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the interference of •Parliamriktt as to Charters would end. Fatigued as he was by his duties in the House to-day, he felt it impossible to go through the evi dence with the attention it appeared to him to de mand. He had, however, no doubt, upon the credit of the Noble Marquis, that abuses there really were; but their Lordships should be careful of what they were doing to remedy them, as if the present Bill passed in its present state, not one Corporation would be safe under the principle of it. • The Earl of LIVERPOOL thought that his Noble and Learned Friend was entitled to the delay he asked for, when it was considered that he had been engaged all the morning in delivering his opinion, and weigh ing that of another Noble and Learned Lord, upon one of most complicated cases that ever had come before the House. He hoped it was not asking too much, tinder such circumstances, to postpone the present Bill to Monday next. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY here assured their Lordships that he himself had not even seen a tittle of the printed evidence till ten o'clock in the morning. The Earl of LIMERICK, in support of the Bill, repelled the argument that it went to alter the Char ter. The Noble and Learned Lord upon the Wool sack might shake his head, but he would maintain that one object of the Bill was to restore the ancient customs and uses. The presenfhad been miscalled a private Bill ; but in the Parliament of Ireland it would have been considered a.great public Bill, and treated as such. It was allowed by all that the griev ances of the people of Ireland were great ; that, in deed, they were many and great; and if the people of that country were, judging from this instance, to estimate the legislative remedies to be expected on their part, they would conclude that the whole busi ness was a humbug. It would be settled that, al though their Lordships made fine speeches, there was no relief to be had. After an explanation from the Marquis of LANs• DOWN and the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the third reading was postponed to Monday. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY was rising, when another of their 'Lordships rose also, but gave way to his Grace. He should not (the Archbishop said) have to detain the House at any length. He moved that the last Report from the Commissioners or building New Churches be printed.—Ordered. SCOTTISH JURIES. - • The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved the second reading of the Scotch Juries Bill, which he defended at considerable length. This measure, he contended, went to render more effective the striking of Juries in Scotland, and proceeded on grounds expressly re commended by the Court of Justiciary. He would defy any man to say why the system should not, whether in civil cases, or criminal ones, work equally well.. If Noble Lords had fair objections to the Bill, let those objections be considered in a Committee of the whole House; but he saw no reason for opposing the Bill in its present stage. Lord MELVILLE said, he should give his 4ecided opposition to the Bill, being convinced that no prac tical evil had arisen from, the present mode of strik ing Juries in Scotland. He would therefore move as an Amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day two months. The Earl of ROSSLYN supported the Bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN opposed the Bill, as one for which he could see no necessity whatever. The Earl of LAUDERDALE replied. Their House theo , divided—for the second reading, Contents • . - 9 Non-contents . _ - so Majority against the Bill - • —ll tINI.AwTuL OATHS (iSZLA ND) BILL. The House went into a Committee upon the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill. The Duke of LEINSTER moved fors clause for exempting Freemasons in Ireland from the operation of the Bill. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, it was intended that the effect of the Bill should be universal—if any class were excepted it would create jealousy amongst others, and give cause for un founded complaints. The Amendment was then negatived without a division, and the Bill reported without Amendments. The Irish Tithes Composition Mill was recommitted, and re ported with Amendments. Mr. Batman and otbcr Members of the House of Commons brought up the East India Mutiny Bill, the Millbank Peniten tiary Bill, and the Foreign Marriages Bill, which were severally read a first time. The remaining Bills were forwarded in their respective stages. —Adjourned. HOLISE OF COMMONS. The House was sumn.,)neLl in the usual manner to attend the House of Lords, on account of the Royal Assent being given to several Bills. (See Lords.) Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition from certain persons confined for debt in the King's Bench, praying for relief.