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‘ve young men, who now formed an army hostile to the law ' and the Government, would be on its side. Those who paid for a small still would be active to see that others did not profit lay illicit distillation. He approved of the Bill, and was con vinced that in the hands of the present Government there was no danger of its powers being misapplied. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, he should give his support to the proposed measure, but not with any disposition to harsh ness cr to cruelty. The Legislature, it was true, might do much for Ireland; but it was only by education that the people could leap their own importance, and best ascertain what would mesiorate their condition, There, was no more royal road to civilization than there was to geometry—education, as he had just said, would be the best and only means of securing it. Mr. R. MARTIN concurred in the eulogium which the Ilon.thlember for Cork had pronounced on the character of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, but complained of the objections . urged against all the measures which had been brought for ward for the relief of Ireland. He particularly regretted the amendments (if it were not a blunder to call them so) which had been made in the Irish Constables' Bill. It had originally been proposed in it to give power to appoint a salaried Magistrate, on an 'extraordinary emergency. This would, in his opinion, have been advantageous, as he was sorry to confess that as the Magistracy of Ireland was at pre - sent constituted, a poor man would probably net obtain justice with the same promptness as a rich man would. It was then important that a Magistrate should be appointed, who would till a more neutral situation. He would ask any Irish Magis trate (being like himself, a County Member) if it would not be a great relief to him to be able to say to those who pressed •their affairs on his consideration, " I have not time to attend to your cause myself ; but there is a gentleman—go to him, and you will obtain prompt justice at his hands.' The sa laried Magistrate would be the Magistrate for the poor man in Ireland. He begged pardon for deviating from the subject be fore the House ; but the two Bills had been discussed together by others, and acting as he had done, he had only followed the - example set by others. He thought that the keeping people in their houses at night was only . for their own . good. The poor were not armed against the rich, but against each other ; ...and to keep them from each other, was the best measure that could be adopted for their good. For these reasons he should support the Bill. Mr. W. SMITH found himself in a dilemma as to the vote he should give upon this question. He believed the Insurrec 'Con, Act to be in a great degree a measure of mercy.—(Hear !) —He thought also that the state of Ireland demanded it. But the powers which had formerly been placed in the "hands of the Government had been so abused, that he could not but hesitate at incurring the risk of a repetition of the events to which he alluded. In his opinion the Indemnity Act, which followed them, was an indelible stain upon the country. When he spoke of those Acts, and the-abuse of power then displayed, he did not at all mean to implicate the present Irish Govern ment, or to say that any part of their conduct partook of - his suspicions. He did not expect, that any thing which could be done for Ireland would give her immedate relief. It must take the'operation of a century, under the best and wisest manage ment, to cure the evils of four or five centuries of misgovern , ment. , The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to make one or two observations upon the impolicy of reverting to the pain ful events and circumstances connected with the Irish Rebel lion, upon an occasion like the present. He could tell the Hon. Member that there was no abuse, or even exercise of the power entrusted to the Government, in the acts which were perpetrated at the time of the rebellion, and which he should be the last to countenance or defend. They were not abuses of power, but acts of self-defence, although of a nature which all lived to deplore. 'With regard to the Indemnity Act, he had the honour of being a Minister at the time it was brought in, and he was desirous of taking all the odium which attached to it upon himself. He should have been ashamed of himself, if, when he brought down a Bill for pardoning the Irish rebels for their acts of plunder, and murder, and rebellion—if he had not also brought down, an Act of Indemnity for MagistrateS, who were compelled to resort, in self-defence, to measures of melancholy severity. The Act of Indemnity was not applied to individual cases, but to the general state of Ireland. He would ask - the Hon. Member what he wOtild have thought of any Minister, who, after pardoning rebels and the disloyal, had left the Magistrates and those who opposed them unprotected ? !) , edr. DENNIS BROWN thought that the Insurrection Act ought to have been put in force by the House last year. With regard to what the Hon. Member (Mr. Smith) had said, as to the abuse of power, during the Irish rebellion, the Noble Mar quis had very properly described the character of those pro - ceedings. Xi.. S. RICE thought