The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-05 00:00:00

or Peer, and in the Commons Sir R. INGLIS was the
only Member who seemed to doubt the propriety of
placing St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey on the
same footing with the National Gallery and other
public buildings. That, however, was to be expected
of the Honourable Baronet. He is ex officio the
the Guardian of the interests of the Church, and he
would never be forgiven by the men of Oxford if he
remained silent when a proposition was made to do
away with fees, to which even the Clergy had no just
claims. But with that exception the feeling was ge-
neial, and as a proof of this the deputation that wait-
ed on Lord MELBOURNE and Lord J. RUSSELL,
yesterday on the subject, was composed of men of all
partics. Tory, Whig, and Radical agree as to
the expediency of allowing the public to see those
works of art purchased at their expense, and
those monuments erected by them in honour of the
men who fought and died for their country. The
QUEEN, as might have been supposed, approves of
the measure, and in all probability the act of throwing
open these public buildings will be among the first to
distinguish her reign. GEORGE IV. was said to have
had the merit of making St. James's Park a public
walk ; and certainly there was no one act of his life
for which the inhabitants of the metropolis were, or
ought to have been, so grateful.

We observe that the case of the British claimants
for the loss of their ships and goods in ammark
stands in the list of Motions in the House of Com-
monslor to-morrow. Whether Mr. CLAY will think
it advisable to press it to a division so near the close of
the Session, and on the ere of a dissolution, will no
doubt depend on the judgment of the Hon. Member,
and on that of the supporters of this just cause. We
must however say that it is not, even now, too late for
the present House of Commons to do something for
these greatly injured persons. We regret exceed-
ingly that the present Government should have
taken so erroneous a view of the subject, as to
make a distinction between the several classes of
claimants, refusing to indemnify this class, and grant-
ing relief to the two other classes who suffered
at the same time by the confiscation of book debts
and goods on shore. It appears to us that a stronger
case than the present was never made out. Indeed,
we cannot comprehend how the CH ANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER can recommend the voting sums of money
to Canadians for losses stated to be sustained by them
in 1813 and 1814 in the then war with America, or
why the people of Great Britain are to compensate
such losses, while every possible step seems to be taken
to impede the just compensation of British merchants,
in a case where the Public Treasury received long
since ample funds arising from the proceeds of Danish
property, in retaliation for a confiscation of which
the property of the present claimants was seized by the
Danish Government.

