The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-10 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The Count de Colombi, Charge d'Affaires for
Spain, having made an official communication to the
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the death of Ferdi-
nand VII., the King will go into mourning for six
weeks from this day.
The Sentinelle of Bayonne of the 3d inst., pub-
lishes in s supplement the documents from the Ma-
drid Gazette of the 30th ult., which we have already
given, and adds—" We learn that a person of this
town (Bayonne) has in his possession a decree of
Don Carlos, by which he enjoins the Spaniards to
obey the competent authority alone. We believe
that *big decree was drawn up before the death of
Ferdinand, for it is impossible for the news of his
death to have reached Don Carlos in Portugal in
time for the decree to have been sent thence to
Bayonne."
Extract of a letter of the 2d inst. from Toulon :
—" The sloop Emulation was a few days ago sent
on a cruise off the shores of Tuscany, but at the
time the object of it was not known. We have
since learned that the Baron de Fromont, the
French Consul at Leghorn, had transmitted in-
formation that the ex-Dey of Algiers, urged by
some of the most influential members of the
elder branch of the Bourbons, had made secret
purchases of arms, and had also bought an Aus-
trian vessel of heavy tonnage, for the purpose,
no doubt, of landing these arms on the coast of
Africa, where he still retains powerful and
devoted adherents. The Bey of Constantine,
who has been constantly supplied with ammunition
by the Princes of Tunis', Tripoli, and other places,
hes never ceased to maintain a correspondence wit h
Hussein Bey; and it is to these intrigues, to which
some of the continental Powers are by no means
strangers, that we owe the continued hostility of the
ttihes which border our African possessions. It was
wi. h a view to cut thethresd of these manoeuvres that
the Emulation was employed to watch the arma-
ments of Hussein I3ey, and capture his vessel, if it
attempt to effect a landing on any part of the coast
occupied by the French. The legitimatist party, how
ever, which has its spies at all points, warned the
Dey, and he has accordingly abandoned his pro-
jects, and set sail for Alexandria. As soon, there-
fore, as the Emulation came to an anchor in the
port of Leghorn, Baron de Fromont delivered
despatches to her commander, and desired him
to return with them immediately to France ;
consequently the Emulation did not remain more
than an hour at Leghorn."
Letters from Seste Calende announce that two
corps of 120,000 men are being concentrated, one
on the banks of the Po and the frontiers of Pied-
mont, and the other at the foot of the Alps, in the
environs of Mantua and Verona. They also state
that generals', and other superior officers, are daily
coming to Milan from all parts of Germany, and that
many of the French legitimatiets who had taken up
their abode in Savoy have arrived at Milan under
false name., in order to evade observation.
The Augsburg Gazette of the 4th inst. contains
the following of the 28th ult. from Vienna :—" Ac-
coritng to letters of September 1, from Scutari,
little change has taken place in the state of affairs
in that town. The garrison and the population are
still under arms, and the Bazaar is not yet re-opened.
As the garrison, confined to the citadel, began to
experience a want of provisions, the Pacha entered
into negotiations with the town, which, in order to
avoid a collision before the result of the deputation
sent to Constantinople was known, supplied him
with the provisions required. In the meanwhile,
information was received at Scutari that an auxiliary
corps was coming by Pirana to relieve the citadel.
Upon this news a great number of armed peasants
suddenly rose and hastened to the river Drina, to
prevent the auxliary troops joining the garrison."
Letters from Geneva mention that the Council
of State has enjoined all the Italian refugees in the.
town and in the canton to quit the country within
eight days. They consist of Piedmontese, Mode-
nese, Genoese, and Lombards, and amount to about
