The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MOVDAY, AUEJUST A); iBgB

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same sub ec't, 4nittcriicss of tone of the
othe'r Aok;itais is wiselY`eXellided: As it eririVes sonic=
thing like an in'tiniaiion .on tki'e Bf
speedy tominaitictiA c the Mexican blockade, we
gladly giVt it insertion
" The attitude assumed by France required severe mea-
sures; but those measures have all along been colcuted with
a due regard to friendly vations. Illrh,itvre3h betier evidence
of it than the words ut,t+ea liy,Lotid Palmerston in a recent
sitting of Parliament Metl.to alone has been deeply injured by
the rigoiti• of the blockade : its revenue, consisting almost
exclusively of Customs' duties, has already been considerably
diminished. Evzxything, in short, denotes that this severe
is about to put a stop to the difficulties which hi-
It-..rto have rendered any arrangement impossible. Rear-
Admiral Baudin has, besides, just departed with forces calcu-
lated promptly to overcome all resistance, if that resistance
should still exist on his arrival."

The English Foreign Secretary, and the French offi-
cial organ, are both mistaken in assuming that the Mexi-
cans have only been injured by the blockade. British
commerce has sustained a share in the injury which
has been inflicted upon the Mexicans. We cannot,
therefore, understand upon what principle our mer-
chants should be denied a right to grumble ; or why
their grumblings, because their commercial interests are
affected, should be regarded as evidences of national
jealousy by any party in France.
The French papers copy an article from the Ger-
man Courier on the subject of the mystery which
overshadows the negociations at Toplitz, which are
reported to be conducted by the Emperor of RUSSIA
and Prince METTERNICH, to the exclusion of the
Etivoo of Prussia. In the Russian War Department
the preparations for a campaign in some direction are
reported to be unusually active.
The subjoined extracts include all the news in the
Paris journals :
There arc at present at Paris 14 Regiments of Cavalry, In.
fantry, and Artillery, viz., three of Cavalry, one of Artillery.
one of Light Infantry, nine of Infantry of the line, and also
four Companies of Veterans.
We have received the Alyerine Moniteur of the 11th
of August, containing an Order of the Day, announcing
to the army the arrival of Lieut. Baron Gucheneuc, who has
been sent to Africa by the King's order, and is to go to Oran
to review the troops of the division, and assume the command
of the province.— Constitutionnel.
THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE.--His Majesty by a Royal deci-
sion of this day, has conferred on the Prince de Joinville, cap-
tain of corvette, the command of La Creole, a corvette of 24
guns. La Creole will shortly proceed to join the blockading
squadron on the coast of Mexico, commanded by Counter-
Admiral Baudin.

The Prince will have thus stopped but a short time with his
fan'tily. On the 16th of July his Royal Highness arrived in
Paris, after remaining at sea during an entire year. A month
afterwards, day for day, the King signed the ordinance which
calls him to new fatigues and more serious dangers. The
King wished it, and the impatient desire of the young Prince
had anticipated the Royal resolution. On hearing that the
French navy was about to assume in Mexico a more menacing
attitude, his Royal Highness hastened back from Luneville to
vindicate with ardour his place among our seamen and soldiers.
This is a generous eagerness, and a noble example But
our Princes are aware that it is only at that price they can now
show themselves worthy of commanding the armies and fleets
of France.—Journal des Debats.

