The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-11 00:00:00

France—secondly, a new law of succession to the
Crown—thirdly, important modifications in the con-
stitution. There can be no doubt that the Duchess de
Montpensier, having married a foreign Prince, will, in
conformity with the ancient laws of Spain, be declared to
have forfeited, all right to the Crown. All these plans
are known at Paris, and Christina drives as far as she
can irritation into vengeance. She considers the
declaration of the forfeiture of the Duchess de Mont-
pensier as a cause of war. The Chef de Famide, who
in the face of Europe has entered into engagements
so solemn, cannot sustain this outrage upcn his race
without drawing the sword. In less than a year a
marriage will have been broken, the Infanta sacri-
ficed, and all the magnificent hopes that gilded the
horizon of the dynastic policy, entirely dissipated !
This is a degree of insolence too audacious to be en-
dured without a general conflagration. In the eyes
of Queen Christina, it would be a base and cowardly
abdication. While the mother is thus exerting all
her energies, the daughter is abandoning herself to
all the joys of emancipation. That futurity which
Christina views as being charged with storms, Isa-
bella embellishes with the sweetest dreams. The
walls of her palace resound with songs of joy and
with festive gladness; the antique Spanish etiquette
flies away in the presence of those light women who
preceded our innocent Princess in the paths of easy
amours—and that solemn solitude into which the old
monarchy was wont to envelop itself is converted into
a brilliant boudoir, in which Isabella listens, tete-a-tete,
to the councils of her seventeen years."
The Constitutionnel also comments on Spanish af-
fairs, and notwithstanding the sneers of the Presse,
speaks of the amnesty as of a measure moral, politic,
and wisely reasoned. It says—
" The Herald° looks on the decree of amnesty as
exceedingly ridiculous; we can only judge of it at a
distance, but it would rather appear to us moral,
politic, and wisely reasoned. In France, at least, we
are partial to amnesties, and generally speaking we
have never seen that they have produced ill results.
The real causes of troubles and serious perils for
Spain are to be found neither in the old Esparterist
party nor the Carlist party, of which the powerless
bands may certainly lay waste some isolated points of
the frontier provinces, but will never raise up Spain.
The danger is altogether in the famous act of which
the Isturitz Ministry and our Cabinet were so proud
—the double marriage. What they said ought to
pacify Spain and Europe, do away with the Pyre-
nees, perpetuate the reigning dynasty at Madrid,
and assure the happiness of the young Queen, has
produced precisely contrary effects.
According to the Union Monarchique, an ordon-
nance appointing M. GUIZOT President of the
Council, will appear forthwith. The opposition of
his colleagues was directed not to his appointment to
the Presidency, but to his claim as President to the
exclusive superintendence of the affairs of Algeria,
for which colony the Due n'AmktALE is to leave Paris
next week. His Royal Highness, the new Governor-
General, will have no sinecure if the following intel-
ligence, which is published in the Journal des Debuts,
should prove correct :
"We are assured that the Government yesterday
received the news that Abd-el-Kader had possessed
himself of the town of Taza, in Morocco, and would
march on Fez. Taza is half-way between the
Algerian frontier and Fez. It has a population of
from 6,000 to 8,000 souls. It is situated at the
southern extremity of one of the last ridges of the
Rif, in a tolerably strong position, and is surrounded
by an old wall, half Moorish half Portuguese, flanked
by square towers. These fortifications are falling in
ruins in all parts. The streets are tortuous and very
narrow ; the town is watered by numerous fountains,
supplied by the sources from the mountains, and the
waters of which are subsequently made to fertilise
vast gardens."
The Courrier du Bas Rhin gives an account of a
reform banquet which was held at Strasburgh, and
which was attended by 700 persons. The toast of
the " Revolution of 1789" excited the greatest enthu-
siasm, as did those of the " Sovereignty of the People,"
" the Probity of Public Functionaries," and " the
Future of France." The health of the KING was
not toasted. The omission is significant. Fifty
other banquets of a similar character are to be held
in the provinces during the recess.

