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therefore he ( Sir John Elley) was not surprised at the re sl;lt that had taken place. He was convinced that the Auxiliary Legion dad not occupy more ground in the Spanish territory that it did when it landed on the coast.— ( Hear. ) What ad vantage then had the Spanish Government gained by ihe ex penature by the British Government of between 500,0001 and 600,000/. in the shape of military stores? The Gallant Ge neral commanding that force had done all that could be dune tinder the circumstances of the case, and with such materials NS he had ; and he defied any man in the same situation as General Evans to have done more than he had done. He liteply lamented the situation in which that Gallant Officer hid been placed, for his own Fake, but what had taken place had not in the slightest degree tarui,Aied the glory pf his arms, because he never could or should consider the Legion in a state of discipline, or as an efficient force for military purposes. But how disgraceful must be the nature of the service when out of the twenty or thirty British officers engaged when the auxiliary force embarked, and who had previously served in the regular army of country, only two or throe remained with it. It was impossible to get men to a proper state of discipline who were not regurarly fed, as the officers lost due authority over them. Ile was convinced, after the hardships their men had been exposed to, notwithstanding any Orders in Council that might be issued, not a man would again enter the force as a recruit. He must also say that he deeply re gretted the cruelties in which some portion of the Legion bad indulged, as be had ever regarded the kind treatment a wounded enemy as one of the brightest attributes of a soldier.—( The Hon. and Gallant Member made some further observations which were inaudible in the Gallery.) Oa the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the debate was adjourned to-morrow. The other orders were then read, and the House adjourned at a quarter to one: PIIIC}.B oh' STOCt:S 1 HI , DAY AT ONE O'CLLCK. flank S.,,eic. 3 per Cent. lied. c3l',, ; 3 !.i ,:iitto Ponds 3B 41 39 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons 9 !!%•,:,; . South Sea Stock ..... ............. 34, per Cent..........._ ....... — ! ffil Annnitics ............ ......... Ditto Red.... ..... . .... ...... 9 7 14 % !NeS , Ditto ---- ..... ......... New 3% pe- Ccrt 98%5, i 3 per rent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent.. Bank LungAnnuitiestoexpire !Ditto ...... .........500 ... 40 43 pm. Jan 5, ITO l4 9-16%% ' Ditto Small , oct ~, iSS , I — Ditto Cornmercal ...... ... pm. Jotn 5, 1 .611 l4 13-1831 Ditto Atirertises!... ......... pm , Jan. 5, 88 — Bank Stock for Acc0unt......... April 5, II :kr Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Acconnt ....... ~...80 , 1041 o.nnium PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONN O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Be!gian Bonds Ditto Account... Brazilian Bond. Ditto Account Buenos A yres Bonds Ditto Account Chillian Bonds ......... —' Peruvian Bonds — 0~ Ditto Account ...... - Portuguese Bonds - Ditto Accimmt - Ditto New Bonds 47► —' Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent. 3 0 14 , Prussian Bonds Ditto Account ......... C &million Bon& Ditto Acrauto ........ Columbian Bonds, '824. Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account ............ Ditto Metall.c Spanish Bonds Ditto Account titnifh Bonds ....... DI U , Account s . Greek Bonds_ . Ditto Account —. Ditto Bonds. 1831. 2'2% 3Vi - Ditto Acconnt ¶i 3%'i French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —, flitto Bondi, 1825 Ditto Account ........ Maxican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account ........... Neapolitan .......... 4 per cent. ...... « —f —c. 3 per cent. —f• —c Exchange —f. c Dutch, 2;4 per cent. Ditto Account - Ditto, 5 per cent ..... . —99% 100% Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Railway 2 0 1 4 Great Western Railway Company 4O 46 39g, London and Birmingham Railway Company 75 97 6 London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 19g, London and Southampton Railway Company 35 15'4 Mexican and South American 5 6 Ditto New.......... _ COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.F. 12 66 1N GE YESTERDAY. Leghorn.... 47 Genoa 'X :20 .................... 3 1 Venice 47 Naples 39 Palermo per oz. 119 Li5b0n,.........««..52b Oporto Rio Janeiro 2B Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight I is Cork 156 Ditto, at sight ........». . .. .... 12 4 Rotterdam U. 12 Antwerp... Hamburg. . ...... 13 14 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 I'o Ditto ....................:2 Us 26 5 Marseilles. Frankfort On Maine, Ex. M 154% Petersbuigh, ruble .3 Us. 10 0 Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2M.W 22 Trieste ditto lO 24 Madrid 34K Carli z PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ Portugal Gold, coin .£0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 15 Bilboa . r - eTei ----------- 3 5 Seville l5 New ..... . .:. : 0 4 95i Gibraltar Silver. bars, standard 0 0 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. min,ites after I. I Evening 6 minutes after 9 The publication of THE SoN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. NEW NAVAL NOVEL. In 3 vols. post Bro., GENTLEMAN A NAVAL STORY. J A C K; By the Author of " Cavendish," &e. WILL BE .PUBLISHED TO-MORROW. Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 0 4 ..,.. ~.d. ~e4 A , vto .. .. ,. .::: y.,,i „an„,...7 #541). r ~,,_•- ' .%X .• - ' OA / '. - ,.._ . ,i 11 M, ' Zt-Wd. titi .. • , .‘ at ' ii LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1837 The debate on the subject of Spain was again ad journed last night. As it " progresses," it deepens in importance, for it is evident that the Tories are making it a thorough party question—in fact, a mere trial of strength. But what a humiliating figure do they cut throughout the discussion ! What their leaders may say this evening, we cannot venture to an ticipate ; but if it be any thing like what has been already said by their minor speakers; it must indeed be a deplorable exhibition of factious feeling. Hitherto, whatever faults the Tories may have had to answer for, they hare never shown themselves wanting in a manly zeal for the honour of their countrymen ; but now we find them willing, and even eager, to sacrifice them on the altar of their ambition. They can find nothing to praise in the British Legion ; its gallantry is either kept wholly in the back-ground, or just coldly anJ briefly alluded to, for the sake of keeping.up appearances ; while its in subordination, its state of destitution, its mutinous disposition, are brought forward in an exultYig tone ; and expatiated upon with an emphasis that w . meld al most lead one to suppose that these were the only qua lities for which the Legion was distinguished. Is this generous—is this in accordance with the old spirit of Toryism Would they have founded their chief hopes of a triumph on the abuse of their gallant, much-injured countrymen ? Not so—they would have spurned a victory achieved by such un worthy means ! Deprive our modern Tories of the arguments which they derive from the disas ters of the Legion, and their cause has not a leg to stand on. And after all, what do these arguments amount to ? Why, simply to this, that the Legion has not yet achieved, what it was scarcely pos sible, under the untoward circumstances of the case, that it should have achieved ; that it has been unlucky, therefore it is guilty ; that on one occa sion it did not make a sufficient stand against an overwhelming force, therefore it is unfit to repre sent the heroism of the English character. Are we exaggerating facts ? Hear Sir 