The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-26 00:00:00

GREENOCK.

We are informed a charge has recently been made upon
the shipping of this port that was never heard of before.
The practice hitherto has been on the ship's arrival to exact
the light-house dues (now a very heavy tax) from all ves-
sels trading from Greenock, for the channel or channels by
which the voyage out and home has been actually accom-
plished, without reference to any lights that may have been
passed, or seen, in unsuccessful attempts to get clear of the
land. The Board in charge of the Irish lights it seems are
willing to continue this fair and equitable practice : not so,
however, the Corporation of the Trinity House, who have
given directions to the Collector to exact their heavy dues
for the South Channel as far as any vessel may have been
found to have proceeded in that direction, although ulti-
mately obliged to make her passage by the North of Ire-
land, a case of no unusual occurrence, particularly in the
winter season. This innovation ought not to be quietly
submitted to, as, if once established, much trouble and in-
convenience must ensue, not only to the trade, but also to
the collector of the tax, who being generally likewise an
officer connected with the public revenue, might certainly
have his time better employed than in examining log-books,
and cross-questioning shipmasters as to every tack they may
have been forced to make in course of their progress out
and in the channel, all with a view of adding to the already
much complained of charges of the Trinity House ; and
this at a time too when the ship-owners have been taught to
look for a reduction, rather than an increase of those heavy
exactions.—Greenock Advertiser.

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.—REGENT'S PARK.—
The terraces in the Regent's Park now present an extraor-
dinary display of 'architectural beauty. They have been re-
cently cleaned, and the works brought to one colour, which,
upon the extensive mass of buildings in that quarter, has pro-
duced an effect seldom witnessed. Under the old arrange-
ments of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, aed the
inhabitants themselves, the fronts of the houses displayed as
many patches and colours as the motley hero of pantomime.
We perceive a few who still adhere to the old unsightly prac-
tice. Every one who admires uniformity in building must
wish to see the whole finished off in the same style of art.
The more beautiful repairs have been executed by Mr. Riches,
of Titchbourne-street, Paddington, under the direction of his
Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests.
THE SAILOR.—There is in the perilous life of a
sailor (says Blackwood's Magazine) an independence which
springs from his absence from the land. The passions of men
are left upon the shore. Between the world quitted and the
world sought for, there is neither love nor country but on the
element which bears us. No more duties to fulfil, no more
visits to make, no more journals, no politics. Even the lan-
guage of a sailor is not the ordinary language. Itis a lan-
guage such as the ocean and the heavens, the calm and the
tempest speak. One inhabits a universe on the waters, among
creatures whose taste, whose manners, and aspects, resemble
not the people of the earth ; they have the roughness of the
sea wolf, and the lightness of the bird. Their fronts are
marked by none of the cares of society. The wrinkles which
travere them resemble the foldings of a diminutive sail, and
they are less chiselled by age than by the wind and by the
waves. Hence
.the universal curiosity that attaches to the
pursuits of the sailor, and the eagerness with which authentic
narratives of maritime adventure are perused. Fortunate is it
for this prevailing taste that our gallant officers—men who
have " done the state some service" in almost every part of the
globe seem to be emulating each other in imparting to their
countrymen the details of their professional career. In proof
of this, we need only mention Captain Chamier's " Life of a
Sailor," the valuable result of his own experience—the " Re-
collections of a Naval Life," by Captain Jariies Scott, who has
undergone greater vicissitudes than any officer who has fa-
voured us with his autobiography—and the " Naval Adven-
tures of Lieutenant Bowers" an amusing narrative of 35
years' hard service in almost all climes, and consequently con-
taining a variety of wild and wonderful adventures. What a
fund of amusement has our enterprising publisher, Mr. Bentley,
here provided for all classes of readers ! How delightful,
while seated around the social fire-side during the winter's
evening, to listen to the strange and marvellous story of the
daring and light-hearted voyager ! We seem, as it were, to
share his perils, to visit with him new countries, and to hold
converse with their singular inhabitants ; and, when we arrive
at the termination of his recital, we part with regret as from a
friend whom we have long known. - ,

