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liberty..ii 'and-where the boldest rogue ii-t,te most
exetnplary patriot?

Such, we believe, would .be your opinion, and that of
every honest man, underSiMilar Circumstances. This
then is our ease--thia rotirdecision. •
Turn.we then from this suppositions to a real case in point;
It will be.fonnd...teported at 'full-length in anOthef: page.
It may, he classed 'Under the head' of " RAPHAEL versus
O'CoNNtr.l.,7. and wilt reilay-aft attentive perusal. The
plaintiff, whom, xumour says was once, a Jew,
but. who noW:calls himself a Roman Catholic, and upon
the _whole appears to be a vain, but anhonourable
man, was last year one of the 'Sheriffs of London • and
Middlese." He is. by his own confession a thorookh-
going reformer; and, as he has acquired some share of
Wealth, and 'is generous to the- worthless, he has obvi,
busly falleninto unfortunate company ; .for he has been.
told—vile flattery, of courSethat, he is lifted by nature
to excel in statesmanship, and distinguish hiniself as an
orator and senator. He adMits that for several years he
has been anxious to obtain a seat in the. House of, Com-
mons, but that all his attempts in England had failed,.
solely because the electors to whom lie addressed himself
had not sufficient discernment to appreciate his merits.

The ambitions and honourable desires of Mr. RAPHAEL
becoming known to DANIEL O'CONNELL, the latter of-
fered to return him for the county of Carlow, in Ireland,
for a specified. sum, In short, DANIEL engaged to self
Carlow for £2,000. It was, he said, a "safe specula-
tion." If defeated, RAPHAEL was only to pay £lOOO for
the honour of being nominated ; but if finally seated, he
was .to pay to O'CONNELL £2OOO in cash7-hard cash,
down upon. the nail. Mark this, reader! DANIEL went
to RAPHAEL to sell—HOt RAPHAEL to O'CONNELL to buy.
This is important. The great beggarimagined that Car-
low:was in his gift, and he:resolved toz turn it to the best
account. O'CONNELL wanted money pressingly, as his
long bills drawn upon a brewery prove; and he con,
ceived •RAPIIkEt: vas-a good and a rich man; constituted.
by tempetatne.nt' and ambition tO'be his ready tool--.the
Jew whom-it was no scandal- to pluck,, and the ardent pa-
pist who itwas presumed couid, be d4ended upon, in the.
execution of any dirty work tonfi§catiOn or rebellion:
RAPHAEL saysi—
On the' 28th of May Mr. O'Connell called on me at my town
rebidenCe, and pressed me to becomes oandidate for the county of
Carlow, assuring me that the only risk I could incur would be
£lOOO. I requested twenty-four heurs' time to consider, and on
the fulloiving.day, at the -exact hour appointed, I called at Mr,
.O'Connell's, and was told by the servant he was not at home ;
in the evening I received the following note, in consequence, of
whic'h an appointment was made for an interview between Us at
his hotise for the.3lst of May :

" 9, Clarges-street, May 29.

My dear sir,—l remained at home, at some inconvenience,
until after 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 speculation, I am quite sure I
never shall hear of one.

• " I have the honour to be, my dear sir,
" Your very faithful,
"Alexander Raphael, Esq." • " DANIEL O'CoNtizt.t..
On the 31st we met, as appointed, and after some discussion
he, wrote and delivered into-my hands this letter:—
" 9, Clarges4treet, June 1.
" My dear sir,—You having acceded to the terms proposed to
you rot the election of the county of Carlow, viz., you are to pay
before nomination MOO—say £lOOO, 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
having been returned. I hereby undertake to guarantee and
save you 'ornate's from any and every tithes expense whatsoever,
whether of agents, carriages, counsel, petition against the return,
or of any other description; and I make this guaiantee in the
.fullest sense of the lkonourable engagement that you should not
possibly be required to pay one shilling more in any event, or
upon any. contingency whatsoever.

" 4 am, my dear sir your very faithful,
"A. Raphael, Esq.," . • " DANIEL O'CONNItI.L.

