The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-21 00:00:00

inaininz newspaper of Aiadrid, except the Ga:cille.
In fuittre only two Papers are to he permitted,
one to be exclusively appropriated to advertise-
ments, and the other to contain only the Royal
Ordinances and the discoveries that may be .nade
in the arts and sciences.

The Chamber of Deputies at Paris is en-
gaged in the discussion of the law for the reduc-
tion of the. Rentes.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 18.—Five per cent.
J. do Mars 22, 1825 ; opened at 103 f. ; closed at 102 f. 95c.
Rente de 'Naples, (Certificates Falconet's), !IC 35c.—Rente
d'Lspagne, 181f—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 00.—Exchange
on London, One 31,,nt1i, 26f. Lc. ; three ditto, 24f. 90c.

Dutch and Brussels Papers to the 20th instant
reached us last night. The former only repeat
old speculations made at Vienna respecting the
object of Prince "lIETTERNICIt'S journey to
Paris, before that Statesman had set out front the
Austrian capital. The affairs of Turkey and
Greece ar.. conjectured to be those which chiefly
occupy the attention of the Austrian Cabinet.
The latter inform us, that in consequence of the
reduction of our import duties, a great degree of
activity prevailed in various branches of the ma-
nufactures of the Netherlands., particularly in
those of iron in the province of Liege and
Namur. It ssas'also expected that large exporta-
tions of raw iron would take place to South
America. Public improvements for commercial
purposes also engage the attention of our conti-
nental neighbours. It appears by the Amster-
dam Papers of Saturday that the plan for open-
ing a communication between Brussels and the
Scheldt, by means of a canal, is under the consi-
deration of the Government of the Netherlands.
The King has assigned the funds requisite for
making a survey of the ground and preparing the
plans for this important undertaking.
The Exchange on London, at Amsterdam, on Friday the
18th, was 39 8 ; two months, 39 6.

Hamburgh Papers to the 16th inst. announce
that the r►tifications of the treaty between Eng-
land and Sweden for the suppression of the Slave
Trade had been exchanged. The States Gene-
ral of Hanover met on the Bth, and opened their
sixth and last Session. All goods and effects
destined to the relief of the sufferers by the late
inundations are to pass duty free through all parts
of the kingdom. The following article from
Alexandria represents the cotton-raising specu-
lation of the Paella of Egypt to have completely
succeeded. It was expected that the next crop
of Mako-Cotton would produce above 400,000

ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 19.
Consignments of Mako cotton are now made to all quarters.
Besides several Netherlands and Norwegian ships bound to Hol-
land, we have two Swedish ships loading for Hamburgli and
Stettin. The Government will not sell any more linseed, under
the pretext, that the stock is too small, but probably because it
expects higher prices, having learned that this article has risen
in Holland. Fresh supplies daily arrive. Besides linseed,
some cargoes of cotton and other goods would be sent to Holland,
but there is a want of ships adapted to the purpose. There will
be a still greater demand for them this year, for the next crop of
Mako cotton alone will produce above 400,000 bales, and the
crop of linseed will be much greater than last year. The season
through the whole country is in general healthy.

EXCHANGES.
HA MBITIIGH, MARCII 15.—0 n London, 35 11 ; two months,
35 8. _ _ _

„..
ST. PETERSBURG!!, MARCH I.—London, 9i ; Paris, 1011.

From Frankfort Papers of the 14th instant we
extract the Reply of the Grand Duke of NASSAU
to the Address of the Assembly of the States, ex-
pressing the satisfaction felt by all classes of the
inhabitants at the good effects produced by that
Assembly, in the seven years that have elapsed
since the Duke opened in person the first As-
sembly, and the determination of those Members
who have been re-elected to this second Assembly
faithfully to accomplish what they had before
promised in the same place :
" I am happy to see the States of my Duchy assembled
around me every year, because nothing can be more agreeable
to me than that they should oftener have occasion to convince
themselves anew of my invariable determination to preserve
order, and to fulfil the promises which I have already made
on former occasions to the Assembly of the States."

Lisbon Gazettes to the 6th instant arrived this
morning. They do not bring any political news,
but contain the two following Decrees :

LISBON, MARCH 1.
DECREE.

The Committee charged with the revision and liquidation of
the public debts has represented to me the necessity of new
measures to remove the obstacles which oppose the progress of
the said revision and liquidation, without which it will not be
possible to obtain an exact and legal knowledge of the amount
of the debt, nor to fix the means for its progressive payment.
I have therefore ordained as follows :—(lty this Decree his
Majesty not only prolongs till the last day of December of 1820
the time for the presentation of claims, but abolishes as odious
and unjust the difference that was made between the several
creditors.)

LISBON, MARcir 4.
ROYAL BOARD or TRADE-(EDICT.)
The Royal Board of Trade, Agriculture, Manufactures, and
Navigation, has been informed by the Consul residing in Bar-
celona by a dispatch of 16th February last, that his Catholic
Majesty, by a circular of 21th Jan., of the present year, issued
from the office of the Minister of Finance, was pleased to revoke
what was determined by the Royal Order of 4th July, 1824,
dispensing only the Captains Of merchantmen from proving by
certificates of Spanish Consuls in foreign ports, that they
have really entered on board of them the goods, which, on their
arrival. in the ports of Spain, they declare that they bring in
transitu for the said ports, the reasons which gave rise to that
Royal order having partly ceased.
Lisbon, March 3, 1825.

It will be seen by the following extract from
the Devonporl Telegraph, that the Diamond
frigate is arrived at Plymouth from Mexico, hav-
ing on board Mr. LIONEL lIaIIVEY, one of the
British Commissioners sent to that country. The
Mexican Papers brought by the Diamond come
down to the 4th January inclusive, and from
them as well as the infocmation derived from
private letters, we have the gratification to
announce that the internal condition of Mexico
is tranquil, and that her Government and new
Institutions are acquiring that solidity which
must render abortive any attempt to subvert
them. The General Constitutional Congress of
the Mexican Confederation was installed on the
Ist January ; and the account we have given in
another column of that important ceremony will
be perused with considerable interest.
It appears that the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa
still holds out, but numbers of its garrison are
continually deserting,
and are well received by
the Mexicans, though the Spanish Governor, as
the only means of keeping
in his men, is said
to persuade them that all the fugitives are shot.
The fortress is represented to 'be afflicted with a