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7PARLIZTiS,;TARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 15. To-day their Lordships met at four o'clock, adjourned during pleasure, and at nearly five proceeded to business. Mr. Tosn.txs, from the 1 teasnry, presented some Returns re specting Barley and Malt, pursuant to an Order ot the House. Viscount MELVILLE moved the third reading of the Come ntissary Court (Scotland) Bill, as among the other Orders. The Earl of ROSSLYN was of opinion, that the lateness of the period of the Session, now upon the close, prevented their Lordships from giving due attention to the present Bill. Con sideration was required in this case, when they were about to abolish the whole system of the Consistorial Law of Scotland. He objected more particularly to that provision which em powered the Court of Session to make laws by Deputies, not only now, but also in time to come. What reason could be as signed for giving such a power to that Court, when it operated to prevent the legislation of this House? Better far would it be for Parliament to be applied to in such cases. Ile must confess that be felt a great dislike to entrust the Court of Session with the power of making and altering laws by Acts of Sederunt, when their Lordships saw the contumacious way in which ap plications on this subject were treated by that Court. It was highly desirable, in his opinion, that the present Bill should lie over till next Session. Viscount MELVILLE, in defending the Bill, observed that the Noble ctrl laboured under mistakes. The power to be de legated to the Court of Session was nothing new, for it had been c onferred in part by an Act passed two years ago. It should a lso be remembered that the Bill itself came now recommended o their Lordships by two sets of Commissioners—one appointed by the House of Commons, and the other by an Act of Parlia ment ; and, therefore, he hoped that their Lordships would suf fer the Bill to pass.—The above Bill was then read a third time, passed, and ordered to be messaged to the other House. Upon the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the General Dis tilleries Bill, the Ireland Tithes Composition Bill, the East India 'irade Bill, the Ireland Corporators Bill, and the General Turn pike Act Amendment Bill, were severally read a third time, passed, and messages to that effect were ordered to the Commons. Their Lordships next proceeded to resolve into a succession of Committees on the New South Wales Jurisdiction Bill, the Cork County Division and General Sessions Bill, the East India Trade Bill, the Supplies (17 millions) Appropriation Bill, the Millbank Penitentiary Bill, and the Law (Ireland) Expenses Bill; which Bills were reported, without any amendments, to the House. SLAVE LAWS BILL. The Earl of ROSSLYN had a Petition to present from two persons whose estates lay in St. Kites and Grenada, in opposition to the clause prohibiting the removal of Slaves, and who prayed to be heard by Counsel, at their Lordships' Bar, against the Bill. He hoped their Lordships would not precipitate the Bill, but pause before they passed a measure which re pealed all former laws upon the subject. He objected to forfeitures on the removal of Slaves; but he would not press his objections in the present stage of the Bill; unless it was resolved, which he thought impossible in the present Session, to pass the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not agree that the advanced state of the Session was of itself an argu ment why their Lordships should not attend to the Bill ; but, on the other hand, it was utterly impossible for the House, acting on prinCiples of justice, to deny the Petitioners to be heard by ,Counsel against the Bill ; and no time remained, if the Bill were read a second time now, for a full consideration of it. After what had so long passed in that and the other House, it was the duty of every one to have been prepared for the abolition of Slavery in our Colonies. With respect to this partkular Bill, he really knew nothing till about half after three o'clock yesterday, when he happened to observe it. It was not a Bill according to the title it bore,' that of condensing and consoli dating the laws respecting the Slave Trade; for it pro posed to enact new provisions, and recited certain trea ties to be fulfilled with foreign Powers. According to • all precedent in such cases, the preamble of a Bill, if not the title, should specify and set forth its pur poses, which, however, was omitted to be done in this case. For anything he knew, it might belong to his duties to examine the Bill. He asked, then, not that their Lordships should protract the Session, but that while they continued to sit, if the Bill were to be passed, they would contrive to sit long enough to hear the prayer of the Petitioners, and the arguments in support of it. All lie could, therefore, now say was, why had not such a Bill