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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23,1837.

THE KING'S HEALTH.

We are happy to learn by the latest accounts from
Windsor to-day that the KING is much better. It
is not, however, expected that his MAJESTY will
come to town to-morrow.

In the House of Lords yesterday the proceedings were prin-
cipally confined to the presentation of petitions and some con-
versation respecting them. The Bishop of EXETER—in pre-
senting a petition complaining that in the workhouse of the
Worcester Union the members of any dissenting chapel were
allowed to go out on a Sunday, whilst those belonging to the
Established Church were confined to the House—gave notice
that on Thursday next he would move for a copy of any order
made by the Poor-law Commissioners on the subject. Lord
ELLENBOROUGR said paupers who were very importunate to go
out to Church came in in a much worse condition than when
they went out. After some further conversation, it was ordered,
on the motion of the Duke of Ricnmosn, that the Clerk of
the Board of Guardians at Worcester be requested to seud up
a copy of any regulation made by the Board of Guardians, rela-
tive to the attendance of the paupers at worship on a Sunday.
Lord DUNCANNON, in postponing the Committee on the
Dublin Police Bill, took occasion to state that an enquiry into
the alleged disgusting levity of the executioner at Gloucester
had taken place, that forty witnesses had been examined, and
not one of them saw anything at all indecorous.
Lord SEGRAVE thought that there had been exaggeration in
the matter, but that some degree of levity had 'been exhibited
he had no doubt.
In the House of Commons the discussion which ensued on
the bringing up the Report on the Church-rate Regulation
Bill principally occupied the sitting. The debate—which we
have made the subject of a separate article—was, according to
practice, adjourned.
The previous proceedings of the evening consisted in the
reception of petitions; passing a private Bill; in a conversa-
tion respecting a report—the truth of which Mr. C. Woon
distinctly denied—that the British Marines engaged at Bar-
celona had steeped their swords in the blood of their allies ;
and in a statement made by Lord J. RUSSELL relative to the
course which he meant to pursue in regard to the business of
the country.

It will be seen that the debate on the Church-rate
question, which occupied the House of Commons till
One o'Clock this morning, was then adjourned. From
all appearances, we should judge that it is intended to
prolong the discussion to the utmost limits—if not
considerably farther—of .the public patience. What
else can the factious opponents of the Government
mean by pushing forward, in the only stage of the
debate at which they know there is any chance of a
hearing, such small fry as Mr. A. JOHNSTON,
Mr. PETER BORTHWICK, and Mr. HORACE TWISS,
to nibble at the question ? This, we fear, is ominous
of an appalling outpouring of senatorial twaddle.
Mr. JOHNSTON made play with an amendment,
the object of which was to get rid entirely of the
Church-rate question by a side-wind, and to confine
the funds to be derived from an improved management
of Church property to the purpose of religious in-
struction within the Church. The Hon. Member, in
the course of his speech, displayed a remarkable igno-
rance of Dissenting statistics, on which subject he
took upon himself to enlighten the House, claiming
eleven millions of the people of England and Wales
for the Church, and leaving three millions to the
Dissenters. This sort of misrepresentation is not an
unfrequent practice among the advocates of ecclesias-
tical domination. They first under-rate the numbers of
those who attend Dissenting worship, and then claim
all the rest of the community as belonging of right t'o
the Church ; whereas, were they to reckon the fre-
quenters of places of worship only, they would find that
the Dissenters equal, if they do not outnumber, the
members of the Establishment.
These and similar mis-statements and blunders
called up Mr. BA INEs, who in a short, but able
speech, perfectly anatomized the Hon. Member for
St. Andrews, overthrowing all his calculations and re-
futing all his assertions by the irresistible force of
facts. He stated also plainly and openly—and we beg
attention to the statement that no charge of disingenu-
ousness may hereafter be trumped up against the Dis-
senters—that although the measure under discussion
was a healing one, there were other grievances pressing
upon the Dissenters which they would use every ex-
ertion in their power to remove, never resting until
they stood on a footing of perfect equality with
Churchmen.

