The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-04 00:00:00

GAME LAWS.

On the motion of Mr. S. WORTLEY, the House
sesolved itself into a Comn►itte on the Game Laws.
The several clauses of the 13111 were agreed to, with
some verbal alterations. _

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individuals leave to sport
over connnonable lands. lie should, therefore,
move that the words " commonable lands" be left
out.

After a desultory conversation between several
nambers, Mr. BENETT postponed his amendment
until the bringing up of the Report. The House
then resumed, and the report was ordered to he re-
ceived on Monday next.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a petition

'Sir J. MACKINTOSH also presented three
petitions from Bath and its neighbourhood, against
Slavery
DANISH CONFISCATION.'
Sir J. MACKINTOSH had another petition to
present of great importance. It related to the claim
of an individual on the Government of this country,
and if the facts were true, the petitioner had a claim
in moral justice, though there might be no legal
means of enforcing it. -A case of this kind was
peculiarly for the consideration of the House. The
petitioner (Mr. Shilleto) was one of the few per-
sons who survived the vexations and losses to Which
British merchants trading to Denmark and Norway
were subjected by the confiscation which took place
in 1807. In consequence of the bombardment of
Copenhagen in that year, the King of Denmark
published an edict, confiscating the property of all
ritish subjects in Denmark and Norway, and
not only confiscating property in their possession, but.
confiscating all claims of British subjects on the
subjects of Norway .and Sweden. The subjects of-
these two countries were ordered to pay into the
Danish Treasury all the. amount due by them to
British meenhants so that the BritiSh.merchants trad-
ing to Denmark lost both their property and claims.
He particularly wished to call the atteniion of Go-
vernment to the, fact, that at the time the petitioner's
property was thus confiscated, the Government
of this country had in their hands the sum of
1,200,0001., as Droits of Admiralty, the pro-
ceeds of Danish Ships and Goods, and he (Sir J.
Mackintosh)'wished to know whether there could be
a claim to the liquidation of which those Droits of
Admiralty could be more justly applied, without
any reference whatever to the fact that out of Droits
of Admiralty generally, similar claims were liqui-
dated. Indeed the strongest ground which he had ever
heard urged in that House for continuing to the
Crown the Droits of Admiralty was, this fund afforded
to the Crown the means of awarding compensation
to British subjects who had suffered loss from irre-
gular and illegal hostilities. The sufferers pre-
ferred their claim to indemniEcation out of the
Droits'of Admiralty, but it was then found that
this fund was exhausted, and had in fact been ap-
plied to other purposes. He would then remark,
that if the ships and goods, the proceeds of which
were considered to be Droits of Admiralty, had
not been taken by the British Government, they
probably would have been applied by the Danish
debtors in liquidation of their debts to British credi-
tors, and therefore the sufferers had a stronger claim '
tyon 'this fund. He did not mean to say that
those droits of Admiralty were not applied to law-
ful and laudable purposes, but what he complained
of was that this fund (one tiventieth part of which
would satisfy the claims in question) being exhausted
tile British Government did 'not take other means to
indemnity the petitioner and others in similar situa-
tions. The Treaty of Keil was concluded between
England and Denmark in the year 1814, and
upon that occasion the English Government
might surely have procured indemnification for the
sufferers ; but that opportuniiy was suffered to pass,
and thus the petitioner was left wholly and
entirely without redress, except an appeal to
the British nation. That the act of the Danish
[LETT SITTING.]

The Synod of the Scotch Episcopal Church
was opened at Lautencekirk on the 18th June. The whole
of the Bishops, we understand, were present on the °ces-
sion. As the business was conducted with closed doors,
we have it net in our power• to give a detailed account of
the proceedings; but we have been credibly informed that
the two Chambers carried on their deliberations - with the
greatest harmony. The revisal of tlie code of canons,
which was the chief object of the assembling, %vete pro-
ceeded in, and settled with the unanimous voice of the
whole Synod; and a copy, as amended, was ordered to be
printed and distributed among their several congregations.
'file lung agitated case reording the two congregation` at
Portobello was likewise decided. The business occupied
three days.-21.1ontrose Renew.

BRUSSELS, JULY I.—His Majesty was ex-
pected at the Hague on the 29th of June. On that day
an °nicer of his Majesty's ship tke Kortenaar, who left
that ship off Noordyk, arrived at the Hague. We may
therefore expect to hear, in a day or two, news from
Batavia to the beginning of March.
Considerable sensation has been excited at
Clapham, in consequence of the death of two children (a
boy and a girl), one six and the other seven years of age,
the son and daughter of WM. DYEIt, a resident of Clap-
ham, having been produced by poison. Wednesday an in-
quest was held on the bodies, at the Cock Inn, Clapham,
and from the evidence of the father of the children and
other witnesses, it appeared that the children were taken
sddelenly unwell after they had eaten somethiug which
they found lying in the road, and which, they said, was
similar to apples. After death their bodies were opened,
and the medical gentlemen were of opinion that their
deaths had been occasioned by some vegetable poison.—
The contents of their stomachs had, however, not been
analysed, nor was there any further evidence to prove in
what manner the children had procured the matter they
had eaten : the Inquest was, therefore, adjourned.
At Marlborough-street, yesterday, ;, young
fellow named GREEN, was charged with obtaining money
by false pretences from the Marquis of WORCESTER. On
Wednesday evening the Noble Marquis was accosted by the
prisoner, as he was coming out of his house in Park-
place. lie said he had served his time at sea, and had just
al rived from the Duke of REAUFORT'S seat, near Bristol,
where Lady FRANCES SOMERSET had desired him to apply
to his Lordship for pecuniary assistance. The prisoner
added, that when he was a boy, the Marquis had recom-
mended him to the Blue Coat School. He gave the prisoner
half a crown, but be was not satisfied with that sum, and
wished to have sufficient money given him to enable him to
join tire Superb, at Plymouth. The Marquis, however,
refused to give him more, and in he was entering the house
of the Dowager Duchess of IltlTLareo he met the prisoner,
who said he had been iiesired by him (the Marquis) to ask
for rs. (id. The prisoner was then given into custody, but
not until he had made a great resistance. He was sent fur
three months to the House of Correction.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT GLOUCESTEII.
--THREE LIVES LOST !--.011 Saturday last, the proprietor
of a row of buildings called. Norman's Court, near the
Quay, Gloucester, employed several men to empty a large
and deep vault, which received the contents of the offices
belonging to eight or nine houses. An aperture having
been made in the arch of the vault, five men commenced
the undertaking about 12 o'clock at night, and by two in
the morning they had reduced the contents upwards of
eight feet, leaving only about twelve inches of soil at the
bottom. A man named Josue STEEL, who descended by
means of a rope to complete the job, unfortunately left the
aperture, and went under the covered part of the drain. His
comP3"i"na waited some time, and hearing no noise became
apprehensive, and DAVID WATKINS went rioters to his as-
sistance. In a few minutes, however, a dead silence en-
sued, and SAW POWICIZ courageously followed to ascer-
trill the fate of his comrades ; but finding himself overcome
Icy the effects of the foul air, lre made a signal with the rope
and sirs speedily drawn up. He uttered a few words
faintly, and was carried to his Ironic, where he was bled by
Mr. Wu:malts, surgeon, who rendered every assistance
that medical skill and humanity could supply, but his efforts
were unavailing., as the cold band of Death had already
secured its victim—and within half an hour of his being
removed from the fatal vaUlt, poor Powrcx had ceased to
breathe. The alarm now became general, and the day
broke upon a mourning group, who filled the air with the
voice of wailing, lamentation, and despair, for the untimely
and miserable death of their fathers and husbands. An in-
quest was held on the bodies on Monday, before S. Ca s 1-M-
-IW', Esq. Coroner fur tile City, and a verdict of " Acci-
dental Death, occasioned by Suffocation with Foul Air,"
returned in each cause,—Cheltenhem Chronicle.

