The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-07 00:00:00

we hope that no time will be lost by our Government
in takimr measures with th,se of other nations

for so greatly advanci9g the interests of humanity.
Independent of the considerations which must
have such weight with all philanthropists, the mere
political economist must feel most desirous of the re-
formation of a system the maintenance of which has
been so costly. It has been calculated that commerce
has been taxed for the support of the quarantine laws
to the extent of from 1,000,0001. to 2,000,0001. per
annum ; but even that expense, great as it is, is
of less consequence than the vexation and
delay attendant thereon. The report of which we
have been speaking clearly proves the utter inutility
of by far the greater portion of these regulations,
and testifies that they may be either wholly abo-
lished, or, at least, subjected to such changes as, in a
great degree, to do away with the principal grievances.
One country alone can do nothing : if England alone
should take the lead, which she has ever done, by the
removal of these commercial restrictions, and the adop-
tion of a sounder and better principle, her commerce
might possibly be subjected to a greater degree of in-
convenience by the additional stringency to which it
would be subjected by the nations whose prejudices
had not been removed, and which still cling to the
antiquated and objectionable system with obstinacy
and pertinacity. It can, therefore, only be attained
by persuasion and losing no opportunity of
calling the attention of other nations to the
practical result of the observations of the Academy.
We trust, at least, that the attempt will be made by
our Liberal Government. They may be unable to
command success, but let them deserve it ; and, should
they happily be successful, and induce the principal
nations of the earth to join with them
in the total abolition of these vexatious laws,
they will have conferred a most valuable boon
on the great mercantile and commercial interests of
their country. It is impossible for us to follow the
report through all its parts, suffice it to say, that it
states that the disease is propagated by local and
atmospheric causes, and not by contagion, and that it
is not conveyed by goods or merchandise—and that,
at a distance from countries where the pest is ende-
mic and out of the focus of infection, it never broke
out, among persons that had been exposed to its
action after they had been isolated eight days.

Letters from Rome of the 28th state that the
emente at Cesana, in which a captain of the Swiss
Guard was killed, was merely an affair between the
guard and a body of smugglers. The PorE, however,
has ordered the Swiss troops in garrison at Cessna
to be removed, and it is expected that one of the first
acts of the administration of Cardinal Gizzt will be
to reduce the number of Swiss in the pay of the
Pore. His HOLINESS presided over the deliberations
of the Committee of Education, consisting of sixteen
cardinals, on the '26th ult., and, it is said, proposed
the introduction of many improvements in the system
of public education.

At Berne the new constitution was adopted, on
the Ist instant, by a large majority of the inhabitants,
in public meeting assembled.

The Military Commission of Inquiry at Cracow
has completed its labours ; 1,250 prisoners were ex-
amined ; of these 200 have been delivered up to
Austria and Russia ; 220 remain in prison in Cra-
crow, to undergo a trial before the Civil Commission.
composed of two Austrian, two Russian, and two
Prussian judges, with a President, and 830 have
been set at liberty.
The Emperor ncnoLAs addressed, on the 25th of
June, the following edict to the nobles of Esthonia:—
"TO OUR BELOVED, FAITHFUL, AND DISTINGUISHED NOBLES

OF TILE GOVERNMENT OF ESTNONIA.

"The nobles of Esthonia have presented to us their propo-
sitions relative to the organisation of the condition of the
peasants in this province. A committee especially appointed
for that purpose having examined these measures, which
fully answer our expectations, we bestow on them our ap-
probation, and it is with peculiar satisfaction that we ex-
press our imperial goodwill to the nobles of Esthonia for
this fresh proof of their generous efforts for the general
welfare. In the conviction that the nobles of Esthonia will
continue in the same spirit to deliberate on the final mea-
sures which this question demands, we assure them of our
imperial goodwill.
" NICHOLAS."

