The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUN. LoNow;, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1436

to do with the private concerns of either party, we shall
make no comment upon it, further than to observe that
the gentleman named in it owes it to his evii character
publicly to disprove the allezationl preferred against
him,

rile infatuation of the (';it;4.o', ING in pursuing a
iine of polie,F, all sober-minded people begin to
he .C6‘Niced will lead to a catastrophe 'fatal t 6 him-
self', and perhaps to his only less wonderful
than his man, ri-'6Vmential deliverances from the at-
tempt ttial have been made upon his life. But nei-
thcr as a Sovereign nor as a Men does he lead a
charmed regal or physical existence. bout con-
cessions—large concessions to the people of France--
the KING is as little secure against the emcutc of a
mob, as LOUIS-PHILIPPE can be from the attack of a
murderer. In vain does the King of the FRENCH
flatter himself, that he will succeed in effecting by
stratagem what CHARLES X. lost a Crown for
attempting by force. He is closely watched, and every
movement of his, which represses in any way the
liberty of the people, only confirms those in a determi-
nation to dethrone him, who believed from the first
that he could never become the defado SOVEREIGN of
a Free People. A late celebrated writer on the very revo-
lution which placed LOUIS PH ILIPI'E on the throne
of France, asserted the impossibility of the BOURBONS
ever becoming friendly to the liberty of mankind. " If a
herd of overloaded asses," says HAZLITT in an essay
written on his death-bed, " were to turn against their
drivers, and demand their liberty and better usage,
these could not be more astonished than the Bourt-
BONS were when the French people turned against
them, and demanded their rights. Will these same
BOURBONS who have been rocked and cradled in the
notion of arbitrary power, and of their own exclusive
privileges as a separate and sacred race—who have
sucked it in with their mother's milk—who inherit it
in their blood--who have nursed it in exile and in so-
litude, and gloated over it once more since their return,
as within their reach, ever be brought to look
liberty in the face, except as a mortal and implacable
foe ? Will they ever give up the hope of removing
that obstacle to all that they have been, or still have
a fancied right to be ? The last thing they can be
convinced of will be to make them comprehend that
they are men. ** *. Be sure of this—popular
right coiled round the sceptre of hereditary Kings is
like the viper clinging to our hands, which we shake
off with fear and loathing. There is in despots (born
and bred) a natural and irreconcileable antipathy to
the people, and to all obligations to them. The very
name of freedom is a screech-owl in their ears. They
will either be absolute or they will be nothing. The
BOURBONS for centuries had been regarded as the
Gods of the earth—as a superior race of beings, who
had a sovereign right to trample on mankind, and
crush them in their wrath, or spare them in their
mercy. Would CHARLES X. derogate from his an-
cestors— would he be the degenerate scion of that royal
line to wear a tarnished and dishonoured crown—to be
raised by the shout of a mob—to wait the assent of a
Chamber of Deputies—to owe everything to the peo-
ple—to be a King on liking, and on sufferance, a sort
of state-prisoner in his own kingdom, shut up and
spell-bound in the nickname of a Constitution ? He
would as soon consent to• go on all-fours. The latter
would not shock his pride and prejudices more—would
not be a greater degradation in his eyes, or a more total
inversion of the order of nature. It is not that the
successor to a despotic throne will not, but he cannot
be the King of a free people."
All that HAZLITT here says of CHARLES X. iS
equally applicable to LOUIS PHILIPPE, for at the
present moment the latter looks upon himself quite as
much in the character of an hereditary Monarch as did
his unfortunate predecessor on the eve of the revolution,
which for ever hurled him from the pinnacle of earthly
glory. The reigning Sovereign of the FRENCH may
outwardly identify himself with the celebration of the
" three glorious days" as much as he pleases ; but at
heart he only remembers, feels, and exults in the fact,
that he is a stalk from the same stem—a branch from
the Royal tree—which ought rightfully to overshadow
the soil of France. It is this conviction ever present
to his mind, that led him to confirm, in his regal
career, the truth of his propositions laid down by the
writer, whom we have quoted above. And yet it is
surprising to us that a man of Louis PHILIPPE'S
great sagacity, seeing that his attachment to liberty
was doubted openly by many, and sincerely believed
by none—that men, regarded as political prophets in
Europe, had publicly predicted that he would ulti-
match' subvert the liberties of Frenchmen—and that
thousands of his subjects were standing aloof from his
Government, with the determination of defending with
their lives the rights which they had achieved—it is, we
repeat, surprising that he did not proceed more warily
in his march towards the re-establishment of despotism.
In another column will be found the addresses of the
Chambers of Peers and Deputies to the KING, con-
gratulating his MAJESTY on his miraculous escape,
and assuring him of their loyal and devoted attachment
to his person, family, and government. All this is
very well—very proper and becoming ; but still the
KING'S life is not a whit more secure than if Baron
PA SQUIER and M. DUPIN were as mute as statues.
From the danger which threatens the KING no zeal
or activity on the part of his guards—no devotion on
the part of the national representatives—no precaution
on his own part, or that of his family, can possibly se-
cure him. There are but two ways by which he can hope
to desCend to the " Tomb of the Capulets" ill peace—
viz., by adopting a more liberal policy, which of course
will be preceded by a general political amnesty ; or by
immuring himself in his Palace, with no more liberty
than is allowed to the State prisoners of Ham. The
attachment of the Peers and Deputies of France—the
chivalrous loyalty of the National Guards—the joy
ous acclamations of the Parisians—would be invalu