Mr. BAINES was followed by Mr. HARDY, whose
notions of religious liberty seem to be cast in a rather
peculiar mould. The Hon. Member for Bradford
could not, for the life of him, see the least difference in
the nature of a payment toward the support of a reli-
gion, whether the whole or none of the payers be-
longed to that religion I With Mr. 'TARDY it is
the SR me thing what the religion is—it is enough
that it be established, to entitle it to the undi-
vided support of the community. Mr. HARDY'S
constituents are of a different opinion, as appears by
the fact that a petition signed by no fewer than NINE-
TEEN THOUSAND of them was last night presented
to the House, praying for the abolition of Church-
rates. Mr. HARDY tried to make a hit against the
Dissenters, by quoting the proceedings in the celebrated
case of Lady HEWLEY as a proof that they are not
very hostile to the principle of endowments, nor very
scrupulous about the means of appropriating them.
There is no point whatever in the allusion. The Imo-
ceedings in the case alluded to, hoWever objectionable
they may have been, are not to be fathered upon the

whole Dissenting body. They were got up by one or
two narrow-minded bigots, and have been, we believe,
disowned by all the influential and respectable _por-
tion of the sect to which the persecuting parties be-

longed.
Mr. HUME spoke next, but not at any great length
—quito long enough however to demolish the flimsy
superstructure erected by the preceding speaker. The
Hon. Gentleman's remarks were characterised by his
usual sound sense and straightforwa►d honesty.
Our readers will hardly expect that we should ex-
pend much attention
,upon the performance of Mr.
BORTHWICK ; yet there is a point in it really worth
noticing. The Hon. Member dwelt con amore upon
the many claims which the Church has to the gratitude
and support of those who did not belong to her com-
munion. Among other things she had been " the
great nurse ?f civil and religious liberty! This is
original.
Mr. LAM BTON thought that the Bishops' lessees
would be rather hardly dealt with in some cases, were
the Ministerial plan carried out as it stands at pre-
sent, and Mr. Twtss detained the House an uncon-
scionable time, making much ado about nothing.
Of the SOLICITOR GENERAL'S speech we cannot
but speak in terms of high approbation, both for the
legal acumen, and the general power of argument
which it displayed. But what shall we say of the
pitiful effusion of imbecile rage vented by Sir FRAN-
cis BURDETT ? What a humiliating spectacle does
that man now present ! Every principle deserted—
every faculty gone—a miserable example of mental
decrepitude! We must refer our readers to the debate
itself for the Right Hon. Baronet's forcible feebleness,
and also for the memorable chastisement which Mr.
SIIIEL inflicted upon this apostate of apostates.

The scene in the House of Commons last night was
in the highest degree ludicrous, and the only—draw-
back to the entertainment arose from the melancholy
position of the prominent figure. He was indeed a
puppet in the hands of the Tories, and, to do him
justice in that character, obeyed the pulls of the jug-
gler admirably. The performance was evidently got
up for the purpose of effect, and may be said to be
a copy of a celebrated exhibition which took place
near the spot some two hundred years ago, when
CROMWELL denounced the Parliament, and applied
every epithet of abuse to his old and intimate friends.
If we suppose CROMWELL represented by Sir FRAN-
CIS BURDETT, Colonel HAnitisorr by Serjeant
GOULBURN, and the House of Commons by his
Majesty's Ministers, the similarity between the two
scenes, comparing small things to great, will be found
remarkable. Sir FRANCIS went to the House last
evening at an early hour, and after Mr. A. JOHNSTON,
Mr. BAINES, and Mr. HARDY had spoken, made an
attempt to speak ; but being anticipated by Mr.HumE
sat down for some time and listened to the debate.
Sergeant GoULBURN then whispered something in his
ear—possibly words such as these--:--" the time is not
come, it is too early to make your speech at seven
o'clock—wait till ten, when the House will be full."
Upon which Sir FRANCIS remained quiet in his seat,
rested his forehead on his crutch, and appeared to be
in deep meditation while Mr. PETER BORTHWICK
was speaking. He shortly after left the House, and
returned accordingly at ten, and then made the exhibi-
tion to which we have referred elsewhere. Making
allowance for the cant phrases of the time, and sub-
stituting the living characters for those which ex-
hibited in the Long Parliament, it will be found
that HUME has described the scene admirably.
" CROMWELL," says that historian, " first addressed
himself to his friend ST. JOHN, and told him that he
had come with a purpose of doing what grieved him
to the soul, but there was a necessity, in order to the
glory of GOD and the good of the nation. He sat
down for some time and heard the debate ; he beckoned
HARRISON, and told him he now judged the Parlia-
ment ripe for a dissolution. Sir,' said HARRISON,
the work is very great and dangerous ; I desire you
seriously to consider before you engage in it.' You
say well,' replied the General, and thereupon sat still
about a quarter of an hour, and afterwards suddenly
starting up, lie loaded the Parliament with the vilest
reproaches for their tyranny, ambition, oppression, and
robbery of the public." Fortunately the speaker last
night had not the same power, or he would have closed
the scene with the same words, " For shame ; get you
gone ; _give place to honester men.
"

We regret to find that Mr. CLAY has been
obliged, owing to the adjourned debate on the
Church-rate question, and other unavoidable cir-
cumstances, to postpone his motion on the Danish
claims, which stood for this evening, to the 6th nf July ;
and we regret, at the same time, that the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has not before now ren-
dered such a motion unnecessary, by the admission of
these just claims.

