The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-24 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain B3O .. 830 .. 830 .. 630
Versailles, R. 8.•• ...... •• • 375 •• 375 .. 375 .. 375
246 25 .. 247 50 .. 246 25 .. 247 50
Rotten • • • ....... ••
Rouen to Havre•••••• •••• •• 765 •• 767 60 .. 760 •• 770
•••••..'••1010 ..1012 50 ..1008 75 ..1012 50
Strasburg to Bale• •-•
Avignon to Marseilles•• • • 765 .• 765 . 765 765

itAnwAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
•••• • • • • 375• •••••••• 375 •• 375 375 376
247 50 .• 247 •SO .. 247 50 .. 247 50
Rouen
......••1000 •.100125 .•1000 • 1001 25
766 25 .. 772 50 .. 766 25 .. 772 50
1012 50 ..1015 ..1012 50 ..1015
Strasburg to Bale •
260 •• 261 25 .. '253 .. 257 50
Avignon to margoilloS• ••• • • 761 23 765; 761 25 .. 765
ORroleuaenns to
.. H..a.v.r.e.••• •••• •.. . "

On Tuesday next (Whit-Tuesday) his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert proceeds to Windsor Castle, to
witness the Eton Montem, which will be celebrated
this year with great magnificence.

CIVIL WAR IN SWITZERLAND.
SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
We have received by extraordinary express from Paris the
journals of yesterday, with a letter from our correspondent
The latter conveys the following
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES :
" BESANCON, MAT 21.
" A supplement of the Nouvelliste Vaudois of the 19th of
May, at noon, announces that civil war has broken out in
'the canton of Valois. The inhabitants of the Upper Valois
have seized on Sion ; those of the Lower Valois have risen
en masse. Each party have some pieces of cannon, and a
battle was imminent on the 18th."

" TANGIERS, MAY 9.

" There is reason to apprehend the arrival of the Kabyles
here from the interior. The Consular body have written to'
the Yacha to protest beforehand against this infraction of the
general orders of the Emperor. The British agent has called]
for the naval forces from Malta. I (the French Consul)
have re-called the Cygene. A reply in the negative is ex-
pected to the Spanish ultimatum. In that case the Consul-
General of Spain will strike his flag and embark, if he can
succeed in doing so."
The Journal des Debats devotes a long article to the bro-
chure of the Prince de Joinville, for which, however, we have
not room to-day.
The Three per Cents. were done at Tortoni's at 84-70. '
Our letters from Leghorn received also by this express
concur with our previous correspondence in regarding the
tranquillity of Italy as assured for, at least, some time. The
arrest of Signor Galetti, Director-General of the Casinval
Bologna, and that of his successor (Signor Mallioli), and that
of Signor Orsini, master of the post-house, and their removal
in custody to Rome, remained unaccounted for.
We have received letters from our Madrid correspondent
dated the 16th inst., but they bring no news. The Bourse
was shut on that day on account of the fete (the Ascension);
—Times.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The noble truths you give utterance to, and
the spirit of independence you manifest upon all oc-
casions when the public interests are concerned, and
more particularly when the interests of the navy are
discussed in the columns of your invaluable Journal,
these, Sir, induce me to offer you some observations ;
and, if you think them worthy of publication, they
are at your service.
I am an officer, that would be glad to be employed
if I could ; but, in the present state of things, that
cannot be ; nevertheless, I am alive, to every thing
that affects that profession to which I have the honour
to belong; and the more so, when the interest of my
country, and, perhaps, the salvation of that country,
are at issue.
The pamphlet of Prince de Joinville on steam navi-
gation is making great talk everywhere, stirring the
hearts and minds of this excitable people in no small
degree ; and this, coupled by a " pale cast of thought"
in reference to past events, may work wonders, and
nerve the French to accomplish anything ; and it
,would be strange, indeed, that the man who brought
the dust of the great Napoleon across the Atlantic,
should not inherit, more or less, the spirit that once
animated that dust. It behoves, then, the British
people to be " up" and thinking ; and it also behoves
the British Government to do justice, before it is too
late, to the claims and merits of the old war officers
and men, by giving them that trifling
artcle " the
cheap defence of nations." And wise vvoti d be,
too, if the Admiralty, without delay, were to listen
to, and adopt, the suggestions of the gallant Napier,
by suffering the old officers to retire.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very he servant,
A CAPTAIN. INumbl TH4 NAVY.
Paris, may 20, 1844.