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      being a promoter of bribery at Derby , I was asked to leave my defence to otbers . I yielded to that . It was entirely against my own feeling , my own habits , and inclination . Everybody knows that I am a little bit of a hot Irishman , and I would rather have gone into the matter , and have fought the battle for myself . Perhaps it might have been better if I had done so , for the more that was borne the more did they lay on—the quieter the tiling was taken the greater was the virulence exerted by those who assailed me . iLgain , when at Braintree I said a few words to my constituents on the subject , I said that neither directly or indirectly had I been concerned in anything of bribery at Derby . These were the exact words-1 used , and they were the exact

      truth . Now I am sorry to say 1 hear there were some who , when the papers for months reiterated it , believed I had stated at Braintree what was not true for my own purposes . That hurt me deeply . I can bear it to be supposed that I am guilty of bribery , but I cannot bear it to be supposed tJiat I tell a falsehood to my constituents . ( Cheers . ) After flat , my enemies , finding they were not opposed in the manner they ought to have been , carried it still fartherthey carried it to a criminal prosecution , which they were forced in the end to withdraw ; and Mr . Coppock , wlio was Hie main agent of the individuals who supported that prosecution—I will not state who they were , though I have heard names , and I believe 1 know—was obliged to make a statement justifying his conduct in the matter . Whether lie did justify it or not I leave it those who have lead that letter to decide . The very agent who carried out all the acts of persecution against me nas publicly acknowledged to the world , in writing , to the very same effect , the troth' of the words

      I made use of at Braintree . Therefore , It is by the agent of my worst enemies I am proved to have spoken the truth on that occasion . ( Loud cheers . ) There , is another point . It is then said that in order to . put aside that prosecution , I entered into a compromise with my enemies to withdraw it , and paid 1000 ? . for it . Now as to that , I "have to state that within ten days of the trial , I had five distinct and separate offers of compromise of the lowest possible amount—a price absolutely ridiculous . The l&sfc offer but one was this— -that they would withdraw the prosecution if I would promise not to make it the subject of a speech to my constituents . ( Laughter . ) My answer to tbat was that God had given tne the gift of speech , and I -would exercise it wherever and

      whenever I chose . ( Cfteers . ) There was one offer more abject—they begged and entreated that I would allow the record to be withdrawn . The fact was we forced them into cottrt- ^ they did not go there willingly . They commenced a prosecution against me at the Old Batty , where they thought tley could best have me ; bnt I removed it by certiozan to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , so that it was my record—a technical matter "tbat was not clearly explained or understood—and they could not withdraw it -without my leave . Tiey therefore came and begged me to withdraw it . ' No / I said , ' come there you shall ; ' and they w « xe forced to come there and withdraw it . ( Cheers . ' ) Then it was sucoosed

      by some that I had compromised it . After all the veaation I Tiad undergone , after all tie virulence with which I had been assailed , was I going to heap such a load of indignity on ray own head , as to deal in this way with the men who did it ? I should not have been such a fool as to do that—I should not contaminate myself , if I had no higher motive for not yielding to it , and have left myself at then * mercy to Bay , * Yes , he compromised our not carrying it out . ' Therefore I strongly meet you and deny the statement that I gave my consent to anything like a compromise on the subject ; for when they persecuted me I fought like a man , ana scorned a compromise , knowing I was innocent . " ( Cheers . ')

      Now for the second point—a point , by-the-by , that nobody but perhaps Essex men would have dreamed of raising as regards hint ; although they might as regards the chiefs of the Derby Administration . Here is a defence which , to the moral sense not much blunted , looks like a confession : — " Now I trust you will think that when in Parliament I remained quiet , it was neither from the motives some may impute nor from fear I was there in a peculiar position . I had unfortunately taken office with a set of men with whom I worked hard and stood by firmly , and who I honestly believed were determined to stand by tha agriculture of England . Having once entered into office with them , 1 was

      boundto stand by them—I should have been a traitor to the pa . rty if 1 had not done everything in my power to keep them m . It was therefore impossible for me , us a member of the Government , to do that for my own persona ] advantage -which th « y did not desire to have done—to kick up a dust about mjaelf ; and when they wished me to leave my defence in the hands of others I was bound to do so . Unfortunately at tho time there occurred another matter that deeply hurt me . From the circumstances in which they were placed , the members of the Administration felt themBelves forcod to adopt a free-trade resolution , which no man who was a member of the Government could possibly vote against . TI » uh I was left in this imomnloua position , that it was impossible

