The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-07-09 00:00:00

• had determined to petition the House against it, asp to be heard by their Counsel at the bar of the House, *ere extremely anxious to learn what the actual intention• of the Hon. Gentleman were. The clause he understood differed materially from the other contents of the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was fully aware of the point alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman, and though he had not explained the exact meaning of it in his general application. The ob ject of the present Distillery Bill was solely to place the Scotch and Irish distillenes on a more equa l footing, and to carry certain regulations for the lowering the du ty, and at the same time the better collection of it. There was every disposition to enhance the situation of the English distiller, but the lateness of the Session prevent. ed the ponibility of his doing so. There was one point in which the Scotch distiller was materially affected by the law as it now stands with regard to the intercourse with England. He was required to give twelve months notice before he prepared spirits which were admissable to England. This restriction wail pointed out as a very great 'hardship. and with a view of giving some relief lie proposed to add a clause to the Bill before the House, re ducing the time of that notice to three months. The English distillers, however, it seemed, took alarm at the clans; and he (the Chancellor) endeavoured to satisfy thew upon it. Though he could not agree with them on the proprietrof maintaining the restrictions on a perma nent principle, yet as their interests were declared by them to be materially affected, and as they asked to be heard by Counsel, the House could not in justice refuse to hear them, or add the clause in defiance to them with out inquiry. As the former course would at the late pe riod of the Session be most inconvenient and protract it, be thought it better not to risk any delay in carrying Bill so materiel to the interests of Scotland and of Ire ta,,d, and he, therefore, would not press .sheelaim which he had prepared. Lord A. HA NI ILTON thought it would be most unjust to add such a clause on'the third reading of the Bill' particularly as it was most ohnozious,and totally differ ent in spirit and character from the remainder of the Bill. The CHANCF.LLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, during the recess, the subject should receive his best attention. Mr. KEITH DOLTOLAS contended that the Scotch distillers were subject to great hardship, which the pro posed clause would remove. Mr. BRIGHT contended against the introduction of the elwase on the third reading of a Bill, and so Lite a perio in the Session. Mr. %V. I.LACE admitted the disadvantages the Scotch • distillers were placed under; but at the same time, as they hail been so long endured, and as the subject was to undergo a strict investigation, lie thought it better that they sOionl.l suffer those privations for a few months longer, rather than commit an injustiee against another body, whose complaints were before them, by the addi tion of such a clause at so late a period. • 'Mr. HUME said the Scotch distillers bad great reason to complain of the mode in which they were treated by this Hill. They particularly &Oersted the clause which compelled them to keep their stills idle for twelve months. No greater hardship than this could be felt by persons in trade. Ail they asked was, to limit the time from twelve to three months, which surely ought to satisfy the English distillers. It was no objection to the Scotch distillers that they already had'a third of the English market; if they could sell spirits cheaper and better, there was no r-ason why they should not have a larger proportion of it. The object with this House ought to be not the protection of private interests, but to procure for the consumer an article as cheap as possible. He was glad that it was in contemplation to equalize the duties on Scotch and English spirits, for that would he the best means of potting an end to smuggling in the Highlands. So long. as the present restrictions remained, the Scotch spirits world he necessarily smuggled in large quantities into Cumberland, and the bordering counties. This, in point of Revenue, was a great consideration. For these re lions be thought that it was good policy to put the di-diners of both countries upon the same footing . , or, at least, to p ostpone the measure until further Inquiries were mar. Mr. Al ABERLY said the English distillers were not averse from meeting the question whenever it was mooted. They claimed, however, protectiou for the capital of WWI. which they had invested In the trade. Before ens in was passed which compromised the safety of that esoital,they.only asked to be heard by Counsel at the bar. Mr. W. SMITH undertook to say on the part of the English disti:lers, that so far from having any indispo sition to meet the question, they would positively call fur an inquiry the nest Session of Parliament. The order of the day for the third reading was then read. 01 the question 6 - that the Bill be now read a third time," Mr. C. HUTCHINSON contended that the clause ought to he added to the BM, notwithstanding the opposition it was likely to meet with. As the Scotch Members had de serted