it hard that the House should be ac cused of not having proceeded to the passing of a measure of so ,much severity at any earlier, and at which was considered an unnecessary, period. He perfectly a g reed in the expediency of •discussing Irish questions, without allusion to various topics which were often introduced, and particularly that of the rebel _ unless when the causes which led to it were considered analogous to the existing state of affairs. He' put it to any Bon. Gentleman whether such a course did not go to revive the angry feelings of parties, without the possibility of doing good ? He wished to say a few words upon this Bill, which he considered so objectionable, as giving so enormous a power to Magistrates. He should have wished to propose a clause for the introduction of Juries in all cases comprehended by the Act. Taut from what had passed upon the subject, he should not press his opinion. There was one clause in the Bill to seisich he had a strong objection. He meant the one which provided that country. , Magistrates should not exercise their .authority in towns and cities. He wished for the appoint '.rent of Justices to.act in those towns and cities. There was . another clause which he was anxious should be altered, so as to allow the King's Counsel, or the Serjeant who tried the prisoners, to admit persons charged under the Act to bail. This could also be done by the Assistant Barrister who was resident in the country. He thought this should be granted, ES the crime charged upon them did not amount to felony. Having troubled the House upon a former occasion, lie should not enter into any detailed observations upon the measure. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY and Mr. W. SMITII ex plained. General HART supported the Bill. He considered a large portion of the evils of Ireland to be dependent upon the state GT the Distillery Laws, and the illegal distillation which was constantly carried on. Be likewise complained of the plunder and injustice committed inethe levying of town land fines. He had presented a Petition to the House upon this subject, and fietrusted that it would receive the attention of the Commis sioners. If not, he sheuld take a future opportunity of mov dig for a Committee to inquire into the whole question. He hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would give his attention to it, and do something to relieve the evil. Mr. PLUNKETT, in reply to what had fallen from the 'Hon e Member for Limerick (Mr. Rice) stated, that the mean ing of the Act was clear upon the point as to the power of Ma gistrates,- and that no such amendment as he suggested would be necessary. With regard to .the power of admitting bail heing , given to the Assistant Barrister, bethought it objection able upon the ground of expediedcy. Mr. G. RENNET would not give his supped to the Bill, as he had never supported.any measure of severity towards the people. No one could look at this Session, but they would see that all its acts had gone to take away from the people of Ire land, and to give nothing to.ehem, excepting the advances of money, to which they had a right, and to the window /Ye called upon, the House to look at their own experience of each measures before they passed the present one. Mr. GOULBURN expressed his concurrence with what had - fallen from the Hon. Member for Limerick, as to the wisdom of not reverting to the melancholy acts which distinguished the period of the rebellion. -Neither should he quarrel with the Mound taken by the 'Hon. Member for Shrewsbury, when lie (Ailed on the House to act on its own experience,; for the Irish Government.only demanded this Act, to prevent the recurrence of those dreadful scenes of rebellion, and its consequent mea sures, to which .the present was comparatively mild. From • what had taken place when the Insurrection Act was first called for, it reyuired no spirit of prophecy to foresee that civil war must have ensued, without the adoption of some ex ' .ireordinary measures. its renewal was now only asked as a 'Measure of prevention, and with a view to restore that state of •calei under which the Government might apply itself to the means of improving the general condition of the country.— (Hear, hear !)—He trusted that it would be attended with that -efect, and that neither he, nor those who might succeed turn, would have occasion to resort to it 'again. A question had been put to him as to his views with regard to,the - Magistracy. It was well known that the Lord Chancellor of Ireland was now engaged in investigating that subject, and it was one so full- of difficulties and obstacles, that much time and attention were required to remove them. This would prevent him from giving a definitive answer at present; all he could say was, that when time would permit, there was nothing-which had yet teen proposed by former Governments, or even by his Right .Hon. Friend, that would not be carried into effect if found practicable.— ( Hear !) Lord A. HAMILTON could not give his consent to this radissure,'as he considered that he should be voting the destruc tion of the constitutional liberties of Ireland. He should think -the vote quite equal to one for a permanent suspension of the adegs Corpus Actin England. Mr. BLTTTERWORTH supported the Bill, which was . then read a third time and passed, without a division. CONSULS IN THE BRAZILS. On the question for the House going into a Committee of Supply, Mr..HUME begged to call the attention of the House to the expence incurred for Consuls at the Brazils.