The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-02 00:00:00

try, and•tbat Istuturz'and MittAvuitEs would give place to
ItoNcArA and NA RVAEZ. The Engish Ambassador gave a
splendid ball on the night of the 21,t, which was atteukd
by upwards of 800 persons.
. .

On the 21st the Three per Cents. e.osed at 321,E at GO days,
and the Five per Cents. at 23% at 60 days.

The French Minister of Finance has at last introduced into

.he Chamber of Deputies a Bill for the reduction of postage

on letters. He proposes fer sing'e letters that the charge
shall be two sous, when the distance does net exceed twenty
kilometres- on -English miles), four sous, the distance not
exceeding forty kilometres, and increasing in the same ratio
up to ten sous for a single letter, the maximum postage pro-
posed for the whole of -France.. The Bill did not appear to
meet a favourable reception _in the Chamber, as a more
radical change, something like our penny postage, was ex-
pected. Some of the journals contain further remarks on the
late battles in India ; and we may say all that have commented
on the results have done full justice to thebravery of the British
troops. The Constitutionne/, the organ of the ex-Minister,
who has such a cordial antipathy to England, is even ce'in..
plimentary, and blames Sir HENRY HARDINGE, not for has.
ing too small an army on the frontier, but for provotkiDg the
contest by assembling along the frontier some 17,000 men.
"The General-in-Chief in India," says that journal, "is cer-
tainly right to congratulate himself on the victory, which,
however, was dearly purchased, although, after the official
reports, the number of killed and t\ounded is not so great
as the private letters had represented it. But as to the
term criminal given to the incursion of the Seiks on the
territory of their
_brethree, protected by the Company, it is
not in any way justifiable, if it be borne in mind that the
concentration of English troops en the frontier of the
Punjaub had continued for several months, without
any explanation being vouchsafed to the Government
of Lahore. That the. Seikbs, when menaced with an
armed intervention should have made the first movement,
and fallen on the divisions separated from each other by con-
siderable distances, and should have thus endeavoured to
anticipate the blow destined for there, is nothing but a good
piece of strategy, The epithet of criminal must not there •
fore be given to the combinations of the enemy, which only
aimed at defending its independence with greater chances of
success, and displayed more courage and cleverness than was
expected. With this reservation, we join completely in the
eulogium which the army of India, as well European as na-
tive, has merited on the part of ifs General, and of the
mother-country.", The Special Committee appointed to
examine the extraordinary vote of a million sterling for
Africa, after some discussion, had resolved on maintaining the
limits proposed in 1830, which include the territory lying
between the sea, the frontier of Sahara, and Tell, Morocc27
and the Regency of Tunis. According to accounts from
Bordeaux,-the free-traders in -France are imitating the ex-
ample of the League in more "ways than one. On Monday
last they held a meetingin the principle theatre of that town
a very large building, when the Mayor and some half-a-
dozen members of the Association made speeches suitable
to the occasion. The Mayor proposed to raise subscriptions
for carrying out _their views. At the conclusion, he an-
nounced that the- members of' the Association present had
subscribed 11,000 f., and that subscriptions had already been
received to the amount of 50,000 f. We copy from the
Journal des Debate the following impartial remarks respecting
the probable results of a war between England and the
United States :
" It is for the advantage of the Union to remain at peace with
England. The first interest of a people before whom a question of
war is placed is, to avoid certain defeat. To all men of sound sense
it must be evident, as well at Washington as in London, that the first
campaign must turn to the advantage of Great Britain, for that
power has for several years past been making immense preparations.
Ships and steamers, stores, sailors and marines, are all ready in her
arsenals. America, on the contrary, has nothing to oppose to her for-
midable adversary. The agricultural commercial, and manufacturing
interests would suffer immensely from a war. Cotton, which forms
the principal article of American exportion, would, by a rigorous
blockade, be kept in the ports of New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston,
and Savannah. War would prove the ruin of the greatest part of the
capitalists in the twelve or thirteen states who cultivate that precious
article. The commerce of the ports of New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, and Baltimore, which have dispensed so much capital
throughout the country, would be destroyed, seeing that England is in
a position to blockade all those ports, for her immense navy will en
able her to do so. The only retaliation which America could inflict
would be by means of her cruisers and her privateers. Those would
doubtless cause much injury to British commerce, but it would be
trifling when compared with what America would suffer. Lastly,
the prizes made by the privateers would not repair the injury
which the American regular commerce would experience. And
in a country thus impoverished, what market would the national
manufacturers find, even when freed by war from the competition of
the English Productions ? The convention of 1827," concludes the
Journal des Debats, "w ill doubtless be adhered to by the United States;
notice of the cessation of the treaty will be given ; but, instead of
being a signal for war, it will be the preamble of a solution which
will satisfy the United States as completely as the rational citizens of
that Republic can desire, which will preserve entire the honour of
England, and which will preserve that which the enlightened men
of all countries should endeavour to maintain—the peace of the world
being, as it is, the first benefit conferred by civilisation, and the first
guarantee of liberty."
On Saturday the Paris Bourse continued firm throughout
the day. The market closed as follows :
Three per Cents., for Cash, 84f. 95c. ; for Account, 84f. 90e. ; Five
per Cents., tSr Cash, 123 f. 55c. ; for Account, 123 E 60c. ; Bank of
France Shares, 3,445 f.; Neapolitan, 101 f. 25c.; Spanish and New
Loan, not quoted. -
The Share Market was alio good, and closes at an advance in all
the leading lines. For cash, Paris and Orleans left off at 1,5421. stlc.;
Paris and Rouen, 1,072 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 760 f. ; Avignon, Mon-
tereau, and Fampoux, not quoted ; Vierzon, 747 f. 50c. ; Srasburg and
Bale, 253 f. 75c. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 550 f. ; Northern, 792 f. 50c. ;
Bourdeaux, 666 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 555 f. ; Tours and Nantes,
590 f. The Definitive, remained nearly the same. Lyons was quoted
at 651 f. 50c., and Avignon at 572 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Faa. 28.

