The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-26 00:00:00

preikiing been -asset-Rik— their own
dignity, and maintaining the-respeetability of the court,
in.nalfaying long since committed to custody those who
have. dared to treat them with impudence and insult. .To
such a length has this been carried, that theeonunissioners
have at last found it necessary' to -issue a document
declaratory of their future. intentions. Surely it cannot
be, that ..the ccin4trgCt4 any, legal
tribunal without giving to those who- preside :in it die
power of protecting themselves from a system calculated
to mar the ends of justite•anti to bring its administration
into Contempt:---Dublin Lzenzng Mail.:
[Tile document reterred to in the foregoing statement
is the following decision, which the commissioners agreed
to,and. was read-by their chairman.] • . -.•

" The commissioners' were of opinion that his cross-examina-
tion had been: conducted with nilelay,..and in a manner, quite
unpreeedentel The evidenCe rejoted 'otithis crosS-eXamina-
flan- (they bay): furnished many instances..Nostralget'example
need be' ichfliced than the question piayesterday, was
violently insisted on by the - counsel for the eittinginembirs,
though-the witness (Who, f,ir the manner in which he has given
his evidence, hoth on the direct and cross-ekamination fur now
tWelve.of•thirtee;iftiays, seems worthy of the highest :' credit) ha;
dedared on oath to the tchninissiotieri that' he understOod the
queStion in 'it sense quite different item that of the counsel who
suggested, and of the court themselvei. who Put it. The court
also refer to the freqnent attempts Persevered' in of eliciting
froth the'witiiesi oral testimony of written docinnents,' not in
the handwriting of the witness, which every meinber of the bat
might to know is contrary tb the first principles of evidehte, and
*oak". not be tolerated for a moment maim' by tbe earnmittee or
by any'cOurt of law of equity. They desire, once for all; that PO,
dne,.counsel or:otherwiSe;.*ill address the witness while he is
under examination.. The commissioners zloty unaiiinipusly in-
form the parties on both sides,.that op the' close of this cross:-
exatninatien,. sooner, if counsel rendered it-necessary, they
mean to adopt strictly that' p9urse :which the act of parliament
prescribes; they will exaMine and cross-examine any witness
themselves according to the several charges and allegations
contained in We'. Statenierits of both parties to the petition and
other documehts sent over by: the coixiiiiittee, aided. by such
suggestions as the respective parties' shall tender to thefn in
writing in the proper form, and at the proper time," according to
the evidence tendered lo'tliesm by the respective parties. The
commissioners 'add tniat `. they have been- no less astonished
than grieved by the overbearing language and unprofessional
manner adopted on •lici many occasions by the counsel for the I
sitting Members when'addressing the, commissioners, who have
been anxious to shOW the 'fitinost bofirte.sy,antt to:unite Mildneis
with firmness towards all whi, caine before theni."

CARLOW ELECTION.,-- Messrs. Vigors and Raphael I
have been eleeted by a majority of fifty-five over two of ,
the best resident landlords in Ireland.

The contest at. Carlow is not an isolated event; it is a
part of the great struggle now going on, the issue of
which is to determine whether the exercise of the elective
franchise, and thelegislative representation of the country,
shall: be a free ,right of the common people, and those
interested in the property of the country, or be- an
appanage and heirloom of the• church of Rome, to be
wielded-by its agency, arid directed to its interests. The
great question to be decided is, whether the elective right
be a civil or religions right; whether it belongs to the
people in their character of citizens and subjects of the
British monarchy, or be a privilege conceded to their
hands as a trust and deposit for the use and benefit of the
priesthood of the Romish church.. This-coolest for free-
dom.on one hind, and for domination on the ether, is
everywhere going on with various success; and, in Car-
low, has approached to that crisis when the competent
authorities must decide between the free rights of those
upon whom the franchise is conferred, and the aUdatious
tyranny .4 those by whom it is. usurped. In this light we
regard the return made by .the high sheriff for the county
of Carloworot as the termination of the contest=which,
in its true 'character, is to 6 general to be affected by thii
particular Oct—but as that step in the progress of the
conflict, which Must bring the whole question involved
to issue. .A petition from the defrauded constituency,
will unseat the pseudo-representatives; but that were a
small triumph, if it did not. also lay open the whole system
and conspiracy now existing against the freedomn'telec-
don, and make as manifest as are "the abuses the necessity
of some legislative enactment to restore the legitimate
influence of property—and. purify the sources of imperial
• In this-point of view (and it is the true one,) the tem-
porary strecess of Vigors and Raphael is an advantage to
the conservative interest. We admit, that for the purl
poses of the present administration, triumphs obtained—
and obtainable,• only by means of violence and fraud, ate
to them as permissible as they are essential. But public
opinion will contrail both
.them and their officers; .and
porliarnent--lif there be one spark of virtue in public men
--,or.if it:fairly represent the sense of the-people; will.
issue..its decree that neither the return of its members,.
nor the peace of the county; shall continue at the arbitrary
disposal of the popish clergy .--.-Dublitt Evening Mail.