11. HARDINGE'S own explanation. "Broken down," said he, "as the Legion was by misfortune, and latterly disorganized by a mutinous spirit, they no longer constituted a force capable of representing the gallantry of this country." So then, misfortune is synonimous with cowardice ; and only while an army is in the full ca reer of victory, is it. qualified to represent the national heroism ! No allowance is to be made for circumstances—no pity to be extended to the unfortunate—no opportunity allowed them to retrieve their situation ; they must be disgraced and recalled at once, otherwise the national honour will be tarnished. And do the Tories imagine for an instant that the country will go with them in these opinions ? If they do, they will find themselves egregiously mistaken, as to-night's result will show. But why did they not bring forward the subject before ? Why wait till now ? We will tell them why. Because they fancied that the Go vernment was shaking, and that this question would give the last blow to its popularity. The train had been already laid by the Bishops in the House of Lords ; and the Spanish question was meant to be the torch that was to fire it, and blow the Minis try to atoms. But Government need not dread the hos tility of the Tories. It has a formidable sound, but it is very harmless. It will not bear consideration. Read but the Tory speeches, and you are at once supplied with an antidote to the venom of the party. Stripped of all its verbiage, and all its sophistry, their sole argument amounts to just this, namely—that the course of policy which Ministers are pursuing towards Spain CHANCERY cbuRT.—(THIS DAY.) Due Arrived. Due Arrived. Due Arrived 0 America.......... 0 2 France.....—..... 0 - I Lisbon 0 lirazil 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena ..... 0 0 Holland 1 Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden .. 0 0 Randers is liberal, and therefore opposed in every essential par ticular to their creed. Its triumph is their annihila !ion. Hence their clamour against it. Yet they show no want of tact in the conduct of their opposition. They keep clear of Don CARLOS, and would fain have it believed that they repudiate his principles and abhor his cruelties, at the very moment when they arc advocating a motion, whose chief object is to remove all obstacles that may prevent him from ascending, the throne of the Spanish Bourbons. Honest men I Most consistent and conscientious Statesmen We trust that all the friends of Ministers will make a point of giving their attendance to-night in the House of Commons.' Let none absent himself, for much depends on the result of the present discussion. If it be carriA by the Opposition, then farewell to all hope of peace for Ireland I Farewell to the Church • rates, and every - other sensible, practical measure of Re form, and welcome instead the sway of chicanery and humbug ! But we need not be apprehensive on this score. Ministers will be sure to defeat their oppo nents, and by such a majority as will compel Sir R. PEEL to put off' his visit to the Promised Land of Office to the Greek Kalends. He has now, like Moses, a Mount Pisgah view of it, but like Moses, he will never get further. He will die, just in sight of it. A brief discussion, which may lead to very im portant results, took place in the House of Commons last night on the subject of a breach of privilege com mitted by the True Sun, in publishing extracts from certain evidence taken before the Poor-law Committee previous to the presentation of the Report of such Committee to the House of Commons. Had Lord JOE-IN RUSSELL, by whom the subject was formally brought before the House, complained merely of some error, or misrepresentation of the purport of the evidence by the Journal referred to, we should leave to our Con temporary—as we always do on such occasions—the task of accounting for any mistake or inadvertence into which it might have fallen. But when we find the Noble Lord prepared to make an assumed or imputed breach of privilege on the part of the True Sun the pound of a motion which may seriously affect the Liberty of the Press, the question is no longer one of an isolated or individual character ; and it becomes our duty to deal with it as endangering the existence of a great principle, which constitutes the main bulwark of our liberties, civil and religious. We repeat, we have nothing whatever to do with the question as far as regards the particular breach of privilege imputed to our Contemporary. We published no part of the evidence taken before the Poor-law Committee, and simply because we could not have done so without ex cluding from our columns what we considered more important matter. But this is not the question. Lord JOHN RUSSELL pronounces the publication of such evidence to constitute a direct breach of the. privileges of Parliament ; and he has given notice that he will to-morrow move the following Resolution on the sub ject :—" That according to the undoubted privileges of this House, and for the due protection of the pub lic interest, the evidence taken by any Select Committee of this House and documents presented to such Com mittee, and which have not been reported to the House, ought not to be published by any Member of such Committee, or by any other person." Now were this motion only to include evidence taken before Secret Committees, appointed to inquire into the management of any department of the public service, in which the character of private individuals might be involved, or which might in any way unduly affect public credit, we would not offer the slightest objection to it. In a country the pecuniary affairs of which are so complicated as ours—and in a Monarchy, where it sometimes be comes necessary to institute delicate inquiries relative to the conduct of persons in high station, in order to restrain the executive power within constitutional bounds—occasions will arise when secrecy on the part of the Legislature becomes a duty. But to extend such a doctrine to all inquiries by the House of Commons, would defeat the very purpose for which Parliamentary Committees are appointed. Does Lord JOHN RUSSELL, or any other Member of the Government suppose, that if all knowledge of the proceedings of Parliamentary Committees were kept from the public till each had laid its huge blue folio on the table of the House of Commons, the people of this country would care a farthing for their contents ? If the Noble Lord and his Colleagues entertain such an impression, we beg to tell them that it is a most erroneous one. The apartment in which we sit is lumbered with such documents ; but except the por tion of their contents which we published while the respective Committees were sitting, they are to us and the public quite valueless. We might publish them indeed, but nobody would read them. A Tory journalist has devoted a considerable por tion of this morning's leisure to a philosophical inves tigation of certain political phenomena, which occasion much perplexity to him and to the school of which he is a disciple. The main problem which he endeavours to solve is the continuance in office of the present Mi nisters ; and after much laborious and ingenious speculation, he confesses himself perfectly at a loss to discover any one satisfactory reason for the MELBOURNE Administration's remainin ,, in power. According to the logical principles laid down by the highest Tory authorities, he makes it as clear as the sun at noon-day, that Sir R. PEEL and his associates ought to be now in the occupation of the Treasury Benches. If this be so, is it too much to ask why these gentlemen are not there ? Is it any insuperable objection, on.their part, to undertake the cares and toils of office, that stands in the way of this happy consummation ? That will scarcely be alleged after the