The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-10 00:00:00

not mentioned. The pouter classes in every part of
France are in a very wretched conditions

We have no news ffoth the South of Spain this
morning. The httounts which we published yester-
day of the &kat of the rebel GOMEZ are bely con-
firmed, The next arrivals from Catli will be of still
moic importance that the last. •
The lAttst havices from Madrid arc to the 2d inst.
Tht 'capital was then perfectly tranquil. An account of
the recent conspiracy of the' Royal Guards, and the
excesses of which it was the cause, will be found in
another part of The Sun. On this occasion the
Government acted with too much leniency. The in-
surgents ought to have been decimated, as an example
to their comrades in arms.

Gilboa still held out on the 2d inst. The Carlists
had taken the Convent of the Conception, but at an
immense sacrifice of fine troops. Still they gained
no advantage from its occupation. The town
appeared as defensible as when the first shot was fired,
owing to the new works thrown up on all sides by the
garrison. Two steamers protected the Christinos on
the side of the river ; and in every place where
a sudden attack of- the enemy could be expected,
trenches were cut, and barricadoes raised. Es-
PARTERO was close upon the city, making pre-
parations to dislodge the Carlists. Should be suc-
ceed in compelling EGUIA to raise the siege
fore CABRERA pass the Ebro, the fate of
Don CARLOS is sealed. The defeat of GONI EZ by
NARVAEZ, of CABRERA by IRRIBARREN, and of
VILLA REAL by ESPARTERO, would put an end to
the civil war in the Peninsula.

Don NIIGUEL, wearied of his long inaction in Italy,
has signified to the Portuguese nation that he is about
to resume the work of rebellion in concert with his

worthy colleague and cousin, Don CARLOS. This is
not exactly stated, but it is implied in the proclamation
which this dastardly usurper has addressed from the
Palace, Villa Strazzi, in Rome, to the inhabitants of

Portugal. Don MIGuEL boasts that he is no stranger,
" coming with false promises to delude" the Por-
tuguese. This, to a certain extent, is true enough.
Don MIGUEL is well known to the people whose
peace he seeks to disturb, for a monster as cowardly as
he is cruel ; as ungrateful as he is tyrannical. His pro-
mises cannot delude any but fools or traitors as fero-
cious as himself. Following at an humble distance in
the wake of the most sanguinary tyrants, the Portu-
guese Pretender affects the greatest veneration for re-
ligion ; styles himself a true Catholic ; promises to re-
store the religious orders to their former wealth and in-
fluence ; and engages to maintain the DIVINE RIGHT

of TITHES ! Don MIGUEL had better first en

sure the safety of his head. He may contrive to
carry it into Portugal without being able to carry it out
again. There will be no second convention of Evora
Monte, nor will any Power in Europe seek to save

from the garote, should such a punishment be re-
solved upon, a Prince as destitute of talents as be is
of honesty and courage. " Let us swear," concludes

this royal knave," to prefer a glorious death on
the field of battle to a cowardly submission to the
insults of our impious oppressors." The nation may
swear this oath till it be tired without danger to the
QUEEN, if it observe it no more faithfully than will

the craven who proposes it. If Don MIGUEL ever
fall in a field of battle, it will be by a random shot

with his back to the enemy. The very sight of a
musket levelled at him would cause his death. But

as this proclamation, which we received with Lisbon
papers to the 3d inst., is a curiosity in its way, we re-
publish it here for the edification of our readers :

( Signed)

“ THE KING.”

