The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-03 00:00:00

WAR IN SPAIN.

A memorial is going the round in the City for signature,
addressed to Lords Melbourne and Palmerston, as her Ma-
jesty's Principal Secretaries of State, on the subject of the
barbarous and atrocious system of warfare now carrying on
in Spain, and- grounding thereon an appeal to this, in con-
junction with all the civilized countries of Europe, to inter-
fere, and, if possible, to put a stop to so signal a disgrace:to
humanity. A copy of it is subjoined, which tells its own
story in such simple and affecting language as to render
comment upon it perfectly unnecessary. It was offered to
the Lord Mayor for signature on Saturday, and was im-
diately signed by him, with nearly all of the Court of Al-
dermen, and in the course of a few hours a great number of
the most respectable names in the City were added to it :
" My Lords,—We have the honour to entreat the most
earnest consideration of your Lordships to the appalling
condition of the Spanish people.
.4 We have been brought together, without reference to
political or personal opinions, for the expression of one senti-
ment common to us all.

" War, even when waged in a righteous cause, against
foreign aggression and under the conventional usages of
civilized nations, is a desolating scourge ; but civil strife,
where the children of the same soil and parents are arrayed
against each other, magnifies the horrors of war, and ends
in barbarism, misery, and degradation.
" The kingdom of Spain is rapidly sinking into this con-
dition ; every arrival brings intelligence of cold-blooded and
atrocious murders that hitherto were only known in the his-
tory of barbarous ages.
" The pacification of that unhappy country appears to
us to be the special province of those nations that rank fore-
most in power and enlightened policy, and whose position
enables them to exercise a genial influence over the desti-
nies of weaker states.

" In the name, therefore, of suffering humanity, we
appeal through your Lordships to our most gracious Queen,
and to the ruling powers of the civilized world, and do
implore that such measures may be adopted by her Ma-
jesty's Government, in concert with her Majesty's allies, as
shall extinguish a revolting warfare—one that for its cruelty
and ferocity can scarcely be paralleled in the page of his.
tory, and one that, while it continues, hardens the feelings
of surrounding nations.
" As men of all parties and opinions, we entreat your
Lordships to regard this expression of strong feeling from
the city of London, as a proof that its inhabitants consider
this subject to be one of the highest order that can engage
the attention of their fellow-men, and they trust that the
general opinion throughout Europe is, that no policy can
be merciful or just while it neglects the pacification of un-
happy Spain.

6; We have the honour to be,
" Your Lordships' most obedient, humble,
and devoted servants,
"6 S. WILSON, Mayor, &c.
" November, 1838.

To the Right Hon. Lord Melbourne and Lord Pal.
merston, her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State."—
Times.

REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.

(From the New Orleans Courier, Oct. 24.)
We have been favoured with the perusal of a letter
lately received from Mexico, and have extracted a part of
its contents in order to enable our readers to form an idea
of the state of things in that country.
" Several of our most distinguished politicians have
greatly injured their popularity by throwing difficulties in
the way of the Government at the present crisis, when th•
nation is preparing to exert all its energies to resist the un-
just pretensions of a proud foreign Cabinet. They endea-
voured to bring about a revolution, but have been disco-
vered and arrested. They are now stigmatised as ' French
Federalists.'

" Orders have been despatched to march all the regi-
ments from the interior to the coast, where a considerable
force of regular troops has already been collected. At
cJa-
lapa are concentrated the regiments from the capital • an
other large cities. There are, besides, 4,000 men in Vera
Cruz, and 2,000 in the Castle.
" The defenders of Vera Cruz are determined to be
buried under its ruins sooner than give up the city. Great
preparations are making for defence. General Rincon has
pledged himself not to give up as long as there is a man
alive. A spirit of enthusiasm and emulation prevails that
calls to mind the most brilliant epochs of our war of in-
dependence?'
We have been favoured with a copy of a letter from
Tampico to a respectable mercantile house in this city ;
the following is a translation :
" We have to inform you that last night our garrison
Pronounced for the re-establishment of the Federal Govern-
ment, and that General Pacdras, who was in command here,
is going with several officers to your city in the vessel which
carries this, having been driven of by the revolutionists.
We know not if the revolution has it= ramifications in
the interior, but it is thought it has. If this is so, and the
troops here are seconded by others, the present Govern-
ment of Mexico must fall, and we shall have an arrange-
ment with France.
" Everything has passed off here in the greatest order.
" We have no vessels to blockade us. As soon as one
appears the Revolutionists intend to let the captain know
what they have done, and beg him not to prevent vessels
coming in, as we are now in a state of rebellion against the
general Government. g
The collector of the port has shown the editor a letter
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from Tampico confirming this outbreak, which is likely to
be seconded
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party in the a
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of Tampico role
October
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in arms and pronounced in fay our of the Constitutions of

