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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1836

Inferentially and tacitly condemned by the House
of Commons, the House of Peers has, through its
organ, Lord LYNDHURST, boldly appealed to the peo-
ple. This is a stretch of impudent assurance for
which the country did not previously give it sufficient
credit. In ordinary cases men are content with exer-
cising, as if by stealth, privileges and powers injurious
to the rights and liberties of others ; where the magni-
tude of the oppressor's power renders responsibility
hopeless, and the complaints of the oppressed arc
treated with silent contempt ; but it was reserved for a
British House of Lords to call upon the objects of its
contumely for a justification of its conduct. Lord
LYNDHURST has appealed to the people, and the
people are about taking his Lordship at his word. He
has acknowledged that there is sufficient grounds for a
trial ; he has put the House of Peers upon its de-
fence ; he has admitted the absolute right of the country
to sit in judgment upon its constitutional exercise of
privileges which it claims in virtue of the Constitution ;
and he has confessed that from its verdict there neither
is nor ought to be an appeal. All this his Lordship
has virtually done by his late intemperate attack upon
the House of Commons. He probably was not aware
of one tenth of the consequences which must result
from this ill-judged exhibition J f Tory malignity. Very
possibly he only sought to embarrass Ministers, by
proclaiming the sovereignty of the people out of doors—
net of the House of Commons, but of the political
unionists—of the men who wrested from the Peers
themselves the disfranchisement of the rotten boroughs,
and the reform of the English corporations. But,
whatever was his Lordship's object, the people of Eng-
land are preparing to prove to the Lords that they
comprehend the full force of the appeal thus made to
them. They will overlook the implied insult of the
whole proceeding, and set themselves seriously to the
discharge of what the House of Lords, by its vote,
declares to he a duty.

But why did Lord LYNDHURST appeal from the
representatives of the people to the people themselves ?
Was it because his Lordship entertains a high regard
for the wisdom and moderation of political clubs and
associations ? Does he indeed suppose that the liberal
party in the House of Commons would suffer diminu-
tion if exposed to the trial of another general election ?
Or does Lord LYNDHURST desire that a deputation
from every county, city, and corporate borough in
England, Ireland, and Scotland shall attend at their
Lordships' Bar, to inform our hereditary Solons how
cordially the country approves of their treatment of
the Irish Church Bills, the Irish Corporation Bill,
the Chancery Reform Bill, and some twenty others,
burked and bishoped by their Lordships during
the present Session of Parliament ? According to
his Lordship the people are not represented in the
House of Commons. Will Lord LYNDHURST, as
an honest man, and a Privy Councillor, give us one
proof that he is sincere in making this statement ? Will
he, for example, decline to receive a pension drawn from
supplies voted by a body of men whom he appeals from
as not being in reality the representatives of the people ?
Will he likewise take upon him to advise his MA-
JESTY, on the part of himself and his household, to
spare the public purse, for one season at least, from a
similarly conscientious motive ? This is not asking too
much of a Nobleman of Lord LYNDHURST'S boasted
patiotism, and attachment to all the forms of the
Constitution. His Lordship is of course well aware,
that it is a principle of the Constitution that none
but the lawful and virtual representatives of the
British people can vote away their money, for any
purpose, without a violation of the very essence of
British liberty. Now he denies that the people
of England were constitutionally represented in the
last Parliament. Will his Lordship, therefore, con-
vince us of his honesty and sincerity by declining
to touch his pension, till he has brought in a Bill,
either for the extension of the suffrago, or the re-
vival of the venerable pin-money boroughs ? There
was something " very interesting" in the old Tory
system of tagging a seat in Parliament to a spinster's
apron-string, and so disposing of them by the lot.
Before ladies were admissible in the House of Com-
mons, there was humanity as well as policy in provid-
ing a temporary asylum for hen-pecked sons-in-law.
But the subject is too grave to be approached with
anything like flippancy. The country has been ap-
pealed to, and Mr. HUME'S admirable speech on Sa-
turday last is fast rousing it into action. Already have
we received numerous letters from all parts of the country
breathing a determination, some to reform, others totally
to abolish, the House of Lords. Several have referred us
to the votes of the Long Parliament; and altogether we