their vantage ground, and left only hithself and: the Hon. Member for Limerick to speak-br Ireland, he could nut liolor to make a successful fight. But as he represented a great Distillery Interest, he felt it his duty net to concur in the coorse adopted by the Right Hon. Gentleman, although hr should not make use of vexatious opposition. He hoped that the measures adopted towards Ireland, would be found as successful as the Right Hun. Geptleman anticipated, be cause he was sure they had proposed them with the sincere desire of' benefitting that country. But he was afraid, that lowering Vie dunes on spirits would he fatal to the peace of Ireland. The true object to he pursued was that of eucou ra win", breweries, and of discountenaucing the use of spirits. By allowing the use of small stills the consumption would be i :creased, and those Gentlemen who had embarked ° great capitals in the large distilleries, made under the sanction of Parliament, would be seriously injured in their property. He trusted that in another Session the Right Hon. Gentle.nan would not fail to bring forward a measure fur placit.g the three countries upou an equal footing ; and thought it would be better for the present Bill to situ(' over until a general measure was completed, The Hun.' Member then complained that Ireland had been cheated of her rights by the distillery regulations. The Act of Union provided that Ireland should bring her spirits into the Eng lish market in the state in which they were manufactured. BUt afterwards, 'the Hon. Member for Norwich (Mr. W. Smith), among others, discovered that they were too strong, or that they had too high a flavour for the morals of the people, and they were stopped on the coast, and made to pass through the hands of the rectifier. It was but the other night that the House mad* au important relaxation in the navigation laws, to favour foreign countries, yet these prohibitions saere kept up against Ireland. The Irish Distillers had been exceedingly ill treated, and had any interest in England been sc much neglected, they would havelteard more of it in that House. Colonel TRENCH expressed his entire concurrence in the system of small Stills. If it were carried to s much greater extent, it would be-highly beneficial for Ireland. The Bill was then read a third time. . Mr. BERRIES rose to submit some clauses to be added to the Bill by way of Rider. Mr. S. RICE protested against alterations being made In the law at so late a period, when no one present could have any means of judging of the nature or policy of them. lie was thankful to his Majesty's Government for the principle of this measure, but when en apology was made for the very late Introduction of it, it was really too much now to propose so many amendments. Mr. WALLACE spoke in terms of commendation of the measure, which he was happyto think Mould meet with the suppott of the Gentlemen of Ireland. After a few words from Mr. Alderman WOOD and Colonel OORDON in favour of the Bill, several clauses were brought up ant added by way of Rider. As these were purely technical. having for their object to facilitate the operation of the Bill, we do not more patticularly notice them. The Bill was than passed. LAND TAX. Mr. MIME then brought forward his motion relative to the Load Tax. He had bsfore alluded to this 'abject, W THE STATT.SMAN and the abuses to which the collection of the Land Tax I was subject; and from the inquiry lie hail since made, he was confirmed in the representations he had then made.' In the divisions beyond that of Middlesex, London, and Westminster, lie should he able to show that much larger sums were raised than the Act of Parliament warranted. Phis arose from the neglect of the Commissioners, anti the want of vigilance on the part of the Tait Office, which in his opiniuu was the most useless of all Public Depart ments. In many and important instances the Act of Parliament was violated. Under these circumstances some steps should be taken to protect the public. An in quiry would show that the greatest laxity prevailed in every office connected with this tax, and be contended that it was _aotewoogh for the Treasury to be satisfied merely because it received the quota which it antici pated, and to which the Act entitled it ; the public were entitled to some protection from overcharge and extor tion. Scarcely any tax was more expensive in its collec tion, the gatherers and collectors being all overpaid. By a reference to the printed correspondence with the Lords of the Treesurrrelative to some practices of this kind in the district of Kensington, they would find the Commis sinters themselves stating that to the year 1818, upwards of 900/. too mach, was raised, and for 1819, upwards of 1,0001. Here then they had an admitted case of wrong, which the Lords of the Treasury took •io steps upon. By another account upon the table, it appeared that upwards of 100,000/. surplus had been raised in the aggregate collection of Middlesex,Lon.ton, and Westminster. This was enough to establish the necessity of Inquiry, which. although it could not be done this Session, it would be conic the duty of the Honer to institute next year. He had given considerabre attention to this subject, and the deficiency, as it appeared from the result of his investiga tions, lie was altnoat.afraid to state. To cover the whole period from