lord Hotha The Right Hon. Lord Whar d i The Bight Hon. Lord Fever The Right Hon. Lord How n Sir E. M. Vavasour, Bart. The Hon. E. R. Petre. M. Stapylton, Esq. Sir George Strickland. Bart., M.P. Sir Francis Lawlev, Bart. Sir W. B. Cooke, Bart. The Venerable the Archdeacon of York. The Venerable the Archdeacon of Cleveland. The Venerable the Archdeacon of the East Riding' .. .• G. P. Barlow, Esq Robert Cracroft, Es ct &mu 1 Crompto n . r. , .. M . P. —sq. -- Robert Denison ,. ' 1).. Salttnarsh,"' Es q. ct El' P. Beilhytyh o Es -. (L L. Thor mPs°n ' Esq.' M.P. II arrnadu44e 14i1118,18q- • ~. . P. Beny ghitourritzs. L. Thom 'lll's"' Egg.' M.P. Peon-, E s , obert Braun, Esq. Mercantile -Rates. Floating Policies .................. lth Specifi c Ri . ki. • Per cent. per annum. In one occupation only, without bazerdons goods or hazardous 5 8 . pet cent • per annum. trades, Allowing one of the above 6s. Allowing two of the above 7s . Allowing plurality of occupation, hazardous goods, and hazardous Bs. trader LATHAM HANMER, Jun., 18, Exchange-buildings, and JO ILN . A TKINSON, Firmsick-buildings, Agents. 4tfri Frirsary, 1636. BALSAM OF SPERMACETI. ASTHMA, Shortness of Breath , Weazing Cou hs, Colds, soreness, tightness , and oppression of the Chest ; and most affectio ns o f the Chest and Lungs, relieved i n t en m i nutes, by taking one dose of NVOODHOUSE'S BALSAM OF SPERMACETI OR PECTORAL COUGH DROPS, Per sons doubting the efficacy of this Medicine, may talc:. dose iu the Proprietor's Shop before they purchase. T . Proprietor earnestly recommends a trial of these Drops to • rsons afflicted with the above complaints, but he does not . troduce them as being an infallible cure (as many do) .tit arranted in assert ing their efficacy from the extensive r: = afforded in numerous cases of the above description. Cons • tional Coughs of three: four, and more years standing, hay • leen cured in the course of a week by the use of these Drops. In the Hooping and Cbin Coughs it will be found equally valuable, the virtues of Spermaceti having been known for centuries back, it will be needless to make a comment upon a Balsam obtained from so valuable an article. Two tea spoonfuls of the Balsam is equal to one ounce of Spermaceti—it will at all times relieve the most violent Consumptive Cough. In Bottles Is. lid 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., '1 and 10s. 6d. each. TO THE INHABITANTS OF LIVERPOOL. AVING received a Requisition, respectably signed, " to c:ill a PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of "Liverpool, to consider the propriety of addressing oth "Houses of Parliament, praying for a REPEAL of . TAX " upon NEWSPAPERS, and all other TAXES up "NOW " LEDGE," Ido hereby appoint THU RSDAY next, the 25 natant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, in the COURT Room, in the SESSIONS HOUSE, in Chapel -street, for such Meeting. WM. WALLACE CURRIE, Mayor. Town•ha It, Feb, 18, 1836. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION: ENROLLED UNDER THE ACTS OP PARLIAMENT, d f Passed the 10th of George IV. , an d the 4th and sth of/William IV., relating to Friendly Societies. RSTASLTSHEO IN LONDON, 1835, oN THE p OF TER FRIENDS' PROVIDENT INSTIT lON. TREASURER. Joseph Janson, Esq. DIRECTORS. Chairman. William Hargrave, Esq. Deputy-Chairman. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. The Rigl'it Hon. W. T. Core- Janes Crofts, Esq. land, M.P., Lord Mayor. John Feltham, Esq. Remit. Ingham, Esq., M.P. Joseph Hargrave, Esq. Chas. Lushington, Esq., M.P. Joseph Janson, Esq. Charles Allen, Esq. Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq.; John St. Barba, Esq. William Cash, Esq. Richard Shortridge, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. gEDICAL DIRECTORS. 1. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. William Stroud, M.D. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. Thomas Bevan, F.L.S. ARDITRATOI/S. Henry Compton, Esq. I Thomas Palev, Esq. Thomas Fowler, Esq. Johu Titid Pratt, Esq. John James, juu., Esq. TRUSTEES. Samuel Smith, Esti. Jonathan Thorp, Ea+ BANKERS. Messrs. Brown, Jauson, and Cu. SOLICITOR. Benjamin Hardwick, Esq. SECRETARY. Mr. Joseph Marsh. CONSIDERABLE facilities and privileges are' given to Associations of the kind now formed, by an Act of Par liament of the 10th of George IV., intituled, An Act to con solidate and amend the Laws re , ating to Frieodly Societies," and also an Act of the , Ith and Sth of William IV., to extend the benefits of the same; and to obtain the benefit of these Acts it is requisite to conform to certain Regulations; but, as these are designed to promote the good order and security of such Societies, it has been concluded that the National Provident Institution should be established under their provisions. Among the advantages afforded, by these Acts, to Societies eonforining to their Rules, are the following : First,—An entire exemption from all Stamp Duties on their various transactions, which would otherwise be liable to heavy charges. Second,—Permission to employ any part or the whole of the Money in Government Securities at a higher rate of Interest than the public funds produce. This Institution is strictly one of Mutual Insurance for the equitable division of all Surplus Funds, not having a Pro prietary to participate in the Profits. The Premiums will be found lower than most other offices founded upon the same liberal principles. The Assurances to be effected in this Institution, are as fol low: I.—A provision for a deferred - Annuity, not exceeding £l5O, to commence at a future period of life (such period being at the age of not less than 50 years), and to continue until the decease of the Annuitant. lI.—A provision for a similar Annuity to the foregoing, but with the condition annexed that the Premium or Premiums paid for such Annuity shall be returned, without interest, to the executors or administrators of the Assurer, in case he or she shall die before the time at which the Annuity is to commence. lII.—A provision for an Annuity, not exceeding £lOO, to commence immediately (the Annuitant not being less than 30 years of age), and to continue during life. IV.—A provision for the payment of any sum of money, not exceeding £l5O, nor less than £lO, to be due as an Endowment upvii_a Child's attaining the age of fourteen years. -.....dinglyik9n for the payment of any sum of money, not upon a Child's iittaiass than £5O, to be due as an endowment years. ° - ^- , e of twenty-one or twenty-five VI.—A provision similar, in all respects, to ,„ but with the condition annexed, that the Premium or y rt..... 0r . V. shall be returned, without interest, in case the child shall a's before the time when the Endowment is to become due. William Cash, Esq. William Hargrave, Esq. VII.—A provision for the payment of any sum of money, not exceeding £2OO, to become due either on the attainment of auy specified age, by such Person as shall be named in the Policy of Assurance relating thereto, or after the expiration of any sti pulated numbers of years, not being less than five years. VIII.—A provision similar, in all respects, to No. VII., but with the condition annexed, that the Premium or Premiums paid for the same shall be returned, without interest, to the executors or administrators of the Assurer, in case he or she shall die before the time when such provision shall become due. IX.—A provision for the payment of any sum of money, not exceeding £2OOO, upon the death of the Assurer, to any sur viving Relation or Nominee. X.—A provision for the payment of an Annuity, not exceed. ing £2OO per annum, to the Wife of the Assurer, and to con tinue during her life. N.B.—ln the Fourth and Fifth Classes, Provision is made that should the Parent or Relative who has contracted for an Endowment on behalf of a Child die, and no person be willing to keep up the paymenlis, the Premiums received by the Insti tution will he reserved for the benefit of the said Child, on his er her attaining the age agreed upon, (but without interest.) Further particulars may be had by applying to RICH•RD C oAD , 25, North John-street, or Isaac Rosso/4, 24, Temple court, Agents for Liverpool. Medical Referees— Dr. JEFFREY] and Mr. A. GILLON. ST. ANNE'S CONSERVATIVE AS. CIATION. A SPECIAL MEETING of the CON 'RVATIVES in IV ST. ANNE'S WARD will be h 0 t the House of Mr. Holden. Richmond-row, on TUEs!)At ext, the 23(1 instant, at Seven o'clock in the Evening, o❑ pa' icular business. JAS. PARKER, Chairman. Richmond -rote, Thursday, 18th Feb., 18.36. Enourana Notirto. PROTECTOR FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 35, Old Jewry, February, 1836. CAPITAL, FIVE MILLIONS STERLING. THY: Directors of the Protector Fire Ins nee Company feel themselves called upon to expre eir approbation to their Agents generally throughout II ountry, who have so honourably rejected the strong solicitatio that have been made to them by a rival Company to transfe their business to it. To the Insured with the Company, the Directors also feel that their warmest acknowledgments are due in resisting simi lar solicitations made, and so strenuously persisted in by the same Company, pending the recent arrangements with the Phoenix Company. By order of the Board, WILMER HARRIS, Secretary. WIDOW SUTTON and SONS, Agents, 17, Exchange-street East, Liverpool. WELSH CHARITY BALL, WE L L ING 7'ON ROOMS. A.BALL, in Aid of the Funds of the Weida Char" v Schools, will be held on MONDAY, the 29th February 18:36, at the WELLINGTON 11.00515, which have been kindly anted fur the occasion. Mrs. BATESON, Lady Patro s. PATRONS. The Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool The Lord Mostyn. - Sir Watkin Williams Wvime, Bart., .P. Sir F. R. Glynne, Bart., - M.P. The Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P. The Rev. Jonathan grooks, A.M., Rector of Liverpool. John Robin, Esq., Tany Craig,, II igh Sheriff of Denbighshire. John Maddocks, Esq., Glanywern. H. It. Hughes, Esq., Bache. Samuel Sandbach, Esq., Hafodunas. Michael Hughes, Esq., Sheidley Hall. Dancing to commence at Nine o'clock. Tickets of Admission, Gentlemen's, 10s. 6d., and Ladies', 7s. 6d., to be had of the Lady Patroness, St. Ann-street, and at the usual places. Mr. STUBBS'S QUADRILLE BAND is Engdged. NOTICE. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. THE number of Men required for the P ICE FORCE having been completed, all Applicatiorfi hereafter made wilt be registered by the Head Constable, Mr. Wit ITTY, at the Watch Office, Fenwick-street, for the purpose of filling up such vacancies as may from time to time occur. CHARLES OKILL, Clerk to the Committee. Town-hall, February 16, 1836. BOOKBINDING. OfOHN ATHERTON, BOOKBINDER, RIB LEE-BUILDINGS, Top of Lord-street, requests the nobility gentry, and pnb lic to visit this Establishment, where a great variety of splendid and highly-approved Designs are executed•on good erms. Estimates given for Binding exceeding 100 Vole nes. Liverpool, Februaryls. 18.36. ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, EVE TON. IHE Proprietors of this Church are earn stly requested to attend the ADJOI.IIj,NED GENER MEETING to be held in the Vestry on TUESDAY, the Ist ay of March next, to determine on the best means of eradicating the Dry Rot, which has made considerable progress iu the Building, a?d on other matters of importance. THOMAS HARRIS, Secretary. _ . - February 151 k, 1836. / DWIAGGART, VETERINARY SURGEON, be to inform • his Friends and the Public, that he has :MOVED from 91, DALE-STREr:T, to 83. LIME-STREE" , (near to the Adelphi Hotel,) at which place he has every con enience in the , lit way of Stabling, Loose Boxes, &c., and to • ure those who may honour him with their confidence in th reatment of do mestic Animals, Horses, Dogs, Cattle, Shee !), &c., that every attention shall be paid to their interests. Stables—Adelphi Livery Stables, opposite the Adelphi Hotel, and at 83, Lime-street, adjoining place of residence. Every attention will be paid to Horses at Livery, Baiting. &c. N,B.—ln Cases where attendance may be considered unne cesary, by describing the symptoms can obtain the appropriate Medicine. Charges moderate. , , THE VICE-CONSUL of the ORIENTAL R ÜBLIC of the URUQUAY HEREBY GIVES NO' ICE, that in virtue of two Decrees, dated Monte Video, the 2 h and 31st August, 1835, all Captains and Supercargoes of M rchant Ves sels destined for any Port of the Republic with argoes laden in any Country in Europe where Consuls of Republic re side will be required, after the 301 h day of April, 1836, to produce Two Manifests of the Cargo, in which the Contents of each Package must be minutely described, one of which Manifests must be duly verified by the Consul or Vice-Consul of the Re public at the port of loading; and in default thereof the Cargo will be subjected to an additional Duty of 6 per Cent.—Dated in Liverpool, 3d February, 1836. By order of FREDERICK DE LISLE, Esq., Consul General. JOHN HALL, Vice-Consul, No. 2, Wolstenh,olme-square. PROSPECTUS OF AN INTENDED JOINT, STOCK OMPANY, TO BR CALLED THE LIVERPOOL TIMBER COMPANY A SAW MILL ESTABLISHMENT. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in £lO area. N o Shareholder to be Liable for more than h; übscribed Capital. 'DAILY experience in the working oint Stock Com bas panics in extensive mercantile or commercial pursuits, directed c o -gd j Tradini World of their Public Utility, when Ctal. exercise of extensive tis presumed the Foreign Timber Trade (including A L.. ga , &c.,) of this Port, inwards, offers an incomparable field for the profitable exercise of a Joint Stock Capital; having for its object the Protection of the Foreign Merchant, the Ship owner, and Importer,—and increasing the facility for supplying the demands of the Country Dealer and Consumer by being enabled to anticipate his wants. It secures at all times a constant supply, by an access to ample funds, which will be used for the benefit of the Pro prietors collectively, by an annual division of the profits; whilst it at the same time provides for the demands of individual Pro prietors, (being Dealers or Consumers,) on terms of sound com mercial principles. Shareholders making purchases will have the benefit of established credit with the Company, in a pro portion to the amount of the value of their Shares This Company seeks not to induce any unfair competition, or to countenance hazardous speculation, but simply to encom pass this great and weighty Trade by a chain of communication and capital, every link of which shall connect its usefulness and benefit with all those inland places where extensive consump tion is going on. To this effect will the study of the Company be directed, and it is suggested that the Subscriptions for Shares be confined at first to persons who are Shipowners, Importers, Consumers, or Inland Dealers, or whose situation or influence will be likely to extend the useful business of the Company. That the Capital of this Company be raised by 10,000 Shares of £lO each. That Subscribers shall pay One Shilling per Share for their Scrip; and within fourteen days after notice, shall pay £1 per Share into the Bank of the Company (to be appointed), when their Shares will be delivered; and that a call of £2 per Share be made within twenty-one days after the appointment of Trus tees, Directors, and other Officers; and that a further call of £2 per Share be made within three months afterwards; and that no further call be made until after the first Annual Meet ing shall have been holden, and a Report approved by the Shareholders at such Meeting. It is presumed that the paid up capital of £5 per Share will be amply sufficient for the purposes of the Company, including a projected Saw Mill Establishment, the want of which has been generally acknowledged. Holders, in their own names, of not exceeding twenty Shares, to have one vote for each Share, and those holding above twenty Shares to have an additional vote for every five Shares above twenty; and in voting by proxy no person shall be allowed to hold more proxies than seven; nor to vote by proxy unless he is a Shareholder; and persons who hold Shares in the names of their children, being minors, shall be allowed to vote only on the aggragate number of their own and such minors' Shares as if the whole were in the name of one Shareholder. No per son to be allowed to possess more than 250 Shares. A Provisional Committee to forward the preliminary ar rangements is now forming, who, early in MARCH, will call a General Meeting to be held at Liverpool, to elect Trustees and Directors, three of whom shall be residents in Liverpool, three at Manchester, one each at Birmingham, Bolton, Preston, Shrewsbury, and Welshpool, or such other places where the Subscribers are numerous, who shall proceed to appoint a Manager, an experienced person in the Timber Trade, a Cashier, and other Assistants, all of whom shall produce testi monials, and give security for the faithful discharge of their re spective official duties. The Deed of Settlement to be read at the same Meeting, and after receiving the signatures of the Shareholders then present, the formation of the Company shall be deemed complete, and the business proceeded with. The Books to be made up half- y early, and, as soon after as may be, a General Meeting shall be held at Manshester and Liverpool alternately, when a balance sheet of the affairs of the Company shall be exhibited; and if at any time it shall appear that one-third of the subscribed capital shall have been lost, the Company shall be dissolved, its affairs wound up, and the re maining Capital divided amongst the Shareholders. All transfers of Shares shall be made under the hands of and be approved by the Board of Directors, in order to protect the Company from bad debts. A detailed Prospectus will be published as soon as possible. Meanwhile, all applications for Shares must be made to Mr. F. BAYLEY, 69, King street, Manchester; Mr. E. WI isow, 36, Colmore-row, Birmingham; or to Mr. .1. BACH, Share Broker, Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool (if by letter, post paid); and further particulars may be had on application to Mr. JOHN MARSH, Timber Broker, Queen's Dock, Liverpool. Liverpool, February 19, 1836. FORM OF 'APPLSCA2ION POa SHARKS. Shares in the Liverpool Timber r mb el er u C e sotra you willpany, s e usblueerte m to me Shares Prospectus. Signed, Residence, Trade or Profession, ESSENCE OF CAMOMILE AND GINGER. This preparation is a compound of two of the most valuable medicines in toe vegetable kingdom. It combines the stomachic properties of the Ginger with the aromatic and bitter qualities of the Camomile Flowers. The