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tain senators, the probability of a rigorou—S;crUliny- at the
next election. He fears lest the tail should suffer an
alarming amputation; and his real mak), ity in the house
melted down to nothing in the ordeal of a searchingcom-
mittee. All this is sure to come to pass should the qua-
lification remain in force.

His policy, then, wicked though it be, is to repeal the
qualification penalties. He is striving to do so in the
corporations. By the pending bill the lowest member of
the body corporate—the insolvent sedition monger—the
trader upon his own capital in politics, and upon other
men's capital in commerce—the raffish patriiit and the
bankrupt orator are to be eligible to fill the highest of-
fices in cities and boroughs. With respect to Liverpool,
for instance; a man not worth a penny may under the re-
form bill be intrusted with the management of an income
of £lOO,OOO a year. If such a person can make himself
popular, therd is nothing to prevent him from being a
common councilman or even mayor.
These new views of. eligibility, with regard to impor-
tant trusts, weie not, we may rest satisfied, adopted with-
out an object._ If_ it do not tally with Lord JOHN'S no-
tions of expediency to provide a qualification in candi-
dates for borough offices, we may depend upon it that si-
milar objections are entertained with respect to the qua-
lification for members of the House of Commons. The
insolvents must be protected in both places, or Lord
-Joey's government cannot stand. There must be no
inquiry into property, or O'CONNELL'S myrmidons would
be passed back again, per waggon, as they came.- Sir
MORGAN OTC:MEATY quaintly remarks that lie never
met swirls!' gentleman in London who would confess
that his rent-roll in Ireland., was under £2,000 per an
; and we presume that Most of the members•who
possess estatei irQait-are equally independent in their
pretensions. But these claims to opulence seldom stand
the close investigation of an. English committee ; the
O'CoNNELLs turn out to be like the O'DwYEas, the
O'CoNNoes like the RUTHVENS, the O'BRIENS like the
rest ; that is to say, theY are. all O'DWYERS from the
head to the last joint of the dorsal extremity.
Now, it is notoriously upon this beggarly crew—upon
these men of parchment.and fictitious qualification—that
Lord' JOHN RUSSELL depends for support in the HoUse
of Commons. Sir JOHN- CA4 HOBEIOUSE has confessed
that the king, the. church, the aristocracy, the gentry,
merchants., and bankers generally of England are op-
posed to the present government. He has confessed
that the wealth, the respectability, and the intelligence
of the country. are opposed to the administration. On
what, then, does Lord JOHN RUSSELL lean for support?
Clearly on O'CoNNELL and his beggarly and disqualified
dependents. He has some
.aid from the wild and mob-
ridden radicals of Scotland. But what is that ? It is
of the most fleeting and uncertain character. Scotland
has not yet recovered from a state of political fever; but
property there wil; soon recover and reassert its influence,
and then the popish alliance will be broken up. O'CON-
NELL'S connexion with the government has, we under-
stand, excited the deepest disgust in all parts of that
country. The feeling would be universal if the truth
were universally known. That it will be so, ere long,
we have no doubt whatever ; for, as it is impossible for
Lord JouN to maintain his position without the support

of O'CONNELL—without 'placing himself 'entirely in his
power—without making the most extraordinary conces-
sions to popish tyranny and insolence--these very con-
cessions will open the eyes of his Scottish adherents
the spirit of JOHN KNOX will speak from the tomb; pre-
judices, lulled by deluSion and awakened by fear, will
come to the rescue of a proud and intelligent people;
arml the-eause'espoused by the thoughtless will be torn to
pieces and destroyed by the very ,accessories of the pre-