. .
Now Idt -4s,..lnak . this. O'CONNELL returns and
has at command bet‘iyeen:tbirty and forty of the Irish
Roman.
,Catholie inernber'S are we then to believe that
Carlow is .the. only place that he•can buy or sell, or has
boUght.or:',ol.o;? The el4iOrs of C'arlow...never saw their
candidatei.Mr..oAPHAEL::• H.e might have beenthtrpig-•
fi4.4 ladyheyw •eonkirary.r,
PHAEL knew as touch about Carlow as a twopenny post-
man in,London'kriMvs ab'tint the' 'floating bit of vapour
which the learned call HALLEY's camet.. We gnestion
if the ex-sheriff knoWs..ivhether Carlow, or Ireland itself,.
be east o'r_Weit' of. London. But- conceding that he
knows a little 'More than: this, what are we to think.
' of an ultra reformer tuyinif a seat, and an ultra re-
former selling a seat, witliin three years of the passing
of the reforrn'bill WhiCli:dieranchised Gatton and Old
Sarum, and-these same reformers of Carlow voting for a
man of whose pe'rsons character, or principles, they were
as: ignorant as O'CONNELL is of Hebrew, or a coster-
monger's jackass is of EUCLID: and the higher inutile-
matics ? Under the old .and exploded system honoura-
ble men, who had a deep stake. in the countr3,, and who
encouraged. rising talent wherever they found it, posses •
sed the patronage.of nomination boroughs; but here we
have a county, and GOD knows how many boroughs,
placed at the disposal of one of the most heartless and
characterless profligates that Ireland ever produced. Here
is political corruption if ever there was any in the world.
Here is political depravity of the worst hue—a traffic in
seats so odious and repulsive—so shameless and illegal
—that if not severely punished, the House of Commons
must sink into unutterable contempt—not only be the
laughing stock of mankind, but the scorn of every up-
right mind, and the grave of the liberties of Great Bri-
tain.

But let us proceed. O'CoNNEt.t having.made his bar-
gain for the sale of Carlow, never rests satisfied for a sin-
gle moment until he has fingered" the money. The first
thousand pounds, in shape of a bank-note, like the blood-
money of an accessory to crime, .hovers over his pillow
like a ghost, by night. Give me the money i—pay me the
money !—hand over the cash l—send it to WRIQIIT'S ! is
his incessant cry, till he has fairly got it in his hands.
Having; touched the 4` accursed gold," the scene
becomes more interesting as the plot becomes obscure,
and the .denouement perplexing. R4HAEL having .
paid: 000 is returned for CarlovV. O'CONNELL
6tst Advises hini•of the fact„, confiflentfally
that he : has received the intelligetake. from a cabinet
This is probably a falsehood,
for.k.is like.o.-q-CoNNatt.,; but whotber or nOrit shows
the character-of,* matr, and giv'l!s an interest to .the
`hopes Ofthe2p-dili& to be duped. R4II4EL was returned
beyend all question.; but the ,legalitr of his return was
disputed; the tricks of the priests came under review be-
fore the House of Commons; the fraudi committed were
exposed—upwards of an hundred voters were struck from
the lists—the majority was reduced to. a .minority—and
gobemouche minus £1000," wis unsealed,
Caving only enjoyed the honour of representing Carlow
for a few weeks, during
,which time he had carelessly ne-
glected to distinguish himself !

Sudden and unexpected calamity, leveller though it be,
causing a flow of tears in some cases and a flow of blood
in others—striking the timid dumb and the obstinate and
the proud lifeless--'-making the helpless orphan.miserable
over the grave of parental. folly—still .it promotes re-
flection, and in most cases reclaims perverted intellect,
and leads even the last ray of common sense half-bewil-
deied into the path of christian duty and a discreeter po-
licy even in 'the arrangement of family affairs. There,
is.no evil in life out of .which a kind PROVIDENCE does
not work for the general good. We see this admirably
exemplified in the.. case of Mr. RAPHAEL. He did not
Commit suicide. He did not flare up into madness: or hy-
drophobia in thefirst blush.ot his misfortunes, . .rie, like
a cool man, waited to see what villany would surrender
io policy—wh'ata fear 4„nposu.re would give to a good
Catholic treated like a heretic, and robbed as papists used
(6 rob .j.ews, by ,krockinpi ont a tooth'fOr every hundred
pounds.whicli.were denied to extortion. •

13.,irits,it; felt 'keenly the indignity'passed>upbn him by
a "brother Catholic:" He nursed his sense of wrong in
Silence. He. brooded over the money spent;. the honours
lost, and the discredit heaped upon him. He hesitated
for some time whether 'he should quietly submit to be
laughed-at, or turn the :tables, by an,open exposure.of the
fraud, upon O'CONNELL. He adopted- the latter plati

and in doing so he speaks odt plainly.
take theineOicii of what folloWs
"9, Cl4'rges-street, half-past three.

