The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-29 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

A concert on a large scale was given on Saturday
morning at the Hanover-square Rooms, performed,
with two or three exceptions only, by the pupils of this
institution ; and with results at the same time highly
creditable to all concerned in the management. There
are few greater musical attractions in the metropolis in
fact than these concerts, not so much for any very strik-
ing skill and power in the pupils taken individually, for
" stars" dO not abound—it would be ridiculous, indeed,
to expect any such thing, but for that steadiness and
smoothness of effect which is only to be obtained by
the constant practice and discipline of the same musi-
cians in the orchestra, and which, when applied to the
best compositions, brings out the design, as
har-
mony of colouring does in a fine painting. In
this respect the Philharmonic Concerts, though
composed of the rarest assemblage ofindivi-
dual
The
talent in the country, frequently fail.
time of our leading professors is held too high
.in
value to be devoted to rehearsals, yet they are indis-
pensable in any case, as every musician knows, to a
finished performance. But though there are not many
" stars" among the academy pupils, there is clever-
ness and great promise in a very large proportion of
them, and we were very agreeably surprised at hear-
ing Maurer's quartet for four violins concertanti, given
in a really finished style by four of the pupils—Patey,
Seymour, Richards, and Musgrave. All the solos,
which are of great difficulty, were taken up in turn,
with the steadiness of finished professors, and without
the omission, palpably, of a single point in the effect.
A movement from a concerto of Moscheles was also
very well played by Miss Cooper, but was a little too
difficult for her, and perhaps for the purposes of such
an institution as this the pianoforte concertos of Mo-
carte, very beautiful but neglected compositions, would
form the best initiatory study for the pupils. Some very
favourable specimens of vocal science were afforded by
Miss Birch, Miss Gooch, and Miss Maefarren ; the
timidity of the latter did not conceal the possession of a
contralto voice, delicate in its texture, but of great
depth and purity. The accompaniment on the cla-
rionet by Mr. Bowlay of the air " Non piu di fiori,”
from Mozart's Tito, also merits special notice ; and
the Academy possesses in Mr. Harper, jun., and Mr.
Card, jun., a very promising trumpet and flute player,
besides wind instruments suitable for a full orchestra,
all steady and effective. The double-basses, of which
there were four, were all played by the pupils, with
the exception of Anfossi, who is the Academy teacher
for that instrument, and whose talent in that way is
evinced in Mr. Howell, lately a member of the Aca-
demy, but now taking rank in the profession as one of
our best orchestra players. Mr. Lucas, who acted as
conductor on this occasion, was also an Academy pupil,
who confers great credit on the institution. He is an
'accomplished violoncello player, and an excellent
composer, as some of his productions, adopted by
the Philharmonic Society, fully testify. His en-
gagement in the Queen's band of musicians removes
' him, however, and the circumstance is in some re-
spects to be regretted, very much from public obser-
vation. A number of other pupils may
be mentioned
who have acquired public distinction on leaving the
I Academy ; among them are Mrs. Bishop, Mr. and

Mrs. Seguin, Mr. Mawkes, and Mr. Blagrove, the
violin players, Mr. G. Cooke, the oboeist, and many
others. Nearly all the pupils of the Academy sing as
well as play on instruments, and it was not the least
interesting part of the concert to see them quit their
desks and come down en masse to take part in the
madrigal by Lord Burghersh—" Che paventi Codar-
do." This composition is not much in the madrigal
style, but his lordship composes as a nobleman should
do, with taste for his predominant quality, and without
pretension. In the selection for the day was a " Be-
nedictus" for four voices, composed in a pleasing style
by W. L. Phillips, one of the pupils. Some very
good specimens from Beethoven, Spohr, Cherubim,and Attwood were also included in it. This institu-
tion has been much attacked, we believe, and its utility
to the art questioned, but it would be difficult to at-
tend many such concerts as this, by those who have the
least power of perception, without becoming converts
to it. It is capable, however, of being greatly im-
proved and extended, and, with a greater degree of
public patronage may become something like what the
Conservatoire at Paris is, and rival the best school of
music, which that is acknowledged to be, on the con-
tinent.

Several Republican movements have taken
place in Austrian, Galicia, Warsaw, and other parts of
ancient and modern Poland.

M. Bombelles, the Austrian Minister in
Switzerland, has notified to the Vorort that no tra-
veller coming from the Swiss Cantons would be ad-
mitted into Austria, Bavaria, Sardinia, Wirtemberg,
or Baden respectively, unless furnished with a pass-
port signed by the diplomatic agents of those states.—
Morning Herald.
...

Our intelligence from Constantinople comes
down to the Ist inst. Achmet Pacha arrived on the
27th March from St. Petersburgh. It appears that
Russia is positively to evacuate the principalities of
Moldavia and Wallachia, retaining, however, on the
Turkish side of the Danube, the important fortress of
Silistria, as a guarantee for the payment of the four
millions of ducats still due of the indemnity which the
Porte, by the treaty of Adrianople, agreed to pay to
Russia.—Morning Herald.
_ _

