The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-23 00:00:00

- nothing but an inland fortress capable of being
reduced at any time by a simple blockade.
Neither our Contemporary the Chronicle, nor
the French papers from which we have quoted,
appear able to account for so remarkable a
change in the opinions of M. ODILON BARROT.
Can these Journals have forgotten that the KING,
shortly after the Republican Deputy's display of
opposition to the fortifications in 1833, discovered
a wonderful aptitude for place in the brother
of that gentleman; and that his MAJESTY'S
choice of so worthy a servant had a most mira-
culous effect in cooling the patriotic fervour of
the declamatory Deputy? For our part we re-
member perfectly some such circumstance, and
were not a little struck with the effect
produced. To make the dumb speak is
sometimes hardly more miraculous than to
silence the babbling, and the latter wonder
the KING of the FRENCH, by the magic of a
few words, effected in the case of M. ODILON
BARROT. Since that period we have found him
in all political relations an altered man. The
Court has drawn him within its magic circle, and
latterly he has essayed with some effect to
mouth its sophistries. At the present moment
we can discover no difference between M.
THIERS and M. ODILON BARROT, and would
just as soon see the former in the Cabinet as the
latter.

The Madrid Papers of the 13th instant contain
no news whatever.

The Five per Cents. were done at 331, for
cash, and at 332 35 331 I j I 341, at different
dates; the Three per Cents. sold for 221 for
cash, and 23k, at 60 days ; the Four por Cents.,
at 22 for cash ; and the debt bearing no interest,
at 61 3-32 k k, at different dates.

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The whole of the French Journals have
reached us. They contain no •neWs of im-
portance. The trial of M. DUPOTY continues to
excite the attention of the Opposition Press. It
was reported that the Court of Peers had con-
demned DUPOTY by a majority of 136 votes to
23, and that he would be condemned to ten years'
imprisonment in the prison of San Miguel.
The Moniteur publishes the return of the produce and
consumption of beet-root sugar manufactured;in France in
1841. According to that document the number of ma-
nufactories in activity was. 366, and the whole quantity
produced 8,365,205 kilogrammes, of which 4,409,959
were sold for:consumption. The duties levied thereon
amounted to 5,467,120 f.
Private accounts from Bayonne of the 16th inst. state,
that warlike preparations were still making on the fron-
tiers of Spain, although the march of troops to the south
had been suspended. Marshal Saldanha, the Portuguese
Ambassador at the Austrian Court, passed through
Bayonne on the 14th, on his way to Vienna.
A Ministerial paper says this morning, that the sen-
tence of the Court of Peers will be published on Wed-
nesday or Thursday.
The Gazette• du Medi of the 16th, says "M. Dupuch,
the Bishop of Algiers, arrived yesterday from Bordeaux
at Marseilles, on his return to his diocese. We are
assured that the Prelate had scarcely alighted from his
carriage, when he received a telegraphic dispatch, in-
viting him to proceed immediately to Paris.
It will be recollected that the Journal du Cher
has announced that M. Dupuch was appointed to the
Bishopric of Bourges.—Constitutionnel.
The Journals of Upper Italy are full of complaints of
a continuation of bad weather, of which there are few
examples. The Milan Gazette mentions every day the
non• arrival of the French Journals, in consequence of
the interruption of the communication between the
South of France and the North of Italy. The
same is the case in the South of Italy ; and the
Journal of the Two Sicilics mentions deplorable accidents,
caused by the overflowing of the-Sangro, in the interior
of the Abruzzo.
The Phare de la Marine says----"We have this moment
learnt that a terrible disaster has happened this evening
on the road from Valgones to Cherbourg. The yarn
manufactury at Pont-la-Ville has been entirely des-
troyed by fire, together with its dependencies. Several
neighbouring houses have I.ce.ei consumed in the dread-
ful fire."—Commerce.
We find in the Constitutionnet the following version of
what has recently occurred in Monaco:—" The people
of Monaco have gained their ends. The monopoly of
corn is abolished throughout the principality by order of
Florestan 1., but there has been a species of insurrection
which threatened to be fatal to the Farmer-General of
the monopoly, M. Chapon. The populace attacked his
house, and committed some depredations. M. Chapon
made his escape through a back-door, and gained a
Small port, where he embarked in the French Govern-
ment steamer Tenare. His brother-in-law remained
concealed for several days, but at length managed to
save himself. The PrinCe has shown great affability and
liberality. He. is about, .to dismiss the old Governor,
who has incurred the hatred of his subjects. It is be-
lieved that ,he will be succeeded by the son of General
Partouneaux, who resides in the principality. The King
of Sardinia is alarmed lest this petty revolution should
speead into the neighbouring countries, and has sent
some Carbineers to the frontier of Monaco."
The Infanta Donna Luisa Carlota. entered, Burgos on
the 7th inst., accompanied by her consort Don,Francisco
de Paula who went to meet her Royal Highness, at-
tended by the authorities of the town ; the National
Guafds, and two regiments forming the garrison, being
under arms on the occasion. The Prince and Princess
reside in the mansion of the Marchioness of Barrio Lucio.
A letter from Hanover of the 9th inst. states that M.
de Lutken, one of the King's Privy Councillers, and a
strong advocate of his Majesty's new measures, had been
attacked one evening in the street, and severely wounded
by a large stone. The assault was attributed to feelings
of political vengeance.
" M. Sieveking, of Hamburgh," says the Siecle,"has
entered int') a Treaty with the British New Zealand
Company for the purchase of the Chatham Islands at
10,0001., fur the German Colonisation Company ; and if
this Corporation is fully organised by that time, the
Treaty will be exchanged at London on or before 12th
March next."
. A letter from Helvoetsluys states that, on the 11th
instant, the Swedish brig Fanny, bound from Hull to
St. Übes, was totally wrecked on the Ooster. The cap-
tain and two sailors were saved. Two men were thrown
ashore lifeless, and four more were believed to be drowned
in the vessel.
The elections of Deputies to the Constituent Assembly
of the Canton of Geneva are finished. Out of 11,396
electors inscribed on the list, 7,226 have exercised their
right, making an average of 63 out of 100. The differ-
ence between the numbers of voters in the city of Ge-
neva, and the country districts or colleges, amounted to
next to nothing, those in the city being in the proportion
of 63 to 100, and those in the country 64 to 100. The
Assembly was convoked for the 17th inst. The Federal
remarks :—" Judging by the ensemble of the elections,
the great majority of nominations to the Constituent
Assembly have been acquired by the conservatives and
the moderate progressive party."
"It was rumoured on Saturday in the diplomatic cir-
cles," says the Temps, " that the Baron de Benkendorff,
Minister of Police in Russia, had fallen into disgrace,
and been dismissed. He is a brother of the Countess de
Lieven. In the eyes of certain persons this disgrace is
an indication that our diplomacy does not advance in fa=
your at the Court or Saint Petersburg. The Emperor
Nicholas is said to have decided that in future there shall
be no •Rulsian .Ambassador at the Court of any power,
but only a Minister Plenipotentiary."—On this subject
we fin& the- followieg in the Constitutionnel :—" We are
inforniedltUt a,revplution has been effected in the cabi-
net at Se.:liiiersiartr, Several Ministers have been su-
perseded: "ObVird't'Pahlen and the brother-in-law of
Princeinitie4Pri*lV¢ bVen called into the new Cabinet.
It is affitinerd'tiiiii Ciiunt Pahlen will not be succeeded
here by an iArelansiadOr, but by a Minister Phmipoten-
tiary only, in the person of M. de Boutenief, the Russian
Ambassador at Constantinople. This is a serious change,
as it obliges France 4ohave only a Minister Plenipoten-
tiary at St: PeterSburgh. The unfriendly feeling of.
Russia towards France, has long been apparent, and it is
to be regretted that France did net take the initiative in
this matter. ikTi•anee must be no more than a secondary
powerltill6 'eyes of Russia ; or has the Emperor
Nichohibildilfli affected contempt, some hidden motive
which .6l#PG6Vernment, as it appears, has not sufficient
ability to discover ? The Baran de Barante, by this au-
tocratic decision, is thrown out of employment."
Marshal Saldanha, Portuguese Envoy Extraordinary
to the Emperor of Austria, passed through Bayonne on
the 14th inst. on his way to Vienna, intending to pass by
Marseilles and Italy. Lieut.-Gen. Espeleta has also vi-
sitad Bayonne. • • ,
A letter from Strasburg, in the Augsburg Gazette,
says that a letter has been received by a commercial
house in that city from a high functionary of the French
Government, stating the intention of the Cabinet to in-
stitute negotiations with several German Governments,
for a mutual modification of Customs' tariffs. The
French Government proposes, it adds, to reduce the en-
trance duties on cattle, and requires that the duties on.
French wines in other countries shall be lowered.
The Patriota of Madrid states that amicable feelings
have been renewed between the Spanish and French
Cabinets, and that the intercourse of the two Govern-