N o one can

"My dear Sir,---Glorlous news! Raphael and •Vigots re-
turned on Thursday. 146 not know the exact majority, but r.
kn,-,w;pefact. I heartily congratulate you. My contrutinjea-
tion ia:tr;u a cabinet Minister, but this is printe. You eau
take yogi seat to-uxorrovir,:--Ever yours faithfully,

: :• . DANL/L. O'CONNELL."
And on the following morning, th• 23d; I received this shOrt

" Alexander 'Raphael, Esq., 'M.P. Ultimate majority, 56.
You are cutitled to get your letters free this day."
Op the 13t15,.1 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 con-
tained these 'passages :

" I am glad to 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. I have made all the pecuniary arrange-
ments," &c.,
Ou the 17th, Mr. O'Connell wrote me the following:—
" Wednesday.

"My-dearSlf,-1 send you Vigor's letter-to me, just received;
you see how secure we are. - Return me this letter, as it vouches
£BOO for me; with that you have nothing to do, as, of course,
I•stand between you and everybody.
"Faithfully yours,
l'Alezander Raphael, Esq." " DANIEL 0-Comisrau.."
'rile day after I received the following tote :

"June IS.
"I enclose you the ballot of this morning, Nothing can be
better. "Ever yours faithfully,

"A. Raphael, Esq." "DANIEL O'CoriNaLs."
"Mr. Tyrrell did not work with the people at the last *let:-

tibn."

I must observe, that though I paid the £lOOO in cash, I have
been informed that .the £BOO here mentioned was rem;tted in a
bill at a dung date, drawn by Mr. O'Connell upon some persons
carrying citbisiness as'brieerS tirt Dublin, a circumstance that
was not veiiivell calculated to induce the electors, or those to
*both theemoney was remitted, to entertain a very high opinion
of my pecuniary means. I have also been informed that nothing
.bcyond the £BOO has been expended or received in the county.
Fflat beepte.qt_the oqtqr, £2l/0,,,0r what +mild hays bsionti,V
the second £Elo9o'in rase 1 had been returnedwithoiit a contest, or
witleout.a petitioti, it is-na business of mine,ta inquire.
. .
It will be seen .that. Mr.; RAPHAEL,
'diffidence, doesnot-openly accuse P'CONNELL.of defraud....
,
ing.h:ii-n or somel*lY - else of £2OQ, and the interest of.
£BOO upon thefirSt transaction; but, what lie insinuates
is so -plain that. we lease' it to the understnnding of our
readers: It would, however, twig been well for 01Co-IN
Nxt.t, Mid 4 great -deal 'better frit Mr: RAPnAEL, if the
affairhad'eMed here; but; unfottnnately, the latter did-
not know the charaeter of the man in tvhose hands he
had staked his hOnOur and ,his money. The Carlow re-
turn, we have -said; was contested before a committee,
and, in order to 'defend his seat, more money was in-
dispensable.
nlt will be seen by O'CoNNELL's letter,
dated let June, that he was bound to protect RAPHAEL
against the. consequences of a petition, for a member
cannot be said to be returned when the returnitself is '
questioned and his right to a seat in the house dependent
upon the decision of a committee, RAPHAEL, therefore,
naturally enough, expected O'CoNNELL to defend the'
return, and secure his return, before be called upon him
tecr more money. No honest or honourable man can read
the-letter we allude to and come to any otheroonciusion.
DANIEL took another view of the matter. He would Dot
work without pay. He nominates a parliamentary agent
—some creature of his own, no doubt—but he calls upon
RAPHAEL to provide the funds, and, in doing so, the
following correspondence took place :
" 9, Clarges-street,.July 25.
" My dear Sir,--.--You did not say to whom I was. to aPplio for
the second sum of £lOOO, according to our arrangement.
.It is
necessary—absolutely necessary—it should be paid t/tis day. Let-
me know at once to give it to me. I have a note from
Vigors, to whom lam pledged, pressing me on=-this subject. I,
of course, am liound to him for the.mouey.
Faithfully yours,. •
" A. Raphael, leq." DANIEL O'CONNELL
• On the Ibllowing .day I informed Mr. O'Connell by note that
my solicitor, Mr. Hamilton, would be iu Henrietta-street, and
requested biei tb-call 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:nriginal engagement between us, in
Which he fully coincided, was, that the second 'LIOOO, was not 'to •
be paid until the ;seat etas safe. This Mr. John O'Connell pro=
raised to comnaonicate to his father, from whom I received on
the night of tipt day, on toy return from the 'House of Com-
.
• " 9,-Clities-street, July 27.
can hardly restrain nay feelings at hearing that you
shrink from'Performing your engagement with me. Rely on it
yon are mistaken if you suppose that I will submit to any de-
viation from out engagement. I say no more at present, in the
hope that there May be seine mistake, which you will INSTANTLY
do awayLtliere cap be no mistake on my part. '
• " I am,- in the menu time, your obedient servant,
"Alexander Raphael,-Esq." " DANIEL O'CONNELL.
My first expiession, du reading this Very extraordinary
epistle, to say the least of it, was to ahandep my.seat at once ;
but on further reflection, and, after advising :with my friends, I
determined to submit for the time to the insult thus offered, and
by paying the second thousand pounds, to remove from Mr.
O'Connell all possible pretext for the noiifulfilment of the
engagetnent on his part.
It i§ amusing to- remark, 'when the dish stood in the
way, how soon the amiable " My Dear Sir" is changed
into the gruff; " Sir." DANtit:succeeds'in Obtaining the
second thousand pounds, and RAPHAEL soon after had the
gratification of walking out of the House of Commons
shorn of his honours, a wiser. man perhaps, but certainly
a poorer man by £2OOO than he was only a few weeks
before. Then comes the wind up:—
That I may. not do him an injustice, it,is but fair that I •
should, in conclusion, observe that the second sum of £lOOO
has beeti.accounted 'for by his paying in cash £350 to Mi. Ba-
ker towards the law charges, and after- repeated applications'
made for-the balanCe, by giving him a bill for it at a long date,
drawn by Mr. 'o'.Connell himself on the self-same brewers as
the £BOO before alluded to 'was was drawn4on.
'Such, gentlemen, has been theconduct of the individual who,
in his letter recently addressed to the Duke of Wellington,
with his usual modesty, thus speaks of himself—" The. Irish'
nation know me-to be sincere and honest; they confide in-my
moral courage and'indefatigable perseverance."
This, general,' may be -yOur' opinion; it most certainly is
not mine.

