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

acting clergy of all orders. A Commission might
easily be organised to report on all cases re-
ported of inattention, or malfeasance, 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.

Madrid journals of the 4th have been received. On
that day the trial of General PRIM commenced, before
a court-martial composed of seven general officers,
with General MAzzAnEno, the Captain-General of
Madrid, as President. The defence on the part of
PRIM was read by General SHELLY, from a manu-
script drawn up by the two counsel. General SHELLY
protested against the competence of the tribunal, but
he protested in vain. The defence of the other pri-
soners were read, or rather attempted to be read, by
officers of the Court, for it appears that one of them
was so ignorant that he could not read in an intelli-
gible way, and one of the spectators was selected to
perform that duty. The prisoners were all absent
during these proceedings. After some deliberation
the President announced that the Court did no con-
sider it had got sufficient evidence, and further proofs
must be produced.
The following account of a fresh execution at Bar-
celona appears in the Verdad of the sth :
" This morning Antonio Sanjust suffered capital
punishment in the glacis of the citadel for a crime com-
mitted last year at the time of the Centralist revolution.
The military force was in full uniform, as well as the
bloody brotherhood.' The greatest eclat was given to
the execution." The Impartial of the same date says :
—" Antonio Sanjust was the son of the unfortunate
General of that name who fell at Malaga, in a public
tumult. His grandfather fell in the same manner."

The report that General ESPARTERO had left Lon-
don for Spain had caused some uneasiness to the Go-
vernment, and orders had been dispatched to all the
authorities, both on the land and sea frontier, to use
every exertion to prevent his entering the country.
MADRID BOURSE, Nov. 4.—Three per Cents. for
Account, 27f ; Five per Cents. for Account, 203.

A royal ordinance was published in the Paris
Moniteur of Sunday, authorising the Minister of
Finance to complete a loan of 200,000,000 francs by
public competition. The sale and adjudication will
take place on Monday, the 9th of December, on
sealed tenders, and in one lot, to the highest bidder.
The payment is to be effected in monthly sums of
ten millions each, the first to be paid on the 23d De-
cember, 1844, and the last on the 7th of August,
1846. The ordinance and the conditions are given
at length in another part of The Sun, under the
proper head.
" A sum of 300 millions (says theMoniteur) remained
to be issued of the loan placed at the disposition of
Government by the law of June 25, 1841 ; but the
abundant resources of the Treasury do not permit to
require more than two-thikds of the said sum, and
the remaining one-third is to be applied to reduce a
portion of the floating debt arising out of the receipts
of the savings' banks. A law regulating the appli-
cation of the saki one-third shall be proposed to the
Chambers in the ensuing session." The same official

journal contains another royal ordinance, appropri-
ating 1,800,000 f. (72,0001.) for the construction of
an atmospheric railroad from Nanterre to the plain of
St. Germains.

The following deliberate falsehoods respecting the
Governor of Gibraltar, Sir ROBERT WILSON, appear
in M. TRIERS' paper, the Constitutionnel:—What
justice can Englishmen expect from French Opposi-
tion journals, when we find a journal, representing
the political sentiments of an ex-Prime Minister,
thus publishing such mischievous and unfounded
statements ?

" There is at Gibraltar a Governor generally known
as a turbulent man, and above all, an enemy of the
French, and whom a Ministry w hich sincerely wished to
avoid anything that could annoy France, and to practise
conscientiously the entente cordiale, would certainly have
recalled from the commencement of our war with Mo-
rocco. Nothing of the kind has taken place. The
British Cabinet has maintained its agent, and if no con-
flict has taken place owing to the meeting of the officers
of our navy with those of the British navy at Gibraltar,
it is certainly not Sir Robert Wilson we have to thank

