The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-10 00:00:00

days ; the Fives at 26, BO days ; the Treasury
floating debt at 43i, at 60 days.

The Paris papers are still occupied with the
proceedings of the Delegates from different parts
of France, which possess little interest for the
English reader. Some few towns have exhibited
a very different spirit, from that displayed by
the monopolists of the north. The merchants
and wine proprietors of Bourdeaux have ad-
dressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, disavowing all connection with the Dele-
gates, and at the same time approving of a com-
mercial union with Belgium. The Chamber of
Commerce at Lyons have followed the example,
but we fear without the slightest chance of mak-
ing an impression on their selfish opponents.
The Courrier Francais gives the ibllovving ac-
count of the reception of the deputation of the
manufacturers from Louviers, by the KING :

His Majesty, after receiving the deputation very
graciously, pointed out the irregularity of their pro-
ceeding, stating that he would refer to the Minister
of Commerce the memorial which was presented to
him against a customs' union with Belgium. In the
conversation which ensued, he gave them to under-
stand that the lines of the French customs must be
carried to the frontiers of the Netherlands, or Prus-
sian custom-house officers would be seen on the French
frontiers. The deputation afterwards proceeded to
the Ministers of Commerce, of the Interior, of War,
and of Foreign Affairs. They found the two last but
little disposed in favour of their demands ; but MM.
Duchatel and Cunin-Gridaine appeared to think with
them, and to prefer the extension of the Zollverein to
that of the French customs. Among the members of
the deputation were MM. F. Jourdain and Bibbon,
and M. H. Passy, a deputy of the department of the
Eure.

The news from China and Affghanistan also
afford matter for observation on the policy and
aggressive spirit of ,the English in the East, and
the more violent of the journals find consolation
for the razzias of the French in Africa, by con-
trasting thee with some excesses committed by
the British force near Jellalabad. We find the
following on this subject in the Courrier Fran-
cais :

The military excursion across the mountains and
defiles of Affghanistan may be a consolation to Bri-
tish pride, but the power of the kingdom will gain no-
thing by it. Men will say to each other, that Great
Britain has attempted the conquest of Affghanistan
with immense means, in order to gratify an am-
bition still more gigantic ; that she had to contend
with only half-savage tribes, disunited and badly
armed, without cannon, without cavalry, without
organisation; that she undertook this enterprise for
the purpo,,e of disputing with Russia the advance-
posts of the dominion in Asia, and that, after a
barren occupation and overwhelming reverses, she
was obliged to order an evacuation of the coun-
try. This is a great, an irreparable check ; but this
is not all, for the English will leave in Affghanistan a
detested name. The inclination. of their troops to
waste and pillage has been marked during the war by
the most abominable excesses. The former intelligence
from Affghanistan stated that a body of troops sent
from Jellalabad had burnt the Affghan villages, mur-
dered the men, violated the women, and that the
greatest insubordination prevailed amongstthe soldiers
of General Pollock. The Bombay journals, which
are now before us, announce that the same troops
have cut down the vines and felled the fruit trees, and
that it will take the Affghans twenty years' labour to
repair the disasters of this invasion. And the
London journals will speak to us of excesses committed
in Algeria, where our soldiers at least open roads,
plant trees, till the fields, and protect the peaceable
cultivators, keeping their arms for the marauders
who infest the country ! The comparison, of course,
cannot fail to be in favour of England, which mani-
fests her civilisation to barbarous nations only by the
power which she displays in the means of destruction!
The English, to indemnify themselves for the loss of
men, money, and influence which they have just sus-
tained in Affghanistan ,;will probably seize on the Pun-
jaub, as they have seized on Scinde, in consequence
of the intestine divisions afflicting that country since
the death of Runjeet-Sing. This will be a rich cap-
ture, and will again be an instance of the right of the
strongest, of which the conquest and administration
of India by the English have so many examples. The
speedy invasion of the Punjaub was not looked on at
Bombay as a matter of doubt ; it could not be for any
other purpose that the Governor-General had assem-
bled an army of reserve on the Sutledge, and another
on the Scinde.
Sing bequeathed to isuchhis the legacy which Runjeet
country !
The National,
in adverting to the dispatches)
draws the conclusion that the operations of the
English in China are only proofs of the despe-
rate state of distress in our manufacturing dis-
tricts. "It appears," says that journal, " that
the British armies in Affghanistan have com-
mitted frightful ravages, in order, no doubt, to
leave there a souvenir of English progress. In
China the position of the British force does not
appear to have changed since the last dispatches.
On the part of the invaders, it is always the same
thirst for pillage, the same rage for destruction
On the side of the Chinese, passive energy is op-
posed to invasion. The policy of the British
was to excite revolutions in its favour through-
out the Celestial Empire, but, as yet, this policy
has completely failed. It is probable that the
English wiil persevere in their unjust ag-
gression, and that they will conclude by
destroying with bomb shells the immense city in
which the Emperor of China resides. But it is
more than doubtful that they can ever establish
themselves there. These events, it is true, affect
us in appearance only indirectly, but it is not less
worthy of interest to follow the British Govern-
ment in its march—a Government which would
sacrifice the whole world for the sake of profit.
What is now passing in China is not only at the
same time a curious indication of the almost des-
perate state of distress to which England is re-
duced, but likewise affords,,,a usefuL: lesson for
those who would:be tempted to allow themselves
to be caught by the pretended philanthropy of
our neighbours.7t
BOURSE—PAM, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7.

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We noticed a paragraph in the Times of Tuesday
respecting the Globe and Sun, but as it appeared to
be put forth to injure the Herald and Chronicle we
did not consider it deserving of any remark. As it has
been adverted to, however, by other Journals, and
among others by the Post, we may state, that we
were indebted to that paper for the greater portion of
the Indian intelligence ; and that we preferred it on
account of its excellent arrangements and co-
pious details. We were also indebted to the Times,
but that journal cannot justly complain that we
omitted to notice the fact. We quote from it libe-
rally, and generally acknowledge the authority,
though there may be occasional omissions, but we
do not follow the example of certain journalists who
not only appropriate articles from The Sun, but give
the merit of them to some favourite rival.

The G

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.-- ,OMMlS-
sioners of Woods and Forests have given notice that
it is their intention to apply to Parliament early next
session for an Act empowering them to widen and
improve that part of the carriage-road and side-foot-
way of Piccadilly, in the parish of St. George's,
Hanover-square, which lies between Bolton-street, on
the east, and Park-lane, on the west, and to take and
use for that purpose (by her Majesty's permission) so
much of the Green-park, in the parish of St. Martin's-
in-the-Fields, as will make it of a uniform width of
seventy feet; it is likewise intended by the said Act
to sever that portion of the Green-park so used from
the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and annex it
to that of St. George's, Hanover-square, so that after
the carriage and footway shall be levelled and paved
by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, they
shall be henceforth maintained and kept in repair by
the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square.
Some months ago, an old Peninsula and Waterloo
officer applied to Lord Hill for an ensigncy for his
son without purchase. The candidates name was
placed on the crowded list at the Horse Guards,
with a promise of early notice. On the Duke suc-
ceeding Lord Hill, his Grace's old follower again
applied through an influential channel. The pithy
but gratifying
answer was, "The Duke has anticipated
your wishes.' The lucky candidate will be gazetted
to an old and distinguished corps on the Indian station
in a few days. Here is a proof that " the Duke" has
not forgotten hi., old followers.,—Limerick Chronicle.