An old woodcock and three young ones were
seen in Alderholt Park Wood on the 15th inst.
Salisbury Herald.
FANATICISM.—A woman, of the persua-
sion of Ranters at Kingstanley, attempted to hang
herself on Sunday last, but her husband, hearing a
noise, went up stairs, and found her suspended by the
neck in one of the attics ; he cut her down, just in
time to save her life. After coining to herself, she
said the reason she had attempted her life was, from
having seen Jesus Christ, who had appeared to her
three times, and informed her there was a white robe
for her in heaven.—Bristol Mercury.
AFFECTING SUlClDE.—Saturday afternoon
an Inquisition was holden at the Stag, Castle-street,
Westminster, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body
of Mary Ward, aged 19. It appeared that the de-
ceased had been a fine young woman ; by erysipelas
she left a respectable situation to go home to her
parents, in the Horseferry-road. Confined to her bed
for some months, the disease settled in her leg, and
one of her feet became deformed. This preyed upon
her mind, and in the absence of her father she took
arsenic, and died on Wednesday. Verdict—Tempo-
rary Insanity.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.— On Wednesday
afternoon, as Henry Abrahams, a young man, 27 years
of age, was superintending the grinding of the great
circular saw, at the saw-mills of Messrs. Fear and
Coward, Bath, he incautiously came in front of the
saw as it was running at its greatest speed (about
3,600 feet a minute), and in an instant was drawn
under the saw, which divided the thumb and arm
straight up to the shoulder, and there severed the arm
from the body. It next divided the side and lacerated
the entrails, laying them open to view. He was con-
veyed to the United Hospital, where he lingered until
three o'clock the following morning, and expired.
Life is but short, no time can be afforded
but for the indulgence of real sorrow, or contests upon
questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw
away any of our days upon useless resentment, or con-
tend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity.
It is best not to be angry, and best in the next place to
be quickly reconciled.—Johnson.

AN IRISH WATCHMAN IN LONDON.--
It happened, a few years since, that a gentleman who
is now living in Dublin, was, with some of his com-
panions, arrested by a party of watchmen, as they were
making their way out of a tavern in London. The
gentleman recognised in the voice of his captor the
mellifluous tones that characterise those who inhale
their brogue upon the banks of the Lee. " You are
from Cork," said he to the watchman. " Why, then,
you may say that," answered the watchman, "many is
the fine day, when I was young and handsome, I
worked in Mulligan's nursery there." " In Mulligan's
nursery !" replied the gentleman, who at once perceived
what string in his countryman's heart could be played
upon, " sure lam the son of Mr. Mulligan. " " The
son of Mr. Mulligan !" exclaimed the captor, relaxing
his hold; "the son of Mr. Mulligan--by dad then I'll
be bail, you're Master George, that I have often heard
was living in London." " Indeed lam Master George
Mulligan," sighed out the captive. " Why, then,
Master George, the devil a bit of Pat Daly will bring
you to the watchhouse this blessed night ; but I must
have a prisoner at all events. Now, said he, grasping
at an English gentleman who happened to be passing
him on the pathway, " now, Master George—run, you
devil—down that lane with you." Master George
took the hint, and, as he hurried off, he heard the
watchman abusing the unconscious delinquent for re-
sisting his arrest. " What, you vagabone, would you be
trying to be after getting off from me that way ? Come
along peaceably, or I'll knock you into smithereens."
—lrish Monthly Magazine.

JACK ASHORE.—I remember once on going
up by the mail, in 1807, from Devonport to London,
we stopped to take up a passenger at a public house at
Plymouth. He was a seaman who had just been dis-
charged, through the intercession of his friends, from
one of his Majesty's ships, then lying in the Sound,
in consequence of his having tumbled unexpectedly
into a property of five hundred a year. Jack made
his appearance in his new character of a gentleman,
rigged out in his long togs, evidently, if one might
judge from the broad yawning in his course, trimmed
a little too much by the head, surrounded by at least a
dozen of his late shipmates, to whom he had been
giving a farewell treat ; the plentitude of which
might be plainly inferred from the unsteady motions and
loving kindness displayed by them to their more for-
tunate messmate in taking leave of him, a process
which sadly put the patience of both guard and coach-
man to the test. He had paid his six guineas for an
inside place ; the guard, tired with waiting, called
out. Now, Sir, get in, we can't wait a moment
longer. Haven't I engaged my passage in this here
craft ? Yes, but we are past our time, and we must
be off; come, get in, my good fellow. I say, Mr.
Quartermaster, or whoever you are, do you fancy I am
going to stow my carcase away in such a cramped up
hold as that ? No, no, lam for the upper deck ; and
up he started on the roof of the coach. " It
was noticed on changing horses at Ivy-bridge (where
he insisted upon treating all the hostlers and by-
standers), that the poor fellow had at least from sixty
to seventy pounds about him ; the gentlemen in the
inside recommended the guard to take charge of his
pocket-book for safety, which he willingly gave into
custody, on condition that he would give him a
one-pound note. As night drew on, the sailor's ge-
nerosity had no means of finding objects upon which
to vent itself ; but after six o'clock in the morning
the pound note rapidly dwindled away, so that by
the time we had passed Taunton the last shilling
had been expended, and Jack's liberal feelings ap-
peared to increase as the fumes of the various draughts
he had quaffed mounted and took possession of the
upper works. Another pound note was demanded,
which the gentlemen strongly advised the guard not
to supply. Every method was resorted to for the pur-
pose of persuading him to remain quiet, but all to no
effect. Give me my money, Mr. Guardo, cried Jack.
But, my good fellow, we have had quite enough to drink;
we don't want any more. Who asked you for your
opinion ? give me the money. No, no, I'll take care
of it for you till we get to Bath, and then you shall
have it. Hand over, you sharking land lubber, or I'll
bung up those top lights of yours. Clap a stopper
upon your jaw tackle, and give me my money.
He had no sooner got possession of it than lie jumped
down from the coach, swearing he would not sail ano-
ther mile in company with such a set of privateers-
men. It was folly to argue with him, and he was,
therefore, left behind. Before we had reached the
next stage, Jack had overtaken us in a chaise and four,
waving his hat, with his body more than half out of
the window, singing out at the full pitch of his voice,
" Go along, you beggars ; make mdre sail, you lub-
' berly hounds, and catch me if you can. "—Captain
I Scott's Recollections of a Naval Life,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, April 28.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY did not enter the house till
nearly a quarter past five o'cbck.
On the noble earl taking his seat,
The Duke of CUMBERLAND wished to know, and he
asked the question without intending offence to any one,
whether it was not consistent with the ancient rules of the
house, that the Lord Chancellor should take his seat on the
woolsack at five o'clock ?

