The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

Madrid papers of the 23d have been received.

The Heraldo, under the head of " Portuguese In-
telligence," contradicts the report in circulation, that
Queen DONNA MARIA had abdicated. It states also
that the Count DE VINIIAIES, at the head of 3,000
men, had marched from Braganza against Oporto.
The Heruldo declares that if DONNA MARIA should
demand assistance of the Spanish Cabinet it would
not be withheld ; but as this was written before the
determination of M. GulzoT was known in Madrid,
we are inclined to pay but little attention to the an-
nouncement; by this time the Spanish Government and
Count BRESSON have received their orders from Paris,
and the Heraldo has no doubt altered its tone ac•
cordingly. According to the Tiempo, the note pre-
sented to Senor ISTURITZ by Baron RENPUFFE, the
Portuguese Minister, invited the Spanish Govern-
ment to march troops to the frontier to overawe the
insurgents, but besought them not to interfere.

MADRID Bor-sa, OCT. 23 —The Three per Cents. were
at 34% for cash ; the Four per Cente. at 211 A ; the
Five per Cents. at 21%; the Debt without Interest at OA
and the Coupons, 20.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
Whether the reception which the French Princes
met with in Madrid has opened the eyes of M.
GUJZOT, as to the real sentiments of the inhabitants
of the Peninsula, with regard to French meddling, or
whether, having accomplished the Montpensier mar-
riage, he deems it politic to give time for matters tt
settle down peaceably before attempting a further ex-
tension
i t
is veryof
French
apparent influence,
but front
the following artiel(
in the Debats, that Count BRESSON has
either misunderstood or exceeded his instructions!
There can be no doubt but the coup d'etat in Por-
tugal, and the promised Spanish intervention in
favour of the Portuguese Polignacs were arranged in
Madrid between Count BRESSON, COSTA CABRAL,
and GONZALES BRAVO some time since. This intrigue
is now disavowed by the French Government, and j udg-
ing from the following article, there will be no armed
foreign intervention in the affairs of Portugal, for it is
absurd to imagine that Spain will interfere without
the approbation of M. GUIZOT, The Journal de s
Debats says :
" We take but little interest in the destiny of the coup
d
'etat which has just been attempted in Portugal by one
of the old satellites of Radicalism, Marshal Saldanha.
Thero
isplaying a part that may cost her her
wnNational even thinks that it may cost still
crown. The
dearer to this imprudent princess. We trust, however,
that in this latter respect the National and its corre-
spondent may be mistaken, and that the Portuguese will
not, whatever may happen, sully themselves with a
useless and absurd crime. A country which changes its
constitution nearly every year, and which does nothing
but float between coups d'etat of the club and coups d'etat
of the palace, has no right to show itself so rigorous:.
As for
already
it is impossible for us
to see our of intrigues and revo-
Iu t on
swhich
us,arei called in Portugal the constitutional
monarchy. A few months back a minister who appeared
to be deficient neither in ability nor energy, Costa Cabral,
an old clubbist, was overthrown by a riot. Matters went on
neither much better nor much worse in consequence. The
fall of Costa Cabral brought to Portugal neither a liberty
the more, nor did it prevent the treasury from remain.
ing empty as usual. Is it to fill it that the Queen, aided
by Marshal Saldanha, has thonght fit to strike s coup
d'etat, and add another revolution to so many preceding,
ones? Such a mode rarely succeeds; it appears des-
tined this time also to have a miserable result, and we
shall not be sorry for it. We do not like these pre
tended strokes of authority, which always have the pre.
text of strengthening liberty, but which commence by
suspending all kinds of liberty and all kinds of riaiit.
A suspended constitution is a destroyed one. 'The li-
berty of the press and the liberty of the subject no
longer exist in Portugal; that is perfectly clear to us in
the coup deka of Lisbon, and it is on that account that
from the first moment, notwithstanding the magnificent
promises consigned in the proclamations and decrees of
the Queen, we greeted with the most profound distrust
this kind of counter-party of Radical revolutions. We
need not add that it is absurd to impute to the French
Government the slightest part in the imbroglio of Lisbon."
Orders have been given to the French troops sta-
tioned on the Swiss frontier to withdraw, so that in
all probability there will be no French intervention
in the affairs of Switzerland.
The National thus replies to the article in the
Presse, advocating a triple alliance against England,
which we quoted yesterday :
" A great noise has lately
announcing a new era in the
been made about a pompous
article:in an obscure Ronew,
Cabinet of October 29. M. Guizot was said to be about
to obtain the presidency of the Council, and we were to
see wonders. Many simple people like ourselves believe
that the Ministry had already gone a great way in the
Npvaatshsnooft shamem master
ster
ofan reaction!his movements,
bp
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stoppedh o however, r, that
we were all mistaken, for we are told that M. Guizot
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has
overcome all these impediments; portfolios are to be
given to his personal friends, and the springs of go•
vernment which
Played so easily in unworthy hands
are to be re-tempered in the furnace of the great
Minister and receive an extraordinary elasticity and
vigour. M. Guizot, who has had the honour of inaugu-
rating it, is about to place it on a durable foundstion.
After this magnificent
prologue we expected to see the
curtain rise, but the curtain still remains down—the
Moniteur continues to be mute. M. Guizot is not yet
President of the Council, the other Ministers with un-
worthy hands still keep their portfolios. We 'ere
hoping that, on the eve of the seventh anniversary, a
new e,.a would be opened. The Moniteur is like the
dealer of many customers—it opens shop late and keeps
all waiting. Is it put off till to-morrow? Let a decision
be come to. The Joys of M. Guizot are sweet to us,
and we are as impatient for him as for ourselves. The
important thing to be known is whether the immu-
table policy is in a state of repentance and about to
contradict itself. This it is which continues to puzzle
us. The system, in fact, has two interpretations. The
first, in speaking of England and her alliance, says:—
We think in this respect as we have always thought.'
Now it has always thought that without the English
alliance the system must decay ; therAire it is still for
the Emglish alliance. Very goo! But the second in-