Two factions, each thirsting for the blood of the
other, threaten the existence of Constitutional liberty
in the Peninsula. The QUEEN'S Government is now
assailed by the Carlists and the Exaltados or Ultra-
Republicans, and should they by any possibility pre-
vail in the expulsion of the QUEEN, " war to the
knife" between the triumphant faFtions would be the
inevitable result. Thus for years to come would Spain
be drenched in her own blood. The consequences of
such a state of things to the rest of Europe may be
anticipated with some degree of certainty. The suc-
cess of Carlism in Spain would sap the Throne of the
Orleans dynasty in France; for Don CA RLOS, whose
love of intrigue equals that of the blundering and im-
becile FERDINA ND, would set every secret engine of
his Court at work to effect, the restoration of the elder
branch of the Bourbon family. His efforts in this
way would be countenanced by the great Northern
Powers, who, to secure the triumph of the principle
of legitimacy in Western Europe, would freely consent
to sacrifice the regal ambition of an illustrious relative.
Louis PHILIPPE may contemn an apprehension of
danger from such a quarter, but were he to do so, he
would betray a degree of confidence in his own
good fortune, and that of his family, savouring
of presumption, rather than founded on a knowledge
of the sentiments of the French people. The Revo-
lutionists of 1789, would have laughed to scorn the
idea of the despotism of the empire—of a nation so
potent, so intelligent as France, trembling at the nod
of a Corsican ; and NAPOLEON would have pro-
nounced the Statesman insane who would have dared

to tell him in the meridian of his glory, that his reign

would stand out in history an episode in the annals
of France. The Monarchy of July is not more popu-
lar among the masses than was the Government of the
Republic; nor is the MONA RCII himself more beloved,
more admired, and more feared by all classes, or by
any class, than was the EMPEROR. While the cha-
racter of a people remains unchanged, King's should
judge of the future by the past, nor attribute to indi-
vidual daring the natural consequences of a vicious
policy. On the other hand, the triumph of the
Spanish Exaltados would revive the influence of the
Revolutionary plague which still taints the moral and
political atmosphere of France., A reign of anarchy,
if not of terror, would ensue ; and in the ruin that
would follow, the interests of the whole of Western
Europe would be involved.
Such is the present political aspect of Spain, and
such, in our opinion, would be the consequences of
the final success of either the Carlist or the Repub-

can factions. Where, then, is the remedy against

these anticipated evils to be found ? In French and
English intervention ? Most assuredly. France and
England combined can deliver Spain from the evils
that threate❑ her, and through her, the whole of
Western Europe ; and without such intervention, we
begin to fear that the restoration of tranquillity in the
Peninsula is as distant now as it appeared to be three
years ago. The annexed letter from Gen. PARRENo,
Governor of Barcelona, shows. that the arnarchists are
in a condition to beard the Catalonian authorities, and
that in the event of invasion by the Carlists, no de-
pendence can be placed in the loyalty of tbp people :
BARCELONA, MAT 14.—1 t is with sincere regret that I
undertake the task of giving you an idea of the state of this
city, where insurrection and independence must inevitably
triumph. The events of the 4th inst., the favourable termi-
nation of which was solely due to the aid of the English corps
from the ship Rodney, have so exasperated the minds of the
people, that apprehend at every iastant that all my soldiers

will desert ; I have already been abandoned by the National
Guard ; out of 13 battalions, the only ones that have remained
faithful are the 10th and a few companies of the 13th.
The civil authorities, although apparently wishing to second
the measures I have taken to restore tranquillity, arc devoid of
good fueling and courage. At the approach of night they
are no longer to be seen, and God only knows where to find
them. Their example is followed by all the citizens who have
anything to lose.
The early force which I still have at command for suppress-
ing any new movement, consists of the small garrison of the
citadel, that of Fort Monjouy, and the police.
The palace has been almost deserted for the last few days ;
the influential persons who came on the 4th to offer their sup-
port, and entreated me not to yield to the revolt—those very
men have since abandoned tho city, persuaded, as I also am,
that the people must ere long triumph.
Since the 12th the assembling of workmen has assumed a
more alarming character; they arc scarcely dispersed at one
point, when they re-appear at ;mother. The Lancers, thus
employed from morning to night during several da►•s, begin to
get tired of .the work, and several cf dim have already laid
down their arms.

