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LISBON, JUNE 29. The uncalled-for attempt of this Municipal Chamber to em barrass the Government by its repeated threats of resigning at this particular Inment has been checked by Don Pedro and his Mi'fisters in a very masterly manner, well showint . : preverly they appreciated the real motives tlr,,, e r w hi c h i t acted. The following comr:iunication has been published : " His Imperial Maje;ty, Regent in the name of the Queen, duly received the tlree memorials from the Municipal Cham ber of Lisbon, (1. - cited 27th of May, and 9th and 19th instant, asking in the first, and insisting in the two last, for a decree dissolving it. His Imperial Majesty directs the Chamber to be informed, that he respects, in each of its members, the honourable choice made by the loyal inhabitants of this capi tal, and that he will only make use of his right of dissolving it whenever the welfare of the public, which is the sole object of his thoughts and actions, shall imperiously require it. " BENTO PEREIRA DO CARMO, " Minister for the Home Department. " Palace of Queluz, June 21, 1834." Notwithstanding the above, the Municipal Chamber has the undoubted right of resigning, and yet up to this moment re sort has not been had by any of its members to this alternative thus making it rather apparent that they were not in earnest when they applied to Government upon the matter. I have the pleasure of being acquainted with several of the gentlemen belonging to that body, who are highly respectable and es timable men in private life, but were evidently led by some mischievous perso - n. Here the matter has dropped, to the no small satisfactifjn of the thinking part of the public, who could not understand what the pretended grievances were. The Revista Semanal of last Sunday, which I enclose, contains a very sensible article upon this subject. A decree relative to the English-Portuguese loan has been issued by this Government, and it would be perfectly useless to take up your time with any remarks upon the satisfaction it must give to the English creditors : it speaks for itself. You are of course aware that the sum it refers to exceeds 1,600,0001. sterling. Another decre e has also appeared relative to the future re gulations of the trade of Madeira, with the most essential par ticulars of which I am induced to trouble you, as so much British capital and industry are engaged in it : " All such goods and merchandise as are admitted to pass through the Custom-houses in Portugal, shall have the same privilege at the Custom-house of Funchal, in the island of Mcdeira. " 2. The Custom-house at Funchal will be regulated in every respect by the practice of the one at Lisbon, excepting in anything which may be peculiar to that island. " 3. Its wines will pay a duty of 3 per cent. when exported to Portugal, and of 8 per cent. when to foreign countries, upon the valuation of 60 milreas per pipe ; all other produce of the country, such as fruits, salt fish, sweetmeats, &c., will only pay 1 per cent. on exportation. " 4. Each pipe of wine which may be ripened by storing shall be subject to a duty of 2 milreas per month." N.B.—The reason assigned for this is, that the Government consider the quality of the wines injured by this process, and they wish by the imposition of this tax to discourage its con tinuance. The other articles are not of any general importance. You will hardly believe that up to this time the linen manu factured in the province of Minl i o was subject to the payment of a duty of 23 per cent., which enabled foreign importations to compete with theirs in this market to considerable advan tage. An order of the Regent, countersigned by Jose da Silva Carvalho, dated the 23d inst., does away with this ex traordinary anennaly, and reduces the import duty thereon into all the ports of the kingdom to 3 per cent., under the denomi nation of derecho de fragatas ; by these means, the increased manufacture of it is encouraged. It is whispered that the detention of the Royal Tar steamer for 48 hours has been in order to enable M. Mendizabal to take with him some other decrees which have been, during several days past, under discussion before the Council of State, but notwithstanding my persevering inquiries, I have only been able to ascertain that one of the measures agreed upon is the admission of bonds of the loans contracted for in England as cash at par, in payment for the purchase of any national church, encomienda, and convent properties. I have heard the particulars of others which were in contemplation, but until I hear positively that they have been acceded to, it would not be right or proper in me to say any thing further, because, if Incorrect, my information might mislead. I beg to inform you that a very good understanding seems to prevail at last between. Lord Howard de Walden and these Ministers. I have it from good authority that both M. Freire and M. Silva Carvalho have told his Lordship that if he will at all times coriimunicate with them verbally in a friendly way upon any thing which may occur, previously to writing angry official letters, he will find them perfectly ready to do every thing in their power towards meeting his wishes, whatever they may happen to be, in an open and candid manner. His Lordship is stated to have met this declaration in a corres ponding conciliatory spirit, and the consequences cannot but be advantageous to both countries, particularly in a mercantile point of view. Both his Lordship and Admiral Parker have within the last very few days received proofs of this friendly spirit, in the une instance by the Government immediately setting at P.'oerty a midshipman of his Majesty's brig Scorpion, serving as a packet, who was caught in the act of conveying on hoard, without a permit, 641 b. weight of silver in bars, and it is not needful to mention the other. I have every