The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-18 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS OF THURSDAY.

Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated the 9th inst., re-
ceived by express :—" All the members of the Finance
Committee of the Proceres concur in opinion that the bill
as passed by the Procuradores should be adopted without
amendment. The committee will make its report to the
Chiimber on Monday, and it will no doubt be confirmed.
It is evident that the committee has taken into considera-
tion the urgent wants of the Government for an immediate
supply of money, and is unwilling to take upon itself the
responsibility of the consequences which,
its would follow from
any delay in concluding the loan. Tile committee, how-
ever, has made a reserve in report to cover its responsi-
bility. It has, it is said, included in this document a state-
ment of some ideas, and suggested certain modifications, but
at the same time declared that the imperious necessity of
complying with the resolutions of the Chambers of Procu-
radores had induced them to recommend that they should
be ratified in their entirety. Such are the sentiments of
the committee, and this cautious policy is to the taste
of the whole of its members, without excepting even
M. Martinez, the late Minister of the Finances. It
has been remarked that the Ministers have for some
time been upon closer terms with the English Am-
bassador, and have shown a certain degree of coolness to-
wards M. de Rayneval. Since the decision come to on the
Finance Bill by the Procuradores, a great many mercantile
men and others have departed from Madrid. Three
thousand persons, more or less, were engaged in the con-
spiracy of Valladolid, and in forty-eight hours the whole of
Castile would have been in a state of insurrection had it
not been discovered. The Carlists are overrunning Va-
lencia, Cadiz, and a great part of Del Campo and San
Rouque, without interruption. Three days ago some
differences arose at the palace of the Pardo between the
Royal Guard and the Body Guard, in consequence of
which 150 men of the Royal Guard deserted, of whom
only 25 have since been arrested.
The Suabian Mercury states, after accounts from Ber-
lin of the 6th inst., that the festivities at Potsdam have
been interrupted by the death of the Princess Eliza de
Radzivill, who had been the friend of the Empress of
Russia from her infancy, and her Imperial Majesty is
much affected by the event, though it had long been ex-
pected. This journal also gives a letter from Carlshrue of
the 7th instant, stating that the Government of Baden had
received official intelligence from Switzerland that the po-
litical refugees in that country were instilling into the Ger-
man workmen employed in the republic, revolutionary- doc-
trines, in consequence of which the Government had or-
dered that all workmen coming from Switzerland should be
closely watched by the police. If any of these men be-
come suspected, they are immediately arrested—and if
natives, are brought to trial—or if foreigners, are sent out
of the country.
The Indicateur de Bordeaux of the 14th instant, re-
ceived by express, has the following :—" The health of
Mina improves daily. His nomination has not only been
received with joy by the army, but also by the entire po-
pulation of every part of Navarre and Catalonia. He re-
ceives deputations, who congratulate him on having ob-
tained the command of the army, and who press him to put
himself speedily at the head of his troops. The action of the
2d, between El Pastor and the insurgents, was much more
serious than at first supposed. The rebels before the arri-
val of the succour which caused the retreat of El Pastor
on Villa Filla Franca, had sustained considerable loss in
killed and wounded. After the action many desertions
took place from the Carlist ranks. Reports have been
erroneously propagated at Bayonne of a defeat of the gar-
rison of Elisondo on the 7th, but what is more certain is,
that on the Bth instant Zugarramurdi, having made a
sortie, surprised the battalion of Ituritza and occasioned
it great loss. The Queen's soldiers returned into Eli-
sondo with booty. The cholera continues its ravages in Na-
varre, and carries off great numbers in Pampeluna." The
following is an extract of a letter from Bayonne of the
12th :—" General Cordova, who by length of service was
entitled to the chief command of the Navarrese army, Rodil
having quitted the command, had the generosity to give
up his claim to General Lorenzo. This measure has been
approved by all the patriots, for it is generally known that
Lorenzo is the man best suited to the kind of warfare now
going on, and is the only one who is dreaded by Zumala-
carregui. Since Lorenzo has assumed the command the
war has been more vigorously carried on. Zumalacarregui
is with the bulk of his troops in the Amezcoas. All the
cattle has been seized and conveyed by the Queen's troops
to Ribeira. The sth and 6th rebel battalions are in the
environs of Elisondo, but they are not feared by the garri-
son. One or two sorties have been made by which they
were put to the rout. A report of Bilboa having been
attacked and taken is merely a manoeuvre to promote the
loan of Charles the Fifth."

