The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-09 00:00:00

of Tunis, with a view to extend her African con-
quests in that direction. As England is not yet disposed
to suffer France to convert the Mediterranean into
a French lake, her Government has kept a watch-
ful eye upon every proceeding of France in that
quarter, and repeatedly called the attention of Spain
to the defenceless condition of the Balearic Isles. 'We
may presume that, as regarded the Regency of Tunis,
England was not less explicit in making the Porte ac-
quainted with her views. In the Constitutionnel of Tues-
day we find the following letter from Tunis, dated
the lath of June, from which it would appear that the
Porte, aware of the intrigues which the BEY is carrying
on with France, is prepared to take measures to enforce
the allegiance of his vassal. The truth or false-
hood of the report about the fitting out of a
Turkish squadron to reduce the BEY, to obedience,
rests entirely upon the correspondent of the Con-
stitUtionnel. We only know for certain that France
meditates wresting from Spain the island of Majorca, and
that she will not succeed in doing so without perilling
the peace of Europe. As this is a, British question we
can speak of it with the more confidence. Now for the
Tunis Correspondence of M. TmEns' organ :
The Turkish Government is on the point of repeating the
attempt, which it made without success on Tunis, in 1837. All
the letters from Constantinople, written by. Turks to their rela-
tions and friends at Tunis, agree in stating that an expedition
against the Regency has been resolved on in the Council of
Ministers.
Letters from Malta announce that several English men-of-
war were waiting for the arrival of the Turkish squadron to
join it, and to come here to favour the landing of the Sultan's
troops.
The Bey, who has been aware of the projects of the
Sublime Porte, is regularly informed by his agent of
the preparations which are making against him, and
without any hope of resisting by force the projects of the Sul-
tan, supported by Lord Palmerston, he is endeavouring, by an
anticipated submission by presents, and lately by, compliance
with the desires of England, to resist the blow which threatens
him, or, at the least, to act so that the conditions to
be imposed on him, shall be less severe. Accor-
dingly, he has just despatched to Constantinople a brig,
loaded with presents for the Sultan, the Minister,
and the most influential Members of the Divan. Such is the
cause of the loss of the influence of. France here, and of the
change in the policy of the Bey with respect to us. However
we can affirm that the Bey is more inclined to France than
to England, and his conduct hitherto sufficiently proves this.
" if the destiny which Lord Palmerston is preparing for the Re-
gency of Tunis be realised, what will become of the debt due
to us, and above all, what will become of Algeria? We shall
have no alternative but either to evacuate or to double our force
there, in order to maintain our possessions, and to suppress
the continual uneasiness which the Turks and the Engl sh will
not fail to excite."
Since the arrival of General Bugeaud in Algeria, the mer-
chants of Turin have received large orders for oxen, and the Bey
has hastened to prohibit the exportation. But as this general mea-
sure affected also the trade with Malta, which imports all its
oxen from this quarter, means have been found to evade the
decree in favour of the English, and recently a rich Mus-
sulman, Ben Hyot, has exported '2OO oxen to Malta, under a
pretence that he was making a present of them; It is pro-
bable that other presents of the same kind will follow the
first, in order to show that this prohibitory
.decree was only
against the French. He had also had here within- the last two
two months, a,Captain of Cavalry, M. de Lacombe, on a mis-
sion to procure horses for the cavalry, and although there is
abundance of horses in the country, the Bey would only grant
a permission for the exportation of ten. This fact is
the more remarkable, as on the last five occasions of
purchasing horses for the French cavalry, before the
arrival of M. de Lacombe, all the horses wanted were
purchased at from 250 to 350 francs each. Informed of the
refusal of the Bey, General Begeaud wrote to himself to request
him to give more extension to his tescheret (permission), and
he then permitted the exportation of fifty horses ; but the Bey
took care first to communicate the letter to the English Consul,
and to ask his advice on the subject."
Of general news there is an absolute dearth in the
French Papers. The following paragraphs interesting
to commercial readers relieve them from absolute ste-
rility :
RuSSIAN LOA N. —" The sixteen millions of florins,' says
the Siecle, " which the house of Hope and Co. has sent into
the market at Amsterstam, belong to the last series of the loan
contracted by Russia two months ago. The disposal of this
series has not been so ready nor so easy as usual, because it
has got rumoured about, and designedly, that the Russian
Government was shortly going to contract a new loan of 80
millions of francs. This loan will be made, it is said, in the
name of the provinces of the former kingdom of Poland,
because Russia foresees the possibility of a case arising in
which, as the consequence of a partition of Turkey, this part
of Poland might be ceded to Prussia, who would then settle
as she liked about this loan, which will be Polish only in name."
The price of the New Austrian Five per Cent. Loan is said
by the Cologne Gazette, to be, in reality. a little under the no-
minal price, 104 f, on account of the benefits granted to the
contractors. The Siecle says that the bankers who have taken
this loan are to be allowed five per cent. premium, and two per
cent. commission. Much contradiction still prevails as to the
amount of the loan, which we have seen variously estimated at
from 36,000,000 to 60,000,000 florins.
The Temps says :—" There is much talk of a failure for
3,000,090 f. by one of the first banking-houses of Paris, which
would also take away 500,000 f. from another banking-house,
which is always mixed up with these sinister financial ru-
mours. But, fortunately for this house, the present, like all
the former reports spreal to its prejudice, are unfounded, and
have not shaken its credit. The firm which has stopped pay-
ment is the respectable house of Pierre, Hugues, Verntnac,
and Co.
BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, JULY 6.

first Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
Frenchs per Cents ll4 35 ... 114 75 ". I'4 30 ... 114 75
454 per Cents
4 p:, Cents l3) 20 ... 99 20 ... 99 20 .. 99 20
3 per Cents. ex. div 76 20 . 76 35 ... 76 2:... 76 35
6 ,nlr, of r'rance
Lattitte Gant 1,0001 St are, 11'45 ...1C45 ...1145 ...1045
5,000 f. SI, arcs 5150 ...5150 ...515) ...5153
•,:ig,An Rank
Belgian .5 per Cents.
3 per Cents 69 .0 .. 69 .50 ... 69 :0 ... 69 50
New Loan DAY. ... 1 174 .. 101% ... WI%
Spanish Active.., v4f, ... (.22% ... 224 ... 1.2%
%eapo'ltzn .... N 2 25 ... IC2 40 ... I':2 25 ... 1.2 40
Roman... ...... 102% ... 102% ... 1021,4 ... 10,:%
RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles. L.P —l9O ... 195 ... 190 ... 195
R. B 312 t 0 ... 312 50 ... 310 ... 310
Orleanc .. 482 50 ... 482 50 ... 02 50 ... 462 ' 0
3tr.lsburk to Bale 235 ... 555 ... 233 73 .. 233 75

We have letters and papers from Spain of the 29th ult.,
but their contents are unimportant, having been antici-
pated in the Express from Paris, which appeared in the
afternoon edition of yesterday's Sun.
No Bourse.

We learn by the Flanders mail, arrived last night.
that the railway from Cologne to Aix-la-Chapelle will
be completed on the 15th of August ; and that it will
be opened to the public on the Ist September, when great
rejoicings are expected to take place. The English,
the people of the Netherlands, and the Americans lead
the way in rail-roads,, but they have few followers.

The elections in Ireland are going on favourably for
the Liberal cause. Colonel Thomas,. a staunih Tory,
has been turned out of Kinsale by Mr. Watson, a Libe -
; and O'Connell and Hutton, for Dublin, take th e
lead of thzir competitors by several hundred votes.
Scotland, also, is making amen'ls for the unaccountable
loss of Falkirk and Haddington. Kilmarnock has 're-
trieved its character by rejecting Colquhoun, and so de-
"aided was Caithness in favour of Liberal measures, that
Sir George Sinclair durst not show his face. Mr. Train,
well known for his Liberal principles, was elected with-
out opposition.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JULY B.—On the motion of Sir
George Farrant a discussion took place respecting the 'dis-
missal of Mr. Dyer from the magistracy on account of the
charge made against him by the convict I'dedhurst. The de-
positions of the Governor, Chaplain, and Assistant Chaplain
in Cold Bath-fields prison were read, from which it ap-
peared that a proposition had been made to Med-
burst, to get him released for 3,0001., which, accord-
ing to Mr. Dyer's account, was to go to a charity. Ihe con-
vict stated, that the person who made the proposition repre-
sented himself as a relative of Lady Normanby, and that the
release would be obtained from Lord Normanby, on account of
that conxection. The Chairman stated, on the authority of
Lord Normanby and Mr. Dyer, senior, deceased, that no re•
lation existed between the two families. The discussion led to
no result.