The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-11 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES.

Beans 39s 2d.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended June 5, 1835, nude up from the Returns of the
Inspeptors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per
Imperial gnarter.
Wheat ...... ... 39s 84 1 Oats '. ..... ••• 234, I°d•
Barley 3os 104 Rye .... ..... 31s. Id. I Pease ..... ...37,. 4d.
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS
PRECEDING.
Wheat. 398 sd. I Oats ... ...... 235. M. I Beans .375. Ild.
Barley 3ls. Od I Rye ......... 31s. 4sl. I Pease ..... ....355. 404.
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat 47s. Bd. I Oats ......... NI s. 3d. 8ean5.........115. Od.
Barley lss. 4d. Rye .........22a. 9d. Pea5e.........165. 9d.

The ggpqq4 Edition of LORD BROUGHAM'S
DISCOURSA of /44Tiii41,.Tueof,00y will be pqblisbed, by Mr.
Krugur, on Seturday, June 13.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1835.

We this day lay before our readers the Bill submitted to
the Legislature by his Majesty's Ministers, for the future
regulation of the Corporations in England and Wales. As
far as a cursory perusal enables us to judge, it does not ap-
pear to differ from the abstract which has already appeared
in The Sun and other Journals. We shall not, therefore,
attempt at present to enter into a formal examination of its
various provisions, which, as we stated on a former occasion,
seem to us extremely well calculated to remedy the evils of
the existing system, and to prevent their recurrence in
future. When the Bill goes into Committee, and the
details come to be discussed, we shall be prepared
to give our opinion as to the propriety of altering or modi-
fying any of them. But with regard to what we consider
the fundamental principles of the measure—namely, annual
election and suffrage co-extensive with taxation, our de-
cided opinion is that they ought on no account to be
meddled with. It cannot justly be said that these prin-
ciples, if admitted to the extent intended by the framers
of the Bill, will render the constitution of the bo-
roughs too democratic ; for what are the boroughs, or ra-
ther what were they intended to be, but pure democracies,
—communities permitted by the State to govern themselves
as far as their own peculiar affairs were concerned. This
power of self•government vested in the aggregate of each
community has been usurped by individuals ; and instead
of being exercised for the good of the many, has been con-
verted into an instrument of benefit to the few. The pre-
sent Bill professes to restore the original state of things,
and to make' the general advantage the main object to
which all others must be subordinate and subservient.
That it will effect this object, if it be not muti-
lated in its passage through the House of Lords, we are
thoroughly convinced ; and as the interests of two millions
of our fellow-citizens are deeply involved in the question,
we hope and trust that no such mutilation will be submitted
to. If the Lords will not pass the Bill, with the clauses re-
lating to the periodical elections and the qualification, as
they now stand, let them throw it out. On their heads,
and not on those of the Ministers, be the consequences.

It must be very comforting to the paternal sensibilities
of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY to find that his genius
for blundering is not likely to degenerate in the person of
his eldest-born, Lord CASTLEREAGH. We can imagine
the pride with which such a father must watch the bud-
ding absurdities of such a son, especially when they show
to such fine effect as they did last night in the House of
Commons. Never, even in his most inquisitive moods,
did the sire discover a completer sample of the "'mare's-
nest," than did the son, in the Down Meeting Petition.
His object was, to prove that it was the most loyal, the
most constitutional, and the most impartial of Meetings ;
but with that happy faculty peculiar to some Irish logi-
cians,he proved just the reverse ; for he showed that it was
got up at the express instigation of " seven Peers, thirteen
Deputy-Lieutenants, and thirty-nine Magistrates," not one
of whom but is as rank an Orangeman as ever toasted
"Down with Popery" in the blessed Ascendancy days
Then, again, in order to prove that it was not " a mere
Orange and High Church affair," this green-born of a Lord
adduced the fact that it was attended by " Doctor COOKE,
a leading Presbyterian, who had given his warm sanction to
the objects of the Meeting." Now, what said Mr.
SHARMAN CRAWFORD in reply to this assertion ? '6 The
speech," observed the Hon. Member, "of Dr. COOKE had
been referred to, as showing that the opinions of the Down
petition were sanctioned by the Presbyterians ; but so far
from the Rev. Gentleman being the organ of that body, his
opinions were altogether disavowed by the greater part of
his parishioners, a large portion of whom had signed a peti-
tion which expressed quite different sentiments from those
entertained by the Down Meeting." In his allu-
sions to Mr. O'CONNELL'S influence over Government,
Lord CASTLEREAGH was equally successful, for he drew
from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman this distinct, em-
phatic, and unqualified declaration ;--,4 I deny that any
office in the present Ministry, or any connected with it,
was filled at my instance or at my suggestion, or that I
had the slightest influence in the matter. Indeed, I am
sorry that I had not, for I think that some of the places
would have been better filled if I had, though I do not mean
to quarrel with what has been done." This decisive decla-
ration, be it remembered, was drawn forth by Lord CAS-
TLEREAGH, who, no doubt, anticipated instead? s9'c sort
of shuffling, evasive reply to his remarks which would

