The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-19 00:00:00

DAY.) the 31A s ' a corou l. that hal l tegulati e ! ries EL. , ' ce in tb. ormatlL ate roe' he itutt upon t 1 connl rb;co 0! arlianse.ol mour t y„ .er Wel ° !d in tbt ►ke a lio' paper °, ti DAY. his ses l 'e under: ative t° • occur r. al gener h much A inton" 'as 6611 nt wilco whole of Sons die gumento Charles having JUSTICE ho were rom the ium of ition hi ich was opinio o vitb the )A Y.) Arrived ily, and :t, (tom li ; and ght and le, frcto in Neo es witil [JpbS ll3, 0 CO' WI3 i te, li u asp •s, frogs s, Dell, iebec. ,uritiue, SPAIN. AND from !vious stale Toops kid e in. it is for Con 88# I the usi r by for this .0d aye the at (From the Times.) i,i \tie have received letters from Madrid of the 2d, h, and Bth instant. We call attention to the fol.- Plying extract from the letter of the Bth :—" Gen. ;edii had actually entered Portugal, and penet rated far as Mi ran d a , in the hope of surprising Don ,else,and wh o , war ned of his danger, had fled prect 'tately, , t v with his family, had succee ded in 'I 'llitl„o' Chaves. The rumour now is t hat the ,Parish Government has resolved on sendinga i gl ,,b tilcif•e , con . sidernhle force in pursuit of the Ire t) dt'r • without asking the permission of either 'n Miguel or Don Pedro." '%Dern, DEC. 2.—The French cannier h a s not ; t oted today as was expected, by the direct road through Yonne. W e h a v e letters from Vittoria. but none from ' , boa, which occasions aortae shim, lest the communica.; ,n between the two towns should have been iiaterrupted I tee the date of Slarsfield's last despatches. C e ` Ma r ti nez , th e Minister of Finance, has consented to negotiation of a loan of 40,000.000 of reals, which been negotiated without the aid of M. Aguado, rough th e intervention of Don Felipe fiery, the con actor for the Derechos Despuertas, or local taxes of Ili, tin adrid, which are abaloo - ous to the octrois, and ! ek• !! dtities, levied at the barriers of Paris Il le, ' other great towns of France. The prod uce of O tt lo an w ill b e b are ly su ffici e nt to meet the interest of :e P e rp e t ue ll es an d o f Guebhard's Loan, for the next six laths ; but even that is a point of importance in the Znent state of the country. The national bank, called Zsank of San Fernando, subscribes for e i g hteen mil- IA of the forty ; Don Felipe Riere takes ten, another 'rest contractor takes four, and the rest is made up in lt i r ,ller sums. Aguado was a rival offerer , but was out- I t 'clen by Riere, who has become unpopul ar in conse tlllence of the rigour with which he exa cts the p ost irges, of which he is the farmer — a rigo ur rendered , evess a ry by the high rate of his contract. 4 The Duke of San Fernando is expected thi s evenin g uillad r id. A number of young men have gone out to 1 e ... • • lh 'L turn—a sort of welcome which is not uncommon in h t e Country, but to which a political colour will doubtless attached. `` The newspapers of Madrid have be en fre q uentl y in % e habit, since the death of the King, of publishing Pplernenta, containing the news which had arrived in h e course of the morning. 'These supplements were i l t alked about the streets, and some of them appear to 11 4 1 4 given offence to the Government, because, perhaps, ~ contained unwelcome intelligence. Such supple "'tuna, and the privilege of hawking them, have in con -69u ince been forbidden, and the official Gazette retains e exclusive privilege of issuing extraordinary bulletins. " The Conde de Florida Blanca published yesterday t article in the Boletin de Commercio in answer to an I leek on the Council of Regency, which had previously ZPeared in tFe journal called the Estrella. As the i ici tinal article was ascribed to the inspiration of M. Zee, ti the answer, although it hears the signature of Florida l anes, is supposed to have been dictate d b y the Count `'fells, the Secretary of the Council. The Count de tl an en Rostro owed his exile to Pampeluna six months t l k t e to such articles as this reply, then pu blished in the st ettist a . The aspect of affairs has since been changed. i:a Count de Puno en Rostro has been suffered to re fill to Madrid, and Florida Blanca writes , or at least Ills, what he will with impunity. 4 4 Th e Duke of San Carlos, a Spanish grandee of the 11 , 1 t class, has bad an audience of the Queen Regent since 1 4 arrival within these few days from France. He had 4 t ,evelled through the Basque provinces, and had seen most t the detachments of the army of operations. It is said °St th e Queen had inquired of him as to the spirit of the t Cops, and the feelings entertained lay them towards the : Plied, The Duke, himself a soldier, and a young of great frankness of disposition, is stated to have th a t the cause of Isabella 11. had suffered nothing I) lth th e ar my from the system which bad been adop ted, le that th e Q ueen Regent In rself had already lost muc h, a nd tv nold be in danger of losing more , if that s y stem were , eraist e d in. I ‘ DEC. 6.—For some time after the French revolution ~,, t . : ) 830 the journals of Paris had c olumns set apart fur the tumours" and "lies" of the day. If this mode of classi. A ation h as no t yet been adopted in M adrid, it is not i , be cause the materials are less ample t han the y ever were in the French capital, but because the scissors of the Censor St ill spare us the daily infliction. Between twelve and 'l'l4 at the Boise, and afterwards among the g rou p s at the (lea° del Sal, or, still better, in the evening in the neighbouring coffee houses, there are modes of publication far this species of intelligence over which no censorial autho tity yet discovered has had any control. To.day, for in stance, it is averted that 2,000 insurgents have ma de t heir app e ar a nce at Guadalaxat a, within seven leagues of the capital. In like manner it is stated, but, perhaps on 'ett er authority, that General Radii, who has long been 'stching the movements of Don Carlos on the frontier, has actually penetrated into Portugal, as far as Miranda, Itl ehe hope of surprising the Pretender, and bringing him W ithin the power of the Spanish authorities. The t larour goes no further, but contents itself with saying, t hat h a ving received timely warning, Don Carlos had t aken his departure from Miranda just before the arrival of General Rodil. " The most active partisans of Don Carlos and of ab solutism are still to be found among the priesthood. To. morrow we expect the arrival in Madr id of 22 monks 7ho have just been arrested nt Burgos. At Santiago they had en li s t e d in the cause every creature of clerical autho. 