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LONDON,
moxnAy EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1836.

This evening the Stamp Bill goes into Committee
in the Lords, when, as a matter of course, the ob-
novimie rpg;ctrntinn rinnep w;11 r,o atruolr not AR.WhOlly
unnecessary. Indeed, the wonder is how such a
clause, so inquisitorial in its nature, and so repugnant
to the principles of free trade, should have been per-
mitted by the Government to creep into the Bill. Its
obvious tendency is to fetter the Press by exposing all
the proprietors of, or shareholders in, Newspapers, to
the grasping cupidity of unprincipled pettifogging at-
tornies for costs in imputed libels, or to satisfy the cu-
riosity of busy-body dealers in scandal. And are thes.
matters for grave legislation, that unworthy motives may
be gratified ? Surely not.
But it has been said that the rejection of this clause
will endanger the Bill. This is not correct, for
(though a Money Bill) the clause is not a money
clause, and may be safely expunged. After all, the
question of privilege rests with the House of Com-
mons, which can either assert or modify it at pleasure.
Ministers will therefore do wisely by blinking the
matter, for the clause is none of their creation, though
heedlessly adopted. The loss of the Bill for the sake of
such a clause would be trifling with the best hopes of
the country, and be more fatal to the wishes of certain
parties than they at present contemplate.

The Lords Amendments on the Municipal Corpo-
rations Act Amendment Bill, are to be taken Into consi-
deration to-night by the Commons. This Bill bears
strong marks of having passed through their Lord-
ships' hands. It is pretty considerably" mangled
and mutilated ; and by this process, as well as by the
introduction of the clause to which we alluded a day
or two ago, for replacing the charitable funds under
the management of the old Corporators, has been ren-
dered totally unfit to become the law of the land. It
is utterly impossible that a reformed House of Com-
mons should think of passing such a Bill. It
would, in fact, be playing the game of the To-
ries in the most effectual manner imaginable. That
scheming and unprincipled tribe have a deep
purpose to serve, by the crooked and tricky course
they are pursuing with regard to this and other mat-
ters. They have never had any political support in
the towns but that which they derived from corrup-
tion. Of this they are well aware. The charitable
funds were of course not lie!d sacred when the good
cause of Toryism was in question. Any freeman who
woul(1 vote or, had- voted for the Tory; candidate was
considered g proper object of charity: No one else
had a chance of getting,the least relief; were he ever so
destitute. If a poor man applied for a share of
the fund which had been set apart expressly for
his use and benefit, the applicant was asked the
question. " Whom (lid you vote for at the last
election ?" If the vote had been given for the right
man, the money was handed over instantly with a
smile of approbation. But - woe to the unfortunate
wight whom truth compelled to confess that he had
voted for the " Liberal Candidate." He was told,
with a Jack-in-office sneer, to go to the " Liberal Can-
didate" for his reward.

Such was the system universally acted upon when
the Corporations were managed by Tories. The gros-
s Est-perversion of the funds—the most shameless abuse
of the charitable trusts were openly practised. And
this is the system which the Tory Lords are now
manceuvring to continue a little longer—only for another
year—a short twelvemonth—that is all they want;
and, in the mean time, should they contrive to bring
about the necessity for a general election, (and such a
thing has happened before now), they will have no
cause to regret that their partizans are still charitable

trustees.
Will the Commons allow this scheme to, take effect?
Will they allow themselves to be nade the instrument
of this Tory iniquity ? We are sure they will not.
They will reject the hateful and insidious clause with-
out hesitation, and if the Lords throw out the Bill, on
their heads be the consequences.

The whole of the Paris papers of Friday and Satur-
day have been received. The Moniteur of Friday
officially announces the dismissal of CORDOVA from
the command of the Spanish army. The late General-
in-Chief s disgrace is partially veiled by the pretext
that he voluntarily forwarded his resignation to the
Minister of War, alleging that the state of his health
would not permit him to lead his troops to victory.
His successor is General SAARSFIELD, an old man of
feeble physical powers and very precarious health, but
withal a brave officer, well known to and greatly be-
loved by the army entrusted to his command. We
regret that Spain, among her four thousand generals,
is not so fortunate as to be able to find one worthy of

