The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-14 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER l4, 1847.

Corsini I" (the former Governor) who had becu me
extremely popular since he declined accepting the
Ministry for Forign Affairs unless the Grand Pali e
gave a constitution to his subjects. The Civfic
Guard was called out, and_with difficulty dispersed
the mob.
Letters from Florence state that—

" The promises contained in the programme of the
new Tuscan Cabinet were :-Ist, the organization of
a Civic Guard, divided into two corps—one formed on
the plan of the German Landwehr, and liable to take
the field ; and the other sedentary, destined to guard
the towns ; 2dly, the augmentation of the army, with
a corresponding materiel of war; 3dly, the establish•.
ment of municipalities, founded on the principle o f
popular election; 4thly, the establishment of pro-
vincial councils, also elective ; sthly, a central repre-
sentation, organized according to the form circum-
stances will suggest. The Grand Duke warmly con-
curred in the idea of an Italian Customs Union. The
new Cabinet gave on that subject the most positive
instructions to M. Marini, the Tuscan Envoy at the
Court of Turin."

Madrid j ournals of the 7th have been received

The Clamor Publico, in announcing a rumour pre-
valent in Madrid, that SEREANO is to be elevated to
the dignity of Prince and Grandee of Spain, says—
" If that announcement be true, it is the greatest
scandal we shall have witnessed during the present
age. What services and merit entitle General Ser-
rano to so exalted a dignity, which should only be
conferred in recompense of heroic and magnanimous
deeds ? What are the sacrifices made by that child
of fortune to deserve so high a distinction ? We have
seen General Serrano of late occupied in assisting at
the exhibitions of the circus and the stage, and
amusing himself with his friends and companions.
Those campaigns of a novel kind, in which he easily
conquered numerous trophies, cannot surely warrant
his elevation to the station of Grandee of Spain."
The same journal says—

