The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Another FRANCE.
Molitor special messenger was dispatched to Marshal
fo after
c ountry seat, the day before yesterday (Friday) ;
ur ter what has fallen from La Paix (M. Guizet's organ),
this subject, the Ministry are strongly bent upon having
The
illustrious sword" at the head of the War Department.
ten'Ptation, however, will fail. It is certain that the
motives,
Marshal acquainted the Prince Royal at Compiegne with his
f,,',"yes, and with his fixed determination to refuse the port.
eviio; he also entreated his Highness to prevent, if possible,.
It ' fresh attempt beiNg made to test his devotion to the King.
c!)is difficult to believe that this refusal should not have been
m.ll.lTnunieated verbatim to the Cabinet ; and inasmuch as they
!null persist in calling upon M. Molitor to take office, they
is st be sadly at a loss for candidates. Indeed, this poverty
obvious' for even M. Gasparin has availed himself of the
opportunity to put in the claims of the General who com-
manded the artillery at Lyons, during the prefecture of M.
Gasparin there, and during which time that city suffered so
vsc:, cruelly. It must be confessed the circumstance forms a
b,r,Y„sjiigular claim to the place of a member of the Cabinet;
to".L_NI Gasparin has no occasion to feel surprised ; there are
`.:!,Y similar cases to bear him out.—Courrier Francais.
rested
have heard that several suspected persons were ar-
ro'!.t. a at Compiegne, where they were found placed in the
thute which the King would necessarily take from the 15th to
mear?oth of this month—namely, the Fauxbourg (suburb) of
for 'PIY, which is the direct road to the Camp. The uni-
-4007f these persons was a smock frock and a white hat.—
ae Re uen
fin' and
(du Nord) took to his bed on his arrival in
, and he is
vfieresta believed. much more seriously indisposed than was at
He was unable even to receive one of his Ad-
tsiti 8-General, who waited on him for the purpose of corn-
enmeating on official affairs. M. Mole, the President of the
se "ell, paid him a visit in the course of th, day. There are
teele doubts as to whether M. Martin will actually fill the post
his he he has been called, arising either out of the state of
in th ealth, or perhaps from the chlnge which has been made
fro e department of the 'Minister of Commerce, by detaching
know Bureau Bureau the charge of the Public Works. It is
°lvit these dothat M. Mole was opposed to this innovation ; but if
,uts are well founded, the Cabinet will no sooner
new
'Y'u later
sole the Commerce. Meantime the Doctrinaires con-
k)
on mselves for their checks, by boasting of successes which
'aY thattatilheeiteerprove or disprove. For instance, their organs
eit
has received a letter from M. Dupin, the
contents King h
its of, which.
bad afforded him entire satisfaction.—
rancais
Skisgring the last three days the Charge d'Affaires of the
Was ciosett Union has been received by the King, with whom he
°f the
spired ed for a considerable time. From what has tran-
nature of this interview, it is generally forthwith,
that conciliatory measures on both sides are to be adopted
with, with reference to the understanding between the
taieztieStates; the Charge d'Affaires at the termination of
trounce
t, sy, despatched a courier to Berne in order to an-
had . the satisfactory appearance of matters. Lord Grenville
"rrived at Frankfort.— Courrier Francais.
a„„ °Ts, 18 .--The Journals of Bordeaux of the 15th
-wee irt SEPT.•
ea th stating that a courier who passed through that city
the preceding evening, coming from Madrid, had brought
trance that M. Mendizabal was appointed Minister of Fi-
eld."' M. Arguelles President of the Council, and that M.
eat.etrava retained only the department of Justice and Modifi-
eordl°•e, and the Ministry was in fact expected at Madrid, ac-
thing to the journals of the 10th, and there would be no-
rte'...surprising in its having taken place in the manner above
ruhoned, but we believe that the courier who passed through
Pm.° leatiz on the 14th must have been the one that arrived at
staYesterday,b,, reconstruction
Psis
with letters which spoke indeed of prospects
re-construction of the Spanish Cabinet, but without
crisis that anything had yet been decided. At that date the
ittts`' of the French Ministry was perhaps a subject of greater
Christi at Madrid than the choice of Ministers of Queen
is at stiea• There is no news from the frontier. Don Carlos
The on a tour to inspect the posts of his army.
take Phare says :—" The booty which Basilic, Garcia has
ae„,lito Navarre is very considerable ; it is said that the mo-
lleat:one amounts to five millions of reels (1,250,000 francs.)
