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.do nothing, while the other party would be at liberty to act as They pleased Could any one doubt that Mr. John slope was the author of the letter which had been published in his name? If there was no doubt on the subject, perhaps the Noble Lord opposite could vouch for the fact, and in that case it would nut be improper to order at once Mr. John Hope to attend the House. Lord BINNING was obliged to the Right Hon. Gentleman for pointing out a mode by which the course of proceeding could be shortened.. He (Lord Binning) had certainly not the smallest doubt that the letter in question had been written by Mr. J. Hope. Though unauthorised to say so by that Gentle man, he was perfectly convinced that,he would avow the letter at their har, and he hoped the House would be able to act on this statement. Mr. C. W. WYNN thought they had now only to make an order for the parties to attend the House on the earliest day that could be named. Mr. TIERNEY thought it would be proper to order their attendance on a day . to be fixed. After a few observations across the table from Mr. Brougham, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Ellice, it was ordered that Mr. Hope should attend at the Bar of the House to-mor row se'nnight. The CLERK then proceeded to read Mr. Menzies' letter. Mr. HUSKISSON said, that it appeared to him, if he un derstood the matter right, this letter only contained a complaint to the Editor of a Newspaper, for an injury which the writer considered himself to have experiened by the report of a speech said to have been delivered in that House. He could not sec how they were to prevent such complaints without leaving private reputation and private character in a situation of jeopardy, in which it was extremely desirable that it should not be left. Mr. TIERNEY thought it was impossible that any doubt should be entertained as to the nature of the papers. Let them see what was the state of the case. A speech had been published by those who made up very accurate reports of what passed in that House, upon which Mr. Menzies wrote a letter to the Honourable Member, and received his answer ; and then he proceeded to say, that those who reported the words'of the speech had stated that which was false. Now, he thought no man could contrive a mode which would be more -certain of leading to much unpleasant consequences. If this had not been the intention of the writer, why did he not at first apply to the Editor for the author of the report ; and if he was refused, then let him fall foul of the Editor, as much as he pleased. But he chose first to write a letter to the Hon. Mem ber, and to receive his answer, and then he wrote to the Editor, charging the au lor of the language contained in the Report, with deliberate falsehood. He asked if any man would doubt the intention in such a case ? There was a material diffbrence be twixt this and. Mr. Hope's letter. In Mr. Hope's, the object was not clearly and openly avowed. There was also a difficulty in this case which he did not see how they were to remedy.— There was no Hon. Member, as he understood, who could an .-saver for Mr. Menzies being the writer of the letter, as the Noble Lord had done in the case of Mr. Hope. The onl3 course which he could see was to have up the Editor of the Courier in order to prove the author. He was surprised that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite should cavil at the forms of the letter, when the application and meaning of its contents were so clear. Mr. lIUSKISSON disclaimed any intention to cavil at the papers before the House. What he meant to say was, that upon the letter to the Courier alone, he was not prepared to admit a breach of privilege. If so, they would establish, that no one could answer what was contained in the reports pub lished by Newspapers, without committing a breach of privi lege. Mr. TIERNEY did not mean to charge the Right Hon. Gentleman with any unworthy intention. He agreed with him that upon the part to which he had alluded + , if taken alone, they could not well proceed. But taken as a whole, the case admitted of no sort of doubt. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, it appeared to him, that the letter could not be c o ns id ere d as re fl ect i ng upon Mr. Abercromby, but that it applied to the report. The Clerk here read the letter. Mr. TIERNEY made some observation which we could not hear. Mr. HLTSKISSON was quite prepared to agree, that the publication, as a whole, was a libel, and the sooner the House proceeded with the inquiry the better; all he contended for was, that they should proceed with a due regard to consistency and to the maintenance of their dignity and character. Mr. COURTENAY thought it not the fair way of judging to take the letter alone, but to look at the whole of the corre spondence. He thought there could be then no doubt that 3lr: Menzies intended that which it was a breach of the privileges 'of the House to do. He therefore moved, " That the publish ing of the letters with the comments thereon, is a breach of the privileges of this House." Mr. BANKES thought they had not the means of coming to • a conclusion, without hearing the whole of the correspondence read.—(Hear.) The Clerk began to read the documents, but he was inter rupted by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY. An inaudible conversation here took place between the Mar. quis of LONDONDERRY and Mr. TIERNEY, after which, Mr. C. WYNN moved " That the Hon. James Abercromby be ordered forthwith to attend in his place in this House."