The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-02 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

THE LATE ELOPEMENT.

MEETING BETWEEN SIR COLQUHOUN GRANT

AND LORD SEYMOUR.

_ LETTER FROM. SLR C. GRANT TO LORD SEYMOUR.
" My lord,—Such has been the stupor and subsequent agony
cf mind I have endured since the sad event that has deprived
me of the only remaining prop and comfort of my life, that till
now I have not been able lo calm my senses, or command my
reason sufficiently to enable me to examine the circumstances
connected with this foul transaction.
" If I have found it hard, my lord, to bear up against those
afflictions which the will of Heaven har visited me with, till but
only one of all I had to bless my home was left to me, it is, I
find, beyond humanity to endure that this last solace of my life,
for whom alone I wished to live, should be torn from me by a
train of artifice disgraceful as it is cruel.
" My lord, 1 have said thus much, not with any wish or hope
to move your sympathy, for that mockery would from you be
fresh wrong; but merely that you may know that if I have a
heart that deeply feels a grief, it can as acutely feel a wrong.
The guilt of this my wrong, my lord, is shared by many; by
some placed beyond the reach of that vengeance due from me,
.and whom I must leave to the honour and character of society
•to punish ; by others, too, whom the laws of honour bring within
my grasp; among the latter I have just grounds for fixing you,
my lord.
' It might be bard, however so decided by law, in sbme cases,
to hold a man responsible for the acts of his wife—such as where
he could not, with the most honest feelings, control them; but
surely where, by active or tacit concurrence, he witnesses,
wickedly or tamely, the most grievous injury done by her, the
husband cannot complain that that redress which could not in
such case be obtained from the wife should be demanded.at his
hands. In this precise predicament is your lordship placed
with regard to me.
At your house, froayohilice it was known, mark, that my child
had eloped, were assembled, with yourself and Lady Seymour,
Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Blcckwood, and Mrs. Sheridan, in
whose presence (added to that of Colonel and Miss Armstrong,
just arrived) my friend, .and, in the event of my death, my
daughter's guardian, as he . stated himself to be, Sir Robert.
M•Farlane, required or your wife intelligence of her flight.
This, in your hearing, and in that of all present, Lady Seymour
refused; and you, not enforcing Sir R. M'Farlane's right to
trace my daughter, will; I think, be accused by all, as well as
by myself, of having lent yourself to the plot, and for this most
dishonourable conduct f demand that you render me satisfac-
tion.

" My friend, the bearer of this, will, with yours, arrange
matters without delay to this end.-1 have the honour to be.
toy 16rd, your obedient servl►nt,
(Signed)
" Grosvenor-square, May 28, 1834,"

COLQUHOUN GRANT

CAPTAIN ROSE'S STATEMENT.

" Mal, 29, 1835.—1 waited on Lord Seymour with Sir C
Grant's letter (a copy of which is inclosed) on Friday morning.
His lordship said that before he took any steps with regard to
that letter he wished to see Sir Colquhoun himself, in order to
remove an erroneous impression which appeared to exist in Sir
Colquhoun's mind-with regard to the share Lady Seymour bad
had in the matter referred to, stating, at the same time, that
the explanation which he wished to afford Sir Colquhoun would
be without prejudice to the measures which he would subse-
quently adopt respecting that portion of the letter which had
reference to himself. 'this, I said, would be perfetly irregular,
and that I could not advise. Sir Colquhoun to grant such an-in-
terview • and that unless his lordship could state that Miss
Grant did not elope from his house, and that he was not present
when Sir Robert M‘Farlane demanded information as to her
route after her flight, Sir Colquhoun's opinion could not be al-.
tered. Mr. Bentinck called on ms shortly afterwards, and
again repeated Lord Seymour's wish that Sir C. Grant should
separate Lady Seymour from any share in the transaction, in
which he said she had been in no way concerned, stating, at the
same time, that Lord Seymour was perfectly ready to meet Sir
Colquhoun immediately, and give him any satisfaction he might
require for any share he might suppose him to have had in the
affair. I then said that if Lord Seymour would state that he
had no knowledge of the transaction previous to the moment of
the elopement, I would endeavour to change Sir Colquhoun's
determination. This Mr. Bentinck said was out of the question,
as Lord Seymour had known of the transaction an hour before
it took-place. An immediate meeting was then agreed upon,
previous to which Mr. Bentinck again urged that Sir C. Grant
should state in writing that he called upon Lord Seymour for'
satisfaction for his lordship's share in the business, and not for
any participation which Lady Seymour had had in it. I thought
this a fair request, and submitted it to Sir Colquhoun, who re-
fused to accede to it. The parties met in a field near Hamp-
stead, and after a change of shots, without effect, Sir C. Grant
begged me to load again. Mr. Bentinck came up to me at this
moment, and asked if I considered that Lord Seymour had af-
forded Sir Colquhoun the satisfaction he required ? I answered
that I conceived he had; upon which Mr. Bentinck stated that
Lord Seymour was now ready to explain to Sir Colquhoun
various circumstances connected with the transaction which had
caused the meeting, and which would probably much alter his
opinion with regard to it. The parties then left the ground
without any further communication.