The Earl of SHAFTESBITRY made a reply that was
totally inaudible in the gallery.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND did not consider the
statements of the noble earl an answer to his question.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said, that though it
was not incumbent upon him, he had always made
a point for the convenience of their lordships to take his
seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. (Considerable laugh-
ter was created in consequence of the Lord Chancellor
entering the house at the moment, and taking his scat on
the woolsack.) _ _

The Earl' of AIULGILkiVE and the Archbishop of
CASHEL took the oaths and their seats.

The Roman Catholic (Scotland) Marriages Amendment
Bill, and the Dorchester Improvements Bill, were brought
up from the Commons.
The Duke of NORFOLK presented petitions from New
Shoreham, and several other places in favour of the Dis-
senters.

The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented petitions
from Winchester and several parishes in the county of
Derby, for the better observance of the Sabbath.
A conference took place between their Lordships and
the House of Commons, relative to the regulations recom-
mended by a select committee of their lordships as to the
future mode of printing papers for the use of both houses.
The Bishop of CARLISLE presented petitions from
Carlisle and several other places for the better observance
of the Sabbath.

Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions from New-
port Pagnell and several other places, in favour of the
Dissenters ; from Wellingborough and St. Giles's for the
better observance of the Sabbath ; and from Carmarthen
for a repeal of the corn laws.
The Bishop of CHESTER presented petitions from
several places in Lancashire in favour of the Dissenters,
and from the clergy and magistrates of Manchester in
favour of the established church.

The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented several peti-
tions from different parishes in the county of Gloucester,
in favour of the established church.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented similar petitions
from a gr eat number of parishes in the county of Nottingham.
Also a petition from East Retford, for an alteration in the
Beer Bill.—Referred to the committee.

