The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-03 00:00:00

this is what surprises us. On second thoughts, how I
ever, we think we can account for the exleerhation of
" Westminster's Pride, and England's Glory." He has
himself been blowing bubbles all his life, and as these
have burst one after the other, just at the moment
when he was fancying they were making a goodly show
in the eves of his countrvinen--the hare mention of
the word " bubble," even though he himself gives it
utterance unawares, naturally awakens a host of -
n'Aasant associations in his mind.
But passing this untoward allusion, what does Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT mean by sneering at Mr. O.CoN-
NELL as a " patriot ?" Does he not remember the
time when it was his own highest ambition to he a pa-
triot
?—when, in order to earn his right to that en-
vtahle designation, he graduated in the Tower, and
spoke sedition by the hour, to any one who would
listen to hitn —when nothing was too extravagant
or chimerical in politics to meet his approbation—and
this, not when the hot blood of youth ran riot in his
veins, but when he was a gouty, middle-aged gen-
tleman, some forty years old and upwards ? The
Hon. Baronet should be the very last person to taunt
any one else with being a patriot, or, indeed, to make
the slightest allusion to the phrase ; for if ever
any one caricatured the patriotic character, and
brought it into contempt by his own extravagances of
conduct, he is that man. Don Quixote never
threw more ridicule on knight-errantry, than Don
BURDETT has thrown, for nearly half a cen-
tury, on patriotism. The truth is, he never
had, and never will have, to his dying day,
any fixed principles of conduct. His politics are not
the result of reflection ; they are mere impulses—
matters of caprice ; hastily adopted to-day, as hastily
laid aside to-morrow. Just now he is all for the Con-
servatives; but we will lay a wager that, long before the
session is ended, he will prick up his ears, and bray
sonorously in praise of the Reformers.

An article against the Ballot from that paragon of
political consistency, the Times, will be found in our
columns of this day. We had prepared some strictures
upon it, which, from want of space, we are compelled
to leave over till to-morrow. Our " wheel-about'.
Contemporary gravely assures his readers that the
Ballot cannot " secure perfect secrecy" to the electoral
body. If this be so, wherefore do the corrupt Tories
object to it ? Why stigmatise as cowardly and im-
moral a mode of voting which cannot be rendered
secret ? But the Times knows the assertion of the
non-secrecy of the Ballot to be as groundless, as his
arguments against it are frivolous and contemptible.

The Paris Journals of Monday have been received,
but as it was a close holiday on the Bourse and in all
public offices, their contents are politically unimpor•
tant. The following brief extracts from them include
the only paragraphs they contain interesting to an
English reader :
The Ministerial talons are making great boast at this moment of a
new diplomatic triumph, the whole honour of which they give to the
talents of M. Mole. The affair is nothing less than a complete recon-
ciliation between the Cabinet of the Tuileries and the Court of Rome,
which is supposed to have made the first advances. The Pope is said
to have promised the support of his influence, and even of his authority,
to put an cud to the continued hostiiities of a part of the French Clergy
towards the French Government. The recall of the titular Bishop of
Nancy, M. de Forbin Janson, is already promised ; and the long vacancy
which has occurred in the Archiepiscopal See of Lyons is also to cease.
The Cabinet appears to attach an immense importance to this powerful
mediation, by means of which it expects the complete pacification of the
highest Clergy.—Siecle.

The Constilutionnel publishes a letter of the 24th ult. from Madrid,
which states positively that with the exception of Espartero, who re-
tains the war department, the entire of the Cabinet will be renewed.
Count Toreno and M. Martinez de la Rosa, It is said, are to form part
of the new combination, and Cordova is to be named Commander-in-
Chief of the army of the north and Viceroy of Navarre. Alain is to
replace the Baron de M2er in Catalonia, and the latter is to have the
gos'emment of the island of Cuba.
It appears that the Exaltados openly testify their dissatisfaction with
the new Ministry, at whose accession even the British Ambassador, Sir
George Villiers, is said to be greatly displeased, as he supported another
combination, of which Cordova formed part, but which was set aside
by the efforts of Toreno and Martinez de la Rosa. Count Ofalia was re-
presented by them to the Queen as a man likely to inspire Louis Phitiq e
and the northern Sovereigns with confidence, and to obtain the grant of
efLctual assistance for putting an ekd to the civil war. The Que n-
Regent is said to have been decidedly in favour of Cordova,
and Messrs. Olivan and Mon, notwithstanding the triumph oh-
tained by M. de Toreno f r his partizans. On the 22d the Movement
party gave a splendid entertainment to General Cordova—a demm-
stration which contrasted singularly with the coldness shown to him
by the moderate party and the Ministry, who seem to dread everything
like rival influence. M. Soria had been appointed Governor of Madrid.
Quiroga, Captain-General of New Castille, had been promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant-General. It was currently reported in Madrid that
the main body of the Carlists would make an attempt upon the capital
towards the end of January. The walls were in consequence being ac-
tively fortified, and different detachments of infantry arid cavalry had
been directed upon Segovia."

