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. . haveai pex cent. Stit heldmate nor then:line seemed to Genileman Tor his motivetr; and he thought the lion. Gentle haile %UMW any examination into the value of the aggregate man should', in candour, not withhold that credit from others. currency ; they seemed to have made no examination into the .'—for his ewn part, he would beg to observe that his property effect of a change of currency, upon the neceseeey article of eonsisted.a3 much inland it% in feraled property ; and on the existence ; and yet. all thriller writers on the subject enjoined whole, he should find it difficult to say, Whether, as a payer a strict vigilance ever the fluctuations of bread-corn in making of 'taxes, ho had more interest in the one sort of property, any alteration in the value of the currency. Even the Right than in the other. The Honourable Gentleman, thepa Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Secretary Peel) told them larly pointed him out in his pamphlet as one of monied' 'that the price of labour was at all times the best criterion of interest, whose interest was opposed to that of the agricultural the value of money. Mr. Horner 's opinion, on the contrary, proprietors. The lion. Gentleman had said, in 1816, that sooner most decidedly was, that the price of bread.corn was the beet or later there must be a remunerating price for corn ; yet he anti only certain criterion. As a pzoof that he was right, they (Mr. It.) . had, over and over again, been taunted for holding had only to refer to therise and fall in the price a nd what after this doctrine. He was satisfied that the people were reconciled the reittricaons on the currency were put on, after they to Peel's Bill; and that the country would ultimately flourish wen taken off. The preeent state of the enentry was, that it under coma had been accused, out of the House, of stating was loaded with a debt, a great part of which it never incurred, that every odity must be regulated by the price of gold. and charged with the re-payment of.which it never received.— This, in particular, had been charged against him with regard (hue branch or inquiry into which he wiehed a Committee to go to it evtdence before the Lords' Committee. He had not was the effect of the change in the value of the currency on stated this. He had said that even the standard itself might 'money contracts. That it had made a great change in them undergo variations, and that it would very probably be effected there could be no doubt—it had in fact abrogated the contract by the standards of other countries, He had to apologize to the `Letween landlord and tenant altogether. In all cages, with but House for having intruded upon them so much at length-e. very fewe r xceptins the landlord had been' obliged to lower his (Bear !)—but he WM induced to do so from a belief that his rent 39 pe cent.: and that lie wee assured would bring the opinion on this sebject was the correct one, and that greet trait. great landed proprietors to beggary. If these things went on chief would follow the adoption of the proposal of the lion. they would have a pauperized aristocrac y , a beggared gentry, Member for Essex. and a swarm of smock-frock farmers, and potidoe.fed copula- The Marquis otf ITCHFIELD supported the motion. Ile Om—(le:es hear !)—Their pear.antry would be degraded be. had no wish that the agricultural class should be benefid at ' , and ftny thing ever seen before, and he defied the House to the expence of tiny other, but he wished merely for inquiry.— contemplate this prospect with tranquillity. This deprecia. For inquiry he contended that a primafircie case had been maae two would not stop in its operations with the agriculturist out by his lion. Friend. The united talent and information of alone, it would assuredly extend to every other class of the all lion. Members could be brought to bearupon the subject in community. But it was most true that the price of manufac. a Committee. lie thought the former Resolutions of the House taring labour had not fallen Ito low as agricultural labour, but resnecti the Currecy had been the cause of all the calmni the teene depression would soon reach that part of. the corn. ties whi had since fallen upon the country ; for they had munity. In proportion aa wages fell, the burden of taxa. encouraged the Land Proprietor to cultivate the peorer soils at thin woula be felt in exactly the same ratio. lie would not an increased expense. Had these Resolutions avowed, rather press any other arguments on the House to induce them to than concealed the depreciation of our paper currency, men participate in his views on this question. lie felt confident would have known how to regulate their contracts. But this that it could never be answered to hint that the House was not not being done, men were Iliondeceied, and led into difficulties in error when it mowed this measure. Taking the most 'ex. which had been alluded to by his . Friend. It was much • -' .* periods of the late war, he contended, without fear of consolation to hint to know, that his Right Hon. Relation (Air. oe hen contradiction, that when our expenditure was seventy-four Secretary Canning we believe) had hind no part in disseminate and eighty-four millions, the real value of that e was onlyfifty. ing the doctrines avowed by those reolutions, but on the con. eight and sixty million*. Such was the' depreciated state of trary, had done all in his power to oppose them. For many 'the currency in those periods; and then he asked whether this years anterior to those resolutions the currency had been no. ` country was to be paying for such borrowed sums, seventy- toriously depreciated, and public salaries and allowances had four and eighty.four millions. Upon this point he threw down been increased atintittedly, with a view to that depreciation.