The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

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gentlemen, let us drop a veil over the past, and not re-
member this day what occurred yesterday. Let us think
but of the proT,Jets of our country. I s!T,ould not hesi-
tate to make a formai proposal to this effect, but I and
my-political friends are not ambitious of such laurels.
'this glory is allotted to the gentlemen sitting on the
other side. It behoves us to accept this initiative, and
the Government to agree to it, by cooperating in pro.
curing the felicity of our country. It is. then, that wt
shttli be really :,.trot,t-, until that it %%ill be said o[ua,ar
the words of a vim. oaf; ipanish citizen, beware of the abyss
opened beneath your feet ; it will receive all parties;
some will fall first, but the rest will follow. This awful
truth terrifies us. The Deputies of the minority of the
Congress will support so patriotic a proposal. Such ar©
my sentiments now as in 1835, when I returned to my
conntry after a grievous emigration of twelve years."
This speech made a deep impression on the Cham-
ber, and has, it is said, been received with satisfaction
by the Court. The Chamber will not be perma-
nently constituted until the 15th.
The province of Gallicia has been relieved from
martial law.

Letters from Cadiz announce that the Spanish
steamer Villa de Madrid was burnt in the harbour of
that port on the 28th. No lives were lost, and part
of the cargo and the machinery were saved.
MADRID BOLSA, JAN. s.—The Three per Cents, were
done at 311 fur cash; the Five per Cents, at 20i ; the
Coupons at 18t. ; the Passives at 64—one operation
of 200,000 reals was done in the latter. The Union
Bank of Madrid had issued its notes.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
They all speculate upon the probable tenour of
the KING'S Speech on the opening of the Chambers
on Monday last, but as the Speech will be found in
another column, of course these speculations are now
out of date. It will be observed that the Montpen-
sier marriage is alluded to as a fresh pledge of those
good and intimate relations which have so long ex-
isted between France and Spain, and the maintenance
of which is as desirable for the prosperity as for the
reciprocal security of the two States, and that the
Cracow affair is touched on very gingerly :—" An
unexpected event has impaired the state of things
founded in Europe by the last treaty of Vienna. The
Republic of Cracow, an independent and neutral
State, has been incorporated with the empire of Aus-
tria. I have protested against that infraction of the
treaties."

It is rumoured that in the original draft of the
Speech the sentenee relative to Cracow exhibited
considerable energy, but that it was altered to its
present inoffensive form by the desire of the KING.
The state of the Bank of France still continues to
excite alarm. The Siècle says_

" The shares of the Bank of France underwent on
Thursday a fall of 60E, which occasioned a depression of
all the securities. It appears that the shareholders took
alarm at the report that the Bank was about to raise the
rate of discount. We cannot tell how far that rumour
was well founded ; it is, however, said that the Minister
of Finance insists on the Bank reducing its amount o.
discounts ; and it is probable that several members of
the Council of Administration concurring in the views
of the Government, are thinking of raising the rate of
interest, in order to limit the operations. The im-
portation of foreign corn, by necessitating a con-
siderable export of specie, has temporarily lessened
our metallic reserve. The Bank, in order to reined)
that inconvenience, has purchased in London ingots
and dollars to the amount of 20,000,000 of francs. It
thatprecaution does not sufficiently re-assure timid minds
it would be preferable, instead of 20,000,000, to lay out
60,000,000 in purchasing bullion, than to raise the rat.
of discount, and check circulation. If the Bank limits
its discounts, it is not the wealthy bankers who will sui•
fer by it ; it will be the petty merchants of Paris. The
moment, besides, would be badly chosen to visit them
with such a measure, when they have so punctually ful.
filled their obligations. At the close of December com
mercial bills, to the amount of 51,000,000, were paid b)
them into the Bank, without the least difficulty or delay.
Notwithstanding sinister predictions, and in the midiu
of a financial crisis, the merchants of Paris honourably
met all their engagements. Moreover, money is abun-
dant, the last liquidation on the Bourse was attend( ci
with no casualties, and the calls of the railroad com-
panies are easily effected. There exists no real per-
turbation ; but the contrary would be the case if the
Bank of France followed the advice of the Govern-
ment. The elevation of the rate of discount would
cause a crisis in Paris ; and a crisis might produce con-
sequences which the Ministry is far from anticipating."

_ _ ...
The price of flour in the Paris market on Saturday
had risen one franc per sack.

