The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1837

served in the Carlist army, and plunderers are severely
punished. But as no regular distribution of provisions
conld be made, and the pay was not forthcoming, the sol-
diers, notwithstanding the severity of the chiefs, were under
the necessity of pillaging in order to live.
" It is impossible to form an idea of the picture offered
by the troops of Don Carlos. A single individual fully
dressed is not to be met among them. Most of the soldiers
are half naked ; many have no shirts, and three-fourths are
without shoes. Twelve bales of espardillas (a sort of sandal
made with cord) were taken at Murviedro, which had to
be abandoned at Chiva.
" Most of the horses had died before the passage of the
Ebro ; the survivors were barely able to crawl, and the
greater number were covered with hideous and fetid sores,
festering under a burning sun. Of 60 mules brought from
Navarre, only 20 were alive on reaching the Ebro. Each
of them carried two casks filled with gunpowder. Three
pieces of artillery were spiked and abandoned on the left
bank of the river.
" The soldiers are the more dissatisfied, as they were pro-
mised easy victories and a good reception wherever they
went. The contrary, however, has been the case, for, with
the exception of some mountainous districts, the peasantry
everywhere else put to death the stragglers, either through
political hatred, or revenge for the atrocities perpetrated by

Cabrera.
" Nevertheless, amid all these sufferings, privations, and
disappointment, the spirit of the expedition is not so bro-
ken down as might be supposed. It is kept up not only
by an inexorable discipline, but also by the natural obsti-
cy. of Spaniards, and an incredible religious fanaticism.
" The Navarreso and Basques are little devoted to the
King they proclaimed ; but they defend in him the personi-
fication of the Catholic faith against the Christinos, who
are, in their eyes, the enemies of that religion. The hatred
of the followers of Pelagus for the Moors was not carried
to a greater pitch. This fanaticism is so deeply rooted in
their breasts, that the few monks who accompany the ex-
pedition have no occasion to stimulate it. The latter do
not preach daily to the troops, as mentioned in the papers ;
on Sundays only they celebrate mass in the presence of the
army, which remains all the time in a kneeling posture."
From the purport of various communications re-
ceived by the French Government from Africa, we are
led to anticipate the renewal of hostilities at a no
distant period between the French troops and ABD-
EL-K A DER. The Emir's notions of the observance
of a treaty differ so materially in practice from those
of his European ally that it will be almost impossible
to prevent a rupture between them. We copy from
the French journals the following extract from a letter
of the 21st ult. from Oran, which conveys a correct
idea of the boasted fidelity of the Arab chief :
General Bugeaud's treaty has as yet been followed by no-
thing but evasion on the part of the Arabs, and unless the
Government is determined to have peace at any price, we
may soon expect a rupture. A paymaster and commis-
sary's agent had been sent to Tlemecen with no other escort
than one of Abd-el-Kader's soldiers ; they were well treated
by the first tribe they passed through, but as soon as they
had passed the Rio Salado, which divides the French terri-
tory from that of the Sultan, they were insulted by the na-
tives. Abd-el-Kader was at Tlemecen, but refused to un-
der take to furnish means for transporting the provi-
sions, and after the most earnest entreaties, supplied only
three hundred and fifty beasts of burden for the ar-
tillery and hospital stores, which were very insufficient
and provisions were necessarily left behind. Our troops,
although escorted by 300 natives, were harassed on their
march, and attacked in the defiles. They made a bold
and effective resistance, but had three men killed and seve-
ral wounded. Chef de Batallion Menonville, of the 47th,
who is an admirer of Abd-el-Kader, is to be sent to him
as Consul. Muskets and powder have been sent to the
Emir to between 6,000 f. and 7,000 f,, which have been paid
by Ben Durand. Two hundred Coulouglis were prepared
to accompany our soldiers to Oran, but they were forbidden
by the Sultan, and the Marabouts denounced the vengeance
of God upon them ; the number of these fugitives was,
therefore, reduced to 120. The Bey of Tlemecen, ap-
pointed by the French, had sent off several bales of goods
for the French camp, but they were seized by the Emir.