reason to believe that my former conjectures as to the prevalence of a good understanding between the Duke it a 1 3 1181 en a and. t.ho outu not be surprised o see him join the Ministry With all its present members ; but, be this as it may, the circum stance will go a great way to prevent the necessity of a very large creation of peers, as his influence amongst that class is great, and they all look up to him as their leader. His ex cellency has at last given up the idea of going to England for the present, probably as he finds that being required to be back by the 3d of August next, in order to make the preliminary ar rangements for the meeting of the House of Peers, of which most likely he will be appointed president, he would hardly have time to be a fortnight London, unless he had the cer tainty of a steamer to br.ng him back. At a meeting which most of the nobility P,nd other influential persons have had, the Duke of Terc'"ara has likewise declared his approval of the measures of Do,n Pedro and his Ministers, as well as his de termination tA support the government so long as the same path was coatinued. You ar e n o d ou bt aware th a t t h e object of the opposite or moderate party is to remove Don Pedro from the regency, to support him in which his present minis ters and their friends stand pledged, and it appears from what I hear from the interior, that the general feeling there is one of gratitude to his Imperial Majesty for the success of his efforts and perseverance to rid the country of the despotic sway of Miguel. The Miguelites, I mean such as are incorrigible and still adhere to their former opinions, are using their utmost endeavours in order to socure the return of some of their friends as members to the Cortes, of course with hardly one chance of success. Their principal object in this no doubt is to oppose the decision of the Chambers as to the indemnities which, it is imagined by many, will then be ordered to be paid out of the properties of the principal Miguelite leaders, who in fact have been the cause of the ruin of so many families. Colonel Pizarro arrived in the packet from England on the 23d inst., and as the amnesty, according to general report, does not reach him, he was instantly put under arrest, but not before he had attempted to fire upon the persons sent to take him into custody. Marshal Saldanha, who had been his great friend up to very lately, has declined to interfere on his behalf upon this occasion. As I all along anticipated, it is now established beyond a doubt that there has not been a single case of cholera morbus in Lisbon this year, and the kind o f ty p h us f ever o f wh i ch spoke in my la s t has, thank God, disappeared. The Go vernment was, consequently, rather hasty in giving notice to the foreign Consuls not to grant clean bills of health, which ought to be discontinued now. The appointment of Count Toreno to the Spanish Ministry has produced general satisfaction here ; his unflinching con stancy to the cause of constitutional liberty, his splendid talents, and enterprising genius, his great perseverance, as well as his determined character, are all considered as so many guarantees that so long as he continues to direct the councils of the neighbouring country, so long will he contri bute to strengthen the union between the two countries, and increase their intercourse to mutual advantage, and so long will their liberal institutions be secure from any attempt at mutilation. There is no man whose nomination could at the present moment inspire more confidence to these good people. The Vigo letters inform us, that M. Llorente, deputy to the last Cortes, and M. Acevedo, formerly political chief of the Asturias, both lately returned from their emigration ev'zr since 1823, were likely to be elected procuradores or m embers of the Spanish Chambers for the province of Tuy, ;A opposition to the Marquis de Valladores and M. Ballesteros, the notorious ex-Minister of Finance of Ferdinand VII., who are likewise candidates. A report is going about, I know not how far cor rect, that the Portuguese Minister at Madrid has been in structed by this Government to request the removal from Lisbon of one of the Secretaries to the Spanish Legation here, M. Carnpuzano, who was in Lisbon during some part of Miguel's reign of terror, and did not then take any pains to disguise his ultra-conservative principles, as well as his ad miration of the Usurper's acts. Don Pedro's health is rather improving, and he avails him self of every favourable opportunity of taking horse exercise, in the early part of the morning as well as in the evening ; but he is nervous--the least thing affects him. The event of of his sister's disagreement with her husband, the Marquis of Louie, has annoyed him very much. Their Imperial Ma jesties, as well as the Queen, intend going to Oporto about the 10th or 12th of July. The merchants of this capital, amongst them some who were considered to be opposed to the Ministry, have written a very handsome letter of thanks to Silva Carvalho, for the late va rious mercantile measures of free port, &C. His Majesty's ships Hastings and Revenge, the former bearing Admiral Gage's flag, arrived this morning, and were saluted by the batteries and the different ships in the harbour. Lady Howard de Walden and family came passengers in one of them. Ad miral Parker, to the great regret of the merchants in general, will leave us on Tuesday in the Asia, on his return home to take his seat at the Admiralty Board. The Spanish frigate Perla arrived on Tuesday, and a French line-of-battle-ship is at anchor in Cascaes Bay, outside this bar. The Scotch Fu sileers, under Colonel Shaw, left us last Monday for St. Übe's. I learn this moment that Funchal, in the island of Madeira, is about being declared a free port, and that the government will be ready to receive tenders from any one who will be wil ling to offer to erect the necessary piers, break-water, &c. In consequence of the seizure of silver in bars which was made the other day, M. Silva Carvalho has taken the matter into consideration, and, in conjunction with the other ministers, it has been decided that hereafter all gold and silver in bars, or foreign coin, may be exported with a permit, but not other- PRICES OF STOCKS THI, Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 92 lA,' 3 per Cent. 