The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-17 00:00:00

is evidently ill at ease on the subject of this alliance,
and hence the eagerness of the Herald() to catch at
straws fur the purpose of inducing a belief that the
English Government is in agreement with that of
France on the subject of the marriage. `► On the
30th of August," says the "Arced°, " the news of
this projected alliance was received at Paris by a tele-
graphic dispatch. The dispatch sent off by King Louis
Puieurres Government to his Ambassador at Ma-
drid, ratifying the treaty of alliance, was forwarded
from Paris on the 4th of September. Five days have
therefore elapsed between the two communications,
which is sufficient time for the exchanging of notes
between the Er glish and French Cabinets."
" Hence," concludes the Remick," the KING having
ratified the proposed union, the logical consequence to
be drawn is, that the two greatest Cabinets of Europe
are not divided upon this affair." A conclusion
jumped at rather than drawn—not warranted by the
premises, and pros ing that M. le Comte BItESSON,
from whose inspiration the Herald.° speaks, is by no
means so sanguine on the subject of the success of this
his pet intrigue, as he would fain make the world
believe he is.

There were rumours in Madrid of a Carlist rising
in Catalonia, rumours which the lierdclo seems at
particular pains to discredit, although the warning
contained in the French Government paper,
L' 'Epoque, of the same day, would seem to confirm
their truth. "We warn the Spanish Carlists," says
L' Epoque, speaking evidently as the official organ of
M. GuizoT, " we warn the Spanish Carlists that we
are fully aware of their having held sundry meetings
in Paris in the last week, and of CABRERA. having
been questioned, consulted, and excited."
MADRID BOLQA. Surr. 9.—The Three per Cents.
were quoted at 351 cash ; Four per Cents. 22i; Five
per Cents. 22,t cash ; Coupons 21 cash; Debt without
interest, 6i.

We have received the French papers of Monday.
The Constitutionnel prints the following paragraph
in large tyue :
" It is affirmed that the Duke de Montpens="de-
parture for Madrid has been postponed, after the meet-
ing. of a Cabinet Council."

This report would seem to be corroborated by the
circumstance that the Ministerial prints all cautiously
abstain from fixing any day for the Duke's departure
and by the fact that the Marquis DEscAzFs arrived
on Saturday in Paris from Madrid, bringing
with him dispatches for the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.

The Cpposition journals still continue to denounce
the MONTPENSIER marriage as one which, however
advantiq,:ous it, may be to the family of ORLEANS
personally, cannot but be disadvantageous to French
national interests. " Whom," asks the National,
"can the Government expect to delude by represent-
ing this marriage advantageous to our country ? Let
the dynasty exult upon it, but let a single instance he
cited of France having derived benefit from all her
unions of Princes ? If, indeed, the people of Spain had
shown satisfaction at what was preparing, if it had
seen in it a testimony of respect for its independence,
a pledge for a sincere and durable alliance between
two nations working in concert to secure the triumph
of those great principles of liberty and equality which
are now sown on all those lands on which the plough-
share of revolution has traced the furrows ! But if we
except the officials of Madrid, all parties are protesting,
all the citizens are irritated, and, instead of drawing
closer to us, Spain is sTara'ing herself from us, and,
turning her eyes towards England ; she considers this
marriage to be an act of violence, as the precursor of
new troubles, new civil wars ; the citizens protest
publicly against it, they address petitions to the
QUEEN, in which France is reviled; they see approach-
ing, as the sponsor of these fatal names, the bloody
sabre of NARVAEZ ; and, even here, the Court journal
declares that this union will have the effect of con-
solidating at Madrid the detestable regime which was
introduced ttere by fraud and force'."
The Courrier Francais has the following, on the
consequences that must ari-e from the reactionary
policy pursued by the present Government of Spain,
of which this marriage is a principal in.licati
The state of Spain is becoming more and moi
plicated—a terrible explosion cannot fail to take place.
We have not laid before the public the letters which we
have re,eiv.4l from Spain during the last few days. For
this we had two reasons—the first of which is, that they
contained predictions so ala, ming that we felt it to be
our duty t wait till they H ere confirmed by events; the
second reason is, that they contained naturally many
contradictions on the great question of the moment. We
would spick of the disposition of England since the
hand of the Infanta Maria Luisa Ferdinanda
granted to the Duke de Mo:itpensier. These c,)ntradic-
tions, however, do not b. ar upon simple details. What
is cAlain is, the resentment of Englsnd, and the perils
which this resentment must infallibly bring upon
Spain. All the world knows the tenor and bearing of
the representations addressed by Mr. Bulwcr
to M. Isturitz. The English Ministers had not
then rec., ived any positive instructions from his
Government. But a matter was in question on
which he could make energetic protestations with-
out fear of c.,m promising himself, and Mr. Buls er did not
hesitate to make them formally. Nevertheless, the mar-
riage of the Duke de Montpensier and the Infanta will
tie accomplished. The Madrid Gazate announced it
officially, and yesterday morning this new triumph
was trumpted in the columns of the Debuts.
Of little importance is the implacable discontent
of the Prngressist party----of little importance is the
insurmountable repugnance it has created in the Puritan
fraction, the mil v Constitutional fraction of the Moderate
party—of lir '• importance are tt.e threatening alarms
of public opinion, an explosion of which has never
been more menacing, even on the eve of the most for-
midable pronunciamientos. The reaction is infatuat, d
with its triumph; it is struck with that blindness which
caused the ruin in 1834 Of the partisans of the Estatuto
real and, in 1840, of Queen Christina herself. Unhappy
Spain is the only country, perhaps, in the world in which
a retrograde Government. knows not how to open its ears
to the legitimate complaints of public opinion. Let,
therefore, the Cabinet of Madrid persist to the la't in its
reactionary projects. It will have to sustain an oven
conflict with an immense majority of the Spanish nation.
What use is there in reminding it, when it will neither
see nor listen to anything, of the disastrous consequences
which have at all times fallen upon Governments which
have been misled into such contentions?"