the first imposition of theitax, hb found a deficiency of between seven or SOO,OOO petted& He did not mean to lay that this sum really was deficient ; bat he was bound to say, that it ATM corroborated by the Finance Reports and .the Parliamentary Papers on the table. These observations were embodied in hie Resolu tions. He wished particularly to point out to the House, the inutility of the office for the Redemption of the Land tax, which, considering the small amount redeemed, was not worth the expense. He also wished to point out the practice of the Clerks of the Commissioners receiving what was called poundage. Mr. Pitt said the collec tion should be made without expellee to the public, where as 89,0001. had been received in this nay as per cent age. Many Clerks of the Commissioners had no duty to perform, and indeed their situations were complete sinecures. The business of the Board had been so imper fectly executed, that it appeared one individual had been 30 years in his situation without bearing its duties, and had actually complained of it as a hardship when he was requited to perferm that task, which ought never to have been neglected. The Hon. Gentleman said, when Parliarneil passed ad Act to relieve small livings and charitableinstitutions from the land tax, this was made an excuse for 'saddling the public with two or three new salaries. Would it be believed that the small sum of B,OOW. only bate been taken off in consequence of the Act he had mentioned, During 1820 but X. 175. 4d. had been taken; and in 1821 but 21. 7d., while the expense thrown on the country by the Commissioners amounted to 4,08-11. If it were intended to exonerate certain parties, notice ought to be given of it, and all who did not apply tot the benefit within a limited time ought to be excluded from it, and then the Commission might he put an end to. Lord tilenbervie, as a Commissioner, had enjoyed an income of 0001. per annum, and another Noble Lord had had a like income. Such expenses as these, and the others connected with this establishment, ought, in hlsjudgment, to be spared. Considering that a great abuse had been proved, and that a remedy might be applied, he fell that be could not do less than put the resolution be had framed on the Journals of the House. lie calculated that not less than 1,300"01. had been paid for the collection of the land tax. Lied the plan been speedily carried into effect, a great portion of that might be saved, and if means could be devised now for en couraging the public to complete its redemption, this alone would save the country 1,000,0001. in the next nineteen or twenty years. To his resolution on the subject ,of the re turns before the House he intended to add a *concluding clause, declaring that sufficient controul bad not been exer cised over the Collectors—that the public were not sal clently protected, and that the Hone was therefore called upon to protest them, nod remedy toe abuses proved to exist. lie then moved his Resolutions, the first of which set forth „ that from various Returns made to that House Ica the present and last Session of Partin:client, it appeared that the Laud Tax of England and Wales, made permanent by the 38th Geo. S. esp. b. was calculated at 1,999,0731. but now produced but the sum of 1,231,168 L, theieby showing a decrease in annual receipts amounting to 70,5051. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to oppose the resolution. lie admitted that the conduct of the parties at Kensington Willi not easy to be accounted for; they had no right to be giving dinners out of the receipts of the laud tax, or to misappropriate it in any other way, but the fact was that the Commission ers were not under the controol of the Treasury. It had always been considered expedient, that the tax in question should be levied by persons totally independ ent of the Treasury, and who should be employed without receiving any fixed salaries.. The Right Hon. Gentleman then went on to show that there was a great error in the first resolution, which assumed, that places and persons were included in the Land Tak. The Act of 1797 certainly contained such a provision, but the clause was repealed by the Act of 1798, the consequence of which was that a sum amounting to 127,0001. was never made perpetitil as part of the Land Tax. When the Hon. M ember (Mr.l tame) had made such an error as this at the commencement, it followed that all his deduction s must be wrong. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded some further observations, by professing his readiness to make such alterations in the existing system as the circumstances might warrant, without, however, distinct ly pledging himself to any particular change. Mr. MA BERIM, after suggesting to his Honourable Friend to withdraw the resolutions, as they were founded on an erroneous assumption, observed that if those Com iniotioners were not under the control of the Treasury, it was high time that they should be, or that the House should take the subject into its awn bands. He was of opinion that the best way would be to leave the subject to his Majesty's Ministers, who were the fittest to examine into it; but if something was not done in it early in the next Session, he pledged himself to bring it again before the notice of the House. Mr. HUME said, that as his object was for the pre sent answered, l.y calling the attention of Ministers to the subject. lie would, with the leave of the House, with draw his resolutions. 