The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-26 00:00:00

hours, at the end of which period the young men of
Faenza having returned fium Russi, anJ G.unt LOVA-
TELLI, Pro-Legate of Ravenna, having arrived on the
spot with two pieces of artillery, liorgo was occupied
militarily, and declared in a state of siege. A num-
ber of the inhabitants had formed themselves into a
band, and taken refuge in the mountains towards
Tuscany. This intelligence has caused great excite-
ment in Romagna.

In the meantime the PoPE shows a bold front to
his opponents. A letter, published in the Augsburgh
Gazette, dated Rome, October 12, says—
" It is certain that one or several cardinals have been
conducted under a strong escort to the Castle of St. An-
gelo, but that no one knows who they are or whence
they come. The gate was closed immediately behind
them, and no one is allowed to enter the castle. The
position of Pope Pius IX., in respect to the cardinals,
is shown by the fact that the new Council of State is
composed solely of prelates, with the exception of the
president alone."

Another letter of the same date says—
" The individual who is irnprisonod in the Castle of
St. Angelo is the author of the libel against the Pope,
published some time ago, and which created so much in-
dignation. The Pope has authorised the publication of
a law journal, to contain full reports of all the proceed-
ings of the courts of justice, which hitherto have been
kept entirely secret. It is said that his Holiness intends
to substitute imprisonment for life for the pain of death,
which he wishes to abolish totally."
It does not appear that either Austria or Sardinia
has as yet thought it necessary to march troops to-
wards the Swiss frontier.

The Council of Bale city is summoned to meet to
consider the petitions presented to them, praying
them to vote against the intrusion of the Jesuits.
The militia and artillerymen have declared, that in
the event of an appeal to force they will not support
the Government.
Madrid papers papers of the 18th have arrived.

The Gaceta contains the long-expected amnesty.
It extends for the military to all up to the rank of
Colonel, inclusive ; and with regard to the civil ser-
vice to all up to the rank of Political Chief. There
was a ball at the Palace on the 16th, at which Mr.
BULWER was present. He left for Aranjuez on the
17th. The departure of the Duke and Duchess
DE MONTPENSIER i 3 fixed for the 21st.
The Bolsa continued closed.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.

Several of the French provinces have been fear-
fully devastated by inundations.
" It appears," says the National," that every scourge
has this year fallen on our unfortunate country. Incen-
diary fires lighted by unknown hands have carried deso-
sation into several departments, the dearth of provisions
has increased the distress, and at present the rivers are
overflowing, and the inundations ravage what had
escaped the fires. Entire villages have been swept ; bridges, viaducts, and considerable buildings
have fallen to pieces. The loss is not yet ascertained,
nor is the number of victims yet known ; but the letters
received from the scene of desolation are filled with la-
mentations."

The devastations caused by the overflowing of the
Loire have been dreadful.

Tha Journal du Loiret, an Orleans journal, gives
the following, dated the 21st, two o'clock, P.M.:-
" The disaster continues. The Loire has again risen.
It has increased nearly forty centimetres. The ac-
counts from the country are equally bad. It is im-
possible to form an estimate of the loss which the
valley will have sustained." In another part of the
paper, the Journal du Loiret gives afflicting details
from the environs. Several houses had been washed
down, but the loss of only one life is mentioned. In
Orleans itself the inundation had produced great ca-
lamity. The Municipal Council had met and ordered
the distribution of bread and tickets for lodgings to
the numerous persons who had been driven from their
homes. A letter from Tours states that the adjoining
country was inundated, and the roads rendered im-
passable.

In consequence of the floods the Bordeaux mail was
not able to reach Paris on Friday.
The communication between Paris, Lyons, Avig-
non, Marseilles, and all the south-eastern region of
France, is completely cut off by the inundations.
The accounts are, almost necessarily, imperfect, and
often contradictory ; one thing, however, is certain,
that the magnificent bridge over the Loire at Orleans,
the viaduct connecting the Orleans and Vierzon Rail-
way with the terminus in that city, has been swept
away .by the resistless fury of the torrent. It cost
6,000,000 francs in the erection, and will probably
delay the opening of that line for at least two years to
come.

