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accused or suspected of resorting, to such means .
If some of the spinners of Glasgow and the West of
Scotland, whose earnings have oscillated between 20s.
and 30s. per week, have committed the crimes imputed
to them, what shall be said of the hand-loom
weavers of Glasgow and the West of Scotland, rho,
goaded on by unmitigated miseries and by that " hope
deferred which maketh the heart sick," have ever kept
themselves free, untainted, and unsuspected of such
atrocious schemes of " self preservation ?" Surely
Parliament will take the case of those long suffering and
most deserving operatives into speedy and effectual con-
sideration, and push on the Committee that has been ap-
pointed, to an early report of the best means of practical
relief. Combinations, it should be recollected, are not
confined to the working classes alone; the poor hand-loom
weavers could prove this in their own case ; their
plastic poverty and increasing numbers made them
easy victims to the cupidity and cruelty of their com-
peting and monopoly-desiring employers, who, to un-
dersell each other, gradually reduced their wages until
they were brought to the destitute condition in which
they have ever since remained. We hope this subject
will not be forgotten in the discussion on Mr. WAK-
LEY'S motion, which will take place to-night.

We have received Madrid Journals to the 12th
instant inclusive. On the Bth Senor HUELVES made
a motion in the Chamber of Deputies relative to the
disturbed state of Toledo, which led to an angry de_
bate of three days duration. Senor Hum. vEs drew
a frightful picture of the state of the Provinces, and
denounced as treacherous or cowardly in the last de-
gree the conduct of Brigadiers SANZ and Ruts—
officers entrusted with the protection of the inhabitants
of disturbed districts. In conclusion he observed :
" The rJads are infested with Carlist robbers, and the un-
fortunat, travellers surfer a captivity more insupportable than
the Christians who of yore were taken by the pirates of Al-
giers. The Carlists, in their everting revels, play at monte
for the ransom of the prisoners "rho have the misfortune to fall
into their hands. The Government should act with energy
and tact. It is here, in Madrid, that the Carlists purchase
arms and horses ; here they have their principal junta; tuld
but a few days ago four of one of the bdrids entered the metro-
polis to arrange with one of the relatives of a wealthy individual
whom they nad entrapped regarding the price of his ransom."

The Minister of War attcmptd a defence of the
Government which, he said, was obliged to wink at the
appearance of Carlist agents in the capital for arranging
the terms of the ransom of prisoners, otherwise
such prisoners would be shot. He had likewise
thought it his duty to soften the rigour of
martial law, by directing that Carlists taken with arms
in their hands should not be shot without undergoing
a trial. Senor SAN l'vllGuEf. was dissatisfied with the
conduct of Ministers, and said the question fur the
Cabinet to determine was—

I' Have 17e, or have we rot, stiff ivnt means to put down the
faction? If we have, they are not properly esod, and the
officers who command our troops are traitors. If we have
not let the Government state so fcauldy, and I
am sure that
tne Cortes %%DI grant them with goo I will."

The Unister of Finance replied to Senor SAN MI-
GUEL, but his speech was more an attack upon the
character of that Deputy than a defence of the policy
of his colleagues. Senor INFANTES repeated the
question of SAN MIGUEL, and taxed Ministers with
incapacity, whereupon the Minister of Grace and Jus-
tice thought proper to eulogise his colleagnec as men
whose public services and sacrifices were worthy of the
gratitude of the Spanish nation. On the renewal of
the debate on the 9th, Senor CABALLERO, one of the
boldest, and most eloquent members of the Ultra-liberal
opposition, addressed the Chamber ill a very long
speech, condeMnatory of the conduct of the Ministry.
In reference to the Minister of War's defence, he
pointedly observed—
" It was yesterday said by a Member of the Govt•rnment,
that the actual Ministry had been appointed little more than
a fortnight since, and that wonders could not be effected in
that brief space ; but I would remin I the Chamber that in
this actual calamitous period, fifteen days is more than a year
in the tranquil times of Florida B:anca. One of the evils
which in my opinion has increased those of the nation is the
excess:Ye lenity shown towards the enemies of the country
since the year 1834—lenity still persevered, according to the
manifestation made yesterday by the Minister of War, who
said that orders had been given to the commanders of the
Queen's forces not to shoot the rebels without subjecting them
to the formalities of a trial. This lenity is shown towards the
Carlists, whilst, on the other hand, we observe captains-general
of provinces transporting beyond the seas ship-loads of worthy
citizens, without trial, although, according to the laws, no
man should be punished until his guilt is proved. Yet the Go-
vernment which tolerates these arbitrary proceedings now
orders that without trial no Carlist, although found in the act
of rebellion, can be shot I"
To this statement the Minister of Grace and Justice
made the following reply :
" With reference to the observations of Senor Cabaltern,
respecting the orders issued to the commanders of the Queen's
forces not to shoot the Carlists, I have only to say that the
small parties coaposed of militia, at the same time that they
render important services, suffer their enthusiasm to get the
better of their reason, and hum ry them into acts of the grossest
injustice. The man who appears in arms for the purpose of
overturning the Constitution must be punished, but it is not
right nor just that the commanders who are appointed to pro-
ceed against the enemy should invade the asylum of a citizen
whom he only suspects of Carlism, and should lead hint at
once to the scaffold. If this were to be allowed, who would
be safe? Would this be the reign of the law, for which Hon.
Deputies seem so desirous ? If these excesses were tolerated,
where should we find a guarantee for the freedom of our fellow-
citizens ?"

