The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-05 00:00:00

TH'' SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5., 1839.

towns, and murdering men, women, and children
indiscriminately, France heard the plaints of Spain
with apathetic indifference, or answered her prayers
for aid with the bitter mockery of being prevented
from granting it by a dread of wounding the na-
tional pride of her Castilian friends. But the
civil war in Spain is now over ; the revolted
Provinces are returned to their allegiance ;
CARLOS is a refugee ; and France with a
grin and a low bow, advances to offer her congratu-
lations and her services, now that she can do so
without the slightest chance of personal or pecuni-
ary risk. There is one thing not a little remarkable
even in this show of tardy politeness. France does
not pretend to treat Spain as an equal while ex-
tending her hand in amity towards her ; on the
contrary, she assumes the mien and voice of a pro-
tector as well as that of a friend. In an article ,n
the Journal des Debats of Wednesday, in which
the Spanish Government is exhorted to carry out
the revolutionary principle by the sale of the
Church property, and the speedy adoption of French
models of Reform in every part of the Administra-
tion, we find the following significant passage :
" France is destined to play a prominent part in this
phase of the Spanish revolution. A new mode of inter-
vention in the affairs of the Peninsula is offered to us,
which we will not reject, as we shall not now he ex-
posed to wound any feelings of national pride. France
will seize with avidity this occasion for co-operating with
the Spanish Government in laying solid foundations for the
throne of Isabella and the liberties of Spain. This is both
her duty and her interest—her duty, because France is
destined by nature to be the protector of the people of
southern Europe, and shares with them the responsibility
of their grandeur and prosperity ; her interest, because her
wealth and power increase with that of her allies, and the
advantage of having rich and tranquil nations, instead of
those abandoned to misery and anarchy, is obvious. The
Peninsula must be remodelled with the institutions and
organization of France, and it behoves her to lend her
powerful aid in this glorious undertaking."
Was the above originally written for the humo-
rous columns of the Charivari Y It savours too
much of grave irony for the usually serious aspect
of the matter-of-fact Journal des Debats—the
Utilitarian semi-official organ of the French Cabinet.
Generous, martial, protecting France will seize
with avidity the opportunity of giving Spain in ex-
change for a commercial treaty, and a tacit recog-
nition of French supremacy, one of her cast off con-
stitutions, or even t!, e contents of a dozen of the late
Abbe SIEYES' pigeon holes, although six months ago
she refused her the loan of so much as a million
of reels, or a barrel of gunpowder ! And as to
French protection of Southern States, has the
Debats forgotten, or does it suppose that Spain
has forgotten, the intervention of the Army of the
Faith during the reign of the bigotted and perjured
FERDINAND, petticoat-maker in ordinary to the
images of the Virgin ? Is the fate of Poland
forgotten ? Of the applicability of the French
system of Government to the genius of the
Spanish people we are not here called
upon to express any very decided opinion.
There is no danger for the present of the
Cortes sending to Lours PHILIPPE for a code
of laws for the Peninsula, however prepared the
French JUSTINIAN may be to supply them with this
truly native commodity. We will therefore only
observe, in passing over this point, that French
laws seem to us no better adapted to Spanish ideas
than French grimace, French fashions, or French
taste. We proceed, however, to make another
short extract from the article in the Debats:—
'° It would cost France but little to render signal ser-
vices to Spain. What would it cost France to receive es
observers Spaniards in her armies and Administration?
France has already done as much for Mehemet Ali and
the Sultan, one of whose envoys has just been made a
Member of the Legion of Honour for the courage he dis-
played in South America. France has always been a
country for instruction. It was in France that those two
celebrated sons of Ireland, O'Connell and Wellington,
were brought up. Our celebrated naval and military
schools would soon furnish Spain with a supply of men
capable of serving their country, in the Cabinet or in the
field, if a Convention were agreed upon between the two
Governments, authorising the admission of young Spaniards
into those superb institutions. A fresh treaty of commerce
would also tend to increase the relations between the two
countries. After the giant strides made by national in:
dustrv, our excise duties require alteration. Moreover,
France requires from Spain various articles, amongst
others her wool, and the coal which abounds in the Astu-
rias, close to the sea-coast. In return, France could
supply Spain with innumerable manufactured productions,
and all sorts of cattle."

