The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-06 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Papers of Monday. )
The Journal de Paris, quoted in the Moniteur, has the
following :
" The Government has received dispatches of the 30th ult.
from St. Jean de Luz. On the 25th, and not the 27th, as
stated by the Gazette de France, an action took place near
Echarri-Aranaz, between General Rodil himself, at the head
3,500 men of infantry, and Zumalacarreguy with three bat-
talions of Navarre and several others of Alava. The field of
of battle remained to the Queen's troops. The third bat-
talion of Navarre suffered severely, and lost its commander
Echaso. Unfortunately, the obstacles of the ground prevented
all the advantages being derived from this event that might
have been hoped for in a different country. It is also an-
nounced that on the evening of the 27th, and the morning
of the 28th, another engagement took place near Lauz, where
a brisk fire of musquetry was heard, but the result of it is not
known. Zavala has made an attack upon the manufactory of
arms at Eybar, near Marguina, but was vigorously repulsed by
300 men who form the garrison."
Extract of a letter of the 29th ult. from Bayonne :—" 2,000
Carlists were three days ago at Montdragon, and 3,000 at
Aramuyona. The Carlists have made an attack upon Eybor,
hut 200 men from Bergara drove them back. Don Carlos
had arrived at Lesaca with about 600 men. The troops of
our garrison are parading through the streets of the town sing-
ing the Marsellaise.' The National Guards were summoned
to a review, but did not answer the call."

The Carlist party are raising at Toulon recruits for the
army of Don Carlos, and it is said that these emissaries find
tbe greatest number of their enrolments at the depot of the
Legion of Foreigners. Many of these soldiers have disap-
peared, notwithstanding all the vigilance of their officers. It
appears that they contrive to embark in disguise on board
fishing-boats, which convey them to the coast of Italy. The
proximity of Nice is very favourable to their escape,.—Con-
stitutionnet

It is stated that Colonel St. Yon is not gone with de-
spatches for General Harispe, but to General Rodil, with
plans and maps, deposited in the Ministry, relating to the
the'atre of operations, and particularly those which have re-
cently been taken in the Pyrenees by officers attached to
the army of General Harispe.
Extract of a private letter from Madrid, dated the 26th ult.
—I have this morning been to see the Legislative palaces.
That of the Proceres is magnificent, and indeed the most
splendid and elegant in Europe. M. Marintegui has in 60
days transformed into a palace for the Proceres an old saloon
.for the reception of Ambassadors, in the dilapidated Palace of
the Retire, which, since the days of Philip 1., had become a
mere receptacle for filth and dirt. All the seats are of fine
mahogany richly carved and gilt, and covered with velvet
cushions There are benches for the public, so placed that
every one, even the most elevated, can see and hear all that
passes. The internal and external galleries, the meeting-
room for the officers and committee, the library, the room for
the archives, the secretary's offices, the throne, the vestibules,
the statues, and in fact every accessary, are magnificent. The
frontispieces, as well towards the Prado, where the principal
entrance is, as towards the Retiro, are sculptured in the finest
style most appropriate to the edifice which they adorn. The
first represents the Queen Regent presenting to the represen-
tatiVes of the nation her daughter Isabella 11., with the fun-
damental laws, while Despotism is sinking in convulsions into
the arms of Death. In the Palace of the Procuradores, how-
ever, the architect appears to have failed. Of a magnificent
church, which at once afforded him a Chamber of Deputies
that might have been one of the most grand and superb in Eu-
rope, he has formed only a very small obscure and paltry
room. He might have found scats for half the population of
Madrid, and yet not more than 200 persons can find accommo-
dation."

FRENCH rum-A.-Plum, Ave. 4.
Five per Cents., 10:f. 8. 105 f. 15c.
Four and a Half per Cent, 99f. —c.
Four per Cents., 93f.
Three per Cents., 71f. 45c. ::sc. 80c.
Bank Actions, 1,760 f.
Bente de Naples, 92f. 50c. 75c. 70c..
Roman Five per Cents., 1,4.
Rente d'Espabme, Five per Cents., 3535%. •
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 3 % 34 337.
Royal Spanish Loan, 67.
RentePerpeld'Espagne, Five per Cents., 50Y, 51 50%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents , 9St4

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, piper, •_ f. 2734 c. ; money,
Three months, paper, —c. ; money, 25f. 13.4
—Cuurs Authentique,

MILITARY FLOGGING.

