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LONDON.
THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 31, 1837.

The article from the Times, which appears among
our extracts from the Morning Papers, will provoke a
smile from those of its readers who recollect the way
in which the illustrious family of SAXE COBURG
have been treated in the columns of that versatile
mouth-piece of the Tory party. It is little more than
two months since the Times, speaking of course the
sentiments of the leaders of the Hanoverian faction,
poured out the vials of its wrath, and opened all the
sluices of its Billingsgate upon the Duchess of KENT,
because, through her Royal Highness's means, the
QUEEN had been saved from the contamination of
Tory principles, and educated as the future Sovereign
of an empire, not as the patroness of a faction. It
must be confessed that this outbreak of rage—had it
not vented itself in indecent and unmanly scurrility—
was natural enough, situated as the Tories were at
that particular time. The late King was on his deathbed,
and the plot which they had matured for seizing the Go-
vernment and dissolving the Parliament during the recess
was just frustrated, and with it all their hopes of re-seat-
ing themselves in office. This it was thatgalled and ruffled
them, and the Times, too intemperate in its anger
to keep up appearances, as some of the other Tory
papers did, at once gave up all chance of a Tory Govern-
ment under the new state of things, and rashly let out
the secret, that the House of Coburg was an object
of jealousy and hatred to the so called " Conserva-
tive" party. The bare rumour—for it was nothing
more—that a messenger had been sent from Kensington
Palace to acquaint the Earl of DURHAM with the
changed position of affairs, drew forth from the
" leading" Tory journal a ribald attack upon the
" Powers at Kensington." The " older personage"
was accused of a plot for " the formation of a
KENT-COBURG Ministry ;" and' we were all at
once involved in a " beautiful mess"—subjected to
an " irresponsible back-stairs tyranny"—to " an
intriguing, sordid, female, foreign tyranny."
Such was the elegant and complimentary style in
which the Tories spoke of the mother of their QUEEN
a little while ago ; hut mark the difference in the lan-
guage they now adopt. The King of the BELGIANS,
the uncle of our gracious SOVEREIGN, the brother of
the illustrious lady who was then denounced as in-
triguing to establish a " sordid foreign tyranny," if she
dared to converse with her Royal Daughter in pri-
vate—the King of the BELGIANS may now visit
his neice, without exciting the least supicion in a Tory
breast. "To suspect that the Royal Guest can be
actuated by any sinister designs, were neither cour-
teous nor charitable," Nay, they (the Tories) " are
free to confess that this visit of the Belgic Sove-
reign is, under all the circumstances of the case,
both natural and seasonable." Unquestionably it
is ; but the miracle is, how the Tories have mane
this discovery. Every honest English heart will par-
ticipate in the feelings which have prompted the visit
of King LEOPOLD; but that the eyes of the men
who imputed such " selfish and sordid" motives to
the last visit of the same Prince, should now see no-
thing but what is natural and reasonable in the pre-
sent, is one of those things that they alone are capable
of accounting for. There was then no more dangerous
enemy 01111 LEOPOLD to the future greatness of the
Princess VICTORIA—there is now not " a shrewder
or safer adviser for the immediate emergencies of the

motntnt."

And what do our readers suppose is the drift of al
this flattery ? Nothing less than to induce the King
of the BELGIANS to undertake the task of converting
the Queen of ENGLAND to Toryism I I Let his MA-
JESTY but accomplish this good work, and all his past
and future sins will be forgiven. The QUEEN, argues
the lueubr..tor in the Times, knows nothing about the
state of political matters in the country which she go-
verns ; she cannot possibly gain this necessary infor-
mation from any individual within the three kingdoms,
as she is kept in durance by the wily Whigs, who never
allow her to see a human face unless it be of their own
cut ; even her exalted mother is nut allowed to com-
municate to her a whisper of what is going
on in her own kingdom : it is, therefore, " natural and
reasonable" that her Itoval Uncle should come all the
way from Belgium to tell her all about it—particularly
to inform her of the result of the late elections, and of
the predilection of the British people for a Tory system
of Government 1 And—this is a clencher—should
King LEOPOLD himself require to be enlightened upon
this point before he undertakes the conversion of his
Royal Niece, he has 44 confirmation strong as proof
of holy writ" in the most extraordinary fact
that the
people of Ramsgate husaaed the Duke of \Vim-
LRIGToN on Monday last

