The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-27 00:00:00

cannot be seized on their production by
the creatures of the KING. They therefore de-
mand the prosecution of La Contemporaine in
London, where the correspondence is offered to
be exhibited, and where it actually is at present.
See to what mischief the foolish vindictiveness
of a Government may lead ! The KING has con-
trived to get himself into a very troublesome
scrape.

Relative to the late news from French Africa
we find the following in the National:—

It appears, as well from General Bugeaud's despatch as from
several letters from the head-quarters of the army in Africa,
that it was the precipitation with which, without orders, the
Duke de Nemours charged at the head of the 24th Regiment,
of which his brother, the Duke d'Atunale, was Lieutenant-Co-
lonel, that prevented the complete success of General Bugeaud's
plan, and the entire destruction of the Arabs under the corn-
mr.nd of Abd-el-Kader.

It was known in Paris on Monda3 that the
French Government had ordered its representa-
tive at the Court of London to sign the Treaty for
the pacification of the East in concert with Eng-
land, Austria, Russia, and Prussia. We have good
authority for stating that the Treaty was so signed
on Tuesday at the Foreign-office, so that there
is an end to the isolation of France. The influ-
ence of France in the East has suffered greatly,
from the adoption of the puerile policy of` M.
TRIERS. But THIERS was intoxicated at finding
such warlike Allies as King WILLIAM, of
Holland, and his eleven thousand Dutch horses.
Had M. Thum added to King WILLIAM and
his Dutch horses
_ST. URSULA, and her eleven
thousand virgins, the force against England
would indeed have been overwhelming!

The following extracts include what other
new: there is in these papers :

Orders have been sent to Cherbourg to fit out a Govern-
ment cutter, selected for quick sailing, and to station it in
the Bay of St. Brieuc, for the protection of the oyster beds
from English fishing-boats.
A water-spout burst over the village of Revermont, in the
Rhone, a few days since, and extended its ravages over that
and several adjacent communes. A great deal of damage was
done, the water washing away gardens on the sides of the
valley, and swelling the streams to torrents. No lives were lost.
Several Journals quote advices from Cuba of the 15th
April, which state that sixty-two negroes from Jamaica had
landed on the southern coast of the island, and that thirty had
been immediately shot, being suspected as emissaries to excite
the slaves to revolt.

From Vienna we learn that, on the 15th instant, Prince
Metternich celebrated the 68th anniversary of his birth at his
summer palace, in the suburb of Rennweg, and gave a grand
diplomatic dinner, which was attended by all the Foreign Mi-
nisters. The Prince, in the course of the day, received an au-
tograph letter of congratulation from the Emperor. Prince
Metternich was expected to remain only a few days longer at
Vienna, being prepared to visit his estates in Bohemia, and
thence proceed to Johannisberg, where he will have the honour
of receiving the King of Prussia during his Majesty's intended
tour through his Rhenish provinces.
Extract of a letter from Athens, 30th ult. :—" Our last
arrivals from Candia inform us that the Sfaxiotes had come
down from the mountains to Argrocoma, where the main body
of the Christians were assembled. A corps of the latter
remained in the environs of Canea that they might not lose
sight of the Turks, and the inhabitants could not leave the
town, even for their ordinary business in the country, without
permission from the insurgent commandant. The other strong
places of the island were in the same position. Mustapha
Pacha had not dared to take any active steps before the arrival
of the promised reinforcements from Constantinople. A report
is spread that Mount Athos has revolted, and that the insur-
gents have beaten the Turkish garrison."
BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 24.

First Highest Lowest Lad
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4% per Cents ..... 104 50 104 5) 104 50 101 50
4 per Cents 99 ... 99 ... 9Y 99
3 per Cents 79 30 79 40 ... 79 30 ... 79 40
sink of trance
Lattitte Bank 1 000f.Shares 1e55 ...1015

5,000 f. Snares 513! ...5130 :...5130- ..K.30
Helgian Bank
1841....
5 per Cents.
3 per Cents 7l ... '7l ...: 71 ... 71
New Loan lOl% ... 141% ... 101% ... 101%
Spanish Active .....
Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5%
Portuguese 3 per Cents 20% ••• 20% ... 20% ... 201 A
Neapolitan lO4 60 ... 104 SO ... ”.14 60 ... i 144 SO
Roman
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles. L8,..............-- 217 50 ... 217 50 ... 210 ... 512 50
R. B 337 50 ... 3 0 ... 335 ... 335
Orleans'.. 486 25 ... 467 50 ... 486 25 ... 4F6 25
itrasburg to Bale k3o ... 230 ... 227 50 .. 227 50

German Papers have been received with some
accounts from European Turkey, which, having
reached us through another channel, appeared in
The Sun. of yesterday.

Madrid Journals, of the 17th instant, have
reached us. Senor OLOZAGA had failed to form
a Cabinet, and the REGENT had charged Count
ALMODOVAR with powers to try what he could
do. At a Cabinet Council it had been resolved
that the title " Highness" should be prefixed to
the name of the REGENT.
Letters from Corunna of the 14th inst., state that Madame
Mina had been appointed governante of her Majesty Queen
Isakella, and of her sister the Infanta, at the special entreaty of
their mother, Queen Christina, ex-Regent of Spain.
El Castellano of the 17th states that the Commander Don
Miguel Matan had surprised the famous Carlist Chief Jose
Canela in a farmhouse near Agramont. He had come from
the valley of Andoura, with a commission from Tristany to
raise guerillas in the Segara. Before he was executed he
made some important confessions, which might serve to defeat
the plans of several other Carlist Chiefs, who purpose making
similar attempts during the summer. Canela suffered death
with resignation ; but to the last moment he besought an in-
terview with Espartero.
The business transacted on the Madrid Bourse on the 17th
inst. was but trifling. The Five per Cents. closed at 27 3-16 A
cash, and 28i at sixty days.

THE LORD MAYOR.—It must be highly gratifying to
the citizens, particularly those who never enjoy any of
the good things of the Mansion-house, and are verging
towards decay by the prostration of business in the manu-
facturing districts, to find the Chief Magistrate, at this
season of financial and commercial crisis, chiefly intent
on feasting the. Bishops. He probably hopes that he
may ward off the impending evils by their prayers ; the
citizens, however, take a different view, for they are to
meet in Common-hall, to petition against the corn mono-
poly, which the Bishops support. Their Chief Magis-
trate may perhaps derive the hostility which he pro-
fesses to Corn-law repeal, from his close connection
with the Bishops. Were Alderman Harmer now in the
chair, we persuade ourselves that in the present crisis
the City would play a part worthy of her most illustrious
days.
LONDON DISTRICT POST.—The annual gross revenue
already obtained in the London District Post, equals
that produced in the same department so late as 1835,
provided that in the last mentioned year the necessary
reduction be made for the charges on General Post let-
lers.—Mr. Rowland Hill's Postage Paper, read before the
Statistical Society, on 17th May.