With respect to the military Chiefs, Governor Luna and
Col. Mateo are the only ones who can support me ; for the
others inspire so little confidence that I should not be surprised
to hear that they are actually at the head of some of the Re-
publican clubs.
I have been obliged to confine the soldiers to the bar-
racks from six o'clock in the evening ; for since the ith inst.
13 soldiers have been assassinated. The moment daylight
gins to disappear no one ventures out, light is nowhere to be
seen, and this frightful solitude is only interrupted by the
rounds of the. patrol on the one band, and the assembling of in-
surgents on the other.
However, rest assured that I shall` hold out as long as
possible ' • at the same time I must tell you to entertain no
hopes of restoring tranquillity, unless a division of tea thou-
sind men be forthwith sent to my aid ; unless this be done pub-
lic order cannot be restored, and the Catalonian revolution is
sure to triumph. General PA RR E NO.
_ _

Energy and unanimity on the part of the Spanish
Deputies are unfortunately wanting at the moment
when there happens to be the greatest need of them,
and when such qualities would lead to the adoption of
measures necessary to the repose of the Peninsula.
Au Exaltado faction in the Cortes secretly supports
the designs of the anarchists, being influenced solely
Ely the lust of power and plunder. These men care
not a straw for liberty ; nor is there one of them who
would not desert the faction to-morrow, were he con-
vinced that no part of the spoils of victory—the
power and the pelf—would pass into his hands. But
unfortunately such is the state of affairs in Spain that
a knowledge of the objects of the anarchist leaders
on the part of the Government tends in no way to
lessen their power of attempting to realize them.
There is no enlightened public opinion to appeal to—
no hope from the patriotism of the electors in the event
of a dissolution of the Chamber. To crush them
with effect the Government must have recourse to the
aid of England and France. The destruction of either
of the factions by a foreign force will involve the ruin
of the other.

The whole of the Paris Papers of Sunday have
reached us. They bring no further intelligence from
the Spanish frontier ; but they confirm the favourable
accounts received yesterday. The Debats does not
believe that Don SEBASTIAN has any intention of
making a dash upon Madrid ; but conjectures that he
proposes to organize an insurrection in Arragon. It
is stated that a Royal Ordinance, extending the late
Act of Amnesty to all persons confined for contumacy,
or under previous surveillance, will be published on
the occasion of the Duke of ORLEANS' marriage.
Letters from Bayonne of the 17th state, that the
Christinos, having expended all their ammunition, ap-
plied for some to General HARISPE, who sent them
a supply without delay. At the date of these letters
the Christinos were preparing to attack Tolosa. The
French Government has at last ordered the enlistment
of 4,000 men for the .Foreign Legion in Spain. The
expenses are all to be borne by the Spanish Go-
vernment.

We subjoin extracts from the French Journals:—
The following extract, from a private letter from Algiers,
dated the 12th of May, confirms what we learnt from the last
number of the Algiers Moniteur, and adds some facts which
that journal was obliged to pass over fn silence :
" Abdel Bader has recovered the power of 'which the Mar-
shal deprived him : he has been at Medeah ; he has pillaged
the Turk's, and afterwards retired to the west ; he has left a
garrison of 300 men, commanded by his brother. This con.
quest obtained over us has occasioned numerous acts of pil
lage. and, unhappily, it is our old friends who are the victims.
." Yesterday, the 11th of May, some Hadjorites came as far
as Kaddarer, half a league from Algiers, to the estate of
General Dainremont, where they carried off the cattle of a
merchant, without its being possible to prevent this ac-
cident, or to repair the consequences of it. The day be-
fore yesterday, the 10th of May, forty Hadjorites came to
Sidi Kalif, which is under the immediate protection of
Captain Pelissier, Chief of the Arab Office.
" When they reached this village, they carried off the bride
of an inhabitant whose marriage was to be celebrated the fol.
lowing day : they cut off the head of the bridegroom, and car-
ried away this trophy of their victory, and above 00 oxen,
which they stole from different persons. A few days ago the
magnificent establishment of M. Limerieer, at La Rigahya,
was plundered by the Arabs; two men were killed, two others
dangerously wounded, and above 100 men, horses, and mules
were taken.