desperate adventure of 1834, and the late " wha-wants-me" advertisement put forth by Sir ROBERT in the House of Commons. Is it the predi lectio❑ of the Court for a liberal system of Govern ment that prevents the Tories from re-entering the delightful abodes of Downing-street ? This, we fear, is es unlikely a supposition. Where then shall we look for the obstacle to Tory Government, or rather to Tory domination ? Can it be that the people are the great barrier to the irruption of the anti-national faction and their despotic system of rule ? We are sorry to disturb the complacent anticipations of our Con temporary; but we would advise him to turn his se rious attention to this cause of the exclusion of his patrons from the management of the State. We would put it to him, and indeed to every man who has any doubts upon the interesting question which he has started, whether it was not " the people" that turned out Sir R. PEEL-whether it was not " the people" .that placed Lord MELaouRNE in his present situa tion at the head of his MAJESTY'S Government, in spite of the opposition of the Court,—and whether it is possible that the Noble Lord and his associates could retain their situations one single moment without the support of " the people ?" The Paris Journals of Sunday and Monday have been received. There is at last a Cabinet ; though public opiniou is opposed to even the chance of its stability. According to the Liberal journals, M. GUIZOT was summoned to attend the KING on Fri day, when he presented to his MAJESTY the list of the only Ministry which he judged it advisable to re commend. The KING examined it with attention ; but finding that the ex-Minister of Public Instruc tion had nominated himself to the Presidency of the Council and the Department of the Interior, and the ill-starred Doke of MONTEBELLO, whose blundering diplomacy in Switzerland is well remembered in the Chamber of Deputies, to the department of Foreign Affairs, he returneed the ex-Minister his pro gramme, observing that such a Government would fling him altogether into the ams of the absolutists, and thus accelerate a state of things for which France was not yet prepared. M. GUIZOT then retired, and Count MOLE was again sent far. The KING assured him that he was now his only hope, and that the formation of a responsible Ministry could be delayed no longer. The Count consulted with his friends, and on Sunday the Moniteur officially announced the reconstruction of the Cabinet, which stands as follows : Count Mole, President of the Council and Minister of Fo reign Affairs. Count de Montalivet, Minister of the Interior. M. de Salvandy, Minister of Public Instruction. M. Lacave Laplagne, Minister of the Finances. M. Barthe, Keeper of the Seals. General Bernard, Minister of War. M. Marti❑ du Nord, Minister of Commerce and Public Works, Admiral de Rosamel, Minister of the Navy. The Chamber of Deputies sat on Monday, but none of the new Ministers were present. It is ru moured that the KING has consented to the withdrawal of the appanage and non-revelation Bills during the present Session of the Chambers. Another report attributes to M. GUIZOT a determination to support the r.ew Cabinet, in the hoi,e, no doubt, that his ser vices will be tetnembered on a future occasion. M. TIMERS holds aloof from all communication with the Members of the late and present Government, and seems resolved to support the party with whom he has associated himself. In this lie exercises a wise discretion. Numerous arrests for conspiracies against the KING'S life took place on Sunday, and during the week. The Army grows inure and more discontented, and great fears are entertained, that in a case of emer gency, the fidelity of the common soldiers could not he relied upon. Annexed are extracts from the Journals : NE , h'S FROM THE FRONTIER. —In order to check the deser tion of the soldiers of the 11th battalion. Don Carlos has caused the fathers of the deserters to be arrested. By an order of Don Carlos of the 6th of this month, the penalty of death shall be inflicted on every person who, after the Bth, shall be detected in carry ing provisions to Pampeluna. He shall be allowed only sufficient time to confess. The Infant Don Sebastian, to recompense the services of the authorities of Aspeitia, has had the Alcalde taken to the Castle of Guebarra for a year, and has imposed a fine of 500 ducats on each Regidor. - By an order of Irribarren given to the garrisons which corer La Rebiera, every person going to Estella is to be arrested. All the cavalry of Navarre and of the three provinces, amounting it is said to 1,920 men, have just been new clothed. Brigadier-General D. J. A. Gariategui, went on the 7th to Ulzama, with the 2d, 3d, sth, and Bth battalions of guides ; it is said that he intends to attack the convoy which is going to set out from Valcarlos. —Sentinelle des Pyrenees. The Sentinelle says also that General Evans and Lord Hay have received despatches from the English Ambassador at Madrid. It is believed that the Queen's Government has ap plied to the English Government for some battalions, and that they are expected. We are assured that in a few days the Pluto, English steam-boat, will arrive with 400 English ma rines.— Journaldu Commerce. FRENCH FUNDS.-Pasts. APPIL 17. Five per Cents.. 106 f. 55c. 90c. 84)c. Four per Cent., M. 40c. Three per Cents., 79f 78f. 90c. Bank Actions, 2,410 f. Rente de Naples, 99f 95f. 95c. Roman Five per Cents., 10234. Spanish Actives, 23% 243434%. Spanish Passives, 634 6. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 10034. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents , 47. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 29%. RICRANUIL ON LONDON. Onemonth, paper, 25c. 4734 c. ; money, 25f. 45c. Three months, paper, 25f. 2734 c. ; money, 25f. 25c -Court Autkentique. LAST PRICES. rive per Cents., 106 f. 85c. Three per Cents..79f. sc. Bank Actions, 2,414 f. Rente de Naples, 99f. 15c. Roman Five per Cents., 10234. Belgian Loan, 106%. Brussels Bank, 1,340 f. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 47. Portuguese Three per Cents., 29%. Spanish Actives, 24 1 4. Spanish Passives, 6 Spanish Differes, 7%. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 14. Bills. Money, Austrian Metal'iques, 5 per cent. ...... ..... 10334 103 Ditto ditto 4 per cent. ditto 3 per cent. 73% 73% Ditto Bank Shares 1341 1342 Anglo-Russian Loan Paper Inscription, 6 per cent Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates - Portuguese Regency Bends, 5 per cent 4K - Ditto, 3 per cent. 2934 29 Dutch '23 4 per Cents, Ditto 5 per Cents Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 156 155% Angle-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7134 - Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per C •nts. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents - Cortes Lean, 5 per Cent 22 Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93 9.239 EXCHANOES ON LONDON. Hamistto, APRIL 14.-13 ; two months. 13 8. ST. PETEENBURGII I APRIL 1.-Three months, 1034 BERLIN, APRIL 11.-Three m•nthg. 6. 2434. -Hamburg Papers, April 14. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-BERLIN, APRIL 8. Bills. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent ..... Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 100 Exchange on London, three months ..,6 2434 -Prussian State Gazette, April 9. Money. 