The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-22 00:00:00

proceeding in the direction of the capital, his division
being flanked by the bands of the Chiefs QUILEZ and
CABRERA. By spreading false alarms in all direc-
tions, the Carlists had made a fool of General
13uERENs, who, from the Bth to the 13th,
marched to►vards every point but the one occupied
by the enemy ; and when at last he discovered
his error the Pretender was nearly three days march
in advance of him. In other quarters matters were not
more favourable. Baron DE MEER was on the Lower
Ebro, but up to the 16th had not compelled the Carlists
to raise the siege of Mora, which was not expected to
hold out much longer. Another band of Carlists were
besieging Seu d'Urgel. The authorities of Barcelona
and Valencia were engaged in petty squabbles, inweftd
of exerting themselves against the insurgents. Of the
10,000 volunteers offered to DE MEER not a company
has been organized, nor has a single real been raised of
the subsidy which a patriotic junta was to have placed
at the disposal of the Government r In this way ar
patriotic pledges fulfilled in Spain.
From Madrid we have no news whatever, and

would be folly to speculate on the progress of events
of which the next mails will detail the exact occur-
rence. The evacuation of Segovia by the Carlists on
the appearance of General MENDEZ VIGO, PUIG
SA.NIPER, and Brigadier O'DONNELL, is reported by
the Spanish correspondents of the French Papers.
The Carlists are said to have retreated towards Soria,
where they expected to be joined by Don CARLOS.
We give this as a current rumour, without vouching
for its correctness. In our opinion credit is not due to
it. The Government, however, has given positive
orders for dislodging the Carlists at any sacrifice, from
every place where they presume to execute the func-
tions of local Administration. Generals ESCALERA
and JAREGUY have been directed to disperse the Car-
list Junta at San Leonardo, by which step all commu-
nication between the insurgents at Cantavieja and
Segovia will be cut off. The Junta at San Leonardo
has only 500 rebels to protect it.
Of domestic intelligence the following paragraphs
from the Droit supply all that is worthy of remark in
the Paris Papers of Sunday :
"On Thursday, about half-past five in the afternoon,'at
the moment when Louis Philip left the Tuileries by the
gate opposite the Pont Royal, an elegantly dressed-man let
a pistol fall which he had concealed behind his coat. He
was immediately arrested by the agents of the police, and
conveyed to the Prefecture de Police, where his arrival,
however, has been kept secret. He is about 28 years of
age, we are told, and of middling stature?'
This very mysterious pistol-dropping affair excited
no attention whatever in Paris. It looks very like the
brain-creation of one of those marvel-mongering gen-
tlemen, whose connection with the Press is almost as
slight as their own revelations with matters of fact.
Whether the annexed paragraph, from the same
Journal, relates to the pistol-dropper, or to some other
disciple of the wretch ALIBAUD, we will not take
upon us to determine :
" For some days past vague reports have been in circu-
lation relative to the arrest of an individual, who is said to
have manifested the intention of attempting the life of the
King. We have endeavoured to trace out the origin of
this report, and the following are the details upon the sub-
ject which we are able to present to our readers. A
painter of the name of C--. employed some time ago, in
his workshop a man of the name of Sergent, whom he was
obliged afterwards to dismiss, on account of his extreme ill
conduct. Sergent, it appears, had, in consequence, threat-
ened to murder his former master and all his family ; and
Mr. C. finding himself constantly pursued by this fellow in
the streets, and considering his life in danger, made a
complaint to the police. From the investigation which took
place in consequence, the agents of the police discovered
that Sergent had not only threatened his master's life, but
at different times defended the conduct of Alibaud and
others, who had made attempts on the life of the King, and
declared that he would go down to posterity in following
their glorious example. Sergent was then arrested, and a
sharp poignard found upon him. All the examinations
which have taken place, however, have gone to prove that
he was a stranger to all political opinion whatever, and be-
longed to no party, and that nothing existed in the violent
expressions of which he had made use, but the vain words
of a passionate and bad man."
The KING'S life is no danger at present; not would it
ever have been in danger but for the apostacy of the
Government and the blunders of the police. Never
was system of espionage so bunglingly conducted as
that of France since the accession of Louis PHI-
LIPPE. Under NAPOLEON things were differently
managed; the EMPEROR'S person was a thousand
times better protected ; the police were a million of
times more vigilant; and yet there was no noise—no
ridiculous outcry about the plots of journeymen painters,
and tailors, and carpenters, and shoeblacks—no
proclamations of kitchen and garret conspiracies.
NAPOLEON'S police knew their business, and what
was more to the purpose, they knew the dangers conse-
quent upon a bungling and brawling performance of
it. Not so the present tools of the Minister of the
Interior. They are dangerous obstructives in the path
of the Government.

