The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
Vtibltc Optitton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The King and Queen of the French on Wednesday even-
ing received the 'Brazilian Minister, Prince d'Gttingen
Wallerstein, the Duke Decazes, Counts de Montalembert
and de Montgelas, Baron Mortier, the Prefect of the Ariege,
Messrs. HaVin, Guyet-Desfontaines' Deslongrais, Boissel,
Tribert, and Calmon, the Duchess Decazes, the Baroness
Mortier, and a great. number of Peers.
The Moniteur announces that the Court will go into
mourning on the occasion of the death of the King of Sweden
for twenty-one days.
The funeral of the Count de Briqueville, Member of the
Chamber of Deputies, took place on Thursday, at eleven
o'clock. The grand deputation of the Chamber, and a num-
ber of military men, were assembled at that hour at the
Hotel du Rhin, Place Vendome, the residence of the de-
ceased, and accompanied the procession to the Church.
Count Pajol, whose death we announced on Saturday, was
72 years of age, and had been in the army for 53 years. He
was aide -de-camp of Kleber at.the battle of Altenkirchen, who
conferred on him the • rank of chef-d'escadron on the field of
battle. He was promoted to the grade of Colonel by Massena, at
the battle of Zurich. His commission of General was dated from
Austerlitz, and that of General of Division from Moscow. In
1 £3O he was appointed Commander of the first military division,
which post he held for twelve years. During his long ca-
reer he was frequently wounded, and had sixteen horses
killed under him. At Leipsic, in particular, a bomb having
burst under his horse's belly, he fell and broke his left arm.
It was by a sort of miracle that he escaped being killed ; and
Napoleon, who witnessed the occurrence, thinking it im-
possible that the General could survive, exclaimed, " I sus-
tain a great loss which I shall not easily repair ; if Pajol
should recover now; he must be destined never to die !"
The returns of the imports into France'in January last,
published by the Administration of Customs, exhibit a de•
crease of 361,439 f. in the amount of duties collected during
that month, as compared with those of the corresponding
month of 1843.

A rebellion broke out on Wednesday evening at the Insti-
tution de St. Barbe, one of the largest private scholastic
establishments in Paris, having upwards of 300 pupils. Se-
veral of the refractory youths have been sent home to their
families, and will not be re-admitted until after a rigid scru-
tiny into their conduct.
The Gazette de France states that the Duchess de Gontaut
has received a 'letter from the sister of the Duke de Bor-
deaux, dated Goritz, the 12th, and announcing that a marked
improvement has taken place in the state of the Duke d'An-
goultme.

( SPANISH TREASURY BOND.
HOLDERS.
The 'R
Chairman of the Committee of Spanisea-
Bondholders has received from the Finance Ministh er of Strsl4o.o,
Senor Carrasco, a letter, of which the following i" Q 44.
ketion " Madrid, March 14, of
"EXCELLENT Sin,—By your obliging communican
i
the Ist of the current month of March, and the COrr to
companying the same, of the resolutions agreed to 1%4
holders of Bonds of the Spanish Treasury,
held on the 27th of February last, I have been appried dee
.
the proposal which, by my order, Don Salvador
de Castro presented to them relative to the adjustnienroot
liquidation of their claims has been accepted and aPP-13oto
of. This proof of confidence given by creditirs, ;Avg
rights deserve so much 'consideration, was 1114111 Y grant Queen,
to the Government of her Majesty, my Sovereign the lc, the
as, by- acting hereafter in concert, an end will be 1115
unpleasant disputes which formerly existed on ,_tni# to
portant matter. The creditors, on their part, ouguyn: by
at they nieetho
be gratified in having acceded to my proposal, And
this means their rights are recognised with exac`P—At• the
precision, and, in contributing to support the credit - the
Spanish Government, they acquire greater security .fe:rster
payment of what is due to them. The present Adininiail
tion of this country possesses indisputable claims that hoe
creditors, laying aside the suspicions which hitherto moYsecti.
contributed to lower in the market the values of the nteee
rities of the State, should fully confide in the gualltheal,
which the new economical position of Spain offers, to
ed
IS
In fact, the deplorable period having now tenuiltoo
which a precarious and transitory Government could..s.
neither the power nor the will to undertake the suitauwesr
forms in our finance department, the Queen, front It l.
ment when she entered upon the exercise of the s'irr,.s
power, recognised this department as the most necettie •
important one of the public administration ; and her
does not cease to occupy herself in measures for 1", de•
pavement by the _preparation, with due reflection re•
liberation, of those measures which will doubtles
gulate our economical system, by bringing down toe
tot
penses of the State to a level with its ravenues; job
the condition of the contributors may be improYeutod
the nature of the imposts and the simple and mild Inet"„,tet
collecting the same. Above all, the legitimate Govern:iity,
of her Majesty the Queen has established probity; ,leg;titli
firmness, and good faith, as the unalterable prinelf",° re l 4
operations ; and if to this system of perfect inoralitY__,*"-,
added those elements of public wealth which Spain
no creditor can doubt of the success which will attf-30iili
claims. I flatter myself that the holders of the z'Pon of
bonds in London will continue to manifest their concieteo
this important truth, in consequence whereof, and bY, ori oar
of the interest which they have in .the improvement -004
credit, they will concur in the maintenance thereof bY
means which are at their disposal, under the P°i the
security that all the acts of the Administration ° hick
Spanish Government will correspond to the principles
I have laid down. Pfea
" At the same time that I improve the Opportunittpt)
sented to me by your letter of making this common
rtiTO
to them. I request you to express to them the PS 0
00
appreciation with which I have noticed the honourable
in which they have alluded to me in their resolutiOn
said.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant., 0.
" JUAN JOSE GARCIA CARRAgt of
"T. Joseph Tasker, Esq., Chairman of the Comm"
the Holders of Spanish Treasury Bonds, London.'

