The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-03 00:00:00

CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY

(From Saunder's News Letter, of Saturday.)
A meeting of the proprietors of the City of Dublin -Steam-
packet Company was held on Thursday„attheir'uffice, at Eden-
quay. It was the 15th anniversary since the establishment of
this compauy, end was most numerously attended._ James Fer-
rier-Esq., chairman.
The secretary of the company having read the report, which
was highly. zatisfactory, aid explained the state of the company's
funds,
It was resolved, that the report now read be received, and en-
tered ou the company's proceedings. .
"Resolved—That a dividend of three per cent. be paid is the
proprietors qualified 'to receive the same, from and after Tues-
day, the 10th of November, fur the half-year enditig Ist Septem-
ber, 1835."
The Chairman then rose, and stated that he deeply regretted
to anuounce to the proprietors, that the absence of his excellent
friend, the founder of this company, Mr. Charles Wye.Wil-
Hams, was occasioned by severe illness, which coutioed'him at
Liverpuol. That his absence on any general meeting of this
company was deeply to be regretted, and still more so on the
present occasion, when they all: had occasion to congratulate
each other as proprietors, but above all as countrymen, ou the
success which attended Mr. Williams's exertions on their be-
half; his' absence was caused by illness, which these exertions
had, he feared, produced. For himself he felt great satisfaction
in stating, that to Mr. Williams the proprietors of this company
were, to his knowledge, greatly indebted; and he added, that
not only the proprietors, but all Irishmen. owed a debt of grati-
tude ts; him. Mr. Williams had not only discharged his im-
portant duties with advantage to the City oi Dublin Steam-
packet Company, but he had,. through that establishment,
rendered incalculable service to Ireland generally. (Hear,
bear ! arid cheers.)
Mr. Mahouy (Solicitor to the Company) stated, that he felt
the proprietors would not deem it an intrusion on his part while
he role to say it was the pride and chief pleasure of his life, that
for years he bud been the companion and friend of Mr. Wil-
hams, and from his professional duties in the service of this
company he was especially called upon to bear his testimony to
the untiring zeal, great industry, and singular talent which had
crowned with success the exertions made by that gentleman on
behalf of the company. Mr. Williams, years ago, found the
Shannon river in a state of nature: the survey made of that
great river by the late Mr. Rennie, and at a large expense to
the country, had been so little thought of that it was no where
to be found. Mr. Williams happened to get possession of Mr.
Grantham's rough draft of that survey, and, with the zeal of a
sincere Irishman, he rescued it from oblivion by the publication
of the copies of it now on their table, and year after year he
pursued the object until, at the end of last session, a bill Was
brought into Parliament by a highly talented and distinguished
countryman, Mr. Spring Rice, (the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer,) through which our wishes and Mr. Williams's object,
the improvement of the river Shannon, from its source to the
sea, will be obtained. But they were also indebted to Mr.
Williams within this year for the virtual attainment of the ob-
ject they had so long sought for, the relief of the steam vessels
from pilotage charges. Though the hill hartalticed by Mr.
Callaghan, one of the representatives for the city of Cork, and
which he carried in the House of Commons by a majority of 71
against a minority of 2, had nut passed, yet an official pledge
bad been given by the President of the Board of Trade, that it
should he passed before the Ist of March next. This measure
will relieve this Company alone from a charge of upwards of
£2,000 annually. Mr. Mahon), then stated, that be had another
item of service in the last sessions to claim for Mr. Williams,
for through his exertions the tonnage bill had been altered, even
after it had passed through committee in the House of Lords,
and by those alterations this company alone will save an addi-
tional charge of £l,OOO a year, to which they would have been
liable but for Mr. Williams.
r Mr. Jaaieson then rose and stated, that he entirely accorded
in, all that fell from their excellent Chairman and Mr. Mahonv.
As a director of this company, be was enabled to bear his testi-
mony to the great talents and unwearied zeal ofhis excellent
and esteemed friend, Mr. Williams : to him he felt the deepest
gratitude, not merely for the services rendered to this company,
but to Ireland generally, and, finding that his sentiments per-
vaded the meeting generally, he felt confident that the pro-
prietors would unanimously adopt the resolution which he
begged to band to the Secretary.
" Resolved—That Charles W. Williams' Esq., the founder
and manager of this company, is entitled to the strongest ex
pression of the deep sense which the proprietors entertain of the
great value of his services to this company, and, at a moment
when his absence from this meeting is known to be caused by
severe illness. we deem it to he our peculiar duty thus to record
our sincere thankfulness for the devotion with which he _ has
'silagethrltritalTfOli brtiarnalpliiir(l6-1823,ratiffted-
arid talents to promote its prosperity, and 'especially during the
last year, in which he has succeeded in passing a hill through
Parliament for improving the navigation of the river Shannon,
and has also obtained an official pledge that early in the next
session owners 'of steam-vessels will be relieved from charges for
pilotage. Both which measures will tend, considerably to ad-
vance the prosperity of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Cnru-
patty."
Mr. Thomas Pim having seconded that resolution, it was
agreed to unanimously.
Sir John Kingston James stated, that while he entirely ac-,
corded in the sentiments honourably and unanimously expressed
towards Mr. Williams, he felt that the proprietors, would ill
discharge the debt of gratitude they owed Mr. Williams, not
merely as proprietors, but as Irishmen, if they did not follow-
up the resolution they had just passed, by an authority to the
Directors to tender such,a reward, out of the funds of the corn-,
pan v, to Mr. Williams as would prove, that the proprietors of
the City. of Dublin Company knew how to appreciate and re-
ward the services of such a man; and he, therefore, moved
that the Directors be authorized to present Mr. Williams out
of the funds of this Company, such a substantial mark of the
gratitude of the proprietors as they may think expedient.
Mr. Barton having seconded this resolution, it passed unani-
mously.
Thanks were then moved to the Chairman, and the meeting
vies adjourned,
It is truly gratifying to us, as journalists, to record the pro-
ceedings of such a meeting; they reflect honour on all engaged
in them, and we sincerely trust, fur the sake of Ireland, that
the example just shown by Mr. Williams, on the one hand,
and the, proprietors of the City of Dublin Company, on the
, I other, 'will be long followed by Irishmen generally. . . •
Is '•