being placed at the head of the army, who unites with 1
undaunted courage great presence of mind, unbending ,
resolution, sagacity, and a high sells,: of military ho- 'I
nour, the self-denying habits, the robust health, and the I,
disciplined martial demeanour of officers cradled in a
camp, and familiar with success. A well-earned mi-
litary fame will more than compensate for the want
of health in a General, even in a field of battle ; but
we beg to remind the Spanish Minister of War, that
the heroes from among whom his selections must be
made, are not precisely the sort of men who success-
fully take the field in a litter.
Besides the above important intelligence, the Moni-
teur of Friday contains the following from Spain :-
" (In the 28th oh. Gomez endeavoured to penetrate into
Oviedo, but the inhabitants repelled him, and he proceeded
towards the mountains of Leon. General Meer has taken up
a position upon time Santandar road to prevent his return. Ge •
neral Villareal, at the head of fifteen battalions and seven
pieces of cannon, made an attempt upon Zubiri and Linzoain,
but was repulsed. General Beruelle hastened from Puento
la Reyna, and on the Ist instant, with nine battalions only, he
attacked and completely 'defeated Villareal, and drove him
back upon Ulzatna. In this affair the Carlists had 200 men
killed, 100 made prisoners, and a great number wounded.
General 13ernelle had only 40 killed and 100 wounded, al-
though the ground was very disadvantageous. His new Polish
cavalry conducted themselves admirably, and greatly contri-
buted to the success of this brilliant action."
The substance of the latter part of the above commu-
nication appeared in the Journal de Paris of Thurs-
day, and was repeated in our columns of Saturday.
But as it is now accompanied with other statements of
facts, all tending to show that the Carlists begin to
lose ground in every direction, we have thought it bet-
ter to give it entire.
At an early hour on Friday the King of NAPLES,
and his uncle, the Prince of SALERNO, arrived at
Neuilly. The royal visitors were cordially received by
the KING and QUEEN of the French, and all the
Members of the Royal Family. The object of his
. . .
Neapolitan MAJESTY, in visiting Paris, is variously.
reported. By some it is thought that he is come to
demand one of the two unwedded French Princesses
in marriage ; by others that he has some plans to pro-
pose relative to the fate of his Royal sister and niece,
the Regent and Queen of SPAIN,; while others still
will have it that he means to upset the French Cabi-
net, to revenge himself upon M. TIIIERS for his
cruelty to his sister the Duchess de BERRI. Of course
such rumours are 'not more natural on such an occa-
giOns titan they are unworthy of serious regard.
The question of active intervention in
.Spain again
occupies the attention of the French Government.
The KING is still opposed to the measure, and M.
TILLERS is as convinced as ever lie was of its ultimate
pegeonty. A sort of compromise has been the con-
sequence of this difference of opinion. The ICING
has consented to allow every encouragement to be given
to volunteers about to enter the QUEEN'S service, and
to augment BERNELLE'S division to 20,000 effective
troop, and with this concession the Foreign Minister
is to rest eontented for the present.
PARIS, APGVST 5..... The Phcanix English steam-boat, which
arrived at St. Sebastian on the 29th of July, coming; from
Santander, brought the Report of the Governor of Gijon on
the expedition of Gomez, of which we spoke yesterday. This
Report, of which we quote the principal passages, confirms
all that we said of the march of Gomez from Santiago to
Oviedo, whore he must have arrived on the 28th :-" The.re-
treat of Gomez is therefore due, either to the cold reception
which he met with in Galicia, or to the demonstration of the
inhabitants of the province of Pontevedra ; and if he has sue-
' seeded in avoiding the Queen's troops, his troops have, never.
theless, expericcead losses far above 400 men, who were
formerly taken prisoners from the Christinos, and incorporated
within the ranks' of the; Carlists, but took the opportunity to
abandon them, and went to Corunna.
Gomez, however, could not be stopped on his return to
Oviedo, because General Manso has left that city and gone to
Astorgo, in order to proceed to Burgos to intercept the re-
treat of Basilio Garcia, who, after having pushed to Sepal-
' veda, where he was on the 23d, fell back on the 24th to Pen.
nadel, intending without doubt to pass the Douro, and to avoid
meeting with the return of the column of Aspiroz, which had
arrived at Aranda, This retreat of Basilio Garcia has caused
the pr6par..tionwto bo ausponchzd which were making to leave
La Grsnja, and have allayed the fears Conceived there.-
Messa9er, August 6.
iItENCII FIINDS.-Psats, AUGUST 5.
Five per Cents., 1.9 f 30c.25c. 15c. 10c. 20c.
Thrce per Cents. WE .50c, 40c. 45c.
Bank Actions, :!,‘..1:.f,
hente t e Naples. 100 f, COO
Roman Five per Cents.. 10.3 W.
:IN
Spanish Actives. 35 %% vs, 1„; N.
Spanish Passives, 11% 11 10A •'% %, X,
r Belgian I Am), Five per Cents. 103%.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 4514 413 x.
flaytian Loan, 395 f gulf. ke,
EXCOANtiR ON LONDON.
, One month, paper, 2:)t: 32y4c., money, -I. -c.
Three months, paper, 251. hie.; money, -1. -c.
-Court Autheitlique.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PAats, AUGUST 8.
Five per Cents., lt9f. '!se. alyc.
Four per Cents.. 1011: 90c.
'three ner Cents., Sof. 45c. 40e.
Dente de Naples, Mt. 60c. 55c VC.
• Roman Five per Cents., 110% 4.
Spanish Actives, 1.14 %%VA,.
Spanish Passives, 1034 S'h•
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, foam.
Portuguese Luau, Five per Cents., 71.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 49.
IEXCIIANGE ON LONDON.
Ole month, paler, 25e. 2214 e.; money, -f.-c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, -f. -.e
-• 'our: Authentigne. •
BoURSE, QtIAkTER TO FOUR.-There has been scarcely
. any business done, particularly in the Three per Cents. ; the
opening price was 80f. 55c., and they remained at that price
' the whole day. The Spanish Active Stock opened at 351,
but has since improved to 351.
LAST PaicEs.-Five per Cents., 109 f. 40c. ; Three
per Cents., 80f. 60c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, -; Tlaree
per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; Coupons, - Gueb-
hards, -; Differes, -; New Loan, -; Actives, 35i ; Pas..
sives, 10i ; Ducats, 100 80 ; Romans, 1031 ; Pedros, 77 ;
Belgians, 1031 ; Dutch, -f. -c. ; ilaytians, -f. -c. ;
Miguels, -; Brabant Bank, -; Belgian Bank, 22} ; Con.
tinuation, -c. ; New Differes, -; Five per Cent. Pcrpe.
tuelles, -; Royal Loan, -

