The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-14 00:00:00

PARIS; TrVIDAY;flcr. 12.
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twit omq CORRISPONDENT.)
SPAIN.

i•RThe Cotatitntionalists are oflength on the more. On
tdinst. Colette! Cneto left Bayonne; or rather be kit
.1- thir headluartirs, for theitime being, of Mina, with or.
,d.ders to:Colonele Sep Miguel, Graces, and Miranda, in
and about Perpignan, to quit their positions in the Pyre-
nee* Occidentalee on the 6th, and to enter Catalonia. The
: • General in-Chief,,` it Was expected, would, oti the same
' . day,: commence; operations himself. He is said to have
lett'Baionne on'the 22d ult., to visit the line of the Pyren-
. ',tees, lint more probably to approach his point of attack ;
' and on the 24th he was at Tarbes, the capit .1, and Bag-
' nixes di Bigorre, on the immediate confines of the Haute.
Pyrennees, from whence he had the choice of deaceeding
into, Arragon, where many partisans were anxiously
awaiting him, or of retreating into Catalonia, at its north
western, extremity, 50 as to place himself in alintiat direct
communication with San Miguel. This at least is the
~cOofitleatial gossip among the Spaniards, although it is
well tintleretaffi that Mina himself dves not trust his plane
out of his own keeping. At Bagneres he recruited many
Men amongst the garrison and people with the payment of
thirty sous per day,' Thus the campaign at length open.,
and not before the season of the year (if any thing were to
' be effected this year) imperiously required, for not many
weeks can now elapse before the Pyrennves, except through
defiles too well defended to have any hope of pass tee, and
the public road' generally, would have rendered operations
exceedingly dangerous, if not impracticable.
" The enterprise, as it is, is bold and lofty in the
•highest,degree.,, In face of the daring Constitutionalists is
an enemy not less daring—one too deeply compromised by
etueltlea to leave him any
. resource but in success. Dan
Catlos ifeEnvins, Wrench by by extraction, who adroitly al-
:: Lied his name from Espagnac or Eapagne to the Spanish,
• and of Whom, in ellusi,, to this and his greediness for
title, Ferdinand said, Don Cerlotide Espana, General de
&pane, Conde de E.pana--Nada de Espana—that is
Slntin, yet nothing of Spain
commands the Royalist
••• Way in Catalonia, and has under his orders Barcelona
and the impregnable forwent of Abantjuich. He is a Chief
of undoubted resolution and considerable ability, although
few Commanders, even among the Royalisis
of Spain,
have equalled him in barbarities towards the Liberals, or
oppression of the people and commerce generally. He has
hitherto, however, safely defied the public detestation, at
the head of a devoted soldiery, and supported in the strong
'places by men of origin equally foreign, and with interest.
Mound equally at stake with his own. It may be taken in
'evidence of the feeling of the country—and a very credit-
able evidence it is.—that Ferdinand could discover no true-
born Spaniards equally worthy,' in his eyes, of the most
important knots perhaps, in his kingdom, with four
French equivocel characters. Thus we see the Conde de
Esput,taptain.Generel of the province of Catalonia, a
Frenchmen...the Comte Penne de Villemour, Gob rnador
i de la Mgt di Barcelona, a French emigrant—the Comte
Gobernatior de Is Cindadela, a French emigrant
I General Poets, Gohernador de Montjuich, a French emi-
grant. Thus the richest, the must warlike pro-
:, einee—the most industrious, most enterprising, and
Wealthy eity--the moat impregnable fortresses. of Spain
—can no ringer, in the judgment of the King
; and Government be contled to the far-famed Cal-
-1 tilian honour and loyalty ;we may accept its a toke
that the cause of bigotry and oppression can beano other-.n wisa than in a state of rapid decomposition, when tl.e
rotten trunk trusts to the mercenary embraces of
that has long been draining it of its juices to concealthe ivy
its
ruins from the sun, and shield them
from the storm.
"In aid, of the national cause however the accounts from
many •Psttt of Spain continue most favourable. Of the
disptis{tinp'Of Cadiz no doubt can he entertained, and al-
though thediimissal of the Aposto:ical Fleyres from the
commander the city by Quesada, the Captain• General of
Andatuslo, nifty'
of time tho
retard it, will hardly prevent for any length
patriotic explosion. The Spanish Ministry
sad crated earlier demonstrations, and even acquired some
.110MIlarity .by conceding to Cadiz the privileges of a free
f franc()); but in consequence, as they pretend,
put increase of smuggling, measures have long
L'e-AllOl !Yid upon, and have several times been attempted
',7l,7;9"r,"Setlitito effect, to neutralize a benefit which openly
''Ut'.fin'e2not revoke. In the case of tobaccos and the
luttnnietture of 'cigars, respecting which certain modifica»
titiniitirel actually published, a commotion instantly took
tlsee of dingeroue an aspect, that the authoriti
tetsi4lo replace thing* on their fanner footing,'attd the
Cabinet vf Madrid were but too happy-to abrogate the
Ordinances which 'bed placed the cause of deeirotism in
.latch imminent jeopardy, .In Barcelona itself, the popular
See„ IS is only kept down by brute force anti the cannon of
re Citadel. am acquainted with some respectable in.
