The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-26 00:00:00

TRIAL OF THE NATIONAL.

The (From the French papers of Sunday.)
e nurriber of the Ist of August of the National of 1834
°lltair d
sessie le a long article on the Royal, Sitting (opening of the
Gene:lr the Chamber) of the previous day. The Attorney-
the ita ' considering it to be an offence against the person
an-
of abler 4"11g, cited Mr. Carrel before the Court of Assize to aor
t6+or
the. same. The following are the principal passages
tr;article inculpated •
i:Zhce scene is sc. arcely. refreshed for instantt by the en-
Ilf the f the Queen, of Madame Adelaide, sister o the King,
t tvu frincesses his daughters, and of the ladies in aitinff
kabil,:saslu worked up and prepared long beforehand, is
_lik.es.
Neu' which reaches its utmost height but to descend. This
w rated
. jishe family,so virtuous and so laden with the good-
oy, 4,,s,srid blessis of France, draws near, and the shouts ofe
iavoio""ieh all had fully intended to send forth, die away.. W
taan,. ntSty ask ourselves, Is this all ? How many families, how
sa.t4.Food citizens honest merchants would be wohof the
to 4
ralot, and would,and with a good grace, devote themselves
d'rationesti°c(le of life altogether
.royal, without ceasing to be
, and of which the edifying order and affecting mode-
(4Boooare
, supported by a national gift of t lve millions
Peoe (:4-) a-vear ? As nothing but misfortuneswe render
.
plisth es interesCing, one cannot help wishing to the
.c
uo aiderrswoinen of Louis Philippe's family that je ne gals i
*in 15°ssuet admired in the widow of Charles 1., and which
fadenevr be Produced by the quarterly payment, so regularly
. by. the s
z,tatls,,,,,eit,,:etasury totbem-ost united. and best regulated
(heard ~
ache world * * • * A powerful Vice le Roz
b one o'clock to issue from the densest centre
them deputies. The roof of the Palais Bourbon s
bearers
sword:C" Precede him, the Ministers who walk between
the
velvet earer and the King, have already trodden upon
pia% Which covers the platform., At length the King ap-
000v ; and the silence of surprise, and the buzz of hasty
eta:4l46on, all of a sudden are substituted for noisy
the e us. There is a general expression of surprise ac-
e effo_xcessive enebonpo;nt of his Majesty, and. of the great
leaar•s which he was obliged to make in ascending the steps_ hitiisiertigi
he
the. throne, or
.chair,
.into which he allowed
Ple aft .neavily to fall. Does his Majesty seriously believe in
%Nair of the pistol shot on the Pont Royal, or is he thus
f The new de-
kties amd weighed down by age and
that h! Yct but young courtiers, and
.n2rigprrieessed with the idea
zit
w's Majesty is in a perfect condition to renew in person,
„ ',7re necessary, the feats of Jemappes and. of Valmy, look
odieCielau.n_th er with the expression. of uneasiness, like persons
IllYaity" been too hasty in resting their hopes on temporary
P. 1,,
tt ** * Thus far the king's voice kept itself_
Press; "c threatening tone with which the common place ex
tlivial,s against faction were delivered was noticed. These
ill th '"cs were before known by heart. It was expecterds that
ahos.se Presence of the representatives of foreign. powe, thee 4147 of the men and the principles of the revolution would. b promised With an expression of hatred • but the explanations
taadiBe4 our foreign relations were looked for. Notwith- oetw candid
the reciprocal complaisance and mutual tricksd
We
seen the chief of the royalty of the 7th of August an.
Ns wgsein,ts of the absolute monarchies. of. the continent, it
PiNie'" known that it was not possible
.in the. face of the
lilow high
PlaY off a comedy in which Louis Phillippe. should
repro -Igb airs in speaking of the Holy Alliance, whilst the
kbeentatives of the Holy Alliance should be. h.umbledt in
e
woricir., nit rder to raise citizen loyalty in the opinion of
sh
legit'
may be said that the f.oreign policy off the (pen e:
'egiiir, ) clearly revealed itself in the reading o the quasi-
aßaio,44te trivialties. This voice, so loud a moment before
°.,f, to; the factions, had become low and servile when speaking
'he') °Pe• It was a word more slurred over than spoken.alt