1 2, 4 Y, down to the nondescript person a g e who is gravely "esc r ib e d at the period of his arrest as ' el capon cantor ' l a la catedral.' " The Captain-General of Catalonia , Llander, appre hensive, it is said, lest the guerillas in the kingdom of Valencia should be able to establish themselves in force in ''is neighbourhood, has resolved to march against the faction °I . Morilla with a column of 1,000 men. In the mean time, it is said that 300 men are already in motion toward t he scene of the Valencian insurrection. " The Governor of Cadiz, Moneso, in consequence of the suspicions of Carlin° which attach to him, has been r eplaced by Baffa, who formerly held the rank of brigadier in the army. " The Royal decrees which have lately proceeded from the office of the Home Department, establishing a new territorial arrangement of the kingdom were at first re ceived with universal satisfaction. Amongst the Liberals, however, you may now hear complaints that the system thus adopted by Burgos, the Minister de Foments, is a mere appropriation of the principle of centralization,which they say has been attended in France with so many per nicious consequences. At this moment, however, I have evidence before me that the decrees which have just been issu e d are not what the French would call an improvisa tion. This evidence consists in a letter, still in manu script, addressed from Paris on the 14th of January, 1826, by Don Xavier de Burgos, now the Minister of the Home Department, to the late King Ferdinand, in which he details a plan of improvement in many respects identical With what has just been embodied in these decrees. In this letter or exposicion, as be calls it, Don Xavier is at Pains to account fur his absence from Spain by the alleged necessity of superintending the education of his children, although, in point of fact, it was probably occasioned by the fear that the very liberality of this same exposicion would expose him to personal hostility and danger. At its conclusion he protests that he is ready to reply by word or writing to any objections that might be raised against the Means of salvation for the country which he had thus rec om mend e d, and be offers to explain in successive me morials the mode in which his suggestions might be car ried into effect. It is to himself, however, after the lapse of so long an interval, that this task is intrusted ; and if th e country can be better governed by one central Admi nistration than by half a dozen independent Viceroys with th e title of Captain-General, the objection that the new system, in the hands of an unpopular Administration, may hereafter be used to the prejudice of public liberty, will, probably, not be received with much favour or attention 1 on the other side of the Pyrenees. No system could well ' be worse than that which the new administrative arrange tnents are intended to displace. If the officers intrusted with administrative functions in the new territorial dis tricts into which the country is divided, are to be more lik e French Prefets than Spanish Captains-General, the change, for all that appears, is likely to be in favour of those under their control, while the facilities afforded for th e collection of the revenue, and for tendering the general march of the Government more smooth and uniform, seem to entitle these decrees to a more favourable consideration than anything that is likely to receive that proceeds from a Cabinet which acknowledges M. de Zea for its chief. " The accounts from Lisbon, to the beginning of the present month, throw but little light on the offered me diation of England and Spain between the two bro , bers of the House of Bragarza. Don Miguel evidently Fees that, by s ubmitting to the proposed arbitration, he would 'l not be permitted to continue to disturb the peace of the peninsula, and that the natur e anti the amount of the provision to be made for him, would in effect be the only q ue stion at issue before the umpires. He probably feels that during the winter months he cannot be easily dis placed from his present position in Santarem, and he is naturally unwilling to relinquish the trappings of royalty, as long as he has any one to address him by a COI so sadly misapplied, as that of His Most Faithful Majesty. The recognition of the Queen of Portugal, by the Government of the Queen of Spain, has proba- My been postponed with a vied to this mediation, which, in spite of all the talent., the activity, and perieverance of the British Minister at the Court of Madrid, will clearly lead to nothing until the arbitrators are seconded by a fleet and an army. A mistake has found its way into the newspapers, as to the period when the diplo matic duties of the new English Envoy began. It is true that the arrival of Mr. Villiers in Madrid was but the day before tha death of King Ferdinand, so that ho had not as opportunity of delivering his letters of credence before the demise. Nothing, however, could be more fortunate or opportune than this remarkable coincidence between the King's death and the Minister's arrival, for the success of a mission which was intended to give a new tone to the subsisting relations between the two countries. Since it wa= necessar!, , or s convenient that M. Zea should remain in power, it would not have been easy, however pliable the Spanish Premier may be, for the Grey Admi nistration to impart its views and sentiments through the instrumentality of Mr. Addington. Between Mr. Vdlier. and M. Zea, there were no antecedents which could leave any obstacle to a morn liberal course of ptilicy, and ac eordingly, from the first hour of the new Envoy's arrival, he has been applying himself strenuously, if not successfully, to detach the Queen's Government from connexions which were in danger of imparting to it a retrograde movement. It was during the first weeks of his residence at Madrid, when as yet none of the diplomatic body were formally ac credited to the Court of the Queen Regent, that the labours of Mr. Villiers, were almost without intermission. Towards the government of M. Zea, both he and M. Rayneval profess the strictest neutrality ; but it is such a neutrality as to impress on the public mind the idea of active support, without whi th, or the belief in it, the present Cabinet must already have fallen in pieces. There are people in this country who believe that it is possible to pass with safety from a state of unmitigated despotism to the most perfect liberty without any period of transi tion : but is it not evident that a season of apprenticeship is as necessary to prepare for the enjoyment of political rights in Spain as it is for the exercise of personal free dom among the negroes of the West Indies? " MADRID, DEC. S.