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Oise, eattaritation, laeing thou lottocepted, there can be
little doubt that hie capture well pewee& she immediate
eapitsilaterm of the last resting place of Opailsh power, ed.
011ie coat Meat, end she ecteqeest alba' dtesdfal dungeon of
Splnisli *Neuf ism.
You away safely predict the fell et Porto CAA* ill two or
three smiths; s6oukt this remit be deferred, It will be ion.
potable only to the iwtettiftl7,-toritta !be istipottmee, of she
Colombia. Genera. Anseriears bete, who know llie illegal
capture end etilidemisation of the Calypso, are impstieutly
expecting *one naval force from the United Mates, to re-
claim Ibis property, or Secure indemnification by reprisals.
(MATRA, APRIL 24, 1822.
The Ringer is to sail to-day, and I hope she may not fill.
loit the Cologo to Porto Cabello, as a mite. By the Ca-
/row I wrote you, sod She Splodged, have my letters, or
else they Were delivered to the "Genii of the deep." The
Pinny Bride, will sail fur Baltimore shoot the 10th of
May.
General Pa., ham been contractier the lines upon Port,
Cabello, and when the Colombian squadron, of right sesgirls,
blockade the port. whieb will take place in six or eight day.,
a succeeded attack may be made to reduce this formidable
fortress.

CARACCAS. APRIL 23.
Subsequently, however, to the last somber, we have le.
(tired isielligesee that Canned)°, sear the Oel• of Corot
lies been occupied by Colonel Pionno. On the 1011. instant
Morales was at Alta Gracia, near Marachillw. *lib his army,
but he tan make no attempts on that city by lard, and most
embark if he contemplates an attack ; ■nd as be has neither
basis nor vessels to put in execution his designs, he mast
shortly he est sip sad annihilated by the patriot armies ots
either silt of him.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON.
THURSDAY. Jowl 47, 1824.

The Marriage Act Amendment Bill was farther
discussed last night in the House of Lords. The
retrospective clause was carried, and an amendment
proposed by Lord Lmatoot., that it should not
extend to any marriages respecting the validity of
which a suit was now depending, was negatived by
a majority of 39.

Last night Mr. CIICIVILY submitted a series of
resolutions, the object of which was to repeal the
present Pension Bill. The Honourable Member
stated himself that he had no idea his proposition
should be acceded to of inserting these resolutions
on the Journals, but so strongly did he feel the in-
justice of the Pension Act, in the present distressed
state of the country, that one day it most be re.
pealed. The motion was opposed by Mr. &swan,
who moved that they should pass to the other orders
of the day. Mr. CABEVIY took the sense of the
House on the first, and moved the others as amend•
mews in their several orders. A division then took
place, when there appeared, for Mr. BAIIIIM'S
Amendment, 143—For the original Motion, 42
Majority 101.

We have received • series of New York Pipers
from the 12th to the lath May. They contain
some interestiot iotelligenee from South America.

We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday.
The Turks continue to permeate the Greeks with
savage barbarity. It is a war of extermination, an.
restrained by any feelings of humanity. Innocence
affords no protection against their rage, and even the
hostage committed to their care is sacrificed to their
indiscriminate fury.

Mr. BROUGHAM'S motion on Monday evening
was undoubtedly the most interesting that has been
submitted to the House of Commons during the
present Session. It claims this distinction not only
from its intrinsic merits—from the deep and general
importance which must necessarily belong to a ques-
tion regarding intimately the influence and power
of the Crown, but in justice to Mr. BROUGHAM it
must be admitted that it deserves no small share
of interest from the manner in which the,,eubject
was handled by the Learned Gentleman. Mr.
BROUGHAM'S speeches in Parliament always evince
great research, and the historical sketches which
they present are eminently calculated to fix the pub-
lic attention. In his speech on Monday evening were
contained several interesting, though minute parti-
. enlist', of Parliamentary history, and the anxious
attention with which all persons in this country
listen to details of this nature, will, we trust, be
attributed to some higher and better motive than
the impulse of mere curiosity.
Had Mr. BROUGHAM succeeded in his motion,.
such a result would necessarily hsve falsified his
reasonings. The complaint of an excess of influ-
rown, a f a proportionate corrop-
p
ence in the C
tion in the Howie of mons, if it he founded lit
truth, can never be successfully urged iii the pre-
sence of those whose conduct is the topic; of cen-
sure; and if by any chance or subtlety, the Mi-
nisters of the Crown were to suffer themselves to be
left in a minority on • question of this nature, ru
measure of reformation ought in propriety or justice
of reasoning ensue upon such an event. The it ry
vote of the House which would admit the want of
reformation, must be held at the same moment to
be a sufficient assurance that reform was iinneces-
sary. In uniting therefore 101 members in the
minority, Mr. BIOUGH•11 was probably far more
successful than he lied anticipated. No one who
reads with attention the debate of Monday night
can doubt the truth of the resolutt . The sena.
lily and inconsistency of the several Houses of
Commons during the last 20 years, offer a bunidi.
sting speCtacle to one stational vanity. If- these .
Pediments were to be considered the repreaeotes
tires of the moral Lehi% of England, . es, they
were legally the depositaries of pones. our
counby would hold no very enviable rank amoig

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