The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-13 00:00:00

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expressitAl ti the convenient compromise*.

The coal monopoly Vlas incidentally brought under
the notice of the House of Commons yester,la eftk*
neoeb but though it was properly PtiBtticalica Mr;
WARBURTON and others as a most scandalous mono-
poly, the attempt made to abate it by Lord Gn,llx-
VILLE SOMERSET met with no support. The City
of London, according to Mr. LABOUCHERE, has a
right to levy a tax of lad. on every ton of coal honsumed
within a certain distance of St. Pckul's ; and the City has
graciously consented to allow a drawback on all tilt
coals exported or consumed in steamers. Muniticent
City ! It Continues to take JUL from the ton when
coal is consumed 14v• flts..` ponr, but when it is used by the
rich canit4.V‘ for the pnrposes of prost, the City abates its
claim. There are no hard-working artizans in the Common
Council, or at the Board of Aldermen ; that there are no
owners or part owners of steam-ships, it would be a mistake
to 'aver. Mr. LABOUCHERE says the City has a right ; but
have not the poor a right to keep their own money, in-
stead of the City of London taking it ? And why does
the legislator bestow the right on the rich City ?
To talk of the City's right to tax the people, reminds us a
the celebrated parable by which the Prophet instructed
DAVID ; but there is now no prophet to say to Mr. LA-
soucHEr.E and the Legislature who have done the wrong,
" Thou art the man !"

By the last accounts from Chili, it appears that the Go-
vernment have refused to ratify the treaty of peace between
that country and Peru, and that preparations are making
on both sides for a renewal of the war, thereby wasting, for
the factious and selfish interests of a few individuals, re-
sources which ought to go to the payment of just debts
due to British subjects. With the exception of Brazil, all
the South American States are in nearly the same condi-
tion, and evince the same disposition towards those who
furnished them with the means of establishing their inde-
pendence. Persons well acquainted with the resources of
these unprincipled Governments state, that they have am-
ple means to make good their engagements, and that if
measures are not adopted to compel them to be just, they
will never pay a penny of either the principal or inte-
rest. Now though the people of this country lent them
the money, in their usual reckless manner, we see no reason
why they should not have the protection of the Government,
as well as British merchants or settlers in those countries,
when they are plundered either by mobs or military chiefs.
In the case of Spain her creditors submit patiently, though
every engagement with them has been broken, because it
is well known she is insolvent, and cannot raise in any way
a few millions to finish the war ; but as regards Chili, Peru,
and even Alexico, no such reasons exist. All that is want-
ing there is the will. They never will pay till they are com-
pelled, and the interference of our Government is as much
called for as that of the French, which claims compensa-
tion—and will obtain it too—for robberies committed on
French subjects. A demonstration on the part of our Go-
vernment would in all probabiiity settle the question. All
these States have a vast extent of sea-coast—they would
soon be at the mercy of British cruisers—and find it more
convenient to settle the account than enter into a contest
with England. England has all along been their best
friend. Her interference alone enabled them to establish
their national independence ; and the return they have
made would deprive of all sympathy nations which have
exhibited such base ingratitude. Such a step too would
be productive of peace. If they were obliged to pay their
just debts, they would find more difficulty in procuring
means to carry on this unnatural and petty warfare with
one another.

The Paris Journals of Wednesday bring the sentence
pronounced by the Chamber •f Peers upon Lieutenant
LAITY, for the publication of the Strasburg pamphlet,
which is that he be incarcerated fur five years, remain for
life under the surveillance of the police, and pay a fine of
10,000 francs, besides all the expenses of the trial. In the
event of the fine and costs not being paid, the imprison-
ment is extended to six years ; and in the meantime the
pamphlet is suppressed, and all existing copies of it ordered
to be destroyed. It is to be observed that monstrous as is
this sentence, it is the mildest the Court of Peers is em-
powered to pronounce—a proof that in its judicial capacity
it is a mere engine of wanton tyranny.
The Constitutionnel states that Marshal SOULT has
written to his friends in Paris, informing them of the high
gratification he derived from the very flattering reception
he met with in London. With the true adroitness of a
courtier, the Marshal attributes this to the high estimation
in which the King of the FRENCH is held in this country.
Will the Duke DE NEMOURS confirm the complimentary
testimony of the veteran Marshal ? But enough has been
written on a topic which it were as well to pass over in
silence.