—ln my letter of the 6th inltant, without guaranteeing their accuracy, I repeated to you the rumours of the day, but of course only such rumours as had been circulated where inform ition is to be obtained on which a certain degree of reliance rosy be placed. The priv ite letters which have since arrived in Madrid from so many separate and independent sources leave it no longer doubtful that General Rodil has actually entered Por tugal, and penetrated as far as Miranda, in the hope of surprising Don Carlos, who, wat tied of his danger, had 1141 precipitately, and with his family had succeeded in reaching Chaves. The rumour now is that the Spanish Government has resolved on sending a much more considerable force in pursuit of the Pretender, without asking the permission either of Din Miguel or D.in Pedro. In the mean time this movement of Rodil has not been without its effect on the politics of Portugal. The town of Miranda, which before his entry had recognized the authority of Don Miguel, was no sooner relieved from the presence of Don Carlos and the troops which served as his body guard, than it proceeded to proclaim the sovereignty of Donna Maria as Queen of Portugal. In the present state of the two kingdoms, the Spanish Government will, doubtless, find arguments to justify this invasion of the Portuguese territory. It cannot be expected that a pre tender to the Spanish crown should be suffered to threaten and disturb the tranquillity of the country without any attempt being made either to make sure of his person, or at least to drive him from the verge of the frontier. It is not impossible that the countenance and protection extended to Don Carlos by the adherents of Don Miguel may thus bring in its train a more prompt decision of the Portuguese question than would otherwise have taken place. " This act of boldness on the part of M. Zea's admi nistration will doubtless be examined with severity both here and elsewhere. Its effect in this country will ob. viously be to silence the most formidable of his enemies, and to give him a surer hold of power than he has hitherto enjoyed. The next measure expected from him is the placing the regiments of the line on the war establishment. At present, the whole of the armed force at the disposal of the Government, including not only those regiments of militia which were raised by the Viceroys and Captains- General, on the understanding that they were not to be called upon to serve beyond the bounds of their respective provinces, but also the whole of the aduaneros or Custom house guard, which in this country, as in France, is com posed of men provided with arms, and accustomed to military duty, on the most liberal computation does not exceed, if it amounts to, 85,000 men ; yet such is the profusion with which military commissions have heretofore been granted in this country, that on the lists of the Minister at War there are at this moment officers sufficient for an army of 200,000 men. The filling up of the regiments would not, therefore, involve a proportional increase of expenditure, while it would nearly double the disposable amount of the armed force of the country. " Quesada, the Captain-General of Old Castile, continues to display his accustomed energy in the exercise of a com mand which is rendered so important by its vicinity to the capital. In spite of all his efforts, however, and those of Pastors, his second in command, (who must be distin• guished from El Pastor of the north,) the province of Old Castile is still infested with wandering bands of Carlists. On Tuesday last, the 3d inst., a considerable guerilla force under Balmaseta, the lieutenant of the priest Merino, was dispersed in the neighbourhood of Almeda, by a division of the corps of General Pastors. On the Monday even ing Balmaseta had entered Siguenza, after having menaced on Sunday, the Ist. inst., the town of Guadalaxara, which is within seven Spanish leagues of the capital. As to Merino, the indefatigable chief, although so lately beaten, we still expect to bear of his reappearance at some new point as soon as he has had time to reassemble his scattered forces. As long at least as he remains at large, it is im possible to say that the metropolitan provinces are com pletely pacified. " The weakness and inactivity of Vives, the Viceroy of Valencia, and the delays which have in consequence taken place in the organization of the urban militia, have been such as to encourage the guerillas in that quarter of the kingdom. It is to be hoped, however, that the known energy and activity of Martinez de San Martin, who has been sent into Valencia with the rank of second in com mand, under the Viceroy Vives, will give a new colour to the aspect of affairs in Valencia. The Queen Regent is so well assured of the firm and decided character of San Martin, that she would gladly have intrusted him with the supreme command, but the removal of Vives has found opponents in the Cabinet, so that any change in the Vice royalty is for the present postponed. General Llander, who had detached a column of 300 men from his com mand in Catalonia against the insurgents under Morillo, bas since found it necessary to add considerably to the strength of the detachment. " The disbanded volunteers of Aranjuez having exhi bited certain symptoms of insolence and discontent, a de tachment of 200 cavalry has been sent from Madrid to keep them in check and deter them from breaking out into any open act of violence. " For the last two or three days we have bad no intelli gence from the northern provinces. The insurgents of Alava and Biscay appear to have thrown themselves into Navarre, where Valdez, the new Commander-in. Chief, is preparing to follow them. " The cause of the Queen, the Queen-Regent, and of free institutions, is daily celebrated, as you see in all our journals, both in prose and rhyme. It was by way of Paris, however, that we first heard of the establishment of a Carlist journal at Bilboa, although public rumour had given us reason to believe that the streets of that town and of Vittoria had for some d a y s resounded with songs and ballads in praise of Don Carlos andofthe tHacotllyonln.l-8 quisition. The poet laureate of the Absolute said to be a certain Father Acevedo , wh o is described as one of those universal geniuses who can wield with equal dexterity the pen, the sword, or the censor. The burden of one of his most successful compositions, if done into English, would stand in free doggrel pretty nearly as follows _ _ " Fight fellows, fight I " Never lose an instant, " Maintaining still your Royalist position, " Shout with all your might, " Long live the Infant I " And longer live the blessed Inquisition :" The Duke of Bedford came to Belgrave square yesterday, from Woburn Abbey, for a few days. The Christmas gaities will commence at the Abbey on Monday next. Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, who went out to Jamaica, as Commander of the Forces there, during the administration of the Earl of Belmore, and who returned from the West Indies a few months ago for the improvement of his health, has declined returning on the ground that the climate does not agree with bim. It ` w as upon the resignation of the co mmand by Sir l ou ghby that Major General Norcott was appointed to succeed him. Sir Willoughby and Lady Augusta Cotton, and their family, have been for some time staying at Brighton. urroWst mailed oroingr is, put of the maltar, rout of. Dame• wen 13 ondon, ;barge, oted. £3 10 4 4 0 , 4 . 5 0 I 10 onarl. .£3 5 4 0 3 1 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 W just. ester , but Eight Inds. trip was the d the n d if .aace eo sins sire, BRIGHTON, DEC. 18. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon their Alajestise drove out as far as Stantnore Palk, and then returned to the Pavilion. _ . The Earl and Counte'e of Moray, Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lord t2olville, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, and Mr. Baron and Lady Bayie .