The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

THE IfEGENT'S

" Gentlemen—l receive with all the feelings of my
heart the congratulations and offers of the National
Militia of Madrid. I reckon upon, the valiant National
Militia of Madrid to continue, as they have hitherto done,
to devote their valour and patriotism to the good of the
nation and of the Queen. I shall never forget the numer-
ous services performed by the meritorious National
Militia of Madrid. Never shall the merit displayed by
them on the night of the 7th of October be erased from
my memory. For this emblem of honour and
distinction (pointing tg the cross of the 7th of
October upon his breast) I am indebted to you—
it was you placed. it there. Soon after that memora-
ble night, my presence became necessary in the
northern provinces to put down the insurrection. I

entrusted to your care the protection of our exalted Sove-
reign, of her august Sister, the Goverment, all the
powers of the State, the preservation of public order, and
the capital of the monarchy, and well ;lid you respond to
the confidence reposed in you. Aided by citizen sol-
diers like you, I fear no one—l fear not all the despots
of the earth, even though all the despots of the world
were to conspire against the liberties of our coun-
try. Upon you, citizen; soldiers, I rely—you may
count upon me ; for you know that as soldier or citi-
zen you shall ever find mr: ready to sacrifice my life,
if necessary, in support of the constitution of the State,
our liberty, independence, the glory of the Spanish people,
and the constitutional throne of our Queen. Por
the accomplishment of this glorious undertaking
during the minority of our Queen, I calculate
upon your entire co-operation, and upon that of
' all my fellow-countrymen ; and trust that, on her
Majesty coming of tige, and my delivering into her
august hands the reins of State, our country may repose
free, independent, and happy. • I shall then loose myself
amongst you, and, in the retirement of private life,
expire with the glory of having done all that was possi-
ble for the freedom, the independence, and greatness of
the Spanish people."
On the presenta!ion and delivery of the preceding
addresses, there was scarcely absent a single otlietr of
the National Guard of Madrid. One or the largest
rooms in the capital, where the scene took place, was
completely full on the Occasion. At that part of the Re-
gAit's reply. in which he alludes to the conspiracy in
p:ogress, the whole assembly, forgetful of the presencd
and place they were in, burst into a loud and enthusiastic
" Viva " for the speaker.

The late Sir William Hay Macnaghten, Bart.,
was se.ond son 'of Sir Francis Workman Macnaghten' Bart.,
by Miss Dunkin, eldest daughter of the late Sir William
Dunkin, of Clogher, and was born in 1793. At an early
age he went to India with his father, on his being appointed
a Judge of the Supreme Court of MAdras ; and, on that
Learned Gentleman's removal to Calcutta, in 1815, resided
there some time with the family. In 1823 he married Mrs.
M'Cli,tock, widow of Colonel M'Clintoek. He entered the
civil service of the East India Company when young, and his
long residence in Bengal and other parts of our Indian de-
pendencies fully qualified him for the highest agency. In
1839 he was appointed Envoy and Minister from the Indian
Government to his Majesty Shah Shoojah-001-111oolk ; and it
was for his eminent services during the Affghan war in that
year that he was created a Baronet by her Majesty, at the
recommendation of her Ministers. His venerable father, now
in his 79th year, is still living at, we believe, his seat in
Ireland, having retired from the Bench in 1525.

The Director of the Mont-de-Piete at Rouen has
drawn up a statement of the operations of that establishment
for last year, from which it results that during this period the
pledges amounted to 86,575, and the sums advanced to
949,066 f., being an average of 10f. 96c. per pledge. The arti-
cles redeemed were 67,326, and the money returned was
656,761 f., being an average of 9f. 75c. for each. The
pledges sold were 4,650, the loans upon them being to the
amount of 50,689 f., or an average of 10f. 90c. The advances
exceeding 6f. on each article were 48,463 in number, and,
consequently, more than one-half of the total. The Director
remarks that, among the whole of the pawners in the year,
there were only 17 accused of having stolen the articles pledged.
Only 24 of the pawners had become bankrupts, and their pledge
were to no great amount.
SINOULAR ATTEMPT AT SELF-DESTRUCTION.—
Henry Robinson, a deputy officer of the Woolwich Court of
Idgtitmts, made a singular attempt at self-destruction en Tues-
day morning. listing received some trifling affront from a
person, he jumped down a well in Waterman's-fields, forty feet
deep. He was found to have sustained some severe injuries,
pal was removed without loss of time to Guy's Hospital. He
Has Made several attempts at self-destruction.
FouNTAM have just visited a jet of
natural gas, which rises throtigh a small river about l mile
from Pont-y-pridd (Newbridge), Glamorganshire. The
brook has its source in the valley between the Llantrissant and
Minas Mountains, flows into the Rohe.a, and joins the Taff at
Newbridge. In the centre of this river or brook, is a con-
tinued rising or strong bubble, of about eight or ten inches
above the stream, as though the water Was blown up by A cur-
rent of air, or natural gas (and exceedingly cold to the hand I.
This, when ignited, produces a powerful flame, from four to
five feet in height. with intense heat; and the smell is the
same as burning sulphur. There are two jets in the field ad-
joining, and three on the other side the brook • but they are
not so strong as the one passing through the water. The
effect by night is grand and beautiful, having the appearance
of one mass of large, brilliant blue flames. This singular
phenomenon was accidentally discovered by one of the men
at the adjoining mill about two months since.— Correspondent
of Athenceum.
TIIN ST. ALBAN'S BRIBERY CASE.—The friends of
Dr. Webster have invited him to attend a public dinner this
day, to celebrate his acquittal from the charge of bribery, which
the hypocritical and bribery-steeped Tories of that town were
base enough to trump up against him.
Patriote de Saone-et-Loire relates that, on
Sunday last, as one of the men of the Hirondelle steamer on
the passage from Macon to Chalon, was running along the deck,
he fell, and the tube of his pipe, which escaped from his pocket
and stood vertically on the plank, entered his head above the
right eye, and penetrated to his brain. The first effect was to
deprive him of his hearing; he then became delirious, and on
Monday was so raving and violent that he was necessarily
strapped down on his bed. His life is in imminent danger.
the
A night or two back some thieves got into
church at Vitry, and completely .of all the sacred ;
othei article of
vessels, the money in the poor-box, and every
the least value. • stripped it