—A British rner- Oantin that part of the world was exposed to a,charge of one per cent. upon his goods. This had been forbidden by the Noble Marquis some time ago, but he had countermanded his order, and the practice of, charging this per centage was now revived. The duties were not performed by the Consul-Gene ral, but by the vice-consul, who exacted these fees. This tax upon English commerce operated as'a premium to the Ameri cans, who were not exposed to it.: The Noble Marquis had, on a former occasion, defended the expence, by adverting to the high price of provisions at the Brazils ; but he (Mr. Hume) had the best information that provisions there were in general cheap er than they were in England. He trusted something would be done to remedy this grievance ; and, for that purpose, he moved a resolution, stating the fact, that 77,6001. had been received by Consuls at the Brazils within the:six years preceding, besides 12,0001. for salaries and allowances, and that such large emo luments were extravagant and unnecessary, and ought to be reduced. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that on a former occasion he bad stated that these fees were about to be re. vised, and that they were then under consideration. lie was now willing to go into an inquiry on the subject ; but he could not consent to postpone the public business until this compli cated question was disposed of. He had a right to complain a little of the exaggeration of the lion. Member, though he ad mitted that the allowances were proper to be inquired into. He had no objection whatever to produce all the correspondence which had taken place respecting the fees.—(Hear, hear.) — The allowances and emoluments had become large in conse quence of the increase of trade in that quarter ; and no less than three attempts had been made by Government to counteract this increase of expense. He repeated his willing ness to afford every information 'on the subject, by . producing the correspondence, but he felt it to be his duty to give a nega tive to the proposed Resolution. Mr. BARING said the expense alluded to was enormous, and materially checked the competition of the English with the foreign trader. Mr. HUME explained. The present differed from all other Consular cases, and had therefore no reference to the pro posed general arrangements of the 'Noble Marquis. He (Mr. H.) was already in possession of the correspondence, but it would afford the House no new information. If, however, the Noble Mtrquis thought otherwise, he ought to have laid it on the table before. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said it was rather sur prising if the Hein. Member was in possession of the correspon dence of his oftice.--(Hear, heir, and a laugh !)--If he had, he (the Marquis) would be glad to know how he got access to it. At all events the House perhaps world not be inclined to take for granted the opinion of the Hon. Member as fo the ques tion whether the correspondence afforded information or not. Mr. H UAIE said he hart alluded only to the .correspondence between the Noble Mar • Ais and the Merchants. . The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he had referred to the correspondence between himself and the Consuls. The Resolution was negatived without a division, after a short conversation between the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, Mr. BENNET and Lord PALkERSTON. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. _ Mr. GOULBURN moved that the Irish Miscellaneous Esti mates be referred to a Committee of the whole House. Mr. G. BENNET .wished to know whether Lord Palmer ston would bring on the debate on the Opthalmic Hospital, as he was anxious that that debate should not be suppressed ? The Marquis of LONDONDERRY hoped that the debate would come last. . Lord PALMERSTON said that his motion was delayed till Wednesday. NATIONAL MONUMENT OF SCOTLAND. Lord hiVi;111;;i; moved that the Petitions for 10,0001: in aid of the National Monument of Scotland, be referred to the Committee. _ _ Mr. HUME put_ it to the House if this was the time to encourage by a gift of 10,0001. of the public money, the build- , ing of a Parthenon upon the Calton Hill at Edinburgh ? The 100,0001. out of which this money was proposed to be taken • had been voted, not to build Parthenons, but Churches. He hoped, that at a time like the present, eveliMinisters would not press the measure. Sir R. WILSON thought the time improper. When the whole country was suffering, and when numbers of the Irish were starving, was that a tithe for building monuments to commemo rate victories which had been gained under circumstances which were not altogether grounds of thanksgiving to the God of Peace ? —lf the thing had been to he a trophy to Jupiter Tonans, it might have done; but it had little connection with the Chris tian religion, for the advancement of which the 100,0001. had been voted. It might be that the present Chancellor of the Exchequer was anxious to become a Persilis ; but where was he to find a Phidias ? The Parthenon too was erected to the goddess Minerva, who, it might be, had no great share in conducting the matters to which this Monument was to be erected. Mr. W. K. DOUGLAS spoke in favour of the grant, and Mr. H. GURNEY and Mr. MONCK against it. Mr. U. BENNET said he held in his hand a circular which he understood had been sent round to the Members, earnestly requesting their attendance on Monday evening, to support, in the Committee of Supply, the grant of 10,0001. for the erection of a National Monument in Scotland.