300. It is said that they will probably retire to the
canton of Vaud, the Government of which acknow-
ledges no authority beyond its own magistrates, ex-
cept the Helvetic Diet. The Helvetie says—" In
consequence of an order from Austria, one of the
Stni lite cantons' Tessin, has expelled all the Italian
exiles who had taken refuge there. Judicial pro-
ce, dings have also been commenced against a
printer, charged with having published a work
against Austrian despotism."
Extraci of a letter of the 30th ult., from Lau-
sanne :—" The situation of the Valais is very cri-
tical, as it contains the same elements of discord
which the Government has attempted to extirpate
in the cantons of Basle and Schweitz. It would
he very deplorable, were an explosion necessary
there also before a suitable remedy could be ap-
plied. A proclamation, addressed to the people, is
now circulating in the Lower Valais, in which it is
stated that the last hour of the reign of aristocracy,
and privilege has sounded in the cantons of Switzer-
land, which were their last strongholds, whence
they still seemed to threaten the Confederation with
a general overthrow. Will the people of the Lower
Valais remain passive spectators of these great
movements ? The moment has arrived for them, as
well as for the external districts of this canton, to
deliver themselves from their degraded state."
The Heketie of Porentruy announces that the
Legislative Council of Basle has adopted the consti-
tution proposed by the committee. The Catholic
clergy of the district of Birseck, who, in accordance
with the sentiments of their bishop, had refused to
take the oath of obedience to the Government of
Basle Country, has at length received his permission
to do so, and acted accordingly.
The Mayor of Marseilles has issued a decree, for-
bidding any person to carry firearms, sharp, pointed,
or blunt instruments, knives in the form of daggers,
sword-sticks, bludgeons, &c. All persons upon
whom such weapons are found will be arrested, and
punished as the law directs. Since the Ist instant,
the magistrates of Marseilles have taken numerous
preeentions for the preservation of the public peace.
From nightfall to a very late hour numerous patrols
parade the street=, and a strong picket of gendarmes
is stationed in the Place Royale. Messrs. Gamier,
Pages, and Laboissiere left Marseilles, on the 3d
instant, for Toulon.
STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 7. HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK.—A panic has prevailed in the Money
Market, and the price of Stocks has experienced a
considerable fall, which is attributed to the ordi-
nance calling out 35,000 men of the second portion
of the contingent of 1832. Upon this subject it has
been rumoured that, on Saturday, Marshal Soult
proposed that an army of observation should be sent
to the frontiers of Spain, and that a levy of 35,000
men should take place. This proposition was re-
sisted by a majority in the Council, upon which the
Marshal sent in his resignation. His resignation
was refused, and on Sunday his proposition was ac-
ceded to. The Neapolitan Rentes and the Belgian
Lean have followed the retrograde movement of the
French Funds. Spanish Securities have suffered a
heavy decline, in consequence of rumours of Don
Carlos having entered Spain with General de Bour-
mont, and of insurrectionary movements having
broken out in some of the Spanish provinces. Don
Mieuel's Loan also is lower. For money the Fives
sod the 'Threes have fallen 1 fr.; the Fours 55c.;
Neapolitan 1 fr. 25c.; Roman
Belgian I ;
Goehhard'a at, d Don Miguel's Loan 2; Reines
Perpetuelles 6 Spanish Threes 311. Fur the end
of the month the Fives and the Threes have de-
clined I fr. 10c.; Neapolitanl fr. Lsoc_.; Reman
Belgian 1; Rentes Perpetueii es .si; Spanish Threes
2i.
The Spanish L'harge d'Affairei despatched two
couriers the day before yestxrday, one at two, and
the other at five in the afternoon.
" We are assured," f
War,
says the ,gessager des Chant-
lees," that the orders given by the Miniver o
for unlimited furloughs to be granted to te sosidiehrs
of the departments of the Gard, the Hehrault, t a
tide , and_th to Douches du Rhone, have been eouno

