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fore if the noble lord without a division (hear, hear,) agreed to
let the committee report the evidence only to the house, it was
rather too late for him to endeavour to throw the responsibility
of the committee having agreed to no report upon the shoulders
of others. (Cheers.)
Mr. SANDFORD said that the question which the committee
had discussed was not whether the report which the chairman
had drawn up be received, but whether the committee should
make any report to the house. If the committee had done their
duty, they ought to have adjourned and drawn up resolutions.
He believed that the agricultural interest would not he bene-
fited by the agitation of this subject.
Sir It. PRICE explessed his opinion that, nn relief could be
given to the agricultural interest by legislative enactments.
Ile would ask whether the fact that no report could he agreed
upon did not prove that the result of the evidence was that no
one remedy that had been proposed could be effectual?
After a few words from Mr. HAWES and Sir J. GRAHAM in
explanation,
Mr. S. LEFEVRE brought up the report of the committee on
agriculture, which was laid upon the table in the midst of
loud cries of " Hear."
"NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
Mr. HUME rose, pursuant to notice; after referring briefly to
'the circumstances under which the commissioners were ap•
pointed, for selecting the designs for the new houses of parlia-
ment, he said, that selecting Mr. Barry's plan was the result of an
erroneous judgment, and at variance with the instructions of
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, for the interior ar-
rangenaents. He therefore moved that an humble address be
presented to his Alajesty, praying, that in order to obtein plans
for the new houses of parliament in accordance with the in-
structions issued by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
his Majesty would be pleased to direct a fulther competition of
designs without limits as to the style of architecture, and the
expense of erection not to exceed a sum to be fixed; and that
such designs should be exhibited before commissioners to be
appointed to examine and report upon the same. (Hear.)
Mr. Ew RT seconded the motion, and after a lengthy discus.
aion in which Mr. H. Tracy, Mr. Estcourt, Sir J. C. Hobhouse,
Bif R. Peel, and Mr. Wyse took part, the motion was put and
negatived.
The Post-office bill was then read a second time, Mr. Wal-
lace consenting to withdraw his resolution.
The house then went into committee on the newspaper post-
age bill. The clauses were agreed to. Report on Monday.
Mr. STEWA RT said it was not his intention to press the mu-
bicipal corporations (Scotland) bill this session.
The house adjourned at two o'clock.

HUSE LORS..
On the motion O
of ViscounOFt MELDBOURNE,—FRIDAY that the Church of
Ireland bill be read a second time.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he should offer no op_
position to the motion, but hoped their lordships would be pre-
Pared to consider the bill in committee, with a view to make
such amendments in it as might be deemed consistent with the
interests of the church and the people connected with it.
The second reading of the bill was then agreed to.

OUSE OF COMMNS.—FRIDAY.
, There being only 32 membersO present at four o'clock, the
louse was adjourned till Saturday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—SATURDAY.
The house met to-day. About 200 members were in attend-
ance. The ministerial benches were crowded. No business
Df importance, however, was transacted. The debate on the
1-3hurch of England bill was adjourned to Monday.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
SPAIN.