Madrid papers of the 30th have been received.
So great has been the desertion among the
Spanish troops stationed on the Portuguese frontier,
that General VILLALONGA has issued a bando, con-
demning every soldier who quits his post to enter
Portugal to be shot three hours after his arrest.
The Heraldo, which has recently been publishing
a series of articles advocating an invasion of Portugal,
and in one of which it openly and boldly defied the
powerof England,which would it said at once succumb if
Spain acted with proper spirit, has now, acting no doubt
upon instructions, taken upon itself the whole respon-
sibility of those articles, declaring that the opinions it
has published are not those of the Spanish Cabinet.
It appears that the propriety of an armed interfe-
rence in the affairs of Portugal has been fre-
quently discussed of late in the Spanish Cabinet,
and at length Senor ISTURITZ, who has all along been
opposed to an armed intervention, has, it is said,
brought round the majority of his colleagues to his
opinion, so that, notwithstanding the efforts of General
SArz, backed as those efforts have been by Count
BREssON, the French Ambassador, to whose inspira-
tion it is supposed the articles in the Heraldo are
due, there will be no invasion of Portugal after all.
According to the clamor Public°, General RON•
CALI has been appointed Captain-General of Cuba,
and Senor CARONDELET, Captain-General of the
Philippine Islands.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The elections still continue to go in favour of the
Ministers. At the time the latest accounts left Paris
the results of 446 elections were known, giving the
Ministry a majority of 102 ; the numbers being, Minis-
terialists, 276; Opposition, 172. It is calculated that the
Ministerial majority in the new Chamber will exceed
120. Every one of the Ministers has been elected, and
M. DE SALYANDY, the Minister of Public Instruction,
has been returned for two places. Among the Depu-
ties re-elected are M. D'EICHTIIAL, the banker,
the Marquis DE MC!NTALEMBERT, Marshal Bu-
GEAUD, and M. DEFIN. The Legitimatists and the
R.publicans are all but annihilated, as far as the
Chamber is concarned, by these elections. There
will, in fact, be only two great constitutional parties
in it—the one led by M. GUIZOT, the other by M.
TIMERS and M. ODILON BARROT. The Oppo-
sition papers endeavour to find consolation for their
misfortunes by making much of the defeat of
M. JAcouEs LEFEBVRE in the second arrondissement
of Paris. The Commerce alone honestly confesses
that the Opposition have been soundly beaten, but it
attributes the Ministerial victory to corruption.
The Moniteur announces that the moment the
Minister of Justice was informed of the false and
alarming rumours which were circulated at Rouen
and Paris on the 2d, he gave orders to the Attor-
neys-General of those two cities to institute a
judicial inquiry to ascertain the origin of those
rumours.

The Moniteur Algerien of the 30th states that ABD-
EL-KADER, accomFanied by Bou MAza, and a small
number of followers, who were in a state of great
distress, has taken refuge in Morocco.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 83f. 50c ; the Five per Cents., 122 E 15c. ;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,272 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 975 f. ;
Havre, 692 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 701 f. 25c. ;
Avignon, 877 f. 50e.; Vierzon, 615 f. ; Bordeaux, 553 f. 75e, ;
Dieppe, 390 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 485 f. ; Tours and
Nantes, 497 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 510 f. ; Lyons and
Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 480 f.
BUSINESS PONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE„kucusx 5.
Boulogne and Amiens, 12V,— Dutch Rhenish, EPA —East Indian,
I —GI, at Indian Pennisclar, % —Great Western Bengal, Y, —Louvain
a la Sambre, 114—Luxembourg, 2 ex d.—Northern of France Con •
stituted, 12% —Orleans and Vie: zon, 14—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8%
—P uis and Lyons Constituted, s%—Sambre and Meuse, 4—West
Flanders, 3 4.

The Ford Abbey estate, which our readers will
remember was sold by George Robins a few weeks since to
the Rev. Mr. Lawrence Gwynne, of Teignmouth, for 52,000
guineas, is, we perceive, most unexpectedly again in the
market. The advAlisement explains the why and the
wherefore; at all events, it sill afford an opportunity to the
Catholic body, who delayed arriving at a favourable conclu-
sion in time for the last auction, to repair the mischief they
then encountered. It is beyond all doubt the finest
monastery throughout England, and, with its splendid
demesne, was estimated the other day at 70,000 guineas, so
that the possiblity is, that at the approaching sale (which
must be a peremptory one) it will higher than to Mr.
Gwynne; but we say "nous verrons."
MR. AND MRS. KEELEY'S; l'.x/iEFIT.--The benefit of
Mr. and Mrs. Keeley took place at the Lyceum last even-
ing. For the last two years they have catered most judi-
ohusly for the public amusement, and to their credit, be it
recorded, they are the only managers who have ever been able
to manage the Lyceum. The Bill of fare comprised An Object
of Interest, which the beneficiaires ever will be to the love+ s of
the drama, Nell Gwynn, and Rebude Lion. t Hood and Richard Cceur