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Hon. Gentleman did not reach this point; on that account he considered his own proposition the more preferable of the two. He did not include counties, from their ()Teat extent, and conse quent difficulty of obtaining proofs of bribery. lie thought, how ever, the Resolution of the Right lion. Gentleman, as far as it went, would be an improvement to the existing regulations. The Gallery was then cleared for a division, but the motion was negatived without a division. On our return to the Gallery we found Mr. Peel supporting Mr. Wynn's Resolution, which he said was a restriction on the Grenville Act. The proposition of the Noble Lord opposite went so far as to repeal the existing Resolutions of the House. On the contrary, the proposition of his Right Hon. Friend, which gave twenty-eight days, was consistent with equity and justice, and a great improvement on the existing law. Mr. ABERCROMBY maintained that there was no material difference of opinion on either side of the House, as to the proposition of his Noble Friend. Mr. HOBHOUSE said, that when the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had brought forward his proposition, he (Mr. Hobhouse) would recommend his Noble Friend to with draw his opposition, for he (Mr. H.) did not see, if the .Resolu ton were adopted, that the transactions would be worse than they were before. Lord MILTON said that he thought there was no substantial benefit arising from the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Sir G. LAMB said, that the Resolution of the Right Hon. Gentleman involved nothing beneficial whatever. He would prefer the motion of his Noble Friend, the Member for Northampton (Lord Althorpe.) Lord J. RUSSELL wished to know from the Rt. Hon. Gentleman what lie (Mr. Wynn) would propose to be done,__ in case of the general corruption of a borough ? Mr. WYNN said that he only meant to go into an inquiry, and let the Huse deal with them as it might think Proper. Lord MILTON thought, as the resolution stood, it would be impossible to prevent it having an unjust ex post facto operation, and that there was a material omission ; for though "money or reward" were spoken of, it did not guard against giving or promising places in the Custom-house or else where. Mr. R. MARTIN said, according to the Noble Lord, not one word was mentioned about counties ; so that in counties there might be corruption without— Mr. C. WYNN interrupted the Hon. Member, ob serving that by so doing he might save the time of the House.— The Resolution was general ; it applied to boroughs, towns, or countiee. Mr. R. MARTIN said, if he were wrong, the fault was the Noble Lord's, not his. The Noble Lord had led him into error by declaring that counties were omitted ; but the Right Ron. Gentleman (Mr. Wynn) had no right to call him to order ; he had not been out of order, and he was ready to take the sense of the House on the question whether he had been out of order or not—(a laugh)—whether he or the President of the Board of Con troul had been most out of order.—(Continued laughter.)—The President of the Board of Controul had had a rap at him, but let that Right Hon. Gentleman get up and say iu what he had been out of order.—(Laughter, and " Question, question.")—Ques tion ! no ; he must proceed, and he denied having been out of or der, though he had been called to order. Mr. C. WYNN said he had not intended to dictate to the Hon. Member : he had only thought he might be saving t he time of the House by mentioning that the resolution would be of general operation, and not limited to boroughs and towns.— (Hear, hear.) Lord MILTON said he had two verbal amend ment', to propose-1. To leave out the word " future ;" and, 2, after " any payment of money," to add " or gift, or place, or em ployment, or other reward." Mr. FERGUSON thought it would be very pro- Pet to adjourn the further consideration of this question.—(Hear, hear, and no, no). The Gallery was then nearly cleared for a division, but none took place. Lord MILTON (in reply to some remark from lir. Wynn, as to ex-post facto operation) thought the difficulty might be obviated as to the wording, by setting forth that pre vious to a particular day, no promises had been made, &c. Mr. Secretary PEEL considered that this would be most objectionable amendment, for it would be in reality recog nizing on the part of the House that such promises were legal.— (Rear, hear.) 'Th e first amendment of Lord Milton was then put and nega tived. The second amendment having been put, Mr. WYNN was not very well satisfied with the Wording of the amendment; it might be made to extend to some Promise given after a :Member's return, and thus he made to affect such return. Lord MILTON remarked, that if it were illustra tive of the practice of the place, it might be evidence of general corruption. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there would be some injustice in inferring general corruption from an individual Act ; in pronouncing against a whole borough, because one elector might have been regardless of duty and pro priety. _ . Mr. SCA.RLETT observed, that he was the firm advocate of some such resolution as that now proposed to the House; but any resolution of the kind ought to have the amplest consideration: Sir R. WILSON thought, that if the Hon. Gent. had heard the whole of the discussion, he would not have required any adjournment. As for himself, he wished to see all possible reform effected in that House ; and he should be very glad if every election were as pure as that for the borough which he had the honour to represent.