We have elsewhere stated the circumstances at-
tending the revolution in Lucca. The movement in
Italy is becoming general, and there is little doubt
but that Naples will also join it. The events in Italy
are sources of the profoundest disquiet to the KING
of the FRENCH and his advisers.

The National says—
" Our last accounts lead us to hope that a new
territory is about to be conquered by liberal ideas.
The excitement which existed in the kingdom of the
Two Sicilies had become general, and the intelligent,
enlightened, active population had become unanimous
in their enthusiasm for the policy inaugurated at
Rome. A movement was every day expected in
Naples, and it appears certain that such a movement
would embrace the entire population of the Two
Sicilies. This incident has produced a profound im-
pression on the Royal Family here, as well as the
Cabinet. It is feared that Austria, seeing her prey
about to escape her, may determine to adopt' violent
measures. They fear that they may be obliged to
interfere. It is known that England has already,
prepared to restrain or to precipitate the crisis, ac-
cording as it may serve her interests or gratify her
passions. English emissaries and English gold are
met in all directions, and English ships are seen at
Ancona and at Palermo. The hand so frequently
grasped in friendship, but now no longer offered to
France, is found in every direction, prepared and
armed ; and the words so frequently repeated during
the cordial understanding are now recalled to mind—.
'England is the only Government which destroys
dynasties.' " _ _

It was rumoured in Paris that the Bth day of Sep-
tember was the day fixed upon by the Neapolitan
patriots for the commencement of the movement.
COORS AIITHENTIQUE. --PARIS, SEPT. 9. - French
Five per Cents. (closed), 115 f. 10c. 15c.10c.; Three per
Cents., 761. 25c. 20c. Treasury Bonds, 47. Obligations
of the City, 1,290 f. Bank of France, 3,200 f. Nea-
politan, 101 f. 700. Roman, 97f. Belgian Five per
Cents., 1840, 100 f. Exchange on London-One month,
paper, 25f. 27i-c.; money, 25f. 25c.; three months,
paper, 25f.; money, 25f.
RAILWAYS. - The Share Market bas been more
powerfully affected to-day than the Rentes, and at the
close most of the lines were marked considerably lower.
For cash, Paris and jOrleans left off at 1,205 f. ; Paris
and Rouen, 930 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 566 f. 25c.; Stras-
bourg and Bale, 170 f.; Boulogne, 352 f. 50c.;_ Bordeaux,
447 f. 50c.; Northern, 521 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasbourg,
375 f.; Nantes, 350 f.; Paris and Lyons, 376 f. 25e.;
Lyons and Avignon, 445 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 10.
Boulogne and Amiens, 13%-Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon),lsl,(2-Namur and Liege, 5%-Northern
of France, I.OIA-Orleans and Bordeaux, 4-Paris and
Lyons, 3.

OPENING HEE MAJESTY'S LETTERS..--0110 of the
persons employed by the Southampton postmaster to
take the Isle of Wight mails from the steamer to the
office has been suspended. He says he found a letter
addressed to her Majesty, from Osborne, open on board
the steamer. How the mail• bag, the pouch in it, and
the letter, all came open, some think the lad must know.
Of the four letters reported to have been received in
Scotland that had been opened and re-sealed, nothing is
known at present. _

BRIGHTON AND ITS RAILWAY.—The appearance of
the town on approach, instead of being injured by the
railway, as was asserted would be the case, is immensely
improved. The effect of the curved viaduct for the
Lewes line, with its twenty seven lofty arches threading
the Downs, with the clustering houses seen behind, is
exceedingly striking—in some points of view even mag-
nificent.—The Builder. _ _

A gun for the purpose of projecting harpoons into
whales has been invented in America; and also a bomb
lance, which, on being fired into a whale, explodes and
kills the animal.

Mr. William Cotton, who has for years presided
at the Ilford Bench of Magistrates, will be put in nomi-
nation for the vacant chairmanship of the Essex Quarter
Sessions.

