The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-24 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1835.

• The event has proved that we were not mis-
taken, when we said that the Corporation Reform
. Bill would have to pass through a fiery ordeal, be-
fore it emerged from the Committee. The transactions
of last night clearly demonstrate the sincerity of the
assertion so frequently of late put forth by the Tories,
that they are not averse to a reform of the abuses
which they themselves admit swarm in the Municipal
Institutions of the country. They have over and
over again declared that they were ready to co-
operate with Ministers to carry forward the mea-
sure introduced by them into Parliament with this
view, and they even proffered their assistance—generous
creatures '—in suggesting such improvements as might
bring it as nearly as possible to perfection. Accord-
ingly, the first improvement recommended by Sir
ROBERT PEEL was one, the effect of which, had it been
adopted, would have been to postpone the operation of
the Bill for 12 or 18 months. The Hon. Baronet's
next improvement was that the franchise, instead of being
extended to all inhabitant householders paying poor
rates, should be limited to those who paid both poor rate
and borough rate. But the third improVeinent, if the
struggle made to obtain it be any criterion of its
value, was the most important of all in Tory estima-
tion—we Mean the continuance of the rights and
privileges of the present freemen. For this pure and
much injured claSs of men the Tories last night made a
desperate, though, alas I an unsuccessful stand. Mr.
PRAED attempted, on Monday night, to awaken the
dormant sympathies of the House in their favour,
but did not persist. Whether the exhibition he made
on that occasion alarmed his party we cannot tell, but
last night the question was taken out of his hands,
and brought for Ward by the late Solicitor-General,
the Hon. Member for the Corporation of Exeter.
We do not think the Tories acted unwisely in com-
mitting the defence of their strong hold to a more skil-
ful tactician ; and for our own part, we are glad they
did so, for it has served to prove, that all that the
greatest legal subtlety could do to make out a plausible
case in favour of the freemen has utterly failed.
The Learned Gentleman was for preserving to the
freemen and their descendants the right of voting
for Members of Parliament, although he had al-
ready assented to a clause by which they are disqua-
lified from voting for the Mayor and Council ! This
glaring absurdity was very happily exposed by Lord
JOHN RUSSELL in a speech abounding in sound con-
stitutional argument, interspersed and enlivened with
an occasional spice of what we have no doubt Sir
JAMES GRAHAM considered an improper application
of the argumentun2 ad hominem. The Committee,
after a long and warm debate, divided on the
motion, when there appeared, for the amend-
ment, 232 ; against it, 278 ; leaving a majority
of 46 in favour of the original clause—the. effect
of which is, that no freemen but those now on
the register will be entiled to vote for Members of
Parliament.

German Papers to the 18th lest. have been re-
ceived. A Frankfort Journal, in the course of some
observations respecting French intervention in the
affairs of Spain, observes :—" We understand that
M. Von WERTHER, the Prussian Ambassador at
Paris, as well as the Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of another great Power, has received the neces-
try instructions, in the case which has long been
foreseen as possible, of the intervention of France in
the affairs of Spain, which instruction directs him to
explain to the Government the sentiments of his So-
VEREIGN, and the manner in which measures might
be taken for the pacification of the two kingdoms of
the Pyrennean Peninsula, without leading to conse-
quences prejudicial to the good understanding with
other States, by a partial intervention, the very men-
fon of which has produced an unpleasant impression,
Since those other States, though not such near neigh-

The Court of Peers has resolved that each of the
refractory prisoners shall be draf,,,ged into Court, in
order that the witnesses against them may identify
their persons in the 'presence of the Noble Judges ;
after which they will'have the deposition of their ac-
cusers read
to them. This will be followed by all
that r;events us from denominating the whole affair
llLyal farce!—namely, the judgment. Happy, how-
ever, will it be for the Orleans' dynasty if the only
tragical conclusion of this mockery of justice termi7
nate in the sufferings of the ruined and maddened
victims of police plots, and -Government conspiracies.
The scenes which France has witnessed—the expo-
sures which have been daily made since the opening
of these trials, will serve as oil to feed the next fire
of Republicanism, lighted up in France. Many of
the witnesses, when examined touching their former
depositions against the accused, protested, in the
sight of HEAVEN, that there was not one word
of truth in what they had previously sworn ; that
the evidence was dictated to them ; and that they
were obliged to corroborate it on oath at the peril of
their lives. They solemnly averred, with tears,
' that they had been dragged from their homes amid a
bristle of bayonets, the points of which often pierced
their garments, and that the soldiers were ordered to
shoot them, unless they gave such and such testimony.
Others unblushingly avowed themselves the spies of
the police—that they had themselves concocted the
plots, for the discovery of which they were rewarded
by the Government—and that the means they took to
entrap the unwary were approved of, qpo cluetiontd

