The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-19 00:00:00

p (From the 3loniteur of Friday, Dec. 16.)
lit}: contains the fo Is.—The JoJournal du -Commerce de Lyons of the
,'llowigraph:—
I,,,,,_Antwitlistanding the strength of the garrison, consisting of
lam° to 18,000 men, the smallest portion of which could he
the 'ittnodated in barracks, the remainder being either lodged in
Public edifice or encamped in the Place de Bellecour, or guar.
to I.ZI on the citizens, especially in La Guillotiere and Vaise, it is
remarked that not the slightest disorder or excess has been
c4thtted by the soldiers, and that the most perfect harmony
kii,lwhere prevails between them and the inhabitants. We
4 out this happy state of things with the more satisfaction.
' ~.`!it.es a great honour to the good sentiments of the citizens
Wluinniate whom so much pains is taken, to the excellent
41,4 'Pt* the troops, and to the wisdom of the measures taken by
tnilitary authorities to maintain discipline.
it!uav'be affirmed, without fear of contradiction, that the
alt °f Lyons has never been so tranquil as it now is. We
tht Or perceive the effects of the arrival of merchants from
is,,,,elglibouring towns, and even foreigners who come to make
kis„."ases against New Year's-day ; and several merchant.s have
' Th'ett that business of all kinds is becoming more brisk."
e Peho de la Seine Inferieure says—" Since Saturday
14.1.'`ng forty ships laden with divers goods have entered our
11 We learn the at least a hundred others are already in the
These arrivals must necessarily give animation to our
and afford employment to the workmen in the port."
(FromDm.t g
he Messaer des Chambres,
16. —We are assured that M. de Cayes will on
(:11,",.av make a report on the law relative to the peerage to the
Trhnner of Peers.
prep-,sal of Gen. Lafayette to grant civil rights to all the
n refugees in France has been rejected in the bureau by an
74e majority, and will therefore not be read in the Chamber.
tretter from Bourbon of the 15th of August, received by way
14,,t8t, says—. We have finally abandoned every part of Mada-
AA, "1., except Isle St. Marie. Our expedition against that island
sr), vost us dear both in men and money, and has not produced
to g"d result. The troops return to France on board two
tes,
14%4 he ordinance of the 4th of March on the slave trade was
oteadu_igated in the colony on the 10th of August. This law was
that.eu, because it was feared that it might injure property. In
Nri,..ate it would have been resisted by force, and Heaven knows
Would have been te consequence. But now that all ex-
ta,i,t4'°lts are known, all hare perfectly tranquil, and the inhabi-
khi,_theniselves have delivered up to the authorities both the
tares and the blacks brought by a slave ship which landed its
~at St. Joseph on the 11th.
lairti.he colony, however, has now more hands than it wants,
hY the introduction of the Indians, and partly in conse-
tr,,,eef the fall of a number of sugar establishments. At all
dUt'it will never recover the losses which it has sustained
'T these two years."

(Pt•thri the Private Correspondent of the .bforning Herold.)
Vir PARIS, DEC. P 7.
taa„.l Were thrown into a paroxysm of alarm yesterday by the cir,
t &'',2h of a variety of reports of a warlike tendency, all having
IV,X_Mon nrigin-an article in a London Evening Journal of
iosesday last.
; htect,,j_stomed to the influence, and in many cases the proprietary
* tie teal which the Minister N. Casimir Pericr) exercises over
IsZzarislan Press, the speculators on the Bourse, and the public
"MCe in general, have adopted ideas of one oe. two of your
littttse,,..4 Journals that are sufficiently ridiculous. Having ar-
''''!' the premises to their own entire satisfaction, the Parisian
kolin
s deduce from a leading article or simple paragraph in a
!I newspaper, that the materials for it hadbeen supplied by
ars'flane Master himself, instead of having been picked up in
VeithaU the lobbies or waiting-rooms in the neighbourhood of
l 11, if haply they had ever existed elsewhere than in the
Itiiihrti of the writer • that, consequently, the article or para..
t
assal.enqauneguonreallile,rtrii.d
beingat
ile:Urb4lnislpecMilstit eorinsailliitsereotrinitwere .
• oast (a fact incapable of controversion), you will not wonder
the funds fell considerably yesterday on the Paris Bourse,
to the impression made by the newspaper article above al-
to,, on the minds of those sensitive and sensible persons the
-117•,..,. rs and stock speculators.
itte,..,"""mory times the Minister would have cared little for the
tit ,e..r.Pta of others, than himself, to influence the market; but at
ossirs when to sustain the prices of the funds is to maintain him-
Ithrg:41"11)oei be loses not a moment in contradicting in the most
`At oed maimer the tenor and the matter of your contempo.
s warlike or fear-exciting lucubration.
kii,,e Journal des Debats' oblivious of the tone of courtesy im-
k telz to it by the polished Chateaubre, recapitulates briefly the
• vaeo7„ , in circulation of evil intentions on the part of Russia, and
, that of Jour contemporary in particular, says in
'filesesn,Ma.-" All this news is false." (Toute ces nouvelles soot
„"nly i,:‘ ranee Nouvelle,in a trebly.leaded paragraph, denies not
iaothe truth of your contemporary's article, but asserts that
kitiLogress towards that desirable end, a general disarmament,
• iinvos h uninterrupted, is rapid, and that a convention for that
Meat .! is on the point of being signed, the Ambassadors of the
rowers having received full credentials and authority for
: 4114., sager des Chambres contents itself with copying the
ithLgentioned paragraph, but in its Stock Exchange article insi_
' itt;'•" that the fall in the funds on the preceding day was partly
• ..irtable to the desire of speculators to realise.
til; three (lemi.ofhcial organs of Government) agree, you will
hiskPerceive, in denying the existence of any cause for appre.
