The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-06 00:00:00

THE SPANISH MERCENARIES.

( From the Morning Post. )
The James Watt, steamer, which arrived on Thursday last
from St-. Sebastian, has brought back upwards of sixty men
from this mercenary expedition, consisting partly or the
wounded; invalided, and most refractory, whom no discipline
could curb. To give an instance of the latter it may be stated
that there is amongst them a private who was sentenced to fifty
lashes for striking a lieutenant of his company, and subsequently
ordered-to be disgraced the regiment and sent home. The most
shamefulliartof the aff. it is, however, that in the number there
iff6 thirry;two-torei gners,- consistit. rg-vf retest- Russians, - Ger-
mans, and Belgians, some of whom were sent from this countryt
but the majority from Ostend. It appears from the statement
of these men, who are in the most miserable condition, tha,
their treatment has been gross in the extreme.
On account of the desertion of six of the Ist Regiment to
the forces of Don Carlos, the whole of the foreigners were or-
dered to be sent home by General Evans, when, on quitting
Spain, the.v each received the sum of six shillings, and which, as
is proved by the regimental books, is the full amount of money
that they received fur their four months' service. In the official
discharges given to the unto, tunate individuals no cause is as-
siv:ned tor their dismissal, whilst a certificate to the follouing
effect has been given to them, signed by the major :
" I certify that the bearer, of the Light Company British
Legion, has always conducted himself in a proper and soldier-
like manner since he joined the above regiment, and he is not
discharged in consequence of any crime being attached to him."
The generality of these unfortunate men cannot speak a word
of English, and were, at the time of their dismissal, given no
other option than that of returning to England.
• We were prepared to hear that our own deluded countrymen
who entered into a service would return impoverished and
destitute, but we did not expect other foreign mercenaries would
be turned mendicant upon our shores. All at 'least shows the
animus of an expedition got. up without principle, conducted
without honesty, and which must inevitably terminate in de-
gradation to all. Orders were issued yesterday for 4,000 more
men to be raised for the service, and considerable activity was
exhibited at the different recruiting depots. Major Stewart
started off fur this purpose yesterday for Ireland.

MR. JOHN O'CONNELL.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE MORNING POST.

Sin,—ln the published correspondence between Mr. Raphael
and Mt. Daniel O'Connell 1 find the following:—
" Wednesday, June 10.
" Sir—l beg you will hand my son, Mr. John O'Connell, the
;COM-placed with you by Mr:Raphael for my use. My son
will give you a voucher at foot.-1 have the honour to be, sir,
your obedient servant, - " DANIEL O'CONNELL.
" To T. Hamilton, Esq., 2, Henrietta-street."
" I acknowledge to have received ELM) by draught on
Wright and Co. " JOHN O'CONNELL."
" June 10, 18:35."
" I enclose you the ballot of this morning. Nothing can to
better.—Ever your's faithfully,
" A. Raphael. EN." " DANIEL O'CoNNsct.."
And in the Parliamentary Paper, dated Tuesday, July 28,
1835, I also find, among the names of Members sworn for trying
the merits of the " Election for Carlow" that of " John
O'Connell."
Will you be kind enough to inform your readers whether this
" John' is one and the same person.—L'our's truly,
A SUBSCitinER TO THE POST.

Lloyd's, Nov. 2,

➢Middlesex

New claims, as far 11,e?.
ascertained, a ma-
jority of the conser-
vativesk
of above ....)
Kent ( W est )
- (East)
Huntingdonshire
New claims -
Isle of Wight.....
Gloucestershire (East)
(West) • •
Somerrtshire ( West)
New claims..
Devonshire (South)
Shropshire (North)
New claims..
Yorkshire (West Hiding)
Northamptonshire (North
Leicestershire (South)

291 555
392 58-1
157 291
279
172 290
491 688
971 616
567 752
1262 ....
604 i 1199
149 3GO
388 ....
2858 ....
139 ....
183 ....

