The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1853

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY Evaxiso.
The Austrian government published, on the Trh, a
further ordinance relative to the future administra-
tion of Hungary. For the purposes of government,
the kingdom is to he divided into three districts,
wilt deputy governors, subject to the Governor-in-
' Chief at Pesth.
The Univers publishes the Encyclical letter of the
Pope to the Archbishops and Bishops of Franc•,
which, as I informed you, arrived in Paris cn the
day before the Archbishop " spontaneously " with-
drew his interdict against that paper. The victory
of the Cnivers is even more complete than was sup-
posed. There is not a word throughout the letter to
mitigate the bitterness of the humiliation inflicted
upon the Archbishop. The document is so full of
" what the learned call rigmarole," that I would defy
any of your readers who may not happen to know
the precise occasion which called it forth, to
comprehend it without a key. Those who are
art courant will, however, at once discern
the few lines, out of several columns of verbi-
age, in whi,.•h alone there is any point. The
Archbishop of Paris, a Gallican divine, of the school
of Bossuet, had been so alarmed at the increasing
audacity with which extreme u!tramontane doctrines
were advocated by the Univers, that he prohibited all
the clergy in his diocese from reading that journal
under pain of suspension. M. Louis Vcuillot, the
editor, appealed in person to the Pope. His Holiness,
giving his decision in the roundabout form of at letter
to the episcopacy of France generally, thus declares
in favour of the ritirers : "We instantly pray
you"—the bishops, meaning the Archbishop of
Paris in particular—" to extend all your benevolence
and all your favour to the men"—meaning the editors
of the Univers—" who, animated with the catholic I
spirit and versed in letters and sciences, devote their
days to write and publish books end journals for the
diffusion and defence of catholic doctrines, and for
the dispersion of opinions and sentiments adverse to
the Holy See and its authority"—meaning the opi-
nions and sentiments entertained by the Archbishop
of Paris. "Your charity and your epi<copal solicitude
should then excite the ardour of catholic writers ani-
mated with a goodspirit,"—meaningngain the writers
in the Unietrs—"so that they may continue to de-
fend
the cause of catholic truth with attention I
tad with knowledge, and if in writing they should
happen to err in any respect,"—implying that
the Univers has not in any respect erred—" you
should admonish them with paternal words and pru-
dence,"—meaning that the Archbishop's interdiction
of the Univers was violent and improper. fhe only
other part of the letter worth noticing is a censure
of a pamphlet written by one of the adversaries of
the Abbi! Gaume.

The Union of the Sarthe has received a warning
for copying the article from the Ariembhle beginning
with the words, "The Count de Chambord," &c.

The Revue de r Instruction Publique having re-
ceived a private warning in consequence of some
independent remarks upon the government educa-
tion scheme, announces that not being able to speak
freely, it will in future merely publish official docu-
ments and literary matter, abstaining from all
,poli-
tical comment.
M. Louis Bellocq, formerly French minister at
Florence, died in I'uris on Saturday.
The Prase, in its weakly commercial review, gives
but a poor account of the state of business:
Tne Paris manufacturers have received some orders during
the last week, but business is still heavy. Buyers r..sk for
concessions not only in the price of fgoods,!hut in the mode .
of payment, and many houses Lave been compelled to refuse
••rdcre rather than consent to terms which would kot have
left them a sufficient profit. The want of stock in country
shops is however beginning to be felt, and It is thought that
micas for country houses will before long be obliged to
offer prices more in accordance with the general rise in ma-
nual labour and raw materials. Since January, many Para
manufacturers have produced assortments of certain articles,
merely for the sake of keeping their ;lien employed. These
they are selling at a low rate, while they adhere to
a higher Kale with respect to bespoke goods.
Exportation is very dull. People arc at a loss to r.ccount
for the delay in those commissions which habitually come
in after the first days of March. The entries in our prin-
cipal ports during the month of March have (Mien off
seusibly. Thvs, at the Ilavre custom-house the diminution
is no less 3.36,156 fr. as compared with the receipts of
March, 18.52, and a nearly similar result is shown
by the returns from Nantes end Bordeaux. At Marseilles
alone the imports are improving - a fact explained by the
continued increase in the commercial relatinns of that port