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From the additional facilities which the increased size the paper affords, together with new type and superior machinery, we hope to render THE SUN still more worthy qf general support, for we appeal not to any party, but to the public at large. It is our intention, as opportunity permits, to devote a fair share of the paper to Literary and Scientffle, as well as to other purposes ; but as " doings" are better than "sayings," we shall leave it to the public to judge THE SUN according to its future deserts. cia = .4") -I.ti'.. , ~ ~ ,_ •-' °A Sito4 ti' 7 " .... • 7 , 2- . i --=- 0 411% -- , :- 1 ,IgYi ~, , s , ~. ' ° ; - ' - , ay a lrii, -0,,,,:r=2,,,,,A. (111 I 3 I V ---- 1 I LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1834 The result of the Quarter's Revenue is highly gra tifying, showing an increase of 350,9521., while the average on the year amounts to 390,2361. It willbe seen by reference to the table published in anotherpart of The Sun, that the principal increase is in the Customs, which is accounted for by the fact that the tea duties have been this quarter transferred from the Excise to that de partment. When the reduction consequent on the repeal of several taxes is taken into consideration, the improvement in the revenue is the more satis factory, as exhibiting the unimpaired energies of the country. We feel assured that when Government have leisure to examine more closely into the operation of several taxes that now press unequally on the people, they will afford still further relief, without at all affecting the produce of the revenue. Indeed, the more taxation is modified to the capability of those who have to pay, the more will the people prosper, and the national resources multiply. The ratifications of the treaty have arrived from Portugal. Don PEDRo's health was not very good when the messenger left, and he had gone to Akaides for its benefit. The Due de BROGLIE is coining to England on a visit to the LORD CHANCELLOR. M. DUPIN was so much delighted with his intercourse with the Eng lish people, that the Due de BROGLIE is anxious to have a similar opportunity of being better acquainted with them. CALOMARDE, Ex-minister of Spain, under whom the murder of Tonauos, our countryman BOYD, and their comrades in arms was perpetrated by MortENo, and who failed in a perfidious plot of en trapping the dying and unconscious FERDINAND into a disinheritance of his daughter, has, like others of his tyrannical character and principles, been com pelled to seek for protection under those free institu tions which he has spent his life in calumniating, sub verting, awl persecuting. He is at Paris. It is re ported, tliat since the arrival of Don CARLOS in England, lie has been busy in organizing an intrigue, by whi‘zh he hopes to place that pretender on the throne of Spain, and they say he is about to proceed to the Py rem:es to direct conspiracies and prepare invasions against his native country. But assuredly the French Govern ment will not permit any such machinations. It is right to afford refuge to misfortune, but .the hospita- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1884, lity liberally granted by free governments to exile and even to guilt must not with impunity be perverted to the means of aggression against a friendly neighbour and congenial institutions. Policy and public opinion alike forbid such supineness. LOUIS PHILIP will not fail to imitate and to repay the good offices of Eng land and Spain in removing CHARLES X. and BouR MONT from places of retreat too contiguous and too convenient for plots against his government. He will not leave the Spanish rebels unmolested to renew their plots and direct their insurrections from the southern provinces of France. The moral and intellectual qua lities of the three Pretenders, on which it would be ungenerous to expatiate, are, fortunately for the inte rests of freedom and the quiet of mankind, a great security for the representative Governments of France, Portugal, and Spain, and some advantage results even from the wickedness of such instruments as MORENO and CALOMARDE. The public indignation has been roused by their enormities, to act the part of vigilant police on their movements ; and wherever they wander, or whatever the disguise they assume, they have abused power in their own country much too mani festly to be allowed to plot in secrecy or safety further mischief in any other. The power of evil is palsied by the imbecility of those for whom it is exerted, or the notorious character and disgusting courses of those agents who are disposed to exert it. If any circumstance could be more favourable to the Government than the secession of Mr. STANLEY, it is the position in which the Tories have now placed themselves. They are both of a piece. The one. in part led to the other, and by a singular concurrence of circumstances, the celebration of the Oxford revels came just in time to drown amidst the din any mis givings to which common sense, or prudence, or the welfare of the country might give rise. The Tories have taken their position, and make their stand on the grand question—whether the abuses of the Irish Church are to be removed. They talk loudly of spoliation and robbery, and the security of the Church, but they know well that these are only terms employed to blind the people, and they will find to their experience that the people view them in that light, and