proprietor earnestly recom mends this essence to all those suffering as hereafter mentioned: all he asks is a fair trial, for he can assert, with the greatest confidence, that he never knew of its failure in any of the cases it is recommended for, excepting where it has been neglected to be properly persevered in, for indigestion, sensation of fulness, p‘in and oppression after meals, loss of appetite, whether arising from exclilis or want of tone and energy of the digestive ' - organs ; also for rheumatism, gout, spasms, cramps, hysterics, flatulence, in immoderate perspiration, nervous, hypochondriacal and bilious affections, heartburn, languor, general debility, or a delicate state of health, whether the result of long illness , or constitutional weakness; it is cert ain i n affording instant relief in the most violent sick headach e. Fort y drops of this Essence is canal to half a pint of Camomile tea. These Preparations are prepared only by DECIMUS Woon- Hoosx, Operative Chemist Extraordinary to His Majesty, 18, King William-street, New London Bridge, and sold by him wholesale and retail; EVANS, Sox and Co., 15, Fenwick-street; C. MAWHOOD, 20, South John-street, near the New Custom house; G. WHITLOW, Druggist, Mount-pleasant ; Ross and NIGHTINGALE, Chronicle-Office, Liverpool; and to be had of all medicine venders in town and country. Country venders may be supplied through their town agents. Sold in bottles at 2.. 9d., 4.. 61, 10s. 6d., and 21s. each. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LONDON LAW AND POLICE COURTS. COURT OF CHANCERY.—.MoNDAY. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. V. SHORE.—When Lord Lyndhurst I pronounced judgment, b , consent of the parties in this case, the week before last at Gray's Inn Hall, affirming the judg ment of the vice-chancellor, his lordship declined to make any order, as to the costs, but said the Court of Chancery might be applied to. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Booth now applied for the costs of at least one of the bearings in this court, to be paid to the first set of trustees, whom they represented, out of the trust fund. The appeal from the Vice-Chancellor was first before Lot(' Brougham, Chancellor, but the arguments were not con cluded when his lordship resigned the great seal. The trustees did, however, then offer Lord Brougham's judgment after leav ing office, but the relators (the plaintiffs) refused. The appeal was reheard before Lord Lyndhurst, chancellor, but the argu ments were not concluded when be left office; they were left in precisely the same state in which they had been before Lord Brougham. Both parties, however, agreed to take Lord Lynd hurst's judgment out of office. Under these circumstances, and referring to what dropped from the Vice-Chancellor and from Lord Brougham on costs during the respective hearings before them, the learned counsel submitted that the trustees ought to have costs out of the fund. Mr. Duckworth joined in the application for the second set of trustees, whom he represented. Mr. Knight, the leading counsel for the relators in the argu ment before Lord Lyndhurst was ready to oppose the applica tion. The Lord Chancellor was of opinion that he had no jurisdic tion over this matter. The decree pronounced was not a decree of the court, so as to give him judicial cognisance of it. Very likely Lord Lyndhurst would, if applied to by the parties con senting on this point also, do what the circumstances required; or there may be a future stage of the cause, when it should come before the court in the master's report, when the costs might be disposed of. Mr. Knight applied for the costs of the present application, which, as well as we could recollect, were granted. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.--FRIDAY. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—DISTRESSING SCENE.—Jesse Upton, a leather seller, late of Tooting, was brought up this morning in a hackney coach, from Horsemonger-lane gaol, to be heard on his petition. Mr. Keene, the keeper of the prison, stated to the court that the insolvent was in the last stage of consumption ; he had been in the infirmary since the commitment. His friends were ad vised by the surgeon of the prison not to bring him up to the court, as it might prove fatal. The insolvent, however, persist ed in being brought up to be discharged, as he was anxious to get to his home. The learned Chief Commissioner inquired whether the poor man could be brought into court? Mr. Keene was fearful it would prove fatal—the unfortunate man was on the verge of the grave? Mr. Commissioner Harris said the court must witness the ex ecution of the schedule, and he proposed that one of the com missioners should attend the poor man at the coach door. The learned Chief Commissioner and his colleagues, commis sioners Harris and Bowen, each kindly expressed ►heir readi ness to witness the documents, in order that ►he insolvent might be discharged. The learned Chief Commissioner, accompanied by an officer, proeeeded to the coach door, witnessed the execution of the schedule, and ordered the discharge of the unfortunate man to issue instanter. He presented a wretched appearance and could scracely articulate the required oath. COMMISSION OF LUNACY AGAINST LADY KIRKWALL. A commission of lunatico inquirendo has been sitting for seven days, by adjournment, on this distressing and painful case of mental aberration. The delusions under which Lady Kirk wall labours are, that her late husband, Lord Kirkwall, and his mother, the Countess of Orkney, a peeress in her own right, are not dead, and that her sons, the Earl of Orkney, and Capt. Fitzmaurice are not her children, although the contrary has been proved by the most indisputable evidence. Her ladyship. it has been also proved in evidence, has frequently pointed out casual vassengers in the street in which she resided as being Lord Kirkwall, and endeavoured to persuade her attendants that Mr. Edwards, an attorney, was her son. She entertained a great dread of a conspiracy to take away her life by poison, and her fondness for cats arose to such a mania, that she was seldom without twenty-five of these animals in her bed-room. She persisted, contrary to the advice of her counsel, in attend ing every day before the commissioners to hear the examina tion of the witnesses. Dr. Monro, of Bethlehem Hospital, and all the medical witnesses examined, gave it as their opinion, that she is of unsound mind. This is a brief sketch of the vo luminous evidence published in the London daily papers. Lady Kirkwall is a prisoner for debt, confined within the rules of the King's Bench. This step, the arrest, as she is not privileged, being only a viscountess by courtesy, appears to have been taken with the friendly view of securing her person until she could by a lunacy commission be placed under the charge of her friends. The evidence to prove her insanity having been ca m e hift j ett . the previous day, on Tuesday Lady Kirkwall was the proceedings artiter s. defence. The following extract from evaded the questions of the w the manner in whioh she serve that some letters written by Ladiltirx We ,, forg t. o h t ?,i to : b ill - . of her eldest son were read in court, and admirer "as and beautiful specimens of English composition. Mr. Commissioner Phillimore wished to know if Lady Kirk wall intended to make any statement herself or through her counsel. Lady Kirkwall here consulted with her counsel for a few moments, and then instructed Mr. Sergeant Talfourd to state her sentiments to the court, a request which the learned Serge ant immediately complied with, Lady Kirkwall communicating each sentence as it was delivered to the-jury. Lady Kirkwall said I have deeply considered All night the intimation that was given me, and I find that I cannot alter the determination to which J came, upon the broad principle that what has been done has been done with a hasty conclusion. I have heard the evidence that has been given against me, and that evidence is to condemn me to incarceration for the rest of my life. I am completely ready to submit to it: but I hope future justice will be done to my truth and honour when I am no more. I think all that has been done, with all humility, has been done in haste, and without due consideration. The . Lord Chancellor, with that mass of infamous evidence before him, no doubt came to a proper determination upon the evidence, and I agree with him, if he judged on the evidence; but if the jury finds me guilty upon such evidence, the sooner a British matron conducting herself that way is shut up the better. They have endeavoured to make me infamous and dishonourable with the most honourable of men, Augustus Frederick Edwards—that I speak in his presence, and he hears what I say. Mention may not be made of the visit made under the commissioners' order; if it should be done, perhaps the letter of Dr. Herbert would throw some elucidation on the case. That letter forms part of the case, and in respect to the learned doctor, ought not to be omitted. If the jury find me guilty on this infamous represen tation, I perfectly agree with them that I ought to be shut up. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd said he had told her ladyship that the letter could not be referred to. _ _ -v ' The - here consulted together, and after the lapse of a few moments, Mr. Commissioner Phillimore, addressing Lady Kirkwall, said the course of proceeding on this distressing occasion is for the party to submit to be examined by the commissioners and thejury, upon the points given in evidence. Your ladyship has stated your objection to it ; would you have the kindness to tell us what are the reasons for which your ladyship declines to do so ? Lady Kirkwall—l have already, through the learned Ser geant, stated that it is the entire irregularity of the proceeding. I make this statement with the deepest respect to the Jnry, and I thank them for their amazing consideration and patience, which has been exemplary and unexampled, and indeed of the counsel on the other side also. Mr. Commissioner Phillimore—Will you allow me to ask your ladyship whether you think Lord Kirkwall is dead? Lady Kirkwall—l am come here, Sir, by compulsion to bend to the law and not to break it.- You stated, Sir, yesterday that I need not come here. Mr. Commissioner Phillimore—l understand it was your ladyship's wish to come here ; your attendance, therefore, is your own act and deed. Your ladyship is aware it was the act and deed of your own solicitor to bring you up here, because it was represented it was your ladyship's wish to be present. We might have accommodated your ladyship by attending upon your ladyship in the King's Bench. Lady Kirkwall—l should have been ten times less miserable and considerably less disgraced if I had been all the while within the walls of the King's Bench prison. Mr. Thesiger—W e were not parties to the wish that her ladyship should attend in court. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd—l thought it was your ladyship's wish to be here. Lady Kirkwall—No doubt I intended to be present during the proceeding, but I cannot recognise the power of the com missioners. Mr. Commissioner Phillimore—One of the Jury thinks your ladyship was about to inform them that Lord Orkney and Capt. Fitzmaurice are your sons. Lady Kirkwall—l must decline, with all respect, answering that or any other question. Mr. Commissioner Murray—l wish to ask your ladyship if Lord Kirkwall is still living? L.-1y Kirkwall- T I must decline answering that question also, because I throw myself on my peets. Mr. Ellison then proceeded to sum up the evidence. The learned gedtleman's address occupied two hours and a half in the delivery. BISHOPRICS OP BRISTOL AND LLANDAFF.— On dit. that the ministers have abandoned certain parts of their plan of last year, for a new arrangement of the episcopal sees, and that it is their present intention to suppress the bishoprics_ of Bristol and Llan daff, by turning over the deanery of Bristol to the diocese of Bath and Wells, and the see of Llandaff to Gloucester. Who will say what thimble the pea will be under at the next shift ?— Bristol Journal. FRANKFORT, FEB. 9. Yesterday the sentences on several state prisoners in this city were announced to the persons on eerned in the plot of the 2d May, 1834, when an attempt was made to deliver the prisoners and the party implicated as mem bers of political associations. The sentences are as follows : Dr. Bunsen, an eminent physician, brother to Dr. Benson, formerly physician in the staff of the Polish service, and now in America, to four years, M. Frenk, a good historian, to five years, and M. Oehler, bookseller, to six months' con fi neme nt in a house of correction. Several others less noted, mostly young men, to confinement in a house of correction for two or three years. and only one was acquitted. The time which they have passed in confine Tent, in many cases several years, is not taken into the account in their favour, and the penalty o f h ar d labour in the house of correction brings with it the forfeiture of all civil rights. Some of the condemned may appeal. The pub lication of the sentence has caused a peat sensation here. FLORA MACDONALD AND THE PRINCE.—OUT late King, when Regent, beard, from a Scotch peer, that the guardian an gel of Charles Edward still lived, old and poor, in the wilds of her own Caledonia. The nobleman was about to visit his moun tain estates, and his Royal Highness charged him with a liberal sum for Mistress Flora, to he continued to her yearly from the Prince's purse. He especially bade her countryman see the Jacobite spinster, and bring him back word exactly how she re ceived the donation. On Lord 's return to - town he paid his duty to the Regen t, who asked—" Well, had you an inter view with Flora Macdonald ?" "I had, your Royal Highness, and delivered your gracious communication, for which she is very grateful." "To be sure, to be sure; but what did she say, m y - L or d?" " That y ou had enabled her to end her days can nily, and—and—yourßoyal Highness, other expressions of re spect." " But waist her own words, my Lord." The noble man smiled in some confusion, answering; " Your Royal High nesses command I must obey; yet be pleased to allow for the prejudices of early education in an ignorant old body, who— who"--" Was certainly right, nay meritorious, as a woman, and believed herself so as a politician ; what did she say ?" " Why, then, your Royal Highness, she said just--" He's a Rude mon, and - a kind, tell him, but he's no the true prince. for a' that.'" The Regent heartily enjoyed this instance of loyal constancy, for,wkich poor Flora fared rather better than worse. Emprriat HOUSE OF LOIWS, MONDAY. Lords WYNFoau and WHA RNCLIFFF. presented petitions to the house complaining of agricultural distress. The former nobleman postponed his motion for a committee to a future day. IiOROCGIi 151 AG ISTRATES. Lord WHARNCLIFFE deferred his motion respecting the ap pointment of borough magistrates, which stood for to-morrow (this day) until Monday next. The noble lord said when he fixed Tuesday for the motion, he was not aware that his noble and learned friend had already named the same day for his mo tion on the subject of agricultural distress. The order was then discharged and Monday fixed. Lords ordered to be summoned.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY. Several reports on petitions for private bills were presented to the house. Other petitions in favour of Mr. Buckingham's claims, and complaining of agricultural distress, were also laid on the table. HIGH SHERIFFS IN IRELAND. Colonel PERCEVAL said he wished to know from the noble lord, the chief secretary for Ireland, whether Mr. Lee, of Rose garden, who had been appointed high sheriff for the county of Waterford, had been set aside by the Irish government contrary to the recommendation of the judges, and another gentleman appointed in his place. Lord MORPETH said it was true that Mr. Lee was set aside, and that another gentleman was appointed to the office. Colonel PERCEVAL then gave notice that on Thursday next he would move for returns of all persons who had been recom mended by the judges to fill the office of sheriff in Ireland, and who were set aside by the government. He should be glad to connect with the motion a return of all persons who were ac tually appointed to the office and afterwards set aside. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he would move to have that inquiry extended for the last five years. Mr. TooKE moved for the appointment of a' committee to which all divorce bills should be referred. Dr. LUSHtNGTON admitted that this would be an improve ment, but thought that the law should undergo revision. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was in favour of a new tribunal, and hoped soon to be able to bring in a bill to amend the law. Upon this understanding Mr. Tooke withdrew his motion. Mr. ROEBUCK moved for a copy of the instructions to Lord Gosford and the commissioners appointed to inquire into the grievances of Lower Canada. Sir G. GREY was of opinion that the production of the papers required would operate inju►iously to the public service. Mr. ROEBLCK, upon this statement, declined to press his motion. Mr. ROEBUCK then brought forward his motion for the ap pointment of a committee to inquire into the administration of justice in the Mauritius. The hon. member entered at length into the details of the case, in the course of which be charged almost all the public functionaries of the island with holding slave property, contrary to law. He also took a review of the proceedings adopted against Mr. Jeremy, which, he contended, ought to be made the subject of parliamentary inquiry. Sir G. GREY defended the course which the government had pursued, and read a variety of documents in support of his opinion. He deprecated any further proceeding at this mo ment, as calculated to revive the irritation which had now sub sided. After an extended discussion, in which Dr. Lushington, Mr. F. Buxton, &c., took part, the house divided. The numbers were, for the motion, 69; against it, 227—105 t by a majority of 158. On the motion of Mr. P. THOHSON, a select committee on the port of London was appointed. Mr. SCRbPE obtained leave to bring in a bill for the relief and employment of the destitute poor of Ireland. Lord MORPETH observed that the subject was under the consideration of the government, and that he hoped to be able to bring forward some practical measure in the course of the session. . Mr. BLACK BURNS deferred his motion regarding the munici pal election at Poole till Wednesday. Mr. HUME moved for a continuation of accounts of surcharges connected with the assessed taxes, and said that some measure ought to be proposed to remedy the evils and annoyances of sur charges. