The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1537:

pedient unresorted to for the destructiOn of the
Ministry, and sets up one of the most notorious
Orangemen in the empire as a candidate for the
representation of this great and most important
county. Lord DONOUGHMoRE has a right to his
opinions ; but I think it matter for his serious consi-
deration, whether it is in accordance with those high
feelings which I am willing, in the spirit of courtesy,
to ascribe to him, to retain the favours conferred on
him by the Whigs, while he uses his utmo6t efforts to
promote the interests of the party who ars leagued to-
gether for their destruction." This is the conse-
quence of Ministers conferring favours on individuals,-
of the steadiness of whose political principles they are
not fully convinced. The evil is of long standing.
Ever since their accession to office, Ministers have
been remarkable for the forbearance which, in the
hope of conciliating them, they have exercised towards
the Tories ; and they now see the fallacy of their ex-
pectations. A Tory is not to be conciliated. This is
au axiom as true as one of the problems of Euclid.
You may bully them into a sort of sulky submission ;
but you cannot conciliate them. They are like the
hyena, incapable of being tamed. Had Government
acted on this conviction long ago, they would not have
seen so many Tory triumphs in the counties. We trust
they will learn wisdom from experience, and henceforth
hold no terms with the faction. An energetic Cabinet,
quick to perceive the truth, and resolute to abide by it,
is the only one who can now with safety rule the des-
tinies of England.

The Messrs. RIDGWAY have just published a most
masterly and complete refutation of the self-styled ar-
guments of Lord CARNARVON, the Quarterly Re-
view, Mr. GROVE PRICE, and the whole host of
Tory talkers and scribblers, who rail against the Libe-
ral policy of the British Government with respect to
Spain. It is entitled " Sequel of the Policy of Eng-
land towards Spain," and appears in the unpretending
form of a supplement to one of the most popular and
successful pamphlets that has yet been published on
the Spanish question. In the hands of the author of
this tract, Lord CARNARVON appears a mere infant
in knowledge and force' of reasoning, while the
Quarterly Reviewer looks the ♦ery personification of
ignorant presumption. The author adheres to his first
remedy for the evils that afflict Spain—namely, the
occupation of the Peninsula by a combined British
and French force sufficient to crush the rebellion at
once. This remedy has been ours ever since the first
bursting forth of the flames of civil war after the death
of FERDINAND ; and recant events have but added to
the strength of our first convictions. We agree with
the author, that so long as the Spanish question re-
mains unsettled, our union with France is endan-
gered ; and that this is one of the reasons why
the Great Northern Powers labour so assidu-
ously to keep the rebellion on foot. We also
unfortunately see cause for apprehending, that the con-
test, as now carried on, may be indefinitely prolonged,
owing to the character of the combatants, the poverty
of the Queen of SPAIN'S Government, and the apathy
of the Spanish people. We can likewise foresee a
period when the reign of reason must cease ; when
society will be reduced to its original elements ; and
when every Province, instead of uniting with the
others against the common enemy, will only seek to
establish a Government for itself. This is a state of
things that Europe would not, and could not, tolerate
for a single day ; and the consequence would be, the
permanent occupation of Spain, not by British and
French troops only, but by the armies of Austria,
Prussia, and Russia. Active intervention on the part
of England offers the only efficient means of prevent-
ing the possibility of such a calamity.