" GEORGE PITT Ross."

" I have read over the above Statement, signed by Captain
Rose, and I consider it to be a correct account of what passed
on the occasion. " G.. BENTINCK.
" White's, May 29."

coRREPoN DENCH BETWEEN SIR C. GRANT AND THE HON. G. C,

NORTON.

Yesterday afternoon, at seven o'clock, Mr. Norton put into
my hands a letter (No. 1) which he had received that morning
from Sir C. Grant,. through Captain Rose, and at the same time
gave me a letter (No. 2) which he had written in answer to it,
and which he begged me to convey to Sir C. Grant. I gave the
letter to Captain Ruse, and received from him this morning the
letter (No. 3) in reply to it. I asked Captain Rose whether I
was to consider this letter as a withdrawal of the expressions
contained in Sir C. Grant's first letter to Mr. Norton, and upon
his assurance that I was so to consider it I deemed that the
affair ought to end there. G. BENTINcx.
May 30th, 1835.
I have perused the statement signed by Mr. Bentinck, and
subscribe to it. G. P. ROSF.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION.

RIOTING AT WOLVERHAMPTON.
(From a Correspondent of the Morning Post.)
WOLVERHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT, SIX O'CLOCK.— I
stated in my account to.yog last night that there was a crowd of
people in front of the Swan Inn (the central committee of Sir
F. H. Goodricke,) who would not allow any person to go in or
come out of the inn without insulting or assaulting them. At
an early hour this morning information was received at Lich-
field that serious riots had taken place at Wolverhampton; that
the military had been obliged to disperse the rioters; that in
dispersing they (the military) had been necessitated to fire, and
that many of the mob had been wounded. Upon this intelli-
gence reaching Lichfield I proceeded by express to Wolver-
hampton, and upon my arrival there found that an investiga-
tion was in progress at the Peacock (where Colonel Anson's
committee had been held) in order to make out a case to for-
ward to the Secretary of State. I forward you the evidence (up
to a certain hour,) taken before a Mr. Roaf and others of Col.
Anson's committee. You will understand this is only the evi-
dence of his partisans, and therefore that will account for its
being so partial. The following is the deposition of the wit-
nesses (not upon oath)
Mr. Roaf in the chair.
Mr. H. Walker.—l can speak as to the state of the town from
twelve to four during the whole of the day. I saw nothing be-
yond the common excitement of au election.
The chairman.-1 think I may take this as the general im-
pression, that there was no disposition to riot up to the close of
the poll.
Several
tendency
g to gentlemen
menamaonnsawsetrtehe
pdineotphie.e affirmative. They saw
no
Mr. Devereux.—l am not a partisan. I took no part in the
election. I had no vote. I can state that the town was per-
fectly quiet up to the close of the poll.
[lt was here suggested that all who were to give evidence
should withdraw, and be examined separately.
Mr. Griffin.—l had occasion to go to the Swan (Goodricke's
hotel) on business. To my surprise I was informed by a gen-
tleman there that the riot act was about to be read, and the mi-
litary about to be called out. I expressed my surprise, and in-
quired for the necessity of their being called. I was then told
that souse stones had been thrown, and some few panes'of glass
broken. I then said that was a very insufficient cause for the
riot act to be read and the military called out, as I considered
the people perfectly peaceable and quiet, excepting the usual
rihouting and riotine common on those occasions. I heard the
bugle then sound, and the military began to muster. I imme-
diately went to Colonel Anson's committee through part of the
crowd. I met with no molestation on my way. I went to in-
form them of the state of things, and to request some of them to
address the people, informing them of what was about to take
place. I then went up the street with Mr. M'Mahon, and ob-
served that the military were clearing the streets with drawn
swords.
Mr. Thacker.—After the close of the poll yesterday I had a
conversation with Mr. G. Holvoake, the brother of the conser-
vative candidate, in the crowd, in front of the Swan. There was
not the least molestation. His friends were congratulating him
on the state of the poll. I did not see the,znilitary at that time,
half-past five o'clock.
Mr. Joseph Walker.—l went from this committee-room across
the Market-place, and stopped in the midst of the crowd to
speak to Mr. Robinson. the people were then perfectly quiet.
Mr. Sinskiss.—l am a surgeon. I was returning home. It
was shortly before seven o'clock. On coming into the Market-
place I heard the sound of a trumpet. linquired the cause,
and the answer was, that they were going to read the riot act.
I asked what occasion ? I see no riot. The reply was, the
windows of the Swan have been broken, and Mr. Parker has I
been insulted. I looked, and saw all the windows of the Swan
crowded, and the Rev. Mr. Claro in the balcony reading what
I understood to he the riot act. I then saw the soldiers charge
the people in the Market-place most violently, and with drawn
swords. They rushed on with such violence that two of the
horses fell, and their riders were thrown. One of the horses
was killed. Saw him lying dead soon after. I saw no act of
violence whatever on the part of the people. They ran in all
directions; the soldiers galloped after them towards the church..
yard. The gates were small, and the horses could not get
through. They then fired on the people in the church-yard. I
heard and saw several shots fired. They {ode up two and three
at a time and fired, and then went back, and others came up in
the same way. I saw no stones thrown, and I was iq a situation
to see them if there had been. I was then accosted by one of
Sir F. H. Goodricke's committee, and asked if I would go and
use my influence with the people, and advise them to disperse.
There were crowds and groups at different places, but the Mar-
ket-place was nearly clear by this time.'
[1 he evidence of this witness was discontinued, to allow that
of Mr. Coleman, who was called away to attend an accouche-
meat.]
Mr. Coleman, eurgeon—Was called in to attend profession-
ally a boy 16 years of age, named Adam Kay, last night, a
short time after eight o'clock. There was a gun-shot wound.
The ball had passed through under the tendon Achilles. It was
a severe wound, and he may be lamed for life. I was called to
a second case—that of a boy 11 years old, named Barton.
There was a gun-shot wound in the leg, passing through both
bones, and fracturing them, with the rupture of the anterior
tibial artery, the ball and a piece of the bone passing through
