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not they from the world. They or tar
nobler materials than the uncoropetted
)llitv. The
are constit.uteo
•
one are fashioned out of mer;3
the others out of
the finest porcelain. Arc the 10.1ter then to succumb to
the former ? No ; the case should be altogether re-
versed ; and that species of sagacity which comes to a
man, by the voluntary and incessant exercise of his own
intellectual powers, be made to give way to that far
superior wisdom which comes to him by hereditary
descent. Though the people can see little difference,
beyond the initial letter, between nobility and mobility,
their Lordships are far otherwise constituted. They
see, in these two expressive words, all the difference
between black and white—sagacity and ignorance—.
subordination and lawlessness—monarchy and repub-
licanism ; and we feel, therefore, that from an assembly
holding such opinions, it were folly to hope for any-
thing beyond the mere shreds and cheese-parings of
Reform. Nevertleless, we will not permit ourselves
to despair. The age of miracles has not yet wholly
passed from among us, or we should never have seen
such an astounding spectae!e, as the Conservatives
turning Destructives on the Irish Corporation ques-
tion ; and while this is the case, why should we de-
spair of seeing marvels wrought in the House of
Lords ? Apprehension, we all know, works wonders,
and possibly their Lordships may yield to fear, what
they would scorn to yield to justice. If we speak
out thus plainly and bluntly on the subject, it
is because we are impressed with certain dis-
heartening recollections of the conduct of the
House of Lords during the last Session ; and
because, also, we perceive that the O'Connell.
phobia, with which they were then smitten, has not
yet left them. The virus still lingers in their
veins ; and they still foam at the mouth, whenever the
cause of their malady is alluded to. We have no desire,
however, to prejudge their Lordships. We are willing,
as we said before, to " hope for the best ;" to hope
that they will at length see the necessity of awakening
to a true sense of their position ; of conceding that
which cannot eventually be withheld ; of walking side
by side with the age, instead of remaining stationary, op
lagging slowly behind it ; of relying with manly and
generous courage on the good faith of the people ; and,
above all, of placing themselves, where they should al-
ways be found, in the van of the temperate Constitu-
tional party of the Movement. Now, let not their
Lordships be scared at the idea of the word " Move-
ment." It is a word of very innocent signification ;
and means nothing more than this—legislate according
to the necessities of the present, instead of in the fa-
shion of the past, age.

We have received Madrid papers to the 27th ult.
The election of President, Vice-President, and Se-
cretaries to the Chamber of Procuradores has tertni-
nated in the utter discomfiture of that faction by whom
MENDIZABAL was to have been driven from office.
Our readers will remember that Senor IsTußtz had
been repeatedly requested to accept office along with
MENDIZABAL, who, rather than displease him, of-
fered to cede to him the Presidency of the Council,
and to devote himself to the Finance department.
This arrangement did not altogether please IsTußiz,
who imagined that he could at any moment wrest the
reins of Government out of the hands of the Presi-
dent, and so act on his own responsibility. In
fact, from what we have been able to learn of Is-
TURIZ, he is a man who will do nothing unless
he can secure for himself all the merit of every act of
which he performs a part. As he was President_ of
the Chamber during the last Session, and as it was
generally known that he would again :offer himself as
a candidate for that honour, neither himself nor his
friends supposed that the Chamber durst reject him.
Having been elected President p7o tempore, he was
the more confident of success, which he affected to
regard as a matter of right. Well, the election has
taken place, and Is T uttiz has been rejected ! So
much for the popularity of MENDIZABAL in the
Chamber of Procuradores. After this salutary cor-
rection of overweening vanity, IsTußtz may be
brought to his senses, so as to perceive that in taking
office under the President of the Council he does
not risk quite so much popularity as his friends had
led him to suppose. When the scrutiny had taken
place the votes:appeared as follows :
Votes.
Senor Antonio Gonzales
Senor Arguelles
Senor Ferrer 63
Senor Artis de Velasco
Senor Isturiz