- j hal the hotmur of visiting their Majesties yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond arrived here yes terday from Goodwood, and had the honour of dining and spending the evening with their Majesties. Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and family have canted their tetidence on the J4.ing's road, and left for town. The Ladies Fitzpatrick have suiasCribed .501. in aid of the funds of the Agricultural Institution. The dinner circle last evening at the Pal Ice included the members of the Royal Family resident here, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Lord Ashbrook, the Marquis and Marchioness of Conyngham, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and the suite and household. The arrivals during the present week have been nume rous, including Lord Ashbrook, Judge Bayley and family, Admiral Rowley, Lieut.-Colonel Rowan, Hon. Dawson Darner, and Lord Alvanley. The Earl of Shrewsbury will arrive this afternoon at the Bedford Hotel, where apartments are engaged for his reception. A very novel case came before the Magistrates of Leat•es a few days back. A man, named Farmer, residing in this town, was summoned at the instance of the toll receiver at Ringmer gate, for having refused to pay toll for a cart drawn by five dogs. The Bench, after hearing the c tee, left a precedent to future Legislators, by fining the defendant in the sum of 20s. and costs, for his refusal. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord A. Fitzclarence, at St. James's Palace, from Brighton ; William Scrope, Esq., at his house in Chester-terrace, Regent's park, from his seat in Lincolnshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Deering, in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, from a tour; A. R. Stewart, Esq., M.P., at the Marquis of Camden's, in Arlington street, from Ireland ; the Earl and Countess of Bradford, at their seat, Weston Hall, Staffordshire, from Shropshire; Lord Villiers, at the Earl of Jersey's, Berkeley-square, from a tour ; George Byng, Esq. M.P., and family, in St. James's_square, from Brighton ; Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from a tour ; Lord Falkland, at ditto, from Brighton ; Major Johnson, at ditto, from a tour ; the Hon. H. Crew, at ditto, from ditto; A. Turner, Esq., at ditto, from. Cam. bridge; Captain and Mrs. Hamilton, in Regent-street, from Cheltenham. DEPARTURES. The Bishop of Exeter and Mrs. Phillpotts, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Exeter; the Countess of Lindsay, for her seat, Uffington House, Lincolnshire; Hon. Captain Wes. tenra, for Ireland; the Rev. Mr. Hawtry, from Gordon's Ho tel, Albemarle-street, for Hastings; Lord and Lady Conyng ham, for Surrey; J. B. Boileau, Esq., for ditto; Colonel Long, for Hants; J. P. Larkins, for his seat, Berks ; the Hon. Misses Monson, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton ; Capt. Hay, from Fenton's Hotel, for Hanover ; G. Edwards, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Count De La Pasture, Sir George Tapp, Bart., Col. Hogarth, Major Bean, Dr. Norris, Rev. Dean Roper, Rev. J. Daniel, Rev. J. W. Clarke, Rev. C. Ford, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Captain Eatwell, Captain Eccles, Captain Stanton, Captain J. Molyneux, Captain and Mrs. Hamilton, Captain Shaw, Captain Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Reid and family, Messrs. H. Spooner, Penn Allen, 0. R. Millward, Ken nedy, Price, Pepper, Steele, Villiers, Phibbs, Franklin, Stewart, Edward Morgan, L. Williams, West, Merriman, Willan, Lin dow, Morritt, Bailey, jun., Mason, Phillpotts, Watson, Browne, Hawkins, Dickson, W. P. Murrell, Collins, Caulfield, Acker ley, W. Lander, Harper, Cookson, Haines, Oakham, Mrs. Prohyn, Mrs. W. Tooke, Mrs. Landreth, Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Kennedy, Miss Horne, Miss Golan, Miss Young, Miss A. Ro den, Miss Banning, Miss Davies, &c. &c. FASHIONABLE CHANGES.—Captain and Mrs. Coleman, from this town, for the metropolis. """ PUBLIC MEETING IN GATESHEAD FOR THE EXPULSION OF THE BISHOPS FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS. (FROM OUR 071 N. UORRESPONDENT.) On Tuesday last, the 17th instant, a numerous and respectable public meetinz of the electors or Oateshead was held at the house of Mr. Freeman, Grey Horse Inn, Gritesbead; to consider the propriety of petitioning the Legislature in fa:voter cf the motion introduced into the House of Commons during the fast 6erfsion of Parliament by Cuthbert Rippon, Esq., M.P., the Representatile of the borough, for the removal of the Bishops from the House of Lord.. Mr. WILLIAM KELL in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly opened the meeting with read ing the requisition by which it was convened, at the same time expressing his own feelings of attachment to the church, and his anxiety that all abuses connected with it might be done away. Mr. W. H. Ilaocrenter then rose to move the firet resolution. He o',served that the people of England had for some time past been engaged in claiming, and in some degree aequiting, a reform in the House of Commons. But, however reCorrni2d the House of Commons might be, it was all of no avail while the Noose of I.ords remained in its present corrupt state. It had bee a declared by a Member of the former House, that it was quite impossi".;le carry any measure of public benefit in the House of Lords, because the enemies of the people could at any time muster a majority of fifty to oppose it. Now, it was very important to inquire of what this majority consisted; and if they did so, they would find that it derived its support chiefly from the episcopal bench. This body, in the language of the re solution he had the honour to move, instead of being the practisers and inculcators of peace and good will to men, had shown themselves the most prominent opposers of r e fo r m, and the most strenuous apol. gists of tyranny abroad and at home, It was plain therefore that the greatest respect they could show for the church would be, by requesting the Legislature to send the Bishops to their respective dioceses.