The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-26 00:00:00

SPTIIIT or THE PUBLIC JOMINALS.

It seems to be confirmed.. that the Spanish King Fer-
dinand is struck with horror at the gift of a eharter to
,Portugal, "by his unnatural neighbour Don Pedro. The
jealous Monarch takes for granted that his own subjects
Sitntiet duly appreciate the blessing,s which under his mild
and legitimate administration they have so uninterruptedly!
enjoyed ; but that they Will be new-flingled and tasteless
enough to envy the Portugliese their trumpery coestitu-
tion. This is a bad compliment to the charms of legiti-
macy, or to the discernment and gratitude of Spain: If
it be true, as we have had it repeatedly asserted, that the
great bulk of. the Spanish nation loved their old Govern—
ment, and were averse to changes, which only a handful
ref half-witted revolutionists had ever thought of wpm-
Plishing, what Mischief can happen to his Catholie
iestYi or to the Monks who guide him, from 'the sitting
HP of a worse form of policy,
.and one less liked by the
.. ds ripanuir ,in a eeighbouring State ? The juxta position,
one might suppose, would but help to show off the supe-
rior beauties of paternal government, and gain prose-
: lytes to legitimacy, instead of diminishing its partizans.--.
However, a fact hat; just transpired, which may have
tended in some degree to shake the confidence of King
Ferdinand in the strength of the..good old! cause,
whtm brought to the test, of national feeling among the
Spaniards ; for it ,appears that the constitution, when
proclaimed at Lisbon on the 13th inst. was received with
the loudest demonstrations of joy. This intelligence rests
on the authority of an express arrived at Paris last. Sunday
from the Portuguese capital. From Spain itself the ac-
counts are unquestionable which state the extreme 1111,
easiness of the Court of Madrid at the contiguity of a free
eonstitution. In • composing the Upper Chamber, Don
Pedro is described as attempting a plausible contrivance,
by naming to the rank of Peers all those members of the
high nobility and clergy who had been previously signaliz-
ed for their attachment to the Queen of Portugal. By
• this piece of ingenuity it is presumed that the said Peers,
whether lay 'or clerical, will be bought off, and the
Queen's party weakened in the same proportion. We
are always doubtful of the success of Such compromises:
the men so raised are never grateful; and when made in-
dependent of; the power which appointed them, seldom
fail to Apply their new means to the indulgence of their
former prepossessions. As for the constitution itself, it is
said to have been of British manufacture, through Sir
Charles Stuart. We hope, therefore, that if his Ex-
sae," has pledged his Government in any ostensible
shape to a transaction so important, he will have done
it in a manner too dexterotis to provoke a similar dis.
avowal to that which was inflicted on him a few months
ago. That a free constitution effected any where by ,1
English interference Would be an object of jealousy to
certain other Powers, will be believed on slight authority.
To make one man free who was before in bondage, no matter
what his colour or his clime, is a direct encroachment on
the soil of despotism, and like land redeemed from the
ocean, becomes a chosen mark for the fury of that fretful
'and vindictive element. Whatever ability Sir C. Stuart
possesses; will, it is probable, be called into full play,kby
the representatioits of the Spanish Court to its Royal
Allies, on this veil alarming event, But the thing. has,
in one respect, been cautiously managed. There is no.
hitch, in ;t; mottos operandi has been aecundant orient;'
the means employed have been furnished by legitimate
precedent; due care. has been had that time great " mo-
narchieul principle" should he rigorously enforced, hi this
extinction of arbitrary Government---sfor no right what-
ever was claimed for the people of Portugal--the Royal
origin of all earthly.power was' gravely
,and punctiously
implied. The King (before his abdication) gave his sub-,
jects liberty,' which we are told can never be a valid pos-
session to arty people, except the manner of obtaining the
boon be such as involves an acknowledgment that they
had no rig/ii to ask it! The logic of autocracy is not un-
worthy of so ancient and original a school. As a report
sufficiently curious to he mentioned, we may notice that
of some progress having been made a abort time
back in a scheme of Representativ'e Government for the
Spaniards, under the joint auspices of Mr. Canning and
of the Duke del Incanted° ! but that it was defeated, as
indeed such a league was sure to he, by the influence of
the courtiers and of the clergy, When the Spaniards de-
serve liberty they will achieve it.-7lntes:
The public will have noticed by a recent Gazette, that
there were in circulation, on the Bth inst., notes of the
Bank of England, under 61., to the amount of 1,358,000/.;
and all the commercial, world are asking, where does this
sort of money efretilate? It is not known in the city—it
is not seen among the hunkers—commerce therefore re-
sinire& it not—the .cireelating medium among merehanmts
and men of bosincsa has become more sound and solid
than before. Sovereigns and large 111 AI 'S have in their
tialtsactions essefried the place IViti,•ll they ought 4ways
to have occupied,' and have expelled on one side long-
winded bills of eSchenge; on the other, this trash of
small notes. On examining a little more closely, it up-
pears that it is the Treasury---the paper-deprecating, gold-
restoring Treasury, with Lord Liverpool at its head, and
other Government offices, that pay' their dependants in
this base currency; andby them is it sent through the king-
dom. If it was the bona fde wish of Mr. Robertson to
give the poorer classes of the nation the benefit of a, me-
tallic currency, he would call for gold from the Bank of
England, and show time Merchants and country bankers
that he himself believed the doctrines which he defended.
The Finance Minister ought at least to have left to other
hands, a work eo inconsistent with all his own declared

