The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-29 00:00:00

Chamber of Deputies seemed to haVe preserved f!.
froM•complete destruction—has ceased to exist.
' France has. no longer a fleet,' exclaims the
Touloonais, and that journal is right, for the
name of fleet cannot be given to some ships de-
prived of life, which Admiral HcooN is suppcned
still to command. The general disarming—this
disastrous measure, which the bad feeling
always displayed by -the present Ministry
towards our navy had caused us to foresee, and
which we announced long since—is at present an
act completed. England could not bear that we
should have a-fleet, and our navy has been- sacri-
ficed to her. jealousy. This deed would have
been accomplished sooner if the Ministry of the
Foreigner; WhO- ever act as if they had received a
commission to consummate the ruin of our navy,
had not had their reasons to proceed slowly and
secretly in their work of destruction."
The Paris Moniteur publishes a despatch from
General DE BAR, dated Algiers, the 15th inst.,
tr
to ivia°. an account of General 13ITGEAUD'S move-
n
ments down to the.l3th, when he was encamped
on the banks of the -.Esser, in the country of the
Beni-Kraoult Toun. BEN SALEM had collected
the warriors of six Kabyle tribes, and was pre-
paring to attack the expedition, when the Gene-
ral, being intbrined of his intention, marched to
the place where the Arabs had assembled, and
dispersed them in every direction. No accounts
had been received f..oin General LAMORICIEHL
since the fith, when he was in possession of Teke-
dempt.
The Moniteur Algerien of the 17th announces
the return of General Buciraun and his staff to
Algiers on the morning of the 16th. " The ob-
ject of the expedition to the East," it says, " has
been completely accomplished by the destruc-
tion of the government of BEN SALEM. Here-
after that rich country, in which our troops bad
not yet penetrated, will send abundant provi-
sions of every description to the market of
Algiers." .
The Siecle,states that General PAJOL bad de-
clined accepting the post of Aid-de-Camp to the
KING, left vacant by the death of Gen. DELA..
BORDE ; and the Commerce states that it would,
in all probability, be given to Baron TRIANT, a
General in the National Guard of Paris.

A great meeting of persons interested in the
woollen trade was to take place at Compeigne,
on the 24th instant, and a meeting of Deputies
had taken place at Paris, on Tuesday, at M.
FULCHIRON'S, to consider the best means-of re-
sisting the. Customs' Union with Belgium. The
two Governments, in fact, may as well give up
the project at once, for the selfish class-interests
of France will not suffer any interference with
their property, however necessary it may be for
the good of the community. The Commerce
thus describes the proceedings and the result of
the meeting :—" The main argument was, that
Belgian industry could supply everything for
consumption in France, whilst the consumption
in Belgium had nothing to take in return of
French productions. The Assembly was una-
nimous that the union would be productive
of serious injury to the material interests
of France. The Commerce asserts that De-
puties of the maritime cities, as well as of the
manufacturing districts, were against the
treaty, as the former feared the competition of
Antwerp and Ostend, connected as they were by
railroads with the French frontiers. The con-
duct of M. CUNIN GIUDAINE, the Minister of
Commerce, in opposing the treaty, was warmly
approved of by this meeting, which finally came
to three resolutions; first, that each Deputy
should endeavour to represent ti►e dangerous
state of things, if the Ministerial projects were
carried into execution, to the Throne, as the first
duty towards the Crown and the country ;-
secondly, that each Deputy should put himself
in communication with the legal representatives
of commerceand industry of the place he repre-
sented to be an organ in Paris of their interests;
and finally, that the Deputies would act in concert
with an assembly of various Delegates convoked
in Paris for the sth of November. The meeting
then adjourned to the 2d of November.
These meetings give great offence to M.
TRIERS' nrgan; the Gourrier Francais,. which is
a free-trading and anti-protection journal. It is
curious to remark that this Liberal newspaper
denounces the assemblies of manufacturers and
traders as illegal and unconstitutional... It corm-_
tends that the Charter is violated by these'rneet-
ings—an opinion, however, which is not shared
by another organ of M. TRIERS, the Constitu.-
tionnel.

