The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-06 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Fr, 13. 2,—,-The following is an extract from the Report
of the Committee appointed to examine into the accounts of the
tank of Pratice, and laid before the Directors at their half -yearly
meeting, on the 26th of January, 1827
EXTRACT FROM THE PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FROM THE

24T11 DEC. 1825, To 24rii JUNE, 1826.
fr. c. I Cr.
Disc. on 141X:1,075f.
35c. in bills upon Pa-
d., discounted at
Paris 613,007 90
Ditto on 15,017,229 f
Royal Bonds, dis-
counted at the Trea-
sury
Ditto on 53,0'5,535f
in bullion

Dr.
Salary to the Governor
and Sub-Governors,
including 3,000 f. for
fire and lighting 63,000 0
Salaries for clerks,
losses, &c., and all
otherexpences incur-
red in the establish.

ft. C.

e 5,777 76

went. 402,963 91
Other incidental charges 19,301 6b

10,667 0

485,465 56
Discount on various ef.
fects in hand, includ.
ing the interest on de-
posits, to be carried to
the next half year ... 557,995 8

677,452 65

Excess of last half-
ear's accou ......
Toygether withnt arrears 5,777 33
of stock, and ad-
vances made upon
bullion, amounting
in all to 4,244,033 50

1,013,260 64
Balance in profits 3,883,992 84

4,927,253 49

4,gt7,253 48

DIVISION OF TIIE BENEFITS.

Francs. Cts.
Legal dividend upon 67,000 shares in circulation, at 301— 2,037,000 00
Second dividend

Reserve upon 67,000 shares, 9 E

'611;100 00

3,870,200 07
13,1592 84

Carried to the credit of profit and loss in the new account

3,883,997 84

The expences from June 24 to Dec. 24 amounted to 975,173 20
Balance in profits 3,417,793 17

.4,392,968 47

The report further states, that the bills, ke., carried to a new
account, amounted to 102,710,563 frs. 13c. The number of
accounts current to 1,800. Bills on hand had increased to such
an extent, that those falling due on the 31st of October ex-
ceeded 21,000, amounting to 20,500,000 frs., out of which
3,124,000 were bills still in arrears. On the 30th of November,
the Bank had more than 20,000 bills to receive, amounting to
17,350,000 frs., out of which 2,571, amounting to 1,847,000 frs.
were protested. On the 31st of December there were 21,560
bills, amounting to 24,885,000fre., out of which 2,865, equal to
2,854,000 frs. were not regularly paid, but have all been since
taken up at the Bank.
This short sketch may serve to give an idea of the state of
trade and commerce in France. The manufacturing districts
are at the summit of distress; and in Paris alone there are thou-
sands of workmen of all descriptions out of employ. Never
was there a greater stagnation of all business than at the present
moment.

Andrew Cherry, the author of The Soldier's
Daughter, once so celebrated, lies buried in Monmouth Church-
yard, without a stone to mark the spot. Ile died whilst he had a
company performing there in 1811 or 1812.
NEW INVENTION.— A Dr. Zimmerman, has
lately invented a contrivance which, if it should answer the cha-
racter given of it in the German journals, will prove highly inte-
resting and important. It is a method, by the application of
which to fire-arms, they cannot by any possibility go off, either
by accident or carelessness, or in any way without the positive
will of the person using them : at the same time, it does not im-
pede or delay, for an instant, the use of the arm when required to
act. The inventor, we understand, has obtained a patent in some
of the German States, and has applied to others for the same ad-
vantage ; and the details of his invention are, of course, withheld
till he has secured himself against injury from imitations.---Lite-
rary Gazette.

