The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-23 00:00:00

TRALEE, AUG. 15.

A petition was this day presented to the Lord
Chief Baron, by a Mr. Day, in which that individual
complained that the Office of Under Sheriff of the
county of Kerry was held by Mr. William John
Neligan, a Roman Catholic attorney, and praying
his removal. The wading of the petition, in which
Mr. Day, " as a Protestant, complained of the con-
stitutional rights of Protestants being surreptitiously
taken from them," excited great laughter.
LORD CHIEF BARON—AII I can say, Mr. Day, is,
that. I was never better attended by any Protestant
Sub-Sheriff; the Juries have been unexceptionable,
and their verdicts excellent.

Mr. O'CoNNELL—My Lord, Mr. Neligan has
taken, before one of the Barons of the Exchequer,
all the oaths required to be taken by Sub-Sheriffs,
and there is no law to prevent Roman Catholics
filling the office.
LORD 'CHIEF BARON—You ought, therefore, Mr.
O'Connell, to strike it out of the list of grievances.
Mr. O'CONNELL—I have done so long ago, my
Lord.—(Loud laughter.)

We are much pleased to learn that so excel-
lent a plan as that of a Fancy Sale, is likely to take effect
in the well known parish of Bexley, and on the spot where
charity should especially exhibit itself, namely,. within the
precincts of the Vicarage, a plaCe, besides, with which
every neighbour is acquainted, and to which strangers are
most readily directed. An attempt of this kind had been
made, we believe, some time since under inferior auspices,
and failed, it is understood, from the incompetency or un-
popularity of the party undertaking it; the present scheme
has been approved, and supported most cordially, by every
family of distinction within reasonable distances. The day
of sale too is judiciously chosen on the 12th of the tem-
perate rnp-41.h of Septeinber, and it is thought that not less
than 300 persons will be present. Ladies are vying with
each other in preparing articles fur this Fancy Sale, which
is patronised by Lord'Sxuis ay, Lord Btxr.Ev, and if re-
port may be credited, by persons of yet higher distinction....
May it be q)iccepful !

SUNDAY ANIUS4MENTS.—III an old Maga-
zine, printed about the year 1789, the writer, speaking
of persons whose liabit it was to resort to the various tea
gardens, near I.ondon, on a Sunday, calculates tirin to
go away without having spent half a crown,
amount to 2P0,000. fOt. these 4' ci4.l;,iaers iiot one Would
and, conse-
quently,-the sum of 25,0001. would have been spent in the
course of the day by this number of persons. Twenty-
five thousand, multiplied by the number of Sundays in a
year, gives, as the annual consumption of that claw of rest,
the Immense sum 01:1;800,000/..' The •ssiaer also takes
upon hitnielf to 'cal'culate the taming iitnatiou cif then,
personl as fi!llOws •
Sober 50,600
In high glee
Drunkish 30,000
Staggering tipsy lO,OOO
Muzzy
Dead drunk
e •

Total 200,000.

PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS TO THE
50Tit REotmENT.—While at Portsmouth his Royal High-
ness the Duke of CLARENCE took the opportunity of pre-.
senting new Colours to this distinguished Regiment, which
was drawn up for that purpose on Southsea Common.
The scene was very brilliant and imposing : his Royal
Highness, accompanied by the Duchess and Lady DUFF,
advanced in front of the troops, which formed three sides
of a square, and after addressing them in an animated
speech, in which he reminded them of their past achieve-
ments in Egypt, Copenhagen, and the Peninsula, presented
the Colours (the King's and the Regiment's) to the two
senior Ensigns. Their Royal Highnesses, together with a
great part of the company in attendance then honoured the
Officers of the 50th, with a dejeune, prepared for them at
the Green-row rooms.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Gazette de France dated August 21.)

PARIS, AUG. 20.—The last letters from Oporto
announce that order is entirely restored. The troubles
there continued two (lays.
BARCELONA, AUG. 11.—Los Agraviados, as the
insurgents in Catalonia call themselves, continue
their depredations. Three days ago they arrested
and shot a rich individual of Lampourdan, who
would not suffer his sheep to be taken away.

Three or four hundred of the malcontents have
entered Olot and levied contributions.
The authorities of Barcelona have caused an in-
ventory to be taken at Gracia, of the effects, left
there by el Carredol.
Ten thousand Spanish troops are expected, which
the Government has sent to quell these insurrections.
On the 19th of July the band of Bozom passed
by Baga. We have learned that emissaries from
that Chief have appeared at Puycerda, offering a
bounty to those who will enlist under the banners
of Bozom. Their emissaries promise them If. 50c.
per day.

(From the Constitutionnel.)
(EXTRACT FROST A YRIVATE LETTER.)