The Paris Journals of Monday, the whole of which
we have received, confirm the news of the unanimous
acquittal of General DE RIGNY by the Court-martial
held at Marseilles. The principal witness against
him was M. NAPOLEON BERTRAND, Marshal
CLAUSEL'S aide-de-camp, and Captain in the Saphis
of Oran, who deposed that on proceeding with orders
from the Marshal to the General, he was met by that
officer riding alone and at full gallop ; and that when
he wished to communicate the orders he had received,
General DE RIGNY cried out—" You had better
hear mine first. My rear-guard is completely lost—
the enemy have just cut off the heads of two hundred
cf my men. Disorder is at its height—my right flank
is threatened by a column of Arabs of considerable
strength marching in good order, and only waiting a
favourable opportunity to cut us off. I even
now hear the Bev's music. The Marshal's con-
duct is both shameful and dishonourable. He
does not care a -curse for his rear, provided
he can save his van. We have only one chance left—
to abandon our materiel, and retreat in the best way
we can. My cavalry is in complete disorder, and it is
impossible for me to come up with it. ACIIM ET alone
knows how to carry on the war." M. BERTRAND
further deposed that these expressions were pronounced
in a loud and shrieking voice in the presence of men,
the most of whom were either sick or wounded ; that
a panic might have been the consequence, but that
fortunately the men all remained calmly at their posts ;
that having reported the language held by Geri. DE
HIGNY to Marshal CLAUSE', the latter prepared a
General Order to be read the next morning at the head
of every company, thanking the men for iheir gallant
conduct, and apprising them of the cowardice and dis-
grace of DE RIGNY ; that a copy of the Order hav-
ing been sent to General DE RIGNY, he rode to the
Marshal's tent about 9 o'clock in the evening, and
that, throwing himself on his knees, he implored the
Marshal, in accents of despair, either to prevent the
reading of the Order, or to command him to he shot,
as he could not survive the disgrace of his family ;
that the Marshal was prevailed upon by the Gene-
ral's abject entreaties on his knees to direct the can-
celling of the order, so thatithe General was only de-
prived of his command. MBERTR A ND'S evidence was
not corroborated by any other witness, and in the
course of his cross-examination he completely lost his
temper, and by the discrepancy between his answers
convinced the Court that his testimony was not to be
relied upon. General DE RIG NY who stated that he
was born at Toul, and that he was in the forty-seventh
year of his age,declared that what M.BERTRA ND had
sworn was false and calumnious. When he was met.
by BERTRAND he was riding to overtake the Mashal to
remonstrate with him on the cruelty of leading the
rear-guard of the army so much exposed to the ene-
my, and particularly on not providing for the removal
of the sick and wounded, who were suffered to be
butchered by the Arabs within sight of the French lines.
In the first burst of his indignation he had employed
expressions which he was. not prepared to defend as
strictly in accordance with the rules of military disci-
pline ; but he trusted due allowance would be made
for the feelings of a General Officer who had but the
instant before witnessed the butchery in cold blood of
his wounded companions in arms. After three days'
patient investigation, in the course of which the de-
positions of witnesses taken at Paris, Algiers, Bona,
and Oran were read, the Court unanimously pronounced
General DE RIGNY innocent of all the charges pre-
ferred against

There is very little news of any moment in the Pa-
ris Papers of Monday. From Spain the Government
received the following official communication by tele-
graph:—

" NARBONNE, JULY 3,

" PERPIGNAN, JULY, 2. —Don Carlos, continuing his
counter-march with his Navarrese on the 26th of June, passed
by Anglesola, near Tarraga, towards Fax, intending to cross
the Ebro and join Cabrera.

" On the 27th of Arne the Baron de Meer left Martorell
for Igualada with his army.
" The Brigadier Owrio, having furnished Berga with sup-
plies, returned to Puycerda on the Ist of July.
The PRETENDER has again outwitted and out-
manceuvred DE MEER. Once more the march of the
Carlists is towards the Ebro. The approach to Bar-
celona was meant as a feint, and it succeeded.

The following brief extracts from the French papers
contain the only news which we find in them worth
communicating :
It is announced that the Ministry has resolved on under-
taking the expedition -against Constantine, and that it will
take place in the month of August. It is not easy to recon-
cile this news with the policy which has desired and approved
the treaty made by General Bugeaud.
A letter from Algiers, dated June 24. addressed to the
Eclaireur of Toulon, has the following paragraph :—" The
treaty concluded by General Bugeaud has been accepted by
the King. It was published at Algiers, Yesterday, the 23d.
The last number received of the AlgerineMonitcur was of the
23d, but it only contains tha news of the 22d."—Lc Cunsti.
tutionnel.

Our Correspondent at Bayonne transmits to us the follow-
ing accounts; received (as he says) from the head-quarters of
Don Carlos, and dated the 22d :
" A general junta of the Carlist Chiefs was to.meet on the
24th, convoked by Don Carlos, to come to a decision on the
course to be followed. It seems that the insubordination of
the Navarresc, caused by the want of provisions and the want
of discipline among the Catalonian troops, were the causes of
the check sustained on the POI, which cost the expedition
1,500 men killed and rounded, 200 prisoners, and almost as
many deserters, including those who have quitted the ranks,
without going over to the enemy. It is said that the move-
ments of Tristany in the vicinity of Barcelona were for the
purpose of receiving 10,000 muskets, which were to be landed
on the coast, and to meet the bringers of these arms half way."
If we may believe private letters from London, Lord Dur-
ham speaks with enthusiasm of the reception which they gave
him. This fact is not without importance, if we reflect on the