      for mo , though bating that resolution as . much as I hated anj free-trade resolution ia my life , to vote against it , because I was a member of tlie Government ; neither could I rotire from tho Government , because of this false accusation against me , and having left my defence in tho hanila of tho Administration . I trust you will look in a lenient spirit on . that vote , when I assure you it has bcon ono thut hus afflicted mo severely since I gave it ; and I firmly beliovo there wus not ono out of tho sixty-three denominnUd by tlieir opponents ' thick-hoadod cannon balls ., ' who was u more do voted , sincere , or firmer friend of tho agricultural interest than I was when I gave that vote , which I did not npproyo of in my own mind . " Mr . Bercsford ' s good friends , under the influence of strong beer , tavern port , and brannly-und water , ch&ered these explanations , l ' oor Berusford ! ho did not see that n man of honour would never have voted for that , which lie not only did not approve , hut cordially hated ! Were nil the Ministers in the same predicament ?

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      She pointed oat to him the consequences to himself , when beyond the bounds of time , of rushing into the presence of his Maker by his own . act , and her observations seem to have sunk into his mind , for on Thursday weelc he used them in reference to a man who had conumttedsuiradejby cutting his throat . He and his sons retired to rest the same night , and the report of neighbours is that they * were more , than usually quiet . The old man slept in a small " turn-up" ted in the " house , " or kitchen , and the sons slept together in a bed up stain . About five o ' clock on thcFridaym « rning the younger son got up to go to his work , accordmg to his ^ wn accotrat and found his father ' s bed empty ; on wMeh he shoaled to his . brother t " This mori ' s gone . " All bis clothes were and his

      strewed about , except his trous « i ^ finding stcckings hanging over the oven door , ¦ " . Turn , " as he is called , pulled them one within ths other , and -threw them to the . bottom of the stairs , remarking , " Them ' 11 be wanted na mare . " They then lighted a fire , got some food , including a collop of bacbn , turned np the bed , folded up tlieir fathers coat and waist " coat , and put them into a drawer , and having taken food for dinner , shouldered their spades , and left for their work . When asked by the jury where they thought their father was , the younger sen repied , " We thout he ^ wur ith nayyyVf meaning the Bochd&le canal , which was within a few yards ; of the house . The inquiry naturally followed , " Then why did you not seek for him ? " to which he replied , " Nayi I wur ower glad he trar gone : he didn't go a minnte too soinf

      ' EIHUMAtf NATUBE . There is great truth in the words of poor Ophelia— " We all know what we are , but none know what they may be ;" and although the boast of the Pharisee uttered by a Pharisee is one of the most contemptible forms of human littleness , yet we may be allowed to congratulate humanity that all men are not what some men are , that all men for instance are not like the two brothers of the village of Shade near TodmorcJen . Their story is a a terrible one . An old man named Thomas Holt , above seventy-five years old , lived with his two sons , John , aged about forty , and Thomas , aged , about thirty-five , in a cottage in the middle of a row at Shade . The old nan had long been a widower , and the sons were unmarried , so tbat they lived in a deplorable state of dirt and discomfort . They we re all weavers formerly , but for some time had followed the occupation of labourers , and all three were hale , strong fellows . All of them would drink when they had the means , and the discomforts of their wretched home appear to have been vastly increased by the result of intoxication and bad temper . They often quarrelled and kicked each other with their dogs , and only about three weeks ago tha old man declared to a neighbour woman that he was so much ill-treated he thought he should drown limself .

      he punced ( kicked ) me fill I wur black an blue . " When some one pointed out to the brute what aiearful thing selfmurder was , he coolly replied , * ' A ftUy as Wuddo ffiutt war better gone nor kept ; he wur a fooil for Ms pains ?! ¦ Witfi the belief that then- unfortunate parent had drowned himselJf in the canal , they departed for their work , actually crossing the canal-lock a few yards from where hia body was . Something led Thomas to return home that morning , and on his way no encountered his uncle , who , hearing of the absence of his brother , urged Thomas to give information to the police . The fellow seems to lave walked straight to the police-office , and accosted the officer in charge with , * ' Well , what ' s to be done ; th' old fellys i'th navvy . " When , some tMAHA « 34 n 4 !»«« l £ a ^ a l ^ &nv «« k « k ^ mmact *« n . 4 > ^ MVW % lltnrt IIVflM V 7 A 1 *< 3 1 W /^>

      cured , and on searching the canal the body of the old man was found dressed in a shirt and trousers , and with a napkin bound about his forehead . This the sons explained was a practice of his , " because his brains were rather lowse , " and they wanted binding up . Of course a jury was empanelled and the death of old Thomas Holt duly inquired into . When they went to see the body , they found that the brothers had slept all the night in the same room with it ; and as they entered , it being eleven in the forenoon , young Thomas Holt was leisurely drawing on his stockings . But there was no evidence to show that there had been any foul play , and Thomas Holt was arrested only to be liberated in an hoar . The jury returned au open verdict of " Found drowned . "

