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imbecility and jealousy combined. Sir Francis never
liked to have a rival near the throne, and his conduct
to poor Paul showed him a stranger to kindness or ge-
nerosity ; but in his better days, if he had wished to
stab Mr. O'Connell, he would have gone to work with
more dexterity. As it is, people are only surprised at
the blunder he has committed in reproaching Mr.
O'Connell for using foul language, he himself having
been distinguished above all men of his day for the of-
fensiveness of his epithets.—Morning Chronicle.
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.

Sir,—lt is an old saying, "that those who live in a glass
house should not be the first to throw stones." I am, in-
deed, much astonished and pained that Sir Francis Burdett,
of all men living, should lend himself to the most unwar-
rantable species of calumny which day after day appears in
the Times newspaper against Mr. O'Connell. In truth it
was recommended, some weeks ago by that paper, that
something like the present attack should take place. How-
ever, notwithstanding all the Times, Mr. Raphael, or Sir
Francis can do, Mr. O'Connell still retains the confidence
of the Irish nation, and a great portion of the English and
Scotch, to throw around him their protecting shield. It is
melancholy to think that the once Radical Burdett should
now turn round on the Radical O'Connell ; and for what
purpose ? Why, to do him as much injury as he possibly
can.

But, at all events, I have heard Sir Francis Burdett re-
peatedly use as violent language as Mr. O'Connell ever did.
I cannot forget that, in the year 1818, at a meeting held
in Palace-yard, lie used language himself against the Mi-
nister of the day, on a par, to say the least of it, with any
used by Mr. O'Connell.
On one occasion Sir Francis stated, " that he concurred
with all that had been said with regard to the unconstitu-
tional conduct of Ministers and their Parliament ; but espe-
cially in reprobation of the language of that Minister (Mr.
Canning), who could not be deemed a legislator—who was,
in fact, a MERE BUFFOON, playing- tricks upon that stage of
corruption, the House of Commons. In that House he
had lately heard this buffoon make the agonies of an aged
prisoner the topic of merriment ; and he firmly believed
that in no other assembly if gentlemen in England, or the
civilized world, would such mirth be tolerated as- he .wit-
nessed upon that occasion with disgust." Bravo, Sir Francis!
And notwithstanding this, as was observed by Mr. Cobbett,
the Baronet stuck his knees in the back of .this very self-
same Mr. Canning, when Sir Francis -changed seats, and
went over to ." this buffoon," in the House of Commons.
- Although the line of acting of Mr. Canning was not such
as a Radical Reformer could have wished, he was man, the
world knows, of superior talent, and as an orator left very
few behind him ; he was, in fact, any thing but a " mere
buffoon," an expression that " one member of a civilized
community ought not to be permitted to apply to another ;"
and yet Mr. Canning, who c-as, I believe, a member of,
Brookes's, did not, nor any one for him, endeavour to get
the Baronet expelled. Again he said, " What was to be
thought of Lord Sidmouth, who was not now to be regarded
as a British Secretary of State, but what was called in France
a Lieutenant de Police. The person who employed Oliver,
the spy, was applauded by vital Christianity (alluding to
Mr. Wilberforce), which might more correctly be called
mortal Christianity ; for during the last quarter of a cen-
tury it was to be seen actively employed in opposing every
measure conducive to the interests of humanity, or the ad-
vancement of freedom." And speaking about a new order
of spies, the Baronet likewise said, " What a spectacle !
a medallion suspended by a blue ribbon, with an impression
on one side of Judas, or the knavish High, Priest, who.
gave Judas the thirty pieces of silver for betraying his mas-
ter. What an epitome would that impression present of
Church and State policy. Then, on the reverse side, he
would have vital Christianity, with an inscription on the rim,
Are •we not brothers ?' This vital Christianity and
Lieutenant de Police might be recorded as patrons," [see
Stat:sman and other papers of March 24, 1828,]. and
yet Lord Sidmouth nor Mr. Wilberforce took no notice
of this very severe attack. " Was this the language which
decent society had a right to expect ?" Cannot Sir Francis
Burdett, who has gone through the varieties of a bargain
with a boroughmonger for a seat in Parliament, and a con-
test for the county of Middlesex, which cost him 80,0001.,
and after wards accepting the - unbouglit return for West-
minster, divine to what uses the paltry 2,000/. received, after
a great deal of trouble, from that worthy, Mister Alexander
Raphael, by Mr. O'Connell, was applied in a six days' con-
test for a county larger than Middlesex ? As to the Duke
of Wellington, whom every man must admire and respect
for his military and some of his political character, if I
mistake not, I beard Sir Francis use worse and more bitter
language at his dinners given at the Crown and Anchor, to
celebrate the purity of election, than. ever .was used by
Mr. O'Connell.
The Duke of Cumberland is too immaculate a character
for me to have anything to do with, one way or the other,
so I leave him to Sir Francis to " produce a strong feeling
of disgust, not unaccompanied by a sense of humiliation
and shame." .
But a truce with reviving by-gone. recollections.. It is,
however, lamentable to find the ornament of the age in
which he lived, and one who had the confidence of the
country at one time centered in him, give himself up to be
a despicable t0:.,1 for doing injury to a man engaged in deli-
vering his country from despotism more foul tan ever dis-
graced a nation. What Sir Francis or his new allies, the
Times and Mr. Raphael, can say or do, will not in the
smallest degree depreciate Mr. O'Connell (for that is the
point they aim at) in the opinion of Irishmen, or of every
good and valuable man in the community. If, however,
Brooks's Club should, on the recommendation of Sir F.
Burdett, do so foolish a thing as to expel Mr. O'Connell,
for doing that which -I have shown the Baronet himself
was guilty of; what would be the result ? Why, it would
be exactly this—that the public would look upon Brookes's
Club as a club of fools ; and Mr. O'Connell, " rousing
himself like a strong man after sleep," shaking off all the
filth endeavoured to be heaped upon him, and casting it
back to its original employers.

