The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-31 00:00:00

BROWNE, jun., ex-cashier of the hank, and Wm
H. SKINNER, of the firm Of STANLEY, REED,
and Co., had been arrested, and held to bail in
the sum of $lOO,OOO each, for their appearance
for examination before Mr. Justice BUTTRICK,
at Charleston.`,.: The complaints charged
WYMAN and BRowNE had embezzled the sum
of $300,000 from the Phceuix Bank, and also
that Mr. SKINNER conspired with thpn to per-
petrate the fraud, which is made larceny by the
revised statutes.

Exchange at New York on England was 71
to 71 per cent. premium, and on France sf. 35c.
to sf. 37c.
SANTA ANNA was vigorously pursuing warlike,
operations aviinst Texas. A force of 1,300
Mexicans, had taken San Antonio at a time when
the Courts of Justice were sitting, and Judge,
Jury, accused, and accusers, together with the
principal citizens, were made captives by the in•
vaders. The Texians were altogether taken by
surprise.

From Yucatan we-learn that the Governmen
was still holding out, and' that no movement
against Campeachy or any other part of the coutt•
try had been made by the Mexicans.
The accounts from Rio Janeiro state that an
increased duty of five per cent. on imported goods
had been ordered by the Treasury.
The advices from Havannah extend to the,2:2d
ult. The Island of Cuba had been visited by
severe hurricane, which caused very considerable
damage to the crops generally.
Intelligence had been received at Baize, Hon-
duras, of the loss of her Majesty's steam-shil)
Spitfire, on the 10th ult., on Half-moon KO"
reef. All hands were saved, but the vessel be
came a total wreck

The accounts from Madrid are to the 22d-inst.
Private correspondence states, that a modifica-
tion of the present Ministry was spoken of;
by which CARNERERO would become Minister
I,r Foreign Affairs. Instructions had been for-
warded from the Government to Don Fitazictsco
DE PAULA, informing him that he must not ap-
proach Madrid. The Infante had requested ass;,
favou.t that lie might be permitted to pass the"_
winter in Andalusia, but had not yet received agY •
answer to his application. It is announced that
ZUREANO had been promoted to the rank of
spector-General of Customs by land and sea in
the province of Catalonia.
The Three per Cents. were done on the Madrid.
Bourse on the 21st at 211 at 30 days. Mel'!"
per Cents. at 26 at 60 days. On the 422d-illst•
the Three per Cents. were done at 211 for caul''
and 21 11-16ths. at 60 days. The Five per Cents.
261 at 60 days, . .

