The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-14 00:00:00

minds of the populace. These manifestations of a
vindictive spirit alarmed the country ; and this alarm
was not diminished by the conduct of the parties
accused, who have throughout distinguished them-
selves by the firmness of their bearing, and an en-
tire consciousness of the rectitude of their own pur-
poses. And now that the KING has triumphed
so far, what will he do next ? The opposition which
alone •he thought it necessary to guard against re-
mains, but it is only a feather in comparison with that
which has since risen. The popular reprobation of
the trials he might call clamour—and every despot in
Europe would have re-echoed the appellation, and
applauded him for despising it. But now the bar
comes forward and not only refuses to plead,
but even denounces the form of trial about to
be adopted. He turns to the Peers for succour,
and the bar replies to the command of the President,
by declaring the Chamber altogether incompetent to
compel attendance. And yet the mortification of the
KING does not stop here. The Peers, too, are rather
out of humour at being made mere instruments for the
gratification of Royal malevolence. TALLEYRAND
ha's just been seized with a fit of gout, from which he
is not likely to recover until the trials are over, or
otherwise disposed of ; and symptoms of the same dis-
temper have appeared in several other. high quarters.
In short it is whispered in Paris that the Peers have
declared the present a very unwholesome season,
and it is believed that numbers of them are in a fair
way of falling dangerously ill, before the commence-
ment of the trials. To increase the KING'S per-
plexity, the National Guards in the departments of the
Rhone, and the Prefects of almost every department,
have forwarded addresses, praying that an amnesty
may yet be granted. Now the five millions of National
Guards scattered throughout France are the right arm
of the ORLEANS dynasty, and their support of the
prisoners must, if the KING proceeds in his mad ca-
reer, lead to the most disastrous consequences.
Such is the present state of this momentous ques-
tion, and such is the dangerous—the awful position—
in which the KING'S rash obstinacy has placed him.
Recede with honour he fears he cannot, and to pro-
ceed with safety is no longer possible. 'He has now
succeeded in propelling the country to the brink of a
revolutionary precipice ; and one step more may pre-
cipitate the ORLEANS dynasty into a gulph whence
it may never rise. Will no experience, drawn from the
past, teach wisdom to Princes ? Can nothing short
of the deprivation of life eradicate the errors which
spring up in royal minds? Surely the KING cannot
be ignorant of his danger, nor at a loss to understand
the only way by which he can escape it. He cannot
but perceive that he now stands alone, regarded by his
subjects as a man drunk and reeling under the potent
intoxication of Sovereignty, and foaming with indigna-
tion against those who have dared to question his
claim, or limit his authority. He cannot but be aware
of this when he sees himself partially deserted by the
Peers, opposed by the Deputies, denounced by the
bar, admonished by the Prefects, and passively resisted
by the National Guards: The secession of the Ex-
Bishop of AUTUN, alone, ought to be quite suffi-
cient to remind him that the pillars which support his
throne begin to be shaken.

What, then, ought the KING to do to prevent the
evils which threaten him ? We answer—Grant an
amnesty to the prisoners of April. True, he cannot
do it with the best grace, after delaying it so long ;
but no matter for that—better grant it on any terms,
than plunge the country into another revolutionary
war, the first effects of which must extend to the ex-
patriation of every member of the Royal family.
The political news contained in these journals is
not important. On Saturday the debate on the
American Indemnity Bill occupied the entire sitting
of the Chamber of Deputies, which was again ad-
journed over until Monday. The Committee on the
secret service funds made out its report, the majority
being in favour of Ministers. The vessels have arrived
at Toulon from Algiers, bringing 3,100 soldiers on
board from that colony.

Arrivals from Lisbon to the 2d inst. have been re-
ceived, with an official copy of the Autopsy of the
body of Prince AUGUSTUS of Portugal, which was
performed on the 29th of March in the presence of all
the great Officers of State. The head was not
opened, as the physicians were of opinion that they had
discovered the cause of his death, and therefore
judged the process .unnecessary. No marks of ex-
ternal violence were discoverable on any part of the
body. The contents of the stomach were carefully ana-
lysed, but no substance was found different from those
always discoverable in dead bodies. The physicians,
after the most minute examination of the body, declared
that the PRINCE had died a natural death. The
PRINCE was naturally of a consumptive habit, and
inherited from childhood the seeds of the disease which
carried him off.

The health of the QUEEN has been much impaired
by the sudden death of her husband, but she begins
to grow better. Some outrages took place in the
provinces, under the direction of Miguelite leaders,
which were put down by the Constitutional authori-
ties, without loss of time. The country is now in a
state of tranquillity.

Brussels, Dutch, and Frankfort papers have been
received. We find that the speech of the Marquis of
LA NSDOWNE in the House of Lords on the 16th ult.,
respecting Lord LONDONDERRY'S resignation of the
Embassy to Russia, has given great offence to the
despots of Germany. They are in high dudgeon at
the liberty taken by his Lordship in saying that the
Reform Cabinet sought the preservation of the peace
of Europe.
Merchants from Holland, Belgium, Baden, the
Hanseatic cities, and every part of Germany, are
crowding to the great annual Easter Fair at Frankfort.
The wholesale business has commenced ; there is a
very brisk demand for Swiss mannfactures.

The Belgian Chambers have presented addresses to
the KING in honour of the birth of an heir to the
Throne. The QUEEN is fast recovering, and the
infant is well :

St. PETERSBURGII, APRIL 1.-It is now officially annonnced
that his Majesty the Emperor has appointed Count Von Pahlen
to be his Ambassador to the King of the French.
Henceforth no foreigners of the lower class will be allowed
to pass the frontier into the Russian Empire, unless they have
at least 10 rix dollars about them.

HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 10.
FOREIGN FUNDS. Bills. Money.
Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent.
Ditto ditto 4 percent.
Ditto Bank Shares 1332 1331
Anglo-Russian Loan PI6 10534
Ditto, 5 per cent 99% 9934
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent. 79IA •-•
ItusAan Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series ~ 95% 99
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 9l 91
Ditto, 6 per cent 99li 953
Dutch 2Y2 per Cents.
Ditto 5 per Cents lool4 100 V,
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
Anglo_Danish Loan, 3 per cents 74% 7454
Norwegian Loan of 1934, 4 per cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents....
Ditto 4 per Cent. 52% —.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS._BRRLIN, APRIL 7.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld, Sch. 4j per cent. lOO% 109
Prussian English Loan, 1530, 4 per cent 99-,t, 98%
—Prussian Slate Gazette, Apxil9.2

The Guernsey Papers of Thursday last state that
the Report of the Commissioners of the Customs, re-
lative to the question of fraudulent importation of
foreign corn into this country from the Isle of Man,
and Jersey and Guernsey, contains a gross error re-
specting the alleged fraudulent conduct of the exporters
of corn from Guernsey to England. Having in our