at once have established their truth. We hope his
Lordship, adopting his speech of last night as his model,
will make a point of holding forth, at least twice a week, for
the remainder of the 'session, on the favourite topic of
Orange grievances ; for such is the exquisite infelicity with
which he handles such subjects, that he never fails to en-
sure the discomfiture of the party which he represents.

The second reading of the Great Western Railway Bill
was carried last night in the House of Lords by a majority
of 12, despite the strenuous opposition of the Duke of
BuccuzuGH, who gounded his chief objection to the Bill,
on the plea that the proposed line would cut up a great
tract of cultivated country, and be highly and unnecessarily
inconvenient with respect to the personal residences of a
great body of landed proprietors. This is a very aristo-
cratic objection, and just as conclusive as such objections
are apt to be. The Noble Duke takes no heed of the
vast public advantages that must accrue from the forma-
tion of the railway. his sympathies are with the few, not
the many. All he looks to, is the convenience of the
landed proprietors on the line of road in question ; and to
this he seems to think it just and fitting that the
interests of the community should be sacrificed. True, the
railway will be of the utmost possible benefit to Ireland,
by still further facilitating her commercial and agricultural
intercourse with England ; true, it will have an equally
good effect on the trade of all the great western towns in
this country ; but these are advantages more than counter-
balanced by the extreme inconvenience it will occasion to
the landed proprietors. Reasoning like this might have
been very legitimate and convincing some twenty or thirty
years ago, but it will not do now-a-days, and so the House
of Lords showed, by the laudable indifference with which
it received the Noble Duke's objection. We regret that
his Grace was so ill-advised as to absent himself from the
London Orphan Asylum Dinner, at which he had promised
to preside, for no other purpose than to oppose the Western
Railway Bill. He had been far better employed in advo-
cating the cause of charity, than in urging interested objec-
tions against a measure whose very first recommendation
is, that it tends directly to the furtherance of the public
good. Besides, why—except from the most frivolous mo-
tives—should the Noble Duke be so hostile to the Western
Railway, when, in the Edinburgh and Dalkeith one, he
sees proof positive of the great advantage of such estab-
lishments ?

Brussels and German Papers have been received. Ac-
counts from Cologne state that the Prussian Government
has offered to defray one-third of the expense of carrying
an iron rail-road to the Belgian frontier.
The Princess DE LIGNE, whose accouchement was an-
nounced a few days ago, died on the 4th inst., at her seat,
Bel Ceil. She was by birth Marchioness DE TRAZIGNIES,
and scarcely 22 years of age. This is the second time that
the Prince DE LIGNE has become a widower. It is only
two years since be lost his first wife, at Florence, while on
a tour through Italy with her.
On the Ist of July there will be a camp of 20,000 men,
commanded by King LEOPOLD in person, at Courzel, on
the frontier of Belgium.
The Representatives of the Grand Duchy of Baden are
strongly opposed to the German Commercial Union.
DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, JUNE 9.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 554 55%
11mort Syndic, 4% per cent 94 94%
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 79 79%

_
Loan (1830) 5 per cent.
Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Commercial Company, 4% per cent 107% 108
New ditto lOl 101%
Exchange on London, One month l2 17%.
Two months
SPANISH FUNDS
Cortes at Amsterdam, 5 per Cent 45% to 45%
Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent 26 to 26%
Loan. London (1832) 5 per Cent.
Cortes Deferred Debt
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JUNE 9.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lOO
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 99%
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent ll9
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ll7
—Brussels Papers, June 10.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JUNE 1.
Five per Cents. Metalliques lOl%
Four per Cents. "kqi
Bank Shares 1330
—Allgemeine Zeitung, June 9..

