The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-13 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived.
The QUEEN left Maarid on the night of the 6th for
La Granja, accompanied by ROCA DE TAGERIS, the
Minister of the Marine. SOTOMAYOR will join the
Court at La Granja. NARVAEZ and the other
Ministers remain at Madrid.

Navarre has been declared in a state of siege. The
Carlist insurrection is spreading in Navarre, Ca-
talonia, and the Basque Provinces. The garrison of
Elisindo, in the Busten, has been recalled by the
Government to Pampeluna, as it was apprehended
they might join the Montemolinists. Zunfru has at
present 3,000 men under his command, and is about
to form a junction with ELIo in the valley of the
Amessoa. Two companies of Queen's troops joined
Zuniax at Mendijorzid. The Governor of the Basque
Provinces is URBISTONDO, an old Carlist, who is
adopting very stringent measures against his former
companions.
The Clamor Publico reports that the defalcation in
the Bank of St. Fernando amounts to five millions of
reals in specie, and 132 millions in Three, Four, and
Five per Cent. Bonds, deposits and securities. Thirty
millions of the bonds deposited were made use of by
the direction of the bank, and delivered as securities
to certain of its creditors. In the active capital
figure 260 millions in bills (pagares), bearing most of
them only one signature. The greater part of these
have been protested, and the remainder are scarcely
more realisable. The notes suffer a discount of 10
and 10} per cent.

The mail from Andalusia did not arrive yesterday,
having been robbed near Viso.
The Popular announces the capture of the Monte-
molinist Brigadier ZABALETA, with three other offi-
cers, in Navarre.

The Popular gives the following proclamation of
General Ergo, General in Chief of the Carlist army
in Navarre :

'• Inhabitants of Navarre and Basque Provices I
" The King, our Lord (que .Dios guarde), has deigned
to intrust me with the military command of these faith-
ful provinces.
"In coming once again among you, I feel in duty
bound to expose the mission entrusted to me the senti-
ments by which our young and august monarch is actu-
ated, and the line of conduct which I shall constantly
follow.

" The general principles which his Majesty intends to
adopt for his government are named in the manifesto
of the 23d of May, 1845, as well as in his allocution of
the 12th of September, 1846 ; Use important political
events which have since then occurred, and which still
agitate the greater part of Europe, far from having con-
tributed to alter his ideas, have, on the contrary, further
convinced him of the necessity of founding a Government
essentially Spanish, that by the adhesion of all
good men sincerely fond of their country, we may at
length come out of that humiliating and degraded position
in which for so many years we have been placed in re-
spect to other nations, and become sufficiently strong
and powerful neither to fear some, nor to go a beggar
of the support of others.
" In the full understanding of his generous intentions,
all those who follow his banner will hold as enemies
only those who present themselves as such—those who,
for ambition or egotism, wish to oppose the settlement
of a state of things towards which, for a long time, all
good Spaniards have turned, looking upon it as the
only means to preserve the throne and the nation from
the inevitable ruin which threatens them.
"Fifteen years of experience—fifteen years—during
which we have seen in power all the eminent men of the
party who had taken the motto orden y libertad,' have
proved in an undeniable manner, that it is necessary to
follow another line, to establish and consolidate order,
justice, and well-meant liberty.
" The means of attaining it is known to all. The
name of the King has been invoked as the only one ,
which can still save been
To oppose the general will
of the country, would be considered an unpardonable
crime. Let us be the first to offer our hearts and our
arms to so sacred a cause. Remember that at all times
you have given this noble example; and I do not deceive
you
when I tell you that all good men reckon on it, as
am confident it will be immediately followed by the
other provinces of the kingdom, that are now waiting for
this sign to rise.
" To preserve in all its purity and splendour the holy
religion of our ancestors—to respect and protect its