— 'the gauntlet to the lion. Member for Portarlington, (Mr. Ili. A return to Cash Payments had been called wholesome, .and etude), and challenged contradiction. The currency appointed undoubtedly it was so for tax receivers, but not for the pub. in the year 1019 was, in -truth, the establishment of a new tic, who were the tax f psyers. In fact, he thought he might 'currency. The way to havesstuna that currency was, by consider the principles this question lis assented, and treat the standard of all the debt Mewed tiering the long de- the question itself as one of degree only. All admitted that pertere front the ancient standard. To have establithed, in some alteration had taken place, but many differed as to its 1819, a new measure of value, without recurring to the an- amount. The Hon. Member for Portnrlington had treated that 'cient rate of salaries, and all money-payment was a manifest degree ue very te flieg, and said that people would hereafter injustice to the whole country. Ile called upon the House to be surprised at ti eir having felt Any alarm at all' about it.— ' examine into the truth of the allegatione he had made. In con- The Hon. Member for Portarlington had taken the amount of sideration of the diminution of income, caused, as he had depreciation at a per cent., others had taken it at as much shown, he asked the lion. Alember for Porterlington, whether as 50 per cent., and he (the, Marquis of Titalifield) would take this country would ever again be able to meet an expenditure about the medium and treat the amount of depreciation as 4 04 millions. The Army and Navy, and those whose 30 per cent. Yet i the lionlaurable Member for Portarlington salaries had been raised and not lowered wee 1819, were those had approved of the statements of Mr. Musket, who had gone only who had gained, including always the stockholder, in into long calculations to chew that the fundholder had gained whose favour all variations of the value of gold had been made, nothing at all. Mr. 51usitet, however, had gone upon the • The Hon. Member concluded, by moving for the appointment assumption that it was the price of bullion which was to regu. of a Committee, 'tTotake into consideration the changes in late the c alculation, and this he (the Marquess) begged to say the value of the Currency since 1793 to the present time, and the was assuming the whole question in issue. Ile (the Marquis) consequent effect upon the money, income, and industry of the did not ask that Mr. Mushet's tables should be set aside at emintly ; the amount of the Public Debt end Taxes, with re. once—he asked only for and the i r ,In r orscdererta that the subject m ; b ight ut ference to their money value, anti the elect which such ,changes be fully gone into,result ascertained correctly have wrought upon all AI oney Contracts between individuals." whenever it was asked to revise Mr. Peel's Bill, it was Mr. RICARDO agreed in many of die principles laid down said that the landholders wanted to rid themselves of this by his Hon. Friend, but complained of the inferences he drew incumbrance, and were stigmatised as every thing that was from must of the facts he advanced. The only difference of dishonourable. The term ** equitable adjustment" had been -opinion between his Hon. Friend and himself was one of de. considered as equivalent to spoliation. The term had been much greet first, as to the amount of the depreciation of the cur• used by a popular writer of great talents ; but he believed it rency ; end next as to the alteration made by the change in was first used by the lion. Member for Norfolk (Mr. 'Wode. the value of currency in the price of .commodities. It was house), at a Pitt dinner ; and be believed that that lion. Mem. from seeing the evil consequences of the Bank of England, her was one of the last to be suspected, as an advocate for having such formidable power as it had, that he desired to see spoliation.--4A lauetugh.)— to It cash hadsaid, thatth wieturn e were it put an end to, and therefore was one of those that, most ar. pledged to a return ) payments on e of 'lowly pressed the Howes on to the adoption of some measure peace; but it never could be understood that this engage.. which should have the effect of restricting the inordinate issues rnent should be construed literally. Ile was satisfied that of that body, and bring about a restoration to the ancient injustice was worked every day that Mr. Peel's Bill continued standard of currency, front which they had so unfortunately in operation. Besides, the pledge in question was two-fold ; eleparted. But as to the opinions attributed to hint, as re. for it was as much to the debtor as to the creditor ; it could ;gaoled the fluctuation* in the value of gold, he appealed to not possibly be performed literally, with Nth to both panic& all who had heard him deliver his sentiments formerly, mind It wits said that the landholder haul received great benefit thug. to every writing which had issued from his pen, whether lie ing the war ; butt this statement could not bear upon the q.. ima. not always said that gold watt a commodity subject to don unlees it was conuinded duit the niterest Marquis)landlord wee the most extensive variations, to which it was impoesible °plumed to that of thefundholder. But he (the repeated to apply any prospective provisions. Then, in itios, h e that Inquiry was all that was asked, in order that both parties tad said, that 'if the diffirence between the va lue of p a p er might be made to feel the pressure alike. Be was prepared. and gold' was a difference only of tive'per cone, then the pate. however,. to contend that the landholder was a atilleree during ration that would be effected by the substitution of one article the war ; the depreciation, while it lasted, was total, and Ina s for the other would only be five . per cent. in the price of till terially affected the landholder. Ile could not deny that in. -commodities. . The value of the currency : would always be in justice would be done by an interference at the present day proportion to the quantity of it, end his project was always with Mr. Peel's Bill, het he believed duct few eontracts had to diminish the quantity to the exact extent of the ro ts been made since that period without, some regard to a doubt Alan. His opinion, however, had been given at that tints with of the principle of that Bill being retarded.