The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-10 00:00:00

gated, and from those principles he was not prepared
to recede—not to speak of the memorable controversy
on, physical force,—a controversy which remained as
unsettled as ever,—there was still remaining what
would ever be a bar to effectual coalition—he meant
a Whig alliance." On such grounds Mr. SMITH
013arEN was not prepared to coalesce with Mr.
O'Curoassa., and " take his place behind the Mi-
nibter." Under such circumstances, we would re-
mark of the split between Conciliation Hall and the
Music Hall, eslo perpetua, and with respect to the re-
volutionary sentiments last quoted, and which were
vehemently applauded by the auditory, is there ought
wanting to confirm our prudence in faithfully adher-
ing to the Act of Union ?

Madrid journals of the 3d have been received.
The Gaceta contains the official announcement of
the following appointments :—Lieutenant-General
Joss MANSO to be Captain-General of Valencia ;
Major-General FERNANDEZ DE CORDOVA to be Cap-
eMlnasdpreid ; Lieutenant-General Joss
Inspector-General of Cavalry.
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We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
With the exception of the Journal des Debats, they
all have articles on what they are pleased to denomi-
nate the check which France has received in Spain
and in Greece.
The Opposition papers of all shades continue to
affirm, and to comment on as true, the rumour of the
fall of COLETTI in Greece, notwithstanding the posi-
tive denial of the truth of the rumour by M. Do-
CHATEL, the Minister of the Interior.
The Union Monarchique, the organ of the Legiti-
matist party, has the following on this subject :
" For about eight days the Ministry has known the
recent events that have occurred in Greece, not the
news of the fall of the Coletti Cabinet, but the menace
of the English Government, to the effect that it would
obtain payment of a debt of which poor Greece was un-
able to give a farthing. Now, nothing was more easy
than to foresee that M. Coletti being able neither to pay
nor to resist, had only to abandon his place ; tbat is
what he has done. M. Coletti then is overthrown in
Greece, and we may say the influence of M. Guizot with
him ; for M. Guizot gave us this singular spectacle, that
at Paris he is not to be shaken, but that every where
else he falls—yesterday at Madrid, to-day at Athens ;
and that there may be no possibility of deceiving oneself
as to the disgrace of the Ministers who sympathise
with M. Guizot, who are considered in their country as
the allies of France, these Ministers do not cede to a
movement of the Chamber, to the blow of a majo-
rity which strikes them. No—certainly the full and
entire majority is for them. At Madrid the ad-
dress is voted almost unanimously ; two or three
days afterwads the Sotomayor Ministry retires ; it
would perhaps be more correct to say that it was kicked
out. At Athens we have a repetition of the same scene.
M. Coletti has the majority; it supports him, it votes,
it manceuvres to the wishes of his policy; a bad sign, it
announced his ruin. In truth, one cannot explain to
oneself how Ministers, at least in Greece and Spain, give
themselves so much trouble to influence the elections;
the elections give them the majority—that is true—the
majority gives victory—that is true too; but victory
brings them death! Whence comes their fall? It must
have a source somewhere. We must seek it in the in-
cessant war which the English Cabinet wages against
Guizot. At Madrid influence is obtained over the
mind of the young Isabella—she is brought into a qusr.
IA with her mother—and her mother having taken her
departure, all that have ties with France are set aside.
At Athens a misunderstanding is excited between the
Turkish Ambassador and the Coletti Ministry; and
after having created this embarrassment, M. Coletti is
overthrown by having presented to him a line of vessels
which dictate his sentence. To hide this last check,
M. Guizot may tell the Chambers, if questioned, that in
presence of the English guns, M. Coletti has fallen in a
fashion quite extra-parliamentary."
The National also comments on the affairs of
Greece and Spain in a style as furiously rabid as that
of the article from the same journal which we gave
in our yesterday's impression. " Events," says the
National, " appear to hurry precipitately on to over-
throw the French system abroad ; they have been
preparing beforehand, and long since. PALMERSTON
did not delay a single day, and his designs are being
accomplished. Worsted at Athens, worsted at
Madrid, we cannot even give an opinion in.the case
of Portugal. The English Ambassador treats on the
