The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-15 00:00:00

of the Bth and sth inst. We shall await the arrival of
the journals before offering an opinion upon them :

Extract of a letter, dated Madrid, October 8 :
" The action of Villa Robleda, or rather surprise, proves
in a great measure fruitless, Gomez marching into Andalusia
without being pursued. After the action of Villa Robleda,
he marched by the Sierra de Segura and the towns of Orica
and Baeza. On the 23d of September he entered Villa
Neuva del Obispa, in the province of Jaen, thence to Übera
and Baya by a counter march, entered Andujar on the 27th,
and following the high road, entered Cordova at noon on the
Ist of October."

Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated October 5 :

" The last accounts from Andalusia left Gomez, Cabrera,
and the other Carlist Chiefs at Übeda and Baeza, where they
were committing the most terrible excesses, robbing and
murdering in their usual style. The condition of the rebels
is described as wretched in the extreme : they are more than
half naked, and the coverings they have are of the most motley
description. The military enthusiasm of the Andalusians
seems to have been roused by the incursions of this fero-
cious horde. Not only in the vicinity of Jaen, Cordova,
and other of the towns more immediately threatened, but
from Grenada and the more distant points, the provincials
were collecting to put an end to the ravages of the long ter-
rible band of Gomee. The Carlist chieftain is in a critical
position. He must now either 'do or die,' for the brigade
under Alaix is within two days march of him. The mountains
of Toledo are closed against his flight, and a retreat by the
passes of Segura, or into Estremadura, would be equally des-
perate. I firmly believe that within a week we shall hear of
his utter annihilation."

BELGIAN k UNDS—Bausens, OCT. 12
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent.........«.. lOO
Loan of Thirty Millions .1111 93
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. lOO
Society of Commerce, 4 Y.; per Cent l4l
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 125
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 13.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, OCT. 4.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
—Allgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 9.

AFFAIRS OF SWITZERLAND.

EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

We have received, by an extraordinary express, a copy
of Le Charivari, with the following report of the proceed-
ings of a Council of Ministers upon the affairs of Switzer-
land. The official character of Le tharivari leaves no
doubt, we presumo, of the authenticity of the report :
M. Mole—Gentlemen, we have assembled for the pur-
pose of—. Guizot, for what is it we have assembled?
M. Guizot—For :the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the best means of entering upon hostilities with
Switzerland.

M. Mole—Oh ! so it is ; how stupid I am, to be sure.
Well, gentlemen, you have heard for what reason we have
assembled.

M. Rosamel (Minister of Marine)—Pshaw ! I have no,
thing to do with that. I shall go an have a game of bil
liards with Montalivet.

M. Martin (Minister of Commerce)—Nothing to do
with it ! Do you not see, Rosamel, how important is the
subject we are about to discuss ? Are you not Minister
of Marine ?
M. Rosamel—Pshaw ! man, to be sure I am. But what
this to do with the Marine ? A beggarly country like Swit-
zerland, in which there is not a cupful of salt water. Will
you join me, Bernard ?
M. Bernard (Minister of War)—Oh, nonsense, Rosamel.
Do you think the Minister of War can be absent from a
discussion involving the commencement of hostilities ?
M. Retornel—Pshaw ! The thing can be quite as well
managed without you. However, do as you like ; for my
part, I shall go and have my game. [Exit M. Rosamel.
M. Mole—Well, we shall now begin. Guizot, how shall
we begin ?
M. Guizot—We shall begin by determining what diplo-
matic measures it will be necessary to take.
M. Mole—Oh, so we shall. What an ass I am. • Well,
gentlemen, I have told you how we are to begin. The di-
plomatic measures,—in whose department are the diplo-
matic measures ?
M. Guizot—Your own, Sir.

M. Mole—Oh, so they are. Lord! Lord! how stupid
I am. Well, I shall give orders to all our ambassadors,
consuls, and agents to break off their relations with Swit-
zerland. That will be the best means of making war
upon Switzerland.
M. Bernard—Well, and what am Ito do ?
M. Guizot—You ?
M. Mole—You ?
M. Bernard—Yes, me. It is a question of war ; and I
think it concerns me, as I am Minister of War.