—(Hear, hear 1) !the supposiuon that what was called Peel's 11111 was the one to But all tampering with the currency was injustice, and it was upaes, whereas the Bill actually carried ,was different from that the business of Government to make it fall as equally es pos.. measure. The charge against' him (Mr. Ricardo) was, that Bible. In the Year 11111, Mr. Henry Thornton (lie believed an gold had altered In value. It had so, but why a Ileceite; from orthodox authority) had questioned the right generally, to in. the manner of the passing of the Bill, the set their faces terfere with the currency, because the right once admitted, against the due execution of it. • 'They carried all the gold to the tempt ation to exercise it would often be irresistible, and the Mint, eagerly buying up all that Mile into the country with when exercised, would be always mischievous. The present a view to diminish the circulation. It was inexissible any one question raised two points; the first was, the revolution of pro could forme this. He complained of the omission of his petty, which was now working; the second referred to our If ononrable Friend to give them any insight into the effect foreign relations. As to the first, there could be no doubt of withdrawing so much gold from 'other countries of that if the old aristocracy were to be destroyed, its place would Europe. On, the contrary, he had rested his motion on be su pp lied, and the land would be filled as heretofore; and nothing but the alteration in the price of grain and of geld. it was not for hiinto say that the change would not be of advan. This country was en importing country for corn, and the Ho. tage. Yet he believed lion. Gentlemen would not persevere nourahle Member ought to have seen the absorption tit ca. in the present system, because it would destroy the aristo. vital for so long a period in agriculture, with abundant her- ceacy. The Noble Lord react a document to prove the country V.lita, had been the real cause of the fall of the price of corn.— Gentlemen were under a delusion in suppoeing that the price The question wail, whether the burthen upon the agriculturist of wheat had decreased in the progres of the different wars. was greater than the rest of the community bore. The lion. From documents which the Noble Lord read, it appeared that Gentleman seemed to think that the stockholder had benefited wheat had risen a fte r ever y p eace at the rate of five per cent.— by all the variations in the currency. ' But this was not the The country was notcondition to go to war—they were fact; it might have been so, hut it was net, He (Mr. Ricardo) crippled by ahe debt. A financial convulsion would be a niat. felt, assured lie should be able to 'thew that which the inock. ter of carteunty if ever the country engaged in an e x t en s i ve bolder had lost upon the 500 millionst'debt, before the depre. war. The landholder was against a war, because he knew in ,efetion commenced, was equal to the purchase' of an annuity, a state of national bankruptcy he must suffer, .and be extin. tantamount to the depreciation in the vette of the currency . — geisha Ministers could not aesumea high tone with relipeCt.to If it was so, the stockholder could have derived no be. war, well knowing that the state of the country might raise the u vent. (In the other hand, lie wait p r epared to maintaiii that question 'of the nationalconvinced ld , depreclated currency its they had since felt disadVantage.— upon a large , scale. Whilst there was no danger of wax they had ( flea, Iteetr 1)-11e contended, therefore, that the lion. Gentle. an opportunity of considering the subject. - Here he could not man's motion would in no respect benefit him' in the view avoi observing that the unprincipled attack on Spain could . -which lie took. His Hon. Fnena said, ed , the change in the not have taken place had England said no. Of the wickedness -, -value of the currency was thirty per cent. lie could not be- of the French Government no man could doubt, but us to the Bove it was any thing like so much as that. Ile dedneed this 'effectual reeLstance against that wickedness there was doubt. If .conclusion from the altered price of cOrn ; but if' it were really the Governinent of France established a new state of things in --such as he had stated it, would not the saute altertithm be vi. Spain, it would be an union of the two branches of the Bour. bible in all other commodities ? Would it not be apparent in bon family, and they would do what they : thought proper, the Probate and Legacy duties,. and 11i the ad vakremStainps? . The despotism of Spain would .remain . Th e Bourbons ,of Blithe found no such result. Then there was the general.3tate Spain would commitco the most oppressive acts, end th e s ee ; .of the Revenue, which dal not shear.ank such fact. His Hon. Mauls could is Whilst the French Bourbons were Friend asked tutu whether the country could now bear an ex. ready to second the rule of Ferdinand. The Minister of this eienditure of 74 millions. He ought rather te have asked whe. Governn,ent were bound to talk largely of go ar ; but ther, acconling to his own argnments, the country could holder that war could be Ilea on without tejury to the Fund. hear an expenditure of fill millions. ' His anewer, liowever, was ridiculous. Ile might, however; say, to use a we*, tiiat the country could how hoer' es much expendi. sOorting,expression, that Ministers,' considering the sorry jade • ture, as if the Hon. Member's wish Were `ceininlied , -with. they had to ride, had rode skilfully....The.Member., The alteretion, ef the value of the currency made no chiller. for Portarling, ton 113 d said, the balance of /ewe was egainst cartes in the aggregate power of die country. - They Might the fundholder ; he, however, strongly , suspected the balance piernie.e a depreciation to the currency to the extent of fifty was against the landholder. With regard to a remedy for the per