The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-09 00:00:00

were done at 261 for cash ; the Five per Cents., at
17 for paper; the Debt without Interest, at si; and
the Coupons, at 14.

The elevation of NARYAEZ to power in Spain is
the subject of comment in the greater number of the
Paris papers of Thursday. The new Ministerial
journal, the Conservateur, crows out its song of
triumph over England on this occasion in the most
joyous manner imaginable, while the better informed
Debats and Presse observe a discreet silence. They
know too well the means by which the accession of
NARVA sz to power was brought about to make any
stir about the matter, and, adopting the maxim of
NAPOLEON, wisely wash their dirty linen at home.
It appears that the accession of NARVAE2I was the
result of a palace intrigue rather than of a poli-
tical combination. The story is thus told in the
National t--

" The Moniteur Parisien has published a piece of
news which will probably cause considerable surprise.
The Salamanca Ministry is overturned, and Narvaez
in power. Although we had no confidence in the ,
duration of the late Ministry, still we did not expect
its fall to be so sudden. Even yesterday it seemed
sure of its position, but at the Court of a young
Queen, what is most unexpected most prevails; ca-
price gives the law, and there is nothing true but
what would elsewhere appear impossible. It is there-
fore as difficult to explain this coup d'etat as it was to
foresee it. The curious confidences, however, pub-
lished within the last few days in the Presse may,
perhaps, give us the key of the enigma. It was not
without motive that the Moderadoes addressed certain
eulogiums to Serrano, which were strange enough
in their mouth. Serrano, they said, was a man
who respected himself; he had not been able to
forget the position which he occupies and the part
which he played for a moment ; Mr. Bulwer has already
found that there are certain limits beyond which it is
useless to attempt to lead him. But, as every one is
aware, Serrano was the first to declare against Espar-
tero. There was not therefore much difficulty in
working on the feebleness of his mind and his ex-
cessive vanity,' by showing him that the return of the
ancient state of things would be a check for him.
The Moderadoes had besides another reason to put
forward in order to obtain his co-operation. A
new influence at the palace was appearing in the royal
horizon; it is the Presse which has taken care to in-
form us of it ; and it is probable that Serrano dreads
this rising rivality. Hence his sudden change of plan,
and in consequence not a change of policy, the favourite
never thought of such a thing, but a change of
persons. Narvaez is charged with the task of pre-
venting Gandara from passing the threshold of Isa-
bella's chamber. Whatever may be the real causes
of the overthrow of the Salamanca Ministry, we can
at once affirm, that the return of Narvaez will become
for Spain the signal of new troubles. The nation will
not support without resistance this insult offered to all
its sentiments and wishes. The reactionary party
triumphs, the Tuileries are satisfied, and Madrid is
tranquil, as the 2Woniteur Pariaien says. How long
will that last ? That is the question. For our parts
we patiently await events ; a closet intrigue has led
to a coup d'etat, which will lead to a revolution."

The Carlists are delighted at the change, and also
at the manner in which it has been brought about, as
they calculate, and not without some show of reason,
that the consequence of the restoration of those to
power in Spain whose all but openly proclaimed in-
tention it has long been to attempt to depose ISABELLA,
will soon leave no choice to those Spaniards who
wish to maintain the nationality and independence of
their country, but to join the standard of the Count
DE MONTEMOLIN, as between him and the Duke DB
MONTPENSIEIt the contest will eventually lie.
The Union Illonarchique, the organ of the Legiti-
matist party, speaks of this change in a tone of trium-
phant banter. It says—
" Another Ministry has entered by the back door,
by the mysterious door which leads to the boudoir of
the most capricious, the most irresolute, and the most
inconstant of women !It is to-day the turn of Nar-
vaez, that adventurer of the revolution, to resume
and direct for a few instants the helm of that crip-
pled ship which is commonly called the Government
of Spain. Narvaez has again become a Minister !
He was no longer talked of. That silence was
cruel for a man who, like him, is accustomed to
make so much noise. Silence was more than
death—it completely annihilated him. He left Paris
for Madrid to terminate the Palace question, and
he terminated nothing. He presented himself at
the Palace, and was turned out. After that check
it required some great master-stroke to re-
trieve his importance. The attempt was made. The
innocent but inconstant Isabella gave her adhesion to
the new trial, as she would have given it to any other
unforeseen combination, without heeding the con-
sequences of all those wretched Ministerial in-
trigues. Mr. Bul wer has been for a moment
worsted; Isabella has proved unfaithful to him. For
whom and why ? The Gazette of scandal will, no
doubt, soon tell us. If it were possible to rely on
the stability of the new Cabinet, we should readily
applaud its formation. If the return of French in-
fluence appeared to us to result in a permanent
manner from the change, we should be the first to
congratulate M. Guizot. But the versatility of the
daughter of Ferdinand VII. is known. There is
nothing stable at Madrid but instability ; and, for that
reason, do we regard the sudden accession of Narvaez
as a chapter the more to add to the history of the
Folies d'Espagne."

