The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-01 00:00:00

HIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from lire Morning Papers, April, 1, 159.5.

[Tug TIMES.
It appears by the letters received yesterday
from Madrid, which are dated the 17th ult., that
M. Gregorie, who was the bearer of several dif-
ferent propositions for a loan from parties in Eng-
land, sill remained incognito in that city. All
chance of his success in any mission of that nature
was, however, considered at an end, through the
secession of his relation, Ugarte, from the Spanish
Cabinet. M. Gregorie is, we believe, the brother-
iu-law of the Minister Ugarte, those gentlemen
having married two sisters. We know not whe-
ther we should adopt or reject an insinuation
which we find in one of the Spanish letters, that
the extraordinary exertions of this Minister and
his relation to raise money in England have
been stimulated by the enormous commission,
which, in so large a transaction as that pro-
posed, would have put them in possession of
half a millicstr sterling : and with respect to our
countrymen, we confess we cannot respect the
motives which have induced them to chaffer for a
loan upon any terms with such a Government as
that of Ferdinand. It is evident that the rupture
of the negociation is not owing to their firmness
or integrity, but to the fortunate inflexibility of
Ferdinand on the recognition of the Constitutional
Bonds. Others may attempt to open negotiations
of the same dishonourable character, because the
credulity of the public on which they act is sure,
by a simultaneous rise in the nominal value of
the bonds, to bring them something substantial ;
but every expectation of bringing a pecuniary
treaty to a happy conclusion, till Spain has un-
dergone a regeneration, must end in disappoint-
ment.

[MORN ING POST.]

The labours of, we presume, nearly one half of
the present Session, closed yesterday ; and whe-
ther we refer to the measures which have passed
into laws, or those which have proceeded through
their initiatory stages, or have made still further
progress, a greater quantity of important pub-
lic business has seldom been transacted in the
same period of time. The suppression of the
" Catholic Association," in which we took a deep
and sincere interest, occupied, among the first
objects, the attention of Parliament ; and was,
notwithstanding the protracted discussions to
which it gave birth, effected with as general a
concurrence of all parties as any Act of the kind
ever received. As a ground-work of the future
tranquillity and prosperity of Ireland, a wiser or
more indispensable step could not have been
adopted ; for it is now admitted on all hands,
that the existence of such a Body was an insur-
mountable bar to the accomplishment of every
object which the friends of that country have at
heart. The Financial Plans of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer were next submitted to the
Legislature, and sanctioned with a unanimity
strongly expressive of the satisfaction they gave
to the whole community. Besides exhibiting- a
picture equally true as glowing of the prosperity
of the Empire in all respects, the Right Honour-
able Gentleman conveyed home to the bosoms
and business of the public the soundness of
his policy, by immediately relieving them from
a considerable amount of taxes, and by adding
a fresh impulse to national industry through
the extension of Commerce, which would here-
after enable him to lighten still more the
burthens of the people. Connected with this
.point, it is gratifying to add, that the whole of
the Estimates for the year have been agreed to,
'almost without an objection, and certainly, even
where the Caviller-General of the Opposition
did object (a business of which he now enjoys
a monopoly), with the ultimate approbation of
both sides of the House. As part and parcel
too of the general system pursued by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, we may notice here
the profound and momentous measures recently
recommended by Mr. Iluskisson for enlarging
our trade, widening our commercial connections,
opening new channels of enterprise and wealth,
and eventually augmenting and strengthening the
resources, and the power of the Empire. Although
the last part of these plans has not yet been
finally sanctioned, the statement of them has
been so warmly received, that hereafter they
carrnot be expected to excite much debate, and
they ought theref4re. to be considered as a
portion of the public business concluded before
the Easter Recess. The measures introduced
tiy. Mr. Secretary Peel, in another department,
are likewise of the greatest importance. The
Bill for the consolidation and amendment of
the Jury Laws yields in value to no reform of a
similar nature which has ever taken place, and
the other Bills for amending minor details of our
Criminal .Code, which the same night Hon. Gen-
tleman has since brought in, will confirm to Mr.
Secretary Peel the lasting gratitude, not only of
his country, but of mankind. In the Department
for Foreign Affairs, if little of novelty has been
laid before-Parliament during the present Session,
the fact is attributable to the fall and satisfactory
arrangements Which had been previously effect-
ed. When the Legislature assembled, it was
informed front the Throne, that a proceeding
the most pregnant with advantages., both commer-
cial and political for the country,. hid just.beeu
completed, and that the recognition of a whole
hemisphere of COlOnies, which had succeeded in
shaking off their allegiance to the Mother Coun-
try, was effected so opportunely and skilfully as
n-et to distil-1-h the:peace, while it directly tended
itspromote the 'freedom and -enlightened ha ppi-
sies of the wOrid. When the.S.essiop began,.r.
Secretary Canning had brought his glorious la-
flours to an cud, and has since had only to receive
the hoMage of tite good and great of all na-'
tikrus, for tine triumph which his wisdom and
bis,talents so pintlently; yet so permanently,
a/chief/0.. Having .taken this brief retrospect of
tbettnost.proniineui affairs of the
.past portian ,of
il*S*Wsion, it would be unjust not to add, that
several Measures'Of a 'coMparativelY subardittatk:
nietnie; bat calculated to aid "materially:lu rarry•
itibtO effect the gelieral'objOtt of:his'Majtsly!s,
hive Ol4a;b•ed thett:a saiiCttoa.t4.