The whole of the Paris papers of Tuesday have been
received. The question of Spanish intervention is discussed
at considerable length in all the leading journals, with the
exception of the Moniteur. The Journal des Debate has
the following official announcement :—" The intervention
will not take place ; England has formally refused to en-
gage in it, and the French Government does not think
that it is for the interest of France to undertake such an
enterprise alone. The courier who carries this decision to
Madrid is already on the road." The courier above re-
ferred to left Paris on Monday morning, and was expected
to reach Madrid on the 13th inst. The answer of the
English Cabinet to the three questions said to be proposed
by General SEBASTIAN! to Lord PALMERSTON, were re-
ceived in Paris on Sunday, immediately after which a Ca-
binet Council was summoned, at which the KING presided.
The proceedings of the Council are variously reported, and
the answers to distinct propositions ascribed to different
members of the French Government. The result, however;
was, that Franco resolved not to interfere without the con-
currence of England.
The three questions reported to have been proposed by
SEBASTIAN! 'lO the Foreign Secretary, were :—Whether,
in the opinion of the English Government, the time
for intervention in the affairs of Spain had actually arrived ?
Whether, if arrived, the English Government was prepared
to co-operate with France in an armed intervention ? And
whether, provided France marched an army across the
Pyrenees, England would engage to support her in the
event of such intervention leading to a war with any of the
other Great Powers ? To these questions the English
Government is reported to have answered to this effect—.
first, that there was nothing in the present aspect of
Spanish affairs to justify active intervention on the part of
the Powers who signed the quadruple treaty—which, of
course, included an answer in the negative to the second
question ; and thirdly, that France might have private mo-
tives for interfering, and was at liberty to act as she deemed
proper, without hazarding the displeasure of England.
These answers, which though not verbally, are substantially
correct, negative the whole of the questions proposed by
the French Government ; and thus Great Britain is made
to bear the onus of the refusal to fulfil the stipulations of
the quadruple alliance. We regret the decision to which
the English Government has come on this great question.
It is unworthy of a Council presided over by a British So-
vereign. As to the excuse of there being nothing in the
present aspect of Spanish affairs to justify intervention,
the Government itself proves its hollowness, by an order
in Council dated the 10th inst., enabling the Queen of
SPAIN to raise recruits in every part of the United King-
dom, to bear arms against Don CARLOS. This order, after
citing the " Foreign Enlistment Act" passed in the 59th of
George 111. runs thus
His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, be-
ing desirous of enabling. all persons to engage in the military and
naval service of her Majesty Isabella the Second, Queen of Spain,
is pleased to ordor, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the
tenth day of this instant month of June, it shall be lawful for
every person whomsoever to enter into the military or naval
service of her said Majesty as a commissioned or non-commissioned
officer, or a private soldier, sailor, or marine, and to serve her said
Majesty in any military, warlike, or other operations, either by land
or by sea, and for that purpose to go to any place or places beyond
the seas, and to accept any. commission, warrant, or other appoint-
ment from or under her said Majesty, and to enlist and enter him-
self in such service, and to accept any money, pay, or reward for
the same."

This order, the operation of which is limited to a
period of two years, unless renewed at the end of
that time, clearly establishes the fact, that England feels
intervention to be necessary. In fact this very order is it-
self intervention, although of a left-handed description.
But why, if we are to interfere at all, do we not manfully
come forward and put down the rebellion at once, in the
true spirit of the Treaty ? We talk about there exist-
ing no necessity for intervention, and yet we tacitly
acknowledge that there is, by permitting the rash, the inex-
perienced, and enthusiastic among our citizens to be shot in
the QUEEN'S cause. But independent of any act of the
British Government, the necessity of speedy intervention
must be apparent to every person who attends to the state
of the Money Market throughout Europe. Panic follows
panic in ruinous succession. In Spain the desperation of
an Usurper has plunged the whole country into a state of
misery, which exceeds all ordinary powers of conception.
Now an active, and united intervention, on the part of Eng-
land, France, and Portugal, would put an end to this state
of things in the course of a fortnight, or three weeks at the
very utmost. Spain would be tranquillized before the
Northern Powers could send a thousand men into the field.
But really we have have had too much of this bugbear of
Russian and Prussian sympathy with Don CARLOS. Does
any person acquainted with the state of Modern Europe be-
lieve that NICHOLAS would risk the possession of Poland
in order to place DON CARLOS on the throne of Spain ?
Can any Statesman be so stultified in understanding, n- •uot
to know that Prussia and Austria could -Hot go— to war
with England and France
the form- -e ' ut periling the possession,—
ner Rhenish Provinces, and the latter of her
Lombardo-Venetian territory ? And can any person sup-
pose that these Powers would peril all this to settle a