With the exception of the annexed extracts there is
►►othing else worth communicating in the French

journals :-
Arfairts or SrAm-Nothing was talked of at Sara-
gossa on the Ist, but a sanguinary action said to have been
fought two leagues from Cantavieja, in which 2,000 men are
reported to have fallen on each side. It is thought that
the action must have been between a moveable column,
under the command of Barso, detached from Oraa's divi-
sion, and the bands of Cabrera, supposed to have been met
with in one of its excursions to plunder the country. In
these actions the object is attained when the country is pre-
served from pillage. This is doubtless the affair of which
the Pharc speaks. No official accounts had been received.
The Pretender's head-quarters were still at Cantavieja ;
hut the circle in which be moves becomes more and more
contracted. The Queen's Generals command the neigh-
bouring issues, and Espartero has arrived at Las Camarillas,
where he directs all the movements. It may be predicted
with some confidence that the bands which lately crossed
the Ebro will not he able to join the Pretender, though the
Carlists of Navarre say that a new expedition is intended for
Escalera, to turn that way. But the 6,000 men under
Ulebarri are more than sufficient to guard the line of the
river.-Constitutional.
FRENCH FUNDS.-Ps Rte, Ace. R.
Five per Cents., 110 f. 40c. 45c.
Four per Cents., 1011. 10c.
l'hrce per Cents. 751. 25c. 15c.
Bank Actions, 2,415 f. 2,42 f.
Bente ae Naples' 161. B':c 70c. 75c. B"c..
Roman Five per Cents., 101% 101.
Spanish Actives, 23 23% 23.
Spanish Passives, 5%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 102% 103.
Brussels Society, 1,650 f.
Belgian Bank, 1,430 f. 1,437 f. 50c. 1,435 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents 261.
Haytian Loan, 312 f. 50c. 320 f.
icircumstat ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 37%c.; money, 251. 35c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 20e. ; money, -1. -c.
ifulhentraar.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 110 t 55c.
Three per Cents. 79f. 35c.
Bane Actions, 2,420 f.
Roman Five per Cents., 101.
Belgian Loan, 10/2ni•
Belgian Bank, 1,43:f. 50c.
Belgian Society, 1,650 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 26%.
Haytian Loan, 320 f.
Spanish Actives, 23.
Spanish Passives 5%.
Spanish Differes 7%.

Sir Francis Forbes having resigned the office of
Chief Justice of New South Wales from ill health, occa-
sioned by the severity of his duties, James Dowling, Esq.,
the first Puisne Judge, we hear is to be appointed his suc-
cessor. Mr. Dowling has been nearly ten years in the co-
lony, and has obtained the good will of all parties. He has
been acting as Provisional Chief Justice ever since the
departure of Sir Francis Forbes in April, 1836.
MAIDSTONE.-The hops in this and adjoining pa-
rishes, have, since the late high wind, been much checked;
and, notwithstanding that they are fast breaking from the
burr into hop, it is but thinly, and cannot be productive of
the anticipated crop. Of course there will be a great defi-
ciency in the duty.
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A person, named John Wainwright, aged eighty-
three years, who lives at Thurlstone, walked to Barnsley
and back again on Thursday, to vote for Morpeth and
Strickland—he had never been out of his parish for 37
years before.—Sheffield Iris.
The Weslcyans at Bolton, in anticipation of a con-
tested election in that borough, passed a resolution at their
leaders' meeting, resolving to exert all their influence in op-
position to drunkenness. The new Temperance Society
also passed a resolution, calling upon the electors to " be-
ware of the liquid bribe."
Master Betty, the once famous Roscius, is now a
respectable middle-ao-°ed gentleman, quite capable, as re-
gards size and good humour, of undertaking the part of
Falstaff. He is famous also for drawing the bow (not the
long-bow), and was lately Captain of the St. George's
Archers. Be is reckoned one of the best marksmen in the
kingdom. We believe he has a son, a youth of great pro-
mise, who will soon make his debut in the theatrical world
in the same line of characters as his father. The quondam
Roscius may often be seen at a well-known tavern in Long
Acre, setting and keeping the table in a roar.

For the last week the the neighbourhood of Chorlton-
upon-Medlock and Hulme, has been made the scene of a
series of highway robberies ; and from their having been
committed in the same neighbourhood, and the descriptions
given of the men being similar, it is most probable that all
the robberies have been committed by the same party, being
generally two in number.—Manchester Guardian.

The St. George's Archers gave a very elegant fete
on Tuesday, at the Stadium, Chelsea, and, after a very
spirited contest of nearly five hours, the chief prizes were
win by the following gentlemen, viz.:—W. H. W. Betty,
Esq., the first prize, a splendid and richly-chased silver
cup ; H. Dison, Esq., a handsome embossed St. George's
medal ; J. Cookeman, Esq., a silver medal ; Wyatt,
Esq., a very handsome brooch, with archery devices. The
shooting was of the very first order, as some of the best
archers of the present day entered the lists upon this occasion.
A man named John Constant has died of the wounds
he received during the voting at Canterbury election. A
coroner's inquest was held on the body, and, after the in-
vestigation had continued for two days, the jury returned a
verdict of " Manslaughter against George Green," who was
seen to strike the deceased with a flag-staff, and he was
committed for trial.