The political Gazette of Munich contains ac-
counts from Athens of the Sth ultimo. Several
bands of robbers had re-appeared in the Peloponesus.
The Authorities were doing all in their power to dis-
perse and capture them. Some disputes had also
arisen at Syra between the teachers of the American
school and the populace, which ended as such dis-
putes generally do, in the expulsion of the weaker
party.

In the German Papers received this morning we
find an article dated " Odessa, July 16," which
affects to sneer at the pore! ty of the intelligence re-
ceived in London and Paris respecting the Circassian
war of independence ; the proneness of English and
French journalists to vilify Russia ; and kindly deign-
ing to enlighten our ignorance by assuring us, in con-
clusion, that the con!est on the part of Russia is
• purely defensive !".'!We thank the Russian scribe for
his goof intentions ; but we were fully aware that in
the language of Russian diplomacy, the CZA It never
takes the field hut to protect his subjects from aggres-
sion, and to defend their liberties l As to the exten-
sion of • territory, the love of universal empire, the
hatred of liberal principles, and the various other mo-
tives by which restless and ambitious monarchs are
prompted to declare war against neighbouring States,
the world has had ample proofs that they are
strangers to the gentle bosom of the loving and beloved
NEao of the north.

DUTCH FUN DS—AmarEnssx, Atm. 5.
Money. Bills.
Aetii2.l Debt, 2!4 per Cent. 55% 5W%
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amin t syndic, 4N, per cent 97% 933:,
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent.— stl,., SO%
Commercial Company, 4,4 percent ISO q 1815
Ditto (1632 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Loan 1836. 4 eer tent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 734
. Two months ......
—Duleh Papers, Aug. 6.
BELGIAN FUNDS—BRUSSELS, AUG. 4.
Actual Debt, 2!.i per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl%
Loan et City, 133'2. 4 per Cent lOO ~,
Loan of Thirty Millions
Sisnety of Commerce, 41,4 per Cent 137
Bank oi Belgium, 5 per Cent 123
.. Brussels Papers, Aug. 5.
HAMBURG 11ORSEN 11A LLE, Alto, 5,
FOREIGN FUNDS. Bills. Money.
Austrian Aletalliques, 5 per cent.
Ditto . ditto 4 per cent. 99 98%
Ditto ditto 3 per cent.
Ditto Rank Shares 1351 1350
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Anglo_Russian Loan lO6 103%
Paper Inscription. 6 per cent —.
Russian Inscription, 11ope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds. 5 per cent 75
Ditto, 3 per cent. 46% 465%
Dutch 234 per Cents.
1.).tt0 5 per Cents —
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent.) 74 74
N irwegian Loan of 1834. 4 per cents.
Spanish, in plastics, 3 per Cents 31% 34
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent .—. .—.
tlreek 4 per cents. 1933, guaranteed by France
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, A tic. 5.-13 84 ; two months. 12 6%.
STocaitoLst, JULY 29.—Two months, 11 34.
Si'. PETERSBURGH, Jui-v 29.—Three months. 10%.
CURIATIANIA, JULY 29.—Three months, 5 6.
'Scalars. Am. 2.—Three months. 6. 23%.
—lianeirg Papers, Aug. 2.