The five names were accordingly submitted to the
QUEEN, when her Majesty appointed GONZALES
President of the Chamber. The result has maddened
the partisans of IsTußiz. Nothing is now talked of
by them but treachery, and what not. IsTußtz, like
MARTINEZ DE LA RosA and TORENO, made one
sad mistake in all his calculations. He altogether
omitted to place under its proper head the share of po-
pularity which he derived from the friendship of MEN-
DIZABAL. He forgot that the brilliant rays by which
he was encircled were in a great measure reflected.
This was the fatal error of the ex-Ministers. They
spurned the hand which protected them in the eyi of
yr k
Spain, and the consequence was tho--t•-ke--, sun
lead, never to rise again.
In its sitting of the Chamber was informed,
by one of the SesrAries (Senor Owns), that Senors
ARGUELLES,ALONSO ACUNA, OLOZAGA,
I.7EltitEß, FUENTE, LESANE, and HERRERO,
were appointed to draw up the address in answer to
the speech from the throne. The announcement was
received with the greatest satisfaction by the Deputies
in
.attendance.

`Whatever doubts were entertained as to the stability
of Senor MEN DIZABAL's Government are now utterly
rejected. His very spirit pervades the Chamber of
Procuradores, the majority of whose members are for
the same prudent and conciliatory measures of which
he is the avowed champion. There have been a few
revolutionists returned, but they have neither
personal
influence or abilities wherewith to recommend their
views.

Although there is not to be any active intervention
on the part of France and Great Britain in the affairs
of Spain, measures ate about to be taken by both
Governments to strengthen the coast blockade, and so
cut off all external resources from the Carlists. The
British Government has been compelled to take this
course, in consequence of the foul murder of a part of
the crew of a British sloop of war on the 17th ult. This
vessel was peaceably lying at anchor at Oliviaga, when
several of her crew were inhumanly butchered by a band
of Carlists. The rebel Prince was informed of the cir-
cumstance, but refused to give up any of the murderers.
On the contrary, the treacherous and cowardly attack
upon the British marines was lauded by his Officers
as an act of heroic intrepidity. file British Govern-
ment has therefore been obliged to adopt measures for
putting down such atrocities on the coast. The
Carlists, for the time to come, will be treated as a band
of pirates, and so be cut off from all the usages of civi-
lized warfare. To this extent France also pledges
herself; so that, between both, Don CARLOS and his
bands of murderers arc not likely to, repose long in
regal security.
The latest accounts from the North received in the
capital state that Colonel CHURRUCA, at the head of
2,000 men, routed 6,000 Carlists, under CABRERA,
near the town of Hijai, on the 17th ult. No impor.

, APRIL 4, 1836

taut movements had taken place in other quarters;
but in the skirmishes that occurred, the advantages
were invariably on the side of the Christinos.

Extract of a Letter of a Superior Officer of the
British Legion, dated Vittoria, March 19 :
I rejoice to tell you the Legion is once more raising its
head, and health begins to visit our ranks very rapidly. The
troops are cantoned in the surrounding villages, and the
regiments begin to brush up rapidly in appearance, some of
them too muster strong, particularly the 6th, 7th, Bth, 9th,
10th ; and the Ist, though knocked about more than the
others, having just arrived from Trevino, is also strong in
numbers. Our loss has been great, but we are now more
than 7,000 men fit for active service. The sufferings of
the Legion have been immense, but prospects brighten for
them now, even at the eleventh hour.
In consideration of the brilliant conduct of Lieutenant
Mathew Inman, of the Ist regiment of Lancers, in an en-
counter with the enemy on the 2d inst., in which he himself
captured one Lancer and three horses, General Cordova
has conferred upon him the cross of the first class of the
royal and military order of San Fernando, by virtue of the
faculties vested in him by the Queen.

The whole of the Paris Papers of Friday and Satur-
day have been received. On Good Friday the Cham-
bers did not sit, so that the news from the French
capital is quite unimportant. As to the Neuilly plot,
we have had enough of it, till we hear ii the sentence of
the Court.

