The Sun. — London, England, 1820-03-09 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS - OF THIS DAY. [Morning Chronicle] Considerable interest has been excited by the manner in which the French Papers represent General O'D mud pressing on the rear of the di vision of national troops under Colonel Riegn, as if some apprehensions were entertained for his safety, it being stated that he (pitted Malaga in a precipitate manner. It ought to be remem bered, that we have no accounts whatever of the operetions to tshich we allude than those derived from the courier sent up to Madrid.by the Royalist party, and these again received a second version before they were pehlished in Paris. To know what really happened, we must wait for arrivals from the Mediterrancett. Itiego's grand object was to penetrate, as tont, possilde, to Granada, where his presence would !the( ate nemhers of vireitns. His determinittoe to proceed thither, proves be was perfectly at ease, and basing left on_theutight of the 19th, h e wi t s; have arrived at Velt-z-Matega wet day in the mernieg, the distence b hug only tree Spenish leagues, a nd the road very go , nl. On the evening of the fol lowing day, he would rear It Albania, near which place is a pass in the motnreins, steep and mar ro,v, where cavalry cannot act, and st here, with 30'j men, he can prevent the advance of a whole army., By the possessinn of this - defile, and the villeees, on the menntains of Lee Alpuherras, a few stragglers ,kvpt themselves independent for twiny years, aher the expulsion of the Moors how Spire. From Altrama to Granada it is only a tew litters march ; - consequently it was in Itiego's power to enter the latter city on the 22,1, and stilt keep possession of the beigi , ts, in which case ti'Donuel would have to a retro,:rade movement towards Motril, which wntdd delay hint nearly a week. Riego is aware of the favourable feCeptioll that awaits him ; this the King's representative, Eguia, has prepared for tihn, by crowding the prfsous with victims, arid besides three-fouttlis of the inhabitants of Granada are staunch Liberals. The greatest part of the King's troops had previously been with drawn from the proeince, end Riego has with hint some of the best infantry in the Spanish army.— In the whlde of Navarre, we understand, there is only one King's regimente so that Mina has an ample field for his exettions. It was expected Pampeluna would immediately fall into his hands. [Morning Post.] A Commission for the Itial of the Conspirators will be issued as soon as the business of the As sizes hill permit. The first step will be to sum mon 9 Grand Jury, at the Middlesex Sessions Hon e, to receive the Bills of indiet . ment, and abould these be found, the trials will then take place at the Old Bailey. STATE OE IRELAND. RIBBON,MF.N. A Galway Paper of Saturday, !he 4th inst. has the following strong and alai ming observations, relative to the progress of the disaffected banditt i, called Ribbootnen " At our thresholds„ we ate surrounded by Captains of gangs, leaders of plots, banditti of Ribbonmen i under the pretext of charitable inten tions, reduction of rents, arrangement of tithes, regulation of the dues of the. Roman Catholic Clergy—and for these wild objects, thousands of persons have lately traversed this county by night ; holding meetings tinder the protection of (bit k mess ; conceiving themselves invested with the supreme authority ; marching through the country in the open day, armed and in military array,' usurp ing the sovereign power.. ‘Ve read of murder and assassination - , as frequent occurrences in the noun slay; houses robbed of their fire-arms, haggards burned, burglaries committed, and this too in one of the hitherto best disposed counties in Ireland. We find the seeds of poisonous dissatisfaction so deeply tooted, that nothing scents to be wanting but the sun of some revolutionary planet, to Set our whole population into all the collusion of anarchy, and horror of' civil w51.--to set brother against brother, children against their parents, servants •against their masters, friends against their neighbours, and to obliterate every tie of re ligious and moral obligations, which the wisdom of ages had imposed for the mutual benefit of so ciety." GALWAY, MARCR 4.-11 we were to publish all the . communications that lie before us upon the subject of those marauders, our whole Paper would not be sufficient for the purpose. in the neighbourhood of T4lBlll, Mr. Blakeney, of Ab bert, and his relative, Mr. William Persse, have been unceasing its their exertions, which, aided by Captain O'Keefe, of the 73d Regiment, have been productive of the best effects. In a late nightly petiole through the County, near Horse leap, they took twenty.five 'prisoners, six guns, 4 cases of pistols, sod 3 blunderbusses, and sent 12 of the prisoners to 'foam gaol. They fell in with the Rev. Mr. O'Rorke, who, with a , party of the Poi ice, had also tak ensome prisoners —one of whom presented and snapped his gun at a Policeman, but without effect ; this ruffian was, after a short struggle, wounded, and brought its. a prisoner, with his arms upon him. Since writing the foregoing, we are happy to learn, that the military force of this conn'y will be increased to 5,000 men on Tuesday next. Every village of arty note will have a party of the army stationed in it, so that we may now hope to sec the rettirn of peace, order, and confidence to our athieted couni!,,,..