—(Applause.) It appeared that about 160 years ago, the people of this country had the same opinions on this subject as those he addressed had at the present day. They passed a measure, excluding the Bishops from the House of Lords. But it was curious to observe how the Bishops expressed their gratitude for being afterwards re-admitted into the House. The very first measures that were passed after that event were the Test and Corporation Acts. Mr. B. then moved the first resolution, which was in the form of a petition to the House of Commons, setting forth the unfitness of the Bishops as legislators, from the nature of their office, as well as from the history of their past proceedings, and praying that the statute of exclusion passed in the reign of King Charles 11., should be immediately re-enacted. Mr. WILLIAM WALKER. seconded the resolution. Mr. THOMAS DOUBLEDAY then rose and begged to propose an amendment, in doing which, he said, no one would suspect him of being actuated by any love to the Bishops, or of wishing to delay the event of their exclu sion. He could not, however, agree with the resolution which bad been proposed for their adoption. He was as well aware of the evil deeds of the Bishops as the mover of that resolution. But the question was, whether this act of exclusion, if unaccompanied by others, would have an evil or a beneficial tendency. He maintained that it would have an evil tendency. In proof of this he would observe, that the hatred which had now existed for many years against the corrupt church of which these Bishops were the most corrupt part, had arisen from the view which the people had been enabled to take of their acts in the House of Lords. It was evident, then, that this measure, if carried immediately, would have the effect of setting them in a fairer light with the people, by preventing the public exhibition of their mal practices, and would, by that means, cause a delay in the progress of reform. The object which he D ) wished to see was a removal of the Bishops from those immense revenues which they enjoyed, and the ap plication of those revenues in relieving the public bur dens.—(Applause.) The Bishops, in their present si tuation, would serve, as lightning conductors, to call down the indignation of the people on the Church Establish ment ; arid he, therefore, begged their valuable R.presen tative (Mr. Rippon) would pause before be sought to effect their expulsion from the House of Lords. Mr. Brockelt had spoken about a majority of 50 against every measure for the good of the people—be should have said for the good of the Whigs.—(A laugh.) For his (Mr. D.'s) part, he should be sorry to see that majority diminished ; and he only hoped they would be the means of turning the present Ministers out of office. This event would be the signal for a general election ; and he should consider a general election cheaply bought by such an occurrence. On the next election the crisis of this country depended. The people knew the things they wanted, and the sooner they had them the better. He, therefore, begged to move as an amendment, the addition of a few words to the ori ginal resolution, to the effect, " That at the same time the Honourable house would be pleased to take measures to secure a complete separation of the Church from the State, and the appropriation of its revenues to national purposes. Mr. TURNBULL seconded the amendment. C. Rerroet, Esq., M. P., then addressed the meeting. He said he appeared before them in the compound charac• ter of representative and elector. With respect to what Mr. Doubleday had advanced, he was quite prepared to support those principles to the utmost, provided it was agreeable to the wish of the great body of the people of England. Indeed lie had already maintained these principles in his seat in the House of Commons, when the question of the Irish Church Reform Bill was under discussion; and he should not flinch from them when a reform in the Church of his own country was brought forward. But he must differ from his friend in his opinion, that the expulsion of the Bishops w ould have no good effect unless accompanied by other measures. Mr. Doubleday spoke of the odium attachel to the character of the Bishops, but was there no odium arising from the tithe system ? The motive which most powerfully actuated the people was poverty ; and let them only feel their grievances through their pockets,and they would com mand the Legislature into a compliance with their desires. He contended, therefore, that the removal of the Bishops would not be productive of evil but of good ; and although he was no bit-by-bit reformer, yet, satisfied as he was that a whole measure could not be obtained at once, he felt compelled to oppose the amendment of Mr. Doubleday. With respect to that gentleman's remarks about Whigs and a general election, be would only say that he bad never departed from the principles on which he set out, and he never would depart from them ; and when his constituents and himself differed it would be lay a change in their opinions, and not in hie.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Rippon) knew there had been an apprehension expressed that he would have been tongue-tied by the Whigs. He believed there was little difference between Whigs and Tories, except that the Whigs promised most and did least,— (Cheers.) For his part he thought it immaterial whether the Whigs were in power or not. It was to their own exertions that the people must look ; and he must say that at the last election the people of England manifested great lukewarmness in the discharge of their duty, and in many instances employed that power in base and selfish purposes which they ought to have exerted for the good of the country. The consequence was, that men of doubtful principles had been sent to Parliament. This state of things, however, could not long continue ; the people were now awake to their interests, and no obstacle could hinder them from the attainment of their wishes.— (Applause.) H a ving expressed these sentiments as an elector, be (Mr. Rippon) as a representative would now sit down to receive the commands of his constituents. Mr. BROCKELT again rose, and made a few remarks in reply to Mr. Doubleday. He said he admitted that the addition proposed by that gentleman was an amendment in one sense of the word, but as a difference of opinion existed upon that amendment, while, he believed, there was no difference of opinion as to the original motion, it was desirable that a unanimous expression of their feel ings upon that motion should be obtained. Mr. REavEay and Mr. BOWNTREE argued in favour of the original motion. Mr. TURNBULL said be could see no reason why the resolution might not be ut in its amended sta te. The people of En g l an d h a d a l rea d y ma d e up their minds on p the subject of Church Reform, and why should they delay foriaur thatment the expression of their se ntiments? believed He the amendment conveyed the opinions of 99 out of 100 of the people of England ; and he was satisfied they would just as soon obtain the removal of the Bishops from the House of Lords by praying for Church Reform at the same time as they would do by making it the sole object of their petition.