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

10, 1846.

that it would have been desirable that the matter had
passed otherwise, we cannot impute as a crime to the
Cabinet the resolution adopted by it. To adjourn the
execution of the treaty until the two Chambers could
have approved of it would have been to expose our com-
merce, our manufactures, and our navigation to the loss
of seasons; and the situation produced by the ukase of
June 9 became so intolerable that the desire and the
impatience to get rid of it can easily be comprehended.
The Russian Government took the first step. It had
been the first to place our ships and our produce in
possession of all the advantages secured to them by the
treaty ; but it was on condition that we should return
the favour. Should we have exposed ourselves to the
breaking off from a Government which was not obliged
to undergo the same formalities, and of which the in-
trigues of our rivals might have succeeded in changing
the present good disposition? Should we suffer
the British, Prussian, or - Swedish navies to
enjoy in peace during seven or eight months
longer the advantages found by them in the, to us,
disastrous ukase of the 9th of June? Candidly speaking,
it would have been to act the part of a dup. The
unanimous reclamations of the Chamber of Commerce
excited the Government to act as it has done. The act
is rather held. Agreed; but we neither mean to admit
it as a principle, or as a precedent. And again, who
suffers for ii? Nobody. On the contrary, a multitude
of interests gain by it, and this consideration is of some
weight. Let us guard the worship of what is sacred,
and the law is without contradiction such; but let us
guard it like intelligent meta, and let us not suffer it to
degenerate into an absurd superstition."

A letter from Algeria, published in the Independent
of the Eastern Pyrenees, states that a revolt has
arisen amongst the soldiers of the 15th Light In-
fantry, who were about to be dispersed amongst
other regiments in the colony. They had proceeded
to the residence of their colonel, carried off the
colours of the regiment, and burned them. This act
of rebellion had taken its rise in the discontent of the
men at not being permitted to return to France with
their officers.

The Minister of Marine has entered into contracts
for constructing steam machinery for the following
new ships ; - For the Mogador, machinery of 640
horse-power; for the Caton, 260; for the Gorgone,
300; for the Eumenide, 300; for the Mouette, 200.
for the Goeland, 200; and for the Phoenix, 200.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs-
day at 82f. 65c.; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 50c.; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,262 f. sc. ; Rouen, 950 f. ; Havre,
720 f. ; Great Northern, 720 f. ; Avignon, 918 f. 75c ;
Vierzon, 62 If. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 560 E ; Boulogne, 482 f. 30c. ;
Troyes and Montereau, 365 f. ; Basle, 2281. 75c. ; Fdmpoux,
3921.:50c. ; Paris and Strasburg; 500 f. ; Tours and Nantes,
505 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 525 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4921.
50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 482 f. 50c.; Spanish Domestic
Debt,,33a.
Lyons, Ocr. 6.—Avignon and Marseilles, 926 f. 25c.;
Northern, 725 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 5251.