hours, have equally at heart the interest of the Penin-
sula. It appears from the French-Journals that Baron
WERTHER has had an audience for this. purpose with
the King of the FRENCH." •
The " another great Power above alluded to is
Russia. The audience was obtained on Saturday
morning, but if we are not greatly misinformed, the-
King of the FRENCH has since taken quite another
view of the question. His MAJESTY was not then
apprised of what transpired at the Loo, between the
King of HOLLAND and the trusty agent of
Don CARLOS. The blustering of Prussia is
not worthy of notice. We stated yesterday,
and we are persuaded, correctly, that the re-
monstrances of Russia and Prussia were se-
cretly encouraged by Louis PHILIPPE himself, in
order to afford him a pretext for refusing to aid the
C hristinos.

Hitherto the mails have been conveyed between
Vienna and Constantinople in twelve days. Ar-
rangements have now been made for their con-
veyance in ten days between the two capitals. Re-
gular mails also go twice in a month to Seres and
Salonsehi, as well as to Patras, by way of Corfu.
VIENNA, JUNE 13.—Five per Cent. Mctaliiques, 1011;
Four per Cent., 97 13-16 ; Bank Shares, I,337—Allgemezne
Zcitung, June 18.

The only intelligence from the scat of war in Spain,
contained in the French journals cf Monday, is a tele-
graphic despatch, published in the Moniteur, which
states that at nine o'clock on Friday night (19th inst.),
Bilboa continued to hold out against the Carlists, whose
fire was rapidly diminishing ; and that a report pre-
vailed of the arrival of VALDEZ to the relief of the
besieged. This account is irreconcilable with another
statement, contained in a private letter of an earlier
date, published in the*Sentinelle des Pyrenees, the writer
of which asserted that VALDEZ had previously entered
Bilboa, having routed ZUMALACARREGUI'S forces,
and driven them with great loss ten leagues into the
interior of the province. As the French Government
could have no interest in concealing a circumstance
so material as the expulSion of the Carlists from the
vicinity of Bilboa, we are disposed to credit the account
conveyed by telegraph, in preference to the rumours set
afloat by private individuals, who, for aught we can
tell, may have an interest in misrepresenting every
circumstance connected with the war in Spain.
But by far the most important result of the recent
successes of the Spanish Carlists, is the efforts which
the Royal exiles of France are making to bring about
the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty. Most of the
reports which have been circulated respecting the
movements of the family of the Ex-King are either
wholly unfounded, or gross exaggerations of facts but
little known ; but nothing is more certain than that
in making application to
,the King of HOLLAND
for assistance against the Christinos, the agent
of Don CARLOS stated, that the elevation of his
Royal Master to the Throne of Spain, would
pave the way for the overthrow of the Orleans dynasty
in France. What is still more important, the King
of HOLLAND, acting as the agent and confederate of
the Holy Alliance, granted the supplies prayed for by
Don CARLos, on the tacit understanding that every
thing would be done to accelerate the accession of
HENRY V. to the Throne of France. All this has
been communicated to LOUIS PHILIPPE by his spies,
and it is reported that it has caused him the greatest
personal uneasiness. It will be remembered that both
THIERS and GunoT declared that non-intervention
on the part of France would be followed by an attempt
to restore the Bourbon dynasty. In the several able
articles which appeared in the Journal des Debuts,
from the pens of these celebrated writers, the expedi-
ency of active intervention was urged on the direct plea
of the moral strength which the French Carlists would
acquire by the triumph of the Spanish insurgents.
These fears were ridiculed in the English, as well
as the French Journals—and yet a few days
serves to convince the world, that they were
not " idle fancies," as his Most Christian
Majesty the King of the Barricades, was pleased to
term them. The Spanish Government will, however,
be the better for the schemes recently concocted at the
Hague. The King of the FRENCH, governed by his
fears, and influenced by a desire to preserve the Crown
in his family, will lose no opportunity of giving his
best support to the QUEEN'S cause. He finds that not-
withstanding his underhand manceuvres—his schemes
of German and Portuguese marriage alliances—his
coquetting with Northern diplomatists—his perseCution
of the Press—his violation of the Charter—with all
his other arbitrary and despotic proceedings, including
the monstrous prosecution now being carried on, by
his hireling tools, against the prisoners of April,—yet
that the Northern Powers are preparing to hurl him
from his Throne, in favour of a Royal stripling the
nominee of CHARLES X. He now sees that do what
he will, the Northern Powers regard him only in the light
of a successful Usurper, whom they are bound to assist
in deposing, had they no other motive than to preserve
the principle of hereditary succession from being set
aside in any of the European Sovereignties. His chagrin
is increased by knowing how much his despotic pro-
ceedings have alienated from him the respect and con-
fidence of his own subjects. It was unfortunate for
him that he did not know, before opening his first crusade
against the press—that press which placed the sceptre
of France in his hands—that no efforts on his part to
resist the movement, could diminish the hatred and
hostility with which the Carlists everywhere considered
themselves bound to regard what they called the act of
usurpation. In a fruitless attempt to ingratiate him-
self into the affections of implacable enemies, he sacri-
ficed his friends, his principles, and his solemn obliga-
tions to his people, as a King ; and all that he has
gained by his apostacy and ing,ratitude, is the hatred of
"those who, before, were his firmest friends ; the con-
tempt of the Carlists, ever his enemies ; and the mis-
trust of all amenable to the influence of the French
Government.