PRINCE Louts' NAPOLEON.—A correspondent of the Mes-
sager at Zurich writes on the 13th instant, that on Prince
Louis Napoleon arriving in the town on the 11th, and the
news of the Duke de Montebello's note being made known,
public indignation rose to a high pitch among all classes; and
that the commune of Oberstrass, a suburb of Zurich, elected
the Prince one of its citizens. This honour, it is added, the
Prince would not accept, because in Switzerland no one can
be a citizen of two communes at the same time.
BLOCKADE OF MEXICO.—The Nouvelliste bestows great
praise on M. Bazouche for the energy and tact with which he
has conducted the blockade of the Mexican ports, and has in-
tercepted all communications with the small number of vessels
at his disposal. "To accomplish this result," the above-
mentioned journal says, " he was obliged to have recourse to
an infinite number of stratagems and manoeuvres. He multi-
plied the expeditions of his brigs, sent them from one end of
the Gulf to the other, and at each expedition changed the cut
of their sails, and even varied the colour of their water-
lines, so that the same vessel appeared two or three times
in sight of the coast, ran a few tacks, and afterwards
stood out to sea to perform the same manoeuvre on
another point. The Mexicans thus imagined that their
coast was guarded by at least 20 brigs, which were in
constant communication. The only circumstance for which
they were unable to account was the French commander's de-
lay in laying siege to Vera Cruz. At a Council of War, held
on board the Iphigenie, it was decided that 22 large vessels
were actually necessary to silence the fire from the citadel of
Ulloa, the strongest fortification of the New World, and which
is defended by upwards of 300 pieces of heavy metal. If such
be the fact, how are we to designate the order contained in
M. Basouche'ainstructions to attack the citadel with only two
frigates and four brigs?" The Messager states, that the cir-
cumstance- of Mexican Government baring positively re-
fused to listen to any terms of arrangement so long as M.
Deffaudis remained in the country has been considered by the
Ministers as a fresh act of aggression ; and is what has led to
the determination already mentioned of immediately sending
out thither an imposing naval force. It has also been decided,
as this journal informs us, that M. Deffaudis shall return to
Mexico, with the squadron, as Charge d'Affaires. "It is
doubtful," adds the Messager, " whether the loss sustained by
Mexico in the Customs is not exceeded by the loss to French
trade and to that of our allies."
RUSSIAN FINANCE.—The Minister of Finance of Russia at
a recent meeting of the Financial Council stated, that the
funded and unfunded debt of Russia on the Ist of January
amounted to 940,867,257 roubles in assignats. The Commis-
sion for the redemption of the national debt received last year
to the extent of 68,815,177 roubles of assignats. The Loan
Bank of the empire made a net profit for th same year of 838
roubles in gold, 37,556 silver roubles, and 4,141,951 paper
roubles. Such has been the predilection, the Minister in-
formed the Council, for keeping Exchequer Bills, that the
Commission had not been able to redeem for more than
623,750 roubles, which were to be burnt at a future sitting of
the Council. Besides this first sum, 22,500 roubles of the
bills of the three first series have been paid off, so that there
are not more than 22,500 roubles of these three series now in
circulation. The price of the third and fourth loans at 5 per
cent. has kept up during the year 1837 above par, so that the
Commission has not been able to apply the funds in hand to
their redemption, and should the market price not fall during
the months of August and September, the Commission will
proceed to the drawing of the number to be paid off.
The four hew bells of the Church of St. Roch, were bap.
tized on Friday by the Archbishop of Paris, in presence of
the Queen. A compar.y of Grenadiers of the second legion
of the National Guard attended the ceremony ! A Spanish
Grandee, the Duke of Berwick, stood as godfather for one of
the bells !

JEALOUSY AND SUICIDE.—An individual named Chambrol,
residing at Leon-lc-Franc, in the Creuse, who had been re.
duced to poverty from a state of comparative affluence, lately
committed suicide by setting fire to a granary in which he
had for some nights been in the habit of sleeping. Previously
to the commission of the fatal act he had, under the influence
of jealousy, made a furious attack upon his wife and his mother-
in. law, who were with some difficulty saved from his violence
by the intervention of the neighbours. The females, with the
wretched man's children were rescued from the flames, but
their farm, barn, cowhouse, and cattle, and also the farm-
house of a neighbour, were totally destroyed by The confla-
gration. The next day Chambrol's blackened corpse was
found under the ruins.

