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LONDON :
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1139.

General MA ROTO'S desertion of the cause of
Don CARLOS is no longer doubtful ; but the report
of the Pretender's flight to France is not yet con-
firmed. In the MGniteur of Sunday we find the
following important telegraphic despatches from the
Spanish frontier :

Bayonne, Aug. 30, Nine A.M.
The conference on the 26th of all the Carlist chiefs has
produced a complete rupture between Don Carlos and
M aroto.
On the 27th Don Carlos took the direction of Estella,
at,d Maroto went to Azpeytia, with only four battalions.
A great agitation prevails in the provinces.
Bayonne, Aug. 31.
On the 28th Maroto arrived at Zumaraga. with four
battalions. Espartero has caused Bergara to be occupied.
Don C irlos was on the 29th at Larainzar ; be was expected
at Elisondo. Moreno and Villareal gave orders to the
troops. Simon Torre, with four Alavese battalions, and
Siuriaga, with seven of Guipuzcoa, have not yet declared
for any party. Don Carlos can only rely on the Navarrese.
In the first of these despatches the French Go-
vernment has intentionally omitted two important
facts communicated by the telegraph. We will not
trouble ourselves to assign any motive for this
system of garbling official communications, nor
stop to inquire whether in the present instance,
jealousy of British influence in Spain, or a tender
regard for the interest of certain stock-jobbers, dic-
tated a proceeding which cannot be too strongly de-
precated. The despatch in question, as received
by the French Government, runs as follows. We
mark the suppressed passsages in italics :
The conference held at Villareal on the 26th between
all the Carlist chiefs was followed by a complete rupture
between Don Carlos and Maroto.

Oa the 27th DOG Carlos left fur Estella, and Maroto
having ►uarchrd to Espeytia with only four battalions,
opened thence a direct communication with General
Espartero.
An English Colond in the meanwhile repaired several
times to the Cartst camp at Andoain.

The gr,:atest agitatiOn prevailed throughout the pro
vinces.

It is confidently stated that the defection of
MA ROTO has been precipitated, as he had pro-
I posed, before joining ESPARTERO, to have brought
to a court-martial and shot, the Carlist Generals
ELIO, VILLAREAL, SIMON DE LA TORRE,
ZA RIATEGUI, and such other officers as
he suspected of a personal attachment to
the Pretender. No one now doubts that his
conduct in shooting the other Carlist Generals, so
101,-ily applauded by Mr. PETER BORTHWICK
and Lord RANELAGII, was dictated by a previous
i determiaation to ruin the cause which he pretended
to espouse with so much ardour. We are even
assured that but for the jealousy of France, which
has layely endeavoured to thwart the plans of
NIA RoTo, DOD CARLOS would have been before
this safely lodged in the custody of Lord JOHN HAY.
But when it became certain that the war could not be
longer protracted, in consequence of the refusal of
Russia to continue supplies to Don CA RLOS, and
the divisions in the Carlist ranks, then France came
forward, like the austere master in the Gospel, pre-
pared to reap where she did not sow, and to gather
where she had not scattered. In fact we are assured
that one of the objects of the French-Cabinet for
the last month has been to deprive Lord JOHN
HAY of the glory of conducting the final negocia-
tions for the surrender of Don CARLOS, and to
induce the Pretender, if possible, to seek refuge in
France, rather than on board a British ship of
war. Already apartments for the Pretender and
his family have been provided, by direction of
IGl2neral HARISPE, at Bayonne, and if we may
credit the French Journals of Sunday, the nego-
tiations for the surrender of Don CARLOS have
been settkd by the agents of the two Governments.
The basis of the arrangement is sufficiently simple.
Don CARLOS, it is reported, is to reside at Rome,
and to receive from Spain s
Enaprriand pension for him-
self and family as France and may judge
requisite for the support of his rank.
We are very far from being actuated by any feei ecsh
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ingß of national jealousy in calling attention to tie
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facts, which appear to detract from the merit which
France claims for the part she has taken in bringing
the war in the Peninsula to a close. \v
experience no pleasure in contemplating the con-
duct of France in an unfavourable light ; and it
has always been one of the objects of this Journal
to impress upon the public mind the sound policy
of maintaining the most amicable relations between
the Governments and people of England and
France. It is, therefore, from no spirit of partizan-
ship that we denounce as unworthy of the greatness
of France intrigues such as we have alluded to in
die first part of this article. With respect to the
part England has taken in the Spanish contest it
is too marked to be mistaken, and too impoitant to
be overlooked by any party.