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Accounts have been received from Lisbon by , '
the Tagus steamer to the 24th instant. The .
Prince DE JOINVILLE and the Duke D'AUMAIX ' '
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had arrived with a squadron of three vessels, an
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were received by the Royal Family and the pub-
,
lie authorities with the most marked attentions. .
Sir'eFIARES NAPIER, to whom the QUEEN ow°
so much, arrived on the following day, and 105
saluted by the Porttiguese forts as he Proceeded
tip the river. Great attention was paid to our
gallant countryman by the Court and Palle
authorities. ..
The tariff convention had been brought to a
conclusion, the final proposition on the Part
Portugal having been communicated on the 93°'
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to the British Envoy. It remained with our
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Government to accept or reject these terms'
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Some further reductions, but to an inconsiderable ).,'
extent, were admitted by Portugal on woollen
and printed cotton goods. No new genera' . ..
Classes Of goods were included, but reductions . .
were here and there admitted in particular iteins•
There was the appearance of further concess°7 . ~
without the reality of substantial abatenle" i • '
Portugal had rejected as inadmissible the severa -•
ho old
propositions that 3s. 6d. per imperial gallon s
, het
be fixed as the duty upon her wines tint" -ne
export duty of 12 milreis per pipe on pOrt ,Wl--., l
is done away with ; that an additional ad valorem • '
2aonpderthcaetntt.heshosuylsdterbneOfrestpaieteiftdebest",e4
dtl'ilety3,:i.f;
should be abandoned by Portugal, and iniedlll:l )
valorem duties substituted, with regard to our
manufactured produce. .
poFrtode
uatryedonuctiijoeiri,,owt;n4ess,s-tlhliepsetrapcleent. on the tul_7.
England obtains in return a reductaiofnPo°fr2toLigpaellr:
cent. upon one class, and 40 per cent. 11P° •
another el'oiss, of her manufactured goods, there
being several articles on which no re du tioca
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admitted. But unequal as the proposed redt.t.
lion was, the comthercial treaty being signs 4
would be impolitic to reject it. • •, 7 4
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The Paris papers of Friday have been reeeicet: ''''.l,
but those of Saturday had not arrived at the bo.°
of going to press. The contents - are not rib; '
portant, being still chiefly occupied with 'B. .;,,,
question of the Right of Search, and Lord A-13stis . "
DEEN'S letter, &c. A private letter repeats, 6r-
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the French Government has officially and fo,
mall y communicated to ours that the Treat? cl:
the 20th of December, 1841, will not be rat.ifleod
Count D'Aamm, the Minister of Prussia,,llo
M. WENDLAND, the Charge d'Affaires of .1310141'
presented to the KING on Thursday, lettere frfbe 0,1
their Sovereigns, notifying to his MAJESTY, ',he
1
Marriage of Princess MARY of Prussia with "
Prince Royal of Bavaria.
The- Semaphore tie. Marseilles of the 25th lt7t:f
contains an important notice from the Chamber
Commerce of that city, informing the Inerch 1 of
that on the invitation of the Consul-Gene° lia .-
A
France at Alexandria the Viceroy of EGYPT it;
ordered that all cases of goods forwarded id,
transitu between Suez and Alexandria vveti
d t°
without distinction of country, be alloWe ,
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pass freely on the mere declaration of their to
tents, accompanied by an invoice. The citit):oo- ;
be levied on those goods was fixed at oite "
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per cent. ad, valorem. This decision 0-f M„r of
MET ALI was communicated to the Chauw-tod
Cotninerce by the Minister of Coinmeree ,i,
Agriculture in a letter of the 17th instant. lies,
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" Yesterday morning," says the Sud of ,L d ileAa
of the 25th, "Artim Bey, private Secretaryr, duty I
Dragoman of Mehemet .Ali, charged with the sea.
delivering to the King of the French and t',lloo.
Family, the presents sent by the Pacha, wa.la by 1115
to go out of quarantine. He was accompatu ots cooci
secretaries and a numerous suite. The pre,seree a, 6=2.
sist of eight superb Arab horses of high u IT",
six cashmere shawls of the greatest Par's'be ea
horses were immediately led a towards t vurPl
under the guidance of a person sent for tr,„:etioo '''s
by the Viceroy, and the whole under the „i,,1; bons
one of the Pacha's equerries. Amongst b"botle use
is the one ridden by Ibrahim Pacha at the d i§ of t
Nezib. -He is of a light grey colour, au §oloilgi
more muscular form than is generally seen.s saints r:horses of the Arab race. It is said that ttu of eic
in the retreat of Syria, sustained a gal,,lat havinr,
hours, without being much fatigued, and he was
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fallen into the power of an Arab tribe, ,11,„ b0r,71
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changed for 1,200 camels. The oilir bay
for
amongst the eight is one unequalled
bine -Fitelbo, 117_
speed. The shawls are the finest that t .d was Ole.
been able to obtain. A considerable crot%isle
straoge„,--
ing at the door of the lazaretto to 5e 11 `.
Artim Bey, who has been before in -1
4. litv.'
presses himself in French with great .3ei -
received the t."
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Since writing .
since writing the above we have. no 00-.oi
papers of Saturday, but they ewit3'll.l_,.. a hige_
importance. The Constitutionnel.
al ,:re in tile/
article on the right of search and si
tiv,o'nd sell.,
French colonies, which displays ruue theet',,xtra(!t
and moderation. The following is an to
" No person has shown
right of search than we have, but the ~ta,%ir viart'4i..
in the French flag and the liberty o:_xuatiotts,Pfh.laii
greater 0131)°_,_kof clef 10;
commerce against the exercise of this
hail:. I..‘rt,
~',.",00.
lege shall not lead us beyond the ii
that" ,i; escl.“ ,7,
~st.,, -anci, .
always keep clear of two faults; II mast l'.'n" world
a I, 1i nd and systematic hatred
gnenxaatg„!ti.l.::a.
ts::ii_otf.
tottf,allieciidlolol3,l:,itcebir;c.
asto
atoladorieivoetathlee .rtowptoolVltitst:(7
the idea, at once political and Cll,ll,..t!believe,.a, of
pating the slaves in our colonies..tivl: e
to the rich
contrary, that the difference rela ,
able to a prudent and well ordered`oiolent pa',: ~i0(.14
has given a counterpoise to the
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c, in me? ,
_lr'ests i
search has brought about circin
certain abolitionists;_ it hasprod-1 e" .t.iroc intery 011
defenders - tii"
the r far
it has taken from imprudent .
editate
, s .._ (i
rePtire •og
pretext for saying that France inn ~,,, ,
f. 1.1
a happy reaction in favour of mar' „f its ';!• of
the „lop _aceil
eenelgaZrs;t,ii°o°„: 01
themselves beard by every
nparancatieLl; ittnehnr 1
and of °rf 1:
;1184(
one,
difficult LIAO
hnejordecroaltoeniaellda
proceeding,with the solution 0 ~!.,.,,auc.,,, or +".• .. - ;
of -slave eluaupipation with the contowe

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