The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-23 00:00:00

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PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share
Great We.tern Railway Company 49 4536 5
Brighton Railway Company
London and Birmingham Railway Company 75 IJI 2 3
London and Greenwich Railway Company 29 2(34
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company
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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 23, 1837.

In the House of LORDS yesterday the proceedings pos-
sessed no remarkable feature. Several petitions were re-
ceived ; sonic Bills received the Royal Assent, and others
wrre forwarded a stage. Their Lordships then adjourned
till the 6th of April.
In the [louse of Commons the Liverpool and Manches-
ter 11 tilway Improvement Bill was read a third time and
passed. The second reading of the South Midland Rail.
way Bill, after a smart debate, was negatived by a majority
of 47. An immense number of petitions, embracing
various subjects of public polity, was presented.
Lord SANDON said he would move, after Easter, for a
copy of the memorial of the Mayor and Town Council of
Liverpool, addteSsed to Government OH the subject of the
Post-oiictt Steam Communication between the Ports of
Liverpool and Dublin, and of the Contracts entered into.
Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Lord DUDLEY STUART,
stated that he did originally contemplate sending a consular
agent to Cracow. That had been his intention, but he had
since found that the difficulties were greater than he had
anticipated. He had therefore not sent one, nor was it his
intention to do so.

Alderman Woou's Metrcpolis Improvement Bill wcs
reed a first time.

The Mutiny Bill, and Marine Mutiny Bill, were severally
read a second time. In answer to Mr. Ilt;mE, 111,-. C.
Wool) said thlt the last named Bill merely applied to the
pt.nishment of Marines ashore.
Sir G. GriirY, in answer to a question from Mr. BULWER,
Stated that it was the intention of Government, after the
recess, to bring forward a Bill for the better government of
New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
During a discussion on Mr. ROBINSON'S motion for the
second reading of the East India Maritime Officers Com-
pensation Bill, tha.House was counted out at seven o'clock.

The defeat of General EVANS, announced in the
French telegraphic despatch of the 18th inst., is un-
fortunately confirmed. While preparing for a general
attack on Hernani on the 16th, which General EVANS
made sure of carrying, the Carlists received a reinforce-
ment of eight battalions, headed by Don SEBASTIAN,
which completely turned the fortune of the day. Had
the Spanish Christinos stood their ground the Carlists
would have been beaten and the town taken, notwith-
standing the arrival of so powerful a reinforcement ;
but the Ist battalion of the Spanish auxiliary force
fled at the first charge, and by running in among the
other regiments threw the whole left wing of the army
into confusion. General EvANs did all that the most
experienced officer could do to prevent the panic and
confusion from spreading ; hut finding his efforts una-
vailing, he directed all his care to the conducting of
the retreat, which had become inevitable. In this he
succeeded to the admiration even of his enemies.
Having amidst the confusion demolished the most for-
anidable defences of the Oriamendi, and spiked the
Carlist guns, which could not be removed for want of
carriages, the General retreated, without leaving a
pound of materiel to be seized by the enemy. The
British Auxiliary Legion, being left nearly alone to
sustain the brunt of the battle, suffered dread-
fully. The men, however, fought like heroes ; ad-
mirably sustaining the honour of their General,
their cause, and their country. The British Auxi-
liary Legion co-operated with the Royal British
Marines in covering the retreat, which but for their
valour, and their steady observance of the orders of
General EvANs, would have ended in the promiscuous
slaughter of the Spanish Christino force by their Car-
list pursuers. As it was, the loss was considerable, the
Christinos having, on the lowest calculation, from 800
to 1,000 men in killed and wounded. For the details
of the affair of the 16th we refer our readers to the ac-
counts inserted in another part of The Sun. We shall
only give here the official dispatch of General EVANS
General ESPARTERO, announcing the sad intelli-
gence of his defeat
:
St. Sebastian, March 16, 1837,
- - P - ,rk% Ten o' Clock, P.M.
. • -37XCELLENT SIR-I regret to inform your Excellency,
-110Nitrtypiits from the successful operations of rsterday have
Ildilis**W.Aised. At a little after day-light we drove the
, enemy fitiirelleir last entrenched height over Hernani, and
were the*.ieiployed in preparing for a general attack, when
tt) it appearekthat considerable reinforc2ments arrived from the
' • ;. side of Tot6sa. The enemy immediately commenced an at-
", tack on both our flank:. They pressed three battalions