I remain, Sir,

Your very humble servant,
Alfred-place, Bedford-square. THOMAS CLEARY.
Not a week passes in which we have not to record
one or more flagrant instances of inhumanity and neglect
towards the destitute poor in some of the metropoliten
parishes. In our paper of Saturday two instances are
recorded, as having occurred at the Marylebone Police
office, both of them, but one especially, reflecting any
thing but credit on the parish in which the wretched
sufferers alluded to were found. The parish in ques-
tion is that of St. Pancras, one of the largest, if not
of the wealthiest, in the metropolis ; and over whose
parochial legislature Radicalism delights to revel in
uninterrupted sway. We were many years ago among,
the first to advocate the throwing open of parish ves-
tries to the votes of the rate-payers, at large, in lieu
of that self-elective system which had so long and mis-
chievously prevailed ; nor, in spite of some disappoint-
ment, do we at all regret that our labours were so di-
rected. That disappointment, in a great measure,
consists in seeing that, as the care oflhe poor has de-
volved upon persons many of them in a class of society
much nearer their own grade, that sympathy for their
wants which might have been expected to increase,
has evidently diminished. This is an unaccountable
and unnatural state of things, and as such a source of
regret and disappointment to all who, like ourselves,
had expected directly the reverse. But we must be
permitted to ask, what are the gentlemen in Somerset
House about, who appear to suffer to pass unnoticed
such instances of inhumanity as those we allude to,
though occurring within a mile of their own official
place of meeting ? Those gentlemen (the New Poor
Law Commissioners we mean), besides the usua
channels of information which are open to the rest o:

the world, have the means of knowing, inquiring into,
and remedying such things, and which, as the law now
stands, nobody else possesses. With the opinion
which we are known to entertain towards that novel

species of legislation under which those gentlemen are
installed in office, we would the more sedulously guard
ourselves from too readily assuming blame, where it is
just possible that there may be none. But if the Poor
Law Commissioners are not to blame in not having
noticed and remedied the numerous outrages to huma-
nity to which we allude, in what state are the poor
left, with the Magistrates deprived of power to assist
them, and no other persons possessing it ? In addi-
tion to this, we must repeat what we have more than
once before remarked, that if such scenes as these can

occur, and remain unredressed in the metropolis, to
how much greater an extent are they likely to occur
in the provinces, in distant and obscure parishes,
where all fear of exposure is unknown, and want and
sickness are but too often, we fear, doomed to pine in
hopelessness and wasting decay.—Morning Herald.
The confident tone assumed by the Ministerial or-
gans would induce many unsuspecting persons to sup-
pose that the Whig Radical candidate for the vacant
seat in the representation of North Northamptonshire
had really some chalice to succeed in his attempt. It
is complete infatuation to entertain for one moment
such a belief. In addition to the assurances of the