With respect to the dismissal of Emplolges by the
Government, the Minister of Grace and Justice begged
to observe a profound silence. A Cabinet, be ob-
served, might have many reasons for the dismissal of
subordinates totally unconnected with political ()Pi-
nions. This observation called up Senor Is -
NARDI, a dismissed official, who demanded to know
if the Minister alluded to him? Senor CAsTRO
replied
that as a Minister he would not be interrogated, upon
which ISNARDI denounced him and his colleagues as
calumniators. A scene of great confusion ensued,
which was put an end to by the retraction of the offen-

sive expression. After several other Deputies had
spoken the debate was again adjourned, and renewed
on the following day with increased animation. It was
concluded by Count TORENO, who delivered a long
speech in favour of moderation. The following is his
estimate of the physical force required to put down the
rebellion :

If we possess sufficient decision, for my part I believe that
with the 200,000 troops which the nation pays we shall be
able to destroy the faction, if all this force were of the same
description as that of Navarre; but this is a point which re-
quires to be examined."
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In reply to some suggestions relative to the destruc-

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ion of Carlists root and branch, he made the follow•-

ing declaration, which he repeated in a louder voice on
being assailed with groans from the public galleries :
" It is impossible to terminate the civil war by the destruc-
tion of one party, as all civil wars of this description, in which
the question has not been settled by foreign aid, have been
concluded by compromise or reconciliation."
On the subject of that most cheerless of topics, the
emptiness of the Spanish Exchequer, the ex-Minister
observed, in a tone meant to be exceedingly con-
solatory
" Public credit, gentlemen, is at present extremely low, and
this is the point which requires the skill of an able physician
to improve its condition. It is necessary not to make great
proposals, but to go on little by little improving it. This en_
tirely depends on confidence, whichconfidence must be secured
by our own conduct, by that of the Government, and all that
relates to the war. In Europe there is abundance of capital
unemployed through want of confidence in negotiations which
might prove uncertain; but the moment that a solid hope of a
successful termination of the war is entertained, this capital
will find its way amongst us much quicker than we might even
expect !"

A division followed, in which Ministers obtained a
large majority. But this is no proof of any want of
disturbance in the provinces. On the contrary, no_
thing can be conceived more wretched than the eon_
dition of the inhabitants of La Mancha, Estremadura,
and Toledo. Bands of Carlists are moving in every
direction, and such is the weakness, cowardice, or in-
capacity of the QUEEN'i Generals, that they rarely
meet with any resistance. As for ESPARTERO he is
laid up for the winter, so that the Carlists may be said

to have the whole country at their mercy. Never be-
fore was the state of Spain more perilous.

The Paris Papers of Thursday, Friday, and Satur.
day, have all been received. The Moniteur of Thurs•
day contains the following official announcement :
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" The Viceroy of Egypt has authorised, until the latter end
of February, 1838, the importation of wheat at Alexandria, by
vessels of all nations, on the following conditions :
"1. The importation is to be freed from the consumption
duty.

2. The wheat is not to be sent into the interior of the
country, but must be sold within the walls of Alexandria, in
the public market allotted to the sale of provisions.
"3. The inspectors will have a right to set apart all the
grain that niay be damaged, or deemed injurious to health."
The Ambassador of the Gland Duke of TUSCANY,
M. BERLINGHIERI died in Paris on Wednesday last,
in the 78th year of his age. His Excellency was a
Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
The journals of Thursday and Friday are chiefly
taken up with discussing the merits of the Canadian
question.