VIENNA, JUNE 21.--Letters fromtucharest •an-
pOunCe that a pernicious fever, which. is very corn-
Mon at this" season, has manifested itself, and this has
given rise to reports of the plague. The physicians,
hewiever, declare that it is very different from the
latter disorder. All necessary measures to prevent
its spreading have been taken; the sick have been
removed,to hospitals, fitted up for the purpose, at
some distance from re town, and nothing has been
neglected to preserve the health of the town and the
army.—dlugsbuigb Gazette.
FRENCH , FUNI" .—Five per Cents, 1051. 70c. ;
Three per Cents, 721. 15c. ; Bank Stock, 1,870 ; Naples
Stock, 761: 25e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 71-V. ; Haytiar.
Loan, 645. Exchange on London—One Month, 251.
25c. ; Three Months, 2M. Isc.

ST. PETERSBURGH AND DUTCH PAPERS.
(Extraordinary Supplement to the Prussian State Ga•
zette, dated Berlin, June 27.)
LATEST NEWSI FLOM THE THEATRE. OF WAR.

CAMP AT BABAIDAGH, JUNE (15).
The last report contained the account of the sur-
render of Issakscba, and the completion of the bridge
over the Danube.

The whole night of the 11th was employed by the
corps of General Rudzewicz, which was on the left
bai,k of the Danube, in passing this bridge.
Early in the morning of the 14th, the Emperor's
head-quarters were removed from Sutunnow to close
under the walls of Issakscha. His Majesty was ex-
pected there by a deputation of Moldavians, whe
had settled in the environs of the monastery of St.
Nicholas, near Issakseha. This depntation brought
to his Majesty bread and salt, and 'recommended
themielves to his protection. They were graciously
received, and orders given tovtlie military authorities
specially to protect the monastery of St. Nicholas.
• On the 13th the corps of General Rudzewicz
followed the vanguard under Lient.-General Rudi-
jer, which, had taken the road to Babadagh the day
before.

On the 13th his Majesty, with the head-quar-
ters, took the same road ; nothing particular occurred
on this day. We passed a hollow way, which ex-
tends from Issakseha through woods and mountains
for about 30 versts (20 miles), towards the village
of Fricaczedeze, and has a very romantic appearance.
In the evening of this day the Emperor's tent was
set up on an eminence near that village. We have
nowhere fallen in with the enemy, who has nut been
even seen. The inhabitants of Frieaczedeze and the
neighbouring villages fled on our approach. We
soon learned from some Turks who were brought in
by the Cossacks, that doe inhabitants of I3ulgaria,
both Mahometans and Christians, had been com-
pelled to leave their habitations by the same
Hassan Paella who had attempted to prevent
our ertissing the Danube. On the 14th the
Emperor and the head-quarters, and the corps of
Gen. Rudzewicz, proceeded on the road to Babadagh.
The country was less intersected, but we nowhere
met with the enemy. Near Babadagh the Emperor
was met by a deputation sent to him by the Cossacks
of the tribe of Kekrazow (they bear the name from
their chief.) These Cossacks left Russia in the
Middle of the last ccntary, in consequence of an in-
sun eetion. Since that time, our troops have found
them in Bulgaria, not only as obstinate, but danger-
ous enemies, hiding themselves in the woods, at-
tacking single detachments, and endeavouring to in-
tercept the eonununiewions. They were always
averse to a union with their ancient brethren. When
the deputation got sight of the Emperor, they fell at
his Majesty's feet, presented bread and salt, and
implored his Majesty's favour, offering their services
and unbounded submission. The voluntary sub-
mission of these Cossacks is a most important event,
as it not only secures the line of our operations,.but
promises considerable advantages. Other deputa-
tions of these Cossacks, from other points inhabited
by them, are continually arriving in his Majesty's
camp. The deputies from the village of Kamien
have stopped and delivered up to us two Turkish
couriers with despatches, returning from Matszyn to
Schounda. The Turkish inhabitants of Babadagh
have been compelled by Hassan Paella to take.ffight.
Some inhabitants of Bulgaria have, however, returned
to Babadagh, which is distinguished by good and
even magnificently-built barracks. They were in-
tended for the new Turkish regular troops, and are
roomy enough for 3,000 men. Our advanced posts
go forward without seeing the enemy.
A courier, who arrived yesterday evening from
Anapa, brings news of considerable advantages
gained by the troops and fleet besieging that place.
After that engagement on the 30th May, Anapa
was more closely invested, and every thing indicated
that the neighbouring Circassians would remain
quiet. Nevertheless, at day break on the 9th of
June, the heights round the place were covered by
those mountaineers, who attacked our outposts. The
garrison of Anapa took advantage of this unhooked-
for event to make a sally. The enemy was, however
totally defeated. The Turks, cut off from Anapa,
could not return to it, and were forced with the
bayonet towards the sea, where many perished,
wJtile those who attempted to escape along the coast
were overtaken by our armed vessels. One cannon
and a powder-waggon were taken. The mountaineers
were also dispersed, and pursued twelve versts by
our troops. This victory was gained by the judicious
dispositions and personal bravery of Prince Menzi-
koff, who was seen wherever the danger was the
greatest. The Emperor has conferred 011 him the
Order of St. George of the Third Class. The
enemy left 300 men on the field, besides those who
were drowned or threw themselves from the rocks
down the precipices. When the Courier was des-
patched, our loss was not folly known to Prince
Menzikoff. He knew, however, that five officers
and seventy privates were wounded.
The siege of Anapa advances rapidly. Works
are carried to within 80 toises of the walls. The
guns on the bastions are dismounted by our artillery,
a
and the situation of the place is still more critical,
most of the troops that were in the last battle did
not return into the town, but fled into the mountains.
thee
Arn Among the
Gomruck. Of the tell Turkish ships that were in
d
the 13th June say,
three captured on the nieht of the 6th of June, by
t enemy'shreev
have
killed
ebeen
is
tit
jec
by
Circassian 'afire'
fleet,
"N'itozst?tlz, and the officers of
our armed boats under 'Captain Remitnow. The
ifsvri,ae7l:6ltCheeziel°eerri:ol°ln the 1 1 th in the evenin
cables were cut, and the ships brought away, in spite
of the Turkish fire of cannon and musketry.
13th, in the morning, proceeded on the
on which occasion 600 Turks were
andthiiias Accounts
steouienim °et
euP,:armteusr arrived
The garrison of Brailow has lately
to .Jassy. way
mrakadeen parissaolillyers. The action is said to have been
very warm, and the loss of the Russians not incote
siderable. The besieprs, who have effected several

d:
breaches,'have note get .o A-near
the fortifications,
that they artleefe;from'the tire of the Turkish b
teries. The surrender of Brailow is supposed
at hand, because the Russian troops ont -e
I
bank of the Danube have interrupted the • ommt.ii
nication of the garrisons with the opposite bank o_
the river. • - ' - . •
Letters from Corfu of the 2d of June say,
few days before a' Turkish ship, accompanied
French ship, ,hadarrived there fritnn Navarin.
Turkish Envoy,. on board the former, had several
conferences with General Adam. and .Count Guille.
Minot, and it is reported that he declared in the
name of Ibrahim Pacha, that if the Allied Powers
continued to prevent the importation of provisions
into the Mores, he should be obliged to lay waste
the country. The two vessels have sailed again,
but 'the result of the negotiations with the Envoy
has not transpired.
ST. PETERSB URG 11, . JUNE. i 5.-- Te DEISM -has
been performed to-day in the chapel of the Tenth!
palace, in commemoration of the passage of the Da-
nube by our troops on the Bth of June, and the vit_
tory gained on that day. The Empress Mother, the
young Grand Duke Alexander, the hereditary Grand
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar, the Prince:s
Augusta, their daughter, the Members of the Coun-
cil, the Ministers, the Foreign Ambassadors, Ra).
Were present, •
A supplement to the Si. ' Peteriburgh Journal
contains the bulletin from the camp.of Sutunnow, of
the Bth of June.