200-r„"ag, gage, goods, and money were conveyed on the backs of
Nvhe—i, 'hes; and notwithstanding the immense embarrassment
pars a convoy must occasion, Basilio has escaped the
uit of the Constitutional columns."
th 11e Evariste San Miguel announces that he has raised
th "'ego of Gandesa, which was closely pressed by Cabrera,
the Carlists report that they have obtained an advantage over
Who General. It is the same with Gomez and General Alaix,
her., are,oPposed to him in Castille, with Evans and Zubiri
Arafe'ne ,ot• Sebastian, with Quilez and Colonel Breil near
--cie In Catalonia alone the superiority of the Consti-
ittleti.on.alis.ts is incontestible. But it is not these partial stru -
g
',that can decide the fate of Spain.
letter from Madrid says :—" Our Government seeing the
liPt number of superior officers who have taken advantage of
woe events to quit Spain under various pretexts, is going, it is
A . to adopt a very energetic measure with respect; to. them.
oePersen h• has in a high degree the confidence of one of
fo-rei Ministwers. has assured. us
.th at all Generals actually in
to obi Countries will be immediately recalled, and if
.they fail
st,,,eu,eY this order, their pay will be stopped, and their names
eve, Off the lists. Such a measure must be applauded by
Year It It is scandalous to see Llauder, who for nearly a
General
nag been receiving in France the pay of a Lieutenant-
doelleras..l; and now the Pyrenees see Zarco del Valle, Cor-
ao•urmorillo, Las Amarillas, Espeleta, &c., assembled there."
Poinsal du Commerce, Sept. 18.
The oth Sl"' 18, 10 A.M.—The Moniteur has no news.
.er
zoi Morning Journals have nothing interesting. The
ati nation of a Minister of War is not yet made. The nomi-
141n:eAthe Minister of Commerce is not yet officially
ttoThe •
Journals of the departments have not arrived.—Na-
Sep 18.

SPAIN.
The (From the Journal des Debats.)
advie .ollowing is the substance of the military news which
c., es from Madrid of the 10th have supplied us with
rnalie Mez has not been overtaken. Brigadier Alaix has re-
eoilldid twelve leagues behind him, owing to the miserable
ablltion of the division, and above all its wants of stores. Un.-
into' to reach the enemy, and obliged to convert his pursuit
tain,aftlereh of observation, he has descended from the moun-
Lig -"I Order to protect in case of need Cuenca, and refresh
Intril°Ps• He occupied Cuenca on the 16th.
'qe Meantime Gomez descended to Salva-Canete, and j,lt to
bet Mayo, which he left on the 7th, moving towards
T/141,git, without being in the slightest degree molested in his
lea kt,": ehelva is in the kingdom of Valencia, at fifteen
from that city, in a strong position, the only access to
bast Phi be is a narrow defile, forming the bed of a torrent. Chelva
therbeea fortified by the Carlists, who hare even establishedc
Zao'e a cannon foundry. It is the arsenal of Quilez, as an-
-4a is that of Cabrera.
chele cannot yet foresee what Gomez is about to
of do towards
the nor what consequences may follow his junction with
tholu„-lllVents of Valencia. His forces have increased by about
band
leners :se,Pd Men • he has united to his division the scattered
prisoner the Cuenca mountains, and a very large part of the
r,.
4.414, the Madrid garrison, taken at. the unfortunate
ranksJadraque, who have taken service in Don C. ar.los's
the is even said that the famous Sergeant Garcia is ofk
en-ruer, but that Gomez, refusing to acknowledge the ra.n
latree—: ael which he had obtained since the St. Ildefonso
has admitted him only as an officer entrusted with
hundredaecou' Gomez has now 6,000 soldiers, besides several
A ed recruits who follow him.