—(A laugh.) After much desultory remark, as to the propriety of adjourn ment, the debate was adjourned to Friday next. MUTINY AT BARRACKPOOR. IVIr. HUME, having been called by the Speaker, :he? rose ; but he was unable t o pro ceed for some minutes, owin g to the noise and confusion created by Members at all parts of the House leaving their seats. I do not know, Sir, (VII . . HUME was at last enabled to !ay), whether, at this late hour I ought to pro c ' as it is now past eleven o'clock.—(Cries of " Go ° n'' amidst much confusion, at the bar in pa rticular, with excla mations from the Speaker of " Order at the bar.")—l am most anxi ous to oon 'resumed Mr. Hume, after conside rable g ti inter n' t he Rouse ; but I hope, if lam desired to go on, after L e -"on* has _been exhausted by six or seven hours' attendance to another debate, I shall be indulged with a fair hear log' The question was one of great importance —of considerable consequence to our foreign possessions. (Ir efeaaed conf us i on i n t h e House.)—lt" is impossible for me to pro ceedamidst so muc h no i se; an d I d o not expect t h at j us ti ce could done to a discussion of this question proceeding before an ex hausted House, and after eleven o'clock. The discussion could not be brought within a reasonable period.—(Cries of " Go on, °t on ! )—Well, as I am d es i re d t o go on , I s h a ll state t h e ques _cm as shortl y as poss ibl e.—( C r i es o f " Or d er at the bar, " and amid st all this noise. --(Cries of "Go on.") The question is of In e th greatest i - importance ; 'it a ff ec t s 200,000 men i n arms i n ui 4 (Increas e d no i se, t h e Chancellor of the Exchequer and various other M embers leaving their seats.)—The subject is one of the other im portance, and one that it will be impossible Properly to d iscuss amid s t so muc h no i se an d confus i on ; I shall f e postpone it.—(Cries o f Go on !")—No, I shall post- P one i t till March 6.—Postponed o accordingly. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Po‘tPuu Fed ridtha esencoexnd readi ng o f t h e Duke of Clarence ' s Annuity Bill till t. Sir John Seybright!ll.lr: Sir 11. 8, Mr. Gordon, Lord Barnard, Mr. Bernal, ston, spoke severally 6nthe on, Mr. Martin, and Lord Palmer :s.ubject in deb a t e . General DUFF said, the west wind as t o ( If that i t was as easy to c h a i n manage British soldiers without corporal punishment. Mr. GEORGE LA homo in ante sus was maxime er MB sand, that although Quails m ed i e li nd us , y e t h e could no more cal matters from the Clergy, or i n l egala look for reform in the anzy f rom military than in ecclesiasti tying a man up the lawy ers . ieiobody could persuade him that th e up t o th e hal berts, and flogging him in the pr esence of his fellow s , was not a degradation. Colonel WOOD contended that this punishment was indispensable in the militia. After a few words from General HART, the House • divided, when there appeared—. For bringing up the clause I6—Against it b7—Majority 41. The House then resumed. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT brought up the Report, Nyhich was ordered to be taken into consideration to morrow. - The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of. Adjourned at Half-past One. Zbe LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1827. We have received the French Papers of Saturday and the Etoile dated Sunday. The latter contains accounts from Constantinople to the 27th January, previous to which time a new conspiracy had been discovered in that hot-bed of sedition and sleepless terror. It is said that the ramifications of this con spiracy were very extensive, and that as a necessary consequence of fresh disobedience, the executions and banishments had recommenced with more severity than ever. The rage of the SULTAN had not been appeased for 15 days, during which great sacrifice of human life was considered necessary to the stability of his Throne. It must rally be a fearful state of things where the power of the Government requires such exterminating measures to enforce obedience. Either the people must be very worthless, or the Government so-intoler able, that endurance is considered worse than' risking death by rebelling against its authority. It is now eight months since the SULTAN introduced his measures of reform, and judging by the continued succession of plots and ruthless severity conse quent thereon, the SULTAN is not more secure on his throne than before he commenced his system—so difficult is it to introduce any material change into the manners of a people wedded to ancient prejudice and superstition. The river may be diverted from its course, but to purify the stream is almost impossible. The news from Greece continues to be very favourable to the cause of liberty. The Greeks are now said for certainty to have raised the siege of Athens, and that KARAISKAKI, at the head of eight thousand men, is marching to Missolonghi, which place the Greek fleet is to attack by sea. KARAISKAKI is said to'have defeated three thousand Turks at Valizza near the Grotto of Ulysses, where the Turks lost one thousand killed, besides a rich convoy of a thousand horses, which fell into the hands of the Greeks. The situation of 'BRAT-um was considered critical, as his force had been so reduced, that he was unable to resume active operations until he received reinforcements either from Constantinople