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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1836.

Premiers, and, "of course," therefore—as our Con-'
temporary John Bull would say—one must naturally
feel a quick and lively sympathy for the other. Viewed
in this light, we can conceive nothing so melancholy as
such a visit ; for not one solitary topic can either the
Duke or the Baronet have to fall back on by way of
consolation. For a series of years past they have been
going on from blunder to blunder—each 'worse than
its predecessor—until at length they have fairly blun-
dered themselves out of office, with no more chance of
A recall, than the Carlton Club have of regaining that
unlucky " million" which was squandered at the
last election. These things cannot be forgotten
at the " visit." Sir R. PEEL cannot fail to read them
in his Grace's forlorn countenance, where they are
most legibly stereotyped ; and in the restless, though
would be placid, look of the Baronet, his guest may
peruse a record of similar vexation. But there is balm
in Gilead—there is comfort even in the depths of suf-

fering. Let these illustrious Tories but consent to
play a more enlarged, statesmanlike part than they have
yet permitted themselves to do, and they may regain
their forfeited character for, moderation and liberality
with the people ; and their future visits to each other
be those of congratulation, rather than condolence.
The Irish Church Appropriation Measure is one that
particularly demands their dispassionate consideration ;
for a more important, and, at the same time, a more
rational and equitable one, never occupied the attention
of Parliament. 'We trust, then, that it is now in pro-
cess of private discussion by the Right Hon. Baronet
and his guest at Tamworth, with a view to consider
rather how it may be supported,,than how it may be
opposed to the last extremity.

The conduct of the Tories since their late fatal
disaster strongly reminds us of that ascribed by MIL-
TON to the evil spirits who were hurled for their wic-
kedness to the only place fit for them. There is first
the stun of the faculties occasioned by the headlong
fall—reason overpowered--sense benumbed—motion
suspended—utterance clean gone. Then, slowly re-
covering from their stupefaction, they gather them
selves up from the " burning marle " into an atti-
tude
of impotent defiance, and bellow forth fran-
tic execrations against the power which had over-
whelmed them, pretending to make light of their irre-
parable calamity, and attempting still further to deceive
themselves with false hopes. So it is with the factious
crew who have so long disturbed the peace and poi-
soned the happiness of their country. They know and
feel that the issue of the great political contest which
has just ended has inevitably sealed their doom—that
not a ray of hope remains to gladden their future
existence as a party ; yet they pretend to conceal the
gloom of despondency under an air of indifference, and
even of levity ! But does this prove that they are at
ease? Does the hysterical laugh which bursts from
the tortured criminal prove that he suffers no pain ?
Does it not rather betray the intensity of his inward

agony ?
All the engines of the discomfited faction have been
set at work to extenuate the triumph of Reformers,
• and if possible to delude the vulgar herd into a belief
that no loss has been sustained—that the cause of
Toryism is as flourishing, and its prospects as bright
as ever ! The grand delusion which is attempted
to be played off upon their miserable dupes by
the public organs of the faction is, that the mu-
nicipal elections had not the least connexion with
politics ; which is equivalent to maintaining the
following proposition,—that the inhabitants of almost
• all the corporate towns in England and Wales, con-
fessedly the most enlightened part of the community,
as well as the most zealous in giving effect to their
political sentiments, have been actuated by no political
motives in excluding from office nearly every indivi-
dual opposed to the policy of the MELBOURNE Ad--
ministration ! This is what the victims of Tory de-
ception are called upon to believe ; as if they were
not thought worthy .of a place in the rational crea-
tion—as if they were fit- for nothing but to chew
thistles by the hedge-side. Where, may we ask, will
the Tories find a clearer demonstration of the political
sentiments of the people, or a stronger evidence of the
popular will ? Let them, if they can, point out, in
the history of the world, an instance of so absolute a
prostration of a party by public opinion—of so com-
plete and simultaneous a proscription of a political
class, by the intelligence of a nation—as that which
signalized the memorable twenty-sixth of December.
This they cannot do, and therefore it is that they are
labouring to draw off the. attention of the public from
the political to the civil bearing of the Municipal
Reform triumph. " That a great victory has been
obtained," say they, " we do not mean to deny ;
but it has been gained over corruption not over
Toryism." They plume themselves upon this, as it
appears to them, very happy distinction. Is it very
complimentary to a party to say that every person pro-
fessing its principles, who held any corporate office,
rias been kicked out of that office for corruption ? Is
this a flattering testimony to the influence of Tory
principles on the moral character ? Is it a strong re-
commendation to the people of England to be in love

with Toryism ?
But arc the actual corruptionists really the only por-
tion of the party against whom the popular denun-
ciation has been directed ? Look to the fact that
the new Tory candidates for office were as unsuccessful
as those who had already been tried, and found guilty
of corruption. It is, therefore, not against the indi-
viduals, but against their political principles, that the
public verdict has been given.

