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agreed to that resolution, it would be justly said that a House of Commons consisting of 300 Members and odd, had voted for the repeal of part of the burdens of the country, and that that vote bad been brought before them the second time for the purpose of re vision, the necessary and inevitable consequence of that revision would be that the people would say, a House of Commons consisting of not more than forty Members could agree to votes to burthen the people without having those votes revised ; hut whether a House of Commons, consisting of 300 Members, had voted for the relief of the burthens of the people, that vote must be subjected to re. vision. —(Hear.) It would have a tendency to bring the House of Commons into disrepute with the people. In conclusion, the Hon. Member most solemnly invoked the House to pause well before it came to any decision-- to consider well what would be the undoubted an.l inevits able consequence of overturning the vote of F id a y n i g ht. Sir J.WROTTESLEY declared that he was very atten tive to what fell from his Noble Friend; he was close beside him at the time, and understood his explanation to be precisely in the terms now stitesi by him to the House.— (Heir, bear.) He believed the mistake must have arisen in consequence of a misapprehension by Hen. Gentlemen of the manner in which the question was pur.—(Hear, hear.) That the words now reed be added to the motion, was an entirely separate question. And it was on the putting of these that his Noble Friend addressed the House.—(He .ee, hear, hear.) He was himself much surprised at t l :ie interpretation given to his Noble Friend's explanation by a certain channel of information, which he tea.. nn She following morning.—( Hear.) He did not thir i ss that because 162 Members of that House had come * eo a certain resolution, that the remainder of the 680 were not to be permitted to have an opinion.—( Hear, hear, bear.) There were many opportunities in which that opi. nion might be expressed ; and he did not consider that he was, himself, compromised in a future discussion, by the vote be hail eiven on Friday last.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. M. ATTWOOD said, after the vote was de cided, the words which fell upon his ear from the lips of the Noble Lord were these :—" That the vote had placed the Government in a state of considerable embarrassment ; but, after the vote to which the house had come, he could not think of offering any opposi tion to the carrying of it into effect."—(Cries of " N.., no.") He was ready to accept the explanation of the Noble Lord, but he was sure these were the words.— (Oh. oh.) He would make only one other observation, hich was, that he trusted the Ministry had well con sidered the consequences of the proceeding of which they had given notice. Other motions for rescindine the de cisions of the House would be made. He, for one, was disposed, if such a principle was adopted, to move that the resolutions come to upon his motion a few evenings B ; 6 n, be rescinded, and he called upon the Government to panse before they opened so wide a door. He was quite satisfied that the proceeding, if adopted, would lead to great changes in the conduct of the House, and he dreaded the manner in which it was likely to be received by the country at large. He would again call on the Ministry to consider of the consequences of their intentions, if car ried into effect—to consider it further and well, before forcing it upon the attention of the House. After a few observations from Mr. BENETT, which were inaudible in the Gallery, Mr. HALL DARE said he had not had the good fortune to be present on Friday night, but he concurred with the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton, that after the decision on that night, notwithstanding the explanation of the Noble Lord as to his mean ing on that particular question, it would be a had precedent if an attempt were made to rescind a vote to which the House had deliberately come.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had called upon the House to look with their eyes open on the event of that vote being confirmed by the House. As an independent Member of the House, he was prepared to look at the subject with his eyes open. He was prepared to vote a property tax— and to consider the existing taxation of the country ; for he believed that a property tax was the most equitable, and that it was fitting that those having property to protect should contribute the mote to the exigencies of the State.—(Heare hear.) He agreed with the Hon. Member for Lambeth that, if the malt tax were reduced, it was no reason that the revenue should be so much diminished.— (Hear, hear.) It was also necessary that the revenue should be maintained that faith should be kept with the public creditor, and that the establishments of the country should also be maintained. Looking, how ever, at our foreign policy—at the state of our foreign relations—at the state of the east of Europe—at our West India colonies—and at the unfortunate state of Ireland— (Cries of " Oh, oh," " Question ")—looking at all those interests, he thought the Noble Lord could not dispense with the present amount of taxation.— (Cries of " Question.") He was perfectly ready to vote for a property tax as a substitute for the malt tax. As to the malt tax, he should Ulm had been present, have voted for the motion of the Hon. Bart. (Sir W. Ingilby) but be should have done so with regret, for he only considered it a half measure. He, for one, should be perfectly prepared to vote for the alternative suggestion of the Noble Lord.—(Hear.) Mr. BARING, as far as he was concerned, would not give encouragement to further discussion on the malt tax. But having been one of those who thought it fit to vote in favour of the reduction of the malt duty, he thought it pro per to say, that the declaration of the Noble Lord, as it struck him, might have been taken by Hon. Gentlemen either to mean one thing or the other.--(Laughter.) He meant that the Noble Lord, when he declared he should abide by the resolution meant that he either would not negative it on the second resolution being put from the chair, or that Government would abide by it. The declaration might with out stretch, have been interpreted either way. But no gen tleman could suppose that the Noble Lord meant, without consultation of his colleague:, to hind Government as to the course they would take on so important a question.— ( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had given his notice for to-morrow, and the thing he proposed was, would they have the relief of the malt tax, and the house and window tax, and were they prepared to take in substitution of them, a tax on property and income; trot a tax on property or income, but a tax on property and income. Undoubtedly that was a question most important for the country to consider, and if he had any objection to it, it was the short notice that had been given. He was perfectly aware that the case might be considered one of pressure, and especially .s the worthy Alderman's motion stood for to-morrow. But the qui stion had never been fairly put to the House, and most unfeignedly he could not see how it could properly be discussed. Wi.h great re luctance, should be be broueht, within 244• hours notice, to determine a question of such conclusive importance to the future happiness and prosp.