The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-10 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The following circular from the Spanish Minister of
Finance has just beep issued at Madrid. We ace
nothing else that is worth extracting in the Spanish
papers :
CIRCULAR FROM THE MINISTER OF
FIN
The call upon the Treasury and the wants of the army
are not met by the sums which have been paid .into the
coffers of the State. The Regency, acting under the
sacred mission which it has taken upon itself, to rescue
the country, must have recourse to the ardent zeal and
heroic efforts of the principal functionaries of the public
treasury, in order to ward against the difficult circum-
stances in which we are placed. With the view of meet-
ing the most indispensable charges of the State, it has
resolve pon making an appeal to the patriotism of the
it
intends , and to place in their hands the means of
remodyi g •the great penury in which we find ourselves,
in order t.) keep up the pay of the army. With that ob-
ject the Regency has ordered a connibution of fifteen
millions of reels to be levied, to be divided between the
most influlntial provinces of the kingdom, to be distributed
immediately and punctually to the military intendants of
each district of those provinces, on account of the current
conrgnments, and tti meet the loan and pay of the officers.
The provicce, the administration of which is confided to
you, is comprised in the division for a sum of reals
vcllon, nh'ch must be realised in a week after the present
order. You will use every resource, relations of all kinds,
the most urgent entreaties to patriots, the furze of com-
mand, the utmost excitement of cons, ituted bodies, in shot t
all that your most ardent zeal cam suggest to you in order
to colle;:t the said sum, without neglecting the resource of
the twin will interest at sia per cent. a year until the
period of reimbursement. You will give a real and
sacred guyantee for two-thirds of the sums which bare
been zetlised for the account of the extraordinary contri-
bution of one hundred and eighty millions, the collection
of which is alresdy commenced, and which ;on arc to hasten
with a very resolute authority. The one-third remaining
will be held at the disposal of the Government in confor-
mity with she decree of the 13th instant. I have sub-
mitted to you the true situation at the present time ; any
other -recommendation would be sups i fluous. The time
has arrived for you to peeve that you are deserving of
the cot fidence which the Regency has paced in you, and
tbat you are worthy of the office which you fill. To
collect the sum required in a we( k, and to place it at
the dispeird of eric mlitary intendant, is a mission
which, under ordinary circumstances, would be but the
pure an I simple fulfilment of your dory, but it becomes
now a service, which, it executed with vats% and prompti-
tude, will merit the esteem and a recomponse from the
Regency. It is by its orders that this circular is ad-
dressed to oa for your government, and th it you may
fulfil the sarri,.. in every pint.
Mal;id, Jan. 27, 1341.
To Senor --, Intendant of the Province of --.
—Corrrspoirsa?.
The F. ur per Cents were doge on the let inst. at 241,
at 60 days. A few cash bargains were concluded in the
Five per Ce.r.ts. at 291 and the remainder at 29i at 60
days. The.- whole amount negotiated in the hsiter was
13,400.000 reals. The debt bearing no interest was
quoted at Bi.

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE

STREET.

Now.% Fan. 10.
B-rometcr 39 08 la.

Thermometer

29.5 Deg.

thghest .... . 30
Lowest
Wand F. S. E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

