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THE StN, LOVDON, SAITADAV*, AUGCST 2J, 1835

answered by repeated huzzas. On reaching the gates'of the
city, the Legion was stopped by the ' Who goes there?' of
the sentinel. Spain ; the Foreign Legion 1' replied the com-
mander of the corps; which immediately entered the city
amidst the warmest acclamations.

"In the evening all these troops were in barracks. But
few Spaniards were seen at the theatre. When the pit heard
the tunes of Reigo and the Marseillaise played by the orches-
tra,' several persons joined in the latter, and sung some couplets
between the acts.

" I do not exactly know whether the presence of the French
is disliked here, as some persons pretend ; but it is certain
that the Naval Officers appeared to feel some apprehensions.
In the evening they took the precaution of uniting to go in a
body to the quay, where the boats waited for them.
" The squadron is just getting under sail. It is going to
the bay of Rosas.
" The Foreign Legion is to leave us in a week.
not yet know its destination."

Wo do

We have the following from Bayonne :
" We learn from a letter, which is the more worthy of con-
fidence because it contains precise details and dates, that the
auxiliary Portuguese troops entered the Spanish territory on
the 10th of August. The Governor of Zamora went on the 9th
to meet them. These troops are composed of twelve battalions
of infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and three brigades of artillery."—
Constitutional—Messager, Aug. 27.
FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, AUGUST 27.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 25c.35c. 30c.
Four and a Half per Cents., 101 f. 85c.
Four per Cents., 99E 98E 90c.
Three per Cents. 78f. 85c. 79E
Bank Actions, 2,032 E 50c. 2,035 f.
Rente de Naples, 96f. 95c. WM
Roman Five per Cents., 101%
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 3234.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 22 22M i9t414, 53 223 i.
Royal Spanish Loan, 34.
RentePerpet.d'Espagne, Five per Cent.. 32i %7f, 35 33%
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cent., 87 87%.
Portuguese Three per Cents.
Haytian Loan, 350.
lICXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 251 52%c.
Three nionths, paper, —f. —c. money, 25E 40c.
Bouasx, TRIM o'CLocx.—At Tortor,i's, and at the open-
ing of the Bourse, the 3 per Cents. had declined to 78f. 80c.,
in consequence of unfavourable rumours respecting Spanish
affairs ; but on its being afterwards ascertained that no news
had arrived from Madrid, the 3 per Cents. rose to 79f. sc.
It appears that a large sum of Rentes has been bought for
the account of some Spanish capitalists, who are naturally
alarmed at the situation of their own country. No fluctuations
nor business in the Spanish stocks.
QUAaTER TO Foun.—Five per Cents., 109 f. 35c. ; Three
per Cents., 79f. —c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, 33+; Three
per Cents. Spanish, 224 ; Cortes, 32i; Coupons, 17i ; Gueb-
bards, 34; Differes, 13i; New Loan, 394; Actives, 29k;
Passives, 12 ; Ducats, 97 5 ; Romans, 1011; Pedros, 87 ;
Belgians, —; Dutch, ; Haytians, 350 f. ; Miguels, —;
Brabant Bank, --.

The following Articles embody the substance of the
Address from the Junta of Barcelona to the QUEEN-
REGENT of Spain. Annexed is the answer of the
Spanish Government :-
1. That in case the Queen does not confirm the appoint-
ment of the present acting Captain-General, and other of•
Seers lately filled up by the Junta, she will nominate persons
of known liberal opinions, enjoying the confidence of the
people.

"2. That an order may immediately be given to those
deputies in the different districts, which deputies are to meet
to take into consideration the state of the province.
"3. That the University, which is at the small town of
Cervera (about 75 miles from Barcelona, on the road to Za-
ragossa), may be removed to the city of Barcelona."
The reply arrived here on Sunday night ; it is as
follows :

" To Senor Don Pedro Maria de Pastors, Mareschal de
Campo.
" I have laid before her Majesty the Queen Regent your
letter of the 7th inst. and the address which accompanies it.
" Her Majesty, ever since she has taken the reins of Go-
vernment of these kingdoms, has not ceased to study its hap-
piness, adopting such measures as have appeared best calcu-
lated to bury in oblivion past disagreements, to introduce peace
and union in families, and to lay a solid foundation for future
national prosperity.
" Her Majesty will take the requests into consideration and
will order you, the city of Barcelona, and the rich and indus-
trious Cataluna, to be informed of her decision, which decision
will be prompted by a strong desire for the real good of the
province, and for the preservation of the rights and privileges
of its loyal, true, and labourious inhabitants.

"EL CONDE DE TORENO
" San Ildefonso, 11 de Agosto."

PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY.

