The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-02 00:00:00

what it has often &clam-A to be indisp,cnsalle, what it
has so ort€n maqc its real cause of existence. It. iS not,
moreover, the fear war that occupies cur minds v.e
are eonvineed that the Government will 17f. all its efforts
to calm the teo real re,eutruent of EnglaDd, anr, to revive
the English aiiianee. Li it, warned by its previous cn-
duct, and suitcienrl: ccldieci fl 3 to the sense in
understands national honour, Erance asks her6elf at what
price it calculates on re-pus-chasing that which it now I
tramples under foot ?"

The Natianal, in a somewhat coarser strain, puts
the matter in a nut-shell. It has M. GUIZOT Com-
pletely on the horns of a dilemma. It says—
" Where are you now ? You confess thtt England
has become cool towards you, and that you have pro-
voked her rancour, and for the miserable amour.propre
of a head of a family, and, the clearer profit of a rich
dowry, you now compromise the allianco which was in
your eyes the sole guarantee of peace. You lied, then,
when you affirmed that you were bound to sacrifice the
noble instincts of the country, its influence, and its
grandeur, to the odious exigencies of England, or you
must be forced to acknowledge that you have not hesi-
tated to risk everything when your dynasty was in
question."

The Journal des Debuts gives, evidently from
authority, the following quasi contradiction to the
accounts which have been given of the events of the
memorable night between the 24th and 25th of
August. " The evening of the 26th and that of the
27th of August," says the Debats,

" Were exclusively devoted by the Queen of Spain to
her usual consultation with her Ministers; and, accord-
ing to her custom, her Majesty, before she withdrew to
her private apartments, received, at an advanced hour
of the night, some of her household. Those who
Pretend to be well-informed on the customs of
the Spanish Court ought to know that the
habit of the Queen, as it was that of her mother,
Queen Christina, is to consult her Ministers during
the evening, and to giro receptions (hold a drawing-
room) during thenight. It was some hours after quitting
her Ministers that the Queen, who received only M.
Donoso Cortes, and afterwards waited on her mother,
recalled her Ministers, to announce to them her resolu-
tion. Several amongst them were still in the palace, at
the office of the First Secretary of State. The others
had withdrawn. All immediately assembled in her Ma-
jesty's presence. They quitted her after having received
her orders, and it was during that evening that the
Queen signed the convocation of the Cortes. The French
Ambassador did not interfere in the slightest degree.
" This simple exposition of facts is sufficient to cause
to be appreciated the value s,f the accounts published in
the English journals. It is the only reply that ought to
be given to them. Any other explanation would appear
to be a justification, and would be an insult to the Queen
of Spain, to her mother, and to the representative of
France. Did we wish to excite for a political purpose
those feelings which such ignoble calumnies must rouse
in the heart of every Spaniard, we should have too
much in our favour. We rather regret to be so well
served, and not to take advantage of it."
The Journal des Debats, which is the organ of the
Government, discusses this subject with that modera-
tion which has always characterised it. Not so the
Epoque, the organ of M. Gurzar personally, as dis-
tinguished from his colleagues in the Ministry
Nothing can be more natural than the ill. humour
into which the English Cabinet in general, and Lord
Palmerston in particular, has been thrown by
the double marriage of the Queen and the Infanta
of Spain. Lord Palmerston had long been try-
ing to got the Queen married to Don Henry, and
the Infanta to a Coburg Prince ; but the double
negotiation has, unfortunately for him, proved a
failure. His diplomatic sensibility may therefore-well be
irritated, and we truly have not the courage to find fault
with him for it. The Cabinet cannot see without re-
gret the old Spanish pulley of England defeated al-
most irrevocably. For half a century England has
been constantly endeavouring to destroy the French in•
fluence in Spain. Thanks to the empire and the restoration,
it succeeded too well. Under the empire she protected
Spain against our arms, and under the restoration she
saved her from absolutist principles. Since the death of
Ferdinand England has alternately defended and over-
thrown the various ephemeral Governments that have
attempted to rule the country. The marriages of the
Queen and of the Infanta resolved upon independently
of English influence, and accomplished in spite of nume-
rous protests, are manifest signs of her influence
being on the wane. Spain is evidently resolved
to free herself from the moral domination of
England. The rather mismanaged measures of
Mr. Bulwcr have exposed this to open day.
There are things too disagreeable for an able man
to suffer himself to say twice. The British Ambassador
at Madrid, however, does not seem to be sufficiently
imbued with this principle, for his protests have
driven the Spanish Cabinet to make declarations,
the energy of which it would have been prudent not
to have provoked. It is scarcely within reason to believe
that England will confine herself to these protests. No
game is lost without trying a revenge, and it cannot be
doubted that Lord Palmerston will seek to gain his.
He will do well if he succeeds, and we shall have
nothing to say against him, if he plays with
the same fairness towards France as our Cabinet has
done towards his Government. It is a property of
the Conservative policy to march straight forward,
guided by the sincerity of its principles, and not to halt
before any obstacle which may be thrown in its way by
the recriminations of its most intimate allies, any more
than before any act of manifest condescendence, whenever
truth and justice dictate that it should move forward. This
is the way to be neither too humble in yielding nor too
arrogant in persisting. By taking up this point of view,
all the strength of good cuse and conviction are pl :ced
on our side. The Opposition has for six years been
incessantly accusing our Government of weakness
towards England, and now it accuses the Ministry of
mad temerity. Our Government never has betn weak
—and is not now rash. In its conduct towards f reign
powers in general, and towards England in particular,
France has been more moderate and equitable; know.
ing how to sacrifice small things to great, natlierg for
the sake of peace such concessions as were worthy
of her, and always preserving her own freedom and
dignity, which never can, when lost, be regained at any
price. In 1846 an opportunity offered for strengthen.
ing by extending the influence of France, and the Go-
vernment seized it. There is not a single Cabinet in
the world that would not have been proud of having
done what ours has accomplished. Lord Palmerston
knows this well ; he who envied the slightest suc-
cess, and considers, with good reason, that which
has just taken place as a political aggrandisement
of higher consideration than any that has been
made since the empire. We are asked—after
having brought the marriages of the Queen
and Infanta of Spain to such a solution—was
it possible to go back from them on account of the
protests of England? No wan of sense and right feel-
ing will take the trouble of exculpating our country
from such a baseness. On all occasions the rights of
others ought to be respected. It was our evident right
to use an influence over the marriage of Queen Isabella,
with the view of preserving the independence of Spain,
and establishing more firmly her constitutional liberties.
It was our right also to unite as closely as possible the
two branches of the House of Bourbon, reigning at
Madrid and Paris. We have succeeded in doing these
two things, anal, as there is no right against right, no on-
can reasonably complain."