LISBON PAPERS.
LISBON, JUNI: 15.—Letters from Castello Branco
of the 10th inst. state, that on the 3d, a corps of
Royalist Volunteers of 600, men occupied Fontos.de
Algordras, and marched towards Vizeu. At 'Se-
lorteo da Beira there was another similar corps _of
500 men, which intended to march to the neigh-
. bourhood otAlmeida,.
Wu learn from, Coiilha, that on the sth, it being'
known at Mangualde that 60 chasseurs, 200 in-
fantry, and 23 cavalry, were marching to attack the
Royalist Guerilla, which Wq9 at that place, a smart
-Lction occurred, in which the Royalists put the
rebels to flight, who left five or six killed and five
orisoners; and that it was certain they had abandon-
ed Vizett. The Royalists intended to pursue a e
=My.

Asupplement to the Gazette contains a letter
tilting that his Rorl Highness the Infante Regent
had ordered that the proceedings against the perpe-
trators of the assassination at Condeixa should be.
carried on with the greatest expedition, and that
great scandal had been caused by the delay. After
which it proceeds to show that the complaints Made
on this head are ill-founded, and the wr;ter be§js that
hi; Royal Highness may be informed of his state-
uent, which he hopes will show that no
delay has taken place. A reply to thiS letter sttitt
s
that his Royal Highness is satisfied on this subject.
17.--Among the naval arrivals are a Po;-
-tiguese galley, Don Alfonso, iu L 5 days fs•orit,BalUa,
he Portuguese brig, The Thirteenth of
S 7 days from Rio; and the Eeglish frigate Galatea,
in nine days, from Portsmouth.

LISBON, Joss 18.—A supplement to the Gazett.
having stated from private letters that some sue-
•esses had been obtained against the rebels, says—
The most recent accounts affirm that the rebels
were beaten at Penafiel by the Generals of the forth,
on the 10th, and it is to believed that they would
immediately enter Porto, abandoned by the r;.bels,
may be collected from the two following
, DESPATCHBF; rewap.,
I have the satisfaction to inform you, that thT
rebel troops that were at Penafiel,were beaten to-day
by the Generals of the north, and of the province of
Oporto, who, it is probable, have by this time .liter-
ed that city. The Constitutionalists lost in the attack
i number of prisoners, horses, and ammunition.
Head-quarters in Lamego, June 11, 1828. ""''""'••
(Signed) AGOSTINHO LUIZ DA FONSECA,I t
Lieutenant-General of the Royal Army,'
and Governor of the Province.
I inform your Excellency that tranquillity con-
tinues to prevail in this city and the whole district.
To-day arrived at Pagalvo the reinforcement for
the division of the Viscount de Pesqueita, which
marched the day before yesterday to Anciao. This
reinforcement consists of the 7th Re,tiiment of In-
fantry, sth of Cavalry, and a park of Artillery. Oporti-•
must now be occupied by the Generals of the pro-
vinces, because it was abandoned by the rebels,
leaving proclamation in which they exhort the in-
habitants to harmony. Agostinho Luiz must be very
near Coimbra.

To the most illustrious the Intendant-General cif
he Police.

(Signed) The Coiregidor Dr. ANTO. ALVE.'z

de CA It VAL HO.

Dated Thornar, June 16.
JUNE 20.—An official notice from the Minister of
the interior states that leis Royal Ilighness the In-
fante Regent had resolved that the opening of the
General Cortes should-take place on the 23d, at three
o'clock in the afternoon.
JUNE .21.—Yesterday, at one o'clock in the after_
noon,
Po
i deJ"ugu
Janeiro,
shipo.larrivetolf the lint thisin
esp oh°rt.llS.Tohehisla
iled
on the 19th of March, convoying several merchant
men-fogy for this place and three for Oporto.
The Gazette gives an account of the execution on
•he 20th, of the nine students of Coimbra, who
assassinated the professors on the 18th of March.
It states that mit immense concourse of people was
present, awl that the criminals died penitent.

CONSECRATHIN or TILE NEW CHURCif
AT ISLINGTON.-Wednesday the Church, newly built in
Upper Holloway, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop t4:'
LONDON. It is dedicated to Saint Joni.: the Evangelist,
WELLINGTON CRICKET GROUND, CIIEL,
sEA.—A Cornish wrestling match was held here yesterday,
lunch to the gratification of several noble and distinguished
personages who were present.

GREAT FIRE AT BROMLEY.—On Tuesday
evening a fire suddenly broke out in the premises of
Messrs. Ismtn, wax and tallow-chandlers, Market-place.
From the nature of the matter which the building con-
tamed—such as tallow, kitchen-stuff, grease, tar, cotton,
and empty casks, together with a large quantity of linseed
oil, the body of flame, in a very short time, became so
powerful, that it was distinctly observed from Lewisham,
property Greenwich, and the surrounding country, for several miles
in every direction. /u the interim the Kent County En-
gine arrived from Lewisham, another came from Green-
wish, and they were in full play when those of the Sun,
the Protector, and the Hand-in hand came. down. Before
destroyed. The hey came, however, into full operation, the fire had
caught the buildings' in the rear, awl, nt spite of every ex-
ertion that could be made, the whole range of five houses,
occupied by pow• working people, were reduced to mere
at-
tention of the firemen was directed most properly to the
preservation of the remaining buildings,
anti in they
succeeded,
succeeded, with great exertions and in no small danger to
themselves.
Ihells, and the whole of the

Ft RE AT PLYMOUTH,—On Tuesday Mom-
iog the Ist instant, between twelve and one o'clock, a fire
broke out in the dwelling-house of Mr. SIIILSTON, :drip-
builder, at Coxside, Plymouth, and in a few hours re-
duced the building to total ruin. Mr. S. and two ser-
vants, the only inmates,
narrowly es,aped with life, bet
w
the whole of the furniture, plate, &c.
as destroyed. Mr.
SH ILSTON,
however, was fortunate enough to rescue his
books of account fromthe 414111(14. How the tire eriginat,l
is not known ; it was discovered by one of the sentries on
duty at the citadel, which overlooks Coaside, and the
alarm being given, the 18th Regiment (Royal Irish) were
ordeted out, and in a short space of time were at the
place of danger. There, however, their services were of

little avail, owing to the difficulty of procuring water,
the regular supply of the town not extending to that gnat -
*er, and the tide being ont. The only means of check-
ing the flames was by throwing down the front and back
walls, which was done. In this service the 18th distil,-
Okished themselves by the most praiseworthy zeal and act
city. The levelling of the walls prevented the fire frog..
extending to the neighbouring building, the escape of
which se,mis, upon a view of the premises, to be almost
miraculous ; for the house stnod in the midst of a ship-
wright's yard, in which lay scattered in every direction
various combustibles, timber, tar, &c. The house and fur-
niture were insured.

CLARE ELECTION.

O'CONNELL'S RETURN!!!

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

DUBLIY, JULY 2, HALF-PASZ,OWII.t

An Express has this instant arrived in town, with the
intelligence of O'Connell's return. Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald
resigned at four o'clock yesterday, when Mr. O'Connell
was declared duly elected. I have been as yet unable to
procure a more ample account. O'Connell is expected in
town to-night. The contest was conducted all through in
the mast peaceasle and orderly manner.

(FROM ANOTHER CORRISPONLY.NT.)