Letters and papers from Madrid of the 25th ult.,
have been received. The ex-premiers, CALATRAVA
and MARTINEZ DE LA RosA, are at loggerheads
about the causes of the disbanding of the French Fo-
reign Legion at Pau—the latter asserting that it was
in consequence cf the revolution of La Granja, and the
former offering to prove that it was strictly in accor-
dance with the established policy of Louis PHIL
LIPPE, who never designed to send troops into the
Peninsula. The substance of a clever, and in our
opinion conclusive letter upon this important subject,
addressed by CALATRAVA tO one of the leading Spa-
nish Journals, will be found in another part of The
Sun. At no period since the commencement of the
civil war did the King of the FRENCH intend to co-
operate actively with the Spanish Cabinet for the
purpose of crushing the Carlist rebellion. On the
contrary, his MAJE3TY, previous to the Revolu-
tion of La Granja, declared himself opposed to send-
ing any French troops across the frontier, though re-
peatedly importuned by M. THIERS and the Cabinets of
London and Madrid to adopt such a measure. Fa-
tally for Spain, the King of the FRENCH has been
uniformly consistent in his views regarding this sub-
ject ; and it is a grievous wrong to tax the Liberals
with having occasioned the adoption of a line of po-
licy which was matured, and in full operation long be-
fore they had recourse to the realization of the nation's
fervent aspirations—the recognition of the Constitu-
tion. A French army, 50,000 strong, would have
crushed the rebellion in as many months as it has now
lasted years. Spain, instead of being the theatre of
fratricidal butchery, would be now in the enjoyment
of peace—actively engaged in developing her vast re-
sources of social prosperity. But Louis PHILIPPE
would never consent to so bold and decided a line of
policy. He dreaded that so decisive a step would
involve him in a quarrel with the Great Northern
Powems, and he feared the influence which the sudden
triumph of liberty in the Peninsula would have upon
the inflammable feelings of the French Republicans.
Such apprehensions were groundless, but they have
had the effect of entailing upon Spain years of blood-
shed and misery.
The fall of the new Cabinet is predicted in every
quarter. ESPARTERO has refused the war depart-
went, well knowing that time sun of his greatness sets
for ever the ins!ant he is removed from the head of the
army. It is reported that CORDOVA, who is a Royal
favourite, and supported by the influence of the Ca-
marillo, will be appointed to a scat in the Cabinet.
We trust no such misfortune is reserved for the
Spanish nation.

Advices from the Spanish frontier reiterate and deny
the report of the departure of the Carlist expedition
towards Navarre. The correspondent of a Morning
Contemporary, under date of the Bth instant, writes
thus :

" Notwithstanding the assertion that Basilio Garcia had passed the
Ebro at the head of the Carhst expedition, I can assure you this has not
been the case. There was merely a review on the 19th of eleven bat-
talions; of these eight were Castilians, two Arragonese, and one Va-
leneians. Tue battalions are from 300 to 000 strong, well equipped,
but the men are wretched. ViAareal refuses sternly all the offers and
advances of Don Carlos, expressing his indignation at the treatment re-
ceived by Zariategui, Eio, Torre, and Guibelalde. The division, or
army, reviewed on the 19th, moved on the 21st, not over the Ebro, but
towar.is Navarre, where the very Carlists are ready to declare against
Don Carlos and his new Juntas. '1 he Cltristinos are standing u'i h their
arms across, though the weather iz extremely fine."
Opposed to this is the following statement %vb.:eh ap-
pears in the columns of the Phare de Bayonne :
The new expedition, which the Pretender has organised and equipped
with a rapidity that is not common, began its movement on the 2lst of
this month. It left Amuerio under the command of Basilio Garcia, and
is real'y composed of only Castliians and Aragonese. We have not yet
been able to learn win they the 14 battalions reviewed at Llodio on the
loth by the Pretender, had also marched under that commander, Gr
whether some of them have been removed to be sent in another direc-
tion. All that we have learnt so as to leave no room for doubts
is that Basilio Garcia proceeded on the abovemeationed day towards
the Encartacioncs, aud that on the same day Castor Anderchaga made
a movement towards Santander. It is hardly to be supposed that
General Firmin Iriarte, who was at Batinaseda watching the move.
merits of the troops composing the Carlist expedition, has been strong
enough seriously to oppose the departure of liisilio Garcia. The small
force under his command is evidently for- the purpose of observation
only ; and it must, doubtless, be General Buerens, who is posted at
Miranda with the' ied battalion, that will have to pursue the expedition
into the Asturias or Old Castile."
Of ESPARTERO movements actual or intended, we