The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.

Ii or a wonder, none of them comment upon Spain
or Spanish affairs. The Debuts mentions a repo
now current on the Continent, that it is the intention or
the King of SARDINIA to construct a railroad from
Genoa to Chamberry, with a tunnel under Mount
C6f,is, eight miles long. Should this railroad be con-
structed, Genoa will become a formidable rival to Mar
seilles, and the route by Genoa will, in that case, pro
bably be found preferable either to that by Marseilles
or by Trieste, for the conveyance of the Overland Indian
Mail.
The Constitutionnel has a long article developing a
plan for the military colinization of Algiers, and the
Presse sneers at the idea of our having a day of general
fast and national humiliation on account of the famine in
Ireland. "It is a calumny on PROVIDENCE," says the
Presse, " to attribute to:it the deplorable misery which
desolates Ireland." Doubtless the Presse would insinuate
that the potato rot was entirely occasioned by the mis-
government of per/Ede Albion, and it might, in support
of its argument, adduce the case of Poland, where
under the mild and paternal government of its
especial pet, the Emperor NICHOLAS, the potato rot
has not appeared. Clearly the potato rot is the
consequence of misgovernment.
In the meantime, if we are to believe the National, the
distress in France is progressively increasing. It says—
" By the admission of the Minister of the Icterior, our
necessities are progressively increasing, and it appears
doubtful whether the last grant of 4,000,000 f. demanded
by the Government will be sufficient for a situation which is
really deplorable. The price of wheat continues to rise, and
the consequences are felt by every branch of trade; whilst
the greater number of our manufacturing towns are on the
eve of a crisis. At Rouen, particulary, the operatives are me-
naced with an interruption of employment, and the conse-
quences of a suspension of the factories is anticipated with
apprehension. The supplies voted by the Chambers are
mere alms, insufficient for their professed purpose. We live
unprepared, and when any serious circumstances arise, the
Government only thinks of applying a temporary remedy,
and when the crisis is passed we again fall into our habits
of torpor until a new calamity awakens us from our lethargy.
This is called governing ! A nation so administered must
necessarily within a certain period, arrive at a dreadful
crisis.*
The Presse will in this case be scarcely inclined to
proclaim that the distress of the governed is attributable
to the faults of the governors.
A compromise has been come to with the parti pretre
on the subject of the appointment of M. lIEBEnr., That
gentleman will bo appointed Minister of Justice, from
which the department of public worship is to be se-
parated. The Ministry of Public Worship will be con-
ferred on M. CARNE, who may be considered as the
nominee of the Jesuits.
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The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Thursday at 78f. 40c. ; the Five per Cents. 118 f. -oc. ; the
Orleans Railway Shares, 1,273 f. ' 75c. • Rouen, 867 f. 50c. ;
Havre, 690 f. ; Great Northern, 628 E 75c. Avignon
; 2c. c ;.
; Lsy po anns
ish and
Actives,
Avignon,
45°80c.f. ;;
830 f.; Vierzon, 582 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 535 f. ; Boulogne''
400 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 300 f.; Basle, 210 f. ; Dieppe
335 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 465 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 467 f.
PBoarrdiseauanxdanLd" Cnest"te4, 9415fif 5
25
. 3 3 ;
Spanish Three per Cents., 35.
Lyoxs, MARCH 2.—Avignon and Marseilles, 836 f. 25c.;
and
Vierzon, 585 f. ; Northern, 632 f. 50c. ; Paris Lyons,
491 f. 25c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 5.
Boulogne and Amiens, 14 —East Indian, ors —Northern of France,
12} —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 —Rouen and llavre, 26%.

Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from de
Colonial Office, for the Governor of Gibraltar.