— (Hear, hear !)—He did not know 'who the author of this production was, but the proceeding appeared to him both novel and audacious. When he ' , gave his consent to the grant of 100,0001. for building Churches in Scotland, it was not for the purpose of gratifying the taste of the people of Edinburgh in splendid buildings. If they had a fancy. to exhibit their taste to thefworld, he:thought it but fair that they should in dulge it at their own expense, and not out of the pockets of the people of England. Taxed as the people were at present, it was indecent that they should be called upon for further taxes upon such an occasion. When the Treasury was full such a grant might be admissible ; but when it was empty, and when the Gentlemen of England did not expect to receive one-tenth of their rents, it was rather too much to call upon England to ad vance so large a sum to Scotland, for the mere purpose of con tributing to her national embellishments. Mr. C. GRANT suggested the propriety of adjourning the `debate until next Session. The grant of 10,0001. for the erec tion of splendid buildings in Edinburgh was a gross misappli cation of the public money. When he heard such a grant mentioned, he could not help looking to various parishes in the Highlands, sekne of which were 40 miles in extent, and with out a parish church. The question ought to have been sub mitted to the General Assembly, as had been done before. When in England grants had been made for the building of Churches, they were handed over to Commissioners, who em ployed them on their own responsibility. Why, he would ask, was not the same arrangement made with respect to Scotland ? Or, rather, why should 10,00 0 1. be afforded-to that country without any responsibility at all? Lord BINNING declared, that if he thought this grant would have the effect of taking one farthing from the suffeting Irish, he would be the last man to have brought it forward. There was, he contended, a great want of Churches both in Edinburgh and Leith,. where, notwithstanding the great increase of popu lation within these few years, only one new Church had been built. Sir W. W. WYNN objected to the grant of 10,0001. as too large a sum, though he approved of the application of a fair and reasonable amount to such purposes. Mr. T. WILSON said, that, considering the state of the country at present, he must oppose this motion, which he had hoped the Noble Lord would have withdrawn, from observing the feeling which it had created within doors. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he saw that such a variety of opinion prevailed amongst the Members for Scotland, that he felt he was obliged to advise, his Noble Friend, for tile present at least, to withdraw his motion. At a future period, the subject of grants on a larger scale, for similar purposes, would come before the House, when the laim of this church to the particular support of the Legislature would be dis cussed, perhaps, under more favourable circumstances. After a few observations from Mr. Maberly, Lord Binning withdrew his motion, with the consent of the House. , IRISH ESTIMATES. _ _ The House having resolved itself intd a Committee of Supply, Lord PALMERSTON moved that a sum not exceeding 174,0001. should be granted for defraying the expences of the Disembodied Militia. Mr, HUME objected to the vote, on the ground that the Staff was too large, and that the whole establishment - seemed to be kept up for musical purposes alone. The necessity for this he could not see, nor for the continuance of Paymasters, Adju tants, and Surgeons, with nothing to do. 'Lord PALMERSTON said, - that 89 Adjutants were re tained, because there were 89 Regiments, and it was necessary to. have a skeleton staff, with non-commissioned officers resi dent at head-quarters, whose efficiency was ascertained. The Resolution was then agreed to. The next Resolution was for granting the sum of 116,7031. to defray the expences of the Irish Disembodied Militia, which was agreed to. The next 108,9881. to defray the expences of the Commissa riat Department in Ireland. Mr. HUME stated his conviction that in no part of the British dominions was there so great a waste of public money as in Ireland. When the Irish Exchequer was united with that of Great Britain, it was to be expected that cognizance would be taken more correctly of the ex pences, on their being submitted to the Board here ; but, after all, there was no country in which so much jobbing was carried on. He found that the interest of the deb and the military charges tra:-• riP together the sum of six millions and a half which li:ngland expended upon Ireland, the revenue of Ireland for the last year being 6,150,0001. There was also the grant to. the Lord Lieutenant of 30,0001. which ought to be re duced. Upon the whole he was of opinion that the consolida-. tion of the offices connected with this subject would be attended I with the best effeqts to the country. 