The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-04 00:00:00

FRANCE.

(From the French Papers of Monday.)
The Courrier Francais mentions an on slit that the
Duke de Broglie is to succeed M. Guizot in the embassy
to the Court of St. James's. _ .

The Presse states that Count Mathieu de la Reclorte is
recalled from his embassy to Madrid, and is to be replaced
by a Charge d'Affaires, that being the title of the Spanish
diplomatic agent accredited to the French Government.
The Constitutionnel mentions a rumour of M. Salvandy
being nominated to this -post.
The Marquis de Lavalette, who was recently charged
with two diplomatic missions to London, has been made an
officer of the Legion of Honour.
We quote the following from the Gazette des Deu.r
!blondes :—" It is said that the vacancy in the Vice-Ad-
mirals, occasioned by the promotion of Baron Roussin to
the rank of Admiral, will not be filled up till after the
creation of a reserve corps in the navy, similar to that
which already exists in the army. There will then be
five vacancies, and consequently as many promotions, at
• the disposal of the Minister of the Marine. Baron Rous-
sin would unquestionably have the command of the Me-
diterranean fleet, if the squadrons now in that sea were
united ; basing for the chief of his staff Vice-Admiral
Baudin, under whose orders there would be three divisions,
commanded by Rear-Admirals Hugon, La Susse, atol
Lalonde. A fourth division would he got ready in two or
three months, and placed under the orders of the Prince
de Juinviiic, who, on his return from St. Helena, is ex-
pected to be created a vice-admiral. Thus France would
have afloat in the Mediterranean, early in January, twenty-
two ships of the line and fifteen frigates.
A letter from Trieste of the 20th ultimo, in the Austrian ,
Observer, notices the receipt of communications from
Alexandria dated the Gth, Beyrout the 9th, and Athens
the 11th, announcing that the whole coast of Syria, in-
cluding Bey rout, but with the exception of Saint Jean
d'Acre, where, it is said, Ibrahim Pacha was, has fallen
into the hands of the Allies. "On receiving intelligence
of their success," it is added, " Mehemet Ali sent his son,
Said Bcy, to Cairo to induce the National Guard of that
city to march upon Syria. Not only did thin corps object
to move, but even refused to comply with the demand of
Said Bey to deliver up to him the arms it bad received
from the Pacha. The Vi:eroy was rendered so uneasy by
this conduct, that be had determined to go in person to
Cairo, being mistrustful of the commander of the National
Guard, and therefore anxious to disarm the population."

THE EVENTS IN SYRIA.
( From Galiguani's Messenger.)
Yesterday having been All- &ints'-day, several of the
Paris journals do not appear this morning, and in those
which do appear there are no leading articles of import-
ance. The National makes the news of the progress of
the insurrection in Syria the ground of a new and vio-
lent attack upon the late as well as the present Govern-
ment for abandoning Mehemet Ali to his own resources,
after having spoken of him as an ally, and led him to
expect support, and sees, in the announcement of the
Emir Li:schir's departure from Syria for England, an
indication that the English are rt solved to turn the tide
of event in Syria to their own account, by exercising
over it the control of conquerors. As the circumstance:,
which led to the forced or voluntary expatriation of the
Emir Beschir arc not stated is the telegraphic despatch,
it is really impossible to form a correct opinion as to thy
part taken by the English in this affair ; consequently the
observations of the National may be regarded as premature.
The possibility is, that the Emir having remained faithful
to the cause of Mehemet Ali, and the insurrection amongst
the tribes over which he ruled hiuing gained ground, he
has been compelled to take refuge in the camp of the Al.
lies against the popular reaction, and being at the same
time exposed to the vengeance of the Sultan, whose firmer
he had disregarded, his absence from Syria became necessary
for his own 'safety. Why he should have chosen so diAdni
a point as England for his place of residence does indeed
appear singular ; but speculation upon his motives is
hardly permitted whilst we are ignorant of all but thi
main fact of his loss of power and his flight. The Consti
tutionnel makes no other comment upon the last news from
Syria than by observing that the success cif the Allies there
is a fortunate event for M. Guizot, in his determination
to avoid a war in Europe, and that, on the other hand, a
victory by Ibr:him Pacha would be to him a source of
great embarrassment in the policy which he has laid down
as his guide. The Debats has the following on this event.
The Debats, it will he seen, attributes the departure of
the Emir Beschir to treason, and this may be the truth;
but whether his defection was a spontaneous one, or forced
upon him by the insurrection of his tribes, we have yet to
learn :

" This is the first real success obtained by the Allies
on the coast of Syria; this is not a victory, it is not the
taking of a fortified town, it is an act of treason. The
Emir Beschir, who, in 1823, owed his life and the main-
tenance of his rank to the generous protection of Mehemet
Ali, has gone over to the Allies. Hitherto the troops oi
the Alliance had obtained only advantages of slight im-
portance, but treason has now delivered up to them the
keys of Syria, and as Ibrahim can no longer reckon upon
sickness or the winter season for the defence of this pro-
vince, he has now no other hope than in a decisive victory,
the first elements of which have perhaps been wrested from
himiby the insurrection of the country."
The Courrier Francais gives the telegraphic dispatches
without comment.