It gives us ,much pleasure to observe, that the moldier 1
of bankrupts is tlecressing. iii last Ttiesday's Gazette i
there were only ten, sod the same number on Friday.
There have not been so few any ,we week for tin: last six
months. On Saturday, the, 2Stli of January last, there
were no less than sixty. Now,if an increase of the num-
ber of bankruptcies is a proof of the unprosperotat state
of the country, a decrease must likewise be a proof of its
prosperity. Should this prosperous state of affairs eon.
untie—and prosperous certainly it may be called to a eel.-
tain extent, it is probable that we shall have another pros»
perity speech from Mr. Robinson, at the opening of Par.
linment'^-4 speech similar to that notable one which has
given hint a new cognomen, as effectually as if it had been
granted by Royal authority, and published in the Gaunt.
" Parliament,' said he, on that occasion, " the true
Source of such general happiness, may enjoy the proud,
the 'delightful satisfaction, of looking round upon the face
of ajoyona country, smiling in plenty, and animated with
what I hoped to see—uurestrieted industry, content, corn.
fort,.prosperity and order, hand in hand, dispense front
the ancient portals of a Constitutional monarchy their in.
estimable bleSsinga among 41. ia , . }ppy, united,
and in it
never
be forgotten—a grateful people. ' We si) 11' trely hope,
however, that if he should boast of the
country, lie will eanfine himself to pro:Verity of the
plain language, and
avoid all allusion to the " ancient portals," and the hand•
in-hand march of industry, content, comfort, prosperity,
and order. Such language in a. financial statement only
Mr. Robinson ought to recollect that there
excites. ridicule.
are a great many people on the look.out for such foolish
expressions—people who envy him his 'situation', ' who
covet the ,good things in Church and State as eitgerlir as
he can do himself, and who gladly lay hold of such an
opportunity of turning him and his plans into contempt.
. Lie must know, that there are many on the Opposition
benches who would Willingly change sides with bim, and
there are writers too who. would have no objection to
some of those places and pensions which they now rail
Why, therefore, should
against so bitterly'. . h . he put him.
f at. envious spirit which
self in their power, and grat.4-Y 1 ' d b
leads. them to seize every occasion to torment an barites
him ? Resides the folly of affording them sixth a lian e,
there is the greatest absurdity in giving 4,finrincial state-
ment in such flowery and bombastical languag ,r . It ean
only tend to involve in mystery things which ought to be
stated clearly, and Made intelligible to every man in the
kingdom. When the. present diltaiss, therefore, shall
have subsided, .vvheititi4a4i niiite urn: for the better,
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and the country resumes its -fair position, we trust that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his financial state-
ment, will profit from the experience of the, Session' be-
fore the last., and avoid those poetical quotations and
classical allusions which have hitherto formed sea promi-
nent parts of his speech.---Marning Herald.
The publication of Mr. Beaumont's letter to Earl Grey,
and the consequent correspondence, which has appeared
in all the papers, is one of the most unjustifiable proceed-
ings we ever witnessed; and carries upon the face of it all
the sourness, resentment, and disappointment of modern
Whigism, 'which spares neither friend .nor foe to gratify
those amiable propensities. Had such a violation of com-
mon decorum been put in'practice by any one in the con-
fidence or support of Government, what an indignant
blustering and canting bewailing we should have witnessed
both from the Whig and Radical Press ; but now, forsooth,
it is coolly justified on the ground of Mr. Beaumont's hard
knocks at these same Whigs. There was no period when
such an exposure of private scandal, and that of the most
loathsome description, could have been justifiable; but
could it ever have been palliated, it would have been by
its publication previous to the Northumberland election,'
on the result of which it would, in all probability, have
had a serious effect. But even in that case, the end never
could have justified the means; and how much less can it
now be justified, as the angry off-scouring of private pique
and resentment? •We would fain draw a curtain over an
event, in which the privacy of domestic life is assailed in
a manner so destitute of excuse or feeling ; and should
not have recurred to the subject at all, had we not seen
attempts made to justify it, which only aggravate its in-
justice.--Morning Herald.
It is to be feared that many of the charitable institutions
in this country are productive of more detriment than ad-
vantage. In some of them the funds are shamefully mis-
appropriated, and instead of being spent on the objects of
clearity for whom they were intended, they are wasted in
the support of the individuals at the bead of the establish-
ments. Not only has much of this species of embezzle-
ment been practised on our charities, but great injury has
resulted to the morals of the poor, from the inconsiderate
manner in which they are managed. In no case is this
more remarkable thanaii the hospitals, where there are
immense numbers Oriions with trifling complaints—
some even with no coniplaint at all, who might be em-
ployed in useful labour for their own support and that
of their families. It may seem paradoxical to assert
that men would reduce themselVes so low as to enter
an hospital for the sake of the poor pittance allowed
to the sick ; and it may he thought an additional proof of
the distress of the times, when we assert that the hospitals
are at present full of persons,who would never have enter-
ed them if. it had not been to eat the bread of idleness.—
Members of benefit societies are in the habit, When resi-
dent in an hospital, of receiving a weekly allowance, which
enables them to live better there than if employed out of
doors; 'and it it but too well known to such societies how
ready many of their members are to affect sickness occa.,
sionally. The present certainly is not a moment when
any' of the means for' supporting the poor ought to be cur-
tailed; but it is surely proper to investigate the subject,
in order to prevent the idle from reaping the fruits
tended for the industrious and unfortunate. • People arc
not aware to what extent, in other particulars as well as
this, the abusei of charitable funds have been carried.
They can' -not 'imagine= how far the hypocritical swindler
ties been enabled to leiry Contributions on the public, un-
der, the mask of sacred or benevolent purposes. The faci-
lity Of deception in the case of What is called penny-ii-week
contributions, is' toe glaring to need comment. But the
whole system should be modified at the present moment.
The period •in which we live is one which calls for economy
in charity ; 'and In a scene of
.public distress like the pre-
seitt,'why should 'we persist in sending Bibles and Mis-
sionaries abroad; when men are dying at home, leaving all
hopes, present, or future, for want of bodily subsistence ?
In Order to be truly charitable,, there ought to be es scale
of importance fire every Object, awl one (dicta ought- not
to be magnified beyondits due proportion, Would the
member of a Bible Society act wisely in sending a starving
man a Bible instead of a loaf ? Would he act wisely, even
for those purposes which helms in view, if he'did not stip-
' ply first the more immediate want, and turn afterwards to
those other Objects which can only be accomplished while
the lamp of life continues to burn ?' We do not hesitate,
therefore, in saying that the funds of Bible and Missionary
Societies ,ought at this moment to be appropriated to the
relief of the distress of Our own population, instead of
going, as they do in many cases, to the support of enthit-
mastic field-preachers. ; Let UK not be understood as wish-
ing to throw disrespect on these institutions : quite the
contrary. We respect the 'religions feelings' of all men,
and we sincerely approve the doctrines of the Protestant
faith; but we cannot approve the misdirection of their
Religion lutibeen useful even in a political point of view,
in supporting the poor under their miseries and restraining
them from illegal violence. We hope that the efforts
which have been used for this purpose will not slacken,
but will be increased ; and tqe wish them every success,
consistent with our principles, and with the interests of the
Established Church. The regular Clergy will not fall
short in this respect- of the zeal of the sectarians, and their
efforts to our minds are more according to knowledge.—
Without in anywise compromising the faith of their fore-
fathers, they suffer eireumstancea to weigh with them, and
attend to the spirit more than the letter of scriptural in-
struction. To the enthusiast in religion, this may appear
lukewarmness ; to us it evinces sound judgment and true
religion. Those who direct the immense establishments
connected with religious dissent, however disinclined they
may be to retest, even for a single hour, in their efforts to
increase. Missionary :lkssociations and Bible Societies,
would do well to coniiider whether it might not be advan-
tageous, in such a case as the present, to discharge at least
a large portion of their supernumerary preachers and others
receiving stipends front their funds, in order to apply them
to the alleviation of distresses, the continuance of which
would remove so many from all chance of receiving benefit
from their spiritual exhortations,s—British :Press.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 25.
ItatIiNVIIILD V. VOLAILTS.