Frederick the Great was the declared enemy of new fashions
and showy attire. He was ranch vexed to observe the admira-
tion which the laced hats and enormous bagsof the French am-
bassador, Count Von Rotteuburg, and his suite, excited at court.
In order to prevent the adoption of this fashion by the imita-
tive citizens of Berlin, the King, at a grand review on Whit-
Tuesday, 1719, caused all the executioners of the army, who lie
under the same stigma as public flayers and executioners, to be
dressed in this now French mode, exaggerr ling the brims of the
hats to the dimensions of pent-houses, and the bags to enormous
sacks of hair. The King further commanded that all persons
Who should be declared tnfamous should for the future have
their.queue cut off and .wear the hair-hags and costume of the
executioners.—Foreign Quarterly,
The sum of £22,000 voted by parliament to meet the expenses
of the revising barristers this year, will, it is imagined, fall very
short of the' amount wLich theirlengthened labours will entitle
them to:

DANIEL O'CONNELL AND MR. RAPHAEL

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF CARLOW.

Gentlemen,—A report having been circulated that, in with-
drawing at the time I did from any further opposition to the
petition.by which dr. Vigors and myself were removed from
the high honour of lycing your representatives, I had abandoned
your interests, and sacrificed for the present the independence
of your county,. I think it a duty to myself, and to you who so
nobly returned me, a perfect stranger, as one of your represen-
tatives, to state fully and unreservedly the origin of my con-
nexion with your county, and the circumstances under which I
embarked in, and was ultimately and most reluctantly compelled
to withdraw from,'a contest, before a committee of the House of
Commons.
In making this statement, I shall avoid as much as possible
entering into any detail which might admit even of a colourable
contradiction, and confine myself to a publication of that which
is incapable of being controverted, with such observations only
as appear to me necessary to render the whole transaction
intelligible to you; my object being, that those worthy and in-
dependent electors who kindly honoured me with Their confi-
dence and suffrages should be convinced that I resisted to the
utmost the attempts made to :deprive a vast number of you of
your elective franchise, and that the defeat you and I have sus-
tained was owing to circumstances over which I had no control
—to the conduct of others, which neither you nor I. could have
believed possible, and of course could not guard against.
Having fur many years been ambitions of a seat in parliament,
and knowing the influence which Mr. O'Connell possesses in
Ireland, I addressed to him in the month of May last a letter
expressive of such my wish. A petition was then pending
against the return of Colonel Bruen and Mr. Kavanagh as
your representatives, and on the 27th of May the committee
declared their election void. _ . .