— lif ought up, read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. WILBERFORCE presented a Petition from the Mi ni .ter and Elders of the Church of Selkirk, for the Abolition of Slavery.—Brought up, read, and ordered to lie on the table. A new writ Well ordered for the election of a Member for Newcastle under-Line, in the room of William Kinberaley, Esq. if. ceased. A Iteturn was ordered to be made out, as far as the same could be, di the Members of the House who had held places of profit under the Crown in the first Parliament of George I. and the iaist Parliament of George 11. The Report on the Annual Sessional Addresses was brought up and agreed to. An Address was ordered to be presented to his :Majesty, praying him to confer some dignity on the Rev. F. Baylis, Chaplain to that House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the House, on its rising, do adjourn to Wednesday next. — Agreed to. Mr. CALCRAFT gave notice, that he would, early in the course of next Session, move for the Repeal of the Leather Tax. The New South Wales Bill, after some observations from Mr. Woman and Mr. Witatter-Heoron, was read a third time and paised. PENITENTIARY BILL. . The Order of the'Day fur the third reading of the Penitentiary Bill was then moved by Mr. DAwsoN. Mr:HORHOUSE said, he was decidedly of opi nion, notwithstanding the authority of the Member for Shrewsbury, and• other amateurs of prison disci pline, that the system of punishment adopted there was much too severe, and that the seapense attendant upon the establishment was nut remunerated by the be nefits conferred thi ough this institution upon society. Mr. GORDON said, that'llebelieied the situation . of the Penitentiary was irremediably unwholesome. Mr. DAWSON said, that the attention of the Se cretary of Statehad long been directed to the epide mic disorder raging in the Penitentiary. Medical men. had been engaged long, and laboriously in en deavouring to tnitigate the seaerity of this unfortu sate, and apparent' y uncontroulable disease. flehoped the Bill would be attended with beneficial results. Mr. HOI3HOUSE explained; he did not impute to moral causes the disease prevalent in the Penitentiary. Mimi= Sir C. LONG knew that the condition of the pri son had long occupied the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State. Medical men had stated that the disease was not at all attri butable to the situation of the prison. Mr. GURNEY said, that.every person seemed to agree that the highest degree of praise was justly due to the Secretary of State for his humane and labori ous attention: but he thought the present system of! prison discipline was injurious, and required revision. Mr:LOCKHART sail, that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Dawson) had called the disorder raging in the prison an epidemic disorder ; but it was rather a novel species of epidemic disease which confined its ra vages to a particular and confined situation. Mr. DAWSON explained, that the Bill was merely meant to authorise the Secretary of State to remove the prisoners to another place. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. EAST INDIA MUTINY BILL. - - On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. It. SMITH objected to that clause which gave the Go vernor-General a power to summbn a Court-Martial for the trial of military persons fur civil offences. He moved that that part of the clause should be omitted. Mr. WY NN defended the clause, and asserted that it gave no .power inconsistent with the Atticles of War, or the esta blished law. Mr. HUME knew that great inconveniences existed under the present system, but he did_ think that this clause was too sud denly adopted. It Would be better to suffer Oe Bill to pass without the clause objected to. • Sir HYDE EAST supported the clause from a conviction that the practice which prevailed at present was, in point of indi vidual convenience mid public expense, highly objectionable. Mr. MONEY was quite satisfied th at a trial by Court Mar tial was absolutely necessary in some parts of India to give that protection to the people of India, whichwas certainly not afforded to them under the liw of Trial by Jury. Mr. DENMAN thought, that before the questionable re medy was suggested for a possible inconvenience, there should be a full opportunity of considering the extent of the grievance, and the nature of the remedy. He hoped that the clause would be rejected, at least for the present Session. Lord PALMERSTON supported the clause. After which the House divided. The numbers were — For the clause .40 Against it . 13 Majority • - —2 MISCELLANIES. Dr. PHILLIMORE moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee os the Foreign Mud- The order having been read, the House went Into Committee. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report, and the Bill was road a third time, and passed. Mr. WILBERFORCE, after a few preliminary remarks, moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the condition of she slaves and free Indians of the settle ment of Honduras. Mr. W 4 SMITH seconded the motion. Mr. WIL AIai:HORTON thought the condition of the slaves in Honduras tcibe generally good, and he wished the Hon. Member not to press the motion until the next Session. After a few words from Dr. Lustanterom, Mr. F. Bowls, and Mr. Burreftwoaru, Mr. Wsumaroaca acceded to the re quest of the Hon. Member ( Mr. Wilmot-Horton.) Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from certain persons confined in &. Luke's, Hackney, praying to be relieved from their bendage.—Laid on the table. The Hon. Member moved for a Return of the Registers of Slaves in the West Indies, with a view to their completion.— Agreed to.—The House then adjourned till Wednesday. ' THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JULY 12. 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The new French Loan is at a premium of one per cent. but little business is expected to be done in it until the return of Mr. Rwruscuzzaa, the Contractor, who is expected in town on Monday or Tuesday. Consols opened this morning at 83, and fell to B'4, in con sequence of a sale of ,ClOO,OOO, but they immediately rose again, and are now at 83j. FOREIGN FUNDS. New Spanish opened at 32, 31;; New Prussian nothing done; Russian 83; Danish 87}; Colombian 57}. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 223-3 per Cent. Reduced 8234 A per Cent. Cons. 81 5 /s 94 3 ex. div. 44 per Cents. Old 99% 54 4 per Cents. New 100 1 A V s ex. div. Bank Long Annuities 21 20 15-16 India Stock 253 ex. div.—lndia Bonds 465. 475. Old Annuities 82 Ey.ch. Rills (01,000) 245. 26s.—S 265. 244.275. Consols for Account 83 1 /s 82% 83. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received this forenoon, by Express, the Paris Papers of Thursday. The Moniteur contains a Royal Ordonnance which is somewhat remarkable, and will be variously interpreted. M. MARTIONAC, who was sent to Spain in the hope of effecting by negociation what the Duke of ANGOULLMI wins other wise to enforce by power of arms, is recalled, on the ground that his mission has been fulfilled The ex planation given of this is to be found in a private letter from M. MARTIONAC to the Madrid Regency, in which he states that the mission was only to last " till the moment when Spain, replaced under legiti mate authority, governed by its KING, or in the name of its KING, should be reconciled with Europe, and see re-established those diplomatic relations which re volutionary fury had interrupted." " That moment," he adds, " is come, and the'Ambassador of the King of FRANCE is arrived in this capital (Madrid), where are already assembled the Envoys of many august Sovereigns." "In the name of its KING 1" What is the objection to the Cortes, but that they rule "in the name of the Kuio merely ?" And how is the assumed j authority to do so rendered mole legitimate by being derived from a foreign, and not a Spanish source? Is the British Ambassador among the Envoys at Madrid ? We merely throw out these questions, as they occur on the instant, to be deserving of consi sideration. The subject is evidently surrounded with difficulties, and by no means so clearly settled as M. MARTIONAC would have the world to believe. !ROM ma NONITEUR-01IFICIAL PAR?. ORDONNANCE OF THE KING. • " Lows, &c. " Whereas, by our Ordonnance of the 19th of March last, We' confided to the Sieur de Martignac, Counsellor of State, the •,..` • fur.etions of Civil 'Commissary to on; well-beloved nephew, the DulsoOf . Angouierae, General-in-Chief of the Army at SO " We have ordained, ancLordain as follows: Art. 1. The mission given to Sieur de hlartignae by our said Ordunnance, being fulfilled, Sian de Martignae is recalled. 4, Given at our own Chateau of the Tuile - ries,2sth June, 1623. (Sizned) " LOUIS. (Countersigned) " CORBIRRE." kARIS, JULY IP. • We.announced, in .the Moniteur of yesterday, the solemn reception of the Duke de. San Carlos, Am bassador of Spain. Tlie following was the answer made by the King to his Excellency : " I am very sensible, Sir, of the sentiments which you ex press to me, In the name of the Regency of Spain. I follow it in its labours with the interest inspired by tender children who conduct the affairs of a father who is confined by sickness. Goa has hitherto protected the justest of causes in a manner too 'risi ble not to hope that he will continue to it his support. " For me, strong in the purity of my intentions, and of those of the Sovereigns,. my Allies, I am resolved not to lay down arms until I restore to Spain her happiness, to the King his I 4 bcrty, and to Europe that repose of which the troubles of your country threatened to deprive it. " With respect to yourself, Sir, I recognize the intentions of the Ling, my nephew, in the choice which the Regency has , made of you to represent it near my person, and I shall see you with great satisfaction exercise your important functions here." Before his depat cure from Madrid, M. de Mar tignac wrote to the Regency of the Kingdom the following letter. [Here follows the letter, the princi pal passage of which we have before eztracted.l The Regency made the following answer.