The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-30 00:00:00

HE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1837.

Ministerial list, and once more commit the reins of
the Government to the uncontrolled direction of CA-
LAT RA VA and his late colleagues. New to this ar-
rangement ESPARTERO cannot, consistently with any
regard to his personal safety, consent. He is too
deeply implicated in a plot, of which he knows M
DIZABAL is acquainted with the minutest details.
The farce of throwing the blame of ousting the late
Cabinet on his officers was put an end to on the 20th,
by the public entry into Madrid of several of the officers,
whom the Commander-in-Chief ordered to be arrested
for a treasonable coercion of the SOVEREIGN. These
traitors probably fearing that ESPARTERO, failing in
his ambitious designs, might sacrifice them to screen
himself, or, what would be equally fatal, leave them
to glut the vengeance of the populace, adopted this
sufficiently significant mode of giving the nation to un-
derstand that they had really nothing to fear from the
threats of the Government. But will the Cortes allow
themselves to be thus bearded with impunity ? We
think not. They will threaten, and strike too if time
be allowed them. But ESPARTERO is just now all-
powerful at Court, and the Royal mantle all-protective.
We shall by and by have another of those moral and
political whitewashes—an amnesty.
We greatly fear that the news of the upsetting of
the Madrid Cabinet by military violence will be fol-
lowed by scenes of fearful outrage in the provincial
capitals of Spain, and in all the large towns where
political juntas are established. The massacre of the
Governor of Vittoria, Don LABORIO GONZALES, the
commander of the National Guards, and twelve other
officers, coupled with the almost simultaneous massacre
of General ESCALERA at Miranda dill Ebro, and four
officers of his staff, seems only the prelude to scenes
of bloodshed and crime which we shudder to contem-
plate. Spain is fast losing her reason—as we always
predicted she would do unless France and England
combined to put an end to the civil war ; and our
readers may rely upon it, that if she plunge into the
abyss, on the brink of which she is now reeling in the
first paroxysm of delirium, blood will flow in rivers
through every city, town, and village, in the Penin-
sula. The Spaniards begin to despair of Spain ; they
have no longer confidence in the army or in them-
selves ; and we all know that excessive terror begets
excessive cruelty. From what dreadful calamities—
from what horrible crimes—from what a load of shame,
sorrow, and remorse, would not the intervention of
France and England even now deliver the Peninsula!
The following extract from a letter, from the Cor-
respondent of the Chronicle at San Sebastian, dated
the 24th instant, will give our readers an idea of the
feeling produced in the capital of Guipuzcoa by the
news of ESPARTERO'S appointment to the Presidency
of the Council. It may be as well to state that
ESPA LITER° was as popular in the Basques before
s event as in any other part of Spain—indeed

But let us hear Lord PALMERSTON'S own words
" It will undoubtedly be necessary for the Re-
formers to remain united ; for by union among
themselves, by perseverance against difficulties, and
by patience under temporary delays, the Refor-
mers of the three United Kingdoms will ensure
the steady progress of Legislative improvement."
There it is. There is the portentous sentence upon
which the organs of the faction build their hopes:of
Ministerial weakness and of Tory triumph. Well
may the more rational of the set adopt the lan-
guage of Job, and exclaim " miserable comforters are
ye all," if this be all the consolation you have to give.
That the Tories should dislike the hint about union,
we can very easily believe. It can never be associated
in their minds with any pleasurable reflections, for
they can never forget that it was on the disunion of
the Reformers that Sir ROBERT PEEL founded his
sole hope of being able to carry on his Government,
when the irruption of the Tories took place in 1834 ;
and that it was their union which upset all his hopes,
and drove him ignominiouSly from the helm. After
this, can we wonder at the hostility of the Hanoverians
to those who recommend union to the Liberals? We
should as soon expect rats to be in love with poison.

We have read with great pleasure the speech which
Mr. WAKLEY delivered yesterday at an entertainment
to'which he was invited by his friends and supporters
in Finsbury. It is throughout characterized by sound
sense, and a manly, uncompromising spirit of liberality.
The Hon. Gentleman is no mere visionary in politics ;
he does not trouble himself with crotchets and vague
theories ; but argues the question of Reform in a prac-
tical, straight-forward, and statesman-like spirit.
" He admired that man," observed Mr. WAKLEY,
" who whenever the opportunity offered of bettering
the condition of his fellow-men, gladly embraced it.

