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MONDAY EVENINC;, NOVEMBER 30, 1835.

not only take the lead, but even be the first law officer
of the Crown, and the Representative of Majesty in
the House of Peers : now, it is humiliating to English
pride that he should even be allowed to open his
mouth there ! Our Contemporary must be sadly

pressed for argument—sadly reckless of chat-peter,
when, to further party ends, he can have recourse to
such jesuitical expedients as these. His reasoning is
at least a hundred years behind the age, andSo tho-
roughly saturated with the worst spirit of prejudice
and bigotry, that we doubt whether it would have-been
tolerated even during that stormy period when the
union between the Crowns of England and Scotland
took place, and national animosities were existing in
.
all their bitterness. We say nothing of our Contem-
porary's allusion to O'CoNNELL's Ministerial omni-
potenec—for thisis:a matter of course with him, and
has been repeated at least a hundred times ;- but why
does he object to the present Government that Scotch
and Irish " foreigners" form so large a portion of it ?
Were there no such " foreigners" in the Tory Ad,
ministrations of LIVERPOOL and WELLINGTON ?
Has the Times never heard of an Irish Lord of the
Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the
person of Mr. CANNING; of an Irish Secretary
to the Admiralty, in the prepossessing shape of
Mr. CROKER ; of an Irish Secretary for Fo-
reign Affairs, and Leader of the House of
Commons, in Lord CASTLEREAGH ; of a Scotch
First Lord of the Admiralty, in Lord MELVILLE ;
of a Scotch Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in Lord
ABERDEEN ; of a Scotch Viceroy for Ireland, in
Lord HADDINGTON ?---Nay, more than this, has our
Contemporary never heard of an American Lord High
Chancellor, in Lord LYNDHURST; and, more re-
markable still, of a whole Cabinet being united in the
single person of an Irish "foreigner," by name WEL-
LINGTON ? But it, is idle to pursue- this question
further. The truth is, the present Government con-
tains no greater admixture of Scotch and Irish " fo-
reigners" than any of its predecessors; and even sup-
posing it did, still such admixture would be strictly in
accordance with the principles of the Constitution ;
and no " Sassena,ch" therefore would be justified in
condemning it. By the way, how is it that our Con-
temporary has omitted the name of SPRING RICE in
his catalogue of Irish Cabinet Ministers ? This
would have made an imposing item in his inventory,
and we beg to recommend it to his special attention.

The Paris papers of Friday and Saturday have been
received. The Courrier Francais has a long article,
in which a comparison is sought to be instituted be-
tween the fleets of France and the United States, with
a view to ascertain the probability of victory, should a
war be declared between these .countries. The Cour-
rier does not believe the American navy to com-
prise more than 60 ships of all sizes either at sea or in
port ; while the French fleet is rated at 119 ves-
sels. Of these, fifty-nine are •in the Mediterranean.
The same journal contends that the French would be
a match for the Americans, ship to ship, supposing the
vessels of equal burden. This is excusable, but not
correct. The American Navy is not inferior to the
English, and the latter's superiority over that of France
is too well known to be questioned. We believe it is
generally understood that an English 60 gun ship is
fully a match for a French 74.
Marshal MAISON and M. THIERS are said to be
on the worst possible terms. The cause of the rupture
between them was the refusal of an appointment by the
Minister of the Interior to the MARSHAL'S son, who
is a mere youth.
The Constitutionnel considers the reported insur-
rection at Genoa to be a mere device of the King of
SARDINIA to convey money and troops to Don
CARLOS. This is probable. But may we ask, what
are the English cruisers about, that such schemes can
be carried into effect day after day, as we are positively
assured they are ? Why is the King of SARDINIA—
a Punchinello of sovereignty—permitted to act as
agent for the Holy Alliance ?
The Ex-King of FRANCE and his family have
received the Emperor of AUSTRIA'S commands to
quit Prague.
PARIS, Nov. 28.--The Moniteur of this morning has no
' news from Spain. As for the Journals of the frontier, they
are all filled, with details of marches and countermarches of the
two armies, without any result of consequence, and it is there-
fore useless tcPrepeat them. The Memorial des Pyrenees has
the following One of our correspondents, who is generally
well informed, writes to There has been a great deal of
conversation at Tolosa on the arrival of two monks at the
head-quarters of Don Carlos. This event, which at first sight
seems insignificant, may, however, prove important. One of
these Monks has just been travelling through Italy; he has
seen Cardinals, Superiors of Convents, &e. ; he was the
bearer of considerable sums for Don Carlos, of despatches
from Don Miguel, &c. The name of the other Monk has
great influnnce in the Peninsula; he is a man of superior un-
derstanding, of great knowledge, in a word the Reverend Fa-
ther Cirillo, the redoubted general of the Franciscan order.
We must not, therefore, be surprised at the attention which
Don Carlos has paid to these Monks. several conferences
have taken place, at which two persons, supposed to have been
sent by the Northern Courts, were present. These are rea-
sons for believing that these conferences had some connexion
with the resolution of the Congress at Toplitz. I can not
tell you to-day shat was the result of them, as I have not
every information sufficiently positive ; but I hope soon to
have news to tell you which will greatly surprise your readers.' "
_Messeger, Nov. 28.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARts. Novemsza 27. .
Five per Cents., DK. 6-,c. 70c. 55c. 60c.
Four per Cents., We. 50e. 5Z.c.
Three per Cents. 81r 10c sc. 15c. 10c.
Ban!: Actions, 2,150 E 2,1171. 50c.
Itente de Naples, !19f. 60c. 50c. 55c. 5Cc.
Roman Five per Cents.. 101%.
Royal Spanish Loan, 37 3714.
Rente Perpet. F.spagne, Five per Cent., 36!i.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 1011,,,.
Portuguese Lou', Five per Cents , 8734,
Portuguese Loan, Three par Cents, 873/4.
Haytian Loan. 3•40 t:

