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t he British Constitution, and that was a Court of Chancery. He believed that no argument could be used now against trial by J'ary in New South Wales which m ight not have been urged against that law in Virginia at the time of the revolution. After con- I tenduig at vat length that the House was bound to extend the benefit of trial by Jury to this Colony, I be proceeded to complain of the conduct of Govern ment in postponing the clauses w hich confirmed the pardons that had been granted to convicts by its dif ferent g overnments. He contended that the House was bound to piss those clauses, not merely as a matter of us Tut legislation, but also as a matter oil mint justice. Mr. BRIGHT moved, as an Amendment, that the Bill be lead this day six months. Mr. WILMOT-MORTON hoped that the House ' Wonld not reline to let the Bill go into a Committee. Mr.PEEL thought that there could be no mate rial objection to postponing the first clause until nest Session. With regard to the second clause, he thought that some material alteration might be made, as it at present gave the Crowe a veto on the acts of the Goveritor.. Mr.DENNIAN spoke at some length against the clause which provided that the Officers in New South Wales should alone be qualified to sit on Juries. Mr.Bwrour withdrew his Amendment, and the House went into a Committee. On the clause providing for the prosecution of all offences by cx rilficio information, and for the trial, though by a J ury selected from Officers in the colony, Sir J. MACKINTOSH moved an Amendment, which proposed that in the place of the Officers of the colony, there should be substituted the words, " a Jury of twelve men, duly qualified to serve as Jurors in New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land, ac cording to the conditions hereafter mentioned." Mr. WILNIOT- HORTON opposed the amendment. Mr. 11. GURNEY supported it. Mr.WILBERFORCE said, many serious evils had arisen from the system of trying by military tribunals in the colonies. After a tew words from Mr. D. GILBERT, Mr. Mown, and Mr. G. BENNET, the House divided— • For the Clause For the Amendment Majority Mr. CANNING 2bserved, that as thete appeared to be a serious difference of opinion upon the merits of this Bill, he would suggest a compromise. Instead of passing the Bill for an indefinite period of tine, he would have it limited, so as to secure to the Parlia ment an opportunity of reconsidering it. He would therefore plop 'se the period of five years or four years, after the termination of the next Session of Par liament, for its duration, which would give about two clear years of experience, upon which they would be enabled to determine for or against the re-enactment. The amendment was moved accordingly, and car ried without opposition. Several other clauses were then agreed to, after which the House resumed, and the Chairman re ported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this day (Tuesday.) The Law of Merchants Bill was read a third time, and passed. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half past Two o'Clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONI)ON. TUESDAY, JULY 8, IS'23. TIIE FUNDS.. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at. 82j, at which price they re main steady. Private letters have been received in .the City kw Cadiz, which state that the fortifications in •that city are well manned, and in the best state of defence% It is also ru moured that several as.assinations take place daily in Madrid, tad that the intemperate conduct of the Regency renders them wry unpopular. FOREIGN FUNDS. New Spanish Bonds opened at 3se to %, with scarcely any thing doing, and a heavy Market. Current Prices :—New Spanish sti, New Prussian 86k,.Rus siaa82i, Danish 87% ex. div. Neapolitan 75. Colombian Ali f. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 221% 1 ,4-3 per Ct. Reduced 81% 5 / 8 3 per Cent. Cons. 81 80 7 A 81 ex. div. 3!, per Cents. 94 1 / 8 -4 per Cents. Old 98%8 99 4 per Cents. New 100 99%8 100 1 / 8 ex. div. India Stock 251 1 / 4 ex.div.—Bonds 455.461. Exchequer Rills (0,000) 255. 