The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-18 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 12th instant have arrived.
Not content with having a quarrel with England
on their hand, the Madrid Government are, it ap-
pears, desirous also of embroiling themselves with
France.

The Espana is furious to-day at the idea of the
French authorities venturing to search Queen Cult's-
TINA'S palace at Paris, and also the residence of the
lately appointed Spanish Consul, Senor GRIMALDI,
who, though not a Spaniard, has been preferred to
that office for former services rendered to that lady.
The Paris letter of the Esperanza speaks of Senor
GRIMALDI as being compromised—and deeply com-
promised—in a process about distribution of funds to
the insurgents of Paris, and it may be inferred that
whatever he has done has been in compliance with
instructions of some kind.

The Montemolinists in Catalonia and Arragon con-
tinue to gain ground, and it is now admitted by the
most ardent supporters of the Madrid Government,
that if CABRERA is not speedily put down the affair
may become serious. The Montemolinists were
for six hours in possession of Gracia, one of the
suburbs of Barcelona.

A Montemolinist guerilla band has been formed
in the mountains of Toledo, and several young men
have left Madrid to join it. Several Montemolinist
bands have appeared in Estremadura. CABRERA was
near Olot on the 31 A detachment of thirty in-
fantry and a squadron of the Principe Cavalry have
gone over to the Carlists, taking with theLn their
arms, horses, and accoutrements. The insurrection
in Navarre is every day gaining strength.
Letters from San Roque and Valencia speak of the
embarkation of upwards of one hundred political
prisoners from Algeciras for Ceuta, and state that
another train of the same number left Valencia on
the 7th in the Blasco de Garay steamer. Senor
SANCIIEZ GATA, ex political chief of Saragossa, was
among the number.
The Infanta JosEFA has caused her marriage with
Senor Guam., of Rente, which had given so much of-
fence to the QUEEN, to be annulled. The ex-husband
has been arrested.

In the Basque Provinces the Montemolinists have
obtained several advantages. On the 13th, they
surprised Colonel IRIARTE between the villages of
Epinal and Biscarrete, and forced him to take refuge
in Epinal, with the loss of several of his men killed,
and more wounded. There were 400 Montemolinist
infantry engaged in this affair besides cavalry.
MADRID BOLSA, JULY 12.—Three per Cents.,
20i; Five per Cents., 11 Exchange on London, 43

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The following is the continuation of the speech of
M. us LAMARTINE on foreign affairs, the commence-
ment of which appeared in The Sun of yesterday :
" Is it a court thus situated that can menace you to-
day, either by an efficacious coalition against you on
the Rhine, or by a prolonged and triumphant resistance
to the independence of Italy? No, assuredly not. And
this brings me naturally to the question of Italy, already
brought forward, and more definitively stated by M.
Napoleon Bonaparte. But I wish first to advert to two
observations of M. Mauguin, which were nigh escaping
my memory. I wish to put aside all obscurity, to re
ply to every assertion. M. Mauguin said, But before
entering into the question of Italy, have you paid due
attention to the menacing powers on your flanks, and
which must, first of all, be dealt with to allow
you freedom of action in case of intervention
in Italy?' The two powers alluded to by M. Mau-
guin are Belgium on the one side and Spain on the
other. Let us say, gentlemen, to avoid needless dis-
cussion, that had we wished in February, it was in the
power of the revolution to have effaced Belgium from the
map, if it had felt inclined to do so. We did not wish
it; I did not wish it; and I glory in not having wished
it, and this is, believe me, the best proof that the Go-
vernment was in nowise implicated in the doubly culpa-
ble attempt against Belgium—culpable against France,
which originated with Belgian and French democrats on
the Belgian frontier. We did not wish Belgium to be
revolutionized at a moment when France was in revolu-
tion, and peace problematical, and we did well. Like men
of prudence and care, we said—lf Belgium is revolution-
ized, two factions will arise at once in her own bosom,
the one upholding its independence, the other ready to
throw Belgium into the arms of France. What was France
to do? It she opposed its own party in Belgium, and re-
fused to incorporate a country ready to give itself up to
her, she would have incurred the risk of being reproached
with cowardice or treason to the democratic principle in
Belgium, by the French Republicans. The incorpora-
tion of Belgium would have been an act of ambition and
conquest. The consequences would have beenimme-
diate war with Holland and with England, and by
England and Holland with Russia and Prussia and the
whole continent. This is why we did not wish it. We
must not boast, but we need not blush for our own fore-
sight. As regards Spain, I differ completely in fact and
principle from the line of policy laid down by M. Mau-
guin with respect to that great country. Since the
days of Louis XIV. to Napoleon, and to Louis Philippe,
to our
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every attempt of France against Spain has turned to the
ruin of our diplomacy. Our treaties, our alliances, our
armies never returned but in fragments. Spain is the
high road to nothing great for France in the world.
She is no auxiliary by sea, as her ports are empty, empty
arsenals, and a few dismantled frigates at Carthagena;
by laud she is Do support whatever. It is never by the
Pyrenees that the vitality of Franco can be attacked.
Diplomatically speaking, we should only look upon
Spain in one point of view as a friendly
power, without intermeddling in her govern-
ment, or internal disputes. Any other line of diplomacy
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take their own course ; and what was the result? In
three months England lost all the ground she thought
she had gained, and
.that, notwithstanding the dynastic
sympathies which at first declared themselves against the
French Republic, the good will of the Government and
of the nation returned, of its own accord, to justice, con-
fidence, and friendly intercourse with us. I return' to
Italy, and I reply solely to the argumentation of M. Na-
poleon Bonaparte. Italy, Gentlemen, was not for us, on
the morrow of the 24th February, a question of theore-
tical diplomacy. It was an urgent question—one that
demanded decision and action. If you do not render
justice to the skilful guidance of our affairs during the
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