the leg, causing a great laceration. The leg is not amputated,
but it is still doubtful whether such a proceeding must not be
adopted. The third case was that of a young man, named
Pinson, about twenty years of age. He had a gun-shot wound
in the arm above the biceps muscle. This wound is not severe.
The fourth case, that of an apprentice of Mr. Westwood, a
steel-yard maker. He bad a gun-shot wound, a ball passing, through the centre of the knee-joint. The joint is so much in-
jured that it required immediate amputation to save his life.
Each of the parties described to me that they received their
wounds from the soldiers. I have not attended any sabre
wounds; but Mr. Gill, another surgeon, informed use that he
had attended two cases—one of a gun-shot wound, the other of
a sabre. I saw the two shots fired that wounded the boy in the
heel. The people were scampering away in all directions.
The boy got over the gate and got as far as the church door,
when lie was struck with the ball. I heard two other shots soon
after—near an hour afterwards. They were within 150 yards
from my own house in Salop-street. I saw no violence. I saw
one soldier get a glass of brandy and water in the Market-
place, from one whom I believe to be a partisan of Goodricke.
(The witness objected to name this person.) Ile bed a con-
stable's staff in his hand.
Mr. Simkiss recalled—l stated my,willingness to address the
crowd if the partisans of Sir P. Goodricke would retire from
the windows of the inn, as I considered their presence was
irritating the people. Mr. Warner accompanied me to the
committee room to make the request. Upon arriving at the
Swan door, under the gateway, liquor was being handed to a
mounted dragoon. I went round among the people to address
them, and was two hours there, during which I witnessed no
acts of violence.
'Mr. Halls, factor—l was in the first floor of a house in Queen-
' street at a window, about eight o'clock. There was a cry that
the soldiers were coming. I immediately saw the soldiers
charging down the streets. 'They were striking the people with
' the Hat sides of their swords, and several thrust at them with
the points. I. don't know if any were wounded. I saw a soldier
beating a man near the door where I was with his sword. I
heard a door of the yard open, and shut again directly. The
soldier said, " There's a nest, of d—d scoundrels there.; we
will fire thr, ugh the door." He spoke to several soldiers, •
who
drew up on the opposite side of the street. He said something
to them, and I observed them deliberately sheath their sabres
and handle their carbines and pistols (some had carbines and
some pistols.) Conceiving from their manner that they were
going to fire, I said, " There has been no breach of the peace
committed here, fire at your peril." One of the soldiers (the
same who beat the man) said, "There's a nest of scoundrels,
and we'll unkennel them," or something. to that effect. I told
them not to fire, and they put up their fire arms, drew their
sword's, and went off. TWO of them came back, and one of them
said, " I have a good mind to fire through that door yet." I
again warned them of the consequences, and they went off. I
omitted to say that I stated to the soldiers, " Surely persons
may go in and out of their houses without molestation."
Ann Deaken—My husband is a carrier. About ten minutes
before ten o'clock my house was locked up. MY husband had
been at home since eight o'clock. 4 heard a shot go off, and
opened the window, where I saw a soldier on horseback go to
the other aide of the street, level his gun, and fire at the street
door. The ball perforated the door. I saw no person in the
street. If there had been I must have seen them. My brother-
in•law was in the room when the ball passed through.
Evan Evans, brother-in-law of the last witness, said—l and
my wife were in the room below when the ball came in. I was
sitting in my chair, about a yard from where the ball passed. I
had beers indoors from a quarter to nine, and my son, a lad of
about fourteen, came in about a quarter past nine. The shot
was fired a few minutes to ten. My wife was stooping; had
she not, the ball must have passed through her head.
I have forwarded you the foregoing particulars of evidence
given by Colonel Anson's partisans to Colonel Anson's com-
mittee, and which has been transmitted by them to the secre-
tary of state, as great importance will be attached to it. From
the Peacock I went to the Swan, and there I ascertained that
the mob in front of that inn, at the close of the poll last even-
ing, and which were hooting, and spitting upon, and pelting all
those who went in or came out of it, hadiseen accumulating till
there were several thousands; that between seven and eight
o'clock the symptoms of rioting became so strong that it*was
deemed necessary to disperse them; that the Rev. Mr. Clare,
a magistrate, went into the balcony in front of the Swan, and
urged and entreated the people to go quietly to their homes;
that, unless they did so, Ise should be necessitated to read the
riot act; and warned them of its consequences; that, in lieu of
attending to his admonitions, they commenced pelting him with
stones; that at length it became absolutely necessary to read
the riot act, and that subsequently the military were ordered to
disperse the crowd ; that the soldiery in doing so made use of
the flats of their sabres only, but were assailed with stones- and
brickbat, and other missiles:- that the populace, after they had
been driven from the Market-place, took possessim: of the
church-yard, which they barricaded, and from thence com-
menced another and a most violent attack upon the soldiers;
that one of the soldiers had his horse killed by some sharp in-
steumenti that at last it became imperatively necessary for the
soldiers, in self-defence, to fire. Such was the violent conduct
of the people, after the first charge of the military, that they
collected stones, and formed themselves in groups where the
military could not reach them, and pelted them most unmer-
cifully. They formed a barricade with some carts at the top of
Queen-street, from behind which they threw stones of immense
dimensions. At a late hour many shots were tired by the popu-
lace. The rioting, on the part of the people, continued so long
that another detachment of troops was sent for, which arrived
about half-past twelve o'clock, but by this time the disturbances
had nearly subsided.
These are the statements as I have heard them. I regret to
add that several persons have been wounded. One boy was shot
in the cap of the knee, and immediate amputation was deemed
necessary. Great excitement prevails throughout the populous
districts in the neighbourhood. All remains quiet up to this
hour.