275. Consols ter Account 82 3 / 8 1/2. SNERIDAN once observed of a new Member in Par 'lament, who was of a somewhat lachrymose turn, that he had the finest face for a grievance he ever saw! The same remark might with equal truth have been applied to some of our contemporaries, until the speech of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, on the Budget, and the return of the Quarter's Revenue have reduced their features to a most unusual pla cidity. The Chronicle still broods in sullen silence. It gives the official statements, but not a word in praise or disapprobation can be wrested from this legitimate growler ! Thefintes is more candid.; it acknowledges that the financial state of this country presents " a very cheer ing state of affairs that " past success affords hope for the future,' and that " we are endeavouring • to rectify our concerns . in the way of honest men, and by the maxims of common-sense." • This is indeed muclrfor the Times to acknowledge, and our Readers will appreciate the value of such a confession in a Jourual avowedly hostile to the Ministers. While doing justice to the candour of the 7Ymcs in this in stance, we must not forget to compliment it on a most important discovery that it has made, and which will henceforward place the Editor • in -the first rank of political economists ;—it is no less than that the Revenue from taxes does not increase with the re-' duction of taxes ; and that as long as this continues' to be the case, taxation is not in a wholesome state. Now, although the revenue does not increase in Proportion with. tha redaction • of taxes, and no °lie) we believe, but the Editor of the Times, would ever have dreamt that, it could do so, yet the Iteve ilaue, as compared with the expenclittite, yields a sur plus over the. corresponding Quarter of last year. It will be seen from the Returns we published yester day, that in the Quarter ending sth July, 1822, the I Consolidated Fund did not meet the charge upon it by a sum of C 985,465, while in the Quarter just ended the income presents a surplus over the expenditure of £ 1 ,620,131.. It is further remarkable, and strikingly exhibits the 'prosperous, situation of the country, that in all the articles which are necessary to the comfort and enjoyment of the middle and lower classes of so ciety, there is an increase of consumption, highly fa .vottrable to the Revenue, and indicative of an im provement in the condition of these classes of society. The British Press, which usually displays more liberality than the two Morning Papers to which we have already alluded, stung by our observation yes terday on its silence, comes forward this morning with a tardy acknowledgment " that the country is rapidly recovering the effects of its unparalleled efforts, and that its prosperity is every day gradually increasing;" that the dreadful pressure of agricultural distress is lessened ; that our manufacturing population is em ployed ; and that England "wears the face of prosperous industry." That all this is true, and that for this" cheer ing state of affairs," this" prosperity every day increas ing" we are indebted in a great degree to the present Administration, cannot be denied. That they wiil con tinue to lessen the public burdens, and reduce the expenditure, wherever. either is practicable, may fairly be inferred from their past conduct. We have the assurance of the CuaNcELLort of the ExclisQuEn to that effect, and we only ask. of our contemporaries, in the spirit of honest liberality an.d, candour, what the Right Hon. Gentleman asked of the House of Commons, that Government might not be over-, pressed, but permitted steadily to pursue the course by which results so satisfactory and so beneficial to the country have been obtained. The accounts from Bayonne received this morning, which are to the Ist instant, are very unfavourable to the Spanish Constitutionalists, whose cause they represent as utterly hopeless. Not, however, that they contain any new instances of French success or Spanish defeat. They are the speculations ,of a writer whose bias is sufficiently evident, and rest on the authority of a private letter from Madrid, dated the 25th of June. After stating that the Spaniards find no refuge or support, except in Gallicia or fo reign countries, and that the French are everywhere triumphant, the writer states the confusion at Cadiz; was very great on the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th ult. for the citizens were eagerly quitting their homes to avoid a blockade, which, without any doubt, will