SUICIDE BY A PRISONER. —A prisoner confined in the don-
jon of Niort, threw himself from the top of one of the towers
fo the prison, a few days since, and was killed on the spot.
The body of the unfortunate man in falling made several ro-
tatory movements, with such extreme rapidity, that the per-
sons who witnessed the catastrophe at first thought that some
article of wearing apparel had been accidentally dropped from
the tower, and were undeceived only by the heavy sound made
by the boly on coming in contact with the ground.
FiCENCH FUNDS.—PAats, AUGUST 18.
Five per Cents., 11l f. SOe. 75c. 80c.
three per Cents., 80f. 120 c. 85c.
Bank Actions, 2' ti3of.
ttente de Naples, 99f. 90c.
Roman Five per Cents., 102.
Spanish Actives,
Spanish Passives, 454,
Belgian Five per Cents., 104.
Belgian Three per Cents., 74f. We.
Belgian Bank, 1,412 f. 50e.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 2314.
SICHANOS oN LONDON.
(hie month, paper, 25f. 42%c.; money, 2Lf 40c
rec months, paper, 23f. 27 ; money, 151. 0734 e.
LATEST PRICES,
Five per Cents. 111 f. 7:c.
Three per Cents., 80f. 90c.
Bank Actions, 26.10 f.
Romans, 102.
Belgian Loan, 104.
Belgian Bank, 1,412 f, 50c.
Portugue-e Three per Cents., 25.
Spanish Actives, 22%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.

We have advices frornMadrid of the 11th inst.,
but politically speaking they are not of the slightest
titerest. No change had taken place in the Cabinet,
for had any intelligence of importance been received
'roin the Provinces.

Brussels and German Journals have reached us this
morning. The following are extracts from them
Baussm,s, Aro. io.—His Excellency Fethi Pacha, Am-
bassador from the Ottoman Port to her Britannic Majesty,
has arrived at the Hotel de Belle Vue, accompanied by his
Secretary and a numerous suite. Lieutenant-General Upton
and Baron Stockmar have also arrived from London.
VIENNA, AUG. 9.—General V. 13utenieff, Russian Ambas-
sador to the Ottoman Ports, has set out to-day for Trieste, to
embark for Constantinople. The exchange of couriers be-
tween Vienna and Toplitz, as well as with Paris and London,
is at present very frequent. Most of the Foreign Ambassa
dors who are to be present at the Coronation at Milan have
already set out for Italy.
PESTII, AUGUST 7.—The conflict which toak place
on occasion of the elections in this city, between the
Royal Commissioner Baren V. Medyanski, and the elec-
tor,;, and which so much attracted public attention here,
is now ended. The electors having, a few days ago, received

a serious;rcpreman4 from the superior.; authority, for their
cyarreritablp cOnduct, apd being, e4orted to„do their duty,., the
gonttni.aiion or, it.: e'ections, which was interillipi3O, was '?f ed.,.
for the 6th of this month, On Which tity !!!:,0.-_,!,.7 efectOrs out of
one hundred and twenty assembled. M. Szekrenyesy, 2
highly esteemed advocate, a Calvinist, was chosen Senator, by
forty-three votes out of seventy seven ; the remaining thirty-
for were divided between two competitors named by the
Commissioner. After the election Te Deum was performed
in the parish Church. Our private and public buildings are ad-
vancing pretty rapidly, and about 10,000 workmen are em-
ployed. This naturally give some animation to the city,
which has, in a great degree,. recovered from the effects of
its late disasters. The Archduke Palatine frequently comes
from his country scat to the city, to inspect the works and to
give necessary directions. Neither he himself nor any of his
family goes to the Coronation at Milan, but many other per-
sons of rank from Hungary, will go, among whom is Count V.
Pyrker, the Patriarch Archbishop of Erlau.
VIENNA, AUG. 10.—rive per Cents. 101 ; Four per Cents.
100 2-stbs; Three per Cents. 81 75 ; Bank Shares, 1442.
—Allgemiene Zeitung, Aug. 11.
BELGIAN l' UNDS—Bdusms, AUG. 13.
Actual Debt, 2Y per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl4
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.
3 per Cent. _
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. • 9814 .
Society of Commerce, 4 6per Cent l4B
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 1.40
National Society
—l>russels Papers, Aug. 18.
kl A MBURG BORSEN HALLE, AUG 17.
Bills. Money.
Austrian MetaPiqucs, 5 per cent.
Ditt _ ditto 3 per cent.
Ditto ditto 2t per cent.
Litto Bank Shares 142? 1421)
Anglo-Russian Loan 10834 ItBl4
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
[ Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
l"ortuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 3 per cent. —
Dutch 26 per Cents.
Ditto 5 per Cents lOO6 1t 044
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
New Tickets . 154 N 15414
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents ... 72 71%
Norwegian Loan of 11:04, 4 per cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortos Loan, 5 per Cent l9
Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HANGIURG, AUG. 17.-13 8 ; two months. in 8%.
ST. PUTEKSBURGH, AUG. 10 —Three months, 10%.
BEVAN. AUG. 11.—Three m.nths, 6. 23%.
—Hamburg Papers, Aug. 17.

