The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-28 00:00:00

War, and General RONCALI, his successor in the Captaincy-
General of Grenada, was to leave Madrid on th 20th to enter
on the duties of his office. El Clamor Public° says, "The
reports of a Ministerial crisis yesterday assumed stronger
grounds. It was asserted that the resignations of Senors
IsTunrrz and CANEJA had been accepted. Cana() Y
OROZCO had been summoned by the QUEEN, and had a long
conference with her MAJESTY. It seems he had made certain
conditions the grounds of his forming a new Cabinet."

El Heraldo declares that " rumours of a Ministerial modifi-
cation are at least premature; but it was generally believed
that the affaris could not long exist as they are. In order to
confirm themselues in power, a Ministry is required com-
posed of the leaders of the different sections of the Conser-
vative party, which can rely on a strong arm to put a bridle
on the efforts at revolution." In order that there may be no
doubt as to the possession of this strong arm, the Heraldo in
another article, speaking of NAIVAEZ, says—
"l tis his absence which has emboldened revolt. Brigadier
Rubin de Celis, who is at the head of the revolutionary
forces, would never have betrayed his trust so long as he saw
that strong and invincible arm beside the throne. If, how-
ever, it should be deemed a duty to appeal to the patriotic de-
votion of the Duke of Valencia, he would assuredly consent
to return to Spain to complete his task, viz., the destruction
of the enemies of the throne and institutions. The intrigue
which has overthrown General Narvaez has nearly hurried
the country into the abyss of ruin ; in order to save it, we
must have a strong Government representing the great Con-
servative party."
NARVAEZ, in the meanwhile, remains at Bayonne, watch-
ing the course of events.
Several arrests of well-known Progessistas took place in
Madrid on the night of the 17th, by order of SABATER, the
Political Chief.
It is st.ted that the Cortes will be assembled as soon as the
revolt in Galicia shall have been put down.
Several of the journals have been again seized. The
Gazette contains a decree of the Minister of Finance direct-
ing that the 9-12ths of the deferred foreign debt correspond-
ing with the present year should be drawn on the Ist of May.
MADRID BoLSA, APRIL 18.—Three per Cents., 3112 for
money ; Five per Cents., not quoted ; Bank of St. Ferdi-
nand, 286 ; Bank of Isabella, 176 ; Company of Probity,
192 ; Company of Iris, 130 ; General Assurance, 85 ; Alli-
ance, 169 ; Anchor, 168 ; Gas Company, 680. Exchanges :
Dublin, 37% ; Paris, 16 3.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday.
On Friday LacoMTE underwent an examination before
the President and Commissioners of the Court of Peers.

The Armorican, of Brest, contains the following strange
story :