be more rigorous than it was in the last war, unless relief is sent to the place. The following are further extracts from this Madrid letter : " The country of Xerez•Ronda, Mataja, and Gre nada, occupied by Villacampa, and the right of the Guadalquiver, occupied by Lopez Banos, will un doubtedly follow the example of the rest of Andalu; sia, as soon as they are delivered from the Constitu tionalists. Malaga and Grenada, which are the seat of liberal enthusiasm, will soon be converted into an inquisitorial focus, for the counterrevolution must take its course, and the stone of the Constitution be over thr own, from the Pyrennees to the Pillars.of Hercules, " The efforts .of Ballasteros, Villacampa, Lopez Banos, and Morillo, to preserve the countries which they occupy from the contagion of Servilism, will perhaps be fruitless, from want of pecuniary resources. and of the essential support of the people; and they will scarcely be able to drive .their adversaries from Andalusia, at least for the moment, the resources , and the strength of the Constitutionalists diminishing in proportion as they lose ground, those of the Royal ists increasing with the support of the Flench, and the influence of fanaticism. " The situation of the French in Andalusia must necessarily become critical, if Lopez Banos, Villa campa, and Ballasteros were but seconded in their operations by some Guerillas; but it seems that their force does not inspire any fear, and that by the aid of some small detachments of 'cavalry, the communica tions between Madrid and Seville which had been in terrupted for some days have been restored. . The Constitutional bands in old Castille do not at all in crease, and the Army of Gallicia, more intent to keep that province in check than to harass the Bank of the French Army, causes but little uneasiness, especially since the events in Portugal. Catalonia, by the men who combat, and by its fortresses, is the only province where the Constitutional troops. have made a real re sistance to the Allied Forces,. and consequently Ar ragon will not so -soon be relieved from the state of agitation in which it is, for Catalonian Guerillas make frequent incursions in it, and keep the inhabitants in check. In all the other provinces we shall see only a war of .Guerillas. " The garrisons of Pampelona and Sr. Sebastian attempted sallies on the l9th, 2t,sl, and 234 ; the first did not succeed, but the ; latter killed about,s9,of the besiegers,- and farted them -for .a ,memoot to raise their, camp• " Orders have been -given • by the Major-General Count Guilleminot to all the French Commandants on the line ; from Madrid tq BAyonne, to form imme diately at SJrgos, and to send to Madrid,, by forced marches, a division of too° men, to replace the troops that are gone to Ls Mancha. " The Prince has applied to France for a speedy reinforcement of MOO horses, and recommended exactness, in remitting funds. The following is an Estimate of the Force from Bayonne to Ciudad Real: Men. Horses. Besieging St. Sebastian 2000 200 Do. Pampeluna 3600 300; of which 800 of the Kith Do. &Mona 1000 40 600 At Castro Santander 1000 50 500 From Irun to Vitto. 1 , ..00 50 ria on the road At Vittoria 300 20 At Bilbao 800 50 - - At Orduna 160 50 At liarO, Logrono,Tu- Z 1900 150 50 dela on the Ebro ) • • • From Vittoria to Burgos 000 At Soria 950 From Burgos to Madrid 400 50 . At Palencia,Villardaand t 3400 200 Leon • At Valladolid 390 4 0 At niOSC3, Benevente, Tiodesillas, Medina, 1600 150 700 Toro, &c. Arevalo, Segovia, and } 800 60 300 Avila Barba.stro, Saragossa, Calatayud,Terund 6800 200 500 Guadalaxara, Before Lerida,Monzon. 600 and at blequinenza, 12°° 150 At Madrid - - 5000 600 600 At Alcala, Toledo, and 2 1 . 