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hear, from, we believe, Mr. D. IV. Harvey.) under stand t. e 1 ? on. gentleman's sneer. I care not for it. The • ho g ntleman may• think it impossible but that some gr p ,tr y motive must influence a statesman's every ac jar; reldthat in providing even for the companion of his ; . arse and th e f r i en d of hi s b osom , he can have none but a '4' l ger object. I care not for his sneer. (Hear, hear. ) in re are generous minds around me, and to them I ap- P e a'. (Cheers ) However certain . members may fr,.m ine . in opinion, I trust that the majority of this "ate s ill entertain so much respect for those who have performed important services, and for their descendants, L th a t a - ev will not make such persons . the victims of these new opinions. (Hear, hear. ) Mr. SHEIL observed that the right hon. baronet, con '44"s, no doubt, that the pension list was almost entirely a . creation of the predecessors of the present ministers, now ca me forward to give his Majesty's present ministers his disinterested support. The right hon. baronet differed, I .: a wever, in one point with the noble lord opposite. The yht hon. baronet considered the pension list as immacu late, and therefore opposed the motion. The noble lord, -4 the contrary, allowed that it was covered with blots, tuid oPposed the motion on that ground. With respect to t h d e inot:on of the hon. member for Colchesterr, and it e,,amendment of the honourable member for. Derby,. - I , Peared to him that there was very little Terencedif ro in their value, because, although they might be ,Inalcd on different premises, they came to the same con e4tsien. It was of little importance what course was 4dopted if inquiry was the result. Great reliance had been la d on the arment derived from acts of Parliament ; t i any one would suppose that the first act of William the th -ur th was unprecedented in its nature, and that that was At - ee first occas i on on w hi c h th ere h a d b een any surren d er the hereditary revenues of the crown. But he the beged 1 000 . e house t o remember the important fact, thatact \V, afforded the precedent from which the act 1 was drawn. It was an extraordinary cir lalnstalice that every one of the arguments used by the le lord this evening against the motion, had been used oy . the C hancellor of the Exchequer of 1828 against I : lar e tn e :,tien made by the hon. member for Middlesex. It difficult to reconcile the fact of the support to the as b motion of the hon. member for Middlesex in 1828, ,Yeilie present members of his Majesty's government, with r opposition to the present motion of the hon. member Tr r -0 chester. But it was curious to observe the _ T ee It o of the expressions used by the present noble Chan '-ci,uor of the rachequer and by:theright hon. the Chancellor t t t i t he Exchequer of 1828. [The hon. and learned gen "lan here read an extract from the speech made by Mr. ( , l etili surn in 1828, on the motion by Mr. Hume respecting t " Pension list, in which that right lion. gentleman dwelt ° ,, i r t tile surrender by his Majesty of the hereditary revenues tile crown, and on the violation of the contract between 11'e King and the parliament, which would take place if the list were thus interfered with.] The charges in the eleil list were one thing, but the chargesof the consolidated 'and were another. No attempt was made by the movers of either of the propositions before the house, or by the supporters of those propositions, to diminish the amount of the sum granted in lieu of the hereditary revenues of the crown. That sum was 1 ,700,0001., and he admitted that 'f they took one farthing from that sum they would violate .11 10 contract between the King and the Parliament. But _ tt hile he admitt e d th a t that sum ought not to be dimi -I,l,l,shed, h e contended that as it was at the disposal of his i",_nijesty's ministers the House of Commons had a right to how it was applied. As to the names of the persons bed he pension list, there was a great distinction to be made pli,tTeen them. There were those who had performed great therele services, and whose right to be there was indispu- Theie were others who ought never to have been • If of th e l a tt er c l ass th ere were individuals who th at the` destitute of all o th er means o f s upp or t, G o d f or bid th ere th eY should be turned into the world pennyless; but were others who, in themselves undeserving, had not de served plea of want.' It was against those who neither t ‘ t e, 4 .. e - ed nor required the benefit of the pension list, that the sense of the people of Englandespecially revolted. Iller k. L LOYD suppported the amendment. On a for able e ceasion b e had voted for the motion of the honour io,tialember for Colche s t er , b eca u se on that occasion the sk t 00 was merely f or a genera l i nqu i ry ; b u t, i n th e p re - It oi ,i (:a se, an invidious distinction was made, to which he •eotiCnot consent. F ur th er than the amendment he tittii (knnot go. Th e people of England had a right to in the The People of England were quite satisfied that .rossest profligacy existed on the subject. the ZIROTCH did not think that either the motion or pe om ":•ndrnent. would satisfy the just expectations of the b t 1 ')f England. Something unquestionably ought to 44, ° , 4 , ‘ upon the subject, but what he wished was do tlikt - t r ng practical and effective. It was highly desirable salted e poor and the wretched should no longer .-, be in kith bY the spectacle of some titled peer, overflowing f ox w ealth, making an affidavit before a parish officer spas t he purpose of receiving perhaps the paltry sum of 4.1 forty pounds. With respect to his Majesty's se s h, s - !,ent administration, he was very anxious that they t' f 1 retain their places, for he believed there was no vol l :'laen in the country by whom they could be succeeded beli e c ould conciliate so much support in that house. He atlted that his Majesty's ministers were going on in the not a e 'ZY , if they were kePt to it ; but if the house did hern, the t hem to it, if they did not look sharply after %me nti on Y would be left in the lurch. (A laugh.) His an ." as to move another amendment ( A laugh) h e . 1 9)Portunit • e afforded him of doing so. What ao fa‘,lshed was 3 tha " t er the pension list should at least be kid ' weeded, that persons who possessed other property, I, o n:tea t's sufficient for comfortable life, should no longer t ti 7 t tlg to it. (H ear , h ear , an d c oughing.) To that ex it i, z u,s amendment would go, and he intended to propose t he shape of an address. (Coughing.) In the pre ,iO4"' t emper of the hour, he did not expect their atten h4 but he was thinking of the feelings and opinions of t o constituents. (A laugh.) He had been already called N 4 ccount by them, for not having attended the late dis ii,'Non on this subject, which he had been prevented liZg l by illness. ( A laugh.) The motion of the hon. th,, - 'Per for Colchester he should certainly support, unless to't.,"ouse would take his amendment in preference. As api„,7 a mendment of the hon. member for Derby, it dis tiNVnted him, because it did not propose to .go into an Will / r il l ") the whole subject. He repeated, that that 4, th e Wa : s most desirous to get rid of was the insertion and a „ tt q ll smti list of the names of persons who had other k ernb e me ans of provision. The hon. and learned Rate e t l el'uled by reading the address, which he had o it "'cur f his intention to move, if an opportunity should " his (loi n ," 1 r • Secrets "' e-rl, ll rY TANLEY observed, that the - hon. and his I.,("adgentlernan who had just sat down had expressed fhis or Ilie iness eithe r to propose his own address, or to vote r netio n of the hon. member for Colchester. For leas u 7 e. he (M r . S tanley) could not see w h y t h e h on. an d t,he ato gentleman might not, with equal facility, vote for went of the hon. member for Derby. Now, he 7. tr ne, d l eY) differed so completely from the . hon. and ' lo ° ne s t el ither, that he felt compelled to object in the ban' ent, ar]nanner to the original motion, to the aimchenthe , to th t o . o and h„ e address in shape of resolution, which s ,)osf, b e fore member had intimated his intention to th a kact . h, fo -e.ore he entered into a consideration of the i e ean a ,_ r e the house, he begged to say a few words on tletriber.