or Egypt. We trust that the timely arrival of Lord COCHRANE will prevent the one, and the conspiracy at Constantinople the other. His Lordship is stated to have sailed from Marseilles in the Unicorn. The Chamber of Deputies is still occupied in dis cussing the law on the Press. The amendments are contested with great obstinacy, and generally the liberal p ar ty preva i ls. On one occasion the Mi nisters were left in a small minority, having two thirds of the chamber against them. The affair of M AL BREUIL has just terminated in his conviction. He has been sentenced to five years' im prisonment, to pay a fine of 500 f rancs—to be ten years under the surveillance of the police, and to give 3,000 francs security : (From the Etoile. ) AFFAIR or M. MAUBILEIJIT,. " It is needless to say that this cause had attracted a great number of auditors. " Before 11 o'clock M. de Maubreuil was brought into Court. He is a man about 41 years of age : his button-hole is decorated with the red riband ; he appears ill, and his language is incoherent. " The Counsel,' said he to the President, as soon as the Judges ha taken their seats, 'the Counsel commissioned to de fend me has betrayed me ; I am destitute of means of defence.— I conjure all the Counsel who hear me, to lend me their assistance. The one whom I had chosen, has seized upon my papers ; he has written , to M. Talleyrand. I ant ignorant of all this; I have not been able to write to my family. If my defence is pa ralyzed—if the horrible means are employed against me that have already been used, what' would you have me do? I have confi dence in M. Teste : he is a man of talent and of great probity. " The President.—First of all we must know your name. "M. de Maubreuil.l.-You are M. Dufour. You have had me dragged before you bound with ropes. Will you permit me to write to my sister, and to bring a complaint against m y Counsel ? " The President.—We must proceed regularly : tell us your name. " Maubreuil. you have the goodness to hear my com plaint ? " The President.—l will receive all the papers that you think fit to communicate to me;' but we must first prove the identity of the person brought before the Court. " Maubreuil.—ls not M. Talleyrand there? "The President.—Your name? " You know my name, I have told you. " M. Desportes de Lusson, the King's Advocate.—lf you have any complaints to make, we will hear them ; but first of all tell us your name. " Maubreuil.—My name is Marie Armand de Guery de Mau breuil. I am 41 years of age, and was born at Maubreuil. " The Court now proceeded to bear the witnesses. In the course of the examination Maubreuil confessed that he had formed the design to insult Prince Talleyrand, and repeated the story of his having been sent for by Talleyrand on the 2d of April, 1824, who promised him 200,000 fr ancs , an d t h e t i t l e o f Li eutenan t-General, and gave him the infamous mission to assassinate Napoleon and all his family. Th . e result of the trial was, th a t th e accuse d was f oun d guilty of the t aCtS laid to his charge, and as he had acted with premedi tation, and considered that Maubreall has already been condemned to more than one year's imprisonment, the Court sentenced him conformably to the 56th article of the Penal Code, to five years' imprisonment, 500 francs fine, 10 years' surveillance of the police after the expiration of his imprisonment, and 3,000 francs security." FRENCH FUNDS—Five per Cents., 101 f. 45c. ; Three per cents., 69f. 35c. ; Bank Stock, 1,980 f. ; Naples Stock, '7sf. 30c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 53i. ; Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 40c. ; three months, 25f. 20C. The arrival of a Lisbon Mail has brought us Lisbon Gazettes to the 18th inst. These Papers contain further particulars of the operations of the army under VILLA FLOR and the Marquis DE ANGEJA, who have pursued the rebels to the frontiers of Gallicia, where the Spanish militia not only protected the fugitives, but allowed them to fire upon the Constitutional troops. This conduct naturally excited the indignation of VILLA FLOR, who intended next day to apply to the Spanish Authorities, demanding that the Rebels - should be immediately disarmed, and also requiring satisfaction for the hostile conduct of the Spaniards. A great number of soldiers had returned to their allegi ance from the dispersed army of the rebels. But it was suspected that considerable numbers of the rebels still maintained themselves in Tras-os-Montes. The British troops had arrived Coimbra, on the sth. In the Chamber of Peers a message had been presented to the Princess Regent, praying that she would forward to . DON PEDRO their petition, beseeching him to send over the Queen, though in her minority, as the only means of quieting the factions which now distract the kingdom. In the Chamber of Deputies, Senhor CLAUDINO sai d, with great truth, that in times "of civil war the flame of Revolution had never been quenched by mild and moderate measures, and he therefore proposed the adoption of a law visiting summary punishment on the rebels.