—(Applause . ) The Caralitartax rose and said that he could not put the amendment to the vote because lie considered it was not within the scope of the object for which the meeting bad been expressly called. Mr. DOUBLEDAY said he was bound to acquiesce in the decision of th e Ch a i rman , nevertheless he did not recede onejot from his first position. He therefore felt it his duty to oppose the original motion, and he called upon every Reformer to do the same. Mr. T. K. RIFE spoke in favour of the original motion. The original motion was then put from the Chair and carried by an evident majority. Mr. Rowrrruzz then moved the second resolution, for ntroting the petition to Cuthbert Rippon, Esq. M.P., for presentation to the House of Commcni, and instructing him, together with the Nlembers of the Northern Division f the county if Durham, to support its prayer. it wee seconded by Mr. MATcturY, and carried without opposition. Mr. RIPPON expressed determination to devot. , himself to the interests of 5 constituents. lie also tnnE occasion to deny the imputation Which had been raised againw! him, that his hatred to the Bishops had arisen out of some palunaldifference between himself and the Bishop of Exeter. The iznputation, he said, was false. Those who knew him from ilia ooth could testify that dike -tiers his sentiments before he had any acquaint ance whatever wi;lh that individual. Other resolutions relating to matters of form, were after watds adopted, and a vote of thanks having been awarded to the Chairman, the meeting broLe EXCHEQUER COURT, DUBLIN, DEC. 13. From tl,e Dublin Morning Register of Twsday). LizEL CASE-THE REV. J. P. LYONS V. MAJOR W.ll. lIINiMA.3I AND PATRICK LAN ELLE. At twelve o'clock, Baron SMITH took his seat upon the bench, and the names of the jury having been called over, Mr. FITZGIBBON addressed the Court, and apologised for beN7, absent upon Saturday evening, when the jury returned a satond time into Court. He st ited that he had gone to consult Mr. O'Connell upon the proposition which the defendants' Counsel had made ; but that gentleman would not take upon himself the withdrawal of a juror without the consent of Mr. Lyons. The Itev. gentleman quitted Court before two o'clock, and on his (Mr. Fitzgibbon's) searching at his lodgings he found he bad not arrived there. He sought him at every place where he thought it likely he would he found ; but not succeeding) Ire rammed to Court, where he found a messenger from Mr. Lyons, who stated that be had been taken suddenly ill on his way from Court, and was obliged to stop at the shop of Mr. Willis, an apothecary, on Ormond-quay, not being able to proceed further. He thought it necessary to males this explanation to his Lordship) and the gentlemen of the jury, lest it might be supposed he meant them any disrespect. Baron SMITH said that the Cart was quite satisfied that Mr. Fitzgibbon's absence must have been occasioned by some unavoidable circumstance. Mr. FITZGIBBON requested that the jury would retire, and if they could not come to a decision, he would then state what his client would consent to. At twenty minutes past two, the jury came into Court. Clerk of the Court—Have you agreed to your verdict, gentlemen? Foreman—My Lord, we have not ; and although we have paid great attention to it, I am sorry to say, there is little likelihood of an agreement. Mr. B•nnett observed, that he had never, where he was concerned, approved of the principle of keeping gentlemen of respectability shut up so long in the jury box. Mr. FITZGIBBON—My Lord, perhaps the jury have agreed as to any one of the defendants. The Court is aware that they may agree as to the acquittal of one, and the finding against the other two, or the acquittal of two, and the finding against the other. The Court put the question to the foreman, who asked leave, on the part of the jury, to retire before they came to any decision. At three o'clock the jury again came into Court, and the foreman inquired it they agreed as to the other de fendants—would they be enabled to bring in a verdict without including Major Bingham, with respect to whom a difference existod among the jury. Baron SMITH ordered Mr. Jackson to be sent for, and upon his appearance, communicated to him the question. Mr. FITZGIBBON, on the part of the plaintiff, agreed to receive such a verdict, subject to the opinion of the Court above, He had not the slightest doubt on his mind that it was perfectly competent for the jury to return this verdict. Mr. JACKSON said, that lie did not immediately recollect a case in which a similar verdict had been brought in. Baron SMITH recollected one in which the circumstances were similar, but how it was disposed of bad totally escaped his memory. Mr. JACKSON—If this case came to be tried again, he did not know how the difficulty with regard to the jury process could be got over. Mr. LIT-row—lt was impossible that two venires could issue upon one record. Mr. FITZGIBBON—When the difficulty arose which Mr. Litton contemplated, it would be then time enough to argue the question. Mr. JACKSON said, that he had no objection to this sort of verdict, provided they were not to be considered consenting parties to it. The COURT reserving this question for argument in the Court above, was disposed to allow the jury leave to bring in a vet diet, excluding Major Bingham, if on further deli beration they did not agree to a verdict including all the defendants. The jury accordingly retired, and at 5 o'clock returned announcing that they could not agree. It was then agreed on both sides to withdraw a juror, which was accordingly done, and thus the trial terminated. The COURT was occupied during the day, in trying an action upon an ejectment, for the recovery of 92 acres, three roods, and 21 perches of ground, situated near Lucan, in the case of Gandon, lessee, v. Heron ; it possessed no üblic interest whatever. We understand that the approaches to the new Palace are to be commenced forthwith, and that Lord Duncannon has, in consequence, instructed Mr. But ton to send in an immediate valuation of all the houses between the end of Charlotte-street and Buckingham-gate. From six to eight hundred pounds per annum is likely to be saved by the appointment of Sir F. Mait land to the 58th Regiment, such being the estimated emoluments of the Colonelcy of the Ceylon Regiment, which this General officer vacates. The Commissioners of Stamps have refused to afford any relief to the postmasters of Ryde, for penal ties incurred by not inserting the names of the hirers in OXFORD, DEC. 17. This day, being the last day of Michaelmas Term, the following Degrees were conferred MASTERS OF ARTS-Philip Augustus Browne, Corpus, Grand Compounder; Rev. Rice Robert Hughes, Jesus; Rev. Robert Haynes, Pembroke; Rev. Henry Hughes, Trinity ; Charles Orlando Fletcher, Exeter. BACHELORS OF ARTS—Bryan Faussett, Corpus; Geo. Villiers Thorpe, St. John's; Henry Hander Roberts,Mag dalen ; Samuel Horsley, Rilliol. Lord Brandon, Viscountess Allen, and Ad miral Sir Henry Blackwood, whose names appear on the Parliamentary Civil List Return, have died since the 30th November, 1830, and the payments have, consequently, been discontinued, the pensions not being granted in re version. Sir Henry Blacksvood's was only 661. per annum, and had been held by him since 1816. Lord John Russell is gone to Ersdleigh, the Duke of Bedford's seat, near Tavistock. His Lordship had arranged to arrive at Plymouth the day before yester day, in order to he present at a public dinner there, in honour of his Lordship and Mr. Bulteel (son-in-law to Earl Grey), as members for the southern division of the county. It was, however, expected that Mr. Bulteel would not be able to attend, in consequence of a very recent dome-tic calamity—namely, the death of his mother. Lord John