-lniav course taken by the hon. and learned andl a . 4e certainly was surprised to hear from the l oo k s ' th at -a rn, ed gentleman, a chairman of Quarter &s -ail at th '" people of ngland were not satisfied to s bed f or -e son l i erl view of the question, but that they kit ' 4l at practical steps • and he was equally • •the 1 and rned the frank manner in which ion. tl r eeei gentlerna n confes se d th a t th e hi n t s which he v.ecadl from his co ns tituents induced him to advocate pl c the ti step. respect to the propositions house, h e he objected to that ofthe hon. member for nie,."ter, because it would be unjust; to that of the hon. 'i'lner f or D er b y , be, ause it would; to inefficient and h e t gat of the hon. and learned gentl e , • both unjust and inefficient. The an i. , ,o b n ecaus e it would • member for k l PPerary and one or t wo o th er h on. gentlemen had asked 4wh• stionich had been answered more tha n once, as to la,l the noble lo r d, th e Ch anc ellor of the Exchequer' who t io , v at one ti me a d vocate d t hi s s p ec i es of inquiry, s h ould tist:Ppose it ? The answer had been very clear and sa ili.t°lY- The circumstances of the case were quite dif iLestl;' The right hmi. baronet, the member fo r 1," h'; w ho had done Ministers the honour of lending si 'n 's di stinguished and disinterested support (A laugh), 4 , 3 1.1 ew . "e 5 u , ( 1 ,4 statement - on this head which had not been t he e :_ any one ; that in the peculiar circumstances a p ' - 'e there was this novelty—not the novelty W ev i. ti e n i _u sti e r b -e e n i o d er e o r f e hereditary revenue, but of a certain (; ) . (4 ' bad h .g rendered to the discretion of Parliament, iii rendered been intrusted to the discre . tion th o e f c t iv h i e l oi s t t ' ,) a spe ' e t ,Inust be admitted that in arranging h et 4 th e . al act of parliament was passed which . recog ia at e civil list for the time to be granted in lieu of an ta ar eh a L r evenue, which had been given up by the Crown wo r k ort e I, e , e f°r a pension list, reduced in amount no less . ra sp ~i , 1 ;* ,(Re . ar, bear, hear.) Hon. members had t t ,, a •eii ß •_eives into a state of much energetic fury in N o e undisputed fact of the responsibility of minis e,'"ni li:tie denied the responsity of ministur . s . for the res s „ e " hee l ; O l ear, hear); but such a responsibility had Cir'nsibii: sanctioned by any former Parliament. Such r it s a " principle which the noble lord, now 111 (I.l u e , r ° l th e 1 , Exchequer, had sought to establish in dealt house " e ar), but his proposition' had been negatived teh A er Y4 lfi cs • The reformed Parliament, however, had 14to-ttniiel'tl differ • 74, y with respect to this list. It had been bad e "ed that Parliament had a right to e amine Vi eh l t e h reve au th e list.; and so it had, when the Crown op m att t';'e neees jst mentioned at its disposal, .at the . time arli ah :vas making the bargain with his . Majesty. J l e sty?P s tj, had no opportunity of expressing their 1 , 4 i.0.. Th e I,subject at the accession of his present a -ad, J ul ' s b was laid before his Majesty in December, L Y th'„ e lner, ,Y' 18 31, the noble lord the Chancellor of. thes'on. h on, r , 'ine to the house the proposition mentioned A il that noblede/out (for 200,000/. ); and on this occa 441l'oted h nl an had made the observation so uncan om t of ilot the hon • gentleman, to the effect, that the Fe n Me them to members to that proposition would not th e nobl e as t3" subsequent -assent to o the pension list. t riable had made that declaration . he e hito tog ing for a vote of credit, ch u mwh ight on until the final arrangements with the Crown were made. In 1832 that final settlement was made with. the Crown, by which his Majesty exchanged the hereditary revenues of the Crown for the reduced pen sion list. It any opposition was to be made against the list, that was the time for making it. There had been an interval of 18 months between the first agitation and the final settlement of the subject, yet no objection had been made • to a single 'item, except by the hon. member for Middlesex, who moved as an amendment, not that each in dividual ease should be investigated by Parliament, but that those on the consolidated fund should every year be brought before Parliament. This amendment was so far from being carried, that it fell to the ground from being actually in want of a seconder, .and when the bill was brought forward for the third reading, the hon. member ' stated, that having by his amendment entered his pro test against it, ho had no further opposition to offer. (Hear, hear.) Thus was the solemn bargain concluded between the Crown and the representatives of the people ; yet this very said bargain two hon. members had pro- posed two different ways of violating—a breach of faith I which no man in private life would think of. Of the two propositions, the address to the crown was, perhaps, the most constitutional, but from both he dissented. He would put a case of a gentleman who came 'into possession of a large estate charged with certain annuities. These annui ties, on coming of age, he guarantees the payment of to the parties, not in presence of witnesses, say, or legal docu ments, but by giving his parole assurance as a man of ho nour ; what would be thought of that man if he should afterwards turn round and tell his annuitants that he would not pay them unless they produced their bonds and their parchments? (Cheers.) Were the ministers of the crown to cover themselves with the infamy of violated faith be cause any member who wished to curry favour with his constituents, might choose to call upon them to make the unhallowed sacrifice? (Cheers.) Was he, as a minister of the crown, to advise his Sovereign to do that which he would think it infamous to advise a private friend to do ? No : and he would say, with every respect for the house, that whatever decision that house came to—whatever ad dress or advice they might determine upon, that address or advice should not be given through him. There were many sacrifices which a man, in accepting office, was called upon to make ; but there were sacrifices which no minister could make without feeling that his public usefulness was gone for ever with his private honour. (Cheers.) That every one had a right to his opinions as to whether the proceed ings of Ministers in 1802 or 1885 were right, he did not deny ; but he should not any the more consent to a com mittee of inquiry on the subject, because he did not see to what result this would tend. Hon. members said they wanted to see what men of large fortune were recipients of pensions. He perhaps agreed with those hon. gentlemen in thinking that persons who had money otherwise did themselves no honour by continuing public pensioners. (Hear, hear.) He trusted the feeling of honour in those recipients would forbid them to continue in receipt of these pensions; but it would be impossible to lay down the limits of the fortune which should exempt men from receiving the pension. The proposition for doing away with legal claims did not come very well from the chairman of a quarter sessions (A laugh) ' • that a legal claim existed there was no doubt, and the rich man had an equal right to assert his claim, if he chose, as the poor man ; and to attempt to in terfere with him was manifestly an act , of injustice and illegality. The supposed distinctions between the conso lidated list and the civil list, which had been dwelt on by honourable members, afforded another proof of the different views with which honourable gentlemen supported the motion. On a former night he had answered the objections on this point made by the hon. member for Colchester, who had assented to the justice of his exposi tion. The mistake seemed to exist with reference to the allocation, but the allocation on the one list was as secured by Act of Parliament as that on the other. Indeed, it would have been absurd to say that certain men from A to H should be more or less secured in their pensions than those from H to Z. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that these acts were not worth contending for—that the Par liament which passed and recognized them was still ham pered by the presence of boroughmongers. The hon. member who gave utterance to this sentence was the Chair man of a Quarter Sessions. (A laugh.) Surely he did not carry these notices of the law to the Bench with him. (A laugh.) Surely he did not set forth, that as so and so had been enacted in a Parliament " still hampered," &c., that so and so was not law. (A laugh.) If he did, God help the unfortunate wretches that came before him. (Hear, and a laugh.) An hon. member had said that the present administration had forfeited the confidence of the country. If so, the sooner they ceased to be the nominal advisers of the Crown the better. He was ready to admit that there might be found in the vast intellectual body that surrounded•him men of greater talent and ability as ad visers of the Crown than the present Administration : that any could be found more anxious for the people's welfare he would not admit (Cheers) ; but he trusted that a mi nistry would never be found who would sanction the monstrous doctrine that Acts of Parliament may be vio lited if they happen to have been passed before 1830 (Hear, hear); or who would be bold or base enough to ad vise their Sovereign to violate his plighted faith. (Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL did not see what boldness or base ness was necessary to strengthen a man in repudiating a non-existing contract, or an Act of Parliament that was never passed (Hear, hear) ; for he utterly denied the existence of any law which sanctioned these pensions. (Hear, hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman was never loud in his declamations about the law of the matter. Let the law officer of the Crown (A laugh) come forward and show any such legalization of these pensions as asserted by the right hon. secretary, and he (Mr. O'C.) would be silenced. On what terms were these pensions given ? Were they given during the life of the party ? No ; but they were granted "during pleasure" (Hear, hear) ; as long as that " pleasure" lasted, and no longer, were these pensionaries entitled to their pensions. What, then, be came of the legal claim of these people ? (Hear, hear.) Former Governments had been more open ; they said that these pensions were prerogatives of the Crown ; but this administration talked about the "legal claim" of these pensionaries ; and the legality of this claim being over thrown, the claim itself was as nought. There was not a single case of merit in the whole list. There was more of prudence than of chivalry in the right hon. secretary's championship of this list. There were several reasons why its details should be kept from the public ; there were private se cretaries and their private secrets. (Hear, and a laugh.) There were many names in that list, an inquiry into whose claim would reflect but little credit either upon giver or receiver. Was this country so well off as to be able to bear the extra weight of these stipendiary supernumeraries? Never were the poor poorer ; but " delicacy" forbade any investigation. " Delicacy !" It was a good, and very appropriate word. (A laugh.) The right honourable secretary's pompous oration about " honour and dignity," was very well as an oration, but it had little to do with the present question. As to the hon. secretary's tirade about not giving a Sovereign advice, which it would be infamy to give a friend, surely the hon. secretary, if he found that his friend had been under a long course of deprivation by a gang of swindlers, would think it his duty to warn that friend against these swindlers. (Hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) had no desire to make this a matter of minis ters going out or stopping in, though the Downing-street parliament summoned that morning had arrived at that de termination. (Hear, hear.) What he wanted was a full inquiry into this matter, and he had heard no cause shown against inquiry. Mr. D. W. HARVEY, in reply, said lie would first take the sense of the house on the original motion, and if that were lost, he would vote for the amendment, as he was determined to have the sense of the house expressed one way or another on this question. The right hon. secretary said that if the motion were carried, it would be a signal for retreat from office for himself and colleagues ; but he forgot that there were two ministers in the house ; that there was another prime minister in the hon. member for Tamworth (A laugh); no chicks ever seemed more anxious to get under the hen's wing than ministers were to get under the wing of the hon. baronet—constantly were they on the watch to catch the leer of his doubtful eye ( A laugh)—to enlist his support in their cause ; not that their anxiety was often disappointed, for the hon. baronet had too great a sympathy in all their views and notions to withhold his support. (Hear, hear.) Already had the b ev u e s n ine if ss tailors struck, and now a strike was threatened in the cabinet. (Roars of laughter). But he had little doubt, t . hey did strike, that we should be as lucky as the master tailors, and find old women just as efficient men of (Renewed laughter.) As to the amendment—it appeared to him that the hon. mover of it took too high a tone. But he did not exactlyunstand on what ground he had l i ( broughti‘lnHarvey)fo w- forward d that hi; itwould amendment, u as it appeared to him any s ately tend to the same of t he a lawyer in that results as the motion. house that could deny, th T a h t e i r f e e pensioners were desirous of selling their pensions, an d t h e intending f ritr chasers were to ask the opinion of any member o n , coln's-inn as to the validity of the title—that such person would say at once the title is not good. He would tellth ol e purchaser to exercise his own discretion ; but that govern ment could withhold the pension whenever it thought fit. He would put the case to the house whether, when the civil list was agreed to be 75,0001., his Majesty could not have cancelled the whole, or part of that list; and if any person had in such a case p etitioned the house complain ing of this exercise of the Royal prerogative, would not the house at once dismiss the petition as an unwarrant ablee 01. d n i n g t e t r o f e t r h e e n c d e oc w tr i i t n h e th th e e y r rights of t o h f at th n e ig c h r t oi , h v e n ar ? d, Ac pension list could never be interfered with, but would be perpetuated for ever. He would call the attention of the house to an extract from a speech delivered by a right honourable gentleman, and with which ex tract he (Mr. D. Harvey) would conclude. It came from a quarter which, of all others, was entitled to respect in that house. It was an extract from a speech by the First Lord of the Admiralty, when, along with him (Mr. D. W. Harvey), he supported this pillar. [Here the hon. and learned gentleman very significantly pointed to one of the pillars on the opposition side of the house amidst loud cheers and laughter.] He- then concluded by reading an extract from Sir James Graham's speech, which com bated the doctrine of vested rights, and strenuously main tained that it was the duty of Parliamen to discoun eirtne:e those pengiom which were unmerited.