— His proposition was received with so much enthusiasm, that the Chamber interrupted him by acclamation. Cer tainly nothing has tended so much to the insolence of the rebels and to the spread of opposition to the Constitutional Government, as the culpable lenity exercised towards the disaffected by the executive. If the Government bad been more prompt in its measures, and more decisive in its reso lution to show no mercy to parties professedly inimical to the Constitution, the spirit of rebellion would long ere now have been utterly extinguished. But while the Govern ment parleys with those whom it should annihilate, what else could it expect but contempt for its authority, and renewed treason to its power. They ought not to forget that there can be no compromise between the rebellious advocates of a tyrannical system and the asserters of a liberal Constitution, founded upon the downfall of the despotic Government. Those who profitted by the ex istence of the old system can never forgive the partisans of the new, and though a certain forbearance should be shown, yet considerations of mercy should not so far pre vail as to endanger the existence of the new order of things. Lenity from the powerful is received as mercy—from the weak it is only considered as the symptom of fear, and is sure to provoke treason where it was meant to conciliate affection. "LISBON, FEB. 14.—" The Gaiettes of the 12th and 13th contain no news from the army. " A despatch from the Marc . uis de Angeja, dated from Sande, Feb. 6, give some details of his operations in pursuit of the ene my, whom, however, he did not overtake, only making a few stragglers prisoners. " Another despatch from the same General, dated Barca, Feb. 7, gives an account•of the capture of a considerable quantity of baggage, a howitzer (a three-pounder), 92 men (of various regi ments, including three sergeants), and three waggons, with of ficers' baggage, and with papers, &c. belonging to the 21st regi ment, which was there commanded by the ex-Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Nunes de Andrade, the whole force being completely routed. " WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 12. " OFFICIAL COMINIHNICATI9NS RECEIVED THIS DAY. " The rapidity with which the General Marquis d'Angeja and Conde de Villa nor pursue the rebels, has not allowed them to send the details of the several actions in which they have routed them : they are flying towards Gallicia in all directions, and part of our troops are advancing by Moneao in their support. " The Governor of Valenta writes from that place on the 7th, and says—' The rebels having been beaten at the bridge of the Prado, retreated to Berea, and were there again beaten with con siderable loss. They retreated in disorder by the road of Arcos, to St. lon de Longos Valles, to take, by Malgaco, the road to Gal licia. To-day, the volunteers of the King, Don Pedro IV., and some militia, captured two 3-pounders, 9,500 musket cartridges, and all effects, also eleven soldiers of different corps, 19 drivers, a woman, and two children. General Azeredo writes from La mego, on the 9th, that the Captain and Serjeant of Villa Nova de Fos Cao had, with the assistance of the inhabitants, repulsed a Guerilla party that came from Minecorso, with the in tention of plundering. They took, however, a Captain of militia of Francozo, who commanded the Guerilla, with fire of his men ; three were killed, and the rest fled to Spain, by the road of Truxeneda. Brigadier Jose Correa de Mello writes from Berea, on the 7th instant, that having been ordered on the sth by the Marquis d'Angeja, to attack the bridge of Porto, which the rebels occupied with 400 infantry and two cannon, the latter fled without waiting for the attack. The General having caused the bridge to be repaired, pursued the rebels on that day, and the next beyond St. Joao de Campos, which' is only half a league from Gallicia, and succeeded in taking their artillery—viz. one cannon and one howitzer, 32 men of different corps, and three baggage-waggons. The escort was commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Andrade. The regiments of infantry, Nos. 12, 15, and 15, the Cacadores, Nos. 10 and 11, and some cavalry, the force s employed by the Gen e r al, and he particularly praises the Cacadores. " The Gazette of the 15th has no news from the army. The Gazette of the 16th has an article from the War-office, dated the containing extracts 9thf r o o i f u\i despatches gaco_} ; from s iti The e a l r w q r t o t t i s e d :e A s t n e g i:d ej a who a from Valadores, I marched with my tro o p s to Mal g a c o to convince lst h , writes n the t myself whether the rebels had entered Spain or no t, and what was behaviour of the Spanish authorities on the frontiers , and I yesterday sent a letter to the Governor of Tuy, calling on him to disarm the rebels who had entered his district. I have not yet received his answer, but I know that the Marquis de Chaves entered rGalliciagreater i )onbat part tb eF of a his e s easy , a at c vo c al roat undertakep, a bt e d l in any bysome s uen h disorder e winfantry, and n operations, and b t yw, that the -t it will standing the soldiers affi rm th a t th ey go b y Montalegrend Chaves to the province of Tras-os-Montes. I this evening sent a strong party to reconnoitre beyond St. Gregorio, the last Portuguese town. The guerillas made much resistance ; they were driven by a heavy Ere of the Caqadores, and charges of cavalry, into the Spanish territory, where two or three companies of the Militia of Gallicia were posted, who openly protected them, allowing them to fire for a considerable time. _ " I intend to apply to-morrow to the Spanish Authorities, to demand that these guerillas and soldiers shall be immediately dis armed, and also to require satisfaction for the hostile conduct to wards us to-day.' " The Gazette of the 17th contains at full length the official account of the defeat of the rebels on the sth, sent by the Mar quis d'Angeja, dated Braga, the 13th of February. " General Stubbs writes from Oporto on the 13th, and the Governor of Valenta on the 10th,--. , That a great many sol diers, of various regiments in the army of the rebels, had volun tarily surrendered, and it was hoped that the greater part of the four regiments, 21st, 9th, 6th, and Sd, would follow their example.' " PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR TM , ' DAY. 1. Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor—Motion tending to separate the jurisdic tion in all matters of Bankruptcy from the High Court of Chancery. 2. The Master of the Rolk—Bill for the regulation of the Court of Chancery. 3. Mr. Fynes Clinton—To discharge the Order for consideration of the Hedon Election Petition. 4. Mr. Attorney-General—Bill to declare the state of the Law in relation to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes becoming payable on Good Friday or Christmas Day. 5. Mr. Hume--Return of the number of Corporal Punishments in the Army during the last two years. 6. Mr. Hume—Names of defaulting Contractors for Flour and Biscuit for the Navy. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR TIIIS DAY. 1. Penryn Election Petitions—Ballot for Committee at half after three. 2. Ways and Means—Report. 3. Mutiny Bill—Report. 4. Marine Mutiny Bill—Report. 5. Public Works 'lceland) Acts—Committee thereupon. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, Feb. 28. Sir Thomas Lethbridge—To present Petition from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Bath, relative to the Homan Catholic Claims. Monday, March 5. Mr. Home Drummond—Bill for further continuing the Scots Credi tore Act. _ . Wednesday, March 7. General Gascoyne—Select Committee to inquire into the present state of the Shipping and Commerce of Great Britain, in consequence of the relaxation of the old Navigation Laws Thursday, March 8. Mr. Hume—Copy of the Report of the Committee of Inquiry on the Mutiny of the Native Troops at Barrackpoor in November 1824, and of Orders issued since that time. Thursday, March 15. Sir John Newport—To bring under view of the House the state of the law for rebuilding and repairing Churches in Ireland. Tuesday, March 20. Mr: Edward Davenport—Select Committee to inquire into the severe distress which has afflicted the Commercial and Industrious Classes of the Community during the last and present years. - erticE OF IRISH STOCKS, FEB. 24. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent Royal Irish Ditto — Gov. Stock, 3).6 per cent En% National Ditto — Ditto, New 131 1 ,i% Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent. Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 894% Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent. Mining Co. of Ireland Vs Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. Commercial Buildings — HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 43 minutes after 3. I Evening 58 minutes after 3. , %- -- nu CHAMBER OF PEERS. LissoN, FEB. 12.—The Deputies appointed to present to the ge which this Ch am b er addresse d to Princess Regent the Me ssa Don Pedro IV., acquitted itself of its commission on the 9th. On this occasion the Vice-Presideiit made a speech to her High ness, in which he said that the Chamber had judged it highly important to the interest of the kingdom, distract e d by factions, to implore his Majesty D on Pedro to ado p t th e only means of putting an end to so many evils, by which th e Ch am b er mea ns that he will send us as soon as possible our august Queen Donna Maria 11., whose appearance, even in her minority, will draw round her throne all the members of the Portuguese family, like so many children round their n mother who will bless the day of her arrival. Her Highness answered that she would transmit the message to his Majesty, who would act as be in his wisdom shonld see fit. CHAMBER' OF DEPUTIES. FEB. 13.—Senhor Ramiro da Costa gave an account of a dis patch), from the Minister of Foreign Main, trromaitting a con vention concluded between the Portuguese and British Govern ments, respecting the expense of the auxiliary troops in Portugal. Ordered to be placed in the archives. Senhor Claudino read a motion to the following effect : " In times of civil war the flame of revolution has never been struck by mild and moderate measures. lam convinced that the rebellion against the legitimacy of Dorf Pedro IV., and the insti tutions which he has given us, owes its origin and progress tO the want of a law which, causing the rebels and their adherents to be promptly and infallibly punished, shall deprive them of all hopes of impunity. The Honourable Member then read a project of martial law in six articles. The necessity of the measure was en forced by the President, who, after a discourse of some length, in which he declared that the inhabitants of Tras-os-Montes were less criminal than deceived, being the most ignorant of the people of Portugal, and that with the exception of the Silveiras and the Pintos, the rest, with few exceptions, were friends to the King and the Charter, concluded by saying that prompt and severe punish ments would alone save the unhappy province of Tras-os-Montes. The greater part of the assembly interrupted the President with loud acclamations. The Chamber of Deputies continues the discussion of the law on the freedom of commerce. An additional article relative to the coin trade, met with great opposition, and it was as follows : Grain shall be admitted for trans-shipment, deposit, or re-ex portation, paying, in case of trans-shipment, or re-exportation, a duty of 1 per cent.; it shall also he admitted for consumption, paying, viz.