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that having the consolidation of the stamp laws on his hands, he could not undertake what was very desirable, the consolidation of the acts touching the assessed taxes; but he did hope to propose an alteration 'of the office superintending the surcharges, so as to make that department, by the payment of regular salaries, less interested in the promotion of surcharges. Returns ordered. Mr. C. BULLER presented a petition from Mr. Vigors, pray ing for an inquiry into the elections for the county of Carlow in 1832, 33, and 31, ►f there were to be full and complete inquiry on the subject. He gave notice that he should this day move that the said petition be taken into consideration. Ordered to be printed, and to be circulated with the votes of the day. HOUSE OF LORDS.--TUESDAY. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from Calcutta, praying for an equalisation of the sugar duties. Some other petitions were presented, after which the house adjourned to Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. - 0- 1 t6o 6,,u3c. Among them Mr T.'ATTWOOD presented one from Birmingham, pra)ing the house to proceed with reforms. MR. BUCKINGHAhf. Mr. TULLE brought in a bill for compensation to Mr. Buck ingham. CARLOW ELECTION.—O'CONNELL AND RAPHAEL. Mr. HARDY, in rising to bring forward the proposition of which he had given notice, in reference to the conduct of Mr. O'Connell in the transaction between him and Mr. Raphael, began by moving that the standing order of the - house gainst bribery and corruption at elections be read ; an d , t hi s u being accordingly done by the clerk, the hon. mem b er, fi n di ng that - some laughter was caused in the meantime on the ministerial side of the house, observed that, whether or not the risibility of hon. gentlemen was excited by the circumstance of the standing order being read he knew not, but this he knew, that the mo tion which he had to submit to the house stirred within him not merely the words but the principle of that order. He had to acquit himself of a great and important duty, and one which affected the best interests of the hon. and learned gentleman to whom the motion referred. That hon. and learned gentle man complained on a former night that he (Mr. Hardy) had behaved with a want of proper courtesy to him in not having made him acquainted with the nature of the petition that was to be presented against him But he (Mr. Hardy) had since learned, as a fact beyond all question, that a copy of it was in his hands before it had found its way int o hi s (M r. H ar d y ' s .) (loud cheers from the opposition side.) Th ere was one circum stance which he thought might cause the h ouse an d t h e h on. and learned member some inconvenience, and that was the late ness of the hour at which the motion was to be brought forward, in consequence of the notice of it standing ninth on the list. But believing, however, that he had a perfect right to claim for it a precedence of all other questions, he at once determined to do so, and accordingly (on 1 hursday last) addressed the follow ing note to the hon. and learned gentleman : " Mr. Hardy presents his compliments to Mr. O'Connell, and begs leave to inform him, that it is his intention to claim precedence for his motion this evening, respecting the Carlow election, as involving a breach of privilege. " 7, Portland-place, Feb. 11.', The answer to this note was—" That the hon. and learned member was not up, and would not be up for an hour." But in the course of the day he received the following reply any act of Mr. Hardy could create surprise in the mind of any impartial person, it would be, that after having neglected all the ordinary courtesies between members, he should have had the almost incomprehensible presumption—(loud laughter) to address his first communication to Mr. O'Connell, who, however, cannot but feel flattered that Mr. Hardy should send him his compliments"—(shouts of laugher.) He (Mr. H.) trusted that upon this occasion the objections which were made on the first night by the hon. and learned member would not be repeated, namely that this- was a "mock solemnity." Such a designation was not surely applicable to a question which, even according to the hon. and learned gent. himself, involved a case for inquiry. But if it was a case of "mock solemnity," something had most certainly occurred since Thursday which deprived it of that character. The hon. member then proceeded to say that he had bad some conversation with Mr. Rigby Wason, who treated the subject very lightly, and to show what his (Mr. W.'s) feelings were, stated that it was his intention to move for an account of all the transactions and agreements between all the members of the house. (Laughter.) After referring to the petitions from Bath and from Mr. Vigors, upon which he made some com ments, Mr. H A R DY said he would then come to the facts upon which his intended motion was founded, and ?he jury would find that they lay in a very narrow compass. It appeared that on the 27th of May, a committee, which was then sitting upon a peti tion against the return for the county of Carlow, declared the election of Bruen and Kavanagh to be void. On the 28th of Mav, only the very next day, and, of course, before the people of darlow could be consulted on the subject, the honourable and learned member for Dublin called upon Mr. Raphael and asked him to be put in requisition for Carlow, telling him at the same time that the whole expense would not exceed £2,000. On the 29th of May, only two days after the seats were declared void, the hon. and learned gentleman again called on Mr. Raphael, and not seeing him, wrote to him in these-teems:— " 9, Clarges-street, May 29,1E95. "My dear Sir,—l remained at home, at some inconvenience, until after the hour I mentioned. I was sorry I did not remain longer, as you called shortly after; but as you left no letter or other indication of acceding to my proposal, I take for granted that you decline my offer—be it so. I only add my belief that aneyeevrear heargarn o fone.mee t so safe a speculation; I am quite sureyou will Is l h i ti never " I have the honour to be, my dear Sir, Your very faithful, " Alexander Raphael, Esq." " DANIEL O'CONNELL. This letter reminded him of what was quaintly said by one of o ur poets—(cries of " Oh, oh," and laughter from the ministe terial side.) Yes, it reminded him of these words—" The thing for sale calls forti:theseller's praise." (Laughter.) Certainly, if any thing were wanting to puff one of the seats for Carlow, nothing could be better calculated to do it than the assurance given by the hon. and learned member, that it was a " safe s peculation"—(laughter), and that it would be some time be fore he might have another so safe to offer. In consequence of that note a meeting took place on the lst of June, at which the following note was delivered to Mr. Raphael:— " 9, Clarges-street, June 1, 1835. " My dear Sir,—You have acceded to the terms proposed to you for the election of the county of Carlow, viz., you are to pay before nomination El,ooo—say £l,OOO, and a like sum after being returned—the first to be paid absolutely and entirely for being nominated, the second to be paid only in the event of your having been returned. I hereby undertake to guarantee and save you harmless from any and every other expense whatsoever, whether of agents, carriages, counsel, petition against the return, or of any other description, and I make this guarantee in the fullest sense of the honourable engagement that you should not possibly be required to pay one shilling more in any event, or upon any contingency whatsoever. " I am, my dear Sir, ur very faithful, " A. Raphael, Esq." " D ANIEL. O'CONNELL. This was the bargain entkred into between the hon. and learned gentleman and Mr. Raphael. He (Mr. H.) would ask his Majesty's Attorney-General to state to the' house whether he had ever witnessed a more complete bargain ? What was the subject matter? A seat in parliament. If it had been a bar gain for a horse, nobody could doubt that it would have been enforceable in a court Of justice; but it was not. Would any man say that Mr. Raphael would have sat as the representative of Carlow if it had not been for the £2000? and would any man say that he would ever have been recommended by the hon. and learned gentleman if it had not been for that sum of money ? What more was wanted for a bargain ? If it were necessary to show that it was not the money that the hon. and learned gen tleman thought of importance, he (Mr. H.) begged the atten tion of the house to those notes which were written by the hon. and learned gentleman to Mr. Raphael subsequently to this case, in which he asked over and over again for the £ lOOO. Mr. Sheriff Raphael wrote to Mr, O'Connoil on the 4th June, as follows "My dear sir,—l have heard from Mr. Vigors this (lay. Our prospects are quite bright." Now, inasmuch as the bargain was only made on the Ist June, and this note was written o❑ the 4th June, what were Mr. Ra phael's prospects at that time ? The recommendation