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

The friend of the Test Acts, the Ally of Wellington and
Peel, the Pro-Catholic enemy of the ChtholicAisociation,
the Seconder of Thanks to the Manchester lirt:omanry for
sabring the people, the Pro-Catholic Patron of Anti-
Catholic boroughs, the Percivalite, the Liverpoolite, the
Canningite, and the Cabinet Minister, has been defeated by
Daniel O'Connell and the Irish Nation.

An express arrived here this morning, bringing intel-
ligence from Clare up to :our o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The intelligence which it brings is addressed to a quartrr
that will take very little interest in publishing it, and it is
at this moment but very partially known, tbough.it will
doubtless be duly celebrated at the Catholic Meeting this
afternoon.

That intelligence is that Fitzgerald resigned the .contest
yesterday before many votes bad been polled. The day bad
beet principally spent- Making' epeeches;- - You will infer
from the previous accounts of O'Connell's reception, with
what feelings this event was consummated in Ennis, and
will be celebrated here, as soon as it is generally known.
Illuminations are expected. The prediction of my last,
that O'Connell will return in triumph t.s-day or to-morrow,
is so far likely to be verified. May it instruct our rulers, how
much they lose by retarding the full measure of Emaoci-
pation ! If granted in time, I would pledge my existence
that it would pacificate the country from one end to the
other. It would be a boon even to the Orangemen, with
whom it is only a question of feeling, and not of merits;
and while they admit that they would ho glad to have
Emancipation forced upon the Catholics, if it could only
is given in such a way as should demonstrate that it was
sOreed open them, I believe they would even consider them-
',lves relieved from the dilemma into which they have been
arried by the esprit du corps, if the Government should
.but force the measure upon themselves.
I need !:carcely stop to expose the gross fabricition
published in the Courier of Monday last, in which it is
alleged that a delerate assault lias.been committed on
Vesey Fitzgerald. Its falsehood will he inferred, before
this reaches you, from nothing of the kind having appeared
;:n the Irish Papers. You will thus see that the fabrication
was considered too gross to be published in any quarter of
Ireland; though it served well enoriih fur the Courier.
The people here are remarkably peaceable during their
e'.ertions, be.ing always well admonished to that end by their
t'riests and Leaders. The articles of the Courier, and
the introduction of military power, notwithstanding, ex-
asperate ve►y notch the feelings of the people against the
Government. I have seen remarkable proofs of this during
'zhe last few days ; but the people cover these emotions with
satirical mirth at the scene of action.

THE ELECTION-THE 11/TSTINCS.

(BY EXPRESS.)

(From the Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday.)
The Election for a Member to serve in Parliament, in
the room of the Right Hon. W. V. Fitzgeralc, commenced
en Monday. At an early hour all the approaches to the
Court-house, at Ennis, were crowded to excess and at
eleven o'clock the doors were thrown open to the public,
when the rush of persons anxious to gain admission, ex-
ceeded any thing ever witnessed in that couety. Mr.
Fitzgerald, accompanied by upwards of ISO gentlemen,'
who waited on him at. Senner Park; shortly after made his
appearance on the hustings. Amongst those who acoom-
partied the Right Han. Gentleman, we observed Sir F.
O'Brien, Bart., General Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, Bart.,
John M‘Donnell, Thomas Browne; George O'Callaghan,
Poole Hickman, Llinclon Blood, J. Scott, A. Colpoys, John
Brady, John Singleton. Heffernan Consadine,
J. 0. Vandeleur, B. Scott, John Ormsby Vandeletne A.
Staekpole, F. Core, R. Hunt. F. M‘Narnara, &c.
Be was very warmly restive 1, and having bowed repeatedly
to the Electors, took his feet, Assongst the deputation
that waited on Mr. Fitzgerald west sixty Magistrates,
twenty Gent/ernen who had filled the office of High
Sheriff, the two Late Knights of the Shire, he.,
Mr. SYCONNI3I.I.. next presented himself at. the table and
said, he had to complain of a breach of faith in net having
the same access afforded to himself and friends as was
girded to his opponent. It was intimated" to him, he
eu.id; that the doors would not be opened until eleven
; the Court was now crowded, and it wanted yet
fix rninsttes of the hour. •
The Suentrv—What I said was, that the writ should
he lead at eleven o'cleck. I regret that any misunder-
standing should '111Y.2 taken place.
Mr. O'Corener.r.—A breach of faith certainly has taken
Owe, but I care not fie. it, and shall remain here
-amongst the people.—(Cheers.)
The High Sheriff then ordered the writ to be read, and
during the reading of it Mr. O'Conpell 4..e.* his place
tern the hustings.
Sir Enwalta O'BRIEN—Mr. Sheriff and Geneleniertee,
In addressiug you upon the present occasion, I come for-
ward at the request .of the great landed proprietors of this
eaounty, to express, in putting the Right Hon. W. Vesey
Fitzgerald in nomination, the nuenimous sense of the fed-
:rra, esteem with which they view his public conduct as
itheir Representative.—(Cheers.)
The Sueeter—l call upon that person there ,(peinting
to Mr. O'Gornun Mahon, who was dressed in his Or-
der of Liberator ;epitome wearing his green badge and
medal) to remove feern his person that party badge which
be now displays-
Mr, D'Gottetex Mmteet--/ tell that person who com-
mantle this person, that this peczon disdains to weer a
party badge--elre has the ensign of is country displayed
around his neck, and never shall it be taken keim him but
with his life.—(Laid cheers.)
Mr. O'Coererete—Green i.s no party colour; it may to
,sure be hateful in the eves of our opponents, but that
dar!ing colour shall flourish when the blood .stained orange
shall r`ede and be trodden under foote—(Cheers.)— We are
in Ireland still, awl neither Wellington or his Cabinet
ehall trample upon us._—((ireers.)—Out of eeurtesy to the
Sheriff did not wear the badge. bet the cohorr is dear to
me as my ,beart's blood.—(Cheers.)
eyaoetetaN Marron—l will not lower this green
badge as long ee I have art arm to protect it.---(Cheers.)
—I owe the Sheriff no courtesy, and he shall have none
from me. I caged upon the Sheriff to give us time by
postponing the ele,otiou to get a proper candidate, and he
.refused—and. is it to tieis plan that I am to pay a mark of
courtesy?—(Cries of no, tee.)
The SHEILIFF here consulted 1,74 leis Assessor for some
time, and then said, I may have been ,ser.ateg in calling it a
party colour, teat surely iu a contest like the preeene every
badge of distinction ought to he avoided.
Mr. V. FITZGERACP .Laid that he should not in this
stage of the proceedings ikerpose a single word, but that
lie was anxious, even before the hearned Gentleman and
himself bad been put iu nomination, a z.esure the Electors,
that his ardent wish w.as, that this make* or !ether this
*Amami, should be comb:is:l*d with good lellalig44, et°
temper, and good feeling. (t..:::"rg.)
Sir E. O'Batert remitted—l do hope, Sir, with My
Right lion. Friend, that this Election will lie conducted
with good humour, and I was about to slew. wheel I was
interrupted, that in this Election no principle wee involved.
We are all, Sir, strongly united in opinion upon every
great political question, and no actual difference, as far as
f can see, really exists between us. It has been objected
et> Mr. Fitzgerald that• he is a Member of the Duke of
Wellington's Adniinistration. How, may I ask, can
you separate Mr. Fitzeerate from a Ministry who car-
ried the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts ?
Such a triumph to the canto of Civil anti Religious
liberty ought surely to be sufficient to take au* any
stigma from the 'Administration of the Duke Of 'Wel-
lington. (Hear, bear.) We are on the threshold, within
the very precincts of the Constitution. and believe me that
after the triumph of 'the Dissenters, Catholic Emancipa-
tion cannot he long delayed. _(Cheers. )—And yet we have
an opposition created against a Minister of the King who is
favourable to the aline; of the Roman Catholics, and who
may have the power, as I know he has the inclination, to
serve theM. Let me implore the Learned Candidate to
pause before he rushes on the path which be is about to pur-
sue—let me implore the Ministers •f that religion whose
duty it is to inculcate pears and charity, not to dissever
the ties that unite us to the people.—(Cheers.)—l call
upon them as they value the public peace, and the comfort
and happiness of the deluded peasantry, to desist in time.
---(Cheers.)—Sir, I have nearly done, but before I eon-
elude, let me express the feelings of admiration which I en-
joy at the able manner in which the Learned Candidate Las
fought the battles of his country. When, however, he
looks to become a Representative in Parliament, I should
ike to see him turning his attention to his native Kerry

Let him leave us to ourselves, and we will at all times find
a fit person in our own county to represent us.—(Cheers.)