Z./,7 202.73
FRENCH
(From the Moniteur of NYPnesday.)
The Madrid Gazette of the 17th,-hrought by aTeiSiiiiiee,
- 4
states officially the appointment of the Marquis de Ins
Amarillas as President of the-Chamber- of Proceres, in lief
of General Castanos. The Duke de at is namedf4tice-
President. The debates on the debt had commerietki
The Government has received by an extraordinary cou-
rier accounts from Madrid of the same date es the above,
the 17th of September. In his first speech the Count de
Toreno combated the plan proposed by the majority of the
committee, and dwelt on its injustice to France. From
being the adversary of the creditors of Spain, he has become
their advocate. M. Martinez de la Rosa was to speak on
the 18th. It appears probable that the plan of the majority
of the committee will not be adopted by the majority of the
Chamber.
(The Moniteur gives no accounts whatever from Bayonne
or the north of Spain.)
(From the Gazette de France.) ,
Our correspondence to-day does not supply any news.
It is expected that important news will soon be soon brought
from Castile, where the Curate Merino was to have com-
menced operations on a new plan. The anxiety with which
the present Government is looking for intelligence from
Madrid proves how greatly its existence is concerned. The
Republic, which it has conquered in France, may, in fact,
come back through Spain, and bring after it a general war.
If the revolutionary movement has the upper hand in Ma-
drid, and precipitates Mary Christina and her daughter in-
to the series of calamities similar to those that Louis XVI.
and Ferdinand went through, the danger is reproduced in
Paris. What a violent condition !.and why ? Because
the title of king has been preferred to that of lieutenant-
general or regent.

(From the Journal des Debats.)
We have received, by extraordinary conveyance, news
from Madrid of the morning of the 17th. This conveyance
brings us the commencement of the discussion in the Cham-
ber of Procuradores on the project of law relative to the
loan and foreign debt.
Count Toreno delivered in the sitting of the 16th a long
speech, of which a detailed and complete analysis will te
found below.

