The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-21 00:00:00

rilK SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E

which the Spanish Cortes are composed which tsxembled
on the day when Queen Isabella 11. attained the age
prescribed by the Constitution for ascending the throne
of her ancestors. The middle classes will have no re-
presentatives in the Chambers. It may easily be con-
ceived that all these heterogeneous elements, this dif-
ference of opinions, of principles, of exigencies, and of
miserable jealousies, will convert the Chamber into a re-
gular camp of .LA gramont, and that the work which will
result from all these exalted passions can neither bear
the stamp of wisdom or of stability which becomes the
code destined to define the political rights of a civilised
nation."
The Herald() of the 12th instant states that the
Stock Exchange was seriously affected by the decrees
published on the 9th instant. The Minister of
Finance had completely deceived himself. The
hopes of the State creditors had been frustrated, and
a disastrous fall in the funds was the consequence.

The Three per Cents. were Bono at 26k for cash,
and 26i at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 20i for
cash, and 20 5-16 at 60 days.

The Paris papers in general contain articles on the
new Belgian tariff, which they admit is chiefly
directed against English manufactures. They at the
same time, however, condemn a system so ruinous to
commerce. The Constitutionnel thus adverts to it :
"The Belgian Government has organised a customs
agitation. Not a month passes without its publish-
ing some order to modify the entrance duties on cer-
tain goods. At one time it is to frighten Prussia, at
another it is to lay a snare for France, and, again, to
let England see that there are customs in Belgium.
The last changes in the tariff refer to machinery,
chemical produce, cotton and silk goods, tulles, and
lace. The duties on these different articles are aug-
mented in pretty considerable proportions. However,
France and the Zollverein are temporarily excepted
from the measure, and the new duties are not to be
applicable to our cotton tissues until after a year has
elapsed; silk tissues are to enjoy the exemption
during the continuance of the treaty of July 16,
1842, that is about twenty months. With respect to
the Zollverein, the old duty will still subsist for six
years. At the end of a year Belgium will tell us,
without doubt, that the additional tax will affect our
cotton tissues, if we do not make her some new con-
cession, and a little after she will demand the re-
newal of the treaty of July 16, threatening us, in
case of refusal, to increase the duty on our silks.
All this is puerile. It is a bad way of preparing the
road for arriving at a commercial arrangement. If
Belgium totally prohibited our silks and other tissues
we should lose a market of seven or eight millions,
which is very insignificant for our foreign commerce.
If, by way of reprisals, we should close France to
the linen, threads, and cloths of our neighbours, we
should reduce their exports to 18,000,000 or
20,000,000, and should ruin their linen trade. Let
them look at the question in this point of view, and
they will then perhaps renounce this sad system of
tactics, which shows so little experience and good
faith."