101% 99% Lisbon Journals to the Ist inst. inclusive have been received. Baron D'ALMEIDA, Physician to the QUEEN, officially announces the perfect recovery of her IVlAsasilt from her recent slight indisposition ; and in her name assures her faithful subjects that she would resume her customary habits and occupations, "if the delicacy of her situation, which every day becomes more flattering and more interesting" did not require measures of precaution. We are sure the ladies of Portugal ought to be much obliged to her MAJESTY, for the solicitude which she manifests to make them acquainted with the Royal mode of treatment during pregnancy. For our own part we shall be glad when an heir is born to the throne of Portugal, as in addi tion to the joy which such an event must occasion in that country, we ourselves will he spared the disagree able necessity of alluding to details only fit for the ear of an accoucheur. The tone of moral feeling must be at a very low ebb in a Court which can sanction the publication of such disgusting trash as the Queen of PORTUGAL'S physicians have been in the habit of publishing, ever since the'date of her most Faithful Majesty's first marriage. The Viscount DE SA BANDEIRA submitted to the Cortes a Report of the State of the Portuguese Furign Relations. With France a Treaty has been concluded for the payment of the French claims re cognized- by the Convention of June, 1831. The Commercial Treaty with England is still on the tapis. Between Portugal and Spain the best feelings of friendly intercourse are cherished. In presenting the Report, the Minister alluded to the civil war in the Peninsula, and spoke in the most laudatory terms of the disinterested services of Great Britain. He praised the gallantry of the British Auxiliaries, and added that he felt confident England would accomplish for Spain what she had so nobly achieved for Portugal. The presence of her fleet on the Cantabrian coast was a sufficient guarantee that Don CARLOS would not ascend the Spanish throne. LONGFORD COUNTY ELECTION COMMITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock. Mr. WRANGEIAM objected to the vote of a person named James Doherty, on the ground that he had been opposed at the Registration, and also for insufficiency of value. 'A witness was called who deposed to the oppo4ition before the barrister, babe could nut positively swear that the value of the land was also inquired into, when Mr. 1 . 11E5310ER objected to the note being struck off, as it was particularly necessary, under the terms of the Act of Par. liament, that the value of the land should also have been ob jected to at the same time. Here, further let it be observed, there was the oath of the party claiming to vote, and the oath of the assistant barrister, wholly to place such claimant on the poll ; and yet it was now sought to strike the voter off. If the Committee decided to strike off the vote, then the Irish elections would be a complete nullity. The room was cleared, and in about half an hour, on our re-admission, the Committee decided that the vote should not be struck off. Mr. WRANGIIASI said that he was in a position to prove that an objection to the value of the land was made at the time of egistration. Mr. TIMMER warmly objected against letting in new evi dence upon this point, and called upon the Committee not only not to strike the name off the poll, but to come to an af firmative resolution that it should remain on the poll; but this was refused. It havin g r , been stated to the Committee that a person in the interest of Mr. White communicated portions of the answer 'to witnesses to be examined at a subsequent period, Arthur Bowles was examined, but he only proved that he saw a person taking notes, but what they were he could not tell, and the matter dropped. It was next proposed to strike off the vote of John Ledwick. A witness was called who proved the objection, the extent of the farm out of which the claimant voted, and that it was not worth ten pounds a-year over and above the rent paid fur it. Mr. AUSTIN contended, that when the claimant's right to v o te arose out of the lease under which he held the land, that documea should be produced. Mr. WRANGHAM expressed great surprise that such an ob jection should have been taken at so late a period of the pro ceedings, and when he was now adducing precisely the same evidence as h a d hith er t o i n d u ced the Committee to strike off several voters. Mr. AusriN.L.-Late or early in the proceedin gs, I f ee l i t my duty to take the objection whenever it arises, and I now persevere in maintaining it. The room was c l eare d, an d on our re-admission the Chair man said it was th e d ec i s i on o f th e C o mmittee that one cou nse l on each side should b e h ear d to arg ue the question of the ne cessity- of proving the lease, deed, -or covenant under which the voter was registered. Mr. WRANGHAM proceeded to argue the point, and had not concluded when our Reporter left. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. Messrs. Buchannan, Laird, and Co., extensively engaged in the American 014, stopped payment this day. The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to day, and heat d original causes, but no case of any public im portance came before his Lordship previous to our Reporter's leaving. ROLL'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.) DANK OF ENGLAND V. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER DANK.- JUDGMENT. Lord LANGDALE gave judgment this morning in the above most important case. His Lordship said the case came be fore him upon a motion made by the plaintiff for an injunction to restrain the defendants from accepting any bill of exchange or promissory note, payable at a less time than six months from the date thereof, and from in any other manner hot row ing, or owing, or taking up a sum of money on the bills or notes of the said company payable on demand, or of any time less than six months. Notice of motion was first given in July, 1835, and the case came on before him in March, 1836, when it appeared the Lcnd.in and Westminster Bank was established • under certain Acts of Parliament. It appeared that on the 21st of February, 1835, Mr. Muskett, who car ried on business a; a banker at St. Albans, drew on the Lon don and Westminster Bank a bill of exchange for 251., pay able to the order of Mr. Robertson at 21 days after date. That bill drawn at St. Albans, and payable at a time less than six months from the date thereof, was, on the 23d of Feb., 1835, presented to the London and Westminster Bank for acceptance in London, and was by the order of the Di rectors accepted. It was alleged on behalf of the Bank of England, that regard being had to the 3 and 4 William IV., chap. 98, and the other Bank Acts, this acceptance was not lawful, and the Bank of England, therefore, claiming the pretection of this Court against the alleged violation of their rights, prayed for the injunction. It appeared from the state ments and arguments of counsel, that the legality of the de fendants' transactions depended on the construction of several Acts of Parliaments; and the question was of such a nature, and the determination of it was of such importance, that a satisfactory result could scarcely be hoped for without the as sistance of a Court of Common Law. He had, therefore, suggested that a case should be stated for the opinion of a Court of Common Law, and that the motion should stand over until that opinion was obtained. That suggestion was not willingly acceded to by the plaintiffs, and the defendants thought it should be determined by an action ; but a case set tled by the parties themselves was directed to be made for the opinion of the Learned Judges of the Court of Corjnon Pleas. The Learned Judges of that Court had returned their certificate ; and, on this occasion, had departed from a practice which had long prevailed, and which in this Court had been always regretted, of returning their certificate without reasons; and they had his respectful thanks for the course which, on this occasion, they had been pleased to pursue. They had stated it as their opinion that, regard being had to the Statutes of the Bank of England, a copart nership.consisting of more than six persons, and carrying on the