The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-11 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Moniteur of Sunday,Oet.B.)
(Non-Official Part.-1
MADRID, SEPT. 26.—The Count de la Puebla has set out
again for Paris, where he will join his family, whom he is to
brink back to this City. He has been perfectly well received
by the 11,4, and his succeeded ill all the claims in which
-his interest is involved, which was the object of a journey
to which so many uther motives have been attempted to be
given.
The Fair of Medea', which is for IS days, is-begun. It is
observed with astonishment that the Royalist Volunteers have
not been called in, as usual, to preserve order.
Letters from Santiago de Cuba, of the 19th of July, say, that
the Pardos, or natives of the province of Venezuela, have de-
clared against the Government of Colombia, and that many of
them have joined the troops of Centena, Cisneros, Rodriguez,
and Martinez, who maintain the cause of the mother country.
It is said, that these forces already amount to about 4,000 men,
and that after having gained decisive advantages over General
Paez, they, have entered the _cities of Valencia and Carraccas,
where a great number of those called patriots have been massa-
cred. Other letters received ae,Madrid :inert, theta great part
or Mexico has declared in favour of Spain, and that a slight
effect wbaid suffice to bring back the whole of that empire to
its obedience to the King.
(FrcM the Etoik,' dated Oct. 9.) •
Passes, Oct. B.,—A liberal Journal, examining the Report
of the Board of Tre.le, says--
" The first duty of merchants, that which includes them all,'
is good faith. By what right will merchants claim the support
.ot Government, and what support can Government afford to
melt:ha:as, if they are wanting to, themselves, and violate their
toot:sacred obligations ? The repoit which we are examining
disaleses facts very disgraceful to-those who have been guilty of
them, and very false to those who are innocent. The merchants
wha Lave.introduced into Mexico silk stockings of.bad quality,
rejcice doUbtless at the success of their ignoble speculation ; but
d:) they- 'know they have brought diacieditasprin our manufac-
turers, and forced the inhabitantsao purchase what they want
:rum the English ? Do they knOW the great importance of this
one article of manufacture in a country, where the maid ser-
vants du not go out on Sundays but in silk stockings and nun.
11:4ZS?
" 'There is one source of profit dried up, and it will not b
the last if we &mot take care. We have not yet any rivals for
millinery and fashionable articles.; but how long shall we con-
tinue to possess this advantage, if we send only the refuse of our
sh.apt ? The bad quality of ourgoods has tilled many purchasers
wits distrust and disgust. We Might mention a ship which
ea red from our ports in the beginningof 1823, and by the con-
feseien of the Captain himself was laden with spoilt -butter, sour
wines, and damaged articles of all kinds. This proved, what is
esery where odious, a person az still more odious character in
tuUlscountTiei, where the goods being contraband, -the buyers
were obliged to depend on the honesty of the sellers, and re-
ceive the goods without examining them. It has been found,
more than once, that incheets of wine, three-fourths of the bot-
tles were empty, that Escolles were more or less damaged; that
manufactured goods were two or three degrees inferior to the
patterns, eccording to which the bargains had been concluded.
" It would not be necessary for such abuses of confidence to
be frequently repeated to do the most fatal injury to the honour
and ,the interest of the French-Merchants."
'nee celebrated English pahner, Wilkie, now at Paris, is
rather seriously ill. _
Faxxcst Fuxvs.--Paeis, Ocr. B.—Five per :Cents.
a9.-130.—Three per Cents.; 71. 60.L-Rante.de Naples. 23. 50,
_Ratite d'Espagne, laa.--Exchatige on London, one month,
2:lf ; three ditto; 24:95.—Xoure Auth(ntiove.) • •