The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-25 00:00:00

We learn from Berlin that the treaty under which
the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg was admitted into
the Zollverein has been extended for several years.
A letter from Bucharest of the 25th ult. says, that
the General Assembly of Wallachia had adopted, in
its sitting of the 23d, a law by which 14,000
families and 60,000 Bohemians, all serfs belonging
to the state, the clergy, and the public establish-
ments, are made free. Prince BIBESCO took the
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initiative of this noble measure, and was warmly
seconded by the metropolitan bishop, notwithstand-
ing the . opposition of his clergy. In an address to
the Boyards the latter engaged them to set at liberty
the 10,000 families, amounting to 48,000 persons,
who are still in a state of servitude to private indivi-
duals. By the new law the Bohemians who are

emancipated will only pay a personal tax of 33 pias-
tres (about 12 francs) which will be employed in the
purchase of Bohemian serfs belonging to private per-
sons. Prince BIBESCO immediately sanctioned the
new law, and thanked the General Assembly for
having adopted a measure in accordance with the
progress of civilisation, and which will shine in the
history of Wallachia.

The Austrian Lloyds gives the following compara-
tive statement of the Austrian mercantile marine.
Her trading vessels number 556, amounting to
153,985 tons. At the end of 1845 the number
was 538, and the tonnage 145,823, being an in-
crease in 1846 of 18 vessels, and 8,157 tons.
Austria has besides 20 steamers belonging to the
Lloyds' company, measuring together 6,981 tons, and
amounting to 2,110 horse-power. There are now on
the stocks, at Trieste, five new steamers, amounting
to 3,000 tons, and 1,200 horse-power.

Madrid papers of the 17th have arrived.

In consequence of the rumours circulated on the
subject of the formation of a new Ministry under
Senor PACHECO. The Sotornayer Cabinet determined
to procure a vote of confidence fur the Chamber.
This motion was proposed by the French man-of•all-
work MARTINEZ DE LA. Ross, and seconded by the
notorious GONZALES BRAVO. In the course of the
debate it was admitted by many of the supporters of
the Ministry that it did not possess the confidence of
the Queen of SPAIN, but that is a matter of small
importance; it possesses the confidence of the present
ruler of Spain, Louis PHILIPPE, and, therefore,
we are not surprised to find that the motion
was carried by a majority of 144 to 60.
General SERRANO had, it was said, applied at the
palace for an interview with her MAJESTY, but had
not been admitted. He is still at large, his place of
retreat not having yet been discovered.

The exportation of grain from Spain has been
prohibited.

MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 17.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 301 for cash; the Five per Cents. at
191; the Debt without interest at 5; ; and the
Coupons at 17.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
The Presse has an article of nearly three columns
in favour of an alliance with Russia. " The alliance
with England," says the Presse, " is the abnegation
of France ; the alliance with the secondary states is
war, for it is revolution ; the alliance with Russia is
progress, for it is peace." This latter sentence is, we
presume, intended as a pendant to the somewhat too
celebrated " Order reigns in Warsaw," of a former
French Minister of Foreign Affairs. How comes it
that M. GUIZOT has not yet announced to the
Chamber " Order reigns in Cracow ?" In the
meantime, it is amusing to see the dynasty of
the Barricades repudiating revolutions. Poor
LA.YFAYETTE has been somewhat unfortunate in
his pupils ; Pennsylvania repudiates its debts, and
La meillieure des republiques its origin. The
Russian alliance is, however, indignantly spurned
by the Liberal party. " The republican must be
insane," says the National, " who would make any
approach to the CZAR, who is the incarnation of
despotism, whilst the fundamental dogma of revolu-
tionary France is the sovereignty of the people."
We find in the same journal, which is in general
exceedingly well informed as to Spanish affairs, the
following account of the Serrano complication :
" Serrano is to be prosecuted and Madrid is in com-
motion. The political publications address their lamen-
tations to the palace itself, which does not appear to be
insensible to the appeal. Serrano represents the Con-
stitution, and the Queen, who adores the Constitution,
will not permit it to be attacked. Hence spring
rumours of all kinds ; the Cabinet forces her
Majesty, and the Ministerial crisis recommences