—Th e xt,l-I.ct was read amil,t loud cheering. The house then div:ded, when there appeared— Ayes l4B Noes Majority against tii m6ticn —212 The house next divided on Mr. Strutt's amend.nent, when there appeared Ayes 311 Noes • Majorit: —Bl OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH BILL. On our re-admissiol to the gallery, we found Mr. FLEETWOOD moving for leave to bring in a to alter, amend, and consolidate the laws relating to the observance of the Sabbath. He said, after having seen the one which had been brought forward and rejected by the house, he was induced to bring forward a more moderate measure. The bill he had to propose had for its object the consolidation of the various acts on the subject, and cer tain new provisions. He, however, did not contemplate either any interference with the liarrnlss recreation of the join., and still less to impose any particular form of wor ship. His bill would not affect the sale of any articles of Food—it would not touch pastry-cooks, confectioners, coffee shops, or fruit-venders—they would be left subject to the existing laws. Nor would it apply to - canals nor harbours. It was for the suppression bona fide of Sunday trading, and would apply to the carrying on of any trade, mann 'acture, or handicraft work on the Sunday, except in spe ,.!ified cases. It would also provide against the opening of any public-house before one o'clock' on the Sunday, and hotels and club-houses would be liable to the same restric tions. (Loud cries of " No, no.") The hon. gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in his bill. Mr. ROEBUCK objected to such a motion at so late in hour. He would oppose it in limine. Exhausted as he was, if the house was determined to go on, he would state his objections to it at length. ICries of " Go on," and " Adjourn.") He had the capacity to talk for three hours ; and, if the house insisted on proceeding, he must. Put his power to proceed to the test. (Cries of "Go on.") It was impossible that justice could be done to so important a subject, at that late hour in the morning: An HoN. MEMBER moved the adjournment of the house, upon whi :h the house divided, when there ap peared— Ayes Noes Majority against the adjournment —2B The debate was subsequently adjourned by agreement. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at twenty minutes past one. SPAIN. (From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) MADRID, APRIL 24.—Rodil's troops have conducted themselves with great propriety in Portugal, and I refer you to an excellent proclamation you will find subjoined, in which the Commander-in-Chief has established such regulations as will prevent a collision with the people of that country, and in which he disavows all other objects but that of destroying the faction of Don Carlos. The cause of Donna Maria has, no doubt, been advanced by the entrance of a Spanish army, as Almeida took advantage of it to declare against Don Miguel, and the Queen has availed herself of the same occasion publicly to recognise M. Sarmento, and to accredit a Minister to the Court of Lisbon. These events, in conjunction with the publication of the Estatuto Real, have had a great effect on public credit, and the funds have risen five per cent., and though the poverty of the Treasury is well known, and the neces sity of providing 500,000/. to pay the dividends in July, is equally notorious, without a shilling being now in hand to do so, the confidence of moneyed people is evidently on the increase, and an active competition is expected to take place for the loan of three millions which is advertised for the 30th instant. An express arrived from London kit night in seven days to one of the first houses here with pro posals for this loan, and it is imagined that several of the capitalists of Paris will also be bidders. The Cortes bond holders will not be so much benefited by this contract as they would have been if the former offer of Messrs. Wilson and Goldsmid had been accepted, as one contains no con dition in their favour, whilst the others set out with bind ing the Spanish Government to recommend 'the recogni tion of the bonds to the approaching Cortes. The sum of 3,000,0001., Three per Cents., is only a temporary supply to cover the July dividends and immediate wants, and the Minister of Finance must be soon again in the market for a more serious sum, when the bondholders should be pre pared to make a formidable stand for their claims. I understand that Mr. Villiers has made some decided re monstrances to the administrations both of Af. 'Lea and M. Martinez de la Rosa on the subject of those unfortu nate bonds, but without success from the former, and with no better answer from the latter than a statement of the. proposed intention of submitting a plan respecting them to the Cortes, which, in the present .situation of the finances of Spain, is as much, perhaps, as could be expected. The electorial law and territorial division of the country as the sequel of the Estatuto Real, have not yet appeared, though we are on the stretch of expectation for them. I understand they are both to come out on Sunday, and that the convocation of the Cortes is now fixed for the IstA of July. The Queen's birthday will be celebrated on Sun day at Aranjuez, and it is supposed that the decree of con vocation will be then brought out to commemorate that event. - Great preparations are making to do honour to the occasion. All the principal people of Madrid are flocking to kiss the Queen's hand ; and the officers of the Urban militia are going down in pomp, to lay down their new fledged honours at. her feet. The diplomatic corps will re sume their stations at the Sitio, and Mr. Villiers, who, I am sorry to say, has been confined to his house in Madrid, by severe indisposition, will also be able to renew his re spects to her . Majesty, and to continue near her .while the Court remains at Aranjuez. From that day the mourning for the late King is to cease. When furnished with money the. Government will make exertions to bring a force to act against the principal leaders in the North, as the pinta for 25,000 men is going on favourably, notwithstanding all the effects of the Carhsts to impede it, and the establishment of the Urban Militia in all the principal cities will leave the garrisons now maintained in them at the disposal of the Minister of War, for the reinforcement of the armies in the upper provinces. Zumalacarreeuy and Zabala are the only formidable opponents who require a large force to put them down, and it would appear that the latter is becom ing more daring every day, as Quesada in a late despatch speaks of his 'Charging along the whole line with 3,000 men. Whatever hopes may be entertained by the Car lists who are in arms, all expectations of success are aban doned by their partisans in the capital, since the entrance of the troops in to Portugal and the renewed instances of the cowardice of Don Carlos. The Government are elated on that account, and they are not urging with much severity the process against those persons