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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1836.

The Tory Journals of this Morning state, one and
all, with more than ordinary confidence, that the House
of Lords will so mutilate the Irish Corporation Bill in
Committee, that not even Mr. O'LouGHLEN, its
foster-parent, will be able to recognize it. The Times
in particular, is quite positive on this point ; and blows
one of its loudest trumpet blasts, evidently with a view
to rouse the courage of their Lordships, and induce
them to hurry into action. " The Municipal Bill for
Ireland" says our Contemporary, " as framed by Mr.
O'CoNNE.GL, and at his dictation introduced into the
House of Commons, will never be sanctioned by the
Lords, or receive the Royal assent." He adds, " we
are satisfied, and we rejoice in the anticipation, that
the constitutional safeguards rejected by the motley
majority of the House of Commons, will be restored,
and on going back again to the same House, the Mu-
nicipal Bill, purged of its demagogue and anti-British
character, will be thankfully received as a God-send
by the very 11.ilinisters who paid their mean
court to O'CoNNELL, by giving it, as framed ori-
ginally, their make-believe support, but who would
never have dared to bring forward a machinery so
destructive, without a moral assurance of their own
incapacity to carry it through the Legislature." The
first part of this passage is no doubt true, but the last
is utterly false. Nothing is more likely than that the
House of Lords will reduce the Irish Corporation Bill
to a mere caput mortuum condition ; but that Minis-
ters will " thankfully receive as a God-send," a mea-
sure so mutilated, is as arrant a lie as ever yet was told,
even by a Tory. They cannot—they dare not do so.
Every principle of common sense and common honesty
—every action of their public lives since they last
took office—their characters
as
"ntlemen--their repu-
tation as statesmen—all militate against such a sup-
position. Besides, is there not a pledged majority in
the House of Commons—pledged as deeply as
men ever yet were pledged--to the leading prin-
ciples of the Bill ? And is it to be imagined that
this majority would conspire with Ministers to stultify
themselvvs—to play fast and loose with Reform—to
deprive *eland of the claims which they themselves
have allo,wed—to invest O'CONNELL with little short

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:of sove(ei a rity---Jand Visx up a spirit of agit.
tion throu ou countryonavhich no one co
foresee the result ? - Impossible. Ministers are nosy
fools or maniacs. They have no desire to commit
felo-de•se. They are a steady, unflinching, straight-
forward set of men, and being supported by as zealous
and honest a majority in the Commons, will see fair
play to Ireland, no matter how desperate be the oppo-
sition of the House of Lords.

We say " desperate opposition," because appear-
ances strongly favour the notion, that the House of
Lords are bent on the destruction of the Irish Muni-
cipal measure. The late meetings at Apsley House ;
the parade of Conservative strength at Covent Gar-
den; the formal announcement of Lord LYND-
HURST'S series of political dinners ; and more
especially, the Duke of BEAUFORT'S recent de-
claration, that the Lords entertained no fear of
a collision with the Commons ;—all these eir-
cumstances prove that our hereditary Solons have
" screwed their courage to the sticking point," and are
resolved that " equal justice" shall not yet be con-
ceded to Ireland. Possibly, however, in order to avoid
too great an appearance of indifference to the public
welfare, they may permit the Bill to pass the second
reading. But this concession will deceive no one.
Not a man in the community who can count ten on his
fingers, but must see and appreciate its motive.
What useful result do their Lordships propose to
themselves to secure by destroying the Irish Municipal
Bill ? Do they imagine that they will thereby pacify
Ireland ? Ridiculous 1 They will set it in a blaze
from one extremity to the other. Do they suppose
that their opposition will inspire the people with a
salutary dread of their irresponsible authority ? Why,
this is more ridiculous still. The people know by long
practical experience the exact extent of their influence.
They have seen their Lordships, year after year, setting
their faces against all efficient measures of Reform, yet
seen those very measures carried, one after the other, in
spite of them. They opposed the Test and Corpora
tion Acts. They opposed Catholic Emancipation.
They opposed the Reform Bill. And what was th 2
result of all this opposition ? Why, to show the:r
own weakness, and the people's strength. Let them
beware, then, how they furnish us with another
triumphant proof of their imbecility. A " Coll;sion" .s
by no means the joke they seem to think it. It is Cle
beginning of the end. It is the last of the " Three
Warnings." In a word, it is the sure and swift fore-
runner of a wholesale Reform in their Institution.

