The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-03 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Etoi
PARIS, JULY 31.—This morning, at half-past
five o'clock, her Royal highness the Duchess of
Orleans was safely delivered of a.• Prince,. who
will be held over the font of baptism by their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Au•
gouleme. lie will bear the names of Antoine
Marie Philippe Louis, and, by order of the King,
the title of Duke of Louis.,
(From (,alignani's Messenger.)
P Ants, jut.v. courier, who arrived at
Paris yesterday front Rome, announces that tins
death of the Count de Serre, French Ambassador
to the Neapolitan Court, was rumoured in that
city on the 1.3'1 instant.
The Count de Ferronaye, French Ambassador
at the Court of St. I'etersburgh, sailed from
Croustatit.on the 9th instant, on board the cot.,
vette l'Egerie, forming part of the French naval
division in that port. The corvette le Sala-
mandre, and the frigate l'Arethuse, were only
waiting for a favourable wind to weigh anchor.
M. Zea Burmutlez, who has just been ap-
pointed Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, anti
is replaced in the Embassy at London by M. de
Revillagigedo, is expected ut Paris before he
goes to Madrid. A courier, with dispatches for
his Excellency from the latter [duel', has orders
to await his arrival at Paris.

-Extract of a private letter of the 3d instant,
from a French Officer at Constantinople :----
",General Guilleminot has bad his first audience
of the Grand Vizier, who received him in a most
friendly manner, and reminded him of the poli-
tical relations between them fifteen years ago,
His Excellency will not be received by the Sul-
tan till September. The Egyptian fleet has at-
tacked Casio., opposite Crete, where it burnt
every thing, and put the inhabitants to the
w ord."

On Wednesday lust, the Portuguese Infant
Don Miguel vitited the Royal Mint, and a
medal was struck in the presence of his Royal
Highness, to consecrate the recollection of his
visit. On one side are they arms of the Prince,
with the inscription-46 Don Miguel, Infant of
Portugal, visited the Royal Medal Mint 28th
:Silly, 1824." On the reverse, the Numismatic
Genius, leaning upon a lever, presents to the
Muse of History medals, with the inscription—
• " Rerum gestarum jidel et wternliati !"
It has been announced by telegraph that the
frigate l'Amazone sailed from Brest on Thursday.
:This vessel, which has on board the first crew of
.the line, is going to join the squadron devolution,
under the command of Vice-Admiral Duperre.
The first Electoral College &Arrondissement
,of Paris will assemble on Monday next, to elect
a Deputy in the room of General. Fay, who haw
in; been chosen by three arrondissements, pre-
ferred that of Veiling.

On Thursday the Court of Cessation rejected
the appeal of four French fugitives condemned to
deeds by the Court-martial of Perpignan, for
`having borne arms against Fratti!e.
At Okegetn, near Ninove, in the 'Netherlands,
a woman, named Marie de 11ralceleeri recently
died at 103 years of age. She passeased her Intel-
lect mil faculties to the last, and her hair was long,
black, and thick.
The second edition of the Curt Capitraine has
jest been seized. The first edition, published
five years ago, was nut prosecuted.
A lamentable accident occurred on Thursday,
In the rue de tiulfault. Two young men, sons of
,the 13aYon d'A—, were making some expert-
trews with gunpowder, when unfortunately a
•spark cOmmenicated with a small tub containing
,:t pound. The explosion was so violent, that the
'.youngest had his thigh .broken in two places,
'several fingers carried away, and his face burnt.
-The elder suffered less, but his clOthes taking
fire, his back was scorched. The life of the for-
mer is despaired of.
-.S.rocx fixcitAxar, FIVE O'CLOCK.—A rumour of an in-
surrection in Spain, added to the fears entertained relative to
settling-day, threw a depression over the market, and occasioned
a further decline in the price of Stocks. The Five per Cents.
for money closed at 98(. 10c. for the end of the month; the
price at four o'clock wax laf. 86c.; at this hour it is fat'. 65e.,
its, a heavy market.
[From the Moniteur.l
Rio DE JANEIRO, APItIL SAO.----Ever since the
European newspapers announced that Portugal
intended to make great efforts to reduce Brazil
rto it state of dependence, it was believed, not
only here but in all the principal cities of Europe,
that the French Government would aid Portugal
an enterprise which alone she has not the
itteami of undertaking. We now, however, give
literal translation of a correspondence which
Etas . taken place on this subject bet ween the Con-
sul of France, at Bahia, and the Government of
that city : _ _

" Bahia, January 9, 1824.
" Monsieur—lteports have been publicly circulated for some
dine, that France has manifested a disposition to aid Spain and
Portugal in reconquering their late colonies. These reports,
which are directly contrary to the truth, are not only calculated
to render individuals uneasy, but to injure the commerce car.
rigid on by French subject.' in this province. It therefore he.
comes my duty to dec are to your ttcellency, that I am au-
thorised expressly to contradict these reports, and to assure
,pat, that so fur front France having any hostile designs against
Brazil, she desires, 00 the contrary, to unite more closely the
kOnds which existed between the two countries, and to give to
tiiejr commercial relations a reciprocally advantageous extension.
" Ihave the honour to be, &c.
" The Consul of France, tiIUINEBAUD.
Mice his Excellency M. Joaquin Jose Pinheiro
de Vastxtacello3, Secretary to the Provisional
Goverment of the Province."

