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House ; to exercise vigilance in reference to private bills, |sistance from the shore. After much struggling five of fneSua and Moon interdicting pork. __ especially with a view to protect property in general, or them got on board the vessel, and the other four attempt- ‘Why, of course; he knew all about it before,’ said the rights of individuals trom encroachment or injury ; ed to reach the beach, but urfortunately, only two sue- Thee 'to express the thanks or approbation of the Commons to ceeded, and they did so ina very exhausted state; the ‘Thea, I should think, you might as well have kept distinguished personages; to control and regulate the other two—the mate of the vessel, and John Macdonald, on ieenintion 2a woeanil’ |subordinate officers of the House, &c. &c. &c. The seamen, one of the boat’s crew—were drowned. The ‘No, said Tom : +i thought there could be no harm | Speaker,once elected by Parliarsent, retains his office un- mate has left a widow and children, and the other a wi- ; lettin them see that there might be some suspicions til the same Parliament is dissolved. The salary is 6,000/. dow, to deplore their untimely deaths. After much loss 18 ° with an official residence ; and at the end of his of time the line was thrown over the vessel, and those

id it. if anything out of the way did happen to) a-year | ne pt a onl Fee labours he is rewarded, or at least such has been the case remaining on board were landed safely by the cradle of ‘If you have a twinkling of suspicion that that square| with few exceptions, with a peerage, and a pension of the apparatus.

hungry for a chop from the Brother of |

| LOSS OF THE “LADY KENNAWAY.” | The fine new East Indiaman, Lady Kennaway, be-

before you can say hair-trigger’ ‘rank after the Barons.’ (See Dodd's Parliamentary Com- ‘ . S 3 a scamper into the Camp after. : ; a ah We have oo head of that class which has at all times been distin-|!ate Thomas Ward, Esq., of London, has been totally a different rout. and its loveof country. For the third time the Com-|Sinking condition. She was commanded by Capt. iting of Indian silks, crapes, Cashmere shawls, gums, evens day-of tiie week for nothing.’ ‘Sept., and put again to sea on the 14th, expecting to be nt 1 ‘dignity and the honor of its possessor, a proof that we j community hanging on to the out-! ee find in every large nn y ce he glorious Revoluntionists oi 1688’ were omnipotent |: ' , . . se istow en whose characters are stainless, and ; except that ofan idler, and no occupation except er ree, ms ‘toasting their expected safe return home, the watch they often, very often, lose one game of billiards or ‘stantly on deck, and the sails were taken in, storm- ‘Dutch soldiers; then the Church, as by law established, Dutch so : : y ‘iscarcely effected when a tremendous gale overtook who, being plundered by their officers, made ate rauders, g Pl y : vessel on her beam-ends. The gale continuing,the sea the wiles and stratagems of the world: this as it may,| When, according to the plain and simple words of her boats were carried overboard, while the two which * . | ’ practise the principle, that sufficient for the day is the) bers. ithe Commons being informed of vast sums being ad-',, rig out a storm helm, but the gale was so terrible

shaved sinner in the corner is in your way at all, Pll let 4000. for two lives. The Speaker is at all times a/ ‘Griffin, dine with me to-day, will you, and we will|panion, Edition 1847; new Parliament, pp. 85, 2&6). ‘I shall be delighted,’ said Griffin, abandoned by her crew, in the Bay of Biscay, in a ‘He is a jolly, frank fellow that,’ said Thorne to him-| mons of England have elected Mr. Shaw Lefevre to that Emery. She left Bombay on 2Ist of June, bound to ‘That's the very man [ wanted,’ said Griffin. ‘ Faith, | universal approval of his countrymen. |reign of Queen Victoria is, by the virtue, the talent, the |“ Griffin was one of those genteel adventurers that you ‘tarded by adverse winds, the vessel having to lie-to off ° , ; . y : : avd skirts of society, who comes froin nobody knows where, } is Dignities and high offices are now be-|Ing week, when in the Bay of Biscay, the wind became “el iv ure. It was different in England in the| sae aa? 4 announced a coming storm. All the hands were in- ecarte, but never a rub; they can remember to carry | throne by an oligarchy, supported by the bayonets of his | in their pockets; and they never do forget 2 preerecliy' 5 ocean saree gre sing yer a. | ithout discipline—the Army was a band of ma-| good purpose in society—perhaps, that of teaching flats Sq}-/'an mountains high, and the ship pitched heavily. Her they fulfil, at least, one maxim of the world of Wisdom,|™on’s Chronology, ‘ Mr. Birch, an attorney, was brought | remained were seriously damaged. On the following evil thereof. ‘There appearing,’ says Mr. Salmon, ‘almost an wnt-|oreq over her stern, and on examination found that the =— Tete eae" pak de. ea aN 4 ; io C d tl hamb f ‘ , . : 4) } 3: INN NI A vanced by the East India Company and the chamber of «4+ 91] the men in the ship, thirty-five in number, could Posi FY8 5 AY 3 i} Sa London among their members, for facilitating soine bills | not work it, and it had to be cutaway. At this time it

daylight shine through tim in the presence of his friends| member of the Privy Council, and is entitled to take | That is, he is the Prime Commoner of England—the !Onging to the representative (an only daughter) of the