are borne out in inferring that nothing less than the ex-
clusiom of,,the Bishops, and the responsibility of the
Peers to the people, will satisfy the nation. We are
decidedly of opinion that nothing less ought to satisfy
it. In appealing from the House of Commons to the
people, Lord LYNDHURST has appealed from the only
body in the State that has manifested, or is disposed
to manifest, a sympathy with the feelings which per-
vade his Lordship's House. Of this the Tories will
shortly be furnished with the most abundant proofs.
Now, therefore, is the time when every honest Re-
former ought to bestir himself. No tongue should be
ever again suffered to wag against tyranny which
remains silent on the subject of the Peers' appeal to
the people. He who now holds his peace is a traitor
to his country, his principles, and his posterity.

Our readers will find in another part of The Sun an
outline of the celebrated Constitution of Cadiz. No
document can be more generally interesting at the
present juncture in Spanish affairs. Several of our
Contemporaries have scoffed at the idea of proclaiming
such a Constitution without abolishing Monarchy
altogether—the co-existence of both being impossible ;
others have denounced it as the ignorant fabrication of
a set of Atheists, Deists, and Free-thinkers ; and by
far the greater number have described it as the scheme
of certain dishonest speculators, whose object was the
defrauding of the public creditor. The Constitution
itself offers the best refutation of all such calumnies.
Article 168 declares the person of the KING sacred
and inviolable, and that he is not subject to responsibi-
lity. Does the Constitution of England or the Charter of
France do more ? Article 170 vests the entire executive
authority in the KING. What more do the Constitutions
of England and France ? Article 171 empowers the
KING to declare war and make peace, to appoint to all
offices, civil, military, and ecclesiastic throughout his
kingdom ; to nominate Ministers, Ambassadors, and
Consuls, and to dismiss them at his pleasure ; to coin
money, and to pardon culprits. Do the Kings of
ENGLAND and FRANCE enjoy more ample privileges ?
In theory the former does, inasmuch as be cannot be
called upon for explanations of his conduct ; but we
may safely assert that in practice no King of England
since the accession of the House of Brunswick enjoyed
so many, nor indeed one half so many. We all know
that in England the King is but a name, and that
nothing but the most imminent danger to the public
tranquillity would render it safe for him to appear other
than a name. With respect to the charge of infidelity
brought against the framers of the Constitution, we
beg to refer them for a correction to the Royal oath.
His Most Catholic Majesty there declares himself a
King by the " Grace of GOD," conjointly with the
will of the Cortes. What Conservative heart will re-
sist the temptation to hug a Constitution which con-
tains such a passage? Then the Clergy will be delighted
to learn that none but the members of the State Church
arc to be so much as tolerated in the kingdom. This
surely does not bespeak an infidel origin. There is, in
our opinion, more of fanaticism and bigotry than of
infidelity, and, consequently, of indifference, in such an
asseveration. If not, then are our O'S uLL vA Ns
and M'GIIEEs, our RODENs and our ELDONS, and
all the sour-visaged spinsters that throng Exeter-hall,
only a congregation of infidels.

The last charge which we shall notice against the
Constitution is in its pretended operation with respect
to the public debt. Now Article 355 expressly de-
clares that the Cortes shall pay particular attention to
this branch of the finances ; that the interest of the
debt shall be regularly paid ; and that means shall be
taken for its faithful liquidation. It even specifies the
order in which this is to be done, and decress the esta-
blishment of offices for the purpose of settling the ac-
counts so as to give the creditor as little trouble as
possible.

Subject to slight revision the Constitution of Cadiz
contains few articles which we would desire to see struck
out. The Royal Oath requires revision so as to place
Spain on the same footing with England in respect to
religious toleration. So do the Articles for regulating
the Regency and for fixing the bounds of the Spanish
Monarchs,. But of course the Cortes will readily
sanction the re-modelling of a charter which framers
thought proper to subject to periodical revision.

