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put, tik f6." or- fit portbands h • d s .to the way proposed by the introduction of the V ise w oun lo t h had been alluded to in this clause. insieuatic MELBOURNE observed, with reference to some Noble and taunts thrown out in a fcrmer debate by a very ' a r l , and which were s a id to have been delivered in a cool nd calm manner, that when taunts and insinuations of a hitterthey Fete and sharp nature were delivered calmly and coolly, not more Probably not less severely felt, and, perhaps, were fron;ovie. creditable to the character and feeling of the quarter bee n , e ! e ll they issued, than they would have been had they ear, d with warmth, and under excitement.—(Hear, nant 0 ),In his opinion they ought to give to the Lord Lieute r , Ireland a power that would enable him to make such feergeoei.ations as were necessary for the proper government of the th e e Whether the words proposed would in any way affect bea ourts of justice, was a matter not yet decided—( Hear, I ,,b, r _?--_h . ut it was not meant in this Act to establish a power tiet lc h n a did not before exist. He apprehended the clause could x:lre the effect of controlling the common law, that it f e e v i. e uasit , Tcoeu.ll (have the effect as against the decisions of Courts Hear, hear.) Taking this view of the subject, he shoe not a very strong desire to contend for the words, and th e Le'jrdid not object to their omission if it was not to deny to o f Lthe forcLei,eutenant the power necessary for the government !ord ABINGER said the Bill would give a most extrava banlat,amount of power to the Lord-Lieutenant • it would en_ v„: him to arrest the execution of a writ of rebellion, which atteh a power not possessed by the King himself. If a Bill with k ons a s initpose avowed, were brought into the House of Corn / ' he was sure it w ou ld be r e jected. welt-7d D ACRE recommended that t h e C omm i ttee s h ou ld hi Veit the whole of the words objected to, but only those had been t h e su bj ect o f remar k b y t h e N o bl e and 11.. late „V'ed Lord —namely, " or any duties imposed upon them Th the clause Earl of RIPON strong l y o bj ecte d to t h e re t en ti on i n of words capable of so wide and dangerous an in -9lretation 1.41142_, In ELLENBOROUGH said no such words were to be n the rules and regulations of the Metropolitan police ""' e force which had fully succeeded; and he hoped they a n ii, Q not be retained in this Bill. tell fter a few words froin Lord Cloncurry, the Lord Chan_ acie ort Lord Holland, an d L or d Wy n f or d, the a mendment was P t ed Cl„ ; and the clause, as amended, was then agreed to. , se 5 havi ng b een propos ed, Lord ELLENBOROUGH saw no necessity for ,appoint col such a number of county inspectors as two to three of the t o b lbes, and o ne t o eac h o f th e o th er count i es . I t appeared ditie ln that it was g i v i ng to t h e G overnment an immense ad auk 11 of patronage, without any corresponding beneficial re • i to the public. He thought that four county inspectors ~i bu ld be quite adequate to the effective inspection of the °lO police force in Ireland, each taking a district of so man y ▪ ti counties under his care.—( Hear, hear.) He also should i l egest, that if the half-pay officers, who it was contemplated th ° " fill the office of inspectors, were to be allowed to retain o e 4 ir h f pay, a salary of 230/. per annum, with the additional f a -year for forage, would bequite a sufficient remuneration t c, h e most efficient services, instead of the proposed 500/. " eer •—( Hear hear.) He should move, as an amendment og th e elause, that " the Lord-Lieutenant be empowered to 4 Ppoi t it four county inspectors of police for Ireland." The Noblethe y Lord's amendment embraced some further details, but 2 ,,, e Y Were not distinctly heard in the gallery ; indeed the ° * eat er part of the discussion on these clauses was in such a ; 4 , w ersational tone as to render anything like a full report of Im practicable. wON, A fter (to us ) a t o t a lly i n audible remark from Lord DUN across the table, the clause so amended was Iu DUN weed to the 6th clause, The Duke of WELLINGTON objected to so great a onlber as f orty-two paymasters; an d we un d ers t oo d th a t th e J„,eotion was admitted and acted upon by Lord Duncannon. T . r ihe c l ause was then agreed to ; as were clauses 7 and 8 . / I. clause 9 being moved, 0 ,. 1 ° 0 Earl of RODEN objected to placing such extensive ' - 'ers in the hands of a single individual, under this clause. re Lord ELLE NB OROUG El t h oug h t t h e a pp o i n tment might h ill ain, as in the Bill, in the hands of Government ; but that e "tent of the appointments should be limited to one chief e n ;n B table, an d one h un d re d cons t a bl es a nd sub-constables for eac h county o f a c ity an d cou nty of a town, to be appointed :bout th e i ntervent i on o f t h ree magistrates, a; necessary at ;P e nt ; and the Noble Lord move d an amendment to that —ect, which was agreed to ; and the clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. b e lle clauses u p t o 24 were severally agreed to, after a num rrsof verb a l a lt era ti ons had been introduced into them. un clause 25 being put, by which the Lord-lieutenant was t'Ythorised to appoint resident magistrates in counties and coun ties of towns, Lord ELLENBOROUGH had formerly objected to the t2Wer which he thought was intended to be given to the Lord , e ntenant by this clause, which he conceived might super ,Zile th e aut h or i ty o f t h e l oca l ma gistrates, as four magistrates a - ght be appointed to each county, and two to each county of f ag or town. He understood, in the first instance , that i t th e statement intended t o fill up the whole number, but lie found from statement of the Noble Viscount, that the number of ma • trates so appointed was to he limited to twenty. He also sho uld to the limitation, and would suggest that the n umber not be limited ; that there should be a proviso to the cla use hy which it was directed that in every appointment of such magistrate the grounds of it should be stated , and t h e --Acme,, of t h e mag i s t ra t e p u blished in the Gazette. Viscount DUNCANNON had no objection to adopt the Provis o of the Noble Lord. After a few remarks from the Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE, the P4 a,:iso was added to the clause, which was then agreed to. he remaining clauses, to the end of the Bill, were seve :Y put and agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report "as ordered to be received on Friday next. Adjourned at half-past Ten o'clock. THE SOUSE OF LORDS SWAMPED. —ln consequence of the t h rn ost unprecedented height to which the tide rose yesterday , e "louse or Lords was nearly surrounded with water. Many persons in the gallery, when they saw the waters dashing mast the side of the House, and almost reaching the win -1,1:., looked upon it as ominous of the tide of public opinion, I ,l eY seems to rise higher every day against the pro the'ings of their Lordships' House. At the present i t Nent, the coincidence must strike every body. The t t Y, }l , t Reverend Peers in particular, who—from their si kb"oll in the House must, if the rush of waters be too ° ,. n g to be resisted by the walls of the House—be the pi` to suffer from it, cannot have felt over comfortable in their %les. They would have but a poor chance of floating either h i o `ge waters of the Thames, or on the stream of public opi -4414. Let us hope that their Lordships, both clerical and ip_Aoral, will look upon the rise of the waters as a sign, and -41diately proceed to put their House in order. 'e C. mtitutionnel says ---,6 We learn with regret tha t th e Government unfortunately persists in the measure it talonoPted against the Poles who signed the Act o f Confede - Eigh - teen of those noble exiles will set out directly for T i l l a giand, two for Switzerland, and five for the Departments. e rest have their residences in the provinces, and were only to Path." ESCAPES.