‘ Hasta luego, then—at three precisely,’ and each took} guished for its knowledge, its genius, its gallant bearing, |

.s : . es 1 } , : self. ‘1 wonder what he is” distinguished position; and their election elicited the) ondon, laden with a cargo valued at 210,000I, consis- I may know every body I care about now, and dine} The Speakership of the House of Commons in the Spices, rice, & She arrived at St. Helena on the 9th ‘in London by the Ist Oct. The voyage was,however, re- ‘live in times which are far superior to those in which | ; ; 4 tells Woeony . the Cape ina storm for six weeks; but on Sunday morn- and live nobody knows how; who have no profession |!0 England. fairfora run to London. After dinner that day, while i itl ises; they never lose a bet; cae

off their debts with promises; y . year 1694, when William iff. had been placed on the!

‘sails rigged, and the necessary preparations had been an invitation to dinner. They probably answer some) W45 ‘them, the first shock of which nearly threw the noble the sweet lessons of experience, and preparing them for reprisals by plundering the peaceable inhabitants ; and)

‘decks were swept, her bulwarks stove in, and some of for they neither toil nor spin; and they steadfastly | Upon his knees, by the Commons, for bribing their meim-)

‘morning, the vessel not steering, Mr. Walsh was low-

(To be continued.) versal corruption and bribery in all degrees of men, and \rudder-irons were gone, and they instanfly set to work __________ relating to those bodies, a Committee was appointed to! was discovered the vessel had sprung a leak, and there

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. | inquire into the truth of these facts ; and Sir John Trevor, ,, , pre : Gleanings from the last English Papers. the Speaker of the House of Commons, was proved Solas then’ torned” ws tal! Satine, s aaeanaae |have received 1,000 fe city c Loudon od her afloat. The storm continued during the night and MR. SHAW LEFEVERE—SPEAKER OF THE Passing the as 0 ul. teens he Hayne? uesdays making dreadful havock in the rigging, sails, HOUSE OF COMMONS. guilty of a misdemeanour, and expetled the oust. and spars; and the following morning a Dutch vessel |(Salmon’s Chronological Historian, vol. i., pp. 230, 281). haying been described, she was signalised, when she The new Parliament has done well in appointing as its [t is difficult to believe, when we see such purity 1M instantly Sod, onc gid 'thle captain, second mate, and Speaker the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, the public officers at present, that there could have been twenty-six of the crew, left the Lady Kennaway, and member for North Hampshire. We remember congra-| such a scandaloas corruption at that period which is still getting on board the : Dutehman, proceeded to Fal- tulating the public and the House of Commons, upon the! spoken of as ‘glorious; and yet so little was there of | oath. ‘The first mate, Mr. Walsh, the third mate, and nomination of Mr. Shaw Lefevre in 1839, when bis op- public opinion or of public virtue, that the man expelled jfonr of the crew, however, refused to leave the ship ponent to this high and dintinguished office—the proud-| as Speaker for corruption was retained in the office of| stating thet they would temain on boatd and try to hae est position which a British subject can occupy—was Master of the Rolls for years afterwards. Sir Johniper “hese daring fellows immediately set to work, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn. Wee then stated our Trevor was permitted to retain and exercise that high and threw overboard a large quantity of cargo, to light- conviction that Mr. Shaw Lefevre possessed all those judicial office for nearly twenty years after his expulsion | on the ship; despite their efforts the water gained on qualities which would suit him fer such an office—judg-| from the Speakership of the Commons. An organ of the|:hem in the hold, and on Thursday morning, finding ment, discretion, talent, an unswerving impartiality, a Whigs—-the Edinburgh Review—accounts for this state |the vessel settled down, they had to take to the reitiaiie- high and dignified bearing—a presence that commanded |of things by declaring that at that time ‘the nation ap-|ing boat, This craft was in a very unseaworthy state, respect, and the thorough spirit of an English gentleman | peared to regard their Sovereign as the Captain of $0 | with almost every plank loose from the beating of the calculated to enforce it. We thought then, as we still many foreign mercenaries hired for their temporary pro- | ctorm during the past four days. Having escaped from think. that the House of Commons had a most fortunate | tection.’ (Vol. Ixxiv, p. 138.) ea lthe ship, they rowed for about four hours, and by con- escape from Mr. Goulburn, who is always mistaking Let ns be thankful that we live in better times, and tinually. baling out the water that rushed into her, mposity for dignity, who as Secretary for freland| amongst more virtuous politicians. The evidence of Our scarcely kept herafloat, when, at the moment they had proved that he could not be impartial, and who as a/improvement is the repeated election to the office of| given up all hope,and expected to go down,they espied Chancellor of the Exchequer, demonstrated that he was Speaker of one whose name is never mentioned but with 9 sail, “Having made signal to her and been observed, -— one = oo ro ee eee oo he praise, and whose conduct is above all repreach. ithe re gs: os ae a they had ae reasury benches. 2 ° \jumped upon her deck when the boat swamped an oulburn originally as a candidate for the office of , ‘ .. {went down, with all the papers of the Lady Kennaway. : er; cadtee Reade of Mr. Shaw Lefevre defeat-| WRECK OF THE “PEARL” AND LOSS OF LIFE. en oad hile mee’ de opportunely =f chair aie ed that spirit; because so irreproachable had been his} Banrr, Nov. 17.—Since yesterday afternoon we PAVE T i tonead on Guernsey, laden with fruits, but short of demeanour in the Chair, that when Sir Robert Peel|had a heavy gale of wind from the north, accompanied | visions ; and Mr. Walsh and hig five companions came into office in 1841, with a majority of one hundred | with thick snow showers. This morning, at daylight, ® were put on board a Cove pilot boat on Sunday last, to support him, and when he might have named Mi.|schooner, which afterwards proved to be the Pearl, of|..4 arrived in Cork the same night, almost naked, Goulburn as Speaker, he voluntarily tendered the office Nairn, coal-laden, was observed about six miles to the having lost theirclothing. he Lady Kennaway spoke to Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and with his own hands placed windward of this port. About half-past eight, a. m., she p6 East Indiaman Stebonheeth, off the Cape of Good him in the Speaker's Chair. _ |bore away under close-reefed topsail, staysail, and boom | Fone, in distress, having suffered in the gale. The Suck a proceeding was not less honourable to Sir foresail. On nearing the shore, signals were made on S:ohonheath belonged to the same owner. The Lady Robert Peel, than it was to Mr. Shaw Lefevre. In the the beach to direct the vessel tothe place where the, Kennaway hadonly made two voyages, and the Stebon- former it proved a readiness to sacrifice his party predi- crew were likely to be rescued. Those signals Were heath six. lections and his personal mee 2 - en} ee on er vay ar tae ke ae steer “3 ~ anv one to be the personal friend of Mr. Goulburn), to the direction wished for. It being Jow water, andthe) ,,. : os _ exigencies of the public service, and the universal beach flat, the vessel struck, and came broadside on to! ene a —o om eee SSeeOnn ieee ae 18h expression of the public feelings. In the latter it demon-'the sea, about 500 yards from the shore. ' The coast-| hin a. on deeemeeninntidiamaiiatiintes alte Hellen tn a. oiae strated the possession of rare qualities—commanding guard crew were on the spot, with Manby’s apparatus, Parliament. We have already ‘stated that the electors talents in a position requiring constant care and watch-| and, on the ship rounding to, a shot, with the line at- had pledged themselves to place their representative at fulness; and a spirit of justice so strong, so clear, and tached, was fired, but unfortunately, the line broke; a alin Hi fC P th : sith or slander, nor jll-nature second shot was fired, and the connecting thong by which |the door of the House of Commons not one penny the so pure, that neither envy, n ne | a, poorer for hiselection. They have fulfilled their pledge.

