The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-03 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS

SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £5 108 Od to £6 Cs Od ;
new ditto, £4 14s to £5 lOs ; old Clover, .£5 Os to £7 Os ;
new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £lBs to £1 14s per
load. A moderate demand.

CIIMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £5 lOs Od to £6 lOs Od;
new ditto, £4 15s to £5 15s; old clover, .£5 lOs to £7 Os;
new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 9s to £1 16s per
load. Trade inactive.

WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadowhay, £slos Od to £6 Gs Od ;
new ditto, £4 15s to £5 10s; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ;
new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per
load. Supply moderate.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.

s. d. " s. d.
Buddle'sWestilartley 16 9 Walls End Haswell—. 20 0
Lambert's W. Hartley 16 9 Cassop
Wylam l6 6 Carway and Duffryn
Hetton 2O 0 Malting 24 0
Braddyell's Iletton..., 19 0 Cowpen Hartley
East Hartlepool
Holywell Main l6 6 Hetton Lyons lB 3
W.Wylam l6 0 Tees
Ships at market, 54; sold, 42.

THE SPANISH LEGITIMIST PARTY.

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REUTER'S EXPRESS.

MADRID, July 31.
The following communication from Trieste, dated
20th inst., is published by the Epoca :
" During the last fortnight the residence of the
Countess Molina and the Princess Beatrice d'Este
have been much visited by Spanish travellers and
French legitimists. Repeated conferences have been
held upon the question, whether a restoration should

be attempted in Spain, taking advantage of the
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agitation produced by the Italian question. The
partisans of this policy were ready to answer for a
powerful rising in Dragon and other parts of Spain.
Those opposing this course, the chief among whom
was Count Morella, were of opinion that the mon-
archial party had all to gain by an expectant policy
and would risk much by precipitate action at present.
The diplomatists of the party believed that great
events would take place in the peninsula before the end
of the year. It is known that a fraction of the
Radical party advocated the Regency of the Duke
of Victoria (Marshal Espartero), while the younger
Radicals wish to effect by one means or another a
change of dynasty in favour of Don Fernando of
Portugal, as a preliminaray to an Iberian union.
This, it was urged, would be the propitious moment
for a general rising of the old Monarchical party,
which, say its chiefs, would then be supported by
the immense majority of the nation."

The Epoca, in an article deploring the great de-
cline in the public funds, says :
" The legitimate expectations that the accession
of the Duke of Tetuan to power, the recognition of
Italy, and the impulse given to ecclesiastical liqui-
dation would cause a rise in public securities, have
been deceived. Our consolidated debt, without
doubt, from the effect of the last loan, has never
been quoted so low since 1860.

" A foreign journal, speaking of this decline, pro-
poses what would certainly be no remedy, namely,
to recognise the certificates, settle the Passive debt,
and double the railway subsidies, that is to say,
augment the State expenditure by 100 millions
reals.

" 'Without opposing in principle a settlement of
the Spanish debt we see another remedy. This
would be to reduce the State Expenditure, and
diminish by 100 per cent. all the unproductive ex-
penses of the nation, commencing with the map.,
to carry out the reform of the provision tariff, and
the tax upon articles of consumption, in order that
the people may eat cheaper, and consuming more,
live at a cheaper rate. Let us also have Govern-
ments whose term of office shall count by years.
Such alone will be the salvation of Spanish finance.
"In the contrary case, this profound prostration
of credit and every element of prosperity will pro-
duce before a year is out very serious complications
in Spain. We must live within our means and not
believe ourselves to be a nation of fabulous wealth
and property.

Royal decrees have been published, appointing
Don Juan Valera Alcala Galiane to the post of
Spanish Minister to Frankfort,. Electoral Hesse,
Hesse Cassel and Nassau.

The Marquis Alhama, formerly discharging these
functions, is transferred, in the same quality, to the
Court of the King of the Belgians, replacing the
Marquis of San Carlos.
Don JosO Luis Albareda is appointed Spanish
Minister at the Hague, replacing Don Vicente
Gutierrez de Teran.

The French Tribunal of Correctional Police yes-
terday tried a man named Roumier, employed as a
pointsman on the Versailles railway, on a charge of
having by his negligence caused the accident of the
6th ult. It may be remembered that, owing to one
of the switches not being properlj fastened, a train
ran off the line on that day, near the Pont de la
Revolte, and so alarmed four soldiers, who were on
the top of a carriage, that they jumped off. One of
them was so severely injured that he died the same
day, and the others received severe contusions.
Evidence having been given to show that Roumier
had not fastened the switch according to the regula-
tions, the Tribunal declared the charge proved, and
condemned him to three months' imprisonment.
TRUE FRENCH POLITENESS.—The Jockey Club
(says Galignani) has just lost one of its most amiable
members, M. Alexandre Bouchet. The following anecdote
is related of him :—" Perceiving ono day, after a heavy fall
of rain, a very well-dressed young woman standing at the
edge of the side pavement of the Boulevard, and evidently
much perplexed as to the best method of traversing the
sea of mud before her, he gallantly advanced, took her up
in his arms, and carried her across dry shod. The lady
made no objection to the mode of transit, but on being set
down, expressed her gratitude as follows :—, Sir,you are
an insolent fellow !' Thereupon M. Bouchet immediately
repaired the wrong by again transporting her, with the
same precautions, to the very spot where he had first met
her, and took his leave with a profound salutation."
STAMPS AND TAXES.—In the year ending the 31st
March last the duty on tobacco and snuff amounted to
£6,115,997 16s. ld., and that on dogs to £210,409 10s. 11d.
The revenue from penny stamps was £519,288 Ss. 3d., and
the net produce £500,249 18s. 6d.
THE SWEEPING OF THE STREETS OF PARIS.—The
work is accomplished by a brigade of men and a brigade
of women. The expense is estimated at £90,000 for clean-
ing the pavement, and £70,000 for the labourers.

VITAL STATISTICS.—In 1863, the latest year for
which returns have been issued, the birth rate was 3.539
per cent. in England, 2.686 in France, 3.988 in Austria,
3.912 in Italy. The marriage rate (persons married) was
1.688 per cent. in England, 1.600 in France, F 734 in Aus-
tria, 1.626 in Italy. The death rate was 2.305 per cent. in
England, 2.244 in France, 3.110 in Austria, 3.115 in Italy.
Commonly the mortality is higher in France than in Eng-
land ; and to a certain extent the French ratio is lessened
through the returns for that country including Frenchmen
dying abroad, whether civil or military.