The whole of the French Journals of Sunday have
been received. Their contents are interesting. Three
Couriers had been dispatched from Madrid to Paris
with an account of the acceptance of the Constitution
of Cadiz by the REGENT, but two of them were inter-
cepted by the Carlists. According to one Ministerial
Journal, the remits events at San Ildefonso have had
the effect of setting aside all further thoughts of inter-
vention on the part of France. In the whole of the
Journals the New Cabinet is described as composed
wholly of Members who belonged to the Liberal emi-
gration. M. CALATRAVA, the President of the
Council, was a Member of the Cortes of 1812 and
1820, and in the memorable flight of FERDINAND
from his capital was charged with the safe conduct of
the Monarch to Seville. M. FERRER was Minister
of Finance and President of the Cortes in 1812. He
is reported to be very rich, and very much opposed
to the payment of the Royal loans. He is said
to be an able financier, and well acquainted with
the state of the European Money Market. M. LA
CUADRA, the New Minister of the Interior, is a
very old man, but he has the reputation of great
abilities, and is the confidential adviser of General
MINA, who consults him on all difficult occasions.
Generals SEOANE and RODIL fought in defence of
the Constitution of Cadiz, and latterly against the
Usurper Don CARLOS. SEOANE served under
MINA when Commander-in-Chief of the army in
Navarre, and enjoys a very high military reputation.
Thus all the new Ministers are firm Constitutionalists,
and moreover they are all the personal friends of
MENDIZABAL, who is very likely to join them, should
the newly elected Cortes re-model and accept the Con-
stitution.

The Journal des Debats is the only paper which
troubles itself about the apparently passive attitude of
General MINA. According to that organ, his object,
and that of his friends, is to obtain the establishment
of a Republic. This conjecture is unfounded, and is only
hazarded with a view to alarm the fears of the QUEEN.
Could her MAJESTY be induced to quit the capital and
fly to France for protection, the Doctrinaires would
be furnished with a pretext for again attacking
the Constitution by means of a French military force.
We trust, however, that Mr. VILLIERS will not re-
act the part of Sir WILLIAM A'COURT in 1823 ;
who, that he might maintain a strict neutrality, betook
himself to Gibraltar, instead of accompanying the
Cortes to Cadiz. Never were the interests of Eng-
land more basely betrayed in the Peninsula than dur-
ing the last gallant struggle made by that brave and
enlightened assembly against the united power of the
Serviles and the French. Mr. VILLIERS has a very
difficult and a very delicate part to perform, but all
that is wanted is firmness, and a steady support of the
QUEEN, so that she may not fall into any of the snares
by which the Camarilla are constantly besetting her.
Above all, her MAJESTY must be taught to confide
in the virtue and patriotism of her people, and their
representatives in the Chamber of the Cortes. It was
reported in Paris on Sunday, that the REGENT and
her august daughter were on their way to France. Of
course this rumour is entirely groundless. The latest

arrivals from kladrid represent the QUEEN as per-
fectly satisfied with the new order of things.
The superior Commandant of Badgio, M. Saloman de
Musis, was, together with his interpreter, treacherously mur-
dered on the 4th of August, in a conference which the Sheik
of an Arab tribe had solicited.—French Paper.
All the towns, and even villages, of Andalusia are proclaim-
ing the Constitution.
The superior Constitutional Junta of the province of Sara-
gossa has just ordered the formation of battalions wholly com-
posed of young men, which will be called " Battalions of the
Free Arragonese."—National.
The southern papers publish a report of General Manuel
Labron to the Captain-General of Arragon, dated Alcasing,
the 10th of August, announcing that the first division of the
central army solemnly proclaimed the Constitution of 1812 on
the 7th and Bth, at Castelotte. On the troops manifesting
their intention, General Soria gave up the command to Gen.
Santa Cruz, who transferred it to Gen. Manuel Labron.—
Journal des Debats.

