The Statesman. — 1823-05-27 (London, England)

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 elicited; 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 Newgate; 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 order 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 hazard a conjecture, as to the probable result of this iffair ; 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 portion 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.