come on earlier than yesterday ; and, unless the Parliament should con tinue to sit a month longer, their Lordships must be under the necessity of postponing the Bill. Lord CALTHORPE was decidedly for proceed ing with the Bill, and vindicated the restriction it provided for the non-removal of slaves. He con tended that all our Slave Laws would be ineffectual if the Bill were not passed in support of them. Bet ter regulations Were wanted for West India slaves;, the Bill confided those regulations to the care of the' Governor of the Colony ; and who was fitter to be so intrusted than the person in correspondence and con nection with Ministers? If their 'Lordships should agree to hear Counsel, and protract the passing of the Bill, it was impossible to calculate on the miseries which might accrue, by delay, to our colonial slaves. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in explanation, said he did not object to the Bill as going to consolidate the Slave Laws, but what he objected to were those new enactments to be found, and found nowhere else, from pages 29 to 93 of the Bill. Earl BATHURST was in favour of the Bill, as he believed that the consolidating part contained no great departure from previous Acts, excepting as re lated to the removal of slaves. The Earl of DARNLEY was desirous that their Lordships should proceed with the present Bill, if it were only to rescue this house from the degrading imputation of rejecting Bills because the other House had delayed them too long, The Earl of SHAFTLSBURY said, that if the motion for the second reading of the Bill were per sisted he should certainly move, that instead of t h e wo rk' 4 now," the words " this day three months," should stand part of the motion. After some explanations from the Loan CHANCEL LOR and Lord CALTHORPE, the question for postpon ing the second reading to this day three months was put from the Woolsack, when the decision was de clared to be in favour of the Contents. The above Bill is therefore lost dining the present year.—Adjourned. The ,Fourth Report of the Crown-land Revenue Commissioners (just printed by order of Parliament) states, that " a Plot of Ground on the east side of the Haymarket, and west side of Suffolk-street, with a Theatre and Messuage thereon, was leased for 99 yttars, from January 5, 1821, to DAVID EDWARD MORRIS, Esq. at the yearly rent (a pepper-corn rent for the first two years) of 856/.95. 6d. and 581. 19s. in lieu of land-tax redeemed by the Crown : the costs, charges, and expenses incurred in erecting and finish ing the said Theatre and Messuage being 80001." Thus the Ground Rent alone of the " Little Theatre," is mull 4001. a year. THE EV ENIN STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16.,1523. STOCK EXcIiANGE. TW4.I4ITE O'CLOCK, Consols opened this morning at 84 to d, and for August Ac count 4. The principal business of the market is in making up tha accounts for next Friday, which lusettUng day. An Express from Paris this morning has brought the French rented in 91.20, and Spanish 3711. The new French Script, since the arrival of blr.ltarsiscnan last night, seems to be on the advance: it opened at 21, and remains steady at 21. The Consols market has de dined to 84. FOREIGN FUNDS. Very little business is doing In this Market except in New French Scrip, Russian and Spanish Securities. Current Prices :—New Spanish 524 to 4, New Prussian 85k, Russian 841 to 85, Neapolitan 754, Colombian 564 to 57. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 224 1 / 4 % 1 / 3 per Cent. Reduced 83 1 / 4 83 3 per Ct. Cons. 82 3 / 4 3 / 8 1 / 4 1 / 4 ex. div. 3 1 A per Cents. 951/4-4. per Cts. Old 100 1 / 2 99% 4 per Cents. New 101 1 / 2 100 7 / 8 ex. div. Bank Long Annuities 20 1 / 2 21 21 1-16 Imp. 3 per Cents. 82—India Bonds 51s. 495. South Sea Stock 92%—01d Annuities 82 7 / 8 Elch. Bills (E1,006)215.275.—5ma1l 24.5. 275. Cons. for Acct. 81 1 / 2 83% 7 /s. PRICES AT TIIE CLOSE—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols for Act. 84i —Ditto for August 84i 331. We have received the Paris Papers or Sunday; but they supply but little from Spain which can be considered authentij. The following are extracts from the minor Journals : PROM THE JOURNAL DES DEBATE. " We learn from Cadiz, that on the King's arrival, his Ma-, jesty refused to resume the shadow of authority which the fac tious had left to him, but that he was induced to alter his reso lution by the Chapter and the principal merchants, who repre sented to him that his Constitutional inviolability was necessary to enable his faithful subjects to defend him. The Cadiz militia have have resolved to protect the King's life. Quarrels have already taken place between them and ear militia of Madrid and Seville. The Cadiz Consulate has offered the King 22 millions of teals, and the banker Gargano two millions on his own account. The principal merchants have left agents in Cadiz, and have retired to