AMERICA-N.PAPERS

•
WASHINGTON, MAY 20, 1835.—Another circumstance has
occurred which shows in the strongest
.I;ght, the characters
which Mr. Barry was mutrditinded in the roAUffice
and the promptitude with''which they fitteeed upon-him'
,leech
like, to surfeit or fatten theinseli;Ctsoa, the treasure which could
lie.extracted frOni. hirer. It. is well, known that. WilliAM Jaek-
son, a coloured man,'it messenger in the Pbstoffiee depart:net-it,
was a favourite and confidential. eieplciyee'bf Mr. Barry, and
accompanied him during his long journey to the West: Jack-
son is also well .known to every member of congrest, and all
visitors who frequented the tables of the secretaries and fashion-
able individuals, at their dinners and soiree's, where he was
annost uniformly the chief waiter and dispenser of the choice
niorceaux, from the plain boiled ham of ancient and honourable
reputation, to the countless and- ear. perplexing viands which,
hate sprung up, with She astonishing growth of the gastronomic
science. At every dinner table Jackson was as. 4, constant as the.
maccaroni. It was his emancipating hand which always. ena-
bled the fretful champagne to cast, in the wantonness
"faces
newly
achieved liberty, its ruse and delicious spray over the faces of
the impatient guests, before it could be submitted to the ordeal
of the palate, The etieeettn of the banquet was arranged by
his practised eye and acknowledged judgrneat; and the Wen-,
neat name which falls like the 'cadences soft music on the ear,
of the hungry office hunter, never failed to bring extatic. plea-
sure in the festive hall, when ft Sounded Melodiously the signal,
of the'apProach of softie new and excinitife proiocative to
.the
unsated appetite. lielanchbly rat-center that the name which
all parties have been accustomed to associate 'only with dignified
and luxuriouS ideas, should how-be coupled with indignity and
dishonour t• That a bailie Which 'politraaiii and gourinands
agree in -pronouncing to he so euplionotis, and so 'exclusively
worthy of administering laws and 'luxuries, should be' now in
imminent danger of being read off on a criminal docket,. and
prcifanely whispered in the poisoned atmosphere of a peniten-
tiary,,
. .
Our present sympathies are, however, demanded for the
minor"of these distiuguishpd lights of .the. Age. The destiny of
the major luminary is not as yet completed. The denouement
of his career must form the subject "of another history; when-
ever it shall have occurred. ••
The Postal-ice Jackson, it seems, while enjoying the favour
of Mr. Barry, had a prudent eye to his own interest; and, like
his great namesake and model, as-atined thel'esponsibilitY of
selecting otherplates than those recognited-by'the laws for the
deposit of moneys of which he had the disbursement. But as
he had not a House of Representatives to fikek him, the lega-
lity of his acts is likely to be left to the ClediSiori of a common
court 'and jury, and he may not corne off with such 'flying
colotirs as his prototype. The -mere suspicion that there has
been criminality in Jackson's procedure' bas caused hint already
to breathe the pestiferous air. Of a prison. The gentlernen of
the Postoffice department have all suffered by (heir rnaphiced
confidence in this man. Some have html' to the arnoiritt of 150
do' lars, others of 100, and others of lets surni--,-niestly lent to
him without any other assurance of a return than his word--
vo.v pretereo nihil it has turned out to be. The more seriau's
charge of fraud and 'forgery has been alleged against him ; but
of this he must be deenied innocent until proved guilty. This
affair of Jackson has caused considerable senseinn and talk
among. us, as he-Was so generallYknown and confided in among(
our citizens of the most respectable class, and as he has taken