'lke resol itions were accordingly withdrawn. LLANELI.YCHYD SLATE QUARRIES. Mr. Alderman WOOD, after designating the lease of these quarries to Mr. Dawkins Pennant as a gross job on the part of the Government, moved for the appointment of a select 'Bee to examine into the whole of the proceedings relative to the grant of the Crown to Lady Penryn and Mr. Dawkins Pennant for the working of the slate mines at Llanellvchyd,in the county of Carnarvon. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. The SOLIUIToItAiENERAL opposed it, contending that there was not the slightest rea on for calling the grant of these leas -s a Ministerial job. Mr. HUME maintained that the motion ought to be agreed to, as he believed it would be advantageous to the public. Mr. HUSKISSON agreed that no grounds were laid for going into the proposed Committee. Mr. 1). PENNANT opposed the motion; and Mr. DENMAN supported it. The ATrOKNEY-OENEKAL opposed the motion; and after a few words from Mr. ARBUTHNOT, Alderman WOW) replied. The Howe dose divided, wins tierirsppiared for the motion— Ayes, 9-114 s, 43.—Majority against the motion, 34. . THE CHIEF BARON O'GRft DY. 'The report of the resolutions was brought up. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to placing these resolutions (though they were simply resolutions of fact) upon the journals, because, although no corrupt motive could he charged against the Chief Baron, yet if the House followed that course they would convey an im plied censure upon that learned Judge. He would there fore propose a resolution to follow the resolutions of fact to this' ffect :—" Resolved, that it does not appear to this Howie that there is sufficient ground to ascribe the alter ation of the fees in the Court of Exchequer, stated to have been made by the Chief Baron of Ireland, to any im proper motive on the part of that Judge." Mr. CANNING would not express any opinion on the resolution proposed by the Hon. and Learned Gent. He would rather wish the Hon. Member for Limerick would propose a resolution. Mr. S. RICE declared that he should have been willing , to have followed up the resolutions of fact, by a resolu tion expressive of the opinion of the House ; but from that course he had been prohibited by what lie under. stood to be the opinion of a great number of Gentlemen. Mr. HUME said the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman certainly was not consonant to the under standing which bad been come to on the subject at the former discussion of it. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained. Dr. LUSHI NG roN said he was completely taken by surprise by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman coming down at that hour, and moving a Resolution, which was is fact decisive of the whole question. He trusted the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would nat call upon the House to come to a decision on that night. Mr. SCARLETT said he was strongly disposed to concur in the substance 'of the Resolution moved by the Hon. and Learned tierrleman as he could not bat con ceive that the concurrence of the suitors for so many years was pregnant evidence of the absence of any cor rupt motive. He would suggest to his Hon. and Learned Friend, whether he would not add a Resolution decla ratory of the existence of the practice as to fees for so long a period of time. A conversation then took place at considerable length between Mr. DALY, Mr. COURTENAY, Mr. PEEL, Mr. St:AIME!' f, Mr. OGULBURN, and Mr. CAN NING, after which the further consideration of the Report was adjourned to to-morrow (this day). 'Flee other Orders of the_ Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Two o'Clock. CITY BUSINESS. . r-- The Loan M Avon held a Court of Aliletmea yesterday, which wds attended by fifteen Aldermen, the Recorder, Sheriffs, and City Officers. Om B. Whittaker, Esq. and Peter Laurie, Esq. Sheriffs' Elect, attended and gave the usual bond to take upon them the said office. Messrs. Tuenley, Sanderson. Jackson, and Fosset, were sworn Rulers of the Watermen's Company. The Court agreed with a Report from the Gaol Committee, for abstaining 'from making any further commitments to the London Workhouse. A Petition was presented from Mr. Hall, on behalf of the Brokers, relative to a Bill before Parlia ment affecting them, upon which the Remembrancer was directed to endeavour to procure the insertion of sundry words in the Bill, as suggested in the Petition, and the City and other Members were requested to assist therein. A Petition from the Ship Owners of Iliewcas tte•apon-Tyne, for a Reduction in the Wages paid the Coal-ti and Meters-Men, was read and referred to the Committee for General Purposes. FILLOWIHIP Pen - rtes.