—:.[The answer offers nothing worth translating. The Re gency requested his Excellency's acceptance of a Portrait. of his Catholic Majesty, and the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Charles Ma, IROM THE JOURNAL DES =BATS. PARIS, JULY 10. A Telegraphic Dispatch announces that the fri- gate la Cybele, commanded by M. de la Bretonniere, arrived on the 7th instant at Brest, bringing the Spa nish brig Nepttine, which she had captured; and that she had communicated on the 22d of June with Ad miral Hamelin, who informed her that the, M inistry had given in their resignation to the Cortex o and tbae the Minister of Finance had fled from Cadiz. FROM Tr CONSTITIUTIONNEL. It has been remarked that the Major-General, in his official Report of the 2d of July, makes no men tion of the Proclamations of General Morillo, which, no doubt, were known to him. He had, however, announced the defection of General Abisbal. Hence it has been concluded that the propositions made by General Morillo were not agreed to by our Generals, or that the latter, not being the competent authority, referred them to the Regency of Madrid. The Quolidienne assures us that Morillo decided upon acknowledging the Madrid Regency, upon the sole condition, that his troops should occupy the places of strength in concert with the French troops. The Moniteur makes no mention of this capitulation. Neither does it confirm the taking of Tarragona. Moreover, this place was completely dismantled in the late war. PERPIGNAN, itILT s. _. • The garrison of Seu d'Urgel made a sortie on the night of the 26th. The next day we attacked the fort, but without success. On the 29th the firing was still heard from Puycerda. The Spanish Con.. stitutionaliats pretend that they pined an advantage in this affair. They even say that the French troops and those of the Baron d'Brolles exchanged fire for a considerable time, not knowing each other. General Manso has died at Rens, of a . pnlmonary complaint. (He was 39 years old). Mina entered Tarragona, where he was very well, received. He left it again with all his troops, rein forced with all that were disposable in that part of Catalonia, and marched on Mont Blanc. It is said that his plan is to recommence a campaign, and to operate on the rear of our army,.at the time when our troops execute their movement on Barcelona. PROM TITS MOM A letter from Bayonne, of the 4th of July, an nounces that Morillo has solemnly refused to acknow ledge the Regency of Madrid, and that having been made acquainted with the restoration of Ferdinand to the Royal functions, he has made his troops take a fresh. oath to the Constitution. days past strong cannonading had been heard to wards the Seu d'Urgel ; the French endeavoured to scale the walls, but were driven back with loss, and by mistake filed on the troops of the Faith, who swered their fire. The garrison in the forts made veral well-timed sorties, and caused the French a . of more than 600 killed and - wounded: To-mor row's courier will give us further particulars." M. de Martignac has been named a Commander the Legion of Honour. Fazziou Fuses, Tatuasnar.-...Five per Cents. DOE 115 e. Madrid Gazettes to the 4th inst. have reached They are entirely silent as to Monuto, and contain little intelligence from the armies, but they mi. what is a greater novelty—a travestie of the Meetit at the London Tavein, on the 13th June, on beh, of the Spaniards. An attempt is made, by te advantage of the scene between Mr. Rolm and Mr. HUNT, to throw an air of ridicule on ..vhole proceedings. But the most palpable absurdities are stated. Mr. Hounouse is represented as implo t : ing mercy for his unfortunate friend HUNT, because he had just passed two years in rtchester gaol. Mr. SHELLEY is introduced as a •indicator of French aggression and the Spanish traitors. We not to remind our Readers, that there was no character at the meeting. The writer comments Lord WILL/All BENTINCIK'S observation, that Spaniards having resisted the troops of BoNAP, in 1810, had no reason to fear those of Loris X' in 1828. The zealous Mr. SHELLEY condemi Lordship's comparison as unworthy of a reai of liberty, and refers the meeting to Lord Lt vctirooc, opinion, that the French have the support of • majority of the Spaniards! The Gazette of the 2d inst. states that the Goy meat of the Regency has received information the opinion of the inhabitants of Cadiz being dedly in favour of the King and the Royal D an. ti u dew. el a lots . Vet 1 4110 t. ons isler of is 4 tll t 'IC ied n 4 e ontain eJi IuPPIY .f p eeting olv behalf at tiking .ay CROFT' (xi the ,rei adities .er Itemise , 01. A le. of the eu need 'at o pack is