The official organ, the Message'', thus points
out the effect on the linen trade of France by
the ordonnance of June, and the decrease in the
importation of coals since last August. In July
the entries of flax were 1,319,600 kilogrammes
in August only 413,349 kilogrammes, a decrease
already of more than twc-thirds. In nearly
three years, the monthly importation was
only twice under this figure, and this year
it had constantly exceeded a million of kilo-
grammes. In September the import was only
289,085 kilogrammes. This result proves that
the ordonnance of 26th June is freeing the
flax industry from the excess of importa-
tion under whichit was succumbing. The
importation of linens has also experienced a de-
crease in the same month. In August it
amounted to 329,347 kilt, and last month was
only 234,735 kil. The importation of coal has
much decreased. We have only imported last
month 43,698 tons, and in July it was 210,000,
and in August 83,037 tons. The receipts in the
Treasury were, last mouth, 8,796,825 F., and the
total amount fbr the three-quarters just com-
pleted, 79,321,923 f., and if the same ratio be kept
up for the - ensuing quarter, the
.receipts for the
year will exceed the estimates of the budget."

BOURSE—PARis, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 118 65... 118 65... 118 50... 118 50
Four per Cents. 101 25... 101 25 .. 101 25... 101 25
3 per Cents 80 80
... 79 95... 79 95
Bank of France 3270 ...3270 ...3270 .. 3270

Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1057 50 ..15i7 50:..106J
13algian Bank B/ ') 50... 812 50... 81 50... 812 50
_

1841 lO6O —.1060 —.1060 ...1660
Belgian 103 103 ... 103 ... 103
1810 104 k —. 1041 ._ 104 h .—104 A
Threes 72 ... 72 ... 72 . . 72
Spanish Active 22 ... 22i ... 2:2A 22*
Portuguese Fives 32i •.. 33 ... 32 .. . 33
Neapolitan . lOB 30... 108 40... 108 30... 108 40
Roman
RAILWAY SHARES.
'

Versailles, R.B '265 ... 265 265 ... 265
LB 95 .. 96 25... 95 ... 96 25
Rouen
Orleans. 585 585 ... 585 ... 585
Strasburg to Bale 207 56... 207 50... 207 50... 207 30

INDISPOSITION' OP LORD MELBOURNB. - Yester-
day numerous inquiries were made at the town resi-
dence of the Noble Viscount, as to the state of his
Lordship's health, when the following intelligence
was given :—"South-'street, Grosvenor-square, Friday
morning, Oct. 28,
1842.—The accounts received in
town this morning are of a very favourable nature,
and his Lordship is fast recovering from his late
severe attack."

The Prussian State Gazette of the 21st instant an-
nounces that the proceeds of the reductions about to
be effected in the taxes, and which are to be applied
to the construction of railroads, would amount to
1,920,000 rix-dollars. The railroads which the Go-
vernment contemplated to establish were independent
of the six for the construction of which ample provi-
sion had been made. One of these was to extend
from Minden to Cologne ; a second from Halle to-
wards the central Rhine through Thuringia; a third
from Berlin to Konigsberg, with a branch road to
Dcntzic, and another to the Russian frontier;
fourth, from Frankfort-on-the-Oder to Breslau, and
from Oppeln to the Austrian frontier ; and a fifth,
which is to connect the Grand Duchy of Posen with
Prussia, through Silesia. Their whole extent will be
220 German miles. The Goverment was to contri-
bute 55,000,000 dollars (about 9,000,0001.) towards
their construction, and to guarantee an Interest of
31 per cent. on the sums subscribed by private indi-
viduals.

Hamburgll of the 16th "
The Leipsie Gazette gives the following letter from
We have received
intelligence from Rio Jurkiro that the Brazilian ves-
sel the Ermelinda, captured some time ago by Eng-
lish cruisers, has been declared by the Mixed Com-
mission not to be a good prize; and was released ac..
cordingly. The public officer whose duty it was to
report on this matter, stated that the English, after
they had possessiOn of the Errnelinda, carried secretly
on board of her eh'ains and fetters, in order to afford
proof that she was engaged in the slave-trade. On
July 15th accounts were received at Rio Janeiro
through St. Helena that the English ships Madagas-
car and Waterwitch had landed their crews at the
port of Cabenda, on. the African coast, and carried •