ments is on a very satisfactory footing.
::The Carlsruhe Gazette states that a shock of earth-
quake was felt on the 10th inst. at Zwingenberg, near
that town, whore the walls of the chateau were cracked
by the movement, and several stones displaced.
BOURSE—Penis, MONDAY, DEC. 20.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price, Pricy.
wench 5 per Cents 11.5 40
... 116 40 ... 116 35 ... 116 40
div. 100 00 ... 1. 090 ... 100 90 ... 100 g 0
3 per Centr. ex
4 per Cents
7,,, 15 .. 78 25 ... 78 IS ... 78 20
Loan ex did 76 so „. 79 80 ... 78 8J ... 78 fie
........:1011643? 0" : ......501:0 :.... uMI
13R r ) r of trance
Latfitte Bank.51:11)0100011.
staarree:
t10(.04).,2
792 50 ... 792 SO ... 791 50 ...7J5 50
4 eigtan Bank
Belgian S per Cents., 1840... 19 ... 103 ... 102% ... 102%
:54141 ...: i :54154 ...
...
... . . :154151 1.• 151
46
V 411.11 Active
Passive
New Deferred
Neapolitan,
Roman....
RAILWAY BHAItEh.
St. Germain 770 ••• 785 ... 770 .. 785
ve,...,tft5.i....0.... ............
Rouen 4's
•.. 455 ”. 452 50 ... 455
Orle ..-, /• • ••• 480 ••• 480
••• 180 ••• 459
ItrobtugtOtiale6 2'23 76 ~, 224 i P
, 223 7 „, 22p 76