200 500 Ciudad Real, s• • We do not know the force of the detachment which Bourdespult and Bourmont may have left in their tear, nor the force of Molitor at Valencia. "There are no troops at Bourdeaux ; the 19th Regi ment has set out by forced marches for Bayonne, and the 55th, which was to supply its place, will •also set off for Spain." The Journal de Paris states positively, that the Duc d'Anootnesse will not go to Cadiz, but that he is expected to return to Parrs on .the 25th of August, or the Ist of Sentember at the latest. The Spanish Journals contain more ample details than have hitherto been given of the KING S removal to Cadiz, but they do not differ materially from those with which the Public are acquainted. It is evident that the KING was averse to the journey, and that he yielded only when he could not resist with any pro spect of success. After the KING and Royal Family were removed, the. Constitutional Alcalde ordered an illumination, and respectable householders were called out to patrol the streets. In the forenoon of the 12th, a multitude of vagabonds, including a large portion of Gipsies and Monks, began to plunder the boats on the river. This rabble increased in the evening r and many inchvipals were insulted and robbed, and some killed. During the night, the tumult augmented, and vari. ous houses were pillaged ; in the meantime the Gi ' ralda, the statue on the spire of the Cathedral, was magnificently illuminated. On the morning of the 13tb the robberies and assassinations were renewed, and continued until a party of the Queen's Regiment and the Artillery, which had been lett for a garrison, marched to Triana, and dispersed the mob with some fusilades: six of them were killed. This tumult was chiefly excited and kept up by the influence of the priests. The plunderers were led on with cries of gg Viva Fernando",--" Viva la Religion"--" Viva la Inquisition." A letter from Seville, after noticing the affair be tween 'the troops of LoPEE BANOS and the factious on the 16th, states that a number of boxes of powder had been deposited in the house formerly occupied by the loquisitioN under the care of an Officer and a party of soldiers. It was reported among the mob, that the casks were filled with money, and they forced their way in, threatening to kill the Officer and th.: guard, that they might get possession of the dollars. The Officer put a match to the powder, and blew up that part of .the building. A great number of the mob were buried in the ruins. 'About 80 were dug out on the 16th, and among the dead were several friars. The plot to carry off the KING, which has been mentioned in the French papers, is alluded to in the Cadiz journals, but no minute details are given. • We find it, however, stated in the Espedadar of the 18th ult. that Sir JOHN DOWNIE, and 18 other persons, were apprehended on a charge of conspiring to destroy Eh& Constitutional Government. The accounts of the plot are involved in so much mystery as to be per fectly unintelligible. His MAJESTY is expected at Carlton House, this evening or to-morrow. Thursday, his MAJESTY Will give a grand state din ner to a numerous party of distinction at his Palace, in Pall-Mall. It is. now calculated that the business of Parliament will occupy about another fortnight ; that the proro gation may take place on Friday the 19th, or Tues day the 22d inst. His MAJESTY intends us prorogue the Parliament in person, should his health, permit, which, at present, there is every reason to expect it will; and in order to be prepared for the event, the horses belonging to the State coach have already been put into the customary exercise. They have several times been exercised early in the morning, in, New Palace-yard, in a break ; particularly in drawing through the new Royal Entrance, fronting the House of Lords. His MAJESTY has not been to the Parlia ment since the completion of those alterations . and improvements connected with the entrances.; and as, it will require good management to drive the carriage under the new Royal Entrance, his MAJESTY and at-, 1 teisdants alighting there, the horses are occasionilly exercised to accomplish the requisite adroitness. . Yesterday, Prince LEOPOLD -honoured Col. HUGH. BAtLEY with his presence to dinner, at his house is Mortimer-street. Mr..ltoruscrawoleft town on Saturday for Paris,_ to be present at the conclusion of* Contract-Ay the. French Loan. The statement in a Morning rsper of yesterday, that letter had been writte n by ceitismand of the Kam to the bran of , Christchurch, on the subject of the recent expulsion Of Lard Casnaision, Is not true. Haiitaastse Inasaair.