A CATTLE FAIR AT LISBON.—The fair opens
with a course on which the venders put their cattle to full speed,
in order to introduce them in grand style to the buyers. On a
tine Andalusian horse sits a Spaniard, whose darker eye and proud
look exalt him a thousand degrees above the Portuguese. He
wears a hat the most becOming in the world, though you will scarcely
think so from my description : it is like a wooden dish turned up
at the aides, with a crown puffed, more like a mushroom than any
thing I know. How grace and such a hat can be associated you
are at a loss to imagine--get me but a youth from Seville,
with piercing eye, high nose, and haughty air under it, and I
pledge you my word you will say it is the most graceful covering
you ever saw. The Andalusian wears a short blue jacket, a crim-
son sash tied round his waist, and light blue trousers covering
his boots to the instep. He sits as firmly on his horse, as if he
and the animal were one—he guides it with a light hand, exciting
and subduing its fire by turns. The horse—coal-black, without
a speck of white, with a mane and tail trimmed but not
shortened—as if proud of its own beauty, goes through
its various paces, till his price amounts to sixty guineas, being
half as much as you could have bought it about a fortnight since.
With this horse come a troop of others, all guided by Spaniards,
whose gay attire and manly carriage procures them the admi-
ration and respect which our Lancers are mush indisposed to
pay to the native Portuguese. After these come a cavalcade
of mules, each covered with an immense pack saddle, led by
women or boys, or rode by men whose costume will beg-
gar Monmouth-street in variety and patches. On. has a
hat wanting a leaf ; another a woollen night-cap. All,
however, imitate the Spanish horsemen ; and instead of the
perpetual cloak, each wears a jacket as motley as you please, while
his mule's head is adorned with red-leather straps and brass
mountings. These mules fetch now 151. to 251. Before the
English came, they were to be had for 101. Now rush in a
beggarly group, clinging upon still more beggarly horses, whip-
ping and spurring, in order to get them into some little action.
They cross, jostle, and overset each other. A wicked mule be-
gins to kick—a vicious horse answers it by a similar movement ;
the Portuguese owners scold, swear, and stamp at each
other. Two of them begin to fight with their legs and nails ;
they are separated in a moment, and give way to a regular
horse-dealer, who, with a cocked hat, a blue jacket, and jack-
boots, glued to his saddle, squares his elbows, and fries to force
ti
longnhte country,
into spiritssn ce
failed b
bites ohki emant.- da o
Abwanimt taorrfocoitipi ene rgo " sub," under orders to go np
angler, and is nearly taken, whose legs and heart have
in for 301., till the friendly hint of a Major of Dragoons, eaves
the pocket of the junior, and sends the dealer in search of another
youth as simple. Now horses, donkey-mules, Spaniards, dealers,
Lancers, and Hussars, are mixed in one great body—all
crowd, crying
incgryintgogoeuthter. "FreshA wwaateterr,,,seallnedr
thean
mneaikghmin,
his
bwraayyining,
empties his barrel at a halfpenny a glass. The dust rises, and
makes another barrel welcome. Bargains are struck, and new
trials are to be made. Every ten yards become a course ; busi-
ness thickens—the last word is said—the money is to be paid,
__servants lead away the horses--dealers bless the times, as they
said when the English were here before, " that God walks upon
the earth," and go to the neighbouring wine-houses to drink pro-
sperity to the inventor of wars, and to the dread unknown of the
Apostolic Junta, who make in one week a broken-kneed horse,
• worth bl., be cheap at SO/.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1827.

In a preceding column will be found further extracts
from the Paris Papers of Saturday, and the Etoile of
Sunday- morning, which contain some interesting mat-
ter. A note to an article classed under LIES OF TILE
DAY in the Etoile, states distinctly that the Spanish
Government has positively ordered the disarming of
the Refugees. One account (in the Journal du Com-
mthat the Marquis and Marchioness DE
c
succeeded in re-entering Tras-os-Montes,
while en c
A cv) States,
aEnshad
oanother account says that the Marchioness has
repaired to Madrid, and the Marquis remains wounded
at Salamanca.

We received yesterday afternoon files of Oporto
Papers to the 18th ult. inclusive, being two days later
than the date of intelligence received from that place
by the way of Lisbon. They contain the following
official bulletins of the military operations in the
Oporto district :