On the 28th of May Mr. O'Connell called on me at my town
residence, and pressed me to become a candidate for the county
of
Carlow, assuring me that the only risk I could incur would be
£lOOO. I requested 21 hours' time to consider, and on the fol-
lowing day, at the exact hour appointed, I called at Mr. O'Con-
nell's, and was told by the servant he was not at home ' • in the
evening I received the following note, in consequence of which
an appointment was made for an interview between us at his
house for the 31st of May:—
" 9, Clarges-street, May 29.

" dear Sir,—l remained at home, at some inconvenience,
until aster the hour I mentioned. I was sorry I did not remain
longer, as you called shortly after; but as you left no letter or
other indication of acceding to my proposal, I take for granted
that you decline my offer—be it so. I only add my belief that
you will never again meet so safe a spejulatioa, I am quite sure
1 never shall hear of one.
- " I have the himonr to be, my dear Sir,
. " Your very faithful,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.'
" Alexander Raphael, Esq."
On the 31st we met, as appointed, and after some discussion
he wrote and delivered into my hands this letter :
" 9, Merges-street, June 1.
" My dear Sir,—You having acceded to the terms proposed
to you for the election of the county of Carlowviz., you are to
pay before nomination £lOOO-L-say £lOOO, and a like sum after
being returned—the first to he paid absolutely and entirely for
being nominated, the second to be paid only in the event of
your having been returned, I hereby undertake to guarantee
and save you harmless from any. and every other expense what-
soever, whether of agents, carriages, counsel, petition against
the return, or of any other description, and I make this guaran-
tee in the fullest sense of the honourable engagement that you
should not possibly be required to pay one shilling more in any
event, or upon any contingency whatsoever.
I am, my dear sir, your very faithful,
" A. Raphael, Esq." DANIEL O'CONNELL.
At this meeting I gave to Mr. O'Connell the address.which I
had formerly published to the electors of Westminster, which be
promised to alter, and I became a candidate for the high ho-
nour of representing you in parliament.
At a subsequent interview Mr. O'Connell wished me to pay
the first £lOOO to his credit with Wright and Co., but I told him
I preferred it going through the hands of my solicitor, Mr. Ha-
milton, with whom I would leave the9,cn;orngsey9...strOeent,tlhuen4ot4h.of
June he sent me the following 7ot.e,

"My dear sir,—l have heard from Mr. Vigors this day our
prospects are quite bright. I will arrange your address for to-
morrow's post, and my own for immediate publication. I at
present entertain no.doubt of success; you will bear again from
me to-morrow. Who is Mr. Hamilton, with whom you have,
deposited the £lOOO ? Ido not know any person of that name
in London. I hope I shall soon have the pleasure of sitting by
your side in the house. Till to-morrow,
". I have the honour to be,
" Your very faithful servant and friend,
"A. Raphael, Es." "DANIEL O'CONNELL.
On the sth of June I received a note from Mr. Morgan
O'Connell, apologizing, by his father's direction, for not having
written according-to his promise, and on the Bth I received the
following letter " London, June 8.
" My dear sent off yesterday my letter to the electors
of Carlow on yotir behalf ; all my accounts confirm my opinion
of an easy victory ' • I doubt whether there will be more than the
show of a contest, but lam assured in any event of success. I
send you a slip of a Carlow newspaper, showing that you are
already nominated under the most favourable auspices. I also
send you the draught of an address; .1 beg of you to peruse it,
and to return it to Inc with any corrections you may deem ne-
cessary, or if you approve it, then with your signature; my wish
is that you should alter it as little ar you possibly can. I also
send you a sealed letter from Mr. V igors. I beg of you to return
the address as near to four o'clock this day as you can. that 1
may transmit it to the Dublin Pilot for publication on Wednes-
day next. All the good men of Carlow see that paper. Let me
know who the Mr. Hamilton is with whorit you deposited the
£1000; I expected you would have lodged it at Mr. Wright's.
It is time this were done.
" Faithfully yours, " DANIEL O'CONNELL.
" Alaxander Raphael, Esq."
On the 10th of June Mr. John O'Connell called on Mr.
Hamilton with a note from his father, and received £l,lit4), P,r
which he gate e-Waiarall,4l=l. The following is a copy of the
note and methorandunii—
" Wednesday, June 10th.
beg you will hand my son, Mr. John O'Connell, the
1,000 placed with you by Mr. Raphael for my ,rise. My
SOD will give you a voucher at foot.
" I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.

