The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-01 00:00:00

" 1 I have the honour to be, Sir,
" ' Your obedient Servant,
" ' JOHN BELL.

" Private.

" Young, Esq,'

.
" That the said John Bell is not, as deponent believes,
a person of any property, nor has the mean• of becoming
the purchaser of the said three-fourth shares of the said
-Sun newspaper, for deponent saith that the said John
Bell was only, up to the period of his uniting with the
said Patrick Grant, an occasional writer in the Court
Journal, and other papers of that description.
" That the said Henry Sykes Thornton has repeatedly
declared that he would never consent to the sale of the said
three-fourth shares of the said newspaper to deponent, at
any price whatever ; that he did not care whether he ever
got any dividend upon his debt, provided the deponent was
not the purchaser thereof.
" That the hostility of the said H. S. Thornton has
arisen towards the deponent from his refusal to again
unite his interests in the sail newspaper with the said Pa-
trick Grant.

" That Mr. Bartrum is, and alw•ay's has been, the soli-
citor for the deponent, and that he has never employed
any other solicitor since he was connected with the said
newspaper, and that the said Mr. Bartrum attended the
said meeting on the 19th day of March last as his said
solicitor, and that he, deponent, never, directly or indi-
rectly, employed the said Thomas Briggs as his solicitor,
or otherwise, concerning the same, or in any other matter
whatsoever."

In the House of Commons, last night, Mr.
BULWER brought forward his motion respecting
the monopolies possessed by the two Patent
Theatres, and moved for a select committee to in-
vestigate the subject, and ascertain what were the
remedies, should it be discovered that the corn-
plaints were well-founded. The Hon. Member's
speech on this occasion was eloquent and perti-
nent, and listened to with considerable attention.
After a few observations from Sir C.WETHERELL,
Mr. LAMB, and others, the motion for a com-
mittee was agreed to.

The Paris Papers of Wednesday arc filled
with details of the Carlist movements in the
western districts of France, which must have
assumed something like a serious character, for
it seems they caused a fall in the Funds on
Wednesday last. Louis-PHILIPPE and the
QUEEN arrived at Compiegne on Monday, on
which day King LEOPOLD reached Valenciennes.
In Paris the cholera was not extinct, there hav-
ing been on Wednesday an increase in the
,deaths
of thirteen. The Duchess of BEERS was re-
ported to have arrived at Aranjuez.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MAY 30.—Five per Cents., opened at
97f. 45c., closed at 97f. 20c. ; Four and a Half per Cents, 90f.
Three per Cents., opened at 7 if. 40c., closed at 70f. 15c.; Na-
tional Loan, 97f. 60c. ; Bank Actions, 1692 f. 50c.; Rente de
Naples, 82f. 50c. ; Rentede PEtat Romain, 6;314 ; Rente d'Espagne,
1014 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 79 ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne,
58 ; Certif. Provisoires Plimp. Beige, 7714. Exchange on
London, one month, paper, 2.5 f. 75c. ; three months, paper, 25f.
60c. ; money, 25f. 55c.

We believe none regret more than the Anti-
Reform Peers themselves their late conduct ;
for, blind as they have hitherto been, they as-
suredly have eyes to see that not only those who
all along opposed the Bill, but even the House
that
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thav wille
distancerwithineiet hae last month, fallen an im-
measurable
long ng period
publices
ot estimation, ay teiaorns:
or rnta
renovation of the body, before they recover the
proud station which they held but twelve months
ago. Their conduct indeed can be accounted
for only on some principle of fatality or mental
blindness which hid from their view that preci-
fifriceends which
ad all
f ebutfoes
u tohi
teen, s e livoe s
gsomavr,d which
against. The result of the general election—the
vast majorities with which the Bill passed
the Commons, and the increasing and earnest
cry of the people for a creation of Peers,
as the last resource, would have awoke any but
those sunk in the deepest sleep; and what is
their situation now ? Worse—ten times worse,
than if they had been swamped, as their phrase
is, by fifty new Peers. They struggled like
madmen against the tide of public opinion—
they attempted by one vain effort to stop the
stream ; that attempt only increased its force,
and they are now floating down, like a broken

reed on the surface of the waters. Common
sense, as well as knowledge of history, tells every
man that the words " Constitutional rights of
the Peers," like the words " Passive obedience
and non-resistance," Mean absolutely nothing
when these rights are opposed to the unanimous
voice of the nation. The Constitution, as it

