The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-23 00:00:00

officers of the troops on foot and on horseback, de-
putations of All the religious orders of Tuscany—
Capuchins, Augustins, Franciscans, all in costume,
and preceded by different flags. There came after-
wards the representatives of all the great towns of
the Grand Duchy, of all the professions, of all the
foreign nations residing at Florence, with their
respective flags. An immense acclamation, in ho-
nour of the Grand Duke, was given by these
thousands of persons, and it lasted several minutes.
In the evening the public edifices, the palaces, and
even the simplest houses of Florence were all illumi-
nated. The Pitti Palace, which had not been illumi-
nated since the marriage of the Grand Duke, shone
with a thousand lights. From Leghorn a letter of
the 14th announces that the agitation in that city
had calmed down, and that the people had resumed
the it accustomed occupations. It is stated that the
population of Leghorn have organized themselves into
sections, which will unite and march on the first call
of their chiefs. From Genoa we have received a
letter of the 16th, in which it is stated that the
inhabitants had proposed to address a peti-
tion to King CHARLES ALBERT, soliciting
the organization of the National Guard, and a
partial liberty of the press. The project was first of
all submitted to the authorities of the city and to the
Archbishop (M. TADINI), who promised to sign it,
on obtaining the authorisation of the KING, the Arch-
bishop observing, " I will then sign with great plea-
sure, for I must not forget that before becoming a
priest I was an Italian." In consequence of this the
draft of the petition was sent to Turin to be sub-
mitted to the authorities. In spite of these respect-
ful proceedings, however, the Sardinian Government
is represented to be much displeased at the manifesta-
tions which have taken place at Genoa. It has
ordered three young nobles, who have taken an
active part in the demonstrations, the Marquises
GEORGE DORIO, GIACOMO BALBI, and RAGGI, to ap-
pear in the capital. They left on the 15th for Turin.
The summons they received produced great agitation.
Some demonstrations have taken place at Savona,
Chiavari, and in all the neighbourhood of Genoa.
The monks, who are all opposed to the Jesuits, so
powerful in Piedmont, have illuminated their con-
vents in the most brilliant manner, in order to an-
nounce that they unite in the liberal movement.

The day after the public festivities of Florence of
the 12th inst., the Grand Duke issued the following
decree :

"To our good and faithful Tuscans,—Full as our heart
is of the lively emotions occasioned by the unanimous
manifestations of respectful and affectionate exultation
evinced towards us and our family by the Tuscan
people, we will not retard for an instant the public
declaration of our paternal satisfaction and gratitude.
The pleasing remembrance of that day will be in-
delibly engraved on our heart. Let it be so in yours
also; and, as it has been already our pleasure to de-
clare to all the municipalities and populations of the
state, in the person of the Gonfaloniere of the noble
city of Florence, let confidence meet with confidence,
and love be requited with love. Let now a generous
impulse of the heart be succeeded by the tranquil
reflection of the mind ; and while each of you peace-
ably attends to his own affairs, by private industry,
his commerce, sources of private and public pro-
sperity, let your Prince, after having without delay
given due development to the institution of the Civic
Guard, promote also, by the compilation of the codes,
already ordered, by the improvement of the municipal
institutions, the organization of public instruction,
and other useful provisions of government, those
moral and material advantages which we all desire for
our common country."

Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the
12th ins*Lant. The QUEEN and the Coutt had re-
turned to Lisbon from Cintra and Mafra. All parties
were preparing for the electioNs, aid some of COSTA
CABRAL'S adherents had just gone over tothe"Mode-
rate" party. It is said that the Chartist Volunteer
Batallions are to be dissolved. Oporto continues to
be in a very disturbed state. The Ministers have
published a decree announcing their intention to re-
duce the number of public employes, and choose them
for the future for their fitness, and not upon party
grounds.

Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived.
NARVAEZ was still in Madrid at that date, and
nothing had been decided on as to his departure. We
therefore conclude that the rumours circulated in
Paris on Tuesday of his arrival in that capital were
at least premature_
The Gaceta contains the following contradiction of
the calumnies so assiduously circulated by the
Hera/do and the Faro :—" We are authorised to de-
clare that it is absolutely false that the Minister of
England in Madrid has accused any political party of
conspiring against the QUEEN our Sovereign, or
against her Government."
The Gaceta also publishes a royal decree providing
for the establishment of lighthouses on the coaats of
Spain and the adjacent islands.
Senor JUAN MAZZEREDO has been appointed
Spanish Consul at Liverpool.
The Herald& states that its principal editor, Senor
SARTORIUS, having heard that reports had been
disseminated of his having been engaged in seducing
the soldiers of the garrison, by presents of money,
and in fomenting an insurrection, drew up an address
to the President of the Council, demanding from the
Government to institute an investigation into his
conduct, and to trace the calumny to its source. An
application had been made to the Government by
General IRIARTE on behalf of the half-pay officers of
the army, and had, it was said, been favourably re-
ceived. On quitting the command of Catalonia,
General PAVIA issued an order of the day, compli-
menting the soldiers on their bravery, discipline, and
loyalty.
Colonel GUERREA, Aide-de-Camp of ESPARTERO,
is expected shortly in Madrid.
MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 16.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 26k for cash ; the Four per Cents. at
16t ; the Five per Cents. at 17*; the Debt without
Interest at 5i ; and the Coupons at 14.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
They publish the following announcement of the
destruction of a portion of the dockyard of Roche-
fort by fire :
The Minister of Marine received dispatches on
Monday, announcing that a fire broke out in the
naval provision stores at Rochefort in the night of
the 17th inst. Measures were immediately adopted
to check the progress of the flames, which were suc-
cessful. The material damage occasioned was incon-
siderable. No lives were lost. Although there was
every reason to suppose that the evens was the result
of an imprudence, nevertheless the maritime prefect
had thought proper to order an inquiry."
The most interesting article in these papers to
readers on this side of the Channel is one on the
present monetary crisis in England, considered more
especially with regard to the effects it is likely to
produce on the money market in France, which ap-
pears in the Constilutionnel. After describing the
late failures, and stating that the mercantile houses
of Lyons are not so seriously affected by the failure
of the Messrs. GOWER as was at first imagined, the
Constilutionnel thus proceeds—
" The financial situation of England is so far un-
fortunate for us, that it renders the conclusion of our
loan still more difficult. Under the circumstances in
which we are placed, this operation is hardly possible
without the co-operation of foreign capital. Now, it
is very certain that we must abandon every hope of
finding any kind of assistance from the English. Far
from that, it is they who have need of our capital ; and
the depreciation of our railway shares may be as-
cribed, in a greater or less proportion, to the realisa-
tions which they are obliged to make at this moment
on the Bourse of Paris. We must, therefore, expect
not only that the English will bring us no help, but
that on the contrary, they will continue to depreciate
still more the value of our stock of all kinds, by sell-
ingmay tbhea,t of which they are the holders. In that
especially lies the gravity of the present crisis to
France. Private catastrophes, however painful they
only
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time public credit is affected. Our Government
finds itself in the presence of the necessity, which
becomes every day more pressing, of a loan, without
being able to meet with a lender, with the prospect of
seeing things continuing to get worse and worse for
a long time, and the certainty of increasing the evil
at the first attempt that it may make to obtain the
money which it cannot do without. It appears,
therefore, that the Minister of Finance is confined in
a vicious circle. That is a subject of great alarm,
and serious meditation for attentive observers. The
Government makes the country pay dearly for its
electoral triumph of 1846."
The Presse, albeit it accuses the Ministry of
finessing in the recent appointment of the two Mar-
shals, contends nevertheless, in opposition to the
National, that the appointments are perfectly legal.