The following is a placard issued by Colonel Anson's com-
mittee :

" P Inn Thursday, ay 28.
" Colonel Anson's committeeeacock cannot abut lament, Mwith the
other friends of reform, the present tyrannical usurpation of po-
pular rights in this division of the county, still they clearly see
the means by which it may be surmounted. It is, however, es-
sential that no public disturbances should give the enemy an
excuse for misrepresentation or violence; and most earnestly
do the committee beg the friends of the colonel not to allow any
provocation, either from soldiers or others, to incite them to riot.
" Measures are now in progress for securing a satisfactory in-
quiry into the painful events of last evening, and if the people
will but let the business be where it is, justice will certainly be
obtained.
"The committee, therefore, intreat their friends to avoid the
streets this evening--to keep their children and apprentices at
home-and to stand prepared to adopt such constitutional and
regular measures as will recover the representation of the
(-County ; in other words, make it a representation. of public
opinion instead of the representation of a tory club."

We are informed tbat on the presentation of the petition to
the House of Comn:ons against the return of Sir R. M. Rolfe,
the Solicitor-General, at the late election for Penryn, a minis-
terial motion will be made to inquire into the state of that
borough, when it is expec•ed, from the evidence which will be
adduced, some curious details of its political history will bere-
sented to the public.—Faltnouth Packet. p