—A . pleasant Opera, frorp,the peke. Mr. Kolusr,.ealled Wirecan4 : Sursethesrts. ws# . producd. last night, and met with a very fsvograS . le reception. Enausu Orau.:--Last night repro, and Gordan the Orgy, at tracted a numerous and genteel audience. ARMY: mMliii.M6 The Duke of Cirisstazano, acivitupanied by the niece of Salts, left tows yesterday, about twelve o'clock, for noun- Slow, forthepurpose of inspecting the 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons, of which his Royal Highness is Colonel. The Royal Duke afterwards dined with the Officer' of the Regiment. There will be a Grand Review in Hyde-Park on Friday next, by the Duke of Volt, of four Battalions of the.Foot-Guanls, under the command of Colonels Josses, Romania, 14qm/tato, and Cztvuzitovr. Colonel Woooroxis, of the Coldstream, as Senior Field Officer of the Brigade, will take the comtnat:d. Monday, the 30th of June, 1893, the 2d, or Queen's Roy:A Regiment, was reviewed in the rhcenix Park by Lieutrnant- General Lord COHEIR/ECM when a series of manoeuvres were performed under the command of Major-General Sir iltantr TORRENE, K.C. 13. the Colonel of tl , e Regimei.t. Sir lissinse Tort:anis, for the last three months, his personally superintended the drill of the Queen's, with a view to introduce into his own corps the new system of tactics shortly to be promulgated to the iirmy. The rapid and striking improvement attained by the regiment, under his instruction, Ina called forth the warmest commendations from every one who has had an opportunity observing it, and the masterly manner in which the corps, con sisting.mostly of young recruits, was handled on the present oc. casion, and the precision with which the various evolutions were performed, rapid as they ire, according to the new system, drew from Lord et:malaise% Sir COM/NOUN GRANT, and other Officers of distinction, present at the Review, the highest encontiums, a praise justly due to the distinguished talents of the Colonel of the Queen's Royals, the zeal of the Officers, and the good disposition of the soldiers. • The evening of the same day, after basting been retaled with bread, cheese, and porter by their gallant Colonel, the men illu minated their gnawers: Sir Hunts Totems, with a few of his particular friends, dined with his Officers, and the day became one of general rejoicing. Thursday, July 3, Sir HENRY TORRENS and the Officers of the Queen's •Royals gave a grand dinner to the following persons of distinction :—Lieutenant-General Lord CONKER/MR, Sir Cot.- iizarouts GRANT, K.C.B. Lord GREENOCK, Generals Fvalut and Win.re, Sir Grosiaz Quoins; Colonels GARDINER, BROWNE, PEARSON, TAYLOR, BARCLAY, FRENCH, O'BRIEN, and BURIN; Majors FISZCLARENCE and Fleur; Captains ENGLAND, Halmos, and 'Wiwi), Officers who compose the Staff, and command the several corps in the Garrison of I)uhlin. Mr. Serjeant TORRENS, Sir Cozni CAEIPBELI., and Colonel SHAW were also of the party. NAVAL INTELLII;ENCE. The Honourable Cot:tame BOTLZ is appointed one of the Commissioners of the Navy Board, in the room of Capt. Feasts, who retires, with the rank of Rear-Admiral; And Captain Isaac WOLLET, Naval Commissioner at .Malta, is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Victualling .Board, in. the room of the Hon. C. Boys& Captain J. M. Lewis, from Bermuda, is appointed Commissioner of the Navy at Malta ; and Captain THWAS Batons, who comeaanded the Leila:ream, 74, in the Mediterra. neap is appointed Commissioner of the Navy at Bermuda. The following is an extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Barbadoes, dated 2d June: " On the 20th ult. the Jean Bart, French 84 gun ship, Mm. Mesnard, with the Vestal and Jean D'Arc of 60 guns, and a Corvette, also the Spanish Corvette ship, detained by the Jean Batt, and 20 merchantmeti, sailed from Martinique, to take the trade'at Guadalaupe to . France. The Jean D'Arc would go to the northward of Bermuda Adm. Mesnard , in the Jean Bart, was destined for Porto Rico, with a communication for the Governor of that Island from the Governor of Martinique.-- The Spanish Corvette was under Spanish colours. An account of the capture of the above Spanish vessel, has been published by four of the passengers, which is much. at variance with that published in the French papers. It clearly shews, that the Spanish ship was not the aggressor, and that this capture was made six weeks before the commencement of hostilities in the Pyrennees ; and even 'when it was not positively known whether or not the war would take place. It is stated in a private Letter from Cotnnna, dated ;he 22d ult. that the Spanish privateers have captured four French ships, richly laden, and that 400 prisoners taken by General Morino had been sent into that town. . Faa.srouvu, JULY 6.