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London, England, 1837-02-15 00:00:00

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Liberal Members who negket attendance in the House of
Commons upon important divisicns, I must say one word in
excuse for absence on the Stafford discussion.
By order of the House,- a copy of votes and proceedings,
with notices of motion, &c., for the ensuing evening, is laid
tipo i the table of every Member daily, to inform and remind
him. In Monday's list the notices of motion stood thus .
No. I. Mr. W. Williams's Return of Exchequer Bills, &c.
2. Lord J. Russell's Irish Poor Laws.
• 3. Mr. Maclean's Petition of Mr. Mulholland.
4. Captain Chetwynd's Stafford Writ.
5. Mr. Divett's Suspension of ditto.
Now, I Will state my own case, and perhaps it may be iden-
tical with that of others. •
I fixed to go to the House by nine o'clock, by which time
I was cei lain this question could not be disposed of, and when I
should be in time to vote in favour of Mr. Divett's amendment.
• On reaching the House at a quarter before nine, I found that
•' No. 3,4, 5 of the notice paper had been taken out of turn, be-
fore No. 2,. and had been concluded before 7o'clock. Now, let
me ask, what is the use of a notice paper, if its effect is only
to mislead?' What the use of arrangement in turns, if such
are to be departed from by other understandings between
parties ?
We, Liberal Members, have sufficient to contend with, and
must claim fair play in our behalf from the public censors,
especially from those of our own party.
• I trusted to an official list, and this confidence prevented
my taking part in a division—here was no inattention or
indifference, but simply a misleading by the irregularity of
others.

With sincere respect for your laudable and honest efforts
in the slowly progressing cruse of liberty arid good govern-
ment,--I am, &C.

In the House of Commons, last night, Mr. O'CoNNELI.
asked, and obtained leave, to bring in a hill for the amend-
ment of what Lord BitouoitAm well denominated "our
atrocious system of Libel Law." No Member of the
House of Commons is better able to deal with the abuses
of this law than the Hon. and Learned Member for Kil-
Icnny, but so repeatedly has he brought the subject of them
before Parliament, only to suffer the question to slip through
his fingers, that we begin to fear that the country will not
have to thank him for the accomplishment of so very im•
portant a measure of Law Reform. We have a just right
—to complain of the conduct of Mr. O'CONNELL with re-
spect to the amendment of the Law:of Libel. In justice to
the country he ought either to have carried the Bills which
he introduced in former Sessions—which we are per-
suaded he might have done had he pressed them
upon the House—or lie ought to give up the question
altogether, in order to afford other Liberal Members an op-
portunity of carrying it. We are confident that
but for the Honourable and Learned Gentleman's motions
and Bills respecting the amendment of the Law of Libel,
the Honourable Member for Middlesex would have secured
the passing of a good Bill in the Session of Parliament
preceding the last. However, we shall wait patiently till
we see what steps Mr. O'CONNELL will take to accelerate
the passing of the Bill which he is now about to bring for-
ward. In the success of the future we will willingly omit
all further unpleasant reference to the disappointments of
the past. The country will be grateful to Mr. O'CONNELL
if he succeed in reforming the Libel Law, even now ; but
if he again permit the measure to be lost, we candidly tell
him that he will be regarded as an obstructor of the very
measure of which he charged himself with the leading ad-
vocacy.

On Dr. 13owntNG moving for the returns of the amounts
not paid into the Exchequer, but deducted for costs of col-
lection, and all other purposes, from the gross amounts
received by the Customs and other departments of revenue,
which were azreed to after some remarks by Mr. BARING,
Mr. WALLACE observed that the public accounts and the

application of surplus revenue would never be in a satis-
factory state, or intelligible to the public, until the finan-
• cial year should be closed, on the sth of January, instead of
the .sth of April ; and he gave notice that he would bring
this subject before the House, soon after the production of
the Budget by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER in
April, unless some strong grounds were shown for adhering
to the present system.

The Paris papers of Monday contain no news of any
moment but the following telegraphic dispatch from the
Mouiteu:•, and the accompanying extracts :

