The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-29 00:00:00

another a coalition between NARVAEZ and SALA-
MANCA is probable.
The Carlist insurrection in Catalonia is progressing.
The Carlists no longer appear in bandi of tens and
twenties. They now take the field in hundreds and
fight pitched battles. The Carlist chief VILLELA, re-
cently appeared at the head of between 500 and 600
insurgents between Canons and Morali ; he was
attacked and defeated by a detachment of the QUEEN'S
troops, but not until after a long and severe struggle.
Engagements between the QUEEN'S troops and thp
Carlists, are, it is saul, taking place every day in dif-
ferent parts of Catalonia.

We have received the Piais papers of Monday.
The Moniteur publishes the following royal or

dinance :

" Desiring to give to the Marshal Duke de Dal-
matie a testimony of our satisfaction commensurate
with the great services which he has rendered us,
and the distinction cf his glorious career, v+e have
ordained and do ordain as follows: Art. 1. The Mar-
shal Duke de Dalmatie is nominated Marshal General
of France."
The or3inance is dated Saint Cloud, the 26th.
The Moniteur also contains the following note in
reference to it :—" The KING, in conferring on the
Marshal Duke DE DALMATIE the honorary title of
Marhal General of France, has done for him what
was done in 1660 for Marshal TURENNE, and in
1732 for Marshal de VILLARS—a merited recom-
pense of their great services and their glorious

