The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-27 00:00:00

IUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS•

22.—The Prince de Joinville is expecte
t the Palace of Laeken.
Vilain XIIII. has just been re-elected deputy
St. Nicholas.
des, as on authority in which it places entire
direct intercourse between Belgium and
be established. The following are the
its I^,at number :
in of a Dutch shi, having asked of
'intry permi-zim ito navigate from
.37 of BM.II, tha..:.:l say directly,
sith,„whom the Captain has had some
jest, assured him that from the month
Dutch Government would admit, with-
.o protect all Belgian vessels without a white
Belgian Government would be desired to
~city towards the Dutch ships, conforming to
conditions ; that this navigation would be by
of Bath, as before 1830 ; lastly, that the Belgian
aptains would pay for a license in Holland and the Dutch
Captains in Belgium. Captain Deseuw affirms the truth of
this fact, which is so important to merchants, and adds that
he had been told by the same Governor that when this arrange-
ment had been once made and accepted by the two Cabinets,
things would remain in statu quo for ten years."
The Journal d'Anvers copying the above article adds,—
" We have a proof of the pacific disposition between the two
countries in the establishment of regular diligences between
Antwerp and Breda, by way of Westwesel, which we believe
will begin to ply on Sunday next, and at length re-open a
communication which has been so long interrupted."
The Messager de Gand says that diplomatic negotiations
are on foot for taking off the sequestration of the property of
the House of Orange, and that it is probable we shall soon
have official information of it.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 23.—The Prince de Joinville arrived at
the Palace of Laeken yesterday.
Her Majesty the Queen of the French will return to Paris
on Sunday afternoon.
The Belge says, " The journalists and editors of the jour-
nals that are published in this country, are invited to meet on
Wednesday the 29th, for the purpose of agreeing to a petition
to the Chamber to abolish the stamp-duty on Newspapers.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 24.—Not only the Queen of the French,
but the Princesses and the Prince de Joinville will leave Brus-
sels on Sunday.
Lord Minto, who arrived here some days ago, is gone
to Paris.
The Journal d'Anvers says :—" The English steam-boat
last week brought two chests of paintings for the King of the
Belgians."
We are informed that the Dutch still oppose the execu-
tion of the works which are intended to prevent a rupture in
the dike of the Scheldt near Liefkenshoek. This event, which
is every moment expected, may cause terrible disasters ; and
threatens to inundate the polders of Calloo, Beveren and Doel.
Notwithstanding a farther rise on the Exchange of Paris
yesterday in Guebhard's loan and the Coupons of the Cortes,
there was here a considerable decline in the Cortes ; the Cou-
pons, which in consequence of the rise at Paris opened at 26,
fell to 25, 24 and 23.
We just hear that among the professors appointed by the
Council of the free University are M. Lelewell, a learned Po-
lish refugee, now at Brussels, and M. Ahrens, lately professor
at Gottingen, now a refugee at Paris. It is said that offers
of a professorship will be made to the learned Arioli, of Bo-
logna, now also a refugee at Paris.
BELGIAN FUNDS, OCT. 24.—Actual Debt 21 per Cent.,
524. ; Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent., 99 ; Loan of the city,
1832, 4 per Cent., 98k.—Brussels Papers, Oct 25.
VIENNA, OCT. 15.—Her Highness Princess Metternich
was delivered of a son yesterday evening. The Russian Am-
bassador, M. de Tatischeff, returned from Petersburg h. We
learn the news of Don Pedro's death from the English jour-
nals : it made but little sensation here, as very little business
in Spanish or Portuguese Stock is done on our Exchange, and
the French Funds were not affected by it. It had been long
expected at Paris, otherwise it would seem strange that the
death of Don Pedro should be looked on with so much indiffe-
rence by the speculators, as it is of importance to Portugal,
and the state of affairs in the Pyrenean Peninsula is rendered
more critical by it. The conviction gains ground here, that
Spain will not be so soon restored to tranquillity, but that the
civil war will spread. It is, therefore, no wonder that the
communications with the Queen's Government are sus-
pended ; singular events must happen to induce the
Courts which have hitherto refused to recognise the Queen, to
change their sentiments after the experience that has already
been had, and the success which Don Carlos has hitherto had
in the northern provinces, it is not compatible with prudent
policy to give the Queen's government a moral support by any
new act ; this would be only causing greater confusion, in-
stead of allaying the misunderstanding which already exists.
In the East all is tranquil. The Turkish militia is or-
ganised with extraordinary rapidity, and those troops will
• soon form a serviceable army. The Sultan is said to devote
his chief attention to their organization.
Minstex, OCT. 19.—We yesterday received letters from
Napoli to the 16th ult., on which day the Madagascar had
arrived in the road of Napoli, having on board Count Ar-
mansperg, Councillor of State Kobill, and M. Von Klenze.
Tranquillity still prevails, and nothing important had trans-
pired during the absence of the Regency.
VIENNA, Ocr. 16.—Five per Cents. 99I—Four per Cents.
90—Bank Shares, 1256.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 21.
LEIPSIG, OcT. B.—The Michaelmas catalogues of books
published in the last half year contains 3,092 works, which
have been published by 450 booksellers.
WARSAW, OCT. 12.—Our journal publishes the following
letter of the Prelate Prazmowski, Bishop of Plozk, to the
Minister of the Interior, and of Ecclesiastical Affairs :
" cannot express to your Excellency my unbounded
gratitude for having pointed out to me the right way to repair
any heavy offence, which I have in vain been seeking for these
three years. From the beginning of the criminal rebellion
against the sacred person of his Majesty the Emperor, who
trod in the steps of his predecessor of glorious memory, and
never ceased to render our nation happy by his favour, my
heart, which was devoted to the Sovereign, as well as my under-
standing, which foresaw the dreadful consequence, was filled
with deep affliction. But, actuated by the constant fear of a
disgraceful death, I was compelled, whenever I was personally
called upon to give way, contrary to my feelings, to the impulse
of the revolution, that I might not experience such a dreadful
fate. I acted against my will, and must therefore confess that
I was wrong in not obeying the voice of my conscience, which
I incessantly deplore. If my conduct could be a bad example
to any body, I would willingly make it good by this my decla-
ration, which I beg your Excellency to make public. I shall
be happy if this confession should excite and confirm in others
the fidelity which they owe to the Throne.—l have the honour,
&c."—Frankfort Papers, Oct. 22.