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      MISCELLANEOUS . Queen "Viotori * . has been gadding this week and keeping open house . A state concert on Monday , a drawing-room on Tnursda }' , a- visit to the Italian Opera on Tuesday , and to the French . Plays on Wednesday ; a saunter round the exhibition-room of the Water Colour Society in Pall-mall , also on Tuesday , make up the round of Court pleasures . We observe tha . t the Duke and Ducbess of Nemours Visited the Queen on Tuesday , too . Any unauthorised negotiations going on ?

      Four elections have occurred this week , in one only of which -waa there any opposition . Mr . Moatyn quietly aucceeda to the family seat of Flint ; Lord Waterpark as quieth / becomes member for Lioh field ; and Mr . Frederick North is elected for Hastings , nil other candidates -withdrawing ; tho whole of these new members b > ein £ Liberals , and the now member fur Hastings being a gain of ono to the Liberal ranks . The fourth election is for Oovoijport . Th « ro tho opponents , Sir Heron Maxwell , Tory , and Sir Erskine Perry , Liberal , went to a poll on Thursday , winch resulted in tho election of Sir Ei-okino l ' orry , by u majority of 10 !) 1 to 680 .

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      Lord Cowluy , the Britiah Ambassador at Pans , crossed tho Channel on Monday night , and anivt'd in London the iirst thing on Tuesday . Tho opening of the Crystal Paluco has hecn definitively fix .-d for tho 10 th of Juno . Tho Queen will " assist . "_ All tlic Minister .- ! , in Cabinet Council assfimblcd , satin deliberation four hours and a half on Saturday afternoon . Dr . Edward Forbes succeeds to tho cliuir of Natural History , ut . Edinburgh , vacant by the death of Professor Jameson ,

      Bear-Admiral Hope JobnBtone goes to Rio de Janeiro as Commander-in-Chief on tlat station . The Times states that there is no foundation for the report that Mr . James Wilson is about to retire from Parliav meat , and accept the office of Commissioner of Customs at Liverpool . His health , it Is added , is nearly restored , and he shortly hoped to resume hi * duties at the Treasury and his seat in the House of Commons . The Emperor of Bussia ia a Knight of the Garter ! By the laws of the order no knight ought to take ' op arms against another . The query has been pertinently asked , will tne Emperor be deprived of Us Hi-deserved honours ?

      Cheltenham has bpilt itself a Crystal Palace in the Montpelier Gardens . It is 80 jrards long and 25 feet high— -a tinv copy of the late bnfldiog in Hyde-park . The churchwarden of St . Faith ' s Church , attached to St . Cross HospitaL prohibited the clergyman appointed to the church by the Earl of Guilifbrd from preaching ia it last Sunday , on account of the defective title of his lordship to the mastership of the Hospital of St . Cross . V Miss Greenfield , alias . the " Black Swan . " warbled some of bar national songs before her Majesty , it BaoHngham Palace , on Wednesday . Considering that swans only ' sing when they die , the young lady ' s nickname is not toe-mon appropriate . . .. ' •' . ' '"' ¦

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      A telegraphic despatch from Alexandria announce * the animal of the India mail , with advices from Calcutta to the 6 th of April ; arid from Bombay to th « 14 th , Bannah > itill coaturass to a disturbed state . The electric telejnBph between Am . att 4 ^ alcutta , 800 miles , is combleSk ^ Tne Russian fleet left Manilla on the 18 th for Batavia , Z -U * \ A private . letter was received at Liverpool , on TJidrBdir , brought by the ship Arifidru ^ £ nm MeltouiWto Valparaiso and fibm [ thence Hid the United States ) per AriScftm iStewfTork . It is dated March 1 . New- and extensive gold diggings , eclipsing , it is stated , anything hitherto lieardoY » W t een ^ &sgowwd near Melbourne . The conlmarcial business of Melbourne was reported satisfactory . The mininir accounts a * ealsolavonrahfe . . ; . * ;¦ .: ¦ '¦ - ix-i-i 7 ! Su

