The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-28 00:00:00

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true, it will be impossible for those Ministho
to hold their ground long, even though
SAARSFIELD should throw the influence which
he has recently acquired, into the political
scale in favour of the juste milieu form of
Government. There is one thing in the pre-
sent situation of Spain which is very remarkable.
The country is really governed by the Captains-
General, each of whom takes his measures and
gives his orders, without waiting for instructions
from the.Ministrv. These persons are, forthe most
part, men of talent and energy, and of liberal
principles, which will explain the ill success of
Don CARLOS even in a country where the
elements of disorder are so numerous ; but it
must not be overlooked that in proportion to
the means possessed by the Captains-General of
putting down the Carlist insurrection will be
their power of dictating a Constitution to the
QUEEN REGENT, if they can once agree
among themselves as to the extent to which free
institutions shall be carried. The secret of ZEA
BERMUDEZ'S political existence is the want of
harmony among the Constitutionalists, but as
the latter become convinced of the necessity of
mutual concessions for the public good, the
influence of the miscalled juste milieu Ministry
will diminish, and wiser and better men will be
found to take the direction of affairs into their
hands, and enable the Spaniards to enjoy those
benefits which they derive from a beautiful cli-
mate, and a productive soil ; but which are now
rendered unavailable by misgovernment.
The French Funds have again risen. We
subjoin the quotations of Tuesday :

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FRENCH FUNDS.7Pmus, NOT. 26

Five per Cents., 109. f 60c. 65c.
Three per Cents., 75f. 56e. 50e.
National Loan, 102 f 60c.
Bank Actions, 1,725 f.
Rente de Naples, 91f. 75c.
Roman Five per Cents., 89.
Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 16'.
Bente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 36w.
Bova! Spanish Loan, 8014.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents.,
Belgian Loan, 11.31, Five per Cent., 96%.
Haytian Loan, 9.80 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.

One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, —f. —c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, —f. —e.
—Cours Authentsque.

The Spanish Ambassador, M. de VIAL, has
recently visited several of the Spanish Refugees
who are included in the last amnesty, for the
purpose, as it is supposed, of inducing them
to avail themselves of that act; but it does not
appear that he met with much success. General
MINA was present at one of those visits, but
he was not personally known to the Ambassador,
and was not introduced to him.

We are glad to learn that Mr. EDWARD
ELLICE, the Secretary at War, who has been
for several days confined to his room by indis-
position, has recovered sufficiently to be enabled
to avail himself of the invitation which he has
received from the Duke of BEDFORD, to form
one of the shooting party at Woburn Abbey.

On the return of the Cabinet Ministers who
are at Woburn, there will be a succession of
Cabinet Councils, at which several important
questions will be discussed. It is understood
that among them will be the English Church

cations, and the proposed reductions in the
army. The friends of Earl GREY assert, and
we hope correctly, that the session will com•
mence with several liberal measures on the part
of the Ministry. It is believed that the SOLI-
CITOR-GENERAL, who has availed himself of
the recess to receive suggestions respecting his
Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt,
not only from his own legal friends, but also
from distinguished lawyers of different political
principles, will bring forward that important
measure very early in the session. An amend-
ment of the present anomalous and iniquitous
law of libel will also, we trust, be among the first
acts of a liberal Ministry.

Accounts have been received by the Plover
packet, which has arrived at Falmouth from
Vera Cruz, which she left on the 12th of
October, stating that a battle has been fought
between the Government forces and the in-
surgents under Generals ARISTA and Du-
RAN, in which the latter sustained a complete
defeat. General SANTA ANNA left the city of
Mexico with 10,000 men, and achieved this
triumph on the 6th ult. He had quite re-
covered from the cholera, which had abated
throughout the republic. The Plover has
brought home 140,000 dollars on freight ; and
the Sheldrake, which was to follow her, was
expected to have a full freight, as a million of
dollars was expected at Tampico from the in-
terior, and a large amount at Vera Cruz. Gen.
BASADRE, the Minister Plenipotentiary from
Mexico to Russia, has arrived by this packet.

Some sensation has been excited among the
merchants connected with the Newfoundland
and Portuguese trade, by the following an-
nouncement at LLOYD'S of the capture of the
Caroline, Captain HELLYER :—" The Caro-
line, HELLYER, from Newfoundland, has been
taken by one of Don PEDRO'S squadron, and
sent into Oporto." The facts of this case are,
that the vessel was proceeding quietly up the
Douro, when the Captain was informed she was
seized. On expostulating with the officers, it
was explained to the Captain that the vessel had
been cleared out for Gibraltar, and could not
legally enter the Douro, and that she would be
sent off to the Tagus for condemnation. All
the ships in this trade from Newfoundland are
this season placed in the same situation, having
cleared out for Gibraltar on account of the
unsettled state of affairs at Oporto. Immediate
application will be made to Government on this
subject.