Dutch Rhenish, 6% —Great Northern of France Constituted, li%
—Groat Western Bengal, % —Orleans and Vierzon, 19% Orleans
and Bordeaux, 12—Paris and Bole*, 411‘ —Roues and Imre, 29%.

We understand that Sir George Clerk is to be appointed to
the situation, formerly held by Mr. Macaulay, of Extraor-
dinary Member of the Supreme Legislative Council of India
The salary is 10,0001. a year.
Sir Thomas Fremantle took his seat at the Board of Cus-
toms, as Deputy Chairman, on Friday last.
There is a rumour that Lord Claude Hamilton is to be
one of the two new. Lords of the Treasury.
We are informed that Lord Granville Somerset was pre-
vented by an attack of gout from being present at the
division, but that he paired.

Mr. gheil..is still detained at Malta by the illness of his
Rife; which explains the reason of his being among the
absentees in the late division.

THE SUN" EXPRESSES

(FROM A-CORRESPONDENT.)
HULL, SATURDAY. —The Express Edition of "THE SUN,"
with the whole of the debate last night, and the division at
three o'clock this morning, was received here at three this
afternoon, anticipating the other morning papers upwards of
three hours, and those receivedin due course of post by not
less than eighteen hours. The great majority was considered
as a settler for the Lords, and all classes are anxious for the
speedy completion Of the measure.

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fatigable of "TILE SUN "
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newspaper, Mr. M. Young, received a copy of that paper at
the public news-rooms on Saturday morning last at half-past
10, A.M. The express papers contained the full report of the
corn-law debate, with the glorious majority of 97. The dis-
tance from this town to London is 214 miles, which was per-
formed by railway and post carriages in about six hours.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
NORTH Norriwonam.—During the nomination of the can-
didates on the platform at Mansfield, and while Lord H.
Bentinck was speaking, "_THE SUN" express (from Notting-
ham) arrived with bills announcing the division in the House
of Commons. The moment this " great fact" became known
in the room, the pro-corn-law party became almost dumb-
stricken (the protectionists having a few minutes before as-
serted that the repeal of the corn-laws would not benefit the
working men). The shouts of hundreds of the working
classes, however, when the express arrived, fully proved that
they considered protection to native industry anything but a
boon to themselves.-