The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, MAY 24. The SPEAKER entered the House this day a few minutes before four o'clock ; but there being only twenty Members present, the House adjourned until to-morrow. [Several motions stood for this night, amongst • othels, that of Mr. Davenport, on th e di s t ress o f th e Manufactur ing Classes.] BATTLE BETWEEN THE FORCES OF BRAZIL AND BUENOS AYRES. R EPUBLICAN ARMY, Bulletin No. V. The Republican Army was on the 12th at Bacacay ; i narched to San Gabriel, and encamped in its vicinity. On th , e 12 th, it remained in its position. Colonel Lavalle, w 't.s las division, fell in with the division of Benton Ma nuel, which was defeated, and abandoned the camp shame fullY, with a loss of 30 men, whilst on our part five only were killed. The army broke up at night. It marched d r ating th e w h ole night, and took the road of La Cuchilla wa nde, where it encamped on the burying-ground. This road leads f rom San Gabriel to the old camp of Santa lia, bordering upon San Martin. The first corps re mained at San Gabriel. wOn the 14th, the army changed its route, and turned to ri ght duri ng t h e whole of the night. At eight in the Vi r ning it t oo k up i ts position at lame. Gen era l Man a was ordered positively to attack the division of Eentos " I 'nuel, with 300 l ancers o f t h e Sth Regiment, under °liv arr i a Colonel Zufr 100 men of the i, and 200 let R of te 16th, und er C o l one l ;egihment, commanded bv Cortonas ; 100 of the 2d, under Captains San Martin, and Albararin, and the Cuirassiers, under Medina. This divi sion fell in with that of Bentos Manuel on the 15th, in the Inorning, an d, a f ter an obstinate engagement, dispersed th em, with 40 killed, w hil st we left ten men on our side killed, and 12 wounded, 'amongst whom there were two officers. On the same day the army left Yacare; and on the 16th, at night, arrived at Carigui. The first corps joined the second and third, after observing San Gabriel as the whole of the enemy's army tlebouched its masses on t he other side of the town, being joined by the 10th divi lion, under General Brown, consisting of 2,500 men, and that of G eneral A breu. It remained five leagues die „tit fr mn Cari gu i, t h e point occupied by the Republican I. my . /i O b n the 17th the enemy entered St. Gabriel, and the h e a illa ' lie an Army remained in its position. On the 16th l b; enemy advanced two leagues, and at night marched to Li; Pasa of Rosario, in Santa . Maria. As it would probe ti" Co R e neP with the enemy during the night, all precau ans taken for a sudden attack. b. 0 4 the I th the two armies perceived each other at w l a e , ak of d aY• The enemy followed up his movements, and v . at a distance of two leagues. d r r mm Loon to five o'clock p. in. the General in Chief Z. l' l s his army in order of battle. At sun-set the Re a ' ca n army marched already to the camp of Ituzaingo, ,f position which had been reconnoitered during the march ten(th,,, ean ie day, when it was to attack the enemy, and at night encani ed within a league of him. Prom the beginning of the campaign the Republican arm y h ad faced the enemy with courage. The cruel mea ts wh ich had been taken in compelling , the inhabitants eraigrate from all quarters, deprived the Republi eae , ~,,a , ,nl Y of the resources which it would have derived fr° l ,, - I ' 4l , and corroborated the opinion that the Imperial ,-, 4l. d'Y Would constantly evade an engagement. On the (ter ha nd, as the enemy's army was very superior in in 4niarY,' appeared to be no easy matter to attack it with 'a'sit-t",e,rior.foice. Thus it became requisite to use every ' ,nee it with confidence ; and by th . ese . means it airs entleed into a position calculated for beating it. The 19, 11 a / I cl object of the marches made from the 12th to the pla ce Were only for this purpose, and on our reaching the , i 7 where it then was, it became necessary to show the rutted of the army, and the enthusiasm which 1- ra st i .t . The 3d Bulletin of the army, and the procla ,,lll,elt which accompanies the same, No. 1 and 2, 11 sh ow the favourable issue of this stratagem of the ~leelni_blican army, and the degree of deception practiced on -.Otrirnander of the enemy. RATTLE OF ITUZAINGO. At Th e i su nrise on the 20th, the contending armies me! h .—_ th e OVerial army being ignorant of the counter-mara _o ts f stl4,tePublican forces, was consequently surprised at h its Ar r t . , and Marched on the left flank to the pass of an, I ;' e la, where it was in hopes of finding 1,4 qeneral in Chief then proclaimed to the corps . d armee it unoccupied. , an ,e with energy P , sensible of the great import lefete °f th at day, and ordered General Lavalleja to charge the Zf tiZ:vet i "rtt t ihgeu i b , r r a o v n e si fi s z g corps, sabre in hand. The division of the Sth and 16th regiments . of i ° t h i l t h e e rl t; ooepotnofmanded by the gallant Colonel Olivarria, and Cuirassiers under the brave Medina, firmed CIQ 44 " line, to support the first corps. The 3d, under tileneral Solet, formed upon the heights which connected 44aPrin'titione of the first corps. The divisions of . Brant d attest] dins P as, of the second corps, remained in Rosario, an d 4 rear -guard botween the first and third corps, and the t vllin n of the brave Colonel Lavalle was ordered on 1 . 