The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-06 00:00:00

BRIGNOLESOLE, Ambassador (f the King of SA R-
DINIA, had an audience of the KING, and after some
private conversation, delivered his credentials as Charge-
d' qffitires of the Dulze of LuccA.
All hopes of draw inp over M. TIIIERS and his
friends to support the MOLE Administration arc at an
end. The KING, fearful of trusting to General
BERNARD the defence of the War Department in
the Chambers, offered the post to Marshal SOULT,
but the brave veteran declined its acceptance. His
MAJESTY was annoyed at this; and summoned Mar-
shal GERARD to his presence, whom, however, he
found not a whit more accommodating than SounT.
M. DUPIN, President of the Chamber of Deputies,
was next ccnsulted ; but the testy lawyer declined
having anything to do with the affairs of the Cabinet.
When pressed to "give his opinion, he stated that he
thought the present Ministers would be unable to com-
inand a majority in the Chambers.

Letters and Papers from Madrid to the 26th ult.
have been received. Their contents are of a miscella-
neous character, but by no means politically important
Copious extracts from them arc given in another par
of The Sun.

We extract from the letter of a Correspondent, who
signs himself " Not a Shareholder in a Joint Stock
Bank," the following sensible observations on a sub-
ject which at present engrosses so much of public

attention :
" The REAL cause of panics is not the over-issue' of
paper (which never to any extent worth notice has occurred,
and never can, while human nature remains the same) ; but
the absurd, insane fancy for a metallic currency,' which is
preposterously assumed to be a standard, and unfluctuating
circulation, (being actually the most fluctuating) ; the result
is, that whenever business rapidly increases, the gold proves
too little for the enhanced number and amount of trans-
actions—a struggle commences for it—fool A. rushes to
obtain it from his banker—blockhead B. follows his wise
example—and a panic' ensues—business is checked—dis-
tress occasioned, solvent houses ruined—prices lowered—
banks closed, &c. &c.

" The present crisis has arisen in this way—( the writer
prognosticated it sir months since)—aided by the folly of
brother Jonathan—who, unwilling that brother John should
be the only ass, has come into the field to contend for the
wreath of absurdity, and have his ' metallic currency' too !
" So long as this folly prevails, panics will periodically
TIHUITI—ALWAYS following, as AN INEVITABLE CONSE-
QUENCE, a season of prosperity—how should it be other-
wise ?—There is a certain quantity of gold in circulation,
adequate to a certain amount of business—the latter
amount is greatly increased—the amount of gold cannot be
—and the inequality is immediately felt in the manner
already pointed out—PANICS ARE THEREFORE THE NA-
TURAL AND INVARIABLE RESULTS OF A GOLD CIRCULA-
TION—the metallic medium cannot be made to coitride
with the extent of trade—a paper medium always can't"-

A small knot of Orangemen, styling themselves a
" Protestant Society," met last week at a place in
Ireland called Ballymena, to celebrate the anniversary
of their confederacy, and to chaunt their own praises
over the exhilarating juice of the Irish grape. Where
Ballymena is we do not pretend to know, not having
ever heard of it before, and being unable to find it on
any map of the Sister Isle ; but we presume it is si-
tuated somewhere in the province of Ulster. The
persons who assembled on this occasion seem to be
equally obscure. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT and
another gentleman have M.P. tacked to their names,
O'er all the rest, an undistinguished crew,
Her veil of deepest shade oblivion threw.
The meeting was as poor in point of numbers as in
other respects ; we cannot, therefore, congratulate the
Society on the success which has attended their exec
tions, if their object be as the Chairman alleged,
spew their numbers, their respectability, and strengtl.
One of the toasts proposed front the Chair was " The
Synod of Ulster, and the other Orthodox Synods in
Ireland," which afforded an opportunity to a Dr.
STEWART to make a greater fool of himself than
even nature has done—an achievement which may,
perhaps, appear incredible to his friends. This
sapient Doctor took upon himself to state that
the question of State-Church endowments h'ad been
already settled by a brother Doctor, and therefore re-
quired not to be argued by him—how convenient I
He then related a story, evidently invented by himself,
about a steam-boat conversation which he' overheard
between a Scotch Dissenter and some Radicals, in
which the Dissenter defended religious establishments,
and gained a glorious victory over the advocates of the
voluntary system I This wonderful tale constituted the
whole Of the Rev. Doctor's oration, with the excep-
tion of the important information respecting Dr.
CooKE, which we have mentioned.
Dr. STEWART was followed by Mr. BUTT, Mr.
BUTT by Mr. TENNENT, and Mr. TENNENT by Mr.
DUNBAR, and then this trumpery affair ended. Mr.
TENNENT'S speech was characterised by that want
of sense and decency which has obtained him such
notoriety among the factious opposents of his MA-
JESTY'S Government.