Tt,ortoe,°l44lll of 300 men, come from Chelva, under the Canon
utielli; carried, on the 30th of August, the little town of
Th'e bet
Requena and Cuenca.
1i44 Parlist column under the Monk Esparanza has obtained
terba.4%°ietory over Colonel I3uil, between Chelva and Sa-
te Vale the insurgents appear to have become very formidable
The nn.
krairs °Acid Gazette publishes nothing respecting military
411.kiety;. itB silence can but serve to increase the general

1
PORTUGAL.
~.. Etpl,
ill4h „ ae'r PROM A LETTER •.-oln the memoir ofoe
Oporto
arid ;"'rarnissioner Imbrechts,,i9 n the trade between
i es of wine
viere ratn, it is stated that ' in 1834, 31,358 pipes .
of
38,408 pipes—
the lapelled from Oporto ; and in 1835,
the t.tt!ft. quantity 32,535
and 720 to Brazil," leaving
pipes went to England, 3,200. to
Itefi -fled States of America,
t'ilaratitiat less than 2,000 pipes for all therestalolfotthbeerwu,oorulud.,
tries alone taking nearly 6 times as much as .
at
ail Put together Senor Imbrechts calculates the wine
a kvera,„ •
matY, 6v of 80 milrees, 201. a pipe, besides the Government
Per whWitich he justly terms a very impolitic one, of 12 milrees
19i nve Sehout 15 per cent.) A.
export duties to the Por-
ccording to this, England
tugtie ear 9 100,000/. per annum in
lit and Covernment, and is the meanusuoufadlliystraimbuotuinggtbheetwrueeern.
Fharit °even hundred thousands ar
Douro.
But not only
tl this and cultivators of the a
went uraneh of our trade Upper Douro. But not only
of our trade a lucrative one for the Govern-
rofittand People of Portugal, but it is well known that great
large amount of English
4004 'tie derived to both, from the-
tl, a'rv'uich, after paying the customtiehrouisuetodustipeasini.n PrrorhTs-,
indeed° anleggled over the land fron
matter of much lamen--
tation as Inight be expected, is a.
)10,6,v,ith Senor Imbrechts, who, however, instead of Prdo
aw "oat Spain should reduce those absurddutiteos,boe
41;Z with tlaose prohibitions which he acknowledges
Lo: of the evil,would have Portugal
femia union, after the German fashion—a into a custrotro-
tt''a evident she would have everythingeunnticorinoswehaicnhdint
to
otinue so it is im-
Pessib? t At present (how long it may con
Portur,e,°,BaY) the moderate duty of 15 oisthpienrg:
g ~„‘_ai atlows the smugglers on the Spanish frontier
importation in
111;;V: lorofit after paying the legal duties on
ltiimerptousemdabk.ye
amount so
kltiogia_,'• Senor Irnbrechts calculates the
Nal; '°,in the whole frontier at two millions of dollars an-
talbs'o'r wuiell would give 300,000 dollars a year to the cus-
w, Portugal upon this branch alone.
lallitittZ resPect to the commerce between Portugal and Eng-
Y it. e facts above quoted show that Portugal is a gainer
ligd g
Of IN eno asmbrechts ascribed tho present retrograde state
It° wottllal, respects wealth and industry, to the true causes,
kii7a%b.- %It° have specified among the most prominent
..ftet.ho..oser
that union of Portugal with Spain which exi, d 1
'ltill ran', and during which entirely owing to thathceonun.e.ce;
igli.le wtost valuable part of her colonies, and t
uf -7,.,0f her wealth were wrested from her by the enemies
.
Platrk The acquisition of Portugal by Philip ll.etoionk.
al,ltex,titn. 1581. The union of Utrecht between
ath re-
vier44,.. Provint es of Holland was signed
utwtourlyieed against
Ika forYtti. Tile arms of the Dutch were s?o
DiPossessions of Spain, and India in particular spec-
.