The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-23 00:00:00

and Bavaria, the chief articles of which have
been already settled • •

STUTTGAIM, Nov. 13.—Our Government, which haslately
concluded with the Principalities of Hohenzolern, Hechingen,
and Sigmaringen, a convention by which these States recipro-
cally guarantee the freedom of trade in the interior and abolish
the customhouses on their respective frontiers, has just
entered into negociations with the Bavarian Government which
are founded on the same principles. The two Courts have
agreed on the chief articles, and there is reason to hope that
Bavaria and Wirtemburg will shortly abolish the custom-
houses between them, and will form in commercial respects
only one State. Nothing can be more advantageous to the
land-owners and merchants, and all those who exercise
any branch of industry, than the prospect of seeing the market
extend to a population of five millions of souls. There is
reason to hope that, when the example is set by these two
Powers, the other Governments of Southern Germany will soon
be convinced that in commerce as well as in other things,
united powers are best, and will join Bavaria and Wirtem-
burg.

We learn from Darmstadt, that in consequence
of the great damage done by inundations since
the beginning of this month in many parts of
the provinces of Stackenburg and the Upper
Rhine, the Grand Duke has ordered that the
levying of taxes, on those whose houses or
furniture have suffered by the inundations,
shall be provisionally suspended for the
months of November and December, if their
situation is such, that till they have ob-
tained the legal reduction of taxes, to which they
are entitled, they cannot pay taxes without de-
priving themselvos of necessaries. The officers
of the garrison, and the greater number of civil
officers, have subscribed two per cent. of their
salaries for the relief of the sufferers ; and the
inhabitants in general have subscribed consider-
able sums for the same purpose.
The Elborfeld Court Gazette of the sth inst.
contains an extract from the reports of the Agents
of the German American Mining Company who
are gone to Mexico. We give the following
article taken from a letter dated from the Port
of Sacrificios

" Vera Cruz is a vast ruin, not a single house but is damag-
ed, and the greater number are abandoned. All the streets are
covered with rubbish, fragments of shells, and cannon balls,
and none are now passing through them but soldiers. And
what appearance do these make? Some wear uniforms of
cloth, others linen jackets, but most of them have only large
straw-hats, with no clothing but a shirt and trowsers, without
shoes or any other garment, or at the most a narrow piece of
carpet, with a hole cut in it for the head to pass through—
thus forming a substitute for a cloak. A bad sabre, often
fastened with a rope round the waist, and a musket, are their
only arms. Yet the people are in high spirits, and proud of
their liberty."

Two, Lisbon Mails arrived this morning, by
which we have received Lisbon Gazettes from tli
Ist to the 13th instant inclusive. The Gazette of
the 2d Nov. contains a Notice from the Board of
lipalth, dated so far back as Oct. 22, in which
it is stated that the Portuguese Consul at New
York, in a dispatch of Sept. 4, and at Phila-
delphia, in a dispatch of Aug. 30, have given no-
tice that the yellow fever had appeared at
Charlestown and New Orleans. The Board ac-
cordingly orders vessels from these and the
,neighbouring ports to perform quarantine. These
Papers do not contain any intelligence of the
least political importance, nor is any mention
whatever made of the lately-discovered con-
spiracy in Lisbon.

With the exception of the articles relative to
the affairs of Spain, collected in another column,
the last arrivals of Paris Papers do not supply
any intelligence of political importance, unless it
be the rumour of the deposition of the GRANO
SEIGNIOR, which is communicated in the follow-
ing extract :
(From the Journal du Commerce to' Sat alai, )
PARIS, Nov. 29.—A letter from a most re-
spectable person in Naples of the Gth, has these
words :•••••44 We receive from Constantinople the
news of the deposition of the Grand Seignior,
which took place without any disturbance."—
The mail brings a letter of the 9th from the same
person, which does not contradict the news.

It has been reported that in consequence of a
rejection on the part of FERDINAND, of the con-
ditions proposed by France for permitting her
troops to remain in Spain, France has positively
determined to withdraw them. It is even said that
FERDINAND had assumed a haughty stile, and
absolutely pressed for their immediate removal.—
Notwithstanding that this silly Monarch seems
to be compounded of pride, obstinacy, and igno-
rance, it might be supposed that he would at least
listen to his fears, unless he is surrounded
by Counsellors as ignorant and prejudiced as
himself. It is unfortunately the fate of Princes,
in all countries, to be besieged by Courtiers, from
whom flattery, not truth, is always to be expected.
Nay, it is also unfortunately the case that
Traitors may lurk among the train of Princes,
and deceive them into ruin. It is possible that the
pride of FERDINAND might not allow him to
foresee the dangers naturally consequent to the
removal of the French troops, but surely there
must be some individuals among his adviser
who may possess a little more penetration and