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DISSENTERS' GRIEVANCES.

Mr. CAYLEY presented petitions for the redress of the
grievance. undrr which dissenters labour, from Li ffhouse,
York.hire, and several other parishes in the county.
Mr. MORRISON presented petitions of a similar de-
scription from the Unitarians of Nicholas-street chapel,
and from Ipswich, Davenport, Hanley, and several other
places. _ _

Mr. ATT WOOD presented a similar petition from the
Baptists of Birmingimm.

Mr. J. ROI.4IILLY presented a similar petition from
Bridport.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented a similar petition from
Wigton, Cumber land.
Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Hurr, from
Kingston-upo-Hull; by Sir J. SEBRIGHT, from Hemel
Harnpste id ; -by Mr. TOWNLEY, from Cambridge, Hert.
ford, and %abridge; and by Mr. MowroN, from Newnan,
in Dorchester.

Mr. WALTER said he had to present some petitions
on the same subject, and be would remark, the more the
condition of the dissenters was improved, the spore would
it reflect to the credit of those by whose concessions they
wet e relieved from the grievances of which they at pre-
sent justly c ,mplained. He conside-ed the country was
much ind,bred to the dissenters fur their aid, with which
was effected the abolition of that old oligarchical influence
by which that house was enslaved—the country was much
indebted to them for the assistince they rendered the po-
pular party dining the struggle to pass that most important
measure, the Return] Bill. It were surely ungrateful and
unjust, then, were the country to allow them still to suffer
under disalfili,ies. This he held to be certain, that the
church derived no advantage from the restraint imposed
on other sects. The best security it could have would be
insured by obtaining the reap-ct of the dissenters; and the
only way in which to win this would be not to impose
burdens on them, but, on the contrary, to assist them in
olyaining their righ.s. Entertaining this opinion, he
sincerely hoped no difficulty would be thrown in the way
of their performance of their ceremonies, which were
partly civil and partly religious. He was very glad to find,
Irons the declarations of his M Ministers, that the
Government was favourable to the removal of a great part
of the grievances of which the dissenters complained. The
lion. member. then presented his petitions, which were
from \Vantage, Bet kshire; from some Presbyterian. at-
tendirig Norfolk street chapel, Newbury, Berkshire; from
the congregation att,rining the Union Coupe), Bartholo-
mew, New bury, Berkshire; hom Nurilacrof-street
pel, Newbury, Berkshire ; and from other places in the
same county.

S r C. IiURRELL brought in a hill for continuing the
act for the employment of labourera in agriculture.

. .
The bill sae red a Ana t,me, and ordered to be read a
second time on the 14th April.
Lord A. LENNOX, in the absence of his hon. friend,
occasioned by indir.position, presented a petition from Chi-
chester, praying for the adoption of some means to hostile
the better observance of the Sabbith.

The house adjout n,,d at a quarter to eleven o'clock.

FRENCH PAPERS OF MONDAY.

By letters from Madrid, dated the 16th inst., we
learn that the Spanish capital had been for three
days in a state of alarming agitation. In the ab-
sence of the Queen, and some of the ministers, who
are at Aranjuez, the Corregidor was insulted by
some persons who were enrolled in the Urban Mi-
litia, and from the popular menaces against M.
Burgos, it became necessary to guard his house.
Patrols parade the streets. It is said that M. Gar-
gollo has been dismissed. The last decrees have
been received with satisfaction by the public. It is
said that Don Pedro's ambassador at Madrid has
demanded 10,000 men from the Queen of Spain,
which the Ministry seems disposed to grant. New
propositions for a loan have been made to the go-
vernment, but it appears that it will not act with
precipitation, and that, being able at this moment
to provide for the wants of the State, it is desirous
to take advantage of the eagerness of lenders to ob-
tain a loan on better terms. The Carlists have
entered Vittoria, but quitted it immediately with
hostages, after having massacred several of the in-
habitants. A movement of the Liberals has broken
out at Saragossa, and a mixed movement has oc-
curred at Toledo, from two battalions of the Royal
Guard entertaining different opinions.
The Europe Centrale of Geneva, of the 2 1 st inst.,
has the following :—" According, to report the Vo-
rort has decided upon giving a uniform answer to
the six notes, to the effect that the notes were su-
perfluous, since the Vorort, after collecting the votes
of-the Cantons, had decided upon taking all such
measures as were consistent with the rights of na-
tions, but could not henceforth admit insinuations
tending to restrain the asylum which Switzerland
had in all ages been accustomed to grant to such
refugees of all parties as conducted themselves with
propriety. At a future day the Vorort, supported
by the votes of the different States of Switzerland,
will communicate to the Cantons the application it
has received to expel from their territories those
who participated in the attack upon Savoy, and we
shall then see whether Berne will submit to it."

