The Sun. — 1825-05-04 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.--LaSt night, about 12 o'clock, the toll-keeper of Waterloo Bridge Was again attracted by a female, apparently in dig- ' tress and dejection, parading the bridge back- • wards and forwards, until at length she proceeded down the steps, and attempted to throw herself into the water but was prevented by the' . toli-keeper, who followed her. She assigned no • cattle for the rash attempt, and the Watchman accompanied her to the cad of his beat on her . , way borne. !- • On Monday evening; while the Blues who ipreceded his M4sistir were galloping di:ma Drury-lane, a man attempted to run across the road, close to the horses' ran ;heads,ci whenb na ntheecormtihoge confused and alarmed, middle of the road, and was in conseqUence-' .knocked down by one of the .horses,; but fortu-. riately he sustained no injury beymed a few severe. 'bruises.  THE LONDON,....I_P.UttNALS.  DAMN' Extracts from the illpoyng Papers, May 4, 1825.  _ • [sitrristi rucss.] The contents of Atte Paris' Papers of Sunday are '-of litre interest. The.lavi relating to be -•.. W expenditure of -1823 was still under discussion.l Tlieltatis' Stock Exchange -On- Saturday was as nut& agitated -and depressed as our own. Al: one period the—rentes—were---s--tow as 1011. t sc. By .some-' iffoits they were afterwards raised to_lolf. 80c.; but the sales for the • account showed the desire Stock'. hektlera to disengage ttieinselves, and. hgaitist real safteOto artifice can succeed.'. . The -Price at the close: of the market was-101+f. sOc.- Many re-;, ports- were current-to-eX-piain' the' cause of these' flactUatiOnS..- According. Co the new•law for-the redaction of, the - renter; :the Sinking- Fend- rai Isns,gr operates ,on thefige. per cents., and'thecessation of this influence has no doubt• tended to-. favour the decline. -The Opposition Papers advert to the .cir.curnstance with gieat satisfaction as ie,-proof that • the- rate of interest differsi widely from the calculatio9s of M. de The five per cents. greiinkiiik..to • par When-he has fixed the rate of interest at.. 341. The-vetire, mint of the Frin'ttrfroin Sptin-is -proceeding re Cardona and- ilOstarrich have .• been evacuated: The people of the • latter place rejoited-af'the departure _of.-the French;" hut-they soot had reason to regret the change-; thee-Spanish- authorities' -bad,' scarcely 'entered the town kiied a heavy cantributiou on the inhabitants to supply - the wants of Aire,-garrison: Ferdinand hos -issued arcrytil o-rdinance or manifesto, in which he declares his .determination to maintain his absolute authority M every respect ' undiminished:- -lle- 'is resolved 'to " preserve entire and in all their plenitude the. legitimate rights of his sovereignty, -without, giving up, at an), time, the slightest particle' 'Of' theni, and -WithOttf. permitting .the. establishment-of Chambers, or-any other institutions, of whatever dettb. minfitionl,which may-be contrary to the present laws and usages of his 'realm." Ile declares further, that cc all his august allies will continue to support his legitimate and sovereign authority, Without advising or proposing atty. innovation in the form of .his- U;overnment:" We attach importance' to this-declaration- as an evidence of Ferdindnffs wish to remain absolute as long as he. can ; it is only what we were always prepared to expect from him. ' The•-freedoM of Spain will never owe its establishment to his good will and pleasure. If the Constitution should he restored during Iris life, it wilkbei as,-before;. because` he will not have the power oflireirentittOt. too the diSpositiOn of the' Alli'es,-odr faith in the,.ve-: racity of his Catholic Majesty is not sufficiently strong to induce os to pay any attention to hiS asseverations. M. Ugarte, it appears, was still lingering at Bayonne on the 24th• ult. with no prospeiv 'hiS:-Spoedy• departure:- The correspondence from Milan, in the Constituilonne4 is interesting, if it be true. The Emperor of Austria would arrive on the' t Sth ; and it was rather believed that' the Emperor of Russia and King of.Prassia would yet visit that capital.— The. Count de. Bubna is said to have declared, in:anumerous party, that, the object of the .Ernperorrs journey toy Milan is-to render•sorne'great service to 'the Italians; by which they-will be raised from their present state of inaction and depression. This-may Ire= Only an id le flourish, or' perhaps some empty measure of regal splendor will he-substituted for the- provincial dependency is whieh the.Lornbardo-Ve_netian States are held. We can hardly expect from the Cabinet: of. Francis 1. any-enlarged -or liberal' systeui of policy. All the 'principles lof his Government are in hostility to any- reasoisable 'hopes we might 1,3 ye from almost any othel-Savereign.  [Ntsw: • The Tara Papers. of ..SLinitity, with the Even,' intr.Pttrier dated FlVlonday'; iirrived last night by. Monitezti- gives some details of'the circumstances which accompatrieti the evacuationof two of the towns in Catalonia hp the French, trtititritl ts thN itthallittint.4 tint thYli,•B6parture. .-A. decre.e .t ac' isttett 44" th,-ac Icing 'of . Spain, on the 19th .of April whiclrsotfleii`ntly- proves his determination to pursue the.; untotztitidtiC course-t 4 tias:Cliosett,'ond to resist all ,attempts at reform, ,or-aity-wo.asure •whigis, rrlilfitieati to iil&•ll..§tabliSirtYreot, or seiTio hiatie i4Vresentative`"Govertaiktit.. The Dtithats states,- thitt. Fir' Henry Weil leiWy-hact .I.eft-iftennl I'm- 51110, rtnd the assenthltrifCorlgie4's tlielalti;r place, is aslutnoti. as n thing not to rte' doubted.  [