Strand

GOA.—Three vessels, with 500 Portuguese scl
diers, have just arrived at Goa from Europe. They have had
along and tedious passage, having rut off consichrnble time
at Mozambique. A fracas, which at cnc time assumed
rather a ',crises aspect, lately occurred betwixt the Gc-
veruor and the Commander of the French sated corvette
Dordogne. As formerly intimatt d, the Governor of Goa
issued an order, that no French or English vessels should
be permitted to remain at Goa so long as there might be a
likelihood of war betwixt England and France. The
order to this effect bad been issued in somewhat more
peremptory and imperious terms than the French com-
mander cared for, concluding with a threat of forcible ex-
pulsion, unless it was immediately obeyed. The reply to
this was, that if the Governor of Goa meant to compel a
French ship-of.war to leave his shores when she was not
so disposed, he bad better build more forts within reach of
her. This, of coarse, occasioned an angry rejoinder,
which was answered by a speech on the part of the French-
man, more nautical than diplomatic, to the effect that the
Gosemor of Goa might go to the d-1. Matters could
hardly go further than this without coming to blows, so the
Dordogne sailed out of the harbour in the sulks. The
whole matter was reported at Bombay, and a shraf of
papers, notices, replica, duplies, and triplies, is to be for-
warded by thc overland of to-day. The Dordogne has
now departed for the Lie of Bourbon, and the French re-
sident at Bombay has gone down to Goa to appease the
irate Portuguese. and prevent a national quarrel. Our
friends in Europe, ve venture to say, did not dream of a
French war being threatened by an outburst of nationa
dignityon this tide the Red Sea.—Bornbay Times, Dcc. 19
STATE Ow THE RlVER.—Since the memor-
able frost of 1814, when a fair was held on the Thames,
the river has not been in so bad a state, or covered with so
much ice, as it was on Monday afternoon. The increase
of the ice has been most extraordinary during the last four
days. On Sunday, just before high water, the tiers of
colliers near Bell Wharf-stairs yielded to the pressure of
the ice, and were driven from their moorings. The ships
were forced against each ether in all directions, and spars and
bowsprits were breaking, while occasionally bulwarks were
stove in. Some of the vessels were driven over towards the
south shore, and many were carried by the ice a mile or a
=toile-and-a-half up the river before they were secured.
The Lady Saumarez steam-ship, chartered by the Commer-
cial Company to proceed to Boulogne, left Fresh Wharf,
with about silty passengers, on Sunday, at ten o'clock,
and proceeded as far as Globe-stairs, Rotherbithe,
where her further progress was stopped by the ice,
which formed a complete barrier across the stream. The
Meanie, after making several ineffectual attempts to
cut through the ice, was compelled to put back and re-
land her passengers at the Custom-house, and after-
wards cast anchor off St. Katharine's, where she still
remains. On Monday the navigation was almost entirely
suspended, and we believe the Dundee steam-ship, from
Dundee, was the only arrival during the day, with the
exception of a few coal-barges, each navigated by three
or four lightermen. The navigation above Blaekw all
was suspended. The Gravesend and Woolwich steamers
have ceased running, except two vessels from Bleckwall,
and very little business was doing either in the docks or
in the wharves alongshore. On Monday the Thames Po-
lice received information that the body of a man bad
been seen floating amidst the ice in Blackwell reach, and
could not be got out. It was said that a lightermen an-
swering the same description had been seen alive on
Sunday morning near Woolwich on the ice, that he was
loudly for help, and that no one could reach him,
or succeed in throwing a line to him. It is feared he af-
tare ards perished of cold.
ANOTIIER CORN-LAW MURDER.—On Mon-
day an inquest was held at the Half-moon and Seven Stars,
Stanhope street, Drury-lane, before Mr. Higgs, on
Thomas Vaughan, aged seventy-two, whose death occur-
red under the following circumstances :—James Dixon, of
23, Blackmoor-street, stated that he lodged in the second
floor of the above house, in which deceased (a tailor) oc-
cupied the Trent attic. Friday evening witness heard a
tense, as if some one had knocked at his door, and on
opening it he found deceased seated on the stairs in a very
exbausted state, and suffering severely from the cold.
Witness assisted deceased to rise, and led him into
his (witness's) room, where he made him sit down be-
fore the fire. Deceased said he wanted to go out and
see about some work, but witness dissuaded him from
so doing, and in shout an hour afterwards led him up
stairs into his own room. Deceased said he had only
earned Bd. all the week, and at his request witness
sent out and procured him a pennyworth of bread.
Witness also gave him a piece of candle, seeing that he
had none ; he was even without coals, and had apparently
been without a fire all day. Witness placed him on the
bed, anclthen left him. Elizabeth Cross, who lived in the
next room to deceased, stated that she afterwards gave
deceased a light ; he appeared to be almost in a dying
state. He ate part of the bread which had been pro-
cured for him, and did net seem to have had any food
before during that day. He lay down again on the bed,
and was evidently getting weaker. Witness, believing
that deceased was dying, tent for xhe landlord, who in-
stantly procured medical aid. Deceased was almost
dead before the surgeon arrived, though be came imme.
diately. The landlord of the house stated that deceased
had lodged with him some months, and owedhim fourteen
weeks' rent. What furniture there was in the room be-
longed to the deceased ; it consisted of a chair, table, and
bedstead; there was neither bed, sheets, no
I blanwas evsiket,de the
only covering being part of an old rug.
his
that deceased had been in the habit of sleeping in hi
clothes, the appearance of which bespoke extreme poverty.
When he died ke bad not even a shirt on. Decensed
never c)rnplainea, and until Iris death no one knew that he
Val suffering from actual want. The jury, after a length-
ened investigation, returned a verdict of " Natural Death,
aocelerated by want aid the state of the weather."
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.—About three
o'clock on Monday morning, the watchman in Morton-
street, Leith, had his attention called to a dreadful noise
proceeding from a stable belonging to a carter named
John Newlands. Being unable to effect an entrance to
see what was the.matter he hastened to Newlands' house
at the foot of Lechend-road, and brought him to the
place; when, on enterieg. abet was their amazement
and horror to find a herd of six swine, belonging to
an old man: the adjoining tenant, busily engaged in
devouring Newlands' horse I The pigsty was se-
parated from the stable by a wooden partition ;
but impelled, it is said, by hunger, they actually
tore down the partiti.)n, and seized upon the poor
horse, which being tied to its manger, could make little
resistance. So desperately ravenous were the brutes, that
it was only after additional assistance had been obtained,
and the mutilated animal dragged out of the stable, that
they were overpowered and driven from their prey. The
horse was by this time in such a state of agony that hu-
manity prompted Newlands to procure a gun and shoot
him immediately. What adds to the painful occurrence
Is, that Newland's sole dependence for the support of him-
self, a wife, and five children, was his horse and cart; and
that he had lost one of his children by death on the previous

def.—Scotsman.
The prosecution against Mr. Moxon for publish-
_iskSlDselley's works, including " (keen Mab," stands for
terYiSPIV,Kg Thursday or Friday next. Mr. Serval-A Tel-
__. -;,.1„,,. .-;Sir W. Follett, and Mr. Hayward aro retained for
(i,-- ..12 : .? : deface. Mr. Thomas, who defended Hetherington,
, :..,Yiaillietiltiet the prosecution, which, it is under stood, baa
Sk,,t_ -.U*.-..,
.jetts.sll foot to found a charge of partiality against the
-414irt. ,w,...‘,1460ye..,, tin selecting that individual for punishment.
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