who were lately l i arrested. Estefani, the Director of the Lottery Office, has made disclosures which will save his life ; but the proofs are wanting against the Marquis of Zombrano, the late Minister of War, and it is expected that that gentle man will be soon set at liberty. The Royalist Volunteers who were arrested for a seditious riot in the Calle de Toledo, on the 4th of March, have been sentenced to ten years of hard labour. M. Martinez de la Rosa is reposing on his honours since the publication of the Estatuto Real, at Aranjuez, though hfine ds time to come to Madrid once a week, to attend the Council, and despatch the business which he cannot dispose of at the Sitio. His new play of The Conspiracy of Venice was acted last night, for the first time. It was impossible to procure a place, though I made several at tempts, and the seats are engaged for some days to come. I understand the tragedy was quite successful, and M. Martinez has added another laurel to his dramatic reputa tion, and redeemed himself, as an author, from the failure of his late novel, " Hernan del Pulgar," which, from the homeliness of the narrative and dryness of the details, may be ranked with " The Seven Champions of Christendom,' or some such marvellous tale of the nursery. M. Martinez came to Madrid to see his tragedy acted—a weakness which the people laugh at, as they say his time ought to be employed about more serious things • but all literary persons will ex cuse it, and envy the man Who is, at the same hour, the author of the Estatuto Real and of a successful tragedy. His admi nistration is more composed since the retirement of M. Bur gos, though Muscoso, the new Minister of the Interior, is not calculated upon as an efficient substitute for that clever, though irregular person. It is said the Queen told Burgos, only the day before his dismisial, that "he was her right arm, and that she could never part from him." Such is court favour ; and perhaps the Queen has learned that trick from Ferdinand, whose praise to a minister was ge nerally the prelude to his disgrace. I saw the family of M. Burgos on Sunday, in the Prado, in a new carriage, which is quite an event here, and shows how little he va lues public opinion, as it is invariably the custom for a retired Minister to lay down his carriage, if he happens to keep one, in order to prove to the world that he has not made money by his office. No further changes are at this moment spoken of, though both the Minister of Fi nance and the Minister of War are weak in the favour of the Queen and the public. Events are working for them, and who can complain of the one while the funds are rising and the credit of the state improved, or of the other when Don Carlos has fled before the arms of the Queen. M. Severino Gomez, the Charge d'Affaires of Don Miguel, is ordered to leave Madrid, or rather the village near it, where he has been residing, for some months. This is the p ersonage w h o made himself so ridiculous and notorious in his intercepted correspondence which was published last year in England. He is, it is said, to be sent to the frontier with an armed escort. M. D'Oubril, the Russian minister, who, it was understood, was about to leave Madrid, is still here, and I believe the report of his intention to quit his post is unfounded. The French Minister spends the greatest part of his time at Aranjuez, but I have no reason to believe that he ob tains any marked ascendancy in the Spanish Cabinet, as the London papers are so fond of stating. Bl.de Rayneval is an adroit and experienced man, and I should think he was too prudent to mix himself up with the daily intrigues of a Court like this, which is extremely jealous of foreign ifiterference. Indeed, if he does so, he gives up the van (tiaigngeigrtyobuencdomtoinAglra. B V r i i ll ti i s e h rs m w in h is o te h r, ol d d i s re h c i t s ing pla h c i F s v,vlethwsthtoe !he great objects of British policy—the recognition of the outh American States—the acknowledgment of the Cortes fonds—and an amelioration of the blind commercial po licy of this country. We are honourably and efficient: represented here, and Mr. Villiers is strengthened b 'laving a most excellent Secretary of Legation in Lord. William Hervey, who has much experience of the country, and appears to have made good use of the time he has spent in it. The Grandees are giving in the records of their titles and estates, to determine their right of attending the ap proaching Cortes. You will be surprised that out of 96 grandees, of the first and second class, not more than forty have a ear income of 2,0001. a-year—the rest are under mortgage, or sequestration, in consequence of pecuniary embarrassment, and, therefore, are excluded by the terms of the Estatuto. The Titulos, or nobles, are more than 1,000 in number, and they, too, are occupied in sending their papers preparatory to the CroWn selecting from amongst them those it will be pleased to elevate to the dignity of the Proceres, or Members of the Upper House. I am sorry to say it is apprehended that the House of De puties will be less powerful, both in number and in autho rity, than was at first expected, and some people say tlia , the Upper Chamber will be the more liberal and independ ent of the two. It is feared that Spain does not afford the materials for a good representation ; but I trust that the experiment may be fairly tried, and the spirit of the nation put manfully to the test. I understand that an express has arrived from the army, stating that it his advanced within seven leagues of San tarem, but I do not put much faith in the intelligence, and I fancy that Abrantes has been mistaken for the former place. The following appointments have been made in the dif ferent sections of the Royal Council of Spain and India : _ . For the Section of State—D. Euseblo de Bardaji, D. Ignacio de la Pezuela, D. Jose Pizarro, D. Miguel Alava, D. Agustin Arguelles. For that of Grace and Justice—D. Ramon Lopez Pelegrin, D. Jose Cafranga, D. Vicente Cayo Manuel, D. Manuel Garcia Herreros, D. Jose Ayuso. For that of War—The Marquis de la Reunion de Neuva Espana, Lieut.-General D. Francisco Javvier Abadta, Marshal de Campo D. Felipe Montos, D. Gaspar Diruel, y D. Tomas Gonzalez Carvajal. Finance—D. Antonio Martinez, D. Francisco Lopez Alcaraz, D. Jacobo Maria de Parga, D. Niceto de Lar reta ; D. Jose Lopez Juana Pinilla. Marines—D. Martin Fernandez de Navarrete, D. Agustin Perale, D. Miguel Moreno. Interior—D. Juan Alvarez Guerra, Don Jose Canga- Argiielles, D. Jose de Heredia, D. Justo Jose Banqueri ; D. Vicente Gonzalez Arnao. The Indies—D. Manuel de la Bodega, D. Ramon Gil de la Cuadra, D. Gaspar Vigodet, D. Antonio Daban y Urrutia, D. Luis de Urrejola, D. Joaquin Carrion y Moreno. The Duke of Baylen has 'been appointed President of the Council. The Tiempo states on authority that a decree enlarging the Urban Militia considerably will appear to-morrow. There is this evening a report that Don Carlos has got as far as Santarem, and that the advance guard of Rodil was within seven leagues of that place, but it wants con firmation. A courier left the British Embassy to-day for Lisbon. TRANSLATION OF THE ORDERS ISSUED IW GENERAL RODIL TO THE TROOPS ON ENTERING PORTUGAL. ' " Satisfied with the good conduct and honour which dis tinguishes the valiant troops under my command, of the good order which has been observed in their marches, of their love and decided attachment to the beneficent go vernment of our august and beloved Queen Donna Isabel 11., I have full confidence that they will preserve that loyalty to the shedding of the last drop -of their blood, and that they will still continue to be models of subordination and discipline. From these