" Don Carlos went to Hernani on the 9th with four batta-
lions, and returned to Tolosa in the evening. The Carlists
have ten battalions on that frontier. The English and Spanish
have twenty-one battalions at St. Sebastian, with five steam-
boats, and a numerous force of artillery. It is not expected
that any attack will take place before the 12th."
PARIS, FEB. 13.--We have the following letter from Oran
of the Ist of February :-" The general subject of conversa-
tion here is the treaty of peace, which I lately mentioned to
you, and which at present seems to be no more than a project.
However, it may-now be stated that the reports which have
been circulated on the subject, were not destitute of founda-
tion. According to these reports, the celebrated Jew, Ben
Durand, is commissioned by Abdel Rader to represent him at
Paris, where the treaty of peace will doubtless be concluded.
Welll This same Jew, who usually resides at Algiers, has
just arrived by the Ramier steam-boat, which anchored in the
road on the 31st January."-Constitutionnel, Feb. 13.
The Phare, of Bayonne, confirms the news of the arrival of
the troops commanded by General Ribiero at St. Sebastian
and Passage. Part of these troops were to take possession,
on the 7th, of two villages near Renteria and Lopez, which
are occupied by the Carlists. The terror of the inhabitants
was great on learning the arrival of these troops, and their in-
tention of advancing to put an end to the insurrection by a
decisive blow.-Journal de Paris, Feb. 14
BAYONNE, FEB. 8.-The troops of Ribiero and Narraez,
under the command of the former, which arrived at St. Sebas-
tian yesterday, arc 6,000 men ; 2,000 more were expected in
the evening ; that makes up the 8,000, which were announced.
The revolutionary troops were to attack Rentaria and Leso
this morning, in order to try to lodge some troops there, St.
Sebastian and Passage being crowded. The attack seems to be
definitively fixed for the 10th. The Carlists are ready to
receive the attack, which will be made by 13,000 combatants.
Besides 8,000 volunteers used to war, that General Guiba-
lalde has at his disposal, he has received a reinforcement of
three more battalions ; all the peasants are placed at different
points to take the arms of the killed and wounded, and to
'fill up their places in the ranks. All the points are provided
with ammunition.
An English officer of engineers arrived at Behobie yesterday;
he went along our frontier as far as to Hindaye, to examine
the positions of the Royalists at hurt and Fortarabia.-Gazette
de France, Feb. 14.
, Five
peVicra.C.Hlg/ Tr.jel:Aoitotei., FEB. 13.
Four per Cent., 101 l
Three per Cents., 791. 4Cc. 35c 45c. 40c.
541 .1,10, Bank Actions. 2,49n1. 2,395 f. 2,39011
de Naples, (ISf. 45c.
4.4°H . Lentmaen Five per Cents.,l) 102!;,
7.
lu zu„ Activess,otlc ,ttut Siplanish Passives. 7k1,.6%
Belgianss loan, Five 1,e50. Cents, 103 25e. 1,552 f. 50c.
uhi: Portuguese Loan, Three p, Cents, 311 A•
ilaytian Loan, 355 f. 2001. 365 f.
)91 KXCDANCP. ON LONDON.
, One month, paper, 25c. 30c. ; money, 251. 427!“
Three months, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money, 251. ioc
_ -Cours Authenligue.
LAST PRICES
Five per Cents., 109 E 35c.
'!l,4ftit.. • Three per Cents. ;91. 60c.
Bank Actions, 2,3901:
Bente de Naples, 98E 55c.
Roman Five per Cents., M.N.
Belgian Loan, 103.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 31%.
Haytian Loan, 34;5f.
• Spanish Actives, 27.
Spanish Passives. 7%.
Spanish Difleres, 8%.
New Differes, 11'.
Belgian Society, 1,552 f. 50c.

The Irish Attorney-General, Mr. Woulfe, was re-
elected for Cashel, on Friday last, without any opposition.
The Courrier du Gand of the 7th inst. has the
following The arrest of a young medical student of
Paris, who belongs to a respectable family of this department,
has given rise to much conversation at Nimes. This young
man is said to have uttered the following seditious language in
41, public place at Connaux, in the Arrondissement of Uzes :
% Alibaud was a man of firm character; but Meunier was a
stupid fellow, upon whom we had no reliance. The Associa-
tion is composed of nineteen members, of whom I am one.
We have no hopes from No. 3, who is no better than
Meunier ; but No. 4 is quite a different being, and the King
will be fortunate indeed if he escapes him I' The question
is whether this treasonable language was uttered in sober se-
Ifiousness, or whether it was merely the bravado of a repre-
hensible vanity. Be this as it may, the strict investigation
which will be given to this affair, should it tend to the dis-
covery of a new accomplice of Meunier, may very probably
lead to important revelations !"
The .Tournal des. Debats, after enumerating all
the embellishments and wcrks of public utility made in Paris
in_ the course of the year 1836, publishes the following return
of the sums squandered in feasts under the Empire and Resto-
ration, to show how the money of the people is more profita-
bly employed now than in those times :
The coronation of the Emperor c05t...1,745,646 francs.
The marriage of Marie Louise ....2.670,932
The birth of the King of Rome
The christening of the Duke of Bordeaux 668,000
The feast of the Trocadero BOO,OOO
The coronation of Charles X 1,164,097

Total 7,648,675
THE WEATIIER IN 1836.—From the register
kept at the Horticultural Gardens at Chiswick, it appears that
the quantity of rain was 28:f inches, or about four inches
!tore than the average of the ten preceding years. The
barometer was the highest, or 30,733 inches, on January 2,
and 28.655 inches, the lowest, on March 28. The greatest
_te4at was on July 5, when the thermometer in the shade was
5 deg., and the lowest on January 1, when it stood at 13
1, The average mean of the barometer was 0.072, and of
thermometer lf deg. less than the preceding year:,

CHAINCEItY COURT.-('THIS DAY.)