With many and grateful thanks to you fur your exertions in
my favour, '

I' haVo.the honour to he, gentigmen,
Your faithful and obectient servant,'
ALEXANDER RAPHAEL.

• There are; we regret to say; one or two important
omissions here which we think Mr—RAPHAEL will yet be
indticed to.-siiPpli. He does not Say, what was the amount
shc nmflong dated bill drawn UPorithe.bretaers,'nnr.
the length of ilate, and therefore we are unable ib'cal44-.!
late how muckatto Try. DANIEL put into' his pocket by the
transaetion,r.flttis fleer, however, that it was no' trifling
sum.- Mt. Rkitati. paid him £2OOO in hard cash.; and
the only cash.payment made out of this sum is *.X350 .to
BAKER the agent. What became :of- the remaining!
:tl6o' we leave the friencs of purity of election to coh-
jecture for let it be borne in-mind that O'CoNNELL's
long dated bills are no payinent. The probability is that
these bills are not yet due. Six months is the period or
What is called a long dated bill, and as the affair occurred
in June and July the first bill will not be at maturity be-
fore December, Mr. RAPHAEL's money meanwhile being
fructifying in the kind keeping of the Irish mendicant.
He is evidently:a needy wretch, or he would not have
taken such liberties with a sum of money which did not
belong to him, and which he had no right to touch.
But we !beg .pardon .of our readers for dwelling so
tediously upon so' base a transaction.. In these times,
however, it is necessary that the character of O'CioNNELL
should he 'fully and thoroughly knoWii, otherwiSe We
should nut soil our pages. with his name or his deeds.
It only remains to 'be seen what the House of Commons
will.dain reference to the facts, and the grave charges
thus btought against one of its leading ruembets, and
the _main prop of the MELBOURNE adMinistration. ,
.If
they-pass them over in silence—if they do anything less !,4
significant thanAvel O'CONNELL. from the liouse, they,
,evet stand disgraced' in the eyes of the whcle
natron. ! There is
_OO mid* path for honourable Ina' to'
.• •• . -
pursue. • Here,- is 7114FIWINO FOR KEATS—viW and,
venal trafticingOpen and glaring jobbing—caidSive
dealing plain and gross—here-it is, and ,if 'the! House of
Connons,do not phnish the trafficer, who is a member
of that house, in a just and exemplary tnanner, they will
make themselves patties to his base venality--,they will
be considered as conniving at the off.nce, and proclaitn-
ing to the'electors of the three.kingdoms that what they',
tolerate in O'CONNELL they are capable of committing
thenisel ree."