of Mr. Raphael had not arrived from Carlow, therefore his prospects could not be said to have been bright. The letter went on " will arrange your address for to-morrow's post, and my own for immediate publication. At present I entertain no doubt of success—you will hear again from me to-morrow. Who is Mr. Hamilton with whom you have deposited the £lOOO ? (Cheers and laughter.) I don't know any person of that name in Lon don. I hope I shall soon have the pleasure of sitting by your side in the House of Commons." _ On the Bth of June the hon. and learned gentleman wrote again. "London, June 8. "My Dear Sir,—l sent off yesterday my letter to the elec tors of Carlow on your behalf; all my accounts confirm my opinion of an easy victory; I doubt whether there will be more than the show of a contest, but I am assured in any event of success. I send you a slip of a Carlow newspaper, showing that you are already nominated under the must favourable aus pices. I also send you the draught of au address ; I beg of you to peruse it, and to return it to me with any correction you may deem necessary, or if you approve it, then with your signature; my wish is that you should alter it as little as you possibly can. I also send you a sealed letter from Mr. Vigors. I beg of you to return the address as near to four o'clock this day as you can, that I may transmit it to the Dublin Pilot for publication on Wednesday next. All the good men of Carlow see that paper. Let me know who the Mr. I- 1 amilton is with whom you deposited the £I.WO; I expected you would have lodged it at Mr. Wright's. It is time this were done.—Faithfully yours, " Alexander Raphael, Esq." " DANIEL O'CONNELL. This was the bargain which he (Mr. H.) had to bring before the house, and when he was beginning to state this, as he fan cied he was entitled to do the other evening, he was called to 'order by the speaker in consequence of his own request that the petition do lie upon the table. He was statin g that he did not draw from these circumstances the inference that the money ul timately came into the pockets of the hon. and learned gentle man, and the house Would observe the importance that had been attached to that declaration, He (Mr. H.) was a very little man, as he confessed he was, when he came to accuse, but when he came to acquit lie was a most important personage., He was going on to state the other night that although in consequence of the contest having succeeded to the bargain, and of the op position to the contest, there might not have remained any spare money in the pocket of the hon. and learned member, what of that? It might be of more importance to some men that they should gratify their ambition than their personal vanity, and if this money went for the purpose of increasing the political in fluence arid importance of the hon. and learned gentleman in Ireland it answered those purposes which were most dear to him, and accounted fur the anxiety with which he inquired after the money, but when he (Mr. H.) recollected that the petition itself was abandoned by the hon. and learned gentleman, as ap peared from the statement of his brother contractor, on the se cond or third day after the committee had sat, lie could not un derstand how the whole of the money could have been expended, although there was a contest, because gentlemen would recol lect that Carlow was but a small county, not containing as many voters as the borough which lie (Mr. H.) had the honour to represent, and, therefore, no very large sum of money would be necessary for the legitimate purposes of the election. But, then, what would have been the case if there had been no con test ? If there had been no contest there'would, of course, have been no petition, and yet the £l,OOO was to be paid on nomina tion, which nomination was likely, according to the hon. and learned gentleman's own statement, to be followed, not by au easy victory, but by the shadow of a contest, and then what would have become of the difference between the actual cost of nomination (supposing the rival candidates to have given up the opposition,) and the remainder of the £2,000? It was part of the bargain that Mr. Raphael should not be called upon for one shilling more, but he did not find in the bargain that any thing should be returned. These were the circumstances of the case. They were in a narrow compass, and he had seen no defence of them but what he had observed in the public news. papers. The hon. and learned gentleman stood high in the estimation of the editor: and it was stated in his defence that nothing was more common than arrangements of this kind, although he (Mr. H.) did not see any thing of that arrange ment in the bargain. It was said that what had happened was a money transaction, and, as the petitioner was advised, strictly legal, constitutional, and honourable, and that the great ma jority of the house were accustomed to make similar bargains in respect to their seats—that nothing was more common than . that one candidate should pay all the expenses, and that in this instance Mr. Vigors had reputation and popularity, in the be nefit of which Mr. Raphael was to share. He (Mr. H.) had yet to learn that if there was an hon. member who offered him self as a candidate to the constituency he had a right to sell one-half of his popularity; that if he happen to he a man possessing all the qualifications of a member, but no plentiful purse, he could go to a friend and say, " Bring me your friend, and I will give him half my popularity, and half my reputa tion." He could not understand that any such bargain was legal; if it were it was the first time that he had heard of it. He could not understand that any person who called himself an agent in such a bargain could attempt to support a bargain of that description. 1-le could not call the hon. and learned gentleman an agent; he wondered the honourable and learned gentleman called himself so, because he had never heard of an agent who undertook to gurantee and save harmless from all expenses. He should rather think that Mr. Vigors was the agent of the hon. member for Carlow, than that the hon. mem ber for Carlow was the agent of Mr. Vigors in London. The whole consequence of the bargain was, that the hon. and learned member for Dublin put in two members, his old friend ' Mr. Vigors ex amicitia, and Mr. Raphael his friend ex contractu. He gaiued every advantage by it, in that respect which was the great object of his ambition, and although he gained that ad vantage on the one hand, on the other, it was of very little importance what sort of a representative the people of Carlow got—they never saw him—they never heard him—they had no clear demonstration either of his physical or his intellectual abilities; all they had was his address, and that had nothing of him, but his name. !t was said that the honourable and learned gentleman on this occasion, exercised nothing more than his moral influence; hut he (Mr. H.) contended that if a man possessed a moral influence in a borough, he had no right to dispose of that moral influence for money. A new writ had been moved for this session in, the place of a noble lord, lately . a member of the house, who was formerly one-third of a chan cellor, and had now become a whole one. His seat having become vacant, a new writ was applied for, and a gentleman was a candidate for a seat in that borough, in which borough it was well known the noble lord possessed a great deal of moral influence; but what would be said if the noble lord was to go and make such a bargain as this? Nay, put a case still more analogous. There were some constituences which would be glad to receive a recommendation from the Right lion. Bart. below (Sir Robert Peel,) and suppose the Right Hon. Bart. were to say to a gentleman, "I know a borough where, if I were to recommend you, you would be sure to be returned; but if you give me £l,OOO for nominating you, and another £l,OOO when you are returned, then I will send you a laudatory letter which shall introduce you to the constituency of that place, and make you sure of the election." He should be glad to know whether, if such a circumstance had transpired as to the right hon. gentleman, the walls of the house would have stood the vi bration of those cheers with which the hon. and learned gentle man himself would have been saluted as he shot forth those ar rows of invective which his quiver could so abundantly supply against the right hon. gentleman? He (Mr. H.) had stated what the bargain was, and that was all that was necessary for his purpose. How the money was expended was not of the least importance to the house. The question was, how the hon. and learned gentleman had the power of spending it? What he could have done with it? What this bargain enabled him to do with it? There was nothing to prevent him from putting every farthing of what happened not to be spent into his own pocket, for purposes of personal aggrandisement. It was there fore hardly necessary to enter into the circumstances subse quently stated, which appeared under the band of the hon. and learned gentleman. He (Mr. H.) exclaimed when he first read this case, " Why was it necessary to recommend Mr. Ra phael ? Was there no Irish party who could go and present himself to the electors of Carlow, and offer to fight their battles in this