The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-02 00:00:00

heroic Espartero succeeded in capturing in two days
afterwards, with a wonderful flourish of artillery,
shells, rockets, and small arms, besides many brilliant
charges of cavalry, but without any great slaughter, as
may be supposed. Having accomplished this mighty
feat, did he follow Don Sebastian ? Did he clear a
way through Tolosa with his " victorious legions," and
co-operate with Iribarren for the destruction of the
expeditionary force ? No—having gallantly taken
the deserted town and works of Hernani, he waited
day •after day to see if Tolosa would be abandoned,
that he might have the " glory" of capturing that
place also without the peril of a conflict. In the
mean time the Royal Infante called at Estella, whence
he escorted Don Carlos through the whole breadth of
Navarre, crossing the rivers Arga and Aragon wahout
opposition, and subsequently beating Iribarren when
he ventured to change his system of cautious tactics
into one of active operations. Thus, by the ellorate
contrivance of Lord Palmerston and Col. Wy de a
combination of the Carlist forces has been facili-
tated, which threatens more serious consequences
to the Christino cause than any Carlist Move-
ment which has taken place since the commence-
ment of the war. Espartero declines to advance from
the neighbourhood of the sea-coast, unless under the
protection of the British artillery, horse marines; and
British war-steamers, which, as we before suggested,
ought to be mounted upon wheels to accommodate
him. The sooner, then, that he is transported back
to Bilboa the better. He does not like the guerilla
warfare that awaits him, should he push beyond To-
losa. He would rather cajole than fight the Guipuz-
coans. So he has promised them theirfueros. But
they know the " Punic faith" of the Madrid Govern-
ment too well to place any reliance upon such pro-
mises, which, no doubt, that Government would shuffle
out of, as they have shuffled out of their lawful debts
as soon as the brave defenders of Basque rights and
liberties laid down their arms. But should Espartero
muster the requisite courage and energy to attack
Tolosa, and take it, as he ought to do, with his
great superiority of force, what then.? The taking
of that place, in the remote corner of the Penin-
sula, will have no effect upon the general issue of the
war. It will not even decide the fate of the province
of Guipuzcoa. The guerilla warfare awaits his ad-
vance through every step of these green valleys and
mountain fastnesses, where a people, devotedly attach-
ed to their ancient liberties, defend their national in-
dependence with enthusiastic courage, resolving that
their fields shall be wasted—their hearths made deso-
late—their pleasant homes offered to the flames, and
their blood poured out as water by the sword of the
mercenary invader, before he shall succeed in over-
turning the altars of their hereditary freedom. Such a
people may be exterminated—they cannot be subdued.
The unhallowed flag of tyrant and infidel revoldtion
can never float securely in the Basque provinces, ex-
cept over the solitude of a nation's grave. It is me-
lancholy to think that England should be an accom-
plice in this great murder, imitating in the Basque
mountains the crimes which the Russian Autocrat
committed against liberty in the plains of Poland !
Morning Herald.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 1.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
On the motion of Mr. HARLAND the Great North
of England Clarence and Hartlepool Grand Junction
Railway was read a third time and passed.
Sir C. B. VERE presented a petition from a place in
Suffolk, against the passing-tolls clause in the Bridlington
Harbour Bill.

On the motion of Sir G. STRICKLAND the
Barnsley Water-works Bill was re-committed.

Mr. CURTLIS gave notice that on Tuesday next he
would call the attention of the House to the petition pre-
sented by him a few nights ago from a Mr. Mills, and he
would take that opportunity to advert, in the strongest pos-
sible 'onstage, to the conduct of Ministers relative to the
Special Report of the Brighton Railway Committee.
On the motion of Lord DARLINGTON, the Crue
and Chester Canal Bill was read a third time and passed.

BRIDLINGTON HARBOUR BILE.

Mr. BETHEL moved the third reading of the Bri

lington Harbour Bill.