'At hand of it tll t 4 thiB Position, ' and under a heavy fire of the first corps, : 4 1 ,elle l t. n tade a formidable movement against the third 'an: . '''ree battalions, amongst whom were the Ger rest,' t3tuPPorted by 300 horsemen and six pieces of can- Ich ale a r aeked him• A heavy cannonade was heard on the gent b '''e, and the combat commenced on both sides with c har ° sti naeY, from the right to the left. The cavalry as ri g e were rapid, and well sustained on both sides, with tri an t t m icreo. lif t he mean time Colonel Lavalle had charged on the . s llj4 fr lv t ' i t h all the cavalry in his front, sabreing anti pul ls? nern a league and a half from the field of battle. ~,_ ottsithstanding this brilliant success, the engagement q not ha s , a decisive one, the principal forces of the enem!, ss4 e ' on our right wing and centre. Thus it , became ssa ia a rY to leave only the 3d regiment of cavalry in rned brer:tz' and to overthrow- the divisione of Colonels Pas and acre and Whilst this force was in action, both armies n kvas "already engaged, when the intrepid Colonel Brantz, ltls,;"°:larged to break through a mass of infantry ; he was , 4 411 Y killed on the field of battle. it a, e Gth battalion under Colonel Oldzabal discontinued b ti t ' , 'e l the second of Colonel Alegre being attacked le y: thellaeatvaley, headed by the German . Lancers, ?o , d l ivi_ l bite s f , I I IY from the field. Colonel Olivarria, with a f_,ol.4oir,„:l,aldatiado, anti the first of cavalry, crushed that d e cow, - a`t,s. retreat, when they were dispersed, and put hors Wl, diri the righ t wing victory was' di s puted by Gomez and(!su ipei a ied h ch arge d a strong column of cavalry, and ist, W th o em to see k shelter under the fire of a battalion t he I, ent renched un d er t h e trees. Th e ar d our o f ' nie fe carried the troops along with them, whom the Of ee°DllPelled to ferce back to corn distance : the masses asea!vaitY•penetrated them in an in ; the 16th regi nthe'cZieraet.vsieed.orders to support their companions . in arms; aak t , . " and Drrgoona charged right and left on the th e , and the brave Lancers, whilst manoeuvring as upon the t rad e , on a field already covered with carcasses of ira " tn . ?: e ltarged and overthrew the enemy, and pursued 'lira a battery of three pieces of cannon, which they Whi ch ` e t ook. The Sal regiment sustained this charge, th, Proved decisive. Colonel Olivarria supported on Aya Zetasai,on the reputation he had acquired at Juini and The enern ' ‘„ f ii . Y 8 cavalry Wu compelled i n th e centre to give 4 Y' a In g b ack on it s • troops, i kalsisting of four bat ay infantry, pursued by our Generals Soler, 1.,,, 1° , 1 , 33 ' selv with immortal gioarl,"ebial,t:tind Laguna, covered b the r m v - . il ea ~• Paz, at the head of hi. dizidoisposition and rave . , `ognished services from the ors n, after rendering tattddie the last cavalry charge againilen ‘attitied in the field, and corn ent of the battle, the enemy, who re pelled the Imperial Army to tea t . a precipitate flight. • Act' light artillery, tie,eCrolo.r,el Yriarte, with his regiment aise from the Command • whole R g reat . Pr uerln-Cht f f the zrl'."'le R epu bl i c an Aril) , ; the. steadiness of the Aertillerva • va, and the deadly aim of its fire was the terro r of the .. : e nlY; all the Chiefs of this Corps, Captains Chilabere, vreagrera, and Biram, distinguished themselves very par teularly. ia_Colonela Olazabal, Oribe, Garzon, and Corree, and 'l/Inlanders 0 I Arenas, and Medina, of the 4th, have W s l l Bi, T 1 e, 1441 Pported their previously acquired reputation in many Ta es l likewise the second in command, Colonel Dessa. 311"djutants of the General in Chief have satisfactorily 1 , ,,, , ed the confidence reposed in them. The corps of distinguishedneeraith its Commander, Trolls, has in like manner ,rii itself h stai e enemy's army abandoned filially the field of battle, chi ef ° ,g 1,200 killed, amongst whom there were many of p rime 4 eere, and General Abreu, besides a great number statid.l.nem, the whole of its parks, baggage, and two tr ona . c h , , ten pieces of artillery, which are the fruits and A al6 Ms of the army, whose loos amounts to about 500 men. .a d rt ng the killed and wounded is the Commander of the e ginient, Bezarew. ti A - lit he Commanders, officers, and troops, have displayed e‘i: valour which has ever distinguished the La Plata sol q,,s, in consequence of which the General in Chief has ' r essed to them the fi,llowing proclamation :___. li " T he General in Chief of the Republican Army after _4 battle of Ituzaingo. Soldiers !--Yesterday you confer ted fresh glory on your country at Ituninzo, When the account of this triumph reaches the Republic of La Plata, all your fellow-citizens will extol the glory of your valour. "Soldiers!—You are worthy of the respect of the Re public ! During fifty-five days of marching, you have not had one single day of rest. The privations you have en dured are manifold. Your General is satisfied with your steadiness in supporting all the fatigues you endured under a burning sun. " Soldiers !—Your glory is immense, since you have caused the standard of La Plata to triumph at Bacacay, as well as in El Umbra, here and at Ituzaingo. The Im perial Eagles have not been able to face the Republican Rostra. The results of this campaign are immeasurable. You have captured the magazines, arms, ammunition, and clothing, which your enemy had collected, within a year. This great column, formed with the temerity of design of polluting one (lay the sacred soil of your country, saw in one moment all the proud pretensions of the Emperor of Brazil annihilated. In the field of Ituzaingo is engraved the immortal memory of the victims you have sacrificed to their ambition. The war which you sustained is the most just of all possible wars, and the Sovereign of the Universe is pleased to sanction your endeavours with the laurels of victory. You marched on the road of honour. " Soldiers !