London, Saturday, July 3,...
The Times, 1824-07-03T00:00:00

The French papers of Wednesday, which arrived last night, contain the conclusion of the interesting debate on the expenses of the Spanish campaign, and'the extraordi- nary misranagemnent of the public money which distin- guished it. After all the orators who 'had inscribed their names to speak for or against the project of law for - granting the supplementary credits had finished, M. de MAWTIGNAC, the Reporter of the Commission, made his final summarv, and admitted, in the most un- qualified manrier, that there had been great extravagance and great dishone;ty in the expenditure of the public trea- sures auriug the war. le concluded by declaring, .bowever,..lhat Ministers, in the liquiation, of the ac- counts, would not pay what *ras manifestly unjust- that ineapacity.would be removed, and knavery punish- ed. Before the Chamber came to a- vote, M. de la BOURDONNAYE, the leader of the ijUtra opposition, asked Al. de VIrLLELE a few4questions,wbich led to the followving extraordinary admission on the part of the latter-that he tnarnely,M. dc VILLEL9) considered all the 'three Intend- ants employed successively duyin g the campaign, as positive 4naves or of suspicious honesty; that the first was Euilty the mecond gutilty, thouigh in a less degree' and itheth'ird, not entirjy free from corrupt conduct. These three Intenti- antg, aceording to tle order in which M. de VILLELE wish- ed to apply his censure, are U. SICAtRD, M. REGNAULT, gnd3M. .fOSN*LE Theop'positibn lcader,whIle he adnitted their ,ommon corruption, dissented from tlhe justice of this graduation of the scale, and declared his conviction, that -if the first was liabe to reproaches, the second was More guilty, and the tlird a thousand times more thana the second. But anotlher question of M. tie la BoURDo-J,*AYE led to ainore extraoTriinary avowval Still, on the part of the P4inister of Finance-namely, that this guilty second In- tendant,} M. REGNAU LT, is now the auditot of his own dis- hbonest accounts, alnd is actually sitting at the head of a, cominission at Thoulouse, passing the very bills whiclh AWttMt VIorrnpt conduct. TbiS avowal, 'which waa drawn relu .y from M- de&VILLELE, and only after' DAitXs, the Nituister of WVar, had been appealed to, struck the Chamiber with astonishnient. It did not, however, prevent thepassi6g.-0fthe pojecrtof-law, xvhinh wasaadopted by a ma-. jorityof ,jSto sj, We have often had jobs at home, 'but we can scarcejy match the French Commnissariat jobs in Spain. The great majority obtained by the Minister iii this case, evidently Uent Iimt their suppoft on the pledge that strict inqnixiesi w4uld bh instititckd into malveratUions; and fro;m an opinion tbat, although malversation had exosted, tlie puab- lit service should np.t be iiiterritpted by rcfusing the esti- psated crits '' (From the Et4ioe, dated Thursday, July 1.) PARIS, JuNE 30. . . 'the follwing: ate the'noew reports which the Liberal journals and tleirnew aies'wotld ntak us halieve to-day " Itis n,otly the. Minister 'of War, but several others, that .have jjjazei'theui ;reiigtathls. "UTKCl"Iebe. wilith;wallbeecised in * he beginning of A.- gust, wiUbcconvokedi.n ttle tnonth of November. "IVe shalreW to.thLefirt of tbesPinsinualions, as we dlQ yes. terday, Daf thernlurstet of Wax was cnernedthat is, the fact is falfe. "'re i b a iivo:idn tioz of tlhe Chomb eksin tUehinth of November, vwe 'InOt concSie what could be the object. It is bard to guess how ang hope could le entertained of obtaining credit for a report which does not rest even on any apparent foundation. Accordingly this repdrt "as nctugh grdundtonierit th hQnour of a discnsmion-14 direct contradiction tamt u eit. 'c It seems, then, to be settled, that every day-is toprodatime f8lse ncvs ei this kind.: Butvwhnt is hopdfro:hsi1 t vres? Is it expected toaistuib b. them, 'the tinig's,77b ieft? This object witl not be attained. Is It isteatplead pub. lic opiniou? It may be eceived for a day or two, ntnnot be long abused: it is a ktid of credit which is lost fiseFily thhI, it is acquired. " I* . . . "ST., GLOUP. wr 1A The King heard mxams in his apirtSej,tsY At naon ;His ta. e8ty preided in a Council of Atiiigterj sat till half-past one. His 51ajesty- adnoebeenou t ~ ' (From the Monsgnn' of A'4nday, June 30.) "DEl>pART51E T B gT FINANCES. Notice relative tD the certilses of tbe negotiation of the 23,114,'51f francs in rentes-: -- "THJ ' WB13 1FTR TWi1NTIET11. " The lho1ders of ccrtifitates o the negotiation of the.23,14,516 francs in rentes aye informeA that the 12th twentisetb, pay;able on the 8th of Jaly next, will be receiyed iat the Royal Tteasury from the 1st of tdat month. The offices (caisses) viU bc open fiora nine in the morigirg till two in the afternoon. " The holders of certificates have the choice of depositing either the original deed or only the coupons of the 12th ;ientieth, the cashier of the Treaury not being responsible for the coupon of the 'l1th twentieth1 aIready receipted5 and which the holders mnaybot have separaied from the deei. ." Notes (bordereaux) 1foleach kind' of cqrtificates msta accotn- pany the coupons or certificeAs depvsited. Those notes foirnished by the Treasury will be -delivered beforehand to those personS who shall askl for them. I"n exchange for the deposit aod the,payment, tliere shall be de. livered a bulletin, for which the coirppGs accepted by t'he cashief shall be return.d five days after the deposit. "From th'etib of 'July, 3ierreners the Exchange-brokers are in. vited rot to negotiate the certificates till they have paid the ttelfth- twentieth, "The couipons accepted by the cashier of ihe Treasniiy, and for which the holders desire to obtain inscriptions, must be deposited at tljeebureaux of the insctibed debt,which will proceed to this exohange in the uiual form of tra5sfer3. "Paris, June 29,1824. " By order of bis Excellency the Mlinister of Finance, (Signed) "The Director, &c., COP.NET D'VNCOURT." FsE1NCIr FtnrnS, PARtS, June 80..-.Five per Cents. opetned at 102. 65.; closed 102. 60. Bank Stock, 1,92S- Neapolitan 5 wir Cents. in dxcats, 8940; in francs, 97.- 50.; ROyaI ipanish Loan, 1823, ' 60g. Exchange on LondonJ, one month, 25. 30.; three months, 25. l5-coNrsr. Autlrerztigu. LONDOI'. SAMURDAY, JULY 3, 1824.