WORCESTER, OCT. 24.—1 n the Hop market on
Saturday, 1656 pockets were weighed ; prices 5/. to 61., but
prime samples readily command 6/. 6s. from their scarcity.
Last year a Polish gentleman having caught a stork
in his grounds near Lemberg, took it into his head to put a
little iron collar round its neck with this inscription, lime
ciconia ex Polonia, (this stork comes from Poland,) after
which he let the bird escape. A few days ago he was sur-
prised to find the same bird in his garden, with a little
golden collar affixed above the iron one, bearing this in-
scription, India runt donis remittit ciconiam Po ( India
sends back the Polish stork with gifts.)—Le Riformateur.
CHARLES X. AND HIS FAMILY.—A gentleman
who was lately at Prague has sent us (Le Bon Sens) the fol-
lowing particulars :—The imbecility of mind of the Duke of
Angouleme appears to have increased since 1830, and this is
the reason why it is so difficult to get access to him. Made-
moiselle de Berri is really a most accomplished young Prin-
cess ; but the Duke of Bordeaux does not answer the charac-
ter generally given of him in France. His constitution seems
bad, and his mental powers are of the most ordinary nature.
The monkish education which he is receiving has, in all pro-
bability, stopped the development of his faculties. He goes
to mass every morning, confesses, and takes the sacrament
twice a-month. Although he is 14, he has not yet been
allowed to read any of the great French authors. He carries
continually under his arm a small Jesuitical work, called Think
well upon it, in which are painted in the most frightful colours
the torments of the wicked ; it is the vade-mecum of him who
is destined by a retrograde faction, to reign over a great
people. Charles X. is as difficult to be seen at Prague as he
was at the Tuileries. In order to bandsented to him it is
necessary to write to M. de B—, undergo all the for-
malities of the old etiquette. In other respects, misfortune
has not taught him wisdom ; he is still under the influence of
the same fanaticism which induced him to issue the fatal ordi-
nances. "It was rather to save religion than my crown," says
he, " that I took that step : and Ido not repent of it." After
having talked some time of the affairs of Europe, he added,
with an air of haughtiness, " Our enemies say that I receive
pecuniary supplies from the Duke of Orleans, and that I would
consent to give my grand-daughter in marriage to his son.
Tell our friends that there never will be anything in common
between us and a man win:l—i' The Duchess of Berri re-
sides in retirement at a distance of several leagues from
Prague, and is not allowed to see her children as often as she
wishes.