— Agreed to. The CLERK then proceeded to read the documents as fol lower— " 101, George-street, Edinburgh, July 5, 1822. " SIR— in consequence of certain expressions which ap peared in what you published as being a report of Mr. Aber cromby's speech, on the conduct of the Lord Advocate, the fol lowing correspondence has taken place, which I have no doubt -you will do me the justice now to insert in your Paper : TO THE HOE. JAMES ABERCIIOMBY, M.P. "401,George-street, Edinburgh, June 29, 1822. SIIL=I have observedin the reports of your speech, on the , conduct of the Lord Advocate of Scotland, published in the -Warning Chronicle and Courier Newspapers, that you are re presented as having made use of the following expressions:— Yet, notwithstanding this, up started at every moment a Bar rister, stating, that he, as Counsel for Mr. Alexander, must object to one witness being allowed to remain in Court while 'the examination of the other was going on, as he intended to call all the witnesses on the following Monday upon the trial of Mr. Borthwick. The House must at once perceive the motive with which this farce was kept up. But by whom was it so 'kept up ? It was kept up by a Gentleman, who, as the Learned Lord very well knew, was frequently, if not always, ..employed by him as an assistant in the duties of his office. The Noble Lord knew this ; he knew the feeling which had been endeavoured to be kept up; and yet, within 48 hours ,after the acquittal of Mr. Stuart, Mr. Borthwick was sent away without any trial.' " During the trial of Mr. Stuart, I, as Counsel for Mr. Alex nder, moved the Court that all the witnesses who were to be examined on that trial, and whose names were included in the list of witnesses for the trial of Borthwick, should be directed by the Court to withdraw as soon as they had given their evi dence, in order that, as they were to be examined upon the same facts in Borthwick's trial on the Monday following, they might not have an opportunity of hearing each other's testi mony. My motion having been granted, I afterwards point e d out to the Court two witn ess e s who were in the situation now described. " By the expressions you are reported to have used, it is •more than insinuated that, knowing that it was not intended to bring Borthwick to trial at all, I, under the direction of, or in concert with. the Lord Advocate, made the above motion for the purpose of exciting a prejudice against Mr. Stuart, unfa vourable to his defence. "As believe that these statements could only have been made by you, in consequenee of your being ignorant of the real facts of the case, and of your having received false information on the subject, I deem it right to inform you, that I was in no way employed on the trial of Mr. Stuart, and had no commu nication with the Lord Advocate in regard to it. Some time previous to the trial of Mr. Stuart, I was retained by the pri vate agent of Mr. Alexander, as Counsel for him in certain actions, one of which was the criminal prosecution at his in stance against Borthwick. The Lord Advocate neither advised nor was consulted as to any of the proceedings in this action, in so far as known to me ; and the motion I made as to the re moval of the witnesses was the result of my own professional opinion, and in discharge of what I conceived to be my duty to my client Alexander. " At the time I made that motion it was the intention of Alexander and his Counsel to proceed with the trial of Borth wick ; and it was not until after Mr. Stuart's trial that this in tention was relinquished. In coming to this resolution, the Counsel for Alexander were in no respect actuated by any re gard to the wishes of the Lord Advocate, with whom they held no communication on the subject. "I believe, that when the Lord Advocate left Edinb&gli, he 'did not know that the intention of trying Borthwick had been abandoned; and even if he had known it, lie could not have prevented the prosecution being given up. " I certainly have reason to complain that my conduct should nave been thus publicly attacked, without any previous notice having been given to me, or any proper inqui r y m a d e as t o th e facts ; and I trust you will not hesitate to make the only reparation in your power for the injurious misrepresentation which you have, unintentionally I believe, given of my con duct, by communicating - to me the information on which . you proceeded, and the source from which you obtained it, anu by Irking the earliest opportunity of publishing this statement of the facts of the case, in the same way in which you did the mis statement of which 1 have so much reason to complain. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " W. MENZIES, Advocate." " In answer to the above, 1 have just received the following communication through the hands of 31r. Henry Cockburn " TO W. MENZIES, ESQ. ADVOCATE. " .New-street, Spring-gardens. " Six--I have Just had the honour of receiving your letter. Having no influence or control over the statements contained in newspapers of what I may have said in Parliament, I owe it to myself, and still more to other Members of Parliament and to the House, not to enter into any explanation with re spect to expressions or sentiments. imputed to me on the au thority of newspapers alone. " It is satisfactory to me to find, that as far as my memory serves me to recal what I did say, it is substantially. confirmed by the statement in your letter. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient-servant, ".1. AIIERCROMBY." " I feel no inclination to snake any comments ~on the above corresponder co. " I shall be contented with saying, that in what you put forth as a fair report of Mr. Abercromby's speech ; improper motives were, by very strong inuendo and implication, attri 'buted to me.. Such imputations I regard with the most perfect scorn, and have now shown, that whoever was the real au thor of them, they were altogether unwarranted, groundless, and false. " I am, Sir, &c. W. MENZIES." Mr. COURTENA V said, that it was necessary for him to say very little upon this. question. Taking the whole of the papers which the House had heard read into consideration, and also the manner in. which they had been communicated to the public, and the medium through . which they had appeared, there could be no doubt that they were intended offensively ; and that amounted to a breach. of privilege. The circumstance of this being communicated by such a channel as a public newspaper was a strong confirmation of the existence of such an intention. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he had no hesita tion in making up his mind regarding the decided breach of privilege ; and under all the circumstances they ought to order the parties to the bar. Mr. COURTENAY then moved—" That the said publica tion, taking notice of the speech of a Member in thi s H ouse , i s a breach of its privileges: The motion was agreed to. The Marquis LONDONDERRY thought they had best issue their order at once to Mr. Menzies, having his name signed to the papers, without en'ai?gling themselves with forms as to the proof of his being the writer. Mr. BROUGHAM rose to express his perfect concurrence with the Noble Lurd, on the propriety of not allowing the House to be entangled with forms upon an occasion like the present. Form was the hand-maid of justice, and not its op ponent. There could be no fear of their proceeding rashly when they knew there was such a person as illr. Menzies, and were even in possession of the number of his house. Mr. COURTENAY moved " That Mr. Menzies be or. dered to attend at the bar of this House to-morrow week. A greed to. SCOTTISH COTTAGE TAX. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON rose to more the re peal of the tax upon Cottages in Scotland. When he looked at the amount of the tax, and the oppressive nature of its ope ration, and the means used in collecting it, he thought the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer would not oppose his motion. Its amount was only 7,0001., and when he considered that the Hearth and Window Tax had lately been granted to Ireland, he could not expect that so trifling a boon would be refused to Scotland. He knew that the fate of his motion would depend upon the manner in which it was received by the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and he was sure if the Right Hon. Gentleman knew the grievances to which this tax subjected the poor in Scotland, he would never keep it up for the sake of a trifling source of revenue. He then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to exempt all houses in Scotland under the annual rent of 51. from the duty or tax of four shil lings and sixpence, levied under the Act of the 43d of Geo. 111. cap. 161. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER said that there was no House Tax in Scotland, and he supposed what the Noble Lord alluded to was the smallest Window Tax of four shillings and sixpence a-year in Scotland, and six shilli ngs an d sixpence in England. The Right Hon. Gentleman went into a statement to shew the comparative pressure of this tax upon the population. There were 400,000 habitations in that part of Scotland, 112,600 of which were charged with the window taxes of all gradations, leaving 290,000 without any charge at all. He contended, therefore, that where two-thirds of the habitations were exempted from the tax, it could hardly be said to press with severity upon the class whom the Noble Lord wished to relieve. MR. ABERCROMBY. The speech of the Right Hon. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was here interrupted by the appearance of the Serjeant at Arms, to announce that the Messenger a pp o i n t e d to deliver the order of the house to Mr. Abercromby, was in waiting. The Messenger was ordered to be brought to the Bar, when he was examined by the SPEAKER as follows : Q. What is your name ?—A. Samuel Spiller. Q. You carried the order of the House to Mr. Abereromby's House P—A. I did. Q. Who did you see ?—A. I saw his servant. Q. What conversation passed between you ?—A. I asked him if his master was at home, as I wanted to see him. He said. no. Q. What further conversation passed ?—A. I asked whether he had been at home to-day. lie said that his master went out between twelve and two o'clock; that he supposed he was gone out of town, and he was not expected back for eight or ten days. Q. Did he say where he was gone ?—A. lie said he did not know. 'The Messenger was then allowed to retire. