The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONT,ENTS.

Many thanks to our " Bath Frie-AdCfOr- his communication
respecting the late Bath CrAservative Meeting, which he
will find—on reference to She Sun of yesterday—that we
hare already noticed.

" A Lover of Justice" is, inadmissible. The criticism he corn-
plains of, may or rn.ay not be just ; but it is no part of our
duty to animadvert on the critical remarks of other journals.

The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock.

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1836.

Ther gentle ZETA has resumed his ,lucubrations
in the Morning Post, in the firm expectation, no
doubt, of rendering the merry Christmas-tide a season
of gloom and despair to the Ministers. He tells them,
for instance, that he abhors their politics quite as
much as he ever did ; and asks them, with an air of
infinite superciliousness, how they are to meet the
Peers and the Representatives of the people in the
approaching Session ? " From the Conservatives,"
says ZETA, " Ministers can expect neither sympathy
nor support. There was a time when Sir R. PEEL
and his friends were anxious to purchase protection
from the fury of ultra-Ra'iicalism by the intervening
aid of the Whig party ; but that time has gone by.
The Conservatives are now sufficiently strong to pro-
tect themselves ; their principles have become popu-
lar; their -numbers are rapidly increasing; and they con-
fidently hope, on the advent of another general elec-
tion, to be able to bid defiance to the whole
gang of Whigs and Radicals combined. It is clear,
therefore, that doomed as they are to encounter a ve-
hement opposition from the Conservative party, Mi-
nisters can only expect to maintain their position by
securing the zealous support of the Radical faction."
The above is a fine sample of Tory braggadocio.
The Conservative " principles rapidly increasing" in-
deed I Why, they are in a process of almost daily ex-
tinguishment, as is proved, beyond the possibility of
refutation, by the incredible difficulty the faction expe-
riences in getting up, and keeping together when once
instituted, a few Operative Associations. Again, if
Conservative principles—which are very different things
from Conservative dinners—are on the increase, how
happens it that the great questions of the Ballot and
Peerage Reform have made such rapid, indeed, we
might almost say, such unprecedented progress, within
the last few months ? If there be two questions in the
world which the Conservatives si.:(pretnely detest, and
will oppose with the utmost virulence, these are the
two ; and yet at this very moment they are making
converts all over the country I 'Tis in vain to deny
this fact ; the very bitterness of the Tory party, the
result of their extreme apprehension, sufficiently corro-
borates it. But ZETA is so confident of their popu-
larity, that a new election, he predicts, will return them
in overwhelming numbers to St. Stephen's, totally
omitting, in his zeal, to take into calculation the
state of the Registries, which, as the Spectator
has proved, tells quite a different story. But there
i 3 no arguing, or beating down the blind self-con-
fidence of a Tory. Even when standing on the
brink of a precipice, he will believe himself; and en-
deavour to impress others with the same belief, that
his position is one of remarkable sec':irity. It was not
until the Reform Bill had been actually read a third
time in the House of Lords, th'.t this besotted faction
could be persuaded that the_ itay had gone against them.
Equally convinced %! ere they of the stability of the
PEEL Administ:ation ; and yet when put to the test, the
materials or which this notable patch-work was com-
posed, crumbled away piece-meal, never again, we hope
and believe, to be re-linited. And such as the
Tory Incorrigibles haxe ever been, just such will they
ever continue to be—_sceptics even at the eleventh hour
—fully persua'lo:Cl of their overwhelming popularity, at
the very pe:4-tod when the country from one extremity
to the c,ther, is raising as unanimous and irresistible
a clamour fur the Ballot and Peerage Reform, as
ever it di:A for the entombment of Schedules A
and B '4 Just now they are in high glee at the
tho-dglus of the approaching Glasgow festival.
They imagine that the force of circumstances will
Compel Sir ROBERT PEEL to declare himself in
their favour in more unqualified and energetic terms
than he has yet done. But they will be cruelly—
most cruelly disappointed. The quick-witted Baronet
is not the man to give in an uncompromising adhesion to
a falling party. He has no notion of setting sail in a
leaky vessel. He is a smooth, discreet man of the
world, one who will not hesitate to fling up his hat
and cry, " long life to the conqueror" the instant—but
not before—that the victory is placed beyond a doubt.
Office is to him a second nature ; his habits, thoughts,
sentiments, nay, his very speech and manner, all par-
take of an official character ; and we have little or no
doubt, whatever the Tories may believe to the con-
trary, that he is anxiously looking forward to the
period when—the ties that bind him to the faction

