The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-23 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Courrier Francais.)
The three councils of .trade assembled yesterday in the
hall of the Council of State for the purpose of considering
the question of the duty on sugt;rs. The Minister of Com-
merce laid before the Councils an ,•-xpose of the respective
situations, in regard to the production of sugar, of the colo-
nies, and the native soil. He stated the amount of imports
and exports, and of the duties levied. He .;ntimated, that
in the course of last year the manufactories of beetroot
sugar had yielded an equivalent equal to the value of
25,000,000 f., which is about the third of the annual quan-
tity consumed by the country, at the price of 35f. per civuin-
tal—a quantity that the colonies cannot, under the present
state of things, supply for less than 25f., taken on the spot.
There are now 50,000 hectares of land in France devoted
to the culture of beetroot, and the Minister has laid stress
on the fact that in the districts to which that culture is at
present chiefly confined, the value of land has doubled.
M. Sylvester, Secretary to the Agricultural Society,
spoke at great length in favour of the native sugar. He
did not admit that this source of industry could at present
bear any tax.
M. Bignon, a merchant of Nantes, spoke to the contrary
effect. He defended the interests f the colonial article,
and concluded by suggesting the propriety of establishing a
duty of 15f. the quintal on beetroot sugar, and of Thcreasing
by 22f. the amount of premiums now,allowed on the expor-
tation of refined sugars.
M. Charles Dupin likewise spoke against the interests of
the beetroot sugar mani;
facturers.
(From Galignani's IllessC.nger, Afternoon Edition.)
A letter of the 15th inst. &oh:, Perpignan gives us the
following details of events at Barce.lona since our last ac-
counts :—" All the prisoners who we,'" put on board the
Rodney, including Gironella, have been t:ansferred to the
Childers, which was to sail on the 12th for Palencia, where
they were to be embarked in Spanish vessels for the Ha-
vannab. Several chiefs of the faction have fled,• or con-
cealed themselves, since the return of Mina. Colonel
Montero, ex-Governor of Vich, has been arrested as, an
accomplice of Gironella. General Pastors has been pat
under arrest for not having prevented the invasion of
the citadel, and the massacre of the prisoners ; but what
could he do, when he was certain that the troops which
guarded them were in concert with the murderers ? The
effect of the occurrences of the 4th and sth had been felt at
Tarragona. The populace was about to massacre about
75 prisoners, the remainder of those who have been trans-
ported, when the Governor requested the captains of the
French and English ships the Egli and the Tyne to re-
ceive them on board, which was immediately alone. Having
failed in this, the people drew up a list of procriptions,
containing about 250 names, but these were reclined to
100 by delegates from the companies of the National
Guards, who had demanded it. Of these proscripts 35
had already been embarked, to be transported to Ivica•
Some persons, who were supposed to have fallen victims to
the massacres of the night of the 4th, happily made their.
escape. Among them are three Frenchmen, the only ones
known to be among the prisoners in the citadel, and who
have been claimed by the French authorities. They have
been liberated, and are about to return to their own country.
The events at Barcelona have had no effect on the trair
quillity of Valencia. On the 9ti: the Civil Governor is'
sued a proclamation, recommending union and order. An
English squadron, was expected at. Alicaot.,