ON-110:417 I'ES7I ArleirS.

City, Saturd,zy Eveititl4, Flag:post Serßn o'clock..
W 'lave intelligence from New South. Wales to-day
of a favourable charaeter, as regards -the rising prosperity
of that colony.. • , • -
The recent discussions relative to theßank of England
arid the Joint Stock Bemis, as connected With-the circa-
Jation'of the country, have- given more than ordinary,
inter.est to the official return which has just been publish-
ed,. relative to the amount' of notes circulated by private
banks and joint stock banks of issue in the quarter which
ended on the 27th alt. It does not appear from this re-
turn
.ttuit.the country cirmilation of paper has been, as
was reported, considerably increased. On the contrary,
it appears by the returns-made for the last two quarters
that-there has been a diminution in the amount of the
-issues of the priVate banks, but an increase in -those of the
joint stock banks. of issue. , In the quarter ending on the
27th 'June last, it appears that the agregate amount of
notes circulated in• England and Wales, by private banks
and by joint stock :banks and their branches, was is
follows •

Private Banks.
Joint Stock Banks - £2,484,687

T0ta1.... £10,939,801
In the last quarter, ending on the 27th September, it
appears that the agregate amount of notes in circulation
was—
Private Banks £7,912,587
Joint Stock Banks £2,508,036

. • . £10,420,623
It appears by these returns that there has been a de-
crease in the circulation of the private banks of £542,527,
but, that of the joint stock banks has -been increased to
the extent of £23.349. It was expected that the returns
would show an increase in the circulation of the latter
establishments, but certainly to a much greater amount
-than turns out to be the fact. Taking the last Teturns
just referred to, and the statement- of the circulation of
the Bank of England and its branches, as appears by the
last official notice, the general circulation of 'paper
thronghotit England and Wales may •be stated at
£23,354,623, showing-a decrease„as compared with that
of June last, of £917,278. •
here has beeu.very little business doing in the Eng-
,. lish market to-clay,Alud Consols for account have remain
Hed at 914 frOur tlie-"csitunietaCetrient t o • thn terininati on' of.
business, Money has:again been rather scarce, some
large, pay*-ents' having been made into the l'reasury,'
and the cdinmer6ial
.and manufacturing interests will re-
'quire conide6ible sums next week tv meet bills which
will become.dne on the 3d of nett month. The Oinohirn
has been steady at 4* premium, and. Exchequer Bills at
from 10 to •12 premium. India Worlds remain at par.
Bank Steck,299l ; Red. 3 per Cents., 90'1; Consols, 911;
New 31 per Cents.; 99+; Long 'Annuities, 16%; Omni
um, pm.; India Stock, 255; India Bonds, par; Ex-
chequer Bills.; 12 pm. ; Consols for Account, 911.
.In the Foreign Stock market; Spanish Bonds have
been sold to-day at an improvementfrom 431 to 44, owing
to the favourable accounts from Madrid. The New
Bonds rose from 421 to 431. The period for the conver-
sion of Spanish Bonds is drawing near.at hand. A divi-
dend will become due, of 21- per • Cent., on the active
stock, to-morrow, which will be paid on the following
day. Portuguese Bonds arJ heavy,' at a fall from 83 to
87», but left off rather higher. The South American
Securities have improved, in expectation that much time
will not 'long elapse ere the independence of South
America is acknowledged by Spain. Columbian rose to
321, and Mexican to 371.
In Railway Shares business has been less active today
and prices are lower.. Great Western have fallen to 14
premium ; London and Greenwich to 91; North Mid-
rand to 41 ' • and Blackwall to 4 p.
Buenos Ayres, 35 ; Colombian, 321; Mexican, 371
Portugnk,se, 86; Ditto, (new,) 87 ; 'Ditto 3 per Cents.,
57; Spanish, 44 ; Ditto, (new,) 431 ; Dutch 21 per Cents.,
SHARES.—Bolanos,l3o ;.Unrecogni sod Real del Monte,
171; Brighton Railway, 101; Great Western ditto, 19 ;
London and Greenwich ditto, 29%; London and South-.
ampton ditto, 91, ; London and Croydon ditto, 21; North
Midland ditto. 91; Blackwall ditto, 7; Brighton ditto,
I 1; Provincial Bank of Ireland, 45.

