The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-05 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
PARIS, JULY I.—The passing of the budget by the Chamber
of Deputies, and the departure of a great number of the inhabi-
tants of Paris for the country, has, in a great measure, suspended
political discussions. It would even appear that the attacks upon
the Jesuits are less bitter than they were some time ago, and that
there is a suspension of religious as Well as of political hostility.
These holy jtersotts hail., however, just succeeded itt playing off
hoax, quite in the character of their profession, upon the Libe-
rals ; but as the trick was a pleasant one, and one that can do no
harm, it has passed over with a laugh. You shall hear the affair.
You are pethapa aware, that among all our liberal advocates,
there is none whose oratorical talents equal those of M. Dupin.—
Such at least is the common opinion—an opinion which some
journals have created, and which few think it necessary to die-
Me. With the view of drawing him into his party, the Minister ,
consulted hint in some cases of difficulty, and by this act of de-
ference softened, but did not gain him. The Jesuits of St. Acheal,
however, managed better. Learning that Dupin had to plead a
cause before the Royal Court of Amiens, they sent a numerous
deputation of their pupils to do homage to his talents. One of
them addressed our orator in Greek, and compared him to De-
mosthenes ; another, who spoke in Latin, compared him to Cice-
ro ; and a third, whose harangue was in French, compared him
to Dagnessau, and every thing illustrious that the French bar had
produced. M. Dupin, far from suspecting any insincerity in this
absurd exaggeration, took it all in good part, and regarded it as
honest expression of truth. Accordingly, he returned to Paris
pretty well satisfied as to the spirit of the Jesuits, anti quite en-
I chanted with the sound judgment displayed by their pupils.
Some time after our orator appeared again at Amiens, as Coun-
sel in another cause. This time he was not visited by the pupils
of the Jesuits ; the professors themselves waited on hint, and

they did homage to him in terms not less flattering than those
they had dictated to their pupils. Having finished their harangues, '
they requested M. Dupin to do them the honour to visit their
establishment. How was it possible to withstand so much
politeness? 'M. Dupin proceeded to St. Acheal, where every
body manifested an unbounded admiration of his talents, which,
by the by, not one in the establishment knew any thing about.
To prolong the pleasure which the presence of so great a man
occasioned, be was asked to dinner, and this invitation he also
accepted. After dinner it was proposed to him, with an air of
indifference and quite as a matter of course, to attend the proces-
sion. Ile could not refuse hosts who had been so kind to him.
One of the Jesuits wished to make him take a taper in his hand ;
but that part of the ceremony he declined. It was not thought
proper, however, to allow so eminent a person to mix in the
crowd, and for the purpose of doing him honour, he was placed
next to the priest who carried the host. Having got him there,
one of the r►bands of the canopy was put into his hand, and he
}►ad now gone too far to reject this distinction. In this way he
marched with the procession through the village.
In the mean time one of the priests slipped away from the pro-
cession, and wrote letters to all the newspapers of their party,
stating that on such a day M. Dupin dined at St. Acheal, walked
in the procession with the fathers of the establishment, and was
one of the four who held the ribands of the canopy. If yob
would form an idea of the effect of this news on the Liberals, only
imagine how the pious Spaniards would feel if it were suddenly
announced to then► that the Pope had wet►ed Turk. There are
two elections this year from the Chamber of Deputies, and the
Liberals would have voted for M. Dupin in both, but he has now
lost himself for ever with his party. If M. Fraisainous was the
author of this trick, he is a worthy rival of M. de Villele in the
art of dupery.

COLOMBIA.

FROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS.
" FROM COLOMBIA.

"An arrival from Baltimore has brought advice. from La-
guayra to the 16th of May inclusive. We have seen letters from
Caraccas of the 14th, and papers to the 10th, which are totally
silent with regard to the late revolt. The Baltimore Gazette
states that Pan was in Cumana, and was expected every day at
Laguayra. The Governor of Porto Cabello declined joining the
enterprise, and an uflicer of the army was put in his place. The
garrison of Laguayra followed the lead—say 200 men. In the
mean time the rebels had levied a contribution on the city of 01-
ram.% of 50,000 dollars, to he paid forthwith, or they would
come and collect it. They draw on the Custom-house for present
expences. The following is an extract of a letter received at Bal-
timore
C. t% a•CC!' 'May 14..--Ilrfairo this reaches you, you will pro-
bably have heard of a political' eruption which has recently taken
place. Venezuela haa 'declared herself independent of the general
Government, or rather, claims the right of enacting her provimt
cial laws, and of governing and directing her provincial finances
and judiciary, regardless of the supreme executive of Bogota, but
remaining at the same time one of the states of the Republic, en-
joying the privileges of provincial legislation. If this is the true
intention of this rupture, I think it not an unreasonabfe'dernand.
All this has originated since' thO sispension of general Met from
the command of this department. When he was on the eve of
departure for Bogota, to defend his conduct before the Senate, the
troops became argnai nted with the circumstances—the officers could
not restrain them ; they threw away their arms, the officer* threw
away their swords, the soldiers demanded their General—declared a
determination not to serve under Gen. Esealons ;• in short, Valencia
became a scene Of confusion and uproar. Thee/Abdo assembled, and
General Pact was reinstated in his command. The moment he
appeared among his troops, they returned quietly to their duty ;
only three or four persons were murdered. This led to a declara-
don of independence, the final result of which is concealed in the
womb of time. General Peet is expected here to-day. Ido not
know whether he brings troops or not. General Marino came
in a few days since, with a small body of cavalry from the plains.
lie was met and escorted into town by the members of the Cit..
or some of them, and by a number of private citizens.
They entered the city about seven o'clock in the evening, with
some degree of noise, crying Viva Bolivar !'—' Viva Paez
Viva Marino Viva Venezuela!' The old cry of Viva Co-
lombia y viva la Petrie,' appeared to be entirely forgotten. Such
now is the state of things here, though I scarcely ever knew Ca-
raccas so perfectly tranquil. No excesses have been committed by
the soldiers here, nor have I heard of any murders, except those
in Valencia.'

