The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-30 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Messager des Chambres, dated Wednesday )
The following extract of a letter from Napoli di
Romania (Mores), dated Nov. 25, is from the Garde
National of Marseilles:—
" The condition of this country is as flourishing as
could be reasonably supposed in the uncertain state
of things which has so long existed. The Greeks
evidently desire a King who will put an end to this
instability. The Congress has met at Argos, and
hitherto every thing has passed off very quietly. Count
Capo d'lstria, the brother of the deceased Presi-
dent, uses every means in his power to get himself
appointed Regent : he has, however, experienced
considerable opposition from all those persons who,
not being employed by the Government, have only a
general interest in the choice of a Prince. The
opposition is at present in a considerable majority.
It is, however, difficult to foresee what will be the
result of the debate."
NEUFCHATEL, DEC. 21.—The Royal troops have
at length completely beaten the insurgents, who
have been attacked by 2,000 men, commanded by
General Von Pfuel, the Prussian Commissioner.
Five pair of colours have been taken from them at
Bevaix, as well as all their ammunition. Bourquin
took flight, and narrowly escaped being taken in his
bed. Twelve waggons laden with arms taken from
them will be brought hither to-day.
Yesterday 1,800 men set out for Chaux-de-
Fonds, where they arrived after eight o'clock this
morning. The rebels fled at their approach, and
they are now being disarmed. The chiefs have
escaped to Val de Sr. Ytnier. Sixty prisoners
were brought to-day from Val de Travers, and
about eighty are expected to-morrow. Our canton,
as we hope, is delivered from the disasters with
which it was threatened.
The ConstitutiOnnel Neuchatois contains the fol-
lowing bulletin, dated Chaux-de-Fonds, '2lst Dec.,
eleven in the morning :
" Last night all the columns of troops under the com-
mand of his Excellency the Royal Commissioner brake up
from their usual quarters, and united at the junction of
the roads of Sagne and Neufchatel.
" At eight o'clock in the morning Chaux-de-Fonds was
surrounded by 2,200 men, with ten pieces of cannon, and
entered the town without the slightest resistance. The
Royal Commissioner ordered the revolutionists to be im-
mediately disarmed. Well-disposed persons applauded
measures which alone can ensure their tranquillity. Long
live the King.
" The Commandant of Neufchatel,
" DE BOSSET, Captain."
" NEUFCHATEL, DEC. 25.
" ORDER OF THE DAY.
" Soldiers,—You have bravely accomplished a noble
task—you have saved the country. The rebels at length
proceeded from insults and threats to the attack, and pro-
claimed war. The Government had made its prepara-
tions in silence. Ycu have eagerly answered to my call—
you flew to arms, and in three days have annihilated the
revolution which has distracted the country for this year
past. I told you that Gad would confound the perjured,
and he has confounded them. Their cowardly leader has
twice fled to Bevaix and Travers at the first shot ; and
owed his safety only to the horse which had been so-
lemnly given to him to make his triumphal entry into
Neufchatel. Soldiers ! the King and the country are
content with yea, and I am proud of commanding you.
(Signed) " DE PFUEL.
" Head-quarters, Chaux-de-Fonds, Dec. 22."
(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The execution of Torrijos and his associates has
been followed by several new arrests. Letters found
upon several of these prisoners have furnished the
police with information as to many accomplices of
Torrijos both at Madrid and Andalusia. In the
course of three days no less than thirty persons
have been imprisoned. Amongst them are a Colo-
nel of infantry, a retired officer of the same rank, an
alcade, and several merchants. Further arrests are
expected to take place immediately.
L'Ame de la Charte, a Nantes journal, says—
" The Carlists in this province assert that their
cause is going on well. In their opinion, their
triumph is not very distant. The zealous partisans
of Holyrood, in concert with all the papers of the
late Royal Family, constantly express their indigna-
tion against Paris, which the elder branch of the
Bourbons have determined to deprive of the honour
of being its capital. The project of the fallen
dynasty is to choose Nantes for the metropolis, when
the restoration shall have been effected."
The National says—" We learn that General Se-
bastiani is not slightly indisposed, as it was reported,
but that he has had an apoplectic fit. Although
his life is not considered in danger, yet the physicians
have declared that he would be for some months
unable to attend to state affairs. This incident in-
creases the perplexities of an administration already
tottering by irretrievable faults, and by events which
have resulted from them. The colleagues of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs have, it is said, had
several conferences on the means of giving him a
successor without causing too great a change in
their policy. They unanimously acknowledged the
difficulty of introducing a stranger, whoever he
might be, into the Council. Their system might
not be completely followed up. It also appears
hazardous to them to intrust the direction of foreign
affairs to a man who has too much influence, or to
one who has too little. M. Perier has, consequently,
decided that General Sebastiani should not have a
successor, as he (M. Perier) will take upon himself
the management of Foreign Affairs, and give up to
M. d'Argout the whole department of the Interior,
to which the latter had hitherto attended only in
part. This arrangement has the twofold advantage
of maintaining the good understanding which has
subsisted for the last ten months between the mem-
bers of the Cabinet, and of keeping vacant the office
for General Sebastiani, should his health permit him
to resume it." The Afoniteur contains a Royal
ordinance, dated the 25th instant, authorising the
President of the Council to sign official documents
relating to the department of Foreign Affairs during
the indisposition of Count Sebastiani. The answer
to inquiries made this morning at General Sebas-
tiani's residence was, that he had passed a good
night, and that there is now every reason to hope
that his recovery will be much more rapid than was
expected a few days ago.
