The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-31 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
II:brow/I, 30° die Maii, 1821.
Dysart Ferry Bill,—read a third time, and passed.
Petersfield'Borough (Right of Election),—!louse informed,
That the Committee required the Counsel for the several par-
ties to deliver in to the. Clerk of the Committee Statements in
'a/thing of the right of Election for which they respectively con-
tended ; and that the Committee have determined, That the
right of Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the
Borough of Petersfield, in the County of Southampton, is in
Freeholders of lands or antient dwelling-houses or shambles, or
dwelling houses. or shambles built. upon antient foundations,
within the said Borough, such lands, dwelling-houses, and
shambles, not being restricted to entire antient tenements.
Harwich Church Bill,—Further time granted for making the
Report till Friday.
Ipswich Paving Bill,—Reported ; to be ingrossed.
Manchester Improvement Bill,—Report on Petition for Bill
read ; another Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir James
Graham and Mr. Blackburne.
Agricultural Distress,—Petition of the Commissioners of Sup-
ply of Linlithgow, complaining of the depressed state of Agri-
culture ; to be printed.
Extra Post Bill,—Petition of Chamber of Commerce of
Edinburgh, against.
Land Tax Surplus,—Petition of General Thornton, respect-
ing the Surplus Receipts of the Land Tax ; referred to the
Committee on Receivers General of Land Tax.
Clover, &c. Sectl,—Petition of Seed Merchants and others,
of Norfolk, complaining of the adulteration thereof; referred
to the Committee on Clover and Trefoil Seed.
Charitable Lands Exchange 8i11,—." to authorize the Ex-
change of Lands, Tenements, or Ilereditaments, subject to
Trusts for Charitable Purposes for other Lands, Tenements, or
liereditaments," presented!, and read the first time, to be read
a second time to-morrow (this day.)
Poor Relief Bill,--Petition of Leypayers of Salford, against.
• Gamekeepers Appointment- Bill,—Committee deferred till
Tuesday.
Coals Drawbacks Bill,--Third Reading deferred till this day.
Assessed Taxes Composition Bill,—Committee deferred till
this day.

Seamen's Wages Bill,—read a third time and passed.
Woollen Trade Regulation Bill,—read a second time, and
committed for Monday.
Bankruptcy Laws Amendment Bill,—Report further con-
sidered ; Amendments agreed to; Bill to be read a 3d time on
onday.

From Naples we learn, that the Provisional
Government have discovered fresh conspiracies,
and that several persons hate been arrested in
every part of the kingdom. Generals BEGAN]
and ARCOVITO have, by_ the express
_orders Of
King FERDINAND, been put under arrest. Aus-
trian columns continue to occupy different parts
of Calabria and Puglia, which was far from tran-
quil, and whenever the Austrians are met singly,
or in small parties, they are sure to be assassinat-
ed by the partisans in those districts.

Madrid is represented to be more tranquil,
chiefly owing to the firm and energetic measures
pursued by Mortur.o since his assumption of the
duties of Captain-General of the capital, and to
the equally energetic conduct of the new Politi-
cal Chief. The report of the capture of MERINO
is not confirmed : and it appears that his band
is still very formidable. The inability of the
EAIPECINADO in not effecting the total destruc-
tion of these rebels, has made ,him suspected by
the Government, who have recalled him, and
appointed a well known and tried commander in

his place, whose name however is not mentioned.
The Portuguese Cortes were still occupied on
the 12th instant with the discussion of the law
respecting the privileges and liberty of the
Press. Several Articles have been adopted.—
Publishers are held responsible for all works
against the Roman Catholic Religion and morals,
and also for all libels ; and authors and trans-
lators are to enjoy the copyright of their works
and translations during life, and their heirs ten
years after. The abuses of the Liberty of the
Press in matters of religion are defined, and to
be punished by fine and imprisonment.