Whether Don CA RLOS has actually surrendered
to Lord JOHN HAY, as was generally rumoured
in the City last night, or whether he contrive
to shelter himself for a few weeks longer in
the fastnesses of the Amescoas, is at this
moment a matter of very little importance. The I

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! civil war, as a war, is virtually at an end.
The Pretender's course is run ; and as be has
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not the courage to expose himself to the chance of
being shot, he must of necessity emigrate. His
career has been marked by every atrocity which the
friends of civil liberty throughout Europe antici-
pated from his treasonable assumption of the
Royal dignity—for CARLOS dared not have
stained the judicial bench with innocent blood
had he not persuaded the dupes of his ambition to
regard him as their lawful Sovereign. It is need
less here for us to advert to our frequently expressed
conviction as to the impolicy of the French and
English Governments in not having taken active
measures to eject the Pretender from Spain when he
first raised the standard of rebellion in the Basques.
Our view of the question is now admitted to be
correct by the statesmen who rejected it five years
ago ; and were the negotiations for a pacification
of the Peninsula now on foot to fail, we are assured
that Louts PHILIPPE would be among the first
to sanction the adoption of a plan of forcible inter-
vention. But while we condemn the excessive mo-
deration of our Government, which has cost us a great
loss of money, and Spain an immense loss of
blood, we may fairly claim for the British Cabinet
the merit, such as it is, of bringing the war in
Spain to a conclusion even at the eleventh hour.
If Lord PALMERSTON has at no period of the
contest done all that he might have done to crush
the insurrection in the Basques, he has never for a
moment appeared forgetful of the constitutional
cause, never so acted or spoken as to convey the im-
pression that he was not heartily in earnest in
doing what he did to animate the courage, and in-
crease the resources of the Regency. There was
nothing desponding in the language—nothing,
doubtful or evasive in the acts of the British Mi-
nister. This has made a deep impression upon the
minds of many Spanish statesmen, and in the end
it may turn out—should the news received last
night be confirmed—that Spain will recognise in
the forbearance of Lord PALMERSTON only a
proof of British confidence in the unconquerable-
ness of Spanish patriotism.
One good effect will follow from the long conti-
; nuance of the war in Spain—namely, that the re-
membrance of the sufferings of the peasantry in the
revolted provinces will deter them from ever again
raising the standard of rebellion in favour of Don
CARLOS, or any of his family. Had the
partizans of the Pretender been suddenly crushed
by foreign aid, they might have supposed
that, left to themselves, they could at any
time overthrow the throne of their lawful So-
vereign, and hence every year might exhibit, as in
Portugal, a harvest of insurrections in the Basques.
But once tranquilized, the experience they have
had, both of the Government of the Pretender and
the horrors of civil war, will prevent them from
ever again being made the dupes of tyrants cun-
ningly inveighing against the invasion of their
fueros.

The Tory party seems quite disjointed at present,
as much so indeed as the unfortunate followers of
Do❑ CARLOS in Spain. The sympathy which
has long subsisted between them has latterly been
must striking. For the last few mouths every
thing has gone wrong with the author of the
bloody Durango decree. His followers have quar-
relled with him, and with one another— some
have deserted, and some have turned their arms
against their master and leader, and at last a gene-
ral dissolution of partnership has actually taken
place. The same may be said of the Tory camp.
One Conservative Paper disapproves of the pro-
ceedings of Sir GEORGE MURRAY at Manches-
ter. It complains that the Gallant Officer has
not commenced the business of the election in
a straight-forward and soldier-like manner. An-
other Conservative Journal has lately made two
or three desperate attacks upon the great Con-
servative leader in the Commons ; the DUKE him-
self is not safe from their assaults, and is
blamed for proffering his advice, and also his
assistance, to carry on the Government of the
country without regard to party or personal views
or interests. Mr. GIBSON and Mr. BARING
WALL, have left the camp, others seem inclined to
follow their example ; and unless some new leader
is chosen, or Sir ROBERr PEEL makes a new
tack, the Tories must be split up into sec-
tions each with a leader of its own. The pre-
sent state of this party is the best answer to
the late assertions of their followers, that while
the supporters of Government were at war
with each other, and seldom agreed on any one
great question, their opponents were pulling steadily
together, and only waiting till Court favour or the
popular breeze should waft them into the Trea-
sury Bench. Some attribute this disunion, and not
without reason, to the unsuccessful negotiations
at Court, which ended in the rejection of Sir RO-
BERT PEEL. Had the Conservative leader, they
say, shown any adroitness or tact, he would have
established himself at once in the Palace, ingra-
tiated himself with the Sovereign, and waited for
the fit time to dislodge those who might encourage
whispers against the Government ; but, instead of
that he would, like the Chartists, have all at once
or nothing ; and, to the sorrow and lamentation of
his sanguine followers, he got the last. One thing
is certa►n, that this disunion never became so ap-
parent till after the luckless differences about the
Ladies of the Bedchamber.