wi:h Algeria and the East. The notiveauejs shore liave
had a few satisfactory days this week, and if the weather I
were settled they would doubtless seriously begin to sell '
their spring stuffs. We are assured that the large
manufacturing Douses have
rich assortment of patterns for the line season than
now, but hitherto the retail shops have been very sparing
in thei. purchases. The retail dealers generally complain
more than the wholesale. We have already remarked more
' than once that the latter mouths of 1852 were not
so favourable for the shops as for the manufacto-
ries. Great complaints are made of the habit
that has grown up of late years among many private indi-
viduals, of making their purchases at the manufactory,
instsuil of the retail shop. We can understand the advan-
tage which the manufacturer finds in selling to the con-
sumer for ready money, and without discount, but should
this habit become general, grave inconveniences
might result from it, and the wholesale tradesmen,
.alter having ruined the retail, may find that they have
seriously diminished the general amount of business. The
corn markets cootioue calm, and what is surprising is that
prices generally tend downward, although everybody is
agreed that the quantity of corn in granary is not abundant,
and will be in great part exhausted by harvest time. A
sudden rise is, therefore, to be leered, unless the harvest

should present a very tivourable appe. srancn towards the
month of June. There is scarcely any speculation going on
in any agricultural produce. Flour, wines, spirits, and
Colas oils are all on the decline. _ _

The Bourse was very animated to-day. The high-
est expectations continue to be entertained of a good
effect to be produced in the French money market
by Mr. Gladstone's financial measure. The Saint
Germain Railway shares were in great request,
owing to the result of the general meeting of share-
holderi held this morning, at which the splitting of
the existing shares into four was voted.
At the Bourse, to-day, the market for Rentes was
buoyant, and an advance established on Saturday's
quotations. At the conclusion of business, prices
were firm, and had an upward tendency. For cash,
the Three per Cents. advanced 45c., and for the
account, 35c. The Four and-a-Half per Cents., for
cash, rose 30c., and for the account, 10c. Bank
Stock was dull, and declined sf. Prices closed as
follows:—For cash: Three per Cents., 80f. 75c.;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 757. For the
account : Three per Cents., 80f. 85c.; Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 103 f. 85c.; Bank Stock, 2735.
In the railway share market a good business was
transacted, at an advance on the last quotations in
the principal lines, and prices closed firmly. Last
quotations :—Northerns, 9091. 30c.; Orleans, 1,055 f.
50c.; Paris and Strasbourg, 851 f. 50c.; Paris and
Lyons, 9521. 25c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,057 f. 50e.;
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 8131. ; Western of
France, 7551. Credit Foncier closed at 902 f., and
Credit blobilier at 941 f.

PARIS, SUNDAY.
Some piquant disclosures were made at the Parini',
de Justice, yesterday, regarding the sale of the Con-
seitutionnel. It appears that the old company which
carried on that paper was dissolved in 1844; the
journal was then put up to auction, and bought by
Dr. Veron and fourteen other persons for 432,000 f.
A new partnership deed was then made, dividing
the enterprise into 180 shares, valued at 3,000 f. each.
Dr. Veron, as manager, was to be an absolute dic-
tator in everything relating to the political, literary,
and commercial editing. He was moreover autho-
rised to make all suchmodifierlions as he might see fit
• •

in the price and size of the paper, and to introduce
new partners into the company. The partnership !
was for 50 years, but Veron stipulated that he would
bo solely responsible for all fines and damages incurred
and would personally bear all losses within the limits
of 200,0000 f. the Constitution/at went on with
various fortunes, Veron being always commander-iu-
chief, but in 1851 it had become very prosperous. In
that year he admitted the Count de Morny us his
c>manager, and received from him 100,0001. for ono-
half of the value of' that positi, n. In 18.)2, wheal
the Conatiltdionnel tad lost 10,000 subscribers out of
30,000 in six months, and when owing to M.
Granier de Cassagnac's misunderstanding with the
Emperor on the subject of his article on Belgium, the
paper had received two warnings, Dr. Veron became,l
us he states in his pamphlet, exceedingly frightened
about his property. But at this time .\l. Mir.:., the
editor of the Pap Journal do 1 'Empire, came like
a good angel, and made him tempting offers to buy
the property. Miriis offered the shareholders
4,0001. a share. Veron ran round to most of them
individually, making a very long face about the
warnings received by the C'toistitutiwand, stating
that they would bn mid not to accept Mires ulicr,
I that there NM no time to call a general meeting,