" The news of the attempt at Fontainbleau has been at-
tended with a singular coincidence, which has awakened the
attention of the authorities. In the morning of the same day,
Thursday, 16th, M. 8., who is employed on the staff of the
garrison returned here with his wife from Morlaix, in a dili-
gence of the Messageries Generates. Seated with them was
another passenger, who, in conversation, stated, in positive
terms, that the King had just been assassinated. On M. B.'s
replying that such a thing was not credible, and that the
journals had not made any mention of it, the passenger re-
plied, that it was too recent for that, and could orly be
known through the telegraph. At that moment even the
telegraph could not have communicated an event which did
not take place at Fontainbleau till the afternoon. However,
on the following day, the 17th, arrived the dispatch confirm-
ing the prediction of the day before. M. 8., struck with the
singularity of this connexion, decided upon informing the
magistrates, who deemed it proper to institute an immediate
judicial inquiry. A warrant was issued for the arrest of the
prophetic traveller, who had again set out from Brest, but
whose trace there is little doubt of finding."
On Thursday, M. DEMESMAT'S Bill for reducing the dnty
on salt was carried in the Chamber of Deputies by a majo-
rity of 240 to 26. The question of the concession of the pro-
jected railway from Bordeaux to Cette was then entered upon,
and continued on Friday. The direct concession of this
railway. which the Ministry and Committee of the
Deputies propose substituting for the public ad-
judication proposed last year, was vigorously at-
tacked by M.M. L'HERBETTE, LUNEA, and CRE-
minx, and the last-named gentleman moved an amend-
ment in favour of a public adjudication. On a division
taking place the Chamber proved in insufficient numbers, and
the vote was adjourned to next day, when it was rejected
by a majority of 143 to 110. At the commencement of the
sitting the Minister of Public Works introduced a Bill rela-
tive to the construction of a railway between Bordeaux and
Bayonne.
IBRAHIM Pactra. arrived at Paris on Friday morning, and
took up his residence at the Elysee Bourbon, in the apart-
ments which NAPOLEON occupied on his return from Water-
loo. All the young Egyptian students in Paris had met him
at Orleans. Court carriages, with the Kneu's livery, and a
cortege composed of high functionaries, awaited the Prince
at the station of the Orleans Railroad. The PACHA on his
arrival took his seat in one of the royal carriages, and drove
to the palace of the Elysee Bourbon, where he was received
by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several officers of
the households of the KING and Princes.
The Royal Family goes to Neuilly for the summer, on the
4th of May. Marshal Sousa goes for the summer to
Soultberg.
The ltiirniteur states, that by an agreement recently con-
cluded between the states of the Zollverein, the transit duties
on merchandise forwarded by the Rhine from Mayence and
Bieberich, or from points above those towns, from Neuburg
to Saarbruck inclusive, had been reduced from 15i kreutzers
to 8f per quintal (lf. 12c. to 62c. per 100 kilogrammes).
The .3foniteur publishes the returns of the merchandise im-
ported into France in March last, from which it appears that
the taxes levied thereon amounted in that month to
12,355,628 f., or 885,400 f. more than in the corresponding
month of 1845. The proceeds of the first quarter of 1846
were 36,221,037 f., exceeding by about two millions the
receipts of the corresponding quarters of 1844 and 1845.

The following appears in the Gazette de France:—

" Reports relative to the illness of the Count de Chambord
(Duke de Bordeaux) were current yesterday in Paris. We
think it right to tranquillise those who are uneasy on this
subject. The Count de Chambord left Frohsdorft for Gratz
on the 14th. An attack of fever induced him to stop at
Brock, a town on the road. The physicians, who were called
in immediately, ascertained that the illness was serious ; and
the letters of the 17th, which arrived this evening, state the
fever had ceased, and the Prince had already recovered."

The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 60c. ; the Five per Cents.,
120 f. sc. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,240 f. ; Rouen, 1,047 f. 50c. ;
Havre, 760 f. ; Great Northern, 770 f. ; Avignon, 9301. ; Vierzon,
685 f. ; Bordeaux, 6321. 50c. ; Boulogne, 305 f. 50c. ; Troyes and
Montereau, 4201. ; Basle, 232 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 465 f. ; Paris and
Strasburl, 522 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 546 f. 25c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 577 f. 50c. ; Spanish Actives, 32%; Ditto Three per Cents., 36%.
The following are the quotations for other lines :

Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 533 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette
(Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f. ; ditto, Definitives,
530 f. ; Charleroi, 495 f.
MARSEILLES, APRIL 21.—Marseilles and Avignon, 892 f. 50c. ;
Northern, 752 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 575 f.
LYONS, Aram 23.—Marseilles and Avignon, 920 f. ; Paris and
Orleans, 1,228 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,035 f.; Lyons, 573 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN' RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 25.
Dutch Rhenish, 614—East Indian, )4—Great Northern of France
Constituted, 1514—Louvain and Jemappe, 1% —Madrid and Valentia,
I—Namur and Liege, 14—Paris and Orleans, 48% —Rouen and
Havre, 30.

