The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, Nov. 10.—The news from Verona is
still very contradictory. However, as we are.
bound to give the truth above all things, we must
not conceal that the reports of war acquire more
consistency every day. When the fall of the
funds took place, an endeavour was made to
weaken these reports, but the language was not
the less hostile. By,a.strange,contradiction cer-
tain Journals have reproached the Constitu-
tionalists for announcing the war, :while they
have themselves maintained that it was indis-
pensable.
We have nothing positive to commmnicate as
to what is passing ; but as a multitude of interests
and speculations. depend on the grand question
at present agitated, we must still say, that though
we 'desire with all our hearts to see peace, war
appears probable from the general opinion.
' It has been remarked that the Journal des D -
. bats, which appears the least disposed to war, and
-which has been quite silent on the subject for
several days, has spoken to-day in such a manner
as to give weight to the reports in circulation.
In effect, we are assured that the Cabinets, and
particularly a Great Power, have strongly in-
sisted at the Congress on the destruction of the
power of the Cortes; and that after a long discus-
sion it was decided to recall all the Ambassadors
accredited to the Government of Spain, because,
iu consequence of the situation of the Royal
Family, its existence could no longer be acknow-
ledged ; and that France having forces and re-
sources sufficient to support the party which has
taken up arms in Spain against the Cortes, the
conduct of the war should be left to and effective
aid given her, if, contrary to all expectation,
it should become necessary. It is even pre-
tended that all the Powers, except England,
which has declared the firmest intention of re-
maining neutral, will send accredited Envoys to
the Regency at Urgel.
We are far from giving credit to all these re-
ports, but we repeat them as they are incirculation;
what has given them some consistency in our opi-
nion is the article in the Journal des Debuts.
[The Editor then extracts the passage from
that Journal, which we quoted on Tuesday.]
The Journal des D6bats adds, that according to
the latest news from Madrid, nothing is any
longer sacred from the excesses of a faction, and
that it is proposed to bring the Infants of Spain,
and particularly Don Carlos, to trial, and that in
this case France can no longer hesitate.
We can assert that the latest news we have
received from Madrid contains nothing of this
kind, and that if the discussions of the Cortes
become more warm, if the measures they adopt
appear more violent, civil war and the prospect
of a foreign war have produced at all times the
same irritation among all people. There is ano-
ther observation which appears to us important.
Those who force on the war think of the dangers
to which august persons are liafile if we remain
at peace ; but are they not also sensible of the
dangers to which they will be exposed from war?
Our adversaries themselves declare that nothing
is any longer sacred from the excesses of a fac-
tion ; but if they have this conviction they ought
to abstain from irritating this faction still more.
We do not share this fear ; we believe
that the Spanish people are too prudent not
to remember always the respect due to a Consti-
. tutional King ; and if we desire peace, it is be-
, cause we believe it necessary to France, and be-
cause we are persuaded that whatever may be
the result of an invasion of Spain, it cannot be so
. advantageous either for the party to be served by
. • it, or for France herself, as some people seem to
- promise themselves.
At the same time, we must repeat, that we de-
sire the continuance of peace more than we hope
for it. We have described to our Readers the
state of things such as we believe it, and if we
are mistaken, we shall be happy to learn our

