The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

the foregoing is far from being a solitary instance. We
perceive that Mr. PAYNI, the Counsel, last week read
a lecture to the COMMON SERGEANT in open court,
and severely animadverted upon the " helter-skelter"
way in which cases were conducted before him. Mr.
PAYNE remarked, that " it was a long time since he
had thought this with respect to the conduct of the
Court, but that he felt obliged to say it then." We
hope we shall he spared the infliction of having again
to observe upon the administration of justice in the
Central Criminal Court.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The National has a long article on the alleged
understanding between England and Spain for the
settlement of the affairs of Portugal, which of course
it represents as an attack upon the interest of France,
thus admitting by implication that it is for the in-
terests of France that the affairs of Portugal should
remain unsettled. As we know from experience
that the French Government is not over scrupulous
as to the means it employs to forward what it ima-
gines to be its interest, we may easily guess who
were the intriguers who first excited these troubles.
The National thus concludes—

" Our interests, our friendship, our legitimate action
in the Mediterranean are attacked on every point—in
Greece, at Tunis, at Lisbon, and in Spain. This
might have been expected. The press had often
warned the Government against such a contingency.
What has been done to ward off the blow ? Whht
measures have been adopted to avert it 2 It was
known that England intended to demand by force the
payment of the Greek debt, and our Government, every-
where so prodigal, never thought of giving to Coletti
the money necessary to deprive Lord Palmerston of all
pretext to commit that act of violence. Thus, every fo-
reign state protected by the system falls to ruin; Chris-
tina weeps over her sins; Isturitz will shortly seek a re-
fege in Paris; and nothing now remains of the brilliant
exploits which had raised so high the glury of M. Guizot.
We are mistaken; there remains a dowry, and another
signal illustration of the fact that the dyna3tie interest
is necessarily the national interest."
The Prease has an article on the recent changes in
the Palace of Madrid, which, from its style and its
violence, must, we should imagine, have been mitten
by CHRISTINA herself, complaining bitterly of the
conduct of the Spanish Ministry, " which begins by
ridding the Queen of SPAIN of her most faithful
servants, because they have opposed the pretensions
of the English embassy, and asking how it occurred
that at such a crisis France was no longer seriously
represented at Madrid"—a compliment which wili.no
doubt be properly appreciated by the Due DE
GLUCKIBERG, the French Ambassador in Spain, and
also by his father, the Due DECAZES.
The Journal des Debats says—
" The importations of wheat anti flour in March ex-
ceeded those of the preceding month. The importations
at the ports on the Atlantic were 358,874 hectolitres,
at those in the Mediterranean 637,797 hectolitres, by
the land frontiers 76,577 hectolitres, making a total of
1,073,248 hectolitres. The importations from July to
December were 2,465,069 hectolitres ; in January and
February, 1,377,896 hectolitres ; making a total since
the last crop of 4,916,213 hectolitres. This is the
largest importation there has ever been in France.
During the same period the exportation of wheat and
flour to Algeria and the French colonies, and other
countries, has been—of flour, 8,074 quintals ; wheat,
1,621 hectolitres; meslin, barley, and rye, 42,811 hteto-
litrt s; Indian corn, 82,014 quintals."

Notwithstanding these importations, the price of
flour has risen in the Paris and Havre markets.

The Inflexible, of 90 guns, has been ordered to sail
immediately from Toulon for the Levant.
Letters received in Paris on Sunday stated that
Mr. OCONNELL (who had not yet, on Thursday last,
reached Lyons) had been unfavourably affected by
the journey and the wintry temperature.
The Minister of Finance has given notice, that
from the 12th instant the interest on Treasury Bon,ls
will be as follows :-4 per cent. per annum on honds
at from three to five months' date; 4i per cent. per
annum on bonds at from six to eleven months' date ;
and 5 per cent. on bonds at one year's date.

This was held in Paris to indicate that no loan
would be required, and checked the fall in the funds.

The Madrid mail of the 6th inst. had not reached
Paris on Sunday.
The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de
l'Opera, at 77f. 92&c.
MARSEILLES, APRIL 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 788 f.
75c. ; Northern, 627 f.
_soc.

LYONS, APRIL B.—Paris and Rouen, 873 f. 75e.; Avigno❑
and Marseilles, 793 f. 75c. ; Northern, 628 f. 75c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 431 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,235 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCLIAMIB, APRIL 12.
Boulogne and Amiens, 161:2—llemerera, 374—Dutch
Rhenish, 3%—East Indian, %—Namur and Liege, VA—
Louvain a la Sambre, I%—Northern of France, 12%—
Orleans and Bordeaux, 614—Paris and Lyons, 43/4—Paris
and Ruuen,3s—ltouen and Havre, 26—Sambre and Bleuse,6.

LATEST from the UNITED STATES

AND MEXICO.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.--By the arrival of
the Speed from Savannah, and the Princess Royal from
New Or'tans, we have later advices from both !hese
places. The former is dated March 12, and the latter
March 13. A conflict had been fought between the
United States troops in New Mexico
.and tke native
soldiers. As usual, the arms of the former were victori-
ous. They had taken a mule-load of powder, besides
several horses and mules.

From New Orleans we find exchange on London was
quoted so low as 21 to 3fr per cent. premium. All kind
of bread-stuffs had experienced a decline, and freights.remained without any eari,ition. The low receipts of
cottnn at the several landing ports had caused this article
to be firm in value, and in some instances prices had ad-
vanced, particularly at Charleston, where an advance of
a. per lb. had been established during the week ending
March 12. Corn was in good demand at that place at
$B3 95e., and exchange on sterling bills, having sixty
days to run, 3i per cent.