In order to comply with the wishes of Alibeaud's family,
M. Charles Ladre informs such persons as may have any
claims to make as creditors of his client, that he is commis-
sioned to pay his debts. Persons may call every day, between
3 and 6 o'clock, at No. 6, Rue du 29 Juillet.
On the night of the 2d instant a crowd of young men per-
ambulated the streets of Valence, shouting out, " A bas Louis
Philippe 1 Vive la Republique 1 Vive Alibeaud I " After
a rather sharp conflict five or six were apprehended by the
police and military.—Gazette des Tribuneaux.
The account published by Government of the movement at
St. Ildefonso is taken from a report of M. Bois le Compte,
drawn up under the dictation of the Marchioness de Santa
Crux, Lady of Honour to the Queen Regent. One passage
has been omitted. " Why do you wish for the Constitution ?"
said Maria Christina to the soldiers admitted into her apart-
ment. "In order to be free," answered they. " Soldiers are
never free." " Yes, but we shall not always remain soldiers,
and when we shall become citizens again, we wish to be free."
—Le Siecle.

PARIS, AUG. 20.— SPAIN : THE LATEST NEWS.—It was
affirmed after change that the Government had yesterday re-
ceived news from Madrid by the telegraph to the 16th. At
that time the city was tranquil, though without Government.
M. Isturitz being completely effaced, and General Quesada
alone having absolute authority. It was added that negocia-
lions had been opened under the auspices of M. Villiers be-
tween the Queen and M. Mendizabal. The latter refused to

take the reins of Government unless the entire Dictatorship
were confided to him for three months, and till the moment of
the meeting of the new Cortes, which be would convoke ac-
cording to the form of the Constitution of 1812. The Queen
resisted these proposals, though M. Villiers urged her to ac-
cept them. M. de Rayneval, it was affirmed, kept quite
aloof from these negotiations.—Messager.
This afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, a secretary of the
French Legation at Madrid arrived post at the Hotel of the
Minister for Foreign Affairs. On alighting, he directly set
out for Neuilly, whether the Spanish Ambassador immediately
proceeded. It was reported after the departure of the Envoy
Extraordinary, that Queen Christina and her innocent daughter
were at their moment on their way from I.4t.drid to Paris.
They may come. The Elysees Bourbon, Meudon, or St.
Cloud are ready to receive them. —National.
A journal this morning accuses the Ministry of having con-
cealed for a whole day the telegraphic despatch which an-
nounced to it the events at St. Ildefonso, which despatch, it
is said, arrived at Paris on the 16th.
We arc authorised to declare that the statement is false.
The Ministry did not receive the despatch till the 17th, and
it appeared the same evening, word for word, in the Gazette
de Paris.—Journal de Paris.
PARIS, Avo. 21.—The journals and letters from Barcelona,
which we havo received, are of the 9th. It was said at Bour-
deaux, that Mina had issued, on the 9th, a new proclamation
to induce the people to remain quiet ; but that it was believed
that he would not long be able to prevent the Constitution
from being proclaimed. The following extract from the
Phare strengthens these apprehensions. After giving the
news from Barcelona to the 9th, it adds :
" Fresh troubles are feared for the 11th, on which day it is
intended to proclaim the Constitution of 1812. The French
settled at Barcelona were preparing to send their most va-
luable effects on board the French ships. General Mina is
obliged to be circumspect in his behaviour to the secret so-
cieties."

It seems that Gen. Evans had at length a conference with
Gen. Harispe. Incredible stories are told of the nullity of
this English commander as a military man, Gen. Harispe hav-
ing, in the course of conversation, let fall some general advice
on the way to be taken to occupy Fontarabia and It un, ad-
vice which a French serjeant would have understood. The
English General opened an enormous mouth, and shook his
head with marks of incredulity. Our correspondent writes,
that lie is a man wholly unequal to the part he has under-
taken ; and when you have seen him you are no longer sur-
prised at the nullity of the results which he has obtained with
the means at his disposal. It is said that there has been a
movement at Valencia, but we have not yet any details on this
subject. We only read in the Memorial Bordelais that Pa-
lacca has succeeded in preserving order in the city.—Journal
du Commerce, Aug. 21.