qualities arises the character of an army, and soldiers who have given so many proofs of their preservation of them in their own country, will, there can be no doubt, be more particular to observe them out of it; but as it may be possible that some men, for getful of their duty, shall commit excesses, which may alter the good harmony which should exist between the Spanish troops and the subjects of her most faithful Ma jesty, and in virtue of the discretion which is vested in me by the Royal authority, I do hereby issue the following orders, which are to be strictly observed : " Ist. It being the principal object of the army to ex terminate the faction, which is organising itself in Portu gal for the purpose f attacking the rights of the Queen, our ordemir and stre t s o s , ascertain lam that the o.reraetseesrtv harmonye the bestshallpossible exist between the army and the Portuguese inhabitants. I prohibit any disputes of opinion with them as well as the use of offensive and provoking conduct, and I require that their customs and usages shall be respected, as lam de termined to punish any transgression against this command, according to the circumstances of each particular case. " 2d. On the arrival of the army at the camp or place pointed out by the Commander, each regiment shall esta blish patrols for the purpose of maintaining tranquillity, and preserving both public and private rights. " 3d. Every individual of any rank or regiment, who shall go beyond the lines allotted to each camp or station, without the permission of his commanding officer, or who shall separate himself from the column in march, shall be subject to the punishment awarded by my orders of the 24th of I%larch. " 4th. In conformity to the general order of the 19th of last month, I prohibit women or the wives of soldiers from following the army ; and those persons who, to the scandal of good morals, shall persist in doing so, shall be sent to their usual place of residence, where they shall undergo the punishment usually allotted to persons leading a vicious life. " sth. Every transgression committed in the Portuguese tefritory by any individuals of the army, followers of the same of all kinds, or servants and suttlers, shall be pun ished in the same manner as if the case occurred in Spain, and as pointed out by the royal ordinances. " 6th. There shall be established at head-quarters a permanent council of war, for the purpose of trying of fences committed by persons belonging to the army. " 7th. Making use of my natural clemency, and know ing that there are many persons in the ranks of the rebels repentant of the crime they have been induced to commit by fraud and seduction, I offer a general pardon to all those who may present themselves on the march to the com mander of any division of the column of the army under my command. " 8t1;. - All those who shall make resistance to the troops of the Queen, our mistress, or who may be found with arms in their hands in the Portuguese territory, belonging to the rebel ranks, shall be shot in the act, whether they be or have usurped the rank of officers, and notwithstanding any thing to the contrary in my orders of the 24th March, which relates only to the factious apprehended in Spain. (Signed) " J. RAMON RODIL. " Head-quarters, Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th April, 1834." LISBON. We have received accounts from Lisbon by the Savage brig of war, which arrived at Fal mouth on Sunday. She sailed from Lisbon on the Ist, but brings no mail from Oporto. There was a heavy gale of wind which prevented any comm unication. The f o ll ow i ng i s f rom the correspondence of a Morning Paper : " It is known here that the Spaniards have advanced to the vicinity of Castello Branco, where they captured Don Carlos's carriages and baggage, after in vain summoning the then governor of Almeida to surrender him, and being answered with cannon balls. Don Carlos made his escape, and arrived on the 15th at Chaumrea, nearly opposite to Santarem, leaving his family at or near Abrantes. Let ters from Santarem of the 22d are, however, silent on this subject, and mention only the crossing of the small Spa nish force in the vicinity of Marvau, and recrossing the frontiers shortly afterwards on their return to Spain. The Chronica of this day contains official despatches announcing the occupation of Lamego, on the 22d, by the Duke of Terceira, the towns of Feira, Oliveira d'Azimeis, and Ovar, proclaiming the Queen, and of a bridge of empty pipes being thrown across the Tagus at Santarem, prepa ratory to a retreat to Elvas. The case of Don Miguel seems to be in its last agonies, and near at an end. Sixty nine deserters had presented themselves in the earlier part of the week at Cartaxo, and twenty-two more on Satur day. A whole battalion of royalist volunteers (from La-" mego ) were discovered at Salvaterra, in an attempt to desert, and severely punished by the usurper in person. At Coimbra, Figueira, and Pombal, his authority is shaken to the foundation. Admiral Napier, with 300 men, em barked on Friday evening in the City of Edinburgh steamer, for Figueira, but the weather having been ex tremely boisterous ever since, he was compelled to return and land again last night, unable to keep the sea. " Don Miguel has got another accession of British offi cers. The names of Hawkins and Davis appear in his Gazette as Captains of Infantry; Campbell Onslow, Lieu tenant in the third cavalry ; and the renowned Captain Robinson, of the Beresford school, is made full Colonel by his grateful master, Don Miguel, an unprofitable rank, which will not give food and clothing to his numerous and destitute family. " Some days ago, General Lamos sent a body of troops from Santarem, to reinforce Coimbra, but they refused to cross the River Mondajo, and returned to Torres Novas. Captain, now Major, Diego Robinson, formerly of the British service and 10th Portuguese infantry, has been promoted by Don Miguel to the rank of a Colonel, on ac count of the services he rendered during the Peninsular war, as the B o liti n d o E xcer t o s tat es , but, p ro b a bly, i n reward of his activity in the usurper's cause, of which he is one of the principal agents. ' : ,.The late trifling change in the administration, Aguiar having received the department of Justice and Ecclesiasti cal Affairs, formerly held by Gola Silva Carvalho, the Minister of Finance, is said to have 'given offence to the latter, who is reported to have procured Freire, the sup posed author of this measure, to be' removed from one of his Ministerial pluralities to fill only the office of Foreign Afflairs, the War Office to be given to Miranda, or vice versa, if report speak correctly' No other changes are talked of. " The Portuguese squadron, seized by Admiral Roussin, and now lying at Brest, is to be brought back, there being )11y 40 contos (8,000/. to 9,0001.) due for their preserva tion, which is less than the value of the smallest service able ship among them. " The fall of the important fortress of Almeida, which proclaimed the Queen, has been officially confirmed to-day, by the Duke of Terceira's despatches. " This afternoon the Minister of War received intern ynee, by way of Leira, of Figueira and Monte Mar hav ing declared in favour of the Queen on the 25th, when the Don Pedro frigate and the Cybele corvette were in sight of the former place, and Admiral Napier himself, in the steamer, was expected. " General Sir J. Campbell was removed from the Castle of St. George, on the night of Tuesday last, to the Tower of Belem, suspected of carrying on a secret correspondence with Santarem, it is said. " A Portuguese courtmartial sat on Tuesday morning, for the trial of Colonel Williams, on a charge of excee•_l ing his leave of absence in England. After the produc tion of documents to prove the impossibility of his return, on account of the bad weather, and the evidence of Sir J. NT. Doyle and General Sir T. W. Stubbs, to the high honour, character, and zealous ability of the Colonel, he was acquitted." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The debate of last night, in all its parts, was pretty ac curately anticipated in our article of yesterday. Mr. Har vey's motion for an address to the Crown, praying his Majesty to revise the pension list, was promptly met by Lord Althorp with a declaration of war, on the ground of lisrespect to his Majesty, of breach of compact with the Sovereign, and of a violation of rights which, according to ;uvariable usage, might be considered as " vested" ones in the parties enjoying pensions. Mr. Strutt, as had been precoucerted, move an amendment, the purport of which 'was to refer the pension list to a select committee, with a view to ascertain how far the pensions which appeared herein had been granted in conformity with the resolution of th - e House of Commons of the 18th of last February, which resolution, it will be remembered, went to assign the conditions on which future pensions ought to be ;ranted, or, in other words, to define the qualifications of the persons entitled to them. The motion of Mr. Strutt was • convenient in two respects—namely, the careful exclusion of every attempt to limit the right of inquiry, and the no less sedulous avoidance of the most im portant part of the question—viz., whether or no that inquiry was to be followed up by any proceedings either against those ministers who had advised the objectionable pensions, or against the parties receiving them. Thus it would appear that the amendment was so penned as to ad mit the support of two opposite classes of voters—both those who were to be satisfied with mere inquiry, and those who demanded that inquiry should in a case of gross abuse be followed bya recall of the pension. Howeerav, this scheme, well as it was protected, also failed of success. The amend , ment had been designed as anintermediate motion, the sup port of which by a majority, in preference to that of Mr. Harvey, would, though opposed by ministers, still leave the latter released from the understood pledge to resign, by which they had bound themselves in case of their defeat on the original motion. But as we have said, the friendly plan was unsuccessful. Lord Althorp first de clared his determination to oppose Mr. Strutt's amend ment, and Mr. Stanley announced, that he would resign should it be carried. We cannot see that, either by the speech of Sir Robert Peel, or by any of those on the same side of the question, the slightest approach to breach of faith was established against the revision of the details in the pen sion list, with a view to the revocation, if requisite, of such as might have been ill bestowed. No man denied .that mi nisters were responsible for whatever pensions they had advised the grant of, and none asserted that the lapse of time was a bar to the enforcement of such responsibility, even long after they had quitted office. On what prin ciple, therefore, Mr. Stanley's declaration was founded, that he and his colleagues would resign in case of a defeat, we have still to learn, except on the supposition that in the present, as in many other cases, the real motive was different from that which was acknowledged. The defeat, however, which was to end in resignation ' did not occur; but, owing to the strenuous support and well-mustered numbers of the Tory party, Ministers achieved a victory ! What a victory ! " Hoc Ithacus velit, et magno mercentur Atridte." Times. We have great satisfaction in being able to state that the unfair means which have been resorted to with a view to create a prejudice against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, have, in many of the metropolitan parishes, signally failed. A numerous vestry, which was held yesterday at. St. George's, Hanover-square, to take into consideration the proposed bill for the amendment of the poor laws, came to the following unanimous resolution :—" That this vestry deems it expedient to suspend the declaration of any opinion on a subject of such vital importance to the country as the bill for the amendment of the poor laws, ' until it shall have been more fully discussed in its progress through the legislature." We understand that at this meeting Mr. Sturges Bourne and Mr. Leslie, the gentle men to whose exertions the parish of St. George, Hanover square, is principally indebted for the economy lately in troduced into the management of the parochial funds, both expressed themselves strongly in favour of the bill. On Saturday, a meeting of the vestry of the parish of St. James was held, at which a deputation to Lord Althorp was agreed to. The deputation waited on Lord Althorp yesterday, and informed his lordship that the provisions of the bill, with few exceptions, met with the approbation of the vestry. At the meeting . on Saturday, Mr. Byng supported the necessity of investing the com missioners with the powers given to them by the bill, and observed that the commissioners had less power than those which had been exercised without complaint many years by the commissioners of bankrupts. In the parish of White chapel, in which, by skilful management, considerable re ductions have been made in the expenditure on the poor, a meeting was held a few days ago, at which resolutions in favour of the bill were agreed to. Mr. Corder, the vestry clerk of the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, waited on the commissioners at their office, and stated that it was his own opinion, and the opinion of some of the best-informed individuals of the parish, that, with some modifications, which he suggested, the whole of the report of the commissioners should be agreed to : he even thought they might have gone f rther. At Shoreditch a meeting was lately called, at which the guardians of the poor and other parish officers proposed a petition against the bill. This proposition was met by a statement from some gentlemen present, that the powers of the guardians themselves, under their own local act, were identical with, or at least quite as extensive as the powers given under the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill to the commissioners, while the guardians were irresponsible, and the commissioners would be responsible ; and if they must choose between the powers given to the guardians, and the powers to be given to the commissioners, they would pre fer the latter. The debate lasted upwards of five hours, and ended by both parties withdrawing their respective propositions. The party in favour of the bill declared if the officers persisted in their intention of petitioning against the bill, they would submit a counter petition to the inhabitants in support of it. It was in contem plation to have a county meeting in Berkshire on the subject of the distressed state. of agriculture, but the requisition was, we understand, withdrawn in consequence of the expectation entertained of the be nefit to be derived from Lord Althorp's Tithe and Poor Laws' Amendment Bills. We are glad to find that the people are not led away by the silly clamour raised against the scheme. It is easy to call names—to call the bill, for instance, a pinch-pauper bill; but if a distinction be not made between the independent labourer and those who subsist on charity, of what use is declamation against the allowance system? People are not branded as criminals because they are poor ; but, as Lord Althorp truly ob served, though it be not a crime, it is a misfortune to be poor ; and they who wish to place the pauper on the foot ing of the independent labourer in point of comforts, merely say in so many words, that all the independent labourers shall be reduced to the condition of paupers. But we have not space now for further comment on this sub ject.