—The authorities of St. An ef have deposited fire escapes in different parts 1 4 Parish, in little wooden buildings erected for them, simi t° h atcboxes, the keys of which are . kept by the Police on Al it j lll the district, so as to be easily available in case of E ger, 41 R BISHOP OF LEON.—On the day after his ernt t, th e Bi shop of L eon was con d uc ted by the gen-d'armerie , the Hotel Richelieu to the office of the Prefect of the o ull‘de, W h ere M . B art h ez i n t er rogated him on the subjects, tl n tt w details of which we are igncrant. It is only known 4, to a series o f questions, more or less urgent, the Prelate of the fit to reply only in these words •.—" I am the: Bishop L e 9Nthe friend and counsellor of his Majesty Charles er r e „ rit , appeared much affected by the intell i g ence of the of his cha p lain, who was detained at the Hotel de -" 11 ne e.--.Prt rich Paper. la i ed, at Cliffe Pipard, Mrs. Rebecca Stiles , widow , "'e 92d y ear o f h er age. It is a remarkable fact, that a t win ste o, r sun ives y her • ti• •at young Englishman, named Wilson, died suddenly an d . ePpe, on the nht of Tuesday last. He was an engineer, mad arrived by ig the diligence from Paris a day or two pre kitThe rai n i ng di str i cts o f N or thumberland, Durham, Cu mberland con ti nue i n a state of great prosperity , lead th e - r g; now thirty pounds per ton, with every prospect of a fur atnerease in price. It is but a short time since that the tae article stood at eleven pounds per ton. In one day last ki t. : l _. upwards of two thousand pieces of lead came down the a tt i e 'teo and Darlington Railway for shipment in the Tees, kiitt_airnilar activity prevails on the Newcastle and Carlisle - Ir a Y -- -Nezocastle Journal. 4-OEsT R , T 3 .1 4 .11 if IJCrioN OF THE PYRAMIDS.—The .t. c 'ttle; e had not done enough already for immortality, has given I.4, l 2 e tliat one of the pyramids of Geese shall be pulled want in, to to fnrnish stones for the Barage. This enly , was fi fired of 1 .? consummate his glory. The fame of him who re of ~,.Phesian dome" will sink into obscurity before the lustre AirB achievement. Old Cheops must yield to Mehemet A or i d n e who has stood on the rock of ages, the wonder of the ' W ho has seen barbarism and civilization alike respect . lof t y Must at length give way to the spirit of thrift, and bow his iett er b ,ead at the foot of this modern Attilla.—Extract of a i,J r( mi Egypt of March 4. li E the Princes FRENCH PRINCES,.—The titles under which th e 6 . oces are to travel are not decided upon ; but it is said tik ,.e of Orleans is to bear that of Count d'Eu, and the ‘lere lt - ' 3 ! Nemours that of Count de Penthievre. All the tee n ° Th ai is minutely arranged. The police of Paris has correspondence with the authorities of Germany, 1 „: 41. " . the strictest vigilance. The Princes will occasionally o hw the blue riband, and the insignia of the Order of the Holy th e i r `, unless the several foreign sovereigns confer upon them Aill ( 2rders, as unquest i ona bl y t h ey w ill , i n wh i ch case courtesy N cea rrequire that th e y be worn. The Duke of O r leans will 1)4 t,he uniform of a French Lieutenant-General, and the A iu'e Nemours that of Colonel 'of Lancers.—Paris Paper. E~yELOQUENCE.—Speaking of Military .7 1 ", says L as C ases i n his Memoirs of Napoleon, the t he ' e .rem said, " When in the heat of battle, passing along the 4 1 , 1 4 1 used to exclaim, Soldiers unfurl your banners, the mo theo.l 1 / 4 °!lle I' our Fr enc hmen absolutely wept for joy. I saw sib ie ,l,eultinly a hundred fold. 1 then thought nothing impos of calls to mind a similar expression of the Duke 0 ,„, e1 " , 11",t0ri in his recent examination before the Military liCteissioners ; w h en spea ki n g of the discipline of the Lng •alwaatllly under hi: command in the Peninsula, he said, " 4 4, Y s 4, ought that could have gone anywhere a nd done an y 9 with that army."l EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TIDE. For many years past the effect of the spring tides has not been so much felt in the neighbourhood of Northum berland -street, Scotland-yard, Palace-yard, and along Mill bank, as in the course of yesterday ; the stables, right and left., from the end of Northumberland-street, were completely flooded, but providentially the horses were removed before any injury Ives done them. The back entrance to the Po lice-office in Great Scotland-yard, as well as the office itself, was also filled with water, and the space on which the Court of Review (formerly the Star Chamber) stood was flooded several feet inwards from the bank of the river. The water was also seen flowing along the right-hand side of the Painted Chamber, now used as the . House of Lords ; and we understand that many of the vaults and cellars which are situated under the range of the old House are considerably flooded. The extreme coldness of the day did not prevent the visit of many spectators to witness this unusual sight ; and we heard several respectable persons say that since the year 1795 or 6, when persons were taken in boats from the end of Westminster Hall to the Courts which were then placed at the further end, they have never recollected so high a tide as the present. The injuries and inconveniences which it must produce, parti cularly along the Surrey side of the river, can scarcely be calculated, as whole streets are rendered almost impassable. Several of the shops in Millbank were filled as high as the counters, and the lower ends of Market and Vine-streets were covered over for nearly a foot deep. Should the wind continue to blow from its present quarter the accidents and damage which may be done during the night will be very severely felt. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. We have been again visited with one of those severe gales which have become so frequent latterly in our isle. Since Friday it has been blowing very bard from the N.E., and the cold, particularly at night, has been intense. The weather during the last two days and nights has more re sembled that which we used to experience in the early part of March, and the character of May has been entirely changed. On Sunday, with the exception of a few minutes of sunshine at noon, the blasts were so piercing that pedes trians were either compelled to resume their winter clothing or to return home and ensconce themselves by their own firesides. In the evening the storm had so increased that the suburban walks were almost impassable from the clouds of dust occasionally flying about, and either blinding the passengers or directing them into places of shelter. On the northern roads the dust was very annoying, and the mails and coaches were frequently enveloped in clouds of fine road sand, making it a work of the greatest difficulty for the drivers to guide their horses. The river all day was like a rough sea, and barges and boats could scarcely live on it. Several were capsized and stowed in, and their cargoes lost. A waterman rowing a young man over in his skiff from Limehouse to Deptford was unfortunately driven against the mooring-chain of a ship, the skiff was upset, and both went down before any assistance was rendered. In the afternoon, about three o'clock, four boys were im prudently entrusted with a boat, and were rowing down the river from Vauxhall, when the tide drove them athwart the barges moored off the Penetentiary at Millbank, and they were all immersed in the stream. Assistance was im mediately rendered, and three of the youths were saved by the Thames Police and others, but the fourth, a youth aged 18, whose parents reside in New-street, Gray's Inn road, met with a watery grave. At night the gale increased to a perfect hurricane, and during the whole night the storm raged with the greatest fury. Its effects were visible yes