Though, of late, apparently lethargic, the people
are anything but blind to the necessity of this
Reform. Their feelings, though tranquil, run in
deep, broad, and irresistible channel. They are fully
awake to the absurdity of the vote by proxy, which
enables -some obtuse spOrting Peer to send up from
Newmarket the vote that sho2l deprive thousands of
their rights; equally alive are they to the evils of
Primogeniture, and the inem7sistencv of Bishops b3i!lg
allowed a seat in the Housc ; and should the Con-
servative Peers persevere in their present resolution to
emasculate the Irish Corporcaion Bill, they will fix the
attention of the people on all these grievances, with a
view to their inunediate removal. Again, therefor:!,
we say to their Lordships, 4‘ Beware—panse,
time for deliberation be allo•m,:d you—yet a few week:;,
and it may be too late !"

Madrid iournals to the 9th inst. have been reeeive:l.
Their contents, though not, highly important, are
generally interesting. The debate on the address 11,1:1
not terminated up to the Sth ; and notwitlistand:ng
the popularity of MENDIZABAL, and his great nu-
merical strength in the Cortes, several very virulent
attacks had been made upon him in the Chamber of
Procuradores. The Conde .de LAS NAvAs was the
first to assail him, which he did in a strain of the
grossest abuse. Of this hue was liberal to others as
well as to the Prime Minister. He declaimed analvst
the cruelty and treachery of the Carlists ; denounced
the double-dealing, insincerity, and despotical
policy of the King of the FRENCH ; and littrlv:l
the thunders of his wrath against several mem-
bers of both Chambers, of whose public conduct lie
disapproved. Senor LOPEZ followed in the footsteps
of LAS NAVAS. He drew a dreadful picture of the
state of Spain, which he contended ministers were
bound to remedy, or to retire from their places.
ARGUELLES defended the conduct of the Pre-
sident of the Council:, as alike glorious to
himself and beneficial to tine country. The spirit of
MENDIZABAL was replete with noble sentiments.
" My respectedlriend,' stc;d the Minister, in allusion
to the speech of ARGUEULES, " has stated that the
harrowing picture drawn or the state of the nation,
would be sufficient to deter :him from forming any Mi-
nistry ; but I, younger and :more robust, will not desert
the duty I owe to my counl:try, if the Cortes approve
the acts of the Ministry. We have here established
peace ; during seven months there has not been an
extraordinary patrol in the capital. The Press cen-
sures our acts freely, for -we allow it liberty so to
do; and if a censorship (mists, it is to save private
character from the licentioutsness of some loose pub-
lications. Since the dissohnion there have been pre-
sented to the QUEEN, in favour of the actual
Ministry, upwards of 250 addresses, of which no
mention has been made. I am no orator, my life has
been one of labour to earn: an honest fortune, and yet
for my country this is the fourth time I have sacrificed
it. This is a personal question, yet I am forced to it.
My excellent friend ARIGIJELLES has here publicly
told me that his heart is mine ; that is sufficient repay-
ment for toils. I seek no recompense ; the salary and
emoluments belonging to my office I dedicate to the
public service. I have gi!ven no employment to any
of my relations, for when :those who have claims on
me asked for places, I capitalized from my private for-
tune the sums requisite to mnake good to them a benefit
equal to what they asked for. Honours I do not desire
other than that of doing good to my country ; those
who were my friends kno w it (the• tears rolled down
his cheeks, and the whole assembly was silent and
evidently affected) ; the :Estamento will excuse me.
To-morrow I will show that there is no ground for
considering the nation as -.placed in the dreadful emer-
gency described by some Procuradores." In the
course of a subsequent sitting MENDIZABAL defended
the King of the FREATPCH and his Government,
and repelled as calumnies the charges that had been
preferred against Lours P:HILIPPE. He assured the
Cortes that he had on that very day received dispatches
from the French Minister, to the 2d inst., of the most
satisfactory and flattering character, and evincing the
greatest anxiety, not only- for the strict observance of
the Quadruple Treaty, but for the speedy and effectual
success of her Majesty's arms. It is important that
we should mention the fact of MENDIZABAL'S reite-
rated denial of the oft-repeated story about Louis
PHILIPPE'S refusal of direct intervention. The whole
was a fiction invented by the emissaries of the rebel
Don CARLOS, and first palmed upon an over-credu-
lous Morning Contemporuuy.
In consequence
,of the strictures of the Press upon
the inhuman massacre of the mother of the Carlist
rebel CABRERA, MINA Isas been induced to tender
his resignation of the Captain t-Generalship of Catalonia,
which her Majesty has declined to accept.. The fol-
lowing is a copy of his letter to the Minister of War,
which we take from the illacerid Gazette:--:
etit
" Moil Excellent Sir,—ln a public newspaper,
Espanol, .1 have seen with pain tin petition
Fontiveros to her Majesty, in coy sequence
Col.
Dcalled
loon f
hise supposing
the mother of the Chief Cabrer a had been shot b way of
re-
prisal at Tortosa, which was on :account of a conspiracy
in the said place, the traces of which was furnishedme plotted
by i
"
Majesty's Government, having seen a deposition taken
at
Soria of a deserter, who discovered part of this hu •
and that of him who carried to execution a confidential sserivi-e;:i
of the Episcopal Palace and others, as I had the honour to..
inform your ENcellency for her Majesty's cognizance, but as
these circumstances coincided with the application of Brigadier
Nogueras, this error produced likewise that of several foreign
Papers wounding my exquisite; reputation, supposing me capa-