No answer has yet been returned to the Marquis of
NORMANDY'S verbal note. It is said that a warm dis-
cussion between Lord NORMANDY and M. GUIZOT
took place on Sunday on the subject of the departure
of the Duke DE A.IONTPENSIER• The Dukes DE
MONTPENSIER and D'AumALE arrived at Bordeaux
Mondsy.

It was rumoured in Paris on Tuesday that insur
reetions had broken out in various parts of Spain.

The Three per Cents, closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 82f. 85c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 90c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,275 f. ; Rouen, 957 f. 50c.
Havre, 725 f. ; Great Northern, 7311. 25c.; Avignon,; 9571. 50c.; Vierzon, 6301. ; Bordeaux, 5661. 25c.; Boulogne,
4821. 5Cc. ; Basle, 231 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 5051. ;
Tours and Nantes, 51Cf.; Paris and Lyons, 5301: ; Lyons
and Avignon, 492 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 482 f. 50c.;
Spanish Three per Cents., 37%; Ditto Domestic Debt 3:3;
Ditto Passive, 6i. ,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, serrnmena 20.
Boulogne and Amiens, 143. —Dutch Rhenish, s—ltalian and Aus-
trian, I%—Louvain u la Sambre, %—Namur and Liege, Iks
Orleans and Bordeaux, 8% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5%.--
West Flanders, 2%.

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WHAT THE FRENCH SAY OF THE BATTLE OF
WATERLOO.-1. That it was not won at all. 2. That it
was won by the Prussians. 3. That it was won by the
Prussians, the llanoverians, the Russians, the .Austrians,
the Belgians, the Spaniards, the Bavarians, the Saxons,
the English—in short, by all the nations of Europe,
little and big. 4. That it was won by chance. 5. That it
was won by accident. 6. That it was won by treason. 7. That
it was won by 500,000 men against 50,000. 8. That it
was not a battle at all. 9. That the British certainly
did not gain it. 10. That Wellington is a fool, an ass,
and a coward. 11. That one Frenchman, any day, will
lick ten Englishmen or ten Scotchmen.
THE LATE FATAL AFFRAY ON TTIE BARKING
ROAD.—Yesterday evening an inquest, whiQh has been
twice adjourned, was resumed before Mr. William
Baker, at the Cock Tavern, Cock-hill, Ratcliff, on the
body of John Harold Levitt, aged 25, who died from in-
juries he received in an affray on the Barking-road, on
Tuesday, the 15th of September. The circumstances of
the case have already been fully detailed. The deceased
was returning from Barking on the 15th ult., driving a
horse and chaise, when ho encountered a party in a
barouche cn the road near Plaistow. An altercation
ensued, he was seveiely beaten by several men, two of
whom, na.insd Heywood and Buddy, have been iden-
tified, and he died of the injuries be received six days
afterwards. The inquiry was further adjourned until
Friday next.