The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-23 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

PARIS, MAY 20.—The denouement of the drama or
Melodrama of Blaye is over. The Princess Caroline of
Naples, of Bourbon blood, the sister of the reigning King,
the sister of the King of Spain, the niece of Louis Phi-
lip, the granddaughter of the Austrian Cmsars, the mo-
ther of Mademoiselle de Berry d'Artois, and of the child
of the miracle, the Duke of Bordeaux, now Henry V.,
according to the reckoning of legitimacy, is, after all, Ma-
dame the Countess Hector de Lucchesi Pall. Well, then,
there is a hal•py mortal who has ingrafted a daughter on
this Royal stuck, and has shared the couch of the
Princess Regent during her Vtndean excursions, but who,
doubtles, is happy enough to have escaped the disagree-
able affair of the Chateau de la Peniciere. We may now
have a guess of the nature of the dreadful and irreparable
misfortune of which the Countess de la Rochej•tcquelin
spoke and deplored.
In spite of all this, doubts have arisen as to the reality
of the union declared to have taken place betwee❑ the
widow of the Duke of Berry with Count Hector de Luc-
chesi Palli. The period of the birth throws hack the
epoch of another event to the month of August, 1832.
Now, it this M. Lucchesi be, as we are assured he is, the
Neapolitan Charge d'Afftires of the same name at the
Court of the Hague, it is certain that M. Lucchesi Paili
was in the month of August at the seat of his mission,
and there is nothing to show that there could at that time
he ary intercourse between this diplom_tist and the
Duchess. But there is always something miraculous in
the confinements of her Royal Highness. She has again
given to the world a miracle-born child, for which her
new husband is doubtless grateful. Do you wish to
know something more of this M. de Lucchesi Palli,
husband by declaration, father presumptive? I will
tell you.
Count Lucchesi Palli (if he put forward at Blaye and
the Minister at the Hague he one and the same person, of
which there seems no doubt) is a man of 30 or there-
about, and of the middle size. His features, which are
pitted with the small-pox, are of a very common cast.
His deportment is grave, but affected. In general he is
altogether wanting in dignity; there is nothing in his
manners like the man of rank, nor even the gentleman.
He passes his evenings with the financier Ouvrard, Ma-
dame de Rossi, formerly Miss Sontag, and the Countess
du Cayla. He often dines at the table d'hote of the Grand
Deelen Inn.

You will easily conceive the great vexation of our legi-
timatist devotees at their disappointment. The must fans-
tical of the set take refuge in a denial of the facts, not-
withstanding the most formal and indisputable proofs.
M. de Kergorlay declares that he will not believe in the
event until he has seen and touched. He requires proof
as decisive as that given by the Duchess at tOe birth of
the Duke of Bordeaux, when, calling her attendants
around her, and uncovering herself before them, she said,
" Voyez it tient encore ci ma personne," words since
repeated with transport, and which have, I know not
why, made her Royal Highness be compared to Blanche
of Castile, the mother of St. Louis.
You must have been amused by the proposal of some of
our legitirnatists to make the case of the prisoner at Blaye a
subject of legal investigation. It is not conceivable that
her friends could have wished to see her appear before a
public tribunal with all the signs of a pregnancy of so
little edifying a nature. There was much bad faith in
this proposition, and our Republicans were not more sin-
cere when she joined in chorus with the Royalists to de-
mand a trial. What they wanted was something which
might give opportunities for riots, and the chance of an
overthrow. The Ministers, however, acted with much
prudence in not allowing themselves to be intimidated by
the united cries of the factions.
But what is now to be done with the Countess Hector
de Lucchesi Palli ? It is generally believed that she will
be sent off to her own country, to try whether domestic
happiness will there make her cease to regret the loss of her
former greatness. In the mean time it is impossible but
that this childbed declaration, these circumstances of a
secret marriage, which seem to be brought forward as an
afterthought, should not revive the suspicions which have
existed respecting the extraordinary birth of the
Duke of Bordeaux. It is not easy to reconcile the
extreme fondness of the Countess for this new-born
daughter, whom she wishes to nurse with her own milk,
with the little affection she used to show for a son whose
life was so valuable to her, as it promised to se-
cure to her the highest destiny. It is nut less difficult
to explain how she could eo easily separate from him and
incur the risk of depriving herself for ever of the happiness
of seeing him. It is now reported that we shall Boon have
various revelations on this subject, and curiosiiy is more
easily awakened, as the public mind has never been com-
pletely satisfied respecting the facts. I recollect that,
during the July days, certain influential persons then said,
,s The suppositious birth, so (men suspected, of the Duke
of Bordeaux, may be one day proved. In that case the
Duke of Orleans must not be allowed to imagine that toe
crown has come to him by succession, and that he no
longer owes it to the national will and our election. Every
thing must, therefore, be so arranged, that, if such an
event should occur, be will not dare to appeal to any other
right than that which we now confer upon him in the
name of the people." You will pardon my dwelling so