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS'
11101
136.—(Captain Jones, 19th March)—lllicit Distl _wok
in Ireland.—Return of detections and number of Pe
prosecuted for offences in Ireland against the 110'04
the suppression of illicit distillation, in the year en
January 5, 1844, &c. Also a return of the nubs
persons confined in each gaol in Ireland for oiFvfoi
against the laws for the suppression of illicit distills"„tber
Jan. 5,1844. In the year ending Jan. 5, 1844, then uteri
of detections was 3,571 ; the number of persons prose: sr
was 1,601, of whom 1,127 were convicted, 0n,„(11,3,, nu.;
quitted ; and 109 cases remained undecided. .1"1:4100
ber of persons confined in the several gaols in 'i-
on January 5, 1844, was 206.r'f Af
%i
STOCK TRANSFERRED.—(No. 125. n motion 0. od,
Baldwin, ordered by House of Commons to be Prp
15th March, 1844.)—‘, An acount of the amount of 104
transferred from England to Iceland, and from i11e,,-riott
to England, from January, 1841, up to the latest FPO'
(to which) it can be made up. (In continuation o
liamentary Paper, No. 362, of Session 1841)." gal
This is a curious document, of which the results
be thus summarily stated : Jiv
Stock transferred in the years ending respectivelyary 5,
nuary 5, 1842, 1843, and 1844, and from J3llll,
1844, exclusive, to February 17, 1844, inclusive., 104
From England From Ire j,
to Ireland. to Enghin
Consolidated An- 0 °
nuities, 3 percent.Xl,9l2,69B 0 0 4367,5.-
0,2
Reduced Annuities,
3 per cent.
Annuities, 1818, 3f
per cent.
Old Annuities, 31

109,236 0 0 17,866 o o

per cent.
Reduced Annuities,
31- per cent...
New Annuities, 3f
per cent.
New Annuities,
cent. .
t 5

0
554,233 0 0 174,360
A

1,999

Total Stock, £4,213,108 0 0 X 2,085,201 11
328 0' 0
Long Annuities
OrJer
WHEAT.—(NO. 122. By Mr. Charles Wood. - 0141
to be printed, 15th March.)—" A return of the w
aggregate average Price of Wheat, by which the tittiliet
regulated from the Ist February, 1843, to the Pbolt
time."—This return exhibits the weekly averaget 00'
under the existing Act, 5 and 6 Victoria, c-1",..60,'
according to the provisions of the 9th Geo. Iv "1 the
in separate coluins. The 57 weeks upon wiw'4o43,f
averages are taken, ranging from 4th Febrnatit jos,
to 2d Maich, 1844, exhibit the following as the
mum and minimum prices :
Under 5 and 6 Victors, c. 14. iis3l
Highest weekly average ... 58s. 4d. (26th Aug' 45.)
Lowest Ditto
Under 9 Geo. IY., c. 60. 18454
Highest weekly average ... 58s. 6d. (26th Aug.,845,)•
Lowest Ditto
YEOMANRY.—(No. 128. By Mr. Beckett. Order ed*
fereo
-- 15th March.)" Return of the names of the u;
Regiments of Yeomanry that have been called 0101941,
service in aid-of the civil power in the years 18420°1
and 1842; and the number of days that each P.
were kept on duty."—The return for 1840 is /I/ Sher,
1841 the regiments returned are King's Cheshire; (star
wood Rangers (Notts), and Queen's Own ROI". ill
ford). The first of these, 10 troops ' 184'
' second, 3 • the third, 9. The return Wrober
gives the following militia regiments, and the i
of their troops respectively. Ayrshire (6Setiburs,te'
Cheshire (10), Derby and Cheddesden (IN 11 1101.`"
same county (1), Gloucestershire (8), upper view
Lanark (4), Duke of Lancaster's, Lancaster (3)'rth
tershire (10), Castlemarten, Pembroke (3), t
lopian (8), South SalOpian (6), Ilnainster, Sollie,;t (°'
Queen's Own Royals, Stafford (11), Warwicks'. (10' ,2
Westmoreland ((5), Queen's Own Worcestershire VP 1,
Yorkshire Hussars (10), South West York (12} 09S'
Ayrshire and the Queen's Own Worcestershire we ',
in 1842, the greatest number of days (71 es'a.)
il‘oese
Gloucestershire and the North Salopian the sn
once only in each case.