Mr. PEASE rose with very great reluctance to dis-
charge what he conceived to be his duty towards his con-
stituents and the public. It would be in the recollection
of the House that nothing could be more contradictory
than the statements that had been made of the merits of the
undertaking., and the promoters of the Bill had not thought
it worth their while to offer any evidence for the pur-
pose of rebutting these contradictory statements. It was
admitted before the Committee that after all nature and
art had done or could do, it would still remain a dry har-
bour at low water, and no vessels could enter it at such pe-
riods, whatever their distress or danger might be. From the
statements which had been laid before the Committee rela-
tive to the income and expenditure, it was quite clear that the
sum of 58,0001. or 60,0001. required could not be raised in a
shorter period of time than 30 years. Another most im-
portant fact was, that small vessels would be obliged to pay
as much as large ones, and that the tax would fall most
heavily upon the shipowners from coal ports, who would be
obliged to pay from 1,200/. to 1,400/. a-year for the support
of that harbour. Under these circumstances he called
upon the House to reject the measure for another year,
when the subject would be brought before it, and he
would conclude by moving that the Bill be read a third time
that day six months.
Mr. D. BARCLAY opposed the Bill. He was on
principle opposed to a passing toll.
Mr. WI LKS suggested that all those harbours of refuge
on the coast of England, Wales, and Scotland should in
justice be placed under the control of some public Board.—
(Cheers.) In the meantime, though he was opposed to
the principle of a passing toll, still under the circumstances
he would vote for the Bill.

Mr. HUTT thought the Government ought to give their
serious consideration to the suggestion of the Hon. Member
(Mr. Wilks). If the money *ere entrusted to a local
Board, those paying it had a right to require that those
harbours of refuge were placed in the most convenient posi-
tion for the general shipping trade, that the money was all
expended on the harbour, and that the payers had some
controul over their own funds.

Sir GEO. STRICKLAND was surprised at the state-
ment of the Hon. Member behind him (Mr. Pease), that
since the House had sanctioned the second reading, no
circumstances had occurred which had induced him to
alter the opinion he then formed with respect to the mea-
sure. Had the Honourable Member forgotten that the
Bill had been duly and justly considered in Committee, and
had been carried through that Committee by as large a ma-
jority as the second reading ? One of the great objections of
Honourable Members to the Bill was that it did not im-
pose equal taxation upon all ships. For his own part,'
he certainly thought such an equalization would not
only be improper but unjust. He concurred in the statement
of the Hon. Member for Hull, that the Government should
take subjects of this description under their own controul.
The construction of this harbour had been the means of
saving the lives and property of many individuals, and such
being the case, were they now to be told that no means
should be adopted of keeping it up ?
Mr. LAMBTON felt called upon to deny the state-
ments of the Hon. Baronet who had just sat down, that
the Bill had been done justice to in the Committee.
That Committee, instead of allowing the promoters of the
Bill to give their evidence in support of it, had called upon
the promoters of the Bill to do so. That, in his opinion,
was a most unusual and unjustifiable course of proceeding.
Mr. G. F. YOUNG said that he had always been the
strenuous opponent of the principle of passing tolls, and
considered that, if the House passed the present Bill,
it would set its seal against that principle, because,
if passed, it would exclude all parties from coming
at any future period and asking for passing tolls.—(Hear.)
He had the satisfaction of knowing that by consenting to
this measure, he was taking a course most consistent with
the interests of his constituents, but should at the same time
regret if that course did not give satisfdction.—(" Divide,
divide.")
Mr. HOGG said the Hon. Member for North Durham
having accused the Committee of gross injustice, trusted
that as he was a member of that Committee he might be
allowed to say a few words. He contended that the de-
lay which had arisen was solely owing to the Hon. Mem-
ber himself, who had proposed the adjournment of the
Committee for a week, when there actually existed no ne-
cessity for such a proceeding.
Sir E. CODRINGTON would support the Bill on the
ground of humanity, and on behalf of a most meritorious
class of his Majesty's subjects. He was satisfied that for
every increased foot given to the width of the mouth of the
harbour, hundreds of lives would be saved.

=Mr. IN G HAN' supported the amendment.
Mr. BETHEL replied.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The House
divided, when there appeared—

For the third reading
Against it B2
Majority for the third reading -43
The Bill was then read a third time, and passed.