In our columns of this day will be found a Report
Of the proceedings which took place at a public dinner
at Deal on Friday last—rightly judged by the Mayor
and principal inhabitants the most agreeable prelude
to a consideration of the expediency of erecting a Pier
to facilitate the safe landing of goods and passengers
at that, celebrated, but hitherto shamefully neglected
port. There is nothing like a good dinner for im-
parting a solid, pounds shillings and pence importance

to patriotic professions ; and that the dinner on this
occasion was one of the best that could he
cooked, we ate justified in inferring from the fact)
that it WAS followed by a subSeriptien to the amount
of 1,7501.—an athaing sum, considering the
limited ;limber of the company. When we look to
the proximity of Deal to the Downs, and the great
difficulty experienced in effecting alanding in the cahnest
weather, in consequence of the strong surf break-
ing continually along a low sandy shore, sufficient al-
most to Swamp any boat not managed by the most
experienced seamen—we are surprised that the Go-
vernment did not long since see the necessity of erect-
ing a good harbour at this point. The inhabitants of
Deal calculate that a safe harbour might be erected for
about 5,0001. Suppose it were to cost double
or treble that sum, it would be cheap to the
country. What signifies the expenditure of twenty
or thirty thousand pounds, when balanced against
the losses which the nation has sustained for
the last twenty years, solely by the want of any
facility of effecting a safe landing here in stormy
weather ? Besides now—when we are at peace
with all the world—when intelligence has gone
abroad, and the people are everywhere acquainted
with the importance of affording every encouragement
to whatever tends to promote our commercial inte-
rests—now, we repeat, is the time for expending a
part of the public money in works of national im-
portance. If improvements be not effected in a time
of peace, and during an era of national prosperity,
it would be the excess of folly to anticipate their com-
mencement when the country may be involved in a war
with one or other of the Great Powers of Continental
Europe. We throw out these suggestions not with a view
to discourage the patriotic inhabitants of Deal—whose
generous exertions we trust to witness crowned with
success—but, on the contrary, to impress upon her
MAJESTY'S Government the duty of co-operating
with them in their noble undertaking. A good harbour
at Deal would soon raise that town into commercial
and naval importance ; and we no longer doubt but
that such a work may be speedily accomplished if the
local Authorities set about the business in a manly,
honest spirit. All will now depend upon their energy,
their perseverance, and the absence of every thing like
jobbing.

Owing to the haziness of the weather, which pre-
vented the working of the telegraph, the Paris Papers
of Tuesday bring no news from Spain of a later date
than the accounts received yesterday. Our extracts
from them will, however, be found very interesting.
About two thousand Carlists, under the respective
commands of ERoLEs, OLr, and CRUAS, continue to
blockade Seu d'Urgel, which has yet successfully re-
sisted all the attempts of the insurgents to force an
entrance. The rebels have likewise been driven
from before San Juan de Las Abadessas by Bri-
gadier General AYERBE, with the loss of 120
killed and wounded. The Debats denies that
the French authorities took any part in foment-
ing jealousies against the English, either in Por-
tugal or Spain. On the contrary, according to
that Journal, the French Ambassador at Lisbon pro-
tested against the attacks on this country, which were
daily made in the Portuguese Papers. Such a course
would certainly be more worthy of the French Am-
bassador and of his nation, than the one which he is
alleged, by many persons of credit in the Peninsula,
to have pursued with respect to our countrymen. An-
nexed are extracts from the French Papers, containing
the latest advices received by them from Madrid :
A letter front Toulon of the :24th of August says :
" The Deligente corvette has precipitately left the Road,
in which she had been anchored only a few days. This
vessel is gone to join the squadron under Admirals Gallois
and Latande.

" The telegraph succassivply tranamita to .11 tl,o mon of
war that arrive here, orders to prepare to go to sea again
without delay, and as the Captains of those ships sail with
sealed instructions, which they are not to open till they are
out at sea; nobody in the city knows their destination.
" Yesterday the Tartar packet sailed with dispatches for
Admirals Latande and Gallois. It had in tow another brig
laden with coals, intended, doubtless, for the packets be-
longing to the squadron. The Cerbere, which arrived from
Bona last night, has already received orders to take in its
stock of coals, and be ready to light its fire at a moment's
notice. The Chinese steam-boat has also orders to be ready.
" From the movements which we have observed for se-
veral days past in our naval department there can bo no
doubt that important events are passing in some part of the
coast of the Mediterranean. Here reports are continually
circulated respecting the affairs of Naples, Spain, and Por-
tugal, a report has even been spread that a Turkish squa-
dron was on its way to Tunis for the purpose of indirectly
conveying succour to the Bey of Constantine."—Journal
des Debats.

Although on Tuesday, at a late hour of the morning,
no Madrid courier of the 21st had been known to arrive at
Paris, the Ilfcssager of Tuesday published the following
letter from Madrid, dated the 21st, which, under the cir-
cumstances, may be considered as very apocryphal :
" Last night the Queen Regent made an attempt to
escape from her Palace by the Lilas, a promenade which
runs along the back of the Royal residence. A strong
and devoted body of the Horse Guards were to have ac-
companied her ; but the plan was rendered ineffectual by
their meeting with a patrol of National Guards, who came
from the direction of Manzanares, and were entering
Madrid by the gate known by the name of Puerta-de-
Hceiro. It is not known what direction Christina was
about to take in her flight. One cannot understand what
object she could have except that of taking refuge under
Espartero's protection in the midst of the army."
Letters of the 20th, in the evening, contain the follow-
ing 'intelligence :