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY made some observa tions in so low a tone of voice, that we could not catch their import. After conferring with the Speaker, the Noble Lord proceeded to say, as we understood, that an order having al ready been made for the attendance of the Hon. Member, it was not necessary to make an additional one ; because the Hon. Member would assuredly feel it his duty to repair to the House immediatey upon the receipt of it. The SPEAKER said, that as the former order had been made, and they found by the answer to it that the Hon. Mem ber had left town, no further order appeared necessary than for the Messenger to use all possible diligence in taking means to deliver it. SCOTTISH COTTAGE TAX. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER resumed. He remarked upon the impropriety and injustice which would at tach to the repeal of the Cottage Window Tax in Scotland, while it was continued in England. If there were any objections to the manner in which it applied to the poor, or to the mode of its collection, he should be quite ready during the recess, or in the next Session, to receive any communication with a view to remove them. Mr. J. P. GRANT did not think the Right Hon. Gentleman was acquainted with the situation of a great portion of the poor of Scotland, who were subject to this tax. lts collection was most oppressive, and often produced to them a much greater expense than the tax itself. Sotne places were so si tuated, that for the inhabitants to go to Inverness to pay the tax would cost them fifteen shillings; and then, if they were not paid in time, the collector came round and distrained upon a whole district. After having seized their cattle, he would not give them until he had received his expenses, which in some cases amounted to twenty shillings, upon the original claim of four and sinpence. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained. He repeated, that if there were such hardships attending the collection of the tax, he should be ready to receive any sug gestions for relieving them during the recess. Mr. HUME said,. that the canes mentioned by his lion. and Learned Friend were common in the thinly scattered widely peopled districts of Scotland. _ _ Mr. LOCKHART spoke in favour of the remission of taxes. Lord A. HAMILTON said, that after the candid and hand some manner in which his motion had been met by the Right Hon. Gentleman, lie bogged leave to withdraw it.—Motion withdrawn. CURRENCY AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. WESTERN rose to state that he did not mean to bring on his Resolutions to night. It was, however, his determina tion, that before the House separated, these questions should undergo discussion. At present he should withdraw his notice, and let it stand for to-morrow, with the intention of bringing it on the first opportunity. Mr. HUSKISSON suggested, that as two notices already stood for to-morrow, the Hon. Gentleman had better fix the earliest open day for his Resolutions. At present if it re mained upon the paper it would only stand in the way of pub lic business. Mr. WESTERN said, that in case he was prevented from bringing it on to-morrow, it might stand for Tuesday next. SCOTS BREWERS. Lord A. lIA II:TON begged to in Tailthe attention of the House to a paper which had been laid on their table, the Memo rial of the Scots Brewers to the Treasury, which he could not possibly conceive that Board or the Chancellor of the Exchequer could have.taken into consideration. The case was this; two years ago a clause was introduced into a Bill which became a law, to compel all Brewers in Scotland to give an account of the quan tities of beer which they sold, and the quality and the persons to whom they sold it. This, from the mode of doing business in Scot land, was utterly impossible, and instructions had been issued by the Excise entirely at variance with the Act of Parliament, so that in fact the brewers were subject to a penalty of 2001. whether they obeyed the Excise instructions or no. It was said that the se curity of the revenue required , the continuance of this law, but he defied the Chancellor of the Exchequer to prove, that it had been or could be acted upon. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the 4th section of the Ist and 2tl Geo. IV. c. 22. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER objected to the motion, on the ground that the clause in question was of considerable importance to the revenue, and that no inconve nience had arisen from the application. He had, in fact, heard of no complaint from Scotland, except that alluded to by the Noble Lord. The repeal of this clause would merely go to re medy a fancied evil, at the expence of a considerable diminu tionof the revenue. Mr. J. P. GRANT said, it had been admitted by the Board of Excise that the brewers could not comply with the Act of Parliament. He was at a loss, therefore, to understand the Right Hon. Gentleman, when he declared that the trade sus tained no injury from this clause. He should certainly support the motion. Lord,A. HAMILTON said, in reply, that not a single town could be named in which the provisions of the Act had been carried into effect. If his present motion were unsuccessful, he should, in the next Session, submit the case to the House in the shape of a specific Resolution. The motion was put, and negatived without a division. The Report of the Irish Insurrectiun Act Bill was received ; the Amendments were read a seconil time and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. RECEIVERS-GENERAL BILL. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Receivers- General bill. Mr. HUMS moved as an Amendment to the clause fixink the salaries, that the words " not less than 3001. nor more than 6001." be inserted. Mr. R. SMITH wished to hear some explanation frol.i the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, why he had not followed up the recommendations of the Committee. The Bill had origin ally been printed in conformity with the recommendations, but had been altered in its most material clauses upon its recom mittal without notice to any Member of that House. The maxinzunt of the salaries, including all expences, had originally been fixed at 6001., but a clause had since been substituted, in which the words " including all expenses," had been left out, and the Government empowered to grant 3001, a year for ex pences' in addition to the salary of 6001. Mr. LUSH INGTON said that there was not the slightest foundation for the imputation which had been thrown upon his Majesty's Government by the Hon. Gentleman oppo s it e . H e had already wearied the House with explanations on this sub ject. The Bill had, in the first instance, been brought in in strict conformity with the recommendations of the Committee, but it- was a new doctrine that the Government was bound implicitly to adhere to such recommendations.—lf the explana tion had not been much earlier it had been only that no oppor tunity had been afforded. With respect to the plans it would be both more safe and economical than that recommended by the Committee.'' The average salary would be about 500/. It would be greater in the more populous counties. Mr. It. SMITH was of opinion that if the Right Hon. Se cretary had read the evidence he could not have reasoned as he did. The objections which the Commissioners of Excise had to the Committee's plan ought to have been stated in evidence before the Committee. At all events notice should have been given of the deviations from the Committee's recommendation. Mr. H. GURNEY thought that there were cases in which 6001. would not he enough, and that it was proper to allow ex penses._ Mr: BANKES was of opinion that it was improper to delay . the notice of the deviations till nearly 12 months after the Com mittee had sat. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the conduct of Ministers with regard to the Bill. The Amendment was finally withdrawn. Mr. LUSIIINGTON proposed a clause, authorising the Treasury to make an allowance of 2s. per mile, and one guinea per day, while travelling.—The Clause was agreed to. The house resumed, and the Report was brought up, and ordered to be received to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Louse adjourned at DALr-PAST ONE. The following is a copy of the Petition of a numerous body of the Freeholders of this county, presented in the Commons by Sir EDWARD ENATCHBULL on Thursday night, expres sive of their regret and indignation at the adoption of Mr. Con- BETT'S proposition at the late County Meeting. " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. _ " The humble Petition of the undersigned Freeholders of the County of Kent, " Humbly Sheweth—That your Petitioners have seen with grief, astonishment, and indignation, that a Petition purporting to be a Petition from the County of Kent, complaining of Agri cultural Distress, and praying for Parliamentary Reform, has recently been presented to your Honourable House, to which a concluding paragraph or rider was tacked, praying that your Honourable House, after having refortued itself, would be pleased to make a just reduction in the interest of the National Debt. " Although your Petitioners sensibly feel the pressure of the distress at this moment weighing upon the agricultural interests of this con nty,in common with the said Petitioners, an d are com pelled to pray that your Hon. House will, in your collective wisdom, devise and effect such remedies as may appear best calculated to afford your Petitioners efficient relief, your Petitioners spurn with indignation the imputation that the distress under which they labour, in common with other Freeholders, should have operated not only to the perversion of their judgmenis, 1 but to the direliction of their moral principles, and they con fidently trust your Honourable Howe will continue to sustain the public credit, which has hitherto enabled their favoured Country to resist all the Powers of Europe ; and to maintain the House of Brunswick on the Throne of these Realms, by a strict adherence to the terms of the contract entered into with that public creditor, but for whcse assistance in pro secuting an expensive, though necessary, war, your Petitioners might not only have been deprived of the 'privilege of petition. ing your - Honourable House to redress their grievances, but also of their Freeholds, and have been made the vassals of ty rannical Government and Foreign Rule."