• Last night a numerous meeting was held at the National School-
room, Grosvenor-street, Milbank, at which Dr. ROSCOE, of the
Westminster Dispensary, presided, and at which it was resolved to
petition Parliament for the total abolition of flogging in the Army
and Navy.
Two privates of the Guards were present, and related an instance
of one of their comrades having cut his throat in consequence of
being ordered to be flogged; and of another who pined away and
died within six months ‘fter receiving the punishment.
Mr. PAIN attended from the Bethnal-green Committee, and
stated that he had written to 23 other parishes, who had agreed to
co-operate in endeavouring to get the attention of Government
drawn to the subject ; he also said that he had seen Mr. Clay, who
assured him that Ministers had now taken the matter up, and were
going to issue a Commission to inquire into the best means of pro-
viding a substitute for the punishment of flogging.

It is related of Sir Walter Scott, that when in
health he never refused to see any one, however humble, who
called upon him ; and that he scarcely ever received a letter
which he did not answer by his own hand.

A Me Champetrc, combining a diversity of amuse-
ments, took place yesterday at Cremorne House, Chelsea, and
which mansion and grounds are now transformed, according to
the programme, into " that original, unrivalled, and highly pa-
tronised establishment the Sti.dium." The place is agreeably
situated on the Middlesex side of the river, opposite to Bat-
tersea church, and the grounds attached are spacious and beau-
tifully laid out, the late refreshing showers adding much to the
verdant scenery. The entertainments consisted of an aquatic
drama, or, in plain English, a sham-fight on the river Thames,
in which it was attempted to represent a party of " daring
smugglers, defeated by the skill and bravery of British tars."
This aquatic drama attracted a numerous assemblage of cutters
and small sailing yachts, and the scene was animated, but the
" plot," somewhat obscure ; the spectacle, however, appeared
to- give satisfaction to a numerous party f beholders both in
and out of the grounds. Gymnastic, equestrian, and other
amusements followed ; spacious marquees were erected in va-
rious parts, and a musical band and a floored pavilion for qua-
drilles were provided on the lawn, but very few availed them-
selves of the dance—indeed the company was far from nu-
merous, but of a highly-respectable description. The house,
we believe, is to be let, and if the proprietor, Baron de Be-
renger, adopts these fetes as a means to draw the public to
the inspection of the beauties of the place, we would advise
him to rower the charge for admission, as likely to ensure a
more full attendance. The entertainments concluded at dusk.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.---A great improvement is
visible in the vicinity of Maidstone and the surrounding
parishes, particularly in Mr. Beeching's, of Maidstone, and
111 r. Penfold's, of Loose. Mr. Ellis's, of Banning and Far-
leigh, have also much improved. Altogether, without any
unusual mischance occurs, an average crop may even now be
expected. Picking may be expected to commence in about
six weeks. The whole of the grounds in Bosley, particularly
the Warren, have much improved. The Bearstead grounds
look prosperous. It is calculated that this parish will grow as
many hops as any parish of the size in this part of the county.
At Hunton, in some grounds the mould is making great ra-
vages, and where six bags an acre were calculated on, probably
two will not be got. This, however, is an exception to the
general appearance of the plantations, which have considerably
improved since last week. At Cranbrook they appear bright-
ening-in their appearance, but the crop will be partial. The
hops near Ticehurst are decidedly improving ; the same ob-
servation is applicable to the parishes of Wadhurst, Burwash,
and Etchingham ; and where the plant had at all been healthy,
nearly a third more is anticipated than was a fortnight past.—
Maidstone Gazette.