" Head-Quarters of the Oporto District, Jan. 14.
" General Mello, in his despatch of the 11th inst., dated from
Villa Pouea, states, that on marching to occupy that place he ex-
perienced no resistance, the rebel militia having fled precipitately,
soiree of them leaving even their arms behind them.
" He also states, that a column of the squadron commanded by
Poldorada, had overcome considerable obstac...es in. advancing to
‘PvlNerlivaserqUeiral'dr, eiwnedAc afternugd ei jin Villa Real on the
who
Mello R oi
lustntitc4ea ano
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killedwhere
jaoniin,ti ,1116oepostedadvancing
rebels,eni
Colonel Zagallo, supported by the 6th and 9th
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12th, and had marched for that purpose with part of his force.
occupy
oceprC:dltaoitineeelpooSefsitrthriowen of Campeau, the detachment found already
there Captain Anselmo, of the 16th infantry, in command of a
detachment from Colonel Vasconcellos's column, which had esta-
blished itself in Villa Real, the rebel guerillas on the side of the
Regoa being dispersed.
The Military Governor of Oliveira de Azameis writes on the
13th, that the reconnoitring officer on the points of Manhuce and
Gralheira confirms the accounts of numbers of militia guerillas
and cavalry having deserted from the rebels to the division of
Count Villa Flor, though the same rebels had been beaten in the
neighbourhood of the Sierra da Lapa, while endeavouring to retire
by Francozo, in the direction of the frontier.
" GERALDO JOSE BRAACAMP,
" Orderly Lieutenant."
" Head-Quarters, Oporto District, Jan. 15.
" The military Governor of Oliveira de Azameis writes on the
14th inst, that on the 9th, as he was informed by the officer recon-
noitring on the points of Manhuce and Gralheira, the division of
Count Villa Flor defeated the rebels commanded by Telles Jordan
in the position of Carutas, near the Sierra da Laps. The rebels
lost in killed and wounded about 100 men, were completelyronted
and dispersed.
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that
the
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militia of Arouca
of the rebels.
c, This day the English troops were to leave Lisbon, and begin
their march for different points.
" SAAVEDRA, Orderly Lieutenant."
" Head-Quarters, Oporto District, Jan. 16.
"Marshal Moura, (Governor of Valencia, and Previsional Go-
vernor of the Province of the Minho) announces, under the 13th
current, the complete rout of a corps of rebels 400. strong, 'con-
sisting of refugee Portuguese, Guerillas, and two companies of
Spaniards. The action occurred on the 11th, in the position of
Fiaes. Our troops were commanded by Major Antonio Vincenti
de Queiroz, of the Viana Militia, and the rebels by the infamous
Don Ignacio Pereiro. The rebels fled in disorder to Spain. He
besides states, that on the 12th another rebel Guerilla appeared ad-
vancing upon
.Lindozo, with the intention of descending by the
Amos; but that he detached a force sufficient to make the rebels
abandon their project. He concludes with stating that not only
the frontier towns, but all other parts of the province, are in a
state of perfect tranquillity.
" Colonel Zagallorthiailsitati;nsGmoivtteerndofrroomf 11coloinEnialreogr, eiruitidefrrothme
date of the 12th current, an account of the march of the troops
under his command on Chaves. The rebels, from whom he ex-
perienced some resistance in the course of his march, sustained
great loss. Ile states that Colonel Brito was in Roticas, having
also beaten the rebels who attempted to obstruct hie march.
Vi;e4uG,eunnedraelrid'iantet°4 the 12th, that he intended to return on the
following day to Coimbra. He adds that the rebels were retreat-
ing in the greatest disorder, and that almost all the militia had
abandoned that infamous party.
" SAAVEDRA, Orderly Lieutenant."

A Dutch mail brought us this morning Papers from
St. Petersburgh to the 21st January ; Hamburgh to
the 31st, and Dutch Papers of the 3d instant. Their
contents, however, are not important. The following
are a few extracts :

HAARLEM, JAN. 31.

The companies of Volunteers that were on hoard the War_
senor, and are assembled here, have been supplied with new ac-
coutrements, &c. We learn that of the crew of this ship, which
consisted of 255 men, only 7 perished, and of the troops, 15 or 16,
so that the whole number of the victims of this misforturw, ap-
pears to be, at most, 23.

rim 2.
The agreeable news has been received, at Groningen, that his

Majesty's ship, Waterloo, sailed from the place it was lying off,
4rkum, and since the ice has baffled every attempt to get near it.
Several vessels have since put to sea to go in search of the Water •
too, and to ,take out the troops. We heard that the Waterloo has
ot board pilots both for the Weser and Elbe.
Hamburgh Papers to the 30th make no mention •f this ship,
to that we may be certain it had not arrived in the Elbe on the
28th. It does not appear whether they had or could have at
Hamburgh on the 30th news from Heligoland.

The King of Sweden was to set out on the 24th to Christ
ttnia, to open the Session of the Norwegian Storthing in person.

ROTTERDAM, FEIS. 2

Accounts have been received here from Curacoa, dated 4th
becernber, from which it appears, that his Majesty's resolution
that the Port should be declared a free port, had given great satia-
tion, as it was hoped that this measure would prove of great ad-
vantage to the island. The works for improving the fortifications
of the island had been commenced, the old fortifications are in
very bad condition, and by no means adequate to the defence of
the island.

STOCKHOLM, JAN. 19.

During his Majesty's absence in Norway, which will be about
four or five weeks, the administration of affairs here, will be in
the hands of a Regency, of which the Crown Prince will be the
President.

We hear that the English Ambassador, Lord Bloomfield, w

soon go to London on leave of absence.

The cold is not yet severe ; however, the roads are in excellent
condition fur sledges, 'which greatly facilitate the communication
with the interior. The price of corn has risen. The measures
taken by the Government, to facilitate importation, removes all
apprehension of a scarcity. As our Government has already*,
agreed with that of Russia, respecting the basis of a new treaty
of Commerce, which it is reported differs from that which has
expired only a few months, relative to the trade of Sweden, we
may daily expect from St. Petersburgh, the ratification of ;this
new convention.

Mr. Appleton, Charge d'Affaires of the United States, has re-.
ceived full powers for renewing the commercial treaty with Swe.:
den, the term of which is expired though it remains in force till
the new one is signed and ratified.