"sbitents of that city now in Paris, who delay their de.
,Pathire solely through the confident assurance they feel
that they shall shortly return to their domicile* unrlert lle
protection at a Constitutional regime. Several officee of
the ancient militia of the town and province have con-
'lived to quit Barcelona secretly, amongst whom is the
elt, Jumble Colonel Chaffin, and have joined the
op:lit:caw!
:We at Perpignan, From them and from
is known that a great excitement prevfailed, in. that city.
Prstan,Corunna to Barcelona, indeed the spirit is
excellent
along
the whole northern frontier *1 Spain, whether
clay;
6* t 0 the accounts from Gallicia, Biscay,
'lease, Arragon, or Catalonia-
-4' The Cabinet of Madrid, uneasy at this state of things
s'tu'n and without, has been taking measures to meet and
ctlititi the danger in a manner worthy of its policy.
nol here a Short time ago Dr. Minano, a celebrated
1'1,7 character, deputed to give some information to his
oil with regard to the Liberals actually in Paris,
..,..„""a their ulterior views. Dr. Minium, who has inadeaioan
tog to report a brilliant fortune by his participation
and
(,'"e financial operations of Messrs. Aguado, Burgos
te;;,„' 411 lint seem to have satisfied by his reports the
his of employers :he has been recalled, and
Ls ?het- has arrived Senor Santa Cruz—the same who
—4,15"411 in 'the loans attempted in Holland. The Liberal,
•—vi"d of his mission by their correspondents ut Madrid,
.
e pot, however, likely to betray themselves and their
171" by litfindiscretions to this gentleman, who reports
alself al in his own private Wails.
le " The jealousies-4n any circumstances miserable—
hich have divided the Constitutionalists, have disappeared
as the
lanfiniatilng great moment of action drew nigh. Probably the
so long, though I doubt not so wisely, upon
More than
the frontiers, has given birth to them, or nourialied them
-any thing Ole, for, as the old saying has it,
idleness the mother of all vices. I will not dissemble,
,tawever, that I am informed some scandal has arisen from
Ts absence of several patriots of rank from the post of
ilan►ger et this critical moment. Whilst the brave old
sie.ilierel Milan* dragged his octogenarian limbs from Alar-
m:h.," into Bayonne at the first cry of in Constitution,
atria orfie ra were lingering—some are still—in the
"nit the gaieties of Paris. Some blotted with youth,
and means for such a journey and such an enter-
P ir4se have'referred a life of inactivity, ave maed to
101,° into the Directing Committee here lam told,
inwnich notwithstanding there are abundance of
of rank and talent, and thus to screen them-
ingloriously from sharing the toils and perils
aoth,„"tred elMaft ! What is more, the military conduct of
i three pertains did not escape, in the war of 1823,
-'"Pultitions too general to be safely slighted, anti which
isue ajtuuld have conceived they would gladly have flown
snwoe'Pe rift or to prove the groundlessness of an happy
he 4i :A". These men, too; in the case of success
. will
Kapp and the louilest with their pretensions, es has
(Pelted in Pori* in these latter dept. I will say no more
noarr,"•at, than just to repeat in substance, that ‘vhilst
4 41441.1sturitz, and other civilians of note, have with
eiltensromienthusitunn hastened to the frontiers with their
ttous to be their arms, it is a distinction surely too inglo-
fi "6 ll Can coveted by military men to be figuring in peace-
Iltached 4°o miles from the scene of action—to be
to the distaff,!Pear.
when they ehould be wielding the
.L %There has been !stiffly some talk of a loan in aid of
!aloud muse.
about which I collect the following
IllittrIr!"--seuut .Beltran de Lis, ancient Deputy of
sf}t, and irtee, and hanker at Madrid, has the management
illem
propottee to sell one million sterling of bonds,
7tnwit price which can be obtained for the same in
arket.
that a Cum would thus be
br iti
suAleient to prevent the necessity of raising
coot' i-
-11:. in the provinces which will be the immediate
f notion, 'until the entry of the L
Constitutionalists
into
allnititis It is mint of comae anticipated that the hoods
sill "
lice much more than a fifth of their nominal valve,
la 'nis!ions and agencies paid ; but this is a sacrifice
whi, in the first place Spain is well able to pay for her
td 'generation' d it.):
prements a suflicient cosopensat ion
1 '
run
fornil'
small capitalists for the risks which they nowt
great of course great profits cannot be made without
iti:inot Other four millions are to be created, but
stnibe mold under the price of 60/. for 100/. bond.
tmlilntial. Portion of the loan is not expected to lie
.7ett 'until the contest i* decided an .I is intended to be
'Mated
i'ntor the pressing exigencies of th • L*l ral Govern-
ottnatil • the Administrative functions' kingdom
711 have recovered from the confusion •
lath
nsue
e fi,r_stMontee niti of the overthro'n6.llo7ltuheehpilriets"ent"ties,--
ttsp„Zefibue te-arranited. It it told me that sonic
oust has undertaken to negotiate both loans,