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prod erith our words? Every man ought to feel it a d e grades:on of his country that Poland had been suffered to income the victim of the contemptible end brutal despot of Russia.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) busted that national feeling on tl:e subject of the wrongs of Po land wrtild vet be done, such as to (hive the barbarians and reffians of Russia cut t f the pale of society. The noble lord bad said that the banished refugees received pe cuniary assistance from this country because they had been our active allies in the Peninsular war. That was not the ground on which that relief had been extended to them. T'ey were relieved in the year 1823, not because of any steffetings they endured in consequence of being our aide., but merely as an act oft enevelenee on the part of this country. The noble I rd, in speaking of the relief which had been ex tended by a formei Government to the French emigrants, had stated the reason of such relief to be the circum stance of this country having encouraged them to revolt. That was the case with a small fraction of those emiar e ranta-, 4 ent not u ith the majority. The grant, as in are 'cas'eOr the Spanish refugees, was principally to lie irtkleatted as an act of benevolence. He (Mr. O'Connell) liatteN an advocate for national economy, and he wished it *ere more attended to in that house than it generally was; but he was !sot for carrying his notions of national eco tamely so 'bar as to refuse assistance to poor distressed crea tutees, Whose claims to our sympathy and aid weie so etrene. f would like to see a sum of money given by the Govern went to the Poles, and thought it should be called Rus sian blond money. The ambition of Russia was dangerous to the peace and well• being of Europe. He (Mr. O'Con rail) would like to see a cordial alliance hetWeen Euglaud anti France, to oppose the ambition of the Court of St. Petereburgh ; but if Le did Lot greatly mistake the siens of the times, the traitorous Louis Philip did not, in reality. wish to keep up a good understanding with us, hut was entet ing into an alliance with Russia, and that the two powers were meditating a joint crusade against European liberty.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it was high time for England to speak out in favour of Poland, and against Russian ambition. That might yet be productive of good, Russia, in defiance of treaties of the most solemn and binding nature, bad blotted out Poland from the map of Eurt pe—bad extinguished its language, and had banished its youth. The gallant people of that country were now trampled under the hoof of the brutal and sanguinary despot of Sr. Petershurgh. Mr. THOMAS ATTWOOD said, that the government of this country bad no sense of shanne.—(A laugh.) He would tell the noble lord that the people of Evglaed would no longer suffer the government to pursue the line of policy they were now adopting. The people of Eng land had already, in a great measure, taken the domestic government of the country out of the hands of ministers, and they would soon see the necessity of taking the to reign government out of their hands also. The noble loud had said, that the mere circumstance of this country signing the treaty of Vienna was cot to be understood as tguarautteieg tl:e cheer, ance of that treaty. No honest man, in the private transactions of life, wou d say so. If.eard Castlereagh bad expressly sai ! t, both verbally in that trouee, and in subsequent treaties, that this country, in signing the treaty of Vienna, guaranteed the integrity of Poland—and Lord Castlereagh was, in his (Mr. Att wood's) opinion, a far better roan than the noble lord.— (A laugh.) Lord Castlereagh, before be died, demanded in the name of Englarid, the restoration of ancient Poland. Little cid Lord Castlereagh think, that, in the short apace of ten years after his death, England should seek to Mete het self in mean and paltry subterfuges, in atte a pang to justify her desertion of Poland. The noble lord (Pal merston) admitted that England had a tight to go to war with, Russia, because of her infraction of the treaty ot Vienna, but said it was notprudent or expedient. Neverdid a coward think it prudent to go to war, never was it prudent f.r a base mind to avenge such wrongs as those which the despot of St. Petershurgh had inflicted on Poland. The etoble lord bad apolegised, as it was foretold a year aeo he would, to the brute that kicked his country.— (Laughter.) Pulite opinion was growing strong on the subject of Pelted, and the power ot that opinion weave, ere lene, sot eep away both the noble lord and his paltry subterfuges. He (Lord Palmers.on) had said as one rea son why the petitioners should not have pecuniary relief afforded to them, that he could not afford the money. Tie sum of 10,0001. would not hurt the noble lord and Lear party. Would it, then, hurt the country? Members. had last year found they could afford to give away 20,000,0001. to the negroes in the West Indies. and yet they could. not «Efhtd 10,0001. to the distressed Pals. Ile (Mr. Attwood) thought the noble lord was under an evil stars—that he was labenring under a species of fatuity to-night.—(Laughter.) He hoped lie would be under a better star to-morrow—(Continued laughter)—and he ciou!d then do au act of justice to the suffering Poles. Russia was rapidly extending her power. If the house bad taken his (Mr. A.'s) ar,vice test ye tr, and sent six or seven line of bottle ships to assist the Sultan, when he applied to this country for aid, we should not only have arrested the prop e (IS of Russian dominion in Turkey, but had the command ,f the Dardanelles, and tie survollaoce of Tur key, and by that means had a hoop in the nose of Russia. - . —(Laud laughter.) In addition to the other gross insuifs and injurious impositions which the miserable iner,ness and vacillation of our govetnment of lite had encouraged foreign powers to put upon us, we were sh,-rtly lleout to have 1.1;11316c closed against our vessels.