The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-30 00:00:00

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MAJESTY have no wiser head than that of Don
FERDINAND to direct her. There is neither dignity
nor force in the sentiments with which the PRINCE
clothes his resignation. With the exception of the
last sentence in the second paragraph, it is throughout
the splenetic effusion of an overgrown spoiled school-
boy. The PRINCE resigns the command of the army
—how long will it be supposed ? Till the Cortes shall
have abolished the Constitution ? Till the Cortes shall
have decided upon the respective merits of Institutions
upon which the offended PRINCE modestly confesses
his incompetence to pronounce judgment ? Till
the Cortes, on bended knees, shall have implored his
Highness not to withdraw the powerful protection of
his warlike name from the Portuguese army ? Till
the soldiers themselves shall have deprecated his wrath
by re-establishing Don PEDRO'S charter ?—Why not
exactly till any of these periods, though the last is
clumsily insinuated. The PRINCE resigns the com-
mand of the army till
.the restoration of discipline !
This is truly a novel reason for the voluntary resig-
nation of a Commandet-in-Chief. If the Portuguese
army lack discipline, whose fault is it ? And when
discipline is restored, may we not suggest the propriety
of conferring the rank of Commander-in-Chief upon
the Regenerator of the army rather than upon a scion
of Royalty, who quits his post the moment the country
seems in want of his services ? Prince FERDINAND
has certainly much to learn, if we may judge from the
tenor of this very foolish " Especial Order " to the
army.

The following is a list of the principal resignations
that have taken place since the proclamation of the
Constitution in Lisbon :

Jose da Silva Carvalho, President of the Supreme Tri
bunal of Commerce.

Viscounts de Banho and de Laborim, Counsellors of the
Supreme Tribunal of Commerce.
M. M. Perreira Continho, and J. C. da Paiva Perreira,
Members of the Supreme Tribunal of Commerce.
L. C. M. de Carvalho e Aboim, Secretary of the Su-
preme Tribunal of Commerce.
Jose Ferreira Borges, Supreme Magistrate and President
of the Tribunal of Commerce.

J. M. C. Silveira Matta, Supreme Magistracy of Corn•
merce.

A. B. F. Vasconcellos, President of the Supreme Court
of Judicature, Lisbon.

M. M. de Augiav, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ju-
dicature, Lisbon.
J. B. Felgueiras, Attorney-General.
F. S. Saraira, President of the Supreme Court of Judi-
cature, Oporta.
A. L. de Scabra, Solicitor-General.
A. M. da Cunha Rosa, Secretary of the Supreme Ma-
gistracy of Commerce.
This list is numerically formidable, but it is not so in
reality. CARvALIIo, who is worth all the rest put
together, has voluntarily offered to render the new
Finance Minister all the assistance in his power. The
people are very orderly in their conduct, nor has the
slightest outrage been perpetrated wherever the Con-
stitution has been proclaimed—and the list of towns
include all of any importance in the kingdom.
A Royal Ordinance by the new Government abo-
lishes the barbarous and inhuman sport of bull-fights,
as incompatible with the character of a free and civi-
lized people. It is very doubtful whether this decree
can be strictly enforced with safety to the Government.
The Duchess of BRA GANZA has solemnly assured
the QUEEN that she was totally unacquainted of the
existence of the conspiracy for restoring the Constitu-
tion of 1820. Her Imperial MAJESTY signed a
paper to the effect that she would accompany the
QUEEN if forced to leave the kingdom.

The Madrid Papers received this morning—though
not of a later date than the advices from the Spanish
capital, which appeared in yesterday's Sun—contain a
quantity of important details respecting the defeat 0
GOMEZ—the efforts made by the Constitutiona-
lists to restore public tranquillity—the energy and
firmness displayed by the Government--and the
zealous support which Ministers receive from the
QUEEN, in their endeavours to extinguish the
flames of civil war throughout the country. These
details will be found at length in another part of this

journal.
General ESPARTERO has been appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the army of the North. His ap-
pointment has taken place at the instigation of General
RODIL, who, in a Council of Ministers, declared him-
self unable to perform more than the duties imposed
upon him by the command of the Army of the Centre,
and the direction of the War Department. On leaving
the capital on the 21st for the Army of the Centre,
General RODIL was accompanied by a number of
experienced officers. The following extract from a
letter, addressed to a Tory Contemporary, proves that
the New Government is proceeding with a proper de-
gree of vigour against the enemies of the Constitu-