Chiclana, and Puerto-Santa-Maria. General BourdesonUe permits them to send a boat every day to Cadiz. When the King appeared on the terrace of the Custom-house, the inhabi. tants of Puerto-Santa-Maria, and other places on the coast, ex pressed their attachment by loud cries, and dressing np their houses with draperies. The Mioisiers.have prohibited the Kin; from taking that promenade. Lopez Banos has been se verely reproached for stopping two days at Seville, and' thereby occasioning the destruciion of his division. He excused himself by the necessity be was under of re-organizing his corps. The troops were in want of everything, and the desertion was very great. General Alava is appointed Inspector if libilmssirs. He is a declarea democrat." • A !cue : l . from Perpignan, dated the sth, states that Mina arrived on the 26th nit. at Sans, a village about a quarter of a league distant from Barcelona, and under the cannon of Montjouie. He stopped - there in consequence of a sore in his foot, occasioned by the fatigue of his last march, and the snows on the moun tains of Nuria. FROM THE CANSTITUTIONNEL. PERPIGNAN, JULY 2. The day before yesterday a troop of package mules, on the road from Figueras, underwent an attack of guns, which killed some of our guides and mules. A brisk firing was again heard yesterday from the same quarter. The head-quarters will be removed from Gerona on the sth instant. A convoy of money left this yesterday, escorted by two battalions, for Gerona ; one battalion was of the 16th Regiment, the other of the 60th, from.which, when they have arrived, serious results are expected. Since the 24th of last month, the garrison of the fort of Figueras has recomrneaced (if we may use the expression) hostilities; the arrangements which seem to have existed between the Spanish and French troops—that the castle should not fire on the city--: have ceased. They account for this rupture, by saying an attempt was made by the French to carry off the cattle which were suffered to go out of the garrison to feed: From that moment the garrison has not ceased to fire on the city, and make frequent sorties. JULY s. —(Extract of a letter).—" Mina arrived on the 26th of June at Sans, which is a quarter of a league from Barcelona, and expOsed to the fort of Montjouie. He remains there in consequence of a sore foot, occasioned by the fatigues of his last march, and of the snow he encountered on the mountains of Nuria. The Chief of his Staff, Evaristo San Miguel, has announced, by a general order of the day, June 27, 1823, given at Sans, r that his Excellency the General-in-Chief of the first Corps of the Army of Operation, has for a time established his head-quar tens at Sans, where he is indisposed, in consequence of his late journey to the Pyrennees: General Tromelin sets out to-morrow for Gerona, where he is to take the command of the 60th and 16th regiments of the line, formed into a brigade of re serve. Orders have been given that a park of artil lery for besieging, should be sent from Narbonne to Perpignan ; three hundred horses are stationed on the way to effect this transfer. Already 21 pieces of ar tillery have arrived in this place, and many waggons loaded with munitions. • It is in contemplation to contract for the transfer. from Perpignan to Mataro of thirty thousand qui*• la's, consisting of projectiles, barrels of powder, and, ball. The pieces will be transpoited by eight hum. dred horses of train, which will be attached to the pcirc of the siege. All the magazines which were at Gerona have been seat to Mataro ; and the head= quarters. will leave the former place to-morrow. Our troops will not delay to present thetnselves en masse, before Barcelona ; but it is Frresumed the siege will not commence (if they do intend commencing it) be: fore September, considering the want of transpotts, and the slight supplies of this kind which Catalonia , and the neighbouting departments afford. . EXPRESS FROM -PARIS. We have, at a late hour this forenoon, received by Express, the Pettis Papers of Monday. They are still barren of important facts. They contain accounts from Madrid to the 9:h instant. .The Provisional Junta of Spain, of which EGUIA is President, has issued a Proclamation, dated Burgos, 9th May, re-establishing in their func tions and dignities the sixty-nine Deputies of the name of the party denominated the Pcrses, and ordering that as a mark of distinction they shall wear a cross similar to that of St. Hermenegilde, with the motto Spes et fortitudo in adversis." The Government of the Regency is said to have received news from Cadiz of the Ist instant, which state that, in that city and the Isle of Leon the Mili tia and soldiers had but half a ration of bread. A Report from Marshal MONCEY, dated Mataro, July 7, at midnight, states that the movement upon Barcelona, of the sth and 10th divisions, was to com- mence next morning; that the former was to move on the position