The Republican Suisse, speaking on the same
subject, says :—" The object of these notes is to
send away the Poles, and all other refugees who
may endanger neighbouring States by their criminal
attempts. Their tone is not, however, perfectly
uniform ; they are more or less urgent, some even
containing dark threats, the nature of which we do
do not understand, and some allude to measures
which it will be necessary to adopt if Switzerland
does not take every requisite means of saving her
neighbours from disturbance. None of them, how-
ever, go so far as the note of the Sardinian Ambas-
sador, which has been published."
The New Political Gazette of Zurich publishes
the note from the Germanic Diet to the Swiss
Vorort, which we have already mentioned, on the
subject of the late attempt in Savoy. The Diet
calls for the expulsion from Switzerland, not only of
the Poles who had come from France last spring,
but also of all such German refugees as had either
directly or indirectly taken part in disturbing the
neighbouring states. The Gazette adds that a
similar note is expected from Russia.
The Augsburg Gazette of the 20th instant con-
tains the following extract of a private letter of the
25th ult. from Constantinople :—" In consequence
of the strong measures put in force by the Govern-
ment, fires are of less frequent occurrence, but the
general uneasiness has increased. A difference of
opinion has arisen between the grandees of the
empire, relative to the subject now in deliberation
by the Divan, the remonstrance of France and
England relative to the Russian treaty. A part of
the Divan has been gained over to the side of these
two maritime Powers, while the other continues to
look up to Russia as the sole shield and protector
of the Porte, and opposes the remonstrances of
France and England with increasing energy. This
is perhaps the reason why the flotilla about to

