The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-20 00:00:00

disturbances of the Continent and which has al- t
ways reckoned upon interior discord and civil
war amongst her most certain means of in-
fluence. All Europe has been moved at this
scandalous spectacle of a Government which
suffers foreigners to place in its hands a torch to
fire its own cities. Public reprobation is divided
between the REGENT and those who excited
him; and it must be said that England enjoys
the greater part of this reprobation. England
is aware of this fact, and the English Press, with
that common accord which characterises it when-
ever national egotism is concerned, are united in
displacing the responsibility of this ferocious act,
and attributing it to the French Consul."
" We approve," says La Presse, " and all
France will unite with us in approving, the con-
duct of Government, which has promoted the
French Consul at Barcelona to the rank of officer
of the Legion of Honour. Under existing cir-
cumstauc"s it is more than justice, it is a noble
reply made to the calumnies published in the
official journals of Spain and England."
" M. GutzoT," says the National, "replied
last evening to the accusations of the English
Press by appointing M. LESSEPS officer of the
Legion of Honour. This would not be too much,
it would not be even sufficient to recompense
the Consul's humane and honourable conduct,
and the more meritorious as he acted under very
difficult circumstances. But it is necessary that
the fact of M. LESSEPS having been calumniated
should be well established. If it were otherwise,
this mark of favour conferred on an agent of
whom the Spanish Government complains bit-
terly, would be a certain cause of rupture, and
create fresh difficulties between the two coun.
tries. M. GUIZOT is not so prompt to reward
merit, nor does he on ordinary occasions display
so much energy; we are apprehensive, therefime,
that this appointment conceals some new act of
perfidy, or is meant to prepare us for some fresh
check offered to our national honour."

Le Siecle observes, that the Government, by
promoting M. LESSEPS to the rank of officer of
the Legion of Honour, demonstrates its appre-
ciation of the calumnies of which the French

Consul was the object. "We applaud (says Le
Siecle) this act of justice. But as the attacks
against M. LESSEPS originated ►with the official
organs of the Cabinet of Madrid, we trust that
satisfaction will be demanded for such an out-
rage, and that it will not be refused. We are
not disposed to suffer any attack against the dig-
nity of France from Spain more than from any
other country."
The Courrier Francais says:—

"The English journals must imagine all Europe
to be most stupidly credulous. For several years
their Government has been labouring to make
of Spain, as it has of Portugal, an English pro-
vince. To gain this end it spares neither gold, nor ho-
nours, nor flattery—it buys Linage, seduces Espartero,
meddles in every intrigue, interposes in every differ-
ence. Instead of entering into free and fair negotia-
tions for treaties of commerce, it arbitrarily imposes
them, and would have them signed by the light of the
flames raised by the guns of Montjuich; when all
this is done, when the whole world points ,at Eng-
land as the author of all the evil—as the only party
profiting by the evil—it finds journals sufficiently
complaisant lor of sufficient bad faith to accuse—
whom ?—the French Government, whose only wrong
has been in remaining a passive spectator of this per-
tinacious usurpation. But the falsehood will no
longer have its dupes ; Europe must at length believe
its own eyes. England may derive profit from this
conduct, but to obtain honour by it is impossible."
The other journals which have articles on this
subject regard . the charges brought against the
French Consul at Barcelona as calumnies.

The Moniteur publishes the following telegra.
phis dispatch :

" PERPIGNAN, DEC. 15.—Thirteen soldiers of the
Corpos Prancos were shot on the esplanade at Barce-
lona on the 12th. No Spaniard was allowed to leave
the town."

The same official journal announces the occu-
pation of the Marquesas island by Admiral
THOUARS in the mouth of June last. The sub-
joined is his report addressed to the Minister of
Marine :

"To Admiral Baron Duperre, Secretary of State for
the Marine and Colonies.
"Bay of Taiohae, June 25, 1842.
"Monsieur l'Amiral—l have the honour to inform
your Excellency that the taking possession, in the
name of the King and of France, of two groups form-
ing the archipelago of the Marquesas, was this day
happily effected. The recognition of his Majesty
Louis Philippe; first, has been obtained by means of
conciliation and persuasion, in conformity with .your
orders, and has been confirmed by authentic acts
drawn up for triple expedition.
" I add to these official documents the circumstan-
tial report of the cruise of the frigate la Reine Blanche,
from her sailing from Valparaiso, and that of all the
events which took place for the acknowledgment of
the King's sovereignty, and for the taking possession
of the archipelago of the Marquesas.—Accept, &c.
"The Rear-Admiral Commander-in-Chief of
the Naval Station of the Pacific Ocean,
"A. DUPETIT T lIOUARS."
The subjoined is an extract from the Com-
merce, giving an account of another razzia in
Algeria :