cent. but even that. would in nu degree diminish the amount evil he thought an equitable arrangement of contract» would be of the country. It would cause , it to change hands, but that of lin a g e.adeao Another remedy was lowering the standard be. wee ell. Far be it from him to say lie would not deplore eny tweete a t west depreciation, and when there was such consequence, but so it suns, It had been advanced by no depreciation at all ; the other remedy was issuing bills as in twine that 'to depreciation of our curre ncy entailed the Go. King : Williinn's time, and altering the standard from gold to oernoierit to borrow money with More facility, and cootie. silver. '!'he last remedy had the countenance of a great States c uently carry on its operations with greater ease and vigour. man in the other branch of the Legislature. That Noble lord But such a proposition he depecated, and always should was known to be an advocate for a standar d of silver. Hie oppose. With regard to his ionourtible Friend , * nablirite ',hope was, th a t l a ndholders would not consent to a measure like time he confessed that he entertained very different opinions that under discussion which was to sweep them to beggary. from what he found recorded there. The H G Icon. e»tlemen bad Ministers should 'at least give that clues credit for a genuine here no reference to the money we had paid off in elle depre. love of country. dated currency. In the pamphlet published by the: Hon. Gen. Mr. Iticauno explained. tleman, he appeared to blame the Ministers as much es the Mr. A. DARING said he was anxious to say a few words in Whig*. With what grace, then, could the Hon. Gentlethen order to reconcile the vote he should give this night, with his come clown and blame the House for an alteration of five per vote oil the same subject on a former occasion. It was im. cent. when he himself would have supported measures Which possible to say, three years ago, that it was not a pioper time would have caused an alteration of a much greater extent ? to change the currency, but all must allowe it was a question The Hon. Gentleman bud himself, in the year 1010, urged in or flute. The Honourable Alember for Essex had done mitch that House die very argumente it.) had lately been good by agitating the question. Ile differed with both partiee advancing. if, therefore, he (Mr. It.) had acted upon'the in, on this subject. When the Bullion Committee made their re. structione of the lion. entleman, it really was a little too port, he agreed with the Chairman as to the evil, but he twits much to reproach him him it.—(A leugli.)—The Hon. Gen- fered with Tome& to the remedy. In the full tide of war it denten, in his same pamphlet, bad spoken of the fundbolder in absurd to talk of coming et once to Bank Payments. In pro. s which i Mr IL) did not like. He had eald that the portioe to the intricacies of the question, every Gentleman fundholder was a robber of who wrote or spoke on the subject, became obstinate in his l yte w y il m j ent - M cei.L . in 'case* to i the t ernan had particularly referred own opinion: None, however, pointed out the remedy. If the public. The Hon. Gen to the labourer; but the labourer had rat ier gamed than , nothing could be done what use, it was asked, ould it be lost by the present system- Besides, if an a . lteration of the cur. i to point out that person:lied been injured by past contracts? Toney affected the valued labour one way, a affected it equally Ile shld anstier, that it would be useful to elicit to*" in another. Then the Hon. Alember contended that the Bank and hod land marks, as it were, for posterity. He be ' had increased their issues, merely becausul.he dr d thought it would be an act of jostice to posterity to erase a, leaderpaeenantlie.e delusions on the subject which appeared on their Journals. Ii t woobillions to the Goverinnent to pey off the Hut if, as appeared to be the case by the returns, the Govern -writings of' the Hon. Member for Portarlington should be to.mt, out the other hand, contracted their issues to the atnotint ~read by posterity, it would appear that great delusions had of twoinillions as to the rest of the community, what possible been peactis b ed on the country. fie objected to going into a e tsra e reteco eotild it make ? Ile gave every credit to the Hon. Committee because no practical good could be expected, but 1.0 often felt that a crying injustice had "been ractised to persons not knowing what was to happen to them: to persons who were innocent as to the effect which a change in the currency might produce. The Noble Lord had exposed to the House what the result of tampering with the currency had pro- . alma He was one who Was desirous of supporting the Aristocracy as a part of the constitution ; but the Aristo- Crecy • were not the only persons injured. The case of private persons and poor farmers was distressing; many had been reduced to beggary, without understanding the invisible hand by which they had been struck down. What was the cause of the depreciation ? His Honourable Friend would ad mit of none but the difference between gold and - paper. When they turned out all the gold and silver, and used only paper, gold and silver were depreciated. The first depreciation of the precious metsds was the discovery of the mines in Ame rica : the next was the Banking system. 'Pule aliole empire of Russia, the empire of - Austria, and other. States, also re sorted to paper currency. The depreciation had been occa sioned by the paper system, which was generally resorted to by the most unjust Governments. Formerly when he proposed to go into a Committee it was in the idea that the House might go into the question of the silver currency without any in justice. Many of the evili had been imputed to the Right Honourable Gentleman's Bill ; he really thought the country would have felt the same difficulties if the 11111 had not passed. The Honourable Member for Portarlington said, there was no depreciation of personal property because the probat duty had not decreased. 