burst asunder—he will be again seated on the sunny
side of the House of Commons, with real, not sham,
Reformers for his collcagum

We have received The whole of the rrench Papers
of Wednesday. The Monitertr states that the total
number of officers, sub-officers, arid .§oldieil
wounded, and missing, in the ocpeditin against Con-
stantino., is only seven hundred and fifty-seven. Were
this number trebled, it would be considerably nearer
the truth. But the mistake i§ not poor M. BERNARD'S)

and he had no pqwer to correct it. All the world
knows that M. BERNARD has, in reality, as little
influence over the War Department as has the eldest

son of his Royal Master over the hearts and hands of

all the marriageable Princesses in Europe. The Ge-
neral is a mere cipher, as well in the Cabinet as out
of it. His value—vulgar and decimal—is borrowed
from the approximating position of the KING.
The Moniteur of Wednesday contains the following
news from Spain _

" The Government has received the following telegraphic
dispatches from Bayonne :
" December 17, half-past two o'clock. (Conveyed by
telegraph to Bordeaux, and thence forwarded to Paris by
the Mail.)—There was nothing new at Bilboa on the 15th.
The bad state of the weather prevented the Carlists from
acting against the town, and Espartero had as yet accom-
plished nothing. The Carlists have learned that a body of
their troops arrived on the 13th at Belorado. It was not
known whether this corps was commanded by Gomez or
Cabrera. Two battalions had been sent to guard the Ebro.