TRADES' UNIONS.
The NOBLE Duxx then presented petitions from
East Retford, Chelmsford, and various other places,
for the better observance of the Sabbath, and stated
that, in presenting these petitions, he could not help
alluding to the very disagreeable exhibitions that
had taken place for Sundays past, by the funerals of the
members of the trades' unions. He hoped that
his Majesty's government would feel themselves authorized
to put down such proceedings, being satisfied that they
were not consistent with the maintenance of order and
public peace.
Lord MELBOURNE said, that undoubtedly such pro-
ceedings could not be too deeply or too strongly depre-
cated, but he did not know of any means to prevent them,
unless there was actual outrage committed. He could
only express his anxious hope that there would be
such a return of moral feeling among those who
originated them, as that the practice would at once be
abandoned and discontinued.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that when
the evils of these combinations had been originally
pointed out, they had been told by Government they would
die a natural death, and now the noble lord opposite said
he hoped the parties would see their error, and that
they would relinquish such proceedings. He had heard to-day
of no less than 1,500 tailors striking (Hear, and laughter),
which did not argue very much for their being broken up,
and he could not but express his hope that the noble lord
at the head of his Majesty's government, would take some
step to put them down, which was essential to the main-
tenance of the peace and happiness of the people.
The Earl of ELDON then addressed the house,
but in so low a tone of voice as to make it impossible
for those in the gallery to hear two consecutive
sentences. We understood him to say, that when
such immense multitudes assembled as composed a
menacing force, it was the duty of those intrusted with the
administration of the law to put it in force, for in his opi-
nion there could not be one man who had known law but
must know that such menacing multitudes, for any purposes,
were clearly illegal. The dissenters or any other body
might meet peaceably to complain of what they might
term grievances, and yet be quite within the law; but
if such meetings were held and such things took
place in secret, as they were told by those sources
to which unfortunately, they were obliged to trust, the
newspapers (A laugh), he meant the taking of secret
oaths, there could but be one opinion in the minds of
eiv,r•oruelsdoubrcees—ofthtehyeihradenatipreosiitlilveegalriigthyt.
to go to both houses of Parliament ; but if any class of
law The y epr es Oplaendhadthtaht
men met and said that they would disobey the law, that
was clearly illegal, and, some years ago, would have been a
clear case of conspiracy. In his opinion, the government
were guilty of a great remissness of duty on the occasion
when a great meeting was held in Birmingham, when a
resolution was agreed to that they, should no longer pay the
assessed taxes.. Clearly it was the duty of Government to
have at once crushed such an illegal and noxious evil, in
order to prevent it from spreading.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that consider-
ing the situation which he had the honour to fill
in his Majesty's Councils, he should not be discharg-
ing his duty if he allowed that discussion to close
without taking a part in it, for he felt as much as his most
respected friend who had just sat down, not only the
great importance of his situation on the woolsack, but
also of the question then before the house. He entirely
agreed in the opinion that vast and unnecessary numbers
of men assembling together—he spoke by the authority of
the most eminent lawyers of all times—and he wished
it to be known to all classes of his countrymen, that
such was his opinion—that it was not lawful for men to
assemble in such vast bodies (Cheers), disproportioned
to the occasion, and in greater multitudes than were
necessary for considering the demands they had to make.
It was most grating to the feelings of the peaceable part
of the community, and to the commercial world it was
attended with the greatest mischief ; but, above
all, such vast assemblages - created great fears
for the peace of the kingdom. It was, however, a most
difficult thing for any Minister, filling the high situation
of Home Secretary, to decide under such circumstances as
those that took place last Monday. Theaing's subjects had
a most undeniable privilege and sacred right to assem-
ble for legitimate purposes ; the most difficult point of all
to find out was, when the people had passed that which was
clearly legal. If there was any occasion on which the Minis-
ters would strain the bounds of an act of Parliament, it was
clearly, in his opinion, that on which men came forward
to ask for mercy on behalf of a fellow-creature, who was
suffering under the law. His opinion was that those men
had been most justly and lawfully convicted—in his con-
science he believed so—of a grave and pernicious offence.
It was a most preposterous, a most audacious and abomina-
ble falsehood, and the most unbearable calumny against
the judges of the country and the laws of the land,
to say that those six men had been sentenced
and punished because they were members of trades' unions.
That statement, however, had been most industriously
circulated, but he (the Lord Chancellor) took upon
himself to state that it was utterly and diaboli-
cally false. (Hear, hear, hear.) No man was accused
of being a member of a trades' union, no man was tried
on that account (Hear); there was no evidence of such
a fact brought forward, but those six individuals were
convicted, and were now suffering the sentence of the law
for one of the worst offences that could be imagined
( Hear), one that led to conspiracy, the violation of the
rights of property and to assassination itself. He (the Lord
Chancellor) had a sincere desire to promote the best in-
terests of the common people, he spoke for and not against
humble individuals. (Hear, hear.) He had moved with
them and consulted for them (Hear, hear), and sure
he was that those were their worst enemies
who advised them to take advantage of the repeal of the
combination laws to form unions. By attending to their
advice, he was sure they were laying up for themselves
lasting stores of repentance. (Hear.) He entreated them
to abandon the leaderships under which they were now
enrolling themselves, and not to subscribe their hard earned
wages for the purpose of supporting a set of idle, good-
for nothing, pitiful, little agitators. ( Hear, hear. )
The noble duke referred to a procession which took place
at a funeral yesterday. Now he (the Lord Chancellor)
was not aware that the law limited the number of persons
who were allowed to be present at a funeral. (Hear.) He
(the Lord Chancellor) knew that it was said that
the funeral was merely got up as a pretence for the
assemblage of a number of persons, but whether that was
really the case or not he had yet to learn. He confessed
he had heard with feelings of disgust that for the first time
ever such a practice was heard of England, funerals were
made the medium of political and trades' agitation.
(Cheers.) But this was a practice so repulsive to the
feelings of Englishmen, that he (the Lord Chancellor) had
no apprehension of its spreading far and wide. He was
sure that those tokens of respect and veneration which the
living show to the dead could not be turned, for any length
of time, into the medium of political hostility and agita-
tion. He was accordingly at some pains to inquire whe-
ther the funeral yesterday (Sunday) was as numerously
attended as that of that day fortnight, and he vas glad to
learn that the numbers had greatly fallen off. ( Hear.)
He was sure that such would be the result. The good
taste and the decent feelings of the English people would
not tolerate such an abuse, and in a few weeks this trick—
for trick it was—was not likely to answer the objects of its
promoters. He spoke thus with the best feelings for the
welfare and interests of the people. (Hear, hear.) With
regard to the observations of the noble earl (Lord London-
derry), and he would say this without meaning any breach