General ESPARTERO, at the head of his advanced
guard, entered Madrid on the 12th inst. His recep-
tion by the National Guards was most enthusiastic.
They had divided the City into wards—placed sentries
on the gates—commenced repairing the walls---,made
loopholes in the houses—prohibited the egress of any
of the inhabitants—and in fact ordered all things for
the defence of the city, as if an invading army one
hundred thousand strong had sat down before it I The
Ministers and the Cortes added, by the pusillanimity
of their conduct and speeches, to the general alarm.
The energy displayed was not the energy of conscious
strength, but of despair. There were abundant pro-
testations of a willingness to be buried under the ruins
of the city rather than suffer the Carlists to enter it; but
there was no volunteering to drive 6,000 exhausted
half-disciplined Carlists out of New Castile. In the
debates of the Cortes on the 7th and Bth, though the
Opposition were for voting the measures adopted by the
Government insufficient, there was no line of policy
chalked out as the one which ought to be followed in
order to effect more speedily the salvation of the coun-
try. The Opposition manifested dissatisfaction, but
they gave no intimation of having resolved upon
the measures which it was incumbent on Ministers
to adopt, instead of those to which they had given
a preference. In truth it would be difficult to con-
ceive how a Government could display less courage, a
Legislature fewer resources and less patriotism, and
an organised volunteer force more symptoms of a
skulking partiality for bush-fighting and the loop-hole
system of bombarding an enemy, than were severally
and collectively evinced by the Cabinet, Cortes, and
National Militia of Madrid, on learning that the Car-
lists had entered Segovia.
On the 11th there was a slight skirmish between the
Christinos, commanded by IVIENDEz Vico, and the
Carlists at Torre Ladories, a village within five leagues
of the capital, which ended in putting a few of the
advanced posts on either side hors de combat. The
next day the Christino General occupied Las Noras.
The Carlists were then strengthening themselves in
Segovia, having possessed themselves of La Granjx, the
beautiful summer residence of the Sovereigns of Spain.
We have no account of any reinforcement having
reached the rebel division, and unless strongly rein-
forced, ZARIATEGUI cannot make head against the
overwhelming force brought against him by ESPA R.
TERO. But should he only keep the Commander-in-
Chief in employment for a few days, he will have more
than realized the most sanguine hopes of the Carlist
Chiefs, who only contemplated the possibility of faci-
litating the escape of the Pretender from Cantavieja,
where he was completely surrounded by the division of
OR A A on one side, and by that of ESPARTERO on
the other. What was then deemed all but impossible
has been effected. The Pretender may now, despite
of the activity of ORAA, choose his own route.
He may either cross the Ebro, and re-enter
Solona, or march into the Basques, or he may fall
back upcm Valencia, and esconce himself among the
mountains for six months longer.
Now, had the Government only possessed the
smallest modicum of courage, and been capable of the
right employment of a tenth of its resources, it would
have hunted the rebels out of New Castile without
having recourse to ESPARTERO for the aid of a single
soldier. Thus, instead of making a diversion to
favour the escape of Don CARLOS, the rebel chief
by penetrating to the vicinity of the capital, would
have only added 4) the hopelessness of the Pretender's
position, by the abstractio.6 from his ranks of large
bodies of chosen troops. But the Ministers and tilP
Corte; were seized with a panic the instant that it WAS
known that 4 lyin4fo of Carlists had entered Segovia,
and their first act was to implore thg inspint protection
of the Constitutional army, It is -4
mu gl4pphply
that the QUZEN herself, in her Uoyal perspol has di4

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played more moral and physical courage since the com-
mencement of the civil war, than all her MAJESTY'S
Generals and Cabinet Ministers put together—and yet
Queen CHRISTINA will never figure as a heroine in
Spanish annals.
We have no other news from Spain of any import-
ance. General ORA Ais reported to be in pursuit of
Don CARLOS, who was on the 10th inst. at Chiva.
It was rumoured in Paris that the Carlist Chief
Fortc DELL had surprised and taken Grao, within
five leagues of the city of Valencia, which he almost
as quickly evacuated on the approach of the QUEEN'S
troops. The English frigate Barham fired upon the
insurgents. The following extracts detail the measurer:
adopted to the Bth inst. for the protection of the Spa-