—Wind W.—Sailed the Duke of Kent packet (2), for Lichun. Arrived the Hope, Hulas" from London. Poanstotrru, Jove 7.—Wind W.—Arrived Ms Majesty's ship TEEMAGANT, from Madras—sailed 28th February, and from the Cape lath April. Sailed the Charlotte, Sennimam, for the Havannab. Dem., Jute 7.—Wind 'S.W.—Came down from the River, the Mars, litsttor, for the Cape of Good Hope; Mary, Loci, for the South Seas; and several more are working down, parti culars unknown. Arrived and sailed for the River, the London, Tomas, and St. Ann's, Suonays, both from Jamaica ; Cotton Plant, from Savannah; Anlalay, OVERTON, from Oporto; Ed gar, Bovna, and Prince George, Namur., from Jamaica.—The Anlaby was boarded by a French frigate off Cape Finisterre. The Ditectors of the West India Docks rave a dinner on Saturday, at the Crown and Sceptre, Grpen wich, to his Majesty's Ministers and a few select friends. Turtle, venison, and all the delicacies of the seasun, with the most choice wines and fruits, were served in abundance. The Presbytery of Glasgow have resolved by a majority.of thirteen to nine, to delay the induction of Dr. M'Paatzice, Principal of the College of Glasgow, into the charge of the High Church of that city, to which he has lately been presented by the Crown, on the ground that such a pinrality of offices Is in. consistent with the institutions of Scottish' Church. In the neighbourhood of Skibbereen, county of Cork, a des perate affray took place on the sd inst. between a numerous party of the country people and a party of armed.police, in con sequence of the latter having been called out in aid of a Tithe Proctor who had proceeded to seize *ogle cattle for the arrears of tithes. The police and constables were resisted by the coun try people with voWes of stones, which were kept up with such determination on their part, that the police and constables were obliged to retreat, leaving one of.the polite, named Bowen, and the Proctor, named Driscoll . , killed, and several of the party were wounded. The country people had two shot dead, and ten or twelve wounded; Air are reported to be dangerously so. Amman:mom or Careens Roca.—The Dublin Evening Pat of Saturday says—" .Tbe Monti* Both, in the North liberties of Cork, and two of his associates,. who planned and contributed to execute most of. the outrages in that part of the country, have been apprehended—not by the Magistrates —not by the police— not'by the military—but whit will giatify the country and the Government to know, by tbe.country people thernaelves." It appearsthet Nagle (Captain Ror.k), Taylor, and Haly, arranged to attack a Gentleman's hadse at Piercetown, on the night of the 2d init. and pi:treaded to' tbe rendezvous ' where some young fainter*, Of the names of Daly, Hart, Collins, Murphy, and Daniel Haly, of Coolgreen, rustled upon the lb.. 'urgent* and disarmed them. A quantity of powder, some bills and tintsa musketiand a sword, were found on Nagle; ivbe_ with hil two aiiidates, Was safely Indict' In jail. At Thomastowit, in Kilkenny, there.was a serious riot at a fair, between two rival parties ; a symytont s .weladd, strange as, it may.sound to English ears, of returning tranquillity, in which a Magistrate, Mr. Foot, is mid to have been wirundeo. The riot was ultiniatily quelled, and &prisoner taken..-Dutriii A w e. • SAUSIIIORT CLAOR—COOK! or BrawMt, Esuatiinteut, .da tiais Ihnutou.--Ornmtis or Sven Ilk Ralli . o7 long litigated cause, brought at the instance or the immune :against the defender, Tor Isitylog his Lordship interdicted front quarrying or carrying away tbe stones from lialisbarz c igx;:s fitiilly decided by the Lordi the BeCond Division, only the Hoarse em u se t . upon P u eeltien tor. ana llar answ the en Oilkere furihe a fai l&i i ti or a ii. g.......4 . gel, when their Lordrbiln echoed t h e . ?thskil for. the ors 'Thee The above judgment allows the Karl le eigri .4111118 rnubeSrtofotu but.lre venture in hope, tai 1101116 iiiiTottra Laid will io sus hii right of roosession of the Re pt Donshionit Hollmd as 1G.1164° iheialiktef4r 4 "l* rig Eli "Cli t . na taral ornament to thc,nanernpulls, b not is , p Srr . of its citizens and the astoniSboOrit strangek. but ezeped 'admiration of she Stivzsissint birnseif bi his ' lace of his ancestors. re- by ted led •bc ~ „ thc ce F . 1