The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-01 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.__,

Minister of Finance, and by several of the Peers in vet,'
I able speeches, but on a division it was lost by 101 votes
against 46. Several Peers roundly maintained that
France Lad no right either to insist upon paying her
debts, or upon reducing the interest upon them to a
rate commensurate with the present depreciated value
of money in the market. It mattered not to the holder
of rentes whether France could borrow money at I er
at per cent .It was the business of the State to pa)" him
five per cent for all eternity, if the world lasted so log►
regardless of the groans of thepeople suffering from eve°•
sive taxation. This novel doctrine was supported by Pre"
cedents drawn from the National Convention and the
Consulate, and was loudly applauded by their Lord-
ships! France, then, must continue in debt whether
she will or no. The earliest moment at which. the
Peers will agree to release her from the quarterly
de-
mands of her creditors is the eve of the Day of Ju'ig,"
ment, when she will be allowed to pay off the eaPit"
and take a receipt in full for all demands. Verily these
French Peers have some droll notions about the rela-
tive obligations of debtor and creditor. But supPese
the creditor refusing the principal, and the debtor de•
dining to pay the interest ? That would
be rather
droll, would it not, and rather troublesome into the
bargain ? And yet there is nothing impossible in such
a supposition.
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The excitement in Paris occasioned by the refusal d
the Chamber of Deputies to vote two millions jestea.
of one for the removal of the ashes of Narot.Eol,
immense. To revenge itself upon the Chamber, the
public has had recourse to subscriptions, which are ~
be opened in all the cities and large towns of the kid'
dom. Of course three times the sum refused to the
Ministry will be thus raised—a result the Debuts foe.
sees, rails against, and asserts must prove fatal to al
present Chamber of Deputies. This is exactly wiibt.
M. TIIIERS wants, and thus the enemies of the
nister will have disgraced themselves only to accelerate'
his great triumph. The mortification of the Chamber
is not greater thaa deserved.

SPAIN.
Remonstrances from the different cities of the kinga°l:
continue to arrive at Madrid against the project of Isw,
the Ayuntamientos now before the Chamber of DeOle'.
The Deputy Olozaga, one of the leaders of the OPP:
sition, is gone to Bil boa for two months on leave of
absccee
PERTIIIIs, MAY 22.--A sanguinary action has tal<em
place in the environs of Ripoll, between the troops °f, !ha
Queen, commanded by General Carbo and those of
Carlist chief Souiille, in which the Constitutional tr°'
are said to have had the advantage.
The band which infested the environs of Olianta bag
fallen back on Bcrga, doubtless in consequence of tue de
feat cf Sourill.—Phare des Pyrenees.
PERPIGNAN, MAY 24.—. Great disorder prevails ar°°c!
the Carlists of Catalonia. Anarchy is complete in An entente took place there lately, and desertion daily
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creases from the (Carlist) bands. Detachments of 11.°
300 to 400 men each have successively retired and pveji
ceeded to their homes. 600 men who had thus aban", °-
ra
the insurgents were met on the 20th near Castellisbai Ie
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was reported that their Commander-in-Chief,
Segara, had left Berge, and sought refuge at And°r—
The death of Llarch de Co pons is confirmed.—
Monitemr.
NAPLES.--We have the fo.lowing letter from Too I°w
of the 25th of May :—" The xebec, the Chamois, c'°°l';
manded by Lieut. Lyon, has just put to sea to-day.
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secret mission. It is believed that this vessel is goi°l3:lke
cruise on the coast of Italy, where matters appear to I'. "i
a serious turn. It is said that England is going tomal at
demonstration against Sardinia. It is asserted that too(
power claims a considerable sum, on account of a I°4°a
very old date, and it appears that Charles Albert is 13.4
much inclined to comply with this demand. At tl4O sgic,
time we learn that the diplomatic negotiations r.elatisu
the difference between England and Naples 6,Ave not au
•
vanced a step. War is more to be feared than. ever."
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A private letter from Leghorn, dated the 21st of 0131.:
announces that the greatest fermentation continues to pia'
vail vail in all the towns on the sea coast. Reports, Incl 6
which are absurd, are spread and propagated with, c
traordinary rapidity.
The Marquis de Gugli.di, Ambassador from NP•PIa-ath
the Court of Vienna, passed through Leghorn on the
on his way from Vienna to Naples. Diplomatic, courier'
ale hastening in all directions.--Le Cons:4016011nel