—The Court of Aldermen are engaged in the consideration of a complaint made by the Fellowship porters, against Mr. Christoper Hill, for re fusing the fellowship the second labour on all grain brought into the port of London ; which they claim from the charter of James I. Petitions from Reading, Ipswich, Henley, and Marlow,on the heavy charges made in the port of London, nave been presented to the Court of Common Council, and referred to the Coal and Corn Committee to report thereon. The Loins Mayolll, it is understood, has appointed to take the septennial view of the boundaries of his jurisdiction as Conservator of the River of Thames, and Waters of Med way, on Wednesday, the 21:1 of July instant, and the three following days,upon which occasion hewill be accompanied by the Aldermen and principal officers of the Corporation. The party wilt embark on board the Admiralty yacht and other vessels at Mack wall, at nine o'clock in the morning, and proceed to Southend ; on the following day it is pro posed to view the boundary-stone at Leigh, to inspect the communication between the Thames and Med way through Yantlet-creek, and return to Southend, where a ball will be given in the evening to the neighbouring gentry. On the third day his Lordship will proceed up the Medway, where, it is believed, be will be met by the Corporation of Rochester; take a view to the extent of his jurisdic tion, near Cookliam Wood, and afterwards entertain the -Corporation of Rochester, and other distinguished par ties, with a dinner at the Town-hall ; and, after giving a public breakfast, the following morning will return to town. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. At a Meeting of the Catholic Association in Dublin, on Saturday het, Mr. O'Gorman said that he would take that opportunity of reiterating what he said before, which was his unqualified contradiction of the language attri buted to him in one of the Dublin Morning Papers. The error was one that an accurate Reporter might have fallen into; nothing appeared but what he dill say, but by a condensation of the entire, the sense was mato-t -ally altered. By that report it would appear, that he had all as one as called the people to arms. He was made to say, that the Parlistnent b joined the Orangemen, and that the People should join and resist them ; that report was totally false.— Mr. O'Connell gave notice of a motion of thanks to Mr. Brougham, which he intended to bring forward; if it was competent for him to move it, then, he would t they had found the an they wanted. Mr. Brougham bad talent to support, and zeal to bring forward a Peti tion against any grievance. He was a fearless and an honest advocate, and his talent commanded the attention of the House. . . . Mr. F. W. Conway read the draft of an Address from the Association to the people of Ireland. Mr. Shiel thought it required revision. Mr. Luke Plunket commented on it, after which it was mr red and carried, that it should be referred to the Committee, and that they should report on Wednesday. Mr. O'Connell said that he would have the draft of a Petition on the Church Rates ready in a few days. He commented in strong language on the grievance occa sioned by Tithes and Church Rates, and alluded to the peculation of the Corporation, which amounted, be said, to one million--be did not mean by the Pipe Water alon►. It was the same detachment from the Board of Aldermen that was perpetually to be found on the Grand Jury. Even in the County there was not a Catholic ever put on a Presenting Grand Jury. Mr. Eneas M'Uonnell could not approve of this de termination to occupy the Association with Petitions or Motions on subjects of such a nature. The Meeting then adjourned to Wednesday, to receive the report of the Committee on the address to the people of Ireland. a , r • . arrived AND StioN. A Paris papers have arrived to the 7th inst. They con. tain intelligence from Cadiz to the 24th of June, which informs us that the army of General Lopez bad arrived safely at that porton the 22d, and landed 2,500 men, the cavalry having been sent to the Fourth Army. Thi Marquess of Casteldosrini remained in Eatramadura with 2,000 infantry. General Ballasteros was appointed Com; mander.in-Chief of the Isle of Leon e and the celebrated Riego was placed next to him in command s bring the first time that lie has been called into military service since the invasion of the Peninsula. The force in the I sle of Leon, exclusive of the garrison of Cadiz, consisted of 10,000 men of different corps, the organization of which was to be confided solely to Generals who bad taken too decisive a part in favour of the Constitution to allow any doubts to be entertained of their fidelity. Notwithstand: ing the assertions of the enemy that all communications by sea and laud with Cadiz were cut off. a convoy had arrived on the 21st from Seville, under the protection of a gun-boat, and several boats laden with flour, together with a steam-boat, had subsequently reached the same port from the same cityelt seeurs,in fact, that even after the re treat of Lopez Banos, the French bad not occupied Se ville in force, otherwise no convoys could have sailed to , carry provisions.to Cadiz. The reason of this forbearance is, probably, their Weakness ; for, according to an esti mate in the Bayonne papers, no fewer than 20,000 of their troops are employed merely in keeping up the commu. nication between the French frontiers and Ciudad Real in La Mancha, besides 4,300 of the army of the Faith.