Letters ar►d Papers from Madrid, of the 25th
ult., have arrived. The QUEEN REGENT was in
high spirits, as the Ministry were satisfied that the
war in Spain was on the eve of being successfully
terminated. It was reported that ALAN would
resort to a dissolution of the Cortes should he find
himself in a minority in the Second Chamber.

By the arrival of the pack's ship Toronto at
Portsmouth yesterday we have received New
York papers of the 10th ult. inclusive. They
bring an account of the surprise and massacre of a
detachment of American troops by the Indians of
Florida, which is likely to lead to the
commencement of a war of extermination
against these savages. This is a dreadful
measure, but the New York journals seem
persuaded that it is the only one to which the
Government can successfully resort. Business was
rather improving in New York in consequence of
the prospect of a plentiful harvest. We subjoin
the latest interesting news from Florida and the
Canadian frontier in these papers :

(From the New York Commercial A hertiser, Aug. 10,

" BAD NEWS FROM FLORIDA.

" The Charleston Patriot on Monday brings us the
subjoined painful intelligence, furnished by its corretpon-
deut at St. Augustine :

Office of 'the News, St. Augustine, East Florida,—
August 3 11 o'clock a.m.

" THE WAR RENEWED,

" The folio xing account of the treacherous surprise of
Colonel Harney's command reached here this morning by
express. Colonel Gates, commanding east of the St.
John's, has transmitted orde►s for immediate defence of
the posts iouth:— _ _ _

" Assistant Adjutant-General's Office, Army of the South,
Fort Brooke, East Florida, July 29, 1839.
" Sir—lt becomes my painful duty to inform you of the
assassination of the greater part of Lieutenant-Colonel
Harney's detachment by the Indians on the morning of the
23d instant on the Coleosahatchie River, where they had
gone in accordance with the treaty of Fort King, to esta-
blish a trading-house. The party consisted of about la
men, armed with Cult's rifles ; they were encamped en the
river, but unprotected by defences of any kind, and it is
said without sentinels. The Indians in large force made
the attack before dawn of day, and it is supposed 13 men
were killed, among whom were Major Dalham and Mr.
Morgan, settlers.
" The remainder, with Colonel Harney, escaped, several
of them severely wounded. It was a complete surprise.
The Commanding General, therefore, directs that you will
instantly take measures to Flee° the defences of Fort
Mellon in the most complete state of repair, and be ready
at all times to repel an attack, should one be made. No
portion of your command will in future be suffered to leave
the garrison, except under a strong escort. The detach.
ment at Fort Maitland will be immediately withdrawn.
Should Fort Mellon prove unhealthy and the surgeon re-
commend its abandonment, you are authorised to transfer
the garrison, and reinforce some of the neighbouring posts.
" I am, Sir,
" G. H. GRIFFIN, Assistant Adjutant-General.
" Lieut. W. E. Hanson, Commander of Fort Mellon.
This settles the question. General Macomb's treaty
must now be considered as a mere nullity ; and, painful
though it
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Indians are exterminated. It is an
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are concerned, thereore wit
on their side and not on ours.
; and so far as we, indivi-
dually,The Lieutenant-Governor the first alternative. is no hesitation about taking
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Coburg."
(From the Kingston (Upper Canada) Chronicle).
Mr. Senator Clay, on his electioneering tour
after