The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-12 00:00:00

Madame Laffarge immediately it is given, so that, hav-
ing only five days allowed by law to make opposition to
it, it is expected that she will take this step by next
Friday at latest. " Madame Laffarge," it adds, " has
declared that under such circumstances she will come
forward supported only by M. Lachaud, if M. Paillet
cannot arrive in time. The letter of M. Claivet, read
in court, has produced a profound sensation, and on its
being notified to her, she exclaimed, The discussion
will be a sharp one, and the combat corps a corps. We
will see whether in my presence Madame de Leotaud
will persist in her system. "
Madame Laffarge, on re-entering her prison, still agi-
tated by the emotion caused by the proceedings in Court,
wrote the following
" For the second time since I have come into the
world I have been compelled again to have, as it
were, a new existence, and, at the demand of justice,
to take my seat once more at the bar of ignominy,
before which I have seen sleeping the men who had
the disposal of my life and iry honour, and who were
to bury me a living martyr at twenty-five years of age.
To accept this position was to undergo horrible agonies,
but, nevertheless, I appeared. I was willing to undergo
this agony in order to avert a new act of injustice,
and claim my right. Alas ! I bad forgotten that the
only right left to me was that of suffering. lam ac-
cused, and cannot defend myself. lam told that lam a
calumniator and a thief, and it is not felt that I require
witnesses to attest my innocence. Letters are spoken of
which are, it is said, to overwhelm me, and yet the read-
ing of letters which would justify me is prohibited. My
adversaries call to their aid a man of eloquence and
talent, and yet eight times—yes, eight times—in a ques-
tion of law and fact, my defender is prevented from
speaking. This is very unjust. But if it is intended
to sacrifice me to the reputation of a great lady—me, a
feeble woman—who have no longer a name nor a future
—who have not even the right of breathing the air of
heaven without obstacle.—still I will not sink. I will
protest to-day, to-morrow, for ever ; I will not only pro-
test before a tribunal of six men, but I will also protest
before the tribunal of the public. I will be acquitted
by the great voice of the people, which is the voice of
God. Madame de Leotaud, you were not present this
morning when my regard might have made your con-
science tremble before it ; but you are present this even-
ing, when you have only to hear the language of eulogy
for yourself, and words of opprobrium for me. But Ido
not envy you. At the bottom of your heart you are
forced to respect me, and you know that at the depth of
mine I have the right to despise you. Believe me,
Marie, I preserved my energy in my love for you, and
I will retain it in resisting you. Men may prevent me
from proving the truth of what they call my calumny ;
they cannot give you the power to prove the falsehood
of the facts of which I accuse you. I rely on God for
strength, and rely on him also for the hour of your re-
morse."

NEW REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.
PARIS, AUG. B.—You have probably ere this been
made aware of the important proceedings which
have taken place at the Palais Royal, the residence, till
last week of the ex-Queen Regent of Spain. It is, there-
fore, almost unnecessary to enter further into detail than
to say that the object of her Majesty's visit here on the
special invitation of her uncle, King Louis Phillippe, has
been attained. That object was to prepare and organize
a counter-revolution in Spain. It may not be superfluous
to state, however, a few particulars of this highly im-
portant affair.

Tne Anglomanie, as it is termed, of Espartero, is in
the eyes of the French Government a crime not to be
atoned for. His impracticability unfits him for en in-
strument of King Louis Philippe, who is believed in
this instance, as in all others, (the fortifications, for ex-
ample), never for a moment to have lost sight of th
plan he projected for placing one of his sons on the
Spanish Throne. These considerations alone, (but there
were others) would have sufficed to induce his Majesty
to take under his especial care the ex-Queen Regent, and
to direct her in her course, and out of this arose her
famous protest. _ _

At the moment when that document appeared, some
of her Majesty's friends, not among the initiated, ima-
gined it was ill-timed, but they were mistaken. Emis-
saries from Madrid, Barcelona, and the Basque pro-
vinces, had arrived in Paris, and made their reports, and
the counter-revolution was organised. The principal
personages who were to lead in the revolt determined on
were ordered to their posts, and they will havo arrived
in Madrid and Catalonia, and in the Basque provinces,
ere this meet the light.
The doubt of the opportunite of the protest above allu-
ded to was founded on the general belief that Espartero
was so much beloved by the army and the country that
no attempt against him could succeed ; but now the mo-
ment would appear to have been auspicious, because of
his proposed reform and reduction of the Royal Guard,
who still preserve their attachment for Queen Christina.
In Catalonia, moreover, public opinion has changed against
Espartero, in consequence of his predilection for England,
and his consequent encouragement of English trade ; and
in the Basque provinces the people have again been alarmed
for their fueros. Besides all this, some distinguished lead-
ers of the army, either from loyalty to the ex-Queen,
or jealousy of Espartero, or from a sense of neglect on
his part, or other motives, have expressed their readi-
ness to engage in any attempt for restoring her Majesty
to the management of the kingdom of her august daugh-
ter, and for overthrowing that formidable and dangerous
power which the King of the French had, with extreme
regret, seen erected and established so close to his own
dominions.

The blow will probably have been struck by the time that
this will reach you. In Madrid the Garde Royale will
revolt, and will, say the Queen's friends, be joined by
the troops of the line, but this appears doubtful. If it
prove true, the counter-revolution will be complete. In
Catalonia and other districts the cry of " Down with
English manufactures !" " Down with the steam en-
gines !" will be raised, and may enlist in the cause the
working classes, who are principally engaged in 'manu-
factures. In the Basque provinces and in Navarre the
shout " Our fueros .1" will produce a magical effect, and
the ex-soldiery of Don Carlos who have returned into
Spain are instructed to make common cause with the in-
surgents, for reasons rather obvious. Like Henry V
(the Duke de Bordeaux), Don Carlos sees in every species
of disorder in his country an event calculated to precipi-
tate his own advent to the Throne of it.

Thus all would seem menacing for Espartero and the
Exaltados. So convinced, or so sanguine, is Queen
Christina of success, that she already laments having pur-
chased the hotel in the Rue de Courcelles, to which she
removed last Monday (and which, from its having been
the residence of Don Pedro and his daughter, Donna
Maria, is called the Hotel de Bragance).
If, on the other hand, the attempt be defeated, Espar-
tero will instantly demand her removal from Paris and
her expulion from France, and it must be complied with.
If the struggle become long, the great Powers of
Europe will interfere.

In these hurried, and, I fear, somewhat irregular lines,
you have the leading points of a very important affair.
I have endeavoured to confine myself to narrative, and,
so far as was possible, without rendering the matter ob-
scure, refraint.: from the mention of persons. It would
not have been enough to have drily said, " Spain is
about to ecome again the theatre of a sanguinary contest
for its throne." I had a duty to perform, and it is done
without, I trust, the expression of regard for one over
any other interest involved—England. France, Spain,
Queen Christina, Espartero, Don Carlos, Constitution-
alism, or Absolutism—Correspondent of the Times.