'The depreciation was felt by indlvi, duals, and the rise or fall of the probat duties afforded no proof that private property bad not suffered. If they were to go into an adjustment of debts it would lead to endless inquiry. On the great question of silver, which he was desirous of intro ducing some years ago, ,he felt it important, because . gold cur: rency would not carry on a war. Before two campaigns they would have recourse to:paper. If they had a silver currency they would have a probability of returning to paper. The Bank would o better to work With silver. That circulation would have given them the ancient circulation of' the country, In IVA the change to a silver standard would have given relief, and the. evils which,ensited might have been avoided. He en tered his protest against tampering with the currency. Mr. WODEHOINF, use to speak. "Lord FOLKSTONE however rose at the sante inotnent, and moved to adjourn the debate to this day. Mr. CANNING proposed Tuesday. A conversation then ensued between Mr. Bnotraupf, Sir J. MACKINTOSH, Mr. G. BE N NET, and others, on the subject of the business which stood on order. Mr. CANNING finally gave up his opposition, in considera tion of Mr. Western haVing yesterday given way to his Right Hon. Friend. ' The Debate was then adjourned till this day, and the motion of which Mr. lIUME had given notice, was postponed to the ith instant. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the 'Cuss adjourned at Two o'CLocx. this Morning. • PARIS PAPERS. [Prom the Pikte of Tuesday.] PUYCERnA, MAY 31.—They write to us from Vich, under dateof the Sth, that at day-break, on the ‘26th, Min's, with 3,000 infantry and 300 cavalry, attacked that town, which at the time contained but few troops., Both sides 'fought with great fury for , six liours, Zorraquin, chief of Mina's staff, was severely wounded, and Mina, with 3,000 men, moved in the direction of La Pobla.—During the whole of the Mh we were in the greatest alarm here (at Puycerda), having been informed that the army of Mina was at La Pobla and Bagun. 'We were ignorant of the cause of his retreating upon that point, and knew not whether he would take the direction of Puycerda or the Seo. We were not informed of the real state or things until about eight o'clock at night. NVe then 'learned that Mina, after the affair at Vich, had taken the direction of La Pobla, followed by the Baron d'Eroles. W e learned on the morning of the 30th, that he thought on OA 29th of moving on the Seu, by 13agua end Fournes, and that a part of the divi sion of Lieutenunt•General Donnadieu had ap peared in the direction of Berga. In the night of the 30th we' were informed that the Baron d'Eroles had tirrived at Bagua; that Mina had posted hitnse,lf at Fournes, part of his army being in that town, part at Touchen, and part at Cornellan. JUNE is certain that 'Willa entered la Seo d'Urgel last night. PritemNAN, JUNE L—Affairs in Catalonia assume a serious aspect, Few days have passed since the 22d May without some fighting. We have seen arrive here to-day prisoners taken in the number of 29., not in several. engagements, to ...... . who came in a • carriage cluding three o Merl, called a lartanne; they are nil well clothed.--- Two other prisoners, said to be 1. - ench officers, gn legion, have been belonging to th - forei gn de tained at Gerona, doubtless to be. tried there.— Among the three Spanish officers is •an orderly otlicer of Milaw, who fell into the hands of the bth mounted chasseurs, when bearing some orders from his general. TEIAGRA PARIS, JUNE 9. PHIC DISPATCH. TILEIWAJOIt-GENERAL TO .lIIS EXCELLENCY THE .3IINI. • STEIt OF WAR. 31Annin, JUNE 9.—TEN • " A -reconnoissance of General La Roche Jacquelin over threw on the 2d of .Tme a corps of the enemy of a thousand men, near Astorga. It killed and wounded 30, end took 150 prisoners among whom area Major-General and a Lieutenant- Colonel." [frorn the journal de Pori: of Monday.], ,4 „ DECLARATION. " We Louis Antoine d'Artois , son of France, Duke of An gouleme, General-in-Chief of the French Army in Spain ; In pursuance of. our Decree of the 23d instant; directing that the Councils of Cistile and the Indies be convoked, for the purpose of proceeding te the election of the members rho should form the Regency of the kingdom ' "In pursuance or' the TesellitiOn‘ adopted by,tlfe Asitembled Councils, under the same date, purporting that the Councils did not consider themselves authorized by the laws of the kingdom tu` elect a Regency, txtft that they thought it their duty to pre sent to us a list of did persons who appeared to them the most proper for that high office " In pursuance of .the list presented' to us on the 24th, in execution of this resblution, and containing the following names, " The Duke of Infantado; the Duke of Montcmart, the Baron d'Eroleti, the 'Bishop of Osnt, Don "Antonio Gomez Calderon ; " We declare in the name of his Majesty . the' King of France, our Lord and Uncle,, that we recognize the above named Members as eimiposing the Regency of the kingdom, during the captivity of his Majesty King Ferdinand VII. " Given at our head-quarters, Madrid May 25. " LOUIS ANTOINE. (Countersigned) "DE MARTIGNAC, Councillor of State and Chit -Commissioner of Ids Most . Christian Majesty." (EXTRACT or A LETTER rim)!. SEVILLE.) SEVILLE, MAY 22.—Geueral Villa Campa will embark to morrow in a steam-boat for Cadiz. It is supposed that he is charged with the necessary preparations for the King'ii re ception. A small 'vessel has been seized in the Guadalquiver, which, it is thought, was intended for tarrying off the Kin ; in c o n . sequence of which all the guards in the palace were doubled. The dispositions of the people still continue to be excellent. Those engaged in maritime pursuits are equally animated with the b e st spied. The English Ambassador hasuffered an asylum in Gibraltar for such Members of Cortes as are most exposed. [From the Con4ttntionnel.l PARIS, JUNE 9-.—Every thing is now a matter for boasting. 