ministers—to surround the throne with all the prestige
necessary to its duration—to restore to it the sovereign
reclaimed by justice and the welfare of the nation—to
secure the fueros and privileges which have co-operatt d,
for so many centuries, to the prosperity of our coun-
try,—such is our mission, holy mission, which will
surely prevail with the help of God, which cannot
fail us if we do not depart from the path of
loyalty. Men of Navarre and of the Basque Pro-
vinces, to arms, then ! Navarrese and B4squers,
let us group around the standard raised by our King.
Be our motto Charles VI. and Oblivion of the Past.'
Who is the Spaniard who would refuse to enrol himself
under this banner, which declines the co-operation of
none, in order to fight and win the brainless who would
still oppose its triumph?
" The success which we aim at, and the glory which
follow, cannot be obtained without sacrifices, but the
greater the energy of our first endeavours the less will be
our sacrifices. If by a blind obstinacy, those who now
preside over the usurping ',Government which weighs
upon Spain, should prolong a system which is breaking
down, for its weakness and unpopularity, the nation
in her just :wrath, will soon force them to disappear
from the political scene, and in their :precipitate flight
they will be followed by the execration and malediction
of all good Spaniards, whose good will they might so
easily have gained.
" Our triumph depends on ourselves. The country is
waiting for us, as for its liberators; its benedictions and
gratitude must be our precious rewards ; but the King
who will not delay to be among us, the King who will
soon be a witness of your courage and of your sacrifices,
will not fail to remunerat,. you with that royal munifi-
cence to which his generous heart prompts him.
" Veteran chiefs, whose fidelity and experience are
well known to you, will lead you to the path of duty.
Follow them. Do not deviate from the line marked out
for you, and you will undoubtedly gain the object, which
at all times has been obtained by the Basco••Navarres.
Proud of this title, I shall take care that it remain always
yours without stain; your glory is mine.
" The name and the happiness of our country. This
shall be the magnet by which my actions will con-
stantly be directed.
" Long live the King,
" JOAQUIM ELIO, General-in Chief of Navarre."

MADRID, EOLSA, JULY 7.—Three per Cents., 20
paper; after Bolsa, 20k 15-16 cash. Five per Cents.,
124 paper ; after Bolsa, 12i cash. Passives, 4f,- paper,
after Bolsa, 4} cash. Coupons, 8 paper. Bank of St.
Ferdinand, 70 paper. Exchange on London, at 90
days, 42 50.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Government has caused the following official
statement to be published respecting the insurgent