could presume even to invent a calumny, that could for the shot is attached to the line gave way; athird was The cost of the votes they discharged long ago; and

few who understand the nature of its duties. We find jatended. Several other attempts were made to throw | u-hire from the railway station to St. Stephen's! |

mons, and to deliver in the Royal presence, whether at and four seamen volunteered to attempt to board the! Ssock or aN Eartnquake 1n Bouts Waces.—

incurred the displeasure of the House; to issue warrants | the vessel, filled the boat, which immediately upset, and ilar to distant thunder, the blasting of rocks in a pit or

_ an instant dim its brightness. itried and the same thing happened, the thong either : : q Many hear of the office of a Speaker ; but there are’ being rotten, or not sufficiently strong for the purpose | the election ee sips my ae them recapitulated in that invaluable repertory of facts, the line over the vessel, but every shot failed in gaining : Dodd's pe sera Companion. ‘They are ‘to read the object intended. Seeing little chance of the oda a a = ae me rn to the Sovereign petitions or addresses from the Com-| guard succeeding in rescuing the crew, two lands-men | WOTMY _— . anid the Palace or in the House of Lords, such speeches as| vessel, and for this purpose a boat was procured and they Accounts have been received from Llandaff, Cardiff, are usually made on behalf of the Commons; to manage pushed off. After much difficulty they got alongside the ‘Newport, Risca, and other towns in South Wales, of in the name of the House, when counsel, witnesses, or'schooner, and they succeeded in getting three of the two very violent shocks of earthquake being experienc- isoners are at the bar; to reprimand persons who rors crew into the boat, when a heavy sea broke over|ed in that part of the principality. The noise was sim- of commital for breaches of privilege; to communicate the next moment the nine men were seen buffeting with mine, or the discharge of heavy artillery. The buildin in writing with any parties, when so instructed by the |the waves, without the power of rendering them any as-|were sensibly shaken, and im numerous instances