" To T. Hamilton, Esq. 4 2, Henrietta-street."
" I acknowledge to have received f„',1,000, by draught on
Wright and Co.
" June 10, 1835." " JOHN O'CONNELL."
And on the same day, previous to the receipt of the money, I
having communicated to him by a friend of mine that Mr. Fer-
gus O'Connor called upon me for my decision respecting Car-
low, he sent nie the following. note :
" It is not my fault that Mr. Fergus O'Connor called on you.
Refer hirnand'everybody else to me. I want part of the £l,OOO
to send over. How Shall I communicate with Mr. Hamilton
" All well, quite wall, in CarloW.
" Faithfully yours,
" Wednesday." " DANIEL O'CONNELL."

" 9, Clarges-street, half-past 3.
"My dear sir,—Glorious news! Raphael and Vigors return-
ed on Thursday. Ido nut know the exact majority, but I know
the fact. I heartily congratulate you. My communication
is from a cabinet minister, but this is private. You can take
your seat to-morrow.
" Ever yours faithfully,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL."
And on the following morning, the 22d, 1 received this short
note :
" Alexander Raphael, Esq., M.P. Ultimate majority, 56.
You are entitled to get your letteis free this day."
On the 13th I received a letter from Mr. O'Connell, with
the form of the oath to be made by me as to my qualification,
and with directions before whom it was to be sworn; that letter
contained these passages :
" I am glad io tell you that our prospects of success are, I do
believe, quite conclusive; if only one liberal is to be returned,
you are to be the man. 1 have made all the pecuniary arrange-
ments," &e.
On the 17th Mr. O'Connell wrote me the following:—
Wednesday.

"My dear sir,—l send you Vigors's letter to toe, just recejv-
ed; you see how secure we are. Return me this letter, as it
vouches me £Boofer me; with that you have nothing to do, as,
of course, I stand between you and everybody.
" Faithfully yours,
"DANIEL O'CONNELL.
" Alexander Raphael, Esq."
The day after I received the following note :
" June 18.
" I enclose you the ballot of this morning. Nothing can be
better. " Ever yours faithfully,
NIL O'CONNELL,

D -
" A. Raphael, Esq.
" Mr. Tyrrell did not work with the people at the last elec-
tion."
I must observe, that though I paid the £l,OOO in cash, I
have been informed that the 1..:S0() here mentioned was remitted
in a bill at a long date, drawn by Mr. O'Connell upon some
persona carrying on business as brewers in Dublin, a circum-
stance that was not very well calculated to induce the electors,
or those to whom the money was remitted, to entertain a very,
high opinion of my pecuniary means. I have also been inform-
ed that nothing be cad the LBOO has been expended or receiv-
ed in the county. Vhat became of the other £2OO. or what
would have become of the second £l,OOO in case I had been
returned withont a contest, or without a petition, it is'no busi-
ness of mine to inquire.
-On tire Ales af7nrre-W.--trebtrrtelrebttrrittibicitted Tei etne
gratifying intelligence that I had been returned doe of Your re-
presentatives by the following letter; and on the 25th 1 took my
seat in the House of Commons with a full determination to do'
everything in my power to redress the grievances under which
Ireland, and particularly its catholic inhabitants, had so long
suffered; but at the same time equally determined to act as be:
vaine•the independent representstive of so large and influential
a body of elector* as those. who had honoured me with their con-
fidence and stiffrag.es..
Cm the 3d of July apetition was presented against the return
Vigors and Myself, and it is important to Wear in mind
that it ryas evident from the allegations contained in it that his
and my right to
.the : seats would be decided on a scrutiny;
'henee the necessity for an immediate and active investigation
'into all the votes on both sides, and for measures being taken to
defend those seats and your rights before a. committee of,:thei
Bouse of Commons: .
On the 16th orTl7th of 'July the petitioners perfected the ne- '
cessary recognizences, and on the latter day I received the
felloWing letter:— ,
"9, Clarges-street, July 17.
" My dear sir,—Send to Mr. Baker* the particulars he wants
of your qualification. I will stand between you and him for all
expenses. .1 promised you, and repeat distinctly my promise,'
that, upon payment of the. second £1,000; to which you are at.
all events engaged, no demand shall be made upon you for one
additional sixpence. Do, then, at once pay the other £I,OOO
into Messrs. Wright's to say credit. Conf.et with Mr. Baker, as
to his defence, as much as be chooses. lam bound to indemnify
you from all expenses beyond THAT £l,o9o—that is the second
sum.
" Believe me to be, very faithfully, yours,
"DANIEL O'CONNELL. 1
. •
• " Al9tander Raphael, Esq."
On the 25th I received this note from Mr. O'Connell:— .
" 9, Clarges street, July 25.
" My dear Sir,—You did not say to whom I was to apply, for
the second sum of £l,tkio, according to our arrangement. It is
umeec eks snaorwy—aat bosonlcue whotely tie cies :zoo rgery
ei
to shouldnl e
.h elp
haveaitl rhair
note from
f rLo
me t
Vigor., to whom I am pledged, uressiug me on this subject.
I, of course, am bound to him for ttla money.
" Faithfully yours.
" A. Raphael, Esq. " DANIEL O'CONNELL."
On the following day I informed Mr. O'Connell by note that
my solicitor, Mr. Hamilton, would be in Henrietta-street, and
requested him to cell on him. This he did not do, but sent his
son, Mr. John O'Connell, to whom Mr. Hamilton stated that
my understanding of the original engagetpent between us, in
which lie fully coincided, was, that the. and £l,OOO was not