They were favourable to an extension of the Suffrage,
and to the shortening of the duration of Parliaments; but
would they take nothing short of the fullest extension of
the suffrage, or would they reject any shortening of the
duration of Parliaments which did not fully accom-
plish their wishes ? He was for making any progress
to-day that would strengthen his position to-morrow ;
and, in his judgment, any man who refused to go along
with him on that principle, did not desire to go along
with him at all." This is just the spirit in which
all genuine Reformers should act. They should not
refuse much, because they cannot, at the moment, get
all that they feel they are entitled to ; but accept every
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instalment that is offered them, as an acknowledgment
of the whole debt. Accept one measure of Reform,
no matter how far short it may fall of your just ex-
pectations, and you pave the way for obtaining ano-
ther far more enlarged one. It is thus Mr. O'CoN-
NELL is acting as respects Ireland. He proceeds

on the principle of gradually ameliorating her condition
by a series of temperate and enlightened measures of
Reform ; for which none %s ill blame him but those

who, like SHARMAN CRAWFORD, think that no.

thing is worth struggling for, but that which, under
existing circumstances, is unattainable. Such imprac-
ticable Reformers, who stand coldly aloof from a great
cause unless it is advocated after their own fashion ; who
mistake a crotchet for a principle ; and despondingly
cry out that the battle is lost, because it is not fought
according to their own theory of war—such Reformers,
however sincere and well-intentioned they may be, do
a world of mischief, for they not only dishearten their
friends, but actually play the game of the Tories. If
he desire to become an available public servant, a Re-
former should dismiss all dreamy theories of constitu-
tional perfection, and abide resolutely by those im-
provements only which arc intelligible and practical in
their character. To act otherwise, is to grasp at the
shadow, and let go the substance.

The Paris Journals of Monday bring some inte-
resting intelligence from Spain, though not of a later
date than the accounts received in London direct from
Madrid. The following official dispatches, commu-

nicated by telegraph to the French Government, are

copied from the columns of the Moniteur :
" NARBONNE, AuG.26, 5 o'CLocr, A.M.
" PERPIGNAN, AUG. 2.,5.
" THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 21ST MILITARY DIV

SION TO THE MINISTER OF WAR.
" It was known in Valencia on the 20th, that the Pre-
tender, after having advanced to Cella, had again fallen
back on the mountains of Cantavieja. Tl:e rebels are in-
creasing in the kingdom of Valencia, of which General Lo-
renzo has been appointed Captain-General ad interim.
" Oraa had hi; head-quarters at Teruel. The provin-
cial junta forwarded on the 15th a violent address to the
Queen Regent.
" According to advices from Barcelona of the 23d,
Cadiz, Malaga, and Barcelona have addressed the most
energetic remonstrances to the Queen, complaining in un-
measured terms of the partiality of Mendizabal towards
British trade.
Baron de Meet's resignation of the post of Captain- Gc-
ne..al of Catalonia has been accepted. Generals Pastors
and Puig had likewise tendered theirs.
" On the 20th o' her re-elections of officers of the Na-
tional-Guard commenced in Barcelona ; the Bullanguero
(Republican) party obtained a complete triumph. The
Cariists took possession of Llora on the Ebro, by capitu-
lation. The Baron de Meer was marching upon theses,
which is occupied by the insurgents."
" BAYONNE, AUG. 26, lIALZ?I'AST 5 O'CLOCK, P.M.
" THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 20TH MILITARY
DIVISION TO THE MINISTER OF WAR.
" The Carlist expedition (Zeriategui's) continued to re-
treat, and had reached Belorado on the 23d.
" The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of the 24th inst. states,
that General Jauregui (El Pastor) had fallen into disgrace,
and was to be sent on half-pay to Vittoria. The military
Governor of St. Sebastian was said to be much dissatisfied
with the disorders committed by the British Legion, not-
withstanding that the soldiers of it are now regularly paid.
Three Carlist battalions and 60 cavalry left Sesma, on
the 18th, under the command of General Garcia, and
marched towards Cascar, in the Ribera. The Christino
column of that district, quartered near Pampeluna, set out
on the same day, with three additional battalions, in pursuit
of General Garcia. On the 19th, three other Carlist bat-
talions proceeded from Mondragon, towards the Incarta-
ciones, under the order of General Uranga:
Advices from Vittoria announce that a rising had taken
place in that town, in which the commander of the Na-
tional Guard, the military governor, and 13 other persons,
had been killed. Don Martin Zarbano had been appointed
governor of the city. It was also rumoured that another
movement had occurred at Miranda de Ebro, and that Ge-
neral Escalera, two colonels, and two officers, had been
butchered by the troops."
In Spain matters are fast driving on from bad to
worse. The social aspect of the Peninsula was fright-
fully gloomy before the downfall of the late Cabinet ;
but now the blackness of night shrouds every feature
in which we could hope to read a revelation of the fu-
ture. It was reported on the 20th in Madrid, that
ESPARTERO, finding he could not organise a Cabinet—
for Senors CNACON, SALVATO, VADILLO, SAINZ,
and ARMENDARIZ had severally refused to join him
—had informed the QUEEN that he would retain the
war department, and leave to her MAJESTY the choice
of a President of the Council I If this intelligence
be correct—and it is extremely probable—what step
can her MAJESTY take ? To think of recalling CA-
LATRAVA and MENDIZABAL, and at the same time
keep ESPARTERO in the Cabinet, would be ridicu-
lous. Were these Ministers to admit of such a col-
league, they would deservedly be branded as the most
unprincipled political scoundrels in Europe. MAR..
TINEZ DE LA ROSA, Count TORENO, and ISTU-
RIZ, are politically defunct. Their re-appearance
upon the stage would be the signal for a general mas-
sacre, in which the sanctity of the Palace would,
unquestionably, be violated. NARVAEZ has no
influence, and Count ALMODOVAR is a hypo-
condriacal invalid. Her MAJESTY is therefore
reduced to the necessity of perilling the throne of
her daughter by continuing to cling to ESPARTERO
and the army; or she must strike his name opt of the

