The Sun.
London, England, 1819-04-09 00:00:00

[Morning Po:'.]

It will, no doubt, afford much pleacmre to the
honourable and humane advocates for thieves
every oescription to learn, that, ttlth-ogb Govern-
ment would not comply with their wishes of
.de-
laying the s'ailtinz of the female transports, yet,
in compliance with their favourite system of clas-
sification: they love hired ninety-four ships for
the convey ;nee of two hundred convicts, and %lave
entered so minutely in T, the case of each indivi-
dual, that in one poicuiar ship there will 4e only
one convict, whose case it so cnitipletely*.iteige.
neris, th3t, in addition to the coonort being
the only convici on board, extra s., ores are or-
t!ered for her use, even confectiottarNi'fro4:ri cer-
tain Party shop ! arrangement will of course
be attended by tinusual exnenc, for the payment
of which, as the 1-I,m. Gent lerimb are incti advo-
cates of public economy, they will no doubt be
themselves forthcoming ! ! , .

[The Times.] •
Letters' from Cadiz•, received yesterday, State,'
that the expedition fOr Chili its to consist exclu-
sively of ships of war ; and that the troops are to
be sent to Portobello, to cross over to Parlama.
It seems, however, questionable, that this be
really the intention of the Spanish Government,
as it has before found thin plan impracticable,
owing partly to the unhealthiness of the isthmus„
and partly to the want of shipping at Panama.—
It would require a naval superiority to convoy
light transports from Callao. to Panama ; and after-
wards, when they had received the troops 014,
hoard, to protect them hack to Callao.

The effect of the new mtasurc for restraining
all issues of gold coin from the Bank, was folly.
perceptible in the rates. GI exchange negotiated
yesterday. Experienced brokers had predicted
that a decline must necessarily follow, w.:re
not perhaps prepared to expect that the fail would
be so rapid as it has actually proved. The
dif-
ference between yesterday and last Friday is not
less than 12 per cent. against this country. '['he
depression comnirnced ou Tuesday, when the
tendency of the measure was generally perceived:
yesterday it became so rapid, that in Liamburgit
bills a fall of one per cent. took place in the inter—
val between the opening and the termination of
exchange business.—(lbid )

It belongs to the House of Commons to guard
its own privileges, and it has on most occasions
shown itself sufficiently jealous of them; yet we
hear people who are esteemed very conversant it.
such subjects, speak with surprise of the course
adopted (and with apprehension of its conse.
(petters) on Mr.: Tennyson's motion, respecting
the Duke of illarlborough and the city of Oxford.
If a party complains of the interference of a Peer
at an election, it is voted an clection
Now if • the party. should be weak enough to
pursue it • as such, and attempt !o vindicate
tin. privileges of the Honse, at an expence of
3000/ or 40001., the;, as there is no law which
declares that the interference of a Peer should vi-
ti4te Eleetion, his Petition would be vwed
frivolous and vexatious. And if he wb...ly
tie-
clines this course, and so s!iipes a second Peti-
tion to thetlOne, that it c,onni pos ibly he con-
strued an Election Petnton, then t:e blouse de-
cide, tts they did on Mr Tettoyson's motion, that
the complaint related to a Walter which' l.ad pre-
viously been referred 11 an EleLtion Commi •ce,
%their the parties had unt thonent ht to prtsea.
ewe it ; and therefore the Pe, it ion coald not event
be recAved. I.lndet ;Lest. cireontstauce,, the'', is
reason in what Mr Ten. yson .ild at the close of
the debate, viz. " that tin persons wonin Itr tnr
titre petition the (louse on such waiter- ; bit
this?, to prevent any tt.lnsion, the best and wort
respectable and consistent cow would he, to
rescind the Stv!s)din::, Order, which asst-rts that
the interference of Peers at Llevicing i; a barach
of