A letter of the 11th inst. from Bayonne states that the
pay of Don Carlos's soldiers has been reduced from one
real a day to two reals a week, on account of want of mo-
ney, and that they are suffering from cholera, typhus, and
other diseases, being at the same time without either me-
dicine or medical men.

We learn by a letter of the 11th inst. from Pau that a
vessel under English colours has effected a landing of arms
and ammunition on the coast of Biscay. Guibellade, who
was aware of their coming, was in the neighbourhood with
his troops to receive them, and immediately conveyed them
to Zumalacarregui at Enguy.
The Augsburg Gazette of the 12th inst. quotes the funds
at Vienna on the 7th, 5 per Cent. Metalliques, 994 ; 4 per
Cent. ditto, 904 ; Bank Actions, 1,25 Th.
The Berlin State Gazette of the 10th inst. states, after
accounts from Stockholm of the 3d, that the cholera in that
city is so much on the decline, that the deaths of the two
preceding days have been only eight and six respectively.
The number of persons attacked on the three previous days
was 38, 40, and 39 respectively. The Prussian funds on
the 9th inst. are quoted 4 per Cents, cash 99, paper 991.
The Soter of Nauplia of the 11th ult. says—" The Am-
bassador of the Sublime Porte to our Court has arrived at
Hydra, where he is performing quarantine. He was re-
ceived with every mark of distinction by the Eparch of
Hydra and M. George Condouriotti. A regular post has
been established between Nauplia and Athens. We can
now receive daily intelligence from Athens, and this com-
munication will, under present circumstances, produce im-
mense advantage." _ _ _

Extract of aletter from Zara, dated August 29 :—" The
Austrian commercial brig Ciro, in her passage from Venice,
observed on the 10th instant, before sunrise, a ship in flames
to the south-east of Scoglie Sansigo. Her captain immedi-
ately made all sail for the unfortunate object, and arrived in
time to receive the crew, consisting of 10 men. She proved
to be the American brig Ontario, bound from Mobile, in
North America, to Trieste. She had been struck with
lightning, and the flames spread with such rapidity that it
was impossible to overcome them. The Ciro conveyed the
crew to the island of Lessina, where the authorities supplied
them with the means of proceeding to Trieste."

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, OCT. IS.
Five per Cents., 105 c. 70c 75c. 80c.
Four per Cents., 93f. —c.
Three per Cents., 78f. 15c. 9.0 c. 25c.
Bank Actions, 1,785 f —c.
Rente de Naples, 95f. 7 c. 95c. Wc.
Roman Five per Cents., 97!,4
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 44 434 44.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 28 2774 28%.
Royal Spanish Loan, 27.74 26% 27Y,
Bente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 45 4474 45%
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents , 91/4.
Haytian Loan, 2701. —c.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f 35c. ; money, 21 30e.
Three months, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 25f. 15c.
—Cowes Authentique.

BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, OCT. 15.—Her Majesty the Queen of the
French, with the Princess Clementine and Mary, will ar-
rive at Brussels to-day.
Immediately after the official notification of the death of
Don Pedro by the Portuguese legation, the Marquis do
Lisboa, Charge d'Affaires of Brazil, went into deep mourn-
ing, as well as several other Brazilians of distinction now at
Brussels.

