The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-27 00:00:00

The Bill confirming the commercial treaty con-
cluded by the Belgian Government with the Zoll-
verein continues to be an engrossing subject of
interest in Paris. It appears to have been passed by
the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, and is thus noticed
by La Presse :
" Many persons have been astonished to see that seven
voices only declared themselves opposed to a treaty on
account of which the Ministry was kept in check during
ten long days. M. Devaux, one of the most determined
adversaries of that treaty, had previously explained this
anomaly by declaring, that if the treaty was again to be
made, the Opposition would prevent the Ministry from
concluding it ; but that, having been signed and ratified
by the King, it imperatively demanded the legislative
sanction, and that the Chambers could not refuse that
sanction without causing the most deplorable perturba-
tion in the relation of the country with foreign coun-
tries. A number of Deputies yielded to that considera-
tion, and thence the result of the division."
Street robbery and murderous midnignt assaultb
seem to prevail in Paris with frightful impurity.
The somewhat tardy vigilance of the police and the
superior authorities, appears to be at length aroused
to the serious increase of these crimes. Misery
among the poorer classes, too, has attained an appal-
ling pitch.

"The transactions at the savings' banks of Paris on
Sunday and Monday last (writes a correspondent of the
Times) indicated a considerable falling off. The sums
withdrawn exceeded the deposits by upwards of 400,000
francs. Referring to this fact, the Siecle observes, that
* the announcement of the unfortunate resolve of M.
Lacave Laplagne to deal with the deposits in the savings'
banks is producing its fruit.. There is less money de-
posited and more withdrawn.' The Moniteur states that
the investments is the savings' banks of Paris, on the
122 d and 23d inst., amounted to 580,189 francs, and the
reimbursements to 893,000 f."
" The terror inspired by the audacity of the hordes
of robbers and murderers assembled in the metropolis
has, it seems, awakened the attention of Government to
the defenceless condition of the inhabitants, and occa-
sioned a display of activity and a means of repression
calculated to check those miscreants in their career. The
Opposition journals despair,' however, of any pertna-
nent amelioration so long as the entire military and
police forces of the capital and its vicinity are solely oc-
cupied with the preservation of the King.' "
The Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 50c. ; the New
Loan, at 86f. 75c.; the Five per Cents., at 120 f. 65c. ;
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,122 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,045 f.;
Havre, 812 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three. per Cents., 38f ;
Passives, 61.
The Revue de Paris states, that there was no truth
in the report that ABD-EL-KADRA had re-appeared
on the frontiers of Morocco.

The approaching meetng of the Chambers was
looked forward to, in Paris, with very considerable
interest, but it does not seem necessary to transcribe
the conjectures hazarded there about the probable
contents of the Royal Speech.
THE BOURSE—TuESDAY, DEC. 24.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five par Cents l2O 20... 120 40 .. 120 10 ..'l2O 40
Four-and-a-Half.. 113 .. 113 .. 113 .. 113
Three par Cents.•• .• 55 40 .• 85 50 .. 115 45 .. 85 50
Bank of France 3275 ..3275 2275 .. 2275
Laflitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslllo ..1115 ..1110 ..1115
5,000 f. SharessoBs ..5090 ..6085 "5090
Belgian Bank.... •• ••• • • • 620 • • 620 .. 615 .. 620
Belgian Fives,lB4o •••••• .• 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041
1842 • • lO6l .. 1061 .. 1061' .. 106:
Spanish Threes...... •• •• •• 38 .. 38f .. 33 .. 3ht
Passive
Portuguese Five per Cents.. 681 • • 581 • • 58 .. 581
Neapolitan 55 .. 95 .. 95 .. 95
Boman • • 1041 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041

RAILWAY SPUMES.
St. Germain'
Versailles, R. 8.... ..... .... 5( 750 .. 507 50 .. 495 .. 495
L.B.— •••• •• 390 .. 390 .. 370 .. 385
Rouen •• •••••• •• •• •• •• •• —1035 . 1045 "1035 •.1045
Rouen to Havre.• • • • • • • . • • • 820 .. 820 • • 815 .. 815
Orleans •• •• ••.•• ••••-• ••••1125 ••1126 25 ..1120 ..1125
Strasburg to Rale•••••••••• 306 25 .. 308 75 . 306 23 .. 308 75
Avignon to Marseilles 920 .. 925 .. 920 .. 925
RAILWAYS FOR TAE ACCOUNT, Jam 3.
St. Germain
Versailles, 11.11......
L.B.•••• •••••••• 400 .. 420 .. 385 •• 4,:,0
Rouen 1047 50 ..1050 —lO3O ..j045
Rouen toillavre B2O .. 825 .. 805
.. 805
Orleans .. •. ..... ll3O .. 1145 •• l Vl2 10 ..
1122 AO
Gltrasburg to Bale• • 310 .• 310 •• 300 301 so
Avignon to MarseWes— •••• 925 .• 925 . 917 59
.. ..
917 90
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ARIAN.—WREcKs. Wednesday night tee
went ashore at.Le:
schooner Elizabeth William Thomson, master,
ggymenoch, near Pladdg. Lighthouse.
yr ' She left A
,nat day, and was boaLa to Belfast. She
Belfast, is full of coat;, but it is supposed will
rotongs t
ece
pis, as she is upon a rocky part of the shore.
rae men were saved. We have a clear harbour to-day.
The vessels sailed hence yesterday morning (Sunday)
after a stay, some of them for a month. The wind has
prevailed from south to south-east this month, and it
was very difficult for vessels to gel out to the offing. It
is to the east to-day (Monday)—fine dry weather.—Ayr
Observer.
THE WEATHER AND CURLING.—On Wednesday
last, we had a considerable fall of rain ; and the pros-
pects of the curler seemed fairly blighted for a period.
The wind, however, to the surprise of every one, still
kept a hold of the north-east, and by Thursday the frost
was as keen as ever. The dams and ponds had never
been entirely thawed ; and a few hours' congellation
served to put them in admirable condition for the
" channel-stane." The dam here has been crowded
ever since with curlers, skaters, and sliders. Satur-
day and yesterday the turn-out was especially large.
A great many ladies were among the promenaders,
whose presence vastly enhanced the interest of the
scene. As our columns testify, numerous matches have
been played, both " here and far awa' ;" and many
more are on the tapir, in expectation of the frost con-
tinuing. Amongst others, we hear that the Junior
Club of Kilmarnock, with the Earl of Eglinton at their
head, are to enter the lists against our Ayr Club, who,
it is to be expected, will be led on by Sir James Boswell,
Bart. The prize is the gold medal presented by the
Caledonian Club, and the contest takes place, we under-
stand, on Fail Loch, on Thursday first. May the best
players win.—Ayr Observer.
We understand that Miss Kelly opens her theatre
early in January, for the purpose of introducing to the
public a young lady of whom report speaks in the highest
terms.