-rity of the country. He was bound to say, he never saw much wisdom in a commutation of tithes. He thought that altogether visionary and replete with danesr, mischief and less, especially where teere were great, multifarious, and complicated nterests to be taken into consideration. He complained then, that within 24 hems' notice, the House was to be brought to a division on this mist important subject. In fact he thought the reduction of the Malt Tire, for which be voted on Friday, might have been afforded without bringing on the necessity of a general commutation; but even allowing that it were put to him distinctly, would be have the malt duty re• duced and a property tax imposed, or the malt duty be left alone, he should certainly say, leave the malt duty alone—(Hear, bear)—and spare him the property tax.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Sir H. PEEL said he should fo low the example of his Honourable Ft iend and postpone giving any detailed opinion upon the great question which was to come on for discussion to-morrow night, till the proper aline arrived. He would observe, however, with respect to the event which had trought on this conversaton that if he Lad been present on Friday night, which acci. dent prevented him being, be should have given his de. Cided opposition to the proposal of reducing the malt tax. He would have done that, not because he did not entertain a sincere desire to see that tax abated, if possible, but because he should have looked forward to the consequences of that abatement—he should have looked forward to its bearing on the question of commu tation—to its bearing on tl.e question of the corn laws—(Hear, hear)—to its bearing on the . question of a substitution of a property tax. The substitution of a property tax would lead to a comple revolution in the Whole of our financial system—(Hear)—and he would nut consent to inflict an injury upon the public creditor by the repeal of any tax till he felt assured of obtaining a substitute.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He must say, that he certainly did entertain serious doubts of the success of any attempt to establish a property and income tax in lieu of any other taxes whatever.— (Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say that vir tually to rescind a vote of the House come to one night on another was a course free front evil, but it would be a far greater evil to maintain the doctrine that questions of such immense impOrtance could be finally determined by a H ouse , cousiating of only half the number of the whole House.--(Ci les of Hear, hear, hear.) w hat were all their regulations for respecting the diff,-rent paSs through if it were stages measures must D it to guard against something el se than surprise? He was bound to say there had been n o surprise on this occasion, and that Honourable Members on e ht to have been present to discharge their duty, but their regulations were not only intended to guard agetn•t sur prise, but against the effect of sudden inapuls,e, W.. hat _. ji>' he had said was piohably enotteh far Honourable Members to infer what his general opinion was with respect to a property-tax, but that question involved questions of such magnitude, that he should abstain from entering into them till to•morrow evening. Lord ALTHORP said that an Hon. Friend of his had objected to the shortness of the notice he had given for the motion he intended to brine forward, but when his Hon. Friend considered the situation in which the affairs of the country were placed, whilst a question of the kind stood over, he was sure he would see that the notice was any thing but too short.—( Hear, hear.) The resolution which he had read to the House most dis• tinctly stated, that it would at present he inexpedient. An HONOURABLE MEMBER, who spoke out of sight under the gallery, said, that as a sincere friend to the Ministry, he would intreat them to come forward oftener, and state more at large their views on great public questions, especially as there were so many of the new Members who were not so well acquainted with the hearing of such questions as older Members. Lord EBRINGTON said the Noble Lord opposite could not have heard the speech of his Noble Friend below him (Lord Althorp) on the occasion to which be had alluded, for he bad then most distinctly expressed his opinion of the inexpediency of a property tax. —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He (Lord E.) had had the advantage of sitting next his Noble Friend on that tYening, and the impres sion on his mind of what fell from him, was that in his opinion such a tax would he most inexpedient.—(Hear.) Although he (Lord Etirineton) certainly understood what his Noll Friend said, his Friend did not, perhaps, wate what he had to sly in terms sufficiently clear, hut cert •inly not so ambiguously as to bear the construction that had been put upon it.—(Cheers, and cries of " Question.") On the question that the House do resolve into a Com mittee of Supply, Mr. O'CONNELL postponed till this day week his motion for the appointment of a Select Committee to in quire whether the entire county of the city of Kilkenny, or any portion thereof, was at the time it was converted into a proclaimed district by the Lord •Lieutenant of Le land, tinder the statute 3 Vim. IV., c. 4, in such a state cf disturbance and insubordination as to require the applica tion of the provisions of the said Act. Mr. M. ATTWOOD moved that there be laid before the House a copy of any communications addressed to the Board of Trade, regarding the state of the country in ge neral, or of any particular towns or districts. The Return was ordered, after a fetv remarks from Mr. P. THOMSON, Mr. WYNN, and Lord ALTHORP. Mr. A. BARING inquired when the Members of the Committee upon the Public Distress were to be appointed ? Lord ALTHORP mentioned to-morrow evening ; and in answer to a question put, we believe, by Mr. M. ATT.. WOOD, whether he had any objection to the appointment of the Committee by Ballot, the Noble Lord ohjected to such an arrangement, because it was unusual. Mr. O'CONNELL did not understand that the objec tion against the Ballot in general applied to that species of Ballot which was sought on the present occasion, and which was of the same nature as the Ballot for Election Committees. Hotr. MEmmEs. (for Reading, as seemed by some expressions made use of afterwards) asked whether in the inquiry about his (the said Hon. Member's) election, any imputation bad been thrown upon his conduct? Dr. LUSHINGTON replied in the negative. Sir JOHN WALSH inquired whether it was the inten tion of the Noble Lord (Althorp) to introduce his measure for the commutation of tithes this Session? Lord ALTHORP, as far as could be collected, replied in the affirmative. (Much noise and confusion prevailed in the House du ring the greater part of this !Ist de-ultory debate or rather conversation, so that the speakers were imperfectly heard, and indeed could hardly be recognised, in consequence of the briefness of their olrervation-.) GLASGOW LOTTERY. Sir B. INGLIS, adverting to the Glasgow Lottery Bill, wished to know whether his Majesty's Government were aware that such a Bill had passed the House ? Lord ALTHORP had not been at all aware that such a Bill way in progress through Parliament until it had passed. The word " lottery" did not occur in the Bill until the end. It could scarcely be necessary for him to add, that his Majesty's Government were not disposed to give encouragement to any such proceeding. Sir R. PEEL observed, that the BM might he repealed. —(Some Hon. Member stated that the lottery had been drawn.) The parties implicated in the transaction ought to be subjected to punishment. DOVER. Mr. HALCOMBE gave notice, that on Thursday he would submit to the House a motion on the influence which had been exercised by the Ordnance and Post office departments, during the last two elections for Dover. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. The House having resolved itself into a Committee o 1 Supp;y, Colonel MABERLY rose to move the Ordnance Esti mates. The Hon. Gentleman entered into a derailed state ment on the subj , ct, but such was the hubbub in the House, occasioned by the conversation going on in every quarter, that all we were able to collect was, that there was a saving of 86.0001. on the whole of the Ordnance Estim ites, as compared with those of last year ; and that in the course of the last five years the Ordnance expendi tore had been diminished by 300,0001. He trusted that what had been effected would show that his Majesty's Ministers had done their duty, and that they had carried retrenchment as far as was possible, consistently with the public service. The Hon, Gentleman concluded by moving that a sum not exceeding 71,996/. he granted to his Ma jesty for the civil establishments of the Ordnance, Tower, Pall-Ma'l, and Dublin. Mr. HUME regretted that the Hon. Gentleman had not had more attention paid to him. He confessed, how ever, he had hoped that, as the House had evinced its de termination to reduce taxes to a considerable amount, the Noble Lord opposite would have taken this hint, ar.d would have felt the expediency of withdrawing the army, navy, and ordnance estimates entirely, for the purpose of remodeling them on a small-r scale. As it was probable that such must eventually he the case, it appeared to be almost useless to discuss these estimates. He strongly re commended the attachment of the engineers and artillery to the office of the Commander-in-Chief, which would ef fect a saving of 70,000/. a year. Ours was the only army in the world in which the artillery and engineers were unknown to the Commander-in-Chief, except through the Master- General. Mr. BRISCOE said, it was the first duty of that House to reduce the public expenditure as much as possible, and they oueht to pay to the observations on the subject of the lion. Member for Middlesex the attention to which they were entitled. The CHAIRMAN requested Gentlemen would be pleased to take their places. Mr. HUME proceeded, and expressed his lope that his Maj-sty's Government would feel the necessity, and that they would be pressed by the vote of that House to mor row to feel the necessity, of raking off two millions and a half from the Estimates generally., arid then distributing that reduction, as to them might seem best, over the Army, Navy, and Ordnance establishments. He re peated that, in his opinion, his Majesty's Govern went would do wisely to adopt the precedent of 1616, and to withdraw the Estimates at once, and come down with them on a smaller scale. Before he sat down, he wished to ask if the inconvenient prac ice of sending for Clerks from the Tower to Pall-mall was put an end to? _ _ _ Lord ALTHORP said teat the Hun. Gentleman had recommended him (Lord Althorp) to withdraw the es timates for the purpose of reducing them. If he (Lord Althorp) thought that they were greater than the pt.blic service required, lie should certainly do right to adopt the Hon. Gentleman's proposition. But if that were the case, he should have done exceedingly wrong in allowing them to be introduced in their present form. As to the other proposition made by the Hon. Gentleman —namely, the c ,nsolidation of the Ordinance Office with that of the Commander•in-Chief—it was his opinion, and that of his colleagues, that where consolidation of offices was prac ticable, it was highly desirable. His Right Hon. Friend at the heyd of the Admiralty had sufficiently proved the disposition of his Majesty's Government on that point. Colonel NIABERLYwas sorry to say no arrangement had taken place, in consequence of want of accommoda tion, to prevent the occasional transfer of clerks from the Tower to Pall-mall. After a few more observations from Mr. HUME and Colonel MADERLY the vote was agreed to. The following votes were then, after a brief and unin teresting discussion, agreed to:- 8,965/. for salaries of the Ordnance Office at Woolwich. 14,9191. for salaries of the Ordnance Department on the borne stations. 26,8711. fur salaries of the Ordnance Establishment at the out-stations in Ireland, and those on foreign stations. 37,7501. fur salaries of Barrack masters, Deputy Bar rack-masters, and Barrack Sergeants. 5,0101. for salaries of Master-gunners in the garrisons of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, and Ireland. Colonel MABERLY then proposed that a sum not ex ceeding 8,0191. be granted to his Majesty to defray the salaries of the corps of Royal Engineers, commonly called Sippers and Miners, and the establishment for its in struction. The vote was agreed to, Cohind MAI:MU Y proposed a vote of 277,156/. for the charge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Mr. HUME thought that this vote ought to be reduced. The regiment of artillery amounted to above 7.000 men. He wished to know what it WaR that rendered such a large artillery force necessary. There were about 4,000 artillerymen in the United Kingdom alone ; and the ar tillery in the Colonies was kept up to the war establish. ment. He thought there was no want of artillerymen in Canada, which had so fine a militia, and where he be lieved there was not a gun fired from January to Decem ber. He should propose that the number of men should be reduced to 5,000 ; and that was larger than the num ber in 1792. Colonel MABERLY observed, that the necessity of reliefs upon foreign stations, and the length of time taken to instruct the men in the numerous and scientific duties of the artillery, justified the keeping up of such a force as this. The Master-General of the Ordnance had had five applications from the Colonies for reliefs, all of which he had been obliged to refuse, and he had now only two relief companies at his disposal. Mr. HUME still was not able to see that the duties could not be performed with the same number of men as in 1792, and he should therefore persevere in his motion If Honourable Members wished to make a reduction in taxation, they could not do it as honest men, but by reducing the establishments. Colonel LINDSAY (as we understood) defended the vote on the ground of the absolute necessity of having a body of scientific soldiers ready for any emergency. A short period would suffice to instruct men to be soldiers iif the line, but not to perform the duties of scientific artillerymen. The state of the artillery, and the value of that arm could not now be fairly measured by the standard of 1792. Mr. HUME moved that the vote should be reduced from 277,156/. to 184 771/. Colonel MABERLY said, that with regard to the num ber of men in 