Sir AUG USTINE FITZGE ALI) seconded the nomination.

Mr. O'Gortarata Manosr, who had taken his place in
one of the most conspicuous parts of the side gallery, then
addressed the Sheriff, and , concluded by proposing Daniel
O'Connell as a fit.vepreseattativee , .
Mr. STEELE seconded -the nomination, cud concluded
his speech with the following anecdote :—Thit ty years
ago (said Mt. Steele) I remember_ an. anecdote occurred,
which made such an impression upon my young mind,
that I never can efface it Irons memory. I reedier that I
was then lodging in Jail-street, and I saw a procession
formed of the Longford Militia and the Yeomanry Corps
of the town. Tire procession was preceded by a triangle,
arid in the centre of the soldiers was placed a wretch who was
about to be flogged. The triangle was ererted,and the wretch
stripped and tied up to it. The laels.,eesounded—and the
i colour of the poor man's back ehenged from white to a livid
purple—the blood of the sufferer. began to flow--;cries of
shame, shame, from Mr. O'Connell)--I heard bins cry,
f‘ take me down, Lord Grauard, for mercy's make, take me
down ;" but his prayers were disregarded. —This very
Court, Mr. Sheriff, resounded with his shrieks.—(Cries of
oh ! oh ! shame, shame.) That scene left an impression
on my mind that hae worked within me for thirty years.
The act to which I allude' was perpetrated by the Govern-
ment of that 'day, and we have now a Government that
would rejoice to perpetrate the- same et hues if they could.---
(Cries of• hear,. hear, from Mr. O'Connel) The aiVOI
this Gmrt-house can never be purged from the cries, of that
poor victim, unless by shouting huzza for Daniel O'Connell,
huzza, huzza! Mr. Steele was joined in the shout
by the majority present a:id it was some minutes before
order could be restored.
The Snrairr was about to call upon the Candidates to
'proceed to address the electors, when
Mr. Goer addressed the Sheriff, and animadverted in

strong terms upon the readiness. which Mr. O'Connell
evinced to sacrifice the Forty Shilling Freeholders, when
his own aggrandizement was to have been the purchase.
When Mr. Gore concluded, the High Sheriff called upon
the Candidates to proceed, when"
Mr. FITZGERALD presented himself to the notice of the
electors, and spoke as follows :—Mr. Sheriff and Gentle-
men—Although this is .the fifth occasion ox which I have
stood upon these hustings, the circumstances under which
I now appear here are so different, that never has there
been any occasion in which I felt a deeper anxiety tu ad-
dre-s the freeholders, nor any on which my appeal was
deserving of a more impartial hearing.—(Cheers.)
A person in the gallery asked, why did you vote against
the Test and Corporation Acts ?
Mr. FITZGERALD---I am here to answer any question
that may he put to me any of my constituents; indeed
I may say I stand arraigned here, convicted Without a
trial, and threatened with your displeasure without being
allowed to enter into my vindication. Ido not object, far
front it, to any Elector demanding, of the person whom
he returns to Parliament a strict account of the man-
ner he conducted hims.-If as his representative. From
this scrutiny I :hall not shrink, but before I proceed,
permit me to call your attention to the situation in which
this county is placed by the novel mode which has been
adopted by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman and his
friends. I hope I may he permitted to -say, without un-
kindness to those opposed to me, that the system on which
they proceed, is one fraught with danger to this hitherto
united county. They seek to dissever the tiess which ought
to hind the. tenant to his landlord, as his natural protector ;
and according as they shall succeed in this unfortunate ca-
rper, must the success of their candidate depend. It has
been said, and perhaps believed, that I was not honest in
the support which I gave to the Catholic Question—
Mr, O'GORMAN MAHON—It Carnes to that.
Mr. FITZGERALD—I do not for a moment doubt the

Gentleman's right to question the propriety of any vote 1
may have given, but I do confe.,s that I cannot reconcile the

exprrosions of personal retard which lie bestowed upon me
with his at the same time attributing to me dishnne4y of
purpose._

Mr. O'GommtaN.MatioN—l do not think I used the
word, but I adopted it at his suggestion, in order that Mr.
Fitzgeraamay in a manly manner meet the charge.
Mr. F.ITGERA lam incapable of taking any
but a manly course, either in this instance or in any other.
—;-(Clmeers.)—l shall therefore come to the essence of the
charge, which is this, that I was not honest in the support
lelmich I gave 'time Catholics. Sir, I deny the imputation,
and I repel the charge with scot n. I deny it, Sir, as a
Man of honour and a Gentleman, well known among you,
and I claim credit in virtue of my character for that denial.
Another charge against the is, that I have been called to
the Councils of my Sovereign—and may it please God
th4t while in that situation it may be my good fortune to
render my Roman Catholic countrymen honest and honou:-
abie service. But be the result of this day what it may, an
oppotinnity will he afforded me of asking those who are
opposed to me, and who arraign me now, how I have kept
my word.—(Loud cheers.)—The first and moot important
tneasure referred to (important, whether viewed as regards
the character of the vote I gave, or the effect produced
by the measure itself) is the repeal of the Test
and Corporation Acts. There are some perhaps with

whom I should not obtain full credit for the feel-
ing which iidiuenced me in giving the vote I did. I can,
however, account for it on far different grounds than those
attributed to me. Although that was not the first time
that the subject was brought under the consideration of
Parliament, it was the first time that any specific propo-
sition 'bonded upon the claims of the Dissenters. was
submitted. to the consideration of the Legislature—or
tlat any specific enactment was proposed. The first time
. .

that siiipnif success attended the friends of the Catholic
muse in the of commons, petitions had been pre-

pared and entrusted to 'various Members of the House,
so as :1 be brought forward at one moment, and thus
have the effect of injuring the cause of the Roman Catho-
lics by the numerous petitions against them which were

