The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-26 00:00:00

vantage to the people of England and Ireland,—
so long under the consideration of the House of Com-
mons, should have been thrown out, because certain
Noble Lords were pleased to exercise an undoubted
priVilege of closing their ears and understanding to a
knowledge of all that passed elsewhere respect-
ing it. We observe that there were some of their
Lordships who objected to the Bill, because
the projected line of road would only be carried on to
Reading, instead of to Bristol, as was at first proposed.
We believe the truth is, that the projectors of the
Railway despaired of being able to extend it farther
than Reading this season ; but they purposed in the
ensuing year, when they hoped, from the good that
would accrue from their exertions, that no unfair oppo-
sition would be made to an extension of their plan—
to extend the Railroad communication between. Lon-
don and Reading, on to Bristol. Perhaps, too,
they were deterred from pursuing their original
scheme, by the heavy expense that would attend
it in the first instance, and that by contracting
it they would conciliate those Peers who were
known to be hostile to the measure as it was
originally proposed. But be these things as they
may, the throwing out of the Bill was rash, and un-
der all the circumstances of the case, exceedingly un-
worthy any branch of the British Parliament.
We beg to correct a slight mistake that occurred in
our last article on this Bill. Where mention is made
of a rail-road communication between Southampton
and Bristol, we intended the words to have been, be-
tween Basingstoke and Bristol.

We have received the Paric, papers of yesterday,
together with several private communications. They
are, as they have been for some weeks, filled with
various conjectures concerning the state of affairs in
Spain. Don CARLOS has fixed his head-quarters at
Santa Cruz de Campezo ; and though he is very
active in endeavouring to increase his troops, not more
than 300 recruits are reported to have joined his
standard. RODIL, on the 20th inst., occupied Lo-
doza and Mendigorrea'; and from his judicious divi-
sion of the army under his command, had caused a
scarcity of provisions among the forces of the Usurper,
which it was hoped would have the effect of forcing
him to corm to an engagement.
The Procuradores, or members of the Representa-
tive Chamber of Spain, of whose names a list ap-
peared yesterday in the Sun, are many of them, men
of the most ultra-liberal principles ; and all strongly
attached to the Queen's government. The Chambers
were to have commenced proceedings on the 24th,
when the Queen, as Regent of the Kingdom, was to
have taken the following oath :

' In pursuance of the immemorial custom of these kingdoms,
of its ancient fundamental laws, and especially of what is provided
in the sth law, title 15th, part 2d., you swear faithfully and loyally
to hold the brown of the Spains for your august daughter our Queen
and Sovereign Donna Isabella 11., delivering up to her the reins of
government as soon as she has completed the age required by law,
and by the last will of her august father ? You swear to keep and
to cause to be kept the fundamental laws of the monarchy for the
joint support of the prerogatives of the throne and the rights of the
subject '? You swear to watch on all occasions over the common
weal of these realms, exercising the supreme power with justice and
equity, during the minority of your august daughter the Queen
our Sovereign ? Her Majesty on foot, and holding in her right
hand the book of the Holy Evangelists, which the Most Rev. the
Patriarch of the Indies will hold out open before Her Majesty, will
answer—" Thus I swear.' "

We are glad to learn from the Paris Papers, that a
sentence pronounced by the Cour d'Assizes against
M. LIONNE, Editor of the Tribune, amercing him to
pay a fine of 24,000 francs, and suffer an imprison-
ment of five years, for sedition, was annulled on Wed-
nesday last. Such penalties, for such offences, are
ruinous to individuals, and disgraceful to any Govern-
ment by which they are sanctioned.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, JULY 29.
Five per Cents., lOrf. 20c. 3;c 105 f. 95c.
Three per Cents., 76f. 23e. 20c. 75f. sbc.
Bank Actions, 1,76 t.
Rente de Naples, 9 1. 40c. 40c. 30c.
Roman Five per Cents., 94%.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 34 3354 33.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40% 39 33%.
Royal Spanish Loan, 71 73
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 6214 59% 53.
Belgian Loan, MI, Five per Cents., 96%.
Haytian Loan, 5f.2901.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 2:if. 27,6 c. ; money, 25f. c.
Three months, paper, 251. 17%c. ; money, 25f. 17%c.
—Coors Authentique.

The enormous amount of local and parochial taxa-
tion, is a subject with which every rate-payer is pain-
fully familiar.

The important pecuniary advantages which many
of the inhabitants of the Metropolis have received, in
consequence of the altered management of the affairs
of some of the London parishes, is a subject of well-
deserved commendation ; and we should be equally
well pleased if we could bestow the same commenda-
tion on an improved administration of our other local
taxation, which often assumes the form of improper
and unnecessary demands upon the rate-payers, either
in the shape of a County Rate, or a Sewers' Rate.
In our Paper of the 15th of May, we directed the
attention of our readers to the subject of the rate for
the county of Middlesex, and we again solicit them to
peruse the following statement of the Receipt and Ex-
penditure of that rate for the quarter commencing sth
April, 1834, ending 28th June, 1834 :-
1814 RECEIPT. EXPENDITURE.
Cash in hand April 5 £4,127 13 614 Total expended from
Arrears received from April 7to April 39,£:1,480 16 51,',
April 10 toJuneil7, 5,074 10 10 —in May 6,565 1 7
Received of the one. —in June, to 28th 5,075 16 8