'rhe Etude relates that a courier coming from Madrid, was stopped in Spain by two highway robbers, who limited themselves to taking his money, leaving lam his dispatthes, fearing that the loss of them would be injurious to the service of King Ferdinand and the brave French army." Thus the .1340i1e does honour to the King of Spain and to our army ) by the defe rence shown its their favour by the highway robbers. Clan the blindness of party spirit go farther ? The Journal des Dads says, without giving any date, that it was strongly rumoured at Seville that several Members of the Cortes had taken flight, that the regiment of Marines had as sured the King that no harm should happen to him, and that lie should not be compelled to quit Seville against his inclination: These state ments have some connection with the reports cir culating here the evening before last, that some Members of the Cortes, who were accused of hav- ing been gained over by the French, had endea voured to escape, and that there had been much difficulty in rescuing them from the fury of the militia. It is necessary to add, that we give these reports, not as certain, but in consequence of having met with several individuals disposed to give credit to them. I From the Journal des Debatt.l STOCKHOTaI, MAY 30.—According to a determination of the King of the 13th of April, all vessels and merchandize be. longing to Prussia, introduced into Norway, or sent thither, shall be considered as the vessels and merchandize of privileged nations, and treated as such with reference to the. duties of Cus toms [From pie Courier Francais:l (EicrnacT or A PRIVATE LETTER.) .• ",,FRANKFQIIT, J u >it 4.—There has been much talk here for 'some 'days of a considerable loan, to be negociated under the guarantee of the high Powers composing the Holy Alliance, in favour of the Regency established by France at Madrid. It is stated that it is again the house of Rothschild which is to. have the management of this undertaking, and that all the pre paratory arrangements are already made. The final repay ment of this loan will become a charge upon Spain when the ancient regime shall be restored. The Baron de Rothschild, who is here, has received a courier from Cassel, where he is summoned on importantbusiness. There is to be immediately a meeting at Paris of several brothers of this commercial house, Which now plays the first character in all the financial opera tions of the great and little powers of Europe." TRIESTE, MAY 17.—Letters from Corfu of the 7th, and from Zante of the 11th' instant, give intelligence from the Morea. It would appear from these letters, that since the instal lation of the. new Greek Government, disunion has taken place amongst the former Chiefs. Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti, who was lately hailed as the Liberator of Greece, has been de prived of all his functions. The formidable Colocotroni has resisted even by force the new Government, and he now makes war upon his own account, but his corps of troops are ! considerably reduced, and he has, it is said, only 300 men retraining. The prospect of considerable' gain still induces several Cap tains of vessels, under different flags, to attempt to enter the in' order to convey provisions to the famished g P a O r r r t is o o f n P . a t i r , our large Greek vessels blockade the port, but they cannot always prevent,_ In bad weather, some succours from get ing in. The Greeks have, however, lately seized twelve yes eels, which attempted to enter ; amongst them is an Egyptian vessel laden at Alexandria. • The Greeks have sent their prizes to Missolunghi. Pants, JUNE 9.—The positions in which the five divisions have been stationed' by hlarshal Moncey, are less hazardous than those occupied by General Curial, and there is no longer any apprehension of a repetition of the affair of Mataro ; but it ie o u r would he better; perhaps, not to pass Cardaden, or to occupy (Inmates, except by an advanced guard. The Marshal says, that the 3d and 10th divisions will be in a situation to com municate rapidly with each other ; but he tells us, a few lines o N el " l i so c e l w i ti a ht n y i n l ul O rug l po o a t ,n . anth N dis o w w thi ll en l ot in ,en a, froera w mt h ,w o afterwards, that the whole of the 10th division is in the pur suit calebnocottu.rcteudtopyt told us a o n n d th tl e ia t t st it in i s s ta t n h t e , b:t as tal i i 3 o u n li s ue o d f , t i h w e o 9 rd th i d n ivis han io d n , less hdeo u D m o ba n ty: blen le h n o ce eral is still escape, without a miracle, cannot perhaps give any aid to the troeps left in the environs of Barcelona. It is impossible to anticipate thee projects of 'Mina. Will he fall upon the detachments left in Cerclagne ? Will he make a turn, , and disturb the troops. which blockade Figuents and llostidrich ? Will he only endeavour to and avoid the . ' combat which is unceasingly offered him ? Future events must give the answer. Ilia rapid marches—his sudden and unexpected appearance upon distant points—the harsh mea- Attires with which he is reproached, tend to intimidate our partisans, and render more difficult the overthrow of the Con stitutional Government of Catalonia. We know that a Regency has been established at Madrid, but we do not yet know the intentions of this Regency. If its intention is to restore the ancient regime such as it was, it may easily be conceived that the Catalonians will not expose themselves to great dangers in order to obtain the douceurs of despotism, and the favours of the inquisition. The Etoile stated some days since that a revolution had broken out at Seville. The Spanish Journals, of a date later than that of this alleged event, state, on the contrary, .that the Cortes were pursuing their labours with tranquillity, and that the new Ministry proceeded with con fi dence in the Constitu tional path. The L`toile renewed the same manoeuvres yesterday evening. It we are to believe what it states, Seville has de clared against the removal of the King to Cadiz; has declared that it will neither receive his Majesty nor his Government; scarccly can the Cones find at Gibraltar a refuge which has been offered them by Sir William A'Court. Moreover all the towns of Spain have sent in their submission—L'Abisbal is in France.