—(oo, oh ; No.) He knew it as a tnatttr of tact ; by a treaty en the point of being signed between Russia and Sweden, it was well known that with a view to this ei.d, Sweden for the last six weelss had been busily engaged in fortifying the Catte gar. It was true that Sweden had long be,n a close ally of England, but it was squally true, that, disgusted wan the criminal inertness, vacillation, and want of courage, so eminently displayed in our foreign policy of late, Sweden tva. now about to sign a treaty most injurious to ui with a Puwtr which IA last dared to countenance her friends. He (Mr. Attwood) wished to know whether in this critical positi. n Ministers would throw off their inertness, end by the demonstrations it hich England was so well able to make, if its Government would give the word, deter Sweden from uniting with the Russian tyrant against us. He wished to know, too, whetuer Ministers were going to allo.v Russia and the Germanic Contedei ation to con tinue their unhallowed and fitn.lisli persecution of the exiled Poles; whether they would sanction the tyrants in drawing their threatened cordon round Swi,z:rland, the land which had so nobly opened its rains to the sufferers The poster of England was competent to vindicate the rights not only of the Poles but of all the oppressed nations in Europe; why then nut exercise that power in so just a caus. ? The monster Nicuolas—(On!)—the monster Nicholas—for be was a monster, and nu gentleman in the boo-e, he was sure, could call him by a milder epithet— (A laugh)—that tyrant of Europe was a mere image of hra3s and clay, which the power of this empire could shiver to atoms, and ought to do so, if she wished well for the liberty and happiness of Europe. The farce of Russia, which its bribed newspapers here bad paragraphed into 900,000, was in reality but 300,000, and its other re sources Lad been overstated to au equal extent. EngLnd could at one blow crush the bully to dust. Sir S. WHALLEY heard with much regret the inti mation that ministers would not in trfere iu favour of the unhappy Poles, but trusted that they would reconsider their judgment, fur the feelings of the whole empire were most deeply interested in favour of that unfortunate a. d shatretuily oppressed nation. Lord D. STEWART trusted that the government would nut persist it, the refusal they had given last year to inter fere for the Poles—a lefusal widdi hail drawn upon them the aniniadversitins of the whole kingdom ; for• people of all shades of opinion felt ►he warmest sympathy fur that unhappy nation. Ministers could loudly refuse to assist the Poles; never had want of generosity towards the oppressed been charged acainst thisnai ion ; on the contrary, this nation had ever been held forth as a glorious example of liberality and generosity. Since 1802 we had given two millions to French refugees; and our aid to other refugees, to the sufferers from the Fiend' ;Evasion in Russia, in Germany, to all descrip tions of stiffen re, had teen on the game munificent scale. It should he recollected that the Polito refugees laboured under much greater disadvantages than French and other refu gees, who cou d stet more gi employmeat as teachers of On it language, &e. For himself, be bail done both in the house and out of it, as much in favour of the'e unfor tunates as his humble means enahled him, and be trusted that Ministers would so far consul the wishes and honour of the country, as to aid the Poles. He was himself strongly oppo,ed to unoz.c,ssary ev . )eroliture; but, on this occasion, he thought the liberall,y of the Giiv,rnment might be exe: cited to the entire satisfaction of the country. We owed no slight compensation to the unhappy Poles for the culpable neglect manifested by our Government towards them on a critical occasion, when, if we had had the courage to remonstrate wi:h their oppressor, we should have done so with success. He trusted that the subject would be again brought forward. When they saw tiiese ►tarving foreigners in the streets, and recollected that the names of Brougham aad Grey were in the Cabinet, the refusal to render assistance was almost incredible. Mr. BUCKINGHAM was understood to support the iOQ tlityll petildOr l' f •i-C t ; ; 7 fis ti m , .. - _ 1037 o ntended that the government • . lioMid2 It pathy for the Poles in their ', 441 jta . it 444 there had been no deficiency t Ynt . 16:04jit*Iide of the house. While, how. ~ ' 644 :=TAili ireidit to the hon. and gallant gentleman ' . • - ,!!:,, . rable zeal he had exhibited in this matter, (Albd take the liberty to caution him against being ~~ 'on ready o mike a plume without reference to the co-. sequences. When it was fairly made out that government could interfere with propriety, i 7 all such cases the ne cessary assistance was afforded. He was now called, upon to state the peculiar circumstances which, in his' opinion, ju.tify a vote of. money to those who had suffered by such events as those which had given rise to the pre sent petition. But be would suggest that amongst the inconveni , nces that would arise from giving too freely the bounty of the Crown would be this—it would tempt un fortunate foreigners to come over and settle here—it would operate as an inducement to foreign countries to rend foreigners out to this country to partake of the sum pro vided. He wished it to lie clearly understood that when a case was made out for the bestowal of the bounty of the crown—when it appeared that such a grant would not be liable to objection in point of principle, as in the prance of a grant being permanent, then his Majesty's government would not shrink from administering the relief that they were now stigmatised for refusing. Loid D. STUART explained. Colonel EVANS expressed his great regret at the little success that had a , tended the presentation of this petition ; but he was.not without hope of one aivantage, at least, being obtained; he meant that of pointing out to the press and the public at large the expediency of further eff,rts on the part of the public in behalf of these unfirtunate emi grants. This must appear to be the more necessary now, inasmuch as it would he seen that they bad failed in their attempts to obtain from the Government the support which was necessary. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. CH URC H PAT RONAG E—(SCOTLAND). Mr. A. JOHNSTO.NE presented petitions from Bata shire; from the minister• and elders of Beagley ; and from several other places, complaining of the present system of church patronage. DISSENTERS' GRIEVANCES. Mr. CAYLEY presented petitions for the redress of the grievance. undrr which dissenters labour, from Li ffhouse, York.hire, and several other parishes in the county. Mr. MORRISON presented petitions of a similar de scription from the Unitarians of Nicholas-street chapel, and from Ipswich, Davenport, Hanley, and several other places. _ _ Mr. ATT WOOD presented a similar petition from the Baptists of Birmingimm. Mr. J. RO I .4IILLY presented a similar petition from Bridport. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a similar petition from Wigton, Cumber land. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Hurr, from Kingston-upo-Hull; by Sir J. SEBRIGHT, from Hemel Harnpste id ; - by Mr. TOWNLEY, from Cambridge, Hert. ford, and %abridge; and by Mr. MowroN, from Newnan, in Dorchester. Mr. WALTER said he had to present some petitions on the same subject, and be would remark, the more the condition of the dissenters was improved, the spore would it reflect to the credit of those by whose concessions they wet e relieved from the grievances of which they at pre sent justly c ,mplained. He conside-ed the country was much ind,bred to the dissenters fur their aid, with which was effected the abolition of that old oligarchical influence by which that house was enslaved—the country was much indebted to them for the assistince they rendered the po pular party dining the struggle to pass that most important measure, the Return] Bill. It were surely ungrateful and unjust, then, were the country to allow them still to suffer under disalfili , ies. This he held to be certain, that the church derived no advantage from the restraint imposed on other sects. The best security it could have would be insured by obtaining the reap-ct of the dissenters; and the only way in which to win this would be not to impose burdens on them, but, on the contrary, to assist them in olyaining their righ.s. Entertaining this opinion, he sincerely hoped no difficulty would be thrown in the way of their performance of their ceremonies, which were partly civil and partly religious. He was very glad to find, Irons the declarations of his M Ministers, that the Government was favourable to the removal of a great part of the grievances of which the dissenters complained. The lion. member. then presented his petitions, which were from \Vantage, Bet kshire; from some Presbyterian. at tendirig Norfolk street chapel, Newbury, Berkshire; from the congregation att,rining the Union Coupe), Bartholo mew, New bury, Berkshire; hom Nurilacrof-street pel, Newbury, Berkshire ; and from other places in the same county. S r C. IiURRELL brought in a hill for continuing the act for the employment of labourera in agriculture. . . The bill sae red a Ana t,me, and ordered to be read a second time on the 14th April. Lord A. LENNOX, in the absence of his hon. friend, occasioned by indir.position, presented a petition from Chi chester, praying for the adoption of some means to hostile the better observance of the Sabbith. The house adjout n, , d at a quarter to eleven o'clock. FRENCH PAPERS OF MONDAY. By letters from Madrid, dated the 16th inst., we learn that the Spanish capital had been for three days in a state of alarming agitation. In the ab sence of the Queen, and some of the ministers, who are at Aranjuez, the Corregidor was insulted by some persons who were enrolled in the Urban Mi litia, and from the popular menaces against M. Burgos, it became necessary to guard his house. Patrols parade the streets. It is said that M. Gar gollo has been dismissed. The last decrees have been received with satisfaction by the public. It is said that Don Pedro's ambassador at Madrid has demanded 10,000 men from the Queen of Spain, which the Ministry seems disposed to grant. New propositions for a loan have been made to the go vernment, but it appears that it will not act with precipitation, and that, being able at this moment to provide for the wants of the State, it is desirous to take advantage of the eagerness of lenders to ob tain a loan on better terms. The Carlists have entered Vittoria, but quitted it immediately with hostages, after having massacred several of the in habitants. A movement of the Liberals has broken out at Saragossa, and a mixed movement has oc curred at Toledo, from two battalions of the Royal Guard entertaining different opinions. The Europe Centrale of Geneva, of the 2 1 st inst., has the following :—" According, to report the Vo rort has decided upon giving a uniform answer to the six notes, to the effect that the notes were su perfluous, since the Vorort, after collecting the votes of-the