The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-20 00:00:00

the labour into threo sections ; the first, as regards the
critical history of the present form of the Swalish Go-
vernment ; the second, the analyses of the constitutions
of other c,)untries ; and the third, the statistical infor-
mation required.

The news from Madrid is not of a later date than
that already given. A private letter had been received
in Paris stating that the Cabi*et had been completed
by the appointment of M. CANEJA, as Minister of Grace
and Justice. The accounts from Galicia are very con-
flictive. On the one hand it is stated that the insurrec-
tion is completely put down ; while on the other, not
only is that statement declared to be untrue, but it is
averred that the movement is spreading. The Infante
Don ENRIQUE and General NARVAEZ had neither of
them left Bayonne on the 12th. The Infante has
taken a house there. NARVAEZ had called to pay bis
respects to the Prince on the 11th. The report at
Bayonne was, that the insurrection at Lugo had been
completely put down, and that no other town in the
north of Spain had shown the least diposaion to join
in the movement.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
Since their arrival intelligence has been received by the
electric telegraph of the South-Eastern Railway Com-
pany that an attempt had been made on Thursday after-
noon to assassinate King Louis PHILIPPE. white return

ing, accompanied by hi;family, from a drive in tne park
of Fontainbleau. Fortunately no one was hurt, although
the KING appears to have had a very narrow escape.
Three balls cut the fringe which ornamented the char-a
banc in which the royal party were riding, and the wad-
ding, which fell between the lima and QUEEN, was
picked np by her MAJESTY. The assn..-sin, who was
immediately arrested, is named LECoITE. He was
formerly a wood-ranger of the forest of Fontainbleau.
We have given the telegraphic dispatch itself in another
column.

The papers of Thursday are principally occu-
pied with comments on the speech delivered by M.
TRIERS in the Chamber of Deputies OR the preceding
day, on the subject of the French navy. The spe.ch
itself will be found in extenso in another column.

"M. Thiers," says the Constitutionel, by the luminous
speech so rich in facts, so elevated, so convincing, which he
delivered yesterday, performed his duty as a good citizen.
He brought forth that just, fecund, and practical iaea, which
must be applied with perseverance if there be any desire to
renovate our naval strength. He went into the depth of the
question, but with a simplicity and clearness that is always
suitable to such subjects. In this matter of business, its ap-
plication and execution, he left to M. Guizot the easy aft-
vantage of oratorical development and. illusive el, q.:ence.
He, at the same time, did justice upon the false in-
terpretatiniis that bad been put upon his words. He de
monstrated that he wished his country to have a great and
powerful navy, not for disturbing the peace of the world, but
to guard France ag,,inst every event, to ihsure respect for her
flag and its rights, and at the 'ame time remain faithful to
the opinions which he so eloquently avowed in 1840 as in
1830. This fine speech has rendered a signal service to
France and to her navy. It proluced a deep sensation in
the Chamber; it indicated with firmness the true object of
all our efforts; it gave a precise direction to that universal
feeling in favour of our navy, which has for several years
past beer. so strongly manifested."
The Courricr Francais, which seems to be almost the
only journal which takes a common-sense view of the
subject, says :
" M. Thiers has remained a determined partisan of the
ancient system. He wishes not 36 sailing ships like the
Committee, or 40 like the Government, but 60. M. Thiers
considers ridiculous the figures of 36 and 40 ! For our part
we confess that we find it impossible not to consider the
number set forth by M. Thiers as just as strange ; 60 ships
of the line would not place us in a position to struggle with
Great Britain, who po,sesses WO, and could arm still more.
The inequality would consequently subsist just as well with
60 as with 36 or 40. But let us pass to the fi,ting out of
these vessels. That iscertainly a difficult problem, particu-
larly for M. Thiers, who is of in favour either of free trade
or of an extension of the colonial system of France.
At the rate of 850 men per vessel, &itch a fleet would re-
quire 51,000 seamen ! But France at present only possesses
46,000 uten on whom it can depend. How, then, are the
frigates and small vessels to be provided for ? How are the
loises in war to be repressed? For any other mau but M.
Thiers that would be a grave difficulty. But what are
difficulties to M Thiers? He laughs at them ! How do
you suppose he contrives to get rid of this tine? Simply
by affirming that it would be sufficient to create a naval
force to create also a sufficiency of seamen to man it! Let
us build vessels, said he, and seamen will come of them-
selves. That would no doubt be true, if the sixty vessels
of M. Thiers were to remain fitted np during peace as well
as during war. But could that be the case'? W hat could
France to with sixty ships of the line fully equipped in time
of peace? What; above all, could she do with them if she
renounced finding colonial establishments, as M. Thiers re-
commends? She could do nothing but send them to parade
at sea, nothing more! That would satisfy M. Thiers per-
haps, but would not be so likely to satisfy the rate-payers.
:sixty ships of the line would cost about sixty millions a
year ; in adding an equal sum for frigates, brigs, Sze., the
budget of the navy would be doubled ! and the whole with-
out any utility, for our navy would not then cease to be in •
ferior to the navy of Great Britain. What an able Minister
of Marine M. Tillers would make at a pinch !" _ _

La Presse, it would appear, is for extending French
protection to the secondary maritime powers. " Those
who wish sincerely and seriously, and not lightly, for a
maritime France, make France the rallying-point, the
pivot, round which, at the first gun-shot, the secondary
maritime powers will assemble for the maintenance of
the freedom of the seas and respect for the neutrality of

the flag."
Lori PALMERSTON and Lord BROUGHAM were present
in the Chamber during the delivery of the speech of M.
THIERS, and to their presence La France attributes the
moderation exhibited by the orator.