tethrreitended quadripartite alliance disappeared as it were alto-
see too fah,' tu order to render more apparent the influence of that
4ern -I:18 and too realalliance, the representation of which
111/41:d to place at the • inalbar as a culprit, the man who
,ilerat:ti to receive theercmirown from a victorious insurrection.
',44tie,„-:° hopressions which the most dearly-bought enthhud-
;ll2seet,,—Pnot resist. The disappointment of those who had
'° lins;' that energetic language would have been addressed
NI di4l!;.and to the Absolutists of all countries was so great,
gili. tlie- din to
of those who had relied on the talent
iloroil 4 ugust speaker, to gloss over such unheard of
Royal
tleet,,,weakness was such that the last words of the
lon wil•teelr,e fo,llowed by a profound silence, and no acclama-
k. er ,
t.,_ martin (1)
st:11 cye, eputy of the department of. the North), At-
' ''eral, attended for the prosecution. M. Carrel
Firedp assisted by M. C. Ledru, his counsel.
Nil sklt calltiier, President to the Court, to the accused—Do
tieji, thilea:dge yourself liable for the consequences of the ar-
ia.ril e,,,-,,,,re..t of the present prosecution ?
to e Aherne do completely. .
the attern '"eY-General (M. Martin de Nord) rose and said—
ef Writer,ecqinected with the press, the rights, the duties of
rcap.attiive•And of the magistrat?, are to a certain extent co-
acions , e writer must enjoy great freedom,. a.nd. the
ow rsgistrwould wish to confine him within too
ti? iniita ate,_ who .
11 'R. a part , ould be going beyond his commission, and
,I.t :otolide ilvrie, rauryorthy the great charge entrusted to him...
go too far—there is a point beyond which
'earaWrn•itehooteZZetemme
tweakness in
na magistrate to allow him to
Is, thatnti! there is
anp at repression. In all constitutional {lCl-
establishedoru.le no one can deny, which
ii(iion.eiP,lasileterso,.n of theKingis sacred' and inviolable. This
out in the'r! Perpetuated not- only for the good of the jovig has hee_ interest of the people. The person of the
jeet °lable, b. pronounced inviolable andsacr sacred in the charter.
show„f
ridice._%ai.ise the King must never be made an ob-
IN id 41v,a,ut
~ sacred, because the name of the King
b, as such . Be. associated with respect and veneration;
?Of vi ins,,,, Principle must be protected, an article has
rigl:iiLla.tir4etdhernul. 0u...r. code of laws,- punishing the offence
at the leoe
arid _ The author of the article begins by heap_
the openi,g atuitireage
fuliil rerich was tland the Queen of
Upon the Chamber. of Peers, present
Chamber of Deputies, it y. /1,,, iere surrounded by her young and beautiful
fots,uggestsma's 'it?, what terms does this article speak ofe hmeirs! to Lune which ii_ucelY to be experienced by her the same
1,1!.In, you
knoLiappened to the consort of Charles I. Gentle-
iie anthor
refers the dark deed to which the author refers.
1 444 to what happened nearly 200 yearos. ago to
shall •°f tn,land
Beaff- , SSY nothing, , who, brought before judges t whom
Thold. His., was by them condemned, and died upon a
frio„!uthor ,f1N41,1.°w,. in despair, found in France a refuge.
b ."-.•ell d - Leis article takes upon him to wish that the
/ the estin.. of , .
hill
hues
fbi, the widow of Charles I. may be endured
Lotrissech towardsidtshe French.--( Agitation: ) But why enter-
Illur(le PhiliPPe th the Queen of the French ?--Why wish to
they
wish 4li tragic end of Charles I. ? It is that the.
ruin
_.....h,.,A leads to re4lution ;—it is a revolution which
to ~,,°lthotis:_‘,ltiey never think that a revolution leads to the
theriat jib'rs of good citizens. It is the duty of the press
in thiliabbe l.les, to declainf against injustice, to watch over
ev,i.
ts, itaproertics, and however bold and audacious it may be,
wh„ Ilye is Per department, we must respect it. But when-
pett we 8, 49 open attack upon theperson of the King,_
the j-SPirit e h's sacred and inviolable person outraged. by
not ' we then d
article ry, a..,denounce the offendei.s to the justice of
bo
...., 0,.. if wu we say to the jury, you must condemn that
wlttlttothicY°u suffer the King thus to be attacked, thus to
v eLltntged, then Mt acknowledge) his inviola.