sent measures.
We say again, we have no fears-for Scotland. Lord
Joni RUSSEItL, who knows nothing of the country, is
proving its temper, as .a mad man essays courage, by
fiticking a lighted candle in a barrel of gunpowder. By
banding the radicals of Scotland, all of them presbyte-
rians,, with the papists of Ireland, he is doing that which,
We, as his avowed enemies, desired ntnet of all, thlitga ro
'see. He, is only digging his grave, and perfecting the
ignominy of -his doom:- • Every day public opinion is
rising against him in England ; -so much so that we
challenge him to a 'new election. In Scotland he is re-
tarded by unseen currents; the religious community are
opposed to him; national pride detests his alliances;
O'CONNELL, his right arm, is wedded, pledged, sworn,
devoted to objects which Lord JOHN would, if he could,
accenipliall, but which he dares not attempt..openly with-
out -certain and inevitable- ruin.
We therefore leave thiti ambitious -hut foolish.little
man—this malapert apology for a RUSSELL of the
olden time—to his hopes, his reflections, and his fate.
P.CONNELL has flung his mantle over him for the last
ten weeks, but there is poison in its folds. He has pro-
strated • himself in the kennel before filthy and fetid
priests, and they will have their triumph—he his re-
ward ! He has made common cause • with the most
unprincipled demagogue in Europe ; has put popery
into his alembic, and extracted votes from perjury; he
has worked .sacrilege into a blister and applied it to the
King's conscience; he has placedthe word of Gon under
quarantine, and interdicted all communication with it
under the pretext of existing disease vamped up by false
clearances ; his agents have counted the number cf the
pitople in Ireland and have made a false return ; truth
his fie sacritc*ed to place, and principle to policy ; what
confidence, then, can an intelligent people like the peo-
ple of England have in Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Time
will tell. If the- dukedom of Bedford should be spoli-
ited—if the house of RUSSELL should be reduced to
beggary, it will be little consolation to learn that the
tuba worthless and contemptible of its shoots ruined the
parent stem.
The following is the evidence of one witness who was
called to prove the title of Mr. O'DwYER :
John Moran Dolan was then called, and examined by Mr.
Harrisson.—Lives in Mount-pleasant, near Dublin; signed a
deed last January ; is not certain of the time; believes on the
9th; has no means of recollection except from the paper; has
.no doubt the deed was executed. the day it bears date; thinks
he can swear so.
Mr. Harrisson.—ln• a transaction granting an annuity of
£3OO a-year on your property, can you not recollect when you
-executed the deed--recollect yourself—will you swear it was
executed the day it bears date The witness, after some hesi-
tation, said,. I think." can swear so.
Do you mean to swear that you granted an annuity of £3OO
a-year for the consider ion of .£2,500?,--cousider wed before
you' answer it. After cousiderable.hesitatiqu—l think. I can
swear it-1 do swear it. Cannot remember how many days be-
fore that he had been applied to;• it was not Mr. O'Dwyer ap-
plied to-him, it was his brother applied to him ; did not :villein-
:Lei to have seen th.t honourable member until lie had signed
the paperis'at his house; to the best of his recollection had not
any communication previously with the hon. member ; Mr.
.Euzsinion was present with his brother and himself; cannot say
how many days before the deed was executed his brother applieil.
to hint; had nothing to do with settling the 'terms; he left the
terms to his hrother • the money was not paid ; got a bond for
the' payment of £2,500; Mr. O'Dwyer executed a bond ; has
'nut the bond; brought it to Loudon un last election.
Mr. Harrisson.—,-What has become of the bond ? The last
time I saw it it was in my. brother's bag with other papers, at
Sir Robert Sidney's.
• • Mr. Harrisson.,--Has your brother now the bond? No, he
• has not; he could not find it amongst his papers.
Mr. Harrisson.—Eirid you ever the bout' in your possession ?
• Yes; in March. -
• Mr. Harrisson.,--Did it bear British or Irish interest?. I ra-
ther suppose it was British.
• Mr. Harrisson.—Then the bond produced £123 a-year ?
sever-made anycalculatiom
Mr. Harrisson.—Well,• is it hot so? I never, really, cal-
culated.
Mr. Harrisson.—Well, calculate it now—is it not so ? Yes.
Mr. Harrisson.--.-Aud do you mean grvvely to say you granted'
• an annuity of .1:300 a-year Tor a security which produced you
only £125? I made no calculation.
Mr. Harrisson-.—Do you mean to tell this committee that you
charged your property with £3OO u-year, and made no calcula-
• Lion of what the bond would produce? I did not make a cal-
culation.
Mr. Harrisson.—ls that a fact? It is.
Mr_ Harrisson.-1 must repeat the question. Did you grant
£3OO a-year for £125 ? I did not make a calculation.
Mr. Harrisson.—ls not the fact so? I took the hou. mem-
ber's bond,
. Mr. liarrisson.—Did you grant an annuity of £3OO a-year
for a security which, as it turns out, you have lost? I hope it
is not lost-
Mr—Harrissou.—Then I am to understand von granted an
annuity fur what you never got a farthing—is the fact so ?
It is.
• Mr. Harrisson.—llid you receive any interest on the bond ?
blone is due.
Mr. Harrissen.—The annuity is .charged upon- lands which
' you hold under a lease of lives renewable fur ever ? I be-
lieve not.
Mr. liarrisson called for the leaSes to he produced.
Mr. Austin objected, as forming a bad precedent, to make the
grantor of an annuity expose his title.
Mr. Harrisson proceeded to examine the witness out of the
leases, will) respect to the lives and the• habenda generally.
Witness executed a release of The bend 'to Mr. O'Dwyer on the