The concluding four sentences let us into the
secret of the newly born anxiety of France to
confer so many obligations on the Peninsula. We
think this might have been stated at the outset,
without any flourish of trumpets, as the extension
of her commerce by fair and open treaties, is highly
creditable to any civilized Government. But
France is never content to trade, or rather to be
supposed to trade, simply for the benefits derivable
from commerce. Her Government, like that of
China, affects to encourage commerce rather for the
sake of supplying her neighbours with necessities,
and with some share of her surplus civilization,
than with the remotest expectation of enriching
herself. As to the little that it would cost France
to render signal service to Spain, we think it would
have been as prudent for the Debats to have re-
mained silent on this head, especially as it would
be difficult to persuade some Spaniards, after the
late appeals to French generosity, patriotism, and
love of civil liberty, that any service would be
rendered which would not come recommended by
its extreme cheapness. The boast that France
educated WELLINGTON, has been too dearly pur-
chased to be grudged or contested by Englishmen.
If such a reflection soothe the national vanity of
our Gallic neighbours, sorry should we be to try to
rob them of it by the exposure of its groundless-
ness.

The readers of The Sun arc aware of the con-
troversy, or rather contest, on certain points of
doctrine and discipline which has been going on
for some time between the Bishop of EXETER and
Mr. HEAD, the Rector of Feniton. The
war has been carried on, on the part of the
Right Reverend Father in God, with every
indication of anger, revenge, and uncharitableness—
weapons which, though commonly esteemed of a
carnal nature, seem never to come amiss to a hier-
arch militant. Dr. PHILPOTTS wields them with
the ease of a practised combatant. The Rector
of Feniton, on the contrary, places his chief reliance
on the armour derived from the Word of God, with
which he is better acquainted than the Bishop.
Armed with the shield of faith, and the sword of the
spirit, he defies the assault of the devil and all his
angels.
From a correspondence between the Rev. Gen-
tleman and a friend of his in London, which ap_
pears in another column, it will be seen, that a
sharp conflict is expected between these clerical
champions on Monday next, at the Episcopal Vi-
sitation, which takes place at Feniton, on that day,
We shall report the details when the result is
known.

Madrid Journals of the 26th ult. have arriti(t
They bring no news, except the following repi;its
of the majority and minority of the Committee on
the fiteros, of the slightest interest :

- REPORT OF THE MAJORITY.
Art. 1. The convention entered into at Bergara, on the
31st of August last, between Generals Espartero and Ma-
roto, is confirmed.

Art. 2. The fuero.s of the Basque and Navarrese pro-
vinces are confirmed as regards their municipal and finan-
cial parts, and in the constitutional regimen, others shall
be preserved to them which were in vigour in their respec-
tive capitals at the celebration of the said convention of
Bergara.
Art. 3. The Government, listening to the authorities of
the said province, will present to the Cortes, with the least
possible delay, a project of law which will definitively place
the fueros in harmony and of accord with the Constitu.
tional Monarchy.
Art. 4. In the mean time the Government will resolve
provisionally on the basis established in the preceding
articles, the doubts and difficulties which may be offered to
its execution, giving an account to the Cortes as speedily
as possible.
(Signed) ARGUELLES.
ZUMALACARREGUI.
FEIRO MONTAOS.
DIES GIL.
REPORT OF THE MINORITY.

Art. 1. The.fueros of the Basque and Navarrese pro-
vinces are confirmed, where they are not opposed to the
political rights which their inhabitants hold in common
with the rest of all Spaniards, conformable to the Consti-
tution of the Monarchy @f 1837.
Art. 2. The Government will, as soon as the opportu-
nity permits, and first hearing the Basque and Navarrese
provinces, propose to the Cortes the indispensable modifi-
ctions which the interests of the said [acres claim, com-
bining it with the general interests of the nation, and of
the Constitutional Monarchy, resolving, in the meantime,
in the form and sense expressed, such doubts and difficul-
ties as may be offered, giving an account of them to the
Cortes.

(Signed) ARTELA.
MURGA.
QUINTO.

There is no news of any political interest in
c,nrnnis. tll-

Emperor of RUSSIA with being at the head of a
party in France for the restoration of the NA-
POLEON dynasty. " The reigning family of
France," says the Commerce, " has received the
most unequivocal proofs of the personal enmity of
the CZAR. NICHOLAS has observed in the policy
of the Tuileries an indecision, a timidity, and a '
love of concealment which prevent any reliance
upon its good faith. Without the art of
extinguishing party rancour, or drawing around it
for its defence all the national resources, the CZAR
has witnessed it indulge a ridiculous taste, like the
Government of the Restoration, for absolute power,
and the fostering of a pauper aristrocracy. It is a
fact that there is in St. Petersburg an undisguised
hostility against the Tuileries, and, from one cir-
cumstance in particular, this fact has become one
of great gravity. NICHOLAS feels that lie cannot
reign at Constantinople, either as conqueror or
as sovereign without the support of France, but
he believes, at the same time, that he cannot
obtain this support frankly and loyally from
the present dynasty. In this position, what does
he do ? He proceeds as ALEXANDER did in
1813 and 1814—viz. the revolutionary way. He
addresses himself to the nation, and seeks to capti-
vate its alliance, but in doing so he endeavours to
detach the nation from the Government. The
CZAR cannot attack the present Government with
success, without having another to substitute for it;
and not being willing, now the Holly Alliance is
at an end, to select a Pretender from the ancient
race, he has chosen one from the Napolecnists,
from that house which the name of one man has
sufficed to render pre-eminent to the world."