to be presented on time same evening. The petitions to
which I have been alluding were the petitions of the
Dissenters against any further concessions being made to the
Roman Ceti These petitions were presented on the
day preceding the debate on the' Catholic Mims. I was
on that day charged with the petition of my constituents,
praying for the repeal of the laws Which affected
the J)i.senters, and in presenting it I took occa-
sion to contrast the conduct of the Roman Catholic.,
who petitioned in behalf of the Dissenters, with the
gand,,,n4 of the Dissenters, who petitioned against the Ro-
man CetfW::iL J declared that I should consider the
claims of the Caw and Dissenters from thenceforward
as distinct. The Dissenters: eevered themselves from
us, and I saw no reason why we riot seek for a
repeal of the laws affecting the Roman CatlinHee, in the
way most likely to insure success. Every one knows how
little notice is ken by the public press of what occurs on
theresentation of petitions, particularly preceding a de-'
144" of g.t..,h interest as that on the Catholic Question.
My repia*s weTe not reported, but I hope the Learned
Gentleman will belie4re ;pa that the observations I have
alluded tu were really made by we. Well, !iir, ;Mother cir 7
comstaimee ocentredv4lr, Canning7eMinistry was formed.
At that moment the Govsmnent of Mr. Catining had suc-
ceeded that over which Lord Liverpool presided, j bad
avowed my intention of resigning my office. In the expla-
nations which followed Mr. Canning's appointment, one of
the grounds of opposition to his administration was his re-
: ;:ceded opinion upon the Catholic claims. Sir, it is not
neeessari because-men differ upon political subjects,
they must cease to to private friends, and although " friend
of Mr. Peel" may be used far the pnrpose of having it in-
ferred upon this particular question tb4P 4 PyprPly of
political feeling was meant, yet I trust, in Q.'mpping Pf
Irishmen it will be unnecessary for me to state, that pri-
ya4:4 kiie4dship may exist, and that in the very highest de-
. viligic men differ upan one political subject.—
(Cheers.) fa,:i? I communicated to Mr. Canning
that as his op!niOn upon r.,401ic • Question was the
cause of the oppos:f4sll then givkp fig kb government, I
should continue to hold office; and give him all rise snut
in my power. Mr. Canning expressed himself most gra,
tified at the resolution I bad come to, and also expressed A
wish that I mightpatina a more important office, and be-
come one of the confidential r,ppcillors of the King.—
My answer was, No! I was al oi4 ,to leave you, but I
never would hive opposed yon. I will cnNip;,:e in the
(Ace which I at present hold. I will neither accept ,clf
power nor a‘kantawe under you more than I possessed
under the former kdininistration. Mr. Canning said,
" I enter into your sentiment p lint the day I trust
N not far distant when you will '• le induced to
become one' of the .Cabinet allinisters of the IS.ivr?.."
—(Cheers.) Mr. Canning was on the following
day questioeml relative to his opinion respecting the
repeal of time Test awl Corporation ' Acts. notice
stood in the Order Book of the I-louse of Commons,. in
the name of Lord John RtisseY, fora perticillar day. Mr.
Canning " T will oppose their repeal, becaise j do
not think the Dissenters labour under any practical griev
'ancea of which they have a right to complain very kindly ;
will oppose their repeal, became I think a great number
of our countrymen do labour ;tacr practical grievances
which call more loudly for removal than those of which
the Dissenters complain." The effect of this announce-
ment was, that 'Lord John Russell withdrew his motion.
Such, Sir, were the feelings to which I responded, and in
furtherance of those feelings, as a man in office, i was
pledged to vote against the repeal of the Test and Cur-

poration Acts. The measure was in the next year op-
posed by every man who held place
_under Mr. Can-
ning, and all of whom were the consistent and honest
supporters of the Catholic cause.—(Cheers.)--These
men who recently secebil from the Ministry have been
enlogized by the same persons who traduce me, and
-yet every one of them voted, against the repeal of
the Teat and Corporation Acts.—(Loud cheers.)—Pre-
vious to the vute which I gave upon that occasion, I
had a conversation with a distinguished member of the
House, and who may be considered as the orgau of the
Dissenters. I communicated with him and said, that if
the Dissenters made common cause with the Catholics,
they must succeed. This the Hon. Crentlearan declined
doing.. Then I said I must adhere to the course I had
originally marked out, and vote against the repeal of these
• Acts. The charges against nie.are of a two-fold description,
first for the vote I gave against the Dissenters, and next
for haying joixed the Administration of the Duke of Wel-
lington, an Admieisiration which actually succeeded in
carrying their repeal. I know it will be said that the
Duke of Wellington dill not change his mind upon the sub-
ject until a majority of the House of Commons had de-
cided that the laws ought to be repealed. How, I would
ask, could that measure ever be carried without the sup-
port of all the Ministers of the Cabinet? Is there no merit
in a Minister acting upon the expressed wish of the House
of Comtnoos—is there no merit in a Minister carrying
a measure of that kind through the House of Lords, and
mitigating the hostility of the Church to its progress ?
Think you if Mr. Canning had • been alive, *hat he ever
could have carried that measure through the House of
Lords? He most unquestionably never could—and feeling
his incompetence'to carry it through. the Upper House, the
measure would most likely haVe been lost in the Lower. I
appeal to every gentlemen here, and ask if my apology is
not such as ought to satisfy any honourable mind?--
(Cheers.)—With respect to the East Retford Bill, I beg
to state, that upon that subject also the ireatest misrepre-
sentations have been circulated. The question seas shortly
this. Tht4e were two places-to be' disfranehised, and it
was understood that the franchise of one of the boroughs
WAS to be transferred to a populous town, and the other
to the neighbouring hundred. One of the boroughs was
Penryn, and the other that of East Belford. Penryn was
situated in a county very fruitful in representatives, and
therefore it was agreed that the franchise of the electors of
that borough should be transferred to some populous town.
It Was objected to me that the effect of my vote would
be to give the return of two Members to a Noble
Duke, hostile to the Catholic Claims. I did not hear of
this circumstance at the time I gave my vote, and now
that I. do hear it, I do not heiieve it.—(Cheers.)—
To show how impossible it is that such could be the
object, I need only state that the rental of the •Hundred
of itassetlaw is upwards- of Y 2511,000/. a year, and that a
greater number of freeholders would be created by the act
than are in many counties in Ireland. riio man, therefore,
has a' right to state that I meant by the vote I gave, to
throw two more votes into the hands of a Noble Duke,
hostile to the Catholics. With respect to the share which
the Ministry had in the transaction, it may be necessary to
state that the Bill was introduced by Mr. Nicholas Cal-
vert, the Member for Hertfordshire, who hail always given
his vote in support of the Catholic Claims. Att.. Calvert
_ _

is an English county Member, and therefore cannot be sup-
posed to have given his vote from interested motives.__
(Cheers.)—Mr. Culvert is one of the earliest supporters of
the Catholic Claims, and was one of the glorious minority
who voted with Mr. Fox on the first introduction of the
question by that Right lion. Gentleman, and he at leaast

wool! have dared to give 21 conscientious vote.—(Cheers.)
—The seconder of Mr. O'Connell has stated that I was
nut actuated by the saute motives. I think I may rest
upon my character as a public man and a gentleman,
and defy him to show uny just reason for sup-
posing that I voted "upon the Catholic Question as
I have done, because I dale not vote otherwise.
—(Cheers.)-11ad I chose to enter Parliament and
belie my opinion, 1 beg to assure the Gentleman that I
might have done so, anti proud as I have barn and ever

shall be to be chosen your Representative here, I would
not compromise a single principle to obtain that high situa-
tion, nor would I give a vote to secure my return because I
dared not give it otherwise. (Cheers.) I now pass to the
other subjects. There is one vote that I gave which, how-
ever I may regret, I certainly did not give it because I was
afraid to vote otherwise— I allude to the vote 1 gave for sup-
pressing the first Catholic Association. (Citeers. ) I have not
the bad taste or folly to raise a topic, when soliciting your
support, that may lead to contention amongst us, but the
matter having been broached, I will nut shrink from ex-
plaining my conduct upon that occasion. I world ask of my
querist, whether he really believes I would be afraid to
give a vote if my conscience dictaud the propriety of my
giving it ? If I lament that vote, it is not so much from
the character of the vote itself that I lametit it, but because
it has alienated the good feeling of those towards me,
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whose kindness I have already so often experienced. Let
me remind you, that that vote was supported by the most
influential friends the Catholics ever had. The Bill for