ANSWER.
ourself, onsteur,
" (laving submitted to the Provisional Government your
blur dated this day,
ts that France was wise
in which u declare y
,to be authorised to contradict the repor
which
reports
were
ifoiled to assist Portugal against 1/
Prejudicial to the French merchantarnzetitahlished
on the con-
know 1. ram, in thin pro.
and having declared that you . with Brazil,
wishes to draw, more close her relations
tcceivo4l orders from the same t;overnment to reply, that
rtportx have indeed been circulated, but no personeb_e:
be-
lit them, and now less than ever, since they have been. uu_
trA,Pt,t't II You. It never can be believed, that a nation
"Ulitffietea tut the 'French would contribute, in violation of the
Pl,o,,Phat 43f humanity, and to the prejudice of Its own inte-
rests, w the oppression of a country
claimed its independence. which has legitimately pro.
1. I ray
tyint, Monsieur, to receive, &C.
Mkt
" Palace of the GoPvernment of Bahia,V ASCONGELJan. 9, 1t124.L05.
(From the Contlithitonaet opiuttirday.
)' it tS, Gm/ 31.-44:figlishpolicy has obtained
by loather MUCCesi the supremacy which the policy or Russia
mid of Auatria, „tlt3t created the Holy Alliance, disputed with
I.4urti Strangford has In Jelikth soothed the itilgcr of the
Parte, and in, tianaine of hie Ouveromenti he hay taken the
humid engagement toprohibit, every English subject from thy

usage of the fundamental right of drawing his sword in favour
of the Christians of the East. The descendants of MiWades,
Aristides, are to be no longer aided by the civilized nations of
Europe. Lord Strangford has promised it—his British faith,
and his word as a Christian, are pledged. Let all the Greeks
perish rather than violate ao sacred a word. The Ambassador
has formally disavowed the efforts hitherto made by sonic wan,
tiering Champions of the Cross against the supporters of the
Crescent. In the ardour of his zeal, Lord Strangford seems
ready to submit to the same uremony to which the Dutch are
said to have submitted, in order to be allowed to enter Ja_pan.
If we may believe letters from Cronstadt, the English Officers
who have taken part against the Greeks will be subjected to a
Court of Inquiry on their return to England, and will be obliged
to justify themselves. In the long list of crimes punishable by
the law of England, we have not found included—Outraging
the sovereignty of the Grand Turk. Will this new crime be
tried by the ordinary tribunals, or a Court of Equity ?
(From the Courier Francais qf Saturday )
FRANKFORT, JULY 6.--We kern from Cassel
that Counsellor Murhard, who was arrested on July 18, at
lianas, and imprisoned at Cassel, is to be immediately set at
liberty. -The falsity of the accusations against him has been
established, but our neighbours are slow in repairing the evil
they are prompt In inflicting.
MADRID, JULY 18.—Eight persons were yes-
terday conducted to prison. Dionesio Artero, accused of
speaking outrageously of the legitimate Government, has been
sentenced by the Military Tribunal to ten years' imprisonment
and 200 lashes. lie was led half naked about the streets. An
individual who cried " ive largo !" was arrested, but had
the good hick to escape as he was leading to prison. Every in-
dividual, who will join the Royal Volunteers receives a com-
plete dress, which was never before given. The term is to be
general this year in Spain, and this has caused some disturb.
ance at Seriagossa. The Government is at present very active
in organising the new levies ; but it has not yet a single rei-
ment to send to Carthagena, which was lately garrisoned by
two battalions of French coming from Barcelona. Agitation
and disorder are increasing in every part of the Peninsula, and
even at Valladolid, the Governor-General of Old Castile, Chas.
O'Donnel, has not been able to prevent outrages.
M. Darras, President of' the Criminal Part of the Court of
Cassation, who was yesterday buried, was a very distinguished
Alagistrate; and if a knowledge of law, zeal and activity in per-
forming his duties, and a wonderful facility in drawing up and
pronouncing judgment, were the only qualities requisite in a
Judge, M. Barras would have been one of the greatest men
who ever sat on the Bench. During eighteen years that he
has presided over the criminal part of the first Court in the
kingdom, his influence was very great, and he was both re-
spected and dreaded by the Members of the Bar. As to his.
talents, it will be difficult to find such another. Ile was part
of the remains of that old Court of Cessation formed during
the revolutionary, storms, and he belonged entirely to the
Judges of that period. M. Berms was a Member of the L gis-
lative Assembly, and to obtain a seat there he must have been
a warm partizan of the new system. All his family were of the
same way of thinking. Ile was connected with the men of that
period, and it was by their means that his rise began under the
Directory. Appointed to the Court of Catelation, he there ac-
quired that strength of principles and doctrines which he knew
so well how to express when those rare occasions occurred that
he thought he could utter them without offending the Ministry.
Ile was appointed President in 1800, and matte a Baron in
1813 ; he was confirmed in his office at the restoration, and for
a judge he had the great failing of .not being indifferent to the
, smiles of power. In the hundred days lie signed an address to
Napoleon, and the next year made a speech to the King. lie
seemed to find little difference between the Ministry of M. de
Serre and that of M. de Peyronnet. And he was always ready
to support power, even beyond the bounds of his duty, in
whatever hands it might be. Had he been independent, he
would have been one of the greatest Judges France has ever
had. Ile has presided over the criminal Fart since the Resto.
ration, and to him is attributed the good and evil which have
been done.