11Ir. GOULBURN declined entering into the whole financial state of Ireland at the present moment, but assured the lion. Gentleman that there was a consolidation as far as respected those grants, and that other arrangements were in progress, which, he trusted, would expedite the object which all must. have in.view. • _ • Mr. HUME expressed his satisfaction at the statement of the lion. Gentleman, and the Resolution was agreed to. The next Resolution was 122,7241. for the Barrack Depart, ment in Ireland. _ _ Mr. HUME said that there were no less than 287 barracks in Ireland, 107 of which were permanent. He was anxious to have some explanation on this head; and also on the sum of 30,0001. said to be expended in their repair. Mr. GOULBURN observed, that the number of Barracks was necessary to preserve the tranquillity of the country. ' Mr. S. RICE said that the large grants were, for counties not in a state • of disturbance. In Derry, for instance, where there was no disturbance, there were eleven barracks; and in Lime rick, where there was disturbance, they had only two. Mr. DENNIS BROWNE defended the system of the bar rack departr:'..nt, as it was administered in Ireland. Mr.' GOULBURN and Mr. HUME explained. Mr. PEEL said it was necessary to maintain a number of barracks in the county of Derry, on account of the prevalence of illicit distillation ; but those barracks were maintained at a very low rate of expence, being only at the annual cost of 251. each. Lord LONDONDERRY observed, that if the Government reduced the duty on spirits in Ireland, it woad counteract the view which the Government contemplated, namely, of diminish ing the consumption of ardent spirits among the poor. Mr. S. RICE contended that the high duty produced a greater consumption of a cheaper kind of spirit by the bounty which it gave to illicit distillation. Mr. HUME adverted to the duty on tobacco, to prove that when the duty was increased the revenue was diminished. , Mr. C. GRANT stated that in many instances Government was compelled to retain and keep up barracks on account of the impossibility of disposing of them, even at a considerable lesi. The vote was then agreed to. Mr. BENNET then suggested the propriety of reporting progress. Mr. GOULBURN hoped the House would allow him: to ' submit the votes for the Charitable Institutions, which were then suffering from delay. 19,0001. were then voted to the House of Industry, in Dublin. The next vote was 5,0001. for the Lunatic Asylum.---A greed to. Some other votes for Public Charities were agreed,to, after which the House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up this day, and to be taken Into further consideration on Wednesday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at , OxE o'CLocic MR. ABERCRONMY. Mr. STEIN, the House of Commons' Messenger, and Mr. HILL, the King's Messenger, yesterday returned to town from Edinburgh. The former conveyed the orders of the House of Commons for Mr. hope and Mr. Menzies to attend at the Bar of the House; and the latter Messenger was' the bearer of Mr. Peel's directions to the Lord Provost to summon those two Gentlemen forth. with before him, and to adopt such steps as should compel them to observe the peace to wards Mr. Abercromby. The two Messengers left town on Tuesday night about nine o'clock. 'ln about half an hour they were followed by Mr. Spiller, another Commons' Messenger, who had to forward the Order of the House directing Mr. Abercromby to attend in his place " forth with." The latter messenger overtook the other messengers at Hatfield, whence the whole party proceeded as rapidly as possible till they got to Durham. As they went along, Mr. Spiller left information at the different post-houses,stages,&c. at Ferry bridge and elsewhere of the measures that had been adopted by the House regardingMr.Aber cromby in particular ; but as they could no where gain any tidings of Mr. Abercromby having preceded them, according to previous concert, Mr. Spitler paused at Durham, to' make inquiries about letters for Mr. Abercromby, &c. The other Messengers continued on their journey, and arrived in Edinburgh soon after nine o'clock on Thursday night. They thus accomplished the journey of near 400 miles in 48 hours, which was proceeding at an average of about 8 miles and a half an hour; and during a considerable portion of thejourney they had to leave directions at va rious stations of the orders they were conveying, so that Mr. Abercromby might be apprised of them, in the event of his pursuing their route. — On their arrival in Edinburgh, Mr. Stein pro ceeded immediately to the residences of ,Mr. Hope and Mr. Menzies. Both were from home ; both were out at dinner parties ; and Mr. Stein was unable to serve them with the Processes of the House till two o'clock on Friday morn ing. lie returned to and waited at Mr. Hope's residence till that gentleman's return, and hav ing served him with the Order, the Messenger proceeded to Mr. Menzies, and executed the like purpose. In the mean time, Mr. Hill, the King's Messenger, found the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and handed to him Mr. Peel's letters and direc tions. Search for Mr. hope and Mr. Menzies, was instantly instituted, with instructions to find them