and by the use of these arguments, urged in hot
haste, he obtained the signatures of most of the
shareholder*. It appears that he never hinted the
sum that he was to receive for himself, but merely
said in that undertone which a delica:e-minded man
loves to use when speaking of his own interest, that
of course he must be indemnified, as manager. The
bargain was struck, and the account stands thus :
Purchase money, 1,900,000 f., divided as follows
Veron, as manager, 650,000 f.; Count de Morns-,
500,000 f. ; Veron, again as shareholder, 96,000 f. ;
Veron, again as shareholder in a friend's name,2B,ooof. ;
Count de Moray, as shareholder in a friend's name,
4smoof. Thus leaving to the vulgar shareholders, to
the plebes, as M. Hebert, MM. Aguado's advocate,
styled them, to the proprietors of 10.11Rhs of the
whole property, 648,000 f. out of the 1,900,000 f., and
the partition of this property so depreciated as in
one point of view it was represented, but so aug-
mented for the benefit of the manager, was made on
such a principle that the Messrs. Agusdo, who had
not signed the sale, were expected to eceept without
remonstrance 24,000 f. for shares for which they, at
M. h'eron's request, had paid 63,000 f. This transac-
tion is designated by M. Hebert no sale but a eonfis-
cation by trustees fur their own benefit. The Lyons
and Bordeaux Railway shareholders will not fail to
see that their president, Count de Morny, is a shrewd
man of business.

I observe in a correspondence of the InWpen-
(lance Beige a very important statement, quite at
variance with an assertion of the Patrie the other
evening respecting Prussia and Neuchatel. The
writer of this comumbication professes to know freer
good authority that all the powers parties to the
treaty of Vknna are agreed that the authority of the
' King of Prussia shall be re-established in that cau-
-1 ton. The line of march to be taken by the Prussians
is minutely laid down. It is said the army will start
from the banks of the Rhine, cross the duchy of
Baden, and pass through the canton, but not the
town of Bale to Liestal, Porrentruy, and Biel. This
military route, according to the story, fs expressly
designated by the treaties, and the plan will be exe-
cuted so effectually as to cause no serious resistance.

CV Court.

TLe Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday after-

The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Miry caved
yesterday at the place, to inquire after the hcalth of the
Queen.

Prince Albert rodeout on honeback yesterday, attended
by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour.
The following representatives of foreign powers called
yesterday at Buckingham Palace, to make inquiry att. r the
state of her Majesty:—The Belgian Minister and Madame
Van de Weyer, the lienoverien Minister, the Swedish and
Norwegian Minister, the Bavarian Minister and Barauess
de Cetto, the Hessian Minister as(' Baroness Bruonow, the
Turkish Minister and Madame 'Lammas, the Austrian Mi-
nister and Countess Colloredo, the Danish Minister ar,d
Madame de Bile, the Diptmastie Agent and Ceinsal-Gene-
ral for the Haase Towns and Mrs. Colquhoun, the
Mexican Charge d'Affaires and Madame and Madetaoiseile
and the New Grenada Charge d'Athirt A.
A very numerous assemblage of the and gentry
also called at the Palace during the day, to read the
bulletin.

The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited
the Duchtss of Kent yesterday, at Clarence {Lou►e, St.
Jantea's.

The Dueheu of Kent, RC compAniel by the Prineers Ade-
laide of llohenlohe, nod a•Yend d by Lai% Anna M trig
I).twson, Baroness de Speth, und Sir George Cooper,
h moored the Princess's Theutre with her presence yester-
day evening.