—( Kentish Gazette, July 9.) OLD BAILEY—(I'ms DAY.) Daniel Valentine and James Bradshaw were put to the Bar, and indicted, the former for stealing, and the latter for receiv ing, a quantity of wax-candles, the property of Mr. E. Pain, a wax-chandler at Paddington. • Edward Joseph Pain, son of the prosecutor, said, that on the 25th of May, he received information that his father's ware house had been robbed, and heard that some of the property was at the house of one Stevens; and in consequence of what he said, witness went to the house of the prisoner, Bradshaw, and found some candles there, which Bradshaw said he had purchased of Valentine. On the officer apprehending Valentine, he denied knowing Bradshaw, but afterwards made a disclosure that he had bought them for 21. Wright, an officer of Bow-street, said he went to Stevens and Bradshaw's house, where he found 122ibs. of candles, belong ing to the prosecutor, which he said had been purchased of Valentine. The prisoners declared their innocence, and Valentine called his late employer, who gave him a good character. Several respectable tradesmen appeared for Bradshaw, who all gave him.a most excellent character. The RECORDER summed up, when the Jury found Valen tine Guilty, and acquitted Bradshaw, who was ordered to be immediately discharged. Dn. JouNsoN.—ln 1746, Dr. Johnson had the We management of the debates in the Gentleman's Magazine, which exhibit a memorable specimen of the extent and promp titude of his faculties, and which have induced learned foreign ers to compare British with Roman eloquence ; and yet he af terwards used to declare, " that the only part of his writings which then gave him any compunction was his account of the debates in the Gentleman's Magazine; but that at the time he wrote them he did not think he was imposing on the world.— The mode (he said) was to fix upon a speaker's name; then to make an argument for him ; and to conjure up an answer."— He wrote those debates with more velocity than any other of his productions; often three columns of the magazine within the hour. He once wrote ten pages in a single day, and that not a long one, beginning, perhaps, at noon, and ending early in the evening. The following anecdote of the conduct of an Algerine merchant is given as a fact, whi c h, in th e g l oom y scenes that afflict Turkey, is certainly a most pleasing trait: —" Among the Christians that were fined and imprisoned at St. Jean d'Acre, on account of the Greek rebellion, there was one family that had no other means of paying the money de manded of them, but by selling two of their children, a boy and a girl, seven and eight years old ; they were exposed to sale to the best bidder in the Market-place, when, a stranger, an Algerine merchant, was so moved by the affecting scene, that he became the purchaser, tied paying 28 purses, (4001. in that country), immediately restored the slaves to liberty and their astonished parents," FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, JULY 7.—The Journal de TouloUse of the Ist July contains the following news : " The city of Barcelona has joined the general plan of coalition formed in Catalonia to put down the insurgents. Four companies of one hundred men each are to hold themselves in constant readiness to march wherever their services may be wanted."—(Journal de Paris.) The Toulouse Journal of the Ist July an nounces that the army of Quesada, six hundred strong, with about a hundred horses, has entered Spain in four columns, one of which is to pene trate into Arragon. Adjutant-General Sanchez Salvador, Governor of Paropeluna, after having invested himself with the civil authority, and ex horted the inhabitants to maintain tranquillity, in order that the city might not be declared in a state of siege, has sent in pursuit of Quesada about six hundred troops of the line, and all the disposable force of the National Guard. As it would be difficult to attack the emigrant army in the mountains, where it is entrenched, General Lopez Banos has directed towards Pampeluna the National Guards of the Ebro and the active militia of Lograno, forming a body of about six hundred good troops. It is thought that at this moment the two parties are engaged. A Proclamation (according to the same Jour nal), addressed by the soi disant Provisional Government of the province of Navarre to the soldiers seduced by perjured Chiefs, oilers a bounty of one hundred and sixty reals to every soldier who shall proceed to the Army of the Faith with arms and baggage, and 20 francs to him w ho presents himself simply in uniform. It then declares, that all those who shall obstinately continue to serve against the King and their country, shall be shot when taken with arms in their hands. The same Journal contains a paper which we regard as apocryphal; it is entitled, " Advice to good Spaniards, serving also as a terror to the wicked." It is announced in it, that peace being to be maintained between Russia and the Porte, the Powers of the Holy Alliance wishing to re store the Monarch of Spain to his most sacred rights, and desiring to put a stop to the disorders and disasters which afflict the Spanish people, as an inevitable result of the innovations introduced into the form of their Government, have deter mined to make, with the least possible delay, a communication to his Most Catholic Majesty of their intention to put a stop to the anarchy in which the Cortes have plunged Spain. They ex pect that his Majesty will transmit this commu nication to his Ministers and the Extraordinary Cortes. A month after this communication, they will propose to the Monarch the wisest and most suitable means for conciliating parties, either by reforming the Constitution of 1812, or by forming the basis of institutions compatible with those which prevail in other Constitutional States. Lastly, it is added, his Catholic Majesty is dis posed to take part with the Allied Sovereigns in the result to be produced by this communication, in the full understanding that their Majesties would see with regret the Government and the Cortes of Spain refuse their propositions ; in which case, for the happiness of the Spanish na tion, for the tranquillity of Europe, the stability of Thrones, and the dignity of Monarchs, their Majesties will be under the dire necessity of re curring to force, by using the means which they possess for re-establishing affairs in Spain on their former footing. We shall add no reflection to this anonymous manifesto ; which would be in reality a declara tion of war, if it were not true that it has the support of no other power than the Army of the Faith.