ELL/STON.—Elliston, who certainly imitated John
Palmer in his manner off the stage, had an affected morality of
demeanour which ill accorded with his real life ; in his youth
this was peculiarly the case. Charles Incledon said, " There
was a capital parson spoiled the day Elliston turned player."
His love-adventures were numerous, and he was not very for-
tunate or tasteful in the selection of his dulcineas ; among
others (when he was scarcely 18) was a tavern-keeper's dame
at Wapping. One day, whilst in earnest conversation with
the lady, an alarm was given, and as it was necessary to con-
ceal Robert William, he was placed in a hasped chest. There
was Elliston whilst the lady ran to the bar. Five minutes
passed, still the noise continued, nay, increased : he tried to
raise the lid, but she had prudently (?) fastened it. He lis-
tened ; the confusion in the house became more evident. He
could hear persons rushing to and fro ; they sought some one ;
no. Some calamity bad occurred. What ? He too soon
guessed, for he heard the dripping of water and the cry of
Fire I" All considerations but those of personal safety
vanished ; he sought with all his might to extricate himself in
vain ; frightful recollections of beings buried alive flashed
across his memory, but to be at once buried and burnt was too
much, and his struggles were renewed until he fell back help-
less and exhausted. "At last," I quote his own words, " I
had nothing for it but patience and prayer."—" Prayer," I
ejaculated, " under the circumstances that brought you there,
should have been preceded by repentance."—" Sir," he re-
plied, " I did not pray directly for myself, but that those who
were endeavouring to subdue the fire might be induced to take
care of the furniture."—New Monthly Magazine.
SHOCKING CIRCUMSTANCE.-- DE MAD Cow.
There is no foundation for the report that several lives were
lost by the violence of a mad cow on Sunday, in the neigh-
bourhood of Caltliorp-street. The cow, it appears, belongs to
Mr. Grange, of Ormond-yard, Gray's Inn-lane, and it was
extremely excited in consequence of a gang of ruffians and
pickpockets pursuing it down Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell,
into Cow-cross, &c., until it arrived in Calthorp-fields. The
lady that was attacked by the animal on the above estate is not
so dreadfully injured as at first presumed, but she is a great
sufferer in consequence of the fright. Her name is Mrs.
Brown, of Great Audley-street, Pentonville. After the acci-
dent she was supported to the shop of Mr. Martin, in Bag-
nigge-wells-road, who rendered her every assistance, and she
was subsequently conveyed to her residence in a very faint and
weakly condition. Her neck was very much lacerated by the
cow's horns. The drover was much hurt about the head. Mrs.
Johnson, the wife of a sweep, in Turnmill-street, an old apple-
woman, and several others, were tossed by the animal, but not
so seriously hurt as to prove eventually fatal. The police
oiled some palings, within which it was shut up with three
raornizg, when it wc:nt
&ler xs until fourye.lterday
away secured, we understand, for the purpose of being killed.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1834.

The motion of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY last
night gave rise to a short discussion on foreign affairs,
but, like most of the motions brought forward by that
nobleman, it led to no result. He applied for copies
of all the correspondence and information which had
led to the quadruple treaty. The modest request was
negatived without a dikision. Not one Peer cheered
the Noble Marquis on ; nay, the Duke of WELLING-
TON said the motion was untimely, and ought not to
have been brought forward. The speech was in keep-
ing with the motion. Though the question related
solely to the Peninsula, the range of the speech
was not confined to that country, nor even Europe—it
extended to Asia and Africa and America, and
touched on almost every topic, foreign and domestic,
exactly as they came, in irregular and disjointed suc-
cession, in the exuberant and classical imagination of
the Noble Lord. To reply to all these topics was,
therefore, 'too much for one debate ; and Lord MEL-
BOURNE wisely confined himself to the main subject—
the expulsion of Don CARLOS from Portugal.
Little, of course, could be said on that—
the fact spoke for itself—the succession of
the young Queen of SPAIN had been sanctioned
by the-late KING and the Cortes (the only legitimate
authorities for the decision of such a question),—she
had been recognised by this country—a Pretender to
the throne had taken shelter in Portugal, and leagued
with an usurper for the purpose, not only of expelling
the legitimate Sovereign, but of imposing that usurper
on a people whose SoVereign we, and the usurper
too, had recognized, and whose independence we
were boundby treaties, as well as self-interest, to protect.
The treaty had effected its object—it had been
" eminently for the two
and speedily" successful,
Pretenders were expelled from Portugal in little more
than a month after its ratification. The great drift of
the motion, however, was abuse of our foreign policy,
and that abuse might have been passed over but for a
few observations of the Duke of WELLINGTON.
The alliance with France, he said, had affected
the diplomatic relations of the other powers .of
Europe, not only as regarded Spain and Portugal,
but also Great Britain, and she had lost that
influence in Europe which contributed so much
to preserve peace, and establish harmony and
good feeling among nations. All this, like most that
the Noble Duke says, is straightforward and intelli-
gible. No one can deny that the other Governments of
Europe look with anxious jealousy on the intimate
connection between the two greatest, and almost the
only powers in Europe, Europe now is poli-
tically divided into two vast portions, by a
line - drawn from the Orkneys by the east of
France to . -the straits .of Gibraltar. li.. the