— The Moniteur of the fith, contains a Report from General Guilleminpt detailing some trifling skirmishes with Guerillas, chiefly in Asturias, in whlich that Commander claims as usual, the advantage for the French. The Courier Francais, alluding to the Circular addressed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the King of Spain to the Spanish Diplomatic Agents at the different Courts, which lately sppeared in the English papers, stales that the present state of the Liberty of the Press in France does not allow them to copy it. The Editor of the Pilote has been sentenced to a month's imprisonment, and a fine of 2,000 francs, and sixteen francs bye centimes of costs, for copying from The Morning Chronicle the Secret Treaty at Verona of the 2241 Nov. 1522. PUBLIC MEETINUS IN BEHALF OF SPAIN. The accounts of receipts and disbursements for Vie Spanish Ball on Friday last, the 4th, has it appe-re 1 o•n made, and the balance of 3121. Os. remaining after paling all charges, to the amount of between 1,3001. and 1,400/., has been paid over to the Spanish Committee. At the public Meeting in Edinburgh to promote the Independence of Spain, about five hundred and fifty pounds were immediately subscribed. A Committee wis appointed to superintend subscriptions in that City a. d its neighbourhood, and to take measures for prOmoting subscriptions throughout the country, and there is real to believe that the northern contributions will bOOO amount to a considerable suns. Mr. Ryder, the Manager of the Caledonian Theatre, not only gave the use of that Theatre for the Meeting, glit be was to give the whole of the receipts of Tuesday evening last, without any deduc- tion for expenses, in aid of the Spanish cause. A meeting was held at Tavistock on Wednesday last, when, after several appropri4te resolutions, a subscription was opened in aid of the Spanish patriots, whose cause is the cause of civil liberty all over the world. A meeting of the inhabitants of Dysart was held on the 20th ult., in the Town Hall (the Chief Magistrate in the chair),when it was unanimously resolved that a subscrip tion should be opened in aid of the patriotic Spaniards. A considerable sum was immediately collected, and we understand it is intended to remit the whole proceeds to l Ueneral Ferguseon, to be by him paid in to the London fund.—( Edinburgh Courant.) At the late WArwil Meeting for raising a subscription in aid of the Spanish cause, the Chairman read a letter from A. 'l'. Fayerinen, M.D., stating that he wai willing to devote his guinea to the cause of Spain, and that hr, with five other patriotic individuals, was ready to pay for the full equipment of a Spanish soldier, his clothes to be of Norwich make, if not of Norwich manufacture. A meeting was held at the Angel Inn, Tiverton, on Tuesday, to commence a subscription in behalf of time Spaniards. Col. Fell presided, and contributions were made of about 30/. and two mii,kets. SPITA I,FI EL DS ACTS. On Monday. the Lords' Committee appointed to re ceive eridence, Sac. respecting the Silk Manufacture Bill, to repeal the Spitalfields Acts," closed the examination of witnesses for and against such Bill. Their Lordships have examined about thirty witnesses. Mr. ADAMS, or the part of the Journeymen operative W • , and Petitioners against the Bill, was heard in reply to the arguments of Counsel (al r. HARRISON, ,Nr for the Bill, and to the witnesses heard in support of such Bill. This reply occupied nearly four hours. Yesteri!ay, all Counsel, witnesses, agents, and stran. gera hiving been excluded, their Lordships, at too o'clock, proceeded to discuss the several provisions of the Bill, and to debate whether any alterations could be in troduced, so as to meet the objections of the journeymen, and the apprehensions of some of the Masters rest tent in Spitalfields, Mr. lisle and Co. Their Lordships, Lard Bexley being in the Chair, continued in deliberation till the Lord Chancellor took his seat iu Pie House of Lord. By a sentence of the Cuno it of War, of the Fifth Ire vision of the Fourth Corps of the Army of the Pyrenees delivered at Mimeo, on the 14th of June, and which has ben carried into execntion o three men of the names of Denjean, Arthaud, and Verdet, the last of them a de serter from the Army, were condemned to death for hay ing horue arms against France. By the same Court, a discharged Officer of the C.lstoms has been sentenced to banishment for having hail htercourse with the enemy and having given itiforniatioi to him against the in terest of Frauc•'.—(ConatitationneL) A letter from.thdrid,in a Seville paper, states that there is agrowing disgust between the French and the Ut titaft. There are frequently quarrels in the sfreets. The men of the Faith were lately much scandaiized at seeing a Carmelite Friar well caned by a French soldier, and the foreigners, who were at first followed with shouts of ape plause, are now regarled as heretics. liessieres, the Spanish Royalist, is said to he in great favour with the Duke D'Angonleme. lie has been ap pointed a Major-General. His appearance in the uniform of that rank at a late public ceremony in Madrid, excited the indignation even of the anti•cocstitetionalists, who considered the Spanish army disgraced by such an ex hibition. A correspondent remonstrates against the innovation of spelling the name of a certain parish in the north-west of the Metropolis, " Mary!Amine." In old charters, he says, the name is written, " St. Mary lea bourne ;" that is to say, St. Miry near th e b ourne . And i n th e c ourse years, St. Mary les bourne cause to be written St. Mdry lebone. " Les s ' is an old wont, which signifies " near.' aml occurs in many names of places in France and Ens-. land. T" '