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London, England, 1837-03-31 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1837.

Another meeting of the Irish National Association
took place in Dublin on Wednesday last. Mr.
O'CONNELL who, of course, was present, made a
stirring appeal to his countrymen, in which he warned
tlhemr► against Sectet Societies, as being the bane of

herty, and placing them at the mercy of their worst
enemies—the Tories. "We should," he observed,

" have carried Catholic Emancipation ten years sooner
than we did, if it had not been for these Societies.
They never did anything but mischief. .There can-
not possibly be any good derived from them, and
if there could, I would not accept it from a
source so polluted." Mr. O'CONNELL then goes
on to recommend the sending of Pacificators into
the districts most likely to_ be infected by the
contagion of Secret Societies, as the surest and speediest
means of putting an cud to the evil. At the close of
his speech, after some well-tifiled and deserved com-
pliments to the Duchess of KENT, for the care with
which she h:td superintended the education of her
daughter, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman moved
that " an address from the, people of Ireland to the
Princess VicTont A, on the occasion of her coming of
age, he prepared, and that a deputation be appointed
for the purpose of presenting it to her." This mo,
tion, which will gall the Irish. Orangemen to the quick,
was carried unanimously, and amidst enthusiastic ac-
clamations.

The result of the Warwick election, and the din-
ner given to Mr. BA INES and Sir WILLIAM
MOLESWORTII, at Leeds, have sadly disappointed the
hopes of the Opposition ; and considering the import-
ance of these two events, we need not wonder at the
rabid attacks of the organs of the party against those
who hare thus been the means of putting their inso-
lent and vain boastings to the test. The New Puor
Law—now their great theme at popnlar meet-
ings—was called in to their aid at Warwick, and
denounced by the Tory candidate as the work of
the Whigs ; but it was found utterly harmless, and
the Liberal Candidate was triumphantly returned for
for a borough hitherto considered as a fief of the War-
wick family. The manly and disinterested praise be-
stowed on the Government by Sir WM. MOLES-
IVOR T/I has been no less galling, because it points
out in the most forcible manner the hopeless condition
of the Tories, and dispels their vain delusion of being
able to return to office through the' divisions of the
Liberals. Though Whigs and Radicals may show
symptoms of disunion and want of discipline when not
pressed by the enemy ; yet, when the necessity for
action arrives, they forget all minor differences, and
think only of defending their positions against their
common foe. This union was the cause of their dis-
comfiture under Sir ROBERT PEEL, and they now
find from sad experience that it is still an insuperable
barrier against them. Their hopes revived in the
course of last summer, owing to some intemperate at-
tacks made on the Ministry at public meetings. Before
tile Session commenced the Opposition Papers in
town and country abounded• with accounts of dissen-
sions between Whigs and Radicals, and pretended to
treat with scorn a Ministry that attempted to govern
the country with the support of men professing such-
heterogeneous opinions. The division on every great
question of the Session has completely dispelled the
illusion; for however violently Mr. S. CRAWFURD, or
Mr. ROEBUCK, or Sir W. MOLESWORTII might attack
Lord MELBOURNE'S AdminiStration during the vaca-
tion, they have convinced the enemies of good govern-
ment since, that their great object is not to assist the
Tories, but to urge on a Liberal Ministry to more libe-
ral measures ; and that whatever blame they may attach
to the Whigs, they deprecate the Tories more. They
have acted prudently for themselves and the country.
Had they opposed the Government on any great ques-
tion, and compelled them to resign, the feeling displayed
at numerous meetings must have convinced these
Members, that their constituents would not have given
them another opportunity of obstructing useful mea-
sures of Reform, merely because they could not carry
all their own plans into full effect. Every election
that has taken place lately confirms this belief ; and
should the Tories, by any Court intrigue, or any acci-
dent, be ever again thrust into office, a second and

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1831.