bl of barbou44inmy soul sentiments so mean, and only ap-
pertaining tffengeatice, which I detest. I cannot command
under such contrary auspices, for public anxiety would accri-
minate my conduct if 1 remain tranquil and silent after such
inculpation. I, therefore, beg your Excellency to move her
Majesty's mind to accept my resignation of the charge I now
fill ; for, in representative systems it is essential to uphold the
prestige of moral force to execute it effectually.
" God preserve your Excellency many years.
" FRAN. ESPOZ Z MINA.
" Head-quarters of Cervera, April 1, 1836.
" To his Excellency the Secretary of War."

The details of the conspiracy at Tortosa are given
at considerable length in a letter from MINA to the
Catalonians, which is otherwise unimportant. It will
be seen by the following passage, that NOGUERASI at
least, was intentionally guilty of this brutal outrage :
" The Government of her Majesty transmitted to me, by a
Royal order, the copy of a deposition made at Soria by a re-
bel who gave himself up to the authorities, wherein were dis-
closed the particulars of a plot formed in Tortosa, for deli-
vering over the castle of that place to the enemies of the
country. Upon this information, I instantly dispatched Bri-
gadier Fox, with one of my Aids-de-camp, to the spot, when
the circumstances of the conspiracy were fully developed, a
confidential servant of the Episcopal Palace, the mother of
Cabrera, and some of the sth Light Infantry, appearing to be
the principals. Three of the latter fled ; but the others were
tried by an ordinary military tribunal, and all sentenced to
suffer capital punishment. It happened at this time that the
petition of General Nogueras reached me, supplicating me to
put the woman above named to death, on account of her son's
having atrociously assassinated the authorities of four different
towns, as well as many of the principal inhabitants thereof.
To this petition I answered, that reprisals should be limited
to the places in which the crimes had been committed, in or-
der to produce a salutary effect ; but, as the mother of Ca-
brera had been sentenced to capital punishment, I ordered her
to be shot, together with the servant of the Bishop and the
soldiers of the sth Light Infantry in custody, as the chastise-
ment due to their crimes. What, then, is there in this pro.
cceding contrary to the strictletter of the law ?"
Such is MINA'S defence, which after all does not
greatly lessen the atrocity of his guilt. A conspi-
racy, of which an old woman, upwards of sixty years
of age was the principal, could not have been very se-
rious. The Minister of War, however, declared that
the documents alluded to by MINA had not been re-
ceived, and that he was not aware that a conspiracy
had existed at Tortosa. This, of course, will be en-
quired into, and sifted to the bottom ; and if the facts of
the conspiracy b 3 not proved, MINA ought to be.
tried for the murder of the old woman.

The accounts from the Basques are favourable ; and
with the assistance which the British Government is
prepared to render to the QUEEN, there must be a
speedy termination of the war.

The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have
all been received. The Chamber of Deputies closed
its discussion on the Customs' Tariff Bill on Friday.
In the course of Thursday's sittings M. DE LAMAR-
TINE defended the conduct and principles of Dr.
BOWRING, in answer to an attack which Count
JAUBERT had thought proper to make upon that
gentleman. Count JAUBERT replied by observing
that he spoke of Dr. BOWRING in language as mea-
sured as was generally applied to, him by persons in his
own country. M. DE LAMARTINE might boast of
his personal regard for Dr. BOWRING, and even de-
fend his principles as a politician, but be (M. JAU-
BERT) was confident that if a Frenchman played the
same part in England as the learned Doctor had
played' in France, by delivering such views of commer-
cial freedom, the populace would undoubtedly stone him
to death. This statement was received with loud
laughter and ironical cheers, which did not serve to
soothe the excited feelings of the Hon. Deputy.
With regard to the Customs' Bill, the Journal des
Debats is of opinion that the Government will agree
to the counter-project sent up by the Committee—a
measure which differs in no essential point from the
Government project. The same journal says that the
to the duties on iron, cottons, woollen stuffs, and cat-
tle, will remain untouched ; and that, in fact, the na-
tional industry of France, will undergo no change.
We are ourselves astonished at the ignorance of
Frenchmen on all commercial questions. 'With re-
spect to the working of the reciprocity system, they
are, at the very least, half a century behind England.