bility to be a vain word—only remaining to be erased from the
charter, and handed over to public derision.
' M. Armand Carrel expressed himself to the followirg
' effect in the midst of profound silence :
" Gentlemen,—You are not only jurors, you are political
electors; and if you are the natural judges of the press, you
are also judges of the systems followed by a Government to
whom you give and refuse the majority.
" The article prosecuted has been read throughout to you,
Gentlemen. The general tone of this article is, I confess, not
very respectful towards the assemblage of monarchical and ad-
ministrative functionaries who attended at the royal sitting. I
am not obliged to make this acknowledgement, but I owe it to
judges who are not my adversaries. I shall thereby be re-
leased from a host of useless explanations, upon the hostilities
of detail which daily appear in the National of 1834, and
which arise from our anti-monarchical attitude, as you are
aware.—(Movement.) The accusation to which I am about to
reply is special ; namely, the offence of insulting the royal
person. This offence would result less from the words than
from the foundation of the matter, and in fact the following is
the offence :—The National of 1834 attributed the predomi-
nating idea in the speech from the throne to the King personally.
Being convinced that this speech was not an act of the
Cabinet, still less of the Minister, who is its nominal
President, it naturally applied to the King whatever censure it
considered to be applicable to the conception of that speech—
its composition and its doctrines—its praises of the past, and
prognostics as to the future—its unproved assertions, and its
voluntary omissions ; and even the artifices as to its delivery,
whereby certain passages might be brought forward to the sa-
tisfaction of a certain portion of the auditory, or the extent of
some rather bolder phrases might be kept back from the same
parties. For instance, the National of 1834 maintained that
whatever constituted a menace against the resistance of the
spirit of liberty, was articulated with a firm voice, and was des-
tined to reach the diplomatic tribune ; that, on the contrary,
the little that was admitted as to the existence of a western
quadruple alliance was uttered in a low tone of voice. The
National of 1834 went so far as to say of that voice itself--
that is to say, the voice of his Majesty—that in losing its sono-
rousness, out of regard for certain ambassadors who were pre-
sent, and who did not belong to the quadruple alliance, that
royal voice seemed to partake of the very servility of our fo-
reign policy. Ido not endeavour to weaken the offence, if it
exists. It is even difficult to represent it in terms different -to
those employed in the article attacked, without running the risk
of aggravating the offence, and such is certainly not my intention.
All the independent journals refused to punish in the person of
Marshal Gerard that pride and those projects which do not
belong to him. Neither has there been any illusion as to a
Ministerial responsibility which is despised by him who has the
must interest in its duration. It has been demonstrated that
there was no disposition to grant--at least without the most
energetic resistance—a new lease of five years to the system
which has existed upon our divisions and our troubles, for four.
The language of all the independent journals was the same.
The National of 1834 alone placed the name of the King
wherever the journals of a less sharp opposition contented
themselves with equivalent designations ; such as "the dynas-
tic system," " the immoveable thought," " the irresponsible
will," designations, under which every body knows the person
of King Louis Philippe is to be recognised. The National
of 1834, which is pursued for having said in plain terms " the
King," and not la pens& immuable, or any other name equi7a-
lent thereto, would then have been perfectly pure from all
cause of offence, if he bad said, l'ordre des choses, lowered or