1792, the Hon. Member had not taken into his calculation the number of artillerymen then in Ireland, who were not at that time returned as part of the eats bliehment of this country. Mr. YOUNG had entered that House with the deter mination to support the Hon. Member for Middlesex, but on this occasion he must say, that he did nut think the Hon. Member had given a sufficient reason for this specific reduction ; on the other hand, good reasons had been given to maintain the artillery in its present state. He should, therefore, in this instance, vote against the motion. Mr. TENNYSON generally agreed with the Han. Member for Middlesex, but he must say, that in this case he thought the proposed reduction was highly inex pedient. The length of time required for the instruction of an artillery soldier was considerable. The present establishment amounted to 7,000 men, which was hut one-fifth of the war establishment. There was one part of this vote which he would willingly refer to a Committee of Inquiry—he meant that which put the cost of the artillery for the Colonies at 99,000/. He bad no objection to refer this article to a Committee, to ascertain how far the duty and the abilities of the Colonies required them to support this istablishment. Mr. RUI HVEN wondered how it was possible for those who voted for a reduction of taxes, to support these extravagant establishments. Mr. T. ATTWOOD contended that the maintenance of the good faith and honour of the country was p ,ra mount to every other consideration ; he, therefore, would not refuse the supplies necessary for so important a branch of the public service. At the present moment, he thought a force of 2,000 artillery was wanted at Constantinople. Mr. G. ROBINSON objected to the reductions pro posed by the Hon. Member for Middlesex. The artillery was the last branch of the public service that ought to be cut down. The Committee divided— For the resolution l4O Against it Majority --I(yJ . . The following resolutions were agretd to without dis cussion : 35,0001. for the Horse Artillery. 584/ ter the Director-general of Artillery. 45,9341. for the superintendence of the ordnance works and repairs. 85.0001 for store-keeper' expenses. Colonel MABERLY also moved that 25,587/. be granted for the superintendence of the building and repair of barracks. Mr. HUME observed that it was hopeless, after the experiment just tried, to expect the House to support any reductions ; and the sooner, therefore, it closed its doors the better. Tile subsequent votes were carried, after a single re mark from Mr. TENNYSON and Mr. HUME. 65.792/. for the Barrack-masters' expenditure. 129,7191. for contingencies. 83,0001. for stores. 346 564/. for sup. r innuation and retired allowances, pensions to widows, L.. On the proposal to grant 2,179/. for exchequer fees— Mr. HUME meant to take the sense of the House upon it. Every successive Chancellor of the Exchequer, for many years, had promised to abolish these fees, yet they were always continued from year to year. Lord ALTHORP remarked that a Bill for their aboli tion was in preparation. Mr. HUME replied, that that answer had been made nine years ago. Would the Noble Lord fix a day for bringing in the Bill ? Lord ALTHORP added, that it had been some time in preparation, and that the subject was extremely compli cated. The measure was in a forward state of preparation. Mr. HUME asked whether the Noble Lord would pledge himself that the Bill should be brought in and passed this Session ? Lord ALTHORP was understood to decline any such positive undertAing. Lord G. SOMERSET agreed that the subject was in volved in many difficulties. After a few wordy from Mr. YOUNG and Colonel 111A SMUT, the Resolution was agreed to without a division. The Vote of 7,0001. for the Fortifications at Jersey was then agreed to. On the question that the CHAIRMAN do report pro gre•is, and ask leave to sit again, Mr. HUME said, the House would recollect that a Committee had some time ago been appointed, and h a d [mole a report upon the subject of public documents. For twelve years before the appointment of that Committee, Mr. Marshall, a gentleman knos, n to many Hon. Mem bers, had devoted his time and attention, and b id incurred great expense in the compilation of a work embracing the largest, the in: st useful, and the moat various body of statistics ever before collected in one publication, displa ing, as it did, in a manner the most clear and satisfactory, and with the utmost facility of reference, a ma-s of the most complete information respecting the income and e x _ pentliture—tile resources, commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural—in a few words, every possible species of information connected with the property and the finances of the country.—(Hear, hear.) It was not alone his own opinion that he was stating of that great and valu able work, hut a late Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Member for Harwich, had gone the length of saying th it in his opinion ten thousand guineas would not produce the services of the vitt aordinary talent that hail been employed in that compilation. He (Mr. Hume) considered a work of that kind as nothing less than a great national undertaking, and he could inform the House that works of a sin it it kind were looked upon as great national undert , kings, both in the United States and amongst the most civilized and advanced countries of Europe. His Majesty's Government had thought so favourably of the w ork, that they had gone as far as perhaps an Executive Government ought, in awarding to Mr. Marshall a sum of 5001. ; but he had no difficulty in saying that fifty times that sum would scarcely represent the value that such a compilation would be likely to prove to the community; and he felt quite assured, that if Hon. Members would only take the trouble to refer to the book itself, they would be at once sensible of its importance. He was aware that a new department was about to be established for statisti cal purposes, and of that department lie highly approved ; and he hoped that it would be carried to a much greater extent than had been originally proposed ; but whether it was or was not formed was a question which had no bear ing upon the present discussion. It was of the utmost importance that the Members of that House and the con stituency at large should be made acquainted with the actual expense of every portion of the public service, and of every island, and every colony connected with Great Britain. He concluded by moving it as the opinion of the Committee, that a sum of 2,6251. should be paid to Mr. Marshall, for 1,250 copies of his Digest of Public Documents since 1799. Lord ALTHORP had, upon his own responsibility, agreed that Mr. Marshall should be paid a sum of 5001. already, which was a pretty good proof that he thought favourably of the work ; it was for Parliament to say whether any flit ther sum ought to he granted. Mr. METHUEN was surprised that in the present dis tressed state of the country the Hon. Member for Mid dlesex should be found proposing such an expenditure of the pu bic tnoney—expended, t oo , f or t h e b ene fi t o f an in dividual respecting whom they knew nothing, except upon the apse dixit of the Hon. M em b er f or Mi d dlesex. iir.o. F. YOUNG said tha t t h e mer i ts o f M r . Mar shall and the value of his work were known, not alone to the Hon. Member for Middlesex, but to other Members of I that House. He had himself looked into the work, an d looked through it very carefully too, and he felt called on to say, that in the whole course of his reading and experi ence, he had never seen a greater quantity of information brought within so narrow a compass, and information of a kind in the highest degree useful to Members of Parliwnent. Mr. WARBURTON concurred with the last speaker, and with the Member for Middlesex, bearing his testi mony to the value of the work. An HON. MEMBER could not agree to such an appro priation of public money. He said that the notoriety which the present debate gave to the work would more than compensate for any trouble the author might have had. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the work had been recom mended by the report of the Committee, and he really thought the resolution proposed by the Hon. Member for Middlesex ought to be agreed to. He had objections to many other votes of public money, but to that he cer tainly give his most cordial concurrence. An HUN. MEatngf could not agree to saving other Members the expense of this work by putting his hands into the public purse. Mr. M. ATT WOOD supported the grant. Lord JOHN RUSSELL strongly supported the grant As to its expense, the House should recollect that the re search into a single question very often costs 2,0001. Mr. SLANEY was also strongly in favour of the grant, as a point of economy. Mr. P. THOMSON, though at the same time ac knowledging the value of the work, should oppose the grant ; first, on account of the principle it involved, and, second'y, on account of the mode in which it was pro posed to cooler it. According to the principle it involved, it a man, proprio motu, chooses to work at any such a dry and uninteresting subject as statistics, and finds a market for it, when done, among the public, he may come down to the House, and insist upon their purchasing it. There would be no end to this sort of thing. There were many works by approved writers of this nature. He thought it a most unwarrantable proposition that the House should be called upon to pay 2,500/. for putting a new book into the book-cases of Hon. Members. He should decidedly oppose the grant. Mr. WILLIAMS WYNN was in favour of the grant, the work was a highly useful one, and richly merited pubic encouragement. It ought to meet with a better fate than Mr. Hetsell's great work, which, though con. stilted daily by the House as an indisputable authority, did not pay its expenses ; indeed Mr. Hatsell had been a considerable 100.-r by the work. Mr. BRISCOE supported the grant. Mr. AGLIONBY was opposed to the grant as it at present stood. Lord SANDON was also opposed to the grant on its present terms. As to the ability of the work there was no doubt, though, out of all the Members, except to about a hundred, it would he mere waste paper. He would not object to encouraging the meritorious compiler with a drfinite sum, and would therefore propose as an amend ment, to strike out the words, " not exceeding," and sub stitute 10001. The House having divided, there appeared— For Lord Sandon's amendment 75 Against it Majority During our absence the House divided a second time, on an amendment proposed by Mr.O'CONNELL that 15001. should be granted to Mr. Marshall.—There appeared. For this amendment - 78 Against it Majority A division then took place on Mr. Hunteits motion, when there appeared— For the motion lO6 Against it BB Majority in favour of the grant...--18 LUNATIC COMM SSIONS' BILL. The Order of the Day having tree❑ read for taking into further consideration the report of the Lunatic Commis slow' Bill, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved that the Bill be r,-committed. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said, that when they came to the first clause of the Bill he should move an amendment, to the effect, that Commissioners should not reside in London, nor confine themselves to it, but visit all parts of the country at certain periods of the year. He had also an amendment to propose on the second clause. He should take the sense of the House on those amendments. Mr. WYNN complained that the Bill did not tend to lessen the enormous expenses attending on Lunatic Com rnis,ions. Mr. PEPYS (we believe) approved of the plan of send ing visitors into different parts of the country, as it ;you'd be the cause of having more care extended to lunatics. The Bill, as it stood, he considered a great improvement, as it would enable the Lord Chancellor to discharee a very delicate part of his duty and have lunatics better attended to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that after the observations he had heard, he would acquiesce in the Chairmain's reporting progress to the House. The CHAIRMAN reported progress and obtained leave to sit again on Nlonday. EMANCIPATION OF THE JEWS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn—lt is not a little surprising that the principal oh. jection made to the admission of the Jews to civil rights in England should rest upon their religious scruple to take an oath after a particular form. It is not alleged that the Jews object to the enlist Ince of the oath required, or that having taken it they would neglect the observance of any obligation which it might impose ; but solely that they will not—because they cannot conscientiously—adopt the exact words in which it is put. Now it must really asto nish every thinking person that the preservation of the Christian religion should be made to depend more upon the manner of swearing, than upon the matter sworn to, or that any one whom a religious scruple would prevent from adopting the form of an oath could be supposed to be indifferent to its sacred obligations. The words by which the Jews are excluded from a full participation in the civil rights of their Christian brethren, occur in the oath of abjuration, and are " On the true faith of a Christian." Now, the oath of abjuration was framed during the reign of William 111., for the express purpose of excluding from the throne of England the exiled branch of the House of Stuart, and consequently cannot be regarded as coeval with the Constitution. Be fore that time the Christians themselves only took the oaths of supremacy and allegiance. Now, no person can be ignorant of the fact that these oaths contain not a single expression which implies the person taking them to pro. fess the Christian religion. Both conclude, like the oath now taken by the Catholics, with a simple appeal to the Deity. This being the case, it is evident that the words, " On the true faith of a Christian" were not considered necessary to the preservation of the Christian religion, otherwise they would have been introduced long before, and they may therefore be regarded as a proper object of legislation. And as the date of their introduction, as well as their omission in the Catholic oath, skews they are not neces• nary to the preservation of the Christian religion, and as the fact of there being no Jews connected with the appear ance of the Pretender in this country, as well as no mention whatever being made of them, sufficiently proves that the enactment was ant intended to affect them, it may be con fidently asserted the non insertion of these words in the oath to be taken by the