The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-28 00:00:00

TB E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 137

General Bugeaud has announced that his absence will not
exceed three months.

(From the Nacional.)
Ltsnorl, FEB. 13. —ln the sitting of the Cortes of the I lib,
the Minister of Finance made a long speech, in which he de-
veloped the situation of the Public Treasury—shewed that the
Congress must have recourse to extraordinary means ; but that
all the measures they adopted must be prompt, because the ne-
cessity was urgent. He then proceeded to explain the inten-
tions of the Government, and brought forward his plans to
authorise the Government to raise money for the immediate
service of the State.

FEB. 17.—The Diario do Governo contains the resolution
of the Cortes, passed in consequence of the application of the
Minister of Finance :

I " The General Extraordinary Constituent Cortes of tho
Portuguese nation, considering the proposal of the Government,
in which it requests that till the Cortes shall have provided in
an effectual manner for the several branches of the administra-
tion, it may be authorized to raise in money the sum of 800
contos of rcis' in such a manner as shall be judged most con-
formable to the good of the State ; and, considering the ne-
cessity of providing for the public expens6s, the payment of
which is imperatively called for, and also that the revenues
which ought to be applied to such expenses are exhausted
by anticipation, and that the sum asked for is inferior
to the deficit of the estimate presented to the Chamber
of Deputies in 1836 ; and finally that till rules are laid down
fixing in a permanent manner the administration of the finances,
it is absolutely necessary to meet the urgent public events,
DECREE

I. The Government is authorized to raise in effective money
the sum of 800 Contos of Reis in cash,(Reis Metallicos) in
such manner as shall be judged most conformable to the in-
terest of the nation, no other sums to be included in this, and
which can be realized by the operations already decreed.
2. Among the bonds of the National debt (Titolos de
Divida Nacional) which shall be received after agreements
that shall by virtue of this authority be entered into by the
Government, those of 1010 Contos of Ries concluded on the
26th May, 1828, are excluded.

Signed by the QUEEN,
And by ST. iIIANOEL DA SILVA PASSOS.
Palace of the Cortes, Feb. 13, 1837.
The Nacional says--" The proposal of the Government
was approved by a great majority, but with the express ex-
clusion of the 1010 Contos of Reis of the loan of the
Usurper. Rigorous as this measure may seem, and though
the persons interested allege that this money was that of the
Patriots (which is not true in its whole extent) it must be
confessed to be one of strict justice,
.and conformable to the
most rigid morality.

The 1010 were-given to make war on liberty and on the
lawful Queen to support on the throne a usurper, and the
greatest tyrant that ever wielded a sceptre, to oppress the
Portuguese, especially those who are expatriated, furnishing
means to defeat the generous efforts which they made,to give
an impulse to the deliverance of the country ; by what right,
then, can "the nation be called upon to pay such a debt, and
especially since such payment is forbidden by a law which has
not been repealed ?

LISBON, Fin. 19.—The packets are still waiting, and four
mails from England are due. We have only received over-
land two English journals from the 29th Jan. to the 3d inst.,
and in one of them the King's speech on opening Parliament.
—Nacional.

THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES.

81111 lskt
sank Stock ...... ........... .217

FUNDS.
Omni .im
India Stock 2371/2
Ditto Monda
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto Ncw Annuitic: 87%
x. Bills, 10 t,/ •'%d. ... 29 pm
Ditto s')O/ 31 pm.
Ditto 5,4111 no pin.
Sank Stock for Opg. 2073(
India Stuck for Act. ...... '10",
Consols for Act.
FUNDS.
Portuguese Bonds, S per cent.._.
Ditto, Now Ditto 491,4
Prussian. 5 per cent.
Russian Runde, 5 per cent 11054
Ditto, Metallic
Spanish, 5 per cent 26%
Ditto. Consolidated
French, 5 per cent ...... —f. --c.
Exchang. ...... ....... c.
French, 3 per cent
hutch, 2? per cent.
Ditto, 5 per cent. ................10

per Cerft Red 9'l4
3'per Cent Cons
, per Cent. (oFli
3x, per Cent. Red ........
New :3!4 per Cent 9i y
per Cent. Assented
Dlssented ............
imng Annuities to exptre
Jaa Mitt
Oct 1850.
Jan. 1860.,

It 13-15
FOR EIG:

Auarian, 5 per cent
o,,lgian, 5 per cent —
Brvzilian Bonds
guenos Ayres, 6 per cent......
Clnlian, 6 per cent ..........
Co!milt:lan, 6 per cent
Ditto WI
DaniA), 3 per cent
Greek Bowls, 1ek23.5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent.
Ditto, 6 per cent., 1g2.) 25
Peruvian, li`2s, 6 per cent

SHA EES.
Dublin and Kilkenny Raiiway Company l%
Great Western Railway
1.011t:011 and Brighton fbilway (Stevenson's)
...ontlon and Brightrin Railway (Cimily's) l%
London and Birmingham Railway
London and Greenwich Railway
London and Southampton Railway
South Eastern, Bright: n, Lewes, and Newhaven I%
No other variations in the Prices of Share' sines our Onno'el.ek
List.

The gas will be laid down in the new Palace in about
three weeks, and the edifice will be occupied by their Ma-
jesties and the Court in May. The levees and drawing-
rooms will be, however, held during the season, at Saint
James's ; the apartments having been recently re-embellished
for that purpose.

