The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

TII E STT N, 140. I!

easily be organised to report on all cases re-
ported of inattention, or ma!fea,iance, on the part of
clergymen in any diocese ; and as to the difficulty
engendered by the Rubric on account of the more or
less strict degree in which its letters has been adhered

to by pastors, the " Convocation" might be re-assem-
bled—or at any rate a council, consisting of the
whole hierarchy of the Establishment, might be
assembled—who, having regard to the forms now, and
for many years past, observed in a majority of
the churches of each diocese, should revise and finally
settle this Rubric—adopting, we should hope, the
fewest and the simplest forms, using the plainest
language, and eschewing and rejecting the greatest
possible number of genuflexions, and wax-taper
homages, for this purpose.

We have received Madrid journals of the 3d inst.
General PRIM'S trial it appears was postponed from
the 2d to the 4th. He was to be tried by court-
martial, consisting of general officers, with General
ESPELETA, as President.

In the Chamber of Deputies the fifth paragraph of
the address, which relates to the Church and clergy,
gave rise to some discussion. Senor CARRASCO
moved that the worth " without prejudice to
national property" should be added. Several Members
spoke, and it was elicited during the discussion, that
the members of the Government had given explana-
tions, in the ...'dotnmittee on the addriss, to the effect
that it was their determination to keep inviolate the
sales already made. The Minister of Finance ad-
mitted the principle of the amendment, and pledged
himself that the Government would lay the decree,
suspending the sale of the national property, before
the House in a few days, when M. CARRASCO could
again bring. forward his amendment ; but, in the
mean time, he requested him to withdraw it.

Senor MARTIN Ez DR LA RosA also asserted that
it was the intention of the Government to keep
the sales inviolate, and the amendment was withdrawn.
The Committee on the Reform Bill had finished their
labours, and the report was to be read on ,the sth,
when it was expected the debate would commence.
The more important changes proposed by the Com-
mittee are the exclusion of any of Don CAILLOS'S
family from a marriage with the QUEEN, the presen-
tation of the budget, and all financial laws, to
the Cortes, and the withdrawal of the clause
for restoring the ancient privileges of the mili-
tary and clergy. A slight alteration was made
in the regency clause by which a special law should
be passed by the Cortes for the appointment of a
Regent, in case the Sovereign should be notoriously
unable to govern, as in the case of FERDINAND VII.,
during his imprisonment in France.
On the 2d, the Three per Cents. closed at 27a cash,
and 2741 at 60 days. Five per Cents. 201 at 60 days.