careers."
The Dibats gives, by way of leader, a resume of
the opinions expressed in England on the conduct of
the Bank during the present crisis.
The Constitutionnel has a long article on the Re-
form movement, and we are rejoiced to find that the
secret of accomplishing reforms by peaceful andfcon-
stitutional means alone is so well understood on the
other side of the Channel. Let the Reformers of
France proceed as they have begun, and success is
certain. Brute force is impotent against such a
movement ; the only danger they have to fear is
that spies may be sent amongst them to endeavour to
compromise them, by using violent language, and by
inciting them to tumult. Let them remember the
advice of O'CONNELL, the apostle of peaceful agita-
tion, and at once give into the custody of the autho-
rities any person who may attempt to incite them
to the commission of illegal acts. The article in the
Constitutionnel thus concludes:—
" The many indignities and turpitudes of the
Ministerial policy have aroused a public feeling in
France, and thousands of independent voices are
raised to brand what no one, at least openly, dare
praise or defend. Even the most intelligent Conser-
vatives at length comprehend that it is dangerous for
France, dangerous for her institutions, dangerous for
the monarchy itself, to remain whelmed in the sink
into which we have been cast, and that in order to
extricate ourselves it is necessary to act at once, both
upon men and things. On one part the dismissal of
a deplorable and baleful Ministry, arid on the other
part an electoral arid parliamentary reform, are
the only means of salvation for the institu-
tions and the monarchy. This is proclaimed
by the manifestoes of the reformists, and by nearly
the totality of the press—this is what every true
citizen must repeat by every organ at his command.
It is, no doubt, extremely difficult to wrest reform of
abuses from those who profit by them, and to obtain
the modification of the law of 1831 by deputies or by
electors who convert it to their own profit, as if it
were a field or a manufactory. Nevertheless, this
not impossible if the country raises its voice, and if
the influence of public opinion comes to counter-
balance private interests. We have before said, and
it is well for us to repeat, that it was the citizens of
London, and not the Whig Ministry, who, in the
year 1830, suppre,sed the rotten boroughs—it was
not Sir Robert Peel, but Mr. Cobden, who, in 1846,
repealed the corn-laws. On these occasions and on
many others the Ministry and the Ministerial majo-
rity received the impulse instead of giving it—obeyed
public opinion instead of directing it. Why should
it not be in France as it has been in England ? Let
not the example given by Paris,
' by Colmar, by Stras-
bourg, by Rheims, by Soissons, by Bar-le-Duc, be lost
upon the rest of France, and let the west, and the
south, and the centre of the kingdom respond to the
noble appeal made to them from the east and the
north. For several days the Ministry and the system
have been personified under a name renowned by
talent, but which has now become as notorious for
political corruption as it was formerly for national
defection. This is the time or never to make a last
effort to release France from an odious yoke, and
restore the principles of our two revolutions which
have been forgotten or trodden under foot."
The controversy on the appointment of the Due
D'AUMALE is continued, and with the exception of
the two avowed organs of the Ministry, viz., the
Journal des Debats and the Conservateur, it is uni-
versally condemned. Even the courtly and dynastic
Presse condemns it. " The nomination of the Due
D'AUMALE is," says the Presse, " an imprudence and
a fault. It is a fault, becanse it creates requirements
to which it is certain the Prince, as Governor-General,
cannot attain ; it is a fault, because it exposes the
Cabinet to attacks against which it will be difficult
for it defend itself ; it is a fault, because it will give
the Opposition advantages which one must be blind
not to foresee; it is a fault above all, because if the
Duc D'AUMALE is not more skilful or more lucky
than Marshal CLAUSEL, Marshal VALLEE, and Mar-
shal
maythe
d father,o
whatever the Ministerial
responsibility
will
be reached by the failure
unu ,
of the son."
The National has an article on the state of the
French navy, in which it accuses the Government of
apathy and of a misapplication of the public resources
voted for the service of the marine. It says—
" Under Louis XVI. we had a fleet of 185 ships of
the line or frigates. The Revolution and the Empire,
after many combats, which were often unfortunate,
but never without glory, left 65 ships to the Restora-
tion, without speakil:ievegori
ftfirelige,sast,ets.he
GlnovelrBn3no;eribtefweare,
the Revolution of July, the number of ships afloat
was reduced to 33 ;
able to arm 125 vessels of war for the expedition against
Algiers, without any of our stations suffering from
this extraordinary armament. In 1840 the Govern-
ment succeeded in arming a fleet of 20 ships of the
line ; hut to do that our stocks had to be exhausted,
our arsenals emptied ; and it will not be forgotten
that an admiral, whose authority is free from sus-
picion, has since written that a disputed victory would
have been equivalent for us to a disaster, for we should
not have been able, he said, to repair our injuries.
At present, in 1847, it is impossible for us to have
more than 15 ships of the line at sea. The budget
of the Marine, however, has almost tripled from
50,000,000 f , hich it was in 1820, it is now carried
to about 140,000,000 f., and yet our dockyards, our
stores, and our arsenals, are empty."
All these assertions, however, must be taken cum
granis. That there has been a vast deal of embezzle-
ment and peculation, and misapplication of the public
money in the naval, in common with other branches of
the public service in France, there cannot be a doubt,
neither can there be a doubt but that, so far from the
dockyards, stores, and arsenals being empty, they are
well stored with all the munitions of war, and that
the French navy is in a very effective state. The
meaning of articles of this nature is evident. It is
wished to put other nations off their guard. We
hope, however, that our own naval authorities will
not be induced by any absurd reports of the ineffi-
ciency of the French navy, to relax for one moment
in their exertions to place and to maintain our own
navy in an efficient condition.
The Courrier Francais has the following:—
"We have to state a grave and significant fact. It
is stated that intelligence has arrived at Algiers that
an English agent, Mr. Saint Leger, formerly attached
to the consulate of Tangiers, was at the camp of Abd-
el-Kader, charged with a private mission. He fol-
lowed all the movements of the Emir, and kept up a
regular correspondence with the Governor of Gibral-
tar, by the medium of the English consular agent at
Tetuan. An English schooner, serving to convey
this correspondence, was passing incessantly from one
of these ports to the other."
In the invention of this fable there is less tact
than is usually exhibited by the anti-English portion
of the French press. It would, perhaps, be as em-
barrassing for England as for France were ABD-EL•
KADER to conquer the Emperor of Moaocco. It is
for our interest that ADERRAHMAN should be successful
and powerful. He is our ally, bound to us by
ai i. ens treaties, and therefore it is to suppose that
the English authorities are blind to their own in-
terests to suppose that they would assist ABD-EL-
KADER against the Emperor of illoaocco.
In the same journal we find the following intelli-
gence from Greece :
" A letter from Athena states that the day after
the death of M. Coletti a very serious discussion
arose respecting the choice of his political successor.
The English Chargé d'Affaires (Sir Edmund Lyons)
having heard that the King, at the suggestion of M.
liscatery, appeared inclined to invest M. Ragas
alamides, Minister of the Interior, with the Yresi-