Cantons, had decided upon taking all such measures as were consistent with the rights of na tions, but could not henceforth admit insinuations tending to restrain the asylum which Switzerland had in all ages been accustomed to grant to such refugees of all parties as conducted themselves with propriety. At a future day the Vorort, supported by the votes of the different States of Switzerland, will communicate to the Cantons the application it has received to expel from their territories those who participated in the attack upon Savoy, and we shall then see whether Berne will submit to it." The Republican Suisse, speaking on the same subject, says :—" The object of these notes is to send away the Poles, and all other refugees who may endanger neighbouring States by their criminal attempts. Their tone is not, however, perfectly uniform ; they are more or less urgent, some even containing dark threats, the nature of which we do do not understand, and some allude to measures which it will be necessary to adopt if Switzerland does not take every requisite means of saving her neighbours from disturbance. None of them, how ever, go so far as the note of the Sardinian Ambas sador, which has been published." The New Political Gazette of Zurich publishes the note from the Germanic Diet to the Swiss Vorort, which we have already mentioned, on the subject of the late attempt in Savoy. The Diet calls for the expulsion from Switzerland, not only of the Poles who had come from France last spring, but also of all such German refugees as had either directly or indirectly taken part in disturbing the neighbouring states. The Gazette adds that a similar note is expected from Russia. The Augsburg Gazette of the 20th instant con tains the following extract of a private letter of the 25th ult. from Constantinople :—" In consequence of the strong measures put in force by the Govern ment, fires are of less frequent occurrence, but the general uneasiness has increased. A difference of opinion has arisen between the grandees of the empire, relative to the subject now in deliberation by the Divan, the remonstrance of France and England relative to the Russian treaty. A part of the Divan has been gained over to the side of these two maritime Powers, while the other continues to look up to Russia as the sole shield and protector of the Porte, and opposes the remonstrances of France and England with increasing energy. This is perhaps the reason why the flotilla about to sail Tor Samos, under the command of Halil Pacha, has received orders to remain in the Dardanelles, to meet, in some measure, the preparations going on in the British and French squadrons, and to guard the keys of the Dardanelles. Letters from Alexandria state that Mehemet Ali has lately become thoughtful and gloomy, owing, probably, to unfavourable news from Syria,where discontent with the Egyptian Government daily increases ; the news from Arabia is not of a more satisfactory nature. It has been remarked that Mehemet Ali's assurances of 'fidelity to the Sultan augment in proportion to the decline of his own favour in the provinces. To give greater effe c t t o th ese assuranc es, Mehemet Ali is about to pay another sum as tribute-money to the Porte. Should this be realized, it cannot but be favourable to the rate of Turkish money, which has fallen to 403 paras per florin, conventional money." The Gazette quotes the funds at Vienna on the 15th inst.—Metalliques, Five per Cents., 97 9-16 ; ditto, Four per Cents., 881 ; Bank Actions, 1,515. The Berlin State Gazette, of the 18th instant, quotes Prussian Four per Cents., 981 981 ; ditto, Five per Cents. (1824 English Loan, 103. Extract of .a letter, of the 19th inst., from Darm stadt :—" The elections for renewing the Chamber of Deputies, which was dissolved by the Grand Duke, on account of the predominant opposition that pre vailed, are going on without interruption, and will shortly be finished. According to the results hi therto known, the Government will not have much reason to be satisfied with them. In fact, in all those towns and arrondissements, whose representa tives in the last Chamber professed liberal opinions, the same Deputies have been returned by large ma jorities ; and, on the other hand, several members, who voted generally with the Ministers, have failed, and been replaced by decided Liberals." Letters from Toulon state, that several coasting vessels from Gibraltar have succeeded in landing' arms, ammunition, and other stores, at Arzcou and Mostagnan, on the coast of Africa. Two of these vessels were spoken with by a Spanish xebeck, _of which the captain made a report at Ceuta. lie authorities of this town have sent several letters to the French commander at Oran, informing him that the Arabs of Sidi-Elbi and Tremezen keep up a constant communication with the Morocco agents and purveyors at Gibraltar, and, that they are planning combined operations against Oran. A Genoese captain having been detained for several hours within gunshot of the shore, near Cape Hone, a Jew, calling himself an Italian, came on board, offering a sum of one hundred piastres to be taken to Algiers, but the Genoese refused to receive him. He fortunately, at length, got out to sea, leaving a small gun-boat, supposed to be French, with loaded maize, which ran ashore at the same place the day before, and the crew of which, there was every rea son to fear, would not be able to escape the Arabs. The vessel had already gone very nearly to pieces. The Constitutionnel reviews the proceedings in the House of Commons upon the notion of Mr. l Sheil, and comes to the conclusion that both France and England are to be blamed for an apathy and voluntary impotency in the affairs of Turkey. It then adds—" Lord