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      ' Headed by the Archbishap o {^ 0 ^ tor ^ h ^ ij ^ i :-1 five Peers , ^ d four Cfemm ^ BOrt sntide jam stitues ' M'm ^ CSiSmfm ^ WB ^^ k th « y say ^ « f bnt a $ mU i ^^^ Mibim ^ timmB * xt ^ im&&&& ^^ r ^ mo ^ Wthrpttr ^^ wt ^ fip ^^ oiiglitrtt ffemiemfii , althooih weareal ^ des ^^ ^ tthe leaves has b ^ niwued , so en ^ ons that it w of djr | y l ^ : dSaafeSs ; ' ' ¦ 'M ^^^' b ^^ is . Hay ^ faJlei ? '' ' : ,:-i ,: ; ' ;* M 1836 , the Biabop ^ Wii ^ S ^^ mp aB ^ i to raise 120 , 000 / . for ^ uilding ^ fifty churches in , the metropolis . HiJ friends lauehed at / hirn . 'However , he began to raise a'iidli % ^ ui » Willia ' s Boora 3 . tte declsies the result , ^ nst « id ^ SP » tt ?

      seventy-eight torches l ^ a b « n built , ahtf J ^ . p ^ f 120 , 000 / ., he has raised 186 , 787 / . ^ Bntr {| bfiflP | i sent all the peenrxiary ex ^ diture caused by the Biito ^ 'i project . Acungonthe principle ojf giving assistanca where funds had been already raised , the Bishop has caused 530 , 0002 . altogether to be expended on church building ; for of these seventy-eight , vnly thirteen churches were exclusively built out of the fond . At Hurstpierpoint , in Sussex , a clergyman named Woodard , has established a school for the middle classes , where it is asserted toys may obtain an efficient publift-schod

      education for ISl . a year . But it should be known that the place is thoroughly Cburcli of England , and rather high church too . For instance , tile celebration of the a&nivers&ry was fixed on Saturday , St . John's day , * as being a day on which the Prayer-book of the Church of England commemorates St . John . " The proceedings began with "car ^ f ; communion , " accompanied by singing , which it is said , " is liked by tie boys ; " after tbat tbeire , was a sermon , and then of course a refection , or luncheon . No doubt the boys bike the luncheon , as well as tho early communion with chanting . The income of the Protestant Association , as stated at the annual meeting on Wednesday , is 842 J , the expenditure ,

      826 / . Tbe Birkbeck Permanent Benefit Building Society held its third annual meeting on t \ x » ltth iust . Tho report and balance-sheet present very satisfactory evidence of the society's progress . Tho large brewers met at Brewers' Hall on Thursday and resolved to raise the prke of beer 8 a . per barrel .

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      In 1848 the Dean of Bangor and a comrnitteo of gentlemen resolved to establish a newspaper to bo printed in tha W « Jsh language , for tho purpose of carrying on the Propogauda of tho Church of England against the Welsh Methodists . The . newspaper was called the Cyrmro . Its first editor resigned in 1850 , and a Mr . James wxa authorised by the committee to find a printer and publisher in London , instructing him to apply to the committee when 100 / . was due . Mr . James engajrod Messrs . Wutcrlow to print tho Cyrmro on these conditions ; but in 1851 Mr . James ciiod , and tlion the printors nppliod for payment . They received 1001 . ; bnt failed to obtain tlie remainder , as the committee disputed their liability . Messrs . Wuterlow waited for two years , and thon brought an action n « t » inst the D « an of Bangor to recover 150 / . This action yrtia tried at tho Guildhall , on Saturday ; Mr . Justice Erie lield that tbe committee were bound by the acts of Jamos . who had only acted otv theix orders , and the jury returnee ti verdict for 130 / . 10 a .

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      Tlie extent to which forged Bank of England notes have been uttered of lute is indicated l > y several convictions for tha offence at tho Central Criminal Court this week . Amonj tho culprits were Henry Fusch , a young Gorman , and Eloano : Baker , nia confederate . The latter waa sentenced to hare labour for twelve months . In passing sentence on Fusch Mr . Justice Crcaawell suidtliat ho had not only been guilt ] of { Missing forged notes himself , but tliat ho had seduced i rencxjctuble young woman from her motlmr , and not content with thut injury , had mmlo her the ajrout of hia crimina

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      May 13 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER , 441

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 13, 1854, page 441, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2038/page/9/