The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-14 00:00:00

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

STOCK E7CCHANGV., Twelve o'Clock.—ln con-
sequence of the warlike intelligence from France
and Spain, Consols opened this morning at
73 -I- with great bustle in the Market.—
They got up, however, to 731. The ex-
presses from Paris have brought the French
Funds at 77f. 50c. ; Spanish 312. A report has
been prevalent that a French regiment has
gone over to the Spanish Constitutionalists, which
immediately raised Spanish Bonds from their
opening price of 29, 9.84 to 294 There is
but little business doing up to this hour.

Half-past Twelve o'clock.---This moment it is
reported that another Express has arrived from
Paris, with intelligence of a change of the French
Ministers, three of whom, it is said, have gone
out. I cannot vouch for the truth of this; I have
just learned, however, that a Broker of great
eminence has been perchasing largely within
this hour. There is as yet no confirmation of
the alleged desertion of a French regimens to
the Spaniards.

AVe received this moruing Norfolk (Virginia
Papers to the 18th February.

COUNtODORE PottrEleS SQUADRON.-011 Wed-
nesday morning about ten o'clock the signal for
sailing being given all the light vessels of the
squadron got under weigh, and beat down into
the Roads ; they were followed by the Peacock,
flag ship, which was towed down by the Steam
galliot Sea Gull,and in the afternoon the Sea Gull
returned and towed down the Decoct, store ship.
Not having seen any person from the Roads
yesterday, we are unable to say whether the
squadron proceeded to sea yesterday.

II Am.—Letters from Port-au-Prince to the
16th ult. have been received at Boston. They
represent the situation of affairs there as very
deplorable; no disposition to re-build the place.
Many persons who have money refuse to pay
their debts. The Government was about re-
building the Custom-house. Lumber would not
bring cost and charges ; dry goods were un-
saleable.

'Fitz KlNG.—(Brighton, March lt.)—After
the very favourable symptoms of yesterday and
the day before, upon which we had the satisfac-
tion to report, we cannot, on this occasion, give
a better account of the SONgUEIUN'S most favour..
able convalescence, than by stating the precise
words of the answer to the several, enquiries at
the Palace to-day, morning and evening, upon
the important subject, anti which was—" His
11.14Jzsr Y is better."

Yesterday, Mr. HuNTER, the King's Mee•
!longer, arrived at the Foreign-Office, Downing-
street, from Vienna.
he Serjeant ME►tctEß is daily receiving fresh
proofs from his comrades of their approbation of
his conduct. A great number of the grenadiers
of the 3d battalion of the 2d legion of the Na-
tional Guard are about to present him with a
gold snuff-box, with an inscription alluding to
his conduct on the 4th of March.—(French
Paper..)
At the last Meeting of the Society of Antiqua-
ries, Somerset-House, WILLIAM RA.E WILSON,
Eso. of Kelvinbank, Lanarkshire; North Britain,
was unanimously elected a Fellow of that lusti-
; tution.

Information has just been received at Head.
quarters from Captain MARTIN, commanding the
E
brig Beq'ford, of the death of, Captain J ()um
GRANT, commanding the Royalngineer, at
Sierra Leone. He died on board the above brig
the 19th December last, on his passage home, in
consequence of ill health. He had left Sierra
Leone only a month,