more so 7.—+
" The intelligence I communicated to you the day before
yesterday respecting the appointment of Espartero to the
Ministry, has been confirmed by the arrivals of to-day. It
is impossible to describe the surprise and disgust this affair
occasioned. The late Ministry is universally blamed fog:
the event. They could not be ignorant of the plot which
has been many months preparing by the Estatutist party ;
and had they at the outset acted manfully and energetically,
it must have tumbled to pieces. As to the Luchana admi-
nistration lasting a week, the idea is scouted ; but it is more
than feared that the results of even its birth may prove
subversive of the Constitutional cause in many parts of the
country. The only hope which the events of the last few
days tend to raise is the consignment to perpetual ignominy,
if not worse, of the traitor—the doubly traitor—Espartero.
May it be so ; but Spain's evil genius seems so mixed up
with the fortunes of this man that I almost despair of so
much good springing from an event so bad."
There is no domestic news in the French journals.
The advices from Madrid, contained in the annexed ex-
tract, are so serious that we are only prevented from
giving them a more prominent place in our columns
by a consideration of the impure channel through
which they come. The French Carlist organs arc too
notorious for their Madrid fabrications to obtain the
implicit confidence of any English journal with proper
opportunities of ascertaining the correctness of thou-
sands of rumours to which they are daily in the habit
of giving currency. It is barely possible that some of
the alleged occurrences are stated correctly :
The following letter from Madrid, dated the 20th, pub-
lished by a journal of that city, shows the state of confusion
and trouble in which that capital now is :
The streets of San Barnardo, Fuencarrae, San Luis
and the quarter Dos Consejos have been crowded since three
o'clock in the afternoon with people who are incessantly
crying " Down with the Ministry ; down with the cowardly
Of ; down with the Retrogrades ; down with the
French Ambassador." Far from being arrested, they are
encouraged even by the women. I think that the night
will not pass without blood flowing in the streets of the
capital.
The National Militia and the popular authorities oppose
the confirmation of the new Ministers. Besides, there are
only two of them concurring. San Miguel and Bardaxi
fur Espartero, have been at two leagues distance ever since
the evening before yesterday, and Pio-Pito Pizarro has to-
day sent word to her Majesty that he cannot accept the
office. Nobody is willing to incur the responsibility of this
department.
It is indispensably necessary that the Queen should de-
clare herself. To-day, at ten o'clock, there have been
placed about the Palace two battalions, and cannon at every
corner, and at every gate. All the houses are closed.
At the Puerta del Sol two cannon have likewise been
placed ; the number of men at the principal corps de garde,
which is usually thirty, was increased this morning to two
companies of 140 men.
The Infant Don Francisco de Paula, this morning, ad-
vised the Queen-Regent to reinstate the late Ministers.
May the Ordinance appear to-day, otherwise the revolution
will not be checked.
General Espartero is disgraced for his whole life ; it is
affirmed that he has fled this morning in disguise, and that
he has abandoned his troops at Mezzas and Torrelodones."
La Gazette de Francs.
The expedition against Constantine is resolved upon.
The order to undertake it must have left Paris to-day. It
was not till after he had tried in vain all means ef nego-
tiation, that General Damremont, provoked to the utmost
by the haughty refusal of Achmet, thought it necessary to
apply to the Government for fresh orders, and to solicit
reinforcements in case it should decide upon war. This
request for reinforcements is founded on the great number
of sick, by which the ranks of the army is reduced. It is
in these terms that the question has been laid before the
council of Ministers, and decided in the affirmative. As we
have just said, at the sane time that General Damremont
was authorised to undertake the expedition, orders were
sent to Admirals Gallois and Lalande, to go with their
squadrons to blockade Tanis, where, according to positive
information, persons coming from Constantinople were to
be landed, being intended for Constantina.—Le Commerce.
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Bank Actions. 2,415 f.
Rents de Naples, 06f. 75e.
Roman Five per Cents., 101.
Spanish Actives. 22 213{,%% 21.
Spanish Differes, 7.
Spanish Passives, 4.
Brussels Society, 1,675 f.
Belgian Bank, 1,440 f.
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Portuguese Three per Cents., 25;4.
Spanish Actives, 21.
Spanish Passives 4%.

We direct attention to an able article from the Na-
tional—so well known to the admirers of the Liberal
daily press of France—on the present social and poli-
tical state of Sicily, which will be found in another
part of The Sun. The absurd prejudices of the Na-
tional against England, which have led to such foul
misrepresentations of the motives by which we have
been influenced with respect to the Spanish contest,
peep out even here ; though we will not take upon us
to affirm that England might not have taken a more de-
cided part in favour of the liberties of the Sicilians. But