LORD LINCOLN AT FALKIRK.—Lord Lincoln is, it
appears, to be opposed; Mr. Wilson, a Liberal free• trader has
started as a candidate, and published an address to the con-
stituency. The election takes place on Wednesday, and the
contest will be a severe one.
A novel display of Italian Sculpture, recently arrived
in this country, is announced for public sale at Robins's
Auction Rooms, in Covent-garden, on Thursday next. The
exquisite talent of the modern sculpture is sufficiently shown
by the beautiful figures, copied from the most renowned
models in the galleries of Florence and Rome, whilst the
splendid marble tazzas, vases, and fonts, sculptured in the
rarest marbles of Italy, cannot fail to please the most
f, sad ions connoisseur.

MADRID AND VALENCIA RAILWAY. —On Saturday
RMar. ihCv
ahya,dawn idc kt
h,
et hie,
oCnl.l Chairmanlhaoifn thveilMlieardzidMaln,.d, N'lenciaccompa-
nied by Mr. Kirkham Fowell, the Secretary of the Company,
had the honour of an interview with his Excellency the
Duke de Sotomayor, the Spanish Ambassador. His Excel-
lency condescended to discuss the present position of the
Company, and expressed the great interest which his Go-
vernment felt in this undertaking, and the disposition to
render effectual assistance to the promoters in any plan
which they might suggest for the completion of the project.
The marriage of the Lady Mary Campbell, youngest
daughter of the Earl and Countess Cawdor, with Mr. George Gran-
ville Leveson Gower, is definitely fixed to take place on Wednesday
next. The marriage will be solemnised, by special licence, at St.
George's Church, at six o'clock in the evening. The venerable
Archbishop of York has consented to officiate on the occasion.
FAMINE SIGNALS IN CLARE.—On Wednesday morn-
ing three black flags were hoisted on poles at the Cross of Cratbe,
county Clare, to indicate the prevailing distress in the neighbour-
hood. The accounts from the provinces this morning, represent the
sufferings and destitution of the people as rapidly on the increase.
which the
Graham, Government and the public, as to the extent of privation to,which
The Conservative journals are still labouring hard. to. mislead the
the poor are subjected.—DubiinpaPer-
The funeral of the late Princess William of Prussia
took place at Berlin, on the I lth. After a funeral sermon by M.
Frost,
Ehrenberg, first preacher of the Court, in the throne room, and at
coffin to the
church, and then accompanied it to the altar.—
Gaiigilooe.g-Ing and Queen were present, the King walked before the
Sir James Graham's eldest son, Mr. Frederick Ulric
fter several highl
am, has joined the Ist Life Guards as Cornet.
An American journal informs us that a daily raper
isles
a„W‘seek. has been commenced at Niagara Falls.
... VISCOUNT HARDINGE AND HIS LATE CONSTITUENTS.
highly respectable meeting, convened by J. K.
Friday Esq•, the mayor of the borough, took place at Launceston on ,
terminated b
rential inhabitants. Dr.l_o rild°llea'rd"!
~ last, for the purpose of presenting an address of congratula-
tion to Lord Hardihge on the occasion of the great victories recently
weather, it was only
won on the banks of the Sutiej. The address was unanimously agreed
'..{.:Ae.sllat. Ainutnhdeelhijohulssqe.,of andc otneroinns-
complimentary speeches by the Mayor, by
Thomas_ Pearce,
nor thirteen years as the representative of Launceston, and the con-
nexion which had existed between his Lordship and the borough,
t with equal honour to himself and satisfaction to the electors, was
Y his recent acceptance of the high office he now holds
as Governor-General of India.
' ECLIPSE or THE SUN.—On Saturday evening there
was an eclipse of the sun, but on account of the heavy state of the
thirty-one minutes past five, and terminated at fifty-four minutes
Past six o'clock. It was a partial eclipse, only one fourth of the sun's
vis:ble for a few moments. It commenced at
diameter being co sred the greatest obscUration taking place at
.!°D, Mackenzie, Galway,
about six o'clock v .-,
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