suppressing the Association was drawn by Lord Plunket, a
man, whose-energy of mind, powerful abilities, zeal in the
cause of the Catholics, aqd honesty of intention have
never been surpassed by any individual. That vote was
sanctioned, too, by Lord 'Wellesley, inasmuch as it Was
upon his special application that the measure was intro-
duced. Lord Wellesley, though now no longer in the
zenith of power anti popularity, ought never be spoken
of by Irishmen without the greatest gratitude. . A man
who had not the power to do all lie wished for the good
of his country, but had yet the good of that country
as earnestly at heart as any man that 'ever lived—a man
who, if powerless• to do moth gaud, Lad yet much poster
to prevent mischief—he introduced a new tone into so-
ciety in this country, and was the first to infuse a spirit
of impartiality into the system by which the country
was to be governed—a' man . who proclaimed that he
carpe not to alter the laws but to execute them with im-
partiality, and who kept his pledge in such a way as to.
prove the sincerity in which he made the communication.
Yet Lord Wellesley was the man who expressly ►called for
that enactment for supporting which I am now arraigned.
I may have been wrong in giving the vote I dig, but I do

not adroit that I was. - If Idid err, I erred with these dis-
tinguished personages who gave the Catholic cause the

nowt zealous and efficient support. l gave my vote in con]•
mon with Mr. Canning. The speech' in which Mr. Can•
ning supported the measure will not soon be forgotten.
He supported the suppression of the Association, he said,
because he was a friend to the Catholic cause, and upo►i
this ground he justified his vote. I wish to show that
gave my vote in conjunction with the ablest advocates of

the Catholic cause, and in common with those men whose
secession from office is so much deplored by the Catholic
Body.? I gave my vote in common with Lord Dudley,
with Lard Palmerston, in common with Mr. Huskisson,
and I gave it in common with Mr. grant, who held the
office of Secretary for Ireland,- and whose secession from
office I sincerely deplore. But, Sir, it is a charge against
me that I succeeded to the office of a man who voted
the same way 1 did upon all the questions upon which

my accusers have thought
proper to arraign me, I
have in fact been arraigned for acting a similar part
with the man upon whom they have lavishly bestowed
their praise. Is this honest, is it candid, is it just ?
Now, Sir, there :ire one or two topitz More to which
I should wish to allude, if I have not trespassed too
long already. (Loud cries of " No, no.") I have ad-
verted to the East Retford Question, the Di.senters, and
the Catholic Association. My joining the Administration
of the Duke of Wellington I have only adverted to
inci-
dentally. This Sir, is really the head and front of my
offending—it is but manly to state that it is so, and be the
cgtu;eq4ences what they may,,l am not ashamed of possess-
ing the cpug.der,c, and being the colleague of the illustrious
Wellington.—(Loud cheers.)—l thiiik a Government
constituted as the present is, could do much to neiltrelie
the opposition made to you. Doi a any Man suppose that a
Whig Administration could ever have' carried the Dis-
senters Relief Bill? No, it could only be achieved by a
!nixed Cabinet. There are other points upon which I
'jai:, Legg gope great injustice, and I tun sure the Learned
Gentleman will pr4ch of whit he has advanced
against me. It has been said that 1 have Inn twenty
years in office, doting which period I spent or received up-'
wards of 100,000/. of the public money, which was ex-
tracted frog'. the suffering people. This only shows, Sir,
litoe we know the point at which we spay be assailed,
for I' Kati t ioi eht 'Oizt hurolde as I was, I was at least '
soKeiently known nett to Incur ?Ate f being actuated
by mercenary viers, or cursed with a sordid charueteF._
(Loud cheers.)---During my politisal Hie, Which it is now
twenty years since I entered nPon, I have lreen thirteen
year.; 4.4 nnplaced and unpensioned Member of
Parliament, retaining, tiro/ Ipsims of retaining no
other character, than what I was entitled to as your
Representative.—(Cheers.):---I have not received one-
fourth of the sum imputed to me ; and if it micros* that
I was that sum out of pocket by the offices which I have
;t weNld lie much nearer the truth than the state-
ment which has ht;tr pot fOrtvir4l,-(1 Oieers-)—I
never held any office that did net require me to expend
two; three, and 'four times' Mere moutly titan the emolu-
ments arising from them suppled me with. It is really
painful for me, Sir, to be obliged to speak so much about
myself, but I trust I shall be exensed, as I Ain but vindicat-
ing my character. I was for 4 certain number of years
Chancellor of the ExChequer in IrOand. 'At the Union
it'wo enacted, that after the lapse of a certain number of

years, the Exchequer of the two countries sould be consoli-
dated. I acctlerated "the period, and I will ask was that
the conduct of a sordid man?—(Cheers.)—l proposed the
consolidation of the two Exchequers—l pressed the mea-
sure upon Parliament, and I carried it—l offered up my
own situation first—l set the other officers the example
of not demanding compensation—l declined accepting
any office growing out of the new arrangement—l only
asked that the old servants of the public should not be
sufferers by the change ; but I was determined that neither
myself our any one connected with me should be
henefitted one penny by the arrangements. The period at
which the consolidation took place was within a few weeks
of the time when by Act of Parliament I should have been
entitled to compensation for length of services. I hastened
the passing of the Act, lest it might be said that I had it
passed for the purpose of availing myself of the compensa-
tion, and front that day to this I never received one shil-
ling in lieu of the salary I voluntarily gave up.—(Cheers.)
—I also served abroad, and certainly spent more money in
my mission than I received front the public. I must also
state that during my political career I several times either
refused or resigned Privy C.uncillor's office.—(Cheers.)
I now ask the Learned Gentleman does he think I deserved
the censure he bestowed on me ?—(Cries of no, no. )
Now, Sir, with respect to another point. I have been ad-
vised that a Roman Catholic is not eligible to stand as a
candidate. • I possess no knowledge of the subject myself,
but I should not think in point of principle or feeling that
objection ought to be urgett—nay more, I will say that it
would ill become me, who have been the advocate of the
Catholics, myself to start such an object-ion.—(Cheers.)—l
appeal to toy constituents on other and hotter grounds than
quibbles of such a nature can supply. If Mr. O'Connell
be eligible to sit, and should you return him, and his return
assist the cause I have so much at heart, I shall be
the first to coograMlate hint. The Learned Gentle-
man in his; address to the county has alluded to
the oaths taken by Members of Parliament. But I do
not believe he meant to insinuate that I took any oaths
that were not taken by every Member who advocated the
cause of the Catholics. It may not be amiss to state that
moving for the repeal of those oaths would be taking from
the friends of the Catholics one of the strongest arguments
they possess to urge in their favour. Ido not wish by
any conduct. of mine further to alienate the tenantry
of this county from their landlords. Ido lament,
unfeignedly lament, the course that has been taken.
When the day arrives, and arrive I fear it will, when a
serious difference will take place between the landed pro-
prietor and his tenant, and by Heaven, said Mr. Fitzgerald
in great agitation, I deprecate the thought of it ; but if it
should arrive, let me ask is it the payment of an arrear of
rent by any body of men that will compensate to
the untOrtunate peasant for being deprived of his natural
protector? Is it the payment of a few pounds that can
compensate the tenant for the total alienation of his land-
lord ; when the poor man is sick, and his family perhaps
finishing with hunger, where will those men he who to
gratify a public, perhaps a private pique, burst the
bonds which for years have bound together the landlord
and tenant, by what was till now considered an indis-
soluble tie?---alas! they will he far distant, and the
unfitrtunate tenant will have nobody to look to for re-
lief and comb re, except that landlord whom he is
now called' upon to desert. —(Cheers. ) Now, Sir, the
Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Steele) who seconded the
nomination of Mr. O'Connell, has alluded, and I think
very unnecessarily, to what occurred in this town in 1798.
The person who urged that topic could not have held me
responsible for what occurred, when I was still a very
young man. I am, Sir, the son of a man who in those
days held office, and who did everything in his power to
temper justice with mercy.—(Cheers.)—That individual
is now stretched on a bed of sickness, and is unaware
of the situation in which I ant placed.—[The Right
Honourable Gentleman here became so affected that
he shed team, and the tone of voice in which he made
the allusion to his father, came so directly from his heart,
that numbers of his auditors were as visibly affected as
the Right Honourable Gentleman himself:l—l have,
said Mr. Fitzgerald, after a lapse of a few minutes, oh-
tendril upon you too lung—(cries of no, no)—but there
is one charge brought against me which I have not no.
ticed, it is that where I am charged with having 18 years
ago joined Mr. Perceval's _Administration. I have four
time since that period been returned by this county, and
therefore, it is not the time to bring that circum-
stance as an accusation against Inc. I admit if I were
a Candidate for Kerry the Learned Gentleman might
be warranted in taunting me with it, but here the thing is
quite idle. I trust I may be permitted to express my hope
that this contest will be prosecuted as all former contests in
this county have been prosecuted—entirely, I am aware
that it cannot be, as a new principle has been introduced.
—(Hear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Shell.) I
have no complaint to make against the Learned Gentleman,
if he thinks himself qualified to sit. But if, on the other
hand, he be not qualified, on him must teat the awful re.
Sponsiffility of having convulsed a county which was here-
tofore remarkable for the good feeling which pervaded all
ranks of society.—(Cheers.)
(The Right lion. Gentleman sat down amidst the
loudest cheering, which lasted several minutes.)
Mr. O'CONNELL then presented himself to the notice of
the meeting, and was received with loud cheers. He said,
I agree entirely with the sentiments expressed by the Right