long on the captive of Blaye ; it is the questio❑ of the
moment, and it is rendered much more important by the
cr nsequences which may result from it than it would be
on its own account. I shall, perhaps, soon have occasion
to return to it.

Every where Europe seems to be settling into tran-
quillity. Our hostile factions are evidently sensible of
their total defeat, and their follies only excite the pity of a
people who, under a sky become suddenly magnificent, as
it were, by a sort of coquetry, readily find employment ami
resources for the enjoyment of varied and inexhaustible
pleasures. Your correspondents have doubtless already
told you that Paris was never more animated and brilliant
than at present, and the provinces are in unison with the
capital. The famous republican dinner of 6,000 persons,
which was to have taken place at Lyons, is indefinitely
postponed. The Government had determined to disperse
this seditious assemblage.
Oriental affairs seem to be taking a favourable turn. If
there still exist any difficulties, they can only proceed from
Russit. Mehemet Ali has acquired a high degree of
power, and he will nut compromise the conquests he owes
to the last campaign by refusing some concessions of minor
importance, requested by Sovereigns whose friendship it
is his interest to cultivate. The Frankfort row is a
Tugenhund affair, set agoing with too much confidence
in assistance from our propagandists. But these tene-
brous powers are not yet among the number of earthly
domination., and' have ton greatly alarmed Germany,
and even France to allow them to rely for any sup-
port fro:n the population. Moderation, which never
excludes firmness, will prevent intestine trotOtles, if a
general war does not provoke them. With us, the relaxa-
tion in the Republican excitement has led to the substitu
Con of a sort of Napoleonism. Joseph Boon !parte is by
some regarded as the heir of the imperial system. It
appears that a fraction of the Republican party proposed
to unite with him if he would hut limit his pretensions to
being President of the Commonwealth. Jo-eph, it is said,
has suggested a modification of these overtures. As the
empire was overthrown by foreigners, and violence done
to the nation, be thinks that the einpire ought to be
formally restored, leaving it to the country, through its
representatives, to change the constitution. It is possible
that Joseph Buonap irte may continue to regard as valid
the votes and senatus consulta which placed the in-
heritance of the imperial crown in his family. He may
he seeking in good faith the recovery of a high position,
which he considers as of right belonging to him ; but he
is a good man, and the enemy of all violence and excess.

Rumour has not failed to attribute the visit which the
Duke of Orleans his paid you to political combinations.
The young Prince will doubtless carefully collect the in-
formation which he may have an opportunity of obtaining
in Great Britain, but it is by no means probable that he
has been sent on a special mission. We bear with pleasure
of the favourable reception of this Prince, whose amiable
character is duly appreciated by alt persons in proportion
as they have the honour of approaching him. As to the
stories about a marriage between him and the Princess
Victoria, nothing can be more absurd. But it should be
recollected that the Duke of Orleans is the brother-in-law
of King Leopold, and that the Princess Victoria, the
destined Queen of England, has the Queen of the Belgians
for her aunt and Louis Philip for her grand uncle.
This approximation, through the alliances of the reigning
families in Francs and Great Britain, has a lirs!orical
gularity.
Our second suasion is proceeding well, and will produce
good fruit. The present Chamber will certainly be dis-
solved after the session of 1834.; it is by no means pro-
bable that it will be allowed to reach its fifth year. G.

OPORTO.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,-From the interest 1 have observed you take in
the cause of Donna Maria and the expedition at Oporto,
allow me to communicate to you that I have just received
a letter dated the 4th May Iran thence ; it is from a
colonel in the Foreign Brigade. He states, among other
matters, that upon the 3d, 70 deserters reached them,
Mostly cavalry; that the army ale in high spirits, ex-
ceedingly well fed, &e., although beef is scarce, which, by
the way, to Portuguese is no gre it privation ; every other
article is in abundance. Their rations are coffee, rice,
cod-fish, sugar, wines, rum, &e. ; the men in high spirit,
longing to advance, and quite contented. The Marshal
Solignac, be says, is an excellent disciplinarian, gentle-
manly in his manners, and in private society extremely
agreeable ; he has, as you know, seen much service, and,
he ad•!s, several times been severely wounded. The Eug•
lish, Scotch, and Irish troops are in the division com-
manded by General Stubbs ; the Germans, Belgians, and
French in that of Count Saldanha. Provisions are landed
without difficulty, hut of course at night. Every vessel
which arrives from Lisbon brings fugitives to join the
cause.

