The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-07 00:00:00

The accounts which have recently arrived from
Spain are fully confirmed by private communica-
tions received.by ourselves from that quarter. The
situation of FERDINAND is critical in the ex-
treme. The certain knowledge of the existence of a
widely spread conspiracy keeps him in terror of
his life, by day and by night. The focus of
this patriotic spirit centres in the very capital of
his kingdom, and ramifies throughout the pro-
vinces. Nor can the constitutional feeling be
put down, though daily arrests take place, and
nightly murders are perpetrated by his sanguinary
orders. The tyrant looks with distrust on his
own guards, for it is well known that nineteen
officers out of every twenty are secretly devoted
to the Constitutional cause. Indeed, so very
general is the public discontent, that the presence
of a body of troops sufficiently strong to keep
the field for a few days, is only wanted to revo-
lutionise the whole country.

The late proceedings at Cadiz would have
completely succeeded, but for the double treachery
of the Governor of the Isle of Leon.

A very active correspondence is at present
kept up with MINA, by Constitutionalists
throughout the Peninsula, and should France
declare war against Austria, the crisis in Spain
will assuredly be precipitated. Where will
FERDINAND and MIGUEL go then ? The
Pope may absolve—but he cannot restore.

The French Papers, among a variety of other
matters, say—" A letter from Frankfort states
that the inhabitants of the Caucasus, who
have never been able to reconcile them-
selves to the ycke of Russia, and have
seized every opportunity to get rid of the
garrisons which the Russian Government keep
up amongst them at a very heavy expense,
upon finding that the Emperor NICHOLAS was
drawing all his forces towards the west, have
risen in insurrection, and already obtained some
advantages. The writer of the letter adds, "It
is also currently reported that Persia has de-
clared war against Russia ; and that if the Com-
pany, with whom the Porte contracted to fur-
nish forty thousand muskets and as many
sabres, had fulfilled their engagement, Tur-
key, also, in all probability, would have come
to a rupture. Of all the Powers engaged
in the new coalition against France, Russia,
perhaps, is the least to be feared, on account of
the embarrassments created by her neighbours.''

The following are extracts from German Pa
pers received this morning :

BRUSSELS, APRIL 4.

NATIONAL CONGRESS, .AntiL 2.

The Order of the Day was the debate on the decree for
calling out the first division (ban) of the Civic Guard.
Some of the members said they ought first to learn from
the Ministers, whether this measure was really so urgently
necessary.
M. Lebeau, Minister for Foreign Affairs, said he was
ready to give the assembly all the information in his power.
M. de Robaulx—lt is indispensable, and at the same
time impossible, for the assembly to appreciate our situ-
ation with respect to foreign powers, and the necessity of
adopting the measures proposed to us, because the Ministry
has communicated nothing respecting their situation ; yet
events have taken place, couriers have arrived, and their
despatches must have announced something. I there-
fore ask—

1. What has passed between the Belgic Government and
the Congress, since the last communications ?
2. What is demanded, and what is the state of affairs
respecting the boundaries of the territory, and the debt?
3. Which are the Powers that pretend to subject us to
the Protocols?
• 4. Has M. d'Aerschot been officially received at Lon-
don ; is an English fleet preparing to blockade the Scheldt?
5. Has the Belgic Governor sent an ultimatum to Hol-
land, and has King William answered ?
M. Forgeur—l will put a 6th question. Is there a
new plan for the choice of the head of the State? It
seems that what is passing on this subject is no longer a
secret to any body.
M. Leheau said, the report of his predecessor stopped at
the nomination of the Regent, and there was, therefore, a
break from the 24th of February to the 28th of March,
which he could not fill up. He was called upon on the
ggth of March, but he had but just entered on the office,
and could not give the information asked. It is important
to rectify a general error. It has been supposed that the
violation of the principle of non•intervention dated only
from the Protocol of the 20th of December. I am sorry
that this Protocol was not returned ; and therefore it seems
that the principle of intervention was recognized by us,
for the reserves in this Protocol, by which the Congress
assumes the right of constituting Belgium on the bases of
the Treaties of 1814 and 1815, and refuses to recognise
Luxemburg as part of Belgium, are manifestly an in-
tervention. But this principle of intervention is in
fact contained in the Protocol of the 17th of Novem-
ber, which, after laying down the time of the armis-
tice accepted by us, say, that when Ns e engage our-
selves with respect to Holland to observe the conditions of
the armistice, we also make this arrangement with the
Five Powers. This Protocol, likewise, was not returned,
and you know that in diplomacy to return is to refuse. A
protest is not so strong a measure as sending back. A
declaration should have been made, stating that the na-
tional honour would not permit us to accept this Protocol
unless this clause were struck out. This was not done;
and you all see how it has turned against us. Not only
were the Protocols of the 17th of November and the 20th
of December not sent back, but even the note of the 6th
of January was received. Now it seems to me that the
necessity of sending back this note was evident. The
facts thus laid down we must submit to their inevitable