Igvy

into the rear of our left, by the bridge of Astigarraga.
We had a more considerable force on that part of our
line, and if these three battalions had been immediately,
attacked, they would probably have been completely de-
stroyed ; but the Ist battalion of the Auxiliary Legion
L Spanish] that was nearest the enemy was seized with a panic,
and fell back in total disorder upon a battalion of Castile, which
imitated its example ; and, their demoralization communicat-
ing to several other regiments on our left, a great confusion
immediately ensued. The more advanced heights on our left
were in tiler', short time abandoned ; the troops falling back
some hundred yards towards the fort of Oriamendi. The
attack on our right was made with a more considerable force,
and our advanced posts in that direction were driven in. But
the extreme point on that flank was occupied by the battalion
of British Royal Marines, which, by its admirable steadiness
and firmness, immediately repelled the enemy, and checked all
further attempts in that direction. The enemy threw them-
selves into the rear of that flank also, and the 6th battalion of
British auxiliaries advanced and drove them from some heights
which they had occupied to our rear. The enemy continued
their attempts in front as well as round both flanks, but not,
as appeared to me, in a vigorous manner. All the essen-
tial parts of the position were still in our possession, and
the confusion first caused had been remedied. But the
great proportion of the regiments were so intermixed
tjaat the officers for the most part had lost all power of re-form-
ing their men ; and I therefore considered it best to withdraw
from the points we there held (first having destroyed the guns,
and in a great degree dismantled the defences of Oriamendi)
to our previous positions, including the Ametza. Our loss
in killed and wounded will probably amount to 800 or 900
men, besides a company of the Oviedo regiment, which, having
been posted in a picket-house at some distance, was surrounded
and-made prisoners.
I have now only time to express to your excellency my ex-
pectation that the check we have experienced will be reme-
died so soon as the corps of Navarre shall be enabled to form
, a junction with this corps, which I trust General Saarsfield
will be in a condition to effect, when we shall again assume
, the offensive. _ _ _