business of bankers within 65 miles from London, could not by law, in the course of such business as bankers, accept a bill of exchange at a time less than six months from the time of such acceptance, and they had certified that the acceptance mentioned in the case was not lawful. Upon that certificate the motion originally made in this Court was renewed, and on the hearing of the renewed motion the defendants had thought fit, as they had an undoubted right to do, to argue the whole case as to the legality of the acceptance ; and the plaintiffs did not content themselves with the certificate that the acceptance was illegal as having been made in the course of the banking transactions, but had argued, as they also had a right to do, that the acceptance would have been illegal as having been made on the behalf of more than six persons in partner ship together, even if it had not been made is the course of a banking business, and they had asked for an injunction on that extensive claim. Upon a perusal of the pleadings, and hay. ing regard to the nature of the rights claimed by the Bank, and of the consequence likely to ensue from such acts of the defendants, his Lordship was of opinion, if the acceptance was illegal, the plaintiffs were entitled to be protected by in junction against a repetition of such illegal acts ; but if the illegality depended not merely on the fact of acceptance, but to some extent on the nature of the transactions, and the cir cumstances affecting these transactions, the injunction ought not to extend to all the circumstances under which the London and Westminster Bank might owe money, but only to such ac ceptances on which the illegality depended. The last Act of Parliament affecting the privileges of the Bank of England was the 3d and 4th of William IV., chap. 98, and upon the construction of that Act the plaintiffs prineipallyrelied. They said that according to the true construction of that Act, a partner ship in London, consisting of more than six persons, could not legally accept a bill of Exchange, payable on demand, or at any time less than six months from the time of the acceptance. The second section of that Act, after speaking of bills of ex change and promisory notes, that were not to be issued by partnerships of more than six persons, said that such partnerships at a greater distance than sixty-five miles from London, might issue those notes payable on demand, and spoke of bills or notes in such terms as it would make it appear that by the terms " bills or notes" it was meant to describe bills of exchange and promissory notes. But the ad section was that on which the question in this case principally depended. If he was to look no further than that Act, he thought it could scarcely be doubted that the words " bills or notes" used in the 3d section were intended to designate the bills or notes of the partnerships therein described, and meant the same sort of bills or notes mentioned in the second section, namely, bills of exchange and promissory notes. There was nothing in the language of the third section opposed to that conclusion. When a man bor rowed or took up money on his bill of exchange, it was of every day's occurrence to do that by accepting bills of exchange drawn on him by the person from whom he had borrowed; and he accepted a bill for a sum which he Lad previously taken up or borrowed, or for which he was previously indebted, and in either of these cases, having accepted the bill of exchange, in common parlance he owed, or was indebted upon the bill. In the transaction now in question the London and Westminster Bank, a partnership consisting of more than six persons, were the London bankers of Mr. Muskett, who carried on business at St. Albans. On the 23d of February, 1835, they were indebted to him to an amount exceeding 251. He would not dwell on the nature of the pecuniary transactions of banker and customer, it being clear that what was called money in the hands of the banker meant no more than a debt due from the banker to the cus tomer. In this state of things the London and Westminster Bank owing more than 25/. to Mr. Muskett, he drew on them a bill of exchange, payable in twenty-one days to the order of Mr. Robertson. When the bill was accepted what then be came the relation between Muskett and the London and Westminster Bank in reference to the money pay able on the Bill, and what was then the relation between the London and Westminster Bank, and the payee or endorser of the bill? Could it be said the London and Westminster Bank continued to be united to Muskett in the same way they were united to him before the acceptance, or that they did not owe money on the bill, or that the bill did not evidence their lia bility to pay the amount to the payee or indorsee ? His Lordship considered that after the acceptance the bill consti tuted evidence of their liability to pay the amount. It was the security they gave for the payment, and an acceptance under such circumstances was, in ordinary language, called the bill of the acceptors, and the acceptors by law were pri marily liable to pay the same. It did not appear to him the use that had been made of the words " from the borrowing thereof," occasioned any material difficulty. It was probable, in its ap plication to pecuniary transactions, the word "borrow" meant to secure the repayment of a sum lent. However that might be, he thought that in the phrase " borrow, owe, or take up," the words" owe or take up" were put in apposition with the word " borrow" for explanation ; and taking the word "owe" as part of the sen s e i n w hi c h t h e word " borrow" was used, " from the time of borrowing," meant from the time of owing on the bills or notes referred to. The arguments of the Coun sel for the tlefendants were distinguished by great learning, ability, and historical research. They had contended that the Learned Judges of the Common Pleas had not attended sufficiently to the distinction between banks of issue and banks of deposit, and had consequently applied to the defendants, who were carrying on the business of a bank of deposit, an argument which could only be applied to persons carrying on the business and transactions of a bank of issue. Farther, they had argued that the acceptance of bills of exchange was a necessary incident to, and formed part of the business of a bank of deposit, and that the acceptance of bills of exchange by persons carrying on the business of a bank of deposit could not produce any of the mischief's the Bank Acts were intended to guard against. To the argu ments offered in support of these positions, he had given the best attention in his power, but it did not appear to him the .Learned Judges of the Come of Common Pleas had made any oversight or mistake in their view of the nature of banks, or of the business carried on by the defendants ; and althought it might be true the business of a bank of de posit could not be so advantageously carried on under a pro hibition to accept bills of exchange payable on demand, or at short dates, yet it could not be correctly said that without ac cepting such bills of exchange, a bank of deposit could not be carried on at all, or even to a considerable extent. The Legislature, at the time of passing the Acts which had been referred to, had two objects in view, to permit banks of de posit to be carried on, and at the same time to protect the Bank of England in its general circulation. It was no argument against the existence of the prohibition, that the persons affected by it would be able to transact their business more conveniently and profitably without it. There was nothing so unreasonable in the restric tion as to make it improbable the Legislature meant to impose that restriction ; and as to the consequences against which the Bank Acts were intended to guard, it could not