nisi► capital :
An order of the day, of the 7th August, has divided the
city of Madrid into nine great military divisions, for the
better furtherance of the means of defence. The first,
under the orders of Field-Marshal Ferraz and Brigadier
Manuel Rosales, extending from the gate of Alcala to that
of Santa Barbara ; the second, extending from that gate
to that of Fuencarrel, commanded by Don Jose Manso and
Brigadier the Marquis of Villacampo ; the third, from the
gate of Fuencarrel to that of San Bernardino, under the
orders of Don Carlos Heron and Brigadier Piguero ; the
fourth, from the gate of San Bernardino to that of St. Vin-
cent, under the orders of Don Jose Bellido and Brigadier
Tolsa ; the fifth, from that of St. Vincent to that of Se-
govia, under the orders of Don Jose Santos de la Heron,
and Brigadier Don Bruno Gomez ; the sixth, from that
of Segovia to that of Toledo, under the orders of Field-
Marshal Martinez de St. Martin and Brigadier Delgano ; the
seventh, from the Toledo gate to that of the Ambassadors',
under the orders of Field-Marshal Don Corlos Espinosa
and Brigadier Duranga ; the eighth, from the Ambassa-
dor's gate to that of Atocha, under the orders of Field-
Marshal Carratala and Brigadier Herrara ; and the ninth,
from the Convent of Atocha to the gate of Alcala, under the
orders of Field-Marshal Don Jose Richard, and Brigadier
Don Luis del Corral."

" A letter from Madrid gives a rumour that, to the nu-
merous pieces of artillery placed round the Palace, 24
pieces of cannon were to be added. It was also said that
the Royal stables were to be occupied by two regiments of
the line and 300 artillerymen ; meanwhile all the approaches
on the eastern side Were interdicted. The Queen-Regent
and all the individuals attached to her household confined
themselves closely to the Palace, and the Ministers were
attended by an escort from post to post."

The whole of the Paris papers of Thursday have
been received. They contain no domestic news of
any moment, and their accounts of the progress of
events in the Peninsula will be found embodied in our
article on the affairs of Spain. The following intel-
ligence from Circassia is the latest received from that
quarter, and will consequently be read with interest :

WAR IN CIRCASSIA.—A letter from Constantinople, of
the 19th of July, published by the German Courier, gives
some precise information relative to the respective situa-
tions of the Russians and Circassians.

" 1 hasten to communicate to you some details on the
present war in Circassia, which I have received from good
authority. The corps of Russian troops which has passed
the Kuban was about 8,000 strong, and was to effect its
junction with another corps of 10,000 men, under the com-
mand of General Willijiminoff : this last arrived at Ghelen-
gik on board of thirteen men-of-war and a steam boat.
These two corps, in fact, effected their junction on the
26th of May. Messrs. Bell and Longworth are still in Cir-
cassia. At a meeting of the chiefs of these tribes at A dhecum
these two Englishmen are said to have entered into an en-
gagement, on the part of England, not to abandon the Cir-
cassians in this war for their independence. Of course they
were not asked for their full powers to make this important
declaration, for it is probable they would not have been able
to produce a document of this description. However, it is
certain that the British Embassy at Constantinople assists
the Circassians with its council, wholly pacific as they may be ;
for at the meeting of the Chiefs at Adhecum, an Envoy of
Sefir Bey announced to the assembly that his master had
received from the Charge d'Affaires of the English Govern-
ment at Constantinople, a letter, which enjoined him to
advise the chiefs and elders of the people of the Caucasus
to make proposals of peace to Russia, and to engage
to cease henceforward from all incursions into its ter-
ritory, and that Russia must enter into the same engage-
ment with respect to Circassia. This proposal for peace
was to be repeated three times ; the first time General
Williaminoff answered them, " Recognise the sovereignty
of the Emperor of Russia, for, be assured, that if the sky
were to fall, the Russian bayonets would be able to prop
it up." The second time they were answered by the same
General, that he would consult with General Rosen at
Teflis; however, he demanded in the first instance the im-
mediate submission of the Circassians, and threatened to
invade their country with a more considerable force from
Sudjukkale, where the army of General Rosen is stationed.
General Williaminoff met with the Circassians in the defiles
of Verdaree, on the road to Puijat, and endeavoured in
vain to force a passage. The Russians cannot approach
this place, except by Sea. They have lately experienced
several checks in various skirmishes.—Lc Commerce.
FRENCH FUNDS—PeaIs, Aucusr 17.
Five per Cents., 1106 70c. 75c.
Four per Cents., 10If. 9ft.
three per Cents., 79f. 39e. 15c. 4re.
Bank Actions, 2,410 f. 2,4011. 50c. 2.110 f.
Rente de Naples, 966 95c. 976
Roman Five per Cents., 01 101%.
Spanish Actives, 21i N.
Spanish Passives, 4.4.
Belgian Lean, Five per Cents, 103.
Brussels Society, 1,675 f.
Belgian Bank, 1,410 f.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 25.
EICPIANGI, ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25c. 40c.; money, 25f. 40c.
Three mouths, paper, '251.25c. ; money, 251, 22%c
—Court Authenlieue.
• LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., I :Of. SOc.
Three per Cents. 79f. 40c.
Bank Actions, 2,410 f.
Roman live per cents., 10154.
Belgian Loan, 103.
Belgian Bank, 1,4501
Belgian Society, 1,675 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 25,
Spanish Actives, 2t%.
Spanish Passives 4%.