Prince Polignac and his son, who is about 20 years
of age, dined with the Hon. Mrs. Macdonald, in Connaught-
place, on Sunday evening. The Princess and her children
are still in Paris, but they are expected to join the Prince
at the Clarendon in the course of the present week. He
is about to take a mansion in Connaught-square, or the
vicinity, for his permanent residence. The exiled ex-Mi-
nister quitted this country in 18'29, when he was Minister
Plenipotentiary from Charles X., and occupied a splendid
mansion in Portland-place.
Princess Lieven has considerably increased her es-
tablishment in Paris, and private letters repeat the report
of the probability of the eldest daughter of the Emperor
Nicholas paying a visit early in the spring to the French
capital, and it is added that her Highness will take up her
temporary abode at the hotel of the Princess Lieven, in
the Rue de Rivoli.
Lord Robert Grosvenor's new mansion in Upper
Grosvenor-street is undergoing various alterations and im-
provements, which will not be completed until the spring.
The Upper Chamber of the legislative body of Dres-
den has rejected a motion for the admission of ladies dur-
ing the Parliamentary discussions.
The Paignion, a very learned title for another of
those pretty toy amusements for a child ; it consists of a variety
of seenes,,the street, the Zoological Gardens, rooms, theatre,
&c.. in which are placed moveable figures. For an invalid
child it is a most interesting toy.—Literary Gazette.
A meeting took place at Devizes, on Saturday last,
on the subject of the proposed " Rural Police ;" when in-
dividuals of various political opinions coincided in expressing
their disapprobation of the project.—Wilts Herald.
Fergus O'Connor visited Newcastle, on Monday
last, on which occasion the Radical Reformers gave him a
public breakfast ; and in the evening he addressed a nu-
merous assembly in the Music Hall of that town.
SUDDEN DEATH.—We ate sorry to have to record
another awful instance of sudden death, which happened
early yesterday morning to J. Ratcliffe, Esq., of Cambray-
place. This gentleman, who has long been a resident of
Cheltenham, had just decended to breakfast, when he was
seized with an attack of apoplexy. C. T. Cooke, Esq.,
and Dr. Conolly, were immediately called in, but without
being able to render any assistance, though all the, usual
applications were
,promptly resorted to. Mr. Ratcliffe, we
understand, was in his 67th year.—(Clellenhain Looker-on
of Saturday.)
\Telancil nny and disheartening as the fact is, it is
nevertheless fearfully true, that a goodly portion of the
crops are still exposed to the storms of this gloomy season.
epeputriienng, wet and rain
last week, the weather has been, almost without ex-
y, and consequently altogether unfitted
for harvest operations. We are informed that a good deal
of the corn anti barley crop in the district around Alyth is
still unhouseo, while, in Glenisla and Strathardle, much of
it
is
still
tthoechultu.vesltndisees
dti'llinf ar from completed. Altogether
the whole hilly portions of the
of the country
the prospects
country
are gloomy, and all classes will
suffer, though not to an equal extent, from the backward-
ness of the season. Many farmer& will of course be unable
to pay their rents, which will tell on the income and expen-
diture of the landlords ; and the poorer part of the commu-
nity feel it sorely, from provisions rising to a
higher price
than, with their limited incomes, they can conveniently afford
to give.—Perth Chronicle.