A deputation from the Chelsea Improvement Commis-
sioners had an interview with Sir William Molesworth yes-
terday, at the oflice of Works and Public Buildings, in
Whitehall-place. The deputation emsisted of the Chair-
man, Mr. Fie Wen, Mr. Drew, and Mr. Perry, and the %Ai
citar of the commis•ion, Mr. 11. Whitehead. The depute-
tioa were a-comp:allied by the comity members, Lord IL
' Grosvenor and Mr. B. °simile.

Lord Chel,ea, L ird C. P. Clinton, Mr. Rice, Mr. James
M'Gregor, and a deputat:oo on the subject of the Pilotage
1::11, had an intvreiew au Saturday with the Richt lion. E.
Cardwell and Lord Stanley or .V.derlty, at the Board of
Trade.

A deputation on the subject of the proposed B:Aeration of
theroad at Kennington-common, c.,misting of Mr. Charles
Few, of Streatham-toill; Mr. Jobn Br tilbury, of Streatham;
and Mr. James Henry Shears, of Bankside, had an inter-
view with Sir William Molesworth yesterday, at the unite
of Works and Public Buillings, in Whitehall-place.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone had
a dinner party on Saturday, at the a di:nil residence of the
right hon. gentleman, in Dawning-street. The company
included the Duke of Newcastle, the Marchioness of Ades-
bury, Lord and Lady Wharncliffo, the Bishop of London
and Mrs. Blombeld, the Speaker and Mrs. Lefeero, Sir J.
lianmer, Bart., M.P., Colonel Malcolm and Mrs. Malcolm,
Mr. Milnes Woken, M.P., and Mrs. Mines Gaskell, and
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy. There was a small party in the
evening.
Dospatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday,
from the Governor-General of Canada and the Governors
of the other North American provinces.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office,
Downing-street, yesterday. The Ministers present
were :—The Earl or Aberdeen, Lord John Russell,
Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis ot
Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl ot' Cla-
rendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles
Wood, the Hight Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wil-
liam Molvsworth. The Council eat two hours and a
half.

LANCASTER ELECTION.

LANCASTER, MONDAY.

The nomination of candidates for the konour of
representing the borough of Lancaster, in toe room of Mr.
R. B. Armstrong, who was unseated by the committee on
the petition, took place in the Town-hall this morniug. The
nomination was fixed for 10 o'clock, and shortly be fore 10
o'clock the candidate., Mr. Greene, who formerly repre-
sented the borough, and Mr. John Armstrong, Mother to
the unseated member, accompanied by tin.ir supporters, en-
tered the ball, and were speedily followed by the Mayor,
Mr. John Hall.

The writ for the election having been read, and the usual
formalities gone through,
Dr. DR VITRE proposed Thomas Greene, Esq., of Whit-
tington-hall, as a fit and proper person to nprescut the
borough in parliament.
Mr. A bleelhatl DUCKEMAY seconded thy nomination,
Mr. W. B. BOLDER proposed Me. John Armstrong, of
Acrelande, as a fit and proper person to represent the bo-
rough in parliament. He auimidserted at some length on
the changeableness which Mr. Greene bad manifested in
his political opinions whilst in parliament..
Dr. Jonsisos seconded the nomination of Mr. Arm-
strong.
No other candidate being proposed,
Mr. T. GREENE then presented himself, and was re-
ceived with loud cheers hisses, ,aid groans. He addressed
the elector at considerable length, vindicating himself fiorn
being at all concerned in the petition against Mr. Arm-
strong, and expressing his strong disapproval of it. lie de-
fended himself from the charge of political inconsistency,
observing that Ise kad only followed in the steps of Sir Ro•
bert Peel, whose measures he had invariably supported,
being convinced that he heel no other motive than to pro-
mote the public welfare. He then adverted to the measure
en education proposed by Lord John Russell, in which he
expressed his hearty concurrence, and enlarged on the be-
nefit of religion being maintained as a portion of the Femme.
Mr. Joax ARMSTRONG addressed the meeting very
briefly. Ile expressed himself a free-trader, in the broadest
sense of the term ; he was in favour of the ballot, and libe-
ral and progressive measures. It had been stated by his ep-
ponents that he as a dissenter was opposed to the church
and to education, but in direct contra liction he could state
that he had ever been a warm friend to religion under every
denomination ; and as to education, when he proposed at a
neighbouring village to erect a school for all sects, the
church people held back, and he erected one himself. It
was said that he belonged to the Manchester school. If by
that it was meant he was a free-trader, and that he was
desirous of seeing all classes—the poor as well as the rich—
prosper, have plenty of work, food, and clothing—then he
gloried in belonging to the Manchester school. He had no
doubt whatever that in the pending contest liberalism would
triumph, and that he should be returned by a large
majority.
Mr. ROBERT BATNRR ARMSTRONG (the late member)
then addressed the electors at some length, contending that
Mr. Greene and his party were the real end bona fide peti-
tioners. He should not have comnlained of Mr. Greene's
petition bad he petitioned in his own name, because then he
(Mr. Armstrong) could have entered into the corruption on
I his (Mr. Greene s) side, and could equally have disqualified

