The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-16 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 10th have arrived.
The correspondence from Catalonia speaks of a
Republican or Centralista party having appeared in
Massanet de Cabrenis. Here, after committing great
depredations, they joined the Carlist band under
PLANADERMUNT•

A conflict took place on the same day between two
columns of Government troops and 500 Carlist
infantry, assisted by 25 Carlist cavalry, commanded
by MARSAL. According to the Government account
the Carlists were defeated, with a loss of nine killed
and several wounded. On the following day seven
Centralista Trabucaires were surprised at La Guardia,
and immediately delivered over to the military
tribunal.
The Sardinian Ambassador had obtained an audience
of her MAJESTY, by whom he was received with a
very gracious distinction.
General CAMPUZANO has replaced General SER..
RANO as Captain-General of Grenada.
It was reported that GONZALES BRAVO was on the
eve of receiving his passports to quit the Spanish
dominions.

Intelligence had been received dated June 26th,
from the Captain-General of Cuba, stating that that
island was perfectly tranquil.
All kinds of rumours are afloat as to a speedy
change in the Administration ; but nothing can be
conjectured with any certainty until the return of
MoN from La Granja.
Three per Cents. 19i buyers, I sellers ; Five per
Cents. 103 buyers, 11 sellers. Passive Debt, 3 13-16
buyers, 4 sellers. 50 Bank Shares were sold at 54
cash. Discount on Notes, 5 to 5.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

The Paris journals of yesterday have been received.
An extraordinary amount of anxiety begins to be
entertained in regard to the condition of the mercan-
tile interests throughout France. No less than 7,000
failures are spoken of positively as proximate, though
we cannot but regard the anticipation as both pre-
mature and exaggerated. In the little town of Elbouf
along, it is calculated that upwards of 11,000 out of
14,000 workmen are supported by the charitable con-
tributions of the municipality.
In the midit of the commercial anxiety, the Pari-
sians are still agitated by the doubtful position of
affairs on the Continent, and the extreme uncertainty
of the pending negotiations will terminate in a gene-
ral war or a general pacification.
M. DE LAMARTINE has addressed a short letter to
the editor of a Macon journal, thanking the inhabi-
tants of that place for having elected him a Alember
of the Municipal Council, in the course of which he
says—

"For me these proofs of friendship have a more than
ordinary value at the present moment. They arrive
when others are leaving me. Having quitted power,
for which I never had any ambition, and having; quitted
it without any citizen having to ask an account from me
of a life, a liberty, or a fortune, I support patiently a
moment of injustice and calumny, compensated already
by many returns to the truth with respect to my acts,
and to indulgence with respect to my person. It is of
that country of which I think when I wish to love more
and more the great country which we all demand. I
hope soon to demand, as the sole object of my ambition,
a little of that leisure and that affection which give re-
pose alike to the mind and to the heart."
_ _ _

Nobly spoken as those words are, they breathe of
the fulness of a great and sorrowing heart.
The Illonacur publishes the following notice with
respect to the mission with which M. ACIJILE MURAT
is said to be charged :—•
" The report is spread that a representative of the
people, who stated himself to be charged with a mission
from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, had passed the
frontiers of the country of Nice, giving the assurance
that a negotiation was on loot fcr the union of that
country and of Savoy to France. No mission of this kind
had been given to any person whatsoever."
On the sitting of the National Assembly of Mon-
day, the Bill for the establishment of an Official
Journal of the Republic, which was to be distributed
gratis throughout France, was rejected almost unani-
mously.
A telegraphic dispatch was received at Brest on
the 10th, ordering the Belle Poule and the Uranie
frigates to be fitted up, for the reception of from
1,000 to 1,200 insurgents.
From authentic information it would appear that
the Committee appointed for preparing the draft of
the constitution has at length settled its report. The
preamble has undergone some slight modifications.
With regard to the President, the report is in favour
of his election by universal suffrage. General
CIVAIGNAC, who was invited to give his opinion on
the subject, strongly advocated the election by uni-
versal suffrage. The Committee maintained its
first report relative to the army. M. MARRAST, the
reporter, would submit his report towards the end of
the week, or on Monday at farthest, and the debate
would commence on the 28th.

Sir HENRY BULWER left Paris on Monday on his
return to England.
The ex-Emir, ABD-EL-KADER, and his suite, are
to be removed from Pau to the Castle of Amboise.

MARTINEZ DE LA Ross, the Spanish Ambassador
at Rome, had arrived at Marseilles.
The fourth and concluding volume of the " History
of the Gauls under the Roman Administration," by
AMEDEE TIIIERRT, is announced for speedy publi-
cation.

The Demacratie Pacifique remarks that it is a thing
worthy of observation that since the law respecting
the clubs was passed, not a single club has been
established.

M. PRADIEN has just completed a remarkable bust
of General CAVAIGNAC.

There is a curious anecdote in circulation relative
to a circumstance that occurred during the adjudging
of premiums at the College of St. Barbe. The first
prize was adjudged to the son of VICTOR HUGO ; tke
next to a youth named LE Roy, on which a cheer
burst from the whole assembly, including the pupils,
accompanied with reiterated shouts of " Vive le Roi."
What added significance to the circumstance was the
presence of General CAYAIGNAC and M. MARRAST ;
whether this was a practical joke or really a demon-
stration of opinion, it is not easy to say. Perhaps it
was both. It is, however, talked of and commented
upon very much, especially in the Legitimist circles.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Ago. 15.
Namur and Liege, 414—Northern of France,
Paris and Lyons, 41/2—Sambre and Meuse, 2%.