Should I again receive intelligence from tlut quarter, I
will inform you of the information obtained.
I am, Sir, your most obedient,
LIVES.

P.S. I forgot to add, plenty of good bread.

SPAIN.

REPLY OF DON CARLOS TO THE RING'S INVITATION TO

SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO HIS DAUGHTER, AT THE Al'-

EROACHING CORTES.

My well-beloved Brother, &c.—This morning at 10
o'clock, my Secretary Plaza()la came to me to say, that
your Minister at this Court, Cordova, had requested to
know when it would bo convenient to me to receive a
communication of a royal order. He was answered that
twelve would be a fitting tire for such a purpose. He
returned at a few minutes before one, and I immediately
saw him. He presented me with a official paper, which
I read, and having done so, I said that my dignil and my
character would not permit me to delay in stating that
you were my King, and my Lord, and, besides my brother,
and always my much loved brother, further endeared to
me by having shared in all your misfortunes.
You wish to know whether I intend, yes or no, to
swear to your daughter, as Princess of Asturias. Now, as
far as wishes go, you will believe, because you know me,
when-I say that with all my heart would I take that oath,
and that nothing would give me greater pleasure than to
he the first to recognise your daughter, and to spare you
any offence or possible inconvenience which my declining
to do so might occasion. But my conscience and my
honour do not permit it ; I possess lights so legitimate
that I could not divest myself of them—rights which God
gave me when it was His pleasure that I entered upon
existence, and which God alone can take away, by trans-
ferring them to a male child of yours, which I desire so
much, it may be even more, than you yourself do. More-
over, in this, I am defending the justice of the rights of all
those who are called after me, and therefore, I feel myself
called upon to transmit to you the subjoined declaration,
which I have made with the greatest formality, and ad-
dressed to all the Sovereigns to whom I hope you will com-
municate it.

Adios, my well-beloved brother, and be assured that
your welfare will be always the first object of the prayers
of your affectionate brother, CARLOS.

DECLARATION.

I, Carlos Maria. Isidoro de Borbon y Borbon, Infante
of Spain ; convinced of the legitimate rights which I
possess to the Crown of Spain, and assured that your
Majesty has no heir-male to the same, do say that neither
my conscience nor my honour permit me to swear to, or
recognise, any other than those rights, and this I solemnly
declare. To the Senor our King,
His affectionate brother and faithful vassal,
THE INFANT DON CARLOS DE BORION Y BORBON.
In the Palace of Ramalimo, the 29th April, BM.

FORGED NOTES.--A number of five and ten
pound notes, forgeties on the Bank of England, are now
in circulation. The forgeries were put into circulation
at Chester, through the instrumentality, it is said, of the
frequenters of the "hells" opened in that city during the
races. It is said that the forgeries, which are badly
executed, bear the signatures of " Draper" and " Lister."
—Liverpool Albion.

PUBLIC MEETING.-DISAIISSAL OF Mi•
NISTERS.—At a meeting of the members of the Political
Union, on Thursday evening, held at the large room in
Mr. CHADWICK'S, it was resolved to hold a public meet-
ing to consider the propriety of " addressing his MAJESTY
to dismiss his present Alinisters, in consequence of their
manifest inability to conduct the affairs of the country,
and their total unwillingness to relieve the people from the
enormous pressure of taxation," which was accordingly
announced by placard, and the meeting took place at 12
o'clock yesterday. At the hour appointed not more than
200 or 300 persons were in the square, but in a short
time afterwards the numbers were considerably increased,
and soon alter 1 o'clock we should say that theme were not
less than 6,000 persons assembled. A resolution to the
above effect was moved and seconded, but before the
Chairman put it to the meeting considerable uproar took
place, in consequence of an amendment being moved to
the effect, " that the meeting form themselves into an as-
sociatimm of volunteers," during which the Chairnsan
resigned his office, and the meeting ultimately separated,
without effecting the object which they had assembled for.
.--Sheffield Iris.