—(Adrertiser.) The Hon. Co!anti hurray arrived in Limerick on Thursday, frorn Cork, and inspected his Regi mew, the 38th Huss re, in that city ou the 3d instant . Tile ;;d Light Dcsgooos are gone to Bailiorobe, instead of The remainder of the 22lit regiment have passed throuill Litneciek fo r Enais, and the detachments in the county of Lime; i c k an d at Cliarleville are to be replaced by the 4gth. A Lieutenant and 20 men, the band and hcavy baggage of the 121 b, remain at Butrevant. FOR THE SUN. THE WRIT SUSPENSION BILL MR. EDlTOR—Whether the - House of Commons in compliince with the licentious wishes of- a rabble without doors, or a sincere desire to cleanse their Assembly of corruption within, the end in tended by their late Bill, to suspend calling on certain Boroughs to send Representatives to Par liament, is undoubtedly the same; but the means not corresponding with it, and being too zealous and righteous over much, the Lords in their cooler deliberations have tempered the voice be low stairs, and wisely declined pasaing a Law, whereby the sins of the guilty would be visited on the innocent, and on account of a few vitiated voters to draw comparatively the pure and inde pendent into the vortex of their delinquency, and punish them for not submitting to be bribed and, thence putting up their votes for sale to the highest bidder ! But Sir, the object of greater consideration is, that eight Members would he wanting in Parlia ment dosing an indefinite time of suspending the Writs for their_ Election, and a proposed dis franchisement of all the voters ! This is extrava gant in the extreme, and should a Bill hereafter pass the Commons for such a purpose, the same moderation which grounded the Lords in their rejection of the former, it is natural to expect, will influence their matorer judgment to reject an enactment that takes away an ancient right of utufewling constituents. Let — the Commons, therefore, pause and ponder over what the Lords have said anti clone on the subject ; let them beware, lest in depriving legi timate voters of their liberties they affect their own, and in their attempts to cure disease they in flame it by t belt utfdicines. Agressilque nsedendo, and he forced to seek rel i ef in the House of Lords. 1 am your ft iend, THE FATHER OF CANDOUR. FOR THE SUN. INSOLVENT DEBTORS, AND EXPIRING LAWS' ACTS. Ma. EDITOR—In continuance and confirmation of the arguments advanced in a former Letter, you will oblige one who sympathizes with the un• fortunate, by inserting the following observations relative to CALENDAR MONTHS. In the distribution or division of calendar time, we reckon numerically, and to reckon a calendar month, we commence _with the Ist day of that -month. The first Calendar Month after the meet ing of the late Session of Parliament, commenced on the Ist of December, and the third Calendar Month from the same period expired on the 29:h of February. A reckoning from the 23d of November to the 23e1 of February, would not embrace three Calen dar months, although in point of time it would include or many days as compose three' Calendar Months—for instance seven days in November, 31 in December, 31 in January, and 22 in Feb ruary, would constitute 91 days—being the like number as the three Calendar months of March, April, and May—but with this difference; in t h e first reckoning we take a part of four Calendar month,;—in the second reckoning we take three Calendar months complete ; that is, commenced, continued, and expired. Suppose the Legislature to have enacted, :hat the Insolvent Laws should continue in force till the expiration of three Law Terms after the com mencement of the Session of l'arliament ; surely a part of Michaelmas Term, and a part of Hilary, could not have been considered as one Term— but the reckoning of three whole Terms must have commenced with that of Hilary. An Ara, an Epoch, a Century, and a Calendar, synonituously have a numerical reckoning from a specific day, which is the first dal of such i - Era, Ep.)ch, .Century, and Calendar, or Register of ReAoning, and is, in either case, composed of part of two such respective designations or distri butions of time ; no more than the distribution of a specific number of men from the three Regi ments of Foot Guards would constitute one dis tinct Regiment of Guards. " CALENDS, Calendce, properly the first day of every montl; if pridie be placed before it, then it signifies the last day of the foregoing month, as Pridie Calenda : Dec. was the last day of Novem ber. If any number be placed with it, it signifies that day in the former month which comes so much before the month named ; as the. 10th Ca-: lends of October is the 20th day of September ; because if one begins at October,. and recko n s backward that 20th day of September is the l'Oth day before October; so time 7th Calends of Decem ber would have been the 2311 November. (See Hopion's - Concord.) If in the.tuontli of April next a Wail gives bond for paytueni of .1001. on the 29th of Februyy then next, - he is not hound to pay that month until the 29th of • February actually arrives, although three months of Febmuary