The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-03 00:00:00

estimate the results of each form of Government as

exhibited in the welfare and the glory of France
abroad and at home. " Under the legitimate roy-

ally of Lours XVI., France," says the Capito/e,
" experienced wars, sedition, famine, and anarchy,

and humiliation at home and abroad. Under the

Republic there were civil wars, anarchy, disorder,
and internal misery, but the glory of the country
was established abroad. Under the Empire we
had almost continual war, the inheritance of the
Republic, but independence and immense great-
ness abroad. At home there was perfect order, an
honest and good Government, and general prospe-
rity. A second experiment of legitimate Royalty,

less disastrous than the first, gave birth to a corn.

mencement of true liberty, and a remarkable move
ment of national pr. ~,rity, but the French name
abroad was nearly effaced. Under the quasi-legiti-
mate Royalty of July, with the national sovereignty
upon paper, France has had enormous taxation,
civil commotions rapidly succeeding each other, and
foreign wars without glory, and has more than ever
lost all influence and honour abroad." The Presse
is the only paper that takes up the cudgels for the
Government of July, and discovers in its acts all the
elements of consummate statesmanship. The Oppo-
sition Journals can hardly fail to be greatly amused
with the proofs furnished by the Presse in the re-
cords of the wonders achieved by the SOULT Cabinet.
" It is remarkable," says the Presse, with ludicrous
gravity, " that the year 1839 saw only four impor-
tant questions settled, and all four were brought to
a satisfactory conclusion by a single Cabinet—that
of the 15th of April. These questions were the
Belgian, the Ancona, the Swiss question, and the
Mexican question ; since that period—viz., for
these nine months, many other questions have
started up, but not one has been settled, and very
few are advanced." DANIEL DE FOE in his
I" Life of Moll Flanders," states that that accom-
plished lady was never so puzzled as when she was
asked what she meant by saying that she would be
a gentlewoman. Now we will bet our head against
the goose-quill with which the article in the
Presse was written, that were the writer
asked what were the questions settled by the
evacuation of Ancona, and the freaks of the Duke
of MONTEBELLO in Switzerland, he would ex-
hibit as many signs of puzzled perplexity as Moll
Flanders. If the Ancona affair can be said to
settle any question, it must be the obedience of
France to the behests of Austria, conveyed through
the mouth of the POPE. In Switzerland nothing
was settled, as the retirement of Prince NAPOLEON
from the Republic was purely voluntary. In the
settlement of the Belgian question it is needless to
say that the French Government was wisely con-
tent to receive inspirations from the Cabinet of
London, which contributed more than all the other
Powers put together to the establishment of friendly
relations between the Courts of Brussels and the
Hague. As to the Mexican expedition, if that be
regarded by our neighbours as a feather in the cap
of Marshal SOULT and his colleagues, they arc
welcome to wear it. Such laurels excite not our
ealousy, though the exhibition of them may disturb

our risibility.
The general discussion on the Committees of the
Deputies on the Address was closed on Tuesday.
The Archbishop of PARIS died early on Tuesday
morning.

It was reported in Paris that Prussialma
_iuc. 1
ceetled detaching Austria from all connection
with France, relative to the settlement of the Eastern
Question.; and that England, Austria, Russia, and
Prussia had united together to counteract the alliance
between France and MEHEMET ALI.

In the Commerce of Wednesday we find an ex-
xact from a letter from St. Petershurgh, dated the
lGth ult., which states that the Russian expedi-

