The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-02 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, DEC. 30.—We have news from Madrid to the 24th.
Preparations were making to keep the Christmas holidays in
the most festive manner.

The Minister of the Interior has presented to the Chambers
a plan for the suppression of the St. Hermandad.
A letter from Lyons of 27th Dec. says—" The news of the
appearance of the cholera at Marseilles has filled our city with
terror. In contradiction of the pretty favourable reports given
by the Journals of the South received yesterday, several
letters from Marseilles say that the epidemic had broken
out in several parts of the city at the same time, and that
twelve persons had died on the same day. Notwithstanding
our distance from the infected city, one would imagine, from
' - the ......,--rn',.. of some persons, that the disorder was at our very
. ' .
—.4 pig weathercocks point to the north, but if ---,..-
doors. Ha pr. ,
''- ..::,.-d- we have many families ready to TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
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we should have a sow,. . - i 4 -plv lament' such a resolu- SH,—Contrary to the expectations of all, this borough is
leave the city. We cannot too ....''' "., .
lion, the inevitable effect 'of which Wouiu :a...:aincrease the now likely to be sharply contested at the approaching general
distress, which is already so great here, from the au:"'"Z entire election. Though the borough had hitherto manifested no
izlOination to electioneering clamour and bustle in the late
want of work. We have this moment received the Messag: - .
dated Marseilles, the 25th, which says—" Some cases of cho- u se:4l'''.l state of affairs, yet still we now find, to our in-
lera have been announced to the magistrates, but they have no n ..: -'s proper circle has been busily engaged in tense joy, tin;
al, I.ossolution, (as they then termed
se-
alarming characteristics of an epidemic, and the measures by
...ge,nptlepan, of staunch
the Board of Health, to deliver certificates, is only a measure curing, in the event c.
the libe-
„r the word—a true,
of precaution, which, probably, will not be of long continu- it,) of a popular and indep7tenht.. 4
ancc."—Messager des Chambres, Dec. 31. principles—a reformer, in every
of May
FRENCH FUNDS.—Paais, DEC. 31. honest, and a firm reformer ! Major ...4.4ltPleY,
Five per Cents., 106 f. 63c. 65c. 70c. Hill, near this town, will be brought forward i).7
Four per Cents., 9.5 t: 50c.
Three per Cents., 77f. Sc. 77f. 7(ic. 95c. rals and d:ssenters, in opposition to our present Metaber:
Bank Actions, 1,755 f. —c. I. H. Vivian, who, though a Whig, voted, on many occa-
Heine de Naples, 91f. 80c. 70c 60c.
doman Five per Cents., 95. sions of public interest, contrary to the wish of his consti-
Rent° d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 401 X. tuents, whose friends, being thus suddenly ousted in their
Reute d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 27.
Bente Perpet. d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 4,2 42,i. opinion of his being again returned without opposition, are
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 98. now taking every precautionary measure in their power to
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cent., F.
Haytian Loan, 273 f. 28, f. reconcile the great body of electors to their man ; but no,
EXCHANGE ON LONDON. the gallant Major's canvass of to-day (having in company
One month, paper, 23f. :she. ; money, —f. —c. Rhys D. Berrington, Esq., of Woodlands' Castle ; Cor-
fliree months, paper, 25f. 17%c. ; money, —f. --c.
—fours Authentique. nelius, Smith, Esq. ; George Weslake, Esq. ; Sylvanus
HALF-PAST 3 O'CLOCK.—Five per Cents. Rentes, 106 f. 65c. ; Dadley, jun. Esq. ; &c. &c., canvassed the Western Gla-
Three per Cent. Rentes, 76f. Poe, ; Five per Cent. Spanish, 42a ; morgan Contributory Boroughs of Swansea, Neath, Loughor,
Three per Cent. ditto, 27 ; Cortes, 40:1 ; Coupons, 24 ; Differes, and K. • ) has placed 1 •return beyond
JO 12 13; Ducats, 93 60; Romans, 95; Belgian, 98. Aberavon, enzig, its the
shadow of a doubt. A gentleman possessing more consis-
tent principles than the gallant Major, is not to be found in
the county. He is one of the best oraters Wales ever
produced.—Vour's, &c.

