The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-23 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

CAsAEL, AUG. 11.—Immediately after the sitting of the
Assembly of the Estates, on the 2d August, when the re-
solution respecting the Budget of the war department was
passed, the printed remonstrance of the Minister of war
was disr,atched to His Royal Highness the Electoral Prince
Regert, who was at Schevening, and probably nothing
further will be done till his return, which is expected about
the 15th. (Our readers will recollect that the Chamber
having reduced the sum asked for the war department, the
Ministc.r declared that it would be impossible if this re-
duction were insisted on, to keep up the contingent of troops
which the government as a memberoftheconfederation is bound
to maintain.) The Committee of the Chamber considers
what it regards as the disproportionately high amount of
the military budget of Hesse, compared with those of other
States of the Confederation, to arise chiefly from the circum-
stance that the number of officers in Hesse Cassel is greater
in proportion than Wurtemburg, Baden, Hesse Darmstadt,
and Nassau. The committee calculates that we have one
Major-General, three Colonels, seven Lieut.-Colonels, six
Majors, and 13 Captains more than the division of the Ger-
man Diet requires, and that as the military organization of
the German Confederation prescribes nothing respecting the
number of Lieutenants, a reduction may take place without any
violation of the regulations of the German Diet. The proposal
ofthe Chamber is confined merely to a change in the formation
of the infantry, by which it would consist in future of only
two regiments, each of three battalions of sharpshooters
and two companies of jagers. The Chambers have not
proposed any change in the organization of the cavalry, by
which it is affirmed far greater sums might be saved.
SILESIA, AUG. 2.—The drought in this country is so
great that the wells in many places are dry, no rains having
fallen for this month past. The water in the rivers is gra-
dually falling and the trees are turning yellow, and all the
grass is as dry •as hay. The scarcity of forage is
becoming alarming, and fills us with great appre-
hensions for the winter. The farmers are all try-
ing to get rid of the half of their live stock,
but cannot find purchasers. A good cow is offered from
three to six dollars, and can with difficulty be sold even at
that price. Even now we have no hopes of rain. For
these three week a hate (called in Germany Hohenrauch,
or hill smoke) has bet it in the air, which hinders us from
seeing the meuntains at the distance of a league. The air
too is filled with dust, the wind is constantly in the south-
east, and the temperature at noon in the shade, and in a
north aspect, varies from 24 to 27 degrees Reaumur (86
to 93 degrees Fahrenheit). The hart est is almost over,
and corn on the whole good, but a good deal has been lost,
because the sudden and unexpected heat parched it
to such a degree that a considerable quantity fell out ;
The straw, too, is extremely poor. We may, therefore, ex-
pect that the prices will rise, especially in some parts, where
they will be obliged to give corn to the sheep. There is
no appearance of rain. The sun rises and sets like a ball
of fire, so that the timid and superstitious are filled with
terror, and prophecy all sorts of calamities.
DARMSTADT, AUG. 14.—1 t was resolved yesterday, in
the Second Chamber, in reference to a petition from the
wine-growers in the province of Rhenish Hesse, to address
the Government to make advances of money to the poorer
wine-growers to purchase casks for the vintage of the pre-
sent year, and also to give the same indulgence to the
makers of cider, perry, and the like.—Frankfort Papers,
Aug. 16. •

THE CAVE OF DUNMORE IN THE COUNTY

KILKENNY.

Having visited this subterraneous cavern a few days
ago, accompanied with a friend, and conductors, never did
1 think there was such a natural curiosity in this dear
little island as the Grotto of Dunmore ; its gloom, at first,
struck us with terror, and almost repressed curiosity—re-
coverirg the first surprise, however, we .entered boldly,
and had not proceeded above one hundred paces, when the
supposed statua of the Market Cross presented itself to
our view. We quickly perceived that what the people of
that place had named as a Market Cross was nothing more
than a sparry concretion, formed by the water dropping
from the roof of the cave, and by degrees hardening into a
figure, which their ideas had formed into a Market Cross.
Incited by this extraordinary appearance, we were induced
to proceed still further in quest of new adventures in this
subterraneous abode ; as we proceeded new wonders of-
fered themselves, that struck us with the more amazement
as we knew them to be mere productions of nature, who,
hitherto in solitude, had, in playful moments, dressed the
scene as if for her own amusement.

Our candles being now all lighted up, and the whole
place completely illuminated, never could the eye be pre-
sented with a more glittering or a more magnificent scene,
the whole roof hung with solid icicles transparent as' glass,
yet as solid as marble. The eye could scarcely reach the
lofty and noble ceiling—the sides were regularly formed
with spars, and the whole presented the idea of a rnagnifi-
cent theatre, illuminated with an immense profusion of
lights. The floor, in some parts, consisted of a solid dense
of rocks ; and in several places, magnificent columns,
thrones and other objects, appeared as if nature had de-
signed to mock the curiosities of art. After clambering
over the immense number of rocks, &c., we arrived at a
small spot of level ground, where a delightful spring mur-
mured through the depths of the hollow cavern, with a
ridge of rocks on each side, covered over with green foliage.
Our lights being nearly burnt down, obliged us to return,
as the shades 'of night appeared, and threatened us in the
gloomy cavern. This account of so beautiful and striking a
scene may serve to give us some idea of the subterraneous
wonders of nature.—Kilkenny Journal. .

