The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-31 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

We- have received by Express tl)e Etoile of
Yesterday ; but it contains nothing of importance.
The following are extracts :

LFrom the Etolle of Yesterday.]

lirrront.t, MAacu 12.—The General Junta
of the Province assembled here this week. They
occupied themselves concerning the three mil-
lions of reaux which his 'Majesty has demanded of
the three provinces. This Junta has appointed
I'vo Commissioners, jointly charged, with those
named for the other two provinces. to take an
gccount of the imposts which each of them pays.
The roads are at present so safe that travellers
can travel all night.
The Royal Volunteers of Vittoria are already
dressed in their regimentals to the number of 7,000.
PALis.—The news of the Declaration of the
Independence of the Pacha of Egypt wants con-
firmation, as it might have come sooner by one
of our merchant ships direct from Egypt.—
The Duke Decazes has arrived at Paris. Mr.
Brown, who replaces Mr. Gallatin as Envoy from
the United States, has arrived at Cherbourg.
In the Chamber of Deputies, egth March, no-
thing of consequence.

RERTES AT PARIS—Money, 103. bO.; End of the month,
103- SO. , • Ducats, 9 •
64. , Spanish, 24.

The French Papers, received last night by
Express, are again almost entirely filled with the
Proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies, and
-Particularly -with the discussion of the case of M.
13ENJAIIIN CONSTANT. This celebrated Deputy
appears to have successfully refuted all the
statements and arguments brought forward by
DuDoN, with.the view of proving that he is
u.ot entitled to the rights of a French subject.—
demonstrated that his father had obtained the
fall restoration of his rights in 1791, and that in-
stead of afterwards
r.etirinr, to Switzerland, as
bad been asserted, he had remained in France,
and died there, after a residence of up-
wards of twenty-one years. The subject was
ultimately referred to the Bureau for re-con-
sideration, with an understanding, however,
that it shall not be considered until after the.
Chamber shall have been definitively consti-
i mod and the Address to the KING voted. The
4licusision of his eligibility has been productive

of this advantage to M. BENJASISN CONSTANT,
that it has shown that besides the possession of
great personal talents, he has the honour of an
ancient and illustrious descent, and that the very
ancebtor who was represented as having fled
from France as a traitor, had, by his prowess,
saved the life of the great ITENsty THE Foust:::
in battle.

We are assured, from the highest authority,
that the Emperors of RUSSIA and AUSTRIA have
determined to effect a considerable reduction
of their armies.

Trcelve o'Cluck.—Consols opened this
morning at 94141 and soon after were done at
9482, but again got up to 9484, with some busi-
ness doing.—One Express has arrived from Paris,
but the prices of the French Renter have not as
yet been made public. It is reported they have
come lower.

Fo REIGN MARICZT.—This being Settling Day
for all Foreign Securities, there is much
bustle in the Market, particularly in settling the
accounts. The report of a New Spanish Loan
being contracted for, of 9,500,0001. has not had
much effect upon the Market. Old Spanish
Bonds opened at 20k, but soon atter got up
again to 21.

This hieing Settling-day in Foreign Securities,
the jobbing fraternity have,got up a battle be-
tween a French and English frigate off Algiers,
and a Congress to settle the differences between
Portugal and the Brazils.

From information transmitted to us, in conse-
' quence of the Letter in our Paper of yesterday,
signed 44 insTrews," we believe that the Public
will be unable to obtain any further satisfaction
respecting the fate of M. Z EA'S Loan, than
that whicit is furnished by the Decrees of
Congress respecting the validity of the con-
tract, and by which M. ZEA's Loan is dis-
tinctly annulled, on the ground that no powers
for that purpose had been delegated to him.
From the very best authority, we are enabled
to state, that M. lineTAno neither will
nor can swerve from the principle and
the line of conduct which the Decrees in
question prescribe, and of which the old Con-
tractors are perfectly apprized, they hav-
ing had the Decrees forwarded to them from
Bogota by their agent there. It now remains,
therefore, for the Contractors, if they can, to
deny the accuracy of this statement, in order
that a question of such vital importance
may no longer be a matter of uncertainty
to the numerous parties 'who are so deeply in-
terested in its decision. We are further inform-
ed, that sinister attempts have been made to in-
duce Mr. HURTADO to accede to a recognition of
the Bonds, for speculating purposes, but that
the proposition was rejected by that Gentleman
with the most marked indignation.

Capitalists will not be sorry to learn that an-
other new Insurance Company is forming upon a
most extensive and respectable basis, and under
the auspices or some of the greatest Bankers
and first Mercantile Houses of the kingdom.
Messrs. DosANQuET, PITT, and Co., and Messrs.
COUTTS and Co.; are amongst the most active
promoters of the Instituion, vthich, from all we
hear, bids fair to receive the most distinguished
support and patronage.

German Papers to a late date have arrived.—
They repeat, in confident terms, the intelligence
which we announced on Monday, that the Viceroy
of Egypt has declared himself independent of
the Porte—an event which must be considered of
the highest importance. These Papers also state
the capture of Corou and the out-works of Le-
panto by the Greeks. Lord BYRON, it is added,
had returned from Trip°lizzo to Missolonghi ;
his Lordship had every where been received
with great honour.

Tile Dux( of Yones LETEE.—Yesterday
afternoon, at four o'clock, the Duke of Yoax
held a Levee as Commander-in-Chief, at his
Office in the Horse Guards, which was attended
by the Duke of Athol, the Earl of Carhampton,
General Gascoyne, Lieut.-General Sir George
Cooke, Major-General Guard, Major-General
Turner, Major-General Mosham, Major-G enerat
Blandon, and above forty other distinguished
Officers.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council
was held at the residonce of the Earl of Liyan-
POOL, at Whitehall, which was attended by the
Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Westmorland, Mr.
Peel, Mr. Canning, Earl Bathurst, the Duke of
Wellington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Viscount Melville, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Huskisson,
and Lord Bexley. This was the first Cabinet
Council that Viscount Melville has attended
since his indisposition. The Cabinet sat in deli-
beration till a quarter past four o'clock.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL, we are happy to
state, was yesterday so much better as to admit
of a Cabinet Council being Meld at his re3idence
at Whitehall.

A letter was yesterday received from Mr.
SCARLET; written apparently in good spirits,
and we trust completely restored to health.