An Electoral Reform Committee has just been
established in Paris under the auspices of M.
O'DILLON PARROT. M. LAFITTE iS named
President.

We have certain information that the Minister of Mexico
has just addressed to the French Government a protest
against the treaty by which we have recognised the inde-
pendence of Texas. We are likewise able to assure our
readers that this protest has been made in consequence of
instructions transmitted by the Cabinet of Mexico to its
representative at Paris in anticipation of this recognition,
and agaii.st it, if it should take place ; and that these are
mentioned in the note on this subject, addressed to our
Minister for Foreign Affairs Thus, then, our relations
with Mexico are again endangered, and after the disgrace
of a bad peace, we do not even know how to keep the
trifling advantages it gives us. Three Powers have been
solicited to recognise the independence of Texas.
The United States have said " Yes," with a view to their
future projects. England has said " No," in consideration
of the designs of America, and of its own relations with
Mexico. France has said " Yes," notwithstanding the
designs of America, and its own interest in maintaining
and protecting the independence of Mexico. Thus the
recognition of Texas represents, as we have seen, only a
foreign idea and interest.
It is stated that, notwithstanding his atrocities and his
executions, the Count d'Espagne has not refused the over-
tures made to obtain his submission to the Government of
Isabella 11. If we are well informed, there is good
reason to hope for the speedy pacification of Catalonia.
The Journal de Toulouse of the Ist October has the
following article :
" A letter from the frontiers of the 30th September says,
In consequence of the events that have lately taken place
in Navarre, the Count d'Espagne, fearing that he may be
assassinated by his own troops, intends to retire into France.
It is said that he has given orders to fortify the houses in
the village of Souris, near Talescan, to make it believed
that he is firmly resolved to hold out to the last extremity ;
but it is thought that it is merely a stratagem to deceive
his adherents."

We learn that the Christino General Carbo, has en-
tered Campredon at the head of 2,000 men on the 25th,
and that the Carliq column besiegingl that place retreated
to Ribas on his approach.—Le Commerce.

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BOURSE.—PARIS, THURSDAY, Oer. 3.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price.
French 5 per Cents llO 85 ... 110 95 ... 110 80 ... 110 85
3 per Cent 5............ 81 45 ... SI 51 ... 81 43 ... 81 55
Bank or trance 2797 50 ...2F.01 ...2707 50 —.2840
Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Sh Mil 50 .•.10.2 50 —.1060 ...ifNio
5,000 E Sh 52.10 ...5210 ...5205 —.5205
Belgian 5 per Cents 10.314 ••• 1035'‘ ... 19:1!‘ „, 163%
Belgian 3 per Cents 7l 70 ... 71 73 ... 71 70 ... 71 75
C>immix ..... ........
Dutch 21x6 per Cents 534 ••• 534 ... 531,4 ... 531,4
Spanish Ac•ive
Passive 7% ••• 719 ... 7% ... 73,,
Old Deferred
9,, ... 9 ... 83i ... 8,4
Portuguese 3 per Cents
Nea: ohtan lO2 5 ... 102 5 ... 102 5 ... 102 5
Roman ll3 ... 103% ... 103 ... 1034
RAILWAY SHARED.
St. Germain
Versailles, 11 B L3S ... 535 ... 5:-:5 ... 535
L.B. 305 ... ali ... 000 SO ... 305
Orleans ..
6trasburg to Bale •.. 3'2 50 ~. 312 50 ... 312 5) ... 312 50
Mulhausen to Thann 385 ... 3i5 ... 385 ... 385
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, O. 1.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 15f.0 1518
A n,lo-Russian Loan .. 10654 108
Bussizn 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate ...... 101
Inscription, Ist Series —
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop 4 and Co. 3d and 4th
Sets 97W,
Ditto in Certificates „,„, til
Dutch Actual Debt, 234 p& Cent .........
Ditto S per Cent lOl
Polish Bonds
New Ticket
Anglo. (;apish Loan, 3 per Cent 7O 70N
Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent.... lOl q
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, OCT. 1.—:3. -I U.—Two months, 13. 2.
CHRI:TIANIA, SEPT. 18.—'three months, 4 108.
LEIPSIC, SEPT. 27.—Two mo : ths, 6. 131('.