se riously be doubted that the issuing of bills of exchange for small sums payable on demand, or at short dates, might pro duce those consequences which the Legislature contemplated as mischievous, and against which it was intended to protect the Bank. The argument most relied on related to the pro. hibition contained in the 6th of Anne. It was said the last Act, the 3d and 4th of Will. 4, chap. 98, was not intended to give any new privilege, but only to continue the privileges given by the former Acts. It was on many accounts proper to consider the statute of Anne, but the object which he had in view on the present occasion was to ascertain the effect of the Act of 3 and 4 Will. 4, and he looked only to the former Acts for the purpose of obtaining a better construction of the latter, The ad and 4th of William IV, after reciting the 7th of Geo, IV., chap. 46, proceeds to authorise Corporations and part nerships, consisting of more than six persons, carrying on the business of bankers in places exceeding the' distance of 65 miles from London, to issue their notes, payable as desired, and to.borrow, owe, or take up sums of money on their own notes, and all the members of the Corporations or copartner. ships were made liable for the payment ef all notes so issued, Tin tieVßlld Vecticq §utigkrisoB 8014 cksrpQr4tlm Qr cOrrtnery ships to draw bills of exchange to the amount of fifty pounds or upwards, payable in London ; but it prohibits them from issuing any notes or bills payable on de mand, or to draw on any agent in London any bank-post bill, or bill of exchange, or promissory note, for a less sum than 501. Then the 3d section prohibits any such Corporation from issuing any bill or promissory note, or any bill of exchange, contrary to the provisions of the 39th and 40th of George the Third, save as provided by the Act on that behalf. Then the 19th section imposes a penalty for any violation of the provisions of the 2d and 3d sections There was therefore nothing in the Acts which could throw any doubt upon the meaning of the words " borrow," " take up," or " owe any sum of money" upon bills of exchange of a less date than six months. The same words were found in the 39th and 40th of Geo. 111., chap. 28, and also in the 3d and 4th Win. IV., chap. 98 ; and with reference to these words, as contained in the 39th and 40th Geo. I I 1., chap. 28, the provisions of the 7th Geo. IV. were enacted. By the provisions of that Act, it appeared that the Legislature considered that the acceptances of partners carrying on the business of bankers were within the meaning of those words. It was argued, upon the true construction of the 39 & 40 of Geo. 111., that the ac ceptance of bills of exchange by banking companies, consist ing of more than six persons, was not prohibited. The effect attributed to that Act, it was contended, was erroneous ; and that such erroneous attribution could not be taken in opposition to the expressions used in the schedule to 7 Geo. IV. ; and that it ought not to be inferred that the accepting of a bill of ex cha ‘ge amounted to the delivery of it, or ought to be considered as an issuing of the bill. lit the enactments of the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., similar words were used. It was said if you went back to the origin of these enactments, it would be found that Corporations were in the habit of raising capital on their sealed bills, sealed bill of credit, debt, or cha-ge ; and it was said that partnerships, not being Corporations, might have issued such sealed bills, by affixing the seals to them. Because such things might be, and because such a species of borrowing was not forbidden, it was argued that the words of the Act could not have any application to the acceptances of Bills of Exchange. He wished that Acts of Parliament were uniformly more clear and explicit in their expressions, but still the duty he now had to perform was to endeavour to give the best construction of the Acts, without reject ing them on account of some difficulty, or straining them to a sense which they could not properly hear. Looking at the statute of Anne with the light afforded by the contempo raneous history, and considering the words with reference to the different Acts of Parliament, and also their contempo raneous history, it appeared to him, for the reasons stated by the Court of Common Pleas, that the words bills and notes in the statute of Anne would with more propriety be confined to bills of exchange than bills tinder seal. His Lordship could not avoid thinking that upon the true construction of all the Acts they did not prohibit parties in partnership consisting of more than six persons carrying on the business of bankers, from borrowing, owing, or taking up money upon bills of exchange payable on demand, or at a less date than sit months from the acceptance thereof. His Lordship therefore concurred in the opinion of the Court of Common Pleas. It was truly observed that that decision did not decide the question respecting bills of exchange issued by persons carrying on banks of deposit. There were many such ques tions, which were not, and could not be decided in the suit, as it was at present constituted, and he would not therefore ex press an opinion upon them on the present motion ; some of them were more fit for the consideration of the Legislature. His Lordship thinking it unlawful for the London and West minster Bank to accept bills of exchange, payable on demand, or at a less date than six months from their acceptance, and finding that such acts have been done, and that the defendants claimed the right to make such acceptances, he thought that the plaintiffs were entitled to an injunction restraining the defendants from repeating such acts. It was, however, another question, whether the plaintiffs were entitled to the more extensive injunction which was claimed by the notice of motion and at the bar. It was clear that the object of the Legislature was to impose restrictions upon persons carrying on the business of bankers ; but upon the present occasion ho did not think it necessary that a more extensive injunction should be granted than was necessary to protect the in terests of the plaintiffs. The order, therefore, his Lord ship would make was, that an injunction should be awarded to restrain the defendants, their agents, clerks, or servants, acting on behalf of the Company of the London and Westminster Bank, so carrying on the trade or business of bankers, from issuing or accepting, or causing to be issued or accepted, any bill or bills of Exchange payable on demand, or at any date less than six months from the acceptance thereof. Mr. PEMBERTON said, that Sir F. Pollock had offered, when the case was originally before the Court, to suspend the injunction, if it should be granted, so as to enable the defen dants to go to the House of Lords as soon as possible, in order to obtain the decision of the highest tribunal of the country. That was a very fair offer, and, under the present circum stances, he wished to know whether his Learned Friend still abided by it. The MASTER of the ROLLS observed that the case was one of such extreme importance, that if it were decided to take it to the House of Lords, he would do all hi his power to have it heard in the course of the present session. Sir F. PoLLock said, that since he had made that offer his clients had been exposed to every delay by the course pursued by the defendants. He would, however, communicate to his clients the observations of his Learned Friend, and the sug gestion of his Lordship. Mr. PEMBERTON said that his Learned Friend was perhaps not aware that when the petition of appeal was presented, his clients could come as a matter of right, and claim the suspension of the injunction. There were at the present moment bills running; and the Court having granted the injunction, he trusted that the plaintiffs would take no vexatious proceedings with respect to them, on the ground of contempt. Sir F. PoLLocx said that no such proceedings would be taken on behalf of his clients. Mr. KINDERSLEY, on the part of Mr. Muscatt, the Director of the St. Alban's Branch Bank, asked for the costs of that gentleman, the bill against him having been dismissed. His LORDSHIP thought the proper course for him to pursue would be, to reserve the question of costs till the hearing of the cause. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE KING •V. BRIGEITWELL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had been instructed in this case, which was a quo warranto calling upon the defendant to show by what authority he exercised the office of one of the Alder men of the borough of Norwich, to move for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the Crown should not be set aside, and a verdict entered for the defendant. The case was tried at the last Norfolk Assizes, before Mr. Justice Parke, and he made the present application in pursuance of leave reserved. He apprehended, that if the facts which had appeared upon the trial had been disclosed to their Lordships, they never would have granted the rule, because it now turned out that the election was perfectly fair, that there was no pretence for saying that the wishes and intentions of the electors had not been carried fully into effect. The question arose as to whe ther the electors had had an opportunity of expressing their opinions as to who should be elected, and who should not. Mr. Brightwell had been elected on the 31st December, 1835, to serve until the following November, and no question had been raised respecting the legality of his election, until a few da3s previous to the termination of the period for which he had been elected. There had been an election for forty-eight councillors for the borough on the 26th December, and they were to elect sixteen aldermen on the 31st December following. They met for the purpose, a gentleman named Geldart being called to the chair, and Mr. Fisher, one of the forty-eiE ht councillors, proposed a list of sixteen persons. Mr. Bignolles, who, it appeared, was the leader of the oppo site party, entered, objected, as he was fully warranted in doing, to their politics, and proposed two others, Mr. More and Mr. Furnham. A division took place, and there were twenty for, and twenty-seven against, the election of the two proposed by Mr. Bignolles. Mr. Fisher then again proposed his list, and it was proved that the chairman called upon any of the electors, if there was any objection to be made to any of the names to state it. Nothing was done to prevent any other list being proposed—on the contrary, the evidence of the chairman was to the effect that he had told the elec tors to make any alterations or objections they thought pro per. The only thing relied upon by the Crown was the impera tive rigid rule of law, that in every such election the candidates should have been put seriatim, and a separate vote taken on each. If that proposition was a correct one, then he (the At torney-General) would admit that the election was a bad one ; but if it was not, then he would contend that it was as good and valid an election as had ever taken place. Mr.. Justice PATTESON—It was not on that ground that the quo warranto was granted. The ATTORNEY.GENRRAL said the question had been so put by the Learned Judge to the Jury, but according to the pro visions of the Municipal Act, the election of Aldermen by lists was the recognised and legal mode. COURT—Take a rule. EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY). WH•RUON U. CHUBB. This action was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the late assizes for Warwickshire, when a verdict was found for the defendant. • Mr. Sergeant GOeLBURN now moved for a rule Nisi to set aside that verdict, on the ground of the verdict being against the evidence in the cause. The action was brought to re cover the value of 20 shares in the Great Western Railway Company, which the defendant had agreed to purchase, and had given orders to the plaintiff to purchase for him. The plaintiff purchased the shares at 12/. premium from a broker named Harrison, with whom he entered into a written contract for the same. The defendant admitted a tender and refusal of the shares, and made out his case by showing fraud on the part of the plaintiff, and he proved that the shares up to the day in question, the first of October, 1835, had never reached more than Gi/. prem. The broker Harrison•was not called by either party,. which raised a suspi c i on i n t h e m i nd of his Lordship, and by some questions which he put, he raised a suspicion in the minds of the Jury that the shares never be longed to the plaintiff—one of the witnesses., saying that Har rison introduced a gentleman to the defendant, but it was not Whardon, at the same time saying that he was one of the gen tlemen who owned'the shares he had bought. The LORD CmEr BARON said he was satisfied with the verdict at the trial. He was of the same opinion still, but the remainder of the Court were of opinion that the verdict ought to have been the other way. There must;therefore be a new trial! tie Informed the Learned Sergeant that if he should be the Judge at the new trial, ho would require the scrip for the tfloroo 10 130 Court. They were not before.—R4le cralitCd‘ COMMON PLEAS-(T HIS DAY.) FOSTEk V. STEELE. Mr. Sergeant WYLDE said this action was on a policy of insurance, and was brought by the plaintiff, who was the owner of the ship Elizabeth, trading between the port of London and Sierra Leone, against the defendant, an underwriter at Lloyd's. The case had been trial on two different occasions, and wai heard at Guildhall before the Lord Chief Justice, when vor diets in each were had for the plantiff, lie now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not. be set , aside and a new trial had, on the ground that the verdict will against evidence. The vessel in question sailed on the 9,11 of August from the coast of Alden, and on her arrival off this island of Madeira she was abandoned by the crew, as she was then in a leaky condition, arid ultimately lost. The Learned Sergeant entered at length into a minute detail of the circum stances, the particulars of which were fully reported at the time that the trial took place. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Take a rule to show cause. Rule granted. MOhISON V. HARMER. In this case Mr. KELLY moved fur a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had on the first issue, or why judgment should not be entered for the plaintiff non obstante veredicto, on that issue, on the grounds that the verdict was against ev►- deuce. The action was brought for an alleged libel which ap peared in the Weekly Dispatch in August 1836, the particu lars of which are fresh in the minds of the public, a nd was tried at the sittings after last term. The Learned Counsel had not concluded his arguments at the time of going to press. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) • DEAL, APRIL 18.—Wind N.N. W.—Arrived the John Palmer, Lawrence, from the South Seas; Mercy, Beazley, from Barbadoes ; Forager, Deere, from Grenada ; Harriet, Burrows, from Trinidad ; Jane, from Africa ; Providence, Jones, from Newry. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 18. —Wind N.N. E.—Arrived the Wharfinger, Cousens, anti Liberty, Russel, from. London. PLYMOUTH, APRIL N. N. \V.—Arrived the Royal William, from Dublin. FALMOUTH, Arm 18 —Wind N.N. W., moderate breezes, and fine. RAMSGATE, APRIL 18.—Arrived the Mayflower, Greville, from Youghal ; Hiram, from Cork. DOVER, APRIL 18.