/ THE NATIONAL REctsTr,n. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. 4 • • SPAIN. • From the last received numbers of The Cargo's(); a paper ih which the debates of the Cortes arc published in an abridged form, we learn ; that with a view to anticipate expected appli cations from Britain, that Assembly was occupied with the con sideration of propositions For abolishing torture, includ ing the use of handcuffs, chains, &c. in the confieement and securing of prisoners ; mod, For abolishing the slave trade; and 3d, Communicating the decision upon these propositions to the British Government. The proposition for ab , )lithing torture was instantly agreed to. The proposition for aholrhing the slave trade gave rise to mime apprehensions of mischievous con sequencc, in Cuba, similar to those that had occurred i:i St. 4 Domingo. This Resolution was referred to a Committee. Thc Assembly in a subsequent Sitting, entered into the considera tion of the recent Military procetdi , gs, in the cner;e of which some dissatisfactiotT was expressed at certain omissions and forms of communications in the Sitting of 5:11 April, the Regency presented the plan of a Decree, having for its object to declare, " that if any Governor of a place, either of himself or in con currence with a Council of War, should propose to surrender, that the command should then fall to the next Officer in gradation of rank, who miblat vote for continuing the de rence." t:aniz, APR it. 17.---The Conciso contains a letter from Yelees, dated the 10th, in which there is the following statement .—" A cavalry soldier has crossed the river by swimming, at 'Talavera Real, and gOt possession of the boat which the enemy had there. Ceneral Beresford has made a reconnoismice, in the course of Which he was nearly taken prisoner. Maortio, MARCH 13.—The review of the troops here, that was fixed for the 10th inst. did not take place, on account of the unfavourable state of the weather, it was said, hut rather in consequence (Attie arrival of a Courier on the evening of the 9th. King Joseph would see nobody on the 10th. On the llth, the detachment i (-turned hare had been sent to escort a body of yrisrers from OliVenza to Segovia. Th..y had them several wagyons, and several French and Ca-titian fami lies who were waiting for the escort at S egov i a . D'A rmagnac , lately appointed G vernor of Cucnoa, set out yesterday on his march, p; eceded by several troops with artiliery, which, ac cording to general report, arc destined for Cuenca by the way of Arganda ; but others say that their object is to fortify them selves on the right of the Tagus, between Toledo and Villaman tigue, by which an easy communication may at all times he preserved between the troops of Guadai..xara and those of the province of Toledo, towards Tata vera and la Mancha, advanc ing or concentrating themselves as circumstances may require; avoiding in this manner the incursions of the parties of La Mancha, in the provinces of Madrid, and that thestroops may be saved the excessive fatigues to which they are exposed from continual marches.and counter marches, on account of those hostile incursions. We are assured that, on the I.sth or 16th, a convoy k to set out for France, along with which Aranza, the Commissary of Seville, goes to meet his wife; this, ut least, is the pretext; but, without doubt, there are whet - objects in view, anti one of the first will be to represent to the Eel:el-or the impossibility of keeping possession of the Andalusias, in the present circum stances, with the number of troups there, and the little import ance that the French Generals attach to the orders of Joseph.— It is oleerved that Aranza uses two sorts of language. In pub lic he says, that the people of Cadiz: ardently desire to be sub dued by the French ; that the Cartes are divided into mary par ties, and that all despair of a happy issue to the affairs of Spain, account they would have opened their gates to the French, had it not been for the, predominating influence of the English. But in private, where he reposes czndence, his lan guage is very differem, and he confesses the difficulty there is of preserving the AnCalusias with the troops :hat arc now there; and, in short, his relations with .loseph have contributed much t') put him in bad humour, as well as coMpelled him to take other measures, and to try all possible means to keep up the communication of that army by Estremadura and La