—Follow your destiny. The Republic will amply reward your efforts, and some day after the termina tion of this holy war, when you return into the bosom of Your families, you will bear in your hearts the noble pride of being able to say, that you were soldiers of the Repub lican army in the Brazilian campaign. " CHARLES DE ALVEARS. (A true copy) " ANGEL SARAVIA." A great part of the cavalry went in pursuit of the enemy till night ; the rest of the army encamped on the islets near Cariqui. The horses of the Republican Army were knocked up during the last forced marches; there are im mense sandy tracts, where they met with no pasture, were amazingly fatigued, and could scarce pursue the enemy iu his retreat. On the 21st, the Republican Army marched in the di- rection of Cacigin; various strong parties, under Colonel Paz, were detached in pursuit. The German soldiers of the infantry came to the General until the 25th, when the army counted 140 of them in the Republican ranks and files. Many of the inhabitants had surrendered to the enemy, and of Officers Don Francisco Rocha and his son, the Ensigns Martado, Geroninse, and Aranjo, offered their services to contribute to establish the beautiful Republic of this Continent. On the 26th, the enemy continued his retreat, the Re publican Army entered San Gabriel, and took a position on the Bacacay, and took from the enemy his equipage, &c. the value of which amounts to 350,000 dollars. The wounded have been placed convenient :y ; and forces have been detached in all directions, to intercept stragglers and horses. (Signed) LA MANCILLA, Commander in-Chief ad interim (A true copy.) ANGEL SARAVIA. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MAX 2.s.—The Rev. Edward Tore son Bidwell, M.A. one of the senior Fellows of Clare Nall, has been presented by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the rectory of Orches ton St. Mary, in Wiltshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Hale. The Rev. Henry Roberts, B.A. of Trinity Col lege, has been instituted, by the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, to the rectory of Baxterley, near Atherstone, void by the death of the Rev. C. G. Okeover. The annual meeting of the Bank of Buenos Ayres took place in February, and a dividend of 13 per cent. on its capital was announced. That establishment appears to be in a pro3perous con dition, but has set aside a large reserve fund to meet unforeseen losses. The amount of its notes in circulation is declared to be 8,600,000 dollars (less than 2,000,0001. sterling), but in that sum is included the amount furnished to the branch banks at St. Juan, Salta, and Tucu man, as well as the agents for Entre-Rios and the Banda Oriental. Mr. SHEIL.—Mr. Doherty's appointment to the Solicitor-Generalship, is an appointment of no small importance to Mr. Sheil, for it leaves him exclusively the stating of cases on the Leinster Circuit, and by that means augments his professional income by at least one thousand pounds per annum.—Dublin Morn. Register. SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.—The warrant appointing the Hon. Wm. Lamb to the situation of Chief Secretary for Ireland has come over, but the Hon. Gentleman himself is not expected before the 20th of June, as the duty of moving the Irish Estimates now devolves on him.— Dublin Evening Post. The fine rains of last week having been suc ceeded by warm weather, vegetation has pro ceeded with astonishing rapidity. The wheat plants have acquired strength, and look altoge ther luxuriantly and kindly; the spring corn is growing rapidly and vigorously, and gives equal promise, whilst the meadows and pastures furnish a truly gratifying contrast to their appearance last season, and exhibit already the assurance to the farmer that he has not this year to fear the recurrenc e of those evils and difficulties which their scanty produce of the last year occasioned him.—We are sorry to understand that blight on the apple-trees is general.— Worcester Journal. SPREAD OF THE REFORMATION.—During the tour of the Right Rev. Dr. M'Goveran, Catholic Bishop of Ardagh, through his diocese, in the last month, his Lordship confirmed 16 Protestants, who had conformed to the Catholic Church. Three of them received the Sacrament of Confirmation in Longford, and their conver sion to the ancient faith is to be numbered amongst the fruits of the admirable conversial sermons preached in that town, some time since, by the Rev. Mr. Slevan.—Dublin Morning Register. Friday night the Counting-house belonging to the Northgate-street Brewery was broken into by some thieves (notwithstanding a watchman was on the spot), who entered the premises from the Packhorse Yard. The whole of the desks were forced and their contents examined, and about four pounds in money taken away. On the wall was chalked in a good hand—" Time is short, watch close."—Bath Chronicle. Two young women, named Mil/ and Nan carroty, have been committed to Bodmin gaol, on a charge of murdering an infant, of which Mill had been recently delivered, near Redriith. Mary Jewell, a married woman, and sister of Mill, was at the same time committed for steal ing a washing tray. These three women admit that they were in the habit of robbing different shops, by acting in concert, one pretending to purchase something whilst the others secured what they could. A great quantity of goods of different descriptions were found at their houses.—Plymouth Journal. A lamentable accident occurred at Bingham, on Thursday afternoon the 17th inst. Mrs. Widowson, widow of Mr. James Widowson, late of that town, joiner, who was very infirm, and lived in an upper apartment, was burnt to death. It appeared upon the inquest, held the following day, that one of her grandsons going into her room, found the old lady lying on her face upon the floor, quite dead, and it was con jectured that her clothes were ignited by the embers of a pipe (which had been given to her about half an hour before) falling upon her lap, and causing the catastrophe. In this opinion the coroner (Mr. Falkner) and tbk. jurors coin cided. She was 78 years of age, an d h er b o d y presented a most appalling spectacle, it being, with the exception of the lower extremities, literally roasted.