error.
The funds have again fallen to-day 50 sots,
-which supports our opinion that war is probable.
During the day, more than 30 commercial
couriers have been sent off to England and Hol-
land.—(Le Constitutionnel of Sunday.)
A post which, with a war, would become slip-
pery, is that of Minister of Finance. I know not how a func-
tionary, from whom one above all things requires continual
prosperity, .would resist the fall of the public funds. He
would resist with so much the more difhculty, because, by
the side of the pecuniary interest's which might desire peace
would be found political interests which appear to desire
war. Some wish for it, because they hope to destroy all Consti-
tutions which do not vest the government of nations in the hands
of the Oligarchy ; they call this kind of government the ab-
solute power of Kings, but they know too well by experience
that it is nothing else than the arbitrary power of the European
Aristocracy. The partisans of liberty, without calling for
-ar, will see it arrive without pain, and, perhaps, with plea-
sure i • they also are enlightened by an experience that has
taught them that repose is mortal to liberty—that it is from
attack that it draws its strength—and to persecution that it owes
its triumph. War presents itself, then, as an unexpected lottery,
with chances which every one believes to he favourable to his de-
. sires. 'But it must be acknowledged that the only nation which in
' this new struggle might hazard little and gain much is England:
If in the Congress, in which a-few men decide the fate of the hu-
man race, Great Britain declares in favour of-liberty, one word
might give her the protectorship of Portugal, Spain, arul Greece.
One word might love her an incalculable influence over the na-
tions which desire independence, or over the men and the parties
who in the nations of Europe demand free Constitutions and
real guarantees; If she has the courage to declare herself—if
l:er present Minister is any thing other than the corpse of
Londonderry—mistress, at a blow, of the Ocean and the Me-
diterranean, directress of the part .of Europe, she would be in
• rnoaern times what Carthage would have been of old if the
Romans had not existed.
. Some reader will, perhaps, aak me why" open to England a
prospect-which I close upon France ? Before. answering, I will
tell him that there- was not a man on the Exchange yesterday
that had not an answer to that question. No one took the ge-
neral anxiety to be the result of the Congress of Verona. The
evil comes from a more distant date. If France had remain-
ed under the Ordonnance of the feth of -September and the Law
• of the sth of -February, Spain . would have organised herself
according to' her wants ; a foreign sword would not have been'
cast into the balance of her internal interests, the bands of the
Faith would. not have beun an enterprise of disorders and am-
- saeres, the honesty of king Ferdinand would not have been
suspected by any of his subjects; the torrent would have
found its course, would have hollowed out its own 'bed, and'
have reposed under a constitutional regime.' Consequently,
. France ..would not have the prospect now of -a fatal war;..._
without glory, because it is a war of aggression without being
one of conquest—without national result, because it leads to no
advantage- of commerce or industry.—France would not have
c-been under the terror of seeing the national fortune overturned,
.private fortunes,destroyedooans and taxes increased, the sea
.shut ag,ainst commerce, Industry without vent, and agriculture
;without resources.
• But our new electoral system has given the preponderance to
men who wish above all things, and at any price, the complete
. and general triumph of anstocracy over the people. These
men do not see, or wish not to see, that agriculture has no
value but by industry—industry but by-commerce—commerce

but by creait. They -do not see that by destroying public,
credit they strike on the rebound all private credit ; that to over-
turn the public fortune is to push into bankruptcy all private
fortunes. The fate of capitalists, annuitants, traders, manufac-
turers, labourers, that is to say, of whole nations, does not ap-
pear to them .worthy to enter the:balance against the interests of

aristocracy
a'he result of this war is, rI repeat it, very uncertain ; for if
some expect from itithe triumph,of absolute power, others hope
from it the absolute victory of liberty. But whatever party
success may favour, France, from its geographical position, and
from its internal system, must expect great sacrifices of men and.
money to support its aggression ; if this aggression takes place,
she must expect the certain loss of all the wealth she owes to
tranquillity, and she can hope for nothing from an invasion of
Spain, since the only object of it is the restoration of a throne
which is not overthrown.—( Courier Francais of Sunday.)
The Courier.Francais, after quoting the following passage from
the article in the Journal des Debate, "• the sole and only chance
of success is in what is militarily called a point," &c. says, " This
plan of military operations has certainly not been traced by a
professional man.; it has evidently been fabricated in the Rue'
des Prdtres, and at least in this respect•sve may be allowed to
doubt the official character of the article. The Editor, whose
business it is to draw up plans of campaign for that ournal,
should know, that what is called a point,' is not practicable in a'.
country, bristling with positions, defiles, obstacles of all kinds,
and in which not a step can be made without securing communi-
cations. A point, however rapid it might be, could not bring the
French troops to Madrid without the Government being ap-
prized of it. Either the Capital would be defended, or the
Government would be transported elsewhere,; and, in either
case, the invading army in possession of Madrid, would have
done nothing for the cause which it would serve. Obliged by
the very nature of tle expedition to retire promptly, pursued,
harrassed in its retreat, it would return to the frontiers to re-
pair the disasters of an attempt in which theblood and treasure i
of France would haite'been wasted entirely in vain, and which
would have no other result than to give the Spaniards confidence
in their strength. The article of the Journal des Debate is thus
not more satisfactory to soldiers than to capitalists. If it thought,
while it gave a glimpse of an approaching ',war, to compare
men's minds by the skilfulness of the plan according to which it
is to be conducted, it,has attained an end diametrically opposite
to that aimed at. Credit is alarmed at qn.approaching war,
and it has reasons to be more alarmed at the plans of the Jour-
nal des Debate, according to which it has no longer any chances