The Journal des Debats has a long article, the ob-
ject of which is to show that Austria is not so closely
connected with Russia and Prussia as these Powers
are in the habit of proclaiming.
Disturbances broke out at Saragossa on the 22d
ult., in consequence of three Carlists having been con-
demned to banishment by the Authorities, instead of
being ordered to execution. The populace insisted
upon the sentence being rescinded, which was done,
and the unhappy men were executed.

PARIS, APRIL 2.—News from Spain. On the 24th
the Chamber of Procuradores finally appointed its bureau.
M. Antonio Gonzales was chosen President ; Messrs.
Onis, Carrasco, and Huelvis, Secretaries. The Committee
appointed to draw up the Address in answer to the Speech
from the Throne is almost wholly composed of Deputies fa-
vourable to the Ministry.
On the 23d some troubles took place at Saragossa in con-
sequence of a sentence passed on three Carlists who were
condemned to transportation. The people did not think the
sentence severe enough; the Magistrates were forced to
revise it ; ehe three Carlists were condemed to death and
executed.

In a order of the day Cordova announces to his troops
the co-operation of the English squadron against the insur-
gents ; this news has been received with enthusiasm by the
Queen's troops, and has much discouraged the Carlist
officers. Besides the report in the Budget of
1837, M. Gouin has read to the General
Committee of the Budget, the report of the ex-
penses of the finance department. These are the only
two reports that the Committee has yet heard. The re-
port on the whole budget of 1837 is calculated, as we are
assured, to draw the attention of the Chamber ; several
Members of the Committee have observed in it, with re-
gret, a disapprobation of the reduction of more than thirty
millions on the duty of liquors, effected in 1834. This,
however, seems to have been approved by the majority of
the Committee. The Hon. M. Gouin has to revise some
parts of his report, which will be printed as soon as it is
finally agreed on, and will not be presented to the Chamber
till it is ready to be distributed for the use of the Deputies.
-.Me:sager, April 2.
FRENCH FUNDS.-Paßts, APRIL 1.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 85c. 90c. 75c.
Three per Cents., Slf. 70c. 55c.
Bank Actions, 2,267 f. 50c.
Rente de Naples, 101 f. 60c. 65c.
Roman Five per Cents., 104.
Spanish Actives, 45%V.i
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 104;4.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 801.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 50%.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25c. 46c.; money, -f. -c.
Three months, paper, -f. -c. ; money, 25f. 30c.
-Ours Authentiatie.
FRENCH FUNDS.-Psitts, APRIL 2.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 75c. 80c. 90c.
Four per Cents., 101 f. 59c.
Three per Cents. 81f. 70c. 65c. 85c. 9Cc.
Bank Actions, 2,265 f. 2,260 f.
Rente de Naples, 10If. 55c. 70c. 85c.
Roman Five per Cents.. 104 10434.
Spanish Actives, 4,t4 .
Spanish Differes, 2116 St, X.
Spanish Passives, 14%14.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents lot% 105.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 81)14,
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 50147 5114.
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 57f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 45c. ; money, -1 -c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 30e. ; money, -f. -c.
-fours Authentique.

BOHRgE, THREE o'CLock.—The market is very calm, and
prices are steady and more firm. The greater part of the day
the 3 per Cents. have been at 81f. 85c. ; they have, however,
just improved to 811. 90c., end of the month. The Spanish
securities are in demand, and their prices higher. The Active
stock opened at 46+, and has since been done at 461, but the
price has receded to 46A- buyers. The report of the sitting of
the Cortes does not seem to give satisfaction at our Bourse.

QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 10c. ; Three
per Cents., 82f. sc. ; Five per Cepts. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb-
herds, —; Differes, 16i; New Loan, ; Actives, 46};
Passives, ; Ducats, 102 —; Romans, 104/ ; Pedros, —;
Belgians, 105 ; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, —f. —c. ;
Migueis, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, —; Con-
tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 211; Five per Cent. Perpe-
tuelles, —; Royal Loan,
At the last quarter of an hour of the Bourse, the Three per
Cents. rose rapidly ; no reason is assigned for it.

