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LONDON,
SATLTRDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1837.

In the House of Lords yesterday, after the presentation of
,ronie petitior.s, it will be seen by our Parliamentary Report
that there was a lengthened and very interesting conversation,
io,-igiiiated by the Earl r,f HADDINGTON, on the subject of the
Report of the Commissioners on Religious Instruction in
;.::eotl and ,

The Reprt of ay.) Municipal Corporation Act Amendment
was brought up; some amendments were made in the
3;111, after which it was ordered to be printed previouzly to
lhe third reading._

In the House of Commons, a discussion, possessing more
an or.inary claims upon attentive perusal, arose on that
clause in Mr. DUNLOP'S Glasgow and Avr Railway Bill,
hie 4 contemplated the prohibition of travelling on the nail-
s‘ ay between twelve o'clock on Saturday night and twelve
on Sunday night. Dr. BOWRING moved the omission
this preposterously absurd clause, which, on a division, was
-ruck out. and the Bill was consequently passed without the
iaras,:ical prohibition. Mr. RoEnt.eK supported his views by
rov,rential reference to the New Testament.

Some conversation su:ceeded on the subject of a Bill about
t Le introduced by Lcrd JonN RUSSELL, for the purpose of
suryovs under the English Tithe Bill.
In anwer to Mr. HUME, Sir JOUN tionnousE stated that
ere would he au immediate distribution of the prize money
out of the Burmese! war.

Mr. RoEuuct: again adverted to the state of the public
ilsinesq. urp;mg the propriety of taking one Bill at a time and
thro•agh with it.
Lord .iotiN RUSSEI.I. did not perceive the propriety of the
nurse recommended.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER attributed the slow
•rr,gress made in the Government business partly to the prac-
t.:.e of adjourning debates for three or four nights, instead
concluding them in one.
Mr. O'CoNNELL pertinently, and with truth, observed, that
Cie arrAt source of ail the mischief was that they turned night
i to clay. They should sit as other Houses of Legislature did,
r.ine or ten o'clock in the morning, and adjourn in the even-
i- cr. After a few words from other Hon. Members,
'Lord ions RUSSELL said he was considering the expediency
apncintiog a Committee, to inquire into the best mode of
1-atiscting the business of the House.
11-. e Punishment of Death for Forgery Bill then went
thr,uali a Committee.

Lord lo►ix RUSSELL then moved the Order of the Day for
t' z House going into Committee on the Bill for the abolition
ce the Punishment of Death, in certain cases.
Mr. Ew4r.T's motion, which went to the abolition of the
unishrnont of death in all cases, except those of murder, was
st by a majority of cne only—there being 72 for Mr. W'ART'S
Sae, ion ; against it 73.
The House then went into Committee on the Bill, when
t!ie several clauses were gone through, and the report was or-
dered to he received on Monday.
The Offences against the Person Bill was considered in
Cernraittee. The [louse then, at one o'clock, adjourned.

The Paris Papers of Thursday bring important in-
eliigence from the north of Spain. On the 17th
instant, after a desperate resistance, General EVANS
ilok Iron. The following account of this important
victory was communicated by telegraph to the French
Government

" THE COMMANDANT OF THE 20TH MILITARY DIVISION TO

THE MINISTER OF WAR.

BA.YON'SE, MAY 17, HALF-PAST IL—General Evans
yesterday at noon attacked Irun, which was obstinately de-
fended. The redoubts are not yet carried ; they make a
desperate resistance ; all the outlets are closed to the Car-
ists. On the demand made to me by General Evans to
receive his wounded, I have sent the surgeon of my divi-
sion : 1 have established a temporary hospital, and have
ordered a hospital chest to be forwarded from Bayonne.
The wounded are conveyed by the Bidassoa. The Infante
"as at Estella on the 15th, Irribarren at Puente la Reyna,
in communication with Logrono and Vittoria.

"ONE o'CLocK.—General Evans has allowed the women
and children to leave Irun. The defence is vigorously con-
tinued. Espartero occupies Hernani.
" FIVE o'CLocK, EVENING.—Since 11 o'clock the Eng-
lish have carried the redoubts, the nzaison commune, and
two-thirds of Irun. Thirteen pieces of artillery have fallen
into their hands. Notwithstanding the recommendation of
General Evans to make prisoners, the soldiers, exasperated
at the violent resistance, gave no quarter. Thirty prisoners
only have been conducted to the Christino fortress of Be-
bohia. Two steamers, eight trincadores, and a schooner,
are in sight of Fontarabia, and have commenced firing
against the place.
" MAY 17, HALF-PAST 10 o'CLocK, P.M.—lrun was
taken to-day at one o'clock. Just as the redoubt was capi-
tulating, Colonel Arbuthnot entered the town by a coup de
main, blowing up the gate with a petard. The garrison
still resisted, but in vain. The town was delivered up to
plunder. 400 prisoners, shut up in the municipality, were
grzrdes (protected, we hope) sword is hand by English
officers : 200 were bayoneted. Evans did all in his power
to stop the shedding of blood. He behaved nobly. The
Anglo-Christinos had 150 wounded : 40 are on our terri-
tory. The land forces are proceeding to attack Fontara-
bia, which is invested."

We are confident that General EVANS will exert
his authority to prevent the useless effusion of blood.
He has the reputation of being as humane as he is
brave, and sorry should we be were he to tarnish his
fair fame by any indifference to the protection of a
vanquished enemy. To retaliate cruelties upon the
most perfidious enemy is abhorrent to the feelings of
the British nation, whose moral greatness has never
appeared so conspicuous as in the hour of victory.
AEWNPATlBRannouncement of this second triumph of the
t..).N arms was followed by a rise in the funds on
4urs n Paris. Stocks rose one franc, and would
ced higher during the day, had not a ru-
,ioo9 spread that Don SEBASTIAN had forced
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