Mancha. The Ministers and &Allard feel very much alarmed learning that the guerrilla parties compel the transpoits and waggons with goods and provisions fro:n Andalusia, to. make their ‘vuv for Valencia. In s!v they are much afraid that there may be a want of provisions in the capital, as they would have every rea son to he appi'ehenlive of the resentment of the people, should scarcity begin to he _ Letters from Paris tt, the 9.15 th ult. were received on Tues day. They communicate .:hat the embarrastmcnts of the coin t-nercial cLsses were daily incrtasing. Some of the cldtst and best established houses in that city live been under the titres t y of yielding to the pressure of the rims ) and suspending their paymeats. IMPEL?IAI, PARLIAMENT. ‘27.5 .... ~,. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, APRIL 29. The Earl of RO6LY . :4 moved fur certain accounts of the Impor tation of Barley into thi6 country.—Ordered. Lord Si b moo ix said, th. he meant to call their Lordships at tention to a circumstance of great importance, respecting the first of William and Nl:try, and the 19 t h of deo. la. as far as they rslate to Protestant Dissenting Nleetins-houses. For that purpose he would move that the 1-iou4e be summoned for Thurs. day, May 9. Ordered.—Adjonrned.. ar f — TUCIDAY, A PRILWO. The House went into a Committt.e of Privileges on the Ban bury Peerage, I- orther con,ideration on Thursday. The the table were fJrwarded in their respective stiges, and a number of Plivale Bills were bought up trum the Cummous.—Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MAY ]. The Earl of CA ftnit:AN took the oaths and his seat. The several Bills on the table were read in progress, and the House then adjourned. THURSDAY, MAY 2. Their Lordships met It two o'cl,,ck in a Committee of Privi leges, which, upon the subjects of the Berkeley and Banbury Peerages, engaved their attention for several hours. The consi deration of both was, at de erred to to-morrow. Upon the motion of Loki RFDEFDALE, the discussion on the Insolvent Debtors' Bill was postponed to next 'llursday. A Bill for the more effe.7.ln.il Abolition of the Slave Trade was, with several Private Pills, brouLlit up from the Common*, and read the first tinie.—Adjourned. FRIDAY, MAY 3. Their Lordships met according to adjournment at one *o'clock, in a Committee of Pi ivileges, when Counsel were heard, and witnesses examined at great• length, in the cause of the Berkeley Peerage, the further consideratian of which was postponed to Tuesday nest. I'he discussion of the Banbury Peerage, for which the Judges had been summoned, was also dt , ferred. Counsel were heard, and witnesses examined, on Lord Clon curry's Divorce the ur.lter consi.!eration of which was de ferrad to Monday next. Several Bills, all private, among which was one for enabling Dr. Robert John '1 Lnrnton to clispote of his collection of paint ings, drawings, engravings, &c. were brought up from the Cuw:. mons, and read the first time.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, APRIL . ( .29. A new writ was issued for the election of a Member to serve in Parliament fur the borough of - WeyrnJuth, in the room of Sir James Murray Pultentiy, Bart. de eased. Lord PALMERSTON brought in 'he Innkeepers Regulation Bill, which was re:id a first time,_ and ordered to be react a 40' eund time to-morrow.7—Atijotirm.d. TUESDAY, AP:4M Si). The discussion on the Report ~f the Bullion Committee Was further postponed to Monday The House went into a Committee on the Highway Bill, which was ordered r., be recommitted onThursday.—Adjourned. WEDNESIIAY 7 MAT 1. The SrEAJER having taken the Chair, a Petition was pre+ sented by Mr. Slaw, from the Grocers of Dublin, against the Bill.—Received, and ord.:red to lie en the Table. The Slave Trade Felony But untberwent a third reading, on the ,notion of Mr. Brotigham, and was passed. Mr. TATI.elt moved for a Select Coiomittee on to-morrow ae'nnight, to inquire as to the iciury su-u.tincd by th Public, in c , msequence of the proposed by the Proprietors of the existing Theatres. Granted. Mr. BRAND gave notice, that he *mild submit a motion tO the Howe on Wednesday neat, with respect to a Reform in Parliament. SICILIAN TREATY. In a Cotttratee of Eupply, to which the Sicilian Treaty was referred, • CnANCELLOR of the Elcue2r r a mover, thaY 1. be granted to the Princo Re.-ent, to make good. kis itvs yaw gagenient With the Sicilian Gcorstrnmant. ti 7 • ;41