From e nmes.
S. SEBASTIAN, JULY the
) 16.—Since the affair of the Iltb, there
ohave been no active demonstrations of hostility between ,the
-anglo-Spanish troops and the Carlist troops in this neighbour-
hood, beyond the usual dropping shots of some of the outposts
at each other. If appearances are to be trusted, it would seem
direction
the Carlists have something to occupy them in another
u_,lrection, as a large portion of their force has within the last
day or two been drawn off from before the lines here, which
'tO ircumstance goes in some measure to give a colouring of truth
a report that prevailed here yesterday, that Cordova hail
Moved from Vittoria, and come down hitherward as far as
Baiinas about 18 leagues distant from Sebastian. Another
report brought yesterday by a French naval office from France
that General Bernelle, with the French Legion and a rein-
forcement of Spanish troops, had had, within the last four or
!lye days, an encounter with a division of Don Carlos's army,
la which the latter were defeated with considerable loss. Upon
this occasion it is said that the Spanish troops rivalled in the
Itiscrity and vigour of their attack their fellow combatants of
the' French Legion. Should these two tumours turn out to be
well founded, it will form some compensation for the disap-
rhiitment consequent upon the result of the affair of the 11th.
t 0 a 'is affair has given rise not only to some dissatisfaction, but
considerable difference of opinion. The younger and more
ardent spirits of the Legion contend that an attack on Fon-
tarabia might at least have been attempted, and maintain, with
that confidence in the happening of that which they so eagerly
Fished for, that it must have been successful, whilst the older
and at least more prudent heads aver, that on finding the town
hut by any means in the defenceless state it had been repre-
enteci, it would have been an error in generalship (certainl
71,e ins humanity) to have risked a considerable loss of life for temporary possession of a town ; for to have kept perma-
'Tilt possession of it would have required not only the leaving
.11. i strong garrison in it, but the keeping up an uninterrupted
I:" of communication between it and Passages, a distance of
I,!tween eight and nine miles—a plan utterly impracticable with
;"eaa,uumber of troops under General Evans, a number barely
atcient to keep.the very extended lines in their possession.
itch are the conflicting opinions that have been the chief food
Far discussion here for the last four or five days. It is for ex-
perienced and impartial military men alone to decide which of
'ne two is the sounder.
That the dissatisfaction, however has not been limited to a
but has even spread amongst the men, some proofs were
?veri yesterday. The Bth regiment being on parade, the word
",` einumand was given to go through a certain manoeuvre, but
ettint
a so ldier moved a muscle ; the e
stad wor was repeated twice over,
the men remained in the samte of dogged immobility.
(1 Ihe captains of companies asking the meaning of such con-
lat, a private of each company stepped forth and said, that the
Ole of the regiment had come to the resolution of doing no
rope duty until they got a partat least of their hard-earned and
aftdue pay. An officer immediately rode into town to acquaint
Lieutenant-General with the circumstance, and a short time
,en erwards a sum of money to satisfy in part the demands of the
was_issued, which sum of money, it is said, was taken from
t a funds destined to pay the officers' field allowance. It is un-
vteessary here to make any comments. from their being so ob-
anis on the danger to the future discipline and subordination
the troops involved in this circumstance, or upon the folly,
Illgratitude, or bad faith of a government that can leave a Gene-
fl, the only one who has done them good and substantial service,
Ri this year's campaign at least, to struggle with such cruel and
Otost insurmountable difficulties. Yesterday was also marked
2 another and still more disgraceful circumstance—that of
Z7ea men of the Ist Regiment of Lancers, with their horses,
and accoutrements, going aver to the enemy. They were
au out-picket, and went of in
s. a body and at full gallop to the
arlia

(From the Correspondent of the Times.)
ARIS, JULY 20, 1836.—Y0u will not have forgotten the key
Jaye you to decipher the events which are now passing before
el. eyes in Spain. This will explain the failure of General
4 van's expedition against Fontarabia. According. to previous
hltallgentents, he was to have been supported by a simultaneous
hiftvement of Bernelle in the direction of Irun. Evans fulfilled
1118 Part, but the other not having made his appearance, nor even
Was any symptoms of stirring in the whole 36 hours that Evans
retira i.ll action, he decided (very prudently, in my opinion) on
,
POW " but. this repulse has strangely sunk the Legion in
ft. .te opinion here. To give you a beher idea of the course
qb!IIII are taking against English influence (which it is the
roilie,Ft, here to undermine at all risks,) and the efforts that are
bea‘l,4,lg to render French intervention indispensable, you must
eial ~lts mind, that, according to the statement founded on offi-
toe moeuments contained in Cordova's exposition to the govern-
roellt.on the sth of April, Don Carlos could not muster 23,000
hacit 10 line ; and that Cordova, by his own acknowledgment,
toe,, e
" th 7th of April, including the auxiliaries, above 100,000
to , Now of Don `arlos's 23,000, 4,000 have gone with Gomez
the 2,000 with Castor to the Asturias, and 2,000 more to
pp Province of Soria. Cordova, notwithstanding his boasted
lis ,7. of blockade, has allowed these 8,000 men to pass through
Ines, to carry the firebrand into the interior of Spain; and
tio n Carlos would never have detached so considerable a por-
with o f •
th his troops had he not been sure of remaining unmolested
tiow e rest. So in Navarre, Biscay, and Guipuscoa, there are
Vate;lNY 15,000 of the rebels : of these, the greater portion are
'u
Proh„,,s iv Ing Evans, and the remainder are unmolested, and unap-
e of attack.

