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HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
The London Grand Junction Railway bill was brought up
from the Commons and read a first time.
LORD JOHN HAY'S LETTER.
The Earl of NItNTO stated that government could now, if it
were desired, produce Lord John Hay's letter, mentioned on a
former evening by the Marquis of Londonderry ; but it had
already been published.
The. Marquis of Lorgnownaitay wished it to be produced ; it
'c4141 be useful when the affairs of Spain came under discus-
Allicatrued.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TxuasnAv.
LONDON GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL.
On the motion of Mr. ORMSBY GORE this bill was read a
third time and passed, and sent up to the House of Lords.
CALL OF TE HOUSF..
The Marquis of CH5541103 declined enforcing the call of the
house, the order for which was accordingly discharged.
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ar.tcrtorr. Mr. HARDY, at the close of au admirable speech, in which he
reviewed the whole transactions respecting the election of Mr.
thße fhaael
as the 4enresonsn:—
etative of the county of Carlow, moved
following r
" That it appears, in the evidence reported by the committee
appointed to Inquire Into the .eircumstanees under which Alex-
ander R aphsel, Etq., was-returned a member' for the county of
Carlow, at the election in June last, that an agreement in writ-
int, was concluded between Daniel O'Connell,'a member of this
bolo, and the said Alexander Raphael, as follows:

" " clarges-.Street,...lunel, 1835. -
" My _dear. Sir,---You having-acceded-to the terms. pro posed.
to you for the election of the county of Carlow, viz., you are to
pay before nomination LLCM—say one thousand pounds, and
a like sum after being returned; the first to be paid absolutely
and entirely for being nominated; the second to be paid only in
the event. of your laving been returned. I hereby undertake
and guarantee-to save you harmless from any and 'every other
expense whatsoever, whether of agents, carriages, counsel, peti-
tion against the return, or of any other description; and I
make this guarantee in the fullest sense of the honoUrable en-
gagement that, you should not possibly be requiredio pay one
mute in any event, or upon any contingency whatever
am, my dear sir, your very faithful

" Alex-. Raphael, Esq.'" • "`DINIEL O'CONNELL.
".Resolved,—That it appears that Nicholas Aylward Vigors,
Esq., was cognisant.of, and consenting to, the said agreement;
and that, in .parsance thereof, the said Daniel O'Connell and
the said Nicholas Aylward-Vigors did endeavour to procure the
return of og.said...Alexander...Raphael as a member to serve in
-parliament for the said county of Cadow, and who was returned
accordingly.
Resolved,—That to enter into, or content to such an agree-
ment was a high breach of the privileges of this house.
Resolved also,—That such agreement, as aforesaid, is in
violation of the statute passed in the 49th-year of King George
111., for preventing the giving or receiving of money oh any
contract or agreement-to procure, or endeaVour to procure, the
return of any persOn to serve in parliament.'
Mr. O'CotiNgm. addressed -the house' at, some length. He-
considered that, the report of- the-committee shielded him'from
any further attacks, and- that-the motion then before the house
could not succeed -until the allegations of the report were re-
versed. Mr. O'Connell-then left the house. -