A allow of bands was then taken, and declared is be
largely in favour of Mr. Armstrong. A poll was demanded
for Mr. Greene, which was fixed to take place on Tuesday
(to•day).

FURTHER AGITATION FOR ADVANCED \V AGES.—
The plasterers at Manchester have been seeking an advance
of wages, by which their average earnings would be raised
from 265. per week to 28s. ; and most of the employers find
it desirable to comply with their request. The trade is
rather brisk, besides which emigration has somewhat
affected numbers. The bricklayers are following the el.
ample of their brethren of the trowel; and as joiners are
likely to join them, their joint demands will fall heavily on
builders—especially those having contracts. Several large
halides@ have felt a difficulty in taking up new contracts
in the present disturbed state of the trade, and hare for
that reason declined to tender. The wages of masons arc
ss. and ss. 6d. per day, and they contemplate asking 6s. awl
upwards per day.
THE DIXON FOLD RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—After
lingering rather more than a month the unfortunate Mr.
Constantine Caratti, a Greek msrehant, from Gla.gow, an
seriously hurt by the train running off the Lancashire and
' Yorkshire line on the 4th ult., has sunk under his suffer-
ings. His brother was with him at the:tiine of his death,
which took place in the Manchester Royal Infirmary on
Sunday. There is no truth in the story given in some of
the morning papers that Mr. Caratti had laid Isis dxmages
against the company at 20,0001. ; in fact no claim whatever
ha *been made, Mr. Robert Fitton, of Middleton Hall,
who was removed from the infirmary to hie cum home on
the day after the accident, has been found to have been
more injured than was at first supposed, and one of his
legs has had to be amputated. It appears that he was re-
moved from the infirmary against the advice of the sur-
geons of the institution.
INQUEST ON Dn. RICHARD CllAMlSEßS.—Yester-
day Mr. Wakky held an inquest at the Weymouth Arms,
Weymouth-street, Portland-place, on the body of Dr. It.
Chamber:, late of Wimpole-street, the circumstances of
whose death have already been reported in the Express.
Mr. Wilsan, of Charlotte-street, who had made the post-
mortem examination, said, that on opening the body he
was struck, as were other medical gentlemen present, with
the odour of prussic acid. lie found the right ventricle 01
the heart double its natural size. The phial Puled by the
side of the deceased smelt strongly of prussic acid, and upon
reference to the prescription from which :to contents had
been compounded, he found that the deceased had pre.
scribed for himself six drops of prussic acid, of Schceic's
strength, with ten drops of Battley's solution of opium, one
drachm of colchicum, two of acetate of ammonia, and an
ounce anti a hall of water. Be believed that the deceased
had taken this as a medicine, and that owing to the disease
of the heart, the: prussic acid had caused death. Tile jury,
after hearing other evidence, found " That the death of de-
deceased was caused by a diseased heert,under the influence
pos.ibly of prussic acid taken medicinally."
FUWIT OF BLANQUI.—TIic Lorientais of the Bth
gives a minute narrative of the escape of the formidable
republican leader Blanqui from the l'alais at 11.1:e-Isle-en-
leer. Blanqui &I with another republican prisoner named
Cazavan, and managed to evade the notice of the keeper by
an ingenious stratagem. Ile made up and dressed a figure
of himself, which the turnkey iu making his evening Mop:v.
tion of the cell mist. ok fur his prisoner, who appeared to
him to be sitting and warming himself. He was very short.),
afterwards taken in a barn, where he lay concealed, having
exchanged the prison costume fur a suit of !slack, ano
obtained from some friend 1,0001. in gull. Ise has since
been placed in a penal cell.