n A , THE MINISTRY.
let'at,;, 4. Russell assembled his mediate and immediate friends
Proe":"_,al' morning at the Foreign-office, to discuss the mode of
tilitih—:,`"9..g. in the important measure relative to the Lsta-
aß4i...'t Church. A. general indisposition manifested itself
h_ittiust the bill. Mr. Duncombe declared he could never show
litmself again to his constituents were he to support it Mr.
IV° Made a direct charge against a cabinet the
li_edent of the Board of Trade stating that it would be
were
,e for him ever again to show his face atNfanaclrieferu,t
of th_rl to uphold it, as it defeated all their. hopes of
tollee Aare)); O'Connell was more designedly moderate,__ re:
Pr nl.lng that it was the end of the session, and fearful of corn
tialinrils'ing his subscription and patronage in Ireland, and fi-
°Y promising his reluctant support to the bill.
dell ire ~4 a split between the English Radicals and the O'Con-
triett,att The ministers were so startled, that of the forty odd
g lions
seers who hold places, there were but two present to form
%ter. . • The consequence was there was no house, and mini-
%lia "aye time to deliberate in what manner they can best
Pe their desperate course.— Times.

etitelZiltrs, have, for the present, obtained a respitewuoprtohnythoef
ther„ 13ned church bill, by a stratagem every way
fiee • After a meeting' yesterday morning, at the Foreign-of-
the. at which assembled the three great parties that govern
tiOder,%/41,trY--mercenary whigs or infidels, political dissenters,
"`Pr'r;P'3ts—the triforniis chimara now astride of Great Britain
kid ~ " DEtRRMINED THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO HOUSE',
fic)t,"ce°rdingly when the Speaker took the chair, less than
oelfehrnerabers when
fact but thiriy-two) appeared upon
ehe eo a eSi. more than a hundred, were, however, in attendance
have Ministerial side, ready to drop in should the conservativeso _
fort: emnpleted, as they ought to have done, the full tale. I.
llor The surprise, however, was successful, and the most im
thre:' measure of the session, or of many sessions, was thus
that 4 over Could be b
ry a trick—e meanest and the most cowardly
resorted to.— th
Siandard.
Abou. ---
teht L 150 of the usual supporters of ministers attended: the
dertie,entatives of the infidels and other political dissenters
the,,a_red, by the mouths of Messrs. Hume and buncombe, that
opt;',,etild never again face their constituents if they did no
e4tue3cr the church bill. Lord John Russell said that if de-
htch on the bill he must resign. Mr. O'Connell said,. that
the eallt? he disliked the bill, he more disliked the resignation o
.Inet, which would totally change the aspect of political
tlk(f)411!:!,in Ireland. Mr. Dunco.inbe rejoined, that it were. better
po,it.'2go, than propose, as ministers, measures, which, in op-
tleetaluot the party would certainly resist. Lord John, however,
allowtecl that his purpose was immovable, but that he would
tem a locus penitentice of three days by having no house yes-
-40,,,a•Y• The destructives then seceded in a huff, because the
Ito,'"
theta,Secrery would not concede more; and some half-
alree..,ll of ore respectable whigs, it is understood, have
tltt'qY abandoned him for conceding so much. We believe
Aah,, at four to-day, the bill will be again entered on the house
birr for discussion on Monday : if. proposed, it will be carried,
gtc,.enrious scene between the ministe and their destructive
Merles may be anticipated.—Standardrs .
'N

ter," Thapression among the whigs this morning is that minis-
hiontrit go out, and high odds against their continuance a
448ert in office are betted in the whig club-houses—we can
lieu , that as high as five to one has been wagered, in a par-
t N.,atr case, by an ex official whig nobleman. We rejoice, ho,.v-
kitsi sired case,
that among conservatives such a result is neither
14,11,_ nor expected. Our policy i'a now clearly to suffer Lord
"ourne to drag on.

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