The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-02 00:00:00

tour. The country still continued to be infested with
brigands. The Duchess DE PLAISANCE, proceeding
with a party of f: ends to her country houee in the
neighbourhood of Athens, had been stopped within
two leagues of Athens by a band of robbers,
and MEGARA, the brigand, had stopped the
King's horses and baggage, and extorted a
ransom from the grooms. There hail been several
earthquakes in Greece. With regard to the Greek
loan, it was reported that the Russian Ambassador
had received directions to co-operate entirely with the
Ambassador from England.

The Indian Mail, from Alexandria, had not arrived
at Malta when the Levant mail left.

The .Nuremburg Correspondent publishes a letter
from Berlin, from which we extract the following:—
_ _

" On the 10th June a report was current that all the great
European powers had acceded to the desire of Austria to
occupy Ancona, as an indispensable measure for preventing
disturbances in Italy. France assented, but stipulated for
certain conditions, which were granted. It was not known
whether a Corsioan brigade was to be allowed to garrison
Civita Vecchia. The measures cf Austria, however, were
not confined to Ancona, but extended to the whole of the
legation and the neighbouring towns of Jesi, Osuno, and
Sinigaglia."
The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has a letter
from Poland, dated the 18th, saying:—" Twenty
Russian soldiers and an officer have crossed the
Vistula at Magila, and deserted into Galicia. Two
Russian soldiers have told me that they amounted to
as many as forty, but the colonel was anxious to
conceal the number. Two Russian officers have cut
their throats, but the cause is not known. SZELA is
in prison at Tarnow."
The Diario di Roma of the 20th inst. states that
the POPE had fixed the following day for his corona-
tion, and had that morning, in anticipation of the ce-
remony, distributed in alms one paul (about 11 sous
French) to each of all the poor of the capital. A ple-
nary indulgence was also to be granted to all the
faithful of both sexes who were truly repentant, had
confessed and taken the sacrament, and should attend
at the coronation, and partake devoutly of the bene
diction to be given on that day by his HOLINESS from
his gallery (loge) in the Vatican, or should on that
day visit that basilick, and put up prayers to the DI..
VINE MAJESTY for the exaltation of the holy mother
church, for peace and concord among Christian
princes, and for the extirpation of heresy.
On the 21st the coronation took place. His HOLI-
NESS went in great state from Monte Cavallo to the
Church of St. Peter. In his carriage were seated
Cardinal PIGNATELLI, Archbishop of Palermo, and
Cardinal MoNico, the Patriarch of Venice, and every-
where on his passage he was saluted with the loudest
acclamations.

Madrid papers of the 25th have arrived. The
Government have received dispatches from Lisbon of
the 22d. The attempt at exciting a Miguelite insur-
rection was regarded as too contemptible to excite
alarm. The Miguelites at Monte Allegre mustered
only about forty men, and a force of 350 men had
been dispatched from Chaves to put down the move-
ment. The arrival of SALDANHA at Lisbon was
anxiously expected.
The Tiempo, in an ably-written article, advocates
the marriage of the QUEEN with her cousin, Don
ENRIQUE.

The QUEEN goes to La Granja on the Bth of July.
MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 25.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 33(4 for cash, and 33% for paper : the Five per
Cents., at 200 for paper; the Debt without Interest, at 61,2
for cash ; and the Shares of the Bank of San Fernando, at
280; and those of Isabel, at 90.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.

