The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-24 00:00:00

IPSWICH ELECTION.

Sir JOHN SEBRIGHT, from the T
Committee.rr
eonne
the Ipswich Election Petitions, reported, that
ed, Colonel
and Mr. Haldimand were not duly elected for the said Borough,
and that Mr. Mackinnon and Mr. Dundee were duly elected Mem-
bers of ParliAment for the said Borough ; and that neither the pe-
titions r.or the resistance to thorn were frivolous cr
The Report was delivered in ; and the Clerk of the Crewa was
ordered to attend on Monday to amend the Return.
The SPE AKER reported, that Mr. John Dillon,
who bad presented a petition against the Retort} for the Borough
of Athlone, had not entered into the usual rercg-nizancss. The
order for the consideration of the said petition was, therefore,
discharged.

Mr. .Spicer, from Chelsea Hospital, presented a Return of Un-
claimed Army Prize Money.
Mr. HERRIES presented a Return relative to the
Commissariat Estimates, pursuant to order of the House.—Laid
on the table.

CATHOLICS.
Sir F. BURDETT postponed the Catholic Ques-
tion from Thursday, the let, till Monday, the bth of March.

CORN LAWS.

Lord CHANDOS presented three petitions, two
from Buckinghamshire, and one from Kent, against any altera-
tion in the Corn Laws. He also presented a petition from cer-
tain manufacturers of Buckinghamshire, praying that the duties
or licenses affecting them might be taken off.—Laid on the table.

Sir E. KNATCHBULL stated, that he had se-
veral petitions to present on the subject of the Corn Laws ; but
he believed that, owing to circumstances, it would be better to
postpone the presenting of them till Monday. But he wished
to know whether Ministers still intended to bring forward the
Corn Question on Monday.

Mr. Secretary PEEL stated, that his Right Hon.
Friend the Secretary of State for the Foreign Affairs had intended
to bring forward the question on Monday, if that should be in-
sisted upon. But he certainly did mean to solicit a delay till
Tuesday, when he might be almost certain that he could make his
statement without inconvenience to himself, This was on the
supposition that the Catholic Question was to be brought forward
on Thursday, the Ist of March. But as the Catholic Question
bad now been postponed till the sth of March, he would propose
that the statement on the subject of the Corn Laws should be
made on Thursday, the Ist of March, when he ntight venture to
say, almost with certainty, that his Right Hon. Friend would at-
tend in his place and bring forward the subject. The object, in
the first place, was to state to the House the plan of his Majesty's
Government; and after the proper explanation, to lay Resolutions
conformable to that plan on the Table, that the Members might
have every opportunity of preparing themselves for coming to a
proper conclusion on_this important question.
Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL observed, that
this delay could he justified only by the circumstances.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE suggested that the most
proper course would be to lay the Resolutions on the table of the
House on Monday; and then, when these were in the hands of
the Members, the Right Hon. Secretary for Foreign Affairs
might give an explanation on Thursday.
Mr. Secretary PEEL replied, that the most proper
course certainly would be, to lay the Resolutions on the table
when the Mover had the opportunity of explaining his whole
plan, of stating the principles on which it was founded, and of
making such observations as might appear to him to be called for.
The course intended to be adopted was this—first, to lay the plan
before the House in Committee, with an exposition of the reasons

and principles on which it was founded; next to propose Reso
lutions conformable to that plan; and then, without any inten-
tion to roude debate or discussion in that stage, to move that the
Resolutions be agreed to pio foia, and printed and circulated,
so as to give every Member the fullest opportunity of forming a
correct judgment on the question. But to lay the Rescihitlons
on the table without the requisite observations and explanation
was quite unusual, and there was certainly no intention to do so.
The propbscd course was to do that on Thursday, which it had
been i::tencled to do on Mo ; end that was to introduce t 1,4
Resolutions with the proper observations 6'i-id ezplanations, and
then to propose that these Resolutions should be agreed to, and
circulated as he had before mentioned.

:‘,lr. CALCR AFT admitted that it was proper that
the Resolutions should come ;v?th the requisite observations and
explanations ; but at the same time this great a'* important ques-
tion had been too much delayed already ; and in case the Right
Hon. Secretary for Foreign Affairs should not be able to attend,
some othEi Member of the Administration ought to bring it for-
ward in his absence.

Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that he might venture
to state, almost with certainty, that his Right Honourable Friend
would be in his place on Thursday. If the Catholic Question had
not been postp,aed, his Right Honourable Friend would have
brought forward the subject of the Corn Laws en Monday or
Tuesday, otherwise some other Member of Administration would
have brought it f6rWard iii his stead,

It was therefore understood that the statement on the Corn
Question should be made on Thursday, and a call of the House
was ordered for that day.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE ARMY.
Mr. HUME gave notice, that whenever the Com-
mittee might sit upon the Mutiny Bill, he should move a clause
to put an end to Corporal Punishment in the Army in Great
Britain. He proposed to limit the change, uan experiment, to
this country. The Hon. Gentleman also gave notice, that on
Monday next, be would move for a Return of the number of in-
stances in which Corporal Punishment bad been inflicted in the
Army during the last two years.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House Adjourned till Monday.

PRIC}S 07 STOCKS THI
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red • 61
3 per Cent. Cons. ......... . ; ,„5
31,4 per Cent.
Ditto Red. 89%
3 per Cent New
Ditto, ISVS
Bank Long Atm.
India Stock
Oitt, ct f 3 pm.