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of the truce between them—he was totally mistaken. /le
believed that he could not express more strongly how
wrong he was when he said that the noble earl was never i
more mistaken in his life. (A laugh.) The noble earl,
said that the trades' unions were the result of the political
unions. Now that could scarcely be, for the trades' unions
were of six years longer standing than the political unions),
( Hear), and, it might be in the recollection of the noble earl
and of their lordships, that ,one of the first things to which
the attention of the present Government was called, on
their taking office in 1830, was the mischiefs and danger to
their .
be apprehended from trades' unions. (Hear, hear.) An
it would be some justification to the present Government
when he stated to their lordships that the conduct of the
trades' unions, previous to the period when the Govern-
ment came into office, was infinitely worse than anything.
that could be attributed to them at the present moment.
(Hear, hear.) There was no doubt, from the test of e%_ ,
perience, that the unions could be defeated in every easr
where the masters firmly discharged their duty to them-
sing
selves, and, he would say, to their men ; for, ill OPPe, 0,
these unions, masters did a kindness to the men theinsetv r
(Hear, hear.) There was only one case in which a Ina::ti
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NEWCASTLE
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acting contrary to those principles, chose to give in, instead
of opposing them ; but in all other cases the wron&nuwas
met with their own reward, being discomfited• ne tof
glad to have this opportunity of making this statemnsen_ _
persons who Said, that whatever the opinions of unions.et,lier
sons might be, he could not be an enemy to trades
nem
to them, simply and solely because they were detrime
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the community at large ; and because they were 0,1
worse for the members of the unions themselves than "
any other class of the community. (Hear, hear- )
words in
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said a few th,st •
those assemblages could not be put down, if steps wer-
taken to put them down by force.
rals on Sundays ought to be put down, as they cret„ti-
tdisturbance upon the Sabbath. He then presented a lst,
on from the Graduates and Under-Graduates of
the
Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, against the concessions_te,_,4
dissenters. The petitioners rejected the doctrines of til;„,
who supported the extension of the privileges of th public
don University, which they designated a mere
school, lately established. netitions
The Bishop of LONDON presented forty-four the ra.ie dig-
from different places, praying for the removal of
abilities affecting dissenters. • • area'
The Earl of HADDINGTON presented a petitio e ~,,
a place in Sussex, praying for the removal of tha 0:e.
tholiugisht°Pthinaitws wucal:%:fedunnel:
abilities affecting dissenters. He also presented d that
tition from an individual in Liverpool, who stated
he had been for twenty years an inhabitant
and had never been guilty of bribery or corrui:hieouida-l'be
he prayed that neither he nor any other al;'
inoraships would
punished on mere hearsay, and that their 1.
to be read 3
not allow the Liverpool Disfranchisement Bill
second time without hearing evidence• tition from
Viscount STRANGFORD presented aPe . er 001 P
the burgesses, freemen, and inhabitants of Liver pot'
against the Liverpool Freemen's Disfranchisement /13.!!!00
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a pen'
from different places in favour of relief to dissenters. _e_
Lord WHARNCLIFFE had several petitions to Kis_
sent from Liverpool against the Liverpool Freenien's AJby
franchisement Bill. The first petition was sign,e,hicil
137 persons who were not present at the election 'as aid
was the foundation of all subsequent roceedi au-
ngs, • the
not vote, and consequently could not be implicated 'Tillie
practices with which the freemen generallywere chared*.
Sfraitted
next petition was signed by 104 persons who had been ."--- •th a
to the right of freemen subsequent to the election, wci by
similar prayer : and they also prayed to be hearros
counsel. The next petition was from sixty-eight Pe but
who are not yet admitted to the rights of freernen,_to
of thatt:owl
who were entitled to that privilege, of which they
ro
be deprived if the bill passed into a law. The nheet '...,e
from 875 sons of freemen, who were entitled to t
,ensans
privilege by birth ; and the next was from tithe px,
ortill'of
who would be entitled to the same rightt.ttenee 1
present'
their apprenticeship. He had another i
1 and that he
would be entitled to the freedom of Liverp.oo ,
tices. All these
had never been guilty of corrupt prac
ed peti-
He had now present . _
contained a similar prayer. *nterested in
tions from about 1,900 persons iho were i
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this bill and who prayed to be heard by counsel ag. bil
from an individual, who stated that hePlelid four sons wile
the bill ; and he had now a petition to present, sign ieeer',.
16,535 persons--of whom 2,179 were in the rankit
toate__%e,
gesses, merchants, &c. ; 7,765 in the rank of ,Ifan.,
turers, tradesmen, &c. ; besides 6,091 mechanics;
ereL'l/.
peared from this, that 10,000 of those who signed .
oioit
householders, in favour of whom it was intended hat
freemen.
lordships would be pleased not to disfranchise the__.. i .
WARWICK DISFRANCHISEMENT Joil!';'"e it to
Lord WYNFORD intended to move an amendibly
earl whether he did mean totile
this bill, which, he understood, would not be opposedt 'tog the franchise but declined the gift, and prayed that thin.
noble earl opposite. He should like to hear from
to it, 3S•
his duty -
if he did, he (Lord Wynford) should think it e