a last proof will be given of their utter rejection
by the great body of the people. There is a majority
of 80 against them in the present Parliament on a '
question of the most vital importance—the Govern-
ment of Ireland; and a majority on every other question
quite large enough to turn them 'out without a dis-
solution. And what hopes can they have from a dis-
solution ? They have united the whole body of Dis-
senters against them—they have united all who are
interested in good Municipal Government—all who
are anxious to see liberal institutions established in ad-
joining States--and all who consider a yearly surplus of
two millions and a half a matter of some importance.
Wc cannot imagine any one question on which they
have the slightest chance of success, or how they can,
by any possibility, reduce the numbers now opposed
to them. Even the delusion under which some
laboured respecting Church-rates is fast dying away ;
and a little time is only wanting to convince them that
the outcry raised by the Bishops is neither for the
sake of the Church nor the people, but for their own
worldly interests.

The spirited and highly praiseworthy conduct of the
people of Chelmsford, in giving their cordial and very
effective support to the great measure of conciliation
between the Church and the Dissenters, has given
mortal umbrage to the " Church-and-King" men of
Essex. That county is squire-ridden and priest-ridden
even to a proverb ; it was, therefore, to be expected
that some demonstration in favour of faction and into-
lerance would follow the noble expression of constitu-
tional feeling which lately burst forth in its chief town.
Accordingly, we learn from the Chelmsford Chronicle,
that Lord RAYLEIGII, Lord ASHBURTON, and other
red-hot Tories, summoned their partisans from various
parts to a Meeting, to express their disapprobation of
the " resolution lately propounded on the subject of
Church-rates, as subversive of the principle of a na-
tional Establishment, in connection with the State."
We have read the speeches delivered on this occasion,
and the perusal has convinced us—if any conviction
were wanted—that if the power of the Essex Tories
depended upon their talents, taking the speeches at
this Meeting as a sample, they would be as harmless a
set of gentlemen as could be selected from England,
Scotland, and Ireland, including the dominions there-
unto belonging. A more wretched exposure of mental
poverty, a more humiliating display of intellectual imbe-
cility, can hardly be imagined. It was truly worthy of, and
admirably in keeping with, the tottering cause which it
was intended to prop up. There is sometimes a cer-
tain degree of ability, at least a certain barefaced
cleverness or roguish dexterity, in the proceedings of
the better trained among the Tories, which, if it does
not redeem the want of principle exhibited in the
humbug which they play off upon the public, yet
makes a little amends for it, just as the roguery of
Clown is in some degree thrown into the shade by
his ingenious artifices and amusing tricks. But in
the instance before us, there is nothing but a clumsy
attempt to mislead the public mind by sheer lack of
understanding.

" To the Minister of War."

The personage who presided at this assembly of
eastern sages was Lord RAYLEIGH, who set them as
fine an example of drivelling as their hearts could
have wished. The Noble Lord, to do him justice,
ranged over a pretty wide field in quest of argu-
ments to support the levying of Church-rates ; but
whether he brought home any thing very much to his
purpose, is quite another matter. Not content with
modern authorities, he bounded at once to the Jewish
theocracy aaan argument for a compulsory religion. A
very good argument it may be for our establishing Ju-
daism in England ; but beyond that it will, we think,
be hardly admitted to prove anything ; and we think
the Noble Lord cannot do less than pave the way for
this consummation, by giving his support to the Bill for
placing the Jews on a footing of civil equality with
Christians. But Lord RAYLEIGH did not limit him-
self to the use of the general argument : he adduced
patticular instances, recorded in Scripture history, in
favour of his grand position, that the State has a right
to determine the religion of its subjects. " NEBU-
CHADNEZZAR," says the Noble Lord, " made a de-
cree on the subject of the Jewish religion, and he was
iiot the King of the Jews, except by conquest." Well,
if this great monarch had a right to do this in a con-
quered kingdom, he surely had a right to do it in his
own. If our memory serves us, it was this same
pious Prince who set up a golden image, and by au-
thority unquestionable, according to Lord 11 AYL E G
announced to all his subjects, that whoever did not
fall down and worship this image should be burnt alive.
We are told that there were three Dissenter6—sturdy
champions for the rights of conscience—who would
not conform to the doctrine and discipline of the
State religion on this occasion. And we are farther
told that they were, for what the ministers of the State
religion called obstinacy and heresy, actually thrown
into a fiery furnace seven times heated, according to
the intensity, no doubt, of Orthodox and Established
zeal, and were preserved by a special interpo-
sition of Divine power. We cannot, after this, con-
gratulate Lord RAYLEIGH on that discrimination of
judgment which led him to select NEBUCHADNEZZAR
as a patron of Church-rates. Nor would it he diffi-
cult to show that CYRuZ and DARIUs are equally un-
suitable to his purpose. _ _