"It is to be regretted," says that journal, " that the presence
in the Chamber of Lord Palmerston and Lord Brougham,
should have prevented M. Thiers from declaring his opinions
fully. Evidently in this part of his speech, he used milder
expressions towards England; evidently he endeavoured to
make a little diplomatic display before the illustrious
visitors ; and if more than once he laid down the casus belli
with Great Britain as a doubtful matter, and henceforward
almost impossible, it was clear that the future Minister
peeped f, eb from behind the orator. We pardon this weak-
ness in M. Tillers. Who can blame hi:n in this period of
petty egotism, for having thought a little of his personal in-
terests ? But when once freed from these narrow considera-
tions, M. Thiers became what he usually is, the bold antago-
nist who fears nothing, who dreads no obstacles, and who,
without any attention to his own little person, bravely darts
forward and attacks bodily the questions the most grave, the
most arduous, the most colossal."
The debate was resumed on Thursday by M. LEVAS.
SEUR, who recommended the encouragement of the
French fisheries, as a nursery for seamen. He was
followed by M. LAMARTINE, who protested against the
assertion of M. TRIERS, that France was a continental,
and not a naval power; and who supported the Govern-
ment proposition, because it would enable France to
keep two fleets constantly at sea, one in the Mediterra-
nean, and the other on the ocean. The debate had not
closed when the post left.
The revenue returns from the indirect taxes, during
the first quarter of 1846. are published in the Aloniteur.
The total amount of revenue is 198,429,000 f., showing an
increase, as compared with that of the corresponding
period of 1844, of 14,232,000 f., and of 1845, of
13,590,0001. The proceeds of the different items in the
present year are :

Francs.
Registry duties, mortgages, &c. ... 55,162,000
Stamps ... 10,917,000
Import duties on sundry •merchandise 26,197,000
Ditto on colonial sugar 8,946,000
Ditto on foreign sugars 1,078.000
Export duties ... ••• 483,000
Navigation duties ... ... 468,000
Sundry other duties ... 636.000
Duties on salt ... 14,494,4 .!00
Ditto on liquors 23,576,000
Ditto on domestic sugar •• • ... 5,340,000
Proceeds of the sale of tobacco 27,822.P00
Ditto of gun powder ... 1,230,000
Post-office, &c. 12,497,000
Fares in mail-coaches 512,000
Ditto in steam-packets ... 205,000

The only items exhibiting a diminution are colonial
sugars, of 1,071,000 f. ; foreign sugars, 857,000'. ; navi-
gation duties, 28,000 f. ; tax n salt, 1,414,000 f. ; and
fares of mail coaches, 12,0001. The r. ceipts of the first
quarter of 1846, acolding to the monthly returns, were
—January, 62,423,000 f. ; February, 63,793,000 f. ; and
March, 72,213,000 f. _ _

The Moniteur Algerien of the 10th has the following
account of the movements of General LAMORICIERE and
the Duke D'AUMALE
"On the 30th ult. General Lamoriciere came up with one
of the emigrating tribes of the south, and after pursuing it
for a distance of live leagues, made seventy-five prisoners,
and took thirteen camels, 130 oxen, and between seven anti
and eight thousand sheep. Colonel de Geraudon had pre-
viously, on the 20th, made a successful razzia on the emi-
grating tribe of the Assessnas. It was daily expected that
Colonel Tartas would enter the w-stern part of the Dahra
rt ioen t
r h
troops
ppe
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f
with the column of Mostaganem. It is there, probably, that
lies concealed Bou Maza, whose wound in the arm has be-
come
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me
chswl
fo.
It is now worse, in consequence t
obe
f
regretted
tint two neighbouring sub-divisions have not been able to
concert a decisive movement to put an end to this redoubt-
able chief. But the column of Orleansville has just marched
upon the Oued Fedda, to assist it: the chastisement and
pacification of the Kabyles of the Ouarencenis. The Duke
d'Aumale, who directs this important operation, has marched
upon Thimxottin. Ouled el liadj Seghio is also con-
ceutra:ing in that quarter the contingents of the C:ou-
chaoursis and Beni Bedouans, so that the junction of our
two columns will not probably be effected without, a combat.
We have no recent news of Abd-el-Rader. The iralorma-
tion from Teniet el IlAad and Frenda would induce a belief
that his return towards the east was only feigned, to draw
thither General Jussuf, and thus secure the passage of Mu.s-
tapha Ben Tami, who is said to have continued his course to
the west, with a convoy of money, wounded anti dismounted
men, &C. It is even said that Abd-el -Kader was in hi- rear
and had crossed the (Mott at Sidi Khalil', with an escort of
150 cavalry. As to Kabylia, there is no longer any trace of
the recent agitation. The news of the check experienced by
Abd-el-Kader has brought about general security."
In another article the same journal says—
"We learn that the Duke d'Anmale bivouacked at Ti-
maxouin on the Bth. After some combats of secondary im-
portance, but which, however, had de,oralised the K ibylea,
he had made a junction with the columns of Orleabsville,
and the
Rouioa. Ouled Seghi" had r•ci.`"'s"d the
Oued &Aida. ,ojourt, of our tioope on the Ou.renc,iii.s
cannot be prolomied On account of the weather, which may
turn t 9 rain, anti the uncertainty as to tho inoYouleatel of