for it. All those who were in the Morocco expedition
know that our naval men had much to complain of with
respect to the conduct of certain English officers, and es-
pecially that of the Governor. More than that, it is
a certain fact, and now generally known, that at
Gibraltar one day, during the expedition to Morocco, Sir
Robert did not hesitate to say to the Prince of Join-
vine, before a number of witnesses, that a general war
was necessary, in order that every party might get out of
the false position in which it was at present placed. He
had even the courage to enlarge upon and develope that
text. Is not this singular language from the mouth of
the agent of a friendly country ? War is spoken of to
the Prince representing France, in the same tone that
would be taken in congratulating him on the good intel-
ligence between the two countries, and its importance in
the cause of the civilisation of the world. So public an
incivility certainly reached the ears of the British Ca-
binet. But has Sir Robert Wilson been removed ? By
no means. Has our Minister demanded his recal ? It is
not at all probable, and we would rather believe that our
Ministry has not dared to make the demand, than to
suppose that Lord Aberdeen has not paid any attention
to it. The King has been greatly welcomed, and
harangued at Windsor, but the good wishes of the
British Cabinet for the King, do not go the length of
recalling an officer who pronounced uncivil words before
his son. It was the guns of the same Sir Robert Wilson
which lately sank the Spanish vessel the Rayo, and
although M. Martinez de la Rosa has declared that he
expected satisfaction for that savage act, be assured,
that the satisfaction if it ever be accorded, shall not be..
accompanied by the recal of the Governor of Gibraltar.'.'

We have also to complain of this journal for occa-
sionally misrepresenting, and willingly too, state-
ments which appear in The Sun. But the other day
we published a paragraph from the Bombay Courier,
announcing, with some bitterness, that a French ves-
sel of war had fired upon the Sam arang, an English
merchant vessel. The offensive remarks are imputed
to The Sun, while we distinctly gave our authority—
namely the Bombay Courier.

Of a piece with the attack on Sir ROBERT WILSON
is the following, made by the National on Mr. FETHER•
STONHAUGH, the new British Consul at Havre:—
" Not only are we ill informed in France of what
passes abroad, but we are often unacquainted with facts
that concern us at home. It is thus that no one has re-
marked a recent appointment at Havre. The choice of
Lord Aberdeen is, however, very significatory, and if M.
Guizot was not the organ of Engish interests in the
Cabinet, he ought, without doubt, have refused the
exequator to the person just sent us by our neighbours.
M. Fetherstonhaugh is nothing more or less than the
worthy rival of that Turnbull who is so well remem-
bered at Cuba. He has been placed at Havre only to
watch our commerce, and to seek, in the outfit of our
ships, some indications which may justify a visit of the
right of search to our shipping. Has not this gentleman
many claims on the abolitionist society of London ? Is
he not author of a journey among the slave holding states
of America ? The installation of Mr. Featherstonhaugh
at Havre is easily accounted for. There our coasts are
watched from Brest to Bayonne, by agents more or less
recommended to the French Government."

A good deal of business was done at TORTONI'S on
Sunday, in consequence of the announcement in the
Aloniteur respecting the loan. The Three per Cents.
were done at 82f. 55c. to 82f. 65c. for the next settle-
ment, and for the end of December 83f. 50c. was asked.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The following late intelli-
gence was received here this morning :—" Lima,
August 19.—Vivanca has been defeated, and having
been brought prisoner to this city, was banished to
Mexico by the Constitutional Council which governs
the city. General Castello has taken possession of
Arequipa, and is now advancing upon this city. It
is supposed that the Council will not oppose his au-
thority here."

INCENDIARISM AT ST. NZOTS.—The inhabitants
of St. Neots were greatly alarmed by the sight of a
fire at the back of the Cross Keys Inn, in the
occu-
pation of Mrs. Arnold. The vile hand chose a
wheat-cock for his base purpose, which was quickly
ono mass of flame, and was soon consumed.
Another, containing fifty loads of wheat, caught
fire, hut through the exertions of the neighbours, and
the good feeling evinced by the lower classes, part
was saved, a smart rain continuing all the time. The
St. Neots engine, althopg-li not 200 yards from
the conflagration, was not at work for half an hour
after the event, the key of the engine-house not
being obtained. Mrs. A. has the same labourers em-
ployed as at all times, having made no change, nor has
she fur thirty years used a thrashing-machine ; there-
fore no clue at present can be obtained to the perpetrator
of so diabolical an act. The best of order and good
feeling was shown by every one present, as the whole
town was in danger from the position of ,the wind and
situation of the premises. We are hapo 6 announce
that Mrs. A. is insured in the Norwich Union.—Cam-
bridge Chronicle,