house? Was there no man to spend the trifling sum of £2,000 in legal expenses to vindicate the righls of the people of Carlow, and do justice to Ireland?" There was a gentleman who did make inquiries upon the subject, whom he (Mr. II.) respected for his straightforward character, which he had often witnessed in the house, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, it appeared, had beeu inquiring after this, but the hon. and learned gentle man wrote, 'lt is not my fault that Mr. Feargus O'Connor called upon you. Refer him and everybody else to me"—(great laughter.)"l want part of the £l,ooo"—(renewed laughter.) On the same day this note was written to Mr. Hamilton, "Sir, —I beg you will hand my son, Mr. John O'Connell, the £I,OOO for my use—(cheers)—my son will give you a voucher." It was in reference to this that he (Mr. H.) had made the obser vation the other night relative to the member for Youghal, be cause it did not follow that though Mr. J. O'Connell went for this money, he knew for what purposes the money was to be de livered. But if this inquiry was granted, it would be for 'the committee to investigate that circumstance. He did not know that it was necessary to make any further observations as to the facts of this case. lie had laid them before the house, as he had felt it to be his duty to do, and if the hon. and learned gentleman could get rid of them by argument or evidence, he would have an opportunity of so doing. He would only make one single observation before he sat down as to what fell from the hon. and learned member for Tipperary on Thursday night. The hon. and learned member, evidently for the purpose of exciting the pre judice of the opposite side of the house against the motion, bad chosen to represent him (Mr. Hardy) as put forward by the conservatives. (Loud cheers.) Sir; (continued the hon. mem ber,) there is a gentleman sitting behind the Treasury bench at this moment to whom I mentioned my intention more than two months ago, and every gentleman around me hears what I say ; and if there be a man on this side of the house who heard me mention it to him two months age, I would have him stampt as a villain. The hon. member for Tipperary puts me forward as the leader of the conservatives. Ido not pretend to be a leader. I am not of the Monboddo breed of politicians. lam not one of the articulations of the joints, either politically or anatomically ; but this I know, that I came into the house an independent man, and I will act as such. I came into the house upon those principles so eloquently expressed by the noble lord-when he introduced the reform bill, and when he said that he took his stand on that ground which would enable him to reform abuses, and avert commotion. That is the ground on which I take my stand. If that be to be a conservative, I avow myself a con servative, and that is the course of policy which I am determined to pursue as long as I have a scat in this house. As to bribery and corruption, I call upon the hon. member for Tipperary, and all his friends upon that side of the house, to say whether they ever found me flinching—whether the inqui r y was into the cases of bribery and corruption at Warwick, Stafford, or Hertford. I wish to he consistent, and I cannot understand those gentlemen who, after having hunted with a keen scent for little peccadilloes, lose their scent, and find all their energies paralysed as soon as they approach a wholesale dealer in corruption. (Cheers.) I have always been startled at the policy of those gentlemen—they call themselves radicals —they monopolise the name of liberals. Liberality ! I think it was not shown the other night. I saw such a specimen of it that I am determined never to belong to that political sect of Pharisees who can strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. The hon. member concluded by moving, "that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the circum stances of the traffic and agreement alleged to have taken place between Daniel O'Connell and A. Raphael, Esqrs., touching the nomination and return of Alexander Raphael as one of the representatives in parliament for the county of Carlow, at the last election for that county, and to report the minutes of evi dence taken before them, with their observations thereon." Mr. O'CONNELL commenced by declaring that the resolution was an exceedingly paltry one. It did nut extend to the inquiry which he demanded. lie denied that be had been furnished with a copy of the petition before the correspondence with the honourable gentleman ' and alluded to the cheers with which the c ontrary statement had been received as a proof of the impar tiality he had to expect. But he believed that the gentlemen opposite had not the hypocrisy to pretend that they were impar tial. It was not the bribery of the Carlow electicn, but his increasing exertions to put (owl) toryism that constituted his real crime. There was not a man in the house or out of the house who did not know that it was a party attack upon him— that i, was the attack of the party who used the press and bribed the press to assail him— that very press belonging in a great m easure to a member of that house, who himself expended from £;30,(.0) la E I9,0(X). upon ail electiota lie could not he !p tinnk- FEBRURA Y 19, 1816. ing. for all the gravity, that there Was some mockery in the charge. The itiqu,ry should have been extco,:ive and searching, not paltry and personal, as it ha,l now become. He was acquit ted of personal corruption the other evening. But he (elied the the charge. What he wanted was an independent committee and a full inquiry, and, if that were not granted, his influence in Ireland—aye, and in Engiand—aye, and even in Bradford, would be increased, and the honourable member who accused him might inset him there if ever he stood for that place again, He charged that h onoura bl e mem b er w i t h a partial statement. His whole speech was calculated to forward the ends of injus tice. The source of his power was the injustice done to Leland. He was the hired servant of the Irish people, and it was his duty to obtain members to represent them in that house. Yet this was made a charge against him. The honourable and learned gentleman then entered into a history of the state of Ireland under the tories, and p rocee d e d to detail the history of his connexion and . proceedings with Mr. Raphael. As to the charge of pecuniary corruption, the whole of it arose from the circumstance of Mr. Raphael being applied to for the expenses of his election. But he would appeal to any man whether the legitimate expenses must not be considerable. After going through many additional details, the honourable and learned member concluded by declaring, that, if he agreed to the com mittee, it would be in order to hear the evidence of-Mr. Vigors„ and to ascertain whether the allegations contained in his peti tion were or were not well founded. Mr. WALTER rose in consequence of the allusion made to him, as connected with the press, by Mr. O'Connell. He had but little to say in reply, because he was very certain, and so must be the hon. and learned member that he had no authority , for the assertion he had made. He assured the hon. member that he was much better satisfied with his attacks in that house than with his menaces out of it—of which there had been plenty—among his dignified followers. it might, perhaps, not have been safe to have replied to him before those gentle per. sona,ges ; but iu that house he could repel his slanderous insi nuations without fear, except that degree of timidity which one unused to speak often must necessarily feel. The learned member overrated his own importance if he supposed that he (Mr. Walter) had ever thought it worth his while to make hint the object of attack in any publication whatever. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Walter) was himself wel qualified to judge of the effect of such attacks, for from the moment when la con• pliance with a requisition he sought to obtain the station he or. cupied in the house, every species of libel had been heaped upon bias by his political opponents; but these libels had failed ; and if they had not failed in the case of the learned ieeinber, it was because their characters were different. To him (Mr. Walter) these libels were mere matters of contempt, because they were false; they galled the learn e d gen tle man, they provoked his wrath in the house, his menaces Out of it, because he knew and felt them to be true. 'After souse observations, Mr. Waltee concluded by saying, that be hoped they had not destroyed En glish boroughtnongers in the detail, to suffer—what the hon. member for Bradford had very properly called—a wholesale dealer in Ireland. ( Much cheering.) Mr. RICiBY WASON complained of being misrepresented by the member for Bradford. He concluded by abandoning his proposition for conductin g th e i nqu i ry at,the'liar of the house. Mr. WARBURTON said that he did not, think that the res(du lion proposed to the h ouse b y th e hon.