2SI
867
1271
855

These are all the counties of which we have yet found any
returns. There is no suppression, on our parts, of more un-
favourable accounts; for the simple truth is, that, after waking
a laborious and troublesome search thn,tul; country papers of
every shade of politics, we have . bzen uuaule to find any such,
In many of the counties of which no report is given the result
is, we are well aware, so certain that a report has been thought
needless.
In East Surrey, for instance, Major Beauclerk's ejectionis
so perfectly settled that his opponents have not troubled them-
selves to let the public know how many hundreds he will be left
in the rear.
In Buckinghamshire the conservative majority of 500 is much
augmented, but it excites little interest to know whether that
majority will be raised to 700 or to 900. So of a vast number
of other districts, respecting which no return has appeared. Of
some others we regret to have to admit that the conservatives
have remained it: a state of inertness, and have left the repre-
sentation in the hands of those from whom they might with ease
have wrested it.
But we must proceed to the boroughs, beginning with that
splendid instance of whig liberality, Leeds, In this borough
Sir John Beckett polled not quite 2,000 votes at the last elec-
tion. Mr. Baines's party, to leave nothing undone, served no-
tices of objection in July last oe no fewer than 2,534 registered
electors! Of these they succeeded in disqualifying only 599,
failing in more than three out of every four of their objections.
Their opponents objected to 1,639, of whom they struck off 829,
or more than half---giying them a clear advantage of 230 by
the revision.
Bristol presented a similar instance of the liberality of the
liberals. l'he whigs objected to 1,304 names, and struck off
only 647; the conservatives to only 914, of whom they ex-
punged 812.
In Wakefield the conservatives established 133 objections,
and 31 new claims; the whigs 24 objections, and 21 new claims.
In Ipswich the conservatives established 70 objections; the
whigs 50.
In Cheltenham the conservatives succeeded in expunging 73
of their opponents; the whigs only 32.
In Gloucester the conservatives struck off 148 ; the whigs
only 67.
lit Colchester the conservatives succeeded in 113 cases; the
whigs in only 60.
In Peterborough the conservatives expunged 49 of the oppo-
site party, while the whigs succeeded in only 11 casts.
In Southampton the whigs expunged were 48 in number; the
conservatives struck off were only 33.
In Halifax the conservatives removed 103 whigs from the re-
gister, while the whigs expunged only 34.
In Reading the radicals expunged and conservative claims
allowed were 51. Those on the other side 49.
In Windsor 61 conservative objections were successful; but
only 28 radical objections.
In London the conservatives succeeded in 378 objections; the
radicals in 129.

In Grimsby the conservatives established 44 cases; the radi-
cals only 6.
In Hereford 55 objections were sustained by the conservatives;
by the radicals, 10.
In Poole the conservatives made a gain of 45 votes; the
radicals of only 8.
In Shrewsbury the conservatives sustained 82 objections; the
whigs and radicals 24.
In Canterbury the conservative objections sustained were
152; the radicals 86.
In Dover the conservatives expunged 56 whigs and radicals,
aril their own loss was only 26.
These are the principal reports from the boroughs in which,
any struggle has taken place. We cannot say here, as in the
case of the counties, that there are no reports of any other chbo•
tereter, tut-we • can truly ,say that ,there is no real sat oft: The 1
-few cgs-ex-In which-the, balance' has turned Against the-eortseive-
tives are such as will have no influence on the twill. If Fins-
bury, for instance, has added a thousand or two more of radi-
cals to her registry; what matters it? Finsbury has already
done its worst—not even Finsbury itself can descend below '
Duncombe and Wakley. So in Cambridge the conservatives
have managed by a blunder to fail in all their objections; all
that follows is, that the present members may, perhaps, keep
their scats. If in' Hull the radicals have gained 200, as some
accounts say, or eighty, as others, still what can the whigs or
radicals gain by that? Have they not the seats already? And
this remark applies to nearly all the supposed gains of the whi(s-
radical party. The gain is, in nearly every case, merely the
hope of not losing, -They attempt to keep up their spirits under
the loss of a score or two of seats by remembering that there are
others which they have not lost. In other words, it is made a
matter of much glorying that they are not beaten everywhere.
A word in parting on one expression used by the Chronicle.
It says, "We have stated the general result of the registration
from the sources of information open to us." Now we know
well what those "sources of information" are, and we will give
a single specimen of the degree of reliance that may safely be
placed on them. On the 9th of last month the Chronicle sum-
med up the report of the revision of the county voters in the
city of London with the following statement:—
Objections by the reformers l5B
Sustained 7B
Now we are well aware that the objections taken by the
Reform Club in this case were 158, or thereabouts; but the
other figure is only useful as showing how far even the Morning
Chronicle may be imposed upon. Seventy-eight objections taken
by the Reform Club are said to have been sustained. Now we
will not bind the Morning Chronicle to prove half of what it has
asserted; that would, perhaps, be asking too much. But we
will make this open and fair offer. If our contemporary will
just refer to its informant, and will send us the names of even
as many as twenty-eight, instead of seventy-eight, of these par-
ties against whom the refoimers' objections are said to have
been sustained, such list being shown to be correct, we will fur-,
ward to the Morning Chronicle for the use of the said Middlesex
Reform Club a donation of ten pounds. But why do we dwell
upon this little incident? Merely to show both to the Morning
Chronicle and to the public upon what delusive information that
journal and its dupes are relying. For we happen to know that
" that the sources of information which are now open to it,"
and of which it speaks so confidently as regards England at
large, are just the very same- which palmed upon it only last
month this monstrous Middlesex fabrication.

EXTRAORDINARY PIKE.—The finest jack that has been
caught in the Thames for many years was taken a few days
since by B, B. Williams, Esq., of Formosv, near Maidenhead.
It weighed 1911 b, and measured round the shoulders 19 inches.
It was forwarded immediately to the king at "Windsor. by whom,
and by the inhabitants of the Castle,'it was declared Co be as
fine a fish of the kind as they had ever seen.