The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-25 00:00:00

THE KING OF SPAIN.

THE LATE FOOD RIOTS.
It affords us very great pleasure to be able to report
that the peace of this county is completely re-established,
and that the riots which alarmed and grieved the well-
disposed inhabitants may now happily be referred to as
a thing which has gone by. In the beginning of this
week apprehensions were entertained that an in-
tended shipment of potatoes at the fishing village
of Portmahomack, near the eastern extremity of the
county, would be resisted, and, as a precaution.
ary measure, a party of the 27th Regiment were
moved upon Monday, from Dingwall to Inver-
gordon, to be transported thence, if necessary, by the
Birkenhead steamer to the scene of disturbance. But
the people, to their credit, abstained from opposition,
the shipment went on quietly, and the troops had not
to advance beyond Invergordon. They remain there
fur the present—a party of the 67th, which had pre-
viously occupied that station, having been withdrawn to
Fort-George, with the sanction of the local authorities.
The steamer is still in the Frith, and soldiers can he
quickly conveyed by her to any place on the coast, in
the event of a fresh outbreak. %Ve think it very impro•
liable, however, that their services will be again required
in this way.—Ross-shire Advertiser.

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CWMBRAIN BAR AND BOILER PLATE WORKS.—
t We are happy to hear that the result of the experiment
made at these works, for the manufacture of boiler
plates, is no longer problematical. Mr. John Hughes,
the engineer of Pillgwenlly, has made several boilers
with the Cwmbrain plates, and speaks of their quality
in the highest terms. It is a singular circumstance, that
the two buoys put down near the new South Wales
Railway bridge, over the river Usk, at Newport, were
made by Mr. Hughes, with some of the first plate manu-
factured at the Cwmbrain works; and if a date were now
put upon them, they would offer a lasting record of the
year in which these works were established. We hear
that the plates have already been successfully introduced
into the markets of London, Liverpool, Glasgow, and
Bristol.—MonmouthNhire Merlin.
MADEMOISELLE JENNY LlND.—During the per-
formance at her INlajescy's Theatre on Tuesday, a foreign
courier arrived, bringing letters announcing the depar•
ture of Mdlle. Jenny Lind from Vienna, on her way to
fulfil her engagement at her NI-ijesty's Theatre. The
letters also announce the arrival, immediately after
Easter, of Staudigl. Thus we shall have the great Italian
basso, Lablache, and the greatest German basso at the
same time. Novelty will succeed novelty—Ernani on
Saturday, I Due Foscari after Easter week, whilst Jenny
Lind will make her debut in Alicia, in Meyerbeer's grand
opera of nootrto ii Diavo/o.—Post. _

- MISS VENABLES' CONCERT. —A correspordent in-
forms us of the progress of musical taste, and the conse-
quent appreciation of what is excellent, in Liverpool.
Miss Venables, (he says) whom Welshmen in conse-
quence delight to praise., and have praised, both in
prose and poetry, gave a concert on St. David's day.
The young lady's singing was excellent ; and Mr. Mor-
riss's performances on the harp were much applauded.
Miss Venables' style is said to possess a good deal of
tkat rare thing—originality.
All the inhabitants of the small town of Egelsback,
in the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, about 1,400
in number, including the! bourgmestre, the justice of
the peace, the echevins, &c., &c., have demanded permis-
sion from the Cr overnraeut to be allowed to emigrate to
Anitrica.

The following paragraph appears in a Paris journal
called the Sernaine. The circumstance to which it
alludes, whether true or false, has been freely spoken
of in the French capital for some considerable time;—
`• Is it, or is it not, true that in an obligation under
seingprive, written entirely by Don Francisco de Assis,
in January, 1840, this Prince declares that to recom-
pense the services rendered or to be rendered, the ad-
vances made or to be made, the measures past or to
come, having for object his marriage with Queen Isa-
bella IL, of Spain, he constitutes himself debtor to
Messieurs.
which shall become due at the moment of the official
celebration of the said marriage; that the said sum
shall be considered as a holy and sacred debt, pass-
ing even before the obligations of the State,
and that in order that the engagement subscribed may
have force and value, notwithstanding the mi-
nority of his Royal Highness the Infante Don
Francisco, his august father has taken part in the
contract in order to emancipate him specially as regards
the contracted obligation, and to make himself respon-
sible for it ? 2. Is it or is it not true that this obli
gation, signed by the Infante's father and son, was de-
posited with a notary at Paris ? 3. Is it or is it not
true that a retrocession of 3,000,000 f. on the 8,000,000 f.,
torming the anraint of the obligation, took place the
same day on the part of Monsieur in favour of
Count de —, to enable him to recompense the services
rendered directly to the Infante for the same object and
from the same cause ; that on the sth of October fol-
lowing Count de -- consented in his turn to the de-
legation of 125,000 francs to Monsieur —, in conse-
quence of two journeys made to Madrid by the latter,
and that this obligation stipulated that the interest of
that sum should be due to the said Monsieur
from the day on which the condition forming the base
of the said obligation should be accomplished, until
the day on which the payment of the capital should be
entirely efft!cted? 4. Is it or is it not true that the legal
existence of the obligation deposited with a notary, as
we have said above, is proved by an ordonnance de refere
of the month of February, 1844, rendered contradictorily
between --, who pr9fited by principal obligation, and
the depositor who pretended that the deposit had only
been made for four years? 5. Is it or is it not true
that the magistrate before whom the affair came de-
clared that the documents were suffieieLt to warrant the
prorogation of the deposit until 1848? 6. Lastly, is it
or is not true that in a document signed Feb. 5, 1840, by
the person who principally profits by the obligation, the
following division is made:—Ftve-eighths, that is, three
million francs, divided into six parts, three-sixths bein
to Monsieur —, one-sixth to Count de —, one six
to Monsieur and one-sixth to Baron de ----?