The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-15 00:00:00

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, _ MAY 15, 1834.

We have received information from Lisbon
to the sth. The treaty had been received, was
greatly approved by the Government, and had
diffused the greatest joy through the city where
its substance had transpired. The ratifications
only wait for some formalities, and were to be
despatched to this country by a steamer on
i the Bth.

The Flamer steamer brings information
obtained from the City of Edinburgh steamer
(which was bearing the official account to Lis-
bon when passed by the Flamer), that the gal-
lant NAPIER had taken Figueiras on the Bth.
Coimbra will now without doubt declare for
Donna MARIA.

The capture of Figueiras is an event of very
great importance to the QUEEN'S cause, as it
cuts off MIGUEL'S communication with the sea.
The ratifications have not yet arrived, but
they may be hourly expected ; and we should
think that immediately after, a proclamation
will be issued, commanding all Englishmen
to withdraw from MIGUEL'S army. The treaty
refers to him as a rebel.

The accounts from Spain through France are
important. It appears that the QUEEN'S Go-
vernment have notified to the Ministers of
Russia, Prussia, and Austria, at Madrid, that
unless the QUEEN is acknowledged by the
powers they represent within a given time, they
will be required to withdraw from Spain.
Expectations have been held out that the
QUEEN will be recognised by them all. The
loan had not been contracted for. The Carlist
troops had been defeated at Onate and Mont
Dragon on the 7th. It is stated in a letter from
St. Jean Pied-du-Port, dated the sth, that the
Carlists had all retired from near that frontier
to the Upper Ebro.

The House of Commons last night in Cora
mittee discussed one great principle of the
Poor Laws Bill, namely, the appointment of a
Central Board. It met with nearly unanimous
approbation, and, with two or three exception!,
the debate was carried on with a degree of can-
dour, and a want of party feeling, highly cre-
ditable to the good sense of the members. A
few of them had recourse to the hackneyed
phrases, picked out of the newspapers, " tyran-
nical," " despotical," and " unconstitutional,"
to which Lord ALTHORP gave the simple
and irresistible reply, " He had never yet
heard of a despotism subject to the control of
a body like the House of Commons." The
idea is ridiculous, and can affect only the igno-
rant and prejudiced multitude. To assert that
a body of three men can act the part of
despots, while they are dependant on the
government for their very existence as a board
—while they may have their salaries stopped
by the Commons, and every rule they make
abrogated by that House requires some-
thing more than ordinary assurance. The
public may form some idea of the vast
power opposed to the clause, when they learn
that the great speakers against it were Colonel
EVANS, Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY, and Mr.
HALCOMB. Sir JAMES SCA KLETT made
an unanswerable speech in favour of the
central board. His great object, as well as that
of Mr. JERVIS, was to place them under
sufficient control ; and that, we believe, is the
object of every member of the govern-
ment. By the way, what are Colonel