prisoners :
" The judicial proceeding relative to the events of
Juno proceeds rapidly. 3,000 prisoners have been in-
terrogated by the examining magistrates. So soon as
the examination had been sufficiently advanced, four
military commissions were appointed to determine, after
investigation, to which of the classes specified by the
decree of the 25th of June, 1848, the prisoners severally
belonged. This is pursued actively, and 168 prisoners
have already been set at liberty. Until this time the
Executive power of the Republic has abstained from
denial of the imputations of savage nightly executions
taking place in pursuance of secret judgments. The
Executive power has relied on the good sense of the
public. Whatever may be the apprehension of certain
minds, whatever the disposition ot one part of the popu-
lation to adopt the strangest suppositions, the Executive
power persists in thinking that it is useless to defend
itself against similar accusations, it is only astonished
that they should have been made, and paints out to the
indignation of good citizens those who make use of public
and private sufierings for their own ends."
In the course of Tuesday's sitting of the National
Assembly, the following decree was unanimously
voted :
" The effective force of the active army, stationed in
Paris and its environs, shall be fixed, after the 20th
instant, and until it be otherwise decided, at 50,000 men
at least."
The Assembly next granted 500,000 francs for the
improvement of the forests belonging to the State.
The discussion on two other projects of decree was
adjourned at the request of the Minister of Public Works,
after which the Assembly heard several reports on peti-
tions of no interest.
The Minister of the Interior afterwards ascended the
tribune, and, in the absence of M. Bethmont, Minister
of Justice, who was indisposed, presented a project of
decree on the security in money required for the publi-
cation of journals. That security, which lately amounted
to 100,000 francs, in the departments of the Seine, Seine
and Oise, and Seine and Marne, was to be reduced to
less than one-fourth. The proprietors of all journals,
published in those departments more than twice a week,
shall deposit in the Treasury a security of 24,000
francs; those only appearing twice a week, 18,000; once
a week, 12,000; more than once a month, 6,000. In
cities of 50,000 inhabitants and upwards, the security
is to be 6,000 f.; and in the towns containing less than
50,000 inhabitants, 3,5001. The proprietors of journals
which appeared since the 24th of February last are to
he allomed a delay of 20 days to deposit the required
security, and those existing previous to that date shall
be reimbursed the surplus in the course of six months.
The Minister next deposited,-1. A project of decree
relative to the repression of offences and crimes, com-
mitted by the press, which differed little from the exist-
ing legislation; and 2. A project of decree relative to
clubs and secret societies. The projet de loi, with re-
spect to the clubs, is to the following effect:—Any per-
son desirous of opening a club must make a declaration
to that effect with the authorities, and give in a list of
the members who are to be the founders of it. One-
fourth of the place of meeting is to be at all times open
to the public, and there can be no secret meetings or
meetings with closed doors. An agent of the Govern-
ment is to be at all times present if the Govern-
ment should think that necessary. Minutes are to be
kept of all the business done at each meeting,
which is to be signed by the office-bearers
present, and which is to be at all times open
to the inspection of the public authorities. Per-
sons making speeches contrary to the laws can
be prosecuted, and the president and other office-bearers
are also subject to prosecution if they allow speeches
contrary to law to be made. No organized system of
communication between different clubs can be esta-
blished. Any one contravening these provisions is to
be subjected to a fine of from 400 f. to 500 f., and, if
thought necessary, to a suspension of civic rights for a
period of one year at least, and three at most. Whoever
appears at a club with arms is to be liable to an impri-
sonment of from three to six months, and to the priva-
tion of civic rights from three to ten years. The tribu-
nals can order the closing of a club when convicted of
having contravened any of the above enactments ; and,
in case of the club meeting after the order of dissolution
has been pronounced, the parties so offending are to be
liable to an imprisonment of from six months to a year,
and to a suspension of civic rights for them from five to
ten years."
The Moniteur publishes an order to the army,
signed by General DE LAMORICIERE, in which it is
stated that four companies of the 2d battalion of the
18th Regiment of Infantry, having laid down their
arms to the insurgents, the colonel commanding, two
captains, and two lieutenants are dismissed the ser-
vice, and the four companies in question dismissed.
The Government has declared against the propo-
sition of M. JULES FAYRR for confiscating the
private property of Louis PHILIPPE.
The Assembly met yesterday at half-past two.
M. Degousee had to present, in the name of the bu-
reaux of the Assembly, a decree declaring that General
Duvivier and Colonel Charbonnell, who have given their
lives fur the Republic, have merited well of their
country, and that their bodies should be deposited in the
Hotel des Invalides.—(Hear, hear.) The funeral was
to take place next day, and the Assembly had already
named the grand deputation that was to attend as a mark
of respect.
The decree was adopted unanimously.
M. Emery presented a report of the Committee ap-
pointed to examine a proposition freeing from taxation
for a period of eight years all houses commenced in Paris
before the Ist of January, 1849. The Committee re-
commended the Assembly to adopt the proposition, with
this difference, that the term should be ten years, and
that, in addition, all landlords entering houses for the
working classes should be allowed a premium of 6 per
cent .on the outlay.—Ordered to be printed and distri-
buted.
The Bill relating to Bons du Tresor as far as regards
their renewal, was then brought forward.
The only article runs thus:—"All holders of Trea•
sury bonds, issued anteriorily to February 24, 1848, or
renewed since that period, and the consolidation of which
has been ordered by the Bill of July 7, cannot, accord-
ing to the terms of that Bill, exercise any proceedings
against the endorsers of the said bonds."
The report presented on this Bill explains its object
in the following terms :—" It appears that private in-
terests raised up difficulties as to the execution of the
consolidation ordered by the National Assembly ; the
third parties, assimilating this measure to the refusal of
the Government to reimburse the bonds in cash, pretend
to have such refusal formally specified by protests, in
order to preserve by these means their right to proceed
against the endorsers. The measure adopted by the
National Assembly cannot receive any such interpreta-
tion ; the Bill does not leave the Bons du Tresor under
the empire of the common law ; it transfbrms them into
Rentes, and its effect from that moment extends to all
the conventions of which they could have been the ob-
ject. The Bill is obligatory on all the parties interested,
the first holders, the successive endorsers, and the present
possessors. No person can withdraw himself from the
consolidation—it is imperative on all. The act of protest
besides would be declaratory of an act that is not true,
for the State does not refuse payment; but, on the con-
trary, by a combination, the propriety and necessity of
which the national sovereignty has decided, a value has
been given by the Treasury in exchange for the funds
whichhhadas judgedbeen piaietoit,
be andperfectly that
equivalent."
valueui thev ale
ntnational sove-
reignty The Bill was adopted without remark.
The rest of the sitting was occupied with reports on
petitions, none of which were of any public interest.
The Assembly rose at a quarter past four.
The Sub-Committee of Finance has decided in
favour of a project of decree on postal reform, tending
to establish an uniform rate of 20 centimes on all
letters in the interior of France, but the Assembly