The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, DEC. 10.—The Regent's return is fixed,
it is said, for the 15th, and he will not even enter
I3arcelona. He is to arrive here without any military
pomp or triumph. It is anticipated that he will pass
by Valencia and not by Saragossa, in order to avoid
an interview with the Infante Don Francisco de
Paulo, who, it is reported, has received orders to quit
Spain, as well as his Secretary, Count de Parsert.
The Cortes is to be reassembled immediately after
Espartero's arrival. The loan of 600 millions of reals
will be the first affair, as upon that depends the cotton
question. Some compensation is to be offered to Spain,
it is whispered, for the diminution of the tariff, by
suppressing the tobacco depot at Gibraltar.
Rumours of a Ministerial modification are very
current, and it is asserted in some quarters that the
Cabinet is to be strengthened by the accession of Senor
Gonzales and Don Facundo Infante, their oratorical
talents being necessary to pass the measures to be pro-
posed in the Legislature.
The Parliamentary coalition seems to he still com-
pact, and resolved to make a decided opposition to the
Ministry on the late events in Barcelona.
It is generally regretted that the Regent should
have been compelled to resort to a bombardment, and
the state of siege subsequently is much blamed, the
more especially as the address of the Deputies of Con-
gress was to require the observance of constitutional
forms in the suppression of the rebellion, instead of
resorting to exceptional measures. A military dic-
tatorship is feared, although Espartero is believed to
be opposed to it, yet his staff entertain the hope of
this kind of supremacy. At the English Legation it
is openly said that it will be the only means of salva-
tion for Spain.
The report of the inquiry into the ill-treatment of
M. Lefevre, the French merchant, has been submitted
to the Supreme Naval and Military Court, but its
contents have not transpired.
The dispatches of Van Halen and the political chief
of Barcelona compromise M. Lessops, the French
Consul, very seriously. The Castellano remarks that
their allusions are imprudent and impolitic, as, if true,
they ought to form the object of a diplomatic note,
and not be published in an official journal.

GREECE.
ATHENS, Nov. 30.—Yesterday morning M. Sill-
vergo, the newly-appointed Minister of Finance, went
mad while attending a Council of Ministers. I be-
lieve but there is no doubt that the Greek Government
money matters are quite as deranged as the Minister.
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason, in her Majesty's
line-of-battle ship Howe, is at anchor in the Piraeus
harbour, as is also the Scout, the Hon. Captain Drum-
mond. The French Admiral Lasusse is also in the
Pirmus with two line-of-battle ships, but is expected
to leave in a few days for Toulon. Her Majesty's
sister is arrived, and will remain here during the
winter. A.great many English travellers continue to
arrive and depart, and will, no doubt, increase still
more if the project of having English steamers to run
between Malta, Athens, and the Levant is carried into
effect.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
have just perused a copy of Col. Thomp-
son's " Exercises, political and others," and through
LgueoeuarCOLUolripllting Columns would suggest the propriety of the
them, and presenting a copy of them
through private individuals (of course members of the
League), to the principal reading-rooms, Mechanics'
Institutes, &c., of the kingdom, or at least to the
A
agricultural ones.—Yours, Sze., LEAGUER.
1 Newcastle, Dec. 13.

