The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-14 00:00:00

T HE

" Unless any extraordinary events should occur," says
the Univers, " Ministers arc determined on not con-
voking the Chambers until December, the epoch when
the ceremony of transferring the body of Napoleon will
take place."
The Temps reports it as certain that a royal ordonanco
was signed the day before yesterday, for opening a credit
of 100 millions of francs to the Minister of War, for
fortifying Paris, according to the system of General
Haxo, and that the works will be begun immediately by
50,000 workmen. The Courrier Francais says that
the project of fortifying the capital has been decided on
in the Council of Ministers, but that the publication of
the royal ordonnance to that effect is not so near at
hand as has been reported. " All that we have learnt,"
adds this journal, " is that the publication of the plan
will follow closely upon the publication of the ordon-
nance. The Ministry which restores the ashes of Napo-
poleon to France is desirous of fulfilling the last wish of
his testament."
Extract of a letter from Valenciennes :—" Orders
have been received to put the citadel and the fortifica-
tions in a proper state of defence. The engineer ofR•
cers stationed here have just got instructions to repair
all the gates and draw-bridges, to close all the breaches
at every essential point, to put the water-works into
serviceable condition, to form parapets on such parts of
the ramparts as are without them, and to complete the
defence of the principal points."
A letter from Cambray announces that orders were
received there on the 9th inst., to put the citadel in a
state of defence within twelve days from that time, and
that the works were immediately commenced.
The Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular
to the Prefects, dated Sept. 2, relative to the measures
to be adopted in the garrison towns, in consequence of
the increase of the army.
The Courrier de L. 710718 quotes a letter from an Ita-
lian correspondent, according to which the sovereign
princes of that country are taking measures jointly for
the safety and defence of are Peninsula in case of war.
Several forts along the Tuscan coast have been ordered
to be put in a state of defence, and similar measures
have been adopted at Ancona. Twelve pieces of heavy
artillery, six howitzers, and eight mortars were sent from
Leghorn, according to this authority, on the Ist. inst.
to the fortress of Porto Ferrajo. Fresh instructions are
said to have been issud- to the police in most of the
states to exercise a streict surveillance over all French
travellers.

RUMOURED DESTRUCTION OF CANTON -
A letter has been received by an eminent mercdn.
tile house in this town, dated Bombay, July 23. 1840,
and which contains tho following extract:—There is
a rumour current in town (Bombay) of an express from
Calcutta, advising the arrival there of a steamer from
China, with the news of the destruction of Canton.
as far How
far it is true we cannot say, but it is q
is uite posy to as
time concerned. We shall not be surprise.d to see this
rumourconfirmed by the next advices from China."—Trout
the Liverpool Mail of Saturday.

The most perfect tranquillity," says the Moniteur
Paiisien, "reigns in Paris, and the workmen are re-
turning to their work."
Some more v:orkmen were brought on Thursday
before the Tribunal of Correctional Police on charges
resulting from the recent strike. Seventeen were found
guilty, and condemned to various terms of imprison-
ment, from a fortnight to two years.
Petit, the sergent de-ville, who died at the hospital
of Saint Antoine of the wounds which he received on
the 3d inst., was buried on Thursday in the cemetery of
Pere-la-Chaise. He was followed to the grave by the
chaplain of the hospital, a deputation of a hundred ser-
gens-de-ville, all old soldiers, and most of them mem-
bers of the Legion of Honour, and two officers de prix.
M. Pihet and his two foremen were also in the proces-
sion, which, as it passed through the quarters Saint A-
ntoine and Popin-court, appeared to excite much inte-
rest, and elicited many expressions of regret and sympathy.
All the troops called out on service in Paris during
the recent disturbances have received a gratification to
recompense them for their trouble. T.) each private
an indemnity of five sous, and a gratification of the
same sum have been given ; to lieutenants and sub-lieu-
tenants, 3fr. ; captains, sfr. ; colonels and lieutenant-
colonels, ; and superior officers, 50fr. Most of
the officers have refused to accept it.
" The police," says the Temps, " are reported to
have discovered the origin of the sums which were dis-
tributed to some agitators during the recent disturb-
ances. If certain indiscretions are to be believed, the
police has also met with a proof of a monthly subsidy
of 8,000 francs, which a northern Court has for some
time furnished to a journal which we do not designate
by its title, but which does not belong to the Liberal
opposition."

THE WAR IN FRENCH AFRICA.

(From the Moniteur Parisien.)
Government has received the following telegraphic
despatch :-
6' TOULON, SEPT. 10 ; ALGIERS, 6.—Marshal Val-
lee to the Minister of War—Tne column I sent beyond
the Atlas, under the orders of General Changarnier,
has chastised the tribes of Ouzra and Beni Mesaoud,
and communicated with Medeah. On the 29th ult., it
met on the southern slope of the Mousaia two batta-
lions of Abd-el-Kader's regulars. They were over-
thrown and completely dispersed, with the loss of up-
wards of 100 men. We had two killed and six wounded.
The province of Algiers is quiet. The boats from Oran
and Bona have not yet arrived."