attach just as much weight to them as they did to the phrases " corporation rob bery," " destruction of the constitution," and " subversion of social order," which seasoned and gave zest to almost every speech delivered against the great object of their wishes, Parliamentary reform. To make this evident a few ficts will suffice. The great objects of the bill which they oppose, are to abolish tithes and proportion the income of the Pro testant clergy to the duties performed. If there is one proposition more indisputable than another, it is this. And what are the - opinions of the people of the United Kingdom on the question ? Scotland has re corded her opinion in a way which sets every doubt at rest. Nearly two hundred years ago the English Government said to Scotland as the High Church party, if in power, would say to Ireland—The estab lished religion of the two countries shall be Episco pacy, and no clergy but the clergy of that creed shall be paid out of the tithes. And did Scotland acquiesce, or did she, like Ireland, meet the Go vernment half-way ? No such thing. She said, Presbyterianism is the religion of the people ; the established clergy shall be Presbyterian, and to them, and to no other, shall the Church property go ; and in the true spirit of independence she declared war against Episcopacy, girded herself for the contest, and finally triumphed. The English people have long felt the grievances to which they are subjected by the tithe system, and the unequal distri bution of Church property, and wait only for the settle ment of the more urgent question—the Reform of the Irish Church—to demand redress. Will they then support measures which would not only prop up that Church with all its grievances of tithes and non-resi dent and sinecure clergy, but form a barrier against every improvement in their, own ? Any assistance from them is as hopeless as assistance from the seven millions of Irish and English Catholics, and to whom then would Mr. STANLEY and his party go ? to a party that hate him more cordially than they hate Earl GREY ; to " the contemptible fragments of a broken faction." Were it not for the confusion it would create in the country, and the unspeakable injury it would cause to the Established Church, we would pray that the expe riment might be made. We should like to see Mr. STANLEY leader in one House, and Sir R. PEEL in the other with a dissolutio n of Parliament, and what then ? The Dissenters, the Catholics, the Whigs would rise to a man. The Treasury influ ence would return a few more Tory members than now, but they would only be as a drop in the bucket, and more than counterbalanced by the determination of a party goaded to resistance. The House of Com mons would be more unmanageable than ever; Ireland would present but one unvaried scene of confusion—no Coercion Bill would pass —no, nor any government mea sure, and "the contemptible fragment of a broken faction" would call aloud to their enemies to take the reins of government, and to save them from destruction. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in his admirable, straight-forward speech, said " they might keep their places for two or three uneasy sessions, and get through two or three bloody winters." They could not get through one, even cheered and hallooed on as they would be by all the Tory and all the renegade liberal press. The press is utterly powerless when opposed to common sense and justice. What have all the furious articles, all the violent denunciations against the Poor Laws Bill produced after long conception and painful labour ? A miserable abortion. Any attempt to prop up such an Adminis tration would have the same result, and the conse quence would be that the Whigs would be restored to power, and, under the restraint of the Radicals, grant, at the same price, like the Sybil, only a third of the original offer. Have the Tories no ominous fore bodings from the result of the division and the nature of the assistance they received on Friday night ? Have they not the sense to see, that of the three parties who supported them, some object to the bill because they wish to put the tithes into their own pockets— others object because they hate the Church, and pray for its downfall ; and - the remainder object from fac tious motives, and are led on, too, by a man who has committed an act of political profligacy—who, after remaining for four years on habits of the strictest intimacy with his colleagues—after asserting that they were agreed on all poi nts but one, and that on all t u , up port, unfolds turns te roundother mupeoansutrieisemthieny should or h t a vf fortnights describes his friends as the rt h n i i s gh s secrets of the Cabinet, and the human race, and surpassed not most imbecile of thieves -We wish the Tories j o y of such asso in wickedness, but .;n dexterity only by shoplifters and ciates. The two first will oppose them in every other measure—the last will fight with the spirit of a renegade ; but, like all characters of that de scription, will inspire no confidence, because they fight only for their own ends. Let Earl GREY and his colleagues, however, remain firm and they will be backed by the strength of the country. Let them persist in measures for the removal of all Church abuses—for the abolition of pluralities and non-residence—the more equal distribution of Church property—the appropriation of the surplus,—for cor poration reform and law reform, and though the Lords reject one or all, let them renew the contest and they will finally prevail. Notwithstanding the vile outcry raised against Earl GREY, the people of England know how much they are his debtors, and how much they have yet to expect from him. He and his colleagues are carrying Reform into every depart ment of the constitution —they have preserved the peace of Europe in times of no ordinary difficulty— they have mainly contributed to the