forthwith, and bring them before the Lord Provost; and this duty was so promptly executed, that soon after midnight, the• Lord Provost had bound them to maintain the peace. Both the gen tlemen expressed their willingness to obey imme diately and implicitly the orders of the Rpuse ; and with that view they left Edinburgh on Fri day, travelling together in a private chariot, but proceeding post. . The two messengers, having thus fulfilled the object of their journey, left Edinburgh in the Friday evening's mail ; but they had hardly gone one stage, before'they met Mr. Spiller at Haddington, on his way to Edin burgh, with the Orde'r for Mr. Abercromby. Letters from the Serjeant at Arms and the Speaker's Secretary would reach him next day. Mr. Hope and Mr. Menzies arrived in' London 'early next Morning. They are both " young" Advocates. They are to attend the bar of the. I House of Commons to-morrow.- A HEAVY' Loss.—P---, a picture-dealer, met S— in the street one day, and the following conversation en sued :—S. You look deplorably sad, what is the matter with you ?—P. Oh, I am the unluckiest dog alive ; I am al most ruined ; I have lost fifty pounds this morning !—S. How many, man, I never knew you had so much to lose ?—P. Oh, it is always my luck, always unfortunate—a heavy loss, a dead •loss.„--S. (sympathetically). But how happened it ?—P. Why, last week I bought a volume of plates at a Sale for fort, Shillings ; and as they were in the way of Lord G—'s Ostection, I offered them to him. He appointed to call this morning—l went—his Lordship was engaged, and I sat down in the anti-room.L-I had resolved to put a good five pounds profit on, and began looking over the prints, that I might see where to insist on their value. It struck me that they look ed better thad before, and 1 determined to ask ten pounds for them 1 Well, Sir, I waited and waited till almost tired ; and I said to myself, by G—, I won't waste my time :40 long for nothing, for any 'Lord in Christendom—l'll ask fif teen pounds !! Another half hour passed, and I•got so mad, that I swore to myself I'd ask thirty, and I had made up my mind to this when I was called in. His Lordship was in a desperate good humour, and behaved so kindly, that when he inquired the price, I plumped it at once fifty pounds ! ! !—S. And so by your greed you lost your purchaser? —P. No, d—n it ; he, gave me a cheque for the money in a moment, without haggling—l might just as easily have got a hundred—but 1 am always unlucky ! !—( A true Tale.) - SPAIN. DEFEAT OF THE ROYAL GUARDS. (From dlr. Universal,; July 8.) MADRID, JULY 7. When at the conclusion of our article last night we said that the violent state of Madrid could Dot last long, the-battalions of the rebel Guards - had already formed a plan for fulfilling our prophecy. They ascribed to weakness the peace which we left them to enjoy. The'pro testations which they made, and the capitulation which they proposed, were intended to lull us asleep, and to inspire us with confidence. They meditated projects of vengeance, and endeavour. ed to dip, in the blood of their brothers, the chains they prepared for us. But Heaven has disconcerted their wicked plans, and the slates have received the punishment due to their per jury. We should wish to relate all the occur rences of this day, and to omit nothing which has characterized the heroic patriotism of our gallant defenders. But we shall wait till time brings all the facts to light, and limit ourselves to an l outline of the transactions of this memorable day. At three o'clock in the morning the battalions of the gOard who had encamped in the Prado, penetrated into the capital, throwing down the gate of COnde Duque. This plan, as it appears, was to form themselves into three divisions, one of which was to attack the park of artillery ; another to disarm the national militia, which had encamped,in the square of the Constitution ; and the third to take possession of the Puerta del Sol, and to guard the streets which led to it. Of these projects, the only one they succeeded in executing was the third, but the occupation of this post not having rendered them masters of the two others, was of no service to them, and rather exposed them to the defeat which they received n a short time. The battalion destined, to attack the park of artillery dispersed without any known motive on hearing the first firing in the street de la Luna, and the exhortation of their officers was of no avail to retain the soldiers, who, retreating, as it appears, by the way they had entered, dis persed in disorder by the wood of Moncloa. Many of them have attempted in the course of the day to join their companions at the Palace, and some of them have been killed without at- taming their object. In this dispersion, the officer D.' Lewis Mon was taken, who seeing him self detained by a peasant, offered 12 pieces of gold and his watch to be released, but the dis interested patriot conducted him to the park of artillery. It must he confessed, that the division which attacked the square showed more firmness, but it encountered enemies, worthy, not only of contending with it, but with the first soldiers in Europe. The rebels paid dearly for their audacity, dying by the hands of the heroic national militia, at the foot of the guns. They had no other resource but to retire towards