The packet Amsterdam which left Algiers on the
10th, and arrived at Marseilles on the 12th, brings
letters and journals. We find the following in the
Akbar :—" On the 6th Arabs from the interior brought
the following news of the army. On the 29th of
November the Governor-General penetrated into the
mountains of Orianseris. The Kabyles fled, their
villages have been burnt, and on the return of the
army to the plain several tribes sent horses in token
of submission.
" The Governor then made a ranzia in the country
of the Beni-Zentes, which was completely successful
—women, children, flocks, horses, and a rich booty
fell into his hands. After this happy coup de main
several tribes submitted."
Two Aghas have forsaken the Emir, and waited on
the Governor-General, who treated them with dis-
tinction.
BOURSE—PA.ms. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17.
First Highest .rawest Last
Price. Price Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 119 15... 191 20... 119 5... 119 15
4% per Cents 106 60... 106 60.. 106 60._ 106 60
Four per Cents. 101 ... 101 ... 100 95... 100 96
Threes, ex div. 78 85... 73 90... 78 75.. 78 90
Bank of France 3350 —3350 ...3343 ...334.3
LaMtte Bank I,ooof 1052 50 ..1052 50..,1052 50...1032 50
Belgian Bank, 1841 1075 —.1075 ...1075 ...1075
Belgian Fives lo3* ... 1034 ... 104 ... 1034
1840 1041 ... 1044 ... 104 i 104
Spanish Active. .." 24 ... 24 ... ... 23i
Passive 34 ... 34 ... 3/ ... 34
Portuguese Fives 324 ... 324 ... 324 ... 324
Neap01itan....».........106 25... 106 40... 106 25... 106 40
Roman lO4 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain B4O 840 ... 840 ... 849
Versailles, L.B l2O ... 120 ... 110 ... 112 60
R. B 280 ... 280 ... 280 ... 280
Rouen
Orleans. 617 50... 620 617 50... 620
Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 205 ... 202 50... 205
DUTCH FUNDS,—AterruanAm, DEC. 16
None;. Bills,
ActualOel t, 2% per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per ceat.
A inm t Svndic, 4)6 per ..... 9t 944
DAto, ditto, 8% per cent. 77 vli;
Commercial Company, 414 per cent l3O 130)4
Loan 1837, 5 per 99% 99h
Exchange on London, One
Twomonths 12 15
Hamburgh, One month 35 117
Twomonths 33 63%
Dutch Papers,' Dec. 17.
BELGIAN FUN _a—BRUSSELS, DEC. 17.
Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
"" ......... 1072%
...
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ...... 93
Three per Cent ..
Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto • 7•2%
m
(e) .•• ...... ..••
103
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent, ... .. 96
Society of Commerce, Four and ir Half pe.T.Cen"-t.
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 77
National Society ,
Exchange on London (short) 11/I•••••••••••••••••••••••••
—Brussels Papers, uee.l7.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViRrorA, Esc. 9.
Five per Cents. Metalliciuts •••• 1E9%
Four per Cents.. ...... emo.•••••••,....••••••• ........ llOllll 100%
Three }nor Cents
Bank Shares
Allgemeine Zeltung, ....... 1.3". "
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, DEC. 15.
Bills. Money
SchulkSch., 4 per cent.
Prus,i4a English Bonds, 1830, per cent 142)6 142
Excrosige on London -- 6 24)6
prussiax State Gazette, Dec. 14

We have merely time to call attention to a letter
from " A Commercial 'Traveller," complaining of the
arrangements made by the Birmingham Railway
Company. Commercial houses ought to take some
steps to abate the injury caused by such re-
strictions on business. As coaches are driven
off the roads, and the means of travelling are com-
pletely changed by these great Companies, they
are bound to accommodate themselves to the wants
and convenience of th public, but especially of that
class whose success in business depends so much cn
regularity and speedy conveyance.

CHANNEL PASSINGERS.—From tile 9th to the 15th
December, inclusive, there passed between France
and England, by Boulogne, 601 passengers, two
horses, and nine carriages; by Calais, 279 passengers,
two horses, and five carriages.