A motion was made in this cause to dissolve the injunction
which had been granted against the defendant. ' It appeared from
the statement of Mr. 1-fart, Counsel for the plaintiff, that in On.
toiler, 1823, Messrs. Rothschild made a purchase of bullion, to the
amount of 200,0001, from Mr. Alcedo, a South American mer.
chant. The bullion had been consigned to him by certain persons
abroad, and consisted partly of dollars, and partly of hare of silver.
The purchaser agreed to pay a portion of the amount in cash, and
for the remainder a certain quantity of French stock, equivalent to
the value of the money, was to be tratusferred to the name of M.
AlcAmdo. Before, however, the is tter part of the transaction could
be, completed, M.' Alcedo became bankrupt, and the present de.
fendant was appointed his assignee. Mr. Rothschild had no ob.
jection to complete the contract ; but ha was advised that if he did
so he might incur some responsibility as towards the principals by
whom the bullion had been transmitted, and that ha could not act,
safely without the directions of the Court.
The Loan CHANT/MI.OR, after hearing time arguments of
Counsel for all parties;- ordered the injunction to be dissolved, and
the rented to be transferred to the defendant.
Mr. HART submitted that the Court would also order the $lB-
- to take care of the interests of the parties who might been.
titled to it, and who could not he before the Court.
The Loan Coaxes:l44a saw no occasion to make any specific
order on the subject. The assignee must deal with the property
a"°"ling to law, and would of course be responsible for any mis-
application.