TEIE FRENCH NAVY.-Our readers will remember that
Admiral Roussin grounded in tilt.. Council his opposition
to a war on the unsatisfactory state of our maritime ap-
pointments, which he declared insufficient for two years
of war. In effect the consumptian of wood in time of war
is double what is consumed in time of peace. If we are
well-informed, the following is Admiral Roussin•s calcu.
1 lation :

In 1837 there were in our arsenals 148,000 steres or
cubic metres (each rather more than a cubic yard English
measure). In 1838 there were consumed 25,000 stems,
while there were hut 18,000 received, the contracts for
1838, 1839, and 1840 having been only for ant quantity
per annum. In 1859 there were, however, consumed
40,000 steres, and the first months of 1840 consumed
25,000. From this it would result that the provision in
wood for our marine is no more at the present day than
78,000 steres, which is below the quantity necessary for a
single year of war, 40,000 steres being taken as the basis
on a footing of peace.

Such a state of things is calculated to inspire but little
confidence. It is the more necessary to seek to provide a
remedy, since several years are always required to trans-
port to our ports wood cut down in the forests in the inte-
rior. The necessity is increased, since in these same fo-
rests the trees suited, either by the quality of the timber
or by their dimensions, to the scantling of our large ships
of war, have become extremely scarce.
Up to the present period, our marine has always refused
to admit wood from foreign countries, but the facts which
we have submitted to our readers demonstrate the neces-
sity of changing our system in this regard. The impro-
vidence with which this important branch of our military
power has been administered since 1830 must be replaced
at last by an active, and above all, by a prcvoyante direc-
tion.-- Univers.

SPAIN.

(From the Madrid Gazette of October 26. )

" TO THE INHABITANTS OF TIIE PROVINCE OF MADRID.

" The Junta, in relinquishing the tune:ions of Govern-
ment which it has fulfilled up to the present time through
the will of the nation, would be wanting in its duty if it
did not evince its gratitude and admiration to the he-
roic population of Madrid, to the brave National Guard,
and to the valiant garrison for their intrepidity, the
firmness and sympathy with which they co-operated in
the triumph of the most glorious manifestation, which is
consigned to the political history of nations. The mem-
bers of this Junta, have the) responded to the con-
fidence of their fellow-citizens, in the midst of critical
circumstances? It is not for us to decide it. The
facts exist and speak for themselves; the whole nation
has been an eye-witness to them, and we submit to its
irrevocable decree. Although the Junta does not doubt
that the men who have been called upon to rule over the
destinies of the country, and who are sincere in their ho.
nourable professions of faith of long standing, will crown
the work of our political regeneration, which has been
commenced under such fortunate auspices, it will never.
theless continue to assemble in order to watch over the
rights of the people until the programme which has been
accepted by the Ministry shall be fulfilled in every sense.
" Madrid, Oct. 25. 1840.
" PEDRO BE ROGIN, President.
" PIO LABORDA,
JOSE PORTILLA, Members,
" VALENTIN LLANOS,
" Fernando Corradi, Secretary of the Junta."

VALENCIA, OCT. 18.
" Alt 111 Y OF OPERATIONS. -GENERAL ORDER OF THE 17TH OF

OCTOBER,--HEAD QUARTERS AT VALENCIA.
"The Captain-General of the United Army, the Duke
de la Vittoria, has transmitted the following to the Cap.
tair-General of this kingdom, commanding the second
corps d'armec :
" The Spanish army, which, during seven years, hero-
ically fought in order to consolidate the throne of Isabella
II , the political rights of the nation, and its independence,
has acquired claims to the admiration of every population
by the constancy with which it triumphed over the
fatigues of war, by its valour in battle, and its rigo-
rous discipline in the midst of privation. Being seasoned
to war and tractable, it must be invincible; ard I call
to mind with pride the numerous days of glory which it
gave the Queen and the country until the destruction of
the rebel faction that wished to usurp the throne, and
ensure the yoke of tyranny. Spain, freed from the hor-
rors of civil war, might have enjoyed the happiness that
peace offered if certain men by abusing power had not
provoked fresh calamities, by causing the nation to pro-
nounce itself for the integrity of the principles defended
by the army at the cost of so many torrents of blood,, and
of the extraordinary sacrifices of populations. A revolu-
tion inspired by such sacred objects could not be repulsed,
and those corps which rallied round the manifestation have
done their duty by maintaining that which they had
sworn to, and by giving the support which circumstances
demanded in order to avoid the bad example which
perversity is in the habit of provoking in political re-
actions. Those who did not rally round the manifesta-
tions have equally fulfilled their duty ; but it would not
be surprising if those different positions were made tools
of by the enemies of our union and of public tranquillity,
who would seek to create shameful rivalry. Consequently,
I command you to order all generals end superior and
other officers of the corps d'arrnee under your command to
watch zealously that no question be mooted which may re-
lax discipline, and that paltry grievances be not canvassed
every time that fractions or bodies of troops that may be
placed in a different situation, owing to the imperiousness
of circumstances, be brought together; for all must have
been animated with the same views, as such must have
been the case in an army where all fought under the banner
of independence and liberty. Now, more than ever, this
strong pillar of the State must resist every effort of our
enemies. Let us pursue union and concord, in order that
we may ensure the happiness of our country, exhausted if
(what will not happen undoubtedly) some provocative
agent should show himself, Theie would be a res.