Palmerston boasted of the close and intimate alliance by which France and England are united, and nobody can more anxiously than we do pray for a continuance of that alliance, which appears to be endangered by the diplomatic coquetry of Count Pozzo di Borgo with our Ministers. If, however, this alliance is confined to official parlia mentary harangues, or the exchange of insignificant notes—if France and England suffer to perish, one after another, all those states whose existence is essential to preserve the balance of power in Europe, and all those liberties of which their union is the sole support, then we shall candidly declare that we do not find that the cause of civilisation and freedom has gained any thing by this alliance, in which two nations, who, when united, are able to make head against all Europe, have not a sufficient feeling of their strength, and in which all the concessions are made by those who ought to dictate the law to the rest." CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—ScrriNG OF MIRCII 22. The debate on the project relative to the political associations was resumed. According to the order of discussion agreed upon in the preceding debate, Art. 4 was taken into dis cussion before Art. 2. Art. 4 is as follows :—Attempts against the safety of the State, such as those described in Articles 76 77, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, and 92 of the penal code, committed by the political associations, shall be tried before the Chamber of Peers, sitting judi cially, conformably to Art. 28 of the Constitutional Charter. The political crimes committed by the said associations shall be tried before a jury, con formably to Art. 69 of the charter. The infrac tions of the present law and of Art. 291 of the penal code, shall be cognizable by the Correctional Tribunals. M. Valette des Ermaux proposed the following amendment to the last paragraph of this Article : The infractions of the present law, and of Art. 291 of the penal code, shall be tried before a jury when the associations are of a political character. In all other cases, the infractions to be cognizable by the correctional tribunals. M. Dumon opposed the amendment, and con tended that the infractions of the laws relative to the police of these associations, could only be cognizable by the correctional tribunals. M. Nicod considered the amendment as insuffi cient and inefficacious, though he approved its prin ciple. If the Chamber (added the hon. deputy) wished to follow the the path of legality, they should reject Art. 4, and trust to the law of October 8, 1830. The ministers are retrograding. They feel indignant at being reproached with their tendency towards the system of the restoration, and affirm that the doctrines of that government are abhorrent to them. Gentlemen, protestations cost little, and are just worth what they cost. Acts are of much more value than words, and certainly the present project is not an act calculated to clear the mini sters from the reproach of which they complain. This project is a measure a hundred times more tyrannical than that left by the empire to the resto ration, and which the restoration was ashamed to put in force ; and the taking away from juries the cognizance of political prosecutions is a much more violent attack upon the charter of 1830, than that made by the restoration in its last days against the charter of 1814. For me, I shall take no share in it, for it is revolting to my conscience, and I give it my most decided opposition.—(Applause from the extremities.) The Keeper of the Seals began by saying that the ministry had been charged with a want of re spect to the Chamber. For his part he considered those who signed the Conzpte Rendu as the only persons guilty in this respect.—(Violent murmurs from the Extremities.) He said that all police laws had a political bias, but did not consider that a rea son why every contravention of them should be sent for trial before a Jury. The same principles are applicable in the case of political associations. It is not the difficulty of proving the contravention which ought to decide the jurisdiction which should take cognizance of it. No, but it is the nature of that contravention upon which depends that ques tion. The present project has constitutionally fixed the various jurisdictions ; attempts against the safety of the State are to be tried before the Chamber of Peers ; political prosecutions are to be sent before a Jury ; and mere contraventions of the law, are to be cognizable by the correctional tribunals. He re pelled the accusation of the last speaker, and said, 66 No, gentlemen, in adopting means for the main tenance of public order and the safety of the State, and the well-being of society, we do not consider ourselves as following a retrograde movement. The path we are pursuing is pointed out by our most sa cred duties. Not only good policy, but humanity, commands us to persevere in it.—(Applause from the centre.) M. Salverte expressed, amidst a continually in creasing noise, his most positive opposition to the article. The amendment of M. Valette des Ermaux not being seconded; the discussion continued on ar ticle 4. M. Odillon Barrot said that it was a waste of time to discuss the conjunctive inutility of the vari ous paragraphs, for, in his opinion, the entire article was not only uncalled for, but eminently dangerous and as such he should give it his most positive oppo sition. M. Harve made some observation tending to prove that the present project did not violate Art. 69 of the charter, as had been asserted. M. Lawrence spoke against the project. M. Persil declared that the project had not been hastily got up, as had been said, in twenty-four hours ; on the contrary, it had been framed nearly six months back. M. de Corcelles—M. A. Giraud did not know of it then on 24th of February, when he put a question to ministers, the answer to which was the announce ment of the project.