sail Tor Samos, under the command of Halil Pacha,
has received orders to remain in the Dardanelles,
to meet, in some measure, the preparations
going on in the British and French squadrons,
and to guard the keys of the Dardanelles. Letters
from Alexandria state that Mehemet Ali has lately
become thoughtful and gloomy, owing, probably, to
unfavourable news from Syria,where discontent with
the Egyptian Government daily increases ; the news
from Arabia is not of a more satisfactory nature.
It has been remarked that Mehemet Ali's assurances
of 'fidelity to the Sultan augment in proportion to
the decline of his own favour in the provinces. To
give greater effect to these assurances, Mehemet Ali
is about to pay another sum as tribute-money to the
Porte. Should this be realized, it cannot but be
favourable to the rate of Turkish money, which has
fallen to 403 paras per florin, conventional money."
The Gazette quotes the funds at Vienna on the
15th inst.—Metalliques, Five per Cents., 97 9-16 ;
ditto, Four per Cents., 881 ; Bank Actions, 1,515.
The Berlin State Gazette, of the 18th instant,
quotes Prussian Four per Cents., 981 981 ; ditto,
Five per Cents. (1824 English Loan, 103.
Extract of .a letter, of the 19th inst., from Darm-
stadt :—" The elections for renewing the Chamber
of Deputies, which was dissolved by the Grand Duke,
on account of the predominant opposition that pre-
vailed, are going on without interruption, and will
shortly be finished. According to the results hi-
therto known, the Government will not have much
reason to be satisfied with them. In fact, in all
those towns and arrondissements, whose representa-
tives in the last Chamber professed liberal opinions,
the same Deputies have been returned by large ma-
jorities ; and, on the other hand, several members,
who voted generally with the Ministers, have failed,
and been replaced by decided Liberals."
Letters from Toulon state, that several coasting
vessels from Gibraltar have succeeded in landing'
arms, ammunition, and other stores, at Arzcou and
Mostagnan, on the coast of Africa. Two of these
vessels were spoken with by a Spanish xebeck, _of
which the captain made a report at Ceuta. lie
authorities of this town have sent several letters to
the French commander at Oran, informing him that
the Arabs of Sidi-Elbi and Tremezen keep up a
constant communication with the Morocco agents
and purveyors at Gibraltar, and, that they are
planning combined operations against Oran. A
Genoese captain having been detained for several
hours within gunshot of the shore, near Cape Hone,
a Jew, calling himself an Italian, came on board,
offering a sum of one hundred piastres to be taken
to Algiers, but the Genoese refused to receive him.
He fortunately, at length, got out to sea, leaving a
small gun-boat, supposed to be French, with loaded
maize, which ran ashore at the same place the day
before, and the crew of which, there was every rea-
son to fear, would not be able to escape the Arabs.
The vessel had already gone very nearly to pieces.
The Constitutionnel reviews the proceedings in
the House of Commons upon the notion of Mr.l
Sheil, and comes to the conclusion that both France
and England are to be blamed for an apathy and
voluntary impotency in the affairs of Turkey. It
then adds—" Lord Palmerston boasted of the close
and intimate alliance by which France and England
are united, and nobody can more anxiously than we
do pray for a continuance of that alliance, which
appears to be endangered by the diplomatic coquetry
of Count Pozzo di Borgo with our Ministers. If,
however, this alliance is confined to official parlia-
mentary harangues, or the exchange of insignificant
notes—if France and England suffer to perish, one
after another, all those states whose existence is
essential to preserve the balance of power in Europe,
and all those liberties of which their union is the
sole support, then we shall candidly declare that we
do not find that the cause of civilisation and freedom
has gained any thing by this alliance, in which two
nations, who, when united, are able to make head
against all Europe, have not a sufficient feeling of
their strength, and in which all the concessions are
made by those who ought to dictate the law to the
rest."

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—ScrriNG OF MIRCII 22.

The debate on the project relative to the political
associations was resumed.

According to the order of discussion agreed upon
in the preceding debate, Art. 4 was taken into dis-
cussion before Art. 2.

Art. 4 is as follows :—Attempts against the safety
of the State, such as those described in Articles 76
77, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, and 92 of the penal
code, committed by the political associations, shall
be tried before the Chamber of Peers, sitting judi-
cially, conformably to Art. 28 of the Constitutional
Charter. The political crimes committed by the
said associations shall be tried before a jury, con-
formably to Art. 69 of the charter. The infrac-
tions of the present law and of Art. 291 of the
penal code, shall be cognizable by the Correctional
Tribunals.