in so many individuals belonging to that circle. It not lin:
possible that some members et congress eadsy. be among, his
dupes.
A THRIVING CONCERN—CONNECTICUT STATE PRISON.—
Fruni the annual report of the Directors of the. Connecticut
State Pritop,- it appears that the number. of convicts in the
prison at this time is 207, of whom 50 are blacks, and 19 are
ftruales. • They are employed in 'various braechet.ef labour,.
viz., 23 in the carpenter's shop, 21 in the smithci shop, 45 in
the chair shop, 22 in the Britannia ware; 7' as waiters- and
nurses, and 1U are invalids. The females are employed partly
in the kitchen, and partly in making cigars. About half the
convicts are let out by the day on contracts. The income the
last sear from the labour of the convicts, ineluding' the re-
ceipts of visitors, amounted to 17,384 dollars, making an' ave-
rage .of 91 dollars 30 cents fer each. The whole amount of
expenses for the sear, including the support; of prisoners And
the exenses of the guard was 12,116 dollars, or an average of
63 dollars 77 cents for each. The prison has theretofore made
a profit from the labour of the prisoners of 5268 dollars. The
directors propose that a separate block of cells,.'ls'Oe 2() in
number, should be built, to tie-paid for out'of the income of the
prison. The prison is represented as well calculated for the
safe keeping of the .prisoners, no one having ever made his
escape.
MURDER IN PRISoN.—:A' curious case of murder took place
last week in the Connecticut state prison. The parties were
convicts—the murderer is named Southwick; he was sentenced
to imprisonment for life for poisoning a well belonging to .the
shakers at Enfield; the murdered was, named,Sqtriers, a felon
in prison for 10 'years: Both .parlies•Weip'Orio 6U pars of age.
They had been fre,terently turbultait and quarreltome,had beenconfined in the tactic room, were- separated, and 'again alaced
together, When-the f4tal affray took place. The dead Man was
slaughtered with a night inta:ct.
The Ameriedn Anii7B7kvery SoCiety at a late meeting took
up a Subscriptiote aniettliting to upwards,of 15,000 dollars. The
annual report, whieh is piiblished, mentions' that the number of
auxiliary societies has increased during' the pat, year from 50
to 2(X). and the numbers attaehed these is suiposed' to be'
about 75,00() as Pearly as time parent society has ascertained. ; •
The amount obtained by the coloniiation society of this city
at its' last meetings, 'was upwardt of 6000 dollars.—New lork
paper.
Austin Shertnan,-a Director in the Mechanics' Bank of Pat-
tersen, which tailed disastrously a year Or two since, has been
convicted at 7..lCc4ark, on an indictment for a misdemeanour in
overdrawing the 'Bank, and 4litenced 'to the state prison, for
three years! 'TlOre'inaist haVeleen some strong.circueattances
in the ease, from which fraud' was inferred, to Indso :Such a
• punishment 'for such an efferiee.—.Weiii
letter to the editors of the 122411igener, frOin
.
St. -Angiistina. of April 29th, says :T "The orange trees fOr the.
most part-are killed clown to the surfacen of the. groand. They'
are springing, again, friztm the root; Soe few of. the old trees
are putting forth shunts In the branches.' It will 'take years tee
'restore to St.: Aul.,nitine the profit and beauty of its orange
groveS. Stich a winter was never knewn bere before.' Many.
of the orange trees killed were the uninterrupted groWth,tif 150
years. In iii`ore'sont4e4l-•p'rts of Florida, the orange trees were
net-killed e-xcept gf.Atb-- of last year. These will yield fruit
'the second year.,.
St semis- IN MIsSoLTRI.,--SeVeriAl of the leading papers are
advoCating,the gradualsanancipation of the slaves in that state.
l'hex,propose..tbat tbe.conventien, which has been called for the
pui.pose•areincdelling the constitution, shall provide, that all