The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-12 00:00:00

tionothich prevented him fiord' being present,
lie was sentenced to. pay a fine_ of 10,000 francs,
and to suffer imprisonment for one month. If the
Chamber of Peers cannot be independent it can
be tyrannical. In describing it, recourse need
not be' had to negations. It has a positive cha-
racter for mischief. We have not heard Of any
good it has achieved, but we have repeatedly
been apprised of its evil perpetrations. In
England we only, think of the Chamber of
Peers as a Jury,,. for the trial of regicidal con-
spirators and the manufacturers of infernal ma-
chines. So far as regards legislation, the French
Chamber of Peers is a mockery. • No one ever
dreams of regarding it in the light of an inde-
pendent branch of the Legislature.

Before the trial of the :National, Count MOLE
defended the Peerage from the attack made
upon it in the correspondence of the Prince
of MOSKWA, son of Marshal NEY, recently pub-
lished in all the Journals. The Count is a great
stickler for antiquity, and 'contended that the
Peerage dated from 1815. It is something
to be able to prove that it had a BOURBON and
not a revolutionary origin. No proof is wanted
to convince France that it has not degenerated
into a liberalism that would have displeased
Louis XVIII. It has.lost none of its illiberality
nor of its subserviency to the Court.
The typhus fever is raging among the garrison
at Ham.

The Deputies did not meet in sufficient num-
bers to make-a " House" on Monday.
The. Vigie Morbihan states that a frightful mortality is de-
cimating the population of L'Orient, as well civil as military.
Young females, artillerymen, seamen, marines, and soldiers,
have been carried off in an alarming proportion since the Ist of
January last.
Count Philip de Chabot, who is to act as Consul-General
of France at Alexandria, during the absence „of M. Cochelet,
arrived at Toulon on the 4th, in the morning:'
The Acheron packet is placed at his disposal, and will con-
vey him to Egypt.
A letter from Oran, of the 25th of February, says :
" The last razia which we undertook has spread consterna-
tion among the distant tribes and its most decided and imme-
diate effects are the dismissal of the Corps of Observation on
the line from Cheliff to Mascara, and the precipitate journey
of the Emir to the west, in order to prevent the mutiny which
is ready to break out in the corps stationed in the country of
Tlemecen.

" This razia cost us only a few men, but we lost two brave
officers, one of the cavalry and one of the infantry, who were
killed, and are greatly regretted by the whole division.
" At Mortaganen, the troops turned out on a false alarm.
It was the Arabs running from the camp of Mustapha Bon
Thamy, who, passing by the country of the Hachems, attempted
to carry off some men, or rather, perhaps, some head of cattle.
" The fine weather has returned; the heat is already very
great.
We are to take the field very shortly, but it is utterly
impossible to penetrate into the general plans. You may,
however, expect to hear soon of a successful expedition, for our
General has a happy turn.
" The health of the troops is very good. Great supplies
come from France, which gives us good reason to believe that
the expedition of General Bugeaud will very soon touch our

province.
" Nothing of importance has occurred at Arzew. The
Duke of Nemours and the Duke of Aumale are expected by
the end of March ; the first is to command all the cavalry, the
second a regiment of infantry."—Le Commerce.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 7.—Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte
arrived at Brussels this week, and set out for Luxemburg after
stopping 28 hours.
BRUSSELS' MARCH B.—The King loft Brussels this morn-
ing, attended by M. Comday, Secretary to the Civil List. His
Majesty will return at the beginning of next week.
A letter from the Hague to the Emancipator, says, " It is
not believed here that the ex-King will return to Holland.
His marriage to the Countess of Oultrement has increased the
irritation which the discovery of his financial intrigues had ex-
cited. In the recent sittings of the States-General the Minister of
Finance acquainted them that King William had spent in
Belgium, since the revolution, to support his cause in that
country, above thirteen millions of florins. Mr. Rochusson
presented to the sections a list of the persons amongst whom the
sum was divided, but he refused to allow it to be printed, or
even to have a copy taken."
The Courrier Beige alone received 1,460,000 francs, ac-
cording to the disclosures printed in the Beige, at the time of
the twenty-four articles, an allegation which has not been con-
tradicted. _ _ _