1825. Lieut.-Colonel Montenegre was chosen temporary
commander of the place.
" The former Governor, General Jose de lin Pictos, and
several other officers, were taken into custody, and em-
barked on board the Danish brig Adelaide. After getting
to sea these officers were landed at tNe Brassos St. Jago.
" The revolutionists count on the influence of Don Vital
Fernandez, a former Governor of the State of Tamaulipas.
They have with them Don Manuel Nueces, a very popular
and influential man, lately Chief of Pueblo Viejo. They
have fifteen hundred men under arms, and are in communi-
cation with General Urrea, who began this revolution in
the west, and is one of the ablest Generals in the Mexican
service.

" On the 11th or 12th of October General Paedras
reached Nlatamoras, and induced the Mexican General at
that place to march with 1,500 men for the purpose of at-
tacking the federal party in Tamaulipas and Tampico."

(From the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin.)

y,
RULES OF THE BLOCKADE.—From the correspondence
between the commander of the United States ship Erie
and Admiral Bazoche, it appears that all vessels that show
themselves on the Mexican coast, are cowidered as medi-
tating a breach of the blockade, and as such will be de-
tained until the decision of the Government be known.

We are informed by the captain of the brig Pastora,
arrived yesterday in four days from Havannah, that nt
the moment of his departure two brigs and two frigates,
French, reached that port from Vera Cruz. There cannot,
therefore, be more than one corvette and two brigs no,
blockading Vera Cruz. It was rumoured at Havannah that
the French fleet which is to operate against Vera Cruz was
to meet at Martinique.
FROM TEXAS.—By an arrival from Texa9, yesterday,
by sea, we have received the Galveston Intelligence), a
week later than previous dates. It contdned no local
news of importance. The depredations of the Indians on
the f,•ontier still continued. The country between the Co-
lorado and Gonzales was so much infested by them, as to
make it unsafe for persons to travel, except in companies of
five or ten.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

The funeral of Marshal Lobau was fixed Err yesterday
(Sunday), at noon, in the Church of the Invali,les Work-
men were employed on Thursday to decorate the interior
of the dome for that ceremony. In the centre of the edifice
was to be erected a rich catafalque, and scats and galleries
for the authorities and officers of the National Guard. The
interior of the dome and the choir were to be all hung in
black, with silver " tears."
A contest had arisen in Havre between the owner of the
Phenix steamer and the Captain of the English sloop the
Suzanne. It appears that the latter had run foul of the
Phenix, and damaged her to an amount fixed by arbitra-
tors at 1,800 francs. The proprietors, anxious to secure
the payment of the indemnity, prevailed on the Comman-
dant of the harbour to order the English sloop, which lay
at anchor in the bay, to enter the basin. The Captain
having declined obeying that order, the Port Comman-
dant entered a boat with several men, boarded the Suzanne
brought her into the harbour, and placed a euard on her
deck. The English Captain protested against this violence
by hoisting his flag, but this demonstration not having pro-
duced the desired effect, he struck it to indicate that he
considered his sloop as captured. He then delivt red up
the vessel, aleging the necessity under which he was to yield
to force. The case is now pending before the Tribunal of
Commerce of Havre.
'rho following is from the Journal des Debals--
rh., petition for Parliamentary Reform presents itself
to the Chamber under sinister auspices. It has caused dis-
cord in every town. It has set the municipal authorities
one against another, divided the National Guards, made
the Chiefs of the National Guard forget their respect
to the representatives of the civil authority. It has in-
troduced the habit of deliberating on state affairs into a
body of men with whom such a deliberation is unconstitu-
tional. It is impossible not to recegLise here the efforts
of party. What happy fruits Reform offers to France
when, at starting, it has thrown one of the greatest towns
of France into dissension! A pretty prospect for the
Chamber, if good sense was not there to put an end to such
manoeuvres!"