His Majesty the King of Wirtemberg and suite ar-
rived at Birmingham on Tuesday evening, and after visit-
ing several of the manufactories, left this town for Liver-
pool.—Birmingham Advertiser.

In and around Manchester there are many cotton-
weavers, who, slave as they may, are unable to earn more
than ss. per week. Hundreds, if not thousands thus si-
tuated are considered fair workmen ; and there is a second
class of unfortunates who, from inferior expertness, find
their utmost efforts rewarded with a pittance of sd. or 50.
per day. For a piece of plain calico the price is 6d. the 28
yards, and most truly may it be said of the improvements
consequent upon steam-power, that they have inflicted the
greatest misery on the hand-loom weavers. That every
new invention tends towards national aggrandisement, and
enables us to bear up against a load of taxation that would
sink any other nation to the bottom of the sea, is no doubt
perfectly true in the abstract ; but it is sad to think that so
many should pay the penalty in the meantime, whose posi-
tion in society has been entirely altered from no fault or
misconduct of their own—men who, whether single or mar-
ried, find despair stealing upon them so rapidly, from the
growing wonders of engineering, that they are actually left
without a ray of hope, unless it be in the workhouse or the
grave.—Correspondent if the Dumfries Courier.

We hear that the management of the English Opera
House has been resigned to the performers, who, in their
turn, have confided it to a committee chosen from among
themselves. Their speculation begins this evening, and we
hope their efforts will be rewarded to the fullest extent.

TILE Moons.—Notwithstanding the severe winter
weather, and a spring disagreeably and painfully protracted,
the news from the moors are upon the whole favourable.
We have made diligent inquiry, and can report at least a
few facts. On the estate of Dalswinton, which is not con-
sidered the best shooting ground in Scotland, Mr. Len)?
and two friends bagged on the 12th, collectively, 22 brace
of grouse, with not a blackcock or grey-hen in the num-
ber. Mr. Maxwell, of Terregles, shot for his own hand
7} brace on the same day, and our friend, Mr. Benson,
precisely the same number of birds, on ground not to be
compared to Highland "wilds. Two Iris gentlemen, lo-
cated in Kirkmichacl, had excellent sport on Saturday
last, and were equally fortunate, we believe, on Monday.
A considerable number of boxes of game have already
passed through this town, although the sportsmen around
Newton-Stewart, the best game country in the south of
Scotland, are for the most part rusting on their oars till
the Ist of September. An English gentleman we con-
versed with on Monday night describes grouse as being
very plentiful in the neighbourhood of Shapfell, and speaks
confidently of the havoc Lord Lowther is likely to make
during the very few.days he claims as his ciwo. The birds
generally speaking, are well grown, and rather strong on
the wing, Coveys of partridges are frequently met with,
and we are aware of an inStaPPP ip which one was raised
in a turnip field on Monday, within two miles and a half of
town, which consisted of 17 members. They seemed well
gr9PRI 4P4 ',pit whirring away iq 9)441 Style. Ph"
game is represented as mast abtodant, pheasants multitu-
dinous, where they are protected, and hares, if anything,
too plentiful. In the Highlands the braes or lower hills
are erallent, and altogether such cif eur fowlers as if4;* andfaint nut uppfer the heat Rf the deg:days hays Tao awl ex.-
cellent sport ligfOrp thelm—gogow clir9l4lc 1