may have passed before the Bissextile or Leap Year. Payment on the first of Akre!) %%odd not be a performance of the contract, but the payment_must be made on the 29th of February, commenced in the year in which such payment is made. (See 1. Leon WI. Case 132.) Every Calendar month, like every other distri bution of time, as an Epoch, or _Era, should be reckoned numerically, and not as constituted of two parts; of a Calendar month, Epoch, or CEra ; i e. to have a commencement, a duration, and From these premises, I conclude that the In solvent Acts, continued by the 59th Geo. 11l , were in force on the 28th of February, the three Calendar mouths appearing front the arguments (which are offered with submission), having only expired on the 29th of February last. I am aware that much contrariety of opinion may be expected, and with a mind perfectly open to conviction, submit my arguments to the Public by way of relief to my anxiety for the sufferings of indigent and unfortunate men in car I'cwf lc, Match 7, DLO. W. 34—N. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIrRY-LANE.—An Oratorio. THEArac ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—No Performance: PRICE O, THIS DAY AT l'll F STOCKS wELve o'6LucK. 3 per Cent. Cons 6Bii Exch. Bills: 2tl Is. 4s. 3s. dis. 5 per Ct. Navy Ann. lo3ii Cons. for Account . GB4 India Bonds M XILS. ARRIVED -1 Waterford. Due-1 Waterford, 2 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Gottenburgb, 1 Lisbon, 1 France, 1 Hamburgh. PILCH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning, 15 minutes after 10. I Evening, 55 minutes after 10. THE SUN. SOLFM WAS DICERE FALSVM AVDEAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1820. At a late hour this morning we received the Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday last. Neither of the Chambers assembled on Saturday.—The following are extracts " PARIS, MARCH 6.—Yesterday the King trans acted business with the Duke de Richelieu, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. NEWS FROM SPAIN. \ (From the Gazette de France.) " The intelligence received yesterday from Spaii, by the ordinary Courier, is not later than that before pt&shed ; the Letters and Madrid Gazettes are of the 24th ult. "The Bayonne correspondence of the 29th confirms what was detailed respecting the action at Malaga on the 19th, between the Royal Troops and the Rebels, - the result of which was the pre cipitate departure of the latter, who were, it is said, marching on Grenada, " It is no longer doubtful that Mina is in Navarre. It is understood that a strong detach ment of his old partisans were waiting for him at San Esleban, in the Valley of Bastan, and an other near Pampelnna. General Areizaga, I►ow ever, the Governor of the Province of Guipoxcoa, will be enabled to assemble from 3 to 4,000 men, which will be enough to frustrate all Mina's projects. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday 74 f. 75 c. DP:PEERED STOCK. Of the 23d Sept. 18 1 9, BB f. 30c." A Council was again held this day at the Home Department, it is presumed, on the course to be pursued respecting the State Prisoners. New Volk Pipers arrived this morning, to the 11th of February (From the the New York Commercial Advertiser.) SUCCESSFUL WHALING VOYAGE.--The ship William and Eliza arrived at New Bedford, with 2500 barrels of oil, from the coast of Chili. This is the largest quantity of oil ever brought into the United States, by any vessel, in one 'voyage. SLAVE TRADE.--Between the 13th and 20th of January, three vessels arrived at the Havanna'', with upwards of 500 Slaves from the. African Coast. St. Thomas Papers were received this morning to the 14th January. We find in them no news excepting the following :-- 7 -We have been favour ed with a sight of a Letter of a very late date, from Cape Henry, St. Domingo, which states, that GREGOR WGREGOR was then in that city, and appeared to be in high spirits. He had ex pressed his determination of proceeding to the Main to join I3ouvAa. FROM CURACOA.—We have - received a file of Curacoa Courants to the 10th of January. The Courant of the 24th of December, announces the death of his Excellency, the Vice-Admiral Him /teal', Governor-General of Curacoa; he died on the 20qi December, after a short illness, in the 57th year of his age ; his body lay in state the following day, and in the evening was interred with military honours. From Margaritta, we learn that 1500 men arrived there from Ireland, and encamped at Pampton, and would soon pro ceed to the Main, as preparations were making for that purpose. Admiral BRION was in the Island The state of affairs in that Island scents to be very miserable ; the Island scarcely enjoyed any trade, and at the time the Dolphin sailed there was an embargo on the ports'. The whole of the Kingdom of Santa Fe, with the exception of Car thagena, Mompox, and St. Martha, was in pos session. of BOLIVAR. It was said that CALEZADA had been defeated in Popayan by the inhabitants, and the Gi')vernor taken prisoner with 490 men. FROM SOUTH AMERICA —Our Baltimore Cor respondent informs us of the anival a t th a t punt of the ship Balloon from Gnayquil. The United States ship Macedonia arrived at Valparaiso about the 10th Oct., and proceeded to Lima. No ac counts had been received from Lord CocHanNe's squadron since their departure. FROM THE HAVANNAH.