In the LORDS' last night, the Prisoners' Counsel Bill and
the Offences against the Person Bill were put off till next
Session. The Capital Punishments Bill, which takes away
the punishment of death for the offence of stealing from a
letter, and for sacrilege, was ordered to be read a second time
this day. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the Great
Western Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed ; as
was also the Tonnage Admeasurement Bill. The Colonial'
Passengers' Bill went through Committee ; and the Islington
Market Bill was ordered to be read a third time this day.
The Municipal Corporations Bill was read a third time, and
the question agreed to, that a Message should be sent to the
Commons, informing them that the Lords had passed the Bill
with amendments, to which their concurrence was requested.
It will be seen that Lord WINCHILSEA moved his amendment
(which was negatived), that the Bill be rejected. On the
constitution of the Church of Scotland Commission there was
an extended debate, which we have not room to notice. Lord
MELBOURNE'S speech, however, ought not to be passed by;
it affords a triumphant answer to those who cast censure upon
the legality and the composition of the Commission.
In the COMMONS' several petitions were presented, praying
the House to resist the Lords' encroachment, and mutilation
of the Municipal Corporations' Bill. Some conversation on
them arose, in which the Hon. Member for Ludlow figured
with an amusing prominency. On the presentation of a peti-
tion from certain publicans, the CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
intimated that the clause in the Wine and Spirit Licences
Bill, granting power to the proprietors of theatres to deal in
these commodities, would be postponed. Dr. NICHOLLS' mo-
tion for the commitment of a witness, who had prevaricated in
his evidence before the Committee on General DARLING'S
case, was agreed to after some general argument between Sir
H. HARDINGE and Mr. O'CONNELL. The Report on Scotch
Corporations was ordered to be printed. Some conversation
succeeded on our
_Commercial relations with Foreign States,
in the course of which Mr. P. TisoMsoN said that " it was the
determination of the British Government to retaliate upon
France in every instance in which the French Govern-
ment imposed a higher duty upon any article imported from
Great Britain than upon the same article imported from other
countries." The CHANCELLOR of the. EXCHEQUER intimated
th;zt a settlement of the Danish Claims was under considera-
tion. On the withdrawal of Mr. THORNELEY'S motion respect-
ing the riots at the last Wolverhampton election, Lord
JoHN RUSSELL repeated the opinion he had formerly given.
The Militia Estimates were agreed to. The Slave Trade
( Sardinia and Denmark) Bills were passed, and Oaths' Abo-
lition Bill went through Committee. On the motion that
the Stamp
.and Assessed Taxes Bill be reported, Mr. HUME
suggested a reduction to Id. in the duty on Newspapers,
and that the 360,0001. out of the million voted for the Irish
Church Establishment, the sum now at the disposal of the
House, owing to the Lords' rejection of the Irish Church
Bill, would supply any deficiency of revenue that might be
consequent on a reduction so much desiderated by the pub-
lic. The Shannon Navigation Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed to-day ; and the Registration of
Voters (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The
Corporation Reform Bill, with the Amendments made in the
House of Lords was brought up, ordered to be printed, and
taken into consideration on Monday. The ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL'S motion for a Committee was agreed to, the object
of which is to search for the two Bills that were carried up
to the Lords last June—from that time to the preseut nothing
has been heard of them. The Bill for compensating Mr.
BUCKINGHAM was withdrawn till next Session. Strong ob-
jections against its principle were expressed.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THIS DAY, SATURDAY, Auo. 29.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY sat as Speaker soon after 12 o'clock.
The Glass Duty Reduction Bill went through a Committee with-
out amendment.—Report to be received on Monday.
The Capital Punishment Abolition Bill, in cases of stealing let-
ters and sacrilege, was read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted on Monday.
Mr. STANLEY and others from the Commons, brought up the
Sardinia and Denmark Slave Trade Convention Bill, the Registra-
tion of Voters (Ireland) Bill, and a Bill for enabling Grand Juries
in Ireland to raise money by presentment for building piers and
quays. _ _ _

ISLINGTON MARKET BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed on the motion of the
Marquis of SALISBURY.
The House waited for the return of the Bill from the Commons
for some time, but as there was some difficulty in the way it was
adjourned at half-past one till Monday at 11 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.

• SUPPLY.
Mr. BARING brought up the Report of the Committee 01
Supply, which was agreed to.

_
OATH ABOLITION BILL.
Mr. BARING brought up the Report of the Committee upon
this Bill.

SHANNON NAVIGATION.