In these journals we have advices from Bayonn2 to
the 13th inst. The Bishop of LEON had been ar-
rested on his way to Elorrio, the head-quarters of Don
CARLOS. The British vessels of war on the coast
were about to transport 8,000 Christinos from Saw-
tander to S. Sebastian, in order that they might take
the field against the rebels. The weather was fright-
fuLly severe, the snow lying three feet deep on the
ground.
PARIS, APRIL 16.—The Monileur publishes a comparative
statement of the receipt of the public revenue during the first
three months of the year 1836, and of the first three months
of 1834 and 1835, by which it appears that the receipt for the
first quarter, 1836, exceeds by 11,543,000 francs that of the
first quarter of 1834, and by 4,367,000 francs that of tl:e first
quarter of 1835.
BAYONNE, APRIL 12.—We learn that M. Lesoir, the in-
ventor of very destructive projectiles, not having been able to
dispose of his secret in France, where he has doubtless met
with persons who were incredulous, has just gone to the head-
quarters of Don Carlos to offer his services.
Letters from Pampeluna, which arrived the night before
last, announce the following particulars:—
For some days
.past some troops of the French Legion
had been in pursuit of the remnant of Rojo's faction. The
Commander of these troops applied to the Viceroy, Baron de
Mier, to send him some sharp-shooters well acquainted with
the country.
A company of Sharpshooters, under the command of M.
Assietra, immediately set out, and 40 of the insurgents were
taken prisoners in the village of Essain, and delivered to the
troops of the French Legion.
It has been ascertained, that these 40 Carlists belonged to
the faction of El Rojo, and that after his defeat and death
they took refuge in that village.
A letter from Vittoria informs us that the troops of Gene-
ral Cordova. infantry, cavalry, and artillery, which are can-
toned there, will take the field as soon as the snow is melted,
which now covers the ground to the depth of three feet.
Some soldiers of the new levy are already incorporated with
them, and when the operations commence 400 chapelgorries
will remain in that town.

The magazines of provision and ammunition are complete.-
Messager, April 16.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, APRIL 15.
Five per Cents., 1071. 85c. 93c. 9uc.
Four per Cents., 100 f. 75c.
Three per Cents. 821.81 E 95c. 90c.. 85c. 50,..
Bank Actions, 2,240 f.
Route de Naples, 1021. sc. 1021
Roman Five per Cents., 105 104%.
Spanish Actives, 46% 47 46% % %%.
Spanish Differes, 21
Spanish Passives, 14M %M.
Belgian Loan, rive per Cents., 112% 103.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 84%4.
• Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 54k %.
Haytian Loan, 395 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper; -1. -c. ; money, 25f. 473 c.
Three months, paper, -1. -c.; money, 25f. 32%e.
-Coors Authentiaue.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIF, APRIL 16. -
Five per Cents., 107 E 95c. 85c. 90c. 95c.
Four per Cents., 100 f. 70c. 60c. 50c.
Three per Cents., 81f. 90c. 83c. 90c.
Bank Actions, 2,235 f.
Rente de Naples, 102 f.
Roman Five per Cents., 104%.
Spanish Actives, 4614 47 47%.
Spanish Differes, 21 21% 52.
Spanish Passives, 1414%%.
Belgian Loan Five per Cents, 103.
Portuguese Loan,
Five per Cents., 84.
Portuguese Three Her Cents. Si
,Duteh,Two and a half per Cents., 57f. 15c.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
Onemonth, paper, -c.; money, 2.5 f. 45e
Three months, paper, -f. -c money, 251.. 3°C.
onrs AuthentNitc.
Bouitsa, QUARTER TO Foun.-The Rentes have 'not re-
covered from the fall of yesterday ; the Three per Cents.
opened at 81f. 95e4,but they soon receded to 81f. 90c.
The Spanish secitlities are rather worse ; Active stock is
at 461. Very little business is doing in any of the current
securities. The news of the 9th from Madrid has made no
impression on the money-market.
P. S. Just as business was about to close, Spanish stock
rose nearly 1 per cent. This is ascribed to a telegraphic de-
spatch, said to bring the news that the Spanish address was
voted by a large majority.
LAST PRICES.-Five per Cents., 108 f. 10c. ; Three
per Cents. Spanish, -;
Cortes, -; Coupons, - ;
per Cents., 82f. -c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, -.;
; Pedros, 84 ;
New Loan, GTuherbe_e
hards, -;! Differes, -; - ; Actives, 474 ;
BelPassives,gians, I_4l ;; Ducats,
Dutch,los27fs. ; Romans,
15cs.e;
.ti a lyotitt s f ;
Con-
e. ; New Differes, 22; Five per Cent. Perpe-
tMiniugauteiolsn,,lB; Brabant Bank, -; pan Bank, 16i
tuelles, -; Royal Loan, -.