, The Noble Lord proceeds onward to the New Tes-
tament, and finding it there stated that our blessed
SAVIOUR contributed to the support of the religion
which he professed, anti in the rites of which he parti-
cipated, it is hence concluded that all who differ from
the Established Church of England are bound by
conscience to pay Church-rates I Then comes the
instance of the tribute-money. When the Phari-
saical ministers of the Established religion wanted
to entrap our LORD into a declaration, that the
Jews ought not to pay tribute to the Romans,
and thence, according to established usage, to fix upon
ram the charge of sedition or constructive treason, he
struck them dumb by telling them to " give unto
Cmsar the things that are Cxsar's, and unto God the
things that are God's ;" which to a plain understand-
ing would seem to mean " give to the civil Magistrate
what belongs to him—obey him in every thing per-
taining to his lawful authority, but at the same time
do not forget that there is a higher Power to be obeyed,
and a holier duty to be performed. Your duty to a
civil Governor must never be allowed to interfere with
that which you owe to the Great Governor of the
Universe."

Madrid Journals, to the 22d inst. inclusive, have
reached us this morning. In the Gazette of the 21st
appears the Deputy LUJ AN'S official report of the
defeat of General EVANS, addressed to the Minister
of War from Bayonne, under date of the 17th. As
this report throws the discredit of the defeat before
Hernani on the British and not the Spanish troops,
we insert it at length :
" Most Excellent Senhor,—As I had the honour of stat-
ing to. your Excellency, in my despatch of the 15th, the
troops passed the night in the position taken from the
enew.
" Yesterday morning, the 16th, firing commenced at seven
o'clock ; the enemy was driven back as far as the plain of
Hernani. At eleven o'clock, when the General was giving
the order to attack the town, the enemy received a reinforce-
ment of eight battalions and three pieces of artillery.
" With these forces, and those they had before, they at-
tacked both our wings vigorously, who retreated to the hill
occupied by a battalion of British Royal Marines, which
opened its fire, by which, and that of the artillery, they were
repulsed with loss. But during their attack a company of
Oviedo was compelled to shut itself up in a house, and after
some defence to surrender.

" Unfortunately, on our left, we were not so success.
ful ; three of the enemy's battalions passed the bridge o

Astigarrago, and attacked the extremities of our troops,
when the first battalion of the Legion unexpectedly re-
treated. Others of Castile followed this fatal example,
and from that moment the troops were thrown into disor-
der. The enemy availed himself thereof, followed up his
attack, and it was then already impossible to preserve the
positions gained the day before.
" Efforts were, however, made, and sufficient resistance
to withdraw the artillery, the wounded, the provisions, and
to blow up the fort of La Venta. The two pieces of artil-
lery take❑ were rendered useless, and a retreat was effected
to the lines v.e bad left on the l.sth. . .

