The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-23 00:00:00

(From a Morning Paper.)

FALMOUTH, JUL'i 21, 11 P.M.
The from Sparrow cutter, Lieut. Riley, has just arrived here
opo Portugal ; she sailed from Lisbon on the 10th, and from
trert° on the 14th. Affairs at those dates were on the in_
°f :ein Point of importance, and the principal event worthy
Ge:: ark is, that of General Bourmont having landtd from the
eet $e the Fourth steamer at Villa Conde, and thar he had
OtZed upon the command of the Royalist forces now besieging
itee;:i in number about 21,000, and that his intention was to
the the city. In expectation of such an attempt being made,
te- the
troops were kept under arms night and day,
eow'r attack was momentarily expected. The Pedroite forces
OPorto, under the command of General Saldanha, are
47 at 14,000.
the LeoUnts from Lisbon are perfectly silent on the capture of
tited'ilfUelite fleet ; it appears the intelligence had not been
Nite khown to the Portuguese Government, therefore we
Rirait another arrival to learn how the popular feeling
ested itself in the capital on the receipt of that important
the :; Three thousand Royalist troops had been sent across
siiteLaiilisi thence to Alvas, in Alentejos, to oppose the Con-
intei4"4l troops in the South of Portugal from penetrating the
NZ!' of that province. From all the principal towns in both
isarZlinces the Duke of Terceira continues to receive as-
tvier that his arrival with his forces will be hailed with
%kit:4,4ldt of enthusiasm for the cause, and that numbers only
bttl"?aPproach to enlist and march with him to the borders
Magus, there to give, by friendly demonstration, the op-
tht ZtY for the Lisbonians at once to release themselves from
atillZaainous yoke of the usurper Miguel, by a unanimous
biter° declaration for the legitimate Queen Donna Maria 11.
bar et °lora continued at Lisbon, carrying off an immense num;
tatntej'otims daily. The letters and papers by the Sparrow
%et," be obtained this evening, from the lateness of the hour,
'tot ?re* I am only able to give you this outline, which is in
*ill:Purtant ; but for the lengthened details, the next post
Put YOU in possession
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ERIALPA RLIA3I ENT
THIS DAY. TUESDAY, JULY 23.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
e. At s
quarter past twelve, when the gallery was opened, we
p 44about 30 Members present.
k'n the motion of Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, the House
Me'to Committee on the Highways Bill.
ets few preliminary verbal amendments,
he fe,),* HENRY HANDLEY said that it was with some regret
elat -` hiniself called upon to object to the passing of the first
stator Of the Rill, at least of that part of it which repealed the
'eke " now in existence.—(Hear, hear.) He thought there
the 'Ouch difficulty in framing the Bill so as to meet
i•Reneral necessities of the eallmtry ; and that there
oh general
to have been two Bills, one to apply to places of large
41 it7Ptilation, and the other more particularly to the agicultural
.tricts. As the law now stood, the farmer had ther privilege
o'fr Performing in kind his proportion of expense in the repair
toads ; and one of the Acts proposed to be repealed autho-
-1,1 the surveyors to give four days' notice to:the farmer, who
t,41,1 then have to provide a cart, three horses, and two men,
Proy
''ratlt for eight hours on the road. But the present Bill
a ided that the farmer should contribute his proportion in
rft'itn°neY : • by which he would not only lose the privilege of
be p ingtatute labour, but would be obliged,. perhaps, to
*h.] 148 Money towards the hire of his neighbour's horses,
lit ht„
own were idle in the stable. Indeed it would
eol'farb e the surveyor to exercise a prejudicial system
d
he l'ouritisrn. The law was strong enough as it stood, an
the little of the Committee was not to take from the farmer
ineod`le boon he now possessed. He would move, as an
exe-4tents the adding of the following words to the clause,
maeoPting such enactments as relate to statute labour."
the HANDLEY fully concurred with the observations of
4h,„„, ".• Meniber for Lincolnshire. If carried in its present
leitiqattrne Bill Would be an oppressive and meddling piece of
f
epe.inn• fie would not have objected to the first clau.seh
tatsbi la.tlort had been confined to parishes having 1,000 in a_
Rho 4„,, upwards.
LEFEVRE quite agreed with the Hon. Memberli
Able moved the amendment, that the Bill was more appce
lat 44" Parishes of large population than to others ; but t
h4d 00w been for three or four successive years be_
'Nst;Hn.uses and it was, as a general Act absolutely ne-
t
'.441Y ." disposed of. He himself represented a distlric
!letattiral and although he admitted that popu ous
wood be mOst benefitted by the Bill, he felt as\s‘u,hreetnl
6tte-44eist')" also be of much advantage to others.
g,reelinatlr was first instituted, the roads were made andim