M. Valette des Ermaux proposed the following
amendment to the last paragraph of this Article :
The infractions of the present law, and of Art. 291
of the penal code, shall be tried before a jury when
the associations are of a political character. In all
other cases, the infractions to be cognizable by the
correctional tribunals.
M. Dumon opposed the amendment, and con-
tended that the infractions of the laws relative to the
police of these associations, could only be cognizable
by the correctional tribunals.
M. Nicod considered the amendment as insuffi-
cient and inefficacious, though he approved its prin-
ciple. If the Chamber (added the hon. deputy)
wished to follow the the path of legality, they should
reject Art. 4, and trust to the law of October 8,
1830. The ministers are retrograding. They feel
indignant at being reproached with their tendency
towards the system of the restoration, and affirm
that the doctrines of that government are abhorrent
to them. Gentlemen, protestations cost little, and
are just worth what they cost. Acts are of much
more value than words, and certainly the present
project is not an act calculated to clear the mini-
sters from the reproach of which they complain.
This project is a measure a hundred times more
tyrannical than that left by the empire to the resto-
ration, and which the restoration was ashamed to
put in force ; and the taking away from juries the
cognizance of political prosecutions is a much more
violent attack upon the charter of 1830, than that
made by the restoration in its last days against the
charter of 1814. For me, I shall take no share in
it, for it is revolting to my conscience, and I give it
my most decided opposition.—(Applause from the
extremities.)
The Keeper of the Seals began by saying that
the ministry had been charged with a want of re-
spect to the Chamber. For his part he considered
those who signed the Conzpte Rendu as the only
persons guilty in this respect.—(Violent murmurs
from the Extremities.) He said that all police laws
had a political bias, but did not consider that a rea-
son why every contravention of them should be sent
for trial before a Jury. The same principles are
applicable in the case of political associations. It
is not the difficulty of proving the contravention
which ought to decide the jurisdiction which should
take cognizance of it. No, but it is the nature of
that contravention upon which depends that ques-
tion. The present project has constitutionally fixed
the various jurisdictions ; attempts against the safety
of the State are to be tried before the Chamber of
Peers ; political prosecutions are to be sent before
a Jury ; and mere contraventions of the law, are to
be cognizable by the correctional tribunals. He re
pelled the accusation of the last speaker, and said,
66 No, gentlemen, in adopting means for the main
tenance of public order and the safety of the State,
and the well-being of society, we do not consider
ourselves as following a retrograde movement. The
path we are pursuing is pointed out by our most sa
cred duties. Not only good policy, but humanity,
commands us to persevere in it.—(Applause from
the centre.)
M. Salverte expressed, amidst a continually in-
creasing noise, his most positive opposition to the
article.
The amendment of M. Valette des Ermaux not

being seconded; the discussion continued on ar-
ticle 4.

M. Odillon Barrot said that it was a waste of
time to discuss the conjunctive inutility of the vari-
ous paragraphs, for, in his opinion, the entire article
was not only uncalled for, but eminently dangerous
and as such he should give it his most positive oppo-
sition.

M. Harve made some observation tending to
prove that the present project did not violate Art.
69 of the charter, as had been asserted.
M. Lawrence spoke against the project.
M. Persil declared that the project had not been
hastily got up, as had been said, in twenty-four
hours ; on the contrary, it had been framed nearly
six months back.
M. de Corcelles—M. A. Giraud did not know of
it then on 24th of February, when he put a question
to ministers, the answer to which was the announce-
ment of the project.—(A laugh.)
M. Augustin Giraud said that the project had
his fullest approbation, and that he would op-
pose every amendment tending to diminish its
efficiency.

M. Tate moved as an amendment that in the
first paragraph of Art 4, instead of the words
" crimes against the safety of the State shall be
tried by the Chamber of Peers," the words may be
should be substituted.

The 'Keel); of the Seals said the government
would agree to the amendment.
The first paragtaph thus changed was adopted.
Likeuise the second and third paragraphs.
(Wice from the left—" Then there is no longer
any Charter.")
Art. 4 in its ensemble was agreed to.
M. Couturier proposed an amendment, the dis-
cussion of which was adjourned to Monday.
At a quarter to seven the Chamber rose.

Nothing of importance occurred in the Chamber
of Deputies on Monday, up to the departure of
our estafette.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARJS, MARCII 24.
Five per Cents., 104 f. 50c. 60c. 55c.
Four per Cents., 91f.
Three per Cents., 78f. 35c. 40c. 30c. •
National Loan, 104 f 45c.
Bank Actions, I,Boof.
Rente de Naples, 94f.:35c. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents., 95 94% 95.
Rente d'E'spagne, Five per Cents., 2614
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40% 5A%•
Hovat Spanish Loan, 82 81%.
Rente Perpet. d'Espague, Five per Cents., 65%
sa
Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 100%.
Haytian Loan, 272 f. 50c.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25E 2754 c. • money, 25f. 25c.
Three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 23E 1
—Cours Authentique.