FINE ARTS.

THE VILLAGE CHURCH.
Ackerman, London, 1837.

We have just seen an engraving, executed by Egan,
from an original design (by Mrs. Seyffarth), entitled
the " Village Church," which forms an exceedingly
interesting picture, first, from the generally attractive
and unassuming nature of its subject ; and secondly,
from the admirable manner in which its various groupes
are disposed. A party of villagers, chiefly members of
one family, consisting of a grandmother, a mother, and
her daughters, are represented as just in the act of en-
tering the porch of the village church. Their counte-
nances are ponrtrayed with great skill, expressing just
that reverential feeling, now so rarely to be met with,
except among our more secluded and unsophisticated
peasantry. The back-ground is appropriately made up
of a soft, sylvan landscape. The engraving, from the
depths of ifs various lights and shades, would suit a
frame admirably.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.)

DEAL, Ara. 18.—Wind S. W.—No arrivals. The Strath-
fieldsaye sailed yesterday, but has put back since, having been
ashore in St. Margaret's Bay.
PORTSMOUTH, AVG. 18.-Wind N. W. to S. W.—Arrived
the Adolphe Virginie, from Barfleur.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 18.--Wind S.W.—Nil.

Fat.stotlTN, At7n. 17.—Wind light and variable. Sailed
Alutine (packet), for Havannah and Mexico; and Lord Mel-
ville (packet), for West Indies.
BRISTOL, AUG. lB.—Arrived the Town Codd, Herapath,
from Africa.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17.—Arrived the Victory, Gowan, from
Quebec ; and Vigean, from Bordeaux. Off port, the Cer-
vantes, from Laguna; Victoria, from Quebec ; Cour de Lion,
from Quebec; and Cuba, from Mediterranean.

ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL.-Arrived the Lightfoot, Wilson,
from Quebec.

CROOKHAVEN, AUG. 16.--Off port, the Wellington, and the
Clifton, both from Quebec ; Unico Hiss°, Roset, Campeachy.
DUBLIN, AUG. 16.—Arrived the Flora, Richardson, from
Leghorn ; William Fawcett steamer, from London.
LINIERICK, A uo. 15.—Arrived the Thetis, Gorman, from
St. Andrew's, New Brunswick.

CORK, Aro. 15.—Arrived the Ocean, Gladstone, and the
Henry, from Leghorn ; J. S. Reeves, Bailey, from London.
Off port, the Bonus, from Campeachy.
BELFAST, AUG. 16.—Arrived the Ariadne, Beard, from
Quebec ; Thames steamer, from London.
BATTA SOUND, AUG. B.—Arrived the George Canning
steamer, from London, leaky,'bound to Oliega.
Lzonoari, Aro. 7.—The Annine del Purgatorio, from
hence to Rome, with twenty casks of sugar, per Sultan, is lost
at the mouth of the Siumicirio.

The General Treupo. from Marseilles to St. Petersburg,
was on shore at Atherfield, August 6, and bilged ; cargo
discharging.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TIVELVE O'CLOCK.
We have no arrivals this morning of consequence, with
the exception of the express from Paris, which brings us
the accounts of the Carlists having entered various towns
in Valencia, and carrying off a great quantity of booty. The
greatest panic prevailed at Madrid.