Ilan. Gentleman in the commencement as well as in the
conclusion of his address. 1 agree with him in the neces-
sity of mitigating as much as possible the rancour of this
contest—and I beg to assure hint that if in the burning heat
that animates me fur the good of my country, any uncour-
teous expressions escape me, I shall regret making use of
them and apologize fur their utter woe. I did imagine that
the Right Hon. Gentleman had received much more of the
public money than it appears he has done, I have much
therefore to retract upon that head ; for I will do no man

willfully a wrong, and if convinced of My error I will be
found very expert at reformation. Ido assure Sir E.
O'Brien, that the time is come when the system that has
been pursued towards this countmy must be put a stop to.
It will not do fur the future, that they say sweet friend I

wish you well, but it mu-t be shown by acts, that they
do wish us well. It is quite time that this systeM should
be put an end to, and I am come here to put an end to it.
(Loud cheers.) The Right Honourable Gentleman has
boasted of the support he has received from most of the
Gentry of the County. He has the support of some of our
friends, it is true, and of all our enemies—not one portion of
the filthy press but affords him their support. Oh there
is nothing makes the iron enter my soul so much as the
air of patronage with which our claims are taken under
the wing of a great personage. " I took the trouble of

penning a petition forsooth But the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman mistakes us, the time when we could be trampled
upon with impunity is gone by. We do not now, as we
were went to do, bend our necks before our masters.—
Are there no biblical persecutors amongst his supporters ?
Are not the wretched faller and mother driven out to
starve unless their wretched children are permitted to attend
all the proselytizing schools. Mr. V. Fitegerald put down
one Association, if you send hint to Parliament, Vie will be
voting to put down another. lie did not condescend to ex •
'press regret even for the wits he gave, and why, think
you? Because his colleagues are planning the tlestructiou
of another. If I ant returned to Parliament, and if the
voice of the people can command it, I have a chance---
(cheer.).,-,•I slallOonsider myself in the nature of a juror
between the Country and the King. Send in the Right
Hon. Gentleman, and he will be calculating how touch
hock and chatnpaigne he expended in entertaining his col-
leagues in office.
Mr. Frrzattitatn,—l appeal to the Learned Gentlemen
whether I deserve this.

Mr. O'CONNELL-I admit I was wrong as to a part of
the money. I like sentituentality, but I admire consistency
more. Mr. Gore arraigned me, and he was right with
respect to the part I took on the question of the furty shil-
ling freeholders. I went to London at the time the Ca-
tholic Association was suppressed, and seeing the fell dispo-
sition of the Government, I did every thing to conciliate
them.. I went to London at a great pecuniary sacrifice in
order if passible to carry the measure of emancipation.—
I did offer to give up the forty shilling freeholders, be-
thought they belonged to the landlord, but now
that I am convinced to the contrary, I would rather die
than ever consent to such a measure again. Perceval it was
who first raised the No Popery cry, and every man who
s oppornsl the base, bloody, and unchristian Perceval, is as
guilty of the deeds lie committed as that infamous Mini-
star hiniselr, The Marquis of Anglesey came here, and
preached toleration,- his sop, gallant an officer as ever
trod 4 ship's deck voted in favour' of us. • Lord Anglesey
,
tried to satisfy us with sweet irorCls, but did he vote for !Is?
So--and for this I denounce him. Delusion is abroad.
If you send me to Parliament I will put an end to.
.the
horrid for bui:ding Protestant Churches and providing
Sacramental Tine:.(Cheers.)--Pll vote for the diminution
of the tithes.—( cheers. ).411 vote for a Reform in Par-
liament, and finally I'll vote for reconsidering the abomi-
nable measure of the Union._(Cheers.)--.13e true to each
other, and twine, and We Must succeed, Make way for Mr.
Pitger4ld's freeholders as you would for mine; but go
round the country and tell his voters that they ought to
vote for me—scatter throuzh the country and do that
manfully for me. I have taken the oath of allegiance to
my King, and will keep it, but I must tell the Right Hon.
Gentleman that the young blood of Ireland is in a ferment.
I detected a boy of thirteen years of age a few days since

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LONDON.
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1829.

MR. O'CONNELL'S RETURN!

From the crowded 'state of our columns we have
only room to-day to advert to the singular fact—that
Mr. O'CoNNELt. has been returned to serve in Par-
liament for the County of Clare. The Election
began on Monday, and on Tuesday, at four
o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. FITZGERALD, seeing
the utter hopelessness of succeeding, gave up the con-
test, when Mr. O'CONNELL was declared duly
elected. The utmost order prevailed during the
election. We have received this intelligence by Ex-
press from Liverpool, and from our Agents in Ire.
land. The next great question is, will Mr. O'CoN-
NELL take his seat this Session ? We hope he may.

The French Mottling Papers of Wednesday, by
Express, have been received, but they do not con-
tain any fresh news from the East of Europe. The
Rentes were on Wednesday, Five per Cents, 106-71
Three per Cents. 72, 85, 90, 95.

By the Duke of .Marlborough picket we haWte.:
ceived news from Lisbon to the 22t1 ult.; but asthe
particulrs are furnished from the agents of Doti
Mmum, they are of course unworthy of belief. In
another column willbs found some extracts froln the
Lisbon Gazettes.
By private letters from Lisbon, however, we learn

that all goes on well %:ith the Constitutionalists.
The Junta of Oporto had proceeded to join the
head quarters of the army at Coimbra, on the.l3tii
June.

, .
The execution of nine youths, students at
Coimbra, has excited the most intense feeling in
Lisbon. The conduct of the Monks on this sad
occasion was most disgraCeful. The poor youths
were tortured for seventy-two hours to confess
a crime of which they were innocent. They
were hanged one after another very slowly, • by the
executioner laying .hold of one at the bottom of
long and wide ladder. On coming out of the gaol,
one of the assistant monks began to address the
miltit tide, saying that he, who was the last of the
procession, and the most criminal, was a victim of
the Freemasons, who had induced him to commit the
horrible crime by the Masonic society. One of
the young men, with resolution and indignation,
raised his voice and replied—„ Father (Padre),
why are you iFnposing and telling such falsehoodS ?
It is shameful, for I never told you any such things,