MADRID, MARCH 16.

(From the Morning Herald Correspondence.)

MADRID, MARCH 16.

It is true, as stated in the preceding letter, that
M. Sarmento, the Portuguese minister, was but
coldly met in the first instance by this government,
and that he complained bitterly of his reception ;
but within the last three days a new light has broken
in upon the cabinet ; and I think I may now an-
nounce that his proposition has been agreed to.
The greatest secrecy is observed by him and the
Britis minister on the subject ; but though I can-
not state precisely what has been done, I may ven-
ture to say that it has been decided upon to order a
large body of Spanish troops to enter, Portugal, for
the purpose of ejecting Don Carlos, and destroying
the armed nest, in which a meditated attack on the
Spanish territory is brooding. The assistance pre-
pared to be given, it is said, amounts to but 6,000
men ; but a well-informed authority assures me that
12,000 men have been promised, and that instruc-
tions have been already given to the corps on the
frontier to hold themselves in readiness to march.
This is to be done not only with the consent but by
the advice of Great Britain and France ; the latter
having engaged, in case it may be found necessary,
to weaken the army of the North for this service, to
pour into Navarre and Biscay as many men as may
be wanted to stifle the armed discontented of these
provinces. These arc strange tidings ; but I am as-
sured that they are no less true. France is ready
whenever Spain requires it, to assist her in the
North, and England is not only a consenting party
to that, but she also supports the violation of the
Portuguese territory by the Spanish troops. It is
a question full of difficulties, and I greatly doubt
whether England is acting wisely in sanctioning any
invasion of Portugal by Spain, considering how
alarmed our statesmen have at all times been at
that lingering project of this monarchy, The ap-
' prehension of Portugal falling under the dominion
lof Spain is the true key to Mr. Canning's expedition
' of 1826, and the time may yet come when the pre-
, cedent we are making may prove fatal to our inte-
rests in that country. A project, I am told, was
some short time since in contemplation for the joint
interference of England and Spain with a view to the
expulsion of Don Carlos, and the extinction of Don
Miguel ; but the plan which had been agreed on
here did not meet the approbation of our govern-
ment, and the idea was abandoned. It is now
revived in a different shape, but I pert ive the
recognition of Donna Maria by Spain mus precede
any attempt of the kind, and the hesitati n which
prevails in the Cabinet on that point will be the
only cause of any delay which may occur in carry-
ing into effect the resolution it has come to.
M. Sarmento has not been presented to the Queen.
In order to prevent Don Miguel or Don Carlos
getting hold of the despatches which contain the
particulars of M. Sarmento's negotiations, the
courier is to be sent to Vigo, where a steamer from
Lisbon is to meet them, while messengers with
common-place papers are forwarded in the usual
manner through the Portuguese territory to our
Minister.
The edict for the convocation of the Cortes is
expected to appear in Monday or Wednesday's
Gazette. The article quoted in the preceding letter
from the Boletin de Conzercio, is official, and you
will perceive how closely it agrees with the infor-
mation I have already given you on the subject.
The point which still remains under discussion is,
whether the Proceres should have hereditary rights,
I mean such of them as are grandees or nobles.
The public opinion is against the proposition, but
the Queen's portion of the Cabinet are anxious to
establish it. In my opinion, the proposed Cortes
will prove a dead failure, as there is not a person in
the kingdom qualified to be a member, who does
not himself, or by some of his family, share in the
general corruption of the government. There is
not a single branch of the Administration, either in
the capital or in the provinces, which is not venal.
Justice, the customs, the taxes, are openly bought
and sold, and almost every family above the com-
monality have either one amongst them participat-
ing in the traffic, or pretendientes or candidates for
office. In the city of Seville, for instance, there are
one hundred thousand inhabitants, twenty-five
thousand of whom are males, between the ages of
forty-six and seventy. The great bulk are labour-
ers, artisans, tradesmen, clergy, friars, or military.
The gentry may be about four thousand, and of those
twelve hundred are in the employ of government,
many of them having but five shillings a day, on
which they contrive to keep horses, and, at times, a
carriage. One-half of the revenue does not find its
way to the Treasury. May I ask, are the sharers of
this plunder likely to reform themselves, or do they
afford the materials for a sound representation? The
Cortes, therefore will prove a mockery, unless some
men of great talent and public virtue take a lead,
and promulgate the truth. The nation will be dis-
contented—the Liberals
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take care, her stay in this country is likely to be
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abridged. She parted with her right arm when she
parted with M. Zea, who was the only person here ca-
pable of conducting the country to free institutions
in safety. I speak from my own knowledge of his