VICE-CRANCELLOR'St COURT, J(ILY 25.
Itimt cmit.--414notroALL.V.,' SPtlliatXtte
Mr. Cot moved in this eitse, on the part of' the defendant, for
leave to file a supplemental. answer. It WM ft bill filed for the
payment of 4 tithe of :2.5. 941, in the pound, fiir premises in the
rectory of St. Miens. The defendant had in his answer grounded
his resistance to the demand on the non-enrolment of the act of
Henry VIII. ; but *into that answer Wee -filed, be had discovered
by the answer put in by the Leathor-sellers' Company, who were
defendants in another tithe case, at the suit of the same plaintiff;

that previously to the act of Henry VIII. Am* cite tvideticA t►f
a money payment in lieu of tithes for these. particular premittee,
which were part of property held by the Leather-sellers' Com-
pany. The liftflavit on which this motion rested, stated that the
defendant had, in the manner before mentioned, discovered that
before the 'dissolution of monasteries, in the reign of Henry VIII.
and before the passing of the tithe act, there had been a money
payment of Bs. 3d. a year, paid' to the Prioress of St. Helens, at
the rate of 2s. Old, per quarter, m lieu of the tithes of these
premisc*. The affidavit farther stated, that the deponent had
reason to believe that he would be able to maintain this as a good
defence of the plaintiff's claim. He (Mr. Coe) therefore hoped
the Court would grant this application, as it would not put the
plaintiff, as far as the justice of his case, in a worse situation
than he was before.

The VICE-Pusatevaa.na....-The difficulty in this case is, Mr.
Coe, that this is seeking to commence the suit de novo—but I am
afraid you come too late for such a motion.
Mr. Cox submitted, that as this was the case of a solicitor of
that Court, who had purchased the impropriate tithes of St.
'Helens, and was suing the inhalkantafor the full tithe of Qs. 9d.
in the pound, his Honour would grant the motion, which would:
enable the defendants to meet the justice of the case.
.:The Vicri.CHANcsi,Loa.—That does not make any change in
the nature of your application here. If the plaintiff has a right to
the tithes, his claim here must be treated like that of any other
person having a similar claim. I will not say that lam not well
inclined to grant the motion ; hut I cannot do that at this time,
which which would so much prejudice the plaintiff's case.—Ap-
plimition refused, with costs.