The Journal du Commerce gives the following
extract of a letter, dated Rome, Dec. 13 :—" The
Duchess de Berry returned to this city from Naples,
the French Ambassador having induced the King to
refuse her permission to remain there any longer.
The emissaries of her Royal Highness from the
south of France, and the supplies sent by her to
aggravate the insurrection at Lyons—the offer she
made of selling the pictures from the Elysee Bour-
bon to the family of Napoleon, to raise funds for
exciting the French to rebellion against the reigning
K'ng, are amongst the many motives which have
occasioned the order for the departure of the
Princess from Naples. After remaining only a few
days at Rome, she yesterday set out for Lucca, in
the hope of finding an asylum there as long as the
interests of her son require that she should remain
in the neighbourhood of France. Several French-
men who came to reside at Rome only to carry on
their plots in favour of the exiles at Holyrood,
have toeday followed the Duchess into the States of
Lucca."
Extract of a letter from Bologna, dated the 18th
instant :—" The night before last, about two o'clock,
a fire broke out in the church of St. Margaret, at
Ferrara, which had been converted into a store for
forage. The tocsin sounded, and the effect of the
bells upon a population alternately excited by the
fear or hope of revolutionary movements, may be
imagined. The Austrians, on hearing the
teiarsstilystrolse, came out of the fort arid barracks with
their train of artillery, which they planted at the
entrance of all the principal streets, and on the
esplanade which commands the town, As soon,
however, as the cause was known, they retired
again, somewhat ashamed of their alarm." Another
letter s:atee that the reason of the Pontifical troops
not having marched into the provinces and upon
Bologna, is, that disturbances have broken out in
Perugiene and Umbria, send called for the whole of

the force which was at Rimini. The details of this
event are looked for with great anxiety.
A committee of ladies of distinction has been
formed for the purpose of establishing a lottery, as
a means of raising a fund in aid of the distressed
Poles who have taken refuge in France. It is pro-
posed that articles of taste and ingenuity should be
contributed by those who have leisure to make them,
to a general collection, which will be exhibited in
the Bazaar Montesquieu, and afterwards be disposed
of by a lottery, the tickets of which are 2r. 50c., and
may be had of any of the ladies of the committee,
whose addresses may be known on applying to M.
Casein, general agent to the Polish Committee, No.
12, Rue Taranne, to whom also the articles contri-
buted are to be sent.
ExcuANGE OF PARIS, Dec. 26.-The Funds were
very firm at the opening, notwithstanding the news given
by two Morning Journals of an insurrection in Rome, in
which the Pope himself was said to have fallen. It was
known that a great house had received a courier, who left
Rome on the 13th; that every thing was tranquil in
Italy ; and consequently that the news spread in the
morning was to be classed with the news more or less
absurd with which we have been favoured for some
days past.
The speculators for a fall did not, however, give up
their plans ; they exaggerated the indisposition of the Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs, who is much better; and said
that the President of the Council was worse, while he
was speaking in the Chamber of Peers, and in the end
they succeeded in causing some uneasiness, and a fall in
the prices took place.
(From the Journal des Debuts of Tuesday.)
P.txfs, Dec. 26.-For some days Count Sebastiani,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been prevented by indis-
position from attending in the Chamber. We are able to
state that the Minister is much better to-day ; there is
every reason to hope that this indisposition will be of much
shorter duration than was at first apprehended.
M. de Palmella has arrived at Paris, from London, to
confer with Don Pedro on the expedition to Portugal,
Pelmets FUNDS -PARIS, Dec. 27.-Five per Cents. nor. 130 c.
SOc. 97f. 10c. sc. 97f. 97f. 10c. sc. 11711 96t: 95c. 75c. 711 c. 60e. 75c.
8.5 c. ; Four per Cents., 82f. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 68f. 50c. 60c.
6'c. 70c. 60c. SOc. 30c. 40c. 50c. 68f. 60c. ; Rents de Naples, 77f.
771. 50c. 75c. 50c. 75c. 77f. 50c. ; Rente d'Espagne,lo ; Royal
Spanish Loan, 77; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, SEN 4 58
58,A 581 Ul,‘ N.-Exchange on London, one month,
paper, 25f. 35c. ; money, 25f, 30e.-threemonths, paper, 25f. 20c.;
money, 25. 20c.-Coors Authentique.