_i,
state the grounds of his motion. The motion was in_ rea'.,J
that parties should be heard at the bar by their counsel n
agents. 1101
The Earl of DURHAM considered the house ought „ ,
could
fa°
to institute a second inquiry- at the bar. He eh
give his reasons why their lordships should not adopt s,ie
give any opposition in
a course, but would prefer restraining himself till the M", 14
and learned lord opposite (Wynford) had stated the grielei„
which he considered were sufficient to justify the bc.4latin
prolonging a tedious inquiry. The fullest investig_oe
had already been allowed, evidence had been heard,a%,i,l
(Earl Durham) felt any further sifting of the case " ,
be a useless and unprofitable labour. ohle lel
Lord WYNFORD could not concur with the ;t lot, d-
Lord
was necessary to be taken; without it then'o., coal(
ships, if they regarded themseves or their pr‘iNennit'senset OW
not proceed. He trusted the same celerity '' 1
The bill began by stating what it declared 'be proved°
racterise the proceedings as had been exhibitedeelhaeewabfaer;.
Whether that was, however, a fact, had
~Yettwgross bribe?
their lordships' satisfaction. It stated u'a"„,hr'of Nirarvvi_ecr_
had been sworn to as practised in the hellcat' been ase.
u iti
Now he was desirous to know how thiait„.ick wouldg 'et
tained All bribery was gross; and if ;.I:„.wiek ;it,
how stood the case? Had there been greese,
to the extent described, then, indeed, '''''" .iiament. , the
be competent to send representatives to
Pars
briber}' eases
present instance? Why, out of 1,300 vot
0:1'., t.,.0 pePicii,
only "1° -oos
had been proved before the committee ; 1
act, obbe.
had made themselves amenable to the law by the,_ evil be
hviezar. ecviidieekniczedeaga,
shinosztehtahmem.A
if the House of Commons went on w pros,ore
atch' to
rough and town in which twenty corrupt men_s wile ~,
found, the house could scarcely find committee ,_t,, yea,,
six boroughs had come under the adjudication
_J, ast 1,'%,
ford, and Grampound. in the case of every T-,.. 1,,,,;1
boroughs, evidence had been heard at the ,rto,
coc;,_
Warwick to be worse treated? But the ',l the
and
not do it, unless, indeed, the noble earl, ;tasaeat_reo ~
ylNeVsbituryhin,tlll:oll73:°(:l_ttflit°;.7::
fidence to stand up in the face of 1 ,lers. .11'10
move for the rescinding of the standingor ~. sach
hilts
strous, most monstrous, would he the act,l Is seas tip
done without the fullest, the clearest, a,eudiann o t a
f d &on,- milt
inquiry. They could not take aniaanere,
d then, to ben
e„tio!
without inquiry. Was an acre
votingof
for a represe'cli
competition with the pswer
°f
valuable than that wilelete'
to parliament ? Was it Juriiar ,
ebeeedenedlaasidtthoeyitwseerhearthgeen(lf the beeshi De
Briton possessed as his righ. (ise • )
rendering themselves dependant on the Hos -
tuiede.
Del _
mons. They ought to be sole and entire, annLi° he hadoey
to another party for their case. Penryn, ..''': aod dto
fore stated, had come before their lordsillP;;,, h° lace'
heard evidence for and against it, as they whi his P ao-
do. He did not then see a noble friend of his ghatin
who had proved, to the satisfaction of the et'el Ol
other place, that Penryn had not been guiltr ob e,
e lac
learned lord to say). If, then, a similar re-Thte bill's, oolti
their lordships would be bound to throw out '"'". he :ad ,
he (Lord Wynford) would riot stop even ther,e; horefe'scP'
proceed further ; he would take the bull by t"
the I),itlier ~
say the case, as attempted to be made out b't was n'tearle
es
r fledw-e uldne lot edit' theyt_i ut
:
evidence, must fail. It was not sufficient' !, been, ,one
full, clear, nor satisfactory. An attempt lla`:t ocen Ye ac'
before the committee to prove bribery agai?-had beerfloef
individuals, but it failed. The twenty-lirs",eoty. .„deen
quitted, and the number still stood as t`' all, '" le't
cases had been brought before the Judgese;
of the boo,
might have justly come under the cognizanc„,., ItePtiesolo,
tribunals of the country. They were, bowel' a will ea th
they had not been proceeded in. There bowel'
/Oen° coal'
act of parliament, which his noble and learned
„loot p, to
woolsack was perfectly aware of, which deelailitt a gig
_ore
ties were to be inflicted on him who brie eases 'eigvl
action, and did not proceed in it. Sevent_te,e onlY„t tO
not brought, but three were, and in tiii,,e; lent tai
charges of bribery were proved. The jet„re-eillfr6lss lei;
verdict to be taken by compromise on %ea tefagainsor
each count. One case could not be rif 'obit 'case' f e
noticed. There was a gentleman narn,eut of " etily eilie
whom a charge had been brought. Lie votes, a 0 ti
bribery, treating, and otherwise proeuring_d frien a „,
was disposed of. Now his noble an learned tlie_eltV.
woolsack would ask whether in cases of L'' tancastil° •
1 . dream'h e- ill
cipal and accessary were not different y ~sat
_et
their guilt was not of a different it 01
0 differkie;
law respecting misdemeanors ,ibld,,tl,, case ?_,, Ai,'
felonies. How stood Mr. Tibb'' pppea,' IL`
charges were made, but no evi(e,goar, tearoobbis'io
verdict of acquittal was returned. t. .05t Mr. , 001
and that one tints disposed of.
out of twenty, only one was brought -were bona ,51;,.
.11 Stl"' ' eon- 10
say there had been only one. SO ,
satioh a, rt
to return a wholesale verdict of accu _
.Le repo ~ its
borough of Warwick. Other parts p_Tviroforoti'oo $:
,the}' II thev sce!.e4t ti 'I
r
spoken of gross treating. Now thel-.or"
purity ni eleacil hil"01
as great and as decided a friend to pt
any noble lord in that house, even as ceise es' ,iill•
0
self. He had looked and he found no 13r,,_d been `` 10.
treating. Nothing to show that treating,iwa,
noely,otet4
the noble ,a,,,,e.,..,1
on beyond the extent prescribed by !‘ . seine 'w,tsP
shillings. Leamington had been alludedotno
`vas
who :1 i
had come to Leamington ; but the quet.'
were
the g '
it Orst ? He did not with then to say who '