(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of Bayonne, of the 20th
inst., has_the_following :—" It is said that set
t---fe...-.VittoriaTTrom which piaace -ffe will-proceed to
Madrid, and that his successor in the command of the army
of the north is expected. Domiciliary searches at San-
tander and Pampeluna for the discovery of contraband
goods have given rise to warm remonstrances to the Spanish
Government." The following is an extract of a letter of
yesterday, from the frontier :—" Some inhabitants of
Etchalar assert that Zavala had been for three days in that
place with 300 men ; that Zumalacarregui, at the head of
8,000 men, was also expected in Navarre : and that, as a
preliminary operation, they designed to take possession of
the garrison of Elisondo, by blowing up the fortification re-
cently constructed ; for this purpose they were provided
with suitable artillery. It is, however, proved that these
rumours are incorrect. The truth is, that on the 15th the
Junta.of Navarre was at Etchalar with a feeble escort, and
having received intelligence that the garrison of Elisondo
was in movement, and would probably make a sortie, the
members of the Junta prepared to fly, and dared not pro-
ceed to the verification of a quantity of muskets recently
imported from France. It is not less true that a band of
young men of some of the Biscayan communes was seen
by the inhabitants of St. Pee on the 15th, returning from
Zugaramurdi, and that one of these young men confiden-
tially declared to a friend that he had brought into Spain
some dozens of muskets and packages of cartridges. We
understand that the arms and ammunition ought to have
been delivered sooner, and that on account of this delay,
or some other motive, the Junta was not anxious to receive
them, and these objects remain on the hands of the ex-
porters. The day before yesterday a firing was heard in
the direction of Elisondo, which gave rise to a belief that
this town was being attacked ; but the firing having ceased
it was evident that no serious 'affair had taken place. There
is, however, no doubt that the greater number of the Na-
varre Carlist troops . return into that province, inas-
much as requisitions for rations have been made in several
communes. nn the 17th Guibelalde and Iturria entered
Oyarzun, at the head of 1,200 men. They sent for the
Alcade of the town, and announced that all the men from
17 to 40 must be enrolled in the ranks of Don Carlos. The
7th and Bth Carlist battalions occupy Burguetta, and are
in the most pitiful condition, wanting arms, ammunition,
and food. An idea of their dreadful state may be formed,
when it is remembered that they are obliged to sleep in the
open air, from the fear of being surprised. Brigadier
Linarez has pursued in the valley of Roncal 100 Carlists,
who, being placed on the heights which command the road
which his column passed along, discharged several vollies
of musketry upon them. The insurgents have fled into the
mountains. Since the 15th the cholera has made great
ravages at Bilboa."
The Augsburg Gazette of the 20th instant quotes the
funds at Vienna on the 15th, 5 per Cent. Metallics, 99 ;
4 per Cent. ditto, 88i ; Bank Actions, 1,241.
Extract of a letter on the 16th instant from Darmstadt :
—" Our constitution gives us the right of voting the taxes,
and in the text of our charter, fine words upon the subject
are to be found. Some time ago the Minister (Hoffman)
maintained that the voting of tile taxes belonged to the
States in the fullest extent, and declared, in the name of
the Grand Duke, that that Prince surrendered that impor-
tant right, without limits or restrictions, into the hands of
the States. At present it is no longer understood in this
way. Ministers have declared that the States are permitted
to vote and to grant the budget, but are not permitted to
vote and to refuse it. Our Administration, inspired by the
Frankfort Diet, affirm that the refusal of the whole budget
is a crime against the state, and that a partial refusal
cannot be authorized, except in cases when the refused
articles are not absolutely necessary, and do not embar-
rass the Government. The proceedings against the
young students of the University of Giessen will not
take place till after the conclusion of the preliminary
inquiry respecting those of Frankfort ; but in the mean-
while they are suffering a frightful captivity. Some
of the inhabitants of Friedberg have been arrested
for alleged corruption at the elections in favour of
liberal candidates. A great number of persons, 'formerly
students of the University of Wurtzburg, are under prose-
cution for a remote co-operation in an attempt approaching
to high treason. As to our Chambers, the first is emi-
nently conservative, and old M. de Gagern, whose semi-
liberal ideas had often given rise to scandal, has completely
retired. The Second Chamber is in a liberal majority, and
impressed with its mission ; but it is restrained by certain
influences, and also by old aristocratic prejudices. The
electors of Upper Hesse have returned the greater portion
of the Ministerial deputies ; and Rhenish Hesse, on the
contrary, the greater part of the Liberals, for upon the
Rhine the traces of the ideas of the middle ages have dis-
appeared, and the people, moreover, are too close neigh-
bours to French ideas not to feel their influence. The peo-
ple of Rhenish Hesse, besides, are more at their ease than
the rest of the country ; they have their juries, but few
paupers, and fertile and beautiful fields. In general, both
the great and the small proprietors are Liberals. The
county of Stackenberg forms a kind of middle between
Rhenish Hesse and Upper Hesse. Although the elections
have produced a liberal and moderate Chamber, it does not
at all suit the views of the Government, which, obedient to
the influence of Vienna, wishes to get rid of the constitution
altogether. The Second Chambbr especially excited great
anger by adopting a refusal-1, to date from August 6th the
payment of the debt which the widow of the late Grand
Duke had contracted, notwithstanding her 100,000 florins
of appanage ; 2, to pay debts of the Grand Ducal Court
to the amount of 24,000 florins, because a civil list of
2,144,034 florins (5,860,085 francs) seemed sufficient for a
country containing 750,000 inhabitants—less population, in
fact, than the single city of Paris ; and, 3, to augment the
number of public functionaries. The Minister has mani-
fested a desire to avenge his defeat by decreeing that the
deputies of Schenk, of Darmstadt, of Dri-Bonsa, of the
University of Giessen, and Huth, should not be admitted,
notwithstanding the previeus order of the Chamber to that
effect. The deputies, fearing a dissolution, have submitted
in silence to this arbitrary measure, and have simply decided
to put the ministerial rescript among the archives. In
France such an occurrence would raise tempests. The
Faculty of Jurisconsults, one of the most learned bodies in
Germany, have just deprived several law-students of their
rights, because they were suspected of a tendency to asso-
ciation. It has published its judicial opinion respecting the
condemnation of the unfortunate Dr. Schulz, purporting
that the Doctor is entitled to an acquittal from the accu-
sations against him. This opinion has produced a great
sensation here, and has been communicated to the Grand
Duke."
The following, from the frontiers of Poland, is of tho
12th inst.:-.." The Emperor Nicholas is about to pass a
grand review in the plain of Sniessiski, a suburb of Wilna,
where 100,000 men may go through manoeuvres at their
ease. Thence he will proceed to Kiew and Odessa. It is
said that he has the intention of passing the winter in the
south of his States, as St. Petersburgh is injurious to his
health in the bad season. In unfortunate Lithuania per..
and ssters, who made heroic although vain
secution knows no bounds. Among a great number of
al.? Madame Grondska, confined in the
Tueffootrthesrsinwil%BT3s3, i
convent of Bernardins, at Grodno, for three years ; Ma-
dame Bilgorayska, for a year ; Madame PasudSka, for six
months ; Madame Starzynska, for three months ; and
Mesdames Jureswics and TI
—ObTowolska, for an unlimited
time. Madame Szpek w n
and ho' condemned to three years' im-
prisonment,asylum ttl daughter to a year's, for having given
;ler son, who was afterwards beheaded.
Nathaie Nowakowska, of Lublin, was confined for ten