—(A laugh.) M. Augustin Giraud said that the project had his fullest approbation, and that he would op pose every amendment tending to diminish its efficiency. M. Tate moved as an amendment that in the first paragraph of Art 4, instead of the words " crimes against the safety of the State shall be tried by the Chamber of Peers," the words may be should be substituted. The 'Keel); of the Seals said the government would agree to the amendment. The first paragtaph thus changed was adopted. Likeuise the second and third paragraphs. (Wice from the left—" Then there is no longer any Charter.") Art. 4 in its ensemble was agreed to. M. Couturier proposed an amendment, the dis cussion of which was adjourned to Monday. At a quarter to seven the Chamber rose. Nothing of importance occurred in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, up to the departure of our estafette. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARJS, MARCII 24. Five per Cents., 104 f. 50c. 60c. 55c. Four per Cents., 91f. Three per Cents., 78f. 35c. 40c. 30c. • National Loan, 104 f 45c. Bank Actions, I,Boof. Rente de Naples, 94f.:35c. 50c. Roman Five per Cents., 95 94% 95. Rente d'E'spagne, Five per Cents., 2614 Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40% 5 A%• Hovat Spanish Loan, 82 81%. Rente Perpet. d'Espague, Five per Cents., 65% sa Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 100%. Haytian Loan, 272 f. 50c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25E 2754 c. • money, 25f. 25c. Three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 23E 1 —Cours Authentique. MADRID, MARCH 16. (From the Morning Herald Correspondence.) MADRID, MARCH 16. It is true, as stated in the preceding letter, that M. Sarmento, the Portuguese minister, was but coldly met in the first instance by this government, and that he complained bitterly of his reception ; but within the last three days a new light has broken in upon the cabinet ; and I think I may now an nounce that his proposition has been agreed to. The greatest secrecy is observed by him and the Britis minister on the subject ; but though I can not state precisely what has been done, I may ven ture to say that it has been decided upon to order a large body of Spanish troops to enter, Portugal, for the purpose of ejecting Don Carlos, and destroying the armed nest, in which a meditated attack on the Spanish territory is brooding. The assistance pre pared to be given, it is said, amounts to but 6,000 men ; but a well-informed authority assures me that 12,000 men have been promised, and that instruc tions have been already given to the corps on the frontier to hold themselves in readiness to march. This is to be done not only with the consent but by the advice of Great Britain and France ; the latter having engaged, in case it may be found necessary, to weaken the army of the North for this service, to pour into Navarre and Biscay as many men as may be wanted to stifle the armed discontented of these provinces. These arc strange tidings ; but I am as sured that they are no less true. France is ready whenever Spain requires it, to assist her in the North, and England is not only a consenting party to that, but she also supports the violation of the Portuguese territory by the Spanish troops. It is a question full of difficulties, and I greatly doubt whether England is acting wisely in sanctioning any invasion of Portugal by Spain, considering how alarmed our statesmen have at all times been at that lingering project of this monarchy, The ap ' prehension of Portugal falling under the dominion lof Spain is the true key to Mr. Canning's expedition ' of 1826, and the time may yet come when the pre , cedent we are making may prove fatal to our inte rests in that country. A project, I am told, was some short time since in contemplation for the joint interference of England and Spain with a view to the expulsion of Don Carlos, and the extinction of Don Miguel ; but the plan which had been agreed on here did not meet the approbation of our govern ment, and the idea was abandoned. It is now revived in a different shape, but I pert ive the recognition of Donna Maria by Spain mus precede any attempt of the kind, and the hesitati n which prevails in the Cabinet on that point will be the only cause of any delay which may occur in carry ing into effect the resolution it has come to. M. Sarmento has not been presented to the Queen. In order to prevent Don Miguel or Don Carlos getting hold of the despatches which contain the particulars of M. Sarmento's negotiations, the courier is to be sent to Vigo, where a steamer from Lisbon is to meet them, while messengers with common-place papers are forwarded in the usual manner through the Portuguese territory to our Minister. The edict for the convocation of the Cortes is expected to appear in Monday or Wednesday's Gazette. The article quoted in the preceding letter from the Boletin de Conzercio, is official, and you will perceive how closely it agrees with the infor mation I have already given you on the subject. The point which still remains under discussion is, whether the Proceres should have hereditary rights, I mean such of them as are grandees or nobles. The public opinion is against the proposition, but the Queen's portion of the Cabinet are anxious to establish it. In my opinion, the proposed Cortes will prove a dead failure, as there is not a person in the kingdom qualified to be a member, who does not himself, or by some of his family, share in the general corruption of the