The Globe, however, blames the French Govern-
ment even more than the Belgian, for want of libe-
rality in commercial intercourse. After pointing out
the arrangements and concessions made by both coun-
tries up to 1838, it says :—" Now, let us see, how
the two Governments have since acted. The Belgian
Government has maintained all the concessions, while
the French Government has successively and almost
completely withdrawn them, so that there remain
scarcely any of those granted by the French ordon-
nances of the Bth of July, 1834 ; 10th of October
and 28th of December, 1835 ; by the two laws of the
2d and 3d of July, 1836, except the reductions in
the duties on linen cloths, and even these are almost
annihilated by the ordonnance of the 24th of
September, 1840, and by M. DELESPAUL'B amend-
ment with regard to thread. Things were in this
state when forth came the ordonnance of the 26th of
June, 1842, which, by a general measure, doubled
the entrance duties on threads and linen cloths. Was
it just to impose this aggravation of duties on Bel-
gium, which had paid for the reduction of the duty
upon linen by such numerous and important conces-
sions ? Certainly not. The concession of the 16th
of July, therefore, was not a favour but an act of
justice. We shall not carry our patriotism so far as
to disguise the truth, and we are of opinion that we
render a greater service to our country by pointing
out to it an error or an act of injustice, than by
endeavouring to conceal it."
To say the least of this new system, amounting
almost to prohibition, it shows anything but a
friendly disposition on the part of King LEoroLD.
The Journal des Debats has an article blaming, in
rather strong terms, Captain BRUAT for publishing
dispatches at Otaheite before they had been sub-
mitted to the Government at home. "M. BRUAT,"
it says, " set a bad example, and therefore we thought
it necessary to protest. There cannot be any pri-
vilege for M. BRUAT. Whether he is 4,000 leagues
distant from France or not does not affect the
question. At 4,000 leagues as well as 200 the prin-
ciples are the same. Had M. BRUAT a right to publish
officially his report? Could he make himself a judge,
and the only judge, of the utility and propriety of
this publication ? If this state of things be per-
mitted, what M. BRUAT did all our agents would be
authorised to do ; and not only would they be
authorised to do it, but the Opposition would soon
imperiously require them to do it. M. BRUAT is a
brave officer, but see how he has increased in import-
ance in the eyes of the Opposition since this indis-
creet publication ! He is a hero, and we want to
make a victim of him ! Would it not, in fact, be con-
venient for the Opposition to receive at the same time
as the Government the dispatches of our Ambassadors,
and the reports of our officers by sea and land ?
Would it not be agreeable to oppose the Ministry
and sometimes to cut its throat with its own
arms, with the documents received from its
agents? And then, let the Government take
it into its head to refuse anything to a

commandant of a province or colony who shall have
transmitted his demand by the channel of his private
Moniteur. All this, we repeat, is anarchy. If M.
BUUAT acted without reflection, we have considered it
our duty to reflect on it very seriously, and if M.
BRVAT is excusable, those who supporthere a principle
subversive of all government and of all order are not
so." The result probably will be his speedy recal.
The Paris papers contain the following speech
made by the Sub-Prefect to the Kuia on landing at
Calais :

" Sire, during your absence we have listmed with pro-
found sympathy to the echoes of the acclamations with
which you were saluted on the friendly soil of Great
Britain, and bythe side of her august Sovereign, to whom
we have offered from afar our respects and grateful good
wishes. Sire, this memorable day, on which you are
restored to us, will be the finest in the annals of the
faithful city of Calais, and it is in the full effusion of our
hearts that we exclaim Vive le Roi

His MAJESTY thanked him for expressions so conge--
nial to his own feelings, and added that he was happy
to find himself again among the inhabitants of Calais,
who had given him already so many proofs of attach-
ment.

The Journal des Debau contains the following
curious remarks on the speech of the Queen of

SPAIN :-

" We find ourselves in the singular position of having
to rectify an erratum. We have again examined the
original text of the speech delivered IV Queen Isabella
at the opening of the Cortes, and we sees there that the
Constitutional Government of Spain expresses a wish
that the field of political discussions sb.ould hereafter be
closed. We confess that we feel me ire regret for this
error on account of the Spanish Go vernment than we
could have for ourselves. If it were limply intended, as
we still believe it was, to express a aope that the prin-
ciple of government should be placed beyond discussion,
it is unfortunate that terms were not, used less capable
of a malevolent interpretation. But if it were true,
which we feel it impossible to imagine, that a Parliamen-
tary Government should entertain die idea of convoking
a deliberative assembly, to impress upon it the necessity
of maintaining silence, in that case we should decline to
make an apology for so strange a manner of compre-
hending free institutions, and we should be compelled to
acknowledge that those who feel themselves scandalised
at it are not entirely in error."
THE BOURSE—SATUV DAY, OCT. 19.

"Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cants.-- 118 35 .. 118 45 .. 118 30 .. 118 35
Four-and-a-llalf.. 111 70 • • 111 70 111 70 .• 111 70
Three per Cents••••• 82 20 .. 82 25 •• 82 20 .• 82 25
Bank of France ••••.••3052 50 "3.052 50 ••3052 50 —3052 50
Letitia Bank, I,ooof Sharesll2o ..:1120 ..1120 ..1120
5,000 f Sharesso42 50 ..2 045 ..5012 50 ..5045
Belgian Bank.. •• 665 .. 665 .. 665 .• 665
Belgian Fives, 1831 •
1840 1031 1031 103{
.. 1031
1842 •••• 105 .. 105 .. 105 .. 105
Spanish Pa55ive........................ 51
Active ••••• • • • • • 321 321 • • 32i .. 32:
• - Threes.. 35 „. 35 35 .. 35
Perineum Five per Cents.. 501 .. .. 501 • • 501
Neapolitan• ••••••• • • • • • •• 58 65 .. 98 65 .• 98 65 • • 98 65
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Orleans •• ..... •• •••.....1016 ••1017 50 ..1015 .•1017 50
Frfrasburg, to 11510 .•• • • • .... 280 • • 280 • • 277 50 • 278 75
Avignon 1.0 1iith:4,11,_68;;;;,, 7AI 25 • 781 25 781 25 .. 781 25
RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE AC&A11.72, ^^TOBER 31.
Versaiiles,R.B.•••••••• 397 50 •• 397 50 .. 397 50 •• WY? 50
L.B.•••• •• •• •• •• 285 285 280 •• 280
Rouen ••••••• •• •••• •••1018 •.1026 25 ..1018 75 ..1026 25
Rouen to Havre•• ••••• 770 •• 170 •• 768 76 .. 770
Orleans ••••••••••••••••••1016 25 ..1017 50 —lOl6 25 ..1017 50
Sittnibutg to Dale— • • • • .... 277 50 •• 276 75 .. 277 50 .. 278 75
Avignon to Marseilles •......781• 25 •• 781 25 . 781 25 781 25

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(TIIIS DAY.)
The twelfth session of the present Mayoralty com-
menced this day, before the Recorder, the new Sheriffs,
(Aldermen William Hunter and Sydney), Aldermen
Sir Chapman Marshall, Kelly, and other civic func-
tionaries.
The grand jury having been sworn, were charged by
the Recorder, who said that since the last session there
were 182 persons committed for trial, of whom no less
than six stood charged with the crime of wilful murder.
It would be for the grand jury, however, to say, after
hesring the evidence that would be laid before them,
whether in some of them it would sustain a charge of a
graver offence than that of manslaughter. having ex-
plained the law of murder, the Recorder alluded to other
serious offences which appeared in the calendar, which,
however, presented no peculiar features ; and having
explained to them the nature of their duties generally,
he dismissed them to their room.
THE CALENDAR.
The following is a summary. of the calendar:—Arson,
1; bigamy, 1; child dropping in the public street, 2; un-
lawfully uttering counterfeit coin, 3 ; cutting and wound-
ing, 8; embezzelment, 5; horse stealing, 2; larceny, 68;
ditto, in a dwelling-house, 7; ditto, from the person, 15;
ditto, by servants, 31; sending a threatening letter, 1;
manslaughter, 1; misdemeanour, 17; murder, 6; rape,
1; receiving stolen goods, 6; robbery, 6; shooting with
intent to murder, I.—Total, 182.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Jobe Townsend, a porter, was charged before Mr.
Hall, with stealing a silk pocket-handkerchief, the pro-
perty of James Osborne, Esq., of Gloucestershire.
Mrs. Osborne stated that she had been staying at the
house of Mr. Howard, solicitor, Essex-street, Strand.
Last week she purchased a chest of very peculiar con-
struction, which was fastened with a secret spring. The
prisoner was recommended by the person from whom
she purchased the trunk to pack it, and she agreed to
pay him as. for doing so. She had purchased a quan-
tity of plate, and other valuable articles, and the pri-
soner was engaged all day on Saturday in packing the
chest. After this was done, and the chest was fastened
up, she beard the spring of the lid snap. Upon opening
the chest in the afternoon several valuable articles were
missed, and as no one knew how to open the chest but
the prisoner suspicion fell upon him, and a policeman
was sent to his lodgings. He at once acknowledged to
having stolen the handkerchief, which he pledged at a
pawnbroker's near to Temple Bar. The other missing
articles had not been found.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence.
Mr. HALL said this was a very serious case. The
prisoner had been recommended as a confidential per-
son, and had taken advantage of that recommendation to
rob his employer.—He was committed for trial.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY).
William Cokely, a little boy, about fourteen years of
age, was brought up on a charge of obstructing the foot-
pavement, by crying walnuts.
Mr. GREENwooD—What was he doing ? Policeman
—Crying walnuts.
Mr. GREENwoon—I am not aware that crying walnuts
is an offence according to Act of Parliament. Police-
man—But the inhabitants have been complaining of it.
Mr. GREENWOOD—I dare say they have, but as the
offence is not included in the Act of Parliament, I can't
interfere. Policeman—He was making a noise.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Let the boy be discharged.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Arthur Bowden, a respectably •dressed youth was
charged with stealing a book of the value of 2s. 6d.,
from the shop of Mr. Richard Kimpton. On Saturday
evening last the son of the prosecutor observed the pri-
soner creep under the book-stall and adroitly draw from
it the book in question. He was pursued and taken into
custody but the stolen property was not found in his
possession.
Mr. MALTBY said he should remand the prisoner
until Thursday to ascertain more about him.

MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY)
Catherine Sullivan, an itinerant seller of fruit, was
fined ss. for exposing a basket of walnuts for sale yes-
terday (Sunday) between twelve and one o'clock, in
Tottenham-court-road.
[How does the decision in this case agree with the
decision of Mr. Greenwood in a similar case at Clerken-
well? For the sake of humanity we hope that Mr. Green-
wood's view of the law is the correct one.—ED. Sun.]

UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Eliza Davis, a well• looking young female, was charged
before Mr. Traill with stealing two sovereigns, some
articles of jewellery, and other property, belonging to
Mr. Wyatt, her master.
Mr. Payne, the barrister, stated the case, from which
it appeared that in Juno last the prisoner, who was an
inmate of the Female Penitentiary, at Pentonville, was
taken into the service of the complainant. In the ab-
sence of Mrs. Wyatt from town, a criminal intercourse
took place between her husband and the prisoner, which
was continued up to the month of August, when she
absconded, taking with her the above property.
The prisoner, in her defence, declared that the articles
were given to her by the complainant. She produced
three letters, purporting to have been written to her by
the complainant, after she quitted his service. The fact
was, she was enciente by him, and he sought these means
to rain her.
The complainant was handed the letters, and he de-
clared that he was not the writer of them ; and he also
declared that the accusation against this person was not
brought forward for the purpose she had asserted.
The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday.

ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT
SOCIETY.--(THIS DAY.)
A numerous meeting of the subscribers and sup-
porters of this charitable institution was held this day
at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. The
chair was taken shortly after twelve o'clock by Admiral
Lord Radstock. Amongst those present, we noticed
Capt. Feade, Capt. Dickinson, Lieut. Andrews, Lieut.
Thomas Bedford, Capt. H. Hope, Commander T. G.
Dick, Capt. Beague, &c. &c. The secretary commenced
by reading a statement of the finances of the society for
the last year.
Sir George White was appointed Vice-President, in
the room of Sir John Beresford, deceased.
After the transaction of some further routine business,
the amount of money to be expended in donations to
officers in the navy, their widows, or their orphans, who
were in distressed circumstances, was stated to be about
5001.
A vote of thanks was then passed with acclamation to
the Chairman, who briefly returned thanks, and the meet-
ing separated.