of success.'? - -
The Joarnal des Di,bais of Monday, in reply.
to the preceding remarks of. the Courier Francais,
contains the following article :
" In stating yesterday that the only good chance in a war
against the Cortes of Spain was a point on Madrid, we did not
entertain the absurd idea which a revolutionary journal has at-
tributed to us. We know as well as these gentlemen, that when
a good army and a well-united nation dispute the entrance of
Spain by the way of Bayonne,when the fortresses of Pampeluna
and San Sebastian, the fortified towns of Tolosa,Vittoria,Burgos,
&c. ; in fine,whcn the formidable defilesof Pancorvo are defended
with zeal and ability, an army even .of 80,000 men could not,

advance to Madrid. But'we are of opinion that the Spanish
troops are ill united, ill armed, and ill officered—that the
revolutionary Spaniards are few in number, and that the sound
part of the nation would take up arms and join it friendly libe-
rating army which should bring• them peace, order, and true
liberty. It is only, in these suppositions, which are warranted
by many reports, that we consider the military operation of
which we have spoken practicable."
[From tice Courier Francais of Monday.]

The report has been circulated yesterilay and
,o-day, that MM. de Villele, de Corbiere, and
de Clermont Tonnerre, have tendered their resig-
nation, and that they are to be succeeded by
MM. the Duke de Levis, de Vaublanc, and de
Labourdonnaye. We are far from guaranteeing
the truth of these changes : it even appears to us
little probable that any change will take place
in the Ministry before the result of the elections
be known.

The Quotidienne-of Monday, remarking on .the
observation-a One'tif the''Oppdsition journals, that
a fall of 4 per cent to the funds was naturally
accounted for by the rumours of war, says—,
" This is an assertion, which, like all those of our opponents
which have preceded it, will not bear the least examination.—
How can the certainty of war with Spain, even supposing it
to rest on official documents, produce any influence on the
value of our public securities ? During three months all
Europe has spoken of the possibility of this war ; all the
world foresaw it, and all the world feels its necessity ;
yet only revolutionary writers have ventured to say, that it
could compromise the most trivial interests of France. We
can conceive that it may be in opposition to , anarchical opi-
nions, and that it alarms certain political consciences-41ml it
may impair the value of the coupons of the loans made by the
Spanish Cortes, and depress the actions of certain capitalists
who have adventured on these perilous operations ; but how can
it be maintained that a war with Spain should produce a fall in the
funds of any legitimate Government? Has-the position of af-
fairs changed within three months, or has the danger become
more imminent to the friends of order ? Have theDcsca-
misados of the Peninsula suddenly received reinforcements
and succours which render them more dangerous to the
tranquillity of their own country, or that of their neigh-
bours ? No.! "without doubt the position of the Royalists
is more stable and promising ; the armed conspirators have
been punished ; the Carhonari are suppressed or dispersed ;
and the Army of the Faith, which three months ago was a nu-
cleus of a few hundreds of faithful subjects, is now augmented
by all that Catalonia, Biscay, and Navarre reckon of devout
Christians and of Spaniards fatthful to the august family of the
Bourbons."
The house of Rothschild received this morning
an extraordinary courier from Verona.; one also
has arrived from Madrid to the house of Ardouin.
The first process of M. 13. Constant, relative to
his letter to M. ,Carrere, will be brought again
before•the Court of Correctional Police on Tues-
day the 12th instant. The responsible Editors
of the Courier Francais, of the Journal du Com-
merce, and of the Pilole, have been summoned,
as well as M. Constant, for this day. To-morrow
the advocate of this latter will reply in the cause
relative to the letter of M. Mangin.
M. Barthe, . advocate of the Journal die Com-
merce, has made more attempts to obtain a short
delay in the affair relative" to Colmar. The tri-
bunal has:postponed the cause to Friday the 15th.
It is not yet known what day will be assigned for
Koechlin himself.'
FRANKFORT, Nov. s.—The reports of com-
munications between the Courts of the second
order in ,Germany are entirely forged, orat least
very much modified. We have learnt from good
autboritythat the Minister of a Power of the first
order had, .by means of a Minister of a Power
of the second order, who is personally connected
with him, sounded the Court of Dresden, on the
measures it intended to take in case the Con-
gress of Verona should make certain propositions
to the Constitutional States of the Germanic
Confederation.
The Ministry of Saxony replied to this ques-
tion with prudence . and dignity, that it was not
necessary to take any measures on this subject,
because it did not seem possible that the affairs
of Germany should be discussed at Verona with-
out having previously summoned there the Pleni-
potentiaries of the Sovereigns of the Federation,
and that there certainly only, the general interests
of Europe would be brought into question. Per-
sons the best instructed in the policy say, that
the affairs-of Germany will not at all be brought
before the Congress, and that every thing will
_remain in stalu quo, particularly as there is Dot