ADDRESS OF THE IRISH BAR TO SIR ROBT. PEEL

(From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
Wherever there is property, probity, intellect, or high
education, there we find the principles of conservatism to
prevail ; there we find due-honour and attachment to the
statesman who is in his day the representative of the prin-
ciple of constitutional monarchy. Amongst the symbols
of this feeling which have reached the public, we know of
none which has afforded to us greater ratification than,
the address of the Irish bar to Sir Rober Peel, with which
we present our readers to-day ; not merely because it
speaks justly and nobly of the talents and virtues of this
peat man; but because it shows that all the arts and al-
lurements of power—all the money and patronage—pro.,
mises and threats of the whip government, have not been
able to corrupt, in any considerable degree, this upright
and honourable profession. , The Irish bar has ever fur-
nished the best of Irish patriots—and if it occasionally
spew forth a monster, the offence is redeemed by the
purity and intelligence of its regular offspring,.
The address itself is admirably drawn up. There is
not a word too much—nor a syllable too little; and we
can well conceive the gratification which Sir Robert Peel
must have experienced in receiving such a testimonial
from a body, so distinguished for the qualities and virtues
which they justly appreciate in him.
Although the chairman of counties—all of whom, with
four or five exceptions, concur in the sentiments of the
address, have not affixed their signatures to the document,
conceiving that their situations being, to a great extent
judicial, they are precluded from meddling with politics;
yet does it contain close upon two hundred names, com-
prising all of worth, character, talent, and respectability
in the profession.
We subjoin the address and the correspondence between
the right hon. Thomas Lefroy and Sir Robert Peel :
" TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., M.P.
" Sir,—We, the undersigned members of the Irish bar, cannot
allow you to retire from the important post which you have
filled without conveying to you our admiration of the calm tem-
per—the sound judgment and discretion—and the vast practical
experience which you have evinced throughout the arduous task
in which you have been engaged.
" Confiding fully. as we do in the principles on which you
,have declared your intention to conduct the government of the
country—convinced as we are of your firm determination to
correct all real abuses in, church and state—(preserving at, the
game time those sacred institutions which we regard as the sanc-
tuary of our liberties)—and having already experienced the
masterly skill which you have displayed in the improvements
of our criminal code, tending to achieve at once the great ob-
jects of true legal reform, in the removal of that which is evil,
and in rendering that which is excellent more simple, practical,
and efficacious—we need hardly say how much we regret your
being compelled to retire from that situation' which your habits,
talents, and experience, so eminently qualify you to fill with
honour to yourself and advantage to your country."

" Lewin-street, Dublin, May 13th, 1835.
" Dear Sir,—ln forwarding the, accompanying address (which
was signed several days since, but has been unavoidably de-
layed,) I feel it no less a duty than a source of sincere gratifica-
tion to assure you of the anxious desiie which so 14rrge and re-
spectable a portion of the Irish bar have evinced to convey to
you their estimate of those eminent qualities which, from per-
sonal observation, have so often commanded my own admira-
tion, and leave me to regret, in common with them and all who
have at heart the preservation of our religion and our institu-
tions, your unavoidable retirement from office. Mr. Saurin
would have had the honour of forwarding this address but from
an accident which confines him to his bed.
" I have the honour to be, dear Sir, yours, faith!..'lly,
"To the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel"THOMAS LEPROY.
, Bart."

"Whitehall Gardens, May 18th, 1835.
" Dear Sir,—l have had the' honour of receiving this morn-
ing the address from a very large and respectable portion of the
Irish bar, -.which your letter of the 13th instant led me to
expect.
"This expression of confidence in my 'intentions as a public
man, and of approval of the course which I pursued during my
short tenure of official authority, has given me the utmost satis-
faction. It more than compensates me fur any labours or exer-
tions that office demanded from me, and will be the best stimu-
lus to me to persevere in that line of public conduct, which has
been thus sanctioned by men of the highest attainments, and
with the deepest' interest in the general welfare.
" I request you will accept for yourself my best acknowledg-
ments for the kind and nattering manner in which you, have
communicated to me the address.
"I have the honour to be, dear Sir, very faithfully yours,
" "To the Right Hon. Thomas Lefroy, M.PROBERT PEEL.
."

THE TIVERTON TRICK-TURN-IN AND TURN-OUT,

On the 22d of April, 1834, Mr. Daniel O'Connell brought
forward in the imperial parliament his motion respecting the
repeal of the legislative union. Mr. Rice met the motion by an
amendment, which was supported by the whole of the present
ministry then in the house. The amendment was carried by a
majority of 485, in a house of 523 Members : 38 only voted for
O'Connell's motion, and of these 38 only one was an English
member—that member was Mr. James Kennedy, heretofore the,
disqualified member for Tiverton, and who, for his memorable
conduct, got the sobriquet of the tip of the tail. 'Well, a year
has rolled over, and great changes have occurred. Mr. Spring
Rice, who in 1834 took such proper and constitutional measures
to oppose the destructive political views of Mr. O'Connell, is in
1835 in close political alliance with the agitator; and Lord
Palmerston, who expressed his sentiments then in reprobation
of the policy that Mr. Kennedy advocated and voted for, is now
reduced to the alternative of accepting a seat from the said
James Kennedy, the only man in the whole House of Com-
mons—the only individual in the great and glorious majority of
324 whig;radicats who turned Peel out of office—who had any
bowels of compassion for the all-forlorn foreign secretary.
And why was this—why was James: Kennedy the only man
that could be found ready to surrender his seat for the sake of
saving the political character of a whig cabinet minister?-Why,
Mr. Kennedy was the patronized of O'Connell, the man that
regulates the Aestinv of the ministry—the very. Old Man of the
Sea to Sindbad-MelbOuine. Numerous were the offers that
Cupid received of seats ; boroughs were thrust upon him,
counties were guaranteed him, where his return would have
been far more honourable than will be that for Tiverton, should
such an event occur. But the veto of the Dictator Dan was
omnipotent. If any one was to have the benefit of the job, none
had equal claims to James Kennedy, the only. English member
who had the courage to support the motion for the dismember-
ment of the empire. O'Connell willed it, and. Melbourne
echoed the cry of the slave to the Caliph, "Commander of the
Faithful, to hear is to obey."
What will Englishmen -think of this ? Is it not sufficient to
know that the ejected and rejected whig,s bow the neck to the
dictator of Ireland, but that they are absolutely forced to sup-
plicate his grace to get a wretched old rat of a cabinet minister
a place in England, whereby he may face parliament !
We do not blame—on the contrary, we have a sort of bastard
admiration of—O'Connell's conduct in this instance. There is
a surpassing cunning, combined with audacious arrogance, that
has led him to show the extent of his domination over the de-
graded slaves of the administration. "Nothing (exclaims
O'Connell) shall take place—no appointment out of the house,
no measure within its walls—in which 1 have not a controlling
direction which must be apparent to the wood." And verily,
well doth he work out his aim.
With respect to this James Kennedy we have but little to say.
He is a briefless barrister, who was forced to vacate his seat for
non-qualification : he however swore previously that he was
qualified, for which circumstance he was cut by the members of
the bar on his circuits. We care not what he is to get: he may
be knighted, and sent to adjudicate upon yellow boys in Madras
—or he may be sent to determine the destiny of Whiteboys in-
Munster—with the devil's leave. Whether he gets value re-
ceived in rupees, or ready rhino of our home currency, is a
matter we care little about—it is a business between his con-
science (if he have one,) the cabinet, and O'Conneli.—Age.