raised his voice at such a part—the Speech of the Crown is
not the work of Ministers, but of quelqUun 1—( Laughter.)
To establish any morality in the process directed against the
National of 1834, it must be made out that it is a crime to
make the person of the King intervene in a discussion, even
to flatter him ; for to flatter, to praise, is to provoke contra-
diction, and without the liberty of blaming no praise is
flattering. Would, for example, any journal be prose-
cuted for reporting in a royal sitting that the King was
growing younger—(Laughter)—that his embonpoint was
diminished—that he was more lively—that his voice had be-
come clearer—that his bearing assumed the air of menace and
pride at the passage which speaks of the quadruple alliance—
that all eyes turned at that moment towards the diplomatic
benches—and that the Ambassadors of the three Courts could
hardly dissemble their embarrassment ? If all these things
had been printed by a Journal of the Chateau, would there
have been the next day an inquisitorial assignation? Would
the Attorney-General this day have to say—Gentlemen, it is
indecent to depict the King in a Newspaper, to comment on
his gestures, his inflections of voice ; to look for in his attitude
a physiognomy the signs of an exalted sentiment of patriotism ;
to attribute to him the artifices of oratory to add force and
point to his written words, when these words menace none
but foreign powers ? Now, either I deceive myself greatly,
or these hardy touches would seem to those who have brought
me here to merit recompence, and not the penalty of
blasphemers. His Royal Majesty is not, then, that holy
ark which none are worthy to look in his face ; and, by
the example which I have cited, Gentlemen, you will
see that it is permitted to go into a minute examination
of all the Royal intentions during an opening discourse. Our
actual state is a rapid motion of decomposition, from whence
it appears that all sorts of good and evil may result indiffer-
ently. What then is of visible and certain in this pile mole
are doctrines worn out, principles belied, engagements vio-
lated, hopes betrayed, legitimate but confused pretensions still
badly defined, and a commencement of war, in which each
party uses provisionally all the means of destruction at their
disposal. Power knows no law but that which will conduct
it freely to the confiscation of the public liberties. The
rights of citizens are no longer a property fully acquired to
be enjoyed in repose, but an onerous inheritance which
some desert, that they may not have to fight a new battle
for it every morning, and which others defend with despair,
resolved in extremity to make use of it as a barrel of powder,
to blow up both themselves and their oppressors together.—
(Marks of approbation, prolonged sensation.) Then, the
opinion to which I belong has been led by degrees to defend
itself with the same arms, as have been employed against it to
annihilate it. If you believe, gentlemen, that the primitive
blame is equal between the Government and us, and that on_both
sides things have been pushed so far that reconciliation is no
longer possible, it will not be worthy of you, to attempt to put an
end this contest by crushing the most feeble. To attempt to
ruin the press because it is not Strong enough to make preroga-
tive return within its due limits, would not be the way to re-
store peace to the, country. I tell you, that if you have any
hope of doing good, if you have preserved any hope of bring-
ing the Government back to moderation, of facilitating resig-
nation among parties, you cannot make too much haste to
check the encroachments of the royal prerogative. There is
the enemy which you must disarm.—( Sensation.) If the roy-
alty has imprudently refused to cover itself with the ministe-
rial buckler, which should receive and blunt the arrows of an
opposition press, the press is not guilty of the wounds which
the royalty may have received in person ; the press was not
bound to suspend hostilities till the royalty thought fit to re-
sume its buckler. The law which punishes offence against
the royal person has been suspended by the imprudence of
those excursions which the royalty has made beyond its prero-
gative. The King is offended perhaps. 'Tis a misfortune ;
but the press never wished to have him for an adversary. It
is not the press which should be punished because a power,
which should have kept itself apart, has come to meet And
brave blows which were aimed at others. We desire not that
the royalty should be offended ; but how help it ? only by
forcing it to quit the field of battle.

Capital.
Francs.

FINANCES OF SPAIN.

DEBTS BEARING INTEREST.