DISINTERMENT OF BODIES BY CORONER'S
ORDERS.—Friday afternoon an inquest, which has
been adjourned thrice, was resumed before Mr. Wakley,
M.P., at the Greyhound Inn, Hendon. The object of
the inquiry was Thomas Austin, late a pauper in the
Hendon Union 'Workhouse, who died on the 25th ult,
in consequence of having fallen into a copper of boiling
water. The body, although notice of an inquest to
be held upon it was issued, was interred on Mon-
day last, and the coroner then issued his warrant,
directed to the Reverend Theodore Williams, vicar
of the parish, and to the churchwardens and overseers,
ordering it to be disinterred. This warrant was not com-
plied with, the vicar maintaining that he was not bound
to obey the orders contained in it, and if he did he
would subject himself to ecclesiastical censure, and es-
tablish what he considered a blameable precedent. The
vicar stated, on Wednesday last, that he did not mean
for the present to interfere directly or indirectly with
the disinterment of the body—that he would offer no
impediment to its being exhumed ; but that he would
not allow any party connected with him to assist the
coroner in doing so, who he considered had a right by
statute law to cause the body to be disinterred by per-
sons employed by himself for the purpose, though he
had not the right to compel the vicar, churchwardens,
or their servants to aid him. The coroner contended
on the contrary that he had the right, and after examin-
ing, on Wednesday, several witnesses in order to prove
the service of his first warrant on the vicar, issued dis-
trict warrants to the churchwardens, ordering them to
disinter the body, and then adjourned the inquiry until Fri-
day. The first witness called was Samuel Clarke, con-
stable of Hendon, who served warrants on the church-
wardens, Messrs. Holbrook and Gadsden. The latter
on receiving the warrant said " What fool has sent
this ?" and afterwards added, " Give my compliments
to the coroner, and tell him I shan't take any notice of
his warrant." After some further inquiry, the coroner
said, " Constable take your assistant, and go into the
churchyard, and disinter the body as quietly as you
can, and without incommoding any body." The ;coroner
then proceeded with the constable into the churchyard.
The disinterment being completed the jury proceeded
with the coroner to view the body, and, after some
witnesses had been examined, the coroner summed up,
and said that one of the churchwardens (Mr. Gadsden)
had been guilty, knowingly guilty, of a gross contempt
of the Coroner's Court, and that his conduct would be
subject to inquiry in another Court. The Jury returned
immediately a verdict of " Accidental death."
MR. MACAULAY.—Some persons, we find,
suppose that the new election, rendered necessary by
Mr. Macaulay's acceptance of office, will take place
immediately, but this is a mistake. When the va-
cancy is occasioned by death, the Speaker issues his
writ forthwith, but where it arises from acceptance
of office, the new writ must be moved for in the
House, and this of course cannot be done till Par.
liament meet.—Seotsman•
LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY..
The anniversary meeting of this very important Society
was held on Thursday, in the Old Infirmary Yard, the
gratuitous use of which had been granted by the Corpo-
ration. The weather was very favourable for the oc-
casion, until half-past three o'clock, when a little rain
fell. The spectators were never more numerous, and
amongst them were Lord Stanley, M.P., the President,
the Earl of Sefton, Colonel Hornby, Captain Phips
Hernby, Colonel Arden, of Pepper Hall, Sir R. Brooke,
Sir E. Mostyn, C. Hyllyard, Esq., J. W. Patten, Esq.,
M.P., C. Standish, Esq., M.P., I. Blackburn, Esq.,
1\4•13., Lockmore, Esq., R. Willis, Esq., W. Earle,
Esq., T. Sandbach, Esq., and numerous other gentle-
men of the town and neighbourhood. In the evening
they dined together at Lucas's Repository, Great Char-
lotte-street. About 500 persons were present on the
occasion; Lord Stanley was in the chair, and nume-
roar speeches were made, which, to the credit of the
Association, were confined to the objects of the meet-
ing, avoiding all allusion to politics and even Corn-laws.
To THE GLOOMY.—Affixed to a cottage in
Cook's Grounds, Chelsea, is a printed notice that the I
inmate " goes out cheering" her friends and the public
in general.
ST.LUKE'S, CHELSEA.---011 Thursday morning
a special vestry was held for the purpose of receiving re-
ports from committees respecting the duties of the new
vestry clerk, and of the parochial expenditure since the
union of Che!sea with Kensington and other parishes
under the Poor-law Amendment Act. Besides Mr.
Parkins, the vestry-clerk acting for the present, there
are no less than six candidates for the place vacated by
the flight of Mr. Turner, of whom four are lawyers,
MesFrs. Archbutt, 1n%•;,... !, T
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