t, We feel curious to know what will be the con-
duct of these very men who a few days ago could
not find words sufficiently insulting for that influence
on which they now hang. We know who that per-
sonage is who invited the hero of Ardoz (Narvaez)
—who bargained with him, and led him at night into
the Queen's apartments. We know the price which
he set upon this sudden elevation ; we could tell the
terms of this clandestine contract, and we are not
ignorant of the trap these two masters of the age laid
for each other. Instead of that excessive punishment
which was to have flowed from virtuous severity, we
now expect to see living in perfect harmony the
ultra-Moderados and the influential personnage so
lately doomed, while between them shall be shared
the abundant hire of place and patronage."
GONZALES BRAVO has arrived in Madrid.
On the 6th the QUEEN signed decrees annulling
the financial projects of SALAMANCA.
Senor SIERRA, a protege of Senor MoN, has been
nominated Under-Secretary of the Financial Depart-
ment, and the Countess of MONTLIO is appointed
Camerara Mayor of the QUEEN.
MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 7.—Three per Cents., 26k,
for the 30th of June, but after the ordinary time of
business they are quoted at 26i to 7-16 demanded ;
Five per Cents., 17* offered, and after the Bolsa,
17 offered. Passive Debt, 5i offered ; Bank of
San Fernando, 135 offered. Exchange on London,
48d. 40.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
It was rumoured in Paris that Queen CHRISTINA
had secretly left for Madrid. This is extremely pro-
bable, for it is very evident, from the tone of an
article in the Presse, that both Louis PHILIPPE and
CHRISTINA distrust NARVAEZ.
The Presse, speaking of the Duke of VALENCIA,
says—
"lt is not only Spain, but all Europe, that has its
eyes turned upon him. It is said that on leaving
France he assumed for his motto—Force with mo-
deration and legality. This is admirably appropriate
to the occasion, and if General Narvaez remains con-
stantly faithful to it, we can promise him, without
fear of being contradicted by facts, that he will bring
to a point most of the questions which have during
twelve months remained unsolved; and that he will,
for a long period, keep from power his implacable ad-
versaries, who, at this time at least, are the enemies
of Spain and her greatest political and commercial
interests. To keep himself upon a level with circum-
stances, General Narvaes must first be mistrustful of
himself, of his self-love, and of the incomparable vi-
vacity of his temper; he must next mistrust all those
who, under any pretence, try to excite the ardour of
his character. They would not be enlightened friends
to him, and would cause him to commit faults.
General Narvaez is one of those men who, full of
fire, are irritated at every obstacle, are too easily
carried away by passion, and, consequently, who
have, if we may be allowed to use the expression,
more need of the bit than of the spur. We shall
not lose our time in attempting to divine what will
be the policy to which he will attach his name. By
an act of the best augury, and which is an answer
to many calumnies, he has convoked the Cortes,
and ere a month passes he must publish his pro-
gramme."
The Constituionnel has the following on the causes
and the probable consequences of the recent Minis-
terial changes in Spain:—
" Truth is truth. It is all very fine for our Minis-
ters to take their gravest and most solemn tone, in
order to explain,. by profound political causes, the last
change of Cabinet which has just taken place at
Madrid; but what we have recorded of the circum-
stances of this
ievent, according to the Ministerial
correspondenceitself, s not mere scandalous gossip—
it is the history of Spain, the truest, the best known,
and the least liable to be disputed. It is certain that
General Narvaez left Paris with a mission—that of
obtaining possession of power in Spain, of preventing
the return of Lspartero, and especially of reconciling
Queen Isabella with the King. An article in a re-
view, which was written in the cabinet of M. Guizot
took the precaution of announcing to the public in
advance all that General Narvaez had gone to accom-
plish at Madrid, and particularly the early establish-
ment of good harmony between the royal couple, and,
the removal of General Serrano. Our readers have
not forgotten that General Narvaez found the Queen
more disinclined than ever to the idea of a reconcilia-
tion with her husband, and that he was coolly thrown
aside by the irresistible influence of this same General
Serrano, whom he had the mission to exile. The
disgrace which he was to have inflicted fell on
him, and, instead of proscribing, he saw himself on
the point of becoming proscribed. The Salamanca
Ministry was formed in a few moments in concert
with General Serrano; the Duke de la Victoria was
nominated a Senator, and a decree of amnesty re-
opened Spain to all the refugees. Among all the
Spaniards there was scarcely any other than General
Narvaez to whom a residence at Madrid was inter-
dicted. It was impossible to fail more completely.
However, as we have already stated, the credit of
Serrano, which soon appeared to become less in the
Queen's mind, came to be threatened by those who
owed their recent triumph to his influence. Another
person was pushed towards favour by the Salamanca
Ministry, which believed it very clever to cause a new
sun to rise at the Court for its advantage. Narvaes
was informed of it, and adroitly turned this fault of
his adversaries to advantage. Serrano irritated, em-
ployed the ascendency which he maintained in the
mind of Isabella; and in half-an-hour the Ministry
was overthrown—Narvaez passed from disgrace to
the Presidency of the Council ; the ordinances insti-
tuting the new Cabinet on the wreck of the old one
were signed, or rather fdlminated with miraculous
rapidity. At present, Narvaez, whose funda-
mental political idea is an implacable rivalry
with Espartero, will, perhaps, annul the decree
of amnesty to his enemy. In any event,
it would not be safe, it is said, for the Duke de la
Victoria to re-enter Spain. He has for enemies in
future not only the new President of the Council,
but also Qeneral Serrano himself, to whom it was de-
sired to oppose in the Queen's favour Colonel Gan-
dara, who is greatly devoted to Espartero. It appears,
moreover, that Espartero never thought of returning
to Spain. Behold then the ex-Regent kept in exile,
andN.arvaez at the bead of the Cabinet. But the
principal object of his mission is far from being ac-
complished,nd
he
even finds himself engaged pre-
cisely teinterests
which he was to have com-
batted. Serrano was to have been sent away by him ;
but he Is closely allied with Serrano. He was to have
negotiated a reconciliation between the Queen and the
King ; but he is obliged ;to perpetuate the separation
between the royal couple, and even to second in this
respect the sentiments of the Queen. Is that the
policy of our Government ? It would be well in
truth to explain to us the profound reasons by which
it could now be wished that the gustier' of the di-
vorce should always remain pending, by the perma-
nent absence of the King Don Francisco. It is
profoundly ridiculous to deny certain facts, in order
to manufacture imaginary triumphs. But what
strikes us more strongly is the folly of people who
have caused one of the greatest European difficulties
which France could meet with to exist in Spain, and
who apply themselves every day to increase and to
envenom it still more. What does the Government
propose to itself of a serious and useful nature, when

it boasts of having beaten- hirTßulwer and the
English by the removal of Colonel Gandara and the
Minister Salamanca, and by the favour of General
Serrano and the Minister Narvaez ? Is its object to
increase the dissension between England and France,
to render the struggle more bitter, stronger, more
violent ? Does it believe it able to keep alive the
question incessantly, instead of hushing it up ? bias