------
I have the honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) DE LACY EVANS, Lieut—Ceneral.
And now that all doubts are removed with respec
to the actual defeat of EVANS, can any rational being,
entertain the shadow of uncertainty as to the trea-
chery of ESPARTERO ? On the 4th inst., both
ESPARTERO and SAARSFIELD knew that EVANS
would take the field on the 10th, having themselves
given their sanction to the movement, which they pro-
mised to support with their respective divisions. Hav-
ing prepared all things at St. Sebastian, EVANS
waited till his two colleagues informed him that they
were on their way to join him ; and that he might
commence operations. He sallied forth ; drove the
enemy from the Ametzagana ; seized the village of Loy-
ola ; and stormed the Venta Hernani. Three days
he knew would suffice for effecting a junction between
the three divisions of the QUEEN'S army, but nearly
four had elapsed, and yet no reinforcements appeared.
To take Hernani was absolutely necessary, as he
wanted quarters for his troops ; and besides he felt
confident that his men would prove more than a match
for the Cailist garrison. It was at this moment that
he was overwhelmed with the consequences of the
treachery of ESPARTERO and SAARSFIELD. They
had both retired, and allowed the-Carlists to hear down
upon him with a force nearly tripling his own in
numbers. The conclusion to be drawn from such
conduct is too obvious to be mistaken. Neither
fools nor cowards would have acted as ESPARTERO
and SAARSFIELD have done on this occasion.
Traitors only could have so abandoned a gallant and
unsuspicious colleague to the fury of the misguided
tools of a lawless tyrant. A Morning Contemporary,
who has uniformly supported the QUEEN'S cause, and
always been among the last to express suspicion of
the fidelity of the Spanish Christino Generals, states
—on what authority we know not—that the citizens
of Bilboa actually bribed ESPARTERO to march
out against the Carlists, and that from " one
humble citizen" the traitor received a thousand
rials, proffered in the hope that it would stimulate
him to take the field ! The victorious disturber of
Lord R ANEL A GII'S slumbers —the hero of the wig
and dressing-gown—pocketed the bribes thus ten-
dered him ; marched as far as Durango ; rested for a
day or two ; but finding the weather rather disagtee-
able, he marched back again at the.head of his 25,000
men, and quietly re-established himself in his com-
fortable quarters in Bilboa Some excme might be
made for SAARSFIELD—though he retreated when
in no danger of being attacked, and when within a
short distance of EVANS—hut no circumstance can be
urged in extenuation of the crime of ESPARTERO.
The sea was open to him if he found it inconvenient to
join the British Legion by land, and there was nothing
whatever to prevent him from transporting his troops to
San Sebastian, without fear of losing a single soldier.
Before expressing more fully our opinions upon
the subject of the check thus unexpectedly given to
the QUEEN'S arms in the Basques, we shall await
:he impression which the report of it will make
upon the Ministry and the Cortes. The Commis-
sioners of that assembly are fortunately now in the
Basques, and are themselves witnesses of the proceed-
ings upon la hich we are commenting. Although we
attach very little importance to the actual success of
the Carlists before Hernani, yet it brings us to the
conclusion, that unless the Cortes take the whole
management of the war into their own hands, torrents
of blood will flow in Spain for every drop that has
been shed since the commencement of this sanguinary
and unnatural struggle. Their first step must be to
weed the army—their next, to obtain a more active
co-operation on the part of Great Britain and France.

The whole of the Paris Papers of Tuesday have
been received. The run on the Savings' Banks had
extended from the capital to the remotest commercial
departments. Ministers had in vain exerted them-
selves to dissipate the panic which had seized upon
the public mind. On Monday the African question
was to be brought before the Chamber of Deputies,
but it was postponed, as was the appearance of Mar-
shal CLAUSEL'S Pamphlet, which was announced for
publication on that day. Possibly there has been a
compromise between the Marshal and the Govern-
ment. Any exposures now on the part of the Mar-
shal, would put an end to the Appanage Bill, and
upset the Cabinet.
FRENCH FONDS.-PARIS, MARCH Cl.
Flve per Cents. 106 f. 3 lc. 25c. 35c. 40c.
Four and a Half per Cents. 101. f. 5Qc.
Four per Cents., 9SE 60c.
Three per Cents. 78f. 60c. 55c. 40c. 50c.
Bank Actions. 2,405 f.
Rente ec Naples, 98f. 10c.
Roman Five per Cents., 102 1011 i.
Spanish Actives, 251,4 24%,
Spanish Passives,
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 31i 31 30N.
Bastian Loan. 350 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 45c. • money, 25f. 4254c.Three months, paper, 25f. 25C. ; money, 25L
-Cours Authentiaue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 106 f. 40c.
Three per Cents. 78f. 55c.
Bank Actions, 2,405 f.
Rente de Naples, 08f. 25c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101 N.
Belgian Loan, 10314.
Brussels Bank, 1,395 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 30.
Haytian Loan. 350 f.
Spanish Actives, 251 .
Spanish Passives.;6%.

Madrid Papers of the 13th instant inclusive, have
been received. The capital was then calm, but a
storm was apprehended, should the Christinos fail in
their combined movement against the Carlists in the
Basques. No further change had taken place in the
Cabinet.

