The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-07 00:00:00

years since 1829. The motion was framed to oblige
a distinction to be made between ships on home and
foreign service, but the return states that it was found
impracticable to make such a distinction, owing to the
constant movements which take place in the fleet.
The return for each year runs thus :-
1830
1831 .. 1,727
1832 1,762
1833 1,502

Thus, in a period of four years, corporal punish-
ments in the Navy have diminished one-fourth. This
is a mighty step in the march of national improve-
ment ; and we trust that, ere long, we shall have to
record the total abolition of the lash both in the Army
and Navy.

The POPE had actually signed the monitorio or
preliminary paper for the excommunication of Don
PEDRO and the interdict of his dominions, when
lo ! the news of Don MIGUEL'S capitulation, andsoon
afterwards the discomfited Usurper himself, arrived on
the shores of Italy. His Holiness, no doubt, lost no
time in huddling up the proofs of his intended thun-
ders, and he must have sighed or smiled at such a
practical comment on his infallibility. But PEDRO,
we trust, will not forget his intentions, and his neigh-
bour and ally, the Queen Regent of SPAIN, will do
well not to allow the Priest sent over from Rome on
the pretext of a mission purely spiritual, to set foot
on Spanish territory till he brings with him a dis-
tinct and unequivocal recognition of the rights
of her daughter. The POPE has for once over- shot
his mark. He has neglected his natural flock, and
truckled to the barbarians of the north. But a Ro-
man Pontiff, with all the pompous titles he may de-
rive from the Caesars, can ill afford to part with two
such milch cows as the provinces of Portugal and
Spain. He will draw little sustenance from the schis-
matic ursa-major of Muscovy ; and still less from
the gaunt heretical wolf of Prussia. As to Austria
herself, with all her holy propensities and conservative
homilies, she is far from a good milker. She comes
of a breed much more remarkable for its hide, its
heels, and its horns, than for its udders. Mean-
while, Don PEDRO of Portugal, who has done
more to recover a legitimate crown than any
Prince since Henry the IV. of France, may yet
live to do more towards shaking off the yoke of the
Court of Rome than any Catholic king since HENRY
the Eighth of England. He seized with admirable
judgment the favourable moment for abolishing tithes
and suppressing monasteries. Should the POPE per-
sist in marking a repugnance to all rational reforms
and free institutions in Catholic countries, the same
enlightened and spirited Prince may remind his allies
of France and Spain, that there are decrees in the
Council of Trent, affecting discipline, not doctrine
(such as the celibacy of the clergy, &c. &c.), which,
if they were to undergo the revision from the civil
power of which they are susceptible, would relieve the
people from the extortions, and the Catholic states
from the interference, they so often experience from the
Vatican.

The French journals of Saturday speak of the
Swiss question as having been adjusted. There is no
fresh news from Constantinople respecting the report
that has been lately so prevalent respecting the proba-
bility of an immediate war in the East. It was
stated, however, that there had lately been a most
destructive fire at Smyrna, which had consumed the
entire district appropriated to the Franks. Intelli-
gence from Madrid comes down to the 25th ult. Up
to that period all was tranquil in the capital, and it
was supposed that the Ministry was going to be re-
modelled. It appears that the French Government
are going to adopt NAPOLEON'S favourite plan in
times of peace, and have decided, by a commission
specially constituted for the purpose, that the troops
shall be employed on public works, and on the
making of roads in several of the departments. To
this end, the soldiers are to be supplied with all the
requisite tools and implements under proper regula-
tions, each battalion being answerable for the quan-
tities it has received. It is proposed to give piece-
work, and the wages as paid to other workmen.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Psnis, Jun- 4.
Five per Cents., ]o6f. 30c. 25c.
Four per Cents., 94f. —c.
Three per Cents., 77f. 25c. 20c.
Bank Actions, 1,780 f.
Heine de Naples, 941. 20c.
Roman Five per Cents., 95% 96.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 395.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 46% 46.
Royal Spanish Loan, 77.
Bente Pcrpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 69.
Belgian Loan, 1631 , Five per Cents., 98%.
Haytian Loan, 290 f. —c.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 3256 c.; money, 25f. 30c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 25f. 20c.
—fours Authenhique.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PAkts, Jun* 6.
Five per Cents., 106 f. 60c. SOc. 75c,
Four per Cents., 93f. 75c. 94f
Three per Cents., 77f. 40c. 65c. 60c.
Rente de Naples, 94f. 40c.
Roman Five per Cents., 96%.
Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 383'.
Rente d'Espagne, Three percents., 47 lA.
Royal Spanish Loan, 7814.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 711 A.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 23f. 32%c. ; money, 25f. 30c.
Three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 25f. 20c.
—Ours Authentique.

ON A PAWAGRAPH IN THE JOHN BULL.

TO THE TORIES OF CHELTENHAM.
Oh, here is an excellent joke ;
There's an apple on Wellington's Oak,
And the Tories in high exultation,
Exclaim, " Interference divine !
That fruit's an infallible sign
Of a speedy and sure Restoration."
But lay not that salve to your mind,
From omen or fruit of the kind
You can draw no advantage at all ;
Of that, which such apples produce,
You have too much already for use,
Namely, bitter implacable gall !

In consequence of the disputes which have arisen
between the English and French fishermen, the Speedy cutter
has been ordered to cruize off Brighton.

The CoVance, Government steamer, struck on the
German Shoal, off the Devil's Point, on going into Plymouth,
on the 4th instant, but was got off without damage, and or-
dered to proceed to Falmouth, where she arrived on the sth.

The Flamer steam-packet left Falmouth on the 3d,
with a mail for the Mediterranean.

The Viper and Camden sailed on the nth, for Lis.
bon and the Brazils, with mails from Fahnouth.

The Lyra and the Duke of York sailed also
from Falmouth, with mails for Jamaica and Halifax on the sth.

The Royal George yacht was out of sight from the
Nore at half-past five on Saturday evening.

TAILORS UNOIN.—The differences between the
master tailors of this town and their workmen still continue
unabated, there having been no overture made on either side
for an adjustment. The expectations of the men that their
employers would be obliged to refuse all orders presented to
them hare to a considerable extent been disappointed, the
masters having been enabled to complete their most urgent
orders by the co-operation of various masters in Liverpool, &c.
—Manchester Chronicle.

WooL.—Within the last fortnight or three weeks,
nearly all the wool in the neighbourhood of Retford has been
bought up at very high prices ; good clips obtaining .545. per
tod, and secondary qualities from 48s. to 525. per tod. The
large farmers on the forest, taking advantage of the liberal
offers made by the Yorkshire wool-staplers, have cleared them-
selves completely out, and very little indeed remains unpur-
chased. Lamb's wool, 14d. per lb. ; locks, 2.55. to 295. per
tod—Sheffield Mercury.