government. There is not a single branch of the Administration, either in the capital or in the provinces, which is not venal. Justice, the customs, the taxes, are openly bought and sold, and almost every family above the com monality have either one amongst them participat ing in the traffic, or pretendientes or candidates for office. In the city of Seville, for instance, there are one hundred thousand inhabitants, twenty-five thousand of whom are males, between the ages of forty-six and seventy. The great bulk are labour ers, artisans, tradesmen, clergy, friars, or military. The gentry may be about four thousand, and of those twelve hundred are in the employ of government, many of them having but five shillings a day, on which they contrive to keep horses, and, at times, a carriage. One-half of the revenue does not find its way to the Treasury. May I ask, are the sharers of this plunder likely to reform themselves, or do they afford the materials for a sound representation? The Cortes, therefore will prove a mockery, unless some men of great talent and public virtue take a lead, and promulgate the truth. The nation will be dis contented —the Liberals strangeenwnoh enh nwaa nation i will tnpino u ocus n ebst i al t eiy e teff,he w ; ete hi requiretat uochnauaodl though yhfi h hod e ear erer Demo cracy—and immoralcue strict affairsm e . o od - cracy—and it is difficult to say at what point the i . d i z i T a g nhrhdaeass tQueen l o o nue because,s are,t e of decorum in her both es t eem an d respec t. observance vhbsielstl ehpr popular eve oa ns stop.p p i c i Her liberality is also doubt e d, an d, if s h e d o not take care, her stay in this country is likely to be with Mun aen o n, abridged. She parted with her right arm when she parted with M. Zea, who was the only person here ca pable of conducting the country to free institutions in safety. I speak from my own knowledge of his actions and his intentions ; and, however you may differ front me, I believe there was no honester or abler man in Spain. The Queen, having aban doned him and em b race d th e Lib era l party, should not have stopped short as she has done, and, instead of this humbug of a Cortes, this mockery of a charter, she should have called a Na tional Congress, and allowed the people to establish their own constitution.—Then they would have been content, and would have supported her and her infant. Now they ridicule her almost in the streets, and every act is looted upon as extorted from her by fear or by force ; and nothing that she is inclined to do will satisfy the craving appetites of men who, after so long a thraldom, begin for the first time to learn what liberty is. The Queen's unusually early visit to Aranjuez is looked upon as arising from her desire to avoid public business, and to be at ease with her favourites, a second having lately appeared upon the stage. Indeed it is said the Council of Regency have found it necessary to make her representations on the subject, and the Marquis de la Amarillas and Donna Carlota, her sister, to whose decision at La Oranza she is in debted for the throne, waited on her Majesty lately with a collection of the French journals, in which her conduct was freely spoken of. There was- a violent altercation between the sisters, but the scene ended by the Queen bursting into tears, and pro mising the Marquis to be more guarded in future. Let those who expect the speedy regeneration of Spain moderate their hopes, and borrow the Portu guese phrase of Paciencia. There are no less than twelve competitors for the proposed loan of 8,000,0001. Messrs. Rothschild are bidders through the house of Frederic Huth ; but the offer of Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co. and W. L. Goldsmid is likely to have the preference, because of the great influence in the public affairs which the house which represents them here pos sesses. I have before stated that the main difficulty is the recognition of the Cortes bonds, which the contractors are endeavouring to exact as a prelimi nary to the bargain, but which the Government seeks to defer, with the other great questions, to the approaching Cortes. I can tell the speculators in Cortes bonds in London, that they are burning their fingers. This Government can never recognise them so as to pay 37i ; the utmost they will do is to offer a similar conversion to that which took place in 1830. Money is much wanted, and it will be no easy matter, as the finances are no more than sufficient to pay the interest of the public debt and that of the new loan, and the Ministers are alarmed at the idea of adding to their engagements, and shrink with horror from the spectre of 16,000,0001. which is the amount of outstanding Cortes Bonds. The income of Spain is not more than six millions ster ling, while the present expenditure is half a million more. A searching reform in all the branches of the revenue and customs will add 25 per cent. to the income, but where is the government that dare purify the public offices ? M. Martinez is not the man. What Spain wants is a Cromwell or a Bo naparte. Every thing important is postponed till the meeting of the Cortes, and the first questions which are to be submitted to them are the settle ment of the succession in case of the death of the two children, Don Carlos and his heirs being for ever excluded ; the recognition of the South Ame rican States, and the recognition of the Cortes Bonds. With regard to the second, I can only say, that in answer to the pressing note of the English and American Ministers, the government has expressed their willingness to treat with the commissioners of the states to fix the basis and terms of recognition. _ _ _ _ _ _ Since writing the above I have at the last hour got