THE COTTON CROP.

Estimate of the Cotton Crop fur 1834 and 1835
From New Orleans 468,282*
From Mobile.
From Florida

Total from the Gulf 703,282
Received at Savannah to 4th
April . 158,546
Received at Charleston 152,094
Amount yet to receive in Sa-
vannah and Charleston, pc,370 •
and make the crop equal ""
to last year.
Virginia, N. C., last year.... 77,945
Estimated difference in the
' Atlantic ports. 67,241,496,718-1,200,000 bales,

The above may be disposed of as follows:
" 1835. 1834.
Supply of the C0ntinent.......322,000 272,000
Consumption of United 5tate5..236,000 196,000
Leaves for Great 8ritain......642,000 _ 1,200,000 bales.

Last year sen t to Great Britain-756,291
Deduct amount left fur Great
Britain.

Leaves wanting for Great Bri-
tain
114,291

These are our own
estimates.

Less in England lit Jan., 1835, 50,000
Increased wants of Great Bri-
tain 60,000

Wanting 12'2,1291
The above is from a most respectabi

Mobile house.

• This does not include 13,762 from Mobile, and '2,291 from
Florida.
t We think the defect in the Atlantic states will be 100,000.

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1:74,11,1

CANADA AFFAIRS

( From the Montreal Herald of May 4.)
On Thursday evening died a private soldier of the 54th Regi-
ment, of the name of William Hands. The circumstances of
the case demanded a coroner's inquest. It appeared in evi-
dence that the deceased was returning through the St. Louis
suburbs with two comrades from work on Wednesday evening
between seven and eight o'clock, and that, having stopt be-
hind his .companions for a minute or two, near the stone yard,
he received a heavy blow on the back of his, head from four or
five cowardly ruffians. The man walked home, answered to
his name, made his own bed and retired to rest. These things
happened on Wednesday evening; on Thursday evening the
unfortunate man was a corpse.
We subjoin the verdict of the jury. "The deceased came to
his death by a blow from a blunt instrument, which caused a
fracture of the skull and an effusion of blood on the 'brain,
which said blow was inflicted by a person or persons unknown
to the jurors.':
As to the enormous barbarity of the crime and the fiendish
motives of the criminal, there can be but one opinion. -'that
the murderous blood-hounds are polluted with every vice we
may reasonably sup-pose ; and we need not urge on his excel-
lency the propriety or the efficacy of tempting their treachery
with their avarice by the offer of a liberal reward.
The common council, too, is morally bound, if not prevented
by law, to adopt similar means of bringing to justice the cold-
blooded professors of a systematic assassination. If the com-
mon council cannot or will not act, the citizens of Montreal
owe it to themselves to investigate the truth and vindicate law
and humanity at any expense of time, trouble, or money.
The testimony_ of the dying man may assist the investigation
of the truth. His assailants were in a cart or caleche, and
were certainly Canadians.