now exists, was formed not to suit the wishes
of any particular King, or any party of
Peers or Commons, but for the good of the whole
community ; and whenever the right of the King,
Lords, or Commons clash with the general good,
the Constitution necessarily resolves itself' into
its original elements. Had the House of Peers
watched the signs of the times, or listened to the
public voice, not the voice of the mere multi-
tude, but of that multitude which ever fixes the
destiny of a nation, they might still have pre-
served the people's esteem, and maintained that
high rank and influence, which they have
invariably pos,essed since the Revolution of
1688. As it is, we can see no security for
them but by an infusion of new Members—men
who in the Commons have advocated not only
Parliamentary but general Reform, and who
would carry with them to the Upper House
those opinions ‘Nhich gained them the support
and esteem of their constituents. This, indeed,
would be. the only safe measure for even those
Anti-Reforming Peers themselves. .However
numerous Tory Lords may be in that House,
they now know . that they cannot oppose the
general voice. If they go with it, their sincerity
will be doubted, and even their best deeds will
be misrepresented, or received with suspicion
and ingratitude.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, T IVELVE 0' CL 0 CK.

We have a great number of arrivals of ship letters this morn-
ing, among which are several from the East Inches, also a mail
from Mexico, sailed from Vera Cruz, April 3.
Charleston papers have been received at the North and
South American Coffee-house, to the Ist of May, which bring
. _ _ _

information from Vera Cruz of the same date as the packet
from that quarter, to the following purport :—A gentleman
who left Vera Cruz on the 7th April, brings account that Ge.
neral Facio had joined General Calderon with a reinforcement
of 1,500 men, and the prisoners taken in the action of Toleme
had solicited to have their services accepted against their
former leaders ; the total force of General Calderoß before this
city he states to be 5,000 men, and that the three roads leading
from the interior to Vera Cruz were occupied by him. General
Santa Anna still kept possession of the town and fortress, as it
was expected that Vera Cruz could not hold out long.
Posted at the North and South American Coffee-house.
" Falmouth, May 30.
" I beg to inform you that the hope packet is just arrived
from Mexico with a freight of 100,000 dollars on merchants' ac.
count, and one passenger."

Received by the French mail this morning :
" Nantez, May 26.
"Lieut.-General Solignac is returned here after his tour: he
caused domiciliary visits to be made in all the Chateaux in his
tour, in consequence of which numbers of arrests took
place of suspected persons : this has produced the best effect
amongst the country people.
" We just learn as positive, that numerous arrests of Chouans
have taken place in the Two Sevres, and the military measures
taken by the General on all points, give great hopes that the
Carlists will soon be put down.

" Accounts from Nuremberg state, that serious troubles have
taken place there ; several persons have been killed, and a
great number wounded."

EXPEDITION OF DON PEDRO.

A few days may elapse before we receive important news
from Portugal. I)on I'edro has united all his forces at Porto
Santo, and was to sail on the ‘2sth May. Don Miguel has em-
ployed all his resources to face the danger, the few Portuguese
troops ou which he can depend are stationed between Lisbon
and Leiria, where it is expected Don Pedro will laud; the rest
have been sent to Oporto.
Van Diemen's Land papers have also been received at the
North and South American Coffee-house to the 4th December.

SYDNEY.—By the Vibclia we have received letters and
Sydney journals. The principal matters which occupy the at-
tention of our neighbours were--first, the departure of Ge-
neral Darling ; second, the occupation of New Zealand by the
French ship La Favorite, for the purpose of colonization. The
above papers contain little information.

The American packet from New York has arrived off Liver-
pool, which she left the Bth instant; no papers received as
yet. Another vessel has also arrived, which left two days later.
Consols, which were looking up yesterday, and left off at
85 N for the account, are not so good this morning, owing to
the French prices coming lower by the estafet, 70f. 15c., in
consequence of the unsettled state of La Vendee. According
to all the private accounts from Paris, the French Government
have not the least apprehension of danger on the subject, and
it is expected it will soon be terminated by the great vigilance
of the military.

The accounts by the Mexican mail state that there was a
great interruption in commerce there, owing to General Santa
Anna's obstinate resistance at Vera Cruz.

By the Dutch mail we have no news of consequence. The
Dutch Funds are much the same as last arrival.
In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet.
Consols opened at f 733 , at which price they are at present.
HALF-PAST ONE.

New York Papers to a late date, 10th of May, have been re-
ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house ; they
contain a long report of the Bank of the -United States to the
following purport :