Letters from Bayonne, to the 18th inst., state that
ono hundred and thirty deserters from the British Le-
gion had arrived in the suburbs of that city. Their
abjectness, fatigue, and squalor, prevented the authori-
ties from admitting them into the town among the in-
habitants. It was reported that Mr. HARVEY, the
British Consul, refused to have any thing to do with
them, and that the French Government had ordered
their removal to Calais, in order that they might be
transported back to this country. General EVANS
has partially recovered his health ; but the spirit of
the Legion seems quite broken, and the men refuse to
obey the commands of their officers, unless they are
paid according to their contract with the Spanish
Authorities. To complete the misery of this body of
troops the Spanish Consul at Bayonne caused it to be
intimated to the British Consul, on the evening of the
17th inst., for the information of our Government, that
the Legion would receive no further supplies of rations
after the close of the present month. What General
EVANS proposes to do in this emergency we do not
know ; but his situation at the present moment is far
from enviable.

The French Auxiliary Legion has experienced very
different treatment at the hands of the Spanish Go-
vernment. General LEBEAU arrived at Pampeluna
on the 12th, and on the following day General BER-
NELLE resigned to him the command of the troops.
The first act of LEBEAU was to order 100,000 ra-
tions of buscuits ; the second to publish the following
bulletin :

" The King of the French has honoured me with the com-
mand of the foreign and French Legions in the service of
Spain. Queen Isabella has added to this honour the com-
mand of the corps of operations of Navarre. My task I
know is difficult ; but the experience of an old soldier will
guide me in my duties, and the admiration I have ever felt for
the Spanish nation will always be present to me. I precede
the numerous auxiliary troops which France, in virtue of her
alliance with Spain, sends to her aid. A month will not elapse
ere they arrive. But the Spanish warriors already round me
form a happy prelude of the reinforcements which I an-
nounce."

German Papers of the latest dates have been re-
ceived. They bring advices from Constantinople to
the 30th ult. Lord PONSONBY was then on the best
terms with the new REIs EFFENDI. The plague
had re-appeared in Syria, particularly at Beyrout,
where it was committing great ravages. The following
are extracts from these Journals :

" STOCKHOLM, AUG. 12. —The Statestedning of today
announces that on the 31st of May, this year, a treaty was
concluded between his Majesty and the King of the French,
for the abolition of the slave trade. It was ratified at Paris
on the 30th of June, and here on the 9th of July.
M. Clary is gone to Norway.
BERLIN, AUG. 16.—We now hear nothing more of the de-
parture of the officers (selected for that purpose) to Constan-
tinople. They are, however, directed to hold themselves in
readiness to set out a moment's notice.

HAMEURGH, Auo. 19,—1n the meeting of citizens yester
day tho Senate proposed :-
1. The building of a new Exchequer, suitable to the wants
of the merchants, at the expense of the city.
2. Accession to the treaty between France and England
for the abolition of the slave trade, and a penal law against
that traffic.

The first proposal was rejected for the present, the second
approved.

- The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have ar-
rived here on their way to St. Petersburgh.—llamburgh
Papers, Aug. 19.

HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, AVG. 19.
Bills. Money,
Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent.
Ditto ditto 4 per cent. 99 98%
Ditto ditto 3 per cent. 75
Ditto Bank shares 1346 1343
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Anglo-Russian Loan lO6 106
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —. ...
RUS3I4II Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 75
Ditto, 3 per cent. 45
55 54%
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 73% 7.1%
DDittittcoh-52prpceernCtesnts,
Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents,
102
e3npter Cents....
_, _
29
CBlo)arnteisshLiinanP,iassptreersC'
Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France
EXCHAN GES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, Aua. 19.-13 lii% ; two months, 12 7.
ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 12.—Three months, 10%.
STOCKHOLM, Au.. P2.—Two months, 11 32,
BE dux. AUG. 16.—Three months, 6. 23. ,
BREMEN, Aua. 16 —Two months, 600,
—Hamburg Papers, Aug. 19,

There is a rumour in circulation that MENDIZABAL
is about to accept the appointment of Spanish A.mbas.,