—Stanford Mercury. ENCLOSURE BILLS. (FROM A CORICESTONDENT OF THIS TIIIES.) Sir,—As an illustration to your remarks en the sacri fices to which the peasantry and small proprietors of land are subjected by Enclosure Bills. I beg to lay before the public the followinc , facts :—ln the year 1822, at the in stance of the Lord of the Manor, and one or two other large landed proprietors, a Bill was obtained for enclosing the waste lands in a parish not 30 miles from London. A commission was appointed by the Lord of the Manor, and another on the part of the parish. The land-steward of the Lord of the Manor was appointed (by himself) Clerk to the Commissioners, and a friend of his, Surveyor. Under their auspices the parish was surveyed. Pursuant to a clause in the Act, upwards of 1,100 acres of the waste lands were sold to pay the expences of the enclo sure. The sale of 1,000 acres was by private contract to the Lord of the Manor and another Noble Lord, whose estates adjoin the land so sold. The price obtained was 5/. and 6/. per acre. The mature of the soil varied— strong clay, brick earth, and sandy. The remaining 100 acres, consisting of frontages to the lands of other propri etors, was sold by public auction, at from 25/. to 50/. per acre. The money derived from these sales, amount ing to between 6,000/. and '7,000/., has been expended in the salaries of Commissioners, Clerks, and Surveyors, and in making new roads, and stopping up old ones.— The result has been, that the heath and waste lands which formerly afforded fuel, employment, and independence, to the peasantry and small proprietors of land, are now trans formed into preserves for game and plants.tions; while the peasantry and small proprietors of land have become pau pers--the former from being deprived, as you justly ob served, of "those little subsidiary comforts and indulgen cies arising from the various uses of waste lands," and tke latter from having been compelled (in most instances) to sell their little properties, which were no longer valuable without those rights of common which had been sold to increase the property and conveniencies of their richer neighbours. The award is not yet made, being left open to cover some exchanges convenient to the larger propri etors ; and to admit of roads, which intersected their states, being stopped up. Your obedient servant, R. MEETING AT MANCHESTER TO PETI TION FOR REPRESENTATIVES. On Wednesday last, pursuant to a requisition signed by 135 gentlemen of the very first respecta bility, a meeting was held in the Town-hall, Man chester, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons for the pri vilege of returning two members to Parliament, under such regulations as should afford adequate security against the occurrence of tumult, expence, and delay at the time of election. The Borough reeve was called to the chair by the general voice of the r..eting. The first resolution was proposed by Mr. H. BIRLEY, the President of the Chamber of Com merce, who spoke at some length on the propriety of transferring the elective right from corrupt Bo roughs, to the large manufacturing towns rather than to the counties or surrounding hundreds, on the ground that an increase ought to be made to the manufacturing interest in the House, rather than to the agricultural, which already preponderated too much. The resolution was seconded by Mr. G. W. WOOD, the Vice-President of the Chamber of Com merce, who forcibly represented the advantages which would accrue to the inhabitants from having its commercial interests attended to in Parliament : and stated several very important particulars, to show how inadequately the commercial and manufacturing interests of the country were represented. He also ably showed the impropriety of transferring the rights of boroughs to the adjacent hundreds, as an innovation on that proper proportion which, in the arrangement of the representative system, was endea voured to be established between the landed and commercial interests. It was impossible, he said, to look around on all the unrepresented manufacturing towns, and not be convinced that they ought to be represented, and that Manchester ought to be the first to have the privilege. The resolution was carried unanimously. _ _ _ _ Mr. W. GARNETT, a Director of the Chamber of Commerce, in moving the second resolution, ob served, that 'a town which was the centre of a ma nufacturing district, the exports from which formed two-thirds of the whole exports of the kingdom, ought certainly to be represented. The motion was seconded by Mr. T. and carried unanimously. Some interruption was here occasioned by Mr. Chesshyre, a zealous member of the Pitt Club; but as it arose from a misconception, the business of the meeting was proceeded with. Mr. R. H. GREGG and Mr. SHAWPEAR PHILIPS proposed and seconded the third resolution, which, after some remarks from Mr. RICHARD POTTER, on th►► ignorance of commercial questions which was often observable in the House, was carried unan►- mously. The only point on which there was the slightest difference of opinion manifested', was with regard to the persons who should be named as a committee to carry the resolutions into effect. The list proposed included the names of the Boroughreeve and con stables, and about a dozen gentlemen of high re spectability, but who, witl► two exceptions, were supposed to be of Tory politics. An amendment was therefore proposed, that Mr. R. Potter, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. E. Baxter, Mr. Prentice, and two or three more, who are considered to possess more popular opinions, should he added to the Committee. Th►s amendment was carried by a majority of ten to one. The meeting was one of the most respectable in point of station ever held in Manchester, and was numerous also, when it is considered that the work ing people purposely stayed away, and left the whole business in the hands of the requisitionists, in order that it might not be fail that the meeting consisted of those who had no chance of becoming electors. The following is a ropy of the petition which was adopted : TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN ANI) IRELAND, IN FAIL• LIAMENT ASSEMBLED,* " The humble Petition of the Borougbreeve, Con stable, and Rate-payers of Manchester, agreed to in public meeting, at the Thrn-hall, this 