occupied by Mt LANS, and the latter on that where Llobera is stationed ; that according to the re ports of deserters, the united forces of these two Spa nish Generals amounted to about 7,000; that Donna dim was to march, on the 9th of July, on Molens del Rey, with the mass of his troops ; that the investment of Barcelona would be formed on the 10th of July ; that the 60th and 16th regiments are to form a bri gade of reserve, under the orders of General TROME• LIN ; and that on the Bth, the Marshal himself would take his station in the centre of the line. BATIJNNE, JULY a. A letter 'from Port do Passage, dated yesterday, states that the Coistittandant of St. Sebastian was in communication with.the French General command- ing the blockading troops, and that the place could not long delay surrendering under any circumstances, as the garrison had not provisions for a month. If the following . intelligence, which we received horn Bayonne this morning, may be relied on, the war in Spain is likely to be protracted some time. Indeed, the probability that this will be the case is assigned as the cause for Marshal LAURISTON pro ceeding to the army, when the Duc d'ANcoutamx is expected to return to France. It will be seen that the Bayonne accounts state Cadiz to be well vic walled, and capable of defending itself; that the gar rison of Ciudad Rodrigo makes frequent and suc cessful sorties ; that the Eurzcmtno had entered Coria, after first gaining some advantages over the enemy ; and that BALLASTEROS had cut off a con voy of cattle. It is also acknowledged that the French have lost 10,000 men since they entered Spain. The French army is said to havr entered Corunna. The following are extracts: BAYONNE, JULY e.' Marshal Lauriston, who arrived the day before yesterday, reviewed the 19th Regiment, which is going to Spain, and is to relieve, before St. Sebastian, the sth Regiment of Light Infantry, which is to ad vance further into the country. An Express, that arrived yesterday from Cordova and Madrid, states that the country was pretty tranquil ; but that this was, in fact, owing to the flight of the majority of the Constitutional inhabitants. Our troops complain of the dearness of everything, and though their pay is high it is barely sufficient. The approaching arrival of Marshal Lauriston was much talked of at Madrid: it was thought the Duke of Angouleme would soon after return to Paris. Should he do this, it would confirm the opinion of those who think that the war will be protracted. The populace of Madrid are .still extremely en raged against the Constitutional party, and were not the police of the city so strictly enforced by the French, there would be frequent scenes of disorder. The letters from Madrid to-day contain hardly any thing but the Proclamations of Morillo, which we knew before. They mention that, according to letters from Cadiz, the Cortes having restored to the King the full exercise of his power, as soon as he arrived in that city, are taking every means to defend their cause, in the difficult circumstances in which they ate placed. Mr. Valdez, whom they have appointed Commander-in-Chief of the forces by sea and land, is a distinguished Officer, who received many wounds at the battle of Trafalgar, where he comroanded a vessel. Cadiz was said to be perfectly tranquil. and to be is want of nothing; and that the supplies which it received from all quarters would enable it with the bravery of the garrison to hold out a long siege. A drove of 500 oxen, on the way to our army in Andalusia, has been stopped in La Mancha by a de tachment of the army of Ballasteros ; 350 of them were taken, and the rest dispersed in all directions..- Some apprehensions are entertained at Salamanca; the garrison of Ciudad Rodrigo makes frequent ex cursions, which it extends to a considerable distance, And generally with advantage. Accounts from Coria say that the Empecinado en tered that place after. a successful engagement, and bad imposed a large contribution on the town, and especially on the Chapter of the Cathedral, which was immediately paid. Some dergerterb from hit, army, and some per,ons.who attempted to Jistuib his of e. rations, were shot or the spot. Since the Proclamations of Morino, we hay,e not heard that his army has joined the opposite party and it is now said that letters have been received from Galicia, anouncing thin lorillo , having learned that The King's power had been restored to him, had ha. rangued his troops, and declined to them that he wa s ready to resume offensive operations, and to delft! the Constitution with more zeal than ever. Other letters announce to the Royalists the entrance (of the Frenchl into Corunna.. It is stated, that an account of the French army having been lately taken, tt e result was that, not including the corps in Catalonia, there was a deficiency . of 10,000 men. It is not stated whether the deficiency was owing to sickness, desertion, or