The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-31 00:00:00

:FRENCH PAPERS OF TUESDAY.

The letters fr-am Blynnneof the 23d are uninteresting.
It was pretended that Merino was not in Portugal, as has
been said, but in the environs of Valladolid, with a small
band. Sorre individuals who left Cordova with a view
of serving the Pretender in Portugal, have been arrested,
and brought hack to Cordova. The Priest of Espeja,
who had raised the standard of revolt, has been shot.—
Sentinelle.
We learn that the five battalions of insurgents in Na-
varre have succeeded in rallying again, notwithstanding
the check they received at Santa Cruz. General Lorenzo,
at the head of 3,000 men, has marched from Los Arcos
to attack them. El Pastor, tao, will speAly move. In
consequence of these combined attacks the Carlists will he
obliged either to retreat into La Rioja, or to seek refuge in
France.— Sentinelle.
(From the Messages. des Chambres of Jan. 28.)
The exposition of General Llander to Queen Christina,
which has just given such a happy impulse to the affairs of
the Peninsula, was preceded by a representation addressed
to the General by the Municipality (.Ayuntamiento) of
Barcelona. This document has acquired some importance
by the late events, and it must assist in understanding the
movement which is taking place in Spain, to seek its
origin in the wishes and wants of the people. We, there-
fore, extract some passages which show the present senti-
tnents of the Catalonians, and their ideas respecting the
future :
" The Ayuntamiento that speaks of the sufferings of
Spain, and especially of Catalonia under the Government
of favourites and absolute power. The first decree of the
Queen of Spain, when she assumed the Government
during the illness of Ferdinand, excited hopes, and espe-
cially (say they) the appointing you to the Government
of this province, was a presage of a new era of pros-
perity.
" In expectation of the death of the King, and of the
civil war likely to follow it, it was the interest and the
duty of the friends of improvement, to appear in arms
in the arena, and put an end, once for all, to the Abso-
lutist faction, but to conquer it would have been neces-
e,ry to cover Spain with bloodshed and dissolution, and
it was judged best to expect the necessary reforms from
s lre 'Queen.
" The form of the Government not having changed,
intestine divisions, far from disappearing, increased from
day to day. If the Pretender should triumph, half of the
,Spaniards would be devoted to exile or the scaffold. Jt is,
therefore, indispensable to provide for the security lit the
icitieers, and this can be done only by fixed and desirable
laws; all means must be employed to maintain them.
these laws should guaramee personal liberty and security,
remove the enemies of the public welfare from power,
secure the independence of the judicial authority, reform
the taxes so that the Treasury may not swallow up the
subsistence of the people, and that the Prelates, the con •
vcree, the monasteries, be no larger exempt from taxes,
'which the communes are obliged to pay with the spoils of
the widoir and the orphan—to put an end to the system
which enriches some greedy contractors, who divert
to their own advantage the half of what the
people pay for the service of the State; to establish ore
single treasury, into which all the rese nues of the State
should A ,w, and from which all payments shall be made ;
lastly, to raise a barrier against arbitrary power, by de-
claring the cases in which the Ministers and public func-
tionariss are responsible, and the punishments attached to
the crimes or acts of injustice of which they may be guilty.
" The Ayuntamiento is convinced that the Queen, with
all her heroic efforts, will never be able to effect all the
good that is necessary, unless supported by a national re-
presentation. Thus, the Queen and the nation might
annul the concordat of 1737, which exempts from taxes
the Spanish clergy, who possess half the territory. A
national reformation is the only remedy for so many abuses
sod calamities. The care of the public happiness, and
the introduction of !in's that may secure it, seem to be
the only sole object of your Excellency's ambition. Per-
severe in this noble career, and you will be seconded by the
Ayuntamifnto, and all the inhabitants of 11:rcelona."
The Budget Committee having signified their dissent
from the number of men laid in the estimates of the
Minister of War for 1835, Marshal Sault proposed a
conference with them, and the C- mmittee assembled for
that purpose on Sunday, at the Palace of the Chamber
of Deputies. In the estimates the effective of the army
was fixed at 371:000 men, but the Marshal consented to
reduce it to 310,000, the same number as voted for 1834.
Some of the members of the Committee were for reducing
it to 284,000 men, and others for fixing it at 310,000.
The Minister declared that the honour and interest of the
country did not allow him to descend below 310,000 men,
and that if this number were refused Ministers would
resign in the mass.