S.
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sum up the evidence, and show in what re:
thatha not
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'element. The statute eves imperative ado" the pfd it, that
no member was entitled to be elected er ht in the House of
Commons, melees p seemed of a clear annual lucerne of 3001.
The evidence went to show that Mr. Keogh hail cot the re-
quired qualification when be incumbraec . given its ee idenco
were brought to bear, and further than :his it weu'd be sem
that even if Mr. had the rieoare.l elev.:laic...qua, it
would be found eliet he had not made a groper declaration
ee it in conformity with the statute. Oa these grounds the
election would Le avoided, and Mr. lapse!, the eclair can-
he declared duly elected. Search lee I been made is
the register kept since the reign of Queen A.ane, and no
entry could be found of the exist -ace C any: rent charge
upon property in tonne:am with M. Keugh'e name.
Judgments existed to the ,meant of 9,67!/., and they meat
tit hwei t
have their due operation, having been catered in redeeming
his property qualification. Some of these judgment
bonds might be penal bonds—that was to sat,
Tepees( sting double their r, al amount ; but this
uttal have to be proved, and also that tie/ did not exceed
the aineunt of the alleged annuities. nese judgments
under the Judgment Act had a similar effect to Inc Unwell
epee' property, and it would be fur the other side to prove
test these judantente had been mantled. It had been set
Mali that it was cot customary to enter eatiefeetiou for
'judgments in Ir. hued, but only to meant tie teary of the
I Jude malt, but he thought it would he (lathe:: to prove any
each :.nornely es this. Ile regretted that tar. Jaunt had
imported facts law the evidence on cross e %emanation inc-
levant to the inquiry, toesidering that the question was
eimply a point of law. However they might regret the
present state of the law upon th s mere it would be ad-
mitted that any reform of any of its obeozioue
previsions could not be better brought about than
in dealing with coats that arose in high quar-
ters. They might also have roan'. a t regret,
by any decivien t.e committee might come to, the
exclusion of in able and an eloquent number trim the
House of Commons., though probable o'n.c oft e aiiehtest
members of that beefy were those who, in e stet of mohey
quelifications, weighed Last in the setae, end the present
l'eci."3:l::cedni..KraLp.rdtteeti
ease, from the circumstance of Mr. Ke,eli tieing her Ma-
jesty's Solicitor-General, would, ia the esa.t of his being
unseated, furnish au important precedeut fer all, adieu in
the law.
I ,Mr. Huddleeteine (Su the absence of Mr. James Q.C.)
thou opened the tie fur Mr. Keogh, contending ;hat, in
reality, there had beam nothing proved, end that a case
more barren of proof had midem been lmauelit before a com-
mittee of the house. He was surprised to Leal alum CUIIII•
ad 01 the other aide that they had endeareured to make
their case as complete as possible, when they had nut even
laid before the coaimittee the declaration made by Mr.
K ogle, before the several justices of the eenee. They said
they had sought for them, but were not athe to find them,
but that they were taken away by Mr. K:eigh, an.: that all
ttey could get was a certiikete lodged in the Court of
Chancery, on which no infermatiou was given. All that
was required under the act was that when a demand was
Made ton behalf of the sitting member, er by .wee registered
electors, the (mediae,. shall make a deeliZnetion in a cer-
tain form, and subsequently certify the !MOW before the
juetices of the peace. In the prescut cam the
justices had the..: certificates, and althouah the other
site said they could not obtain them, Hwy hal not shown
that they had made any attempt to obtain them, and Lad
not summoned any one of the justices of the peace to give
evidence Lean.: te- emaninee, although three of them
were members of the house, and one (Mr. French) was
present in the committee-room. But no ; they pre hared to
harass Mr. Keogh, both before the election, and four times
after. And they could also have ohtained the decl within
made by Mr. Keogh in the House of Cornmeal, hest they