hold of the truth, as I believe, respecting M. Sarmento's negotiation. My information is excel lent, and I do not doubt it. On Friday M. S. attended the council of ministers, and there it was agreed upon, after a fruitless opposition from M. Burgos and Zare del Vella, to recognise Donna Maria, and to send an armed force from the two points of Badajoz, Cuidad Rodrigo, and from Ga licia, into Portugal. It was at first proposed to send merely a force sufficient to crush Don Carlos and the military preparations which he is making, but M. Sarmento declared that Don Pedro would not consent to the violation of the Portuguese ter ritory by Spain, and that no force would be received there unless as allies of his daughter. Then it was resolved upon to enlarge the plan of operation, and the army is now to act in concert with that of Don Pedro, as well against Don Miguel as against that unfortunate Prince, and his small body of adhe rents. I also understand that Mr. Villiers and M. de Rayneval were sent for by the council to learn from them how far their governments would be consenting or co-operating parties, and that they both declared that as they were not prepared with instructions on the subject, they could not give a formal assent, but certainly they would give no' opposition. It is, therefore, to be taken that - the expedition is to be sanctioned byEng land and France. The fate of Don Carlos and Don Miguel may be looked upon now as sealed, un less they have the courage to enter boldly into the l ar ou s m in be Navarrejed by anda greatp north of Spain, and march upon Madrid, in con cert with the fifteen thousand Carlists now under m Biscay, ro which p i o n rtiono f case they v. lation, and stand a fair chance of upsetting the pre sent Government. M. Zea had an audience of the Queen onThurs day last, at his desire, but he had not been with her many minutes when the Ministers took the alarm, and induced the Infante Don Francisco de Paula to take a large bundle of papers in his hands, and in sist on seeing the Queen on public business. By this means M. Zea was got rid of for the moment. It will form an amusing episode to all those seri ous topics to state that the advertisement of a new novel by M. Martinez de la Rosa appears to-day in the Revista. They say at the Puerta del Sol that it is to be hoped he will now have leisure to attend to public business. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—Your reporter of yesterdey represents me to have said, on the presentation of a petition from the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of the county of Stafford, complaining of agricul. tural distress, that it " was got up by persons not connected with the agricultural interest, to suit their own particular views." I stated nothing of the kind, and made only this single remark, that the causes of distress were general, and not con fined to the agricultural classes. I beg the favour of you to insert this correction of an erro. nexus statement, which might otherwise subject me to mis representation in the minds of so respectable a body of gen. Hemel]. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, _ _ G. R. ROBINSON. Union Club, March 26, 1834. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. THE RIDDLESWORTH, P.P. 5 to 2 agat. Viator (offered), 3 to 1 agst. Nell Gwyn (offered). 9 to 2 agst Darius (taken). CHESTER CUP, P.P.-11 to 2 agat. Perseverance, 7 to 1 agat. Solon (taken), 7 to 1 agat. Speculator (offered), 71 to 1 apt. Independence (taken), 8 to I agst. Controller, 81 to 1 agst. Bird. catcher, 11 to 1 agst. The Cardinal, 12 to 1 agst. Mona's Pride (offered), 14 to 1 agst. Les Grace, 100 to 7 agst. Bridegroom (offered),-5 to 2 the field agst. any two ;3to 1 agst. Speculator and Controller (taken), 4 to 1 agst. Independence and Ihe Car dinal (taken). THE DERBY 11 to 2 agst. Bubastes (taken), 6 to 1 agst. Bentley, 10 to 1 agst. Shilelah (offered), 12 % to 1 agst. Plenipo, 14 to 1 agst. Olympic, 18 to 1 agst. Emigrant, 18 to 1 agst. Delirium, 20 to I agst. Comet, 25 to 1 agst. Viator.—No others mentioned. THE OAKS. 5 to 1 apt. Cotillon, 6 to 1 apt. Rosalie (freely taken), 11 to 4 apt. Louisa, 9 to 1 agst. Lord Jersey's two, 20 to 1 apt. Slight (freely offered), 20 to 1 apt. Pickle (taken). LIVERPOOL JULY CUP. 8 to 1 on the field (offered), 12 to 1 agst Catherina (freely taken). We regret to learn that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has been confined for the last ten days by a severe attack of influenzt. The reply to the inquiries on Monday, at Kensington Place , was that " his Royal Highness had passed a rather better night, and had less fever." vKi, K, O ,TOCKS TH S fl SV - AT ONE B S'ct; shut _ _ per — ewe_ Red. 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The deep laid intrig uil4 h a s bee . " and grasping policy of that Power ttorteui. e xerted p oc:efsa. fo rm r Nst;hoea:lidae,stocccetonitounryhasiolbeelyen mis., She for 501 , 55n i . • c e u 0. encroaching on neighbouring states , w hen , sli t ; could do so with impunity, either by in tri g " e as well as long cor i t .r c o e ni rte s d ing a u n if schemes, she generally has aff•Alleg(liv a plausible pretext for her deliberate robberies' iwar,she While secretly fomenting discord and sl,e outwardly professes anxiety for Pe'"----,ee her assis Pio has recourse to arms only when is required, or her just claims are resisted, f a bi takes care in either case to indemnify lier sel i n g seizing the province or country which had of been the object of her wishes. The history 0 ' " 08 encroachments since the death of PETER ' iS ° , 0 5 uniform illustration of this deceitful and res" ye disposition. Poland, Sweden, and Persia " i i oetoolidtl:fle°ig7osilrieltiii :: ~~