The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-10 00:00:00

an impetus to popular opinion which it is vain to think
of checking. We must have no more vacillation—no
more temporizing—no more postponing till to-morrow
what could better be, done to-day. Promptitude and
decision must be the watchwords of whatever set of men
now succeed to power. Every question must be met,
face to face, at the outset ; every difficulty be boldly
grappled with. We are sick of temporizing politicians
The times are out of joint," and require men of
nerve and mettle to set them right again.
We arc fortified in these opinions by the commu-
nications that are constantly pouring in on us from
all quarters of the country. We hear—we read of but
one determination—namely, that the people will never
again allow their budding hopes to be blighted by an
irresolute, time-serving Administration. The last four
months have advanced the cause of Reform by at least
as many years. Scentics have become converts ; those
who were frightened, have taken heart f.aid are resolved.
In a word, events have proved to the satisfaction of the
entire community, that so far from being connected
with revolution, Reform is in reality the only sure pre-
ventative against such a catastrophe. Energy is what
we look for in a Premier now-a-days. Half measures
may suffice in a halcyon season ; but he who nods at
the helm when the winds and waves are raging about
him, must be prepared, not only to meet with the fate
of PALINURUS ; but even to wreck the vessel which
he has rashly undertaken to steer.

We have received German and Brussels Papers of
the latest dates. The Emperor FERDINAND has ad-
dressed a Cabinet letter to the Commander of the Re-
giment of Grenadiers, bearing the name of the late
Emperor FRANCIS, extolling the services of the men,
and confirming them in the rank to which the late EM-
PEROR raised them. The name given to this Regi-
ment by the late EMPEROR is never to be changed.
With respect to Belgium and Holland, a reduction
of the army is to take place. ACo :press of Sove-
reigns will meet in the town of Kalisch after the grand
reviews have taken place in Silesia.

The Paris papers of Wednesday have all been re-
ceived, together with intelligence from Bayonne, to
the 4th inst. The news of the sudden death of Prince
AUGUSTUS of Portugal, which reached Paris via
Madrid, and was confirmed a few hours later by the
arrival of the London papers, was received on Tues-
day, and caused a great sensation in every part of the
French metropolis. Young and old joined in lament-
ing the death of a Prince who, during his brief career,
gave the happiest presages of living only for the good
of his people. It is not surprising that the suddenness
of this melancholy event, coupled with the recent and
unexpected death of his Imperial father-in-law, has
given rise to suspicions and rumours not the most
creditable to the Court of Lisbon.

The motion for granting one million of francs as a
compensation to the inhabitants of Lyons, whose pro-
perty was destroyed in the insurrections of April,
1834, was rejected in the Chamber of Deputies on
Tuesday, by a majority of ninety votes. In coming
to this decision, the Chamber was influenced by no
party feelings, Ministers voting with the extreme op-
position, and Ministerialists voting against each other.
Three of the Ministers voted for the motion ; but
there is every reason to believe that they only did so
as a blind, and that they were in reality well pleased
with the result. Be this as it may, the vote of Tues-
day will not fail to rouse the indignant feelings of the
inhabitants of Lyons against an Assembly, which,
while it refuses to grant them indemnity for wrongs
sustained in defence of the present Government of
France, will in a few days vote away one million
two hundred thousand francs for the support of
spies and informers. To increase the mortification
of the Lyonnese population, some of the Deputies of
the Department of the Rhone prayed the Chamber to
agree to the motion out of motives of humanity ; as
the persons praying for indemnification had been re-
duced to a state of extreme poverty and wretchedness.
They waived the question of right altogether, and
simply appealed to the charitable feelings of the De-
puties. The rejection of the motion under these cir-
cumstances, will greatly affect the popularity of the
Chamber.

The amended American Indemnity Bill was to
have been brought forward in the Chamber of Depu-
ties yesterday. The discussions which were expected
to take place upon it, absorbed the public mind to an
extraordinary extent. What renders the introduction
of this Bill particularly interesting is the short time
allowed for carrying it through both Chambers ; for it
is absolutely necessary that it should be passed before
the commencement of the political trials by the
Chamber of Peers.
It had been rumoured that the Duke de VALMY
had declared himself opposed to the trial of the pri-
soners of April, and that a number of Peers had met
in his house, and, among others, Marshals SOULT
and GERA RD, for the purpose of agreeing to a reso-
lution not to be present during the trials. On
Wednesday morning the Duke addressed a letter to
the public denying the correctness of these rumours,
and stating that he is not the centre of a union of
Peers hostile to the trials. "I am ignorant," he
writes, " whether there is any such union, and for
such a purpose, but certainly not in my salons, as they
are called ; in fact, for about a fortnight past I have
nobody but my physician and a few friends. Ido not
feel myself called upon to state my views on this occa-
sion. All I can say is, that the body to which I be-
long, having accepted the painful functions assigned to
it on this occasion, I think it my duty to perform them
conscientiously, without seeking to exonerate myself
from them."