The Times of this morning has an article of a more
than ordinarily mischievous and malignant character,
and whose sole object is to stir up all those national
prejudices of Englishmen, as respects their Scottish
and Irish brethren, whiela we had hoped were quite
extinguished. The writer of this significant tirade,
after expressly stating his dislike " to whatever is cal=
culdted to sow dissension or create jealousies among
the sectional divisions of the national confederacy,"
proceeds to prove the sincerity of his assertion, by ob-
jectinito Ministers that they have " yielded to Ireland
and; Scotland, at the expense of England, in casting
the characters of their political entertainment, and in
supporting their subordinate officials," thereby leading
his readers to infer that the three kingdoms are not
" tria juncta in uno"—as the Constitution would
have us suppose—but have 'each distinct, separate
interests, and that those of England have been wan-
tonly..sacrificed to those of Scotland and Ireland
But this is not all. The " Sassenach" is studiously,
though indirectly, attempted to be held up as an in-
jured*being, and the " Northern and Hibernian Celt "
as his oppressor ; and the last deadly insult is stated
to be inflicted on the former, by his being compelled to
listen to O'CONNELL in the Lower Howse, and Lord
BROUGHAM in :tile Upper. That we may not be
supposed ,to misrepresent our Contemporary, we quote
his ':own extraordinary remarks on this subject :—" To
consummate the degradation of the English people, it
was only necessary that an Irishman should lead them
by the nose iw the House of Commons, and that a
Scotehman.should be their bottle-holder in the Peers ;
in O'CONNELL and BROUGHAM, they have thincrs to
their mind." There is no mistaking the purport
of this insulting inuendo. It is an, appeal to
the very worst of English prejudices—an attempt to
rouse the country by piquing its self-love and pride,
and so inducing it to free itself from the disgraceful
charge of being domineered over by Irish and Scotch
" foreigners." Such is the direct tendency of an ar-
ticle which professes to hold as gospel-truth the doc-
trine, .that the three Kingdoms are one and indivisible !
But how is it that our contemporary has only just disco-
vered 'that'it reflects dishonour *on 'the character of
Englishmen to have Lord BROUGHAM as their chief
advocate in the House of Peers ? It can be no more
dishonourable to the national pride now, than it was
wlien his Lordship first became a member of that'
spotless assembly ; yet who so loud in his praises as'
the Times, during the whole period of his advo-
cacy of the Reform question ? Then it was quite
ust and proper that a Scotch " foreigner' should

EXeDANIJE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 251. 5.5 c.; money, 25t 50c.
Three months, paper, 25E35e.; money, 25f. 35e.
--Cours dutheniioue.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS. NOVEMBER 28.
Five per Cents., 11W. 50c. 55c. O)c.
Four per Cents., s:9r. 5 c. 55e. 50c.
'Three per Cents., 81f. 10e. Sc. 15c. 10c.
1 tank Actions, 215011 2,147 f. 50e.
Rente tie Naples, Rif. 4t.c. 00e. 25c.
Boman Fire per Cents., 1015G14.
Rente WEsprlgtie,Ve per Cents. 36%.
Loyal Sluttish f man. 8114.
Rent° rerpetuelle d'F.,pagne,
Belgian Loan. Five per Cents , 101%4.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents , 87%.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 57%.
Haytian Loan, 38,1*. 375 f

EXCHANGE.: ON LONDON.
0,4 e mord I), paper, 25c. 55c.; money, 25r. 50c.
T rce months` paper, 25r. :35c. ; money, 25E 35c
--co.. rs •