Northampton Herald as to the brilliant success of the
Conservative canvass, our private information from

well-informed sources--from 'parties thoroughly ac-
quainted with the localities where the tug of war is car-
ried on—leaves not a shadow of doubt on our
minds as to the triumphant return of Mr. Maunsell.
If the electors remain true to their promises, Mr.
Hanbury must be again the rejected of the northern
division of the county. The returns from the Regis-
tration Courts are conclusive, so far as figures and
pledges are concerned, and we cannot believe that the
electors will stultify and disgrace themselves by sending
as Member to the House of Commons a man who
will truckle to the servants of O'Connell. North
Northamptonshire will follow gloriously in the wake of
South Devonshire, South Hampshire, and Inverness-
shire. Mr. Hanbury, if he must get into Parliament,
will be compelled to resort to some obscure borough
left out of schedule A by the carefUl and prophetic
Whigs. Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, and
Lord Glenelg, three of his Majesty's Ministers by the
grace of Mr. O'Connell, have been ignominiously ejected
by large constituencies, and their nominee will share a
similar fate.—Morning Post.,
The letter of Sir F. Burdett to the Members of
Brookes's Club, impugning the conduct of Mr.
O'Connell for having employed improper language in
speaking of the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of
Cumberland, and other individuals of less note in the
eye of society, and—generally (in court-martial phrase)
for having conducted himself in a manner unbecoming
a gentleman, a man of honour, and a member of
Brookes's—will be found elsewhere, and will deserve a
perusal on three grounds—first, its general eloquence,
manly spirit, and beautiful delineation of the conduct
which becomes a gentleman, both in his private and
public appearances and speeches—secondly, its denun-
ciation of the Irish Agitator at this particular juncture
of affairs, and this particular moment—and thirdly, the
sort of government, or principle of government, which it
would establish as a sine qua non among associations
formed for political, and not merely social purposes.
The design of the latter will come out as we pro-
ceed. With regard to the first point, we can see no
-reason for the charitable shield which some of our con-
temporaries would throw between Sir F. Burdett and
his letter. There is no mark, so far as manner and
-style are concerned, of the drivelling and incapacity
of age. Both are eloquent and forcible—nay, we
might almost say, bold, energetic, and uncoiopromising
—worthy of the best days of the writer, and not un-
worthy of the per. of any public man, who now figures
in the political arena. What is thus forcibly expressed,
, cannot have been otherwise than forcibly conceived ;
and it follows in consequence, that if the matter be of
a different description—if it do not bear the stamp—
if it exhibit Sir Francis Burdett in a different light--
the cause must be sought for elsewhere than in the
decayed, or decaying, intellectual energies of the
Honourable Baronet, and may, perhaps, without any
circumlocution, be traced to sympathies which have
ruined other Anthonys, and other popular leaders,
as well as the Representative of Westminster. That
we are not wrong in this guess, however oddly it may
sound in the ears of our readers, we are somewhat
more than persuaded ; for what in heaven or on earth
could have persuaded the " man of the people"—at
least he once was—to delay until this eleventh hour, his
attack, on the one hand, upon O'Connell, or, on the
other, what would have been the more appropriate
course, a demand upon him to know whether he had or
had not been guilty of the conduct. for which he at-
tempts to chastise Trim ? The language of O'Connell
with regard'to certain persons was notorious to every
man; woman, and child in the kingdom weeks ago,
as well as his journeys and 'dinners in the north of
England and south of Scotland—and' yet the Hon.
Baronet was silent—took the affront of a member
of Brookes's having been guilty of misconduct in
silence, if not in- good part, until the Raphael and
the O'Connell came into collision ? Why, also, bring
forward his 'charge at this particular moment,' and at
this particular juncture, when, as he must be aware,
the Tories are using ail their efforts to prejudice the
Melbourne Administration in the estimation, not only
of his Majesty, but of the country, and thereby to pave
the way for their own return to power ? Is Sir Francis
ignorant that such is the fact ? Does he not know
that more than one Tory intrigue has already met with
a deserved fate—and that another has just exploded,
which had for its object the destruction of the present
Reforming Administration ? If he was ignorant of
these things, why did he send his letter for publication
to the chief of the Tory journals, instead of to one of
the liberal_ journals ? Why, finally, did he not
bring the matter of dispute to the knowlege of the
managers of Brookes's Club-house in an authentic
shape, instead of presenting 'it to them in a manner
and form which prevents. them from taking the
slightest notice of it ? Ought not the stickler for de-
corum of manners and behaviour in others, been him-
self the first to show the bright example ? We men-
tion not these things as tending, or calculated, to de-
fend the language or conduct of O'Oonnell. God
knows we have no great opinion of either. Few things
could be more gross than the one, or more unsuited to
the society of gentlemen than the other ; but, on the
other hand, however similar that of Sir Francis Bur-
dett may have been, at one period of his life, and
under similar circumstances, to that which he im-
pugns, we must protest against the doctrine that it is
the business of a Club, be it for social or political pur-
poses, to take cognizance of the out-door movements
of its Members in any other shape and way than the
practice of society generally authorises. Grant, for
an instant, that the principle were established, tha
Mr. O'Connell, having misconducted himself, oug