Frankfort Papers to the 30th of March have been
received. On the 26th, the President of the Senate
informed the Legislative Body that Great Britain had
consented to annul the Commercial Treaty of 1832,
and that Frankfort was now a Member of the German
Commercial Confederation. So much for British Corn
Laws and Protecting Duties I

Accounts from Munich to the 28th ult. state, that
a levy of 9,812 young men, born in 1814, are to be
raised before the 15th inst.

A son of i\IENDIZABAL, the Spanish Minister, is
pursuing his studies in Munich.

's- Dutch papers to the Ist inst. have been received.
Bar6l. MORTIER, the French Ambassador, had an
audience- 4,..the KING, during which he presented his
credentials. Hi-. "Er.ccllency was graciously received.
By a Cabinet letter, dates - \Web 27, the KING
..„
ordered a survey for an iron rail-road from rtn0....-1.4-,..;:.
to Arnheim.
DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, APRIL 1.
• Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent. 56 i 4 56 ..',
Loan (1830) 5 per cent.
A niort Sviiilic,4k4 per cent 117% 9814
Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent. B2 F2V,
Commercial Company, 4,4 per cent 14114 143%
Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent.
—Dutch Papers, April 2.
Exchange on London, One month l2 1744
Two months

We find that the parish officers of Mansfield have
come to a determination of doing away with the expense to
the public, of dinners at Coroners' Inquests, as well as to
lessen the expense in other respects, an example well wor-
thy of being generally followed.
As the son of Mr. Pool, butcher, of Morice-town,
with five friends, was crossing from the latter place to Tor-
point during the heavy gale on Tuesday morning, their boat
sunk under them when about 150 yards from the shore. For-
tunately they could all swim, and thus succeeded in reaching
the beach in safety.—Devonport Independent.
A Company is being formed for the purpose of esta-
blishing steam-carriages to run to and from Devonport and
Plymouth.—Devonport Independent.
We understand that the Memorial from the Admi-
ralty to the King in Council, for the augmentation to the half
pay of Pursers in the Royal Navy, was forwarded on Friday
last ; but those who have declined serving, or are in official
employ under Government, or absent without leave, will not
receive the increase at present.—Devonport Independent.
A public meeting has been held, and a committee
appointed, at Hull, for the purpose of introducing cotton and
flax mills into that town.
Since the new poor law has been in operation in
Wilts, a pauper applied to the relieving officer at Heytesbury
for relief, and, on being refused, his reply was " that it was a
d--d hard case to be so refused after receiving relief during
the last thirty-five years!"—Wilts Herald.
THE WEATHER—WALES.—The cold and un-
genial winds and heavy rains have materially affected the wheat
in most situations ; and if we are not blessed with continued
fine weather, severe injury to the crops will ensue. The Abe-
rystwith mail to Hereford, was on Monday delayed, in conse-
quence of a fall of snow, in Radnor Forest ; it had to proceed
a distance of two miles up to the axletree in snow, and in
two places it was so deep that men were employed to cut a
passage for the coach to pass. The severe weather probably
will not affect the orchards, but the early wall fruit trees in
gardens we fear will be generally injured.—Cambrian.
As a specimen of the very great size to which the
mahogany tree of Honduras will grow, a log may be seen at
Bristol measuring 3,500 feet; being 16 feet long, 4 feet
square, and weighing nearly 10 tons.

FINE ARTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE NEW TESTA-
MENT. PART VI.
Churton : London, 1836.

This Part consists of eight engravings, illustrative
of some of the most striking events recorded in the
New Testament, from original paintings, made ex-
pressly for the work, by `Vestal], Martin, and one or two
other artists of eminence. The literary descriptions at-
tached to each engraving.are fain] the pen of the Rev.
Hobart Caunter, and have the merit of being brief,
and to the purpose.