• iti,ng war; and two of them go so far as to affirm that the con-
Wlw for a general disarmament is on the point of being signed.
hirt,e view they takeof the question it is impossible not to concur.
Itlis 'e,,. as you already know, long since arrived at that conclii-
J 44,, ,having been for the last nine months impressed with the
nie 7'; ton that France dared notgo to war • that is, that neither
'"using nor his Ministers were tired of their wealth or their
tektra, and that in any case, they would not wage the only
, leis Of war in which France could have a chance of success.
re", been quite clear, therefore, that (since the arrival of M.
r to power at least) there would be no war.
Oliti*nocident French Gog miverht,
nment, howeveran, defeatd
falsify my wise all the cific
predictieo intentions
ns. I
hilly not such an accident as that of the Emperor of Russia
hung Europe with horror at the barbarity of his inflictions on
,14 happy Poland, for the acts of a legitimate tyrant must
thio. no idea of resistance to them. There is, however, such a
144.44 a revolutionary spirit abroad, of which, in Madrid, in
I 1 ik2 in Constantinople, in Munich, in Neufchatel, in Prague,
'yliutei in Turin, in Milan, in Genoa, In Naples, in Berlin-
% it,even in St. Pctersburgh itself-an accident might produce
%C.c.°. nvenient developement. In speculating, Or rather reckon-
itherefore, on the continuance of peace, the possible occur.
Ihsti7,of such a chance must be kept in view it the speculator
z not run the possible risk of having all his castles blown
tde-lekby one gust of popular fury. There is nothing else within
4 lonnipter of accidents to prevent the re.estahlishment, and for
p.!_i_ time the preservation, of general tranquillity.
kriium the consideration of general politics I turn to those of a
.411,, y his nature. The President of the Council is to make this
.40e Promised statement of the causes, progress, and termina-
jet uf the late revolt at Lyons, which I hope to be able to send
la; The Duke de Cayes has finished the report on the Peerage
fe,,,,s Which, however. will not be presented to the Chamber of
Ng before Tuesday or Wednesday next. M. Odillon Barrot,
10,,i7 sulked, it is said, refused the Presidencyof the Committee
N., Leh the Budget has been referred-in his stead M. Schoncn
•Oar chosen. The treaty between the Minister and M. Odillon
tint has, it is said, been broken off. M. Perier has become less
tie Zia for the co-operation of the latter, and having allowed
11itt""414,.. ge to be perceived, M. Barrot has withdrawn from con-
..tee witth the Minister. This is all the gossip, true or false, that
°Oes,'._.‘am assured, be picked up to.day in the precincts of the ca.
1,-z.si the Chambers.
keiii. 7 visit of M. Perier to Don Pedro yesterday has occasioned
nttiarulation. It is said that the Minister called to announce
, ~.._" "x
-Emperor in the most respectful form, that the French
'tke,,-`httrent could 'not allow even him to conspire against the
thetehtllinent of Don Miguel while a resident in France, and
ilstsm_ Must forbear from following up his preparations for the
‘4,,,,t1 of his daughter's kingdom while he. shall remain on the
Noe territory. me intended expedition is a matter of such
to e'et), and the proceedings respecting it are so little sought
tie,Joncealed, that it would not be surprising if the object
IN t.s?)' report to the visit of the Minister of the Interior were
%it!' One ; but that it will interfere with the views of the Ex-
hrer there is little chance.
hiy Ove been so much hurried as to preclude the possibility of
i:8 present, on either day, at the proceedings in the extra-
re of Leause now at issue, in which the parties are the heirs at
toetri'ne late unfortunate Duke of Bourbon, the Countess de
, arvb,_ (late Miss Dawes, of Oxford-street, fruiterer), and
'lna ~.` Philip, King of the French. I propose, however, to at-
lilt. '''...!he future progress of the suit, and shall give you the re.
gltr:f_l_o Prejudge the case would be unfair-that I shall not,
ore, attempt; but as a warm adherent to the citizen King,
4/1,31.1k permitted deeply to lament the impression produced on
ted: world here by the nature of the documentary evidence al-
. ' read in the cause.
I P.S.-HALF-PAST THREE.
Nrj„te..gret not being able to give you the communication of M.
nair•iii,.to the Chambers respecting Lyons. At three o'clock he
Np0,...._-'• Yet commenced. I do not, however, deem it of sufficient
Ao esiiiir ee to wait for it at this stormy period of the season, and
lie 2,13 er the arrival of your express in time for your purpose.
to-swirly fact, if it be one, that I have heard respecting the
threwnhleation is, that, in discussing it, the Minister of War
C 00, _Ns inkstand, the other day, at the President of the
•
% 'lie ! arrival of General Romarino in Paris has caused a great
otia m At this moment the students at the Schools of Law
itlar4sea icine are at his residence, in the Cite Bergere, with an
Fag
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