asked, which must have been in their kneed, nee. The
deer eratien made belote Mr. Magann (and those before Mr.
French and Mr. (irate, and Mr. Itathtione, a stipendiary
magietrete, were similar in form), was that Mr.
Keogh's qualification arose out of an annuity of
OWL a year. chargeable upon mid arising out of
lands at Kilglass, in the county of . Limerick ;
and an annuity of 1501. charged on other lands, and also a
rent-charge alell. a year, and annuities held fora term of
Alves. The learned counsel then proceeded to polite the
value and the reiture of the qualiSoatiam in question.
Counsel on the other side could have called on Mr. Keogh
' to Late pretuced Ines deede, Mr. Keogh, with the attesting
wi hese, heing present with them, and hi this view of the
case he held that the course pursued on the otter site was
unfair and unerecedented. They had neither called Mr.
Keogh nor given Lint notice to produce his deeds, as was
required and done in the cases of Coventry ah‘t Bodmin.
The proof of qualification depended on the production of
them deeds, and yet they had nut called fur their produc-
tion. These deeda, when produced, would show that
Mr. Keogh was possessed of an ample qualification
or at any rate to the extent stated in hit declaration. The
total amount of ju lament debts against Mr. Keogh was
9,6715., but this :aneuut was only nominal. The majority
of these judgments were upon penal bands, that v.a. to say
the umount of them represented just double the amount of
the real debt, as that it the penal ammuts were deducted
these judgments debts would be found to represent only
6,3581. instead of 9,671/. Of this 6,3.551., the petitioners,
had their object been only to ascertain the fact, instead of
to annoy, 3,1621. had been paid off and satisfied before the
election, ICOVir:4 a balance of 2,1931. at the time of tho
election, and which was reduced again by three other items,
which were not due—viz., 33'.' 1351., end 1731.. together
3961., and which being deducted fr in the 2,1031. kit a
balance of only 1,7h9/. duo at the time of the 'lethal.
Was the witness Cox under these circuutstenees entitled to
the character of a fair witness when he stated th it the total
amount of judgment debts against Mr. Keogh was 10,0001.
anal upwards, wliea by a little investigation he could have
discovered that the total incumbe fences at the time of the
election was I,Booh, and that the greater part of that had
been paid off before Mr.Keogli took his seat for Athlone. The
law relating to these penal bond. wee, that judgment was
taken for eouhie the amount on condition of the debt being
paid, and the cvid.ece to be adduced would completely
exonerate Mr. KeogL against the allegation of aut being
duly qualified.
Mr. Keogh was then examined at great length by Mr.
Meugher. Ile had 4.l=i/it dthe lists of judgments produced
as affecting his ratites on Saturday. Tile arose sumac cured
by these judgmeuts, irrespective of the penahy, was 9,6711.
The doeumeut produced was a copy of the judgment ob-
tained upon bond by the National Bank of Irelaud against
witness for 900/. sad 4001., together t,330? , in the 11:1010 of
Fitasimon. A. sum of 7761., the full amount due, had been
paid on the foot of these twujudgmi au. 5031. of this was
paid immediately on demand in March last,in Dublin.
Witness had never paid any other sum since ee election to
satisfy this 605/. The circumstances were these. Mr.
Mahuney, solicitor, of Dublin, called up,n wattles, on the
day in question, used int.-tined him that the National Bank
insisted on h. jog pai 1 their money. Witness told Mahoney
to call on him the next day, and witness paid him the amount
in bank notes, nu previous intimation having been ale:a him
that the money wee reaehred. The certificate preauced was
the certificate of the proper officer of the fact of the judg-
ment debt of 1,000/. by Steinair having been paid. The
real amount of this judgment debt, viz., 500/., was paid at
the beginning of tail. In Ireland, he might state in paw-
ing, there was not one judgment out of 300 satisfied that
was entered on the record, as it involved acme expecte. All
this must have been known to the witness Cox, because he
had boasted to Mr. Mahoney be would have witna ss

