The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-27 00:00:00

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Chit *tatetintatit.

TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1823.
• PARLIAMENTARY COMMENTARY.
Nothing wai done in the House of Commons last
night, though much was :aid. The whole evening was
' occupied, RS usual, with the entptiry into the conduct of
the Sheriff of Dublin. Not a single new fact was elicit-
ed; the only witness examined, (if examination it can
he called) being Sir Abraham Bradley King. He bad
defied the House on the prereding Friday'; and the only
remaining question was, whether, in tesentment for
tl.at defiance, the House should send him to New-
gate; keep him there six or eight week*, for by
- law they could do no more, and then see him
room to Dublin, received with open arms, congratulated,
and loaded with honours by his party, as a steady sufferer
in their cause. There is no doubt in the world, that, in or-
der to secure the ultimate triumph, the Baronet wishes to
be sent to Newgate. The House wiab, not to send him to
Newrate, and yet to avoid the disgrace of allowing him to
defy them with impunity. Mr. 'trough/no says, for we dare
net wry it, " that if the House do this, they will abdicate
" their own privileges. commit an act of suicide, c3mplete
" their own humiliation, and prepare themselves for
• beir,g, as they will justly deserve to he, licked
• and cuffed out of doors.--It may be difficult to ha-
zard a conjecture, as to the probable result of this if-
fair ; hut in our opinion, the Douse will never think of
sending this in.. is to Nesigate. There was a good deal of
eovetry last night ; a good deal of attempting to get out of
the scrape ; but much more " dignity" which just in'erpcsed
WI/recent a retreating out of it. There were several mo•
tions to this effect ; one was to escape out of the difficulties
by postponing a consideration of it six months. That would
not do. Another was to* drop the Ming altogether,
and say no mare about it. That would not do ;
the House, the House such as Mr. Brougham
has described it, will resume the business to-day, and Slr
Abraham King, full of bold defiance, will again attend
them, ready to go to Newgate, if they shall think fit to
send him there.

It will et once be seen, that this matter has little or
nothing to do with the general question. In this dispute
between this Baronet and the House of Commons, we
know not which party shell prove victorious. It is
pretty obvious, however, that as the case now steads,
ore of the parties looks, and is likely to continue to look
very far from being triumphant.

Expresses from Paris brought letters yesterday afternoon.
the contents of whieh mast occasion pain if reliance be
placed on their correctness. They state that Abisbal, the
Commander of the central army sale!) was to cover Madrid,
bad deserted the cause of the Constitution, and disgraced
himself by embracing the part of the invaders. They do
not, however, entil. ly agree In the details which
they give of this occurrence; some assert that
ha took with him several Generals and a large por-
tion of his troops ; some that he merely resigned
ti.e command of the army without inducing it to share
his defection ; whilst others pretend that be issued an Ad
dress to the Spanish people, in which he stated, " that
it was manifest that the majority of the nation were not
for the Constitution, and invited them to receive the'
French as deliverers from the state of anarchy into
which they were plunged !" This event is stated to have
taken place on the lerth inst. and was believed by many
in Paris, though others considered the report without
foundation. Letters haje been received in London from
Madrid, of the llth, and from Bilboa of the 15th, which
gave no reason to entertain suspicion of his fidelity.—
In case his defection has taken place, it is understood
the command of the troops at Madrid would devolve on
Gen. Espinosa.

STOCK EXCKANICK, 12 O'CLOCK.—Consols opened this
morning at 150 i fur the account, and 80! for money, and
went up to 811 for account. We do not bear of any
express from Paris up to this bout, as any one which
could arrive at this time must have left that capital on
Sunday, when no husiuess was transacting on the Ex-
change. Although we have no confirmation as yet of
Abisbal going over to the French,it is credited. The Gene-
ral had been intriguing three months before the King
left Madrid. There is also another Spanish General who
is much suspected, and great fear is also enterta!ned that
Le will also join the invaders of Spain. There is great
.talk this morning about the New Spanish loan. Various
parties are mentioned as contractors, but nothing is yet
positively known on this subject.

Fonstox Fosros.—Spanish Bonds opened at 365, and
went up to 36ifiN but there is not much businees doing.
New Spanish, 36H-37—New Prussia, 7914—Danish, 90
—Chili, nothing done—Colombian, 61.

CITY, ONE o'CLoca. —lt is this moment repotted, that
the address or explanation of General Abisbal is in town,
in which he states, as the reason of his abandoning the
Spanish cause—that he finds it in rain to resist the
forces of the French, and he recommends to the Spanish
Nation a modification in their Constitution.

A file of American pipers has been received to-day
• to the 311 of May, fro .= which we extract the follow-
ing:
FROM MANILLA.—The ship Ajar arrived there on
the Ist Nov. from Cadiz, with a new Governor for the
Philippine Islands and 240 Spanish officers to take
charge of the troops at bfaailla and the out ports. Good
discipline bad beets preserved stnttng the troops since