by those secret agents of the KING, with whom it was
permitted them to hold communication. These reve-
lations will be remembered hereafter, although the war
in Spain distracts the public mind too much to allow it
to regard them seriously at the present moment.
Colonel ZUGA 11.1tAMURDI, late Governor of Eli-
sondo, and who, after quitting that city, fled into
France, has been condemned to death at Pampeluna.
The crime of this otherwise brave officer, consisted in
embezzling the QUEEN'S stores granted for the sup-
port of the garrison, and conveying the proceeds in
money to France for his own personal benefit.

FRI.:NCI' FUNDS —Paras, JUNE a
Cents.. PA'. 13!.,. 10e.
Four and, a Ilalf Der Ccnt, 101 f.
Four per Cent,.,: Bf. fre.
Three per Crnts., 7-f. 25c. :30c. 25c.
Bank Actions. 2,1.0 f. —c.
ltente do Naples, 95f. 90c. 1:01. 20e.
Noirati Five per Cents., 111 EN.
Pente ,l'Espo7ne, Five per Cents., :35 35's.
110,0 Spanish Loan. 45 .151.4.
Pente Perpet.d'Elpagne. Five per Cent., 4011 %
Brlgian Loan, Five per Cents., 101.
Portm,ttese Loan, Five per Cents., 874 87.
Ilaytian Loan, Cint.4ool.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
0,,e month, paper, —f ; money, ‘25!'..1514r.
Tree months, paper, 25f. ; money, 25i. 30;
rs .1lltbe;01,r

QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 20c. ; Three
per Cents., 78f. 45c. ; Five per Cents. Panish, 401 ; Cortes,
351; Coupons 17 ; Gucbhards, 453- ; Differes, 163 ; New
Loan, 461; Definitive=, 40i ; Passives, 114; Ducats, 96 25 ;
Romans, 100 - ; Belgians, —; Pedros, ; Migucls, —;
Dutch, —; Haytian, 400 f. ; Brabant Bank, 14.

Sir THOS. HESKETH has addressed a letter to
Lord STANLEY, in reply to that which his Lordship
wrote him the other day, on the subject of Conserva-
tive Associations, and on which, it may be remem:
bered, we offered some comments at the time. In this
reply, Sir THOMAS attempts to prove that such As-
sociations " have been necessary, and unavoidably.
forced on the country ;" but makes out a very lame
case—or rather no case at all—in their defence. Lord
STANLEY'S position, that Conservative Societies are;
from their very nature, injurious to the well-being of
the country, remains wholly untouched ; for the worthy
Baronet's answer, that they " uphold not abuses, nor
blindly resist improvement," is not argument, but mere
asset tion.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1835