Pacheco, the friend of Serrano, is sent fur, and
is asked to form a new Ministry. As a pre-
liminary step, he requires that Sotomayor and his
colleagues shall send in their resignation ; they re-
fuse. Let the Queen insist on it I' cry the jour-
nals. The Queen had not replied at the departure
of the courier. But Serrano has escaped from his per-
secutors. He is convinced that if he had gone to Na-
varre an order to arrest him would have followed, and
he should have been thrown into an obscure prison. H
therefore resisted ; a superior force supports and en-
courages him, and it is not yet known if the man who
was persecuted yesterday, may nut enter the Ministry
in triumph to-morrow. Spain, it will be seen, returns

every charge or item with which it could fairly be
debited. It also furnishes the most satisfactory
answer to those who, led away by the senseless and
absurd outcry raised on insufficient data, and
with a necessarily imperfect knowledge of the
premises on which the arguments were based,
were induced to take a superficial view of the subject,
to join the ranks of the malcontents, and to demand,
the surrender of the territory, and the withdrawal
of our troops therefrom, on the mere question of
finance, as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence,
and to those others who, actuated by more unworthy
motives, anxious to disparage the policy, the char-
acter, and the motives of that distinguished
officer, Fought to attain the same result, and
who with that object made use of the
most unworthy pretexts and palpable fallacies
—in some of which they were, to a certain extent,
apparently corroborated by the manner in which the
accounts of the revenue and charges of the province
were calculated and made up in the official returns.
It will be in the recollection of our readers that
we stood alone as advocates of the policy adopted by
Sir CHARLES _NAPIER in the acquisition and reten-
tion of Sinde, and that we exposed the folly of
those who were clamourous for the results of the
enterprise, even at the moment of its inception, who
demanded the, abundance of the harvest even during
the tillage of the soil, and looked for autumnal fruits
while scattering the seed in the early spring. We
rebuked the impatience of those unreasonable ex-
pectants, and refused credence to the statements os-
tentatiously paraded, and dogmatically asserted, of
the necessity of a large annual outlay, to enable
us to continue our occupation. We were honoured
with a letter from the distinguished historian
of " the Peninsular War," who pointed out the
incorrect manner in which the returns were made
up, and the impropriety of debiting Sinde with the
whole of the military expenses for the support of the
army, rendered necessary by the disturbed state of
the Punjaub, and the doubtful character and unset-
tled state of the Lahore Government.

The accuracy and substantial justice of these views
are now established beyond the possibility of cavil or
dispute. It is now manifest that we have not even
to wait to a future day for the enjoyment of
the beneficial effects of our triumphs and victories.
Twenty-five lacs of rupees, or 250,000/. sterling in
round numbers has been the net produce of the last
financial year, after every fair deduction; and
calculating the rupee at 25., the aggregate sum of
423,7431. 10s., which has been collected in excess of
the expences of the civil government and police force,
from the date of the battle of Hyderabad to the pre-
sent time, has gone in diminution of the previous ex-
pences of the Sindian army. The revenue for the
past year has been 41 lacs 42,912 rupees, and the
expenditure of the civil government, both ordinary
and extraordinary, including the expense of a police
force of 2,400 horse and foot, 15 lacs 1,754 rupees,
showing a clear surplus of 26 Lacs 41,158 rupees, or
264,115/. 16s.

The military charges belong to the Indian empire
generally, and not exclusively to Sinde ; there was
not the increase of a single soldier in the army of
occupation in consequence of that conquest; and if
the Ameers still retained their supremacy, there
would not now be the possibility of any reduction,
and the Indus would still be closed to our com-
merce, notwithstanding the opening of the Punjaub.
There has also been a great increase of revenue in
Bombay, in consequence of the prevention of opium
smuggling, which had formerly been carried on to
an enormous extent.