Mr. RIDLEY' COLBORNE; the chairman of the'cotnmittee, de-
fended the report, which. that -body had agreed tounanitmiusly,
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON; when-on the committee, had felt it
his duty: to diveit the member for Dublin. of all Circurnst4nces
which distinguished hint from other men--=to look at him apait
from his situation and talents, or what might be called the faults
and delinquencies of his political conduct: 'Some di the trans-
actions in this affair were the last which he woald condescend
to imitate. In his opinion in the inquiry. the charges were ais-
ptoved 'by the evidence. In conclusion; Lord Francis said:—
It appeared to him that the eriuinator of theSe transactions had
been anxious to obtain for- himself a reputation, howeyer
spurious; that the course which he had taken was engendeted
in personal vanity, which led, as was generally the case, in the
world, to mortifications and disappointments: These rnortifi-
cations had induced him to plaice the Hon. and,learned-mein-
ber for Dublin in a light belOre the public in which he bad no
right either by inference or opinion; and with his knowledge .of
the .facts, to bring the hon. and learned member for Dublin
before the house and before the country.. He (Lord F. Eger.
ton) confessed that such was the effect of the letters which had
been published, on his mind; he knew not what their effect
might have been on the minds of others. It was true he had
not read them with a view to find out errors and inconsistencies,
but he thought that the hon. and learned gentleman could have
hardly done otherwise than acknowledge. the obligation he felt
for the opportunity afforded him of disproving the charges
raised against him. This was his (Lord F. Egerton's) view
of the subject when first introduced by his hon. and learned
friend the member for Bradford,. and he 'must say that if any.;
thing could have induced him to give a rash .credeuce to those
letters, it would have been the angry recrimination which the
hon. and learned member for Dublin made use of when the
subject was first brought under the consideration of the house.
He .was not aware that it was necessary further to state the
feelings which influenced his conduct un the committee. How
.others might be governed in their views it was not for him to
say, or to attempt to control. It would be for the house to
consider whether it would be expedient to attribute errors to
the_judg,tuent of the committee by entering furth-ef into a
course of inquiry. For his own part, he thought it inconsistent
with the. course he had pursued, and .the views he entertained,•
to do otherwise than to give his assent to the views expressed
by the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. H. Colborne,) who had
moved the previous question—(hear, hear.)
After Sir Ronald Ferguson, Mr. Barnaby, and Mr. Warbur-
ton had severally addressed the house.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved as an amendment,
1. That it is the opinion of this house that Mr. O'Connell ad-
dressed a letter, bearing date the Ist of June, 1835, to Mr.
Raphael, in which an agreement for Mr. Raphael's return for
the county of Carlow fur £2,000 was concluded.
2. That it is the opinion of this house that the whole tone and
tenour of his letter was calculated to. excite much suspicion and
grave animadveision; but they lutist add, that, upon a very
careful investigation, it appeared that previous conferences and
communications had taken place between Mr. Raphael, Mr.
Vigors, and other persons connected with the county of Carlow,
and that Mr. O'Connell was acting on this occasion tit the ex,-
piesS desire of Mr. Raphael, and was only the medium between
Mr. Raphael and Mr. `rigors, and the political club at Carlow.
3. That it is the opinion of this house that the money- was
paid' to. Mr, O'Conuell's general account at his banker's in
London ; it was, however, advanced the moment it was called
for to Mr. Vigors; and, though some of it was paid in bills, the
discount was allowed; the amount, therefore, was available
whenever wanted, and no charge.of a pecuniary character can
be attached to Mr.. O'Connell.

4. That it is the opinion of this house that this money has
been expended under the immediate direction of Mr. 1( tgors
and others connected with the county of Carlow, on what may
be Called legal expenses, or so unavo►dable that this house sees
no reason to question their legality, and that the balance was
absorbed_ in defending the return of Mr. Raphael and Mr.
-Vigors before the committee appointed to investigate it on the
28th of July,. 1835..
Lord STANLEY supported the original motion, and was fol-
lowed by Mr. Sergeant Wilde, who spoke on the opposite side.
The debate was adjourned at half-pa st one o'clock, when the
Speaker left the chair.

The Committee for the arrangement of the undermentioned Lec-
tures, at the request of many Friends of Education, who are
desirous that the Public: generally should have the advantage of
them, hare resolved that the One Guinea Ticket shayeidmit a
Lady and Geutleman, and single Lecture Ticledts shall be
issued at is. 6d. each.
EDUCATION.
A .._ COURSE of TWELVE LECTU ES, on MORAL
and EDUCATIONAL PHILOS HY, on the Invita-
tion of the Education Committee of t Town Council, and a
number of Friends of Education, to be elivered by Mr. JAMES
SIMPSON, Advocate, in Bold-street Chapel, Two Doors from
Messrs. Willan's Library, to commence THIS DAY, (Tuesday,)
the 26th of April, and to continue every Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday, until the end of the Course.
Morning Lecture to begin at One o'clock—Evening Lecture
at Half-past Seven o'clock.
Syllabus and Tickets to be had at Messrs. Willan and Co.
Library, Bold-street ; 'Mr. Grapes Church-street; Messrs.
Willmer and Smith's, Church-street ; Messrs. Marples and
Co.'s, Lord-street; and at Themes Hodgson's, Lord street.
Tickets for the Course, 21s. ; Ditto, admitting three under
sixteen years of age, 21s; Single Tickets to each Lecture, ls. 6d.