(Prom the. Journal des Dehats of Saturday. )
PETE:WM[IMII, JULY 3.—The Council of
Superintendance of Public Credit having met on the 3d of this
month, Lieut.-General Cancrin, the Finance Minitter,delivered
a speech, in which he first thanked the Members of the Council
for their support last year ; he then told them, they would see,
by the accounts rendered by the Commissioners for redeem-
ing the National Debt, that all the payments were effected
in 1823 with scrupulous regularity. The operations of the
other establishments were also conformable to their re-
gulations, and were directed with a view to maintain public
credit. Ile had himself concurred in the same object, by ob-
serving the strictest ptinctuality,at the Treasury, and by not
making use of those rcsources,created abroad on a:count of the
revenue of the State. Since the presentation of the last ac-
counts, several important measures, he said, had been taken,
and events or considerable consetpence to public credit had
happened. First, there was the decision of the Council of Cre-
dit, sanctioned by hits Majesty, to suspend for it .nionient
burning the assigtints, and employ the sums destined for that.
purpose to make a Sinking Fund for the debt, and thus to give
another guarantee to our credit. The Council had recognised the
indispenxible necessity of this measure, experience having aliewn
that the reduction of the assignata had not produced all the good
effects expected. Time, moreover, will chew when it 'would be.
proper to recommence withdrawing gradually a part of these
representatives of money. The operations undertaken by other
countries having an effect on the public credit of Russia, hail
made its fund rise above . expectation ; but as these operations
are not yet-completed, it.woula be superfluous to point out all
the Influence they might have on the funds of Russia, by the
elose.tinion which now exists between all parts of the general
Hymen' of public credit in Europe. The public has already
learned that the Loan Bank is about to contract new loans on
a new basis. This measure, the result of the deliberation of
the Council of Credit in 1022, and the decrees of the Connell
of the Empire, were dictated by the necessity of tucking a new
channel for the capitals which were accumulating in the banks,
of cherishing industry, and ut the same time of supporting
the possessors of landed property at a moment when the home
trade, and in sonic, measure foreign commerce, laboured un-
der some difficulties. It also seemed that these
locus were
likely to have a favourable effect on the creditor' individuals,
and accelerate the circulation of money, which has suffered
a remarkable stagnation In several provinces, and would ut the
' same time, by its re-action, have a beneficial effect on public
credit. After these general observations, the Minister gave a
rapid sketch of the state of the establishments for public credit.
The National Debt, on January 1, 1024, consisted of the
Dutch Loan, 47,000,000 florins; of terminable annuities, silver
3,0211.000 roubler, and paper, 31,162,400 roubles, 67 hop; of
perpetual annuities at 1 per cent., gild 20,020 roubles, silver
0,031,1'22 roubles, paper 229,466,01 i ; of perpetual Annuities at
0 per cent. silver 711,1177,000 roubles ; nicking the total of as.
signets now in circulation represent the value of 595,7711,310
roubles.

vnuxcit FUNDS.
PAIIIII, JULY 31.—Five per Cents. opened at 97f. 00c. ;
lowest, 97f. 10c. ; closed at 97f. 15c.—Bank Stock, 1,830
Neapolitan Five per Cents. in Ducats, 03—Rente d'Espagne, 10.
Royal S'pamish boon, O.—Exchange on London, one month,
.15t. ; three ditto, 24f. Court A athentique.;