" Our loss in killed is small, but that of the wounded is
calculated at 800 ; that of prisoners was confined to the
company of Oviedo, which at most consisted of sixty or
eighty men.
" General Evans is engaged in re-organising the regi-
ments, and the spirits of the soldiers will be speedily re-
stored ; they will then return to their primitive ardour,
especially as by a steamer, arrived from Portugalette, we
are assured that General Espartero has passed Elorrio and
Villafranca, and was marching upon Tolosa. If this ac-
count is true, the operations will soon be re-established, and
require only some movement on the part of Evans.
" I have started, and continue to proceed post, to Pam-
peluna, to inform Saarsfield of this event, to prevent his
suffering some disaster by imprudently advancing.
" It is extremely painful to me, most excellent Senor, to
have been the witness of such an unexpected event, and
still more to be obliged to communicate it to your Excel-
lency. But Ido so that her Majesty's Government may
not be taken by surprise, and that it may know the truth ;
for if this has been one of those misfortunes war is liable to,
it is not so great as it might have been, or as it appears at
first sight ; and I hope that within a very few days the army
will again be in a condition to resume the offensive.
FRANCISCO DE LUJAN.
" Bayonne, March 17,1837, at 8 o'clock at night.

It does not appear from the papers than any excite-
ment prevailed in the capital consequent upon the pub-
lication of this despatch. We cannot, however, re-
frain from expressing regret that Senor LUJAN should
have differed so widely in his report of the affair of
the 16th, as to cast the blame of so unfortunate a
reverse upon the auxiliary Legion. The effect of such
a misrepresentation upon the minds of a people like
the Spaniards, must be to create a lasting distrust of
the bravery and fidelity of their English allies.
The accounts received this morning from th.. north
of Spain confirm the news of the retreat of ESPAR-
TERO to Biiboa, and of IRRIBARREN to Pamplona.
ESPARTERO was not beaten by the Carlists. He
scandalously retired to Bilboa of his own accord on
the 21st, under the shameful pretext of securing ra-
tions for his advanced corps. IRRIBARREN was
forced to enter Pamplona, as the Carlists were prepa-
ring to overwhelm him with all his forces. Colonel
WYLDE was to proceed from Bayonne to Bilboa on
the 26th, to expostulate with ESPARTERO on his
disgraceful conduct. The fellow ought to be cashiered
and shot.

Per Quarter.
131andlord
Chard
Huntingdon
Gong Sutton--
L.)llth

The whole of the Paris Papers of Wednesday have
been received. They are quite as barren of all in-
teresting intelligence as they have been for the last
week. The Ministerial squabble—for it would be an
abuse of language to dignify it with an epithet expres-
sive of difference of opinion among Statesmen—con-
tinues to agitate the Palace and the Press. As for
the people they appear altogether indifferent, con-
vinced that while Louis PHILIPPE reigns he will
govern, not as his Ministers may advise, but as pleases
himself.

From some cause or other which can only be sur-
mised, Ministeis declined to submit to the Deputies
copies of the several documents referred to in the
Report on Supplementary Credit. The Chamber first
called upon Marshal CL A USEL to demand them, as
they affected his conduct in Africa ; but that officer
declined to make any motion on the subject, declaring
that he was quite indifferent as to the course which
Ministers might adopt. In Wednesday's sittings the
Chamber, on the motion of •M. TESTE, instructed its
President to write to the President of the Council,
demanding the production of copies of the withheld
documents. The President of the Council and the
Minister of Public Instruction were present when the
motion was put to the vote, but neither of them op-
posed it.

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Newark

Nottingham -
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Plymouth
Sleaforl
Unpingham

It was reported in Paris on Wednesday that the
King of PRUSSIA died suddenly at Berlin. The
Funds fell in consequence.