" MADRID, AUG. 20.—The resignations are pouring in
one after the other. Those of Messrs. Muna Sacnz and
Armendaritz, under secretaries of state of the finances and
interior, have bee❑ accepted by the Regent, to the great
discontent of several influential personages. At seven
o'clock i❑ the evening M. Pio-Pita Pizarro and the Count
of Luchana likewise sent in their resignations to the Re-
gent, who has not yet made known the resolution she has
come to in consequence. She only cried, I see all the
world abandons me.' She had scarcely pronounced the
words than the resignation of M. Chacon also arrived.
The general rfisquietude is at its height. All is in the
greatest confusion. The only persons who have accepted
appear to be Bardaxi and Evaristo San Miguel, who has
been the only person to lay any terms of the programme of
the new Ministry before the public, by statin,, in his speech
in the sitting of the Cortes of the 19th, that the Cortes
would not be dissolved."
; Other letters state that the public mind is greatly ex-
sperated against Espartero :—" The ex-Ministers have laid
before the CorteA, it is said, written proofs of the intrigues
which have taken place during the late crisis. These proofs
are printed, it appears, by the order of the Cortes, and the
accusation of Espartero is to come forward immediately, in
consequent:. Events of a most serious nature are daily
looked for."

A Madrid correspondent of the Journal General de
France positively affirms that a secret agent left the capital
on the 14th with orders to excite the troops to revolt
against Espartero, who was supposed to he about to enter
into the Ministerial combination of the estatutist party, pro-
posed to the Queen by the Marquis de las Amarillas.
The following letter from Vittoria speaks of the military
&nettle, already known by the telegraphic despatches, in
which Escalera fell, and it gives at the same time the fol-
lowing details of the assassination of the Governor, Don
Laborie Gonzalez, at Vittoria, together with several other
officers :

" VITTORIA, AUG. 18.—No further disturbances took
place on the 17th after the assassination of the Governor
Don Laborio Gonzalez, twelve other officers, and the com-
mander of the national militia. A few groups of soldiers,
of the corps called peceteros, commanded by Martin Zur-
bano, alone rushed through the streets crying Death to
the traitors !' The Governor was in conference with
Zurbano at the moment he was assassinated ; and Zur-
bano, the leader of his murderers, was elected Governor in
kis stead."

Reports from Miranda inform us that serious disturbances
had broken out in that town, on the night:of the 16th and
17th, in consequence of which the General, two Colonels,
and two other officers were assassinated.. Every thing is
now restored to order. It is remarkable that the soldiery
always choose for pretext for their insurrection, their not
being more promptly led against the enemy, when the ve-
ritable cause of these insurrections is the absolute state of
destitution in which they are left.
The Europe contains the following letter from Perpig-
nan, dated August 24 :
" The 4nglish aro virtually masters of Barcelona, Gen,

THE SUN, LONDON, intritSDAV, AUGUST 31, 1831.

Pastor having received orders From the Government of
Madrid to give Op the flirt of Las Ataraianas, which
c?cntrands the harbour and a great part, of the town; to the
hn,glish. The English 4.dn:liral. formed a gat•rison in it of
his troops, and not a single Spellsli Soldier was left in the
fortrt,s. the squadron, which extends from the Gulf of
Rosas to Alicante, is very strong, and has more than six
thousand men on board. The station at Barcelona alone
consists of five Merl of *at) tiot ethinting ileVerai other
smaller Vessels. 4

The ktatiados are furious against Baron de Meer, whom
they accuse of treachery. The General, it appears, has
demanded.an additional 6,000 men, and 60,000 piastres, to
continue the campaign, and has tendered his resignation as
the alternative. The extreme party is daily getting the
upper hand here, and the tranquillity of the city is daily
compromised.

The Menzorial des Pyrekl'es of PaU, of the 24th inst.
says—" Detachments from the Carlist garrisons of Elisondo
and other places have lately come over the frontier, and
carried off numerous herds of cattle and sheep. Some of
these have been ransomed at the rate of 12 fr. an ox, and
1 fr. a sheep. These violations have spread alarm along
the whole frontier, and it is expected that the French Go-
vernment will demand signal satisfaction."
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, Are. 29.
Five per Cents., 110 f. Scr 60c.
Three per Cents. 72f. 25c. S'e.
Bank Actions, 2,420 f 2,425 f. 2,420 f.
Bente cie Naples, 96f. 70c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101 wog.
Spanish Actives, 21%
Spanish Passives, 41il(s S.
Brussels Society, 1,675 f.
Belgian Bank, /,440f. 1,435 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 25%%.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, —E —c.; money, 2511 40c.
three months, paper, —f. —C. ; money. 25f. 25c.
—CharsAuthcritigtic.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 111 f. 60c.
Three per Cents. 79f. 20c.
Bank Actions, 2,420 f.
Roman Five per Cents., 101.
Belgian Bank, 1,435 E
Belgian Society, 1,675 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 25X.
Spanish Actives, 21%.
Spanish Passives 5.

We direct the attention of our readers to a commu-
nication from Constantinople, which will be found in
another part of The Sun, on the important subject of
legal reforms in the Ottoman empire. All things con-
sidered, the Emperor MAHMOUD displays a solicitude
for the welfare of his people which may challenge a
comparison with the most liberal acts performed by
the Sovereigns of Western Europe.

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