Lord COWLEY had a long conference with the
DUKE DE BROGLIE on Saturday. We presume the
subject of it to have been the probable resignation of
the Tory Cabinet, for as yet nothing of what passed
has publicly transpired. The Court of Russia has
appointed COUNT DE PANIN tO succeed COUNT
POZZO DI BORGO as Ambassador at the Court of
France.

The French Journals bring intelligence from Al-
giers to the 29th of March, which represent the appa-
rent impossibility of France being able to maintain
herself in that quarter. The colonists are driven un-
der shelter of the French guns by the incursions of the
Arabs, who have vowed their total extermination. The
colonists are moreover suffering from a scarcity
of provisions, and a want of arms to protect
themselves. Hardly a day passed in which hordes of
Iladjootes did not attack the French colonists, and
carry away all the moveable property that came in
their way. In these attacks, the most wanton cruel-
ties were perpetrated—the resisting and the unoffend-
ing being alike butchered without mercy.
The accounts received from Bayonne are not favour-
able. The termination of the war appears more re-
mote than it did a month after its first commence-
ment. It is reported that MINA issued another
proclamation to the Navarrese, on the 30th of
March, threatening all who have joined the ranks of
Don CARLOs, that unless they return to their duty
in five days from the date of the proclamation,
he would seize their families, and order one out of
every five individuals to be shot for their treason ; and
that in all cases where it was possible their parents
should be the victims. We cannot believe that any
man could be guilty of such barbarity as this. Let

hut the Spanish Government recommend such cruel-
ties, and Don CA RLOS must triumph despite of all
opposition. Had MINA been aught but a blood-
thirsty scourge in the hands of a Liberal Administra-
tion, Spain would have been delivered long ago rom
the presence of the Usurper.

FItENCII FUN US.—PARTS, APRIL S.
Five per Cents., if if. 90e. 10Sf. 1070 95c. 90c.
Four and a Half per Cent, 101 f. 50c.
Four per Cents., 89f. 40c.
Three per Cents., SIC 25c. 50c.
Bank Actions, 1,910 f. 1,9150
Rente de Naples, 98f. 25c. 45c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%3
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 4!)%14 50 49%.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 3%611.
Royal Spanish Loan, 49.
RentePerpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cent., 48% 49 49► h.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 101
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents , 96 961% 54%.
Ditto, Six per Cents, 103 1031.
Haytian Loan, 385 f.
EXCLIANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 251.45 c. ; money, —f. --c.
Three months, paper, 2.5 f. 32%c. ; money, 25f. 325 c.
—Co:.-rs

BOURSE, THREE O'CLOCK.—The Rentes have remaine'd stn.
tionary ; they opened at and are now 81f. 33c. There is much
speculation in the Differes. lam informed, that notwithstanding
the approbation passed on the 24th of the plan of finance for the
settling of the Spanish national debt, another resolution will be
taken in respect of the Differts, and that a resolution will be pro-
posed to authorize the Government to settle their fate, fixing them
at 2-3ds in Consolidated Five per Cents., and 1-3 d in passive,
which would assimilate them to the Cortes.

BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents, 108'. 10e. ;
3 per Cents., 81f. 55c. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, 49/ ; 3 per Cent.
ditto, 304 ; Cortes, 494 ; Coupons, 30 ; Guebhards, 49/ ; Dif-
feres, 26 27126} ; New Loan, 69/ ; Ducats, 98:50 ; Romins, 1014 ;
Belgians, 1021; Pedros, 964 ; Miguels, 28} ; Haytians, 385 f. ;
Brabant Bank, 22 premium.

New York papers to the lith ult., have been re-
ceived. On the morning of the 15th the United
States frigate, Constitution, sailed for France, with
instructions to Mr. LIVINGSTON to leave Paris with
his family and suite, in the event of the Bill for the
indemnification of the American claims being rejected
by the Chamber of Deputies. The Constitution is
to await the decision of the Chamber, to be ready to
take the Ambassador and his suite on board, and set
sail with them immediately to New York. If the Bill
be carried the vessel is to receive Mr. LIVINGSTON'S
dispatches to the PRESIDENT, and convey them with
all possible speed to Washington. We find some ex-
tracts from the South American Papers in these
Journals, but they are of no importance. The Ame-
rican trade with China has greatly increased during the
last four years, especially in the article of silk.

A Protestant Association, established in New York,
gave occasion to a riot by calling a public meeting to
discuss the question—" Is Popery compatible with
civil liberty ?" The Catholics of the town deeming
the question a gross insult upon them, dispersed the
meeting by force, without regard to the pious ejacula-
tions of a Protestant clergyman, who was engaged in
a loud prayer for their conversion from idolatry and
superstition. No injury was sustained more serious
than the breaking up of a few benches intended for the
accommodation of the leading orators.
SHERIDAN KNOWLES has returned to New York,
after a most successful provincial tour.

