The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-24 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

The Madrid Gazette of the 15th inst., received by express,
contains the following :—" The Captain-General Castagnos is
appointed President of the Council of Castile. M. Pueiz, the
Governor of this Council, retires, receiving the Grand Cordon
of the Order of Elizabeth the Catholic. M. Fernandez del
Pino, of the Chamber of Castile, is nominated Minister of
Justice, ad interim, in the room of M. Cafranga, who is ap-
pointed to the Government of the Council of the Indies. Gene_
ral Cruz, formerly Minister, who has a long time resided at
Bordeaux, is called to be Minister of War, in the room of M.
Monet, who is appointed to the Captain-Generalship of New
Castile. M. Ulloa, Minister of the Marine, is to perform the
duties of the \Var department, till the arrival of M. Cruz. M.
Castello, the King's first physician, has been decorated with the
Grand Cordon of the Order of Elizabeth, and M. Damion 1
Perez, M. Aso Travieso, and M. Castello Rcea, Physicians i❑
Ordinary to his Majesty, have been created Commanders of the
same order."
The following letter has been addressed by Marshal Gerard
to the Minister of War:—

" " Headquarters at Berchem, Dec.l9.
Sir,—ln the course of yesterday that part of the parallel
contained between the glacis of the Bastion of Toledo and the
half-moon was completed, and furnished with gradins. A bed
of fascines, covered with hurdles to render the passage prac-
ticable, has been made all along the communications between the
first and second parallels. A bridge of fascines over the fosse
of the half-moon, and a parapet towards the Bastion of Toledo,
were commenced in the night. These works, in spite of the acti-
vity displayed by the working parties, could not be terminated,
chiefly on account of the bad weather, before day-light. The
Commandant of the engineers ordered theta to be suspended.
The battery placed on the left flank of the counter.guard has
had the desired effect. Yesterday it broke down the dam, and
ceased tiring till further orders. In the night we commenced
the construction of a battery for ten mortars upon the principal
line, at a distance of ISO metres from the bastion No. 2. A bat-
tery for six swivel-guns was also commenced on the left of the
counter breaching battery. The construction and supply of the
breaching-battery and counter-battery are going on satisfactorily.
Powder-magazines have already been established in the rear of
the communications. Lieut.-General Saint Cyr Nugues, Chief
of the Staff; was struck on the shoulder, last night, by the frag-
ment of a shell. Hopes are entertained that the wound will not
have any dangerous consequences. Accept, &c._

a Count GERARD."
The Augsburg Gazette of the 18th instant, has the following
letter of the 11th from Berlin :—" Our Government having
considered it expedient to demand of the French Ministry an
explanation relative to the concentration of a French corps of
observation on the Rhine, the Prussian Ambassador at Paris
applied to the Duke de Broglie, for the purpose of learning the
motives which rendered such concentration necessary. From
the answers given, it appears that the French Ministry intends
no concentration of troops on the Rhine, but will collect a corps
of asmo men in the department of the Ardennes, which will
be withdrawn upon the termination of the differences between
Holland and Belgium, and is now only a reserve to the army
of the north. This explanation would, under any other cir-
cumstances, be satisfactory, but it appears not so at present, as
the French Government object to the proposed occupatton of
the territory of Limburg and Venloo by the Prussian troops.
Representations have, therefore, been made ag,tinst a measure
but also opposed to
which appears hostile not only to Holland,
the security of Germany. The French Government, however,
is essential to preclude
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will not relinquish its resolution, and the corps of observation
will remain in the Ardennes. As the occupation, by a neutral
Power, of a territory guaranteed to the King of Holland, but
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every attack. The Confederation also will be called upon to
adopt such measures as may tend to the security of Europe as
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well as to the security of the Confederate States. No doubts
are entertained as to the readiness of the several Governments
of Germany to concur in these views. They must
perceive
that the military movements which have already taken place
on the part of Prussia, are more for the general good than on
behalf of her own Interest. It is even asserted that the Frank- '
fort Diet has unanimously declared its willingness to accede to
any measures that may be required by circumstances. The
concentration of the Prussian corps .on the Nleuse, may thus

be considered as a measure proceeding from the Germanic Con-
federation.