* The agent ernplnyed by Mr. O'Connell,

to be paid Until the seat was safe. This Mr. John O'Connell
promised to communicate to his father, from whom I received
on the night of that day, on my return from the House of Com-
mons, the following letter:—
" 9, Clarges-street, July 27.
" Sir,—l can hardly restrain my feelings at hearing that you
shrink from performing your engagement with me. Rely on it
you are mistaken if you suppose that I will submit to any devia-
tion from our engagement. I say no more at present, in the
hope that there may be some mistake, which you will INSTANTLY
do away—there can be no mistake on my part.
" I am, in the meantime, your obedient servant,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.

" Alexander Raphael, Esq."
lay first impression on reading this very extraordinary epis-
tle, to say the least of it, was to abandon my seat at once; but
on further reflection, and after advising with my friends, I de-
termined to submit for the time to the insult thus offered, and
by payiug him the second thousand pounds to remove from Mr.
O'Connell all possible pretext for the non-fulfilment of the en-
gagement on his part. Accordingly, on the next day I sent
him this reply :

Great Stanhope-street, July 28.
" Sir,--I deny most positively that I have in any respect
shrunk from perfonning my engagement with you. On the
other side you will find a copy of the letter you gave me, viz.,
that of June I. You must recollect the conversation we had
prior to that being written. My understanding at that time
was, and ever since has been, that I was to risk only £l,OOO,
and that the other £l,OOO was to be paid only in the event of
the seat being secured; you, it seems, put a different construc-
tion on it; and as I presume we both wish only what is right, I
would suggest that the question should be decided by some mu-
tual friend. In the meantime, to prevent all possibility of
doubt as to the good faith on my part, I have authorized Mr.
Hamilton to pay the £l.OOO. In conclusion, it pains me to say
that the tone of your letter was quite unwarranted by any thing
on my part.
" I am, sir, your faithful and obedient servant,
" ALEXANDER RAPHAEL.

" To Daniel O'Connell, Esq."
On the same day, viz., July 28, Mr. John O'Connell received
the sei•oud £l,OOO-, and half an hour afterwards the ballot took
place and the committee were nominated. _ .

