The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

REIGN AND OF THE REGENCY.

Art. 54. The Sovereign is a minor until the attain-
ment of the fourteenth year.
Art. 55. When the Sovereign shall be a minor, the
father or the mother, or, in default of them, the nearest
relation, shall exercise the Regency during the whole
time of the minority.
Art. 56. The nearest relative, in order to exercise
the Regency, must be a Spaniard, and be twenty
years of age.
Art. 57. The Regent shall exercise royal authority,
and shall publish the Act 3 of the Government in the
name of the Sovereign.
Art. 58. The Regent shall exercise the royal autho-
rity, and shall take an oath before the Cortes to be
faithful to the Sovereign, and to observe the Con,titu-
tion and the laws. If the Cortes, in such case, be not
assembled, the Regent shall convoke them imme-
diately, and in the meantime shall take the oath before
the Council of Ministers, engaging, at the same time,
to repeat it before the Chambers.
Art.s9. If there shall be no person on whom the
Regency devolves of right, the Cortes shall appoint a
Regency, composed of one, three, or five persons.
Until this nomination shall take place, the Council
of Ministers shall govern the kingdom provisionally.
Art. 60. Shall be guardian of the Sovereign minor
the person named by the deceased Sovereign in his
will, provided he be a Spaniard by birth. If no
guardian be named in the will, the father or mother
while remaining unmarried shall be guardian.
CHAPTER IX.—OF THE MINISTERS.

Art. 61. Everything ordered or decided on by the
Sovereign, in the exercise of his authority, shall be
signed by the Minister to whom it belongs, and no
public functionary shall be bound to obey any order
without this formality.
Art. 62. The Ministers may be either senators or
deputies, and take part in the discussion in either
chamber.

Chapter X. relates to the powers and functions of
the judges, which are defined and guarded ; and the
judges are to be responsible for all infractions of the
law; justice to be administered in the name of the
Sovereign.
Chapter XI. relates to the provincial assemblies
and ayuntamientos.
Chapter XII. relates to the revenue, and points out
how the contributions are to be imposed, collected,
and applied.
Art. 75 provides that the public debt is to be under
the especial safeguard of the nation.

CHAPTER X. 111.----01" THE AR➢IED FORCE.

Art. 76. The Cortes shall, year by year, on the pro-
position of the Sovereign, fix the amount of the armed
force by land and by sea.
Additional Article. The provinces beyond the seas
(colonies) shall be governed by special laws made in
each case.

THE DOUBLE SUICIDE NEAR
KILMARNOCK.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

The two persons, whose bodies were found in the
Irvine, stayed at the Wheat Sheaf, Irvine, for eight
days, during which time they enjoyed themselves by
visiting the various interesting places about the country.
By their inquiries they seemed to have'a high regard
for antiquities, going one day to Dundonald, another to
Kilwinning. They also went to the Tournament ground,
which place they said they had come all the way from
England to see. They were at Irvine parish church,
and, as strangers, attracted some notice ; the lady
seemed rather old-fashioned and bare in her dress. On
their arrival at the Wheat Sheaf they bargained about
their bed and board, which they paid at various inter-
vals ; and, on leaving, presented one of the daughters
with a handsome bead purse, containing half-a-crown, as
a keepsake. They left Irvine on Thursday, the 3d inst.,
with the intention, as they said. of taking the Fleetwood
boat, but they no doubt must have changed their route
and gone to Kilmarnock. They seemed attentive and
affectionate to each other, took up with no person, but
walked out and in by themselves ; the gentleman some-
times visiting the coffee-room, while the lady employed
herself in knitting and sewing.—Greenock Advertiser.
The real names of the suicides are yet unascertained,
nor is it certain that the address evidently designedly
placed in the male's hat, will afford the right clue. The
mark " B " on the seals and on the shirt of the male
would, of itself, tend to throw great doubt on the name
being Atkinson, as ite apparently wished to he believ, d.
An examination, however, of the articles left in the inn
shows not only no trace of the name of Atkinson, but
traces of another name, and positive proof of the efforts
of the devoted pair to conceal their identity. The
portmanteaus were found filled with articles of female
apparel, and only the under clothes of the male, all of
which that arc marked at all bear the mark " B," as on
the linen on his person.—Kilmarnock Herald.

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR NO-
VEMBER.—This Number well sustains the reputation of
the New Monthly. The first article, " Scenes of So-
ciety," by a new contributor, is a most striking story of
the marriage of a heartless man of fashion, whose wife
meets her end by secret poison. The liveliness and
abandon with which this tale is told contrast curiously
with the nature of the subject and the unexpected de-
nouement. The author of " Peter Priggins" gives us a
spirited sketch, called " The First Meet of the Setvon."
The portion of the" Talleyrand Papers" contained in this
Number comprises the True History of the Diamond
Necklace, and forms one of the most interesting of this
remarkable series of papers. Mrs. Trollope's " Ro-
bertses" have progressed on their Travels as far as
Germany, and are characterised by as much amusing
vulgarity and assurance as ever. The "Conversations
with the late Author of Vathek, Part 5," chronicle a vast
number of Mr. Beckford's opinions on literature and
art, men and things, expressed in the most pointed and
tranchante manner. " The Outcast" is one of the wild
and wonderful tales of " The Medical Student," lacking
nothing of his usual energy and force of colouring. Mr.
Laman Blanchard's paper, " Talk of the Devil— !" is
hittpy specimen of this favourite writer's humorous
powers. Miss Eliza. Cook contributes a charming lyric,
entitled " My Old Straw Hat ;" and that capital satire,
" Social Piracy," is brought to a conclusion with the
total smash of the Grand Universal Providence As
surance Company, and the consequent flight of the famous
family of the Hawkes.

OLD COIN.—A beautiful gold coin, of the reign of
Edward 111., was recently discovered on baring some
grounds at the lime works at Levit Hag, near this town.
The coin is a quarter noble, of the value of one shining
and eightpence of the period, and weighs one penny-
weight and four and a half grains. Obverse—" Edward,
Die. Gra. Rex. Angl.," the royal arms within a tressure
of eight arches, pointed:with trefoils. Reverse—" Ex-
altobtur, in Gloria," in a double tressure, with Fleurs-
de-lis and lions in the arches, a cross fleury, with trefoils
in the angles. It was probably minted at a period from
1360 to 1369, as during the interval the title of Edward,
as King of France, does not occur on his coins ; but he
resumed the claim in the latter year. The words " Die
gratis" appear on the English coins, for the first time in
the reign of Edward M.—Doncaster Chronicle.
MARISCHAL COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.—The Senatus
Acadeinicus of Marischal College and University, Aber-
deen, at a meeting held on the 26th current, unanimously
conferred the degree of L.L.D. on William Pyper, A.M.,
who has been recently appointed Professor of Humanity
in the University of St. Andrews. Dr. Pyper is an
alumnus of Marischal College, and by his acknowledged
superiority as a classical scholar, and his eminent
services in the cause of education, has well earned the
distinguished honour conferred upon him by his ulna
miter,