M. Salomon de Rothschild, the head of the banking_
house at Frankfort, arrived the 14th instant, at Frankfort,
from Paris, and will proceed to Vienna. It is asserted that his
journey relates to a grand financial operation, on which the
Austrian Government has been negotiating with several great
houses for some time past.
(From the Journal des Debats.)

PARIS, Dec. 'A.-France is neither more liberal nor more
republican than before the Revolution of July. Her convic-
tions and her wants are the same. The Revolution of July
was not one of those social crisis which overthrow property
and introduce new customs. We are the same to-day as we
were yesterday. The storm has passed by, and fine weather
finds us in our place. The tide of passions has carried us be-
yond the mark-in retiring, it has carried us back to the proper
point. The factitious agitation of the two last years has
ceased, and France, left to herself, is calm. .She has obtained
all she sought--a Constitutional Monarchy. All the liberties
which she could not have wrung in fifty years from the
Restoration, she has gained by the Revolution. The rest is the
business of a party, not of France. Hence the indifference to
discussions which have no serious interest. It is important to
the country to preserve what it has. Under the Restoration it
had something to conquer ; now it has something to preserve.
It no longer attacks ; it defends. All its ardour is only
awakened when attacks are made on the Monarchy and the
Charter. There is a calm which is quite afflicting for the
inventors of new theories and laws. Even the Government
itself, which in general does not like change, is not fully aware
of the degree to which the public is tired of innovations. It
supposes that it does us a great service by its many laws ; it
only fatigues us. France is more conservative than the
Government imagines. Symptoms of this indifference are
visible on every side, and even the Opposition cannot conceal
that it is weary. The only violence is in some newspapers.
There the sacred fire burns still ; but even there it is easy
to see that the violence is not in the hearts of the writers,
but only in their words. Let the Press take care, or it may end
in becoming a stranger in the country. Nobody will under-
stand its language. Its office is to be the interpreter of the
public sentiments. That gave it credit under the Restoration.
A thousand voices responded to its words. It ought never to
sulk against public opinion ; it ought to follow it, and agree
with it. That is its duty and its interest.
FRENCH FUNDS.-Pasts, Dec. 2 1.-Five per Cents.,9Bf. 25c. 99f.;
Loan of 1823, 98f. 90c. 99f.; Four per Cents., 83f, 40c. ; Three
per Cents., 68f. 40c. 60c. ; National Loan, 99f. 99f. 15c. ; Bank
Actions, 1,697 f. 50c. Neapolitan Routes, SOf 90c. ; Roman Ditto,
78%; Spanish ditto of October, 32 32% ; Spanish Perpetual An-
nuities, 58%; Belgian-Loan, 76% ; Haytian Loan, 220 f.
FRENCH FUNDS, Dec. 22.-Five per Cent., 99f. 15c. 10c. 15c.
We. 15c. 10c. 15c. 20c. 25c.. 99f. 30c. 25c. 20c. 25c. 30c. 35e. 40c,
35c; Loan of 1832, Five per Cent., 99f. 20e. 50c. ; Three per
Cent., 68f. 80c. 90c. 90c. 90c. 25c. 69f. 68f. 95c. 69f. 69f. sc. 69E ;
National Loan,99f. 30c. 50c. ; Rente de Naples, 81f. 81f. 10c. 15c.
20c. 10c. ; Rente de Romani, 79 7814 ; Rente d'Espagne, Five
per Cent., 12% ; Three per Cent., 33 3316 03 3.3!‘, 33 al% 334 14 ;
Royal Spanish Loan, 83; Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, 58%%;
Belg. Loan 1831, 77 -Exchange on London, One Month, Mo-
ney, 25f. SOc. ; Three Months, Paper, 25f. 70c.; Money, 25f. 70c.