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27. 1834.

Arrivals from Madrid, of the date of the 18th inst.

have been received by express. The intelligence they
bring is most important, inasmuch as it holds out some
prospect of justice being yet rendered to the holders
of Spanish stock. We before announced that the pro-
ject of the law for the regulation of the Spanish debt
had passed the Chamber of Procuradores or Deputies,
by a majority of whom it was resolved to rob the pub-
lic creditor, by annulling certain loans altogether, and
by reducing the interest on the recognised debt, so as,
in point of fact, to render it almost valueless to the
holders of acknowledged securities. This fraudulent
proceeding on the part of the Deputies was universally
reprobated, and remonstrances against it were for-
warded to the Spanish Government by the heads
of all the commercial houses in Europe. How-
ever the Deputies answered all complaints, remon-
strances, and entreaties, in the imperious style of
PILATE. " What I have written—l have written"
was the lordly answer of the Governor of Judea to
those who dared to point out an error in his de-
nomination of the accused : " What we have voted—we
have voted" was the no less pompous answer of the
Spanish Deputies to those who cried out against the
perpetration of an act of national plunder. The
Chamber of Proceres or Peers have, however, shown,
by their reception of the new law, that they are not
quite so regardless of the claims of justice, or so lost
to a sense of how much the passing of such a law
would tend to the moral and political degradation of
the Kingdom. In this they have completely disap-
pointed us ; for public virtue has been so long a stran-
ger to the Councils of the Spanish grandees ; and so
many of the present Peers are represented as mere
ciphers, whose value depends on Ministerial arrange-
ment, that we should have as soon expected the resus-
citation of Polish nationality by command of the
Russian Autocrat, as the promulgation of an act of
righteous legislative independence on the part of the
Spanish Proceres. It is, therefore, with no ordinary
feeling of satisfaction that we behold some traces
of the ancient chivalrous sense of honour, which
once distinguished the Spanish nobility, remain-
ing among their descendants. During the sit-
ting of the Proceres on the 18th, the Chamber
agreed to recognize the Guebhard loan, which had
been annulled by the Deputies ; and also carried an
amendment by which the interests of various loans,
now in arrear, are to enter into the active debt annu-
ally, and by twelfths, commencing from the year 1838.
This is a great step towards the acknowledgment of the
entire demands made on Spain ; but here comes the
question of whether or not the Procuradores will yield
to this decision of the Proceres. Our impression is
that they will resist it, on the pretext that the Bill, as it
passed their Chamber, was a money bill ; and as they
quote the conduct of the Commons of England on
every disputed question of legislative interference, they
will maintain that the Upper Assembly had no power
to make any alteration in it. Now this is an error.
The Bill for the recognition of the Spanish debt has
nothing whatever to do with the taxing of the subject,
till it is shown that there is no means of -paying it,
save by taxation. The question as it now stands is
one of pure principle, and cannot be resolved into any
other, while the sources from which must spring the
wealth for defraying the national burdens is left un-
determined. Now the church property is yet un-
touched, and so likewise are the crown lands. These
are legitimate objects of legislative confiscation at the
present moment : let them be first disposed of, and
when nothing remains but to draw on the pockets of
the people, then, and only then, may the Procuradores
quote the example of Great Britain in repudiation of
the present vote of the Chamber of Proceres.
Notwithstanding this vote of the Chamber of Pro-
ceres, we warn the British public to beware how they
involve themselves in the intricacies of the new loan
which the Spanish Government are preparing to raise.
We have learned on good authority that the Ministers
are resolved to do all in their power to raise the sum
required at home, but in this we believe they will not
succeed, and the consequence will be another attempt
to gull the people of this country. We do not
credit a report in circulation which states that
the vote of the Proceres is neither more nor
less than an ingenious mode of humbugging the
foreign creditors, and that the discussions on the debt
will be continued from day to day without coming to
any conclusion till the new loan is raised, when both
Chambers will at once agree in a vote of national insol-
vency. Spain dare not proceed thus far ; but at the
same time the British people know quite enough of her
regard for principles of integrity and national good
faith, to be persuaded that money is safer at home,
than under the controul of Count TORENO and his
colleagues.

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