— Reis. Flour per Arroba Wheat ... Ditto Millet Ditto Barley and other grain Ditto The article was rejected, and it was resolved, that the law re lative to the corn trade should remain as it now stands. By the Goldfinch packet, from Buenos Ayres, we received the Mensagero Argentine to the 4th Dec., at which date the Brazilian squadron blockaded Buenos Ayres. The force consisted of 26 vessels. We have not space for any extracts, but the details are unimportant. Gibraltar Chronicles to the Bth February have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house :—His Majesty's frigate Pyramus had arrived from Malta on the 6th, with part of the 85th Regiment on board. The Sardinian brig Eloisa, Captain Nattino, had arrived on the 7th, in fifty-seven days ; she brings a confirmation of the Emperor having sailed from thence to join the army, opposed to that of the Buenos Ayres Government, and adds that the Empress was so ill, that she was not expected to live many days after the sailing of the Eloisa. Letters from Tarragona of the 15th Feb. mention that in the night of the 10th inst. a dreadful storm arose at Barcelona, in which nearly 40 vessels of all descriptions were either lost or driven on shore. They mention that the storm was confined to Barcelona, and that the vessels, both at Tarragona and Salves had received no damage. • We are glad to find that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has the nerve to speak about Bribery at Elections.— We are quite satisfied that the Noble Lord would on no account practise any thing so wicked him self, but we were afraid that Sitting for a Close Bo rough would have made him feel rather awkward on this subject—as the distinction between close and rotten boroughs, between byluence and bribery, is not quite so well understood by the unlearned, as my Lord JOHN may suppose. Many people have a stupid trick of suspecting the Whigs of insincerity, in their high profession of public virtue (theiipri vate characters not being generally better than those of their neighbours), and we hope that this impression may not be strengthened by the great advocatc of Reform, sitting, as we understand, for a Borough in which a cer tain Whig of the highest rank of Nobility is supposed to have the power of returning—we were going to say—his Grace's footman, but certainly any gentleman who is re. commended to them. Of course, the conge d'elire is about as valuable in such cases, as that exercised by the Dean and Chapter when a Bishopric becomes vacant. The debate on this subject was interesting, and Mr. MARTIN'S speech seems to have occasioned much merri ment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER retorted pretty sharply on the Worthy Member for his attack on the Marquis of CLANRICARDE. THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL. At twelve o'clock this day Sir ASTLEY COOPER, Sir HENRY HALFORD, and Dr. DREVER, had a consultation, after which they issued the following Bulletin : " Fife House, Feb. 27. "Lord LIVERPOOL has passed a good many hours in sleep last night, and continues a little better." THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. There is little going on at the English Stock Exchange but the adjusting of accounts, this being settling day, which hitherto, with a single exception of no material importance, is going over with more smoothness than was expected. This may be attributed to the circumstance of many of the speculators having for some days closed their accounts, whilst others have been enabled to make pre parations against the expected mischief that was apprehended. Consols opened this morning at 82 A for this, and 82i for April account ; they have since been 82 I, and are now at 824 both for money and next time. The premiums on India Bonds and Exchequer Bills maintain their ground, the former at 52 4, the latter, 33 4. Colombian Bonds 381 94; Mexican 6 per Cent., 68 9 ; Portuguese, 77 8 ; and Peruvian, 35 6. Three per Cent. Consols, 82i ; Ditto for April account, 824 4 ; India Bonds, 52 4 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 33 4 pm. FOREIGAT Furms.—Brazilian, 665 a ,• Buenos Ayres, 53 5 ; Chilian, 36 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 384 91 ; Danish, 61 -3 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 57 8 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 685 9 ; Portu guese, 77 8 ; Peruvian, 35 6 ; Greek, 16 -A- ; Russian, 895 90 ; Spanish, 13 1,-. MINES.-Anglo Mexican, 35 24 dis. ; United Mexican, 12 11 dis. ; Real del Monte, 90 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 30 40 pm. ; Brazilian, 4 5 pm. ; Bolivar, par, 1 pm. ; Colombian, 18-4 194 per Share ; Potosi, 30 2 per Share ; Pasco Peruvian, 5 per Share. Two o' Clock. It is decidedly a Bear account. . Consols, 82 , a for account ; 82 i f for money. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Calsols have been 82 83, both for Money and Account, are now 821 for account, and 8211 for money. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. EX-PARTE EVIL', IN THE MATTER OF HART, A BANKRUPT. His LORDSHIP stated that in this matter, in which a petition was heard a few days ago, praying that the sale of debts due to the bankrupt's e s t a t e m i g ht b e se t as id e w ith co st...,itw h as op i e, ii q present dispositio n t o ma k e a p re tty s pecial order, w hich he to be able to pronounce to-mom-row morning. which, h o wever, are The unusual length of our Parliamentary from giving one or two other cases, none of important. Debates prevents us VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. APPEALS.