—Morning Chronicle. FALMOUTH, MAY 4.—His Majesty's packet Mutine, Lieutenant Pawle, arrived here this morn ing from Jamaica, whence she sailed on the Ist of April, and from Crooked Island on the 9th, with mails. She brings on freight 25,000 dollars, but in point of news nothing which can be deemed of particular inte rest. The new Governor had not arrived, but his Majesty's ship Blonde, with the Marquis and suite on board, was spoken with on the 2d instant, all well—it was expected they would reach Jamaica on the follow ing day. His Majesty's ships Sapphire, Pearl, Tweed, Larne, Magnificent, and Cruiser, were in Port Royal Harbour when the Mutine left. His Majesty's brig Scorpion, Lieut. Robilliard, remains detained till to morrow for Oporto and Lisbon.—Morning Herald. Mr. Ducrow,' we hear, is preparing Turpin's celebrated ride to York, so vividly described in the new romance of " Rookwood," for immediate repre sentation at Astley's. No better subject could have been selected, and we predict that the piece will have an equal success with " Mazeppa•" The ride is to be given entire. 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The Library of Irish Romance, complete in 19 vols., at 4s. per vo lume, bound, comprising the O'Briens and O'Flaher tys, by Lady Morgan, in 4 vols. ; the Nowlans, the Croppy, and the Anglo-Irish, by John Banim, Esq., each in 3 vols. ; Yesterday in Ireland, by E. E. Crowe, Esq., 3 vols., comprising Corramahon, the Northerns of Ninety-Eight; and To-Day in Ireland, 3 vols., by the same author, comprising the Carders, Connemara, Old and New Light, and. the Toole's Warning. Either of the works maybe had separately. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Lowther Castle, from China, has arrived off Port. land, sailed 14th Jan. ; St. Helena, 19th March. The Cornwall, from Bengal, has arrived off the Ile of Wight, sailed 7th Jan. ; St. Helena, 19th March. The Asia, from Bengal, has arrived of Portsmouth, sailed 28th Dec. ; Madras, 2d Jan. ; St. Helena, lOth of March. The Intrepid, from Bengal, has arrived in the Downs, sailed Bth Dec. ; the Cape, 18th Feb. ; St. Helena, 7th March. The Fama, from the Mauritius,hai arrived at Liverpool, sailed 11th Jan. ; St. Helena, 13th Feb. The Nelson, Wood, from the Mauritius, has arrived at Liverpool, sailed 11th Jan. _ _ _ _ a T L il iv e erpo n o e l r , a s i a d i , le fr d o l m st t J h a e n 3 . l ; au tiz iu C s a , p h e as , The Lady Fitzherb er t, from the Mauritius has arrived 3 at h il: j e a d n at Liver pool, sailed 7th Jan. ; St. Helena, 13th Feb. The Welcome, from the Mauritius, has arrived in the Downs, sailed 29th Dec. ; the Judith, from the Mauritius, at Gravesend ; the Lloyds, from the South Seas, in the Downs; the Germania, from China, off Hastings; the Ronson, from Batavia, off Hastings ; the Nyverheid, from Batavia, off Plymouth; the Alexander Von Humboldt, from Batavia, off the Isle of Wight ; the Hero of Malown ; from Bombay, off Portsmouth, sailed sth Jan., and the Cape, Bth March; the Canes, from the South Seas off Plymouth ; the Arcturus, from the Mauritius, at Gravj , end ; the Astrea, from Batavia, off Hastings ; the Domi- . nica ' from the Mauritius, off, Falmouth, sailed 26 th Dec., and St. Helena, 9th Feb. ; the Hope, from Batavia, of Beach Head. Arrivals at Bengal.—The Argyle, from Marconam, and Spartan, from Covelong, 31st Dec. ; the Captain Cook, from New Smith Wales, the Edmonstone, from Singapore, and Protect o r, froth Covelong, Ist. Jan. ; the Mermaid, from Akzoh, 4th ; the Marion and Lady Clifford, sth ; and Betsey, 3d, from Covelong ; the Isabel, from Liver. , pool, 6th; the Gollairdon, from Hambranto, Bth. Departures from Bengal.—The Donna armelita, for' Madras, 31st Dec. ; the Resource, for .Masulipatam, Ist Jan. • tli:c Thetis, for Singapore, and Dana Dowlet , for Masulipatam, sth; the Edina, for Madras, awl Caledonia, for the Strait, 9th ; the Pegasus, for the Mauritius, sth ; the Alexander and Lore Hungerford, 6th, for the Cape and London ; the Warrior, 6th. Arrivids at St. Helena. The Castle Huntly, the Thomas, Grenville, and the Larkins, from China, in March, and sailed on the 19th for London ; the London, from Bengal, and Marquis of Hastings, from Bombay, and raged on. the 18'h for London ; the Flora, from 31anilla, on the Bth a March ; the Lord Hungerford, from Bengal, on the 13th? and sailed on the 14th for London; the Children, fi.tonl New South Wales, on the 13th ; the Achilles, from Ce, lon, on the 14th ; the Sir Edward Paget, fist Bomi:AY, on the 16th ; the Tickler, from Singapore, oil 11;i4 17th ; the Charles Carter and Lord Hobart, from the Cspe, axed Cabo, from China, on the 17th. _ _ Arrivals at the Cape.—The Dukc of Sussex, from China ; the Wellington, from Madras ; the Elizabeth, from Sydney ; the Andrew M'Kean ; from the Mauritius; the Eleanor, from Ceylon ; the Henry Poreiter ' from Ba-. tavia ; the Conch, from the Mauritius, on the 23d of Fe bruary ; the • Sir Edward Paget, from Bombay, on the 24th ; the Circe, from London, on the sth; tli Lay" Raffles, from Bombay, on the Bth ; and the Harriet, ;von* Liverpool, on the sth. Departures from the Mauritius.—The Vesper, for Cal cutta, on the 3d of February ; the Morning - Star, for London, on the sth ; and the Susannah, foi London, on the sth. _ _ The following ships received damage in the gale -of the 20th of January at the Mauritius ; we are happy to say none lost :—The Royal George, the Eleanor, the Adding-- ham, the Ceres, the Pearl, the Redman, the Drumthore ? the Eliza Jane, the Tyne, the Bencoolcn, the Dorothea. the Thomas and Alfred, the St. Hilda, and Renown. Ships Spoken With.—The Spartan, from Liverpool to China, on the 28th of February, in lat. a. N., long. 24. W. ; The Lord Lynedoch, from Hobart-town to Madras, in lat. 11. 14. S., long. 97. E. ; The Singapore, from Singapore, on the let of March, in lat. 33. 32. S., long. 29. 27. E. ; The Tickler, from Singapore, on the 3d of March, in lat. 36. 07. S., long. 22. 08. E. • The Afri caine, from Liverpool to Rio Janeiro and Madras, on the 30th of March, in lat. 1. 07., long. 19. 52. W. : The Berwickshire, from London to Bombay, on the 31st of March, in lat. 2. 47. N., long 19. 30. W. ; The Ran ger, from Liverpool to Bombay, on the 3d of April, in lat. 4. 37. N., long. 19. 24. W. ; The Sir Edward Paget, from Bombay to London, on the 20th of ' April, in lat 28. 49. N., long. 39. 44. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HAY M ARK ETS.—( A t per Load of 36 Trusses;. CU M BERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Ilav £3 5 to .f:3 JO New Meadow Hay n 0 0 0 Iheful Old I)itto ... 3 15 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and 11ye-grass !lay 4 6 4 10 Clover Hay 4 5 5 0 Oat Straw --XI 10 to LI 12 I Wheat f traw SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 tf , £3 5 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 rs?ful Old Ditto 3 5 3 10 Fine Upland •I‘iftatlow an,; 11 yt.-gra, hay 4 0 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)...ls 0 ..Genenlly , at Straw ....I1 10 t , t f 1 12 1 Wheat •traw 1 12 1 14 HUNG ERFORD. Coarse Meadow Hay .£ll 5 to £3 1(► New Me.:dow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay 4 4 4 a Clover Hay 1 0 4 1 5 Oat Straw X.l 12 to Xi 14 1 Wheat Straw.... 1 14 1 16 PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is WA tot the lib. Loaf. There are others who sell from d. to Nil. below that price.