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TO ME F.Ditb2; OF LIVE RPpoi,
SI it,—A very short time Since I attended in Seel.street 'Chi:
ripel the siii•vice performed at the funeral of a late priest, and
the course of a sermon then delivered, the preacher observed
that it behingea to the church to say whist spirits d the departed
were amongst the bressH, and he therefore would not assume
the power to de6de whether nr not the soul of his deceaseit
friend was in blessedness'nr not; he might not be in that state;
and the congregation were therefore urged very impressively
pray for him.
This puzzled me beyond all other things I saw atidlieard.
Can you prevail upon any one of your well-informed readeri
to tell me and all others as ignorant as myself, how it is that
the church can decide upon the condition of it cool on its quit 7•
ting the body ? What official persons ,of the church consider
this sort of Matter, and decide upon it ? and where and how
often they meet to hear and determine such cases.
2d Nov., All Souls Day. .M.

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In our advertising columns will be fouud.a corrected copy or
the resolutions passed at the great protestant meeting, held in
the Amphitheatre on ThurSday last.
AMERICAN, CIVILITY.—The Trineulo, Captain Jeffs, hound
for Bombay, sailed ou the 19th October from this port, and,
when off the Ormsliead, two runaway boys,..whe had, contrived
to secrete themselves, were discovered in the ship. The Trinculu
lay to, and hailed an
.Americ.an ship, the Rhode Island, Captain
Schroeder, hound for Liverpool, and .requested him to take tho
boys on board, in order that they, might be restored to their
friends. This, however, the American captain refused to do,
although strongly urged to take them by his own pilot.
•CoriseevaTlve. JDERNAL.—We are glad. to observe that u •
new conservative paper, to be called the Waruick.vhir'a Sta'rdard,
is to be-started in Warwick on Saturday. It will be under the
management of the gentleman who has conducted so lung 'and
so ably the Leamington Courier.
CHURCH' .43. ATES.—The parish of Christ Church, Sitrreyt
(London.) has been the scene of a church-rate contest, ie. which
the radicals and dissenters were beaten. The. sum required
was only £a)°, to be levied by a rate of twopence in the pound.
The strug,zle, it appears, has been an expensive one to the op-
posers of the rate, while the party who voted for it did riot ex-
pend a single shilliikg, but left the (Ideation to be decided by
those Who thought the parish church worth preserving, With
this and a hundred other instances before our eyes, in which
contests of a similar-kind have ended iu the same manner, 'we
are nevertheless told that the people are indifferent about-the
preservation of the church ; nay more, that they are anxious
to accomplish its (low:if:Al. The people of tnglatid know
better. .
LEEDS OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE Socrwrr.—We are glad
to state that this society daily increases in numbers and strength,
and that it bids fair soon to 'become a body capable of .exercising
a greet and beneficial intlueUce upon local politics. We are hi,
:formed that the association ityiew4 dining,tugether on. Weclnerp.•
'24tit ipstattsih some large and commodious room-412
.the centre of thei town; on which: occasion they will be glad to_ ,
see among them conservative g,entleMen of the middle and up.l
per classes., We are persuaded that-this hint will suffice; and
that the chairman of the intended. dinner will he,Supported by
inhtiY of the ablest and best among us. The operatives see and
feel that of ranks of the community they are most interested in
upholding that constitution which secures to the poorest as welt
as to the richest the perfeetion of civil .and religious libertv;-7
not the liberty of unrestainted individual will; but the freedom
of doing and saying all that a nian can do or say without treuchl
ing,epen the equally sacred rights of -his neighbour--Leeds
Intent:veneer.

