The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-08 00:00:00

claration that the death of Pr:nce Eugene was
owing to a disease of the brain.

The French Papers of Thursday and Friday,
which arrived last night, contain no intelligence
of any interest to the English reader. The King
of SPAIN has dismissed fourteen of his Councillors
of State, out of twenty, of which this Council is
composed.

FRENCLI FUNDS.
Penis, .11.1Ancil s.—Five per Cents, 104.65.; Loan of WO.
l7i ; Bank Stock, 1,800 ; Neapolitan 5 per Cents. 89i ;
'Rentes d'Espagne, 24} ; Royal Spanish Loan, 18,23, 60-1„,,'"
Exchange on London, 1 month, 25. 40.; three months, 25. av•
Cour:. 24uthrntique.)

Madrid Gazettes to the 26th ult. have been
received. The number of the 24th contains three
Royal Decrees: the first declaratery and expill'
n'atory of the Decree of October last, concerning
the constitution Of, the Courts of JOitice, and
causes pending in them; the second establi,iv
ing the Junta of .Arenceles for regulating the
.custom-houses and 'custorn.house 'duties° of
Spain and the Indies; and the third re.esta-
Wishing the impost entitled frutos which`
was first enforced in 1785. The number of the
25th contains a decree, probibithi; the imports'
tion 'of cord or flour into any of the Ports of the
Peninsula. The same paper gives news from
Mexico, 'fasionrable to the cause of the mother
country, which, from subsequent intelligence, We
knoW' to be entirely unfounded;

. Fi:es of American Papers have been received
to the -Bth February..

• [From the Commercial Advertiser, 711:
Extract of a letter from an Officer on board the l'ranklifh

dated Valparaiso, Oct. 1.

This is an important,crisis in the affairs of Upper Peru. The
contending armies axe each ten thousand strong, and a decisive
engagement is daily expected. Shoull the Patriots obtain s
Tictory, the war will now be terminated, but, should they be
defeated, of.which the most painful apprehensions are enter'
tained, hostilities may continue for years, for the Royal Arinl,
t• 11 it is now styled, is better appointed than at any former perfd"l"
Extract of a letter from Havannah of the 18th ult. :—" het'
withstanding the apparent tranquillity which attended the re"
establishment of the absolute Government in Havanna, a col'
siderable portion of the inhabitants of that city and the
Island of Cuba are far from being satisfied with the new ()reef
of things. We have seen three proclamations in manuscript'
which tontain,the most fervent sentiments of liberty,' and all'
ing upon the native inhabitants of the island of Cuba to
throw off their subjection to an imperious Government, which'
at the distance of I COO leagues, pretends to rule them Accord'
ing to the.principle of absolute sovereignty. The Proclatn;
Con, annulling the laws passed subsequent
.to April, 18201 and
the order prohibiting passengers to land under certain condi'
tions, show at once the solicitude of the GOvernor for the Pre'
nervation of the present government in that island.

Bermuda Papers to the 18th January h3ve
arrived, but do nut contain any news worth erg

tracting.

CITY, Twelue o'Clock.—Comols opened this
morning at 948*, at which price they remain UP
to the present hour, with little doing. One Es'
press has arrived this morning from Paris, briny
ing the Rentes on Saturday at 102 f. 10e.
dead, which makes them, with the dividend/
104 f. 60c.—Spanish, 24.
FOREIGN MAIIKET.-7-There is not much doing
in the above Market this morning. There i°
rather. a panic in the Spanish Bonds, which felt
tom 23. to 22.—Mexican Scrip has also lower, 6'
liqfpast Twelve-- Within this half-hour
a general panic has prevailed in the Foreign
Market, and most of the public have become
sellers in all Foreign Securities. Spanish Bonds
have fallen 21 to 3 per cent., and Consols have
also lowered to -.9348 for the Account. The
cause of the above depression is not as ist
exactly known ; :hut a report prevails that the

Spanish Government hate come to a resolution
to make an effort to regain their South .A.mericall
Colonies.

It is some time since we stated, on an attain'
rite in which we place great confidence, that our
Government had-entered into an arrangement
with the Cabinet of Madrid, for permitt4
twelve thouiand Irish troops to be raised for the
service of thVicing of .StiAts.' A private lriter,
from Madrid, dated the 19th instant, and or
which the following is an extract, seems to coo;
nrin the truth o' tl:s very extraordinary pierc ("
intelligence, of Which we certainly titertai"e'rl

great doubts, noty-vithstandiag our reliance en
accuracy of the well inTotme.d party from is I°ll
our information was originally received. Eve"
now, with th corroboration which has been giYell
to the stateme:d by the Madrid letter, we carl-
ot.
but imagine that the whole story must have °II-
- in mistaki!

" I understand a contract has been entered into wit;.-h
;a,
Government for the supply of 12,000 of the disorderly
for the purpose ~," kr,+itig orderly the Spanish people ; ,cy
officers to be taken feom the English half-pay list, which it1"1,11
give up to come On Spanish full pay. I suppose they wijp`ra•
be Irishmen who commit this -blunder. • The British (4(;:f`,
ment will be a great gainer by this•measure, as the 114,'*"i''jr,,
its
will be so much decreased, and the famous Captain 11° or
it is.supposed, will be completelY deserted. The contractoriid,
course, must be from ‘-‘ thesod,' but I don't know if lie's vie is
There can be 119 obstacle in the way of the fulfilment a oe
contract between the
•two high contracting parties, since
sine qua Mil is quite out of it."

In cone
nection with the new measures for et
deayouring to re-arrange the commercial sP•t,so