terday morning, both on land and water, and in the great number of houses unroofed, chimney tops blown down, outhouses destroyed, and ships which had been driven from their moorings and damaged. The nursery gardens and plantations in the vicinity of the metropolis have experienced great injury, and the accounts from all quarters speak of the disastrous effects of the gale, particu larly on the coast, and the next intelligence at Lloyd's is looked forward to with much anxiety and trem bling. The steamers expected yesterday, however, arrived in due course, and among them was the Royal Adelaide Scotch steam-ship, from Leith, which rode out the storm in safety, without a plank being injured, and she was safely moored at St. Katharine's Wharf at two. The small steamers proceeding downwards to Greenwich, Woolwich, and Gravesend, made rather long passages, for the flood tide and the high winds converted the river into a rapid current, and the northerly gales having blown the water up the Channel, the tide in the afternoon rose to a most ex traordinary height, and overflowed the banks of the river. The lower parts of Blackwell, Limehouse, Shadwell, Wapping, and Westminster, on the Middlesex shore, and Deptford, I3ankside, Lambeth, and Vauxhall, on the Sur rey side, were under water for upwards of an hour. In High-street, Wapping, from Wapping New Stairs to Exe cution Dock, the water was from three to four feet in depth, and, washing into the cellars, shops, warehouses, granaries, and floors level with the street, has destroyed much valuable property, and damaged flour and other pe rishable articles to a serious extent. The tide flowed until fifteen minutes past three o'clock, forty minutes later than was set down in the tide tables. At that time Bankside from St. Saviour's church to Holland-street, near Blackfriars-road, was impassable, and the flood carried everything before it, and rushing down the narrow streets and alleys leading to Park-street and other parts of Southwark entered the humble dwellings of the lower classes, breaking away doors, setting ting their furniture afloat, and compelling the inmates to retreat into the upper floors until the tide ebbed. The Tower wharf was overflowed, a circumstance which has not happened for many years, but it may give some idea of the unusual height of yesterday's tide, which was so rapid as to carry away various embankments and in undate houses and fields nn the banks of the Thames, which had never been visited by the water. A great many poor individuals in the lower parts of Lambeth have had all their little property washed away by the sudden irruption of the river, and a good deal of the market garden ground in the neighbourhood of Fulham and Battersea has been laid under water. As these in undations do not happen seldom, and have been attended occasionally with very disastrous effects, particularly since the removal of the Old London Bridge, it is a matter of astonishmeat that the City Authorities, the Water men's Company;and the owners of wharfs and property on the banks of the river have not attended more particularly to the security of the embankments. The encroachments of the high tides could be effectually guarded against in many places on both shores if the banks were raised and the stairs and public plying places made a few feet higher. The wind moderated in some degree in the evening of yes terday, though it still continued to blow rather fresh, and should the breeze continue from the same quarter we may expect another and much higher tide this. morning at three o'clock. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoner, hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard, at the Court-house, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn-fields on FRIDAY, May 6, 1836, at Nine o' Clock in the Forenoon. Clay, J., Great Ealing, Middlesex, glove-manufacturer. Birch, T., Northumberland-street, Marylebone, servant. Davis, J., Three Colts-street, Limehouse, foreman. Lewis, R. 8., Coventry-street, Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green, a deputy-assistant elder in the tea department in the Hon. East India Company's Service. Rutter, J., Mill-lane, Tooley-street, Southwark, dealer in hops. Kirby, C. T., Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, hosier, Rogers, G. 8., Jewin-court, Jewin-street, City. Turner, R., High-street, Croydon, Surrey, grocer. Barker, J., Newton-terrace, Kennington, commercial traveller. Ayerst, E., Deverell-street, New Kent-road, Custom-house agent. Walker, W., Billericay, Essex, linen-draper. Cox, G., Copenhagen-street, Whita Conduit-fields, butcher. Adjourned Case from the 9th of April, 1836. Hill, R., Dighy Brewery, Clifton-street, Margate, brewer. On MONDAY, May 9.—Same Hour and Place. Reeve, A. P., Barwell-court, Hook, Surrey, gentleman. Newman, M. Judd-place West, Middlesex, widow. Stevens, J. 8., Bird-street, West-square, Lambeth, carpenter. Richards, J., James-street, Covent-garden, dealer in hay. Davies, J., Bear-street, Leicester-square, victualler. Gray, G., Robert-street, Grosvenor-square, victualler. Steel, C., Ladbroke-grove, Notting. hill, Middlesex, baker. Warne, T., Holloway-terrace, Holloway, dyer. Stanton, J., Upper Ebury-street, Pimlico, agent. Lara, P. J., White Horse-street, Stepney, pastrycook. Grimsdale, J., Upper Whitecross-street, potatoe-dealer. Jordan, P., Lawrence Pountney-lane, City, chemist. On TUESDAY, May Io.—Same Hour and Place. Brodie, G., Gloucester-street, Queen-square, upholsterer. Fox, A., Sidmouth-place, Gray's Inn-road, engraver. Carr, J., Nutford-place, Edgeware-road, fishmonger. Bryant, 1., Highgate and Herne Bay, builder. Randell, C., Colchester, Essex, coach-proprietor. Goldsmid, L. P., Park-place, Kegent's.park, comedian. Richardson, J., Feltwell, Norfolk, millwright. Sizer, M., Camden-gardens, St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, shoe. maker. Norwood, M., Peacock-place, Bethnal-green-road, painter. Wright, J., Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, sempstress. Wright, G., Feltwell, Norfolk, millwright. Watkins, C., Spectacle-alley, Whitechapel, butcher. Extract of a letter of the 23d ult. from Bayonne : " A loud cannonade has been heard for 24 hours in the direc tion of St. Sebastian, but nothing is known of its cause. It was asserted that General Evans had been interrupted by the Carlists in his attempt to restore the bridge of St. Francis, on the road to the Passage, and that the Carlists, having been op posed by the istillery, had been forced to retire. Others arm that a sortie had been made by Evans and th e c hapelgorris to destroy the Carlist batteries, and that th e y h a d succ eeded in their * object. The truth of this, however, is doubted. A skirmish is reported to have taken place at L a ld uen d o , near Salvatierra, between the Christinos coming fr om Vitt o ria and two companies of the Carlist infantry. The latter, being sup ported by two squadrons of cavalry, drove the Christinos back into Vittoria." HEAVY FALL OF SNow.—On Friday morning, between two and three o'clock, the metropolis was visited by a heavy fall of snow, which continued to come down fors Jine time. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1836. MADRID. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MADRID, APRS. 23.