The National, in an article on the war between
Mexico and the United States, says France ought to
endeavour by every means to promote the absorption
of Mexico by the United States. This, for a journal
which is eternally protesting against the absorption
of Poland by the three great Powers is un peu fort,
but the perfide Albion wishes to maintain the inde-
pendence of Mexico, and the fact that perfide Albion
is in this instance the advocate of justice and liberty
is quite a sufficient reason with the National for
ranging itself on the side of injustice, oppression,
and slavery. The following is an extract from the
article in question : .
" If we in reality posssess an influence which we cannot
renounce without deserting our duties, we ought to exercise
it in the manner most advantageous to Mexico. And be it
remarked, our duty is in conformity with our interests.
What can we most desire for the old Spanish colony? That
it should take root in the country which can afford it those
elements of prosperity which it wants. Our generous inter-
vention would become a fault if it ended in the abandonment
of Mexico to the profit of our adversaries. In other words,
we desire to see this country as happy as it can be without
its adding to the power of our real rivals. 'Well, then, we
demand of our statesmen, in all sincerity, if the question so
put is not decided. Is it not North America, which her
natural situation, the genius of her inhabitants, and the
form of her institutions summon to inherit the sovereignty
of Mexico ? What is wanting to this territory so marvel-
lously endowed by nature ? Instruments of labour more
than capital. Gold mines have not prevented her fall
and her ruin ; it is for human activity, manufactures, and
agriculture, to fertilise this soil, which is impoverished
by itswar3 furirchesm.
atlfascvt,ethen,
ntdh eyeAummerirl American pioneers
soon
behold
theto c
le a
r
pro-
digies,the
of which North America offers us the admirable spec-
tacle, renewed on the far more wealthy territory which Cor-
tez formerly conquered for Spain. And why should France
oppose it? Will it be maintained that it is better to aug-
ment the preponderance of England, and add a new empire
to the immense possessions which she has made a conquest
of by violence or cunning in all Farts of the world ? Is it our
interest that she should assume in the Gulf of Mexico the
position which she occupies in India? Does she not already
weigh too heavily in the balance? And between these two
nations, one of which in immediate contact with Franc,
continually annoys us; and the other, too distant to injure
us, promises, on the contrary, an increase of useful rela•
Lions. For which ought to be our preference? A rupture with
England is amongst the probabilities of the future. However
distant may be the moment, the fact still is that we shall have
to regret at that solemn hour having, by our own act, ren-
dered more numerous the unfavourable chances of the strug-
gle. To strengthen our friends to-day, without bearing in
mind that they may become our enemies to-morrow, would
be not only a fault but a piece of treachery. Even looking
at the matter in the light of keeping peace, is it not certain
that in multiplying obstacles to the development of England
we oppose a barrier to her hostile fancies.- The less powerful
you make her, the more you may be certain that she will
recoil from a rupture. It is, therefore, at the same time a
national and prudent policy to prevent our neighbours from
acquiring a force which would give them sufficient confidence
to regulate at their fancy the destinies of the world. To
support the United States is to raise up for ourselves a pre-
cious ally against Great Britain ; and, at all events, to pro•
vide her with an additional enemy ; and, on the other hand,
we give a guarantee to our own security. This is the reason,
we repeat it, why the French Cabinet ought first of all to
assume a strict neutrality with respect to the two parties op-
posed to each other on the American continent ; and next,
to manifest sympathy for the voluntary and gradual acces-
sion of Mexico to the great confederation of North America."
The other articles in the French papers relate to
the Ministerial crisis in England, which seems to oc-
cupy their attention to the exclusion of every other
subject.

The intelligence from Algiers is to the 25th,
Nothi:•.g was said of the return of Marshal BUGEAUD,
and the Duke D'AumALE had postponed his own de•
parture from the colony, in order to visit Constantina.
The Commerce says that the Duke DEcAzEs will,
at Copenhagen, meet the Russian Diplomatist, Count
BENKENDORFF, to lay down the bases of a reconcilia-
tion between the Court of the Tuileries and St. Pe-
tersburgh, and that the Prince DE JOINVILLE and the
the Duke D'AUMALE will shortly pay a visit to the
Neva.

•
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues-
day at 82f. 90c. • the Five per Cents. at 120 f. 55c.; the Or-
leans Railroad shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1,003 f. 75c. ' Havre,
725 f.; Great Northern, 713 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 870 f.; Vierzon,
616 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 575 f.; Boulogne, 462 f. 50c.; Farn-
poux, 405 f.; Dieppe, 405 E ; Paris and Strasbourg, 490 f.;
Tours and Nantes, 502 f. 50c. • Paris and Lyons, 526 f. 25c.;
Spanish Three per Cents. 373%'•
The following are the quotations for other lines:—
Lyons and Avignon, definitive,, 490 f. 50c.; Bordeaux are'
Cette, definitives, 475 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THELONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 1.
Dutch Rhenish, 7—East Indian,—Louvain and Jemappe, ay
—Madrid and Valentia, 11—Northern of France Constituted, 14%
—Orleans and Bordeaux, 10—Paris and Lyons Constituted, t;%,
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On withdrawing from office, Sir ROBERT PEEL has very
naturally availed himself of the prerogative coincident
with a rial retirement, by the creation of a batch
of seven baronets. Among the fortunate personages
who have received this mark of distinction we recognise
the names of such men as JOHN GLADSTONE, of Fasque,
Esq.; WILLIAM FIELDEN, Of Feniscowles, Esq.; and Sir
MOSES MONTEFIORE of East Cliff Lodge, Knight. With
this distribution of dignities we are by no means inclined
to quarrel, satisfied that in nominating such recipients
Sir ROBERT has been influenced by an appreciation of the
services conferred upon the public by those seven indi-
viduals. He has, indeed, afforded another proof that
such are the principles which have regulated his distri-
bution of honours and emoluments, by granting a pen-
sion of 2001. per annum to Mr. M'CuLLocu, irrespective
of the opposition his Administration has received from
that gentleman, and solely because of the usefulness of
Mr. M'CuLLocit's labours in elucidating the science of
political economy. How comes it, however, that in thus
distributing national rewards to national benefactors,
the recent list of baronets omitted the name of SIR
RICHARD COBDEN ? Is he not truly a great national
benefactor ? has not the ex :Premier himself most nobly
proclaimed the fact ? and would it not be worthy of
this glorious era of commercial freedom to confer upon