The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-21 00:00:00

out-roared and out-convulsed by Mr. POULTER, in the
vigour and intensity of his pious paroxysms, has an-
nounced his intention of moving an " Address to his
MAJESTY, that letters be forwarded to all Governors
of Colonies, and Ministers at Foreign Courts, recom-
mending that all their arragements may be made with
a regard to the due observance of the Lord's Day."
This is as absurd as it is impracticable ; and can have
no other effect than to convince foreigners, that how-
ever great be our stock of fools abroad, we have a still
more flourishing stock at home.

The most ridiculous reports have lately been put in
circulation respecting the affairs of Spain. Don
CARLOS, it is said, has resigned his pretensions to
the Crown of Spain, on condition that the hand and
throne of the infant QUEEN shall be bestowed on his
son. It seems to have escaped the recollection of the
fabricators of this stock-jobbing report, that Don
CARLOS and all his generation have been excluded
from the succession to the throne, and banished from
the soil of Spain, by a solemn Act of the Spanish
Legislature, and that this Act must be repealed before
Don CARLOS can be considered in any other light
than as a rebel. The report of Colonel GURWOOD'S
speaking about something said to him by the
King of FRANCE has been eagerly laid hold of, to
favour the opinion that Louis PIIILII PE would not
be displeased to see Don CARLOS King of
Spain. Louis PHILIPPE, we know, is fond
of exercising arbitrary power, and may perhaps prefer
a despotic to a constitutional form of Government for
Spain ; but it depends not upon his likings or dislik-
ings. He is bound by the quadruple treaty, when
called upon, to assist the QUEEN of Spain, in the de-
fence of those rights which he himself has guaranteed
to her. England, Spain, and Portugal are parties to
the treaty, and they will take care that Louis—at
least as long as he holds his present situation—shall
fulfil his engagement.

We have received the whole of the Paris Papers of
Tuesday. The Committee of the Deputies, to whom
the message of the Chamber of Peers, relative to
the letter in the Tribune, was referred, sat on Monday
for the purpose of hearing the defence of M. AUDRY
DE PUYRAVEAU. The conduct of the Hon. Deputy
created a good deal of astonishment. On being asked
whether he had signed the letter in the defunct Tri-
bune, reflecting upon the proceedings of the Court of
Peers, and encouraging the prisoners to persevere in
protesting against the competency of a tribunal so
constituted, he answered that the Committee had
no power to put such a question to him—that he
refused to answer it—and that he did not recognize any
power in the Chamber of Deputies by which he could
be placed within the criminal jurisdiction of the
Chamber of Peers. He observed in continuation, that
he had no explanation to make, no apology to offer, nor
would he consent to be handed over as a prisoner, or
regarded as a culprit, in consequence of the surmises
of the Peers, assume what capacity they might. The
Committee was thunderstruck at the intrepid bearing
of M. AUDRY DE PUYRAVEAU, and immediately sent
for the Keeper of the Seals to consult with
him doubtless on the subject of drawing up its
report. In fact, nothing is now done in the
legislative assemblies of France, without the advice
and assistance of a Minister of the Crown. This is
a lamentable state of things ; but in time the evil
will correct itself, especially as the people are intelli-
gent, and know how to make the best use of every
constitutional check upon the Government, secured
to them by the charter and municipal institutions.
The Peers sat in a judicial capacity on Tuesday,
but nothing was done of any consequence. Only the
twenty-three prisoners who had previously assisted at
the reading of the indictment, were brought into Court,
After the President had read over the names of
the prisoners present, and stated that they stood
charged with treason against the State, an Advocate
rose, and, in the name of four of them, protested
against the competency of the Court. The Procureur-
General observed, that as the protest was applicable
to the whole of the accused, and as it was expedient
that the whole of them should be apprised of such a
protest having been regularly made, he would call
upon the Court to adjourn till Wednesday, in order
that the protest of the prisoners might be taken into
consideration. The Court accordingly adjourned, and
thus terminated the ninth repetition of the judicial
farce, performed by command of His Most Christian
MAJESTY in the New Court of the Luxemburg.
The object of the Government in thus harassing the
prisoners is evident. The witnesses for the defence
cannot long endure the fatigue of daily attendance in
a public Court, exposed to the scrutiny of the spies of
the Court, and perhaps to the derangemeirt, if not ruin,of
their domestic affairs. They will be obliged to withdraw
themselves, and leave the accused to the tender mercies
of men who are ready to swear 'whatever suits the
fancy of their employers. Again, the Procureur-Ge-
neral, by presuming the protest of the four prisoners ap-
plicable to the whole of the accused, evidently purposes
to dismiss the whole question at once, and thus avoid
being obliged to argue the question with a whole host
of dissenting advocates. By this contrivance he shall
have provided the Court with a ready reply to all future
protests—namely that the competency of the Court
having been once disputed by the prisoners, and its
jurisdiction having been confirmed after a careful exa-
mination of the objections raised against it, all future
protests can only be received as acts of contempt, for
which the Court may award punishment.
In the Chamber of Deputies the passing of the
different items of the Budget for the year 1836
occupied the sittings on Monday and Tuesday respec
tively. Several amendments for the diminution of
various items of the expenditure, proposed by the
leaders of the Opposition, were agreed to, without
giving rise to any serious discussion.
Two of the Paris journals publish letters from
Madrid of the 9th inst., contradicting the report that
MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA was about to retire from
the Cabinet, or that any change of Ministry was in
contemplation. They do not, however, deny, in
unequivocal language, that the necessity of
foreign intervention is not apparent to the
QUEEN'S Government, and that the subject has
not already engaged the attention of the Cabinets of
London and Paris. The necessity (we waive the
question of humanity), of foreign intervention with re-
gard to Spain, is now fully understood ; and the only
difficulty that remains is how the pacification of that
country can be most safely effected, without inflicting
unnecessary injury upon the inhabitants, and without
rousing the jealousy of the Great Northern Powers.
The following observations respecting the movements
of the French squadron off Toulon, are from extracts
from the Gazette de France and the Courrier Francais,
contained in the Messager of Tuesday evening
Kum, MAY 19.—A private letter from Try...lor. ef the 13th,
informs us that the se,ua.-Iron which has been hastily organised,
expects every moment orders to put to sea. M. Massidu de
Clerval has embarked on board the Siiffrein. It is said that
the squadron is destined to observe that of the Turks, which
has passed the Dardanelles, and which it is believed is to con-
vey a supply of arms and ammunition to the African tribes which
are at war with France. The English and French squadrons
are to have their rendezvous at Smyrna.— Gazette de France.
The correspondent of the Courrier Franc,,sis is of a different
opinion :—" The squadron," be says, " (lefinitively composed
of the Suffrein, Nestor, Triton, and Duquesne of the Line,
and the Aellona frigate, is to sail in a few days, and proceed
direct to Athens.
" Nothing is waited for but the cote of the Budget to make