The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-07 00:00:00

CANTERBURY.

In consequence of the injudicious determination of the
first elected Town Councillors, to appoint six of their own
body as Aldermen, thereby occasioning the necessity for
fresh elections, the Tories seeing their advantage rallied
again to the contest, and the result of the polling for the
six new TOwn Cooncillors was as follows :
LEASE JOHN `YARD.—Sankey (Tory):elected, 151; 'Philpett
(Tory) elected, 143 ; Lavender (Tory) elected, 134; \V&A-
wright (Liberal), 129 ; Drewitt (Liberal), 120 ; Leader (Li-
beral), 112.
WESTGATE WA RD. —Avann (Liberal) elected, 143 ; Ro-
berts (Liberal) elected, 142; Homersham (Tory), 116 ; Chris-
tian (Tory) 111.
NORTHGATE WARD. —Shindler (Liberal) elected, 114; Ben-

nett 71. .
Thus ,the, Tories, who ten days ago were utterly de-
feated, have'now fought the Liberals on equal terms. Tile
.11efortners' majority in the Council was, in the fii*.in-
stance, in the proportion of eight to. one. Had six Libe-
rals:been selected for Aldermen, out . of the
,Court, our
majority would.have been eleven,to one,; now it is reduced,
at one blow, to less than four to one. A fearful reduction !
It is to be hoped that the lamentable result of this first
false step. will be a warning to the Town Council, who
have still a large majority, if they will turn it to a proper
account.

BRIGHTON-WEDNESDAY.

The King gave audience to Sir R. Smirke and Admiral
Sir C. Rowley this morning. Neither their Majesties nor
their Royal relatives have taken their accustomed carriane
exercise this day, owing to the gloomy appearance of the

weather..
This evening .Mr..Balfe,- Mrs. H. R. BiShop, and several
of our professionals, will have the honour, of singing in the
presence of their Majesties. .
Their Majesties entertained at dinner yesterday evening
the Dowager Marchioness and the - Marquis of Cholmon-
deley, and Sir James Cockburn.
Lieutenant-Colonel Gooch, the Hon. Mrs. Pelham, and
the Misses Bowen, left their names at the' Palace this
morning on quitting Brighton.
Lord Abinger and the Ho'n. Mr. Ashley, who also left
their names at the Palace this morning, arc atnoug, our
latest arrivals.

SPAIN

• •
St nuniwy of tile Report of the Special Committee of the
Est umento of Procuradores, on the Project of Law rela-
tive to the Vote of Confidence askedlorby the Govern-
ment for the year 1836, as read in, the Chamber on the
24th inst.
" Ti)e Committee appointed to examine the project of
law presented by the Government, for the purpose of con-
tinuing in operation until the assembling of the next Le-
gislature the estimates voted in the last session, has given
to this most important subject the urgent attention required
by its nature.
" Desirous of obtaining the intelligence and information
indispensable for forming a complete and correct judgment,
it has requested from the Government various explana-
tions which it had the satisfaction of hearing from the Se-
cretary of Despatch, who is now the interim President of
the Council of Ministers. The decision of the-Committee
respecting the continuation of the law of the 26th of May
last has been altogether conformable. As individuals, they
lament the necessity in which circumstances place the
Cortes, of forbearing to exercise one of its most im-
portant prerogatives, but they find no means of avoiding
that sacrifice without compromising the existence of the
Government and the destinies of the nation. The time
will come, and perhaps it is not far distant when, while,
examining the use that shall have been made of the
extraordinary faculties thus conferred on the Govern-
ment, the internal system of the State may be regulated-
and arranged, and the important attribution shall be duly
exercised' of voting the taxes, and of deciding on their fixed
application. Yet, in the mean time, the confidence, of
which it has' proved itself so. deserving, cannot be refused
to the Government. The Committee, on giving its approval
to the project of law, looks upon itself as the echo of the
sentiments expressed by the Estamento in the reply to the
speech from the throne. Those sentiments have been
heard with applause by this generous nation, which never
forgets the benefits bestowed on it, and never omits to cor-
respond with them in a manner worthy of its elevation and
greatness.
"The three laws, of the elections, of the liberty of the
press, and of the responsibility of. Ministers,' and the addi-
tions to the organic law of the National Guard, contain the
principal guarantees of the rights of the nation, and afford
the means of the most secure and lawful defence against
the arbitrary acts of power.
" The project of law will, therefore, in the judgment of
the CoMmittee, be best worded in the following manner
" Article I. The Government of her Majesty is autho-
rized to continue the collection of the revenue, contribu-
tions, and taxes, approved of by the law of the 26th May
last, and the application of the amount to the expenses of
the state, subjecting itself in all ordinary cases to the dis-
positions therein contained, being allowed to diminish, but
in no wise to increase them, until the estimates be presented
to the Cortes in the next Session.
• " 2.- It is also authorized, without altering the essential
form of the contibutions, to make the alterations which
it may consider convenient in the system of administering
and le6ying them, with the intent of augmenting their
value, and of diminishing as far as possible the difficulties
and prejudices which they cause to the tax-payer and to
traffic.
" 3. The Government of her Majesty is in like manner
authorized to provide whatsoever resources and. means it
may consider necessary for the maintenance and support of
the armed force, and to terminate, within as short a time
as possible, the civil war. The Government cannot provide
those means in new loans, or in diverting from their pUr-
pose the properties of the State, designated, or which may
be hereafter designated, to the consolidation or amortization
of the public debt, the amelioration of which it will prove,
by insuring the lot of all the creditors..
" 4. The Government will give an account to the Cortes
in the next immediate session, of the use which it shall have
made of the extraordinary faculties conferred on it by this
law, as well as of those anteriorly' conferred on it. -
" J. M. FERRER.
" J. FONTAGUD GARGOLLO.
" R. GARCIA CARRASCO.
" J. V. AGUIRRE SOLARTE.
" J. ORTIZ 'DE VELASCO,
" R. LLANO CHEVARRI.-
" F. CRESFO DE TEJADA.
" J. SAN JUST.
" S. CALDERON Y COLLANTES.
" Madrid, Dec. 23, 1835." . ,