1,719,099,165 Debt anterior to March 18, 1808,
as fixed and acknowledged by the
Cortes
50,000,000 Debts contracted by the first Re-

storation
405,746,879 Constitutional Loans, deduction
made of the fifth converted
677,448,666 Loans of the second Restoration
80,000,000 Debt provisionally acknowledged
to France
15,000,000 Ofalia Certificates (English Debt)
10,000,000 French Indemnities collected by
the Government, in virtue of the
Treaty of Paris of 1815
74,021,223 Liquidation of the Junta de Re
emplazos

The- applaUse, which during iiii; discourse could hardly be
suppressed, burst forth loudly at its conclusion.
The President Poultier then put the question to the jury,
after a few short and important observations, in which he pointed
out to the jury the nature and peculiar circumstances of
the process. The jury retired. M. Carrell was immediately
surrounded by advocates and others. The jury continued in
deliberation for three quarters of an hour, during which time
the anxiety manifested in Court was very great. At five
o'clock the bell was rung, and the jury entered the Court.—
( Profound silence. )
The foreman of the jury then said, " Upon my honour and
conscience, M. Carrel is not guilty." The cheering became
deafening) and was immediately sloppd by the friends of M.
Carrel.

The President announced the acquittal of M. Carrel, who
retired amidst a crowd of his friends.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 31.—The state of Turkey is most
deplorable ; and the actual state of things cannot last, without
bringing about a complete dissolution of everything. The
treasury is empty, loans are impossible, taxes cannot be col-
lected; misery and anarchy prevail everywhere. But the
greatest evil of all is the presence of the Russians.
It is they, in fact, who exhaust all the resources of the em-
pire. They empty the shops and arsenals—carry off wood
and metals—and by raising constant new levies in the pro-
vinces, leave the land without labourers. Many recruits de-
sert, carrying off their arms and effects ; and those which re-
main in the cantonments cost immense sums, without ad-
vancing in organization or discipline. The Turks have nothing
left to defend or conquer, but they abhor their allies.
Yet there is talk of the troops marching directly against
Ibrahim Pacha. The refusal of taxes, the appeals to the
Porte, the disorders in Syria, the pretended massacres--all
these reports have only for their object, to furnish a motive for
the expedition of a serashier against the rebel vassal, who
is accused of oppressing the Syrians. All this is known at
Constantinople—its result will be to accomplish the objects of
Russia, and these would be already commenced if the presence
of the English fleet did not impose some check.
The affected indifference of the organs of the Holy Alli-
ance ought to deceive no one ; the Russian admirals in the
Black Sea cease not their preparations—they have ships full
of troops close to the Bosphorus—engineers and artillerymen
at constant practice.
In spite of all this, the Russians could not defend the Dar-
danelles without the Turks, but they know that they may have
their co-operation, or flatter themselves that they may.
The Russians have; at the Same time spread a report through
the- Levant, that the French fleet will arrive.
(From the Augsburg Gazette.)
DARMSTADT, AUG. 16. —lt is reported that the President of
the Superior Court of Minnegerode has been dismissed, with-
out his having solicited leave to retire. A judgment pro-
nounced by the Tribunal of Hesse has fixed public attention.
Au inhabitant of the Canton of Woellstein having so far for-
gotten himself as to utter expressions injurious to the Grand
Duke, he was denounced by some individuals present, and the
fact being proved, the Tribunal of Mayence sentenced him to
one year and one day's imprisonment. The Superior Tribunal
of Mayence has confirmed this sentence, upon the ground that
the Grand Duke being the first permanent functionary of the
state, the offence was to be looked upon as being against the
highest personage of the state.
We learn from Hanau that an investigation is on foot re-
lating to the fete at Wilhemabade in June, 1832, and that
several of the managers have been cited to appear before the
tribunals. A student, arrested at the gate of Gissen (a Hesse
university), has been transferred to Friedb4urg.

(From Galignani's Messenger.)