M. Guizot—But don't you see that it is a question of
diplomatic relations, and that it belongs to the department
of the Minister for Foreign Affairs ?
M. Bernard7l—Ah! Yes, yes!_

Molc—Well, in the second place, we have to proceed
to —. Guizot, what have we to proceed to in the second
place ?
M. Guizot—To the question of the " blockade."
M. Mole—Well, gentlemen, I have told you what we
have to proceed to in the second place. In whose depart-
ment is the blockade ?

M. Duchatel—ln my character of Minister of Finance
I shall order all the custom-house officers to " hermetically
blockade" the frontiers of Switzerland, in order that all
communication may he completely cut off. This will be an
excellent means of carrying on the war.
M. Bernard—Well, and what have Ito do ? As it is a
question of war, it ought to concern me.
M. Guizot—But you see clearly it is a question of the
Customs, which concerns the Minister of Finance.
M. Bernard—Certainly, certainly !
M. Martin—And I, in my character of Minister of Com-
merce shall give orders that all commercial relations be
brozen off with Switzerland. Our treaties of commerce
shall be considered as non-existing, and all merchandises
shall be driven back to the frontier. Nothing shall enter
Switzerland—nothing shall leave it. This will be an ex-
cellent system of carrying on the war.
M. Bernard—Well, and I--. As it is a game of war
we are about to play, it strikes me that I should fill the
principal character.
M. Guizot—But do you not see that it is a question of
commerce, and, of course, that it concerns the Minister of
Commerce ?
M. Bernard—Ah ! Of course I do.
M. Mole—We have yet to discuss—Guizot, what is it
we have yet to discuss ?
M. Guizot—ln order to render the blockade perfectly
hermetical, it will be necessary to raise some barriers, and
to fix some positions for the custom-house officers.
M. Mole—Ah, so it will. Well, Gentlemen, you have
heard what we are now to discuss. In whose department
is this ?

M. Martin—ln my character, as Minister of Public
Works. I shall order the immediate construction of these
buildings. This will be a good means of carrying on the war.

M. Bernard--Well, and what am Ito do? You are
continually speaking of " war," and yet my turn is not
come yet.

M. Guizot—But do you not see that it is merely a ques
tion of civil works, and is, of course, in the department o
the Minister of Public Works ? If it were a question o.
fortifications, then indeed you would be concerned.
M. Bernard—Ah ! so I should.

M. Gasparin—As to me, in order to second the measures,
of my colleagues, I shall intimate to my prefects and sous-
prefects to put their police on the alert in order to prevent
smuggling. Moreover, I shall forbid them to deliver pass-
ports either to Frenchmen wishing to enter Switzerland or
to Swiss wishing to return to it. This, in my opinion, will
be an excellent method of carrying on the war.
M. Bernard—And what am I to do ?

M. Guizot—Do you not see it is a question of passports
and police, which is in the department of the Minister of
the Interior ?

M. Bernard—So, I have nothing to do with it, eh !
Very well.
M. Mole—There is nothing further to detain us. Is
there, Guizot ?

M. Guizot—Certainly not. This combination of mea-
sures constitutes an excellent system of coercion, and not
less glorious for France than the wars of the empire.
M. Bernard—Zounds ! do you take me for a blockhead ?
What Here is a question of war, and you are all con-
cerned in it except me, who am Minister of War. Each of
you has to take a part in these hostilities ; while I, the
Minister of War, must look on with folded arms. Odds
triggers ! gentlemen, you are making a fool of me !
M. Guizot—May it please your Excellency not to give
way to anger, but rather to consider.
M. Bernard—And you call that making war? If you
make war in this way, choose a custom-house officer for
your Minister of War, and take tax-gatherers for your
generals.
M. Rosamel (entering joyously)--I have blocked (bloque)
Montalivet three times.
M. Bernard—And, in faith, I should have done better
had I gone with you to block at billiards, instead of losing
my time listening to these gentlemen blockading Switzerland.
M. Guizot—Patience, my dear colleague. It is now
your turn. We learn that the operatives are combining in
the department of the Loire Inferieure, under a pretext
that they are starving. Assemble the army—put it in
motion. Order the officers to charge and to sabre them
if necessary. Here is what concerns your department.
M. Mole—So it is. You hear, Bernard, what I have
told you. Be now convinced that you are employed when
anything is to be done which really comos under your de-
partment.
M. Bernard—Ah !—a
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