" If this be the case," say the leaders of Tory opi-
nion, " and you have gained so much by the munici-
pal elections, why do you not dissolve the Par-
liament, and try your strength at a general election ?
" No," we answer, "we will do no such thing. We
will beat you with your own weapon. We know that a
general election would add greatly to the number of the
real representatives of the people, and therefore to
the support of the MELBOURNE Administration ;
but it is much more humiliating to you, that you
should be extinguished by aParliament of your own, or
at least by one in which you contrived to pack as many
of your creatures as you could by bribery, intimidation,
and every other base and unconstitutional means."
This is the fate that awaits the Tories. It is all
that is wanting to crown the triumph of the Liberals.

The John Bull of yesterday contains the following
paragraph :—" His Grace the Duke of WELLING-
TON leaves town to-morrow, on a visit to Sir ROBERT
PEEL, at Drayton Manor, to meet a party of friends.
Of course this re-union is merely for the purpose of
taking leave of the Right Honourable Baronet's pre-
serves, previous to the meeting of Parliament." We
should have thought little or nothing of this notice,
if it had not been for the very signifi cant explana-
tion attached to it. But the phrase " of course"
dropped in, so unconsciously, so accidentally as it were,
shows clearly enough what our Contemporary's opinion
of this ducal visit is—that he is convinced it has a far
more important object than that which he is pleased to
assign to it. He is in hopes, with the rest of the
party whose interests he espouses, that his Grace and
the Right Honourable Baronet are now at length about
to combine in a vigorous, uncompromising opposition
to all the Government measures, being restored to
something like confidence by the late energetic calls
made upon the Tories by many of the Tory journals ;
and that his Grace's present visit to Tamworth is for
the purpose of settling the preliminaries of such oppo-
sition. This may, or may not be the case ; but be it
which way it will, it is a matter of little moment. All
the mischief they had it in their power to do, to Re-
form, the Duke and his host have long since done ;'
and if, with all their arts, all their zeal, and all their
tried cunning, they could make no head against Minis-
ters last Session, sure are we that they will not be a
whit more successful in the approaching one. But
perhaps, after all, his Grace's visit to Sir R. PEEL
may be simply one •of condolence. Both are Tory Ex-

The whole of the Paris papers of Friday and Sa-
turday have been received. Their contents are inte-
resting. On Wednesday evening the Chamber of
Deputies carried the Address by a majority of one
hundred and seventy-nine votes,two hundred and forty-six
votes being given in favour of, and sixty-seven against
it. At half-past two o'clock on Thursday the Depu-
tation appointed by the Chamber to submit the Address
to his MAJESTY proceeded to the Tuilleries, where
they were introduced to the KING by M. HUMANN,
the only Minister in attendance. The Address being
read, his MAJESTY answered it in the following
terms

" Gentlemen,
" I am rejoiced to learn from you that the progress of public
opinion follows that of our national prosperity. This happy
combination will give to the results which the concurrence of
all the powers of the State has obtained for France the strength
and the stability which will increase their value:
" The sentiments you express for my family have penetrated
my heart. It is gratifying to me to see you extend to it those
sentiments of which you have given me so many proofs. It
is, as you say, both as father and as King, that I thank you for
having participated in the uneasiness which has caused me by
the absence of my eldest son, as well as in the satisfaction I

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1836

felt at seeing him return safe, after having shared in the fatigues
and dangers of our brave soldiers.
I hope, Gentlemen, that your labours during the Session
now begun will be no less advantageous to France than those
to which you before devoted yourselves with so much zeal and
patriotism. I shall zealously second them, and my most pleas-
ing recompense will be to see the happiness and the prosperity
of the country daily increase by our joint efforts."

division had arrived at Barcelona, and that another would
shortly be at Vittoria. Colonel Mendez Vigo is gone to Sos,
to oppose the passage of the Carlist division destined for Aragon.
It seems that M. Bris le Comte is not to execute his mis-
sion. We hear that a secret agent of the Doctrinaire diplomacy
embarked in the same ship as the American Charge d'Affaires,
and that he has dispatches which are to counteract the effect
of M. Barton's departure.—lllessager, Jan. 16.