actions and his intentions ; and, however you may
differ front me, I believe there was no honester or
abler man in Spain. The Queen, having aban-
doned him and embraced the Liberal party,
should not have stopped short as she has done,
and, instead of this humbug of a Cortes, this
mockery of a charter, she should have called a Na-
tional Congress, and allowed the people to establish
their own constitution.—Then they would have
been content, and would have supported her and
her infant. Now they ridicule her almost in the
streets, and every act is looted upon as extorted
from her by fear or by force ; and nothing that she
is inclined to do will satisfy the craving appetites of
men who, after so long a thraldom, begin for the
first time to learn what liberty is. The Queen's
unusually early visit to Aranjuez is looked upon as
arising from her desire to avoid public business, and
to be at ease with her favourites, a second having
lately appeared upon the stage. Indeed it is said
the Council of Regency have found it necessary to
make her representations on the subject, and the
Marquis de la Amarillas and Donna Carlota, her
sister, to whose decision at La Oranza she is in-
debted for the throne, waited on her Majesty lately
with a collection of the French journals, in which
her conduct was freely spoken of. There was- a
violent altercation between the sisters, but the scene
ended by the Queen bursting into tears, and pro-
mising the Marquis to be more guarded in future.
Let those who expect the speedy regeneration of
Spain moderate their hopes, and borrow the Portu-
guese phrase of Paciencia.
There are no less than twelve competitors for the
proposed loan of 8,000,0001. Messrs. Rothschild
are bidders through the house of Frederic Huth ;
but the offer of Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co.
and W. L. Goldsmid is likely to have the preference,
because of the great influence in the public affairs
which the house which represents them here pos-
sesses. I have before stated that the main difficulty
is the recognition of the Cortes bonds, which the
contractors are endeavouring to exact as a prelimi-
nary to the bargain, but which the Government
seeks to defer, with the other great questions, to
the approaching Cortes. I can tell the speculators
in Cortes bonds in London, that they are burning
their fingers. This Government can never recognise
them so as to pay 37i ; the utmost they will do is to
offer a similar conversion to that which took place in
1830. Money is much wanted, and it will be no easy
matter, as the finances are no more than sufficient
to pay the interest of the public debt and that
of the new loan, and the Ministers are alarmed at
the idea of adding to their engagements, and shrink
with horror from the spectre of 16,000,0001. which
is the amount of outstanding Cortes Bonds. The
income of Spain is not more than six millions ster-
ling, while the present expenditure is half a million
more. A searching reform in all the branches of
the revenue and customs will add 25 per cent. to
the income, but where is the government that dare
purify the public offices ? M. Martinez is not the
man. What Spain wants is a Cromwell or a Bo-
naparte. Every thing important is postponed till
the meeting of the Cortes, and the first questions
which are to be submitted to them are the settle-
ment of the succession in case of the death of the
two children, Don Carlos and his heirs being for
ever excluded ; the recognition of the South Ame-
rican States, and the recognition of the Cortes
Bonds. With regard to the second, I can only
say, that in answer to the pressing note of the
English and American Ministers, the government
has expressed their willingness to treat with the
commissioners of the states to fix the basis and
terms of recognition.
_ _ _ _ _ _