The Merchant Tailors' Company, and the Cor-
poration of Leicester promised, till within this day
or two, to stand alone in their resistance to the au-
thority of the Corporation Commissioners, but
a third party has been found willing to set public
opinion at defiance in the same manner. The
Sheriffs of the city of Norwich it is who have
thought fit to complete the trio of recusants.
Some two or three weeks back, the Corporation
of that city protested against the inquiry of the

Commissioners, but submitted to it. Whether
the Sheriffs have more to conceal than the
Corporation, or whether they resist the inquiry
into the nature of their fees, &c., purely for the
pleasure of barking, as they cannot bite, is
hardly worth investigation. They and their fellows
may snap and snarl as much as they please ; their
days are numbered; they can no more save their
beloved abuses than they can again restore to
life the rotten boroughs of Schedule A. Their
eccentricity, however, has given occasion to
the publication of some amusing nonsense in
the columns of our ancient Contemporary, the
Morning Post. Speaking of the conduct of
the Sheriffs, he says—

" It presents a noble example of that exalted regard for
the laws and constitution of the country, and of that ge-
nuine species of public spirit, which are independent oc
popular applause, and superior to the influence of popular
infatuation."

The poor old Post puts us in mind of the
hen with one chick. It no sooner finds a stray
Tory of the old school, a man so loyal as to
be willing even to affront the KING, if he be
anything but a Tory, than it makes a cackling
and clattering greater even than did all the libe-
ral press put together, when it was raising the
whole country to make the effort which has an-
nihilated Toryism for ever. Those who recol-
lect the language of the Post a few years ago,
will be amused at the following tirade:—

" Can a stronger instance of delinquency on the part of
any Government be alleged than that it has arrogated to
itself, and attempted to delegate to others, powers which
the law bas not intrusted to its hands—powers which in
the eye of the law are dangerous and odious—powers which
the best and wisest citizens feel bound in honour and con-
science to resin' ? Or is it possible that servility can be
exhibited in any posture more abject, than we behold men
not only crouching before such illegal and iniquitous
authority, but calumniating such of their fellow-country-
men as dare to stand before it, in the erect attitude of
freemen ?"

The words, honour, conscience, iniquitous
authority, freedom, &c., are used as glibly, and
with about the same consistency as Mother
Ccle talks of grace and Heaven. We do not
forget, although the Post may, that it is not so
long back when in any way to resist the powers
that be, to " stand in the erect attitude of free-
men" drew from him recommendations of the
whip, the pillory, the gaol, and the bayonet.
Was any undue stretch of power by the ser-
vants of the Crown complained of, the most
gentle insult the Post condescended to give the
injured party was to appeal to a Coln of Law,
—to bring an action of trespass or assault ;
but what are its recommendations new ? Sup-
posing the Commissioners to exceed their legal
authority, one unacquainted with the vagaries of
"Tory selfishness would certainly not expect the
following belligerent recommendations from an
ostentatious advocate for law and order :
" The Sheriffs are courageous and consistent men. The
Corporation to which they belong is a timid and incon-
sistent Corporation. It is their duty, within thu it several
jurisdictions, not merely to refrain from insisting, but
positively to prohibit, and, if necessary, to resist with all
the force at their commend, arty attempt to open an
illegal Commission, or to carry on proceedings of any
kind under pretence of its authority."

Resistance by force of arms to a Royal
Commission—a Commission carrying all the
weight of the__KlNG's authority—a Commission:
malities of which, if any, Ministers are re:
sponsible, is certainly what we hardly expected
even from the inconsistency of the Post. Its
rabid symptoms appear to be fast increaing-
indeed so fast, as almost to induc'

THE FUNDS.-(TIIES DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have no arrivals as yet of any consequence, with the
exception of the express from Paris, which states that
Merino and the other chiefs of the Carlists were retreating
on Miranda, pur-ued by the troops of General Saarsfiell,
who were marching on Biscay and Alava. Arragon,
Catalonia, Andalusia, Mancha, and Extremadura, were
tranquil.
General Rosuet has been appointed to the command of
the third division of the army of the Pyrenees, which
consists of between 7,000 and 8,000 men, and to which
is attached a brigade of cavalry.