On the day when the Superbe was lost in tbe Me-
diterranean, •the light-house erected on the breakers of
the Delaware wag carried away by the storm. No
man living can recollect so many disasters at sea within
the same space of time as have occurred during the last
four months of 1833.

The Minister of the Finances has announced to the
Budget Committee that he will consent to the reduction of

the estimates of his department, for 1835, to the sitne
footing as those for 1834. This reduction will make a dif-

krenoe of 36 millions of francs.— Courrier Francais.
The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of Bayonne has the follow-
ing, of the 17th instant, from Alludes :—" It is said that
the port of Guretaria is in do. power of the Carlists, and
that two British vessels hive landed 10,000 muskets, and
equipments for 10,000 men. Colonel Bayona, who took
refuge in France, having learnt that the Carlists had re-
tired, immediately returned to the imn-works of Orbaiceta,
of which he is director. The Spanish families, who, Tor
some days past, have Fved in huts on the French frontier,
will doubtless return to their homes without delay."
The Augsburg Gazette of the 24th inst. contains the
following extract of a private letter from Berlin, dated the
18th inst. The Oriental question may be considered
settled, through the mediation of the Austrian Cabinet,
between the Courts of St. James and St. Petersburg!),
and the troubles that were likely to spring from it removed.
The result of the steps taken by the Austrian Ambassador
in London was that, on the 221 ult., the British Minister
despatched a note to St. Petersburgh, to say, as we are
assured, 'that he had indeed ordered the squadron in
the Mediterranean to be reinforced, on account of the
alarming reports which came from Constantinople relative
to the equipments of Russia. In so doing be had but
followed public opinion, the European Journals having
for some time past described the views of Russia as most
dangerous. But, as the news from Constantinople was
now found to be exaggerated, he bad given orders for the
squadron to return to its winter quarters, and be should
anine himself to renewing the station in the 'Mediter-
ranean. In the Turkish question, the British Mi-
nistry relit s implicitly on the good faith of the Emperor
Nicholas,' &c. &c. With respect to the Vienna Congress,
its object is solely to relieve the German people from the
troubles which the revolutionary patty is anxious to bring
upon them. It is not intended to interfere in any way
with the Constitutional institutions of those countries who

possess them, but solely to put down the spirit of anarchy
and opposition to the laws, wherever they may break out
in defiance of the existing authorities. The establishment
of a German navy has found favour with a very influential
personage, and it is not impossible that it will soon be
taken into serious consideration."

Extract of a letter of the 22d inst. from Frankfort-on-
the•Maine :—" It is said that a courier has arrived at the
Austrian Ambassador's with a. protocol of the first sitting
of the Congress of Vienna. The protocol was drawn up
by Counsellor Farke, who succeeds the late M. de Gentz
as Secretary-General of the Conference. According to
what has transpired, Prince Metternich pronounced an
upening address, after which, M. Farke, at his request,
read a verbal note, stating the propositions previously
agreed upon between Austria and Prussia, to be submitte:l
to the Assembly, to which the Plenipotentiaries were re-

queste4 to turn their attention. This being gone through,

a regulation for the mode of proceeding waaproposed and

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adopted, according to which the Congress is to assemble
three times a week. We lenrn from this despatch that
the Count de Munch Bellinghausen, President of the Ger-
manic Diet, whose return to Frankfort has been looked for,

will not come before the end of March at soonest. From

this we infer that the sittings of the Congress will last till
that period at least, if they are not prolonged beyond it by
unforeseen occurrences."

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JAN. w.
Five per Cents., 105 f. 2ec. 35c. 25c.
Four and a Half per Cents, 100 f. 70c.
Four per Cents., 92f.
Three per Cents., 75f. 5Cc, 55c. 40c.
Bank Actions, 1,70 f.
Rente de Naples, 9lf. 4Cc. 30c.
Roman Five per Cents., 9 ' .
Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cen%%ts., 21 '22 213 i,
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 39%%1,
Royal Spanish Loan, 761%% 76.
Rente Perpet. d'Eapgue, rive per Cents., VI% 63 62 g
Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 97 96X.
Haytian Loan, 270 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25E 25c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, 20f. 10c.
—Coors Authentique.

COMMON COUNCIL.-A Court of Common
Council was held yesterday, in consequence of a requisi-
tion, to proceed to the appointment of the Committees for
the year, and to receive reports from several Committees.
After the usual routine business was got through the
Court broke up.