Brussels and German Papers have been received,
with advices from Constantinople to the 23d of Fe-
bruary. The Porte was then in the act of sending
decorations to the Bey of CONSTANTINE, for having
so gallantly repulsed the French. Here, again, we
see the influence of Russia.

BELGIAN I. UNDS—BausseLs, Maßcis 21
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO 4
Loan of Thirty Millions 9214
Loan et City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 99
Society of Commerce, 44:, per Cent 133
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 136
—Brussels Papers, March 2.1.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Mulcts 13.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares MSN,
—Aligemeine Zeicung, March lei.

We believe it is not generally known that at the
last General Election, Sir FRANCIS BURDET I wrote

a letter to Lb e Tory candidate for Berkshire (Mr.
WALTER), p ornising him his support in that county,
and wishing i 3 im all success. He then came forward
as the Liberal candidate for Westminster, and, in order
to blind the 'eh !ctors, made some ridiculous remarks on
the PEEL adiri inistration, and proclaimed aloud that it
was. composed of men who, in him at least, could not
inspire coufider.ce. The Journal under the controul of
that Honourable Member was moving Heaven and
Earth at the time in support of that Administration,
and that Sir FRANCIS knew well. This double game

he has been playing ever since, till the electors have
compelled him to appear in his real colours—those of
the venerable, ultra Tory school. It is lamentable to
see a man who had been so consistent for thirty years,
and who 5t0,),1 so high in public estimation as a gen-
tleman and a man of honour, reduced to such a
pitiable condition.

We are glad to see that the Westminster Electors
have taken the hint which we threw out yesterday,
about the propriety of their taking into consideration
the strange conduct of their representative, Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT. A meeting was held last
night at the British Coffee-house, at which Mr.
POUNCEY, in reply to a resolution proposed by Mr.
PRouT, to the effect that the Hon. Baronet's late
behaviour had destroyed the " confidence" of the
electors in his "usefulness," moved as an amendment
that, " the opinions expressed by Sir FRANCIS
BURDETT in his letter, with regard to the measures
before Parliament, are in direct opposition to the opi-
nions of this Meeting, and as they believe, in opposition
also to those who returned Sir F. BURDETT to the
House of Commons, and that he be therefore requested
to resign his seat, and appeal to the judgment of the
electors of Westminster." This amendment, as was
to be expected, was carried by a large majority, and in
the course of its discussion, Mr. DE VEAR read a
letter which had been addressed to him by the Hon.
Baronet, and which contained the following passage—
" I am sorry to say it, that in my opinion, no Minis-
try in this country 'ever stood in a situation more hu-
miliating and disgraceful than the present." That
the Westminster electors have at length adopted some
decisive steps with respect to " England's Glory," does
not surprise us so much as the fact that they have
not done so long before. Their forbearance has been
really extraordinary, and fully vindicates them from
the charge so often brought against Reformers, of
having been acted on by feelings of caprice or petu-
lance. The question now is, will Sir FRANCIS take
their hint or not ? On this point we will not permit
ourselves to doubt for an instant. Every feeling of
justice, common sense, and manly independence, calls
on him to resign his seat. He does not represent
Westminster, and has, therefore, no alternative but to
make way for one who will.

We have given in another column a letter from
Archdeacon BATIIURST to the Committee of the
Society for the abolition of Church-rates, together
with the reply of the latter, to which we beg leave
to draw the attention of our readers. We have a great
respect for the Archdeacon, both on his own account
and for his near relationship to one of the worthiest men
and best Bishops that. England ever produced ;
and we are, therefore, grieved that he should have
undertaken a task for ‘‘ hich it is evident he is not
qualified. To the various points brought forward by
him, as reasons for postponing the agitation of the
Church-rate question, we need not here refer, as they
arc all completely demolished by the very able reply
of the Secretary to the Committee.

