The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-23 00:00:00

Tuesday and Wednesday contain all the news they
bring of any interest :
NAVAL PREPARATIONS..--111 compliance with an order
of the Minister of Marine, a board of superior officers had
been appointed to visit the gun-beats Cyclope, Vulcain,
and Volcan, which, after the campaign of Mexico had been
disarmed, and decided which of those vessels shall be im-
mediately put in readiness for sea service. The second
division of the squadron, under the command of Rear-Ad.
miral Cssy, was about to sail from Toulon for the purpose
of exercising the crews. That division is to consist of the
Souverain, three-decker, and the Marengo, Alger, and
Su ffren. The first and third divisions, under V ee- Admi-
ral Hugon and Rear-Admiral Renault de la Susse, were
taking in provisions, and wcu!d shortly follow the second
division. They were composed of fourteen sail of the line,
of which two are three-deckers.
SWITZERLAND.—There appears still to exist in Swit-
zerland much agitation. The march of tht Government
was, however, firm and decided. The suppression of the
convents in the canton of Argau had been adopted in the
Grand Council by a majority of 115 against 15. One of
the chiefs of the insurrection, Dr Bever, physician to the
convent of Muri, hae. sought refuge in Lucerne. All the
German cantons had placed their contingents of troops
under arms in the course of 48 hours. The Grand Coun-
cil of Berne agreed, on the 14th, to a partial revision of
the Constitution by a majority of 55 against 26, unless
that the people demand a more sweeping or total reform.
The Legislative Council of Nettfehe.tel decided, on the
llth, that the authorities should be called the next day to
an account for having surrendered Borel at the request of
the French Government.
THE FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS —lt wasreperted in Paris
that the Ministry was in an unsatisfactory state ; that Mar.
shal Soult and MM. Hurnann and Teste were opposed to
the proposed fortifications (although the Marshal would
willingly accept one portion of the plan—theforts detaches)
—and that the other members of the Cabinet warmly sup-
ported the measure. The approaching discussion in the
Deputies continued, therefore, to be looked to with much
interest.

PORTUGUESE SLAVE-TRADE.—The 200 slaves and young
Arabs found on board the ship taken by the Prevoyante,
and carried into the island of Bourbon, were in a perfect
state of nakedness and starvation, so that the magistrates
of the island were forced to clothe as well as feed them.
The Arabs were free men, whom the Portuguese pirates
had carried off by force, and reduced to slavery.
A letter from Bayonne of the 16,.h instant mentions the
arrival in that town of M. Ramirez Arrellano, the Pope's
Nuncio lately expelled from Madrid.
'The Regency has granted a delay of 30 days to the
Bilboa merchants, to introduce into the kingdom the goods
end merchandise existing in the entrepot, and which
were imported in Spanish vessels, on payment of the re-
duced duties formerly levied on those articles. This delay
once expired, they are to be subjected to the duties they
wee.ld be liable to pay if imported in foreign vessels.

The following late intelligence from the Turkish
capital, and which has also the merit of being more

favourable than the previous accounts, is from the
Adrian Observer of the 13th inst. It is ex-

ttactcd from a letter from Constantinople, dated the
30E11 of December—being two days later than the
advices received direct from the same quarter :

The Sultan I-as accepted the submission of Mehemet
Ali, tendered by him in a despatch forwarded to the
Gaud Vizier, through the medium of Captain Fan-
shawc, and which fact Reschid Paella, Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs, has notified to the representatives of the
Four Allied Powers, in a note addressed to them on the
27th of December, adding that " his Highness now only
waits on the part of the Pacha of Egypt the fulfilment
of the neitions imposed upon him by the London
Coivention, dated November 14, before which his
submission could not be considered as complete. The
Suiten reinstates him as Pacha of Egypt, and adopts the
ot'aer mean re& relative to his re-investiture;" that, " con-
sequ •ritlye the Po:te had resolved on sending Vice-Admi-
ral Walker, who has been raised to the rack of Pacha
under the name of iYaver fa •ha and Mazhuni Bey,
a member of the Imperial Council, in the capacity of
Commissioners, to Alexandria to receive the Ottoman
fleet, and insure the performance of the promise made by
Mehemet Ali to evacuate all the pints occupied by his
treops out of Egypt."
" In the meantime, the internuncio of his Majesty the
Emperor of Austria, and the Ambassador of her Britanne
Majesty, were requested to send, on their side, Commis-
sioners to be present at the restoration of the Ottoman
fleet, agreeably to the fourth paeagraph of the Separate
Act of the 15th ofJuly,"

BO URSE.— PArds, WEDNESDAY; JAN. 20,
First Highest Lowest . Last
Price Price. Price. Price
I'm-eh 5 per Cots ll2 25 ... 112 49 ... 112 10 ... 112 5C
4)4 per Cents ..... „ lO2 50 ... 11:2 50 ... 102 50 ... 102 50
4 per Cents O9 ... 99 ... 99 ... 99
3 per Cents 77 25 77 50 ... 77 lb ... 77 35
840. of trance
,elgien sank
5 per Cents...
3 rcr Cents 69 ~. 09 ... 69 ... 69
Spanish Acute 25% ... 2514 ... 25% ... 25%
Passive 6% ... 64 ... 6% ... 64
New Deferred
Portuguese 3 per Cents 20:34 ... 01„,i ~. 2( ... 203,4,
Neapolitan
Roman