The past winter has been exceedingly severe in the
United States. The cold was so intense that some of
the inhabitants actually perished in consequence of its
effect upon them.

The Court Journal of to-morrow (April 11), we
understand will give, among other interesting Papers:—
Queen Hortense in London, comprising Sketches of the
Duchess of Bedford, Lady Grey, Lord Holland, Prince Leo-
pold, &c.—Memoirs of the late Hon. Robert Spencer—On
the relative Antiquity of the Great Families of Europe—
Croxton Park Races—and all the Fashionable News of the
Week. This popular journal of the fashionable world is sup-
plied, free of postage, to all parts of the kingdom by all book-
sellers and newsvenders.

MR. MARTIN'S ACT.—The officers of the " Ani-
mals' Friend Society" last week caused James Haggarth to
be fined 20s. arid costs, and his driver los. and costs, at Union
Hall, for great cruelty to a horse.--Also the driver of Shilli-
beer's omnibus in costs for a similar offence.

SINGULAR SAGACITY.—About two miles from
the town of Ballymahon, in the county of Longford, resides a
gentleman, who has in his possession two mules of the Spanish
breed. They will regularly go to a pump placed in the yard,
and while one applies his mouth to the spout, the other works
the handle by alternately raising and depressing his shoulder.
When one has satisfied his thirst, he exchanges places with his
companion, and returns the service he has received.

APosTAcY.—The Hon. Mr. Talinash is one of
those whom a sense of duty compels us to hold up as a breaker
of his voluntary pledges, and a betrayer of his constituents and
his country.—Lincoln Gazette.

T. F. Savory, Esq., of Sussex-place, was on
Wednesday appointed a trustee of the 5001. renters of Drury_
lane Theatre, in the place of the late Mr. Fallowfield.

TIIE KING'S THEATRE.—La Gazza Ladra was
probably never performed better than last night at this
theatre. The charming Gulietta Grisi was more charming
than ever; and when we say that the other parts were filled
by Tamburini, Lablache, Ivanoff, and Mademoiselle Brambilly,
it may be imagined that very little remained to be desired.
Grisi is the great object of interest in this piece. In her cos-
tume of a village maiden she is captivating, and the simple
rustic grace of her deportment is in the most perfect harmony
with her attire. Her every look, tone, gesture are true to na-
ture, from her first appearance in all the exuberance of youth-
ful spirits, with the world of happiness all before her, and
giving utterance to her overflowing joy in the accents of "Di
piacer mi balza it cor"—till,. haggard and woe-worn, she is
dragged as a criminal through the streets. Madlle. Grisi's
representation of Ninetta is one of those things that can nei-
ther be witnessed nor talked of with calmness. Like Madame
SCHROBDER'S Leonora, it gives exquisite pleasure, and leaves
an indelible impression. Mlle. Brambilla gave an importance
to the little part of Pippo which it rarely possesses. She
looked very handsome in the dress of a village lad, acted with
spirit and naiveté, and, by means of her fine contralto voice,
gave the music of the part its proper effect. The choruses were
respectably sung, and the orchestra displayed all its usual ex-
cellence.

MAJoniTY.---More than one-half of the entire re-
presentatives of the empire (658) have recorded their votes
against the late Ministry.

IRISH WASTE LANDS.—A Bill to c 4 incorporate a
company for the drainage and improvement of waste lands in
Ireland," has been read a first time in the House of Commons.

At Brampton, near Chesterfield, on Wednesday, an
old man of the name of Aaron Turner, attempted to destroy
himself by cutting his throat. On examination, the windpipe
was found to be completely severed ; he lingered without any
possibility of recovery. Poverty it is supposed excited him to
the commission of this act.

At Grantham, a countryman entered a bookseller's
shop, saying he was come to put his name to a partition."
Upon being asked the nature of it, he said, " he did'nt know
what 'twerc about, but 'twere the one that Mr. had sent
him and all his tenants and servants to sign." It is needless
to say, that the man was seeking the address to Sir R. Peel,
and that he mistook the shop at which it was lying.—Lincoln
Gazette.

LIBERALITY.—One of the Wesleyan ministers at
Louth having solicited the Right Hon. C. Tennyson, M.P.
to dispose of part of his Estate at Welton, for the purpose of
erecting a chapel thereon, that gentleman immediately offered
to present it to the Wesleyans.

PLURALITIES.—Sixteen bishops, at present on
the bench, hold no less than 61 preferments, including their
sees, viz. 16 bishoprics, 6 deaneries, 1 chancellorship, S arch-
deaconries, 2 cathedral treasurersbips, 8 cathedral prebends,
21 rectories, and 2 vicarages