•
On the 31st a letter was put into my hands, as I was going
into the House of Commons, to be delivered to Mr. Vigors, who
afterwards informed me it was from the agent,-and was a very
important letter, to which I replied that I had nothing to do
with it, and referred him to Mr. O'Connell. What the con-
tents or purport of it was 1 did not then know, but have since
been informed that it contained a statement of the probable
expenses that would be occasioned by the'scrutiny.
On the 2d of August I met Mr. O'Connell by appointment at
his house, when he made many violent obServations on what he
called the pa'rtial conduct of the tory committee, and stated that
he would wait until two votes were *disposed of before he deter-
Mined what course he would take ; but not one word fell from
hue us this or sny other occasion, intimating, that the oppini-
Lion to the petition was proceeding at may expense. I could
nut, however, from certain expressions used by him, but enter-
tain doubts that it was his intention not to carry on the contest
much longer, and that he would avail himself of the first plausi-
Lie opportunity of withdrawing from it. In this I was confirmed
by the receipt on the following morning of a letter from that
gentleman, containing something in the shape of an offer or
proposition so extraordinary and-unexpected that 1 really knew
not what to make of it, except; indeed, to prepare for, and re-
concile tne to, his then intended breach of engagement, and to
induce me to believe that itiwas not only his desire to make
some atonement for the consequences of such an act, but that it
was in Kis POWER to compensate me in some other way for the
loss of my seat, which was now reduced to a certainty, so far at
least as depended on him for his pecuniary or other support.
I3ut, as this letter was marked "strictly confidential," I am not
now disposed to allude further to its contents, but am ready to
publish it and my reply, if Mr. O'Connell will permit me, to
make this narrative complete. Suffice it, therefore, at present
to say, that I was not to be blinded or duped by this attempt
" to blarney and humbug me," and only now quote the follow-
ing extract from that reply:—" I rely, however, on your ful-
filling your engagement with me to secure my seat, if possible,
by fighting the battle so long as a bad vote for the petitioners
remains on the poll, or at all events to the end of the present
session. To allow 56 of our votes to be struck off would leave
fearful odds to contend with on a future vacancy."
On the 4th of August Mr. Vigors, Mr. O'Connell, and myself,
met by appointment at the Westminster Club, and I was then
informed that the committee had that day struck off the first
vote. This of course led to some discussion, when I learned for
the first time, to my very great surprise, that Mr. Vigors had
not contributed, and would not contribute, one shilling towards
the defence of the seats !! ! Mr. O'Connell left it beyond doubt
that he did net intend any longer to defend the seats, conse-
quently there was no alternative but for:ne, after having already
advanced £2,000 in the confidence reposed in a brother catholic,
either to- fight the battle single-handed, or to abandon at once
all further opposition, and give the seats at once to Colonel
Bruen and Mr. Kavanagh. Placed in this very embarrassing
predicament. I determined, at all events, to continue the oppo-
sition for a day or two, to give me an opportunity of conferring
with my friends. Hitherto I had not been consulted either di-
rectly or indirectly, and had not taken any part in getting up
the case en the part of the sitting members. Counsel had been
retained, and an agent appointed, of whom I knew nothing,
without any communication with me. I was of course in entire
ignorance of the merits of the case on the part of the petition-
ers, as well as of the sitting members; but had been assured
there were more bad votes on the part of the petitioners than of
the sitting members, and that the same evidence as to value
which would disqualify the latter would in its turn apply to the
former, and that little doubt existed of the petitioners being de-
feated. To have abandoned the contest would not only' have
hiven the seats to Colonel Bruen and Mr. Kavanagh, but would
ave enabled them to prosecute the scrutiny on their part as
long, add in any way they pleased; and in the absence of oppo-
sition they could not have had any difficulty of striking off
nearly the whole of the votes they had objected to (upwards of
200,) which would have given them such a decided majority as
would have rendered any opposition at a future election unavail-
ing, until another registration bad taken place. I resolved,
therefore, not to allow the county to be left in.that predica-
ment without 'a struggle, and relying on the assurance that
our case was good, I went on with the opposition, but in thr
mean Aime addressed this letter to Mr. O'Connell, wht& hi
,
tnought it prudent not to reply to, or take any notice
' Great Stauhope-street August 5.
"My dear Sir,—l cannot express how deeply I feel in being
left by you in the painful dilemma either of running away from
the fight, with a majority of 56 in our favour, or to commence
from to-morrow an expensive and uncertain contest, without a
single sixpence from my colleague. I have, however, by the
advice of my friends, determined to continue the contest for A
day or two longer, reserving always to myself, if necessary for
the vindication of my character towards my constituents.of Car-
low, any other mode of proceeding which I may be advised to
adopt. 1 therefore once more call upon yon, as an act of justice
tome, to fulfil your engagement, as you must be convinced,
(and you have yesterday declared*) that I have acted through-
out the transaction in the most honourable manner towards you.
" I am, my dear sir, your faithful and obedient servant,
"ALEXANDER RA.PHAEL."