'loth. of April,: iirenedtateliv after the decision of the last com•
mittee ;'has no recollection that any agreement was made
about the release at the time he executed the annuity, or that
the i:2,500 vras not to be a lien on the property; he never paid
any annuity or received any money', nor. has. any recollection
ofany agreement about a release. 'I lie same property is .charged
with another annuity of i:2O a-year, and all his property with
an annuity of £5O a-year.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ausin.—Total value of this property
is about £530 a-year ; is not of any profession; it was his inten-
tion to have given Mr. O'Dwyer a clear annuity of £3OO as a
qualification to enable him to sit in parliament; believes it was
in consequence of a suggestion of Mr. O'Dwyer's counsel that
the release was executed ; doubts if he saw Mr. Lynch's draft
of the release; his brother left the draft marked with his appro-
bation, and on that he (witness) signed it; cannot tell if any
interest is due ; cannot recollect anything being said about
E 1,890 being sold out of the three per cents. to pay the purchase
money ; he acted all through upon his brother's advice; brought
over the bond to the tst committee, not in consequence of any
subpcena to produce it, but thinking his brother would wish to
see it; he lett it with his. brother, and has not since found,it, nor
has his brother.

Mr. Harrissou.—What explanation did your brother give
you ? That I was to grant Mr. O'Dwyer an annuity of £3OO,
and that Mr. O'Dwyer's bond was to be executed, and it was
understood between toy brother and me that he was to keep the
bond ; cannot recollect Any agreeinent about a release ; cannot
recollect why his brother VI as to keep the bond; cannot recollect
any explanation given by his brother.
the Chairman.— His brother acted as agent for Mr.
O'Dwyer.
To a Member.—His brother did not keep all his (witness's)
papers.
"Iso Mr. Austin.—Are not you and Mr. O'Dwyer very inti-
mate I have not the honour to be intimate with him. Your
brother is, I believe ?
Mr. Neeld, a member of the committee.—Do you consider
yourself bound to pay the annuity to Mr. O'Dwyer when it be-
comes due? I certainly do, if he demands it.
The ilituess was then ordered to withdraw.

That very silly personage Mr. WILLIAM EWART has,
no doubt unintentionally, ." let the cat out of the bag."
Not having many. ideas to spare, be draws freely upon
the stores of his friends, and on the present occasion
Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL is his banker. Mr. EWART told
the House of Commons on Tuesday night that—"He
was oonvinced_that riot only for those elected to municipal
offices, but alSo for those elected for seats in that House,
NO PECUNIARY QUALIFICATION WAS NECESSARY."!

This is tail doctrine ; it is consequently RUSSELL doc-
trine; and if we mistake not it will speedily become
parliamentary doctrine. It must be obvious to every
man who reflects on the subject that Lord JOHN RUSSELL
is nothing more than a puppet in the hands of O'CoN-
NELL, and that the House of Commons itself is ridden
rough shod by the Irish agitator. Ireland is completely •
in his hands, and the persecuted protestant clergy are
entirely at his mercy. Need we be surprised then that
as the majorities of Lord JOHN RUSSELL are composed
of O'CONNELL'S slaves, the measures of Lord JOHN should
all be moulded and dictated by O'CONNELL?
But we shall perhaps be asked, what interest can the
agitator possibly have in the English boroughs? Just
this; corporation reform here is to be followed by cor-
poration reform in Ireland. It is necessary then that our
measure of reform should be made the model for Irish
reform, and that the principle .of pauperism contended
for by O'CONNELL, and recognised by. WILLIAM EWART,
should first be established in England. If qualification
be repudiated here, it will as a matter of course be dis-
pensed with in the sister island, and then the door will be
opened to the beggar, and the bankrupt in both countries.
We quite agree, fur once, with Mr. EWART, that if no
qualification is necessary for,borough officers, none should
be required from parliamentary candidates. The unfor-
tunate O'DWYER was kicked out of Drogheda simply
because he could not prove that he was worth £3OO a-year.
Why should thiS he ? Mr. O'Dwvtia is quite as respec-
table, in point of character and income, as nineteen
twentieths of the tail. We believe he has as large an
income arising from land as some of our own English
patriots, such as Mr. BUCKINGHAM for instance, Mr. WAR-
LEY, Mr. BOWRING, Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY, and many
others. For these cogent reasons the House of Commons
will take care to obviate all the difficulties arising from
qualification. But wlrat•will the lords do?

We have discovered the following amongst the comical
proceedings of the House of Commons on Tuesday last

"PROSECUTION BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL

"Mr. GISI3O4Nri said that he rose to move, according to the
notice he had given yesterday, that his Majesty's Attorney-
GPneral he_direeted by_the house to prosecute all the parties
who appeared to have been guilty of Viib-ery at thelpsltticit
As he understood the motion was not to be opposed,
he should not make au observation upon it.—Motion agreed to."