able in the event of an insurrection directed against
the reigning dynasty ; but of what use are they when
the evil to be guarded against is the pistol or the
dagger of the solitary muffled assassin ?

The Chamber of Peers unwittingly encourages
these atrocious attempts to murder the KING, by the
parade it makes in examining and trying the criminals.
The ridiculous attention paid to the wretch FIESCIII ;
the monstrous absurdity of publishing all his vain and
vicious gasconade ; the extreme folly of allowing such
a monster private conferences with Ministers of State ;
and the exhibitions of pitiful egotism permitted at his
trial, were all calculated to multiply regicides in a
country where the most enormous crimes are commit-
ted to satisfy a craving for notoriety. Were such
monsters dragged forth, tried by a common jury, and
executed in twenty-four hours after the attempt to per-
petrate such a wickedness, we would hear less of
French regicides.
PARIS, JUNE 96.—N0 summons has been issued for an im-
mediate sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, nor do we hear of
any project of law to be considered.

The Peers, on leaving the proceeded immediately
to the Luxembourg.
It is not true, as has been reported, that the shot bred by
Alibeaud was turned aside by an agent of the police, or by a
sergeant of the National Guard, who pushed him just as he
saw him take aim. Alibeaud was able to fire without inter-
ruption.

It was the King who happened to be looking towards the
spot where the assassin stood, and seeing the cane pointed to-
wards him, made the motion which saved him. From the
place where the ball struck and where it was found, it is cal-
culated that it passed within five or six inches of the King's
head. Neither did Alibaud rest his cane on the door of the

carriage ; the extremity of the cane-nun was two feet from
the carriage when it Was Oda. He rested the cane on the
shoulder of A pesoll whet was between him and the carriage.
The person who was the nearest to Alibeaud, and 1.: s the
first to seize hii% Was M. Dupont; Aide-Major. at the Palace
Inieriait aiia :an ,914 itito slag Cross
A vontat a
of tn trom Napoleon. lie was assisted ,u)
footman, and M. Deffiaux of the National GUard. Alibeaud
made very little
.resistance even at the ifirist tnomPnt.,
Alibeaud,. it is said, 11,9§..1.1,ca;a ffuri!;er i i. ti,legirnent
the line. ..W1 aiter Li aving been a vortierkr
south of France, become an innkeeper at Perpignan. Ile
manifested some emotion this morning, when the magistrates
commissioned to interrogate him pointed out to him the fright-
ful consequences that might have resulted from his crime. It
was even said at the Palace that he had shed some tears.
However this may be, at a later hour, and when he was con.
fronted with the persons who arrested him, he had recovered
his self-possession. It does not appear that he has made any
disclosure.—lllessager, June 27.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Psats, JUNE 27.
nye per Cents., IEBE 30c. 20c. 25c.
Four per Cents., 101 f. 60c.
Ihrte per Cents. 8:1f. he 80f. 80f. 10c. sc.
Retire tie i;aples, WOE 15c.
Roman Five per Cents., 103.
Spanish Actives, 41 40& 41%
Spanish Differes, 19.
Spanish Passives, 12V043,04.
Belgian Loan, Five per CCM', 10244.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., S.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 51z14.
EXCHANGE ON i.ONTSON.
One month, paper, —f. —e.; money, 251. 35c.
Three months, paper, —f. —e.; money, 251 2Qc.
—['ours .4uthentique.

BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—The first price of the Three
per Cents. was 801. 15c., but it gradually declined to 801.,
sellers. A great number of sales for July were attempted at
a continuation of 20c. to 25c. Spanish Active Stock has fallen
11 per cent. Some bargains have been done at 121 ; the
present price is 41, sellers.
P. S. About the close of the market some strong buyers
appeared at the price of 801. and 80f. 5c., which rallied the
price of the Three per Cents. to 801. 12,1,,c. to 801. 15c.
LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 35c. ; Three
per Cents., 80f. 15c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb-
hards, —; Differes, 141 ; New Loan, —; Actives, 41i; Pas-
sives, 131; Ducats, 100 35 ; Romans, 103 —; Pedros, 801;
Belgians, 1021; Dutch, -__f. ; Haytians, 385 f. —c. ;
Miguels, 15 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 20 ; Con-
tinuation, —.e. ; New Differes, 19; Five per Cent. Perpe-
tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —.

The accounts received this morning from the North
of Spain are neither interesting nor important. COR-
DOVA, it appears, sent 7,500 men, under the respective
commands of General ROTTEN and Colonel NA R-
VAEZ, to put down the insurrectionary movement in
Saragossa ; but the Governor closed the gates, and the
National Guards prepared to defend the town with
their lives. To add to the perplexity of the Govern-
ment, the regular troops refused to fire on the citi-
zens—a refusal for which they received the thanks of
General SAN MIGUEL, Captain-General of Lower
Arragon. A courier with the news of this affair was
dispatched to Madrid, and returned with letters to the
Governor of Saragossa from IST URIZ, in which the Pre-
sident of the Council thanked the Municipality for what it
had done, and assured the several authorities that the
order for the march of the troops upon that city was
issued by mistake ! Thus the blame of the whole
transaction is laid at the door of CORDOVA.

The private letters received from Bayonne arc to
the 24th inst. They merely mention that General
EVANS is determined to quit Spain unless more at-
tention is paid to his remonstrances.

The Dutch Papers contain no political news of any
importance.

DUTCH FUNDS—AmsTitaoAst, JUNE 27.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 24,E per Cent. 56% 56%
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amort Syndic, 4% per cent 9734 9814
Ditto, ditto, 346 per cent 8134 8134
Commercial Company, 4'.; per cent 173% 174
Ditto (1532 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Loan 1836, 4 per cent.
—Dutch Papers, June 28.
VIENNA, JUNE 18.—Five per Cents, 103 i; Four per Cents,
99} ; Three per Cents, 75 3-16 ; Bank Shares, 1,376.
Allgenteine Zeitung, June 23.
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, JUNE 24.
FOREIGN FUNDS. Bills. Money.
Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent.
Ditto ditto 4 per cent. 99 98%
Ditto ditto 3 per cent.
Ditto Bank Shares 1372 1370
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Anglo-Russian Loan 106% 105%
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —
Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 7914 79
Ditto, 3 per cent. 50% 5014
Dutch 23, per Cents.
Ditto 5 per Cents —
Polish bonds, 3 per cents.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 73% 74%
Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 4l 40%
Greek 4 per cents. 183.3, guaranteed by France 9814 98
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, JUNE 24.-13 934 ; two months, 13 8.
ST. PETEKSEURGH, JUNE 14.—Three months, 10 23432.
CHRISTIANIA, JUNE 28.—Three months, 5 4.
STOCKHOLM, JUNE 17.—Two months, 11 40.
VIENNA, JUNE 14.—Two mouths, 9 55.
BERLIN, JUNE 21.—Three months, 6. 24.
—Hamburg Papers, June 24.