Letters from Constantinople of the 31st ult., an-
nounce the receipt of advices from Tabreez to the 9th,
containing further particulars of the departure of the
British Ambassador from the Persian Court. Mr.
M'NEIL broke off all communication with the SCHAH
on the 3d of June, and on the 7th struck his
tent before Herat, proceeding to Meshid, from whence
he expected to reach Teheran on the 20th. Previous
to seamg out for Teheran, Mr. M'NEIL sent off
Colonel TODD with despatches to the British Govern-
ment in India, setting forth the reasons that had in-
duced him to take such a step.
The political news from the Turkish capital is not
important. We copy from the correspondence of the
Herald of this morning the following account of a
dreadful hurricane experienced there on the 27th ult.:—

" We had a dreadful gale of wind here, which set in so
suddenly, and came on with such fury, that a great many
boats and lives were lost. I hear that upwards of 130 bodies
have already been washed ashore on the coast of the Marmora
alone. The lightning was of the most awful description, and
was so near that it was smelt distinctly by a great many
people. Buildings in elevated situations were struck, several
individuals were killed, and many more knocked down in a
state of insensibility. A guard, who was " standing at ease"
under the tower of Shiloh, had his musket shivered (the
bayonet had attacted the electric fluid), and it was thought he
was killed, but by an immediate bleeding he was restored.
Trees were converted into splinters, one house in Pera was set
on fire, and when it was broken open to extinguish the flames,
all the inhabitants were found lying insensible, but not dead.
They recovered, and the fire was readily got under. The wind
was so resistless that tiles were seen flying about like leaves in an
autumnal gale. It was dangerous to be in the street. At last
the rain came down in torrents, and the force of the storm
was broken, although it continued to blow very hard for near 24
hours, which is very unusual at this season, when squalls are
generally counted by minutes only. A vessel was dismasted
in the port by lightning, one man killed, and two others struck
down. In the Black Sea there must have been severe losses.
Four wrecks were seen on the Southern coast by the Trebi-
sonde steamer. Four coasters from Mondavia went down,
with sundry bales of rich silk, which were insured here. We
shall, probably, never know the full extent of the damage. For
two or three days previous to the coming on of this hurricane
the weather had been oppressively warm.
This storm has committed no small injury in the interior.
The crop of Valonea in particular has suffered. In some
places three-fourths of it were shaken down by the wind. I
have not heard that the fruit suffered at Smyrna. Indeed, a
letter from there, written after the event in question, says that
the crop will be more abundant by a quarter than that of last
year. Olive Oil will also be an ample production. It is
estimated there will be 400,000 kintals for exportation this
season.

Letters from Alexandria of the 20th ult. recount
some particulars of a great victory obtained by IBRA-
HIM PACHA over the DRUSES. No quarter was
given, the prisoners being all strangled on the spot, and
instantly decapitated.