CHAMBER OF PROCURADORES.—SITtING OF
DECEMBER 28.
The order of the day was the discussion of the Bill upon
the vote of confidence ; and, as the debate was expected
to be of much interest, the hall was crowded. In the gal-
lery of the diplomatic body were the Ambassadors of France
and England. The beginning of the sitting was taken up;
by the communication of the report of the Committee upon
the .Election Bill, among the different members of which a
complete disagreement had taken place, and three reports
were read upon the same subject. The report of the Com-
mittee upon the Bill of the vote of confidence, as approved
of by the Ministers, was also read, and the debate upon the:

Bill
an.
'The Secretary, M. Onis, communicated the list of the
names of Deputies who had inscribed them, bothfor and
against the measure. Among . the former were Messrs.
Lopez, Caballero, Gallium, Isturiz, and most of the Pro-
curadoi es belonging to the progressive system. Among the
latter Messrs. Perpina, Martinez de la Rosa, De Toreno,
and De las Navas. The strange contrast made by the juxta-
position of the two last names caused a general expression
of surprise. On the motion of M. Perpina, the Chamber
decided that the discussion of the measure should not be.
eloiod.till after all the names of the speakers inscribed on
the list should have been gone through.
M. Orense, an Opposition Member, opened the debate
by a speech which, at first, bore a character of indecision.
He was not indisposed to support the two first clauses of
the Bill, but protested strongly against the third, which he
styled the grand war-horse of the Ministry.—(Laughter.)
After some observations from M. Parejo, the Count de
Las Navas, in the uniform of the National Guard of Bil-
boa, addressed the Chamber. " I hasten to declare," he
observed, " that I am not going to make any factious oppo-
sition. I have full confidence in the intentions 'Of the Mi-
nisters, and if my word for it be sufficient, I have great
pleasure in repeating this assurance ; but I cannot give my
support to the Bill proposed to the Chamber, because my
experience has proved to me that votes of confidence have
never led the country to any good results."
M. Terrer, one of the Members of the Committee, re-
plied to the arguments of the Count de Las Navas.
M. Martinez de la Rosa next, ascended the tribune,
when profound silence immediately reigned. He said—l,
too, am anxious to declare that I come not 'here to make
a systematic opposition. It is not my habit to judge of
a system by the men who form it, nor to attack it be-
cause it is supported by my political adversaries. I seek
a knowli dge of things as well as of men ; and when my
mind is satisfied I form my judgment., The vote of con-
fidence demanded of this Chamber is an act of such
high illy, ortance, that I feel it requires the deepest con-
sideration before I can decide upon it. Nevertheless, I
can at orce say, that on calling upon the Chamber for
such a vac, it should have had the authority of a Royal
decree, ('emonstrating its necessity ; and upon this alone can
it legally proceed, since the Constitution warrants no other
mode of proceeding. Let the Ministry, to whom lam ready
to cede the first two articles, with some modifieations, show
me the resources upon which they rely, and then I can vote
the third, which at present I must - oppose. • I know but
three mesas of obtaining money—.by the taxes, by loans, or
by sale of the property of the State. The Government
refuses to enter upon any one of these three capital mea-
sures. . The days of miracles being passed, I confess I can-
not imagine any other way of supplying the wants of the
State. Consequently I shall retain my vote until lam in-
formed as to the mysterious treasure which they, no doubt,
have in reserve. Surely, I shall not be taxed with indiscre-
tion in asking of Ministers only what the Committee asked
before it made its report, namely, explanations? They can
never be more necessary than in a matter of figures. The
Honourable Deputy here entered into a long disquisitiOn on
public credit. He recapitulated to the Chambers the. cir-
cumstances under which it had granted votes of confidence
to him, and Which he trusted he had not abused This part'
of his, speech formed a most animated and eloqUent answer
to the attack of N. de Las Navas. He concluded by in-
.
sistingu} aa the necessity of the Chamber being enlightened
as to the financial expedients of the Ministry, whose up-
rightness he did not question, but whose infallibility he
could not adinit. Though M. Martinez de la Rosa spoke
for two hours;he was listened to by the Chamber with un-
remitted attention.
M. Menclizabal-The best answer that I can find to
the insinuations thrown out against my system is in the past,
which has justified all that I had previously calculated upon,
even beyond my hopes. For those who criticize - the Mi-
nisters, or who -seek to embarrass their proceedings, I will
reed to their memories what has happened since 1 came to
the head of affairs. The provincial Juntas were all power-
ful. I declared that I would' get the upper haad of those
Juntas, that I would master the movement, and that I
would bring back to the foot of the'Tbrone all these local
Dictatorships. I was treated as a visionary
arduous did the task appear. Success crowned my efforts,
but in this affair it was not' I that triumphed over the Jun-
tas—it was the good sense of the Spanish people, which
ll
e auto tliCopeenr°)att'iO'n
my Means, for the armatnent
reason.. At a later period a -decree was pronpAlgated, •1*
has proved to me that I did not count upon scilt'emwei:t9.ll:.
100,000 men, er,r Wf
reprobation met this mcasure 41s0 it Was said to
irietnsisishl;,aonrd tylemtt
it would only tent] 10
as if by enchatitmait, atid will very , soon be com-
pleted. At the present day I come before the
Chamber to demand tt vote: of ?t)llficlqcg ich My