" All these events have spread consternation in the city ; and
even those who, from sp.tem or prejudice, were opposed to
Marshal Clause], confess their fault, and would gladly repair
it; but it is too late."—Le Cmnmerce.
The claims of Viscount Portalis, of the payment of the se-
cond half of a sum of 100,000 francs given him on his marriage
by King Charles X. has been rejected to-day by the Council
of State. The text of the ordinance is as follows :—" Consi-
dering that the law in question makes the State answerable
only for the debts of the ancient Civil List—that the mea-
sures resolved on by King Charles X. for the advantage of the
claimant is, an act of pure munificence which cannot constitute
a debt. The claim of Viscount Portalis is rejected."—
Journal des Dsbats.

German papers of the latest dates have been re-
ceived, but their contents are uninteresting. A Ham-
burg Journal, of the 18th inst., states, that in the
month of April, 597 ships passed the Sound, of which
173 were from the North Sea, and 424 from the
Baltic. Among them were 110 English vessels, 52
from the Baltic, and the remainder from the North
Sea. The following are extracts
LUDWIOILAST, MAY 15.—This morning, about nine o'clock,
her Highness the Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg Schwerin,
with her Royal Highness the Dowager Hereditary Grand
Duchess and suite, set out fur. Potsdam, to pay their farewell
visite to the Prussian Court. From Potsdam they will go by
way of Weimar and Cassel to the French capital. In the
suite of Princess Helen are M. Von [tauzau. as Chamberlain.
and the former Governess of the Princess, who accompanies
her to Paris

Braux, MAT 17.—Princess Helen and the Dowager He-
reditary Grand Duchess arrived at Potsdam yesterday, where
they were received by the King and the Royal Family, and
continued their journey at four in the afternoon.
HA MI3URG I.3ORSEN HALLE, May 17,
Bills. Money.
Austrian MetP"iques, a per cent. , 103% 1034
Ditto ditto 4 per cent,.... —
at'_ ditto 3 per cent.
Ditto Dank Shares '369 134i6
Anglo-Russian Loan -
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —
Rfissian 5 per cents. Metal.
Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
series it 96 95';
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese itegency Bonds. 5 per cent ......
Ditto. 3 per cen• 2514 ;28
Dutch 24 rer Cants.
Ditto 5 per Cents —
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
New Tickets 15314 153
Anglo-Danish Loan, :3 per vests 7OA 70.%
Norwegitn Loan of 1834, 4 p.r cent.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortcs la an, 5 per Cent 92% 9t
Greek 4 per cents. 13;33, guaranteed by France 93 SIN
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, MAY 19.-13 10 ; two months. 13 814.
CHRIBTIANIA, MAY 10—three months, 5 6.
STOCKHOLM, MAY 12.—Two months, 12 ii,
Sr. PETERsaviinn, MAY 12 —Three months, 10 17-32.
BEiturs. MAY 16. !lace to .nth 9, 6. 1233%.
—Hamburg Papers, May 17.

A grand fete will take place to-morrow, the 24th in
stant, at Gravesend, in honour of the natal day of her Royal
Highness the Princess Victoria. The Mayor and Corpora-
tion have invited their friends to a splendid dinner at the Town-
hall. A public subscription has been entered into by the in-
habitants, to celebrate the day by giving a dinner to the poor,
consisting of all the comforts of the season, to which upwards
of 400 persons have been invited. The management of all is
placedlunder a Committee, consisting of the most influential
persons in the borough. This fete is anticipated as the most
splendid that Kent has hitherto produced.
The list of vestrymen for the ensuing year for St.
Marylebone, proposed by the Parochial Committee, has been
'returned without opposition. In the list are the names of
the Earls of Manvers and Strafford; Messrs. Edward Ro-
milly, Ashton Yates, J. T. Hope, Henry Hallam, Bellenden
Kerr, Ruddle Todd, C. Ainslie Young, &C. &0..
The gentry and inhabitants of Leamington will
celebrate the birth-day of the heiress presumptive to the throne,
on the 24th instant, by a dinner and fete to the poor of the
neighbourhood. Nearly 1,000 adults and 700 children have
received tickets for the feAst.
The greatest activity pervades all the movements at
Leamington Spa, in consequence of the approaching fete in
celebration of the birth-day of lier Royal Highness Princess
Victoria. A ball and card soiree Will be given 14 the 4sserubly
Rooms in the evening, which, from the present crowded state
of the Spa, is expected to be very ninnerously attended, and
Will give eclat to the proceedings of the day,