-Morillo and Ballasteros have abandoned the cause, and Mina alone remains to defend it, acting merely upon his own account. It appears to us that instead of, giving credit to such improbable tales, it would be much better for the Mini sterial Journal to give faithful extracts from the Spanish Pa pers, which they, receive more regularly than the Opposition journals. If affairs were in the state which they would - have us believe, the Seville journals could not so much disguise the truth as to render us unable to discover it in their narratives, but Who - would still believe' in such fanfaronnades if it were not the interest of some speculators that such accounts should be fabricated ? (PRIVATE COIIRESPONDENCE.I PERPIGNAN, JUNE, 3.—The military train set out to-day for the army, and it is impossible that within eight days hence the grandest strokes will ruit take place in Catalonia. After Mina's defeat in the affair of the 26th, he retreated to La Poubla de Lillet, whence he went to Rags, with the inten tion of moving on the fort of Cardona, where it is said he has stores and treasures. • Not being able to accomplish his plan by the opposition of Vicomte Donnadieu, and by the fear of meeting the French troops, he left Baga on the 29th May, at ten o'clock at night, and moved on Tosa and Fournouls. On the 30th, at nine In the morning, Baron d'Broles arrived at Bags' with his division of 7,000 men (4,000 Spaniards and 3,000 French) continually following up 41ina as ;lose as possible, for Iwo* gave an hour's repose to his troops ; he continued to fondly the' tracks of the Spanish Sertorius. By authentic information from the Seo d'Urgel, Mina was at Fournouls, only four hours from Urgel, on the night of the 30th. His position was so critical in regard to provisions, that he was forced to ask the Governor of the forts of Urgel for bis. cult and rice, which was sent him by the commandant the same night, between eleven and twelve o'clock. On the 31st, Bliss arrived at is Sen d'Urgel with his divi- sion, composed of about 2,000 to 2,500 men;and we are assured that Baron d'Eroles is still in pursuit of him. tieneral Romagosa reports, that no idea can be formed of the' enthusiasm that pervaded the population of Vique, at the last attack of this town by Mina's division. This revolutionary, chief was so certain of succeeding in the attack, on account of his superiority in numbers, that he had written on the same day to Barcelona that he was going to dine at Vique, that he would arrest sixty of the principal royalists, and, after restoring the stone of the Constitution, he would cut off the heads of four of the most violent Royalists, and ix them to La Neva (statite of Liberty, at the top of the pillar.) But these plans were coon• teracted by the devoted courage of the troops and the enthusiasm of the inhabitants, anti particularly of four volunteer companies formed lately in the town. The ladies of all ages and the,com mon people carried every where to our soldiers supplies of bread, wine, brandy, powder, and ammunition; some of them were seen loading the guns, and tearing the cartridges, that the soldiers might lose no time. General Romagosa adds, that 50 horsemen would have been of eminent service, and destroyed the enemy's rear. SOMNOLENCY.—The son of Abel Moore, ag e d eight years, of the Rota! Oak, in West-street, Chichester, on Sunday night, nt halt parr ten o'clock, rose from his bed on the second - floor, and passed through a large room ; he then opened the window and got over a frame containing flower.. pots, and descended into the street without injury ; being all the while asleep. 'l'wb persons, who witnessed the circum stance, awoke the youth,. and re-conducted him into the house.. * ~•4 ~,,, , . 4- VF *C I IS:64 *- 's.:,fl: ttZ, VA' W * * MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. - Monday, June 16, LONDON, Nos. - 14, 15, 293, 308. COUNTRY. Nos. 20, 72, 102, 219, 311, 368, 423, 455, 509, 510, 521, 553, 583. --.-17, lioxnox. Nos. 33, 42, 266. COUNTRY. Nos. 127, 151, 167, 170, 184, 199, 385, 471, 497, an, 4.32, 544, 551. Wednesday, - 18, I.° NDO N. Nos. 36, 66 . 92, 134, 20; 274, 290, iO9. COUNTRY. Nos. 95, 105; 124, 126, 120, 146, 207, 229, 339, 342, 4110, 465, 468, 480, 487, 529, 5 77, 5 81, 608, 678, 690, 705, 711. Thursday, 19, LoNDoN. Nos. 65, 128, 152, 388. House Coin. Fern. Sch. at 11. COUNTRY. Nos. 48, 70, 113,171, 214, 288, 416, 453, 466, 469, 511, 510, 560, 564 642, - 679. a - 20, LoNnow. No. 493. Cot; NTR Y. Nos. 30, 55, 19,1, 470, .638, 550, 600, 640, 655, 709. - 21, LONDON. •• • COUNTRY. Nos. 64, 358,. 075. IRELAND. Monday, June 16, Conic. No. 67. Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 11013 E OF COMMONS. Mercuri!, 11 die j isni i, 1823. GAS LICHIT ESTRLISHMEHTS —Bill to be read it second _ time s on Monday., I I.; c Losunt—Congerston (Leicester) Bill reported. to bein.. LONDON SEWERS LIMERICK TAXATION • grossed.. CosiPANT—Lontlen Dock—Petition for leave to present is Petition for a Bill referred to a Committee. EsTAT.Es—Romilly:s—Bill' read a second time, and commit ted. Philanthropic Society—Bill read a third tour, Ana passed. Cost: DUTlES—Petition from Kenwyn (Cornwall), against the Ditties on Coals carried coastwise. ELECTION'S (Ireland) —Bill read a third time, and passed. OCCASIONAL FREEiIOLDERS DlLL—COMlllittee deferred till Tuesday. • COUNTY COURTS—Further consideration of Report put off' for six months. ASSESSORS AT ELEc.Tross—Second reading of the Bill tie. ferred from Friday to Monday next. DISTILLERIES (Scotland and Ireland) ACTS—The following Resolutions reported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to be brought in : " 1. That it is expedient that the Duties on Spirits distilled from Corn or Grain, and on Licences.to distil the same in Scot • land and Ireland, should be made equal, and that the regale. t elo o n n s an fb a r t3tranCuoflaclectutiroenooffstutehsasipdirDitsu,tat, fanordotrutlarieeDhoististilinlag. thereof