On the motion of Mr. BARING the House resolved itself into a
Committee of the whole House upon the Shannon Navigation Bill,
Mr. BERNAL in the Chair.
On the first clause being read,
Mr. POTTER did not know whether the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was aware of the objections
urged against the Bill by the Hon. Member for Bridport. The
Hon. Member complained that in a Bill which merely appointed
Commissioners to prepare estimates for the improvement of the na-
vigation of this river, a provision should be introduced to raise one
half the amount which might be required for the work. He (Mr.
Potter) would suggest that the money should be raised by assess-
ment on the various counties in Ireland connected with the Shannon.
Mr. LYNCH contended that the security for the repayment of
the loan was the best that could be given.
Mr. PRYME agreed with the Hon. Member for Wigan in the
objections stated by him, and he could not tell why a clause em-
powering the House to grant a loan should have been thought ne-
cessary at that early stage. He would ask to what public works in
England had such donations been given? He questioned whether
the security was sufficient, and in the present case only half the
loan was to be repaid. He thought when the Report of the sur-
veyors was before the House would be quite time enough to deter-
mine whether there should be a grant to the extent of a moiety.
He did not object to grants being made for the improvement of Ire-
land, but let equal justice be done to England. He would suggest
that all that part of the preamble should be omitted, and leave it to
Parliament to make the grant hereafter if they thought proper.
Mr. WALLACE said there had been a sum of money voted to
Portpatrick harbour which might very well be dispensed with, and
given to the deepening of the Shannon, or any other useful national
purpose. Laying it out at Portpatrick was, in plain English, throw-
ing it into the sea-.-it was throwing away good money after bad ;
and he would therefore move, on bringing up the appropriation
clause, that no more money be expended on Portpatrick.
Mr. WARBURTON did not object to the propriety of making
the grant, but the present Bill was merely for the purpose of ap-
pointing Commissioners to obtain an estimate of the expense, and
the introduction of such a clause in it was premature. He put it
to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he
could cite any precedent for such a proceeding ? It was pledging
the House to advance the sum necessary for carrying on these works,
whatever that sum might be. Was the House to be pledged to do
so, without obtaining the estimate of the surveyors ? The Bill
would not, he contended, bind the Members of any future Parlia-
ment. There were various conditions necessary to be entered into
with the proprietors, and the Government could make a better
bargain if the grant was not previously made. The Hon. Member
concluded, by moving the omission of that part of the clause which
authorised the grant.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would state the
grounds on which this preamble was framed, in order most particu-
larly to meet the objections of the Noble Member for Bridport, to
whose authority on these subjects he was disposed, both in and out
of the House, to pay the most respectful attention. This Bill was
introduced in consequence of several repeated inquiries by Com-
mittees of that House, but the Bill did not carry out to their full
effect the recommendations of those Committees. He did not pro-
pose to the House to do this, and if it had been propbsed by others
he would not have approved of it. The recommendation of the
Committee was, that there should be a vote of public money for this
purpose absolutely pledging the House, not only to the principle,
but to a vote of public money for the adoption of the principle, be-
fore they had a satisfactory plan and estimates ; and above all, be-
fore arrangements were made with the parties locally interested, in
order to protect the public against undue, excessive, or extortionate
claims, which would be a bar to the undertaking altogether. It was
recommended by the Committee that the money should be ad-
vanced ; but to this recommendation he entirely dissented. He
would not ask the House to advance one single farthing, except for
the expenses that must be incurred by reason of the inquiry. The
Bill not pledge the House to the advance of any money ; all it
pledged the douse to was, that in the event of there being a satisfac-
tory plan and estimates, and in the absence of all unreasonable local
demands, the money should be hereafter advanced. The question
was, whether the Crown, in its individual capacity, being a party
to the undertaking which could not be effected without the inter- ,
position of the House and the Crown having no right to impose '
the onus upon individuals who had neither the means nor the
power to execute the work, whether that House was disposed to
adopt the principle of the Bill, by saying that if the parties
locally interested would provide one-half of the expense, and a proper
plan were laid before Parliament, they would be disposed to give
the other half. His Hon. Colleague said that there had been no
similar cases. He could assure him that there had been innume -
rable such cases. There was the case of the river Barrow, and of
the Cam ; but the present was a special case. A very considerable
portion of the navigation of the river Shannon belonged to the
Crown, and they were annually voting sums of money for the im-
perfect maintenance of the navigation.
Mr. PRYME—How did it belong to the Crown ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It was vested
in the Crown by the laws of the land. There were, as he said
before, several precedents--he would not speak of the Caledonian
Canal, which he believed was a failure, but there was the Highland
Roads and Bridges, the interposition of Parliament in which case,
according to Mr. Telford, was the means of advancing Scotland
a hundred years in civilization. There was also the Holyhead-
road, the Menai Bridge, and the Plymouth Breakwater, and
various other cases in which that House had interposed. They
could not expect that the local parties would submit to a proposi-
tion for binding their county rates for the repayment of this money,
unless that House pledged itself to the principle, and to advance
the money if a good case were made out. On these grounds he
prayed the House to allow the Bill to remain in its present state.
He had done his duty in proposing the Bill—he had done his duty
by the Committee and by the public ; and he hoped the House would
enable him to treat with the parties in Ireland, with whom he could
treat effectively, if they saw that House disposed to entertain a fa-
vourable view of the present case.
Mr. C. FERGUSON was of opinion, that the great object of
this Bill could not be carried into effect if the Amendment should
be agreed to.