23d day of May, 18.27, " Showeth,—That your petitioners are informed that an intention has been expressed, if an opportunity should occur, of proposing to the Legislature to confer on the town of Manchester the privilege of returning Members to your Honourable House, and that doubts have been ex pressed whether your petitioners were desirous of having such a privilege. " That your petitioners, being anxious not to lose, by their silence, any opportunity of obtaining so desirable a P • rivilege beg to represent to your Honourable House, that from the great increase of the population, manufactures, and general commerce of the said town and neighbourhood, questions affecting its prosperity are continually occurring, and that very great advantage would, in the opinion of your petitioners, be experienced from the opportunity of direct communication with Members representing the town, and intimately acquainted with its interests. " Yonr petitioners, therefore, earnestly and respectfully pray, that whenever circumstances shall render it practi cable, your Honourable House, in conjunction with the other branches of the Legislature, will be pleased to extend to thn: town of Mar.:!oster and such other townships of the parish as form, in fact, part of the town, the Tight of returning Members to represent them in Parliament, " Your petitioners, however, anxious that in their case, and by their successors, the elective privilege should be purely, independently, and . constitutionally exercised, do further pray, that if it shall please your Honourable House to accede to this their urgent request, such regulations may he prescribed with respect to the mode of election as shall effectually, and at all times, prevent the tumult, delay, and expense by which elections for populous places are too often attended. " And your petitioners will ever pray." BUONAPARTE A FRIEND TO LITERA TURE.—A celebrated living poet (Thomas Campbell, it is said) being requested, at a lite rary dinner, to name a friend to literature, toasted Buonaparte." On being asked how he ranked him among her supporters, he replied, " he had shot a bookseller. ,, -The Ant, FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. Lord Farnborough had an audience yesterday of the KING. Yesterday morning the Duke of Clarence went to Deptford to inspect the Royal Sovereign yacht, previous to its sailing to convey the Queen of Wurtemberg to this country. The yards were manned, and the Lord High Admiral was re ceived on his arrival with three cheers. His Royal Highness went on board the vessel to in spect the arrangements. About one o'clock the Princes's Augusta arrived, attended by the Right Hon. W. Fremantle, the Treasurer of the King's Household, who is appointed Chamber lain to the Queen of Wurtemberg : the Princess, on going on board, was also greeted with three cheei% A sumptuous breakfast was prepared for her Royal Highness on board the yacht. After remaining about two hours, her Royal Highness returned to London. Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth-day of the Princess Victoria, when her Royal High ness completed her eighth year. Her Royal Mother, the Duchess of Kent, gave a dejeuiu to the Royal Family, in honour of the day, at her apartments in the King's Palace, Kensing ton, at two o'clock. The following members of the Royal Family were present :—The Duchess of Clarence, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, and the Princess Sophia-Matilda. Her Serene Highness the Princess Carlotti was also of the party. The Princess Victoria received presents from the King and all the members of the Royal Family. The Tyrolese singers were introduced to per form before the Royal Party. In the course of the day numbers of the Nobility and Gentry left their names at the Palace. The Earl and Countess of Harewood give a large dinner party this day. Tuesday was the birth-day of the Princess of , Hesse Homberg, when her Rnyal Highness completed her 57th year. The Duke of Bedford entertained a large party to dinner yesterday, at his house in St. James's square. The Duke of Grafton entertained a distin guished party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Clarges-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne gave an elegant entertainment on Wednesday, at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Among other distin guished personages invited to meet their Royal Highnesses were the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, the Earl and Countess of Rose berry, Lord and Lady Cawdor, the Earl of Ilchester, Sir J. Scarlett, Sec. The Dowager Marchionese of Salisbury's grand assembly on Wednesday evening, in Ar lington -street, was attended by his Royal High ness the Duke of Gloucester, and upwards of 400 of the bout ton. The Countess of Kinnoul gave a splendid rout yesterday evening, at her house in Gros venor-street, which was very numerously and fashionably attended. The following distinguished persons had din ner parties yesterday :—The Earl of Jersey, in Berkeley-square ; Lord Bexley, Great George street, Westminster ; Lord James Stuart, White hall-place ; J. Irving, Esq., M.P., Richmond terrace ; Lord King, Dover-street. BELFAST.—The Address to the King, from this loyal and independent town, 'congratulating his 'Majesty on the recent change of Ministry, was carried' by a large majority, three only being opposed.—Dublin Patriot. RICHARD FOR Rosales— A few days since, in the neighbourhood of Sherborne, a Rev. Gen tleman called on his friend, another Rev. Gen tleman, to congratulate him on the Cabinet change. After dinner the vine came round, and the Rev. Gentleman gave several toasts ; amongst others, "To the Right Hon. George Canning, the zealous friend of the Tories," when a Lady observed that she thought lie was under a little mistake, and that he intended the Right Hon. Robert Peel. He felt her observation, and left the banquet with his face covered, truly mortified. It is expected that Torquay, Dartmouth, and other towns on the south coast of this country, will be very gay this summer, in consequence of the completion of Teignmouth bridge, and the new road to Plymouth.