the smallest reason'foi, introducing any change!
whatever 4n our Onstitutioo.'
The appointmeM'A, Baron-de Munch to the
Presidency .of the. Dieti`doeinntappear misplaced.
to the Ministelrs of the, Federative States, which,
have been hitherto rogiirded in opposition to
the preponderating Powefsiand which are, in
fact,only the guardians of our political institutions.
At Munich, they speak of a change in the
Ministry, and of the recal of M. de Montgelas.
The kingdom of Wurtemberg is distinguished
by the care which is taken there of the education
of the inferior classes. By the last recruitment,
the Authorities having remarked that several in-
dividuals could neither read nor write, the Go-
vernment immediately addressed a circular.to the
Chiefs of Public Instruction, and recommended
strongly a great attention to this point.
The Journals speak of a great hunt which
Prince Esterhazy has given in honour of his
friends, and at which-800 peasants had been em-
ployed during fifteen days. ,In the dukedom of
Hesse, on a late occasion, the peasants refused to
serve ns hunting dogs. A process between them
and the proprietor has -been the result, which
will in a short time be decided,
CONSTANTINOP,I,E, OCT. 10.—The regulations
with regard to gold and, silver still continue, ,and
have caused an almost total stagnation' of com-
merce, The Janissaries threatened to revott on
the 7th, and they are not yet fully appeased.
They are in the greatest rage against Halet Effendi,
to whom they attribute,the recent measures. Their
Aga has been removed, tranquillity is established
in appearance, but scenes of disturbance are
feared the first Pay day, the 18th or 20th of
October. _

The S'pectateur Oriental says, in the Number
for September 9.7 :—" The -Turks have made an
attempt on Tripolitza, but it failed totally.—
After losing many men they returned to Patras.
The courage of despair on the part of the Greeks
may postpone the termination of the contest.—
Firmans have been read in the Mosques, which
enjoin all Mussulmen, under severe punishment,
to take every kind of gold lace from his clothes,
and no one must have more than a certain quan-
tity of silver plate, the rest must be carried to
the mint.—( Augsburgh Gazette.)

SPAIN.