Honesty and consistency are the only safeguards at the
present time for public men. It will be vain for Messrs.
Curteis to profess Reform, while no means are spared to
create an undue influence, and, by that means, to destroy
the independence of the borough of Rye.
I remain, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
AN ELECTOR.

Rye, Jan. 1, 1635.

SWANSEA.

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 30. —The average prices of wheat and rye
for the fourth week of December was as follows :—Wheat
15f. 55c., rye 9f. 38c. per hectolitre.
A secretary of the Portuguese Legation passed through
Brussels yesterday, on his way from London to Munich, on a
mission.

OBSERVER.

P.S. The grand and glorious defeat of the Tories at the
Portreeve's (or Mayor's) feast on Friday evening last, was
the signal blow for this great and important undertaking.
The gallant Major has addressed a manly and open address
to the electors, which seems to have given general satis-
faction.

The garrison of Maestricht will soon be relieved ; a begin-
ning has already been made ; some fresh troops have arrived
there. There has been no balloting for the Militia at Maestricht
for these four years; orders have been since received for a ge-
neral ballot, to comprehend four classes at once.
A report has been spread that the fortress' of Maestricht was
to be provisioned afresh ; the following are the facts : for
these four years past a great stock of corn and forage, &c.,
has been kept in the magazines, for the purpose of sup-
plying the garrison and the inhabitants with corn in
case of a siege, and this corn was kept in the Town Hall ; the
rats and mice having got access to it, the Magistrates repre-
sented that those vermin might find their way to the Archives,
on which the military authorities have resolved that the old
stock should be sold, and a new supply laid in. It is possible
that this supply may be larger than the old stock which is to be
sold.

Glamorganshirc, South Wales, Dec. 30, 1834.

DUBLIN.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
When, upon the dismissal of the Whig heads of office,
their sub-officials of all shades and denominations thought
it but decent to retire, the resignation of Mr. Blackburn,
his Majesty's Irish Attorney-General, was the only move-
ment which caused surprise. It was an unexpected sacri-
fice ; and our leading Tory organ, the Evening Mail, gave
vent to a considerable portion of acrimonious and intempe-
rate comment on so " weak and puerile a display." Mr.
Blackburn, the Editor asserted, had been " appointed to
the office of Attorney-General, solely because he was a
Tory : he never pretended to have other than strong Con-
servative opinions. Wherefore, then, did he resign at the
moment that those with whom he always felt came into
power ?" The writer having gone on in the same indignant
strain, at considerable length, finished by suggesting two
motives, one or other of which must have impelled Mr.
Blackburn to take that extraordinary proceeding. Either
he had no opinion of the stability of the Duke of Welling-
ton's Government, or else he was actuated by the policy of
honest Zanga, who only
" Seem'd to go, to make his stay more certain."
Little as the Irish public were accustomed or enabled to
confide in Mr. Blackburn, this censure of the Evening
• Mail was judged unnecessarily severe. The insinuation in
the latter suggestion, particularly, was considered " too
bad ;" and not even O'Colinell, the personal and unmiti-
gable foe of the Right Hon. Gentleman, could be induced
to adopt it.
But the Mail knows what is la Tories, whatever mask
they 'nay
assume, or whosesoever livery they put on. Mr.
Blckburn jigs made his stay certain.
He has accepted
the office of Attoi7'eY-General under the 1.-‘. eke of Welling-
ton's Government ; 1 do assure you ,'hat a more
alarming indication of the ci:2rability of that Gosve,rnment
could scarcely be given at this crial moment. Re-
form Securities have fallen two and a half per cent. siac' it
became known that a gentleman so keen, so cool, so calca-•
lating, and so knowing about the main chance, has cut the
painter with the Whigs, on the very eve of the General
Election. Every body says that he must know a great deal
more than the world in general knows, about the state and
prospect of affairs, or else that he has received an assurance
of almost immediate promotion by the retirement of Chief
Baron Joy, or Chief Justice Bushe. The latter supposition
appears very probable.
What will Mr. Littleton say now to his Learned Friend,
whose champion he volunteered to become in the House of
Commons, against a statement of facts which he could not
contradict ? Will he again, should he ever return to Ire-
land in an official capacity, set off professions against incon-
trovertible proofs, or defend public and notorious acts of
hostility to the principles of a liberal policy, by an appeal to
pricate conversations ? I ask this question, not to taunt,
or to throw suspicion on the members of our late Govern-
ment.
~ey Credulity was their bane ; but they must be in-
curable I:- they have not been cured of it ere now ; and
when the nex:
change of men arrives, no matter upon whom
the choice of meas:'res
may devolve, they will assuredly
shun the rock on which !
he late confiding Administration
-
split, and trust or employ non: but friends. We see what
a noble example of prudence Sir t` Ebert Peel is setting in
tliie respect. He does not suffer a dog
, remain in office,
who is not only almost but altogether Tory, like himself.
All his appointments are given to men of the stron:eslyon-
servative opinions. In Ireland we have Sugden, HardidZe,
Roden, Perceval, Pennefather, and Blackburn. 'When the
next change comes, we must have no more Blackburns—no
more of that school which, though silent during the struggle
for Reform, opened the door after the battle was over, and
let in the foe.