—(Constitutionnel.) It is currently reported that General Berton has refused to give any explanation in answer to interrogatories, asserting that he ought only to be tried by the Court of Peers.—(ldent.) The daughter of Gen. Eguia, Lady of Honour to the Queen of Spain, is arrived at Bayonne, with two of her children. Some pieces of artillery have passed through Pau in their way to Bayonne. The Echo du Midi of the Ist inst. contains the following intelligence from Spain : " A letter from the frontiers states, that Don Antonio has received from Arragon a reinforcement of 300 horses. " In consequence of the taking of Seo d'Urgel by the Royalists, about 500 inhabitants have joined the troops of the Trappist. Two companies of douaniers, who some days before opposed a resistance, were cut to pieces. " It is not without reason, that the friends of thei - nonarchy regard the capture of the forts of Urgel as of the greatest im portance for the Army of the Faith. Besides the great re sources which this position offers, there were found in the fort —seven 24-pounders, thirteen 18-pounders, two 12-pounders; two 8-pounders, twenty-three 4-pounders, several m or t ars , 25,688 balls, 6,716 bombs, 335 quintals of bullets, 600,000 cart ridges, 700 quintals ofpowder, &c. and a variety of stores. "Che Trappist pursues his success. After the capture of Urgel, he 'entered Vigna at the head of 3,500 men. " The Army of the Faith increases every day in Catalonia ; it already reckons seven divisions in that province."—(Journal des Debuts.) FRONTIERS OF SPAIN.—The Commandant, P. L. writes from the Arrondissement of dated June 23, as follows :- " I received an estafette yesterday evening from St. Gregoire, bringing .the news that our troops have been well received every where where they passed, and that every one joins our brave soldiers.—A detachment of 50 Constitutionalists, going in pursuit of the Royalists, were attacked by the latter and pursued to the environs - of Gerona. The Commandant Nou and some soldiers were killed ; the victors had only one man wounded. " I am informed that the reinforcement which left Figueras, and marched towards Gerona, was taken by our troops. The day before yesterday 240 men marched from Gerona towards Banolas, but having learnt that a division of Defenders of the Faith were in the environs, they precipitately returned. " I know that the Cernmandant Lloveras has retired to Bar ' celona, after having quitted his uniform. Ile concealed him self there to repose after his long fatigue, arid did not wish to hear any thing of the combat.".—( Quotidienne.) PETEKSBURGLI, JUNE 15.—A part of the regi ments of the Guards are to commence their march the end of the month to return here. VIENNA, JUNE 24.—The Count de Woron zoff Daschkow, Russian Minister Plenipoten tiary to title Court of Bavaria, set out yesterday to proceed to his post. The Mctslliques ,are quoted to day at 78/, and the Bank Actions at 768. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, JULY 2. The Public Funds, which for the last month have been rising at Vienna, suddenly fell in that city ou the 26th of June. PAR LIAM E NTAR Y PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE Or COMMONS. Martis, 9° the 1822. LEATHER Dv TIES REDUCTION BlLL—Committee deferred till Thursday next. ROADS—Cork and Skibberecn EXCISE LICENCES R EG ITLATION BILLJ and passed. A DUCIIF Co RN WALL PI LL—Consideredi e n a C d o a m t i h n i i r t d tee t : reported ; further consideration of Report on Monday ne%t ; Bill, as amended, to be printed. TEMPORARY ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL—. to authorize certain temporary Advances of money, for relief of the dis tresses existing in Ireland," presented, and read a first time , to be read a second time tomorrow (this day.) Spinurs EXPORTATION (SCOTLAND) BlLL—Considered In Committee ; Committee report progress ; to sit aid'in ° Friday. a nd MEMBERS RETURNS C OMMITTEE —Report b roug ht up read ; to be printed. ASSESSORS AT ELECTIO NS B lLL —S econ d rea di ng deferred. till Friday,. Bill to be printed. and COURT OF EXCHEQUE R SITTINGS BlLL—Presented,- O read a first time ; to b e rea d . a secon d t i me to-morro w (4 113 day.) NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Nolan,—Bill to Amend the Poor Laws. 2. Mr. Thomas Courtenay,—Poor Rate Returns. 3. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,—To refer List of proposed Pensions and Allo wances to t h e l ate Q ue e n ' s S erva nts 0 the Committee of Supply. 4. Lord Binnin g ,—T o refer Petition respecting; National 31°- nument (Scotland) to the Committee of S V upply. 5. Mr. Arbuthnot,—Civil Contingen c i es ;—ote for nut-Pen sioners of Greenwich H os pit a l ; —Sl ave T ra d e Commn"' sions. (In Committee of Supply.) 