to be expelled from Brookes's or any other club-house,
and would not the public immediately, and with
just reason, turn round and say—why not, also,
expel the fornicator and adulterer--the gambler and
the black-leg--the corrupter of voters, and the sub-
orner of perjury ? Why condemn one man for
the use of gross language, and absolve another
for the habitual practice of gross acts, infinitely more
mischievous to society ? We do not mean to insinu-
ate for a moment that such characters are to be found
at Brookes's, or any other Club-house—quite the con-
trary—our only object being to show that if Clubs
were to exert the inquisitorial out-door power advoca-
ted by Sir Francis, and not confine their "regiment"
of their members to' their in-door conduct, no Club of

any magnitude or importance could possibly exist, in a
political capacity. To conclude, the great aim of Sir
Francis's letter seems to be a division of the Liberal in-
terest, and thereby a strengthening of the Conserva-
tive cause—but in that be will fail, as well as in the
obtainment of a seat from the Whigs in the House of
Lords. The Liberals know their own game better
than to open their ranks to the charge of the enemy ;
and, if we are rightly informed, the electors of West-
minster are about to do that with the Baronet which

he has shown himself so anxious to accomplish with
the Irish agitator—Arcades ambo, et canere parati.—
Morning Advertiser.

RUSSIAN SPIES ABROAD.--A Correspondent of
a Morning Paper writes as follows :—" A foreign board,
making a part of the secret Police, existed at Warsaw, or-
ganized and directed by the Grand Duke, of which no less
a person than Colonel Sass stood at the head—the same
who fell a victim of his hateful profession in the late Polish
revolution. He was shot. At the revision of his bureau,
a list of secret emissaries abroad had been found among his
papers, in which the leading members of that leading band
were Baron Von Schweitzer, Pietreff, a Russian, called
abroad M. Toussaint, and M. Svevois. There was no
country—Germany, Italy, France, or England—without
those spies. The principal cities and watering places,
wherever the Poles sojourned for pleasure or instruction
were infested by them. Money, with which they were
abundantly provided, and letters of recommendation, paved
them the way to the most expensive resorts of amusement,
and even the society of the highest circles. The conduct
of the young Poles was a particular object of their vigilance,
and wherever they went for study abroad, a young spy was
regularly sent to the same University, and immatriculated
as fellow-student. They kept up a connection with the
Passport-office in Poland, and were informed of all the Po-
lish travellers abroad. They had a carte blanche on the
Russian embassies to draw personal passports for themselves,
and blank passports, which they were at libery to fill up
with any names they thought proper, to insure incognito to
those whom they emploped, and who often were sent by
them in pursuit of some unhappy victim of Constantine's
persecution. This branch of the police was also connected
with Post offices in the Duchy of Posen and Galicia. By
some arrangement which Russia succeeded in making, let-
ters of suspected and persecuted persons were sent to War-
saw at its requisition. All letters coming to the country
were opened."