Advices from Greece of the 28th ult. announce the
dismissal of M. RUDHART, who was to leave Athens
on his return to Bavaria on the Bth inst. The joy of
the Greeks for so happy a riddance was unbounded.

Letters from Berlin of the 13th inst. state that an
amicable termination of the Prussian quarrel with the
POPE may be anticipated. His Holiness has signified
that he is now led to regard the complaints of the
Archbishop of COLOGNE as exaggerated, and the
KING in reply made fresh concessions to the Holy See.
The Marquis of ESPEJA, Spanish Ambassador to
the Court of France, and Lord WILLIAM HERVEY,
Private Secretary of Sir GEORGE VILLIERS, arrived
in Paris on Friday.
The following summary of the latest news from
Spain is copied from Galignani's Messenger of Sa-
turday :

" We learn by correspondence of the I Gth from Bayonne,
that Espartero had entered Vitoria with twelve battalions of
infantry and some cavalry, and that on his approach the Car-
lists retired from Balrnaceda. He had left but few troops at
Vittoria, and was rnanceuvring to attack the Carlist expe-
ditionary battalions, which were closely observed by Buerens.
A valuable convoy, which had left Tafalla for Pampeluna,
had been seized by the Carlists, after a severe engagement.
The Carlist General Urbistondo, who commanded in Cata-
lonia, had left his command, and had passed through Bayonne.
He had come into the provinces, in obedience to an order from
Don Carlos. All the detachments of the British Legion had
left St. Sebastian, and it was stated that the cavalry and artil-
lery, which had recently resumed their service, had demanded
their discharge."

The King has viven 12,000 francs from his privy purse, the
Queen 3,000, Madame Adelaide 3,000 and the Duke of Or-
leans 6,000, to be distributed among the poor of the capital in
Achet, for wood and s-up. Yesterday morning the Siena was
frozen over at the bridge of Austerlitz, where the masses of
ice were stopped, and people cross it on foot. We have been
assured that a man has passed it with his cart, but IN e cannot
warrant this as true.

Izi the night on the 10th the cold at Geneva was more in-
tense than it had ever been since meteorological observations
have been made there, viz., 20 deg. (Reaumer) 143 deg.
(Fahrenheit) below frening point.—Commerce.
1` We find no other intelligence of any moment in
thsse Journals.

FRENCH FUNDS —PARIS, JAN. 20.
Five per Cents., 109 f. GOc. 65c. 55c.
Four per Cents., 1. 2f,
fhree per CeLts., 79f 55c. 50c.
Bank Actions, 2,°10f. 2,605 f.
hente 05 Naples, 9Pf. Me. 5 c.
Roman Five per Cents., 1111%%.
Spanish Actives, 2n%%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
Spanish Differes,
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 10nf,1,4.
Belgian Bank, 1,510 f.
Portuguese Loan. Three per Cents. 19%.
Haytian Loan, 375 f. 372 f.
EXCHANOR ON LONDON.
°memo:lth, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f. 47Y,c
Tkrec months, paper, 25f. sc. ; money, 25f. ;.2%e.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 100 f. 60c.
Three per Cents., 79f. 60c.
Bank Actions, 2,605 f.
Romani, 101%.
Belgian Rank, 1,5100
Portuguese Three per Cents., 10%.
Spanish Actives, 2.tz%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
Spanish Di3'eres, 5
New Differes. 6 k
Haytiau Loan, 372 f. 50e.

Brussels and German papers of the latest dates
have been received this morning. The following ex-
tracts from them are interesting :

At this moment the convent of the A,lfzustines at Ghent is
on fire ; the flames have spread to the a (joining manufactory
of cotton yarn, and to several neighbout:ag houses. The fire
broke out at half-past two this morning —Moniteur Beige of
the 20th.

From the Russian Frontiers, Dec. 28.—A letter from St.
Petersburg says that the negociations that wire set on foot for
a marriage between the Imperial Prince llexander of Russia
and one of the amiable Princesses, day, 'hers of the Duke of
Mecklenburg Strelitz, have led to the r. -t satisfactory result.
The young couple are to be betrothed he summer of 1838.
It is said, on half official authority, fron 3t. Petersburg, that
the Emperor Nicholas himself will con. o Germany in June
or July, and have an interview at Tot with his allies, the
Emperor of Austria and the King of I ',•issia. It is not im-
probable that the affairs of Spain ma: o discussed on that
occasion.