—Plymouth Journal. AN EGYPTIAN MUMAlY.—Captain Jeffer son, who arrived here lately from Alexandria, has brought home a very perfect human mummy, which may now be seen on board the vessel, the Hindostan, lying east side of the King's dock, dise!eirging beams. The mummy is live feet nine inches and a half long. The teeth are per fect, and there is some little remnant of the hair remaining on the head. A little of the gilding is also visible on the left temple, left breast, and on the hands. mummy is remarkably per fect. We believe it was brought from Thebes.— Liverpool Advertiser. All the influence which women enjoy in so ciety,—their right to the exercise of that mater nal care which forms the first and most indelible species of education ; the wholesome and miti gating restraint which they possess over the pas sions of mankind ; their power of protecting us when young, and cheering us when old—de pends so entirely upon their personal purity, and the charm which it casts around them, that to insinuate a doubt of its real value is wilfully to remove the broadest corner-stone on which civil society rests, with all its benefits and with all its comforts.—Scott. We are informed, that in consequence of the disclosures which were made in the discussions on the subject of the inclosure bill recently in troduced into the House of Commons by a few Welch landowners, his Majesty's Government have it in contemplation to appoint some respon sible officer, for the specific purpose of examining all private bills, and thereby guarding against the introduction of any thing which might invade either the property of the Crown or the rights of the subject. The orchards in Somersetshire as well as in Devon, now present a most beautiful appearance. and cider, it is expected, will this year be both plentiful and cheap. The grass lands arc in a very improving condition.—Plysnouth Journal. EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.—An ewe, the property of Gregory .Rhodes, Esq., of Wetherby, has, this spring, yeaned four very fine lambs, three of which she reared herself, and the fourth has been brought up by another ewe, which had only one lamb.— York Chron. Two French Noblemen, the Marquis of Dal matia (the son of the celebrated Marshal Soult) and Count De la Rederte, are at the present pe riod in Nottingham. They came provided with letters of introduction to Messrs. Barker and Adams, whose extensive hosiery and lace ware house they visited yesterday. Several factories in town have also been honoured with their pre senee.--eNottingharn. Herald. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. Petty Seasions (Ireland) Dill—Further consideration of Report. 2. Supply—Report. S. Canada Clergy Reserves Bill—Further consideration of Report. 4. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 5. Destruction of Houses (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 6. Corn Averages Bill—Second reading. 7. Larceny Laws Consolidation Bill—Committee. B. Remedies against the Hundred Bill—Further consider ation of Report. 9. Malicious Injuries Bill—Further consideration of Re • port. .0. Larceny Laws Repeal Bili—Further consideration of Report. 1. Criminal Justice Bill—Further consideration ot Report. 2. Constables Presentments Bill—Committee. 3. Dissenters' Marriages Bill—Second reading. 4. Supply—Committee. 5. Ways and Means—Committee. NOCICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. William Lamb—lrish Miscellaneous Estimates. (In Committee of Supply.) 2. Mr. Henries—Army Extraordinaries, Commissariat, and to pay off Exchequer Bills for Public Works. (In Committee of Supply.) :3. Mr. Secretary Sturges Bourne_ Bill to amend the Ge neral Penitentiary Act. DROPPED NOTICES OF MOTIONS OF YESTERDAY. 1. Mr. Edward Davenport—Select Committee to inquire into the causes of the severe distress which has af -flicted the Commercial and Industrious classes of the Community during the last and present years. 2. Mr. Moore—Bill to give validity to the service of pro cess to compel appearance issuing out of the superior Courts of Justice in any one of the parts of the United Kingdom on persons in any of the other parts of the United Kingdom. S. Mr. Moore—Bill for tha protection of purchasers for valuable consideration in Ireland against judgment not recovered within twenty years. 4. Mr. Moore—Bill to regulate the buying and selling of Hay and Straw within the city, liberties, and vici nity of Dublin. 5. Mr. Henry Grattan—To move for Returns from the Commissioners of the Paving Board, Dublin ; also, from the Commissioners of Wide Streets, Dublin ; also, from the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, in Ireland. 6. Mr. Moore—To bring under the consideration of the House the Petition of the Mechanical Operative Classes of the City, liberties, and vicinity of Dublin (presented 12th April), and praying the establish ment of a Loan Fund. 7. Mr. Herries—Bill for carrying into effect the Treaty with Sweden relative to the Slave Trade. DROPPED ORDERS OF THE DAY OF YESTERDAY. I. Small Debts Bill—Second reading. 2. Sale of Game Bill—Second reading. 3. Election Expences Bill—Third reading. 4. Benefices Resignation Indemnity Bill—Committee. 5. Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill—Committee. 6. Land Revenue (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 7. Parochial Settlements (Scotland) Bill—Further consi deration of Report. 8. Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 9. Roads and Bridges (Ireland) Bill—Third reading 10. General Turnpike Act Amendment Bill—Report. 11. Foundlings (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 12. Malt Acts—Committee thereupon. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—May 24. An amazing deal of business was done yesterday on the Derby and Oaks, and some further variations are notice lble. In consequence of having had a very favourable sweat in the morning, Espagnolle was made a better fa vourite, and heavy sums laid out upon him. Donna Clara receded several points, Scheherazade is again first favourite, at low odds. It is thought that about 20 horses will start for the Derby, as about 20 or 22 horses are now there. I 1 to 2 agst Glenartney 9 to I agst Roderick to 1 agst Espagnolle 11 to 1 agst Gatalunzie 12 to 1 agst Defence 12 to 1 agst Trumpeter 15 to 1 agst Spondee DERBY, 17 to 1 apt Turcoman IS to 1 agat Windermere 20 to I agst Mameluke 30 to I agat Gameline 40 to 1 agst Pontiil' 1000 to 10 agat Raymond. 4 to 1 apt Schchcrazade 7 to I agst Tiupitywitchet (11 8 to 1 agst Toso 12 to 1 agst Donna Clara 13 to 1 agst Souvenir 1000 to 15 agst Mr. I Pt to 1 agst Morel 15 to 1 agst Gulnare 16 to I agst Translation lti tr. 1 agst Calypso 20 to 1 agst Mr. %Vest's. srabton's Cornus filly. NOTICE POSTED AT TA' ERMALCS Messrs. tersall beg leave to infirm the public, that, by order of the Jockey Club, the settling-day for the Derby and Oaks is on the Tuesday following, instead of the Monday. None but Subscribers to the- Betting-rooms will be ad mitted into the yard on the Tuesday, excepting on pay ment of one sovereign." YORK SPRING MEETING.—WroNaspAr, MAY 23. The Races terminated this day, after three days' excel. lent sport, and a very fashionable attendance. The fol lowing is an account of the running :--. The CONSTITUTION STAKES of aO sovs. each, h. ft. for all ages; three-yr-olds, sst. 101 b., four, Sst., five, Set. 9111. six, 9st. 11b. and aged, 9st. 51b. Mile and a quarter. Mr. B. Peter's b. in. Fleur de Lis, 5 yrs 1 Lord Kelburne's bl. h. Jerry, 6 yrs 2 Lord Milton's b. b. Humphrey Clinker, 5 yrs, 3 Duke of Leed's b. c. Sirius, 4 yrs Ten paid.—Even on Fleur de Lis, 2 to 1 agst Humphrey, and 5 to 1 agst Jerry. The COLT SAPLING STASES Of 50 save. each, 11. ft. for three-yr-old colts, Sat. 31b. Last mile am! three quarters. Mr. Bradshaw's ch. by Magistrate—Altisidora 1 Lord Scarborough's b. Brother to Pasta Mr. Darnell's L. by Walton Lord Milton's b. Beggar Boy, by Tramp 4 Three paid.-6 to 4 on Darnell's, and 6 to 4 asst Brother to Pasta. The STAND PLATE, of 30/., three, 7st. four, Bst. 41b. five, Bst. 101 b. six and aged, 98t. Heats, a mile and three quarters each. Duke of Leeds's b. I. Crowcatcher, 5 yrs 5 1 1 Sir W. Milner's b. c. Mr. Pengander, 4 yrs 1 2 2 Mr. Clapham's b. c. Crafty, 4 yre Mr. Smith's br. m. Jenny, 5 yrs Mr. Sykes's b. f. Cock Robin, 5 yrs 6 to 5 agst Cock Robin, 5 to 2 agst Cron-catcher, 5 to 1 agst Mr. Pengander, and 10 to 1 agst Crafty, before starting. After the first heat, even on Pengander, and 5 to 8 agst Crowcatcher ; and after the second heat, 4 to 1 on Crowcatcher, and 7 to 2 agst Cock Robin. Three good heats. The following important alterations have taken place in the betting on the St. Leger : S to 1 agst Nonplus 20 to 1 agst Lunaria 14 to 1 agst Reviewer 30 to 1 agst Tom Jones 17 to 1 agst Granby 40 to 1 agst Mr. Lumley's c. by 18 to I agst Matilda Tramp 20 to 1 agst 111alek 40 to 1 agst Olivera 500 even Nonplus agst Reviewer (taken`. ANECDOTE.—In the parish of Cockpen, (near Dalkeith) a poor woman was once em• ployed to sweep out the church every Saturday, for a penny a-week. So much was she dissatis fied, however, with this remuneration, that she one `day resolved to put up a prayer within the church for an enlargement of her income ; and not receiving an answer, she continued her en treaties from week to week, until a wag, having overheard her, ensconced himself on the next op portunity below one of the seats, and while " Lucky was at her devotions, he called out " Ye hae eneugh already for what ye do !" when to this she instantly made response, " If that be thy will, I maim e'en baud sae; but I think ye might lute made it tippenee !",--Glasgozy Herald. MURDER.—On Thursday evening, a murder was committed at Wolverhampton, by an Irish man named John Mills, upon a woman named Finn, a native of Birmingham. It appears that they had long cohabited together, and the woman was pregnant ; they left Birmingham on Wed nesday or Thursday last, under the idea of being married. However a quarrel ensued between them ; he knocked her down, and kicked her on the temple, which caused her instant death.--= Mills immediately absconded, and returned to Birmingham on' Friday last. The police are out in all directions in search of him. He stands about five feet 10 inches high.—Pottery Mer cuq. SPIRIT OF THE PLMT.TC JOURNALS. Intelligence has reached us from the Conti nent, which, however, well inclined, we cannot altogether disbelieve, nor shall we speak of it, if true, as unimportant. It has been under stood for some time past in the political circles, ' that an agreement was either signed or in pre paration, between England and France, by which those twce r powers were to withdraw their troops from the two divisions of the Peninsula respec tively occupied by them, on or about the first of next October. Considering that the object of the French invasion of Spain was to support the anti-constitutional despotism of Ferdinand against his oppressed people, and that the intent of the British expedition was simply to protect an ally from aggression—from an aggression un dertaken for the re-establishment in Portugal of a similar despotism to that which had already been restored in Spain by a similar military out rage—contrastie g, we say, the spirit and design of these two armaments by France and England, we do aver, that no instance of moderation or humility in politics ever exceeded that which was displayed by the British Government, in consenting to put the two departures of French troops from Spain, and of English from Portu gal, on an equal footing, whether of argument or action. Now, however, our correspondents in form us, that France has retracted her consent, and refuses to execute the measure stipulated by withdrawing her troops in October. For this