The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnanee regu-
lating the tariff of the island of Bourbon. All
French goods are in future to be admitted duty free
into Bourbon, with the exception of spirituous
liquors, on which a duty of .50f. per hectolitre is to
be levied. A number of foreign articles for the
consumption of the colony may hereafter be directly
imported, but the importation in French bottoms
is to protective duty on those
brought
by favoured
foreign by a
vessels,
With a view to
facilitate
be
and extend the relations of the colony with
the French establishments in the Mozambique
channel, three-fourths of the duties are to be remitted
to the French vessels importing those goods from
Mayotte and its dependencies, and one-half if they
proceed from Mascate and Madagascar. The pro-
ductions of China imported in French vessels are to
pay 12 per cent. The prohibition imposed upon the
colony to export its produce to no other country but
France is maintained for sugar, coffee, and cotton,
and the trade is thrown upen in other respects ; and
should the measure be attended with favourable
effects at Bourbon, it will be applied to the French
West India islands. The exports are to be free of all
duty in French vessels, and are to pay a duty of 2f.
per 100 kilogrammes in foreign vessels. The navi.
gation dues are hereafter to be the same at Bourbon
as in the West Indies.

The Constitutionnel of Friday contains the follow-
ing :
" A report was current yesterday that certain changes
in the Ministry, long in contemplation, are on the point
of being effected ; that Marshal Soult absolutely retires
from private life, and M. Guizot becomes President of
the Council; that M. Hebert is to replace M. Martin (du
Nord) as Minister of Justice; and that M. Passy suc-
ceeds to the Ministry of the Finances, in the room of M.
Lacave Laplagne."

The Commerce states that it was extremely pro-
bable that M. SALVArDY would be entrusted with
the civil government of Algeria, in which case the
portfolio of the Minister of Public Instruction would
be confided to M. ROS.SI.

A letter from Soissons says--
"The price of wheat is beginning to decline in all the
markets in this country, and is expected to be much
lower before the end of January next. The uneasiness
which had been caused by the efforts of speculators is
beginning to abate, and it is now generally believed
that the last harvest will be sufficient for the wants of
the population."

Intelligence has been received at Marseilles of the
embarkation of the Bey of TUNIS for France.
The railroad between Amiens and Abbeville is
completed.

Vierzon,
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur-
day at 82f. 60c.; the Five per Cents., 1171. 70c. • the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,242 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 915 f. ; navre,
6921. 50e. • Great Northern, 680 f. ; Avignon, 880 f. ;
reau, 350 f. ,• Basle, 2201. ; Fampoux, 410 f.; Dieppe, 355 f. ;
57'51. ; Bordeaux, 537 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Monte-
Paris and Strasburg, 492 f. 50c ; Tours and Nantes, 500 f. ;
Paris and Lyons, 5161. 25c. ; 1.3.-ons and Avignon, 4921. 50c.;
Bordeaux and Cette, 4801. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38%;
Spanish Domestic Debt, 337 g.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDoic STOCK EXCHANGE, OCTOBER 24.
Direct Bombay and Madras, ';'i —Dutch Rhenish, ilA—East In-
dian, 34—Great Western Bengal, 1,4—Luxembourg, I q —Namur and
Liege, as/._xerthern
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of
- —Over Yssel, 274 dis.—Paris and Rouen, 36.
France Constituted, 124
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competitors, by the committee of the pro-
prietary"NEW STOCK EXCHANGE AT BIRMINGITAM.—BIR-
and all scrip transactions to be con-
mlNGlum, SUNDAY.—An effort is being made here to
establish a Second Stock and Share Market in this town,
one which shall combine the advantage of the Manchester
Cash Exchange and the new London Exchange. Non-
brokers or dealers are to be admitted on payment of one
guinea annually,sidered for cash in three days unless specified to the con-
trary. Al(mbers are to be excluded from acting as
brokers and dealers jointly; and we perceive from the
printed circular issued last evening the sale of commis-
sion
is something more than half the present charges—
for instance, under 1/. is to be Gd. per share; 5/. and
under 10/., Is.; 20/. and under 50/., 2s. Gd. per share, and
so on in proportion. A meeting for the purpose of
framing the rules and for other purposes is convened
for to-morrow evening.
DEATH OF MR.
gentleman, so well known in the theatrical world, expired
on the 17th instant, after an illness of many months, at
42 y
the early period of rrERNANt THE ACTOR.—This
ears.