• •
It was on St. George's eve that Willam Hands was felled
like an ox ity the goaded dupes of the Vindicator, the Minerve,
and Mr. Papineau. It was on St. George's day that William
Hands expired, the victim of undying, sleepless revenge. He
died, we believe, at the moment when Englishmen were spor-
tively reminded teat " England expects every -man to do- his
duty." What, then, is
,the duty of England's sons ? Is it to
pounce like the tiger on unoffending, unsuspecting, and unre-
sisting victims? Is it to tarnish the manly fame of their fathers
by degenerating into cowardly assassins? God forbid. Their
duty is to express fearlessly their unanimous opinion of the
foul deed and of the fouler motives of the virtual perpetratbrs.
It was not Monarque, the butcher, that murdered William
Hands. It was the diabolical spirit infused into him by the
Vindicator, the Minerre, and Mr. Papineau. How often have
these three vile things attempted to convince their miserable
dupes that British soldiers are sent to Lower Canada fin- the ex-
press purpose of murdering peaceable Canadians. It was only
last week that the Vindicator, through its London correspdn-
dent, reiterated, for the fiftieth time, this hackneyed falsehood..
.The writer, after estimating the coat of ,the' military-establish-
ment of Canada at £60,000, coolly adds that such a sum is toe►
much for the slaughter of three peaceable citizens, being at the
rate of "E 20,000 per victim." We quote from memory; but
we give the substance and almost the very words. Such mis-
representations, repeated month after month, in French and in
English, in speeches and in editorial articles, cannot produce,
and are not intended to produce; any other efNct on ignorant
minds, than that of prompting them to the murder of British
soldiers, on the strongest principle of human nature—the prin-
ciple of self-preservation.

*
•• ' *
Lower Canada contains about 400,000 French Canadians,
and about 120,000 inhabitants of British origin. The Germans
and Dutchmen are not so numerous as to be distinguished
from the two other races in my summary classification. Mr..
Papineau's "people" comprehends a vast majority of men of
British origin. Such, I admit, are the component parts of Mr.
Papineau's "people;" but 1 d 6 not admit that every indivi-
dual, who shouts for Mr. Papineau, is also willing to fight for
him. Talking and fighting, as Joseph. Hume well knows, are
very different things.

..
The accounts just received from Canada communicate the
Following important despatch which had been received out from
the Colonial-office, in reference to the differences which have ea
Long existed in the lower province :