" Portuguese !—I am not an adventurer or a stranger
coming with false promises to delude you. lam your le-
gitimate King, who, though separated from you for a time,
never has forgotten that it is his duty to restore to you those
rights of which you have been so long deprived, and that
peace of which you stand so much in need.
" Portuguese !—The moment has arrived when a term
must be put to the evils which afflict your country ; and
to prove to the world that the efforts of iniquity and of
treason find no echo in your heart, but that the love of
your holy religion, and fidelity to your monarch, are as dear
to you as they were to your forefathers, let us show Europe
that the tyrannical Government which rules over you does
not do so with the consent of the Portuguese people, but
that, aided by a handful of assassins and revolutionists, of
all nations, and having deceived some persons by false
promises, it has succeeded in conspiring against me, against
the country, and above all against the holy religion which L
have sworn to defend. I need not recall to you the acts of
tyranny of the Government which oppresses you has com-
mitted, because you have all been the victims, more or less,
of its ferocity.
" Portuguese and Soldiers r—The monsters who are
now to be overthrown are those whom you have twice sp
gloriously conquered, but who,' by foreign aid, expelled me
from the Throne, contrary to the fundamental laws of the.
Monarchy, in favour of a stranger Prince, the enemy of
you and of the nation, against which he made a cruel war.
We will combat against these monstrous institutions which
surround the wicked Charter, for the purpose of replacing
—in its full vigour—the venerated code of your ancient
national representation. We will re-establish all the laws
of the country, and the Tithes, which, by Divine right,
were instituted for the support of the Ministers of the
altar ; and we will restore to the religious orders and other
proprietors, the property of Which they have been so un-
justly deprived.
" Finally, Portuguese, you will show to Europe that, as
at my voice you lay down your arms, you are prepared to
take them up again to exterminate that faction which has
not complied with one of the articles of the convention of
Evora Monte, but, on the contrary, has broken them by
robbery, by assassination, and in every other manner.
Their breach of the contract would be sufficient to absolve
me from the part I took in it if I bad not signed it by
force, if I had not taken oath to it, and that by its very
nature it could impose no obligation on me. My consent
was compulsory—l yielded to the force of three great na-
tions. I knew at the time I could not alienate the
Crown, or dispose of my dominions : but I protested forcibly
when I was at liberty, as you all well know. , -
" Portuguese and Soldiers !—Listen, as you have alwayi
done, to the voice of your Sovereign. I will be soon arrain.
amongst you, to share 'as your companion the fatigues of
or the laurels of victory. Run, then, to arms, enlist beneath
the banners of the great Alphonso, under the command 'of
those chiefs who are authorised to direct the grand enter-
prise of our restoration. Obey, then, and victory will follow
the just cause. Follow me, because I am a true Portu-
guese—because lam a true Catholic. A prompt decision,
unity, constance, and resignation, are to you indispensable.
They are sufficient to ensure our triumph. Let us make
an end for ever of this infamous horde of assassins. Let
us restore the legitimate Throne, and save our religion from
being reduced to a mere schism. Hasten, then, to preserve
our beloved country, and let us swear to prefer a glorious
death on the field of battle to a cowardly submission to the
insults of our impious oppressors.
" Given at the Palace, Villa Strazzi, in Rome, October
21, 1836.

We perceive by a report in some of the Morning
Papers that a few of the small fry of Toryism in the
borough of Lambeth met at the Horns Tavern, Ken-
nington, on Wednesday, and there held a jollification in
honour of noless a personage than the Knight of KERRY.
The Morning Post says that about sixty electors dined
together on this occasion, but it is evident that this must
be an exaggeration'. Our Contemporary, whose
good properties we shall never be backward to
.ac-
knowledgemoniti the rest of h
i
when we can find them out, is, in coin-
is fraternity, sadly inclined
to the propensity which, in polite language, is shadowed
forth under the metaphor of drawing a long bow, and
where th
appears to be concerned,
indulges
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license of an American traveller.
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with
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We must therefore make a " pretty considerable" de-
duction from the above amount before we can arrive at
the truth. We do not think it a matter of vital importance
to the country, whether one, two, or:three-score of per-
sons assembled to greet the Knight of KERRY as the
future Representative of Lambeth ; but we should be
extremely sorry to think that there could be found within
the precincts of that extensive borough (exclusive- of
the inmates of a certain institution therein situate) so
many crack-brained enthusiaas, to the Pose stotes there