At a moment when the financial affairs of Spain excite
so high a degree of interest, the following details, which
throw great light upon the subject, derived from a work en-
titled De la Dette Publique et des Finances de la Mo-
narchic Espagnole,' published by M. Borrego, a Spanish
gentleman, cannot be unacceptable to our readers. The
contents of the work are derived from public Acts, Reports
of the Cortes, the writings of Administrators, and private
collections of public documents ; and the object of the au-
thor is to demonstrate that Spain, rich by her fertile soil,
needs only to be stimulated to arrive promptly at wealth ;
that she is able to pay her debts, and that it is her duty to
fulfil all her engagements with her creditors. In giving an
historical sketch of the finances of Spain the author shows
what injury was done to the public revenue by the misma-
nagement of the Princes of the House of Austria, increasing,
on the contrary, under the Kings of the Bourbon dynasty,
and augmenting between 1693 and 1758 from 88 to 637
millions of rials (four rials are equal to one franc). With
the reign of Charles IV. recommenced the disorders which
had formerly thrown perturbation into the finances of
Spain. The war arising out -of the invasion completed it ;
the Government of Ferdinand VII. was never able to
remedy it, and the revenue never exceeded 450 millions of
rials, thit is to say, an amount much inferior to
what it reached about the middle of the preceding
century. This is probably the only fact of the kind that
can be produced by the financial history of the States of
Europe of the same period. The bounds within which
Spain can support the action of taxation may be deter-
mined approximatively, by comparisons drawn from the
past. In 1799 the revenue of the State amounted to
459,813,825 rials de vellon. In 1810 the revenue pro-
duced 402,326,784 rials ; under the Constitutional Go-
vernment in 1821, 416,000,000 rials, and from 1822 to
1823, 532,800,000 rials. In the budget published in 1826
the revenue does not exceed 450,000,000 rials. For the
following years there is no official account published ; but
it appears that the budget of the revenue for the year 1833,
including the endowment of the Sinking Fund, did not ex-
ceed 600 millions of rials. Hence it seems to result that,
in the actual state of her finances, Spain cannot support,
by the ordinary course of taxation, charges exceeding 500
or 600 millions of rials. The insufficiency of these re-
sources becomes evident by a comparison Of the ordinary
revenue with the expenditure long considered necessary to
ensure the march of affairs. Under Charles IV. the ordi-
nary revenue was 550,697,975 rials, and the expenditure
2,729,799,168 rials ; under Ferdinand VII., first Restora-
tion, revenue 398,027,384 rials, expenditure 713,973,600
rials ; under the Constitutional Government, revenue
532,800,000 rials, expenditure 658,813,322 rials ; and,
lastly, under second Restoration, revenue 450,000,000
rials, expenditure 430,000,000 rials. In the actual state
of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, the produc-
tive forces of Spain may be estimated as follows, after the
most recent and authentic documents
Capital.
Francs.
18,300,926,731 Territorial and agricultural capital
1,000,647,446 Value of objects employed in agri-
culture
1,643,531,088 Manufactures and trades
4,662,622,705 Value of houses 186,550,000
177,225,000 Salaries
25,530,700 Servants' wages 1,276,535
229,190,000 Capital represented by the profes
mons of physician, advocate, at-
torney, bailiff, &c.
1,332,500,000 Capital possessed by merchants
1,725,181,578 Cash in circulation
174,208,335 Value of monasteries, convents,
churches, and other edifices Nothing.
17,145,780 Canals in construction
266,500,000 Bridges, roads, aqueducts 7,995,000
This statement does not include the waste and unculti-
vated lands, nor the value of the mines that are not worked.
The following are the elements, and the approximative
amount of the Spanish National Debt, successively in
creased under different reigns, such as it was on Decem
ber 31, 1833 :

Product.
Francs.

68,757,000
124,235,877
85,726,052

Interest,
Francs.

62,724,988

2,500,000

24,000,000
30,622,277

4,000,000
750,000

500,000

23,006,505

3,031,315,933 Total of the Debt inscribed and
liquidated
DEBTS NOT LIQUIDATED.
825,000,000 Supplies, arrears of pay, indemni-
ties, and general expenses of the
war of independence
125,000,000 Indemnities due for confiscations
and spoliations since 1814 6,250,900
3,981,315,933 Total of the Debt bearing interest 179,104,270
DEBTS WITHOUT INTEREST.
Capital of the Debt enjoying interest
Amount of accumulated arrears of the Debt 2,537,050.574
Floating Debt anterior to March 18 1803
Floating Debt of the first Restoration 225,000,000
Floating Debt of the Constitutional Government
and the second Restoration.

