The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-22 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

•
(From the Papers of Wednesday.)
„It is stated that M. 'piers has again sent in his resigna-
-4'-11 atioitaT.
10 a, but it is not said whether it has been accepted or not.
():Marshal Gerard was attacked a few days since with a fit
fsciatic gout, and is confined to hi 4 bed. He has not,
t.'wever, ceased to give his attention to the important af-
airs of the War-office.
The reMRS contain thes followinc, account of the ru-
mour relative to Burgos, mentioned in our Stock- Ex-
change article
and which we `: One of the most respectable banking-houses in Paris,
may presume to be a stranger to all Legiti-
matiat
yesterday on 'Change the
t that Burgos had received and proclaimed Don Carlos,
tto evince his gratitude, immediately published a decree•
eby he fixes his residence in that city. Then the pre-
der was alleged by a second decree, to have undertaken
the acknowledgment
of all the Spanish debt. This second
Bur of
of the news on account of its natural tendency to pro-
a rise in the funds, created a suspicion of the authen-
"city of the other."
The Indicate-21r of Bordeaux states that several frigates
otttad sloops of war are expected at Royan, towards the
tlotreoduetrhs. of the river where they will be stationed till further
A sloop of 20 guns had already entered the road-
ad, and cast anchor at Lormont.
The Journal de la Guienne, a legitimatist journal of
iiordeaux, of the 17th inst., has nothing that tends to con-
r' the accounts from the frontier published by the Gazette
cie
„Prance. It states that Don Carlos continues in Biscay,
15,000 men, and abundant means of transport, and
eeiLtradicts the news of Rodil's entry into Elisondo.
rbe Augsburg Gazette of the 16th instant quotes the
finds 4 at Vienna on the 11th, 5 per Cent. Metalliques, 98+ ;
Pier Cent. ditto, 88+ ; Bank Actions, 1,236.
eumnieittheaeve received the following from Zurich The
a
ir ppointed to revise the federal compact
question
its task on the 7th inst., and first entered upon the
of the representation. The majority rejected the
PPPosition for its being made in proportion to the popula-
t
,lon.
• committee is composed of the deputies for Zu-
t'ch
it ueerne, Zug, Glaris, Friburg, Soleure, Basle, Scaff-
dpeusea, St. Gall, the Grisons, Argua, Thurgau, Vaud, and
it neva. At the second sitting, which was held on the 9th,
took
Diet into consideration the articles relative to the
" and the powers of the Federal Government ;
eii several members conceiving • that as the prin-
thPe f a proportionate representation was rejected,
an7v,s.d compact would be without any solid foundation,
,e°nsequently be radically defective, declared that it
ob•u'd be totally useless to continue their deliberation upon
thjetcts which would thereby become merely accessary, and
ly to ascertain if there were any means
of this • the revision of the compact. after the rejection
chant,' PrineiPle, or whether, renouncing every species of
Diet the revision became altogether impossible. The
;11eet, in its sitting of the 12th inst., received the report on
;up revision of its standing orders. The assembly entered
Le" a debate on the report article by article, and it will
hereafter be sent to the States ad instruendum. The first
and r leles, relative to the opening and closing of the Diet
41„ ,to the functions of the President, were adopted without
,„ri discussion. They contain very nearly the former re-
be ti°l's only, the numerous formalities which have hitherto
It:4 observed at the opening of the Diet, the Federal Sa-
Sire',and the titles of Your Excellencies,' and Most Hon.
s' aro abolished. The discussion is to be resumed at the
next sitting,"
The
of sh Temps has the following upon the financial resources
Co Para The Count de Toren°, in proposing to the
fore7ens the moiety of the. Spanish debt as it concerns the
upon g creditors exclusively, grounded this violent measure
eit ;he deficit of the Treasury. If this reason were. suffi-
' nalf the Governments of Europe, beginning with our
: would be to-morrow in a state of bankruptcy, and
yin herself would have been in open bankruptcy 250
that ago, for it is shown by the registers of the contadoria
eeedat the time of Philip 11. her expenditure has always ex-
ed her revenue. To proclaim that such is the case at
e,:,ent is to tell us no more than everybody knows. But
left; 't Was necessary to do to justify, if possible, that in
talenig to pay her debt Spain merely yielded to an inevi-
o e .atalitYy was to prove evidently that the country had
ceime Y,
of fulfilling its engagements. It is scarcely con-
e that the Cabinet of Madrid should not have per-
il that the whole_question lies there, and not in an em-
ir/ eassed state of finances, which most of the Governments
Whi laY experience as well as Spain. Now this question,
reference"l de Toreno eluded, may be solved completely by
tia to the statistics of Spain. According to an offi-
4, document drawn up by the Cortes in 1822, the follow-
' are the disposable resources of the country
Francs.
itt'Zti of establishments of piety and confraternity 540,000,000
uitt ' ,orumanderies of military orders 103,000,000
Lotto
°o the
,the Jesuits, remaining unsold
+Jot, e Inquisition, abolished 13,500,000
Littsupvressed convents
t,' °f the secular clergy, deduction made of one-
hi.ttZt,belonging to bequests'
„' the Crown, solely that disposable, and includ-
Ire 'ue mono xilized manufactories
eY of I.
Id:-