Jews is neither an attack upon Christianity, nor an invasion of the principles of the British Constitution. Until it be shewn that Englishmen were less religious or less loyal before the appearance of Charles Edward Stuart in this country, than they have been since, it can hardly be asserted that " On the true faith of a Christian" forms a necessary part of the declaration to be taken previous to admission to the rights of British subjects. Another thing to be observed is, that when the abjura tion oath was first enacted, an Act was passed enabling the Jews to abjure the Pretender, by taking another form of oath not containing this sentence. So that when the object to be gained was an additional security for the alle• giance of the Jews, the Legislature did not hesitate to set aside that form of oath which at present is the only thing that prevents the admission of the Jews to all the civil rights of Christians. Again, it ought to be borne in mind that the essence of an oath consists in the appeal which is made to the Deity, not in any words expressive of the swearer's particular form of belief. To swear by who-ever is most sacred is the only security which we can have that the oath will be attended to. Now the Jews swear by the living God, whom they worship on the books of the law which we Christians acknowledge to be the foundation of our faith, and as their religious scruples are the only barriers which prevent them from participating in all the civil rights of their Christian brethren, nothing can possibly be more absurd than to hear their admission to civil offi,es or seats in Parliament objected to on the pretext that when sworn to ;ireserre inviolate the rights of Christianity it would suffer more from their attacks than now when they are under no such obligation On the contrary, it cannot be too often repeated, tha the safest guarantee of the punctuality with which the Jews may be expected to fulfil the obligations contracted by the oaths proposed to be taken by them, on the passing of the present Relief Bill, is found in th- privations which they now endure, rather than violate their consciences by taking the abjuration oath. As ro the form. it has varied in different cow:frit-1, and often in different parts of the same country, being never thought of much consequence. In Scotland, no oaths whatever are administered on the Evangelists, the form being for the person swearing to aver the truth of his statement by holding up his right hand, and appealing to God, before whom he professes his belief, that be shall ansNer at the day of judgment. The oath taken by Roman Catholics on their admissions to seats in the House of Commons, contains an express provision for the preservation of the interests of the Established Church, framed, as it may be supposed, with the greatest care to that pur pose, and that oath, in the very words in which it is couched, the Jews are quite willing to take. In a word, the Jews are willing to give every pledge by which they could be conscientiously bound, of their readi ness to yield the most unqualified allegiance to the &we reign, and submission to the laws, which is consistent with the strict ohservance of their own religious rites ; but above all, they are most willing to bind themselves not to interfere directly or indirectly with the rights of the Established Church, or the interests of the Christian religion. I have the honour to be, &c. A FRIEND TO FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE. London, April 25, P.S. Many of your readers may not be aware that the second reading of the Jew Relief Bill is fixed for Wednes day, the Ist of May. HOUSE AND WINDOW TAXES. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE held in his hand a petition, which he was sorry lie had not had an opportunity of pre senting before. It was for the repeal of the House and Window Taxes, and was from one of the parishes of the Borough he bad the honour to represent. The petition was from the parish of St. Martin's in•the-Fields, and was signed by 1,000 persons. He had so often before stated his opinion on those taxes, that he would now con tent himself with saying that they ought to be either par tially or entirely done away with. He had also another petition on the same subject, signed by 2,700 inhabitants of the parish of St. James's, which his Hon. Colleague would have presented if he bad a proper opportunity. His constituents were very much opposed to these taxes, and so were almost all classes of householders. In con clusion, he begged to state his regret that the subject of these petitions was not likely to obtain a fair trial, since it would be mixed up with other matters that were to come before the House on the following evening. The House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. LIST OF TH. OF TIIIRTY.TWO (TELLER INCL. /110IE'S MOTION TO REDUCE 7 FROM 7,000 T 05,000, DEDUCIINI PAY OF 2,00 u MEN. ENGLISH. E MINORITY LODED), WIIO VOTED FOR MR. THE NUMBER OF ARTILLERY MEN 10 FROM TIIE VOTE OF 94,i.,00/. THE Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Attwood, M.—Wh,tehaveii Beauclerk, Aubrey Wm.—East Surrey Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Faithful, George—Brighton Fielden, John—Oldham Godson, It.—Kidderminster Humphery, John—Southwark Lloyd, J. H.—Stockport Marsland, Thomas—Stockort Morrison, J.—lpswich Palmer, General—With Parrott, Jasper—Totness Philips, Mark—Manchester Potter, lt.—Wigan Staveley, T. K.—Ripon I Th icknesse, R.—Wigan 1 1 :( u ) nir, en ‘ s ' u r „ Wason, Rigby—lpswich Williams, G.—Ashton Whalley, Sir S.—Marylebone IRISH. Bellew, R. M.—Louth Finn, W. F.—Kilkenny Co. Fitzgerald, Thos.—Louth Co. Lalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. ..I'Brien, Cornelius—Clare O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda Ruthven, E. S.—Dublin Ruthven, Edgard—Kildare Vigors, N. A.—Carlow TELLER. Hume, Joseph—Middlesex LIST OF THL OF NINETY WHO VOTED IN ',AVM., E MINORITY rit OF LORD CHANDOS'S RESOLE. TION ON FRIDAY NIGHT, " That in any reduction of taxati n wh expedient, it is nec , s,ary that the interest portion of the community shoh Id be duly Aglionby, H. A. 'French, F. Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Gordon, Hon. W. Attwood, M. Greville, Sir J. Balfour, J. Handley, H.] Baring, A. Hanmer, Sir J. Barnard, E. G. Heathcote, G. J. Bell, M. Herbert, Hon. S. Be , hell, R. Hodges, T. L. Blackstone, W. S. ingilby, Sir W. !s may be considered of the agricultural msidered." Plumptre, J. P. Rickford, W. Ruthven, E. Ruth%en, S. Sanderson, R. Sl:eppard, T. Simeon, Sir R. G. Sinclair, G. Smith, J A. Somerset, Lord G. Stanley, E. Stuart, R. Tennyson, C. Trelawney, W. L. S. Tynte, C. K. Tyrrell, Sir J. Verner, W. Vincent, Sir F. Walsh, Sir J. B. Ward, H. G. Wason, R. Welayss, Capt. Williams, W. A. Windham, W. H. Yorke, J. Blamire, W. Bruce, Lord E. Burrell, Sir C. M. Chaplin, T. Clive, R. H. Cobbett, \V. Crawley, S. cartels, H. B. Curteis, E. B. Denison, J. E. Dillwyn, L. W. Dugdale, W. S. Duncumbe, W. Egerton, T. Esicourt, T. G. B Vancourt, C. S. J. Fergusson, G. Fergusson, R. C. Ficlden, J. Finn, W. F. Fitasimon, C. Folkes, Sir W. Fox, S. L. Inglis, Sir R. H. Kerrison, Sir E. King, E. B. Knatchbull, Sir E. Leech. J. Lennard, T. B. Lincoln, Lord Lygon, Colonel Manners, Lord R. Martin, T.: Maxwell, Sir J. Maxwell, J. W. Nichol!, J. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, M. Ossulston, Lord Oswald, R. A. Palmer, R. Parker, Sir H. Parker, l T. Patten, W. Pease, Joseph Perceval, Colonel TELLERS. Chandos, Marquis of Fremantle, Sir T. PAIRED OM Hall, B. Bankes, W. Lord Milton, Sir IN , A. Williams, voted ii the Ballot; Sir F. Bk question. 14. S. Stewart, Mr. C. 1 in the Majority on Thi ake and Mr. Brodie di Harland, and Mr. W. lursday night, against lid not vote on that BAYNTUN V. BELL.--We understand that Mr. BItANDRETIT, the barrister to whom this cause was referred at the late Assizes, has made his award altogether ill Mr. BELL'S favour, and has ordered the M.P. to pay all the co.t,._.Leeds Intelliyencer. ROYAL MIRTH.—In the time of EDWARD 11. a hearty laugh Cost the KING four crowns. We find in the Antiquarian Repository the following item in one of the KING's accounts Item. When the KING was at Walmer, to ;Worms, the clerk of the kitchen, who when the KING was hunting did ride before the KING, and often NI down from his horse, whereat the Kura laughed greatly, 20s. !" SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1831. The Desert Stakes of 100 sous. each, h.ft., fur 3.yr-olds. A. F. Lord Chesterfield's Alexis, by Leviathan. Mr. Payne's Ganges, by Tigris. Col. Peel's c. by Emilius, Bee in a Bonnet. Mr. Greville's Zethus, by Mameluke. Lord Vernlam's c. by Reveller, Tredulla. Gen. Grosvenor's c. by Stainborough, Tivatty. Lord Orford's c. by St. Patrick, Stays. Mr. Houldsworth's f. Festival, by Reveller. Lord Exeter's 1. by Sultan, Marinella. Lord Jersey's c. Glencoe, by Sultan. NEWMARKET CRAJ'EN MEETING, 1833. Second year of a Sweepstakes of 50 snvs. each, h. ft., for fillies Bst. 71h. A.F. Those by Emilius or Sultan, 51b. extra. Mr. Haffenden's f. by Bobadel, Zoe. ch. f. by Wary Pope, Dunarzade. Mr. R. Wilson's f. by Filho, Twatty. f. by Filho, Isabella. Mr. Henry's f. by Camel, Monimia. Gen. Grosvenor's f. by Lamplighter, Blue Stocking. Lord Tavistock's f. by Royal Oak, Mona. Mr. Roberts's f. by Whisker, Cloudesley's dam. Lord Lowther's IT by Merlin, Fawn. f. by Partisan, St. Julien's dam. Lord Exeter's Sister to Green Mantle. Sir M. Wood's f. by Emilius or Lamplighter, —Leila. Mr. G. Walker's Alice, by Langan. Mr. Hunter's Sister to Forester. Lord Chesterfield's f. by Leveller, Ambiguity, Mr. Grant's, by Filho, Orpheline. by Trump, Valentine. Mr. Ridsdale's, by Tramp, Octavia. THE ROYAL STUD AT HAMPTON COURT. The annual sale of yearlings bred at this establishment took place yesterday at Tattersall's. The following are the particulars : GS. Bay colt by Emilius,--sister to Spermaceti—to Lord Lichfield 150 Chesnut colt, by Langar,—Delphine, engaged in a Stake of 100 sovs. each m York August Meeting, 1835—t0 Captain Bulkcley Brown colt, by Redgauntlet—Ada—to Mr. Greatorex fio Bay colt, by Camel,—dam of Moses—to Mr. Yates 135 Chesnut f., by Sultan,—Rachael, by Whalebone—to Mr. Yates 230 Chesnut f., by Whisker,—Elizabeth, by ainbow—to Lord Orford Bay f., by Camel,—Maria, by Waterloo—Mr. Edwards 175 Bay f., by Reveller,—Lainia, by Goh.ima, engaged in the Craven Meeting, 1 0, h. ft., for fillies, D. M. ; and in a Pr o . duce Stakes at Bath, 50, h. ft., 1335—t0 Lord Uxbridge.., 135 Brown f., by Camel—Galatea, by A madis—to Mr. W. Edwards 70 Bay f., by Waterloo,—Ambrosio's dam 25 Lord Conyngliam has sold Minster to Lord Lichfield for 6001. By accounts recently received from New York it appears that Bucx, the ex-box and book.keeper of Drury-lane, with his wife and child, had arrived and taken up their abode in one of the first hotels in the city. Upon the calculation of a police officer, it is said that more than 100 of London thieves are new in this city.—Bristol Mirror. The influenza is very prevalent at Halifax, Manchester, Liverpool, &c., but we do not hear at any fatal cases either there or elsewhere. —Leeds Mercury Sir F. FOLK E 2 Bart., has established a pottery on his estate at Loweshy, where flower-pots, vases, and an infinite variety of articles are manufactured, after classic and truly elegant designs.—Country Paper. VACANCY IN THE THAMES POLICE OF FICE.-Government do not intend to fill up the vacancy caused by the death of Captain THoszAs RICHIiELL, R.N., the resident Magistrate of the Thames Police. By tt is arrangement 8001. will be saved. On y two salaried ma gistrate• have been officiating for some time past at tl e Queen-square and Marlborough -street offices. The same plan will be adopted at the other police offices Si vacancies occur. NEWS FROM OPORTO. FALMOUTH, APRIL 28. — --His Majestys carer, „ She left Lisbon on the 14th, and Oporit (at Lieutenant Railey, is just arrived from Lisbon 01'1. the I° , : s l , the latest mail from Oporto is up to the 18th , , tn e d e ~ ' t nothing had transpired of consequence. Th e 3 ' l ,,bic packet left Oporto a tremendous firing `Las heard 0 continued until the vessel was off at sea beyond the trot of th e so und, so that in all probability something ill ° o , ti has occurred, the particulars of which will doub t rbt were twenty-two vessels off the bar, brought by the Pike, which is hourly expecte'oete squadron of Don Pedro was cruizing off Oporto, sti It o la , len Wi th ,00., 4"tting for an opportunity to land their c H di Don Miguel's squadron was at anchor in the Tog° the cholera had broken out in Lisbon. The S with despatches for Donna Maria. parrow ha+ brought b on qe a special Itte# OFORTO, AIAI, :tif On the evening of the 9th inst. , an attack cl'afor: upon the Monte de Covello, which the enemy ha i ,i4 by a strong stockade, extending about 100 pacetceofe; summit. Late in the afternoon of t hat day a le r ,i,,, wards of 2,000 men was assembled i n theneighboao,ol the battery of St.Braz, on which spot I took 131) swot and a short time before sunset the detachment oi7, carry the position (abut 600 men) was pot on u pOr At that moment all the batteries that could hear 0 . point attacked, as well as several field Piec,4.,„til'' which lo ted ii " e - f cli opened a heavy fire against it, troops had partly ascended the hill, up which t t „ l ib" nued to advance rapidly, under a smart fire, b e o t': returning a single shot until they reached tbe 0 0 rw to e when the enemy, fading theelves flanked bY ° dores, who had gone out in another direction, 3) no iv , : their defences, and l e ft our men toasters of tbc iA r ei ita'' The honour thus far gained must be justly Yi e ' v orl' e 3d and 10th regiments of Portuguese lnie,trorW only desire seemed to be to gain the enemy.' ", I . t' ' to avoid wasting time in useless loading and fir'll.a(i part of the affair was no sooner concluded tba!loor number of prisoners and gallegos were sent ootAli.'olll}4l wine-pipes, and all hands were busily emPl°Ye e ,:d ob j , the hill into a state of defence for the night , „,,,, afterwards the English brigade, under the 0 7. 01 ' Lieut.