143,164,270

24,750,000

125,000,000

ARRIVALS,

Grand Total of the actual Debt 8,992,021,750
We will conclude these extracts by the Table of the
Loans contracted, and the Rentes issued by the Royal Go
vernment since 1823 :--
Capital.

Interest.
Francs,
44,000,000 Guebhard's Loan 6,175,000
36,632,000 Rentes Perpetuelles issued at Paris 7,747,777
15,000,000 Do. Do. issued at Amsterdam ..: 6,750,000
80,000,000 Debt acknowledged to France 4,000,000
15,000,000 English Indemnities
,
66,666,666 Rentes at 3 per cent.
20,000,000 Deferred Debt proceeding from the
voluntary Conversion of the Cortes
Loans.

180,000

30,662,777
What are the resources possessed by Spain to extinguish
her debt ? The author computes at 3,025,636,500 francs
the disposable capital, and at 11,271,105 francs the dis-
posable revenue of the lands, properties, and real estates
which compose the actual public domain of the Spanish
nation. This sum nearly balances in capital that of the
active debt bearing interest.- But the greater part of the
revenue, insufficient moreover to meet the demands of the
arrears, is appropriated to special purposes of such acknow-
ledged utility that what usage has established in this respect
cannot be departed from. The present state of the public
revenue being insufficient to meet the demands of the ar-
rears of the totality of the debt, and' the value of the do-
mains disposable, although adequate to extinguish the capi-
tal, not being able to be wholly applied to these objects,
the question of the property of the clergy and of religious
establishments naturally presents itself. The most mode-
rate estimate carries the actual revenue of the Spanish
clergy to 336,982,005 francs. M. Borrego thus sums up
the financial situation of Spain :—" Independently of the
first and principal mortgage of their social capital, amount-
ing +029,551,259,413 francs, the Spanish people possess a se-
cond in unincumbered domains, representing 12,070,548,000
rials, equivalent to the total of the inscribed and liquidated
debt. The ecclesiastical property still, without any special
application, is in the last resort a guarantee, the value of
which exceeds the totality of the debt by nearly
2,500,000,000 francs. Such a situation needs no com-
mentary."

NAPOLEON A POET.—Many persons remember
the following inscription, which a Dutch Burgomaster thought
it his duty to place upon a triumphal arch to the glory of the
Emperor :

" II n'a pas fait une sottise
En espousant Marie Louise."
or, " He did not perform a foolish action in espousing Maria Louisa."
Napoleon, the moment he perceived this singular inscription,
called the BurgQmaster to him, and said, " They cultivate
French poetry here."—" Sire, I compose some verses."—
" Ah 1 it is you—take a pinch of snuff," the Emperor added,
in presenting a snuff-box enriched with diamonds. " Yes,
Sire, I am abashed."--" Take, take, the box and the snuff,
—and—

Quand vous y prendrez une prise,
Rappelez vous de Marie Louise."
When you take a pinch remember Maria Louisa.—Le Cameleon.
Mr. Coleridge wrote, a month or two ago, his own
humble and affectionate epitaph.
" Stop, Christian passer-by! Stop, child of God,
And read with gentle breast. Beneath this sod
A poet lies, or that which once Seemed he ;-
0, l►ft a thought in prayer for S. T. C. !
That he who many a year with toil of breath
Found death in life, may here find life in death !
Mercy for False—to be forgiven for fame
He asked, and hoped through Christ Do thou the same."
Mr. Coleridge breathed his last at half-past six o'clock in the
morning of Friday. the 25th day of July last, under the roof of
his dear and kind friends Mr. and Mrs. Gillman of Highgate;
and was interred on the 2d of August in the vault of Highgate
church.