MANCHESTER LITERARY AND SCIENTIrIC INSTITUTION:-
t,r A.,ptube purposeblie )
meeting,f was
abo ino
ei4lttin Manchester, on Wednesday last;
Insti-
tution, especially devoted to itthLo i treoriadr(yi l
ea nd Scientific
el
asses of Isociety,nsti
John M'Vicar, Lsq., the boroughreeve of Manchester, took the
chair. The proposition was well received, and the resolutions
necessary for carrying it into effect were agreed to.
CONSERVATIVE DINNER.—The conservatives of
Rochdale dined together on Thursday last, tit the Theatre-
Royal of that borough, as they could not find any other place
sufficiently. large for their accommodation. From this circum-
stance it would appear that conservative halls will be wanted
in other pieces than yewton-in-the-WillOws, and that it • is
mote than probable that halls of tins dowription *ill supply
the place of Guildhalls and Town-halls, shoiild the radicals sue.
ceed in pulling down these old-fashioned. buildings, About
350 gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood of Rochdale at-
tended the festival. The chair was taken by John Roby, Esq...
LANCASHIRE FANCY WEAVING.—A splendid table Cloth, re-
presenting a portion of the railway, with carriages, &c., is now
in the loom at Tonne, near Middleton. The drawing is
.almost
as accurate as if pencilled; the colours are exuemely brilliant
and distinct, and the portion of work already executed preseats
a panoramic view of the scent), The jacquard with which it is,
being woven, the design and the workmanship are all executed
by Lancashire artisans.—Manchester Chionicle.
PITCHED BATTLE.—On Friday evening se'nnight, at a late
hour, Samuel Rutter and George Greason, prize-fighters, both
of this town, were taken into custody in London-road. They
had bean at large since the 29th ult., on which day they ionglit
a pitched battle for £lO a-side. They were brought up at .the
New Bailey on Saturday ie in the magistrates' private room;
Mr. F. DiCken, on behalf of Mr. Moore, of Sale Hall, proved
the fact of the battle having been fought, which terminated in
a very sho'rt time, and the parties then escaped. They were
committed to Knutstord Gaol to await their trial at the session.,
The "seconds" have for the present evaded detection.—Man-
chester Citranicle.—LHad this course been adopted before, the
practice of fighting pitched battles would have been put down
long since.—E. L.S.I
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.—The gener4l dethand for sugars
continues, and purehasea are made at prices that would not be
given last week—present currency, 60s. a 675.
A Conservative dinner is announced to take place at the
sembly-roams, Bath, in the early. part of December. It is
rumoured that Sir Robert Peel will be present.
It is understood that a coalitiOn is likely to take place be—
tween the conservative party and the old wtpgs of Bath, aga.inst
the radicals who now engross the parliamentary representation.
—Felix Parlay.

The vacant seat for Devizes will be contested between Capt.
flitudii'and Ali. Ei(court. The Captain is known for his-libe-
ral votes; Mr. Estcourt for his decided conservative principle.
The constituency scarcely exceeds 300 electors.
'Pus Fa Pusss.—The Bolton Chroneeelthusannotnees the
death of the Free Prest:—"Died this morning, October 31st, iii
Fold-street, for want of sustenance; the Bolton Free Press." A.
similar calamity, some short time since, befel the city of Glas-
gow, thexood people of which had to lament over the death of
their Free Preer from the same horrid cause—actual starvation
What!—cannot the peOple who have said so much about the,
liberty of the press support a free press, or are free press like
free trade principles going out of fashion ? Of cotirse no changte
has taken place in the opinious of nen spaper readers; and it is
equally certain that there has been no re-action in public feeling
—hence we are utterly at a loss how to account for the extinc-
tion of these Free Presses.

. In the forty-eighth.yearof the reign of Henry the Third,A*
appears from the patent rolls of that 3-ear, quoted by Philipot„,
the king granteu a free pardon to Frances de, Balsham, for
that she was banged for felony at Canterbury, frOm nine o'clock,
on Monday to the rising or the sun neat day, and yet was still
alive."

Their Majesties, we are happy to state, continue in excellent
health. On Wednesday the King came to town and-held a
court and privy council, at which parliament was ordered to be,
further prorogued from Tuesday, the lthh November, to Thurs,
day, the 17th December. To-morrow their majesties will leave
Windsor Castle for the Marini Pavilion.—Age.

A. letter frog Lille says, ••A great establishment is now
erecting in this city. It is intended for spinning flax by ma",
chinery. Thus the great problem is solved, for which the
Emperor Napoleon offered a reward of a million of frlncs, and,
we shall now enter into competition with the tnglsh, whO
eagerly buy up all the flax of our country."
AN EXCEI,I.ENT SA I ao.—Boil one or two large onions tilt
soft and perfectly tniid; when cold mix the onion with celery-,.
and sliced beet root. roasted in the oven, which has more fla-
your than when boiled. Dress the salad with (Id, vinegar, salt,
And pepper. The onion and beet root arc vet), good without
celery. boast beef with this salad, and potatoes browned in;
the.dripping-pan or in the oven, is a dish to delight the consti-
tution add Englishman in the winter months.--=The Original.