A few of the Deputies had expected that the KING
would have taken some notice of the amendment
respecting Poland, and in consequence of the omission,
privately expressed themselves dissatisfied with the '
answer. The great majority, however, thought dif-
ferently : and, for our own part, we think the answer
sufficiently explicit.
Count PAHLEN, the Russian ambassador, attended
a Concert given at the Palace on Wednesday evening.
He entered into a long and familiar conversation with
the Duke de BROGLIE, and, though narrowly watched,
betrayed not the slightest indication of surprise or
vexation in consequence of the Deputies' Amendment
upon the Address. It was rumoured that his Excel-
lency depends upon the influence which his Imperial
Master possesses in the French Cabinet, by which he
hopes to succeed in reducing the resolution of the
Chamber of Deputies to mere words, unproductive of
any political result. The Austrian, Russian, and Prus-
sian Ambassadors sent off' couriers to their respec-
tive Courts as soon as the amendment respecting Po-
land was carried by the Chamber. The couriers for
St. Petersburg and Berlin started first, the Austrian
ambassador delaying for some hours later, for the pur-
pose, as was believed, of receiving answers to certain
diplomatic queries respecting the consequences of the
amendment just adopted by the Deputies. The truth
is that Austria knows not in what light to view the
' question of Polish nationality. She dreads Russia ;
but she fears that the Governments of France and
England will set aside the infamous partition Treaty,
and so deprive her of Gallicia. Now Austria is just
as unwilling to part with Gallicia as Prussia would be
to give up the Grand Duchy of Posen ; and these
Powers must be stripped, if it be the intention, as it
unquestionably is the interest and duty of the Govern-
ments of England-and France, to raise up Poland, so
as to place her upon a footing of perfect equality with
the other European States.
The expatriated Poles exiled in France have not
shown themselves wanting in gratitude to the Cham-
ber of Deputies for the amendment just alluded to.
As soon as the fact was made known to them an Ad-
dress was prepared, to which the most respectable Re-
fugees at present in Paris affixed their names, and co-
pies of it presented to both Chambers, thanking the
Members for their sympathy with the fate of Poland.
The Poles, in the name of their country, pledged
themselves that France, after the restoration of Polish
independence, would never want a faithful ally in the
cause of human liberty.
A rather singular instance of Ministerial insubordi-

FRENCII FUNDS.-PARIS, JANUARY 15.
Five per Cents., 108 f. 70c. 60c. 50c.
Four per Cents., 102 f.
Threc per Cents., 50f. 90c. 81f. 80f. 95c. 85c.
Bank Actions, 2,150 f.
Rente de Naples, USE 75c. 70c. 60c.
Roman Five per Cents., lOWA.
Spanish Actives, 48%
Spanish Differes, 24;4.
Spanish Passives, 15 15'6 %.
Royal Spanish Loan, 35%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 85.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 51.
Haytian Loan, 420 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 2.5 c. 55c. ; money, 95f. 52e.
Three months, paper, -f. -c. ; money, 25f. 37;4 c.
-Coors Autlzentigue.
FRENCH FUNDS.-Pants, JANUARY 16.
Five per Cents. 108 f. SOc. 75c. 90c. 80c.
Four and a Half Der Cents. 10 If. 80c.
Three per Cents. 81E sc. 10c. sc. 81f.
Bank Actions, 2,150 E
Rente de Naples, 98f. 90c. 99f. 98f. 95c. 90c. 85c.
Roman Five per Cents., 10314
Spanish Actives, 48%
Passives, 155,47‘, 16,5'4.
Royal Spanish Loan, 18N 38.
Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 33.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 103 103%.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 85
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 5.i.
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 56f,
Haytian Loan, 4171. 50c..,415f.
EXCHANGE ON I.ONAON.
One month, paper, 95f. 55c. ; money, 251. 55c.
Three months, paper, -f. -c.; money, 25f. 37
-Coors Authentique.
Bounsr., THREE O'CLOCK.- A report circulated this
morning at Tortoni's, that a reconciliation had taken place
between the Ministers, has given a strong impulse to the
Three per Cents. French ; they rose to 81f. 20c. at the open-
ing of the Bourse, they were done at. 81f. 15c., but improved
to 81f. 25c. ; it is, however, obeerved, that there is more
eagerness to sell than to purchase at these prices. The
Spanish stock remained stationary during the greater part of
the day, but in consequence of a report that a courier from Spain
had arrived with favourable intelligence, the Actives rose from
4Si to 48-k buyers.
QUARTER TO FOUL-Five per Cents., 109 f. sc. ; Three
per Cents., 81f. loc. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, -; Three
per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; Coupons, - ; Gucb-
hards, -; Differes, I ; New Loan, -; Actives, 49Q ;
Passives, 16i ; Ducats, 98 90 ; Romans, 1031 ; Pedros, 85 ;
Belgians, 108 k ; Dutch, --f. -c. ; Haytians, 415 f. ;
Miguels, 204,; Brabant Bank, -; Belgian Bank, 13 ; Con-
tinuation, -c. ; New Differes, ; Five per Cent. Pei pc-
tuelles,

Letters and Papers from Lisbon have been received,
from which extracts will be found in another column.
They represent the present Cabinet as wanting in pub-
lic confidence and stability. The QUEEN is by no
means so popular as she was some eight months since.
The people are quite indifferent as to her marriage.
Nor does this surprise us.