matter with Spain, and he has received full power to
use his fleet, if necessary, to bring about an arrange-
ment. There cannot now be a long interval between
the moment when we write and the conclusion of
the differences, which threatened the last for an
indefinite period. The. Junta and the QuEurt
come to an arrangement in the arms of England,
who will stifle them both. At Madrid the Pacheco
Ministy has signalised its accession to power
by recalling M. OLOZAGA, who is to take his seat in
the Cortes. There is some talk of nominating NAR-
VAEZ Ambassador at Paris, and ESPARTERO Governor
of the Philippine Islands. Promotions, honours, and
decorations will be restored to the generals and poli-
tical chiefs who were prosecuted with such severity
by the reactionary party. We have established our
influence on an oppression so completely odious, that
all these acts of justice are greeted with transport as
protests against the Afrancesado party. Re-peruse
the articles of the Debats, read over the magniloquent
speech of XL GUIZOT on the immense advantages of
the Spanish marriage, look even to the Address of the
Chamber, and to all the hymns of triumph on the con-
quest of the Peninsula, and what remains ? A dowry !
nothing but a dowry, and that a curtailed one !
And what has France gained ? what is her compen-
sation ? What does she become in the Mediter-
ranean? Attacked in Greece, in Portugal, in Spain,
at Tunis, and at a later period perhaps even in
Algeria, what pledges does she preserve ? what
security has she achieved ? To the work, great
statesmen whom we accused of deceiving us as to the
inevitable results of this dynastic enterprise, this is
the moment to support your doings, to show your
resolution ! You are driven out everywhere, slighted,
mocked ! Where are your faithful agents ? -What
is the illustrious ISTURITZ about to become ? And
M. Masson, who procreates grandees of Spain, dares
not even show his face at Madrid 1_ And CHRISTINA
iS on the point of flying to Rome ! You had for-
sooth drawn closer together the two nations, you had
seized in your grasp the Peninsula, you had so dex-
terously jockied England ! What, was all that to
last but four months ?"
The National is right in one of its assumptions.
The recent change in the Spanish Ministry, although
not a victory for England, inasmuch as it was not
brought about by any English influence, is a defeat
for the French Government, and a defeat richly
deserved, inasmuch as French influence in Spain has
been established "on an oppression so completely
odious" that every act of mere justice is a
protest against the unjust ascendancy of the
Afrancesado party.
The Constitutionnel concludes a cuttingly sarcastic
article on the recent changes in Spain in the follow-
terms :—" It will be said that all this is the play of
free institutions, or the effect of palace intrigues, and
that to-morrow French influence may resume the
ascendancy. Be it so ; but the marriage so lauded
to the skies has not prevented these changes ; nay, we
believe that it has precipitated them. It was cer-
tainly well worth while to isolate France, to place Eng-
land in opposition to us, to sacrifice Poland, to throw
Greece and the East into grave perils, to turn Europe
topsy-turvy, in order to witness the play of free in-
stitutions and the effect of palace intrigues amongst
our neighbours of Spain 1"
The Presse is furious, and of course it attributes
all sorts of designs
to England ; but it comforts itself
with the notion that " there is something in the
Spanish character which will not agree with English
materialism," and that therefore Spain must eventu-
ally become the victim of Franco-Neapolitan Ma-
chiavellism.
The Prince DE JOINVILLE arrived at Marseilles on
the U.

By the whale-ship L'Aigle, just arrived from the
South Seas, copies of the commercial treaty concluded
between M. PERRIER, the French Consul of the Sand-
' wich Islands, and the KING of that country, have been
received. It is comprised in seven articles, the essen-
tial provisions of which are—that all French subjects
residing in the islands shall enjoy an equal protection
of persons and property with the natives, and the
same privileges as have been, or shall be granted to
the most favoured nations ; that all Frenchmen ac-
cused of crimes shall be tried only by such a jury,
whether native or foreigners, as shall be proposed or
accepted by the French Consul ; that all protection
shall be extended to such French ships as may be
stranded on the islands, and that the amount of
salvage shall be settled by arbitrators mutually chosen
between the parties ; that all deserters from French
ships shall be re•captured and delivered up; that no