ESPARTERO AND THE DUKE OF

SUSSEX.

The Duke of Sussex has addressed the following
letter* to the Duke de la Vitoria, dated from Ken-
sington Palace, Aug. 11 :
" My Lord Duke,—llaving received orders from the
Queen of England, my niece, to transmit to your Ex-
cellency, by the hands of Colonel Wilde, the grand cross
of the very honourable military Order of the Bath, as
a mark of her high esteem for your person, and a pledge
of her approbation of your loyal conduct to your So-
vereign, her Catholic Majesty, and of your absolute
devotion to your country, I hasten with the greatest
pleasure to acquit myself in the capacity of Grand
Master, ad intcrim, of a commission as flattering as it
is agreei,ble to me. I must avail myself of this oc-
casion to express to you all my esteem and the admi-
ration with which her Britannic Majesty's Government
views your political and military career. Your name
is always spoken of with praise in England, and all your
public actions (and they are numerous) are distin-
geished as being the work of a faithful subject, of a
true patriot, of a man of honour, and of a general
as skilful as lie is distinguished. You have fought for
the throne of Spain, for the constitution which you
have sworn to defend, and for national liberty. In
short, you have fought in order to acquire internal
peace, and you have thus contributed to ensure the
general peace of Europe, and I hope and strongly de-
sire that you have obtained it in se important and glo-
rious a contest. With that persuasion, and being ani-
mated with the most cordial sentiments for her Majesty
the Queen Isabella and for the Spanish nation, the
Queen Victoria of England sends your Excellency the
distinguished ribbon (which I have the honour to
transmit to you), believing by that act of kindness
towards a distinguished general and a good patriot to
confirm the friendly relations made to respect and
cherish each other, and to add by those means a new
lustre to the military order of a country which reckons
already within itself so many men of merit, and the re-
cords of which will receive the inscription of the name
of the Duke de la Vitoria and de Morella. In ex•.
pressing the most, sincere wishes for your happiness and
glory, and for the preservation of your Excellency's
health and life, so important for the interests of your
Sovereign, and so precious for your brave nation, de-
siring that you may for many long years enjoy that pub-
lie mark of high esteem of the Queen of Englund for
your services, and of all the well-merited distinctions
which your Sovereign has deigned to honour you with
in the midst of the general acclamations of your coun-
trymen, I have the pleasure to subscribe myself, my
Lord Duke, your affectionate and sincere admirer and
'riend,
" AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, Duke of Sussex."

ESPARTERO TO THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.
BARCELONA, AUG. 25.—My Lord Duke—The dis•
anguished mark of favour from her Britannic Majesty
which you have deigned to transmit me by her orders
has agreeably surprised me. I experienced extraordi-
nary satisfaction, not only in consideration of that flatter-
ing mark itself, but also in consideration of the motive
to which I was a party, and which nobly evinces the
justice of the cause defended by me with honour and
loyalty. M 3 first duty, under these flattering circum-
stances, is to beg you to have the kindness to offer to
the august Queen of Great Britain the expression of
my eternal gratitude, and the assurance of the ardent
vows I offer up for the prosperity of her reign, for the
happiness of the English people, united by close
ties with the Spanish nation. the kindness with
which your Highness has deigned to fill the
office of Grand Master of the Queen's commission
ad interim, the too flattering opinion you have had the_
goodness to have for me, and the praises you hasten upon
me for having faithfully fought for the Throne of my
Queen, of the Constitution to which I. have sworn
fidelity, and of national liberty, all stimulate my grati-
tude for your Royal Highness, and make me desire to
see the realization of your opinion, that the internal
peace of Spain would contribute to ensure the general
peace of Europe. What 'flatters me the most in the
letter of your Royal highness is the expression of the
analogous conviction of her Majesty Queen Vic-
toria, and the assurance of her cordial sentiments for
my Queen and for my nation. I do not doubt that
my Sovereign and country will justly appreciate the
honour conferred upon me as the devoted defender of
their rights, and the good understanding between the
two countries will be continued, and the two people will
cherish and respect each other, according to the happy
expression of your Royal Highness for their mutual
happiness and glory. I return you thanks for the sin-
cerity of your wishes in my favour ; mine will respond to
the signal►sed proofs of your esteem. I shall know al-
ways how to preserve the remembrance of
,our High-
ness, and I shad be happy to find the opportunity of
being enabled to prove to you my cordial affection and
the consideration with which I have the honour, my
Lord Duke, to subscribe myself your very devoted
servant,
"DUKE DE LA VITORIA AND MORELLA."
* As the translation has been made from Spanish into
French and from French into English, the style may be
excused.