We refer our readers to another column for extracts
from the latest papers received from South America.

nation occurred on Thursday in the Chamber of De-
puties. It is pretty well known that M. HUMANN,
Minister of Finance, has long meditated the reduction
of the five per cents to three, or three-and-a-half at the
utmost ; as he considers, from the present value of
money in France, that the nation is a loser in her
dealings with her creditors. When introducing his
budget for the financial year just ended, M. HUMANN
stated that he intended introducing a Bill on the sub-
subject of the Five per cent. Rentes ; and it was with
some difficulty that his colleagues prevailed upon bins
to postpone the measure. As Ministers feared that in
his speech on the budget of 1837, the Finance Minister
might again introduce the question of the five per cents,
they requested that his speech previously to the
discussion in the Chamber, should be submitted to the
perusal of the budget Committee. What M. Ht.f-
MANN'S motives were for not complying with this
request is not known. Very probably he was hurt at
the insinuated doubt of his prudence and capacity ;
but the upshot of the affair was, that in his speech on
the budget he attacked the rentes with as much se-
verity as if he were the first leader of the Opposition.
His Colleagues listened to him with perfect astonish-
ment—horror on their countenances, and fear in their
hearts. No sooner had he sat down than MM.
THIERS and DE BROGLIE ran, with the celerity. of
couriers, to the KING, and revealed to him all that
had taken place. The KING was as much confounded
as his Ministers—the other Members of the Cabinet
were sent for—a scene of indescribable confusion en-
sued. For a while it was thought that M. HUMANN
would be disrhissed ; but on reflection the KING opposed
so precipitate a step, as the measure for the reduction of
the Rentes was extremely popular with several of the
departmental Electoral Colleges. It was resolved, how-
ever, that the debt should not be touched—that M.
HumANN should receive the Royal commands for
ab-
etainin from bringing in his Bill ; and, as a wind-up,
it was hinted, ill terms not to be misunderstood, that
another opportunity would be found for getting rid of
the troubleseme financier.
Speaking abstractedly, M. FIurIANN is certainly
right in proposing the reduction of the Five per Cents.,
provided he has it in his power to make it optional
with the public creditor to rest contented with the pro-
posed reduction, or to receive his capital. Every sous
paid to the holders of stock, over and above what
they could get for their money in the mar-
ket, is a robbery to that amount committed upon
the nation. But in this particular case there is much
to be taken into consideration. The holders of the
Rentes are for the most part small shopkeepers, who,
realizing trifling sums by retail trade, hastened to place
them at the disposal of the Government. These shop-
keepers are the principal tax payers ; and thus the pro-
fits arising from their vested capital arc, in point of
fact, paid by themselves. This places the whole ques-
tion in a very different point of view. But there is a
still snore important one behind. The Government of
France, under the Orleans dynasty, is still in its in-
fancy. It is of the utmost moment to the KING, and,
in fact, the industrious part of the community, that
the public tranquillity should become permanent. Now
no better means for effecting that object could be devised
than to make the National Guards, the shop-keepers,
and the small capitalists throughout France public cre-
ditors. The hearts of men follow their wealth ;:wherever
theirtreasures are disposed there is to be fouud the centre
of their sympathies and affections. A public debt, when
the weight is not over-oppressive, as in England, adds
greatly to the strength of a Government, by disposing
the wealthier portion of the community to adopt every
measure for the preservation of the general peace. Now
although we agree in the broad principle laid down by
M. HUMANN, we are not such Utopians as to main-
tain that the introduction of good measures ought not
to be regulated by a variety of circumstances arising
out of the state of public opinion in any country`:.
Every measure which is not well timed, is in reality
evil, however good it may appear, . abstractedly con-
sidered.
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ment of 2,000 men ; and more so that we should now be able
to alarm the enemy's posts, if the troops and their officers were
a little more resolute. There are now in the city above 5,000
men in arms ; those who besiege are not 1,500.
The Journals of the South announce that a Portuguese

We have received private advices from Bilboa and
Barcelona—from the former to the Ist, and the latter
to the 9th instant. We have likewise received intel-
ligence from Madrid to the 6th inst., through the
medium of the Paris Journals of Saturday. In
Barcelona some disturbances occurred on the sth,
in consequence of an attempt having been made
to proclaim the constitution of Cadiz. The
insurgents would have succeeded but for the prompt
interference of Captain HYDE PARKER, of the British
man-of-war Rodney, who offered the Governor 700
men to extinguish the insurrectionary movement. The
firmness of the British tar saved the town.

The accounts from Madrid are very favourable. The
intensity of the cold in the North has had the effect of
preventing the operations of the army in the North.