The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-05 00:00:00

Commons but by the constituency. The people are
called on to judge, and they must read the evidence.
After the decision Lord JOHN RUSSELL announced
that he would take the Miscellaneous Estimates on
Monday, and would then state what course he meant
to adopt as to the Corn-laws. The Noble Lord
added that he should also consider how he might re-
ply to the new charges brought against him by Sir RO-
BERT PEEL. Of course, the vote will make no altera-
tion in the determination of the Ministry, who will in
due time di3solve the Parliament.

The House adjourned at Twenty Minutes past Three.

Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 27th
ult. have been received. On the 16th there was
some rioting at Seville, but on the appearance of
the Captain-General at the head of some troops,
order was restored.

The Minister of Finance was actively labouring to raise
funds. At a meeting of capitalists, which took place in
his hotel on the evening of the 25th, he applied to them
for an advance of 60,000,000 reals, on the mortgage of
two branches of the public revenue. The capitalists re-
plied that this proposition required some consideration
on their part, and that they deemed it advisable to confer
on the subject with the Directors of the Bank of San
Fernando.

The Four per Cents. were done at 23 for cash, t ml the
Five per Cents. at 27* for cash, and at 27 and 13-1 G at
GO days. The transactions in the latter amounted to
13,000,000 reals. The Coupons to be capitalized sold for
22 at GO days ; and the posterior debt bearing no interest
at 5:1 for can, and at 6* at 60 days.

The Paris Journals of Thursday have all
reached us, but they are wholly destitute of
political news of any interest. The following
are Extracts from them :=
We, have a letter from Auvergne, which says—
" Tax-collectors are sent into the houses for the pur-
pose of counting the doors within-side, a thing nevcr Le-
fore heard of, and the invention of which belongs en-
tirely to the cheap Government. These agents make
their examination in a manner of which you can have
no idea. All the inhabitants of our country are in a
ferment at this measure, the consequence of which it is
easy to foresee ; the discontent of the people has risen
to the greatest height since the state of the finances has
been fully known. M. Aubry Foucauld, editor of the
Gazette de France, was summoned yesterday before the
examining Judge, for having inserted the letter of Mr.
Simon Didier. Thus there are already nire Journals
implicated in the affair of Grenoble.—Gazette de France.

The editors of the Paris journals, who republished on
the 27th of May the letter of M. Didier, appeared yes-
terday before Mr. Boulloche the examining judge.
The Commerce says, "We are informed that M.
Simon Didier has been summoned before the examining
judge and interrogated, not as a person inculpated, but
as a witness. It is added that the Magistrate confined
himself to some inquiries respecting the letter.
The Quotidienne observes, that several journals which
have published M. Didier's letter, have not been seized.
—Le Constitutionnel.
FLOODS.—The waters in the Seine have risen within
the last few days rather suddenly, and assumed the yel-
low and turbid complexion of winter ; though there has
been very little rain at Paris for a considerable time.
On Monday the level by the scale at the Pont Royal Was
at 1 metre 60 centimetres, and yesterday morning was at
2 metres 40 centimetres, making a rise of 80 centimetres
(2 feet 71 inches English.) If this increase should go
on, which, however, is not probable, the wharfs would be
covered and business impeded. It is the consequence of
violent storms in the South. Bargemen recently arrived
from Burgundy state that the meadows of the Cote d'Or
and the Yonne, are in part overflowed, and so much
damaged, that in many places the hay-harve it is consi-
dered as entirely lost ; many of them having b3en already
mown, and the crops washed away.
A letter from Tirlemont, in the Observateur, of Brus-
sels, states that, on the night of Thursday last, that
place was 'visited by a dreadful thunder-storm. The rain
fell in torrents for upwards of three hours, and the town
was inundated. Several cattle-sheds were washed away
with the animals which they contained, one farmer losing
five cows Several of the inhabitants were compelled to
leave their dwellings with the greatest precipitation to
avoid being drowned, the water reaching up to their.
waists. Letters from Courtrai, Hooglade, and Ostend,
in the same Journal, state that a similar visitation was
experienced on the same night at those places, which
caused great damage. Hail-stones, of the size of pi-
geon's eggs, fell in great abundance, and many windows
were broken. . The rain fell in torrents, and inundated
several houses. The flax and other crops were much da-
maged.
M. Thiers is to leave Paris to-morrow with his family
for Lille. He proposes to visit the baths of Ems in the
course of the summer. M. Thiers dined two days ago
at a party in which he met several of his friends ;
amongst them were • General Cubieres, the Count de la
Redorte, Count Roger, M. Mignet, M. Victor Hugo,
and M. Alekandre Dumas. The health of Madame
Thiers is much improved.
A severe conflict took place at St. Denis, two days ago,
between some journeymen blacksmiths belonging to the
compagnonage, and other workmen' of the same profes-
sion, who had not been received as compagnons.
Serious wounds were received on both sides, and it was
with difficulty that the gendarmerie, assisted by some
troo 33 of the line, could separate the combatants. Three
of the campagnons, who were ringleaders, and who
struck the first blows, were arrested, and sent off to Paris
for imprisonment.
A grand ball was given on Thursday last, on board
the line-of-battle-ship, the Friedland, lying in Cherbour„o-
- by the officers of the ship, to which the principal
inhabitants of Cherbourg and. the neighbourhood were
invited. The vessel was profusely dressed out in flags,
and the quarter-deck fitted up as a ball-room, with an
effect truly magical, giving it more the appearance of a
fairy bower than the deck of a ship. The guests in-
vited to this festive scene were brought off from the shore
by the boats of the vessel, the crews being dressed in
their best suits. The bands of one of the regiments in
the garrison of Cherbourg was in attendance,.anddancinte
was kept up with great spirit until a late hour, when the
guests disembarked, delighted with their entertainment.
A collation was laid out in the cabin, composed- of the
choicest viands ; profusion and good taste reigned
throughout the fete.
The Gazette de Metz states that a horrible scene oc-
curred, a few days since, in the Assize Court of that
place. The President had just condemned a man, who
had been found guilty of theft, to five years' confine-
ment at the hulks, when the prisoner, suddenly taking
a knife from his pocket, stabbed himself so severely in
the breast that he died a short time after he was removed
to the infirmary.
A public vehicle running between Saint Julien and
Limoges, on the 28th ult., with 22 passengers, most of
whom were summoneA to appear as witnesses on a eri
urinal case to be tried on the following • day, was over-
turned, with a tremendous shock. One passenger had
his face so crushed that it is feared he will lose his nose.
A young woman had both her legs broken, four other
Persons had limbs fractured, and all the rest, with the
exception of two, received wounds or contusions of more
or less severity.
THE PHENIX AND BRITANNIA STEAMERS.—The ap-
peal to the Cour Royale of Rouen against the decisions
of the Tribunal of Commerce of Havre in the case of the
Phenix and Britannia steamers, the hearing of which has
occupied several days, was decided yesterday. The
judgment of the Tribunal is confirmed in every point,
except that the General Steam Navigation Company is
decreed to pay the dues on registering the judgment,
from which it was relieved by the inferior Court. The
English Company and Captain Stranack are ordered to
pay all the costs of the appeal.
M. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, the composer, has ac-
cepted the invitation of the King of Prussia to fix himself
at Berlin, and has been appointed second Chapel-Master
to his Majesty (Meyerbeer is the first), with a salary of
l o,Boof.
BOURSE---PAals, THURSDAY, JUNE 3.