Russell, on his route from Devonshire, will go to Woburn Abbey. Viscount Duncannon has arrived at his resi dence i❑ Cavendish-square, from the seat of his father, the Earl of Besborough, in the county of Kilkenny. The Noble Lord has come to town to resume the duties of his office as First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Lady Cathe rine Grimstone, second daughter of the Earl of Verulam, was on Tuesday married to the lion. Mr. Barham, son of the Late Caroline Barhana. The ceremony was performed by special license at Gorhambury, near St. Albans, the country seat of the Noble Earl. A numerous and select party partook of a sumptuous entertainment, and the tenantry of the noble host were not forgotten on the happy occasion. _ _ _ --- NI. Dedel, the Dutch Ambassador, has le Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Lord Palmerston's seat, Broadlands, Romsey, Hants. Lord Claude Hamilton, in travelling in the Wisbeach stage, from Cambridge to London, the day be fore yesterday, unluckily lost his luggage, which, it is supposed, fell from the coach in consequence of its being too loosely strapped. The loss was not discovered until the stage reached Threadneedle-street. Among the arti cles lost was a dress suit intended to be worn at the ap proaching festival at Woburn, to which place he was on his way to join his brother, the Marquis of Abercorn. COMMISSION DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO. --A Commission was executed yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, at Canonhury House Tavern, before Com missioners Philliroore, Winslow, and Blunt, v.iien, after hearing e vidence at some length, the Jiny returned for verdict :—" That Rebecca Johnson is a lunatic, of un sound mind, and not competent to manage her own affairs, and that she has been in that state since the 21st of June, 1831." By the Hamburg letters of Friday, it appears that the rate of discount was 4 per cent., which is un usually high in that place. No other circumstance worth notice is adverted to in these letters. A gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Romsey, has entered into an engagement with a but cher to supply him with game for sale, the latter paying for it in meat, which is to be distributed among the poor of the parish in which the former resides. It has been proposed that St. Thomas's Hos pital, which is about to be rebuilt, should be removed to Lambeth, Guy's Hospital, which adjoins St. Thomas's, affording ample room for the wants of its immediate neigh bourbood. The introduction of the process of bleaching by chlorine has added largely to the supply of materials for not only the waste o f our cotton f f a o c r to P r a i e P s e , r- but a are keivng ; even the m ade to worn-out serve bags the in which samepurpose the cotton is imported, as linen rags; so that neither the loss of the Continental rags in which the Americans out-bid us, nor the daily increasing consumption of paper, have occasioned any increase of its price. It is not only of superior quality, but 50 per cent. cheaper than it was 25 years ago. ALARMING FIRE AT O X GATE FARM, WILLESDEN.-The above farm was nearly destroyed by fire yesterday morning. It was first discovered by one of the men servants about six o'clock, who, after giving an alarm, succeed e d i n rescu i ng the horses and co ws. In formation was immediately forwarded to the nearest station in town (there being no engine at Willesden) , when an engine belonging to the London Fire Engine Establishment, accompanied by a party of firemen, pro ceeded to the spot and subdued the fire, after it bad con sumed the stables, cowhouses, and part of a large barn. Mr. T. Lardner, the proprietor of the farm, is uninsured ; but the premises, which belong to the Duke of Bucking ham, are. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. their post-horse tickets. LICHFIELD, DEC. 13.—The inquiry into our Corporation is at an end. Nothing of consequence has been elicited, nor was it ever presumed that anything of consequence was at anytime attached to so powerless a body. It has been always too poor to be corrupt, and we really believe too honest also; nor has it ever pos sessed sufficient talent to be mischievous. The only as signable motive for its disloyal contumacy is a desire, on the part of its members, that the public should be made acquainted with its existence. Messrs. Cockburn and Rushton, the Corpo ration Commissioners, commenced their inquiry into the state of the Corporation of Derby on Monday. The Mayor (Douglas Fox, Esq.) addressed the Court at consi derable length, in the course of which he stated that the Corporation were prepared to give every information to the Commissioners ; but lest these proceedings should be brought forward as a precedent in future, be, on the part of the Corporation, expressed his c onviction that there was no legal authority to compel them to accede to the present inquiry. The investigation was then gone through. The salary of the master of the grammar school is 601. He has only one scholar !—StaffordshireAdvertiser. The process of making biscuits by machinery, which has been hitherto confined to the Royal yard at Gosport, is likely to come into more general use. It is also attracting to a certain extent the attention of foreign Powers, among the rest the Pacha of Egyp, fur whom an order for such machines is at present in course of exe cution, and one of them has been sent out as a specimen to Constantinople. A house at Wapping, engaged in the business of biscuit-baking, has one of these machines, as a correspondent informs us, now in operation. It is worked by an engine of six-horse power, and is capable of producing 5 cwr. of biscuit in an hour, requiring, how ever, in addition, the labour of seven men, which is about one-half the nuiaber required by the ordinary process to manufacture the same quantity within the same time. SUBWAYS. —A meeting of a Committee of the Commissioners of Sewers was held yesterday morn ing, for the purpose of hearing evidence as to the prac ticability of subways in the new line of street from London Bridge. The Committee were attended by Mr. Williams, the patentee; Mr. Mylne, on the part of the New River Company ; Mr. Sangster, one of the directots of the City Gas Company; Mr. Lutwych and Mr. Gude. Mr. Williams was heard at some length on the advantages to be derived by the public by the formation of sub ways, and as there did not appear to be any substantial objection to laying gas and water mains and pipes therein, Mr. Mylne and Mr. Sangster were then called upon by the Chairman to know what their respective Companies would contribute towards the undertaking, which they were not prepared to state. Mr. Gude was proceeding to lay before the Committee some important evidence to show the expediency of subways, when the Committee adjourned, requesting Mr. Sangster and Mr. Mylne to ascertain what their respective Companies would contri bute, and Mr. Williams to be prepared with an estimate of the expense, to be laid before them at their next meet ing. It was observed, that if subways