PRICES OF FOREIGN F
Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. „,
Brazilian Bond- 65%
RuOnos Ayres Bonds.
Ctilian &tiffs, 6 per ct. 3'7%y,
C ilom`tian Bonds
Uitto, 1824
Danish, 3 per cent. ,
Greek Bonds
Ditto, 1826
Ousittmala
Mexi ea f I Bonds

Do. 1825

PRICES Or Sn ARE

Brazilian Mir:ng r.,mpany
Pasco PeruvTc.rt .Y.!iii.g Company,

PRICE :it IRISH
Bank Stock 239%
Consols, 3 per cent
Gov. Stock, 3% per cent.
Ditto, New

4 per tent.
Goy. Deb. ni per cent BB%
Royal Canal Stock
Grand Canal Stock -
City Deb. 4 per cent. --.
Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. -.

MA
Arrived. Due.
0 America 1
0 Brazil 1

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O Buenos Ayres
O Donaghadeo 0
I Dublin
O Flanders 0
O France
O Gottenburgh I

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NGE YESTERDAY.
Leghorn
Genoa
Venice
Malta
Naples 33
per ex. 114
I Lisbon 3oli
Oporto
Rio Janeiro 4O.
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
Dublin, 21 days' sight ll‘.
Cork
BULLION, PK OZ.
X. B. it..
Portugal Gold, in coin.... 0 Q 0
Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 8"
Nev: Doubloons 3 13 3
New Dollars 0 4 9
Silver, in bars, standard Q 4 11/

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1827.

The French Papers of Wednesday and Thursday,
with the Etoile of Friday, have been received this
morning. By the latter, we have intelligence, said to
have been received by a telegraphic despatch from
Madrid, that the Portuguese Insurgents, who were
closely pursued by the Constitutional troops, had been
defeated with severe loss, at the Bridges of Prado and
Barca, leaving a great number of prisoners and several
pieces of cannon in the hands of the Constitutionalists.
This news, which we believe to be perfectly correct,
will be a death-blow to the power of the rebels, who
are by this time, no doubt, perfectly tired of their
visionary hopes of overthrowing the Portuguese Con•
stitutlon. Before this news had been received, the
Quotidienne, always boding ill-luck to the Con-
stitutionalists, quoted a report of their defeat,
from the Echo du Midi, in which it was stated,
that Count VILLA ELOR, and eight hundred of his
men had been killed, and that the Royalists were
again marching towards Oporto. But this news the
Etoile properly classes under the head of Lies of the
Day, and the Quotidienne itself admits that it needs
confirmation.

In the Chamber of Deputies the proposition for
giving the Government the power of prosecuting and
suppressing a work alleged to be libelous, before
publication, was opposed by the Keeper
,of the Seals
on Tuesday, and ultimately rejected by the Chamber.
We congratulate M. Art LLELE and the liberal part
of the French nation upon this victory over the
consummation
Ultra party, who would sacrifice the present
interests cf France and the right: of posterity,
o be
Aopfosttohieiciraisowthnus unconstitu-
tional purposes. rposes. The
de-
feated in their insidious attempt to enslave the mind
of France, by the suppression of the liberty of the
Press, will derive little satisfaction from the failure
of their open attacks upon the liberal Constitution of
Portugal, through the instrumentality of their worthy
co-adjutors—the rebellious soldiery; even though
cheered on by the treason of some Nobles—the
moneyo f the Priests—the promises of FERDIWAND
—and the cota teivolce of more influential agents, who
would have hazarded more had their own power been
more secure.

A letter accompanying the Express from Paris says,
~ The Three per Cents. at a quarter•past four, remain
at 69f. sellers ; Colombian, 37f. buyers ; 38f. sellers.
Nothing doing.—The following are extracts :

(From the Etoile, dated Friday.)
"PARIS, FEB. 22.—Letters from Madrid of the most recent
date, which we received this moment (three o'clock), inform as
that the Portuguese insurgents, closely pursued by the trcops of
the Regency, were beaten on the sth at the bridges of Prado and
Bares, and left in the hands of their enemies a great number of
prisoners and several cannon."

" A letter from Barcelona of the 10th, says, that in the prece-
ding night, a dreadful storm bad desolated Alie whole country ;
about 4,0 vessels perished iu the port, and the damage is incal-
culable. Above 100 persons lost their lives.
" The Quotideenne quotes from the Echo du Midi, the news
of the defeat of the Portuguese Constitutionalists, placed by the
Etoile among the ' Lies of the Day,' and adds a letter from its
own correspondent, dated Madrid, February 11, who says—' That
lie saw with his own eyes an express arrive at the office of ths
Minister of State, on Friday, the 9th, who brought the news of $
great victory gained by the Portuguese insurgents, Count Villa
Flor and 800 of his men being killed, and the Royalists again
marching towards Oporto.'

The Quotidienne will not warrant the authenticity of these
accounts, and acknowledges that they need confirmation."
(The Moniteur and other journals contain no news.)
FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, Frs. 22.-. Five per Cents., 10If.
25e. 20c. 25c. 30c. 25c. 20c. 25c. ; Three per Cents., 68f. 80c.
75c. 85c. 80c. 85c. ; Bank Stock, 1,990 f. ; Rentes de Naples,
74f. 90c. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 111; Royal Spanish Loan, 53i *;
Rentes Perp. d'Espagne, 42i; Exchange on London, one month,
paper, 25f. 40e. ; money, 25f. 40c. 20c. ; three months, paper,
25f. 20c. ; money, 25f. 208.-Cours Authentique, Feb. 22..,...
From another printed list, printed subsequently to the former
Five per Cents., 101 f. 35c. ; Three per Cents., 68E 95c.
(From the Etoile, dated Thursday, Feb. 22.)
" Frs. 21.-Lord Granville is to set out for London
on Friday. It is affirmed that his Excellency, not having yet
taken his oaths in the new Parliament, and in consequence not