regeneration of the Peninsula—they are every day improving our com mercial relations with France, and cementing the union and peace of the two countries, and reducing taxation to an amount never before contemplated, and is it likely that the sober—the staid people of Eng land will mar all these, and throw the United Kingdom into confusion out of pure fickleness, and for the pur pose of making an experiment which they know cannot succeed ? The idea is absurd. If the Tories persevere, they will only more speedily accomplish their own de struction, and GOD grant that they may not involve the Church with them. The main object of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill is to put down the system of paying wages out of the rates, and to teach the able-bodied poor that they are to depend upon their own labour, and not upon parish pay for their support. The moral good to be accomplished by the bill is of infinitely more import ance than the money benefit to arise from it, though that also is not to be despised. The diminution of the poor rates in the parishes of Cookham, Southwell, Thurgolon, Uley, and many other parishes in which there already exists a system of correction similar to that to be produced by the bill, is not much less than three-fourths of the amounts levied in these parishes for the relief of the poor before the correction of the abuses began which has been effected there ; and if, in place of upwards of seven millions expended last year in England and Wales in the relief of the poor, the sum shall be reduced to less than two millions per annum, which it should be, according to what has been effected in these parishes, such reduction will be a great relief to the industry of those by whom the idle able-bodied poor are supported, by being at present enabled to live upon the labour of others, in place of living upon their own. But gnat as this relief will be to the industrious who now bear this unwholesome burthen, we repeat, the moral benefit to arise to the able-bodied poor themselves is of infinitely greater im portance. Mr. BEC HER says, that in his parishes of Southwell and Thurgarton, the work performed by a labourer is four times the quantity of that performed by a labourer in the other districts of the county of Nottingham, where the abuses of the poor laws con tinue to prevail. Mr.WHATELEY says, that in his pa rish of Cookham, in Berkshire, the morals of the people are improved as well as their condition; insomuch, that " those who were disorderly are very much the reverse, and he has only had two bastardy cases in ten years." The account given by Mr. BAKER of Uley, in Glou cestershire, is not less encouraging. He says, " I have heard from different persons who reside in the parish, and who, from the difference in their stations and habits, I have every reason to believe had never con versed together on the subject, such accounts of the poor as give the strongest ground for hoping that since the establishment of your system crime is rapidly decreasing, and that good order, industry, and all that can make a poor man respectable, will increase, and be firmly established." The system here alluded to is the workhouse sys tem, that is, of withholding relief from every one who does not go the workhouse, which the bill has adopted as the means of inducing the able-bodied to avail them selves of their own exertions for their support, rather than become the inmates of a workhouse. The bill, therefore, does not proceed without experience in this respect. On the contrary, it seeks to render operative in every parish in England and Wales, that which has been already put in practice in upwards of one hun dred parishes, with safety and certainty to the improve ment of the moral habits and the personal condition of the poor. Not a whisper has been heard against the object, and it is remarkable that amidst all the clamour which has been raised against the machinery of the bill, no other mode has been suggested of accomplishing its purpose. Settlement is incident to any compulsory provision for the poor, and the object here has been to render a settlement not worth having to the able-bodied, and to remove causes of dispute. Cases of bastardy must be dealt with. Those who have screeched against this bill have shown themselves so obtuse to what is passing in every parish in Eng land, that they could not be expected to look for infor mation elsewhere. But they might have learned that the operation of the law in Scotland is very much what the operation will become in England under this bill. In Scotland, the oath of the mother is not more available than the oath of the putative father. The object is to prevent the getting of bastard children, and the throwing the onus upon the woman has been found to be a very effectual means of prevention. Here again the bill avails itself of experience. Its purpose is to restore the female part of the lower orders to their ancient purity, and the male part to their former habits of honest independence. We do not mean to say that no emendation has been made, but every one who understands the subject, and has attended to the proceeding, must deplore that the efficacy of the bill has been impaired by alterations made upon it in the House of Commons. In the pride of magistracy, which delights in the exercise of power however mis chievous, and under the influence of parish peculators that minister to the wants of the poor, who see in the bill only the loss of their own ungodly gains, we doubt not it will continue to be misrepresented. But its merits, and the merits of the Government in bring ing it forward, are duly appreciated by every reflecting mind, and its authors and supporters will receive their reward in the estimation of those whose opinion is worth having, and in the good which will be the result of their labours, to the discomfiture of the parish and party brawlers who have babbled against it. On the motion of Mr. HUME, the Admiralty has made a return to Parliament of the number of cor poral punishments inflicted in the Navy in each of the years since 1829. The motion was framed to oblige a distinction to be made between ships on home and foreign service, but the return states that it was found impracticable to make such a distinction, owing to the constant movements which take place in the fleet. The return for each year runs thus :- 1830 1831 .. 