MADRID, AUG. 9.—We can give an account of
what is said to have taken place at one of the last
sittings of the Council of Ministers; this sitting was
of a curious and remarkable nature, the question
being the means of getting money. The Minister
of War, who first rose from his seat, spoke of the
want of money among the troops, and advised that
a military commission should be sent into the differ-
ent towns and villages to levy contributions; this
advice was rejected as dangerous, under present cir-
cumstances. The Minister of Grace and Justice spoke
in his turn, and said, that a farthing was not to be
expected from the provinces of Catalonia and Anda-
lusia, and proposed, in order to make the others pay
their taxes, to employ theßoyalist volunteers, at least
such of them as were known to be men of honour
and probity. The Minister bad hardly utteredthis
necessary condition, than all the rest burst out
laughing, and pointed out to M. Calomarde the dif-
ficulty of employing the tax-payers themselves to
make those of their number pay who did not pay,
and also the inevitable abuses which would result from
the employment of an armed force in the execution
of so delicate a measure. The advice of M. Calo-
marde was then rejected, as had been that of his pre-
decessor, the Minister of War. M. de Ballasteros
at last came, and urged that the Treasury clerks, the
intendants, and the heads of the Custom-house, with
their agents, were quite sufficient to get in ie ne-
cessary money. At these words all the other Mini-
sters asked, how then it happened that they had not
collected any for ten months, and that they ought to
be dismissed, as guilty of a negligence amounting to
treason ? The Minister replied, that the non-payment
of the taxes was in consequence of a false measure
adopted about a year back, by the whole ministry; a
measure by which all the fiscal officers who had bar
employed by the Cortes in any manner whatever,
were dismissed; the result of which was, that the
Liberals would not pay taxes into the hands of ser-
vile officers, but had used every kind of pretext to
delay the payment. The Minister then proposed to
restore all the old collectors to the situations they
held in 1820. The consideration of this proposal
was postponed to another sitting. The Minister of
Marine next spoke. He demonstrated that in the
present state of affairs nothing was more necessary
to Spain than a navy, at least sufficient to guard her
coast. He lamented the fate of the sailors who had
received no pay, some for twenty, others for thirty
and even forty months, and who were perishing with
hunger. This Minister was listened to, but no de-
termination was come to as to his demand, and he
remained dissatisfied with what he called " the im-
providence of his colleagues." In a word, every
body departed dissatisfied. M. Salmon preserved
the greatest coolness of any at this sitting.
PARIS, AUG. 19.—Captain Blaquiere has just ar-
rived in Paris, on his return from his third voyage to
Greece, where lie was a witness of all the military
operations of the last campaign. This English Phil-
hellene having been present at the deliberations of
the Congress of Trezene, speaks with admiration of
the unanimity which has presided over the choice of
the great Statesman called to preside over the des-
tinies of Greece; he gives the greatest hopes of the
results to be expected from that political measure,
conjoined with the intervention of the great powers.
The Ukase we published the day before yester-
day, gave an impprtance to it which could not have
escaped our readers.
All the members of the family of Rothschild have
been summoned to meet at Frankfort, at the end of
this month; they will consider, it is said, the possi-
bility of paying off the Five per Cents.
We learn from Vienna, that./he marriage of his
Highness the Prince de Metternich with Made-
moiselle de Leykam is definitively arranged.
MADRID, AUG. 9.--(Private Correspondence.)—
I have already informed yoh that the garrison of this
city was kept two days one the alert, without the
public knowing the Cause of the alarm, which
nothing seemed to justify. Some persons being
arrested yesterday, we now know that M. Recacho
has got a clue to a vast conspiracy, having for its
object to produce an insurrection in Gallicia and
Estramadura, similar to that in Catalonia. He has
also seized the money destined to promote this at-
tempt, and the greater part of it is foreign coin.
A. report sent from Catalonia on the 6th, by
General Campo Sagrado, announces that General
Romagosa had defeated a large band of Cellists,
and that he was in pursuit of another,
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strvseioi
rhobhirihi
encourageoo
rteic h would
be beaten like the former ; but the hopes of M. C.
Sagrado were defeated, for it appears by a second
report arrived this morning, that General Romagosa
had been defeated, and obliged to retreat on Barce-
lona. A courier was sent to General Sarsfield this
morning, to direct him, it is said, to send twelve
battalions of infantry to Catalonia immediately; but
though this report is generally credited, I can assert
that far from detaching men from the army, the object
is to strengthen it, by placing all our provincial
militia under arms, and that the courier who left
this morning carries order, to send some regiments,
which are advanced beyondebiGhlftiAls;
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idieacocgolealaitietnithdliv9aseitai.aessra, towards the
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that the prisons are crowded, particularly those of
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IteGeelgas.trta:taliivtligitrohitytaiihrhric;oe
purchased. They, are to be selected by a Committee.
The house of the Marquess of Torrecelie is to be
purchased, and converted intq a PAblie Exchange.
It is situated ifi the Vuena, del Sol, the place where
the ru,erqh4P,tss aid th9.se who deal in nieliey, now
meet.