—Since the easy capture of Lequeitie, the Cal.lists have directed their attention principally to Portugalette and Bilboa, places before which they have often been defeated, and that will not now so easily fall a prey to them. The steamer Isabel H. left Santander on the 19th, with 120 British marines of his Majesty's ship Castor, car ryine; with them four pieces of cannon, viz., two 32-poun ders, and two of 24, to garrison the Convent del Derierto, in the vicinity of Bilboa ; and on the evening of the 18th, 100 artillery-men, and 40 marines of the same frigate, sailed for the same destination i❑ the Reyna Gobernadora, all anxious to avenge the British blood spilt by the atro cious Carlists. The Chapelgorris battalion, now under the command of a British Colonel, entered Santander on the 19th. It is dressed in scarlet jackets, and highly prized by General Evans, who reviewed it previous to its embar kation on board the James Watt steamer, accompanied to the quay by a large portion of the population, notwith standing the shower that fell. Clothing, provisions, field artillery, bombs, grenades, &c., were embarked all day (the 18th), on board of different vessels, which immedi ately set sail. General Evans arrived on the 17th at Santander, the staff headed by Brigadier Iriarte, the Civil Governor, the officers of different corps, such as those of the Lancers and of the British Legion, and the Cantabrian free corps, the National Guard, &c., going out to meet him, as well as immense crowds. On arriving at the promenade of Isabel 11., he alighted from his carriage at ten in the morning, and entered the tow❑ on foot, amidst the cheering multitude. General Evans displayed at his inn the standard of the bat talion of National Guards which he commands. _ The engagement which took place on the 16th at Minano Mayor, between Colonel O'Donnell, commanding the regi ment of Gerona and one battalion of Castille, with double the number of Carlists under Villa Real, himself, proves the superiority of the Queen's troops, as one squadron of the sth Light Horse, formed only two years, and which had never been before the enemy, cut down the Carlist in fantry like cabbage-stalks. Eighteen hundred cavalry, from the vicinity of Madrid, are to march this day to the army. Among them is the regiment of Allwanzar, now of Castille, which, in 1823, escorted Ferdinand VII. to Seville. They are all newly clothed and equipped from top to toe. The rebels have evacuated Valencia and Lower Aragon, and are withdrawing to Catalonia. General Briton had pursued the factions of Mario, Seizeta, Grisot, and Lebu dera, through the mountains of Selma, and killed and taken a number of them. Colonel Nimbo, with the 6th brigade, had pUrsued the faction of Borges to Cartels, whilst Pepe del Oli was on the Soo, dispersed them, killing 70, without counting those who perished in the river, according to Mina's official re port ; and Brigadier Gurrea has chased the band of Or ten from Taleirs to the Dudes. At Corunna, Sir William Dillon, commanding his Majesty's ship Russell, of 74 guns, and the naval forces on that coast, on the 10th instant, gave to the Captain-Gen. Lutre, and the other authorities of the Queen, a grand dinner on board his ship, displaying the standards of• the Quadruple Alliance, and communicated the orders he re ceived from his Government to co-operate with the troops of her Majesty the Queen of Spain, at any point where it might be necessary. The rebel cavalry under Villaverde, which infested Galicia, had likewise been destroyed by Captain Don Fran cisco Buar, of the Provincial Regiment of Molltercy, their commander being among the number of the killed. The Bishop of Palencio is expected here from the prison of Burgos, to be tried for high treason : some say he has arrived already. You have heard no doubt that his friend the Most Rev. Father Albureo, Ex-Bishop of Leon, travelling through France with false passports, under the name of Morel, was discovered by the French police, and by a telegraphic dispatch, arrested in the vicinity of Bor deaux, and carried as a prisoner to that city. All his papers were seized, by which means important disclosures were expected, as he was on his way from London to Onate. M. Godinet, a banker, who failed some years ago at Paris, accompanied him. The Bishop had letters of credit on Messrs. Yuingo and Espeileta, of Bordeaux, who being great Liberals, and having largely subscribed to the armament in Spain, ref Used to call on him whilst in custody of the gens d'armes, but sent him the money he wanted on the strength of his letters of credit. His detention is deemed here the best proof of the sincerity of the French Government, which was called in question when the Pre tender, and afterwards Don Sebastian, were allowed to traverse all France unnoticed. The Morning Herald of the 9th inst., with an account of its Correspondent M. B. H.'s expulsion from Madrid, dated Lisbon, March 22, was received here a day or two ago. It is in so few hands that even the Ambassador can only by great favour procure a sight of it ; but probably we shall have a translation at least published, when I shall be able to remark the sort of impression it produces. The accounts I hear of it are not very favourable to the author's veracity—more of which hereafter. The Government proceeds triumphantly in both Cham bers ; the Peers have approved the Address without a single division, but not without some very aristocratical farces. THE ARMY. Major Copland, of the 2d Dragoon Guards, has arrived in London, on leave of absence from his regiment, in the garrison of Dublin. Major Tuite, of the 3d Light Dragoons, has joined at Cork, from leave of absence, and taken command of the squadron of his regiment stationed there. Major Lloyd, of the 73d, has joined at Birr, and assumed the command of the depot companies of that regiment, in suc cession to Major Hamilton, who is under orders to join the service companies at Corfu. The draft from the depot of the 83d, destined to join the service companies of that regiment, marched from Boyle on the 27th ult. for Dublin, whence it will proceed by steam conveyance to Cork, for embarkation for Nova Scotia. The depot companies of the 81st Regiment, under the com mand of Major Willcocks, marched from Fermoy on the 25th ult., for Clare Castle, in order to relieve the depot com panies of the 2d battalion 60th Rifles, which are under orders to proceed to Fermoy. Two companies, with the bead-quarters of the depot of the 88th Regiment, under the command of Major O'Hara, arrived at Nanagh on the 27th ult., from Charles' Fort, Kinsale, and relieved the depot companies of the 27th Regiment, which proceed on the same day, under the command of Major Mac lean, on the route to Charles' Fort. Major Dixon, of the Royal Engineers, has been appointed to the command of the Engineer department at Jamaica. Died at Demerara, on the 4th of March last, Captain J. W. Spellen, of the Royal Artillery, aged 47 years. Lieut. Robert Bolton, of the 13th Regiment, had a condi tional order for a criminal information granted against him Thursday in the Court of King's Bench, for calling a gentle man named Cooper " a d--d scoundrel." This unpleasant affair occurred during a day's coursing last season. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 30.—The 7th regiment will remove from this garaison to the King's House, Winchester, as soon as the 58th depot companies arrive from Plymouth ; and the depot of the 2d battalion of the Rifles from Jersey. The de pot of the 58th is ordered here from Plymouth. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.—On Saturday the committee of the whole Court assembled at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor in the chair, for the purpose of discussing the propositions for the reform of the municipal institutions of the city. Mr. Pritchard observed that as Sir Peter Laurie was not in his place to submit the motion of which he had given notice, that the Court of Aldermen should be continued as a separate Court, as he (Mr. Pritchard) should propose his in tended amendment in the form of an original motion. It was that the Court should, as a separate Court, be abolished, and that the power of its members, except as justices, should be in future exercised by the Courts of Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled. Sir Peter Laurie, who entered while Mr. Pritchard was commenting upon his motion, contended that the members present, consisting of twenty-six Common Councilmen and three Aldermen, were not competent to decide upon so important a question as that before the Committee. After a long discussion, in which the Lord Mayor, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Prior, Mr. Galloway, Mr. Heppell, Alderman 'enables, Sir C. Hunter, and other gentlemen, bore part, the following amendment was ultimately carried :—" That the Court of Aldermen should be continued as a separate Court, but that for the future the whole of the City cash should be under the control, and expended only, by the authority of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Council assembled." TRADE.