ups 1 Lit the ac IPANTi f I nc nns his •f i friend aloof s a of the 'a ,ff ;oven. 1 ion that b, ro ig deci. Fam:l7, , wh r e e t h a t At Revolt,. cheated fro e Eon- the e dr 'pose be the Sevillet ho is mote and mote confirmed, to such a degree they every day shew their rage against the Revolu tionary Government, declaring that they are cheated. an — d.s9ld. That the General-in-Chief, Count de Bona nesonue,wasitaatentn&Wpespng closer the ade of that place ‘andlilat-that for this put, had ordered a numbei of gun-boats from Seville; and that on the evening of the 26th a capture of con siderable importance had been made, by taking two Constitutional vessels from Rota. A very improbable story appears in one of the* Papers, that the Ex-Minister for Poreign Affairs, SAX MIGUEL, bad disappeared from Cadit, carrying with him some millions ! Where he got them, is not stated: The statement respecting SAN MIGUEL is quite in- consistent with all former intelligence fiom Seville. Soon after he resigned his ministerial functions hi accepted a military command in Catalonia ; and the letters from Bayonne have mentioned his arrival at Barcelona. The Regency have issued a decree for regulating the treatment of such of the Constitutional troops as shall be taken prisoners. This decree consists of five articles, and a distinction is made between those troops who adhere to " a faction, the authoi of des calamities which have overspread the Peninsula; and those " who have abandoned the standards of rep hellion." The former kind, when taken prism% are to be conveyed to France, under the escott 4 French troops. With regard to the latter, they are to be sent to towns fixed upon by the Regency fat receiving them. The depots, and the quarters frog which prisoners are to be sent to each, are ennui& rated in the dceree. Frankfort and other German Papers, to the fotb inst. have reached us. An article from the fronds. of Italy 'states that great preparations ate making by both the Greeks and the Turks for commencing de campaign in the Morea. The Government of Hydra has written a letter is the Primate of Syra, requiring an answer to the de• wand made by it, of a contribution of 40,000 piastres: and threatening that if it is not paid, the sqnsdres which is going against the Barbarians, shall iithi• and not only compel the payment of the contrail' Lion, but also of the expense of the armameni..de •Commander of which shall arrest all those who bee been tree cause of their disobedience. A letter from hladrid, of the 3d, announces that Ballasteros was on the 27th June at Villanueva de la Fuente with 16,000 men. This movement has made --' him master of the Sierra Morena. To the intelligence we have already given the Brazils, we have to add the detsib of some far . The Courier des Speeracies was suppressed yester day by an order of the Minister of the Interior. ther proceedings at Bahia, contained in letters foul Yesterday the Duke of San Carlos, Ambassador Rio deJaneiro, to the 16th of May, and from Bail , from Spain, was introduced to a solemn audience of to the Ist of June. At Bahia affairs seem to td the King. The Duke addressed a speech to the Kidg, vapidly drawing to a crisis. MADEIRA, since the ek praying him to " continue his noble and generous sumption into his own hands of the whole civil and succour to Spain, united in wishes and intentions military authority, has evinced much vigour, sei with his auguit Allies, .who already shew so much made active preparations for defending the city £ 0 interest in the Regency." the last extremity. He had subjected the inhabitants The King, in his reply, said, " God has hitherto to martial law, and, provisions having become *- too A visibly protected the most just pf causes (!) not to tremely scarce, had compelled the women, childals afford a hope that he will continue his support of it. and all incapable of bearing arms, to quit the riti " For myself, strong in the purity of my intentions This measure was, however, attended with caw and those of the Sovereigns, my Allies, I am firmly quences which humanity shudders to ccmtemplaia resolved not to lay down our arms until I have re- The excluded population having been refused ac* stored to Spain—happiness; to' its King—liberty ; veyance from St. Salvador's by tes t quitted it in dos, and to Europe—the repose of which the troubles of direction of the interior ; but there being no placed your country threatened to deprive it:' refuge within a considerable distance, and moot el zwraace PROM A PRIVATE Lim's. - them being'ill provided with necessmieg for thejna" PARIS. JULY it. ney, great numbers perished hy,the,ini — .l 4 . ilif fa i r Letters ftpin Perpignan to the 2d, Which. have and hunger. •;a; i• t...,.::-. ; ,... e s ", , reached Paris to-day, contain the following news:. But while MADEIRA was:tbaslntanging/it Pia l ' " Accounts from Cerdagne gate, that for three for the alectual defence of his post, an indi,creetry