A DRUNKARD'S FA713..—0n Saturday evening Mr.
Payne held an inquest in the Compter, Giltspur-street,
on the body of Richard Bailey,
.aged thirty-one, lately
a porter in the service of Mr. Hart, wine-merchant,
of Fenchurch-street. It appeared that the deceased
had an uncontrollable propensity for ardent spirits,
which in the end rendered him dishonest. On Satur-
day week he lost his situation, and being suspected of
having robbed his late master, the police received in-
formation of the suspicion. In consequence they
watched him, and on Wednesday night one of their
body met him in the City, carrying a two-gallon
stone bottle, which he dropped as soon as the con-
stable accosted him. The contents consisted of
whisky, which he said he was taking, by his " mas-
ter's " orders, to a person in Broad-street. This
statement proved untrue, and the deceased was lodged
in the station, where during the night he was much
excited, and otherwise indisposed. The next day he
was .taken before the Lord Mayor, and remanded to
the Compter until Monday (this day). The moment
he entered the prison his indisposition was perceived,
and he was placed in. the infirmary, and attended to
by the medical officer, but he died on Friday. Mr.
M‘Murdo, the prison surgeon,. said he examined the
body internally, and, found disease of the brain and
liver, the result •of , hard drinking. Deceased had
confessed his propensity to ardent spirits, and said
that shortly before his apprehension he had swallowed
a large quantity. Death was to be attributed to great
excitement, the consequence of recent immoderate
drinking of raw spirit. Verdict--" Died from exces-
sive drinking.
WILL OF TAE LATE LORD ROLLS.--The will and
nine codicils of the late Right Hon. Lord Rolle, late
of Shewton, in the county of Devon, has just been
proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, in Doctors' Commons, by the executors,
the Eight Hon. Charles Rolle Clinton,Baron Clinton,
Zachary Hammett Drake, Esq., and Harry James,
Esq. The personal property of the deceased has been
sworn under the value of 300,0004
left to his family, and is principally

MONEY MARKET and CiTY NEWS:

FROM TEE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—The result of the offers for the Canada
debentures transpired this morning; and it was made
known that Mr. Maubert was the sole purchaser at the
high price of 1081. The rumour that he had pre-
viously offered 107/.lls. appeats to be a true one, and
also that that was yesterday tte highest price ten-
dered. This the Government wt,•uld not accept, as
the sealed paper placed in the hands of the Governor
and Deputy-Governor of the Bank Che England, and
referred to in the announcement, declarb.d 108/. to be
the lowest price. The biddings were not re-Opened
but Mr. Maubert's offer being the highest, h e was
allowed the option of taking the loan at the Go' ern-
'tient price if he pleased, to which terms he tweet:cd.
The arrangement between our Government and we
Canada Company is, that the latter shall pay 5 pea'
cent. on the loan, of which Government guarantee%
four to the creditor, the remaining one, as well as the
whole premium of eight, being set aside to form a
sinking fund, which will thus immediately have
24,0001. to begin with. As some doubt has arisen as
to the extension of the Government guarantee beyond
the twenty years, and with respect to the redemption
of the loan, it may be as well to observe, that the
general interpretation of the law is, that the Govern-
ment is not bound to redeem at all, but in case of
niA-redempticn in twenty years, is bound to continua
the guarantee of the payment of interest, even if the
[ redemption should be postponed for an indefinite
period.
The panic in the corn trade does not seem likely
to subside yet, two more failures, both at Wakefield,
having been mentioned on 'Change to-day. The
principal one is that of Messrs. Dunn and Son, a firm
of high respectability. For some days has the ru-
mour been current that a large corn failure was at
hand, and this was the firm referred to ; but as it was
expected to the last that some arrangement would be
made, the name was not generally mentioned. The
other failure, which is considered of less importance,
is that of Messrs. John Swallow and Son.

In reference to the observations recently made
about the funds in this country, on account of the
Guatemala debt, we are informed by a member of the
Committee, that the whole of the consignment of in-
azo and cotton is not yet in cash, but that a large
Taportion is, and that the mercantile firm who are
• consignees, invested such portion in Exchequer-
its receipt, from their own sense of propriety,
iced by any one to do it. No instructions
abitlnilledi s
it;
11,.a.,,
nplication of these funds have yet been re-
as to the t.i
ceived from Central America, and from the great
length of time A
-equired to obtain replies from letters
sent to the interim
of that country, it is possible that
the instructions ma)
not arrive before February or
March next.
(Ned the 25th of
Mercantile letters from 2‘facleira,
November, mention the arrival
of a k;ortuguese brig
'
of war from Lisbon, announcing e donation of
300,000 dols. from the Government towart. Is repairing
the damages caused by the late inundation c, a credit
for the amount to be placed in London, and d.-awn for
monthly at the rate of 400,000 dols. or 500,C00 per
month. The sum of 3,000 dols. had also been nib-
scribed by the Queen, and a Committee had been .nP-
pointed for the appropriation of the money, and io
report how the island may be benefited by a modßisr.
cation of the tariff. These facts are all confirmed has
the official bulletin, which is in London.