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did
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Parties ; but give him the committee and he would place
guilt where it should properly and justly rest. He
should prove that one of the petitioners themselves began
the riot.
tape,„ On some of the riotous persons were found
.' e°acealed, in which were marks not perfectly intel-
ii,ible to himself, but which would be made clear to their
.I`)eidshi Standa which would fully prove that these men
I 1 belong the Political Union of Birmingham. (Hear. )
ere they then to disfranchise a town because strangers
tvell°Ustonituhelde
fad ianto it and began to riot ? The committee of the
e of Commons could not possess the means of getting
of the case so well as their lordships. He
1 sack aPpeal to his noble and learned friend on the Wool-
the' who, indeed, had said that he had nothing to do with
' be orders of the house, but which he (Lord Wynford)
t'ia'te,i,leave most respectfully to deny. He (the noble
dodgedd lord) was the guardian of the privileges and
Ilmoonities of the house and bound to defend them. He
rrrefore called upon him then for his powerful support.
pea`llloble and learned lord concluded by moving that the
ns in the Warwick Election Case Bill should be.
t, ageetsat the bar, by themselves, their counsel, or their
41;:le Earl of DURHAM said it was unnecessary to take
eiai," a small portion of their lordships' time, more espe-
fa4 as, the speech of the noble and learned lord alluded to
he
„'" which were not contained in the report from the other
,•:11;v• Such facts he, however, felt assured had been fur-
i'" nisi to the noble and learned lord by other persons ; and
14,Z.'•Vly were they not furnished to the house? (Hear,
that
wi:le codueldounto.t saym ewnhyobtlheey
and learned
noetdbeloeerndisihuitiidsbtas.eaiendo-
11ei..t.,
~ theytAha first had proceeded below,
abroneoencasd i s
fr a
Crater:se; but it was not the first disfranchisement. _
Petltill'ad been looking for precedents, and had quoted
ithom ,
,case where had
d-
first
h,. nearing evidence. It was true it had been the
lerd "isement was a wrong term. The noble and learned
last ~32. i. Here it escaped his recollection that within the
1
vf:annecill,oo:b°,lle)Yeears a great number of boroughs had been dis)-
ar.
~ franchised
w.thout evidence having been heard. (He .
I, Detitr and learned lord himself had moved. that the
ost; 1,1 referred to a committee, but his motions were
of the fn ad that noble and learned lord forgotten the case
IniereDYshilling freeholders of Ireland? (Hear, hear.)
argumentshahe tia(ieb'en the noble and learned lord then? Why
?ale forward with the same eloquence, the same
aleu, , the same sympathy for the cause of those then
lim t 0 be
dePrived of elective rights, as had distinguished
1:150 that evening ? No • he had not done so : and these
heard were disfranchised' without evidence having been
• , d ati their lordships' bar. Was the House of Lords then
lire
1 Thl:atee to enter into a contest with the
.House of Commons?
fi 1 (Nestle Tver House had already been entirely upon election
preserve the
i ' paritgs• Naturally they were desirous to
wer Y of the house; and, consequently,via colvmmariv,t_tieeesk,
cap,' moved and sat upon five boroughs, .
: deuce Liverpool, Hertford, and Stafford. Evi-
' it' ''' nad been' received, and a report agreed upon. Was
„Prudent, then, would ask, to enter into such a con-
cfst.? It would;therefore, be a matter of policy as well as
, ,
justice_to negative the motion made. The accused
ltb,,7Y wished to be heard, in order to produce something in
i p7lr exculpation—not founded upon any testimony, be-
el ese no testimony had been produced in their• favour.
i sr
nce, then, they were not the parties, their lordships
kld set themselves against the House of Commons. The
th 4 to e lord next proceeded
remark upon the statements
e noble and learned lord who had spoken before him,
• di said he had not been aware that in twenty actions ver-
h,cts had only been returned on three. Four actions had
(: brought by the petitioners against the return of Sir
. twee Greville ; and an agreement had been come to be-
' ehee4 counsel in the case of Mr. Tibbitts that the prose-
( eitor`l Tmod him should be abandoned, to guard the soli-
ceedeaT certain consequences. The noble earl then pro-
' as it e,-- gtve what he called a short account of the case
some came before the committee, and, in doing so, made
, allusions to the Earl f Warwick, the exact
VT°ll °f which we could not catch. At the period of the
rough ta ill there had been much excitement in the bo-
ttle oe °f3 Warwick with Sir Charles Gv ille , but at
etajeritY of.xt election he stood at the head of the poll by a
pet-a 180. His return had been petitioned against
Ztrimittee had been moved, of which Sir Ronald
res's" was the chairman. Five days after Sir Charles
nitileted The committee sat fifteen days, and examined
1441.447° witnesses. No evidence had been brought
Ne 0 rebut, but there had been an attempt at recri-
h arto, but that was not rebutting. In censequence of
I°as er"' made by this committee, Sir Ronald Ferguson
,hiezdered to bring in the bill then before their lordshis,
with Passed all its stages, if his memory. deceived him not,‘as
to unite '4t a division taking place. The object of the bill was
~,,,
the Leamington with Warwick, and thus add 800 voters
flar,,e constituency and apply an effective remedy to the
t,e' ant abuses complained of. The bill, he begged leave
sas, d•
nclei, ~,u1 not take away a vote which had been acquired
ee ie Reform Act. As to the proposition which had
e 4
I)C's %Me, he did not think it was required by the pur-