MELANCHOLY CIRCUAISTANCE.--On Wednes-
day last a middle aged man of the name of George Adam,
residing in Fochabers, whose occupation was to take charge of
the horses belonging to the Star coach, from some unknown
cause drowned himself in the river Spey. On the previous
evening it appears he had burned all his letters, and a little
before he went to drown himself he left his watch, penknife,
and pencil case in his shoes in the stable. No person knew
what bad become of him until the following day, when his
body was found in the Spey.--Elgin Courier.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1834

LEAMINGTON SPA, AUGUST 23.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Master of the Ceremonies' Ball, the night before last,
was numerously and fashionably attended. Dancing com-
menced at ten, and did not terminate until after three yester-
day morning. A grand dinner is to take place on Wednesday
next at the Royal Assembly Rooms, to celebrate the rejection
of the Bill recently introduced into Parliament, for uniting
Leamington to the elective franchise of the borough of War-
wick. It is expected to be numerously attended.
We have had several new arrivals since I last wrote to you,
amongst whom are the Earl of Essex, and Countess of Tan-
kerville. The Marchioness of Wellesley, who was staying
here, has left for the Vice-regal Lodge, Dublin. Earl Spencer
has also left on his return to Hayley Hall. His Lordship con-
tinues lame, but has improved in general bodily health. The
young Lord de Tabby and his accomplished Lady are resid-
ing at the Regent Hotel. Lord Western has left us for a
short time, on a visit to Berkely Lodge, the seat of Mrs. Sneyd,
in Staffordshire.

The following are amongst our latest movements :
ARRIVALC—Lady St. Clair; Lady Throckmorton ; Hon.
Sir John and Miss Edmunds, from Bedfordshire ; Major-Ge-
neral Sir Dugald Whitmore, Countess Lindsey, Sir George
and Lady Gray, Hon. J. Kennedy and family, &c.
DEPARTURES.—EarI of Inniskillen, for Florence Court,
Ireland ; Hon. A. Cole ; Counts Jean and Pierre Tolstoy ;
Sir Francis and Lady Burdett, for Draycott, Leicestershire ;
Hon. Captain and Mrs. Spencer ; Lady Murray and family, &c.

The Duke of Devonshire, at his seat, Chatsworth, Derbyshire,
from Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire ; the Marquis of Douro, from
Guernsey ; Sir W. and Lady Lumley, in Green-street, Grosvenor-
square, from their seat, near Windsor; J. Maxse, Esq., and
family, at Woolbeding, Sussex, from Worthing ; Mr. and Mrs.
Batson, and family, at their seat, Horse Heath Lodge, Cambridge-
shire, from a tour ; E. J. Littleton, Esq., M.P., in Grosvenor-
, place, from the Isle of Wight; Dowager Lady Rivers, in Grosve-
nor-place, from Eltham, Kent; Lord George Quin, in Hyde-
park-place, from Hayley Hall, near Shrewsbury ; Captain Garth,
FIN , Mrs. Garth, and family, at their seat, Staines Hill, Berks,
from Brighton ; Lord A. Conyngham, and family, at Dorking,
Kent, from the Isle of Wight ; Charles Chambers, Esq., at the
St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the Continent ; J. B.
Trevanion, Esq., and Mrs. Trevanion, at Symmons's Hotel, St.
James's-street, from a tour ; the Rev. Thomas and Mrs. Levett,
at ditto, from Eastbourne ; H. White, Esq., at Morley's Hotel,
Trafalgar-square, from a tour ; F. Clowes, Esq., at ditto, from
itto ; P. Grogan, Esq., at ditto, from Tunbridge Wells ; -W.
Moore, Esq., and son, at ditto, from Dublin; Captain Martin, at
ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Miss Dixon, at ditto, from Dublin ;
A. S. Monteith, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; the Hon. J. M.
White, J. Ridgeley, Esq., and J. Claxton, Esq., at Marshall
Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; W. Jones, Esq., at ditto ;
Mr. and Mrs Ball, at the Burlington Hotel, from Harrogate ; Mr.
and Mrs. Walker, at ditto, from the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs.
Crompton, at ditto, from the Isle of Wight.