It is with extreme regret that we announce the
death, by suicide, of an English gentleman, under very extra-
ordinary circumstances. This gentleman, Mr. John Poingdes-
tre, a merchant, late of Guilford-street, Russell-square, went
yesterday .to the Pistol Shooting-ground at Tivoli Gardens,
and after having fired six shots at the target, he advanced with
the seventh pistol in his hand, to-about the middle of the
ground, and then, instead of firing at the mark, he turned his
pistol towards his mouth, and shot himself through the head.
He survived only about' half an hour, although the ball Was
extracted almost immediately by a surgeon, who was sent for
as soon as the circumstance occurred. No cause has as yet
been assigned for the commission of the deed.—Gdignani.

DON CARLOS.—A very strange rumour is cur-
rent in Paris, and whether well or ill founded, certain it is
that, either from that cause or some other, a very extraordinary
movement is observed among the people of the police esta-
blishment. It is said that Don CARLOS has been seen in Paris,
and that it turns out that he has been residing in it for the
last throe weeks. Ido not believe there is the smallest truth
in the report, though it is by no means unlikely to have thrown
into the greatest bustle the whole police establishment of the
'—Correspondent of a Morning Paper.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS, AUG. 20.—The races to-clay
were graced by the presence of their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, who arrived on
the course at two o'clock, and remained until the close of the
sports. They were attended by Sir John Conroy, Baroness
Lehzen, and Lady Flora Hastings (Lady in Waiting.) A
temporary stand, decorated with flowering shrubs and flags,
and surmounted by the Royal Arms, was constructed for the
accommodation of the Royal party. Besides other fashionables,
there were the Earl of Ripon, Earl and Countess De La ,varr
and family, Sir William and Lady Chatterton, General and
Miss Bradshaw, Hon. Edmund Byng, Hon. Arthur Thelluson,
and Mrs. General -Grosvenor. Their Royal Highnesses have
not, we believe, any intention of visiting Ireland this year. It
is expected they will remain in comparative retirement at ual-
verley Park until November. They drink the chalybeate waters
daily at the Wells at eight o'clock in the morning, and subse-
quently take equestrian exercise in the romantic rides with
which this pleasant district abounds. The Royal Duchess has
presented, through Sir John Conroy, munificent donations to
the Institutions of the place.

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1834.

We publish from the Eco del Commercin, a Madrid
Journal, the particulars of a conspiracy against the
Regency, which was discovered in Valencia, with the
names of the persons arrested, charged with being the
principal conspirators. Among them are several ec-
clesiastics, to whom the prospect of liberal institu-
tions, and the downfall of the accursed Inquisi-
tion, are counterbalances too heavy for even cleri-
cal zeal in favour of legitimacy, and the " divine
right" principle of Spanish regality and loyalty.
Conspiracies of the same kind, but less exten-
sively ramified, and less ably concocted, have been
likewise discovered in several districts of Old Cas-
tile; and in almost every instance where the details
have been made public, they were engendered, fostered,
and matured by mendicant monks, petty alcades, or
governors who dreaded being called to account for their
oppressions during the reign of FERDINAND, and
chiefs who had wasted their patrimony in dissipation,
but which they hoped to recover and augment by the
confiscations that would follow a successful re-
bellion. Spain abounds in .‘ dark spirits" of this
latter description. Rome in the days of CATILINE
could not turn out a more ferocious band of spend-
thrift ruffians of good families, reckless from habit, and
desperate from necessity. The Monks know the use
of these men ; they understand perfectly that human
nature never works such wonders as when the passions
and the superstitions of men are linked together for
good or evil. . When the commission of crime is con-
verted into a penance for its perpetration—when
blood is offered to wash out the stains of
blood—and when rebellion is made an atone-
ment for debauchery in all its disgusting and ruin-
ous forms, none need wonder that the wicked are zea-
lots, and the abandoned models of perfect passive
obedience.

Some of our Contemporaries are edifying the pub-
lic with more grave than learned comments on the
Spanish State documents, relative to the order of suc-
cession, and the exclusion of Don CARLOS and his
posterity from the throne of Spain. We are, however,
of opinion that the people of England care very little
for what the KING and Cortes decreed in either 1348
or 1713, or in any subsequent year. We believe there
-Ire few
people in this country who think that the order
of succession ought not to be set aside whenever
the Prince opposes himself to the rights and wishes
and interests of his people. Such, at least, was the
doctrine established by the Revolution in England,