On the following day I had au interview with Mr. Baker, the
parliamentary assent before-mentioned, who had been employed
by some one, and I naturally infer by Mr. O'Connell, certainly
not by me, or with my knowledge, who stated, however, that he
bed nothing to do with Mr. O'Connell, but looked to me, and
me only, for the expenses of opposing the petition.
The aerating- continued until the l'ith of August, when the
petitioners, having struck off 105 votes, and thus conv,erted our
majority of 50 into a minority of 49. declared their case for the
present closed, reserving to themselves the right of going on
with their objections to the remainder of our votes, in case we
should strike off a sufficient number of theirs to turn the majo-
rity.
In order to render the cause of our defeat intelligible, to you,
it is necessary 1 should state, the committee, on the commence-
ment of the investigation, came to the iesolution that the votes
oijected to before the mivising barrister in 1832 should be first in-
quired into; it became essential therefore, in the first instance,
to give souse evidence that the persons whose votes were now
sought to be impeached had been then objected to,. and on the
part of the counsel employed by some one, but certainly not by
me, to oppose the petition; it was insisted that stria proof should
be given that specific objection was taken to each individual as
he came up to register, and that. it was not sufficient to show
that a general objection was taken by cross-examination of the
party. This evidence the petitioners were, fortunately for them,
and unfortunately for us, enabled to give in every case by means
of a very active and intelligent agent, woo had attended the re-
gistry, and who produced the book in which he at the time made
memoranda of his objections. When the counsel employed on
behalf of Mr. Vigors and myself required our opponents to go
into this minute proof, they must, I presume, have been in-
structed that we should be in a situation to give similar evidence
when called upon to support our objections to the votes of our
opponents.
Whether they were so instructed or not I know not, but
when it came to our turn to prove our case, we had, sure enough,
the revising barrister, one of the counsel, one of the agents, and
several other persons, all of whom could speak to the general
nature of the objections, but nut one of whom could particular-
ize more than about a dozen individuals to whole right of voting
any specific objections had been taken, and even about those
they could not speak with certainty. A book had indeed been
I kept at the time of the registration, which, if produced, would-
have enabled the agent to give the requisite evidence; but
owing to some unaccountable blunder the party who was known
to have possession of it was not summoned, but. remained quietly
iu Carlow, Counsel, it is true, attempted to support three or
'four objections, but being required to give the same kind of
evidence which had been required of our opponents, and which
they had-In consequence giveu, we, to use a law phrase, imtne-
cliaiely "broke down." ro have continued the contest longer
under such circumstances, would have been not onlyunavailing
but might have induced the committee (seven of. whom were
tories) to have voted the opposition frivolous and vexatious. I
therefore, under the advice of our counsel and agent, deter-
mined to offer no further opposition, and in so doing I trust you
will think I have made out a sufficient justification, and that so
far from in any way sacrificing your rights or abandoning your
interests, I have done every thing in my power to preserve and
protect them, and that I have not in any respect forfeited that
confidence which you were pleased to place in me when an en-
tire stranger to you, and which, I flatter myself, you will on some
future occasion again honour me with.
I am aware, that in thus making public what has passed be-
tween Mr. O'Connell and myself, I shall expose myself to that
person's customary and vindictive abuse and calumny ; but I feel
that the liberal eleetors of Carlow are nevertheless entitled to
this explanation, and if anything he can de, or leave undone,
can after recent disclosures surprise his fellow-countrymen, it
will be that he has never had the good feeling or decency to ex-
press on any occasion, either by letter or otherwise, one word of
regret for what has occurred, or at the untoward termination of
what he was pleased to designate as a safe " speculation," in
which I embarked under a perfect reliance on his honour,
patriotism, and integrity, and under the circumstances in part
before detailed.
That I may not do him an injustice, it is but fair that I should,
in conclusion, observe that the second sum of £l,OOO has been
accounted for by his paying in cash £350 to Mr. Baker towards
the law charges, and after repeated apptications made for the
balance, by giving him a bill for it et a long date, drawn by Mr.
O'Connell himself on the self-same brewers as the £BOO before
alluded to was drawn en.
Such, gentlemen, has been the conduct of the individual who,
in his letter recently addressed to the Duke of Wellington,
with his usnal modesty, thus speaks of himself—" The Irish
natiun know me to be sincere and honest; they.confide in my
moral courage and indefatigable perseverance."
This gentlemen, may be your opinion; it most certainly is
not mine.
With many and grateful thanks to you for your exertions its
my favour,
I have the honors to be, gentlemen,
Your faithful and obedient servant,
ALEXANDER RAPHAEL.
Great Stanhope-street, Oct.