The most important intelligence from Paris is the
announcement in the Journal des Debats that the
Government have at last resolved to complete forth-
with a loan of 200,000,000 f. (8,000,0001.) The loan
will be offered in the usual form for competition, and
it was expected that an official announcement to that
effect would appear in the Moniteur of Monday. The
Government journal, in contrasting the state of the
English funds with those of France, cannot exactly
understand, though partly attributing the depression
to the incubus of the loan, why the English Three
per Cents. have, within a short period, risen from 93
to 100, while the French Threes are only 82. It
may rest assured, however, that there are other
causes for this great difference than the anticipation
of a loan of only eight millions sterling. The un-
settled state of Spain, the expenses of the army in
Africa, the small increase in the imports and exports
of the country, and the rather cold manner in which
the Great Powers of the Continent regard the present
dynasty, cannot fail to have considerable effect on the
credit cf the country. The Journal des Debats,
after stating the fact that the Government
will, in a short time, contract for the
loan, makes the following remarks :—" The
necessity of proceeding at once to the loan results
less from the immediate wants of the Treasury than
from the good situation of affairs, the improved con
dition of public confidence, and the ascendant ten-
dency which the funds of all countries have at present
„„caed. The French Government is not so short
of money that it cannot wait still several months,
not withstar:.;ng the extent of the undertakings carried
on at the charge of the Treasury. But the moment
is favourable, and it will be an agreeable news to lay
before Parliament, when it meets according to cus-
tom between Dec. 25 and 30, that the credit of the
country has undergone with success the trial of a
lout The imminence of a loan renders the French
funds,
~N 1 particularly the Threes, much heavier than
they ought be. The quotation of the Threes is not
in harmony with
A timplitude of the resources of
the country and the se.
";dity. a her engagements.
The prices of our stocks do not C'mare with our rank
amongst other Powers. In the f last .4614( 1:6a7.31 thei
r
English funds have advanced in a rem.:a'Web el
degree. From 92 or 93, the English Threes hay..
risen to 100. Our Threes, on the contrary, have
declined ; from 86, which they were at in 1840, they
have fallen to 80 or 82, and remain there. Let
once the loan cease to weigh them down and they
will infallibly resume their improvement. According
zo the comparative quotation of the English funds
four or five years back, they ought to be now at 90.
In order that they may come near that amount, all
that is wanted is that we should be definitively free
from loans. From that, two consequences may be
drawn—first, that considering the favourable circum-
stances, the loan ought to be negotiated as quickly as
possible; secondly, that the present loan ought to
comprise the totality of the sum necessary to the
treasury out of the 300 millions, of which the issue is
authorised. It is confidently stated that the Govern-
ment takes this view of the question, and 83 it ap-
pears certain that all the wants that have been fore-
seen may be satisfied with 200 millions, the loan, it
is said, will not exceed that amount. Depository of
the funds of the communes, the departments, and the
public establishments, amongst which are particularly
remarked the savings' bank, the Government has by
that means an obligatory floating debt which allows
it to limit the amount of its consolidated loans. The
loan being restricted to the maximum of 200 mil-
lions, a sum relatively not very considerable, there
results an advantage : it is, that the Government in
putting the loan up for adjudication, may reckon on
a serious competition."
Several of the journals complain of the atrocious
law laid down by the Spanish Procurator-Fiscal on
preferring the in lictment against General PArx
Even the Journal des Debats is compelled to join in
the cry, and thu.s denounces the public prosecutor
:
We are not aware what may have been the sentence
of the court-martial, but at all events the documents
which we have before us cannot pass without some re•
mark from us. We have not to declare our opinion
even, though we should have a well-founded one on the
part which General Prim may have taken in the con-
spiracy, which has just so fortunately and so miracu-
lously failed ; but we cannot help testifying the surprise
we feel at the strange doctrine laid down on this occa
sion by the Procurator-Fiscal. We had no idea of a

jurisprudence according to which simple presumption
would suffice in default of proof for the application of
capital punishment. If proofs of culpability are not re-
quired for the pain of death, we should like to know for
%%hat other punishment they could be. The placidity
with which the Fiscal of Madrid exposes this theory ap-
pears to us, we must confess, extraordinary. We have
seen many things in Spain, but we hope we shall not see
justice rendered there according to such singular rules,
and that the judges charged to pronounce on the argu-
ments of the Fiscal will not be contented with mere,pre-
sumptive evidence, and will insist on having proofs.'
The Constitettionnel, after expressing great indigna-
tion at the charge of the Procurator-Fiscal calling
on the court-martial to pronounce punishment of
death on simple indications of guilt without proof,
adds :

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nation. The Government of Espartero slipped away
the blood of Diego Leon ; the blood of Prim would not
perhaps be less fatal to those who should venture to shed
it. Since the reign of Ferdinand there has been no Go-
vernment in Spain capable of granting pardon. Political
tribunals have in the same succession as the Governments
kept up a civil war, more dreadful than that against
which they acted. Merciless political tribunals are fatal
to ail who have recourse to them. We hope, for the
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tthhee
cprrueesle
andu Government
t perilous coursein
upon which
hic i
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it
has
entered with the executions at Barcelona. It: it cannot

be inducedVto do so humanity, it should at least listen
to the counsels of interest."

The National, in strong terms, denounces the man-
ner in which the prosecution is conducted ; but
CHRISTINA'S journal, the Presse, is entirely silent on
the subject.

The following tragical event is published in Ga
num.'s Messenger of Friday :---
" Yesterday evening, about nine o'clock, M. Jacob,