The following extract from a letter from Jassy, of the
22. d ult., is quoted by the Commerce :
" Prince Stourdza, the Hospodar of Moldavia, has declared his desire
of abdicating his Sovereignty, the Emperor of Russia having announced
to him his intention of granting to him and to his descendants on that
condition, the confiscated property of Prince Adam Czartoryski in Po-
dolia, and also of conferring on him the dignity of a Russian senator.
In the event of this resignation taking place, the office of Hospodar of
Moldavia will be granted to General Katardgi, a Moldavian by birth,
and who from his earliest youth has been in the service of Russia, and
entirely devoted to the Emperor Nicholas."

If the above statement be correct, it involves considera-
tions which ought to be carefully inquired into by the Ca-
binets of England and France. Depend upon it the CZAR
is preparing for the perpetration of some imperial piece of
villainy in the event of a rupture between MICIIEMET ALI
and the Porte. When the eyes of Europe will be directed
one way his myrmidons will be busy in another, unless pre-
cautionary measures are adopted on a scale sufficiently ex-
tensive to cripple his utmost exertions. In the mean-
time advices from Odessa announce that the Russian
fleet in the Black Sea is increased—that several thou-
sands of picked soldiers are ready to embark at Se-
bastopol—and that the calibre of the guns and the
selection of the materiel prove that this immense force is
not intended to act against the Circassians. Several Rus-
sian men-of-war are at present cruising at the very entrance
of the Bosphorus.

Letters from San Sebastian of the sth instant, announce
that ESPARTERO was then closely besieging Estella, the
head quarters, or rather capital of the Pretender. The
report of the capture of the town was hourly expected to
reach San Sebastian. Singular enough, this statement is
not confirmed by the letters from Bayonne of the 7th, which
merely state that ESPARTERO was at Miranda, whence it
was suppos-!d be would proceed to Logrono.
" BnussEcs, Jirtv 11.—The average prices of Wheat and Rye, in
the week ending July 7th, were as follows :—Wheat 21f. 30c. ; Rye,
129 c. per Itectoclitre. Wheat, therefore, remains exempt from import
duty while that of Rye is still 21 f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes.
The following letter written from Warsaw July 2, before the arrival
of the Emperor Nicholas, may give a just idea of the degree of confi-
dence with which he appears before his Polish subjects.
WARSAW, JUNE 28.—We are in daily expectation of the arrival of
Nicholas. Field Marshal Paskewitsch has given orders to General Rosa-
nictaki, the chief of the secret police of Poland, to concert with General
Storassnski, the Governor of Warsaw, police measures to be adopted during
the short stay which the Emperor will make in our capital. A swarm
of secret agents is in the field to watch all the actions of the inhabitants.
No person is suffered to enter or leave Warsaw sinless he is
furnished with a regular passport--even the country people of the
environs who come to the markets at Warsaw are required to
have passports. In our streets nothing is seen but Russian
soldiers. Behind the bairier of Monkatof there is a camp of twelve
regiments of horse artillery, a division of six regiments of in
fantry is in the citadel and near it. Twelve regiments of cavalry arc
stationed at intervals from the village of Blonie to that of Vilanof. The
garrison of IVarsaw, which was already so strong, has been augmented
by four regiments of infantry of the Guard. Such are the preparations
made for the reception of the Emperor Nicholas. Instead of saying that
he comes to visit a people sui ject to his sceptre, one would rather be.
lieve that he comes to crttsh it.—Le Commerce.

IitENCH FUND:3. —Paetz;, JULY 11.
Five per Cents.. I I If. 5,:c. 40c.
Four per Cents , 102 f.
Uwe,. per Cents. 801 50c. fOc. 5.c.
Bank. Actions, f.
[tante ile Naples, Pllf. tuc. llSf. Foe. Piff.
Ittunati Five per Cet.ts., 102.
Spanish Acrivcs, 2'2 234.
tidviish Differes, ft%.
Belgian Loan, 101 l;.
Belgian Bank, 1,142 f. 50c.
Portuguese Loan, Three pc r Cents. 21N.
EXCIIANOR ON Loritutat.
One month, paper, 25f. 40c.; money, 25z. 37k; c.
Three months, paper, 25f. '25c.; money, '2sf. ksc.
LATEST PIIICES.
Five per Cents. Illf. 55e.
Three per Cents., 80f. 60e.
Bank Actions, 2,6101.
Romans' 102.
Belgian Loan, 102(4.
Belgian 13ank, 1,41!if. stl,c.
Epanirh Actives,

Letters and Papers from Madrid, of the 4th instant, hal e
reached us. Forty thousand men of the new levy were fully
equipped, and supplies amounting to two millions and a half of
reals, twenty thousand shirts, twenty-four thousand pairs of
shoes, and ten thousand summer uniforms, sent to the army
of the North. Four millions of reals were ready for the use
of the army of the centre ; and an excellent new battering