Wroni the Courier Francais:)

They write from Bayonne, Nov. 3 :—" The column of Que-
sada, which was in the defiles from Lavela in Guipuscoa, and
which was not able, ,notwithstanding the orders which it had
received from the Regency of Urgel and the Junta of Bayonne,
to form the ofl a corps, nor even to maintain itself in a
country, supposed devoted to the interests of the insurrectionists,
and where every thing was refused:to it, hag "been obliged to
retreat with greater celerity: than, it had advanced; but the
Constitutionalists, who had opened- their ranks tolet it advance
into a country • frotn whence retreat was nearly impossible,
placed themselves in such positions as to wait for their oppo-
nents under every advantage,

" What was foreseen arrived. Quesada has re-appeared in
Nhimicre,` and had a serious engagement on the 27th with
the troops of :Espinosa, at Los Arcos, near Longrono. The
fight-laited four hotira; but at length the 'Constitutionalists.
remained masters of the field. The troops of the Faith
retired towards Estella, with a loss not yet accurately ascer-,
tained,but which some perSOnS, on the authority of private let
ters, say amounts to 700'Itilled, wounded; and prisoners. - The:
Chief, Redondo, who waswounded, is since dead. The Con-
stitutionalists`lost 60" killed, and 120 wounded: The 'Artily of.
the Faith continued its painful retreat, or rather flight; to Ocha-
gavia, Lumbietg, and Vera. It is 'in the most deplorable
state, -wanting every thing. it is continually pursued.

" SIX O'CLOCK IN TIM EVE*'ING.—The following news
have just arrived, by extraordinary means :—At the moment

that: the courier was about to leave Bayonne, General Quesada.
entered, after having lost all his materiel, having been com-
pletely defeated by'Oeneral Espinosa.
" The Supplement to. the Cazette of Barcelona, of Oct. 29,
contains an adcount of the decisive advantages which General
Mina has- obtained over the Baron trEroles. We translate it
literally.

(We are going to follow the operations of our arms
commanded by the Illustrious Chief Espoz-y-Mina.)
" Towards midnight of the 23d and 24th, 400 factious, or

the greater part of those who garrisoned Castelfollit, profiting
by a heavy .rain and an excessive dark night, marched out,
one by one, at the heights which are at the rear guard of the
exterior tower, and assassinated two of our centinels who were
prevented by the noise of the storm and the darkness from dis-
tinguishing them, and without allowing themselves to be,
stopped by the alarm given by the third centinel. Our troops
thus seeing.themselvesin the horrible uncertainty of firing on
one another, were obliged to cease firing altogether, that they'
might not perish by the hand of one another. But as the
breach was practicable, and the artillery of the factious was
dismounted, under the uncertainty whether all had actually
taken flight, an assault wits immediately ordered, and the prin-
cipal fortress and other flirts were, got possession of without,
. ,

difficulty ; but when we reached the fortress 'only sixtY,men
were found tbere; and 'many women and children.:. All, with
the exception of the Woineilapd children, underwent the.rigonr-
ous law of war. The fugitjyes, half dead, joined seven hours
after the main body of,the:cactious at Savanhya. •
" We have found a considerable quantity of all sorts of stores
and provisions, with nine.pieces of cannon great and small ; all
which has been sent to Calaf and Cervera.

" The main'body of the factious, cornmandenyEroles,Roma-
nillos, Romagosa and Miralles, assembled on the 21ith near Tora,
with the plan of attacking the little column of Garrea, which
occupied that point and protected Castelfollit and the other
operations. The plan of the factious was to regain Castel-
follit, or at least their guns and stores, of which they have ex-
treme need.

" General Nina, apprised of their plans, left his quarters
'on the 26th at five in the morning, with a corps of 2,500 men,
and took position near Castelfollit. The battalion of Corunna
supported alone for some time the attack of the factious,
whose number might amount to 5,080. Our General made all
the efforts of an experienced soldier, to draw them on to the attack,
but finding it in vain, determined on attacking them in the
position which they had chosen, though it was very advantage-ous, as they occupied the diagonal line from Sora to Savanhya.
For two hours the warmast fire was kept up on both 6ides.
This was truly the first ?itched battle that we have had in
Catalonia.
" But soon after noon the General determined to attack them
with the bayonet, and the battle became general and horrible.
Some of their corps Stood for some time pretty well, but our
manoeuvres at last threwthem into a dreadful disorder, and
they were obliged to take shamefully .to flight. The cavalry