Lion against Chiva, which marched on the. Ist, con-
sisted of 24,000 men and 72 pieces of artillery.
Of this immense force 11,500 were cavalry, con-
sisting of Cossacks, Calmucs, Tatars or Tartars,
Baskins, and Caisaks. The Minister of War gave
as his reason for sending so many cavalry, the
apprehension lest the Turcomans and the Khirgis-
tans, who' all fight on horseback, should join the
Chivians and harass the Russian army on its march.
There is not the least doubt but that the Russian
Government intends to keep possession of Chiva,
as another stride towards India.
S?ANIhR FINANCES.—" In consequence of the no-
tice, given in Le Co»imerce of the 29th ult., of the in•
tention of the Spanish Government to withdraw the
reserved funds deposited in the hands of Messrs. Ar-
doin and Co., Messrs. Hubert and Co„ Messrs. Laf-
fitte and Co., bankers in Paris, the Committee of
Spanish Bondholders has, on behalf of its constituents,
lodged a protest against the delivery of those secnrities,
which will serve to insure the payment of one or more
of the arreared dividends of the active debt. Orders
have been sent to London, that similar steps may be
taken in the offices of M. Ricardo and others who have
Spanish stock deposited in heir hands."—Moniteur.

By the artival of the London packet-ship, On-
tario, Captain Brattish, from New York, we have
received through the North and South American
Coffee House, papers of the sth of December. No
Message had reached New York up to the sailing
of the packet. The following extracts include the
only news of interest in these journals :
LATE FROM FLORIDA.—We learn with regret that
Captain Searle, Quartermaster U. S. army, was shot by
Indians, while on his way from St. Augustine to Pico-
lata. He was at the time in the stage, and was badly
wounded in the hip. He remains in a dangerous state.
A white man, riding behind the carriage on horseback,
was first shot. He died a short time after. These de-
predations are coming nearer home quarters than usual.
The news reached Savannah on Thursday last, through
the steam-boat Forester, from Black Creek.
INDIAN NEWS.—lntelligence was received at Madi-
son ( W.T.) on the 16th ult., stating that twenty Win-
nebago Indians had been murdered on the 'Wahesa-
peneka River, by a party of Sacs and Foxes, or a
part of the Prophet's hand of Winnebagoes, who are
for the most part with the Sacs and Foxes. The
attack was made while the men were absent hunt-
ing; the Winnebagoes made but a feeble resistance,
as they were unprovided with arms. In addition to
those killed, five were wounded, and ten taken pri-
soners. Two of the Sacs only were killed. The In-
dians attacked are said to be a part of Dekorre's
band, between whom and the Prophet's band, a feud
has existed for many years.
SHOCKING Lost{ or LIFF. a" FIRE.—On the evening
of the 25th ult. the Bishop's school-house, at Quebec, and
two dwelling-houses were consumed by fire. In one of
the buildings lived Wm. Wilkinson, a stevedore, with his
family, consisting of a wife and three children, and a
lodger named Joseph Roe. Wilkinson, aged about
fifty years, his daughter Elizabeth aged fourteen, his son
John, aged twelve, and Mr. Roc, perished in the flames,
the whole being literally burnt to a cinder. Mrs. Wil-
kinson barely escaped with her life and her infant, but
Was severely burned.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
(From the New York Sun of t sth December.)
SALE OF STOCKS AT The HE STOCK EX-
CHANGE, Dsc. 4.
500 dols. Corporation Bonds 94i
50 shares Uni,ed States Bank 6B
25 do. N. A. Trust and Banking Company 36i
20 do. La Fayette Bank 72i
50 do. Bank of Commerce scrip 93i-100
100 do, American Exchange Bank....s 30 days 721
30 do. Seventh Ward Bank
10 do. Commercial Bank
50 do. Del. and Hudson Canal ... . ...s 60 da 581
75 do. Bank of Kentucky
50 do. Farmer's Trust Co.
25 do. Vicksburg- Bank
12 do. Howard Fire Ins. Co 76
50 do, Haarlem Railroad .........b. next week 39i
68. do. Paterson Railroad 451
2 5 do. N. Jersey R. R. and Trans. Co.
35 do. Canton Company, Baltimore

The Commerce b • Belffe says •—" All the reports
that have been spread of the return of the uounte!s
Henriette d' Oultremont to the Hague are false. A
friend of her's, a lady at Brussels, received only yester-
day a letter from Naples, in which the Countess says,
that she has not yet fixed the time when she shall
quit the beautiful climate of Italy which has so many
charms for persons in ill health."