—Arrived off, the Ludoga, Gadicott, from Batavia; Francis, from Monte Video; Thetis, from An tigua ; Constitution, Volkman, from New York ; Elizabeat Walker, from Charleston. PORTLAND, APRIL 18.—Arrived off, the Mary Ann, Ash burton, from St. Michael's. ... SHOREHAM, APkIL 18.—Arrived the Maria, Potter, from St. Michael's. COWES, APRIL 18.—Arrived the Amphitrite, Duck, and Alexander, from Rio Janeiro. CHANNEL, APRIL 18.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Panta• loon, from Lisbon—sailed 2d inst. SWANSEA, APRIL 18.—Arrived Evander, St. Jago de Cuba• GLOUCESTER, APRIL 18.—Arrived the Williams, Adams, from St. Michael's. MILFORD, APRIL 18.—Arrived the Cumberland, Crooks, from Nantes. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 17.—Wind N. W., moderate.--Arrived the Columbia, Hooton, from Bomb a y ; A r i a d ne , A yre, f roM Alexandria ; Lady Rowley, —, from Cephalonia ; Especu lator, —, from Oporto ; Jupiter, Kraeft, from Stralsund; Charlotte, Ploughman, from Wismar ; and Cornubia, ----I from Charleston. MARGATE, APRIL 18.—Arrived the Moslem, Homar, from Malta ; and Malvina, from Limerick. DUBLIN, APRIL 16.—Arrived Monarch, Brown, St. Lucie. Coax, APRIL 16.—Arrived the Tweed, Leslie, from New foundland; and Minerva, --, from Bermuda. The Thalia, Biden, arrived off Mauritius dismasted. The Hazard, of Liverpool, arrived at St. John's, New foundland, very leaky, cargo discharged—bound to Carboneur. The David, from Shields to Southampton, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands yesterday —crew saved. THE FUNDS.-(THISDAY. CITY, 7'WELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are two French mails ; also a Lis bon mail, by the Pantaloon, sailed on the 2d April ; ship le!' letters from Demerara, St. Vincent, Nassau, Barbadoes, Tri nidad, Honduras ; Calcutta, 22d November, and 2d December; Bombay, December 10 and 24; Mauritius, January 4; Cape of Good Hope, February 6. The East India arrivals are of old dates. We have accounts from Lisbon to the 2d inst., stating that Sa Da Bandeira has made a report to the Cortes on the actual state of Portugal in regard to other nations ; we give that part which concerns France:— " The Portuguese Government has concluded a Convention with France for the payment of a debt which the French sus tained by losses in Portugal, and for the restoration of two Portuguese vessels, the Diana (frigate), and the corvette Urania, which were in the port of Brest—the amount of which, with interest, is 142,812,047 reis, payable in Trea sury Bonds, falling due on the 30th November, 1837, and will finish on the 30th May, 1839." The physicians having declared the pregnancy of the Queeu very probable, prayers were ordered to be •ffcred up for her happy delivery. Accounts from Bayonne to the 13th state, that it it the in tention of General Espartcro, before he quits Bilboa, to make it an important fortification, so as to serve the centre operations of the army of the North. It is at present strong enough to resist the attacks of the Carlists, and not require the aid of al l whole army. CADIZ, MARCH 30.—Two companies of volunteers have sailed from hence in a steamer to join the army which is or ganizing at Seville to defend Andalusia against the faction of Cabrera, whose invasion was very probable. The Count Clonard, the new Captain-General of Andalusia, has arrived at Seville. CUENCA, APRIL I.—Cabrera has 4,000 men, but few of them are in fighting order. Accounts from Aleoy state, that on the news of the march of Cabrera, the inhabitants began to repair the walls of that town. On the following day Forcadell entered Almansa, when he ordered the Judge to be shot. ALICANTR, APRIL 4.—The faction, after having en tered Orihuela, proceeded on to Elihe, when they took from t h e above two towns near 500 men, money, and horses. TIRE FUNDS. There was no alteration in the Money Market yesterdeY. Good Bills for commercial purposes could be easily discounted• A failure of some consequence has taken place at Liverpool. The resumed debate last night on Spanish affairs in the House of Commons attracts the attention this morning of our City politicians. - • The express from Paris is void of interest, with the excer tion of the new appointed French Ministry. The armies i s the North of Spain continue inactive. Consols, weich closed yesterday at 90 for the A c count , opened this morning at the above price; Money the same Exchequer Bills, 42 prem. ; India Bonds, 39 40 prem. ; 1311 4 Stock, 2041 205 204 - ; India Sto c k, 258, 259. In the oreign Market Spanish Active closed at 22 'll' opened at 23 to ; Passive, 5f 6 ; Deferred, 8.1 9 • Portu guese, 463- 47 ; Three per Cents., 29i 30 ; Spanish Coupon s continue firm at 51 to 53; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents'' 52. 4 1 53 ; Colombian, 23 24 ; Mexican, 23k 24k. The American Packet has not yet arrived. HALF-PAST ONE. We hear that great numbers of bills drawnifrom America on some of the first-rate houses here, have been refused lc" ceptance, and will be sent back by the first conveyance to America. Papers have been received from Demerara to the 3d March' Their contents are uninteresting. Several vessels were leav ing for other ports, being unable to obtain cargoes. Report states that the Spanish Treasury has been supplied with money, an d th at f our h un d red thousand pounds will ve paid here on the Ist of May. Consols have improved to 904 s for the Account ; for 31 " ney, 9 4 . 5. Exchequer Bills have improved to 43 prem. ; In dia Bonds, 39} ; Bank Stock, 205 ; India Stock, 258 i. Spanish Active, 233 4 ; Passive, 5i 61 ; C ou pons , 6 3 ; Dutch Two-and- a -H a lf, 5 3 . We bear that some remittances have arrived from Lisb° n ; towards paying th e di v id en d s . P ortuguese, 47 } ; 3 per Cents., 304. Consols for the Account, 90i THREE O'CLOCK. ROCHDALE ELECTION. Eleven o'clock, Tuesday. Majority for Fenton . 65 There is no doubt of his return, which is a gain to the Liberal cause. - - T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Co r f t : l if London, informs th e P u bli c th at h e h as fitted tip THREE Sp —n ; o r ROOMS expressly for th e di sp l ay o f a l arge assortment of auPef;)-0 SILVER-EDGED PLATED GOODS. H a o ff ers t h e m at t" • low but fixed prices, which have been so successful in drawing P u o N attention to the WATCH, JEWELLE RY, SILVER SPO t, and FORK an d Sil ver b ranc h es of h i s trade. N.B. A pantP??As, containing a Detail e d Li s t o f t h e P r i ces of Plate Plated GM O Watches, Clo c k s , & c ., may b e h a d grat i s, or will A be forwarded answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. k tb' On the 14th i ns t., i n St. J o h n ' s W ood-road, Regent's"-Per ' lady of John Addison, Esq., of a son. Of _ On the 17th inst. ; in Upper Berkeley-street, Mrs. C. Ilu" a daughter. On the 16th in s t., at NorthWraxall, Wilts, the lady or the Reg T. On On the Wld, of a son. , l4th inst., the lady of C o l one l Mil es, o f Theobaiu __ hunt, of a son. On the 16th inst., in Konsi ng t on - square, t h e wife of or . Rao' dolph Payne, of St. James's -stre e t, of a son. yinieg On the 15th inst., at Farnham, Surrey, Mrs. George Rogers, of a daughter. MARRIED. rh reht On the 13th inst., a t St. Anthony u , Cornwall, Richard N• — (1 --u o ffinr Esq., to Emily G race , fourth dau g hter of the Rev. C. P • of East Down, Devon, and Impington, Camb. n f On" On the 15th inst., at St. Pancras Thos. Brook, Esq-, — 2 3 ;pkolg , ley HaM, Middlesex, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John 1 " - Esq., of Seething -lane. Henry On the 18th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square , Esq., of Langhatn-place, and Hoibrook House Sornercetshttfio, the Hon. Catherine Louisa Hood, daughter of the Bigh t 11 Lord Bridport. ondun: Printed and Published by 111URDO YOUNG,: L u ntf 11% Strand, at The Sun Office, Ne. 112, Strand. Of Middlesex.—Wednesday, Aril 19, 1837.