the°,l e to comply with it, fo r there makingread
"idejti:Clc as fully to justify their lordships
to sae,°ll„rse which the bill proposed. No man could pretend
he N,"°atthe purposes of justice—and with other purposes
shaitild then have nothing to do--demanded that they
fled lea hear evidence at the bar of that house. If the noble
43 ape:trilled lord who proposed the amendment did so
defeatingar_T‘rY means of opposing the bill—or rather.of
that the getter"° (Lord Durham) would suggest to him
house at and more manly course was to divide the
c't rid of deb upon it, and strangle it at once, rather than
was
Nit Well • _
a''''ar it was in the power of the noble lords op-
it th ,e to throw out the bill—he was well aware that if
; P;v:a(Le up their minds to defeat. any particular measure,
I,tdshi ".sy for them to do so , but. he called on their
fal, Ps to prove that they were merciful as w ell as powe.r-
-° hy and rather to give the mortal blow at once than punish
1. a lingeringleath He also entreated them not for
'kilt ' .• with the other
It
like as causes to embark in a contest
lik;:a,, impossible for the reformed house to retract a measure
theitaat—they would not, they ought not to do it, for
be; honour and character (Loud laughter from several
4iv s) Were involved in it. They had pledged them-
them" to inquire into such abuses as these and remedy
ii,,,i ' and he was sure their lordships would show no str°o°l ill thwarting their wishes. Still, though he had
iitst.ng opinion himself upon this subject, he would not
'toagainst that of the house. He would not press the
tiecided.taoli.iev:::::•e but merely say, that if their lordships
l'''''maorbte,iraltln'ustli.c.:toevaildlepnarcetieast.the bar, he should do all in his
real merits of the case, and do sub-
li Ine Earl oe xi,
°Preten • "INCHILSEA said their lordships had
'4bjen` It'll t° take away any right or privilege of the
an ', without he
„. extreme aring evidence at the bar to justify such
r'lotetil coUrse. The noble earl had alluded very
the Y that the • b
teDI Yt° a coming
.collision, to which he would
ho se,
isottp 3 ad a public duty to perform (Cheers)o,tanedr
:044Own"rtit;erf:rni
it without reference to any h ,
,7 was as,nY other person whatsoever. (Loud cheers.) ,7,1,,1.,,
tmuished the noble earl should come forward andas
away privileges as high and honourable
e rse. „Fs, without hearing evidence to justify such
.a
,j-Zil char,'" implored the house to consider how their
Wie. (er would fall if they committed an act of in-
Pass 14 Cheers' )
actin" thelreis of CLANRICARDE said as they had
and take to for
Bill they ought not to be satisfied with_
tOfxe ev .e letter but ought to adopt the spirit of i ,
ter a 47 sPportu'nity of purifying the Reform Bill.
te” 'arquis
twords from the alarquis of SALISBURY and
'‘ithout a °A. WtsrstEszrii, the amendment was agreed
fr:ord tititision.
eou RAM suggested they should appoint a day
'fl, l'sel to '
the thee ORI) attend.
CHANCELLOR. said he was for plunging
the
t, seco.,., matter forthwith. The order of the day was for
that
e,, '4, reading of the bill ; that had been met in bar,
,i)4t 7unsel should be allowed totorettste thehis bilLe Wel Well,
tibie'las carried. He was ready
We, and hear them. But where were they? Wherer
'4o7!hey ? They ought to be ready ; and it was no faun
tVelr lordships if they were not there. They had given
k :4 the opportunity of being heard, and unless they had
tht,Zsetiable excuse he did not see how they could allow
4i, te attend at a future day without completely super_
Tag all order in their proceedings. .
INrite,,,! Earl of ROSSLYN said that neither counsel nor
ts"
ti Th 7 could be supposed to be ready.
4:IL,' LORD CHANCELLOR said they should save
Pre Make ..,_
ete)pe sorrtz advance in the business of the house, and
prh_ s, Nie., . onsistency in its proceedings, if they at all
clear
;dings' li, counsel and arrangede as to their future
ei:o"3 read h the partiesoppos d. to the bill must be
~.4 the s,•'? or why did they petition that house at all
the EarrJeet?
li'Psed si -,'„?f DURHAM said that ten minutes had not
44'1,, ari% -4.,t house had.decided that counsel should
be
th,/ a" iti witnesses examined, and how could tthoemy
oveee_
fiei'i witne,. attendance ? His proper course was
be ' the 'ses should be in attendance at some future
,I.t! att earliest possible. He begged to move that they
teofhe alati, e,, Thursday next.
att that 'I) CHANCELLOR But we must at least.
("sitii anee:l°,sel are to atteed, Are— there any counsel in
Ws4° or r the bar te support the purposes of this bill.?
/iir ,t;° the i°,,ur, gentlemen of the wig and gown made their
I‘l'.o-11?ou, area'', aud among them was Mr. Harrison.) Mr.
11.1°IaYelt aytTexiidn.oattendance here as counsel, and for
Ilord Im„ rris,„, • By whom are you employed
lallglite;.4.l (10-170--0,1 am in attendance here as counsel, my
The 1. "now by whom lam employed. (Loud
Itlr. k i\
1 "Jerp• ''' Cti ~,
~„_eir. Serge ceaut ArcsiNCELLOR put the same question to
waiest .aut r ewether.
The this I. lerewether—l am here for the petitioners
t 4 tri tfu)
,I‘ll.!,_°tiler. f,C,IIANCELLOR—Very well. I don't
-.41. ""ge ' 1 Mr. Heath who are you here for ?
1,4 (greatallt Heath .11y lord, I am with Mr. Harri-
toe t: Loki, atignter ) - '
Why
h_ ask, 4:. 9IANCELLOR (very loudly)—Permit
i%4Yuo appn . "arrison, for whom you appear here, or
Petit Ha. Poor here•
,t 1011, -R0n........./
it, \va,l ill!is apAirot ~ consequence of being engaged for the
,ritbis itoate4
t_ the return of the then sitting members,
'lereftaee to moss that I might be required to attend
re, 1
'mu,
but
the witnesses against the bill. 'mu, but I do not at present know by what