—ABSENCE OF COUNSEL. The VICE.CHANCELLon, in answer to some remarks of Mr. Sugden, expressed his determination of adhering to the rule laid down by him yesterday. The only consequence which he thought could result from it would be, a division of business among Coun sel ; and he was convinced that there were many gentlemen, not in the habit of attending Appeals in the House of Lords, who were perfectly competent to conduct the business in his Honour's Court. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. LIBEL.-..-lIENDRICKS V. THWAITES, This was an action against the proprietor of the Morning Herald for having published a libel reflecting on the character of the plaintiff, who was an insurance-broker in the Stock Exchange. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 50/. ADMIRALTY COURT. In the case of the Atlas, which was a question arising out of a hottomry bond executed in the East Indies, Lord Stowell, this day, delivered the judgment of the Court. He reco mmended the parties to submit the case to arbitration, as lie doubted whether it %as within the juri s di c ti on o f the Court, and be found , besides, th at . v was so full of di ffi culties, that he despaire d of administerin g justice between the parties. CORONER'S INQUEST in the PLRET PRISON. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, an Inqtint, w hi c h was adjourned to that time• fro►n Thursday last, was resuined before Mr. SHELTON, one of the Coroners for the City of London, it, the lobby-room of the Fleet-prison, to investigate the circum stances under which Mr. J. P. Devenish, late an officer in the 87th Regiment of Foot, came by his death in that prison, in which he was confined as a debtor. . Dr. Clutterbuck deposed, that this day week he was called on to visit the deceased; he found him labouring under a violent in flammation of the lungs : he directed him to be blooded, and or dered him the necessary medicine. The next day, when he cal led, the deceased was in a dying state, and on the following day expired. - The deceased appeared to have been comfortably ac commodated; he was in a good bed, with curtains, and had a good fire in the room. In answer to a question from Mr. Fair man, he said, the disease of which Mr. Devenish died was cer tainly not contagious. John Juddery, the turnkey of the prison, was the next witness. He was closely questioned to know if, during the illness of the de ceased, he had not two beds, occupied by two persons in the In firmary, though deceased was without any accommodation ; but no satisfactory answers could be elicited from him. The next witness was Mary Juddery, his wife. She deposed that the deceased came into the prison on the Sd instant. Ile was brought to her room by the cryer. He applied to her the next day to get a bed fixed in the room, and slept some nights there again. She did not see him after this, until he came to her for the keys of the Infirmary, about ten days after. He told her that he found himself much worse in health ; that he had the warder's orders to get the keys. She asked him if he had a bed ; he replied that he had not. She then provided him with a bed, a night-chair, anti every accommodation fit for a sick person, and attended on him herself ; for this she was paid ss. 6d. a week. At this period of the examination a message was brought to the Coroner that the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas was at the prison door, in his carriage, and wished to speak to him. The Coroner immediately waited upon his Lordship ; and on his return informed the Jury that his Lordship bad de termined, from what he had read of this inquiry, to be present himself at it, and desired that it might be adjourned to ten o'clock this day, and that all the witnesses should be in attendance. The deceased was the gentleman who had the misfortune to have been robbed, a short time ago, of 4501., a part of the money arising from the sale of his commission, by a person named Tuff man, who was transported for the offence, and whose committal took place from Bow-street. THIS DAY. This investigation took place at the express desire of the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Mr. Shelton, the Coroner, presided, and the investigation was conducted by Mr. Watlington, one of the Prothonotaries of the Common Pleas. Before proceedings commenced, Mr. Brown, the Warden, sug gested the propriety of permitting as many of the prisoners as pos sible to be present, and in compliance with this suggestion, as many were admitted as could be accommodated. Mr. Brown, jun., a son of the Warden, stated, that the deceased was received into the prison on the Sd Feb., and that on the 7th, witness gave him what is called a " chum ticket," by which he be came entitled to the use of the room, No. 14, in the Sd gallery, in common with two other prisoners. The rule of the prison is, that a prisoner shall be located, or, as it is termed, chummed within 24 hours of his entrance, provided that within that period he had paid his fees, and the delay in the present instance oc curred in consequence of the deceased not having paid his fees. The usual practice is to send for the prisoner to the lobby, and there give him his ticket; but as Mr. Devenish was ill, his ticket was sent him by the crycr. The room in which deceased was placed, was that to which he became entitled in regular rota tion, the day on which he paid his fees. By Mr. Watlington.