the Palace, strew ing the streets the whole day with their dead The mad presumption of two divisions being thus punished, nothing remained but to dislodge that which occupied the Puerta del Sol, the guard of which had fortified itself in the Casa de Correos, when it observed the enormous in equality of its force. This enterprise succeeded as desired, and in a short time the Insurgents threw down their arms, and fled in frightful dis order by the streets del Carmen, des Preciados, and del Arenal, avoiding the death which threa- tened them from a cannon supported by grena diers and sharpshooters, together with a party of cavalry under the command of Gen. Ballasteros. In the mean time the loyal guards, who were in the park of artillery, possessed themselves of the stables, and fortified themselves in them, so that the patriotic soldiers occupied all the approaches to the Palace. While things were in this state, a deputation from the battalions of the guard proceeded to the hall of the Cates, where, the permanent deputation had assembled in company with certain members of the City Corporations, declaring that the guards were ready to surren der their arms, but that.they should be permit ted to do so when they were beyond the precincts of the Palace. It appears the answer was, that at the end of four hours the two battalions which had remained in the Palace should retire with their arms—the one to Leganes, and the other to Vicalvaro; and that the battalions of the Prado who had fled hither should form tents, and should retire without arms to their destined gnarters.— Then it was seen that although the contagion which had spread among the corps of the guards was great, there were many who joined on 7 com pulsion, and by an ill-understood sense of honour, the party of the seducers ; for many of them hn mediately deserted their companions, and repah ed to their quarters, shouting for the Constitu tion. Others, distrusting, doubtless, the genero- sity of their conquerors, or- accused hythiiir con sciences for past crimes, lied, throwing away their arms. But some parties of cavalry, the Na tional Militia, end some pieces of artillery, pur sued, the fugitives on the road to Estrernadura, and at present there are arriving a great number of wounded and prisoners. The most complete tranquillity now reigns in the capital; and it appears almost impossible that the gallant men, whose ardour has been, so ex cited during the day, viewing the perfidy of their enemies, should'have been able to recover, in so short a time after their triumph, that generosity and composure which are the distinction of these heroes. All who have witnessed the attacks of this morning, agree that never troops of the line fought with moreorder or more bravery than the militia. They advanced boldly forward at the yoke of their chiefs, and without. a discordant sound; after their triumph they shouted alone for the constitution, and 1 even heard a militia man reprove a prisoner for the reproaches which he uttered- against his seducers. We have not been able as yet to ascertain how many dead and wounded there have been in the different encoun ters ; but the highest estimate does not make the nuwer of militia killed to amount to half a dozen—a loss extremely small, considering the importance of the victory, but deeply to be de plored, when we reflect , that this force is com posed of proprietors of land, merchants, respect able artisans, and fathers of families, who sacri ficed themselves to defend our liberties. [Thb following account of the same transaction is from th Imparcial.l MADRID, JULY 8. Yesterday morning there was a rumour that the troops of the Prado were about to make a movement, which was not stated, but which was easily conjectured. The Government, in conse quence, which doubtless knew the tendency of this movement, took measures of precaution, and among others that of sending to St. Antonio de la Florida, the company of officers of whom we spoke yesterday. At half past two in the mora -1 ing, after some moments of vacillation respecting what gate they should force, they penetrated into the capital by those of Condeduque and San Bernardino, and drew up at the Puerta del Sol in two columns, of which the one debouched by the street des Preciados, and the other by that de la Montero. The guard de Correos fortified themselves, after having fired some shot, and those of the Prado formed in , the Puerta del Sol, covering with their sentinels all the approaches. There they remained a considerable time with out giving any indication of their intention, till they directed themselves towards the square of the Constitution, where there was a battalion of the national militia, a picket of the cavalry del Principe, and two pieces of artillery. The guards made their attack on the square by the street des Boteros, and by that de la Sol ; but finding s terrible resistance, they were obliged to retreat, drawing off by the street del Arena!, through which they directed their march towards the palace, for the purpose of joining the battalions on service there. The first signal of alarm was a shot fired by a peasant in the street of San Ber nardo, to which the guard answered by other shots. This served to put in motion the company of half-pay officers posted in' the square of St. Domingo, which fired upon the guards. The