are adopted, they may be sufficiently lighted, warmed, and ventilated for many purposes not heretofore contemplated. The course which England seems at length to be adopting for the protection of the East of Europe from Russian violence is the easiest as well as the wisest. It is a preventive policy, which is, in general, far better than a remedial one,—and with this advantage, that the means of prevention abound on the very theatre where they have become requisite ; whilst if the appre hended evil—namely, the conquest of Con ,tantiroplc by Russia—be once complete, those facilities, natural and political, which may now be regarded as instruments placed in the hands of England for the defeat of unjust aggression, must all have the effect of weights in the oppo site scale, and will be employed as so many powers agait3t her. The Euxine and the Dar danelles form at this moment a high road for the advance of the British and French armaments, naval and military, against the centre of the Russian resources; if once in the exclusive power of Russia, she hermetically seals the narrow strait, and the Euxine becomes an internal water com munication of more importance to the Czar than would a dozen separate rivers, each of them equi7alent to the Danube. The finest forests in Europe, and the most eligible posi , tions for dockyards, with an unmolested launch of fleets of any magnitude into the Mediterra nean, would thus be transferred from a tenth-rate power, like the Turkey of the 19th century, to one of the highest rank, and of thy most en croaching and formidable policy, such as, thanks to the negligence and moral weakness of the • west of Europe, Russia must now be considered. Again, the newly created empire of Mehemet Ali is a mighty engine of defence against Rus sia, which it would be utter madness in Great Britain to repel from her, or superciliously to despise. Mehemet has 100,000 brave and dis ciplined soldiers, under an able chief; a good fleet ; an unobstructed path to the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus ; and would, if seated on the throne of Constantinople, present a dif ferent front to Czar Nicholas from that of the unfortunate and irredeemably fallen Mahmoud. Mehemet Ali is attached to England ; he knows that her interests and policy are far from irrecon cilable to his own ; he has long courted her countenance and friendship ; and William IV.'s Ministers have but to speak the word, which will rivet the Egyptian conqueror to this country. Times. The article in the last Quarterly Review, entitled " The Reform Ministry and the Re formed Parliament," might be better described " Lord Brougham and Law Reform ;" for the greater portion of it (fifteen pages) is devoted to the Chancellor, and his exertions in the capacity of a law reformer. The animus of the article is so obvious, that no unprejudiced per son could peruse it without suspecting misre presentation, though he might not be able to detect it. Many of the misrepresentations, how ever, lie on the surface, and an exposure of the more obvious ones almost immediately followed the publication. But the subject deserved an examination in all its bearings, by some one from his talents and acquirements qualified to do justice to it ; and the result of such an ex amination has made its appearance under the title of " A Refutation of the Calumnies against the Lord Chancellor, contained in the last number of the Quarterly Review, in an article upon the pamphlet entitled The Reform Minis try and the Reformed Parliament.' " The writer examines in succession such of the charges of the Reviewer as are sufficiently definite to admit discussion, which he distributes under the following heads :—" The nomination of Mr. James Brougham to the office of clerk of the patents and registrar of affidavits ; the Chancery Regulation Act of the last session, and its compensation clauses ; the new Bankruptcy Court, and the secretary of bankrupts ; the transfer of the appointment of Masters in Chancery from the Chancellor to the Crown ; the appointment of Country Commissioners of Bankrupts ; the mode in which Lord Brougham has exercised his patronage ; the Act for the better Administration of Justice in the Privy Council ; the Right Honourable James Aber cromby's retiring allowance ; the carelessness with which the Acts proposed by the Govern ment are drawn ; the arrears of business in the Lord Chancellor's Court; and lastly, the inten tion of Lord Brougham to divest himself of his judicial functions—retaining his present salary." As, in handling these topics, the writer has closely confined himself to the question before him, avoiding all idle disquisition and super fluous declamation, it becomes difficult to ex hibit, in the limits of a newspaper, the sub stance of a pamphlet of 109 pages. We will, therefore, merely advert to one or two of the topics at present, and resume the subject on a future day. The first charge against the Chan cellor has reference to the nomination of Mr. James Brougham to the offices of Clerk of the Patents and Registrar of Affidavits. Here the Reviewer is charged with intentional misrepre sentation. Mr. James Brougham was appointed in June, 1832, and the offices were abolished by 2 & 3 W. 4, c. 3, " when the Chancellor's brother claimed no compensation—an act of such unusual moderation, that the Reviewer exerts his utmost ingenuity and sophistry to detract from its merit ; and, finding that these alone would not effect his purpose, he scruples not to assert facts, with the gross incorrectness of which every line which he has written affords ample proof that no one was better acquainted than himselE" The Reviewer had stated that the places in question " might have been filled by anv common clerk ;" that " Lord Brougham, without saying one word upon the subject in the House of Lords or favour Li,oooi . of a the year, Chan cellor's wasn om c lsalary ons o inf elsewhere, appoints his brother James to them;" that " a recommendation of' a Committee of the l o House r, of present Commons, m s grounded upon the giving up of this and other sinecure offices ;" that " his brother had no vested right, and was not entitled to any com pensation ;" and if there was any title to com pensation, that " such compensatoin was afforded by the Act which assigned the additional 1,0001. to the Chancellor upon resignation or removal." The writer opposes to the Reviewer the opinion expressed by Lord Eldon, as to the nature of one of the offices—the Registrar of Affidavits. " To my knowledge (said his Lordship,) and I have no doubt to the know led g e of every m ember of the profession, the re does attach to it very considerable business, and very heavy responsibilities." Lord offices, on Bill for the abolition of the Chancery destruction of them would the ground that the .Wynford opposed the due provision s iould be made for time as of the duties attached t h e future discharge As to the allegation that Lord thereto. Brougham appointed his brother without be inexpedient and . i.njuriolus, at least until such saying a word to any one, it was distinctly stated