—• ••• -
BOURSE THREE. O'CLOM—The news from Spain, though
considered very favourable, made no impression on the funds.
But the bad 'news from Lisbon has affected all the securities.
The. Three per Cents. opened at 81f., got up to 81f. 10c., and
remained the most part of the day at 81f. to 10c. The Spanish
securities were very flat, but have since somewhat recovered.
QUARTER 70 FOUR.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 65c. ; Three
per Cents., 81f. 10c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, 36-1-; 'niece
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb-
hards, ; Differes, 171; New Loan, —; Actives, 471;
Passives, 13i; Ducats, 99 40 Romans, 101:i ; Pedroseiii ;
Belgians, 1014; Dutch, —c. ; Haytians, 380 f. ;
Miguels, 191 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, —; Con-
tinuation, —c. ; New Differes,

Letters from St. Petersburgh, received in Berlin on
tin; 23d instant, state that the Czar of Muscovy was
waited upon by a second deputation of Poles after his
celebrated address to the Municipality of Warsaw. His
MAJESTY is reported to have, on this latter occasion,
expressed the pain which he felt at seeing that the Poles
harboured sentiments of nationality, forgetting the
happiness which they had of being the subjects of
Russia; that the unfortunate ideas of independence
which they entertained, led them to desire having re-
course to the most illegal means of attaining their ob-
ject ; that the most seditious libels against the EMPE-
ROR and the Russian people were in circulation in Po-
land ; but, added the EMPEROR, " although I know
all that is passing in Poland, I do not wish to employ
rigorous measures. I prefer giving candid warning to
the inhabitants of Warsaw, who receive criminal pub-
cations from abroad, and I wish to guard their natural

THE SUN, LON DO.M , MONDAY, N 0 VPMBER 30, 1.335

representatives against serious danger." It .4 in*,
fest, from the means which the CZAR has taken to re-
press freedoin of opinion in Warsaw, that he is strongly
opposed to the employmemt of." rigorous measures."
What, for example, can be milder than the roar of
cannon, and the certainty of destruction by fire and
sword ? There is here no protection of
.pain—no
in-
carcerations for any number of months or years—no
suspension of civic rights—no deprivation of horrors
and privileges. All is the work of an instant. The
CZAR is too • humane to trifle with the feelings
and fears of his favoured subjects, the Poles. For
prisons and gibbets he mercifully substitutes parks
of artillery, and armies of brutal barbarians. Such is
the humanity of NICHOLAS.

Madrid papers to the 122 d inst. have been received

this morning.' Their contents are exceedingly satis-
factory. Senor Isruurz, Deputy for Cadiz, and one
of the most liberal members of the Chamber of Pro-
curadores, has been elected President. The number
of those who voted was one hundred and thirty-four,
out of which Ism= obtained a clear majority of
eighty-eight. After the final election of the Presi-
dent, the Chamber proceeded to the appointment of
Secretaries, when Senors IVIONTts OCA, PALO Y
MONGE, ONis, and COItTES were declared duly
elected. They also belong to the Liberal party, and
arc devoted to the support of the present Administra.
tion. The Duke de RIVAS, who was one of the
Secretaries of the Proceres, or Peers, during the last
Session of the Cortes, again offered himself for the
same appointment, but the Chamber rejected him by
a considerable majority. This greatly irritated the
private friends of the Duke, who are of the extreme
Liberal party. The Duke himself is a man of con-
siderable ability, an author of some note, and in 1822
filled the office of Secretary to the Cortes. The Go-
vernment, aware how much the loss of his influence
would be felt, were he in disgust to withdraw himself
from the Chamber altogether, appointed him Vice-
President of the Proceres. Whether this appointment
will satisfy Senor ALCALA GALIANO, who com-
plained loudly of the Duke's rejection, and recom-
mended the swamping of the Carlist party in the Pro-
ceres by the elevation of a batch of Liberals, including
Generals MINA, RODIL, &C., to the Peerage, is more
than is yet known; but it is believed that DE RIVAS
himself is conciliated by it. In fact it was all the Go-
vernment had the power of doing consistently with
guaranteeing the freedom of election by the Legisla-
tive Chambers.

