The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-23 00:00:00

Tuscany of which the object is to found a customs'
league, the first step to union in Italy. When, in-
deed, we consult history, we ask ourselves, were ever
such important results obtained in any country in so
short a space of time ? and whether any princes ever
gave their subjects such remarkable proofs of patriot-
ism and liberal goodwill? 'We cannot but applaud
the wisdom of public opinion in Italy, and wish that
the Conservative and ,moderate party which every-
where conducts the affairs of the country so j udi-
ciously, may take confidence in itself and in the des-
tinies of the Italian peninsula. We cannot but join
in those feelings of gratitude with which it rewards
benefits which it owes to the patriotism and the
generosity of Pope Pius IX., the Grand Duke
Leopold, and King Charles."

It is said that the conferences on the affairs of
Switzerland will be held in Paris, and that M.
RODOWICH has been appointed Plenipotentiary for
Prussia. He is gone to Vienna to conft r with Prince
METTERNICH and with Count COLORED°, who will
be the Austrian Plenipotentiary.
The National has the following on the expulsion of
M. BAROUNINE from Franca :

"That M. Bakounine has displeased the Czar, we
can comprehend. It is probable that the Imperial
Government has other complaints against him, since
he has been obliged to take refuge in France. But
by what right do our Ministers constitute themselves
*he executioners of foreign acts of vengeance ? M.
Bakounine has only used in very fair terms the
right which everybody enjoys on the soil of
France of expressing his opinions. A law, voted
in evil times, confers on the Government the right
of expulsion ; but the refugee so expelled must have
rendered
publicimseloer and tranquillity ? Is M. Ba-
kounine guilty of some act of a nature to
trouble
kounine accused of that? Is it in Russia that order
is menaced by his language ? Is it in France ? Can
h
there be an abuse of language to such a point, and can
the text of a law be more arbitrarily travestied, by
adding to exaggerated severity other severity absurd
and uncalled for ? This is the state allotted to our
renown of hospitality in the hands of the low valets of
the holy alliance. It was desired to prepare the way
to St. Petersburgh for the Marquis de Dalmatie, the
new Envoy ; it is a friend of our country and of our
ideas who will pay the cost of the welcome."
All the papers except the Union Monarchigue ex-
press their unqualified approval of the proposed grant
of a pension to Prince JEROME BONAPARTE.

A royal ordonnance, dated the 19th, opens a sup-
plementary credit of 500,000 f. to the Minister of
Agriculture and Commerce, to enable him to con-
tinue to pay premiums as encouragements to the
whale and cod-fisheries, the sum of 4,000,000 f. al-
lowed in the last budget having been found in-
sufficient.

The Alice, which arrived at Havre on Sunday
from Semarang, touched at the Isle of Bourbon,
from whence she brings letters and papers to the sth
of October. They, however, contain no facts of in-
terest, and are silent with respect to the disturbances
which took place at St. Denis on the 15th of Sep-
tember, in consequence of the return of the two anti-
slavery priests PONCELET and MONNET.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Tuesday at 75f. 60c.; New Loan, 76f. 80c. ;
the Five per Cents., 117 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Rail-
road Shares, 1,215 f. 75c.; Rouen, 912 f. 50c.;
Havre, 478 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 557 f. 50c..
Avignon, 585 f. ; Vierzon, 551 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux,
492 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 3751. ; Troyes and Montereau,
2631. 75c. ; Basle, 165 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg,
420 f.; Tours and Nantes, 400 f.; Paris and Lyons,
406 f. 25c. ; Spanish Actives, 24k; Ditto Three per
Cents., 30 ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 26; ; Ditto Pas-

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sives, 31.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 22.
Boulogne and Amiens, 14E4—Namur and Liege, 5
Northern of France, 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5%—
Paris and Lyons, s%—Paris and Strasbourg, 4'2—Sambre
and Meuse, 7—Tours and Nantes, 3E/2.