" CARACCAS, MAY 10.—His Britannic Majesty's frigate Ga-
latea anehored off Laguayra last week, having on board Mr. Alex-
ander Cockburn, Minister Plenipotentiary from the British Go-
vernment to our Republic. Mr. Cockburn continued his voyage
to Carthitgena on Saturday, front whence, we understand, he
designs proceeding to Bogota by the river Magdalena. By the
same opportunity arrived Mr. Dawkins, on his route to Panama,
whither he proceeds u a Commissioner of the British Govern-
meta, to be present at the meeting of the General Congress.
" We understand that letters of a late date are in town from his
Excellency the Liberator, dated Lima, stating that be should re-
pair forthwith to Panama, and thence to Bogota.

" Our advices from Bogota are to the 10th ult. The papers
contain the address of General Santander to the people of Colom-
bia, on his retiring front the Vice.Presideney. The principal ar-
gument used by the General for this Act ia, the danger to liberty
resulting from the prolonged continuance in power of one man,
and that a military man.
" The Congress determined in its sittings of the 17th of March,
that all military and civil servants of the Republic, archbishops
and bishops, prebends, curate', tics. having seats in Congress, shall
not be entitled in future .la-other emolument' than those which
they may derive from their respective professions, or from their
salaries as members of Congress, but in no case will they he
allowed both.

•' A law has also passed the Congress, permitting the continu-
ance of the Senator and General-in-Chief, Antonio Jose de Sucre,
in the Republic of Bolivia, during the pleaaurt of the Colombian
Government. Another law has also been sanctioned, having for
its object the opening two roads from Quito to the coast of the
Pacific, one of them to the Bay of Ceraccas, and the other to
Emeralds".

" Colonel Diego Valenilla is named intendant of Oronoeo, and
Colonel Jose Maria Ortega, Commander-in-Chief of Cundina-
marea."

d, Ntw YORK, JUNE 5.

" COLOMBIA.
The Baltimore American says the original cause of the
insurrectionary movement at Valencia, as related at Laguayra,
was this :--' General Paez, the military commandant of Venezu-
ela, having made improper use of the funds intended for the pay
of the army, his drafts 011 the Treasury
hisrsyofCa dertaecznwaetirnen rtoefteistend.
payment. Upon this refusal, he pre
ploy force in order to obtain payment, which had the delired effect.
thetr
z, army
acid
t ot h General
latter,
A representation of hie conduct having been transmitted to Bogota,
he was ordered to surrender the
he
rn
Escalona, and to repair to the
capital. The troops, however, re-
fused to acknowledge any
General''liula nt(litan p a
in retaining the command over them, issued a Proclamation, in
which, among other things, he declared that he did so to prevent
the consequences which might arise &Om the conduct of soldiers
without a commander. He added, that he should continue in com-
mand until the arrival of Bolivar: who was expected in the month
of June. We Understand a copy of this Proclamation has been for-
warded to our Government.'
"A letter from Laguayra gives a different account, anti states

that when Gen. Pass was impeached by the Senate, he imme•
diately resigned his command, and was about to repair to Bogota
in obedience to orders, when he was called' to resume his com-
mend by the troops and the corporation of Valencia. He ac,
eeptetl the call, and avowed his determination to support the views
of those who had reinstated him in authority, which were to have
a separate government kn. Venezuela, dependent only on the ge-
neral Government, as the different States of North America are
on the Congress and Executive at Washington. Most of the citi-
zens are desirous of this form of Government, but disapprov, of
the manner in which it is brought about.'

" The same letter states—' We have only recently received
from Bogota, intelligence that Government has passed a law,
funding all the Government paper, and fixing the interests to be
paid from July next.'
" VERA Cana, APRIL 26.—A Mexican frigate, two brigs of
war, and several schooners, are now lying here, and the appear-
ance of a Spanish fleet is daily looked for by the inhabitants. se-
veral suspicious vessels have been cruising off the coast. The
place is becoming very sickly; from 20 to 100 persons die daily,
and many foreigners have already fallen victims to the fever. Gen.
Packwood, the English Consul for Vera Cruz, arrived here in the
iloop of war Tweed, Captain Hume. The French frigate Nymph
is still lying here, having brought out Commissioners with
powers to treat and acknowledge the independence of the Mexican
Government."