SUCCESS OF THE PENNY•A-MILE SYSTEM.—The
alteration made in the fares and accommodation of the
Eastern Counties Railway has been attended with the
greatest success. Already two large omnibuses end a
coach have started in conjunction with the Company
running from Ipswich to Colchester, and scarcely a day
passes without every one of them being filled with pas-
sengers. In addition to these, a number of fast coaches
run from Norwich and various other towns in the dis-
trict, and it is anticipated a few weeks more will see
others on the road. The inhabitants of Ipswich look
upon this as a surprising change, and no wonder, when
it is considered that only two coaches passed through
the town some few years back. As the spring ap-
proaches three or four more conveyanees will be started,
and seeing that the experience of the last six weeks jus-
tifies the belief that the passenger traffic will, before that
time, have been nearly doubled, there can be little doubt,
th©y will turn out profitable speculations.

b'laical acts! Such is the exaggerated energy assumed
y this moderate Government with which M. Guizot
avows his sympathy. Add to these all those who
have fled in order to escape vengeance—add the
persons proscribed, the men imprisoned or put under
arrest, and an idea may be formed of the
boasted moderation of these reactors, who have
Narvaez for their chief, and De Meer, Breton, Roncali,
Villalonga, and the rest for their instruments. They have
not been satisfied with killing men—they have sue •
ceeded in destroying the institutions. What they have
done with the Constitution of 1837 is known; and it is
also known that they have left no remains of those gua-
rantees for the liberty which the Spaniards hoped they
had won and secured at the price of their blood. The
ancient municipalities have become no more than a vain
and empty name; the provincial deputations are made
subordinate to the caprices of military authority; the
Cortes represent no more than the sentiments of the
Government which has nominated them; the freedom
of the press is deprived of the trial by jury ; the execu-
tive power being invested with the right of putting its
own construction upon all the organic laws, the monarchy
is dispensed in future with annually convoking the
Cortes ; the sale of the national property is suspended,
and those who have already become purchasers, are
threatened with being deprived of what they have
bought ; all rights are thrown to the ground, and
trampled upon—all interests are given up to the mercy
of military despotism, without control, without the
slighter check."
The National thus continues :
" Such have been the disorders which Spain has ex-
perienced in her political sytsem ! But the disorders
she has sustained in her financial system have been, if
possible, still greater. The public treasury has lite-
rally been given up to plunder. Since TORRNO'S
Government, its dilapidation has never been more scan-
dalous. By two mere decrees, the Spanish Ministry of
Finance has created national liabilities to the enor-
mous amount of 750,000,000 rials. All the resources
of the State have been alienated. All offices sold by
auction, as it were ; all public transactions and busi-
ness concluded to the detriment of Government, on
payment of certain moneys to the Government func-
tionaries ; and, by means such as these, immense for-
tunes, shamefully realised, are paraded, from night
till morn, without a blush before the public eye. NAR-
VABZ, who entered Spain with no possessions beyond
his sword and his cloak, has thus amassed a fortune
of two millions in a few months. Every individual
who is connected with this venal power trafficks in
every kind, and acquires his share of the booty. Cor-
ruption ascends and descends through every stage
daring, unrestrained, insolent, unblushing. The Go-
vernment is its spoil. The Siecle says :
" The announcement of. the ominous project of M.
Lacave Laplagne with regard to the Savings' Banks is
already bearing its fruits. Less money is deposited, and
more is drawn out, showing the mistrust excited by the
proposed measure of the Government. The Savings'
Bank of Paris received on Sunday and yesterday, from
3,903 depositors, of whom 449 were new, the sum of
580,189 E, but the amount taken out was much higher,
being 893,000 f. The results have been similar for se-
veral weeks past, and they are evidently becoming more
and more intense."