The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-15 00:00:00

'6B, or has not, a legal right to a certain charge
entailed upon the property of the parish, from the do-
nation of some owner of that property at a remote
period. If the claim be legal, there is no abuse or
exaction in it if not, it does not exist. Further, we
• doubt the writer's assertion, that Parliament ever re-
'gulated the revenues of the church. Henry VIM, by
an act of individual tyranny; seized upon a large part
of the property of the Church, and applied it to the
purposes of Court corruption : but in this, if Parlia-
ment had any thing to do, it was merely as the tool of
that monarch's arbitrary power.

It would appear that hostile movements were going
on in the South 'Western part of India, at the very
moment we were besieging Bhurtpore. Letters from
Madras mention that the Rajah of Kolapoor, havin'g
&UM in keeping some of the terms of the late treaty,
brigade of troops, under Lieut. Colonel TAYLOR
had been despatched against him in December last,
and, according to the latest accounts, was encamped
within a few miles of Kolapoor, waiting the RAJA it's
answer to our demands. A statement was afloat that the
Rajah had made preparati oils for a vigorous defence, brit
we ratherthink the treatment ofhis neighbours at Kittoor
on afonner occasion would operate as a caution to him.
The town of Kolapoor is described as being well
built, and situated in a valley between a curved range
of hills, which protect it on three sides, and moun-
tains at the distance of seven miles. The fort does
not appear to be very strong, and depends more 'on
the ditch for security than any other part of the
defences.
Two forts, which are said to be strong,
anti,
pernaps are so from situation, stand in the range
. of mountains which shuts in the valley ; but all com-
munication between them and the town might be cut
off with case. The Rajah is represented as being a
man of rather a fierce aspect, a great sportsman, and
expert in all the arts of native warfare. The cholera
had unfortunately made its appearance in our camp,
and in many instances proved fatal.

We have received. Cape Town Gazettes to the 12th
of May, but they are entirely destitute of interest.

Accounts from Hayti, by way of' France, to the
23d of June, state that a regular packet conveyance
from Port-au-Prince to Kingston in Jamaica had been
established. The English Consul-General is report-
. ed to have met with serious difficulties in arranging
• , the commercial relations with England.
Extract of a letter from Santiago de Chile, dated
April 19, 1826 :—" This Government has sold to the
State of Buenos-Ayres the frigate Maria Isabel, and
the corvettes Independencia and Cltaca6ueo : they
will go round to the River Plate and endeavour to
raise the blockade."
. The finaircial state of Spain, now that an impro'ved
situation of affairs has taken place in Portugal, is at-
- erecting very general attention, and various propo-
sitions, it is said, have already been submitted for
restoring it to a wholesome condition. One of the
most eminent capitalists in this city, it is said, has
taken the lead on this occasion. His plan is to
convert the Cortes Bonds into a kind of deferred
stock, and to cancel the arrears of interest. One quar-
ter of the whole amount, he proposes, should at once
be inscribed as a debt, bearing interest, and that, of the
remainder of the bonds, 10 per cent. should every year
undergo the same process. Spain is to be required as a proof
of sincerity in the contract, to send two noblemen of the
strank to England, as negociators for its conclusion ;
and this.step having satisfied the leading capitalists of
. London and Parit, a coalition would be formed among
them to advance such further sums, in the shape of a
loan, as the state of Spanish credit and resources
should be found to justify. Such a scheme as this, it
is evident, is at-all events, too early, and that if any
attempt should be made to carry it into effect now, it
must inevitably fail. All the old objections against
lending money to Spain remain in full force, and will
do so, while the present Government exists. A poli-
tical reform of some kind must precede the regenera-
tion of Spanish finance, and we think that those who
who engage in it beforehand will commit no small in-
discretion, and may even retard the arrival of that pe-
riod when the undertaking can alone be commenced
with safety.-- Times.