without payment of Duty, should be assimilated in Scotland and Ireland. "2. That so much and such parts of the several Acts in force in Scotland and Ireland respectively, for granting any Duty on Wash or Spirits made or distilled from Corn or Grain, or upon Licences for keeping 'Stills for distilling such Spirits, or, for regulating the Distillation of such Spirits, as relate to the persons licensed to distil such Spirits or keep such Stills, or to the making or distilling such Spirits, or to the granting or charging any Duty upon any such License, or on the 'Wash or Spirits made or distilled by such persons, or . to the allowing any Drawback on such Spirits exported to Foren,ni_ Parts, or to the warehousing such Spirits without payment of duty, should be repealed. "3. Tl.at within and through Scotland and Ireland, repet tively, there shall be granted, raised, levied, collected and paid, every gallon English wine - mea sure of S p irits, of a strength not h t e h i a r t s s a n t d o s m u ty c — c e s i s . o u rs, r a n t h d e usepvoen less than the strength of ten p er cent. over p roof, of Spirits r u a n i to ro t t l i t ti e e r o e f o li f hisxcist i rajblelsotwy made or distilled from any Wort or Wash brewed or made from Malt, or from Corn or Grain, malted or unmated, or any mixt ur e thereof, the sum of 2 s . 6 d . B ritish currenc y .—For and upon every license to any person to keep arty Still or Stills for the purpose of ma kin g or distillin g an y such S p irits, the sum: o f 101. British currency." «4. That' upon the exportation of any such Spirits from Scotlan o Ireland to any place except Great Britain, there shall be d a ll owed the , following Drawbacks; —Upon every such gallon of such Spirits, which shall have been warehoused with out payment of Duty, the sum of 3d. British currency.—Upon every rtiucl gallon of such Spirits which shall have paid the whole du t y l of Excise thereon, the sum of 2s. lid. "3 . . That upon every such gallon of such Spirits which shall be distilled from Wort or Nash made from malted Corn only (not being malted Oats) without any mixture of malted Oats or any =naked Corn or Grain, there shall be allowed anti paid to the Distiller thereof the sum of Is: in respect of the Duty on such Malt. "6. That no License shall be granted to any Distiller in Scot land or Ireland, to have, keep, 'or make use of any Still - which Omit be of a less capacity or content than 40 gallons. "7. That it is expedient that every Distiller or Maker of Spirits in Scotland and Ireland respectively, should be permit ted to warehouse the Spirits made or distilled by such Distiller, without payment of the Duty of Excise chargeable thereon; and that the Duties of Excise chargeable on such Spirits shall be payable and paid on their being taken out of warehouse for home-consumption." ItEciritoerrir or DUTIES—The following Resolutions re ported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to be brought in " 1. That his Majesty be authorised, by Order in Council, to declare, that the Importation or Exportation of Merchandize in Foreign Vessels may take place upon Payment of the like Duties, and with ;the like Drawbacks, Mounties, and Allow-. once!, as are payable or pawed upon similar Alerchandize when imported or exported in British Vessels from or to Countries in which no other Duties ate charged, or Drawbacks, Bounties, and Allowances, granted on the Importation or Exportation of Merchandize in British Vessels, than are charged or granted upon such Mercliantlize when 'imported or exported in Vessels of such Countries. " 2. That his Majesty be authorised, by Order in Council, to direct the levying and charging of additional Duties of Customs, or, the withholding . of any Drawback, Bounties, or Allowances, upon Merchandize Imported or exported into orfrom the United Kingdom, in Vessels belonging to ant' Country in which higher Duties shall have been levied, or smaller Drawbacks, Bounties' , or Allowances, granted upon Merchandize when imported into or exported from such Country in British Vessels, than aro' ,levied orgranted upon similar Merchandize when imported or exported in Vessels of such Coudtry." NOTICES OF 1110TIONS PAX. 1. Mr. Fowell Buxton—Motion relutivo to the cuptun 'ate' ship Requin by Capt. Ogilvie.' „ • 2. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill to consolidate and amend the Law' respecung Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland). • ORDBItS of the DAY for TIIIS DAY. 1. Great Sessions in Wales Bill—Second Readingr 2. Juries (Scotland) . Bill—Second Reading. 4: Tithes Composition (behind) Bill—Committee.- 4. Tests. Regulation Bill—Second Reading. • Resumption'of Cash Payments—Adjourned Debate. O. Transference of Securities (Scotland) BilL.:-Third Reading/ 7. London Bridge Bill—Committee. 8. Commutation of Tithes (Ireland) Bill—Committee.. 9. Irish Law Courts Compensation Bill—Third Reading.. 19. Commercial Credit (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 11. Unlawful 'Oaths (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration or • Report. 12. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill--Committee. IS. Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 14. Post Horse Duties Bill--. Second Reading. la. Assessed Taxes Composition' Bill—Second Reading. 16. Brimstone Duties Drawback Bill—Second Reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Friday, June 13. Mr. Berries--Bill to extend Acta for distribution of M onti in cases of Captures made by Foreign Ships or Forces in conjunction with his Majesty's. Tuesday, June 17. 1. Mr. Grattan—Moti o n respecting' Pipe Water and Metal Main Accounts in the City of D u blin. Deferred. from June 12. 2. Mr. Hume—Late Promotions in the Navy. Wednesday, June M t. Mr. Brougham—Motion on Petition from Roman Catho• lies of Ireland, on abuses in the administration of Justice • in Ireland. • Mr. Alderman Wood—Motion relative to Crown LOW o f Llanllechid Slate Quarries to Mr. • Dawkins Pennant.' Deferred from June 12, .