BELGIAN- }UNDS—Bauser- .+, JAN. O.
Actual Debt, 2j per Cent.
Rothachild's Loan, 5 per Cent
Loan of Thirty Milliom.... ...............
Loan of City, 1632, 4 per Cent llo,i
Society of Commerce, 4c, per Ce-t
Rank of Belgium, I per Cent 115%
National Society .
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DUTCH FUNDS.—MISTERDAM, JAN. 18.
Actual Debt, 2 % per Cent.
Do do. 5 per Cent.
Amort Syndic 4% per Cent~
Do. do. 3% per Cent.
Commercial Company, 453 per Cent 176%
New ditto
—Brussels Papers, Jan. 20.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtaxxa, J.l N. 12.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Ceuts.
Three per Cents
Bank Shares 1365
—Allgemeine Zeitunz, Jam. 17.
L 7 Lord

_teut.Lor, Henry Russell, who was so severely in-
jured in the head, by the falling of a block while fitting out
the Melville, 74 guns, will in a few days leave Haslar Hos-
pital perfectly recovered; his Lordship will owe his life, not to
the comforts of a home, but to the strict quietude of a well-
conducted Government hospital, superintended, the portion of
it; in which he was placed, by a gentleman of acknowledged
ability and unwearied assiduity. His Lordship is an honour to
his noble house and lineage, and, more than that, he is a sea-
man, and an officer who loves his profession ; we consequently
congratulate the service on his recovery.—Hampshire Te-
legraph.

The Earl of Surrey gave his first grand dinner, on
Saturday, in 'Whitehall-place.

Count Seckendorf, at present Prussian Charge
d'Affaires, is said to b• about to proceed as Envoy from his
Court to tkat of Belgium, in the room of the Baron Leydon,
removed to Frankfort.

The late Lord Farnborough was the second son of
Mr. Beeston Long, an eminent West India merchant, and,
dying without issue, the title, of which he was the first posses-
sor, becomes extinct.

Sir E. Walsham, the Assistant Poor-law Commis-
sioner, made a proposition to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Board
of Guardians that they should not allow any out-door relief to
the mothers of illegitimate children, after two months from
their confinement. After a long discussion with " the worthy
Commissioner," the Guardians almost unanimously rejected
the proposition.—Sunderland Beacon.
On Monday, the Bth inst., about two o'clock P. m.
a foreign schooner was discovered with a flag hoisted for a
pilot, about 10 miles distant from the Lowestoff shore. Two
pilots immediately put off with 13 men in one boat (the Peace),
and one pilot with 21 men in another boat. The men on shore
expected other foreign ships would be in the offing. The wind
blew high, about E. N. E. Both yawls carried their mainsail
at first. The vessel, instead of keeping its first course, which
was towards the boats, when they were five or six miles
from the shore hauled her wind, and stood out to sea. The
yawls had therefore much farther to go to reach the ship, and
this brought them into the evening before they were aware
of their situation. The wind meantime increased, and
the snow drifted. Great anxiety was now felt by the
exper'enced beachmen about the yawls. At seven o'clock
one of them reached the shore, having had a very narrow
escape. The men on board had not seen any other foreign
ships,
,and therefore returned. It is supposed that the other
yawl (the Peace) endeavoured to get in at the Gatway
missed the light, it being thick with snow, get into broke,
water, and went down. But none are left to tell the tale of
woe. Some remains of the wreck have been washed on
shore. In consequence of this accident twelve widows (some
of them in the family way) and thirty-two children have be-
come destitute; and besides this fifty eight families have been
deprived of their means of getting a livelihood during the
winter season, as they have now no great boat to go off in
coarse weather, to get anchors, and assist vessels in distress.
The value of this lost boat and her tackle was about 1501.
Great assistance has been derived from the neighbour-
hood. " The Pakefield henchmen have," says a Lowe,:
toff correspondent, " behaved like brothers, Laving (unsoli-
cited) raised among themselves and sent 51. 12,. for the
widows."

METEOROLICAL REPORT FOR 1837.—The
winds—East 45 days ; west GO ; north 50 ; south 60 ; north-
east 71 ; south-east 23 ; north-west 14 ; south-west 72. It
rained or snowed on 140 days, quantity in inches 30-13;
mean height of barometer 29 64 ; ditto thermometer in shade
at noon 52,i ; mean of thermometer for 1836 in same situa-
tion, 522.