The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1845.

Bill, because he considered the measure unnecessary.
At Vincennes there were guns and mortars enough to
mount the walls, but independent of that he thought it
exceedingly ill-timed to make these warlike prepara-
tions in a time of profound peace, and when there was
every appearance that peace would be preserved with
all the nations of Europe. M. CORNE also opposed the
Bill on two grounds. The expense he thought
enormous, and one-half of the sum of 17,000,000 f.
would be quite sufficient. Besides, Paris
was not like other strong places, and the contest should
be made, not at the walls of the capital, but on the
frontiers. M. DARE spoke OR the other side, and said
the fortifications, without guns and stores, would be
entirely useless—merely masses of stone and mortar.
M. LASTEYRIE was not suprised that Frenchmen viewed
this scheme with suspicion while so little was dote on
the frontiers to repel an invading army, and Alsace was
left open to foreign attacks. It was generally believed,
however, that the sum would be voted, but with certain
restrictions. The National can see no real danger to the
inhabitants of Paris from these fortifications. The)
will only have a moral effect, arid tend to
repress any aspirations after liberty unwelcome
to the existing Government. "On the least
refi ction," says that journal, "it will be admitted
that the cannon placed in the forts or on the continuous
wall could never be employed but to put down a revolu-
tion ; but, although powerless as effective means they
may become very perilous as means of prevention. Per-
suade an entire population that at the first disturbance
Paris will be bombarded; render this fear general, espe-
cially among those who have houses and shops—among
the bourgeoisie who possess property—and you will see
the whole of that bourgeoisie turn with violence against
those who should have been excited to revolt by an
attempt against the national sovereignty. This is what
has been calculated upon. It was, above all, the moral
effect that was aimed at—it is by preventive intimida-
tion that it is hoped to prevent revolution, and to secure
the strongest chances by placing beforehand the timid
on the side of the Government."
The following are miscellaneous extracts from the
papers :

A letter from Lucerne of the Ist, informs us that the elections
for the Grand Council of that State had commenced, and wero
proceeding in favour of the Liberals. In the town of Lucerne,
out of seven members returned, six are of the Liberal party. The
same letter gives an account of a curious se,itence, at Nidwald,
upon a Lieut. Nermaun, who had joined the free corps in the
attack upon Lucerne. He is condemned to stand in the public
market-place for four hours with a rod in his hand, then to be
dogged with it, and afterwards to be imprisoned for six months,
during which he is to receive" religious instruction."
Serious disturbances have taken place at Villalon, six leagues
froin Valencia. The inhabitants of this little town have always
been addicted to smuggling, and their houses have had the reputa-
tion of being filled with smuggled goods. Lately, the civil guard
having attempted to seize some articles, four of them were killed.
As soon as General Manso, the Captain-General of Valladolid, heard
of this, he proceeded to the town at the head of five battalions of
infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and a company of engineefs, and
occupied the place on the 22d. He immediately published severe
orders, calling upon the inhabitants to deliver up their arms and
the smuggled goods which they possessed. The leaders took to
Hight, and the rest gave in. Upwards of 300 muskets were taken,
and visits were being made to seize the goods when the last ac-
counts left.

Two of the men sentenced to death at Ravenna were guillo-
tined on the 19th, and the punishment of the third, who was under
age, has been commuted Into the galleys for life. They were con-
victed of having resisted the officers of the law, and killed a brigs-
dier of carabineers and a soldier of a Swiss regiment quartered at
Ravenna. Eighteen of their accomplices have been condemned to
the galleys for different limited periods.

The French Three per Cents. closed on the .Sth at
85f. 70c.; the Five per Cents. at 120 f. 40c. ; Orleans
shares, 1,210 f. ; Rouen, 1,082 f. 50c. ; Havre, 865 f. ;
Avignon, 1,020 f. ; Basle, 2701. ; Spanish Actives, 40* ;
Spanish Three per Ceuts., 42 ; Spanish Passives, 78.
The following are the quotations of shares fur the
new lines :

Orleans and Bordeaux, 225 f. premium; Boulogne, 170 f. pre-
mium ; Troyes and Montereau, 75f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte),
17f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons (Calon), 2f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons
(Ganneron), 10f. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 30f. ; Ditto (Ito-
same?), Bf. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 15E ; Ditto
(Drouillard), par; Ditto (O'Neill), 15f.; Ditto (Jacques Lefevre),
par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 30f 50c.; Ditto (Talabot),
32f. 50c.; Ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 12f. 50c. ; Bordeaux
and Toulouse ( Mackenzie), 15f.; Ditto and Cette (Espeleta),
16f. 25c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, 2f. 50c.
LYONS, MAY 2.—Avignon and Marseilles, 985 f., end of May;
Paris and Orleans, 1,195 f. cash; Paris and Rouen, 1,062 E, end
of May; Orleans and Vierzon, 795 f., ditto; Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 671 E, ditto; Boulogne, 621 f., ditto; Nismea and Mont-
pelier, 595 f., ditto.