In the Chamber of Representatives, there was a long dis-
cussion on a motion of M. Verdussen, to name a deputation to
wait on the King and compliment him, in the name of the
Chamber, on new-year's-day. It was decided that a deputa-
tion of 10 Members, chosen by ballot, and the President,
should wait on his Majesty. The Chamber then continued the
discussion of the project of law relative to the Civic Guard,
which was adopted by a majority of 50 to 5 ; six members de-
clining voting. The budgets of the departments of justice,
and the interior, were presented, and ordered to be printed.
The Chamber then adjourned to the Bth of January, when it
will commence the discussion of the Budget of the Foreign
d.c2artment.
senate, in its sitting of the 30th, voted unanimously
'ln, c e. 114 War Departmant, and in that of the 31st,
the Budget 0..
after which it adjourned sine die.
the
law on
was
thet Civic e
settling day
-t the Stock Exchange, it passed
T
russels Papers, Jan. 1.
is e t
over in a very satisfactory manner.—_n

THE STANDARD NOVELS AND ROMANCES,
publishing by Mr. Bentley, which have justly obtained
a celebrity equal to that of any work published during
the present century, now include in forty-three volumes
no less than forty-three of the best and most popular
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those writers whose genius has been most conspicuous
in this elegant branch of literature. The copy-right
of these novels has been estimated to have cost at
least 25,0001. They embrace specimens not only of
the best English works of fiction, but also of those of
France, Italy, &c. Such a collection (the exclusive
copy-right of the publisher), never yet appeared, and
his enterprise has been rewarded by an unexampled
and well-deserved sale. The work is, indeed, altoge-
ther honourable to our literature, and will necessarily
find its way into every family lilvary.
On Monday morning the' five daughters of the
King, accompanied by Lord Rosslyn, the Lord Chancellor of
Ireland, and the Hon. W. L. Bathurst (Clerk of the Council)
walked on the Chain Pier for a considerable time.

CHAUCER.—The surname of the poet Chaucer is
evidently of French origin : the old Norman word chaucier,
or chaussier, signifying a shoemaker. The word, too, as ap-
lied to the article of dress, must have been commonly used
during his life, for in the translation of the Gospel of Mark
by Richard of Hampole, the hermit, who died in 1394, the
following verse—" Then cometh one mightier than I after me,
the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and
unloose,"—,is thus rendered—" A stalworthier man than I
echal come efter me, of whom I am not worthi downfallande
or kneland to loose the thwonge of his chawcer's."—Clarke's
Riches of Chaucer.