—A private Letter says, " I arrived here on the 17th inst, and am !lorry to say I found a bad market. There are about 18,000 barrels of flour here for-sale, 10,000 of which are afloat. It is impossible to give you a price.; 1 am in hopes of a change for the better." WASHINGTON, FEB, conformity with 8. Resolutipn passed by the Hop h, sef Representative s yesterday,.and -theTsithsequent a•djournment, the House met this day, at eleven o'clock ; but a quorum not appearing within a few minutes of the time, a motion was made, and carried, for a call of the House. Atter calling the names the first time, and commencing the second call of the ab , sentees, it was agreed to stop further proceeding!. Some time before 12 o'clock, the House agaits went into Committee on the Missouri Bill, whets Mr. Coox, of Illinois, finished his speech. Mr. HEMPHILL then took,the floor, on the same side, in favour of the restriction, and, after continuing an hour and a half, he reluctantly save way for motion to rise, at about three o'clock. Mr. HEMPHILL, in the course of his speech, displayetl, much acute reasoning. It is understood that Mr. CLAY, the Speaker, will follow next.—We have. no news of importance. The United States' frigate Macedonian l a y at Valparaiso on the '23d of October; she had•beers previously cruizing on the coast. She was to sail for Lirna in the course of a few days, and was ex pected to cruize along the coast of Peru and Quito. Lord COCHRANE and his fleet sailed from Valpa raiso, on an expedition, supposed against Lima. The affairs of Spain continue every day to co. , cupy the attention of The Morning Chronicle; but with its usual consistency, while it professes igno• ranee of the real state of the Country, it affects to be Minute in its accounts of particular events, and affects to know the designs of both parties. IT, however, never fails in expressing doubts of intelligence from loyal sources, to indicate- its hostility to Monarchy itself. It says this day. that " We have no accounts but those derived from the Courier sent up_ by the Royalist Party, and these again received a second version be.- fors they were published in Paris." It would be in vain to enquire of The Chronicle why the Royalists of Madrid, in prep3riug their ac -counts should want " a second version" at Parisi when, of course, intelligence fully prepared, must have been received if disguise were neeessary.—r• To prove the intuitive knowledge of The' Chronicle, having " no accounts," it says " RIE-Go's grand object was to penetrate, as soon as possible to Granada, where his presence would liberate many victims." What instinctive sa gacity in a Paper that has " no accounts!' We may as well hazard a conjecture as Ms Chronicle, and perhaps •upou more probable grounds. Why then, we might ask, may it not be supposed that MINA, who is a very intelli gent man, as well as a good Officer, and who ten.' dered service to his Country against the French Invaders, has been cured of republican notion; in France and returned to Spain, in order to make peace with his Sovereign, and by the efficacy of his name and talents, to support the Throne against Rebels ? It is well known, that he attempted to dissuade his nephew from joiti" • ing in the cause of the revolted Spanish Co" lonics, where the latter is said to have been destroyed by the Royalists, and if MINA ar proved of that cause, why did he not proceed himself to support it ? We pretend not to say' that we have any information on the subject to support this conjecture, but we have study as much right to speculate occasionally, 'in behalf of a good cause as The Chronicle, even when it ball i.‘ no accounts" bas to be incessantly surmising and predicting in favour of a bad one ! As we give a daily account of the Election Proceedings of the City of London; and tilt Borough of Southwark, it is hardly necessary for us to animadvert on the *want delicacy wicfi which the respective Candidates and their sup' porters, particularly those of Southwark, treat each other. They will doubtless improve the English language, and enrich it with an abun' dance of new tropes and figures. THE KlN(.—The weather here continues will' terly ; the violence of the northern gale has 'sob.. sided, but its penetrating sharpness yet rentaius- Yesteiday it snowed briskly at intervals, and it has done the same to-day. Und e r such uniuvit" in; auspices, that our beloved SOVEREIGN should appear in public, to take the refreshing advantage of.a carriage airing, or on horseback, has scarcelf been looked for, and muchiess expected ; but-hi , Mirjesty's heakh happily continues firm, and hi; spirits remaikabiy good. Sir BENJAMIN BLOGI , P . FIELD returned to the Palace at 11 o'cloCk.- ; " (l3fighton, March,7 ) Tuesday the Duke of YORK held a 111i1iter,' Levee, as Commander-in-Chief, at his Office tp the Horse Guards. The Marquess of Win-LESLEY arrived in tosca yesterday at the Secretary of State's Office for t" Home Department, a few minutes ()dote thre e o'clock. The Noble Marquess came to Landol l , ftotn Richmond in his travelling post chariot 80t four. He remained at the Secretary' of State's Office an Lour, when be returned to Richmond. f t ., , )41 ti t thi an o il Po, Ca v h i gel (:a