The extensive Legislative Reforms, promised in the
Royal Speech, are about to be Submitted to the Cortes.
On the 21st, Senor MENDIZABAL read, in the
Chamber of Procuradores, the outline of the new Elec-

of. Lectures on Astronomy anti Astronon.,ical Geo-
graphy, the delivery of which lie commenced in the
latter end of the year 1821. Having made the tour
of the northern counties of England, he embarked in
1823 for the United States, where, during a period of
nearly four years, he visited and lectnred in every town
of any size and importance, traversing the whole Fe-
deral Union, from Maine to 'New OrleianS, and the
Floridas to St. Louis, during which time his character
as a man of science afforded him a ready introduction
to the highest circles, whether in public or in private.
life. His letters, vindicating the character of the
Americans from the aspersions cast on them, had an
extensive circulation in the journals of the day ; but
were never printed in a more detailed and continuous
form. After his return, a period of more than six
years was occupied in visiting the principal places in
this country, and at the commencement of last year
he proceeded to Scotland. In the midst of a series of
lectures in the University and various classes, disease.
overtook him ; but he was still carried to the lecture
room, and spoke with unabated vigour from his chair.
A few days' confinement only intervened, and termi-
nated a most active life in the 59th year of his age.
One of his sons is settled in New York as an artist ;
the other is conducting a respectable provincial journal
ill this country.

toral Law, as proposed by the Government, with
two reports made upon it by. the Commissioners ap-
pointed for that purpose. These reports differed
greatly from each other, both in principle and in the
several details comprised in them. According to
the first, which was signed and approved of
by the majority, direct election was recommended—the
extension of the franchise to be regulated by the pro-
perty qualification, conduct, and intelligence of the
voter. The second report was in favour of indirect
representation, regulated by a system which would
have the representation of Spain on pretty nearly the
same footing on which it is at present. Whatever may
be thought of these reports, and it is probable that nei-
ther of them will be adopted—it is impossible to refuse
MENDIZABAL the credit of being truly anxious to re-
deem those pledges which he made to the Spanish na-
tion. His main object is to establish a representative
Government in Spain—and in the language of a semi-
official article in the Madrid Gazette of the 20th
inst.,--" A representative Government is impossible
without on electoral law, without freedom of the Press,

and without responsibility of Ministers ; and besid es
those three laws, most urgent from thb nature of th,

system now governing us, are equally so from
circumstances. The discourse from the throne
calls the law of elections the basis' of representative go-

vernment, the freedom of the Press the soul' of that
government, and the responsibility of Ministers 'its com-
plement.' How, then,:without these important laws can we
flatter ourselves with possessing this form of govern-
ment ? If we pay attention to our actual situation, we
shall find that on account of it they become far more
necessary. The electoral one is of absolute necessity
for the convocation and legal meeting of the Cortes to
revive the Estatuto Real. Without the liberty of the.
Press it is not possible to do it with effect. Neither
the Ministers nor the Legislature can expect to find
the public opinion expressed in journals or publica-
tions subject to the censure ; for all discus-
sions among the writers on the different points would
be thus imperfect, and the light they could throw on
the subject very scanty. The Ministry, which in
their address to her MAJESTY on the 28th of Septem-
ber, on proposing the calling the Cortes together, de-
clared that the solution of the problem ought not to
be left exclusively in the hands of the Government,'
would fail in that solemn declaration if, 'on a question
of such vital importance as the revision of the Estatuto,
it should leave the Press without due freedom, and
shackled by a censorship. As
_to the responsibility
of Ministers, without which a representative govern-
ment is in all cases a cheat, it never can be more ne-
cessary that when the Government claims the especial
confidence of the Estamentos on account of the cir-
cumstances in which the nation is placed. Its con-
duct, therefore, cannot be more" consequent. Con-
fide in me,' it says to the representatives, for you have
the guarantee for my acts in the law of responsibility
which I lay before you.' "
Such are the opinions, such is the determination,
and such, we' might add, is 'the language of Senor
MENDIZABAL. These projects, which are elsewhere
called the " vital laws" of Spain—which they most
assuredly are—will be carried, as the preliminary steps
to the reform of the whole social edifice. They are
the levers with which the heaviest bodies- may be re-
moved with ease and safety. They comprise all that
Government is bound to concede towards the establish-
ment of free institutions.

The recruiting, both in the capital and the provinces,
goes on remarkably well. There are not the slightest
symptoms of a disinclination to serve evinced in any
quarter. From the North the accounts were favourable,
but the Government was not anxious that matters
should be pushed to extremities before the new levies
are prepared to take the field. The Carlists have re-
fused to follow the Pretender out of the Navarrese

provinces.
The Duke of ALAVA has suffered considerably
from ill health. He is charged with a second secret
mission to the French Government, and may be ex-
pected to arrive in Paris in the course of a few days.
The QUEEN frequently appears in public, and is ex-
ceedingly popular with all classes.

We regret to have to announce the death of another
scientific teacher, well known in the principal cities.
and towns of the United Kingdom, Mr. ROBERT
GOODACRE, Lecturer on Astronomy, who died at
Edinburgh on Wednesday last. For many years, Mr.
GOODACRE was the principal of a highly respectable
academy at Nottingham, and the author of several po-
pular works on education. About sixteen years ago,
he commenced the construction of an extensive, highly
valuable, and novel apparatus, illustrative of a series