" " Downing-street, Feb. 11, 1835.
My lord,—ln conformity with the pledge given in my des-
patch of the Bth of January, I can assure your lordship that his
majesty's government have not ceased to -direct their anxious
attention to the discovery of those means which appeared to.
offer the most reasonable prospect of bringing to a happy termi-
nation the existing differences between the House of Assembly
of Lower Canada and the executive government of the province.
This inquiry has been undertaken with a deep sense of the im-
portance of the object to be attained, and has been prosecuted
with the most zealous and earnest endeavours to arrive at a,
favourable result ; but I cannot disguise &ea your lordship
that throughout the investigation I have found myself surrounded
by no common difficulties. •
.` Your lordship will recollect that in the year 1828 a commit-
tee of the House of Commons was appointed for the purpose of
inquiring into the state of the civil government of Canada, and
after a laborious and protracted examination embodied in their
report various suggestions calculated in their opinion for the
improvement of the administration.et the affairs of the province.-
This report was declared by the House of Assembly of. Lower
Canada to be ' an imperishable-monument of the justice and
profound wisdom of the committee,' and to point out the certain
mode of removing all the evils of which the people of Canada
had complained. On a _future occasion I may endeavour' to
show, and I hope. incontrovertibly, the manner in which the'
recommendations of the committee have been carried into full
effect. At present I will only observe, that, notwithstanding the
general enthusiasm with, which the appearance of the report was
hailed by the House of Assembly, a spirit of discontent, from
whatever cause arising, has continued -gradually to increase-
among the members of that .body, until in the last year it has •
burst forth with a vehemence altogether unparalleled. This-
spirit was remarkably exhibited in the 92 resolutions passed by
the House of Assembly on- the 23d of February, 1834. These
resolutions were referred to a committee of the House of Com-
mons on the 25th of April, and occupied their attention for a
considerable time. On the 3d of July the committee closed
their labours with a report, in which they did full justice to the
anxiety of., he home government to carts into execution tlits suggeslions of the select committee of 18; and declared that
the exertions of the government to that end had been unrerait- •
ting, and guided in all cases by a desire to-promote the interests
of the province. The committee delivered no opinion upon ther subject matter of any one of the resolutions submitted to their consideration, but lamented that mutual :misconceptions ap-
peared to urevail, which they hoped might be removed ; and,.
finally, expressed their persuasion that the practical measures
for the future administration of the affairs of Lower Canada
might best be left to the consideration of the government, who
were responsible for their adoption and execution.
". Front that period up to the present day-I do not find that
any measures have been undertaken in compliance with the
recommendation of the committee of the House of Commons.
On the 15th of November, the day on which the dissolution of •
the late administration took place, your lordship was apprised -
by Mr. Spring Rice that he was prepared to transmit very full
instructions on the various important points on which it was
essential for vonr lordship to be informed on the approaching- •
meeting of the assembly of Lower Canada, but, in consequence
of the event that had then occurred, he ws. prevented from
'making any further communication. Not being aware of the
nature or purport of these contemplated instructions, your
lordship will see that I have been thus deprived of the fruits of
the matured reflection of my predecessor; and that, on my own
accession to office, I find this complicated question very much
in the same situation in which it was left by the House of Com-
mons on the 3d of July—with this difference, however, that the
difficulties of the situation have been materially aggravated by
the additional delay of six months.
" In adverting to this delay your lordship will not understand
that it is with the view of imputing blame to any one, but simply
for the purpose of expressing Inv regret that a crisis-sbould uow
have arrived in which a prompt decision is rendered indispensa-
ble, and that it must be taken at a moment and under circum-
stances when-there exists a peculiar necessity for the most care-
ful review of all that has passed, and for the most deliberate
. reflection on the consequence of any step that may be adopted.
"The painful situation in which your lordship has long been
placed, and the personal relation in which you have been made
to stand towards the House of Assembly, form no slight addition
to the embarrassments which obstruct the successful termination
of the
.question, at issue. It is due, however, to your lordship to
state, that from your first assumption of! the government of
Lower Canada, my predecessors in the department ()Vet. which
I now preside have signified their general approbation of the
conduct you had pursued in the administration of the affairs of
that province. With satisfaction I add, that, from an examina-
tion of your lordship's official correspondence, commencing at
the period referred to, I can see no reason to dissent from the •
accuracy of these opinions. At the same time it must be obvious
that the exasperated feelings so prevalent in the assembly, and
the-alienation of that branch of the Canadian legislature from •
the executive government, have rendered your lordship's position
so extremely difficult as even to forbid the hope that you would
be enabled to employ with any good effect the words of concilia-
tion and peace.
" Looking, then, at the manner of dealing with the whole
subject, and bearing in mind the circumstances to which I have
adverted, his majesty's government are of opinion that the exi-
gencies of the case demand some more decisive and expeditious
•mode of proceeding than is consistent with an ordinary and
regular correspondence. Your lordship's sentiments have been more than once expressed to the same effect. The- King,
therefore, has been humbly advised to select an individual pos-
sessing his entire confidence, who has the advantage of being
unconnected with past Canadian politics, and has had the op-
portunity, by recent personal communications with the members
of his majesty's government, of ascertaining their views and intentions more fully and unreservedly Chan could
be possessed
by means of written statements. This individual, in the capa-
city of his majesty's royal commissioner, will repair to Lower Canada, fully instructed to examine, and, if possible, to termi-
nate,
the various points of discussion, in the hope of composing
all those differences which have so long agitated the, province,
and so deeply afflicted his majesty's loyal subjects.
Without attempting to give your lordship even an Outline
of the instructions of which •his majesty's extraordinary com-
missioner will be the bearer, it will be sufficient to inform you
that his mission will not be so much for the purpose of promul-
gating any new principles of government as of carrying into -
effect
that system of liberality and justice towards the people of
Lower Canada which his majesty has long since adopted, and
which a committee of the House of Commons recently declared
had characterized the policy and conduct of all those by whom . the affairs of this kingdom have been administered during' the
last six years. Although the result which has hitherto attended
these efforts might, perhaps, render our hopes of the future less
sanguine, it will not diminish the desire or the determination of'
the King to satisfy all the just claiens•and expectations of his
Canadian subjects. They will find that hismajesty is unwearied
in his endeavours to establish an impartial, conciliatory, 11
constitutional government in Canada. For this end it will b
the object of his majesty to renew the inquiry in to every alleged
grievance, to examine every cause of complaint, and to apply
remedy for every abuse that may still be found to prevail ; for
this end there is no sacrifice be would not cheerfully make which
should be compatible with the fundamental principles of the
constitution itself, and with the continued existence of the pro-
vince as a possession of the British crown.
" I am unwilling to believe that the Canadian people can be
insensible to feelings so truly paternal, which, as your lordship
well knows, have not been adopted on the spur of the occasion,
and for which we may reasonably hope that his majesty will be
rewarded by the loyalty and attachment of all classes in the im-
portant provinces now tinder your immedia'e government.
" Your lordship will communicate this despatch to the House
of Assembly in the usual manner. Although without any direct
information on the subject from your lordship. I hear from other
sources of intelligence that the legislature will have mat on the
27th of January. Should their sittings have been adjourned,
you will take such means as may appear most proper for bring-
ing the despatch under the knowledge of the members before
the period of the reassembling in parliament'.
" I will not fail to give your lordship timely notice of the pro-
bable arrival of his majesty's commissioner, in order that you
may be enabled to convoke the assembly with the least possible
inconvenience to its members. ,
" I have the hotiout to be, my lord, your most obedient, &c.,

' . Lieutenant-General Lord Aylmer,' " ABEHDE-tN.
K.C.8., &c."