‘nember for Bradford embraced sufficient matter to afford an opportunity to the hon. and learned.member for Dublin for a full exculpation of him self. That resolution did not give the committee the power of inquiring how the money had been expended, and this he thought was very material. to a proper investigation of the whole case. He should, therefore, move as an amendment, that the following words be added to the resolution—" And the applica tion of the money said to have been received, and the circum stances under which the same was received and expended." Mr. Haeny said that he did not wish to withhold any oppor tunity that might be necessary for a full and entire investiga tion of the whole case, but he found that he could not introduce anything of the nature of the present amendment into his reso lution without opening a door for entering into the whole his tory of the county of Carlow election. The committee should be called upon to say whether the money ought to have ex pended at all, and if so, whether it ought to have been made a matter of bargain for the sale and purchase of the representa tion of a county in that house ? He should not make any per sonal objection to the adoption of the amendment, but he would leave the matter entirely in the hands of the house. Mr. HUME said that he considered the conduct of the hon. member for Bradford perfectly fair hitherto; but when he now spoke of a bargain between Mr. Raphael Ir. O'Connell for the sale of a county representation he thou hon. mem. ber went much farther than he was warranted in going. The bargain, in fact, appeared to have been made between \rigors and Raphael. (" Hear, hear," "Oh, oh," and much laughter.) Mr. W. WYNNE said that the charge undoubtedly was, that a negotiation had been carried on for the purchase of a seat in that house between Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Raphael. That may or may not be the case; but it certainly was the point for the committee to inquire into. (Loud cheers.) He did not see any objection to the words of the amendment; but he thought them unnecessary, because the committee would of course inquire into the mode in which the Money had been expend ed, in order to throw light upon the whole transaction. The Speaker having read the original motion and the amend ment, _ _ Lo . rd SANDON said that he merely rose to a.ik a question or the hon. member for Bridport. He wished to know if it was the object of his amendment that all the matters connected with the connty of Carlow and its representation should be gone into, be cause if so he ( Lord Sandon) shalt certainly objuoLto the amendment? Ile did not think the house could fairly; or le gally go into such an extended inquiry, and he could tetripok upon such a course, if adopted before the committee, e lated to cloak or smother inquiry into the real transa ?i (cheers.)—from which it might be the object of some to div attention. (Cheers.) He (Lord Sandon) owned that his sus picions on this head were not a little excited when he saw the hon. and learned member for Ipswich withdrawing an amend ment of which he had given notice the night before, and the hon. member for Bridport substituting another in its stead. (Cheers.) It was fit, therefore, that the house should have a perfect understanding as to what the real nature of the in quiry before the committee was to be. (Loud cheering.')) The cases of the widows and orphans that bad been alluded to he admitted were such as called loudly for inquiry; but then it should be a distinct and separate inquiry. (Cheers.) Indeed he hoped the house would institute an inquiry into the cases that had been described ; but it ought not to be included in the present proceeding. He wished, therefore, to know whet the precise view of the hon. member's amendment was. Mr. WARBURTON said that the sole object of his amendment was to ascertain the actual application of the money—to whom given and for what purpose. He certainly did not intend to go into the general state of the county of Carlow election. A very few questions, he had no doubt, would elicit all that the commit tee would desire to learn on the subject. Lord SA \ NDON said that he was perfectly satisfied with the ex planation of the right hon. member, and he should offer no op position to the amendment. . _ The motion, as amended, was then read from the chair, and agreed to. Mr. HARDY, in rising to read over the list of the committee, observed that the gentlemen whose names he was now about to propose had not heel' chosen by him in the usual course of par liamentary parctice upon these Occasions; but they bad been • elected by the mutual friends of both parties concerned, ass equal number on each side, with one casting vote. In fact the matter had already been made too much a party question. (The loudest cheers burst forth on the ministerial side at th avowal.) Ho must be allowed to finish his sentence, and ask, if it had been made a party question, on which side of the house was that indication first observable ? It was therefore his own wish that he should neither be a member of that committee nor have the selection of any individuals who were to ccuavose it. The following were the names of the gentlemen who had been selected : Mr. Ridley Colborne Lord Francis Egerton Mr. Bannerman Mr. W. Ord Sir C. Broke Vere Mr. Warburton Sir Eardley Wilmot Mr. H. B. 'Ward. Mr. Barneby Sir Ronald Fegusson Sir J. Yarde Roller Of which number six were on one side of the question and five, on the other, as it was not possible to balance the number so as to make them equal on both sides, owing to the necessity for having a casting vote. Mr. Sergeant Wild and Sir Frederick Pollock were appoint ed nominees, making 13 members in the whole. Mr. Sergeant O'LOUGHLIN afterwards obtained leave to bring in the municipal corporations (Ireland) bill, Sir R. Pear submitted that details were unnecessary till they had the bill. Some other motions were agreed to without any debate, after which the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEwinsnAT. The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o'clock. tilr. CHILDERS took the oaths and his seat for Malton. , A great numberCiipetition; praing for leave to uring in bills for establishing railroads in different parts of the kingdom were presented. TITHES. Colonel TMOMPSON gave notice that he should move an amendment to the bill for the commutation of tithes in England and Wales. When it .was committed he should propose an amendment to the effect that the clergy should be paid one-half by a money rent and one half by a corn rent. Several petitions, complaining of agricultural distress, were presented and referred to the agricultural committee. Mr. HUME moved for certain returns relating to the registra tion of voters in all boroughs, cities, and counties in Ireland.— Ordered. CARLOW SLECTION. Mr. WALLACE gave notice thatto-morrow he should move for the appointment of a commission to make inquiries into •the truth or the allegations contained in the petition presented the other night from Mr. Vigors, the late representative' of the county of Carlow. The house left sitting. TRIAL OF FIESCHI AND HIS ACCOMPLICES. COURT OF PEERS.—FIFTEENTH DAY (coNctunan.) The Procureur-General closed his reply upon the evidence by calling upon the court to award sentence of death against rieschi, Morey, Pepin, and Boi-reau as guilty of an attempt, with malice prepense, upon the lives of the King and several members of the royal family, Marshal Mortier, and the others who lost their lives. As regards the fifth prisoner, Bescher, the crown did not call for any particular judgment upon him, but abandoning the ca pital part of the charge—namely, as that of a principal accer ' sory—left his case to the discretion of the court. Lastly,—Boireau was recommended as an object for ticiMl mitigation of punishment. M. Dupont was again heard upon the part of Morey,"in reply to the Procureur•General, as was M. Philip Dupin for Pepin.. They applied themselves entirely to the little credit which the? ~ contended the statements of Fieschi and Nina Lasave were en• -- titled to, and that the case against their clients rested entirely upon that evidence. At six o'clock the court rose, and adjourned to the next day. . COURT OF PEERS.-SIXTEENTH DAY. • The court did not meet until near two o'clock, to leave time' to Fieschi to prepare his defence. M. Dupont, Morey's law yer, received a letter a little before the opening of the sitting, from a person who asked to be produced as a witness to prove some circumstances, denied by Madame Petit, that might mill tate. in favour of his client. Unless this deposition give rise to some new incident, the proceedings will, in all probability, have . been closed in the course of Sunday evening, when the court was to adjourn to Monday to deliberate in secret committee. The peers will then remain en permanence until they agree- to their sentence, which will be made public on Wednesday. Fieschi appeared to have lost his usual assurance. He was extremely pale, and looked quite dismayed. lie turned rentid and exchanged civilities with Nina I..asa“‘, grimaced a few smiles to those around him, but it was visible he had lost that, air of cheerfulness and unconcern that excited so much won der. Ile held a MS. in his hand, and remained Perusing it un til the court entered. Morey is now said to have been the manager of the whole plot. If so he will carry his secret with him to the grave. Too many persons are interested lathe truth being unknown to hope it will ever come to light. 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