—Was the deceased apparently very il 1 when he came into the prison did not see him. Mr. Watlington.—li there no examination when► a prisoner comes in to ascertain whether he is well or ill.—No. Mr. Watlington.—Then supposing he was afflicted with a con tagious disease it would not be discovered. Witness.—lt would not. The prisoner would be passed into his chummage without any observation. Mr. Pullen, the attorney for Mr. Brown, suggested, that as the witness was stated to have been present at the conversation sworn to by Mrs. DevenA, between the deceased and the warden, ha should be examined on that point. The Com:num—Did you hear your father tell Mr. Devenish that there was ,no accommodation in the sick room, and that . he l o d b i s d er n v o a t tion had been made by the boardsuch ? a — n must e o sleep a ows o R n . h l e f Warden, must you have heard it?-1 must. CORONEK.—You swear positively that no such converation passed.—l believe not. A Juryman.—Perhaps the witness is deaf?—Not at ail. My father told Mrs. Devenish that the turnkey would Bad her hue ! band a room. Witness here stated that a prisoner named Jen nings first told him of deceased's death, and that he sent the turn key to examine the body. CORONER—Is there any sick-room on the Master's side ? None ; but prisoners taken ill on that side would be admitted into the Infirmary on the other side, as a matter of course. In reply to a question from Mr. Watlington, the witness stated that he did not know whether or not the Infirmary was full when the prisoner came into the prison. Mr. Brown, sen. was asked the same question, and stated that it was partly occupied by persons in good health, who could not get accommodation elsewhere in the prison. Did not kpow whether the turnkey derived any advantage from letting out the room to those persons. On referring to the evidence of the head turnkey, it appeared that he had put some of his own beds in the room, and had let them out at 2s. per night to the prisoners. Mr. Watlington observed, that this .fact was contrary to the intended use of that room. William Ellison, cryer of the prison, stated that shortly after the deceased came into the prison, he went by Mr. Juddery's desire, with his compliments, and the key of the sick room, for which kindness the deceased expressed his gratitude. He then seemed very unwell. Witness also took him his chum ticket. Mrs. Devenish here stated, that the prisoner upon whom the deceased was chummed refused to admit him, or to open his door. He, however, afterwards paid him 4e. 6d., whi c h is, the sum regulated by the Act. Verdict—Died by the Visitation of God, with an expression of regret that there was no sick-room in the prison. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. BRIGHTON, FEB. 26.—The answer to inquin" at the Pavilion this morning His MAJESTY is quite well." THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL. -At tell o'c•lock~last night the medical report of, the state of the Noble . Earl wa t s, jot e account." Despatches taken place in the state "e l fit the j Despatches were received at . . the ted in town to-morrow. Mr. Canning Is pfirst-- Parliamentary Levee for tb,„,, The Speaker be on Saturday next, the Sd of March. present Session will . ofahni7eLaorlrydsiliilopur y est er day morning from trigh!one,xbyec Cabinet Ministers, from the KING Deputy Clinton, G.C. • , B commanding the British troops in Portugal. pitic,a h ret s me N n v t e , re fr i o e m ee L iv i e et d it y - e G s e t n e e r r d al ay si u r lo w n . l t i hii n e, Colonial l terday afternoon, at three o'clo h e e k ld , v a aite m wth e e e iv t l i At n itigy g t o lbe f e. several of the Cabinet Ministers, and other official Gentlemen, took place at the Foreign Office, tr i a n n D sa o c w t r e li d ng- b_* str u ee esie t n , tie w nsg h s ic ao h tf c tothhn - ee tim , i r ed h a e ss s en p ib a l n ed isi a l bau m t a in n i h st o e u r r. RWestminstero oTmoi Chancellor dtheTo-day y o of Auxiliary h tui e gxerhn E i iptolo x artoe s ! ee e ! q t ti 1 a.un. the eaLr Bible .our. Lord Bexley in the Chai r . The Rev. Foreign Office, yesterday. Saturday morning, theG Anniversaryo verno Governor and m ckwood's Governor of the Bank of Engl s an oe d ie h ty ad iv a a a inter • • of the eminent ability containslsabvvyha was n article upon the Corn Laws, written with an this y which is uniformly shoWn It deserves, at the other similar topics.— present moment , the att ent i v e classes interested in the discussion —in :‘t i no:-day, increased P in the State. other words, of all classes The ,vondrnumber : Woolf in,p ivit h completely L eice ster , the coach, the w We regret to understand that, on Sunday lag, as the Manchester Mail was coming to London, on this side of pas sengers,Mr.caFrrrieedder, or ra il on the way, by which the roof of the coach w•a eh su ea dd m en e ly intoockontfarcitghtwitahndsornaine ILWia off ick Bury, i i n the ranee Company, was killed upon the spot. .The bod y from but we under of the shock. There was happily no other casualty , . his lace a few Minutes stand that the deceased had only changed --s p no external bruise, but it is supposed that he &edthe violence solicitorconcuss concussion , th a e nd m o an neo atwer f the ,ht sttied before the accident.