The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PRANCE.

PARIS, DEC. journal repeats this morning, with-
out seeming to attach much credit id it, fhp /ibis; of the
death of the famous Rajeet Sing, which, it says, had bee
announced to a great personage.
The letters froth Al iers brought by the Vantour, which
s iiled on the Ilthi rititidiipdd titan gtdfS tyf the troops of the
expedition had affit'ed the sick and Ontitided vfrac hooded
first, as it st:eci•is; and ih6 helspitais are ctothied.
Montebello and Jupiter had ndt teadied Algiers: The
troops were conveyed on board the corvettes of Botitd6aux,
Marne, Indienne, Caravan., Fortune, and Durance.

At Oran the result of the expedition was not known on
the Bth. 'Whey fancied that Constantino was in the hands
of the French. It is said that General Letang is going on
a new expedition ; but it is not known whether he Ili!! go
to Mascara, the ruins of which Abdel Bader is repairing,
or to the camp of Tagna, where our troops are blockaded,
and have no communication except by sea. There were 370
sick in the hospital at Oran.

Abdel Bader has given notice that he intends to pan the
winter at Mascara ; his great object is to prevent the
Arabs from coming into our market. At Tremecen he has
partizans who stop the Arabs that want to convey provi-
sions to that town. At Tafna, the Guelfa and Oulista are
come to see what is.going on. It is only:at Mostaganem that
Ibrahim, by sallies, protected the natives who came to sell
their provisions in the market. At Oran and Verzcn the
markets are frequently wholly unprovided.
Marshal Soult is expected at Paris in two days. _

The Indicateur of Bordeaux of the 17th says--It is
said that after a very warm action the Carlists raised the
siege of Bilboa on the night of the 13th, and that Espartero
entered the next morning at the head of his division. Such
were the reports at Bayonne on the 15th. We expect the
confirmation of this news.—Journal du Comniercc, Dec. 20.

(From the French Papers of Tuesday.)
A number of soldiers of the expedition against Constan-
tine, overcome by fatigue and completely disorganized, re-
fused to march and accompany the column, which was ne-
vertheless proceeding very slowly, on account. of the im-
passable state of the roads. They remained behind,
notwithstanding the entreaties and threats of their comrades,
preferring, they said, to die sooner than advance another
step ; and the army saw them distinctly fall under the
yataghan of the Arabs, who, in some instances, merely out
off their ears. A dozen of ears were found in the pocket of
an Arab who was killed.

In the evening the bivouacs were established, as much as
possible, in the douars of the tribes. As provisions were
scarce, the troops emptied the silos, and soldiers were seen
to swallow the corn without chewing it ; fortunately, how-
ever, they did not keep it long in their stomachs.
General de Rigny was Captain of the Guard of Honour
in 1814. He had distinguished himself at the siege of
Tarragona. He owed his rapid advancement, during the
restoration, to the protection of Abbe Louis, his uncle.
He was Colonel of one of the regiments of cavalry of the
Royal Guard in 1830, and was promoted to the rank of
General since the Revolution of July. The Court had
forced him on Marshal Clausel, who had asked for General
Subservie to command his cavalry.—illessagber.
The whole of the artillery was brought back to Bona.
Marshal Clausel declared he would order the column to
halt sooner than leave a single gun behind. A howitzer,
belonging to the corps of Yousouf, was abandoned in the
mud after being dismounted.—Toulonnais.
Before 1780 the population of Constantina amounted to
between 40,000 and 45,000 inhabitants, and it is thought
that it does not at present exceed one-half of that number.
Previous to its disasters that city sent every month a ca-
ravan to Tunis with goods to the amount of 100,000 Spa-
nish piastres, or about 265,0001. sterling, per annum. It
likewise carried on a trade of upwards of 100,0001. more
with Bona, and the small harbours of the Gulfs of Gol and
Stora, and with the Royal African Company of Marseilles.
The commercial relations between Constantina and the
kingdom of Tunis had recovered some activity within late
years, and there is no doubt but the same trade, which is
now in the hands of the people of Touzer and Tughurt,
would have proved beneficial for Constantina if Achmet
Bey. had been less sanguinary and avaricious.—Revue
4fricaine. _ . .