The French Government appears to be by no
means easy on the subject of Algeria. The Journal
des Debats, which would, of course, rather under-
state than overstate disagreeable news from Africa,
says—

" From the different accounts which have reached
France, it results that Abd-el-Kader is at present en-
gaged in re-establishing his Deira, that is, his small
army, from the Morocco tribes of the mountains of the
Rif, but does not seem to be likely at an early day to
attempt a new invasion of Algeria. The frontier is well
guarded at all points, and the troops of the division of
Oran are ready to move in any direction at a moment's
a, 'Hee. The forts of Ghazaouat, Maghrnia, Sebdon,
and Dais, which are on the line, are provisioned suffi-
cient to supply such columns as may have to advance
beyond it. General Darbouville, commandant ad interim
of the province of Oran, is keeping a constant look-
out. General Cavaignac, who commands the sub-division
of Tlemcen, has a strong force on foot extending from
Maghrnia to Sebdon; and Colonel Pourailly, recently
made Mijor General, is posted at Gl,arttouat with six
battalions of infantry and five squadron of horse. In
Morocco it appears that the ascendancy which the Emir
is evidently gaining over some of the tribes causes great
uneasiness in the Cotirt of Fez, and has induced it to
take measures to oppose him. The part to be taken by
the French generals on the frontier must necessarily be
that of a vigilant and armed observation, until the in-
trigues of Abd-el-Kader are absolutely defeated, and the
new operations in Morocco rendered abortive.

Lieutenant-Colonel COMM' DE COGNORD, one of
the French prisoners detained at the Deira of ADD..
EL-KADER, has written the following letter to his
father-in-law, dated August 15 :
" I take advantage of the departure of an Arab
courier, the hearer of a letter to Lelia- Maghrnia, respect-
ing an interchange of prisoners, which I w'is requested
to address to General Cavaignac, to inform you that.
lam still in the land of the living. The Etnir is
quite willing that an exchange of prisoners should
take place, but does not wish it to be at Tan-
giers, or through the medium of the Moors. The letter
which I send to the General is to request him to inform
the Marshal that Abd-el Nader refuses to accept the
mediation of the Consul at Tangiers, who was the per-
son designated for the exchange; but that he is ready to
consent if the Marshal will entrust the affair to one el
his generals, and that the exchange take place near
Lalla-Maghrnia. Thus, if the Marshal consents, our
unhappy condition may soon be changed. If he does
not consent, as we fare worse every day, we may re-
nounce all hope of seeing our country again. Colonel
Gagnon has spoken continually to me of the sympathy
felt for us in France and in the army. All that is very
honourable; but how comes it that with all those sym-
pathies our Government has not the humanity to release
us from this horrible position in which it has left us for
eleven months, when all that i 3 demanded in exchange
for our freedom, is the freedom of fifteen or eighteen
prisoners, some of them women and children; surely
this is not known in France. As yet we have sup-
ported our unhappy fate with resignation, but it has now
become insupportable, and we only hold out in the
hope that the Government or the Marshal will soon put
an end to our sufferings. Our wounds are all healed,
but we all suffer more or less from the effects of our
sad fate."

The steamer Dante, which the French Government