breach of compact two causes are alleged:---Ist, distrust of the " unsettled" state of Portugal ; 2d, a distrust of the views entertained by the Liberal Ministry of Mr. Canning. With regard to the state of Portugal, the " unsettled" condition of which country is talked of as one of the French justifications of breach of faith, what are we to inderstand by it ? If the ilhaese of the Regent, and the fatal consequences anticipated by the last accounts, are what constitute the " unsettle ment" of the kingdom, let us ask, has not the Constitutional Charter provided another Regent ? What is there so unsettled in this ? We can indeed conceive such a project to be meditated with regard to Portugal, as has been within these four years realized against Spain—namely, that of provoking disorders, and then alleging them as a pretext for the justification of military in terference. Don Miguel becomes of age next October. Is it contemplated to enforce his usurpation of the throne or Regency, by the bayonets of a combined army of French and Spaniards ? We hope not. It would be what Lord Liverpool calls " too bad," if a French Cabinet were first to disturb the Spanish nation, making the artificial disturbance so excited a plea for war against its victim, and next to follow up the like game against Portugal, by employ ing the same arts and the same arms for the subjugation of that kingdom, 11160, to the joint schemes of the two Bourbon Pi inces dominant at each side of the Pyrenees.—We are aware that iniquitous and extensive intrigues have been carried on within these three months for the embarrassment of Mr. Canning, who is the dread and hate of every absolute Government in Europe, and of some which are aspiring to be absolute. We are not sure that such intrigues have been confined to London, of to England itself. A false step, like that which is now attributed to Monsieur Vii lele, in the violation of his solemn pledge to respect henceforth the rights of independent nations, inight,perchanee, have been contrived as one mode of annoyance and distress to the British Minister. If so, it will inevitably fail. Mr. Canning will not now be trifled with, as he was in 1822 and 1823; nor will the King of England submit to be menaced by foreigners into the taontinatior of a Ministry which might serve their unprincipled projects, any more than his Majesty has submitted to be bullied by those of his own subjects who have been eharged with a parallel design. The fact is, that the Coe stitutional spirit has become too strong in Spain to be kept down by the power of Ferdinand; and almost too eager to be checked by the lopereilions and unnatural coldness of the British Governmear Ferdinand, and Ferdinand's friends at Paris, feel what would be the consequence, were the troops of the Apostolical party in France to be wit drawn. ft would not surprise us, therefore, if, in their des peration, some attempts more wild and intolerable than we have yet witnessed, were to be hazarded ere long against the Portuguese independence. We shall just add, that if submission will give England any certain tenure of continued peace, let het sub mit, with the best grace she can, to swallow a second dose of duplicity from M. de Villele. But if Mr. Canning thinks that firmness is at once the best mender of reputations, and the most success. maker both of peace and war, we pray him to be firm. He has the British empire with him. Count Ofalia, who Had possibly willing listeners is, France to his arguments for prolonging the French occupation of his country, is said to be on his way to England, to talk over our simple Minister, and, to reconcile them to this juggle.—Timee. The events which took place on Wednesday, at the Meeting of the Friends of Purity of Election,—or rather, the opinions which were then maintained,—induce us to offer some re marks on the present political state of parties in the country, to which we hope we shall not in vain solicit the attention of the public. It will be recollected that we stated some time ago, that if Mr. Canning had come forward, or were now to present himself, as the general advocate of Catholic Emancipation, Parliamentary Reform, and the rEipeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. his Ministry never could have been formed ; o: being formed, it would be dissolved in an hour —in an instant--on the in declaration of such principles. Mr. Canning, taking up one of those measures,---Catholic Emancipation,—has loaded himself with quite as much as he car. carry: one ounce more, and he breaks down ; an hereditary dulness resumes its teat. These were opinions which, as we have said above, 114 promulgated some time ago-, we have not, there fore, borrowed them from Sir Francis Burdett, though they appear to be coincident with his, as tittered at the Westminster Meeting, and, indeed, N a c with those of every other prudent man in the country. particularlyt But style themselves the friends o f religious liberty— Why should Mr. Canning at this time have committed himself upon the question o f ie ., it is by asktehdat by classtl the Reformer s, ofpeople who t n pealing the Test and Corporation Acts? To this we reply by another question—Why should Mr, Canning, or any other Statesman, elude or flinch from the declaration of his opinion, when called for it, upon any great political question whatever ? Such elusion, such retreat into the dark, would have been suspicious to others, and cowardly ia himself: Behind and around this anti-reforme r , then, n Sir Franics B ur d e tt an d th e Whi gs h ave (Ted' themselv es . A n d w h y s h ou ld t h ey not ? They have ranged themselves behind and ar oun d a nian notoriously of-•great abilities, t o th e ex elusion of ignorance ; 'ilnd every one retains his own sentiments. But isAbe hope of reform, then, to be for ever smothered? - Is exclusion to be the everlasting principle of it: British Admi nistration ? To these inquiries we Shall furnish a speedy, and, we trust, a etar-Olawer, WhQ,