actual loss in the field, or in what pro. portion it is to be ascribed to each of these causes, A splendid fête is given to-day to the young Ladies who formed part of the suite of her Royal Highnes s the Duchess of Angouleme, on her visit to this:city, The Gentlemen of the Guard of honour on Horse. back defray the expenses of this fête, for which they have chosen to-day, as the anniversary of the King's return to Paris in 1815. Baltimore and Philadelphia Papers to the 206 June have reached us, bringing intelligence from South America of a late date. It is stated, in a Curacoa Paper, that some dissatisfaction had mani. fisted itself in the Colombian squadron. One Cap. taro had been suspended; two other Officers had thrown up their commissions, and retired from the bian service—several of the crews became disorderly, and it became necessary to send about thirty-five of them on boaid the Bolivar. CONSPIRACY AT MANILLA. —The ship Milton, Smith, has arrived at Boston from Manilla, and in. forms ns that some papers, which had accident* miscarried, were intercepted there on the 29thnf cember, containing part of a correspondence relative to a horrid conspiracy, to be carried into executionon the night of the 51st, which was, to murder all the Europeans and Government-officers in the Island. On the night of the 50th, fifteen of the principal inhabi tants, implicated in the conspiracy, were seized in bed, and sent on board a Spanish ship, and all their property seized by the Government : this affair caused great alarm among the European merchants, ' many of whom sent their valuable property on board the vessels for security ; all was quiet when Captaia Smith sailed. SALEM, JUNE 13. The cdhspiracy at Buenos Ayres, on the - 19th of March, was the result of an. extensive combination of disaffected persons in the provinces of Santa Fe, Rios, and Buenos Ayres. The blow was to have been struck at the same time in several places. Nothing,. however, was done at Santa Fe ; there was a rumour of a rebellion in Entre Rios, but said to. have beer( suppressed. The provinces of Santa Fe and Entre Rios have united in war against the Brazilians, aid are determined to drive them out of Banda Oriental. Colonel Garcia has been shot at Buenos Ayres, kw conspiring against the Government. Mr. Salazar, Minister from Colombia to the United 'States, on his being presented to the President, ad- dressed him in a long speech. Yesterday, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foi reign Office, at which the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Mr. Secretary CANNING, Mr. Secretary Pen, Earl BATHURST, the Earl of HA RROIVEY, Lord Swam* the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Lord MART.. BOROUGH, and Mr. WYNN, ' ere present. The sub , ject of deliberation wa s .he ROYAL SPEECH with which the present Session of Parliament is to be closed, and which will be submitted to the Kna this day for his MAJESTY'S approval. According to the present state of the business, the day for the Prorogation continues fixed for Friday. Considerable arrangements were made for his Ma ,TESTY to prorogue the Parliament in person. lita such, we regret to say, is the precarious state of his Meagan's health, or rather strength, that it is not now expected that the KING will prorogue the Pe. liament in person. There was a numerous and interesting assemblage of the juvenile branches of the Nobility and Gentry, at Carlton Palace last night. The young Ladies asi Gentlemen, accompanied by their parents, begairto assemble about half-past eight; all possible refreth• ments were amply provided for them ; and the whole were made happy by the amiable condescensions( the Mostsacn,who took a lively interest in the sow till a late hour (one o'clock in the morning), sr* the party reluctantly broke up. The most gratifying splendour was displayed, and the Servants of * Household wore their rich state dresses. Yesterday, the Ladies FI/XPATRICE entertained' distinguished party to'dinner, at their house in Gtor venor-place. in the evening they had a large pug of fashionables. . The Countess of BRISTOL opened her new massig° in St. James's-square, on Monday evening, to di hind ton, with a splendid ball and supper. The election for the Vicarage of Painswick. cestershire, which is vested in the parishioners X large, and has for some days past excited great We' rest in that neighbourhood, was brought to a close CS Thursday afternoon. There were two candidates,* Rev. Mr. STRONG, the Curate of the Parish), and* Rev. Mr. KNIGHT (Rector of St. Michael's, Briste4 whose voters were brought up by tallies; and 110 final state of the poll was, for Mr. Strong 2+2; 4 for Mr. Knight 206; when the former was, dot" declared duly elected. The foundation-stone of a chapel, to be situatedis the beautiful, and romantic .vale of Ltydall. in OS palish of Grasmere, and to. be erected and endow,/ by Lady LE FLEMING, of RydaU-hall, was laid us 011