—If we could possibly persuade ourselves that all is gold that glitters at present, we could say at once —without reference to " the oldest man living "—never was there a palmier period in the manufacturing and commercial history of Britain. For years the store-master was cased in velvet, while his neighbour in the valley was out at elbows, or something like it; and it is only of late that continued elas ticity in the commercial world, in connection, very possibly, with other causes, has brought re-action to the door of the arable farmer. That his prospects have mended greatly, if not his fortune, we at once admit ; and looking a few mqths back, numerous contrasts might be pointed out bearing, at least, some resemblance to those which, at the close of an iron winter, precede and follow a tropical spring.—Duniffies Courier. EGYPT.—An e3timate of Mehemet Ali's regular force showed that in Egypt he had 27,700, in .Sunhar and Kordofan 6,300, in Syria 47,200, in Candia 6,300, and in fled jas and Yemen 12,900 men, making in all 100,400 men. The whole of his irregular force consisted of cavalry, including ad venturers of every tribe, chiefly Bedouins. This body, amoun ting to 13,450 men, was remarkably daring, and all tho roughly trained. His navy consisted of eight vessels of 110 guns, three others on the stocks, four line-cf-battle ships of 102, 90, and 54 guns, five frigates of from 60 to 50 guns each, one frigate on the stocks, five corvettes of from 20 to 24 guns each, 9 brigs of from 22 to 10 guns, and one cut ter of 10 guns, makki on the whole 36 vessels of war. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Leiningen, with her Royal Highness's suite, were present at the performance at Covent-garden Theatre yesterday evening. The Landgravine of Hesse Holmberg and Prince Ernest of Ilesse Philippsthal dined with the Princess Augusta on Sun day. The two Princesses afterwards visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house. The Duke of Cumberland returned to town yesterday, from his residence at Kew. —.—..— On Saturday Moulvee Mahomed Ismael Khan, Ambassa dor from his Majesty the King of Oude, accompanied by Cap tain Melville Grindley, had the honour of an audience at Kensington-palace, of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, who were graciously pleased to present to his Excellency engravings from their Royal Highness's portraits, by George Hayter, and the autograph of her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria. Lady George Murray, and the Miss Fitzwygrams, had the honour of visiting the Landgravine of Hesse Homberg yester day at St. James's Palace. _ Messrs. Dyneley, Ingledew, Abbott, and Capes, from Doctors' Commons, had an interview yesterday with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer and the Chairman of the Commis • sioners of Stamps in Downing-street. A Cabinet Council was held at 12 o'clock yesterday, at the Foreign-office, which was attended by all the members of the Cabinet. The Council broke up at three o'clock. Sir Coutts Trotter and Mr. Smith had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Despatches for the Marquis of Sligo, Governor of Jamaica, were sent off last evening from the Colonial office. Sir C. Lemon and Mr. Pendarvis visited the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. Madame Malibran's re-appearance in her favourite character of Amine, in La Sonnanzbula, drew a great crowd to this theatre last night. Her reception was enthusiastic in the ex treme. On her entry, she was prevented for some minutes from going on with her part by the acclamations which rung from every part of the house ; and during the whole piece, the beautiful traits of nature and feeling in her acting, and of finish and expression in her singing, were received with in cessant plaudits. She certainly renders the part of " The Sleepwalker" one of the most fascinating things on the stage. She makes the character a Juliet in the guise of a village girl ; equally full of devotedlove to her bethrothed, and equally unreserved and ardent, but equally simple and innocent, in her expression of it. It is impossible to see the scene of her evening inter*w with her lover, without being reminded of' Shakspeare's " I have forgot why I did call thee back." The last scene of all, in which, in her sleep, she makes her perilous descent from the top of the house, and comes upon the stage, singing unconsciously snatches of melody in dicative of the state of her mind, is a triumph of dramatic and vocal art ; and her delirious joy, when, on waking, she finds herself at once restored to good fame and happiness, produced a sympathetic effect on the audience. This character alone is sufficient to raise Madame Malibran to the highest rank as an actress ; and indeed the transcendant / beauties of her acting, throughout the whole of it, make the musical part of her per formance a secondary object. The music of the opera, though pretty, is not dramatic ; and some of the airs which Malibran has to sing, in situations of great interest, are so long and mo notonous, that they stop the current of the action, and render it impossible for the actress to support the tone of passion which the situation requires. Her finest traits of genius are exhibited in the course of ordinary dialogue—although the dia logue is flat and meagre enough. The whole effect of the piece depends on the single character of Amina. Her lover, Elvino, is a most insipid personage—mean, selfish, and unfeel ing ; ar k d one is.apt to wonder that a creature like Amina could love such a stock. Templeton made as much of the part as it is capable of, and sang exceedingly well. There is no other character worth speaking of. From Ithe reception the piece met with, it is sure to have another run, which, for Malibran's sake, it deserves. ENGLISH OPERA HO USE. A new piece, from the pen, we believe, of Mr. Serle, and intitled The Witch's Son , " was produced at this theatre last night. The witch's son, Michael (Mr. Serie), is a person of an extreme sensibility, which is poignantly touched by the re miniscence of his mother having died at the faggot, for the supposed crime of inflicting crooked pins on her neighbours, and making their cows miscarry. Michael bears this in mind, especially against Squire Ardeley, who had been the prose cutor in the case. Rose Ardeley, however, the daughter of the Squire, wins his favour by her amiable, artless character, and subdues the desire of revenge on his part, as against her father. Not that he aspires to her hand ; on the contrary, he is devoted to a girl in his own humble rank of life. Rose Ardeley, on the other hand, has been deceived by a favourite of her father's, a young gallant, named Sir Philip Rankland (Mr. Heming), and she pines away under the consequent un happiness which she feels. She is supposed to be bewitched by Michael, and the suspicion against him on that score is heightened by the gossip of a rustic, Master Peter Porous, who is his rival in love. The consequence is, that Michael is doomed to the same fate as his mother, particularly upon the disappearance of Rose Ardeley, who has been carried off by Sir Philip. The participation of Master Peter, and a fellow droll of a village doctor in the progress of this plot, is anything but serious or pathetic. The result, however, is, that Michael, notwithstanding great devotion shown by his sweetheart to pro cure his freedom, is on the point of being put through a fiery ordeal, when Rose Ardeley effects her escape from her se ducer, exonerates our hero, and then dies of a broken heart— thus, by a sort of poetic justice, inflicting a retributive sorrow on the faggot-loving 'Squire. Michael is left thus in a fair way to wed his mistress, and Peter Porous is petrified with perturbation and prostration of all his hopes of connubial bliss. Mrs. Keeley performed the part of Rose Ardeley with that homely truth which made it thoroughly affecting. Mr. Serle, as usual, was sedately sorrowful, with a palpable consciousness of his own griefs. Oxberry rendered the part of Peter ex ceedingly droll, and saved the audience from an over indul gence in dolorous dumps. The whole piece, being balanced between the gay and grave, passed off with perfect success. Prince Esterhazy and his son have arrived at Paris on their way to England. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, and Miss Burdett, left Stratton-street at eight, p.m., on Saturday, for Dover, on their way to the Continent, where they are going on a short tour, intending to return the end of May. The dejeune given by her Grace before her departure was in honour of the debut of Miss Henrietta Beauclerk, daughter of the Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk. The additions and improvements made to the Mar quis of Hertford's Pagoda Villa, in the Regent's-park, are nearly complete. Towards the end of May his Lordship will commence his splendid parties in the house and grounds of that unique residence. Charles Mathews has added very much to the cele brity he previously acquired at the Olympic by his acting at Liverpool—he is a great favourite. After acting one fortnight, and having one of the greatest benefits ever known, he has been induced to remain there another week ; he then goes to Manchester, with the brightest prospect of a successful harvest. FRENCH PLAYS.—Madame Carmouche, with the design of increasing the already great attractions of her theatre, has just engaged another artiste, upon whose talents the public of Paris has expressed the warmest approbation. M. L'Hiere, who is known both as an author and as an excellent comic actor, will make his first appearance before a London audience on Friday next, in two pieces a travestissement, called Folbert and L'art de ne pas monter sa garde. He will also perform in the laughable vaudeville called La Sonnette de nuit, and Le Roi de Prusse, on which occasion M. Fabien Mars will lend his aid. Madame Dulcken's annual concert took place yes terday morning, in the Opera Concert-room ; her own per formances on the piano -forte were admirable, particularly Weber's celebrated Concert-stuck, which she played with the utmost brilliancy and great variety of expression. She was assisted by Grisi, Tamburini, Rubini, Lablache, Mrs. Bishop, Miss Novello, and Mr. Balfe, all of whom exerted themselves very successfully. De Beriot's solo on the violin was in his happiest style. The Concert was attended by a fashionable and overflowing audience, and the different performances, par ticularly those of Madame Dulcken herself, were warmly ap plauded. NEW COMPANIES.—No fewer than 119 new com panies have been started in London during the last year; of these 41 are mining companies; 85 for the establishment of railways: and 43 miscellaneous. The nominal capital is— mines, 2,894,0001. ; railways, 34,040,000/. ;_ miscellaneous, 19,811,0001. ; total, 56,845,0001.—Frazer's Literary Chron. DUssELDORF.—A grand musical festival will take place in this town on the evenings of the 22d and 23d of May. The first performance will comprise Mendelssohn's new oratorio of " Paul," and the second one of Handel's anthems ; an overture, not yet decided upon, but probably one of Men delssohn's ; a grand cantata, by Weber, composed on the jubilee of the late King of Saxony; and the celebrated choral symphony, No. 9, of Beethoven. This last is doubtless Mr. Mendels.sohn'S own selection ; for he is conductor of the music, although the general arrangement is in the hands of a committee. A ball will conclude the festival.—Musical THE CROPS.—We are glad to hear, that in spite of the inclement season, the crops generally are looking well. The flocks, however, have suffered from the cold, and from their low condition caused by the scanty pasturage of last year. —Kent Herald. The afternoon of Saturday last, the Norfolk, o Berwick, sailed for her season's fishing in Davis's Straits.— Berwick Advertiser. The cigars imported into France from the Havannah last year amounted in value to 6,660,000 fr. ! In 1831 the value r wa s on ly 3,484,000 fr. THE DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY'S BILL. —The rejection of this Bill seems to have given great satisfaction in Scotland generally, and particularly to those persons who are interested in the trade of the Clyde. The Dullfries Courier says, " Scotland is pressing forward in the career of improvement, however inferior to her elder sister (England) in the great elements of national en terprize—wealth and population." It is said to be .in contemplation to remove the po lice-Office, Hatton-garden, shortly, to a more commodious and convenient situation, at the corner of Christopher-street and Hatton-wall, Hatton-garden, and that soon the business will be performed (this being mere report) at the Middlesex Sessions House. The former premises are very spacious. It is said that the lease of the present establishment, which belongs to Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, has nearly expired. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS In the discussion which preceded the commitment of the Irish Constabulary Bill, the minds of their Lordships seemed filed with Mr. O'Connell to the exclusion of every other idea. That monomania should in so many individuals take the same direction is cer tainly singular enough. Poor Lord Londonderry dreaded lest Mr. Maurice O'Connell should receive an appointment in the police. But the public are suf ficiently acquainted with the R odens, the Winchilseas, the Londonderrys, to be surprised at nothing which escapes them. The most whimsical feature in the dis cussion was an attempt of Narcissus Wicklow to be fa cetious. His Lordship affected to be surprised that such a measure should have been brought forward, when he cast his eye upon the evidence given before the other House of Parliament a few years since, by one whose authority he did not respect, but which was of great weight with others. When asked by Lord Melbourne whose evidence was referred to, Lord Wicklow said— " The Noble Viscount asked him whose evidence he re ferred to ; he replied it was that of the Master of the Noble Viscount's Government. It was extraordinary that the Government which was decidedly under the influence of that individual should have brought forward such a measure as this. It was, too, so decidedly in opposition to the opi ni9n of that individual." This clumsy attempt reminds one of the German Baron, who having been discovered leaping over the chairs in his room, by which he made a terrible fracas, observed to the astonished intruders on his operations, "Je ore fais vif:" As their Lordships last year as signed as their reason for rejecting the Constabulary Bill, that it was sanctioned by Mr. O'Connell, Nar cissus, no doubt, thought that his surprise at Ministers proposing a Bill of which Mr. O'Connell must disap prove would be deemed a happy sally.' It was so clever, too, to have hit on the idea of calling Mr. O'Connell Lord Melbourne's master 1 In all this there is a mi serable poverty of intellect. Whose fault is it that Mr. O'Connell possesses the power which makes his support or opposition of so much consequence to any party ? The Tories have contrived to make them selves the objects of the hatred of the Irish people, and the abuse of Mr. O'Connell by that party only adds to his popularity. It was