At a Council of Ministers, held on Wednesday, at
St. Cloud, the retirement from the Cabinet of M.
CUNIN-GRIDAINE, the Minister of Commerce, was
decided on. lie will be succeeded by M. MURET
DE BORD.

The girant of the Mforme was on Wednesday
tried before the Court of Assizes, upon a charge of
attempting to excite hatred and contempt against the
KING'S Government, by the publication of the article
in that journal on the 20th of Augustalast. The article
in the Refurme, for which the prosecution was insti-
tuted, was under the head of " Assassination of the
I2ssDEPRASLIN," and was as follows :
T horrible event is the subject of all conver-
uchhies
conver-
sations. In ordinary times such an event would have
excited the most profound emotions, and it may be
imagined what it produces at the period in which we
live. The other day an aide-de-camp of a Prince
was surprised in the very act of robbery. The next
day two Ministers were condemned for the crime of
corruption. Each morning a crowd of accusations
are brought forward against men in power, and re-
main without an answer. In fine, night also
is determined to have its share in crime.
What men ! what mortals I If gambling is
is the matter in hand, a cheat is sure to be
discovered—if peculation, the corrupters and the
corrupted present themselves—if a duel, the arms are
unfair—if contracts, the ignoble pot-au-vin or secret
present forms part of the bargain; if love, adultery
marches forward with the cudgel or poniard in the
hand. Our statistic mongers, in collating the judg-
ments of the Courts of Assizes, seek in the number of
condemnations the tariff of public morality; but let
them turn their eyes towards the bish... quarters of
society, and say if for the last six months there a
single crime, meanness, or opprobrium, has been
heard of which has not left there its stain. Can it be
believed that such a mass of horrors and shameful acts
was accumulated by the mere effect of chance, and
that all human views and ignominies had capriciously
made a rendezvous to swell the annals of 1847 ? He
must be blind who sees in this only a game of fatality,
instead of recognising the tardy but inevitable ven-
geance of all the sentiments of honour, right, justice,
and morality
which have been trampled under foot,
which it was attempted to destroy, and on the ruins
of which a cynical shout was set up of—" We are the
masters." The prosecution was supported by the Ad-
vocate-General, M. DE THORIGNY, whose argu-
ments were replied to With great energy by M.
LEDRU-R ; but the jury, after consulting OLLlNto-
gether for twenty minutes, brought in a verdict of
guilty, and the Court sentenced M. LECOUYRE to four
months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 3,000 f.,
ordering. all the copies of the journal seized to be
destroyed.
The Presse announces the determination of the
Cabinet to contract for the loan forthwith, either
altogether or in part. This decision was arrived at
on the 6th of October. It is said that Baron JAMES
DE ROTHSCHILD and Mr. BARING are in communi-
cation with the French Government on this subject.
The ex-King of Westphalia, JEROME BONAPARTE,
the only surviving brother of the Emperor, arrived in
Paris on Monday.
Count MOLITOR has been appointed Governor of
the Invalides.

The Prince DE JoINVILLE has left Penis for
Toulon, to resume the command of the Mediterra-
nean squadron.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
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Rouen,
9051- ; Havre, 5171. 50c. ; Great Northern,
518 f. 73c.; Avignon, 5221. 50c. ; Vicrzon, 537 f. 50c. ;
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