A letter from Bayonne, of the 25th of March, says—
" The return of Espartero to Bdboa is certain. On the
21st, at noon, the Gencral-in-Chief returned to that city
at the head of a brigade, leaving the other corps of the army
at Elorrio, Durango, and the adjacent villages. The ob-
ject of Espartero's visit to Bilboa is to procure rations for
the troops. Such are the facts as they result from let-
ters from Sebastian, dated March 24 : these same letters
make no mention of an affair which, according to Carlist
accounts, took place in the environs ef Zornosa. The re-
trograde! movement of Espartero cannot be accounted for
in a satisfactory manner. Nevertheless, the details, pub-
lished by the Carlists of the affair, do not agree together.
According to some letters, the success of the Infant Don
Sebastian was complete ; while others confess, that on
the 21st the success was doubtful, and that the firing was
resumed on the 22d. It is added, that, Gen. Simon Torre,
at the head of four battalions, had joined Brigadier-Ge-
neral Castor, who had placed three battalions before Zor-
noza and Bilboa. The truth, - involved mystery, must
soon be disclosed. On the other hand it is asserted that
Irribarren, at the head of Saarsfield's division, continued to
occepy the village of Larrainzar.—Moniteur, March 29.
The :Iles:ago- of this evening says :—" Our private let-
ters from Bayonne, of the 24th, bring word of various dis-
turbances said to have broken out at Zamora and Sala-
manca, when the people are reported to have repaired to
the residence of the political chiefs, loudly demanding the
Constitution of 1812, without reform.
The accounts received from Bayonne respecting the af-
fair Qf Zornoza are quite conflicting.—Sentinelle des Py-
renees.

On the 22d and 23d, sixteen insurgents presented them-
selves to the Spanish Consul at Bayonne ; among them a
sergeant of cavalry who was in the action of Hernani.
The letters from St. Sebastian say that many of the
wounded die.—Journal du Commerce, iNfarch 29.

FRENCH FUNDS.-Penis, MARCH 29.
Five per Cents., 106 f. 75c. 84c. 70c.
" Four per Cents., 9:11: sc. 10e.
Three per Cents. 78f. 75c. 65c. 70c.
Bank Actions, 2,410 f
Itente tie Naples, 98f. 55c. 60c. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101
Spanish Actives, 23 M% 23.
Spanish Passives, 6% 6.
Brussels Society, 1,555 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 30%)4 %.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 45c.1 money, 25f. 45c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 27% e. ; money. 25f. 25e.
-Comes Autheulmue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 106 f. 55c.
Three per Cents. 7Sf. 50c.
Bank Actions. 2,4101.
Rente de Naples, 98f. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%.
Brussels Bank, 1,387 f. 50e.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 30g.
Spanish Actives, 23.
Spanish Passives. 6.
Spanish Differes, 7%.
New Differes, 8%.
Miguelites, 12%.
Belgian Society, 1,5,55 f.
rU k UNDS-BausseLs, lifsecn 29
Actual Debt, 25% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOO%
Loan of Thirty Millions 9:2
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 99
Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent. 132
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 135
-Brussels Papers, March 30.
DUTCH FUNDS-AMSTERDAM, March 28.
Aetna] Debt, 2% Cent Money. Bills.
per 52 52
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amtin Syndic, 4% per cent 92.14 93%
Ditto, ditto, 3)4 per cent 75% 76)4
Commercial Company 4% per cent lBl% MN
Ditto (1832 and 18313) 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 02)4
Two months ...... 11 925(
AUSTRIAN FUNDS-VIENNA, MARCH 21.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
-AUgetneine Zeitung, March 26.
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Msecm-28.
Bills. Money.
Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent.
Ditto ditto 4 per cent.
Ditto ditto 3 percent.
Ditto Bank Shares 1338 1336
Anglo-Russian Loan lO5 104%
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent 75 74%
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 465f -
Ditto, 3 per cent. 3O 29e
Dutch 254 per Cents. 52 -
Ditto 5 per Cents
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. -
New Tickets 155
71%
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents ..... ••••••••
.......
71 %
Norwegian Lean of 1834. 4 per cents. 101% 10%
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents.... ........... ....• -
• 22ii
22
Cortes Lean, 5 per Cent
Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93 92%
--Hamburg Papers, March 28.