6. Mr. Warre,—lnformation relative to certain free Indian's i 3 the Settlement of Honduras Bay, who have been Vo te with as Slaves. 7. Mr. Western,—Resolutions,—descriptive of the distres4ed , state of the Agricultur a l p ar t o f t h e Country ;--the ede ,ts -- ! of the altered state of the Currency ;the general amou, of Taxation ;—and the re l a ti ve s i tuat i on o f t h e Pub ' A `, l ,; Creditor and the P u bli c un d er suc h a l tere d state of Currency. 3. Mr. Croker,_Bill to regulate the Fees of the Vice-A- d i ni. ralty-Court. ORDERS OF THE DAY for THIS DAY. 1. Superannuation Act Amendment Bill ;—Further Consio'• ation of Report. 2. Aliens Regulation Bill ;--Report. 3. Stage-Coach Duties Bill ;—Futher Consideration of ReP° rt : 4. Salt Duties Rep ea l Bill—F urt h er cons id erat i on o f ReP°l t .5. Salt Duties ( Irel a nd) Bill—F urt h er cons id erat i on o f IteP°l-- , 6. Stamp Duties Bill—Further consideration of Report. 7- Supply—Committee. 8. Ways and Means—Committee. 9. Loan Bill—Third Reading. 10. Charge of Pensions Bill—Third Reading. 11. Five per Cents. Re-payment Bill—Third Reading. 12. Exchequer Bills (Public Works) Bill—Committee. 13. Temporary Advances (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. 14. Public Works (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 15. Lotteries Bill—Committee. 16. Growing Produce Bill—Third Reading. 17. Scottish Spirits Drawback Bill—Report. 18. Receivers-General Bill—Report. 19. Punishment by Hard Labour Bill—Committee. 20. Retail of Beer Bill—Second Reading. 21. Bankruptcy Laws Amendment Bill—Report. 9* 22. Greenland Fi s h ery A cts [26 G eo. 3, c. 41, 46 Geo . 3 9 c. and 1 Geo. 4, c. 33 ]—Committee thereupon. 23. Court of Exchequer Sittings Bill—Second - Reading. 24. Servants of the late Queen (proposed Pensions and Aw" antes)—Committee thereupon. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O . CLOCK. 45i Bank Stock ... 244 244 243 India Stock ................ .. 2 q , 3 per Cent. Red. ... 80 80k 80 I n di a B on d s As. 565• '' `3 per Cent. Cons 79,4 South Sea Stock .......••••• "*". 3k per Cent Jl Old Annuities ............... 11-; Old 974a 3 per Cent. 17M ............ s . r 4 bp,' 4 per Cent. 1 New ...... 98kik Ex. Bills '" .. 2 4. • 5 i )er Cents. 1797 Bank for Cons. Act. .....•• ~... Bankbong Ann. 20i 11-16ths I India for Con. Acct. ...... ii Imp. 3 per Cents. 79i C ons . f or A cct. .........••• 80i PRICE of FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JUL Y 4' French Five per Cents. 91 75. Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds, 87. {Old Bonds, 1011. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 834. Ditto Scrip, 84. Spanish 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, 6.3 i. ( New Ditto, 62i Danish Fiv e p er C en t. Bonds, 8.5! 4. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 70a. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic). Russian 1 Six per Cents. 1 Five per Cents. (Metallic) 78. Chili 79 i 80. Russian 824. AMERICAN FUNDS. LONDON. July 9. }notlung done. 9tii NEW Yong; June 5, 10°' 1041 done' nothing don 1041. 102 103 104} 107 1041 Diva. fro l April, 1822' Bank Shares . 3 per cents 5 per cents. 1820 1821 . 6 per cents. 1812 1813 1814 1815 . nothing done. 7 per cents - - - Divd. from July, 1822. ige 8 pr. Excli, HIGH WATER AT LOND( Morning, 26 minutes after 6. IN BRIDGE 1 Evening, 41 TO-MORit Or 6, 3 minutes afte_r_...t, THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDE4T LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, iS22• We have received the Paris Papers of Sun daYl from which it appears that an extensive consi racy has been formed to raise the imP erill a standard near _Colmar. The subject is invol ve in great mystery, and accounts for the as sernb i l of troops in oth er p ar t s o f F rance f a r dista l : from the Spanish f ron ti ers . We extract the I° ` • lowing statement from the Moniteur d,e " A new attempt of th e enem i es o f or d er h as furnishe s King's soldiers with anoth er o pp or t un ity o f man if es ting thei r ' a ~ lity. Lieut.-Col one l C aron , a l rea d y comprom i se d i n the co ne racy of the 19th A ugus t, 1820, an d an o ld so ldier, a Roger, who for some years directed the menage at Colmar , 11a . formed the project of seducing the Sub-officers of the 46th l tegi r ; meat of the line, of the Chasseurs of l'Allier, and the C hasse b ti le of la Charente. They are stated to have made a consideray distribution of money ; and they constantly repeated/ that t he i e acted by virtue of orders transmitted by a directing Commi t in the capital. They promised that several of their accoraP"-0, should join them between Mulhausen and Calmar , as 6000 they had succeeded in seducing some squadrons. Caronei, s flounced his intention th en t o b e , to d e li ver th e accused at , i i„ fort, but afterwards changing his plan, he postponed theo:vea beration till the moment when the rebels should have Iva the reinforcements which he had promised them. July' 11. " The concerted mov e m en t t oo k place on the 2d otit squadron of horse c h asseurs o f l'Alli er, w hom Caron lb° _ ll he had seduced, an d i n th e ran k s o f w hi c h were two otl; 6 clothed in the unif orm o f a p r i vate c h asse ur, left Co lmar Pat., under the conduct of the Chief Quarter Thiern. At the same h our a squa d ron o f horse chasseurs o -3lf r