The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-29 00:00:00

was II godsend for the session and indeed, considering th
height of French fury, it was fortunate that such an aperture
was found for it to escape by—a harmless one after all. In
afew months they will have another political hobby. The
right of search will be forgotten, as Ancona and Poland, and
so many political pets of the day have been ; and things will
go on as before. This, and the vote of the Chamber forcing
the French admiralty to keep in addition to the eight men-
of-war at sea twelve more afloat, are the chief political events
of the French session."

The following, also, possesses an interest greater, at the

present moment than when it was written :

" By the by, there has been a panic about the king's
health ; and his majesty, though he looks as well as ever and
attends to business as usual, still does not take much exer-
cise. His morning walks on the roof of the Tuileries can
neither be long nor very healthful, and varicose symptoms in
his legs forbid riding or standing. He is thus reduced to
carriage exercise, which is a great change in the life of an
active man. The London papers have talked of dropsy, but
such secrets must rest between the king and his physician.
His person, at least, shows no symptoms of it to an every-
day observer. Nor is there the least diminution of royal
vivacity. At a late race-meeting, Louis Philippe went over
the stud of his son, the Duke of Orleans, who is a great
amateur and a great breeder of horses. ' Well,' quoth the
old king, after his inspection, `in my time we should have
called these animals cats, nut horses, and their limbs pipe-
stoppers. You talk of improving the breed, Charles,' con-
tinued Louis Philippe, ' but I tell you, you will bring it to
such perfection, that it cannot carry its own weight.' He is
very fond of making merry with his son's tastes."

REPORT OF THE ELECTION COMPROMISE
COMMITTEE.

(From the Herald.)

Nothing can be more shockingly disgusting than some
portions of the evidence before us ; we select a passage or
two without reference to party or political opinions. Mr.
John Attwood is asked whether he thought that the £6,000
which he paid at different times to purchase his return, and
that of " his friend" Major Beresford, were " to go towards
the legal expenses of the election ?" His reply, which has
one merit at all events, that of perfect frankness, is as
follows :

" I could not think that; the amount was such that I
could not for a moment think that : but I assure the com-
mittee that no man could feel this more than I did. Pre-
viously to my going down to Harwich, I mentioned to two
or three of my friends in town that I was invited to stand for
Harwich. I told them I was a perfect stranger to the
place ; that if I could go in a proper manner, without acting
in any dishonourable or improper way, I should go with my
friend; but if I could not go in that way, I would not go
near the place ; and my friends said We believe you have
nothing to fear about that,' or something like that. I said
then I would go. I will state to the committee that when
the first application was made to me for money, I was
astonished at the amount. I said a good deal about it, but
I was not informed at that time that I should be called upon
again. But after that I was called upon again, to my great
astonishment. I paid a second sum. I believe (!) I was
called upon a third time, and I was very much astonished
indeed, and I said a great deal against it; but then, standing
upon my honour, what could Ido ? There were these sums
to be paid ; they appealed to me, Can you help paying
them ? and appealing in that kind of way to my feelings I
considered I should not be acting honourably if I did not
pay them, but it was very much against my inclination. I
would sooner have paid five times the amount in any other
way than that, if it had been left to me."