the
the 24th of
March, B y a
Ndvvei cleesa r fromn tim t CRounssstiaant has
sple to
agreed
to eva-
cuation of the important fortress of Silistria. This
imnetiamsuart ee
iiisn i onil't ellN•i England, and,, to a certain ex-
withdraw the Porte from an
tent, may be successful. 11
O rle ULTAN must have
been astounded to learn, that not only was
Russia prepared to give up the fortress, but
that the EMPEROR most bounteously remit-
ted half the tribute (about ten millions of francs),
and that what remained ‘vould be received by instal-
ments. Russia is playing a deep game ; but she is
closely watched. Whatever be her ulterior designs the
cession of Silistria is an important point gained.
England and France have taken a decided step to

SMITHFIELI
The supply to this day's market
dull, at the following

) MARKET.
was moderate, and the trade w•as

PRICES PER STONE OF SL

1. TO SINK THE OFFA LS.

d. to s . (1.
6 310
6 5 6
S 5 10
0 6 4
6 4 -2
4 4 8
14 0

s. d. to s. d. s.
Interior Beasts . 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep 3
Second quality ditto '3 0 3 8 Second quality ditto 4
Prima large Oxen 4 0 4 2 Coarse.woolled ditto 5
Prime Scots, &c.
Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 (1 Large Hogs 3
Prime small ditto .. 5 2 5 6 Small Porkers 4
S.lckling Calves each,...12 u 30 01 Quarter old Pigs keach) 10
Lamb lts 6d. to 7s. Od.
SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts.
I Sheep. Calves. l• Pigs.
2,430 14,500 I 250 I 365
About 120 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 200 up
the other northern roads; about 200 (including Irish) from the western
and midland districts ; about 15C0 from Norfolk, Su flblk, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire ; about 60 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder
from the marshes, &e. in the neighbourhood of London.

NEWGATE AND LEA
At per stone, '
s. d. to s. d. s d. to s d.
Beef, inferior 2 6 2 S Mutton, inferior 2lO 3 2
- middling ...... ~,,... 210 3 0 middling 3 4 3 I()
-- prune large - prime ............ 4 6 5 0
-. prime sliaal '1 8 310 Pork, large .................. 3 8 4 4
Veal
Lamb Os. 4d. to 7s. Od.

DENHALL MARKETS.
by the Carcass.

NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET—April IC.
We had a large supply of Wheat at Market to-day, Which
met a dull sale at a decline of full 2s. per quarter in the prices
of this day sennight. Barley in fair demand, and our last
quotations are fully supported. Oats in fair supply and without
variation. Rye continues scarce. Malt Is. per quarter dearer.
Beans and Peas without change. Flour meets a languid sale,
and may be noted ls. per sack lower.

323.
44
53 12_
Wheat, Northumberland
1494 s
228.
-- Norfolk and Suffolk
Berwick and Scotch
Foreign
Bye, NorfAlk and .sudolk
Foreign —s. --s . ...... —s. —s.
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suflblk 32s. 365......
Grinding and Feeding
Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk .. --s —s
Ms. 57.: ..
Beans, Small
12s
Tick .. 31s. 336
Pease, White ....... —s
435. 4lis.
- Gray
Oats, Northumberland, l'otatoe
--------- Feed
183 1J;.,,,,,, J2p3.
Foreign
......
Flour (per sack)
...... 325. 345.

Mr. Hartmann, confectioner in the household of the
Duchess of Kent, put an end to his existence at an early hour
this morning. He had recently recovered from a long tend
severe illness, and was subject to depression of spirits. He
had been in the establishment for many years.