REFORM SITTINGS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.-..-The House of Lords
is to be fitted up for the discussion on the Reform Bill as it was on the trial of Queen Caroline. It is understood their Lordships will meet regularly at ten o'clock in the morning, and sit till five in the afternoon. LORDS LIEUTENANTS OF Ioatasun—The following additional appoint- ments have taken place:—
Limerick Hon. Col. Fitzgibbon.
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LUNACY CONHISSION.—A commission which terminated the other day at Reading on a Mr. George Knight, cost 3,0001. The property of the lunatic is estimated at 10,000/. The late commission on Mr. Cle- ment cost 5,0001.
BAD HOURS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MT. O'Connell has pub- lished, iii the Dublin Pilot, a long letter on the subject of Poor-laws for Ireland. The immediate occasion of the letter is to excuse his absence
Londonderry
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Waterford Hon. Col. Fitzgibbon.
Lord Garvagh. Earl of Caledon.
H. V. Stewart, Esq.
Ion the night of Mr. Sadler's motion, for which another Dublin newspaper had taken him to task. " The fact is," says the Agitator, " that on the night in question, I was afflicted with a violent headache. I remained in the House as long as I could, and took part in some important dis- cussions in the early part of the evening ; but my headache drove me from the House just as Mr. Sadler rose. After a short delay at home, I returned again to the House, somewhat relieved ; but the malaria of that assembly forced me to quit for the night. Before I went into Par. liament, I did not know what a headache was ; but those late sittings have made me acquainted with that infirmity. The late hours are most unpropitious to all persons of sober habits. Accustomed, therefore, to early hours, I know that it was the late sittings that, in my view, killed two of the best men I ever knew—the late ever-venerated O'Connor Don, one of the best men Ireland ever produced, and also my excellent friend. Alexander Dawson ; both fell victims to the abominable practice of doing business at night instead of by day. Let me suggest a pledge at the next elections from every Irish member, not to allow the House to sit after eleven at night. I promise to use my best exertions, should I sit in another Parliament, to carry this plan into effect." We remember Mr. O'Connell promised or threatened something of the same kind be- fore—he failed in performance.
CURIOSITY.—A French paper says that an English vessel, having ap- proached too near to the new volcanic island in the Mediterranean, had been drawn into the vortex, and whirled 160 feet high !
WEST INDIA ADVERTISEMENTS.—" Kingston, July 13, 1831. Wanted, old copper, which will be purchased in small quantities or otherwise. And, for sale, a young negro man, an excellent baker and cook ; and his mother, an excellent washerwoman. They will be sold separately or to. gether.—N.B. A trial will be given if required." A RELIC.—There is at present living near Riverstown, in the perfect possession of her mental faculties, and with a degree of bodily activity that is really surprising, a respectable woman named Waugh, who has attained the extraordinary age of 117 !—Sligo Journal. THE POLES.—The poor Paisley weavers are setting a noble example, which unfortunately is too late to be imitated. Although themselves, from the stagnation of trade, threatened with starvation, they are collecting from door to door a subscription in aid of the suffering Poles. ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY.—The King of the French has appointed the Abbe Dillon to the See of Beauvais. The Pope will not confirm the appointment. The uncharitable motive alleged for this refusal on the part of his Holiness is, that the Abbe attended the funeral of his fellow. Christian, the ex-Bishop Gregoire ; and the pretext is, that he thereby disobeyed the injunction of his metropolitan, the Archbishop of Paris. DEATH AND THE 4TH OF JULY.—The New York Evening Post con. tains a computation of the chances there were on the 4th of July 1776, that Adams, Jefferson, and Munroe, would die when they did. It is made with mathematical accuracy ; and the result is, that a bet, to cor- respond with the chances, should have been 18,278 millions of dollars to one mill, against these events occurring as they have fallen out. COPPER. STEW-PANS: On the 31st of last month, Messrs. de Kergorlay, two of the sons of the ex-Peer of France of that name, returned to St. Lo from Cherbourg, where they had been to visit the Yacht Club from England, accompanied by M. de Noirterre, an advocate of the Paris bar. They stopped to dine at Pont Hebert, which is about a league and a half. from St. Lo ; .where it has since been ascertained that they par. took of some mutton that had been dressed the day before, and left in the same vessel, which was badly tinned. They were all soon after seized with violent.paina in the stomach, and after three days of inces- sant torture, M. de Noirterre died. The Messrs. Kergorlay are out of danger, but they will probably suffer from the effects of the poison for many years, if not for the rest of their lives.—Paris Paper.
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