The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1K36.

we may tender, with equal propriety and still more
confidence, to a Liberal majority. To this last, then, %;:e
say, adopting the language of our Contemporary,
" stand by your Parliamentary leaders :"—be 'firm—
be united—but above all, be constant in your attend-
ance throughout the Session. Do not let the despair
of the Conservatives lull you into false security. The
Devil, we all know, can sham sick, when it suits his
purpose, and why should not the Tories ? The session
now approaching is the most important of any that has
yet take place. It is not the beginning of the end,
but the end itself; so far as Conservative domination is
concerned. Hitherto both parties have been fighting
n
shy of each other, fearing each other's capabilities, and
fearful of coming into close conflict ; but now the final
struggle is to be undertaken. The great Irish Church
question can be staved off no longer. One way
or other it must be decided ; and on this decision
hang the destinies of the Tories. Let the Reforni in-
terest then, both Constituents and Representatives, be
on the alert throughout the kingdom. Let not an
advantage, however trifling it may seem, be thrown
away. Let not a single inch of ground be surrendered.
Let the contest be hand to hand, and foot to foot.
Let the Reformer who doubts be shunned ; the Re-
former who runs, be branded as an apostate. All
must press forward to the van. All so act, as if by
each man's individual efforts, the fate of the Tory
despots was to be decided. In a word, let all pod
Reformers adopt the line of action recommended by
our Contemporary this morning to the Tories—
namely, to be united—diligent and - uncompro-
mising. By the way, what does the Times mean
by talking in such a disconsolate strain about the
" remains of the British Monarchy ?" Remains for-
sooth I Why, it was but the other-day, that he was
boasting, in more than ordinarily swaggering phrase,
about the " gigantic energies" of this same Monarchy ;
and now he has discovered that its giant power is all
gone, and that it has only a few " remains left worth
protecting." Who can place faith in the opinions of
a Journal which unswears to-day all that it swore yes-
terday ?

Letters and papers from Madrid, to the 23d ult.,
have been received. The following Royal Ordinance
was addressed by the Minister of the Interior to M.
RAYNEVAL, the French Ambassador at the Court of
Spain :

- " Her Majesty the Queen, infqtrned, by his Excellency's
letter of the 12th, that the Cabinet of the Tuileries would
adopt with pleasure the same reciprocity for the free admission
of Journals as that agreed on lately between England and
Spain, has consented to extend this to France on the same
terms and conditions.

(Signed)

“ MARTIN DE LOS HEROS.”

The project of the law voting an unlimited confi-
dence in the Mendizabal Government had not been
agreed to by the Committee on the 22d. The mein
bers, naturally enough, dreaded the establishing of a
precedent which future administrations might convert
into an instrument dangerous to the liberties of the
nation. For our own part, we do not see that M.
MENDIZABAL would be less powerful wanting such a
vote than he will be- with it. The weight which his
position gives him cannot be augmented in the eyes of
Europe. Had he been for many years previously a
Member of the Government, a vote of confidence would
be tantamount to a declaration, that Spain expected
from him a continuance of the system cf policy which
fie previously adopted ; and so other nations would
thence learn the of conduct which the Adminis
tration would be likely tertrAtte
different when the vote is asked in favour of a new
Government. If given it rather evinces incautiousness
on the part of the Chamber ; and at the same time
offers no guarantee that any particular line of policy
about to be adopted. A 'Minister may make the finest
professions in the world ; but it is only when he endea-
vours to carry them into effect that he descrve's that
public confidence which he seeks to inspire by their
avowal.

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The arrival of Count ALMADOVAR, Minister of
War, in Madrid, was expected an the 24th ult. Ge-
neral ALAVA was staying at Burgos, where he
detaincd by severe indisposition. Nothing is said on
the subject of his embassy to Paris.
It was expected that the Carlist Monks would not
lose the opportunity afforded them by the use of the
Confessionals at Christmas, to sow dissensions among
the people. MENDIZABAL had not overlooked this
source of disaffection, and had taken proper care to
preserve the Army from the spiritual influence of thee
incendiaries. The levy was on the eve of complc-
There is now no want of Constitutional sol-
diers in Spain.

Extracts from the German papers, received this
morning, will be found in another column. They are,
politically speaking, of no importance. It will be nem
by them that the Earl and Countess of DururAM
attended a levee held by the Archduchess HELEN- at
St. Petersburg on the 13th ult. We trust the Noble
Earl is not less mindful of the more important duties
of his mission to the Court of the Imperial Autocrat.