FRENCH FUNDS.--Psnis, DECENBICI 1.
Five per Cents., 11Cf. 30c. 40c. 33c.
1 hree per Cents. SIC 65c. 60c. 55c.
Bank Actions, 2,725 f. '2,730f.
ftente de Naples, 10If. 90c. 85c.
Roman Five per Cents.. 101\
Spanish Actives, 17ip 17 17%.
Belgian Five per Cents., 102.
Haytian Loan, 415 f. 410 f.
EXCHASIOR ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 30e. ; money, 25f 2156 c.
Three months, paper, —f. ; money, 25 .
LATEST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 110 f. :inc.
Three per Cents., kit. '7.c.
Rank Actions, 2,730(.
Romans, lOi%.
Belgian Loan, ha.
Spanish Actives, 17!i.
Haytian Loan, 410 f.
BELGIAN I. UNDS—BRIIBBELS, Dec. 1
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl%
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. O2
3 per Cent......... fri%
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent l)7
Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent 144
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 143%
National Society
—Brussels Papers, Dec. I.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 23
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Font per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
—Aligemeine Zeitung, Nov. '2B.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 7.—The report of a change
being likely to take place in the Ottoman Cabinet, I regret
to say, still continues to gain ground—of one, too, which,
if it really be effected, will be the most unfortunate which
could possibly happen at this moment, viz., that of the
Capitan Pacha, who, it is stated, is now to he made Seras-
kier, and his place as Admiral to be supplied by Halil
Pacha. Can anything possibly be more ridiculous than
this? Ahmet Pacha, who has now been so long in com-
mand of the fleet, whose talents for naval tactics, whose
experience really combine to render him the only man in
the empire fit to fill the post of Admiral, is to be made
Commander of the Forces, and Halil Pacha, who, though
he certainly has once commanded the fleet, really knows
nothing at all about it, but is, on the cortrary,
a tolerably fair soldier, is to be made Admiral!
I, however, for my own part, do not place any
confidence in these reports. The squadron, in
company with the three English vessel, now here, lent
Vourla Roads on Monday last for Vassika Bay, and being
now ordered in for the Rhamazan, which commences the
end of next week, will, it is expected, be here in a few
days. No mention is yet made as to whether our vessels
are to winter here or to return to Malta ; but it is gene-
rally supposed they will remain.
Letters have been received this week from Candia, which
give full derails of the disturbances which I alluded to as 1
having lately taken place there, in a former letter ; but it
appears that the accounts first received were very much
exaggerated, the whole affair being nothing more than a
party of brigands who, taking advantage of the absence of
Mustapha Pacha, had landed on the coast of Sfakia, and
endeavoured to excite their old accomplices to take up
arms. The writer of the letter, however, states that had
not the Pacha returned in time to put a stop to their pro-
ceedings, it is more than probable that they would eventually
have succeeded in exciting the Greeks into a general insur-
rection against the Turks.
Some Circassians, who arrived here by the Trebisond
steamer
of
s,aetelko
determined
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oitfitaellfiogretncoen
the
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bay
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Soujouk (or Semis) to establish their claim to that part
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of broughtthe
capture fo r
of the Vixen, have now succeeded in landing there, and are
employed in building a fort on the site of the old Turkish
one, which has been so long in ruins. There was, it is
stated, some severe fighting between the Circassian and
Russian troops ere they succeeded in establishing them-
selves. From Syria no news has been received this week.
A Khat Sheriff hes been this week issued at Constanti-
nople, which from the fact of no law having previously ex-
isted for such a crime, will doubtless excite some surprise
in the minds of your English readers, viz., ordering a se-
vere punishment for any doctor or vendor of drugs who
shall aid any woman, either Mussleman or Rayah, in pro-
curing abortion. This crime is extremely common in
Turkey ; and destroying a child yet unborn is thought
with
tino
us,more
and
of b
iny
consequence
womeno
herei
tt than
large
destroyingfamosare rarely if kittens
ever seen. The enormous decrease in the Population in
the last four years has doubtless been the cause of this
law being made.—Chronicle.