The Duchess of ORLEANS is pronounced enciente.
The joy of the Royal Family is therefore unbounded.
The certain appearance of the cholera at Marseilles
has created considerable alarm in France. Hopes are
entertained that the sanatory regulations, so promptly
adopted, will prevent the spreading of the contagion.
We regret to state that the cholera is at present raging
in Berlin. The following are extracts from the French
Papers :

TOULON, AUG. 16.—(Private correspondence of Le
Commerce.)—Notwithstanding the pains taken by the
Governor-General that the treaty which he proposes to
Achmet Bey may be kept secret, certain reports were in
circulation at Bona which seemed not to be without form-
-lotion. The following are the proposals made to Achmet
y General Damremond
1. The Bey to recognize the supreme authority of
France, and to pay a tribute, to be settled in such a
manner that the French garrisons in the provinces of Con-
stantine shall be no longer a charge on the country.
2. He shall cede to us Boujia and its territory (an ex-
tent of two leagues from the walls,) Bona and its territory,
which shall extend to La Calle, and be bounded on the
west by the Se)bonne to the distance of seven or eight
leagues from the shore. Guelma therefore would be
abandoned and La Calle and its environs. All the rest of
the province to belong to Achmet, under the guarantee of
France, which would be bound to supply him with means
to contend with the Arabs, who are hostile to him. 3. There
shall be an exchange of prisoners on an extradition, but
every one shall remain in his own territory, and the French
shall not go into the interior of the province. 4. The trade
on the coast to be free, but Achmet to be supplied with
powder and muskets by France.

These certainly are proposals very alluring to Achmet,
and sufficiently humiliating to France ; yet every body is
persuaded that the former will reject them.
The letters from Bona agree that it is absurd to think
of peace till we have proved to Achmet the superiority of
our arms and our power.—Le Commerce.

The legitimatise journals had announced that the Kng of
Piedmont, on hearing that the cholera had manifested it: elf
in Genoa, had hastened thither to order the necessary sena-
tory measures. We stated, on the contrary, that Charles
Albert had undertaken the journey for political motives.
The Gazette du Midi, in its number of the 15th, is obliged
to acknowledge that " this visit had for its object to ascer-
tain how public service was performed more than anything
else, and that the King had held several military reviews,
and commanded grand manoeuvres."—Le Commerce.
A letter from Madrid, dated the 13th, 5 o'clock A.m., al-
leged to have been received in Paris, stated that the Car-
lists had evacuated Segovia in all haste, and retired with
their rich booty in the direction of Soria. The Junta of
Castile was installed in the famous convent of San Leo-
nardo, under the protection of 500 men. The Carlists
were, it is said, determined on concentrating their forces
round this place. The Journal des Debals likewise an-
San Leonardo,
nounces that the Castile Junta had directed the town of
in Soria, to be fortified. Advices from Pam-
peluna of the 14th mention that General Escalera had
been ordered to march to Soria, disperse the Carlist Junta,
and place himself on the road between Catatayud and
Soria. The General was authorized to take ten battalions
of Jauregui's army for that expedition.
ST. PETERSBURGIT, AUG. 3.---The Emperor will lease
this on the 15th, and repair directly to Warsaw, where he
is, however, only to stop for a few days.
Field-Marshal Paskewitsch will accompany the Em-
peror to Wosnesensk. The Empress and the Imperial