observed with much justice by Lord Melbourne— " If you mean to lay down the rule that no Government can obtain your confidence—that no Government can re ceive or calculate upon your support—that no Government can reckon upon your favour unless it prove itself to be de termined upon a bitter and inveterate opposition to the ma jority of the representatives of the Irish people—if a Govern ment being so is to be the mere condition—the condition precedent in order to obtain your support—then I say, that if so, you are not acting wisely, you are not acting pru dently, and you are not acting consistently with those who are continually holding forth language to the effect that they wish to cement the union between the two parts of the empire." So long as Lord Melbourne conducts the Govern ment on principles of equal justice to all classes in Ireland without reference to creed, he must command the support of Mr. O'Connell and the majority of the Irish representatives—in that. case they dare not aban don him ; and were he to conduct the Government on other principles, lie would neither deserve nor obtain their support. To charge Ministers with Mr. O'Con nell's support as a substantive crime is merely saying that it is a crime to intend well to Ireland, and that the only true principle of Government is that which aims at exciting disaffection in the governed. In the Committee the Bill experienced several alterations ; but we trust its efficiency has not been materially im paired.—Morning Chronicle. The Irish Municipal (falsely styled) Reform Bill is postponed for one day, but will certainly come on to morrow in the House of Lords' committee. There, we run no great risk in conjecturing, that the " instruc tion" which was moved by Lord Fitzgerald, and adopted by a large majority of their Lordships, will be enforced in practice, and the Bill made conformable to it. We rejoice at this. We glory in the frustration of hypocrisy and humbug. It delights us to see the noisy jackdaw stripped of his borrowed plumes—the would be representatives of a whole nation reduced to their proper size and shape—those who impudently claim to be " the people. of Ireland" withered by the breath of Parliament into an upstart, arrogant, and per secuting priesthood, haters of' all liberty of thought and action, envious of the rich, oppressors of the poor, conspirators against the State, and violators of the peace of society. The pretence of giving power to the " people of Ireland" by saddling an ass in every village, under the name of a " corporation," to be bestridden by the priest, is a more ludicrous pa radox than ever was imagined by Cervantes ; and this, too, in the face of what is notorious to the whole world—viz., that the people (meaning the Popish multitude) enjoy no freedom of will or conscience— that they dare not exercise any power which the law vests in them, but under the whip of those whose pur pose is to subvert the law, and that he who holds the keys of purgatory commands the " vote and interest" of the faithful. Nor is it on the strength of our own know ledge and reasoning only, that we have proceeded in our reprobation of this destructive measure for grinding down the Irish portion of the monarchy into so many hundred thousands of 5/. shares. We have the " peo ple" of Ireland"—those who deserve the title—with us. It is not above a fortnight since we stated, on good authority, that not merely the independent and loyal Protestants, but the middle class of Roman Catholics, of respectable character, were heartily sick of agita tion—were terrified at the fresh facilities which would be provided for it by this Bill, and were most anxious that Lord F. Egerton's, now Lord Fitzgerald's pro posal, should be substituted for that of Mr. Attorney- General O'Loghlen, and Ireland relieved from the disturbing force of an institution which has been al ready curtailed of all those of its attributes which im plied any power of legitimate action, and could in its meditated form exist for no uses but those of perennial insurrection. It has been said, indeed, that when so little is left in the nature of privilege or " function" to be exercised by the new Corporations, there is a sort of absurdity in the argument that what remains would be worth withholding. The absurdity is on the other side. They would be powerless for good, but strenuous for evil ; they could do nothing, but they couldclamour for everything, and keep the country in a perpetual fever. At the same time we refer to our Irish correspondence for testimony not offered on light grounds, that there exists at this moment no shadow of public feeling throughout Ireland in favour of the municipal nostrum of O'Connell. There is no outcry against Lord F. Egerton or the House of Peers ; there are no meet ings ; there are few, we believe no, petitions in its favour—no demonstration, not so much as a colourable suspicion, that any thing like a popular sentiment pre vails any where in support of a Bill described as of such infinite importance. That, if it should pass, it would become an immediate engine for the erection of a hundred foci of priestly intrigue and of rabble tur bulence at the selfish instigation of the priests, is tole rably manifest from the eagerness with which these pious men grasp at and pervert to their own objects the political privileges already enjoyed by the Roman Ca tholic electors.—Times. Even before the season has commenced, during which we have year after year been accustomed to hear of numerous and fatal accidents on the river, we already hear of its.crowded state between London-bridge and Deptford being such that boats are every day swamped and free passage unattainable for any kind of craft. If such be the case in the beginning of May, when, comparatively speaking, but few steamers have com menced their voyages, what may we not expect to hear of when these vessels are hourly forcing their way through the narrow channel, which already defies a common wherry to pass in safety. ? And yet, forsooth, t h ere i s what is called" a Navigation Committee ;" so named, as has been represented, from its innocence of all knowledge of the serious duties it takes in hand—a sort of limas a non lucendo, which delights in the tavern• far more than in the stream. If any one overwhelming proof were wanting of necessity of the reform in the Corporation of London, it would be found in the gross neglect, amounting to an indifference to human life, with which its powers and duties of con servancy over the river Thames have been executed. The very fact that a railroad should have been constructed to run by the side of the river, which ought to present the most safe and rapid conveyance from and to places on its banks, is a severe satire upon the sleepy g astronomics whose duty it is to have made and preserved it what it ought to be. But be this as it may, can Parliamen be justified in, year after year, themselves assembled on the banks of this very stream—can they be jus tified in witnessing such a state of dangerous obstruc tion as it has now so long exhibited, without so much as moving a tongue or a finger either to remely the evil themselves, or to infuse a little energy into the persons to whom we have already alluded ? Or are the public doomed again, in the course of a few month ;, to hear of swan-hopping and Courts of Conservancy, all ending in festive revels, while human life perhaps is sacrificed under the very tavern windows which wit ness these ill-timed and inappropriate festivities. 