Accounts received from the road of Tunis, dated the
.sth, state that the news of the return of the French army
from Bona had caused considerable uneasiness to the Bey
of Tunis and the French partisans in that city, who were
apprehensive of a movement being made in favour of the
Bey of Constantina.—Siccle.
The .Journal de ?Armee of the 18th publishes the follow-
ing paragraph in an article headed " Bulletin :"—" This
is a point which deserves to be well reflected on. In spite
of all the danger which was to be apprehended, no hesita-
tion was felt to send the Prince to take part in a miserable
expedition of less than 6,000 men, and to delay until his
arrival at Bona the departure of this petty army, thereby
losing all the time that remained before the setting in of
the winter season in the mountains of Africa." What,
then, are the real facts of the case ? His Royal Highness
arrived at Bona on the 29th of October, Marshal Clausel
on the 31st of October, and the expedition could not pos-
sibly have been ready before the 13th of November, the
very day when it left Bona.—La Chartc.
VIENNA. DEC. 10.—The Emperor, whose sudden in-
disposition had caused great anxiety, is already so far re-
covered, that this day he was able to dine with his family.
—Suabian Mercury.
A letter from St. Petersburgh, dated the 3d instant,
says—
The Emperor has granted to the Cossacks of the
Don, a new statute for the regulation of their civil and mi-
litary government, which is to come into force on the Ist
of January. It has caused them so much satisfaction that
they sent a deputation to his Majesty to express their gra-
titude."

On the night of the Gth instant, says the Suabian Mer-
cury, a dreadful storm raged in all parts of Silesia. It
was felt from the Giant's Mountain to the very extremity
of the chain of the Carpathians.' Its ravages are supposed
to have extended into Gallicia and Hungary. The storm
was one of the most terrific ever remembered by the inha-
bitants of that country, and during the whole period of its
continuance the rain fell in torrents, and the thunder rolled
heavily. The lightning caused much damage, having set
fire to several houses.
A letter of the Gth instant, from Stockholm, announces
the arrival on the 30th ult. of the Marquis de Lavalette,
who is to act as French Charge d'Affaires at the Court of
Sweden during the absence of the Count de Mornay, who
left on the 2d upon leave of absence for six months. It
also announces the death of the Archbishop of Upsal, M.
de Rosenstein. The severe weather with which the win-
ter had commenced was changed into incessant rain.

FRENCH FUNDR—Psats, DEG. 20.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 85c Eibf.
Four per Cents., 09f. 20c
Three per Tents. 79f. 72f. 20c.
Bank Actions, 2,350 f.
Rente de Naples' Mt 45e.
Roman Five per Cents., Inl 110%.
Spanish Actives, 21 2 X.
Spanish Passives, :04%34.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101%%.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 30.
Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 55.
Havtian Loan, 350 f
EXeIIANDF. ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 251. 37Y,e. ; money, 2A. fINc.
Three months, paper, —f. —c.; money, 25f. 121/2e.
—Cours Authenlique.

BOURSE, HALF-PAST Foua.—The French funds rose again
to-day, and without any obvious cause. The prevalent belief
is, that Government is sustaining them, and that the great ca-
pitalists are speculating for a rise—or, in other words, arc act-
ing to insure that the next settlement be at an improvement
on the last.

- - Spanish Active was less firm than yesterday, with little
business doing.
LAST PRICF.S.—Five per Cents., 108 f. sc. ; Three
per Cents., 79f. 35c.: Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, ; Cortes, —; Coupons. —; Gueb-
hards, —; Differes, —; New Loan, —; Activcs, ; Pas-
sives, 5; Ducats, --; Romans, 100- ; Pedros, —;
Belgians, loll; Dutch, 551. ; Haytians, 350 f. —c. ;
—; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 33+ ; Con-
tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, —; Five per Cent. Perpe-
tuelles,—; Royal Loan, —; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 29i ;
Bank Actions, 2,350 f. ; Austrian, —; Rente de Naples,
971. 75c. ; Portuguese Five per Cents., —.