-Colonel Williams, was sent there to ren'° 0 defend the position. e aeral it i.; The following morning, at daybreak , t he „- v p,,, , observed to be in motion, and in short tice e - ; '"fra g. great force in the ruined village of Faranhost 'eicioitr the Serra and spread themselves about the ourtlie Covello, ,bknetenpeinvgerupnpaencliyinssthannwt showing c i i r ,e r i e n g d o e ;'; ebsip i j a i ' o ',, ,, The Ist English Regiment was disposed A be fota t i i '' rocky ground, in a situation entirely conceal" f the '.:', observation, and at about 7 o'clock a party e e obi% e elites incautiously and unwittingly approach c loses;, It was thus that an opportunity of coming le t ' e lliaL o _,,,l tact with them presented itself, and Major 1',1,100', stoutly embraced it, for, forthwith marching aueiratig, of his regiment by an almost unobserved rou te I pad, ° i narrow lane, he came suddenly upon the eige 4 , 4ll; P ft ; ceeded in cutting off a good number of t hen) , A e fia 6 . ., remainder,w ho offered co r t e , : i i s s t r i a n n g ce o weref officer slot andor b 1 3, 7 v 0 n r c a t n e i i: b s o o: l o, were brought in prisoners. Captain Harley, aceite` right hand is still useless from the wound he 1 : ii o hs' the 24th of last month, headed his compa*, -,: GI, : r h ,i i c s k u s rie v‘ n ,it c h ap t t i u n r e e e d ntilnisekeeptar,ististvnaerws,,alludawrretecuirknileaa:" 001', a in T l i i e do ( r : e hr i in nmico,nsey. will n sa h l3a ec ' , conferred on the young p Q ut ie y e o n u 's i b n ir P th s !t e la sg y i° : l--- : If- e t; c ee0101 1 -1:ti'' d e Palinella is created Duke of Fayal ; t - 's ,l' , Funchal Marquis de Funchal ; the C ,ode d ;t of ;l'''o iolfe the the St c o l st r te a . hr r ; aF ucsoii Bernardo neevresn:,s Bhdaei Shaw, iron h i tsdaia , aiosietsels, n,nep l bp a snee2t, t igae e hederna,e)erv.n ll 9d2Ee l daw4r i rizAf n ,tirehgb i fost b oi toitn t ues e bildubi r erei_:yl4:lo,lfi G e...ritoctod, : berovr i hs, B anaiwe, l ;, r ,:to f bi ) ,ro n iFiois t i l je e gcnfh,ica,, S r,thyp a ehutibai ; pisii.iink a ggae n anow d ltilf,aiiab: the gallant old Torrey , II : beta I I: r e lribeal t ey: a tE k aol e tiof.a n if.s place—The C oca- f i o recl- t r. Colonel, and others in that corps haveg reeeiv"iegitee'. has been rewarded with the rihand of the - ()roam f';•, j aa , ; capital to join the party of Donna Maria her e. t 'or°7 ~:qrs quarantine a i s o niotqnin u eit of for t t h h i e s a I t: i i c t ieg y rut f ea o li r inte t a h au e tim i e : riiltrif 0:1,1:0010, b c e o u A p n u i t i t ry n P n it r d y s :p r but it does not appear whether this tneaaore I t o vi: s N i r a c t bh i e w o a tnsseo t oi h nnsp a l ryp t ooef t vtr h o p ti g ., adopted towards those soldiers who may dc' erC , Oi lsi d fc i f o t 3 i r ir P :::: G ' P t . s r a r t o l l vi ' l ' b , i c t l hi h b ao si l , is y a d tt er o .e t g ph intended u ui year resort , Douro to purchase their wine. Ai ta", , Two gun-boats, fitted out in this river, ail" -e :ell'• fishing-boats along the coast, they are to br iP° l lia' j i ' the Foe, and land their cargoes there. Aye ' S' i 0 1 : anchored outside with a welcome 'nforceoto 0 Frenchmen. This will more than cover 0 0r „ ii c i°, other day, which notwithstanding the state °3- 01e ° official report, was really upwards of 130 WS' - he e cea c t. h yn o on l ye_ere a dl n e o o l s oo od e ;_ , ol , 3 ,, si.. e. wounded. thoseftoos vt,.. Ar d; , rio The squadron of Donna M ar i a has at 1;0' 4 0 appearance, and is now cruising outside t fr i g consists of the frigates Don Pedro, Rain M , t , Con s it gal, and Donna Maria Second, the corve t te rib e ,i(l Lion, brig Villa Flor, and schooner ifber i a . the 'of named vessel was dismantled and scuttle] l uct iart 1 0; Douro about a month since, to avoid de' tf c od to ,tulie he the enemy's batteries. It being, however, o , e r,t she would be of some use if united to the long Y; indifferently r i gge d, too k i n prov i s i o ns, he r 00 0 0 gun and am mun i t i on , an d b ecame re adY to 1111/4 srif.t; escape, wind and w eat h er perm i t ti n g, r bte rd e f )' All this was observed from the other ei g t rt consequence, at a b ou t 5 o ' c l oc k i n the OrPnari e: et 16th, the Alig ue lit es pl ante d a fi e ld-piece a - , sure constructed on the br o w o f a n adn- t 0 rock, on the south margi n o f th e r i ve r oppo" , s hot ,' from whence they di sc h arge d upwar ds of 3u plae ll ;P vessel, and succ ee ded in str iki ng h e r in tb e `_ - re lfe d e , without doing material mischief. This Torreo rdusreieefor;rll se b 3fr y feec t t h ytu e : b il a y tte s r l i e e n s ce o d f the Cone one flue.go an s d h t u h r e ilyairted 001.0" a tpe silently to etn b i l e t yl a t t e sid : teou p wei o ig i eh a mt r t, i and a famous artilleryman at the former nn e o d st l , it? sshots oQuit directly wa s r removed v t e h d e a littl enemy's ehig e h m er b r u a p su t r o e w , l y lecy nh o ure t t i inv t deu o i rsn f ,ed, l i t eva a l en : el oi : v e 4; w rwa a soh y f a,,titoaa was rigs e r : e o:o — v;the ege ts Moot o v oicii::: 1! ), she had passed the Cabadello Point, when dons cheers for Donna Maria and the ` 11 :/sbed j , Charter announced her departure, and just then catching a slight easterly breeze' oer toff guelite batteries near the mouth of the r; re cly I poured forth a h eavy di sc h arge o f s h o t and 7 go, which a midshipman of the name of Marsha r and two seamen wounded. , t eat f 1 Paymaster- G e n era l o f t h e N avy , Sap ..° ra thee last night, taking with hi m 1'5,000 milreal , t' tt i of the seamen of the fleet. c We have had no military operations sin e ot,l desertions from the enemy are on the increas e o ' o e o f, affair of 111,,nte Cabello 51 Mtguelites have gO a lel, us, and /5 of our men have decamped de ri- pe le t ot°, period. This fact proves the hostile army ° et : to o ast dispirited condition, as the numbers who t hrif e / bear but a small proportion to those who to" e it hoa lf V to their own homes in the rear ; therefor e, S oes'ette, losses of th a t d escr i pt i on are k nown , thei ll . t c 4 hee itt guessed at. Indeed the situation of men in i , u te fUg e fortable, who can, as a mater of c hoice, ta r ' e ga ice. city suffering all the privations of war an d la ,off ,f3 pri ° During the list two nights large qu antitie clin e in no de s have been landed, but notwithstanding vol have token place ; on the contrary, 11 " e" „ e l in 'n' night since was sel:ing at 19 milreas per 1 7' 150 ded 'j o lt was sold yesterday at 24 milreas, soon 0 5 _ i ti fte. o o sea coast. Now that no supplies whatever rovei,,ioMol. interior of the country, the absorption of P. °jell city appears to be immense. Fresh bee' t he r e about 23d. per lb., a price entirely beyond nine-tenths of the population. r rire a 'O 4 The London M erc h an t steatn-v ea sel w og e v i i river late yesterday a f ternoon , front Op?re(a, " ci b r iq e _ i iol; from thence on th e mor ning of the 23d,thsen Coas ti: b y i ligence, on the whole, favourable t O u _ ap pear 10 14 ? cause. The differences with Sartori° 1. The been adjusted in a satisfactory man7 r his cq uae l air A , • ied o w p as or a to t raonic,hiaoter,ad,waintldi had d e %bvel:anlejo°ll, though v t , 13 1 : t t h h o e g battet i e s :ohi p ot n rd s 0 1) , e : et : i g l u : e f t ; s sustaining ct' oor some wi r damage, l ia d to that the w iv ,:eP pay for the fleet should be f o rt d lico f t or i that P -r i portion of the trea-ure destine re, de „ u te , arrived. An officer was on shi t ;, rG e ve u r' • J s M a a r r t t o i r u iius,,oafudLhouadlegihvaedu aboeuenranpocaneabnoa_ to Admiral, and in communication re I . inten y t his e ery It seems, however, to Itsve been e recommence active service until the contrived,s, resspecting the fulfilment of the clotrns 4 ;. - Se' , po rtol LAl i , s 1 I 1;