rested. Produced the certificate of satisfaction of Smith's
judgment for 1,0001., in respect of which 3001. had been paid
before the election. Tao sum was paid as demand, and it
was well known to the petitioners. Witness had this under
the hand of Dr. Lempriere. a d.:etor of civil law and a bar-
rister of the Inner Temple, wao acted as egoist of Mr.
Limes at the last Athlone elettian. The letters to Smith
were as follows, ana similar 01104 Ica re sent to every person
to whom witness was supposed to owe a shilling:
"t, Ilarcot.r:-buiidii.a., Temple, Oct. 11, 1552.
"Dear Sir,—You hold a judgment ag .in..t Mr. KLu,4l2,
M.P. fur Athlone. to the amount of 1,0001 , and as he has
entered a qualiheatian to which your judgment will attach,
1 am instructed t) apply to you whether you so ill join his
other creditor: in putting execution to the judgment sa as
to recover your deft from the pr.:icrty that he has raurnid
as his qualificathin. "C. Lt.:menu la "
"Temple, :KA. 21, 15.7,2.
"My dear Sir,—l send you on the other side a espy of
Mr. Keogh's qualification. Are you still of the same mind
about standing aloof? Any tisaistanec you could kindly
give would he of great aersice. " C. LEMPILICRE."
The certificates wart then produced and sworn t by the
hon. member of judgments satisfied in-the following cases :
Langan, fur 2151, of which the real amount, lOW., had been
paid ; Macdermott, 200!., of which 100/.. the sum due, had
been paid. 501. before the elect:on and 5(1/. since ; Mat-
thews. 571., paid altar election ; Phibhs, 381., not sue ;
Brookes, 591., paid before the election ; Ilearltine, 2,0001.,
1,001., the real amount, paid before the election ; Rai ain,
.-15/., and Mackie, M. paid before the election ; Cowper
1561., 281. of which had ben paid before and (50,. after the
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election ; H. B. Batley, fur 1,0001., the real amount being
500/., 201. b, Mg paid before the election, leaving 300 L
due ; It Woodroffe, 3601., real amount ISO!, rein tilling
due ; Carpenter, 3501., the real am mat, 1901., remaining
due ; G. Browne, 185!., not due ; Campbell, 303/.,
1001. of which had been paid ; W. Woodville, 2001.,
the real amount, 1001., be lug due; J. IL
Thornhill, 911. remaining due; W. Joyce. 100/. rc main-
ing due ; Copland Ital., of which 361. remained due. W.
Dom ke, 217 L, real amount 1N.11., it wagon a bill, and was
paid before the election. Tilley 107/., real amount 531.,
paid before tie election. The Dundalk Railway Company
12561., oak! before 'he election. 8.'.: and Co. 401., still slue,
I and IL Butier 1711. created and paid since the election.
The pecuniary position of these watts ra in the aggregate
was as follows : —Total amount of nominal judgmaut debt,
9,6711. Total amount of real ditto, 5,35111. Total paid be-
fore election, 3,162/. Suns due at election, 1,7991. Rani
paid, 805/. Amount due, 1,031/ Amount not due, NM
1 About 7001. of the 1,7901. due at the time of the election
was not chargeable as against qualification, having bees
I effected since the poising of Sir J. Hominy's Act. Believed
' that the onlycharges affecting his income as returned of 1,0 'Ol.
ware less than 1,000/. The judgment of Joyce fur 1261. was
the one under which Mr. Louisa, the rival candidate, en-
-1 deavoured to get vritnassatrestei at the election, and When
I her,6els on thelledu ja.atgmbe
cas",ter:lf theffto Dundalk R t douintinthe polli . 'he
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for shares previous to the election ;bu !taw %We. 2.
private arrangement with one of the •d ',dra( ytlay,, :-.r-
I pauv, were transferred in the books of e 4 ...,
II credit of the company, and couseyucntly. yebillits,-( po'
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