wee." moda verY different manner to the present. By the
th ',taw -e a greater number of labourers, and fewer carts
C-01ed ' - ld tend still further to
Whn,-Plov, and the present Bill wou
"'e heroentoflabourers. He hoped the Committee of the
I'4l44'lUpsUld take the same view of the case as the
t ee,ais and negative the amendment.
at.,'te oIIIIOTT hoped the House would do away with
tot;°lohei-vol4, and substitute an assessment in lieu of it.
-hclst tb.ILLIAMS was of opinion that the present sys.
eR-4" 00 labour had been always found to work well, and
•e"1. 0, ut "flearct any reasons why it should be abolished.
7'll ;''.4 0-I:SLEY, as a Magistrate, said that great inconve-
,ll to ,;754 felt throughout the country for a long period,
°e, 4hbin°.'"e Present system, which had been a great source
hear.) He had, in his Magisterial capa_
j, betty Partial 7
iniquity to arise from it, from the connivance
k,,,,,ticeontnat farmers and surveyors by which not only was
le; repai '0 other parties, but while one part of
.a road
.was
pai- *at o 0 other
Parts were retained in a sftete of dilapidation.
n: brere ea.!''cecl that if instead of statute labour, a highway
ith thel'eett. and the surveyor to have the power of agree_
teal laho•nae"n,e' for the hire of teams, and to contract for
' and th 2 tomes would be better administered
.to the
4"Y large to
antis'
would be kept in better repair.
.n
thtPester, :o ne believed, indeed he knew it was so in
had t," great an evil was felt from the statute labour
'here; had
of t,"eeo compounded for, and a highway rate, levied
,:li"%ley.. ' As to the Hon. and Gallant Officer s cMajor
slation' assertion that the Bill was a mischievous piece of
'„' lot he begged to dissent from it, and to
.assert that it
otld cnroPlete and bvieficial piece of legislation. He
tosid• "erefore, oppose the amendment, and give the Bill
140'41 suppott....._(Hear.) •
t,e'r r„,,,GRANVILLE SOMERSET
favouritism which at present
ttk on the part of surveyors—there were so many
wasupon it as must put an end to it altogether. The Bill
of fa 'll,erfect, but it was a great benefit to the small class
as well as to every person engaged in agriculture.
ke;4l,l'support the clause as it stood.
Phe -I_,NDFORD took a different view of the subject from
Lord. If the small farmers would themselves ap-
6rnt a,
ty uPon which they would work out their tatute
Kett 1)0,, t'cluld be very well, but that was not the case,; they
haor,t.d to go out when called upon, and that might be at
4ed rate4lconvenient time. He therefore preferred an equa-
-01 Si'
141. W
xtrcOrolipkosit'i-JDLEY had a very strong objection to making
dense - compulsory.
Rive --ti."'LEY replied. He believed that from the evi-
'"ae roetn4tc-f°re the 111 r. •plic,ga of it on hi
,4. Agrsicultural Committee he would have
a side.
roads cklited, tAe B‘TTWOOD said that if the amendment
M ouldmight
h lead to a question as to whether the
4ra fitter some r eotaired by rate or statute labour.
kosiStriekland, servations from Mr. Evelyn
.Denison,
Nfv. E. linatchbull, Mr. Gisborne, Sir Oswald
de,et,ar RANbataY, Mr. Sandford, and Mr. Parrott,
to ~,an(ling that LEY withdrew his amendment, upon the un.
a ,Vho:pcse a
eiat:.neeeehtMid.be at liberty at the end of the Bill
tid _ tause embodying the amendment.
oraerod as originally proposed was then agreed to,
Clanie to stand
IVfajoe 2 was th_. Part of the Bill..
ttrivtof 1141,4);.,,,1L.ut by the Chairman.
hsbes Which would propose an amendment, the
1,11-ontain,o_ulud confine the operation of the Act to pa.
tlk, Chano.,glnore than a thousand inhabitants.
Pse. e to the „VI atated that it would be better to introduce a
~.f the ....nect the Hon. Member contemplated in another
Sir 0. `V..I!„
i:t° 441 ih USLtY recommended the Hon. Member for
eseot he
~he Meantime to withdraw his amendment. At
tr rter clearly out of order.
'aWo some
clearly
14, " the el g conversation the amendment was with-
ith ause was agreed to, as also were clauses 3,
knee 6 'nal amendments.
,'scl to t° the election of a surveyor, was then put and
"Ithout alteration.
tsel?Usee: 'lt
12 were then agreed to, with v hal amendments,
Citet 12 aad 13 gave rise to some di
thkon. naated at three o'clock • and when thesliceuorsu'ise;ewsuhmicethl htand
e
prkogres-e, and asked leave to sit again on
111." Y 0t
S,. , 12".07 ot
.I.4Aiiit then left the chair.

STEAM VESSEL FOR EDINBURGH.

THE UNITED KINGDOM will sail from
GREENWICH, for EDINBURGH, on

Thursday, 25t1-. July, at Nine o'Clock, Morning.
Thursday, Ist August, at Twelve, Noon.
Thursday, Bth August, at One, ernoon.
And from the STONE PIER, NEWHAVEN, for LON-
DON, on
Monday, 29th July, at Twelve o'Clock, Noon.
Monday, sth August, at Twelve o'Clock, Neon.
Monday, 12th August, at Twelve o'Clock, Noon.
Calling off SCARBOROUGH, weather permitting.
For Berths apply at the Spread Eagle Office, Piccadilly,
and 157, Fenchurch-street. Goods received at the Spread
Eagle Office, Piccadilly ; Cross Keys, Gracechurch-street ;
and Downe's-wharf.