WARBURTON explained.
Mr. D. ROCHE was sure the Chancellor of the Exchequer had
too much respect for the public purse to recommend this measure,
if he was not convinced that it would be of great benefit to the
country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained.
Mr. PRYME had not denied the existence of precedents,
and his doubt was not removed, for the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman had not produced one. It was true he had mentioned the
Holyhead Road Bill, but that was as much an Irish work as an
English one. He had also mentioned the Plymouth Breakwater,
which indeed was a naval work, and as much a work of Wales or
Scotland as the building of any ship of the line.
Sir E. CODRINGTON declared that he should support the
clause.

Dr. BOWRING thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer had
made out a strong case in favour of the Bill being allowed to go on.
He, however, thought the people of Scotland generally did not think
the communication with that country by means of Portpatrick the
best that could be devised.
Dlr. C. FERGUSON believed that the generality of his consti-
tuents were satisfied with the communication by way of Portpatrick.
Mr. O'BRIEN supported the Bill.
Sir F. TRENCH supported the Bill, observing that at the pre-
sent moment he believed there were no less than two millions of
persons on the banks of the Shannon who had never seen a suit of
new clothes, such was the distress they were in.—(A laugh.)
Mr. O'CONNELL. thought the Hon. and Gallant Member la-
boured under a mistake. They might see the police and the sol-
diers in new clothes—(A laugh)—they might also see the Hon. and
Gallant Member not only in new clothes, but in the first fashion.
He challenged the Hon. Member for Cambridge to state what in
terest the people of Ireland had ever derived from their connection
with England. Their debt had been increased in consequence, and
up to the commencement of the existence of the present Adminis-
tration he defied Hon. Members to show any act that had been
done for the good of Ireland.—(Cheers.) Ireland was perhaps the
most fertile country in the world, and yet what was the general
state of the inhabitants ? The greatest misery owing to bad laws.
The present Ministry were anxious to do all they could to alleviate
the distresses of that unhappy Country, but what was the use of
that when a sort of stop-gap existed elsewhere. If he was told,
where would you find a market for your provisions, if it was not
for England ?—(Cheers.) He could say, was it not for Irelan4
what would become of half the manufactures of Manchester and
other great towns. —( Cheers. ) The people of Ireland were a
patient people, and he wished his voice was loud enough to be
heard elsewhere, to beg that their patience might be considered,
and their grievances redressed. He could not but lament that at
the present period of the Session they were discussing the phrase
in a clause they were now doing. The policy of misrule which
had so long obtained would be, he trusted, shortly put an end
to, and justice at length done to Ireland.
Mr. EWART most warmly supported the Bill. He thought
the arguments of the Hon. Member for Cambridge were quite in-
applicable to the present case, and he trusted, with his Hon. and
Learned Friend the Member for Dublin, that a better feeling would i
be introduced towards Ireland in another Vace.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection
to introduce the words suggested by the Hon. Member opposite,
which he hoped would meet every objection.---( Hear. )
Sir F. TRENCH complimented the Hon.jand Learned Member
for Dublin upon the witless joke which he had just perpetrated,
but after all the Hon. and Learned Member agreed with him that
these people were almost in a state of nature. He complained of
the Noble Lord (Morpeth) having requested the Hon. and Learned
Member not to support the Bill as it would ensure its rejection in
another place.—( Hear.)
Lord DIORPETH had been induced to make that observation in
consequence of a very grave debate in another place, which had
reached him through the ordinary channels.—( Hear. )
Mr. SHARDIAN CRAWFORD cordially supported the Bill,
which, he contended, would be productive of very great benefit to
Ireland.
Mr. ROCHE also supported the Bill.
Mr. RUTHVEN trusted the Bill would pass. Large sums of
public money had been expended upon harbours in Scotland, but it
had been all thrown away ; and now an objection should be made
to the present grant, which would be productive of such important
benefit.
SirF. TRENCH was proceeding to make some observationsupon
the speech of a Noble Lord (Brougham) elsewhere, when he was
interrupted by loud cries of " Order, and Chair."
Mr. BERNAL put it to the Hon. Member whether it would not
be better to omit all allusion to what took place elsewhere.
Sir F. TRENCH would bow to the suggestion of the Chairman,
but lie was sorry others (looking at the Hon. and Learned Member
for Dublin) did not refrain from personalities.
Lord MORPETH thought the Hon. and Gallant Member had .