An editor on the Missouri, in setting forth the
claims of a candidate for state office, states that, among
other qualifications, "he is a high-pressure democrat.
If elected, he will go teeth and toe-nails, neck and heels,
head and cars, shoulders and backbone, body and soul,
for his party."
The Bath General Hospital and the Bath United
Hospital have each a legacy of 1,000/. by the will of the
late Mrs. Griffith of Lyncombe and Wiscombe, Somer-
set, subject to the life interest of her daughter, who en-
joys the whole of her estates.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.--
Yesterday a fatal accident occurred off the Surrey side
of Blackfriars-bridge to a boy named John Tomlinson,
whose parents reside in Cornwall road, Lambeth. The de-
ceased and several companions were playing on the logs
of timber moored off the steps on the Surrey side of
Blackfriars-bridge, two of which separated, and he sud-
denly disappeared. The timbers closed over him, and he
never came to the surface again. All efforts to recover
the body were useless.
.SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—
This Court will resume its sittings for the hearing of
cases on Tuesday next. At present no days have been
appointed for the new business about to be transferred
from the other Court.
MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRE-
LAND —The Postmaster General has given instructions
to the directors of the Midland Great Western Railway
Company of Irelarid for the conveyance of the Galway
and Sligo mails on and after the Bth proximo.
THE AIARCII OF LOVE.—" .My deerest Lisebeth—
I ope you were grattyfyde at the builoon on Wensday
i altho t wor verry '7, et to. morrow bain your sundy out
mete me at Mrs. Robinsens and we will go a wa,ak.—
Yure luvvin lavver P. C."

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was flat.
Sales 3,000 bales, including 400 to 500 for export,
without alteration in prices. Railway shares were very
quiet, and there was no disposition to buy or sell.
It is stated in the Liverpool advices that the high
price of money, the dullness of trade at Manchester, and
the numerous failures, keep down the cotton market,
but we feel rather surprised that prices have so
long been maintained. The stock is 395,440 bales,
against 731,050 bales at this time last year.
The features in the Bank of England statement of
liabilities and assess for the week to the 4th inst. are
these :

Notes issued £22,396,845
Decrease 169,055
Rest, increase 302,390
Public deposits
Increase 528,964
Other deposits, decrease
Seven day and other bills, increase 53,001
Government Securities, decrease ... 75,000
Other securities, increase 796,932
Notes reserved, decrease
Bullion .
Decrease 180,745
Active circulation 18,207,015
Decrease 28,840
The items above given appear at first sight as those
presented on former occasions, to be somewhat inexplic-
able, because, although the Bank had greatly extended
its advances, its active circulation of notes payable on
demand was not quite so large, nor would even the extra
amount of bullion paid out account for the facilities
afforded by the Bank. The Public Deposits would, it is
presumed, give 528,0001., the notes reserved 140,000 L,
and the Government Securities and Seven-day and other
bills, the remaining sums needed to make the additional
advances, amounting to 796,932/., upon bills of exchange,
&c. The account altogether shows the Bank to have
ample resources, and such as will probably come into
fuller play after the dividends are paid.
There was an improvement yesterday afternoon in
the rates of exchange upon Paris, Antwerp, and Am-
sterdam, while upon Hamburgh the quotations were
fully supported.
The corn trade is still agitated by failures both here
and in the sister kingdoms, but other branches of trade
are going on tolerably, all things considered. There is
a statement abroad of an eminent discount house having
been forged upon.
The funds are depressed again to-day, but very little
has been done either in sales or purchases. Consols are
marked 86i to 87 for present transfer, and 87/ to for
October. Exchequer-bills have declined to 6s. and 3s.
premium. The New Three-and-Quarter per Cents. are
881: to 89, and the Three per Cents. 87k, with the divi-
dend for money.
The Foreign securities are drooping. Spanish
Actives realise 21 to 21%, and the Three per Cents. 304-
to Portuguese Four per Cents. have been at 25k.
Mexican Bonds have realised 194, and Brazilian Small
85. Dutch Two-and a-half per Cents. are at 56.
Railway Shares generally are flat again, and to effect
sales lower rates have to be accepted.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 87%
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 8638 87
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
India Bonds 1,000/
Ditto under 1.0001 ....... ........ par
Consols for Account 874%
Exchequer Bills. 2d.
1,000/.
500/.
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account . 1934
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 251
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lOB
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 2l
Ditto for the Account 2IA%
Ditto Passive Bonds 41,23/4
Ditto 3 per Cent 304
Ditto for the Account ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent 92
Dutch 2% per Cents
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PEE SHADY.
Aberdeen

Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 1%..... to
Ayrshire and Galloway 2% to
Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford June... 15
Birmingham, Vol., & Dudley 10 ... . 21 '
Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 8
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.. 6% — ..... to
Boston, Stamf, & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter
D0., Thirds
Buckinghamshire.. ...81.4s —
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 40
Chester and Holyhead 32 %.....
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... 17% to
Clarence.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10

, . .
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Cornwall -
Ditto, Half Shares VA
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20

to-

Dundalk and Enniskillen —. 12%
East Anglia, 251., L. & E.
said L. & D.
Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ......
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H 1

...... to

to

Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d
Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension
Do., Northern & Eastern— 50
Do., Quarters .... .. ........ 12 lA_
D0., New
Eastern Union 5O

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto., Thirds 13s. 4d — to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
. 10

to

Do., do., Extension Scrip... 14 34 to
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% 13% to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 20
Ditto, New 2l,i — ...... to
Ditto, Newport .. . ........ .. 7
Ditto, ditto, New ... 1% — ...... to
Edinburgh and Perth
Ditto, Extension
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — to
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8Z 6s. 8d... .. to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
_ 35 —

Do. IA Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... .- ... to
Great Northern ... 6
Do. London & York Exten. 2% 29% to 29
Gt. South. & West (Ireland) 35
Great North of England 100 — to
Ditto, New 40/
Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ... .. 68 .. ... to
Ditto, New 151.......... ...... 1 %...... . ... to
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares l5
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171 ...
Huddersfield and Manchester 19 .. -.
Di ttc, Thirds
Hull and Selby 5O lOl
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Ipswich & Bury SL Edmunds 15
Do. do. and Norwich
__ .

Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 2% ...... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds lO ...... ...... to
Lancashire and Yorkshire

(M. and L.) B2
Ditto Half Shares , 38
Ditto Quarters 14% ......
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 614 — ...... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) 71.4s
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 34
Do. ( Hudders. and Sheff.) 28
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 42% to
Do., West Riding Union ...4/. 2s l% die. to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto ..............(B) 14 to
Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Bedford l6s•

Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 321, — to
Do., Branch % Shares 7% ......
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 21,4 — to —,
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2th — to
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 21,4 — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk ........ 3l

Ditto, New .. , 121/2.....
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 31/2. ....
Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port. •
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2I.E lAi ...... to
London & Black-wa11...16/. 13s. 4d 55/04- to
Ditto New, No. 1,.
Ditto New, No. 2 3l. 13s. 4d....
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 20
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . VA to
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ......
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d...
...... to
London and North Weatern..100
Do. Quarter ... ..L. and B. 12
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters ...... .G. J 2O - ..... to
... to --
Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 15 ......
Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40
...... .- to
.
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . .... -
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5
Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1 ••...• to
London and S. Western.... 41/. 6s 10d 60
Do. New ConsolidatedBths. 40
Ditto New 50/........ - ..... 321/2...,..
Ditto New 404 ... ...... .. .. 26
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 52
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 -
Ditto Scrip 501. -
Ditto ditto 40/
London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 2 ......
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil PA — ...... to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 25
Londonderry and Enniskillen 221/
hlanch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. l% dis.... to
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto !,‘ Shares (No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, ditto (No. 2)
Ditto, 1/(3 Shares (No. 3)... 714. ...
Ditto Grimsby 25 —
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto ...
Pitto, Sheffield, and Linc. 7%......