The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-28 00:00:00

FRANKFORT. in the
MAT 23.—Anoher conflagration has taken place; become
Austrian province of Croatia, the town of Pozey kas elot
a prey to the flames, and some hundred families hav_iniut,
their all by this unhappy blow of misfortune. The
taneous arrival of these grave and mournful acciden.s h it
casions really strange and curious suppositions, th"cifance'
eatinot be any thing else but the effect of whimsical
...0
An equally curious chance, though of less deplorable
shorpteutetr
scription, happened a few years ago, when within a
ber of weeks, the winter Palace of the Czar of St. e ito
burgh, the residence of that most powerful despot; th
Opera of Paris, the most distinguished temple of 13;
art ; and the Exchange of London, the great centre orbucr°o
'Tierce, became a prey of the furious element. Ham mai
however, will rise promptly, and with redoubled beau'
wort
magnificence from its ashes ; the means for this great '
",
are already and completely warranted. I say this, howev.etijis
no means for the purpose of checking charity • for thougnopi,
certain that the sums already collected, together with theildio
tel and credit of those who are interested in the re-bil reo
will suffice to complete the new City of Hamburgh i".ag„hu
and magnificent style, the poor individuals and fannitPs',,itt.
It.st their all, will not be put in possession of a new thoe
out the assistance of a charitable emulation amongst all
who have a heart to feel the pain of others.
Since the return of Mr. Kind from Paris to Brusae'4anj,ir
since the utter failure of all negotiations with respect to a au
factory settlement of commercial . affairs between Franca
Belgium, the latter thought it proper to open similar °SO'
lions, purposing an intimate league between Belgium 't
German Zollverein. am certain that, while negotia
te
are taking place at present, and that they havelapoo
accepted upon the part of I'russia with an uneo•oot
promptitude, I do not doubt that they will tioad
with a very important success. I often men 00
before that the Zollverein reposes upon the , yet
of low duties; no deviation of note has ,a; voce
taken place from this system, and it is now tleciaetoc
will take place with respect to those two articles, tio!
but lately were proposed, namely, that of raising the 9't,
on English iron wares, and the duty on English
proprietors of iron-works in Silesia presented a petl.
. dal!
the Prussian Government, demanding a protective. 01:
against English competition; they received a decisive pi
that their petitior. being contradictory with the la`', vet,
principles of the Zollverein, was rejected: A similar„,`
non was presented by the cotton-spinners of Saxon)"
Saxon Government, who pointing out the low Yr' r
cotton cloth at the last fair, of Leipzig, and describing 11101 l
ruinous for the manufacturer, demanded a prehibitive lat
' against English yarn • they also received a most deei''f'ioir
negative reply. Still i think it proper to a ention in the ysrs
rest d British manufacture, that, though a duty on eott°,,noiiio
is not to he thought of. there are some influential
who wish and demand the duty on printed cottons to be' itt,ti
This duty, which at present amounts to about 3% per,eetsll',
the value, is likely to be raised to double this amotia`
thalers instead of 30 thalers). The late resolutions of the l
Chambers with respect to the railroads have awl' „ erg'
err
zealous emulation in Germany. Orders have been isttleuo,
where to work with redoubled energy, and the i`w,-lor
Government has resolved to put into circulation °,6101v,
lions (gulden) of paper money (Staats-papiere)' fit'
turns of which are to be employed in the construction efo
ways. This financial operation is of importance for iptY
person interested in the stock exchange. It conaiss„alf,t
erection of new Austrian notes, payable at the. Geut-d,
chequer (Central:Cassen Scheine), with a rate of three pe
interest from the day on which they are issued, and f it
they bear the date. The notes are to amount to tr'-,
gulden (about 51.), to 500 gulden (about. 501. ), payableotl
bearer. You see that they differ
.from regular paper i gi
like the English Bank notes, by the circumstance of
terest to the bearer. I leave it to the stocksellers t°
whether this circumstance is a loss or an advantage. rf
The Prussian State Gazette publishes the official ve,'ruot°
the registers of the Zollverein for 1841, fromvt bids it eoet,
that, in comparison with those of 1840, the importation.° f?I
and silk remained very nearly the same, while of
that „JO
cloths, of iron wares, of coals, and of colonial goods
sugar, and tobacco) was increasing.

WEST INDIA MAILS. ,d
FALMOUTH, MAY, 2d.—The Royal Mail Steam P
tY
Company's steamer Solway, Captain Brittaiu, arrived her
evening with the Mexican and West India mails, haviill4oo'
from the Havannah the Ist inst , Nassau the 4th, Berll4,
sth, and Fayal the 20th. Freight, 400,000 dollars, 466 e,
of cochineal, and four boxes of venilia. Passenger',
set):
Bustamente, ex-President of Mexico, accompanied by )J.
d'Estrada ; Mr. Ryan, child, and servant ; Mr. Slit
Kerrison; Messrs. Murat, Hancarte, Newell, yurjetpl
servant, from Mexico ; Messrs Calderon, Bellran, JllO
Nova, Gentle, and Shaw, from Havannah ;
Beer, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, servant, and child; .""of
Mrs. Salomon, and two servants ; Mr. Kemble, servanoes,
two children ; Mr. Pemberton, and three lore
Reverend Archdeacon Pope, D.D. ; Messrs.
A. H. Salomon, William Christie Wright, 'o'lool,
and servant, Cipriani, Angus, Pollard, Lewis, and son, ti
and son, Captain Willock, R.N., Dr. Brenau, R. N•, coor'
Moffat, 40th, Dr. Conan, from Nassau ; Sir Joseph (I° rout
Laffan, and servant, Mr. Reed, and servant, from 13!r0,,
,
Lady Leith, and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Meiklam, 1,
three servants, from Fayal. Besides the foregoirg pasb
the Solway carried others between the intermediate pia I:
The mails from the Gulf of Mexico were brought to v
Havannah by the steamer Teviot. She would reel :410
Solway, andperform the service of the Gulf. When t"
sailed the Teviot was coaling.
The elections in Mexico had given a great majority troy
Republicans, se; much, so that it was supposed Stin,tsooo
would not open the Chambers, or if he did, they would 5,4(3'1
dissolved. Santa Anna was raising a large armY,
than has ever been known to exist in Mexico, 0113jefIC
which affected the treasury so much that very little was
the civil list. It was rumoured that Santa Anna
raising a loan of 14,000,000 dollars on the guarante
State of California, funds being wanted to meet the o_2l
of the army. Matamoras had been fortified ; some 0"
had been sent thither to act against the Texians.
Affairs in Central America were in a very disturbicese
Miguel Quizano was in command of ,San Juan de N . c e
The Illustrious, being Sir Charles Adam's flag, Ra
h
Racer, Charybdis, Electra, and the steamer dra vv."
Honduras, and the steamer Spitfire hourly expected.
expecte.
dr
The British man-of-war Sappho sailed from Bermuda
7th inst. for Halifax, on her way to England to be paid
The Solway requires a supply of coals, before she ,
ceed to Southampton. Does not this argue in. favour.
mouth? If so circumstanced in fine weather, what ,
have done in an easterly gale ?