The Madrid papers received are of the 12th
instant. The Regency received an extraordinary
express from Lisbon --on that day, with despatches
from the Spanish Charge d'Affaires, to the effect
that the Portuguese Cabinet would support the
question of the navigation of the Douro before the
Cortes, and if they failed to carry it that they
would retire from office. There was some talk of
Spain putting two or three ships of the line and
five- or six frigates into commission to oppose the
Portuguese navy. The first question we would ask,
is, where are the ships to come from ?
Private letters from the Spanish capital speak
confidently of the maintenance of peace between
Portugal and Spain.
General CILACONA, the War Minister, was se-
riously indisposed on the 12th. The duties of his
office were performed, ad interim, by the Minister
of Marine.

A good deal of business was done on the
cash,n° urBaencoln29tili at e126t0 days
h.Ti:e, Fives were at 28i for

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS.

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
The Foreign Exchanges were without any further
improvement this afternoon. The tendency, in fact, was
barely to support the slight increase of buoyancy which
took place on last post day. The quotations were 25f,
521 - to 571 c. on Paris, 13 71 on liamburgh, 12 21 on
Amsterdam, and 1484 to I on Frankfort.
The Funds were rather better to-day, but there was
no speculation going on. Fer present transfer Consols
realised 894 to 90, being a shade better, and for the Ac-
count, 901 to i ; Bank Stock has been down a trifle,
viz., to 1701 to 1691; the New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents . have realised 984. to 974, and the Reduced
Three per Cents. 90 to 901 ; Exchequer Bills were at
65. to Ss. premium, and India Bonds at ss. discount.
The feature in the Foreign market was, an improve-
ment this afternoon in Spanish Stock, which got up
from 241 to 25Z; there were, however, but one or two
bargains at the rise, the cause assignod for which was
the receipt of higher prices from Madrid. Portuguese
New Five per Cents. were rather better to-day, being
321 to s for looney, and 32.1 lor 'the account;
the Three per Cents. wejrz not dealt``` Buenos Ayres
Stock vas rather firm at 21 ; Bra -1,-711,q from- 73 to
74 ; Colombian were at 231 ; a 281
Peruvian were 16i; the Old Belgia Centa.
were marked 984 ; and the Scrip of th, was
at 2 prem. Russian Bonds ranged 934 to
114} ; and Dutch Two-and-a-half per 4 were
steady at 501 to 5_
The market for ma was. not quite so dull, but
still cannot be called active; .Great Western were 261,
and Birmingham 84 prem. Batlihton were 6i disc.

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LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY. 71:": Ilib•!
Cotton sales today amount to 5,000 bags, chiefly Ameri-
can description, at full prices.
MANtIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 21..—. We
Gverreyatlit Ntlleresdleelreng, to day ; no in-aerial chanHalves, 62 ; Manchester g
and
havelric hadcs: _
B:rmingham, 25 ; Bank of Manchester, 81 and 9/. 3s. 93;
5
(Quarters) 14 to
Manchester Assurance, 81 ; London and South Western,
liBdilan tod
9 ; Counties
po
. Debentures 5 to il.
57A- to 581-; Manchester and Leeds, 77 to 78 ; Ditto
1115 ; Eastern ;I
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We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester.
prices are weak. The Actions of the Si.d
remained at 'OA-. The Coupons
day's date :-
9:d—feLl il
ittolel6bo7,l9egosgt
got up to-day, and done
mite vessels coming from Flushing are in
AsorpneßnDeAdm'atjAl:., la
&IMRE of
doing,ocuifpcAtavradoaofiani nadtiol
Commercein livi e6cl4,2ai :
at 22 3-16 I.
After the closing of the Bourse, Coupons 191.
Accounts from Antwerp state that the navigation is
sight.
HANOVER, JAN. I.l.—The lots caused by the incendiary
again open ;
of the Royal Chateau is very considerable ; a great quan-
tity of valuable furniture, clocks, and pictures, let down
from the windows, have been much damaged. It was re_
marked that the engines were exFlusively confided to the
military of the garrison. The King epened his wine cel-
lars to the seß,iers to refesth them.
The Gazelle of High Germany has the following:—
" In a short time a Congress will be held by the Allied
Powers, at which France will take a part, which it is
thought will be held in Lond.m."
Imiiinal-e-,N5.---The water in the Grand Basin of the
port of Antwerp oserfiowed the environs of the country
and the stocks. Several quarters of the town are inun-
dated. The waters have interrupted the communication
with the town, and the inhabitants were obliged to take
refuge in their garrets. The railroad is covered with
water, as well as the fields where tho mills are situated,
and a great number of houses situated in the environs have
been abandoned by the inhabitants,
BRUSSELS, JAN• 19.—From all quarters we have ac-
counts that the waters have fallen. Ten o'clock at night
—The Seine, which fell about 40 centimetres since Sa-
turday last, the 16th instant, at four o'clock in the even-