1,727 1832 1,762 1833 1,502 Thus, in a period of four years, corporal punish ments in the Navy have diminished one-fourth. This is a mighty step in the march of national improve ment ; and we trust that, ere long, we shall have to record the total abolition of the lash both in the Army and Navy. The POPE had actually signed the monitorio or preliminary paper for the excommunication of Don PEDRO and the interdict of his dominions, when lo ! the news of Don MIGUEL'S capitulation, andsoon afterwards the discomfited Usurper himself, arrived on the shores of Italy. His Holiness, no doubt, lost no time in huddling up the proofs of his intended thun ders, and he must have sighed or smiled at such a practical comment on his infallibility. But PEDRO, we trust, will not forget his intentions, and his neigh bour and ally, the Queen Regent of SPAIN, will do well not to allow the Priest sent over from Rome on the pretext of a mission purely spiritual, to set foot on Spanish territory till he brings with him a dis tinct and unequivocal recognition of the rights of her daughter. The POPE has for once over- shot his mark. He has neglected his natural flock, and truckled to the barbarians of the north. But a Ro man Pontiff, with all the pompous titles he may de rive from the Caesars, can ill afford to part with two such milch cows as the provinces of Portugal and Spain. He will draw little sustenance from the schis matic ursa-major of Muscovy ; and still less from the gaunt heretical wolf of Prussia. As to Austria herself, with all her holy propensities and conservative homilies, she is far from a good milker. She comes of a breed much more remarkable for its hide, its heels, and its horns, than for its udders. Mean while, Don PEDRO of Portugal, who has done more to recover a legitimate crown than any Prince since Henry the IV. of France, may yet live to do more towards shaking off the yoke of the Court of Rome than any Catholic king since HENRY the Eighth of England. He seized with admirable judgment the favourable moment for abolishing tithes and suppressing monasteries. Should the POPE per sist in marking a repugnance to all rational reforms and free institutions in Catholic countries, the same enlightened and spirited Prince may remind his allies of France and Spain, that there are decrees in the Council of Trent, affecting discipline, not doctrine (such as the celibacy of the clergy, &c. &c.), which, if they were to undergo the revision from the civil power of which they are susceptible, would relieve the people from the extortions, and the Catholic states from the interference, they so often experience from the Vatican. The French journals of Saturday speak of the Swiss question as having been adjusted. There is no fresh news from Constantinople respecting the report that has been lately so prevalent respecting the proba bility of an immediate war in the East. It was stated, however, that there had lately been a most destructive fire at Smyrna, which had consumed the entire district appropriated to the Franks. Intelli gence from Madrid comes down to the 25th ult. Up to that period all was tranquil in the capital, and it was supposed that the Ministry was going to be re modelled. It appears that the French Government are going to adopt NAPOLEON'S favourite plan in times of peace, and have decided, by a commission specially constituted for the purpose, that the troops shall be employed on public works, and on the making of roads in several of the departments. To this end, the soldiers are to be supplied with all the requisite tools and implements under proper regula tions, each battalion being answerable for the quan tities it has received. It is proposed to give piece work, and the wages as paid to other workmen. FRENCH FUNDS.—Psnis, Jun - 4. Five per Cents., ]o6f. 30c. 25c. Four per Cents., 94f. —c. Three per Cents., 77f. 25c. 20c. Bank Actions, 1,780 f. Heine de Naples, 941. 20c. Roman Five per Cents., 95% 96. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 395. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 46% 46. Royal Spanish Loan, 77. Bente Pcrpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 69. Belgian Loan, 1631 , Five per Cents., 98%. Haytian Loan, 290 f. —c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 3256 c .; money, 25f. 30c. Three months, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 25f. 20c. —fours Authenhique. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAkts, Jun* 6. Five per Cents., 106 f. 60c. SOc. 75c, Four per Cents., 93f. 75c. 94f Three per Cents., 77f. 40c. 65c. 60c. Rente de Naples, 94f. 40c. Roman Five per Cents., 96%. Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 383'. Rente d'Espagne, Three percents., 47 lA. Royal Spanish Loan, 78 1 4. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 711 A. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 23f. 32%c. ; money, 25f. 30c. Three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 25f. 20c. —Ours Authentique. ON A PAWAGRAPH IN THE JOHN BULL. TO THE TORIES OF CHELTENHAM. Oh, here is an excellent joke ; There's an apple on Wellington's Oak, And the Tories in high exultation, Exclaim, " Interference divine ! That fruit's an infallible sign Of a speedy and sure Restoration." But lay not that salve to your mind, From omen or fruit of the kind You can draw no advantage at all ; Of that, which such apples produce, You have too much already for use, Namely, bitter implacable gall ! In consequence of the disputes which have arisen between the English and French fishermen, the Speedy cutter has been ordered to cruize off Brighton. The CoVance, Government steamer, struck on the German Shoal, off the Devil's Point, on going into Plymouth, on the 4th instant, but was got off without damage, and or dered to proceed to Falmouth, where she arrived on the sth. The Flamer steam-packet left Falmouth on the 3d, with a mail for the Mediterranean. The Viper and Camden sailed on the nth, for Lis. bon and the Brazils, with mails from Fahnouth. The Lyra and the Duke of York sailed also from Falmouth, with mails for Jamaica and Halifax on the sth. The Royal George yacht was out of sight from the Nore at half-past five on Saturday evening. TAILORS UNOIN.—The differences between the master tailors of this town and their workmen still continue unabated, there having been no overture made on either side for an adjustment. The expectations of the men that their employers would be obliged to refuse all orders presented to them hare to a considerable extent been disappointed, the masters having been enabled to complete their most urgent orders by the co-operation of various masters in Liverpool, &c. —Manchester Chronicle. WooL.—Within the last fortnight or three weeks, nearly all the wool in the neighbourhood of Retford has been bought up at very high prices ; good clips obtaining .545. per tod, and secondary qualities from 48s. to 525. per tod. The large farmers on the forest, taking advantage of the liberal offers made by the Yorkshire wool-staplers, have cleared them selves completely out, and very little indeed remains unpur chased. Lamb's wool, 14d. per lb. ; locks, 2.55. to 295. per tod—Sheffield Mercury. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-1 THIS DAY) (Before Mr. Sergeant ARABIN. ) At the opening of th e cour t thi s d a y John Edwards) peter lucussagne, and Jeremiah Weedon, the three men who span ndicted for assaulting Mr. Gee with intent to rob him, w ere } laced at the bar to plead. Mr. STURGEON, a counsel for the defence, objected to the prisoners putting in any plea, but the Court overruled tha objection, allowing the learned counsel to reserve his ri• cilegc of challenging the Jury. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. They were then removed from the dock. (Before Mr. Justice PATTISON, Mr. Justice BOSANRUSTI sa d a Middlesex Jury.) Patrick Macarthy was indicted for the manslaughter '2( John Reilly. The evidence not appearing sufficient to support the charge' the Court stopped the case and the prisoner was acquitted. MR. GEE'S CASE. Some delay took place in the case of Mr. Gee, in at e ' quence of the absence of Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Be ci t; counsel for the prosecution. The Court at length ruled n's the trial should proceed. The prisoners were again placed in the dock and ella r u m t with demanding, and by force and menace, the sum of 1,2 ' from the prosecutor. Mr. LEE, in the absence of Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. 13 1 . KIN stated the case t o th e j ur y, an d ex pl a i n ed that the b i ns band of Mrs. Gee, i n hi s w ill, bequeathed P ropertY widow to the amount o f . about 2,000/ , the interest Wye she of W " . „, 11 she was to receive while she remained unmarried, for th e be" ; fit of herself and children. 1,2001. w a s out at mortgag e ' all 800/. remained in Mr. Gee's hands. A tbe Some conversation took place between the Court an- got learned counsel, as to the intent upon which the indict or ; 1t was founded, namely, the 7th and Bth of Geo. IV, nink we ee , felony to demand money from a person with force and ° ga le The Court was of opinion that the prisoners, not having from the prosecutor any money, the offence did not ec't within the meaning of the act, and therefore the indi ctor could not be sustained. , t he Mr. ADOLPIIUS and Mr. BODKIN subsequently enteral .11 Court, and argued the point again, but the Judges Wer the of opinion that there was no case to go to the Jury, an u prisoners were consequently acquitted. The prisoners w ere a gain indi c ted for demanding, With feat and menace, certai n va l ua bl e d ee d s on the 12th of M a Y 1- from Mr. William Gee. Mr. ADOLPHUS stated the case. The prisoners, when t A liel o had Mr. Gee in the situation so often described, dernan de : ti . order for 8001., and for the delivery of several deeds an d v.-- i able securities, which they obtained. o tb e The Court again objected that the indictment could 0-o,t, sustained. The point was precisely the same as th e 1 0 The prisoners actually obtained possession of the proper l , o p they committed no felony, inasmuch as the order and uety were not in the "peaceable" custody and possession '3l' prosecutor, which was necessary to complete the offence. for Mr. ADOLPHUS submitted that the taking of the cheq ue 8001. was clearly felony. ,uld The COURT was of opinion that this part of the charg e ° e e eri not be sustained unless the prosecutor had brought the h .cied with him to the place written and prepared. It was p r°l 4s by the prisoners, and was never in the peaceable pos ses ' of the prosecutor. The prisoners were then acquitted. Ithe Mr. ADOLPHUS applied to the Court for the detention 5t prisoners, as there was an .indictment pending against tbela Clerkenwell for the assault. tr ove The Court consented, observing that if the facts wer e ,ri• a most aggravated assault had been committed, and 6° soners were liable to be punished for it. Po Mr. PHILLIPS applied for the liberation of the prison s ' bail. The Court assented. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.