Since writing the above I have at the last hour
got hold of the truth, as I believe, respecting M.
Sarmento's negotiation. My information is excel-
lent, and I do not doubt it. On Friday M. S.
attended the council of ministers, and there it was
agreed upon, after a fruitless opposition from M.
Burgos and Zare del Vella, to recognise Donna
Maria, and to send an armed force from the two
points of Badajoz, Cuidad Rodrigo, and from Ga-
licia, into Portugal. It was at first proposed to
send merely a force sufficient to crush Don Carlos
and the military preparations which he is making,
but M. Sarmento declared that Don Pedro would
not consent to the violation of the Portuguese ter-
ritory by Spain, and that no force would be received
there unless as allies of his daughter. Then it was
resolved upon to enlarge the plan of operation, and
the army is now to act in concert with that of Don
Pedro, as well against Don Miguel as against that
unfortunate Prince, and his small body of adhe-
rents. I also understand that Mr. Villiers and M.
de Rayneval were sent for by the council to
learn from them how far their governments would
be consenting or co-operating parties, and that
they both declared that as they were not
prepared with instructions on the subject, they
could not give a formal assent, but certainly they
would give no' opposition. It is, therefore, to be
taken that-the expedition is to be sanctioned byEng-
land and France. The fate of Don Carlos and
Don Miguel may be looked upon now as sealed, un-
less they have the courage to enter boldly into the
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cert with the fifteen thousand Carlists now under
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lation, and stand a fair chance of upsetting the pre-
sent Government.

M. Zea had an audience of the Queen onThurs-
day last, at his desire, but he had not been with her
many minutes when the Ministers took the alarm,
and induced the Infante Don Francisco de Paula to
take a large bundle of papers in his hands, and in-
sist on seeing the Queen on public business. By this
means M. Zea was got rid of for the moment.
It will form an amusing episode to all those seri-
ous topics to state that the advertisement of a new
novel by M. Martinez de la Rosa appears to-day in
the Revista. They say at the Puerta del Sol that
it is to be hoped he will now have leisure to attend
to public business.

AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—Your reporter of yesterdey represents me to have said,
on the presentation of a petition from the High Sheriff and
Grand Jury of the county of Stafford, complaining of agricul.
tural distress, that it " was got up by persons not connected
with the agricultural interest, to suit their own particular
views."

I stated nothing of the kind, and made only this single
remark, that the causes of distress were general, and not con-
fined to the agricultural classes.

I beg the favour of you to insert this correction of an erro.
nexus statement, which might otherwise subject me to mis-
representation in the minds of so respectable a body of gen.
Hemel]. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
_ _

G. R. ROBINSON.

Union Club, March 26, 1834.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
THE RIDDLESWORTH, P.P.
5 to 2 agat. Viator (offered), 3 to 1 agst. Nell Gwyn (offered).
9 to 2 agst Darius (taken).
CHESTER CUP, P.P.-11 to 2 agat. Perseverance, 7 to 1 agat.
Solon (taken), 7 to 1 agat. Speculator (offered), 71 to 1 apt.
Independence (taken), 8 to I agst. Controller, 81 to 1 agst. Bird.
catcher, 11 to 1 agst. The Cardinal, 12 to 1 agst. Mona's Pride
(offered), 14 to 1 agst. Les Grace, 100 to 7 agst. Bridegroom
(offered),-5 to 2 the field agst. any two ;3to 1 agst. Speculator
and Controller (taken), 4 to 1 agst. Independence and Ihe Car-
dinal (taken).