" December 18, Mid-day.—The last accounts from Ma•
drid announce that Alaix arrived on the 10th at Atiensa
six hours after the departure of Gomez. On the Bth San
Miguel came up with the remains of Cabrera's force, and
killed and captured about a hundred of his men and horses.
He was flying towards Albarasin. The sixth article of the
Ministerial proposition for exceptional measures, authorising
the banishment of conspirators has been plitsed by a majo-
rity of 94 to 53.' "
Advices of a still later date have been received in
London. On the 15th ESPARTERO, after a second
campaign of four days, re-entered Portugalette with
his artillery, carrying along with him that inseparable
companion of his recent movements—the wooden
bridge. On the 13th the gallant ESPARTERO was to
have relieved Bilboa or perish in the attempt—a
death which it will be recollected we predicted was
not destined for many of the QUEEN'S Generals.
Well—the 13th is long past ; Bilboa was not relieved
neither on that day nor the day following ; and yet the
magnanimous ESPARTERO stilllives, and talks of future
conquests ! We are now informed that he only awaits at
Portugalette the arrival of four fresh battalions, to re-
commence operations for the relief of Bilboa. We care
not what professions he may make—what projects he may
plan—what excuses for delay he may allege, as we are
now convinced of his unworthiness to command a single
battalion. ESPARTERO is at the head of 16,000
men ; the Carlist force, under the united command of
VILLAREAL and EGUIA does not exceed that num-
ber ; the ruggedness of the ground before Bilboa is
such that:in a general engagement not more than half
the troops on both sides could be brought into the
field without impeding the military evolutions ; the
QUEEN'S troops are well supplied with arms and mili-
tary stores—and yet the General leaves Bilboa to its
fate under, the flimsy pretext of waiting for reinforce-
ments of fresh troops.
Seeing that ESPARTERO has no intention of re-
lieving Bilboa, we think it incumbent on General
EVANS to come to the assistance of the besieged.
There is no longer a Carlist force in the vicinity of
San Sebastian to attack his lines ; so that with
the assistance of the National Guards and the ves-
sels in the bay, a thousand men of the British Legion
might easily defend the garrison till the Carlists shall
be driven from before Bilboa. All the rest of the dis-
posable troops in San Sebastian, headed by General
EVANS, might be conveyed in steamers to Portugalette,
whence they could be re-conveyed to San Sebastian
much quicker than the Carlists could march thither,
were they to attempt making a dash upon that fortress
in the absence of the QUEEN'S troops. Now we en-
tertain no doubt whatever but that with six thousand
British troops, General EVANS would force his way
into Bilboa in less than three days. At all hazards he
ought to undertake it, as San Sebastian is no longer
in any danger. But let him have nothing at all to do
with ESPARTERO OT his division. If he repose con-
fidence in, or take counsel from, the Spanish General,
he is lost irretrievably. To act efficiently he must act
alone. He must depend only upon the hands and
hearts of his own countrymen.
The greater portion of the French journals treat the
speeches and letters of Senor CALATRAVA, exculpat-
ing France from the charge of non-fulfilling the
stipulations of the quadruple treaty, with the most
bitter contempt. The feelings of the KING towards
the craven Spanish Minister, who by this one act sa-
crifices a reputation for integrity before unimpeachable,
and purchased by years of toils, trials, and exile,
are of a not more enviable description. The Journal
des Debats says, and the Journal de Paris proves,
that CALATRAVA, in asserting the guiltlessness
of France with respect to the treaty, asserted not only
what was not true, but what all Europe, the Spanish
Minister included, must have known and felt to be
false. Thus, by hearkening to the secret councils of
Louis PHILIPPE, Senor CALATRAVA has covered
himself with dishonour—has sacrificed his character for
integrity—and no doubt his reward, in a very short time
will be his dismissal from office, at the instigation of the
French Ambassador. The KING only employed him
to serve a purpose—to supply a paragraph in the
Royal Speech on the opening of the Chambers—and
now that that purpose is served, his MAJESTY will
leave him to bear, as he best can, the scorn, contempt,
and pity of his friends and enemies.
We have just heard that accounts reached London,
at 12 o'clock to-day, announcing the passing of the
Ebro at Miranda del Ebro, by GOMEZ, and the rem-
nant of his division. We regard these accounts as
premature.

Madrid Papers to the 14th instant have been re-
ceived. The project of law, granting extraordi-
nary powers to Ministers, during the sitting of
the present Cortes, was passed on the 11th, by
a majority of ninety-four votes against fifty-three.
Ministers can now send all suspected persons,
of what rank soever, into banishment for six
months, to any of the islands adjacent to Spain. We
shall soon be convinced whether this power is mis-
placed, by noting the rank of those who may become
the objects of its exercise.

Brussels and German Papers have been received,
from which extracts will be found in another part of
The Sun.

Horse-stealing seems to be greatly on the increase
in;all parts of the country ; the Hue and Cry of yesterday
is half filled with descriptions of stolen horses, and various
rewards are offered for the apprehension of offenders.
Pigiron has been reduced by the iron-works in the
neighbourhood of Bradford ii. a-ton within the last fort-
night. A similar reduction has taken places in Wales.
Saturday last, while a man named Charles Newall,
employed in the Abercorn Foundry, was putting a new belt
on one of the pulleys, he lost his balance, and fell with his
arm between two spur wheels, when his arm was taken off
a few inches below the shoulder. Feeling himself likely to
be further drawn in, he, with wonderful presence of mind,
seized his knife in his left hand, opened it with his teeth,
cut himself clear, and with the assistance of one of his bro-
ther workmen, walked without his arm to the office. Mr.
Barr ran off for medical assistance, and the man was con-
veyed in a noddy to him own house, when the stump was
cut anew and properly dreamed, and we are happy to add
the man is doing well. We feel pleasure in adding that his
employers, in consideration of his steady conduct, have
promised that a job will be provided for him, by which, even
with one hand, he will be able to maintain his wife and fa-
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