question of Spanish legitimacy after their own peculiar fa-
shion ? No, certainly. Russia and Prussia might threaten
through their Ambassadors at the Courts of London and
Paris, but they would carry their hostility no further.
What we mainly condemn is the time-serving vacillating
policy of England and France, with regard to the affairs of
Spain. Promptitude is everything in the performance of
national treaties ; and States acquire a moral power
by so acting, which is lost by a more cautious
course of diplomacy. If, moreover, we ask ourselves
in what position we shall be placed with respect, not only
to Spain but Portugal, should Don CARLOS obtain pos-
session of Madrid, we are compelled to deprecate a course
of conduct in the Government as impolitic as it is deroga-
tory to the national character.
The Court of Peers sat on Tuesday, but nothing of im-
portance took place. The following impertant intelligence
communicated by the correspondent of a morning con-
temporary is confirmed by letters received this morning
" PARIS, JUNE 9, 3 o'clock, pan.
" The Funds have, as you will perceive, been much lower to-
day than at the (I,,Fa of huziness yesterday. The reaction which
took place in them was caused by reports that Valdez, havin4
united 30,000 men, had, on the Ist or '2d inst., attacked and routed
Zumalacarregui, and had very nearly captured Don Carlos him-
self. Another report stated that Don Carlos was dead. It wth
however—(and this you may rely on)—Espartero, in fact, who
had made a dash at Onate on the 31st ult., and had actually been
near taking Don Carlos, who was obliged to fly, even unclothed or
undressed. Oraa returned into the Bastan on the 3d inst., which
explains the retreat of the Carlists on that day."

FRENCH FUNDS —PAros, JUNE 9.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 10c. 15; 107 f.
Four per Cents., 981. 25c.
Three per Cents.. 7911 30e. 76f. SOc.
Bank Actions, 1,980 f. 1,970 f.
Rente do Naples. 95f. 9.5c:15c.
Roman Five per Cents., 9814%4.
Rente ,l'Espagne, Five per Cents., 34 36.
ltente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 264 27'71.
Spanish Loan, 47.
Bente Perpet. d'Espagne' Five per Cent., 38 42 41.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 100
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 86.
Haytian Loan, 1051. 4001.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, pal er, —f. —c. ; money, o_sf. 49j.,c.
Three months, paper, —l. —r. ; money, 251 30c.
—sours Authentigue.

The Prince Edward Island papers to the lath of May
have been received. They state that owing to the con-
tinued indisposition of his Excellency the Governor, the late
short session of the provincial legislature of one week's dura-
tion was prorogued by commission on Wednesday last, with
the following speech :
" Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly
—We are commanded by his Excellency the Governor, on
releasing you from the attendance on General Assembly,
to express his pleasure that you have brought to a satisfac-
tory conclusion the business for which he felt it his duty to
call you again together. His Excellency further commands
us to thank you for the supplies, and to assure you that they
shall be faithfully applied to the purpose for which they are
intended."

We beg to call the attention of the public to a subserir
tion now carrying on in the parish of St. George, Hanover-
square, for the purpose of presenting a piece of plate to
Mr. LESLIE. The triumph of the principle of the new
Poor Bill in this parish has not only been manifest in the
immense diminution of parochial expenditure, but in its
much more important and satisfactory result, the amended
moral tone, the more active habits of industry, and the
creased social comforts, of the poor. It is most important
to show to thrz, country, when so many are called upon 1"
discharge gratuitous duties in the administration of the ne"'
law, that the disinterested and meritorious services of it'
diNiduals are properly appreciated by those for whose bens'
fit they have exerted themselves. We are unaccustomed
to
to flatter, but we should be unjust if we did not say to
el 1;
Mr. LESLIE has set an example of perseverance,
genre, and courage which is well worthy of being &I._
publicly acknowledged. Some hundreds have added the of
names to the subscription list—among them the MAJ L.,
WELLINGTON, Earl GREY, Lord CAMDEN, Lord Lord
BOURNE, Lord SALISBURY, Lord BURLINGTON, nca„,
ASHBURTON, Mr. STURGES BOURNE, the Duke Of 1.1-
MOND, the Archbishop of York, the Duke of CAMBRIDGE.

We are compelled, from an unusual press of matter, t°
leave over our report of the First Day's Enquiry into the
late Disturbances at Wolverhampton.