At a meeting of several of the principal merchants and
other electors of this city, which took place yesterday after-
noon, it was resolved to bring forward M. ',cheat!, late Mi-
nister of Justice, as candidate for a seat in the legislature.
Another meeting had proposed as candidate M. Trelemans,
who has just been appointed one of the judges in the Court
of Appeal at Brussels.

The Archbishop of Malines arrived at Brussels yester-
day, and went to the residence of the Cure of the Be-
guinage. He yesterday administered confirmation in the
church of the Beguinage, and will do so to-day in that of
St. Gudule.

Baron de Beckmann, who, under the late Government,
was Governor of the province of Hainault, died lately at
Aix-la-Chapelle.

The steam-carriage which is in the magazine of Mr. Jones
is entirely taken to pieces, and will not be tried till the
alterations to be made in it shall be completed, which will
be in four or five days.
The Commissioners appointed to revise our military laws,
whose sittings have been suspended on account of the ab-
sence of several members, either from sickness or necessary
absence on public duties, met again yesterday. General
Goethals presided. It has made great progress in its la-
bours, and it is hoped that the three projects of law which
they have to draw up will be ready and presented to the
Chambers before the end of this year.
The Chamber of Commerce of Brussels, in reply to the
quirt' of the Minister of the Interior, states that of
e Spanish Pepetuelles at 5 per cent. there may be to the
amount of five millions of florins in the hands of the specu-
ators at Brussels, and it observes that the amount of this
stock at Antwerp must be much more considerable, as the
principal speculations in the funds made at Antwerp were
in that particular stock.—Brussels Papers, Oct. 16.
MUNICH, OCT. 6.—The reports of negotiations for the

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1834.

The origin of the late destructive conflagration still
continues to be involved in some degree of mystery,
though from all we can collect on the subject, there is
not the slightest reason to suppose that it was the work
of incendiaries. However, a few days will settle this
point—for the most rigid inquiries are going forward—.
when we are confident it will be found that the fire was
wholly accidental. Meantime, the mischief being al-
ready accomplished, and the two Houses of Parliament
reduced to such a condition that renovation is wholly
out of the question, it remains to be considered
how the catastrophe is to be turned to the best ac-
count. There are few evils so severe but that the
materials of consolation may be found in them,
and deeply as we may regret the wide-spread devasta-
tion that has taken place, still it will not have been
wholly without its uses, if it shall be the means of
obtaining for us the construction of Houses of Legis-
lature, which in size, grandeur, and convenience, may
be worthy of an empire on which the sun never sets.
The late House of Commons—the House of Peers
was something better—was sadly deficient in this re-
spect ; it had not an atom of pretension to grace, or
elegance, or symmetry ; indeed it seems to have been
built by way of a joke in defiance of all the laws
of architecture ; while as respects accommodation,
let those Hon. Members speak to its advantages on
this score, who, night after night, have sat within its
walls at the imminent hazard of suffocation. Could
the House but have raised the wind within, with as
much tact and success as for many years it contrived
to raise it without, we might have been induced to
regret its destruction *more bitterly than we now do ;
but from its utter want of ventilation, to say no--
thing of its size and °nape, it was on every oc-
casion, when there was a full attendance of
Members, so stiflingly hot, as to be positively in-
tolerable, except to well seasoned constitutions, to
whom fresh air was a matter of perfect indifference.
We trust that when a new House is erected, it will
be such as to combine the two great requisites of orna-
ment and utility ; so that Englishmen need not be
ashamed of pointing it out to the notice of foreigners ; nor
members be compelled to squeeze—jostle—and almost
sit in each other's laps for want of elbow-room. The
House has been already subjected to a political—let it
now be subjected to an architectural, Reform, and let
all its old defects of ventilation, size,,and structure be
placed in schedule A.
Since writing the above, we have received, from our
own Reporter, who has his information from the par-
ties engaged in the charge of the House of Lords, par-
ticulars of the origin of the fire, which prove that it
was accidental, and which will be found as follow :