New Orleans journals to the 20th of June state
that the war between Mexico and Texas is about to
be renewed with the greatest fury on both sides, • As

soon as the Texians had made SANTA ANNA prisoner,
the provision -I. Government sent Commissioners to
Mexico to negociate an exchange of prisoners. The
Mexican Authorities at once ordered them to be seized
and imprisoned as rebels, declaring that if injury was
done to SANTA ANNA, they would be instantly put
to death. The Provisional President of the Mexican
Republic, ANTONIO MONTAZA, also published a de-
cree, dated the 20th May; in the name of the General
Congress, stating that Congress would appeal to the
patriotism of the Mexican people, to enable it to conquer
the Texians—to restore the PRESIDENT to liberty
and adding that it would not regard as va•
lid any act performed by the PRESIDENT dur-
, ring his captivity. Another decree commands that in
the daily orders of the Army words shall he inserted to
the Ala, that an such a day (21st of April, 1836),
Don ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA, Pre-
sident-General of the Mexican Republic, was made pri-
soner while fighting to preserve the integrity of national
territory.
Our sympathies are in favour of the Texians, pro-
vided their object be to elevate their State into a
separate and independent Government. But we
cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that se-
veral States of the American Union are spur-
ring on the people of Texas to renounce all con-
nection with Mexico, in order to induce them sub-
sequently to become slave factors for the Lynch-law
liberals of the Southern States. Fortunately Congress
has not yet taken upon itself to decide the contest
between Mexico and Texas. Our Government will
therefore have ample opportunities of ascertaining in
what way the Texians propose to employ the inde-
pendence for which they are now preparing to fight.

Madrid continued subject to the rigours of martial
law on the 29th—the date of the latest communications
received direct from the Spanish capital. But not-
withstanding the bloom which the operation of a strict
military surveillance had cast over the countenances of
the humbler classes of citizens, the news of COR-
DOVA'S disgrace was received by them with
acclamations of joy. The most, desponding
were all at once filled with presages of victory.
'STURM, who but the day previous was spoken of as
an intriguing adventurer, was all at once raised to the
highest pedestal of patriotism, and his calumniators
were called upon to look up to him with wonder and
reverence, as one of the deliverers of Spain. We
wish not to detract from the merits of the President
of the Council. CORDOVA'S disgrace is the triumph
of
~the cause of Constitutional Liberty and the
QUEEN.

The electionslare much more favourable to ISTURIZ
than was supposed at first. He calculates on a re-
spectable majority in the Cortes.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
We have received Quebec papers to the 10th July. They

state :—.

'6 The arrivals from Upper Canada announce the continued
and almost uninterrupted termination of the elections in favour
of the Constitutional candidates. Returns are now coming in
from the western districts. The complaint of the want of rain
still continues amongst the inhabitants, though the showers of
Wednesday did some good.
UPP3II CANADA, KINGSTON, JULY 1.--THE ELECTIONS.—
It is with feelings of high satisfaction we acknowledge that
our dismal forebodings in respect to the result of the present
contest in the country in this vicinity, have not been realized ;
on the contrary, the most decided success has attended the
constitutional cause. We stop the publication of the Whig
to announce that Messrs. Bidwell and Parry have resigned the
contest.

"DINNER IN HONOUR OF SIR FRANCIS BOND HEAD AND THE
PEOPLE OF UPPER CANADA.—A meeting took place this after-
noon (July Bth) in the Sessions Hall, for the purpose of taking
preliminary steps to give a public dinner in honour of his Ex-
cellency the Constitutional Governor of Upper Canada, and
the loyal people of the sister province. The meeting was
composed of a number of the most respectable persons of
Quebec. John Neilson was called to the Chair, and moved that
the said dinner take place on the anniversary of the, battle of
Lundy's Lano, Monday, July 25th, when the militia of Upper
Canada distinguisned themselves in defence of their King and
country. A committee was then appointed to make the no.
cessary arrangements."

Hafifax papers to the I9th Julnee Edward's Island
papers the Oth July, St, John's, and New Brunswick, to the
uth July, have bean reeelved.
The Prince Edward Island papers state, that " Resolutions
passed at a meeting of the delegates of the people of Prince
Edward's Island, held at the Commercial Hotel, Charlotte-
town, on the Wlth Juno 1—

" fiesolvod, that the majority of the present House of As-
sembly have not actually represented the interests of the pen-
pia, as stated in numerous petitions to said House; therefore
petitions be got ut) in a regular and open manner, praying
the Governor on hts arrival to dissolve the present House of
Assembly, and to summon a new House at the earliest con-
venient season."

Our arrivals this morning are two French, two Ostend, and
one Dutch mails; also a mail from Halifax sailed, according- to
the Post•ofco list, July 30. This is evidently a mistake, as
she could not have come in seven days.—Ship letters from
New York, July 16 ; Swan River, Dec. 23; Cave of Good
Hope, May 16.