Mr. PRAED presente•l, on Tuesday night a petition
respecting the City of London or Southwark and

Hammersmith Railroad, which is worthy of more a
tention than it seems to have received, as it lays open
the underhand and discreditable, not to say fraudulent,
practices which are too often resorted to by the opponents
of particular lines of Railroads, in order to gratify their
own cupidity at the expense of others. The Company
formed to carry this excellent undertaking into execu-
tion had, it appears, refused to accede to the exorbitant
demands of certain persons rho imagined that, in
dealing with a public Company, all regard to justice and
honesty was to be thrown aside. Irritated by this refusal
on the part of the Directors to squander away the funds
entrusted to their charge by the subscribers, and con-
sidered by them as a sacred deposit, what do these
disappointed parties do, but procure, by false repre-
sentations, the signature of a man named LILL to a pe-
tition reflecting upon the conduct of the Directors,
and attacking the subscription list. This petition was
presented to the House, and a member. of the Bar had
the hardihood to appear before the Committee, and
state that this poor man had employed him to oppose
the passing of the Bill ! When however this man
LILL is made acquainted with the Teal state of the
case, he presents a second petition to the House,
stating that he had been entrapped into signing the
first ; that he never intended to question the cha-
racter, or throw out the slightest hint against the re-
spectability of the subscribers ; and that l,e had never
employed or authorised any counsel to appear in his
behalf ! But this is not all. In order to follow out these
proceedings in the same spirit in which they have com-
menced them, these parties, afraid to appear in public
themselves, have been carrying on their cowardly opposi-
tion the last day or two, through the instrumentality of
an emissary, who has been going about questioning the
subscribers in the most impudent manner, and. stating
that he has authority for so doing—hoping, no doubt,
by this means, to fish out something to help his em-
ployers out of the awkward scrape into which their
knavery has betrayed them.
We have examined the plan and prospectus of the
City of London, •or Southwark and Hammersmith
Railway, with great attention, and have no hesitation
in giving it as our deliberate opinion that it is one of
the best Railway undertakings now before Parliament,
connecting, as it does, most of the great and im-
portant lines throughout the country with the City and
the river Thames, without occasioning any inconveni-
ence or impediment to the local or internal traffic of the
metropolis. We trust therefore that the independent
Members of the House will protect measures of this
nature which appear likely to be so beneficial from such
unfair and. disgraceful attempts to delay their progress.
Wo may probably recur to this subject hereafter, and
likewise to the mode in which Committees on Private
Bills in general are constituted.

The Dowager Lady Rendlesham is in a state of
great affliction at the death of her mother. Her Ladyship
had received an express only a few days previous to summon
her to Brighton to attend her sister, Mrs. Fuller, of whose
recovery from a severe attack of influenza little hopes are en-
tertained. Her Ladyship went no less than three times from
Norfolk to Brighton in the short space of one fortnight.
It is rumoured that Lord Durham's return from St.
Petersburgh is not influenced by the effect of the climate on
his health, but is in compliance with the wish of the Duchess
of Kent, who intends his Lordship to be placed at the head
of the distinct household of the Heiress Presumptive, who
comes of age in May.—Tune Mercury.

At Brentford Petty Sessions on Tuesday Sophia
Baker, housemaid in the service of LedyNtoheel
pßreyrnroingo,3l.vas
committed for trial, charged with having robbed her Ladyship
of quantities of soap, bread, butter, &c., some of which the
prisoner's sister was detected in carrying Prom
A private letter from Milan states that M. Balzae,
the celebrated French romance writer, had visited that city,
and that in the afternoon of the day previous to the date of the
letter he had been attacked by some robbers. lie was passing
through a narrow street in the centre of the city, when he was
accosted b) four men, who shortly before had saluted him, and
professed to be of the number of his admirers. They sur-
rounded him, first complimenting him on his talents as an
author, next threatening his life with a poniard if he called
out, and, lastly, contented themselves with quietly drawing his
watch from his fob, and letting him go.