11:e two obvious evils are the crowded state of the Colliers' Pool, and the dangerous velocity 'of steamers. Of course the increased demand for coals in the port of London of late years must have greatly increased the number of coal-vessels arriving there ; but still, with a little management in those having authority, the deli very of those cargoes might, we apprehend, be so regu lated as not to amount, as it now does, to a complete blocking up of this public highway. Why should not the number of vessels admitted to lie in the Pool at one and the same time be regulated and defined ? Might not some of the overpius beyond this regulated number be admitted into one or more of the three Large docks ? Or, if this be impracticably, might it not be made imperative that none beyond a certain lumber be permitted to pass Black , ,vall or Greenwich Reach till others had returned? In short, where ;here was a will there would be found a way, and that not a very difficult one. With regard to steam-vessels, we have always felt convinced that the remedy for the mischief they produce can only be found in preventing, those at least of a certain size, from coming higher up the river than Blackwall. There may, and doubtless would, be a certain degree of inconvenience in this ; but not at the most to such an extent as to be for a moment put in comparison with the much worse than inconvenience which has now so long been permitted. —Morning Herald. The Irish Constabulary Force Bill, as it was sent by his Majesty's Ministers from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, was perhaps one of the most unconstitutional and tyrannical measures ever attempted by any Government in England. One night's discus sion, however, in the latter noble assembly of steady patriots, and of reflecting and enlightened statesmen, has sufficed to impart a new character to the Bill, and to transmute its oppressive, arbitrary, and insulting provisions into safe, wholesome, and unobjectionable enactments for the due maintenance of authority, the adequate enforcement of the law, and the general pre servation of the public peace in Ireland. A tolerably accurate notion of the nature of the measure as it was concocted by Ministers, and passed by the House of Commons, will be conveyed by a brief reference to the most important amendments which the House of Lords, in its deep anxiety for the public welfare, and its determination to defend the principles of the British Constitution from absurd, gratuitous, and reckless vio lation, has deemed it necessary to introduce into a Bill which must evidently have been framed in utter neglect and contempt of all such obsolete considerations. The clause to which the correcting powers of the House of-Lords were first applied would seem, from its very extravagance and absurdit7, to have been an oversight on the part of the fra:mers of the Bill. Yet is it by no means certain that the enact ment, which their Lordships thought it necessary to reform was not intentional and deliberate. It may fairly be called a sweeping clause, for, at one stroke of the Ministerial or O'Connell broom, it sweeps out of office all chief and other constables, officers, and other persons heretofore appointed in the Irish police force, without a single exception, and iiidependently of any direct interference of the executivelGovernment. This would have afforded a convenient opportunity, free from all impediment or obstruction, of remodelling the police force of Ireland, and giving it a character more consonant than it now enjoys to the wishes and objects of the Melbourne-O'Connell faction. The step too by which this advantage would have been obtained is too bold and rapid to have been ventured upon by the Noble Lords who constitute the visible Government of . Ireland. The temptation to smuggle such an enactment was therefore not incon siderable, and there is the stronger reason to suspect that smuggling was really intended, inasmuch as this is not, as we shall presently see, the only nor the most precious of the contraband wares contained in the ori ginal measure. The scheme, if scheme there were, proved, however, entirely abortive. The House adopted an amendment proposed by Lord Ellenbo rough, retaining all the officers and constables of the police in their present situations, unless individually ejected by the authority of the Lord Lieutenant. The next amendment of importance manifests, in a remark able manner, the disposition of Ministers to obtain un constitutional powers surreptitiously, as wall as the vi gilance of the House of Lords to detect, and its -firm ness to resist, all such unworthy enterprises. It will be recollected that the Court of Exche quer in Ireland has recently, in repeated instances, had eccasion to exercise the powers vested by the l'aw and Constitution in that Court, in common with the other superior Courts of law, to compel certain officers of police to lend their aid in executing process issued by the Court, and that by this display of legal power, previous and opposite instructions, publicly promulgated by order of the Lord Lieutenant and Chief Secretary, were counteracted and discredited. Now, in this Constabulary Bill, Government, it seems, contrived to introduce words which would have had the effect of divesting the Courts of Justice of the power of compelling the public force to assist in the execution of their writs and decrees, and would thus have surrendered the whole administration of the law to the uncontrouled will of Lord Mulgrave and Lord Morpeth, or, to speak, we fear, more correctly, of their task-master, Mr. O'Connell. The device was a cunning one, and was cunningly pursued ; but it was detected, and defeated, nevertheless. The words which would have left every Irishman's property and rights at the mercy of the conjoint authori ties of Dublin Castle and Derrivane Abbey, were ex punged. A more discreditable proceeding than that we have just mentioned was, we do not hesitate to say, never adopted by any Government. All that Minis ters, or their partisans could say in their defence was, that they did not mean to annul the powers of the King's Courts to enforce the execution of the law_ But it is plain and incontrovertible, that the words they introduced into the Bill would have had this effect ; and it is not very safe for the community that Ministers of State should be listened to, when they in substance confess that words which they have intro duced into a Bill laid before Parliament are words of which they did not know the legal import, and be permitted to vindicate their integrity at the ex pense of their understanding. Another feature of the measure as arbitrary, as unconstitutional, and as dangerous as any of the foregoing, was the unlimited power which it placed in the hands of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, of augment ing the number of officers and constables of the po lice force, at hi:, mere discretion, thus super seding the constitutional privilege and function of the House of Commons to determine the amount of expen diture in the several departments of the public service. The House of Lords has interposed its wisdom and au thority to protect the Lower House of Parliament from the meditated invasion of its rights and duties. Their Lirdslxips have introduced amendments into the Bill which restrict and qualify the boundless scope of au thority so prodigally and unconstitutionally gran ted to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by the measure as it was sent up from the Lower House of Parliament, andi have thus proved themselves to be more faithful guar dians of the public purse, and more vigilant protestors of the right of the Commons of England, than even the assembly to which these important offices are more especially supposed to belong. We need not further expose the miserab le and i g norant, th e cunning and fraudulent, attempt at legislation, out of which the House of Lords are proceeding to extract a good, ho nest, and useful measure. Our readers will recollect time period, and it is not a remote one, when such an daysit, a,e e ss a y,ye as seaeNL iberalism :Mini fsuffered, t s a t l er t s have ul v oy e l ts so sli►l the ght present such sott o• Post. present be overlooked or forgiven.—Morninnna o ccasion, exposure theon s , upprep would as e g )5 8 P A ' . in of ' O3 D ye do" etv A so 'fb ° out / be" verf i °( \