We have Madrid Papers of the 23d tilt., with the'
Eco de Aragon of the same date. Ttre former 70rin%
no news. From the Eco we learn that General rls;
PARTERO left Monroyo on the 18th, but such was t"
dreadful state of the weather, that he was compelled !:
encamp midway between the Hermitage of San IVilarlo
and la Pablata. So intense was the cold in the -01011°i.
tains that men and horses perished. The main 'force 111
the Carlists, consisting of nine battalions wild 11_,(:11,,.r3r
1,000 horse, was on the 19th at Vat, Morr , and 24".
vete, ready, on the fall of Morella, to retire to 'Oita:
lonia. On the Madrid Bourse on, tLe 23d, the Five°
fell to 271 for cash.

The Braganza steamer, wh;.ch arrived at Falaionthu.
on Saturday from the Me.diterranoan, brought 01
Speech of her Most Fa;'..bful Majesty the Queen of
PORTUGAL, at the opening of the National Cortcs on the
25th ult.—a copy of which will be found in another
part of The Sun. The meagreness of this doeutnell
precludesrecde the possibility of making it the subject °'
mment

COCKERMOUTH.—The nomination of Candianfej
took place on Saturday, Mr. Horsman was
noolir.ated
by Mr. Cleft, and General Wyndham, by Mr.'Br'issett.
The show of hands
was in favour of Air' flo.rsman,
when General Wyndham demanded a poll whit L ryas
to commence this morning.
CuAcow.---To-morrow the motion of
Mr. Ell rela-
tive to the present condition of the Republic of Girt .co
comes on for discussion in the House of Corns non
Some expression of public feeling, through the r ePre.
tm.
sentatives of the British people, has become a' atli,
e;
necessary to preserve the only remaining vestige f t
land, which Russia now is anxious to efface fro I a tbe
map of the world. It is to be hoped that the grts at
terest taken in the question, will bring together a. Or,
a,
ber of influential Members to give effect to any I "es°
tion the House may adopt.
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A NEW REGENCY ACT.—The reported situa of
her Majesty has given rise to report that an ".1,10
Regency will be necessary to provide for a p osilde
case more easily imagined, than, with delica *the
scribed. Without guaranteeing the accuracy g'fh it
report, we think it our duty to mention it, 6' )11", -deCl
may, perhaps, be some time before the subject is
tibu
to in Parliament.
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ANOTHER OF THE " STANDARD'S " LIES,^"" `"-e
those those convenient Correspondents of the Stand/17144o!
are always ready to suggest a serviceable lie, v a -ifrjwo
asserted that the father of the Bishop of No
nvich
a rigid and
.bigoted Papist. This is a dog
having no other possible semblance to trot h than "ior
there is a Cheshire Baronet of the
mum of Stailibig
who is a Catholic, but the Bishop of Nona/ id' is Op" ry
son. The father of the Bishop of Norwit h was a
testant.

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DEATH K of

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The postscript of our Paris letter , dated Strturd
ch
evening, announces the arrival of a tel egraphic thisP:ttlie
in the afternoon of that day, with ! intelligence
01 oi
demise of His Majesty, Frederick William, king
Prussia.

Our correspondent does not giv, e the date 0
Ilie
Majesty's decease, but the fact is ct
fsciah the
It appears further from our tett4 r, that, fee.°
approach of death, the King desire d to see his "„li -ce
defile before him for the last time, His bed
►4 11'
cordingly carried to a window, why by retie/00°o,
a mirror he was enabled to take a la st ad;eu of his foe
Immediately after the ceremony, the King r,taceo
regal power in the hands of his son , and the day
fvila
ing rendered his last sigh.
use,
His Majesty was born August 3, ,770., and c 0
quently was in his 70th year. Re mud ed in ;Oa
Louisa, Princess of Mecklenburg,-S;trelitz, wb° the
broken.hearted, on the invasion of Prt:shia bY„rielg
French, in 1810. He succeeded his father Fre"'„cied
William 11. in November IG, 1797 , dis succ% of
by his eldest son, the Crown Prince, t 'and
the 14'; ge
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