The following are the principal contents of
Spanish Papers to the 17th inst., and Brussels to
the 29th, received this morning :
. " CORUNNA, MAY 9.—As soon as the persons
arrested in different parts of the province began
to arrive here, an extraordinary fermentation
was observed among certain persons, who would
not have these individuals remain in the city.
In the night of the 3d, there was much violent
declamation in the Patriotic Club, when it was
proposed to send them all away, nay, even to
transport them to distant climates, and a repre-
sentation to this effect was made to the Political
Chief. This step did not calm the impatience of
the Club, and on the morning of the 4th many
groups assembled in the Plaza' of the Constitu-
tion, and on all sides cries were heard of ' Away
with the traitors who plot against the system
The Captain-General calmed this tumult by
promising to accede to their desires, and in the
night more persons were arrested. On the night
of the sth, the Canon of Al6donedo Baquerina,
with another person of the same town, were
brought in prisoners, and were embarked for
the Castle of St. Anthony, to preserve him, it
is said, from the rage of some persons who
would have attempted his life. Meantime
the agitation among the Members of the Pa-
triotic Club, and some lathe's, continued, and
the removal of the prisoners was insisted
upon, so that there was reason to fear that the
public tranquillity would be disturbed. This
state of things continued till the night of the Bth,
when the following persons were embarked on
board the brigantine Hermosa Rita, as it is re-
ported, for the Canaries.—(Here follows the list
of above 40 names : among them are above 20
canons and other ecclesiastics, some merchants, a
late Governor of Ferrol, and the last name is
the Marquis de Villaverde.)
" MISCELLANEA, MAY 16.—The Universal of
the 15th and 16th gives very long accounts of the
events in Gallicia, with lists of persons arrested
at Corun.ia, Santiago, Betanzos, and Lugo.
There are lists in circulation of arrests in othPr
places, but their authenticity is not certain. af-
ter-the embarkation of the persons sent away in
the above mentioned brigantine, there still re-
mained 30 prisoners, and more continued to
arrive.

I" CADIZ, MAY 7.—The persons lately ar-
rested in' consequence of a commotion, and ac-
cording to a list signed by certain individuals,
who yielding, it seems, to imperious necessity,
doubtless proposed to check the popular disor-
der, have been set at liberty, not the smallest
charge being substantiated against them.
" The Consular Agent of his Britannic Ma-
jesty at Algeziras has transmitted to the Political
Chief of that district, by order of the Governor
of Gibraltar, an Edict, which has been published
in that place, relative to the admission into that
port of vessels coming from Barbary ; by virtue
of which, from the 12th of next month, vessels
coming from the ports of the Empire of Morocco
will be admitted after 21 days' quarantine, pro-
vided they bring none of the goods mentioned in
the Sanistang laws. The personal effects of the
crew and passengers shall be submerged 48 hours
before the vessel is allowed to enter.
" BRUSSELS, MAY 25.—The trial of the
Vicars-General of the Diocese of Ghent is
finished. This morning, the President having
asked the accused and their Counsel if they had
any thing to add to their defence, declared the
discussions closed, and the Court retired to deli-
berate. At a quarter past three the Court re-
turned, having deliberated four hours, and pro-
nounced the acquittal of all the three accused.—
The numerous crowd which attended to hear the
sentence pronounced applauded, with an enthu-
siasm beyond all expression, this act of enlighten-
ed justice.
" Mademoiselle Le Normand has been sent.
under an escort, this morning to Louvain, where
she is to be tried.

" BRUSSELS, MAY 26.—The last letters from
Constantinople give a frightful picture of the
state of that capital. Many hundred Christians
have been murdered by the Musselmen; and, it
is added, that whole streets of Pera, where the
Foreip Ministers reside, have been burnt, and

'strances on the part of the Austrian and Russian
Ministers to the Porte, from whom dispatches
had been received at Lay bach, in consequence of
which orders of the utmost importance were sent
by express to the Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of Observation on the frontiers of Tran-
sylvania. The exportation of arms, ammunition,
and warlike stores, 'has been prohibited by the
Austrian Government.

'all the inhabitants, without distinction of age or
sex, sacrificed Ao the fury of the Turks ; many
perished under the sabres of the barbarians, am
others in the flames. All the, Christian Ambas,
sadors had barricadoed their hotels : the diplo-
matic body, according to these accounts, were
in the utmost alarm, dreading every moment the
rage of these sanguinary men. Lady Strangford,
the wife of the British Ambassador, was wounded
in the head as she was going to take refuge in a
neighbouring house."

DEATH OF TII EARL OF SHEFFIELD.---Every
friend to the country and mankind will hear
with regret that this venerable Nobleman closed
his earthly career yesterday morning, at his
house in Portland Place. He had reached the
86th year of his meritorious and useful life. The
public have been indebted to him for numerous
Works on our Agricultural and Manufacturing
Interests, all of which have been found highly
beneficial. Even within the last three or four
weeks an interesting tract issued from his
pen on topics of this description. To his
Lordship is the world at large indebted for
a valuable collection of the Works of our
celebrated historian GIBBON, including the life
of that ornament of British literature, written by
the historian himself, a work which exhibits the
portrait of a map of extraordinary powers, and
of almost unparalleled industry in the pursuit of
knowledge, and presents a system of education
calculated for persons of the highest rank and
those intended for the learned professions. Many
of the works of Lord SHEFFIELD were published
anonymously, but none that would not have done
honour to his moral and intellectual character;
and through life it may be truly affirmed that the
interests of his country and mankind were the
animating principles of all his indefatigable la-
bours. His Lordship is succeeded in his titles
and estates by his son, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDE-
RIC CHARLES lloLuoyD, Viscount PEVENSEY.