---(THIS DO) (Sittings at Guildhall, before the CHIEF JUSTICE Special Jury.) BROOKES V. EDWARDS. .All 1389550 This was an action upon two bills of exchange, I - p the plaintiff to the defendant, for which no considerat io been obtained. for a Sir JAMES SCARLETT and Mr. BUTE conducted the CO '- the plaintiff, who, it appeared, was a young gentlemel i , age, and, being in want of money, he applied to a friellunte4' Shedden, who drew a bill for 100/., which the plaintiff ac e . The bill was then taken to the defendant, a tailor rcsi c % the west end of the town, for the purpose of having l f iM counted. The defendant objected to the smallness ° e t o amount, but said, if the sum was made larger, he could e dg ( le) discounted. Another bill was then drawn by Mr. Sl i n te 4 ', upon the plaintiff for a sum of 841., and after being aec..eillie both bills were handed over to the defendant, who to have them discounted. The bills were subsequently frie, away by the defendant, but neither the plaintiff nor h is ever received any portion of th e proceeds. When t he became due the plaintiff was compelled to take them 111/ 01 .' peo There was no defence to the action, and the Jury re a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1841. ss. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CL nla O u t oo Our arrivals this morning are four foreign ,0 French, one Holland, and one Ostend; the contents of "dC are already published. We have no ship letters of scription. d' It is stated as a positive fact that Count Torreno W° lll boti l accept of the office of Minister in the Spanish Cabinet I fi e ' r e t , having first received a promise from the former Govern ol o assistance against the Carlists in Biscay and NavarreL„, accounts for 8,000 French troops assembled on the of Spain. t pa By the arrival of the Royal Tar steamer from 14 4 ff, which she left on the 29th ult., two decrees have b e ' te d,,`" ceived, issued by 'Don Pedro, confirming what we s t „ s g or our City article last week, directing that the Po rt j 50 1 :, Bonds shall be admitted at par, in payment of the ec e ak tical property confiscated, and on sale ; the other Bro directs the application of the debt due by the empire 0 1 psy to Portugal, to the payment of ,the interests of the contracted in foreign countries. p o t The above two decrees have greatly operated on tha t 6., tuguese stock this morning, which left off on SaturdaY "41 7 84, and opened this morning 85 to 86—soon after ro se o to 89—which is an improvement on the above stock fr? turday of 5 per cent. Spanish stock continues rather l a d f d at 491. Consols, which left off on S a tu r d a y 93 to 4 - • ‘ 7 , at the same price. Little attention is as yet pai d .," Consol Market, although there is a consid era ble iinPr ° ' in this quarter's revenue. r,1 4 ,0 HALF-PAST TWE-- Since our former article has been written, t h e Porti a Stock, which had reached 891, receded to 871, owing t° l4 ties having realized at the above high price. Sinc e nt eil' another re-action has taken place, and they may be ( 1 11 " f present 87,- lilt Al We have seen a gentleman on 'Change who has C O di., the Royal Tar from Lisbon. He states that scarce a 'or is to be seen in the streets of Lisbon, and an order OA expected to be issued that none be permitted to OP their former garb. All was perfectly quiet at Lisb° ll ' Don Pedro much esteemed. (The Hamburg Reporter, just arrived, of Friday ).1 1 1° BORSEN HALLE.—Wheat has been much neglec teu e ft ° week, the purchase being only for the consumption t 0 place. da d' ' Funds of every description have been looking UP C The new Austria were in the market. Deft. Three per 4 Spanish 46+ ; Cortes 48A. 11 5 e 1 VIENNA, JUNE 27.—Metalliques, 991 • Bank Shares , 411,0 HALF-PAST The whole attention of the public and spec''' . gir i directed towards the improvement tof the P Stocks, which is not so good as in the e part of the morning, when it was ( lel / s io c l 89 1 - •' at present it may b e quoted 87i • Spanish 4 which was heavy during the morning, has improved * l O V short period from 484 to 49+ t. Consols, which were have receded to 93k. Cfi THREE 0' CL - Consols for the Account, 93k. fl f RIVER BAPTISM.-On Sunday forenoon, e b rif l , 4 l l number of persons assembled near Green-lane Baths, 10;1 ness:the baptism of four individuals, three of them fove a , the river at that place. The parties belonged to the 01 0 0 ,, 11 community assembling in Eldon-street ; and thec ere i s o 11 / 4 was I performed by !the Rev. IMr. Buck, by whom c c propriate sermon was preached on the spot to an a udier i al o ci , comodated partly in boats and partly standing on the b „ e the river. It is, we understand, nearly twenty years sine osr a ceremony was performed in the river at this places th 5 C °ll lol tist Chapel in Townhead-street (from which the persol i t ot,„, posing the above meeting are a seces s ion), as well 85 he co", Coalpit-lane, formerly used by thi s com munity, havind r ePil venience of a baptista c y w i t hi n t h e wa lls.—Sheifie/do` a o' The Lea Bridge-road yesterday was the s ce ;ol numerous accidents, ar i s i ng from the furious driving, ' 3 'o "g• of the per sons w h o were conv eyin g p assengers i n all vehicles to Fairlop Fair. The confusion arising fro aid, the toll at L ea B r idge of those persons who had not rilets causing many of them who could not produce their t le ec tirp pay the toll again, created such a confusion that has n ot is o there for some years. Among some of the ae"": t h Ve t occurred, was the upsetting of a cart, heavily laden l t d sons, which was driven with such violence against t oil!" three children and one woman were conveyed in a state to the Horse and Groom Tavern, and no bey e s ed tained of their recovery : a chaise was thrown aver' pi a person had a leg - broken : several carts were upset: few of the parties escaped Without broken limbs. t We] othe hold relic sell( alte of L Can of tl frog bita of t th e for t Merl Rig Indi Lei l blist of ,s, Son peti in d and grie ( Ire of l and cot law: a gai of f Ple, to Off flan fror Mai for q% 29! bei del At 30 Lc cei is WI at bu