The Attorney-General here alluded to is Sir. JOHN
CAMPBELL, and he, of all men living we should think
will have least cause to thank the house for imposing
upon him so 'arduous and painful a duty. What! Sir
Jow'. CAMPBELL iirosecute some of the electors of
Ipswich for bribery.? It must be a mistake. There are
upwards. of five hundred reasons, to be found in the
borough of Stafford, why. the present Attorney-General
should not conduct such a prosecution. There are many
reasons, also, to be found in Dudley, why Sir JOHN
CAMPBELL should never utter a word about bribery or
corruption while, he lives. We cannot, therefore, be-
lieve that'this motion will be carried into effect by Sir
JOHN CAMPBELL.

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock,

In our Consul Market th're is but little to notice, 911 was the
closing price of Consols for the Account. Money continues
scarce here fur commercial purposes; 25 to 27 is the premium
on Exchequer Bills, and 9 to 7 that on India Bonds.
Our various foreign securities have all improVed within the
last day or two. The dividends on Dutch 21 per Cents. and on
the Portuguese 3 per Cents. are now in course of payment.
Spanish Bonds are at 451, and the Scrip has advanced to 131
disount. In both these securities the market has a much
firmer appearance than for sometime past. Portuguese 5 per
Cents. are at 86, and the 3 per Cents. 58, the latter with the
dividend deducted.

There is rather more animation in the transatlantic stocks,
which are at.36k for Colombian, the same for Mexican, and 30
fur Peruvian. Money is worth from 4 to 4i per Cent. ; and
bills from Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool continue to
be sent up for discount 'here.

In the northern bonds the market presents no feature of mo-
ment.. It is understood that recruiting it favour of Den Carlos
is going on in Holland. The lossof the heroic Zumalacarregny
it is feared, however, will have a serious effect on the cause of
Dna Carlos. 'We ha4e advices froin New Greneda which state
that Jose Maria Serna had been convicted of being concerned
in the conspiracy of the Ist of July, and condemned to death,
but recommended to mercy. The president, Santander; did
not however think fit to comply with the recommendation, and
Serpa was shortly to be executed. The congress of New Gre-
nada was in session, and proceeding with its business as usual.
Three new bishops had been appointed by the pope for New
Grenada.

The army of the Equador was increasing, and exettions con.:
tinned. The town of Perucho had been blunt by a guerilla
party.

By accounts from Newfoundland it is stated that the seal
fishery had been exceedingly successful.

Further advices from Mexico mention that General Alvarez,
at the head of the insurgents, was surrounded on the province
of Zacetius, and confined to the villages of Texca, Texlcutrago,
and Cacahuttipee. Troops, owlet General Montesdeines and
Colonel Banos, were already iu the provinces, and those under
General Braos on their way thither. Colonel Villareal had
entered Acapulco, and the troops of Couycan had taken posses-
sion of San Luis. .

Other advices, however, differed from these widely, and state,
that no leSs than eight provinces had declared in favour ofthe,
plan of Texca, and that Alvarez had the command of at least
8,000 men,.with thirty-two pieces of artillery and abundance
of ammunition, and other material for a rigorous prosecution of
the contest-.

Additional accounts have also been received from Buenos
Ayres. •An engagement had taken place between a body of the
Buenos -Ayres troops and Indians on the one part; and a body
of hostile Indians on the other. The latter were totally de-
feated with a loss of 133 Indians and G 7 squaws killed, 3 caciques
and 353 squaws prisoners, besides 84 ehristian captives of both
sexes recaptured ; and there also fell into the hands of the vic-.
tors '2,000 sheep, 300 goats, 200 oxen, and 132 horses.

By advises fro►n Monte Vidio it appears that the government
had ordered the decree of the Ist December last, which exoner-
ated national as well as foreign vessels from paying pilot dues
provided the said vessels dischajged all their cargo in the port
of Monte Vidio, be considered void and of no effect. _

The letters from Rio Janeiro continue to represent the con.
dition of the. country as very unsettled. At Babia and Per-
nambuco disturbances had taken place, and had been followed
by many executions. Commerce at both places was entirely
suspended.

Beason is always striving, always loss; at a and of necessity
it must so come to pass, while it is exercised about that which
is not its proper object. -Let us be content at last to know God
by his own methods; at least so much of him as he is pleased to
reveal to us in the sacred Scriptures. To apprehend them to be
the word of God is all our reason has to do, for all beyond it is
the work of faith, whith is the seal of heaven impressed upon
our human undeit•tandiug. —Th'stdelt.