Dr. Butler, the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry,
is gradually recovering from his lung and severe indisposition.
Lord Haddo, the eldest son of the Earl of Aber-
deen, will leave England the latter cud of this week, for the
Continent.

The Hon. Mrs. Norton, who resides in Green-
street, Park lane, has recovered from indisposition, and accom-
panied Lord and Lady Seymour to the Countess of Minto's
party, on Thursday. _ _

The Countess de Salis has been seriously indisposed
with influenza. Her ladyship has been residing in strict se-
clusion at her seat, Drewley, Middlesex, where it is her in-
tention to remain for the present.
The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury and Lady
Mary Talbot are expected to arrive in Paris at Easter. The
Noble Earl has been making a tour in Italy, for the purpose of
visiting the courts of several sovereign princes, with whom
the Talbot family are on terms of personal friendship.
The Earl of Albemarle entertained a small party at
dinner on Sunday in Berkeley-square.
The Earl of Clarendon will give his first grand
dinner on Thursday next, in North Audley-street.
Viscount and Viscountess Howick have issued cards
for a grand dinner party on the 11th of March, at Whitehall-
place.

The Marquis of Camden -will entertain Sir Nicholas
C. Tindal, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and
Sir J. Vaughan, the Judges of the home circuit, at the Wil.
derness, the Noble Marquis's scat in Kent. A distinguished
party has been invited to meet their Lordships, including the
Earl Amherst, Lord Honesdale, Lord Brecknock, Colonel
Austin, &c. The day appointed is the 11th of March.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey arrived in Berke-
ley-square yesterday, from Middleton Park, for the season.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane and
Miss Baillie are expected in Park-lane from Taymouth Castle,
Perthshire.

of CORDOVA, who became alarmed at the success of his
arms. From that time to the present he has had to con.
tend against the jealousy of the -Spanish Military Com-
mgnders, and the imbecility or indifference of the Cabinet.
CORDOVA did all he possibly could to ruin the Legion,
and the late President of the Spanish Council would have
starved it had he remained longer in office.
But with the fifteen thousand men now under his com-
mend, General EvANs ought not to delay an attack upon
Fontarabia. if he can depend upon the courage of his
troops, he has a force quite sufficient for this service. To

wait for the co-operation of all the Spanish Generals
would, we fear, be to wait till doomsday. An additional
force of four thousand troops—the rear-guard of General
RIBEIRO'S div,sion—were about to be conveyed from
Santander to San Sebastian. That reinforcement has
reached General EVANS'S head-quarters before this ; so,
that his entire disposable force cannot fail far short of
19,000 effective men, with an abundance of military stores.
In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday an interesting
debate took place on the presentation of a petition, praying
for a reduction of the duty on Foreign coal. The petition
was finally referred to the Ministers of Commerce and
Finance. The principles of free trade were never more ably
advocated in the French Chambers than on this occasion.

The only other news in these journals-will be found in
the annexed extracts from them :-
PARIS, FEB. 26.—1 t seems certain that Gen. Bugeaud is
to be sent to Africa, but is he going, as the Ministerial jour-
nals would make us believe, to re-victual Tremecen and La
Tafna? A morning paper says, on the contrary, that he
will be sent to bring away the garrisons of Tremecen and
La Tafna, and to make arrangements for confining the oc-
cupation of this coast to Oran. This journal admits the
expedition to Constantine will be undertaken, doubtless for
the honour of our arms, but it adds that we shall withdraw im-
mediately, leaving in the city a Bey, with some French troops.
It is also affirmed that Algiers will be declared a free port.
The iipanish Government still endeavours to propagate a
belief that it depends on the good will of the French Govern-
ment. In the Gazette of the 18th is the following passage :
The measures which the French Government take for en-
forcing the decree of 20th January last, show that it, intends
that it shall be executed in the strictest manner. The Mini.
ster of Finance has, besides, presented a project of law to the
French Chambers, asking for a vote of credit, for the purpose
of maintaining 218 additional Custom-house officers on the
Spanish frontier, thus to hinder smuggling, and throw, by
these means, insuperable obstacles in the way of the Pre-
tender. The Minister, in presenting this project of law, made
a speech to show the necessity and advantage of this measure,
and concluded with these remarkable words, " The measure
which we propose to you, is conformable to the treaties, and
will prove the sentiments of the French Government and yours,
in favour of the constitutional monarchy of Spain."_ Journal
du Commerce, Feb. 26. _ _ _

Lisbon Papers to the 21st inst. inclusive, have been re-
ceived. They contain nothing of importance save ac-
counts of the financial difficulties of the Government, and
the efforts of the " Sovereign Cortes" to raise the neces-
sary supplies, and provide for the security of public credit.
Tho following are extracts :

HOUSE OF LORDS.77-(THIS DAY.)

VAUX PEERAGE,

_The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this
case, in which two gentlemen, of the names of Hartopp and
Mostyn, claimed the title of Baron Vaux, as the descendants
of the co-heiresses of the late Baron. The question raised
was, whether the title was descendable to heirs-male, or heirs-
generWas, in the former case, the petitioners claiming through
female descent would not be entitled. The Lord Chancellor was
of opinion the title was descendable to heirs general, and
therefore that the petitioners had made out their claim. It
therefore remains with his Majesty to decide which of the
two gentlemen shall take the title.