ST. PETERSBURGII, JAN. 19.
The legal value of the silver ruble, on estimating the ditties of
Customs for the year 1827, is fixed at three rubles sixty copies in
hank assignments.
The gold medal on the 100th anniversary of the Aca-
demy of Sciences was engraved by Count Theodore Tolstoy.—
On one side is the bust of the reigning Emperor, with the
inscription " Nicholas I. Emperor of all the Russias" on the
reverse Minerva, with her attributes, holding in the right hand a
crown, over a doable bust, with the effigies of Peter and Alex-
ander I. inscribed " To the Founder and to the Preserver ;" on
the edge " The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Peters-
burgh, 1826."

On the same occasion the Academy received with lively grati-
tude from Prince Sergius Soltikoff an invaluable present, viz. the
instructions drawn up by the order of the Empress Catherine for
the education of the Grand Dukes Alexander and Constantine.
It will be preserved with the instructions, written in that great
Empress's own hand, to guide the Committee appointed to compose
a new Code.

Private letters, received from Madrid, by the French
mail, this morning, state, that the only obstacle now
remaining to the settlement of existing differences is,
the pressing demand of England and Portugal to have
a security for the future conduct Of FERDINAND ;
and the fortress of Olivenza is still demanded as one
of these securities, which the Spanish Government en-
deavours to evade.

The President of the Board of Controul having
given one of his Indian writerships as a prize to be
contended for by the boys of Westminster School, it
will be extremely interesting to observe the result of the
competition. We presume that there will be nothing
of a compulsory nature in the proceeding, and that only
those who have a taste for emigration, will he invited
to enter the lists. What proportion of the West-
minster boys may come under this description, we are
not prepared to say ; but a considerable number must
have prospects at home sufficiently good to prevent
their having any desire of going abroad.
We are always ready to defer to the wisdom of any of
those who are at present entrusted with his MAJESTY'S
Councils, and therefore must view this measure in a
favourable light. Otherwise we might perhaps have
been induced to question its policy. As an individual
act of disinterestedness, it is manifestly deserving of
applause ; but we cannot help viewing its con-
sequences in a much more serious light. As a sample
of a complete change of system it is certainly fraught
with danger to the Institution at Haileybury, already
threatened as it has been by the suspension of the
Act which rendered a residence there indispensable
to all persons proceeding to India in the Civil Service.

We should view the case thus.—To prevent danger
to the Constitution from the immense patronage of
our Eastern possessions, two plans only present them-
selves ; the one is to fritter it down amongst the four
and twenty Directors as at present, the other is to
throw the appointments open to the competition of our ,
Universities and public schools. Much specious
argument may be advanced on both sides, but the
system at present in operation has undergone the or-
deal of some years experience, whilst the merits of the
other can be only hypothetical. All the civil situa-
tions in India do not require brilliant talents, and the
question is, whether the discipline of a two years
residence at Haileybury, with the varied and ad-
mirable education received there, may not pro-
duce more useful effects than the exclusively classic
education of Westminster or Eton. Under the con-
duct of some of the most able men of the day, Hailey-
bury has supplied India with a vast number of zealous,
enlightened, and faithful functionaries, men surely
better calculated to act in concert than if they had re-
ceived their ideas from a hundred different sources ;
nor was there any thing laid toits charge, except, that
at its commencement there were occasional riots, such
as we have heard of even at the oldest establishments.
Now, instead of a college preparation for liberty, boys
Can be sent out fresh from school, the exuberance of
itself in a more dangerous
whose spirits may display
manner than by breaking lamps at Hertford ; and if
this system of offering writerships to competition comes
into fashion, instead of a mixture of persons, varying
in literature and other tastes, suited to the different
branches of the civil service, the Company may be
blest with classic scholars exclusively, to collect their
revenues in India. With the sincerest respect for the
Right Hon. President of the Board of Control, we

cannot help suspecting that his ear has been poisoned
by the misrepresentations of persons, whose hostility
to Haileybury proceeds from interested motives, and
who will never rest satisfied till they have completed
its ruin.

The following is an extract of a letter from Paris,
dated Saturday evening :

" Every thing goes on. propitiously in Spain and Portugal,
where it is thou.ght England may withdraw her troops as soon as
she pleases, without endangering the future tranquillity of the Pe-
ninsula. The Funds are rising, though not very rapidly; an iif
there are no unfavouraLle symptoms in politics, the 3 per Cents.
will soon rise to 70. We have reports of a change in the British
Cabinet, among whom, it is said, high words have arisen on the
Catholic question. Two Couriers arrived from Spain yesterday
and Thursday with dispatches : but have excited little attention.
Lord Granville is on very good terms with the French Ministry,"