latter made their different attacks in the square with forces respectively small, and it even ap pears that the attack was not simultaneous at all points : the loss which they sustained, according to the most authentic reports, was not less than 100 men, of whom between '25 and 80 were killed. The loss of the militia and the garrison was very trifling. It is said that the troops which entered from the Pradodid not include the whole of those who occupied it. In the agitation which has prevailed to-day, it is impossible to extend our account at present • so we shall conclude this short relation by stating, that if tranquillity is restored, we shall give the necessary details to morrow. [From the Espectador of July o.] MADRID, JULY 7. Our readers will not be surprised that we limit ourselves to' day to an imperfect account, since, being spectators with arms in our hands, as we have before mentioned, in defence of the liberties of our country, we are worn out with glory and fa' tigue. Let us enter upon the subject. At about a quarter before 3 this morning, there was heard some firing in the street de Luna, the result of an encounter with the vanguard of the mu' tinous battalions, who had encamped on the'Prado, and WO had by stealth introduced themselves, under the protection or darkness, into the capital. The battalion of half-pay Off►cers , Under the command of our companion Don Evarista San Mi' guel, both in the same street and in that of Fountain del Curs , exerted themselves so as to introduce confusion into the Guards , who fled, leaving their muskets, knapsacks, and equipage. At the same time the square of the Constitution was attacked le a brisk fire on three points ; but the brave National the no less brave National Artillery, who, under the command of the valiant Captains Bayona and Ribera, defended the en trances into this square, repulsed the insurgents, who, with the subversive shouts of " Long live the absolute King," had di 'rected their attacks upon the square, forcing them to fly preci pitately, and in the greatest disorder, leaving their wounded and dead scattered in the streets. In the thean time the Commandant-General, Don Pablo Morino, who happened to be in the park of artillery of San Gil, was informed of the object of this sudden and unexpected attack—for sudden and unexpected it must be called—sinc e nobody thought that the inhabitants of Madrid, its militia, and troops, could be attacked in so unjust and treache rous a manner. In this situation, then, presented him self as a prisoner to his Excellency a soldier of the guards, who said that the above-mentioned battalions from the Prado had entered Madrid by forcing the gates of San Bernardino and San Fernando. This intelligence inflamed the mind of his Excel lency and of the brave men who stood by him to such a pitch' that their indignation cannot be expressed. The General, and all who were under his orders, swore anew to die or to be free, and at the shout of 44 Long live the Constitution', a ll pre pared themselves for the conflict. At this moment a Captain D' Lewis Mon appeared before General Morillo as a prisoner, an d being asked what were the plans of the insurrectionary batta lions, this person gave him to understand that they entertaln eti hopes which had been disappointed. While this passed, an d while the Commandant-General saw some of the insurgent troops arriving by the royal stables, he made preparations that the battalion of the officers and soldiers of the same guard ivi l° had abandoned their seditious companions after refusing to Pe" take in their infamous perjury, in order to follow the standa rd of their country, should immediately take possession of th e stables to restrain the audacity of the insurgents who had gon e there with the like intent, and with that of attacking the divi. sion of the park of artillery. While this was happening, a strong column of the Vert under the command of their Commandant Very, had placed themselves in the Puerta del Sol. The brave General I 3 e ll°- steros, who was in the park of artillery, as soon as he heard the first firing, obtained permission from the Captain-General to attack this column, and carrying with him a piece-of artillery and a battalion of Militia, immediately assaulted it. The co' lumn, after a short resistance, dispersed, part by the stree t ° Montera, and part by that de la Arenal, pursued by the casein' under the command of Brigadier Palleria ; but this last wa s crossed by the national Militiaand a cannon which was directed against the guards. all The victory was soon decided, and the enemy, routed in directions, saw themselves under the necessity of seekin; an asylum in the palace of the Monarch. The valiant r e g ime % Del Infante, the national militia, and the artillery con to them within the narrowest limits, obliging them to lis t r t he terms, pointing s° out his Majesty as intercessor, in spite or_ affronts which in their route these unfortunate men had ed,cthe b o la m c p k l e a s i t n p in e g rfi t d h y a , t a th n ey d ahbaatindboeneendvbilveli thosedec evievreyd,pseersdougawbhYo had led them to swerve from their oaths. t he The permanent Deputation of the Cortes, which , w ho want of communication with the Ministers of his MajestY, were in tl sell( titu delil Puri the i 11lar Part jest] earl ) , the artn