CIYIL.W Alt.—The capture of-the Carlist chief O'Donnell is
of the utmost imeortance. It is impossible not to feel,sytnpathy.'
fur the distinguished, but, unhappily, divided
.family of the.
O'Donnell's; several gallant members df which have fallen vic4
thus to this horrible civil strife, fighting uuderopposite banners!,
One noble fallow, who was au officer in the queen's' army, was.
barbarously shot by order of Zutualacarreguy, whose prisoner,
she Was; another fell under the walls of Parapeluna, which he',
;daringly approached at the head of a small body of Carlists; ri
third brother is now in Navarre, an officer in the ..finstitutional,
ariuc; whilst the fourth is a captive in the hand o: the queen's
troops; all were, awl are, brave; always foremtsi at the eos,,
of danger, always sincere in the course they to.upted. Ilos
melancholy that they should have Leen thus divided !—Merniny
foil.

St. James's Palace ix undergninga thorough repair, and the
corridors, staircases, &e., will be painted and decorated pre-
vioos to the arrival 'of their Majesties for the ensuing season.
The..Ohapel Royal will shortly be closed,, as it will be entirely
,rae-modellad, and rethiered more convenient for the •accOnnuo-
iatinn of the hauschold.
Accounts from Gibraltar of the sth ult., received on Wednes,
day,' by way of •LiShoo, state that an English merchant resi-
dent there had been Condemned, on a charge of participating
in' the slave trade, in a tine of £10,000., and to three years' ins
m
prisonent with hard )ahour, The last part of the sentence was
remitted. As no (Elect accounts have arrived, and there may
possibly be some mistake, we forbear from mentioning the
party.— Tinier.
.1
The.Chainber of Commerce of Boulogne-sur-Mer vas anted
a gold medal to Captain Bushell, Commander of the packet,
Britannia, for important services rendered in the port in its
relations with England, especially for having first entered the
new passage in a violent storm, solely for puppese of dot'
monstrating the possibility of entering in the most teinpestuoua
weather; and also for effecting the double patsage between
France and England in one tide.
The town of
,Bonn, the birth7place of,the great composer;
Beethoven, is about to erect a monument-to his memory. A,
committee has been formed fur the purpose, of
.which Al. Au-
gustus Williasu Si:hlegal is president.
Brigadier Bacon,. late of the Queen of Portugal's Lancers,
(abEent or twelve months' leave,) Lieut.-Gol. Shaw, (absent
no six months' leave.) and Lieut.-Cul. Godfrey, late of the,
Queen's Irish Gresiadiers,'have all heeti dismissed the Purina
guese service in time past week, but not at their own requests, as
is usual with (pincers who wish to retire frtau the service.
•.We hive pleasure in copying the following from the .London
Standard of 'Sam
• TO THE EDIIOR.DF THE STANDARD.
H SIR,—Calling lately on a gentleman of my acquaintance, a
very fine engraved pfirtrait in his ppsscssion particularly atralLted
my attention: du answer to toy inqiiiries, he emphatically re-
marked that itrepretentcd one tilt() was an honour to his pro-
fession and td his c(aintry, and that ha waininst proud in having
the honour of calling him friend'. It appears that this portrait
was struck from a painting which his palistnuners of ,Bethnal-
green caused tube taken, and presented to. hint as a tt•tiibuny..
of their gratitude for his services as a inaghitrate and pastor, he
having benefitted them in both capacities -in an extriterdiaarY
degree. Tbe inscription is as follows:—The Re-:erend Joshua,. ,
King; Hector of the parish of St. Matthew. Bethnal-.
green, in the county of Middlesex. .A hotly of his pat ishinners.
appreciating his tanineut qua:ificationS as a divine, a scholar,
and a gentleman, sad gratefut fur his unwcat kat exertiuns in.
the correction of parochial abuses, and ameliorating the eau-
' ditionof the poor, respectfully
.eledivete to him this eugiaving.".
Could you, through the tueditila of your correspondents, inform,
your readers whether the Mr. Kiaa, vvio (1111'0 to en,ret* hi*
seoliments at the late Conservative dinner at Chester, andAtr
which he has been so shamefully abused in an Me radjeal•
papers, can be the gentleman here alluded tn, If so, the-eir,
cm-natant° I have mentiened. nutty prove smile arswer to the
" shameful attempt that has beeimadetodepreeiate the cbarastet
of a zealous minister, and a highly gifted
,auo.e?(celleilt
• Yours respectfully; A CONSTANT ItEADia.