27,000,000

Itop - Aleuma 4,800,000
vts' of Communes (Baldios) of the Crown 540,000,000

-IXatoely
lo eelesiasti'e 1,750,200,000
if roN domains property
571,800,000
qoub
the tS are entertained of the valuation of this pr?piferty,
4, Rep°,,",°_ ,wing' facts would prove that it is far from beineox-f
ia,-Zeu• In 1820, property belonging to the convents
194.57-,,`" Saragossa, Oviede, and Valencia, was sold for
the valua-
tiO4 (),000 reals, or nearly 5,000,000 francs ;
the °1.42 Only 8,695,000 reals. In Catalonia and Cadizt_
IralaPattic'e realized was more than twice the amount oafball;
If 1,„ II; and at Seville the increase was
willtwice and
no !eneralize this excess in value, itbe seen that
thatSpai the state of Europe is far more favourable
.to
No; than in 1820, the 1,750,000,000
.arising from dis-
-3,00'e ecclesiastical property may be carried to more than
141 000,000. It should also be remarked, that the above
passes- far from containing the account of all the resources
of iY Spain in national property. It includes none
;", "longing to the Crown, which is more valuable
4111 ,-fx si v e than anywhere else. It only disposes of one
tne communes nominally possessed by the Civil List.
p,
''"ro,)ert.,,, it only gives 1,750,000,000 for the ecclesiastical
Whereas the valuation was made to amount to
t'tl °,°oo by Cabarus on detailed research, established
thise 4clastra l operations. Without in any respect disposing of
141blfr°PertY, we may nevertheless consider it a part of the
wealth, which adds to the 2,300,000,000 of dis-
inte ekral Property, a guarantee of equal amount securing the
440 o,,PaYment of the debts of the State ; and it is with
"°,ooof. of landed property, the appropriation of
,Corte to the wants of the State has been demanded by the
11' den during two centuries, that the Minister asks Spain
101 l ts debt. It is easy to conceive that a country, by
itlut series of abuses, monarchical -prodigality, and dis-
hein:3 events, may be reduced to the sad condition of
tvhieb
to meet its engagements ; but that country
he with the means of satisfying them, should listen to
as :ftiral°±:
j% proposal of evading payment, would brand itself
Illisdeeptalent bankrupt. We cannot believe that such a
}lOOO,. u would be tolerated by a nation so remarkable for
sentiment. The project of Toreno is the most
sA4led
fable Phenomenon that political events have pre-
an li the present day, so pregnant with wonders. It is
afils—, aofr flagrant injustice, and the Minister, in what he
eominits a political error of such enormity, that
Se'a IS
ViltY of it may consider himself fortunate if he
Pe the clnzrge of error alone."

Total..

..2,323,000,000

FRENCH FUNDS.—P4itis, Ave. 20.
Five per Cents., if f. 20e 25c. 20c.
.1:our per Cents., 9if —c.
illluitr(_, per ('ents., 75f. 44)c. 35c. 30c.
k et,v,L,-,, !,775f. —c.
.‘ene de I wir M. 45r
!,tria I; i've.ip:i'Cenis----., p 4 45. 34% 304,
!! nte Espagne, Five per Cents., 35.5...., 2634 27.
; d'Espagne, Three per Cents... .:zo. :4 ry•ll,spanish Loan, 42% 4334 4-/4n.
• i'ient, Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Le ts., 43%
4311 an Loan, 2.0 f. •,75f 42. 42;(,.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
05f oc.
Cne inonth, paper, 2 t: 2"•P,c. ; mony, —f •12,.4c
Ihreonionths paper 25f. 15e. ; ni°l--4' 25
' ' .
--Cours ifutliAtique'
N LIVIri,
Men__ ,OOL COTTON MiRKET, AUGUST 20.—.
pri -untinue to have an exceeding quiet market for cotton, and
e"rernain stationary. Sales of the day 2,000 bags.
%5, .Ty
a ', riORRIBLE DEPRAVITY.
_Yesterday
Anne Ka-
Ili', est was beld on the body of a female name
—Yesterday an
1101, killed in a drunken affray Sunday,respecting a
4,-".41 to n on
ected with
the r tt pound note. The circumstances coTI
ceful to
1144,,,,1:gin of the quarrel are, we regret to say, disgraceful .
r,onee'rY—a foul blot upon the character of the poor wretwchheens
it 6 Ltted In it--but still more debasing and abominable
*.'llo;'• -11"11 that the tempter to the crime is an individualect.
itt 1,w7,.
cia a respectable rank in society. The money:ca)
for the
eozit4.Th t.he quarrel commenced was the price paid.
Itrio‘rnlnation of tha child of the deceased ! This is a fact
br the
to the police magistrates of the Head-office--the letter 1)1i, debauchee to the pander is in the possession of the
ehildel!laii Corcoran—the facts have been admitted by the
knoll' the woman who received the money, and they were
before te the unfortunate woman who has been already called
*rote e dread tribunal of her Creator. The person. who
rpr,,tce letter, and who aid the money for the vilest of
Rahnifil C"s, is in the power oflitle Government—he
°,llriable profession, the supreme and controlunlimitedcoveni.
rit,.'erA. b vested in the King. We demand of the. Iti.)d rile tavestigation into the circumstances of this most foul
pro`-' transaction—we tell them where they can to ob• illnd we call upon them, as the guardians of the people,
procure the
tl, Ili t,p to the contempt of mankind a wretch who traffics in
likt,. ell'ltir of the poor, and who, to gratify his unnatura
, ior,
.., , .
Proks,, , ‘MLEISe4. infant females, and brings disgrace upon
nutted to
in Which at least-none but gentlemen should be per
l'ellurilt—°)4l9ria' Morning A' eigister of Wednesday.