Rumours were circulated in Paris on Sunday that
there was a split in the Conservative camp, as many
of the usual supporters of the Ministry were of
opinion that a more energetic line of conduct should
have been pursued with regard to the Cracow affair.
These rumours were generally credited.

The Three per Cents. were done on Sunday in the
Passage de I'Opera, Paris, at 79f, 80c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 11.
Boulogne and Amiens, 1514—Luxembourg, 2%—Northern
of France, 1014—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Sambre and
Meuse, Ws—West Flanders, 3.

DESTITUTION IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.—The
congregation of St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, contri-
buted on Sunday last the munificent sum of 1,2401. and
upwards, after sermons preached by the Lion. and Rev.
B. W. Noel and the Rev. J. G. Garrard, in aid of our
destitute fellow-subjects in Ireland and Scotland.

GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR 20Z.—Yeste day a
well contested foot race came off at Tottenham, between
Rawlins, of Tottenham, and Mallet, of London, for 101.
a side.. The distance was half a mile. At the start
Mallet took the lead, which he maintained for 400 yards;
Rawlins then came up, and a good race took place,
which terminated by Rawlins coming in the winner by
30 yards. He accomplished the half mile of road in two
minutes and twelve seconds.

PEDESTRIANISM.—T. HALL AND J. WOOD.—
These representatives of " the power of stride " in the
denizens of the eastern and western quarters of the
metropolis, walked their match of seven miles yester-
day, at Gannick Corner, near Barnet, for the stake of
25 sovs. a side. The men started from the 13th mile-
stone to the 14th, about three o'clock. Hall went off for
the first mile with the lead, but we doubted whether his
condition was such as his friends could have wished, and
this was proved by the turn of the second mile, where
Wood took a decided lead, from which Hall could never
afterwards displace him. The hilly road, with its hard,
frost-bound irregularities, also told on his speed, al-
though we are of opinion that he could not, even under
favourable circumstances, do more than stand au inferior
chance with Wood. Hall, nevertheless, walked and
spurted gamely, often decreasing the 50 or 60 yards to
40 as they toed-and. heeled it along. His chance was,
however, clearly out, and at the close Wood led in pret-
tily by 50 yards. Ball was evidently in difficulties from
the fourth mile, although he pulled through with spirit
till his final defeat. The time of the winner was Ih.
4m. Bsecs. There was a little betting at 5 to 4 upon
Wood ; rather, as it appeared to force the market in the
absence of legitimate speculation, than from any great
opinion of the safety of the investment. Indeed, the
current of the circulating medium, like the circulating
fluids, seemed " friz," as Mrs. Gamp expresses it.
ROBBERY AT TIIE SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.—
Yesterday morning, information was received at the
Southwark police station, that the counting-house of
Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, railway carriers, near the
luggage warehouses at the Bricklayer's Arms station,
was broken into on Sunday night, and robbed of seventy
pounds in gold and silver, and three cheques of a small
amount. The countinghouse is inside the premises be-
longing to the company, who have their own police.

THE DEATH OF A MAN CAUSED RY A BOAR.—
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remained there for some time, but at last said he would
go home, although she advised him to the contrary. He
went to work the next day, but could no nothing, nor on
the following, when he appeared so ill that a surgeon
was called in. Mr. Marten, a surgeon, said that he found
a severe wound at the back of the right thigh ; one on
the other leg had beeen cured. There was erysipalous
inflammation, and inflammation of the lungs. The de-
ceased told him he had lost a great deal of blood from
the wounds, and the exhaustion consequent on it,
together with the inflammation of the lungs, perhaps
caused by exposure to cold in the yard, produced his
death, the injury, in the first instance, leading to the
results. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with
the medical evidence, after censuring the carelessness of
the owner of the boar, in allowing it to roam about the
yard, especially as it was stated to have previously at-
tacked and injured another person.
THE ASSYLUM FOR THE DEAF AND Dumn.—The
half-yearly general meeting of the donors and sub-
scribers to this benevolent institution was held at the
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Monday, Robert
Pugh, Esq., in the chair, the Committee mentioned the
fact that in consequence of the increased facilities of
conveyance, they had children in the assylum from the
most distant parts of the kingdom. There were pupils
from 36 out of the 40 English counties, from five out of
the 12 Welsh counties, from the Channel Islands, and
from Ireland, besides one from the East Indies, and one
from South Australia. At the present (the January)
election, there were 30 vacancies to be filled up, and fur
these 66 candidates had presented themselves, 26 girls
and 40 boys. The poll was opened, and chs, dat three,
shortly after which the names of the successful candi-
dates were declared,