termanded, as the men 'are to remain with their
regiments."
Extract of a letter from Corunna, dated Septem-
ber 22:—`0 The Spanish Carlists have made great
efforts in this town to excite an insurrection, but
they have not succeeded, notwithstanding all the
brilliant promises of the wife of Don Carlo,
who is the sister of Don Miguel, and who is
the real head of the party. This Princess is now
in Portugal, and wi,hes to stir up an insurrection on
the frontiers to coincide with a similar rising in La
Vendee, but the population will not stir against
Ferdinand, except it be in favour of liberal measures.
The public mind is well disposed. The affairs of,
Portugal keep up a spirit of exasperation among the
troops and the popular classes. The enterprise of
Don Pedro is considered as a national affair for the
whole Peninsula."

As soon as the news of King Ferdinand's death
reached the Marquis de Punon-Rostro, who had
been exiled from Madrid, for an article which he
had got inserted in the Spanish Review, he left
Pampeluna for the capital. The Marquis was one
of the Privy Councillors of the Queen during the
time the Government was intrusted to her by the
late King.
(From the Gazette de France of Wednesday.)

Letters from the Spani,h frontier, which arrived
yesterday at Paris, through the hands of a Consul,
announce the intelligence that disorders have been
manifested in the provinces of Biscay, Alva, and
Guispuscoa.

(From the Journal des Debuts of Tuesday

The funds experienced to-day a considerable de-
cline. The depression was particularly remarkable
in the Spanish funds. Still we are of opinion that
no intelligence has reached us from Spain, which
can be at all considered as justifying this event. The
Journals from the south received to-day in Paris
' describe no disturbance or disorder as having oc-
curred in the Spanish territories near our frontier,
and the weather is so favourable that it is impos-
sible, if any thing serious occurred in Madrid,
that we should not have had an account of it by
telegraph.
(From the Constitutionnel of Tuesday.)

Two pieces of important intelligence threw the
'Change into a state of considerable agitation to-
day. It was reported that M. Mignet's instructions
to the Queen Regent of Spain contained an admo-
nition to her to call for the intervention of France.
It was next rumoured that a revolt had taken place
at Constantinople of a most serious nature. Our
last intelligence from Constantinople is of the 10 h
September, and there is no mention whatever of the
subject of this rumour.
With respect to what has been said of Spain,
this would have no real importance, unless it were
done without the privity of England (and that is
very unlikely); yet the effect on the Spanish Funds
is considerable.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, OCT. 8.
Five per Cents., 101 f. 1011. sc. 100 f. 20c.
Four per Cents., 90f.
Three per Cents., 74f. sc. '73f. 50c, 711. 60,
Bank Actions, 17271 50c. 1725 f.
Rente de Naples, 851. We. 50c. 87f. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents., 59.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 17%
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 33 3244 32.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per ents., 57 55!4 54.
Belgian Loan, 1831. 91% 91.
Haytian Loan, 265 f.
Grecian Omnium, 101 l(9)%.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 45c. • money, 25f. 40c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 35c.; money, 25f. 30c.
-Court Authentique.

(From the Correspondence of a Morning Paper.)

MADRID, SEPT. 29.—The King, as you will pro-
bably have heard by the time this reaches you, died
this afternoon, at a quarter before three o'clock.
This event was fully expected ever since the morn-
ing, in consequence of the appearance, for the firs•
time, of an official bulletin making known that the
King was dangerously ill.
When this tardy publication, and the way in
which it was made, are considered, it is difficult to
say whether it exhibits more bad management than
impudence on the part of the Government. The
bulletin of the physician Cts,ello very clearly says
that the King had been seriously ill since the 19th
of July ; yet even since that thy the Madrid Ga-
zette has not ceased stoutly to affirm that the King
was in perfect health.
No one, however, has been ignorant of late of
the fact that the King was in his last extremity.
His efforts to appear abroad, which, it is pretended,
were the effect of his own will, have certainly has-
tened his end. They had complicated his sufferings
by adding a pulmonary affection, which partook of
the nature of the influenza, now very prevalent in
Madrid. Last night the state of the King became
at one time such, that every moment was expected
to be his last. At 8 o'clock he took a cup of cho-
colate, which the stomach did not retain. An hour
afterwards he took some broth, x‘hich was rejected
also. At 11 o'clock he appeared to he in a dying state.
He spent, however, a tolerable night, and was better
this morning. At 1 o'clock he felt hungry, and
ate without due moderation. This imprudence of
his killed him. At half-past 2 o'clock he began to
doze, and in order to let him rest, all the attendants of
the strvidumbre were dismissed. His physician
even went out. Some minutes after the Queen,
who had remained alone at his bedside, observed
that the expression of his face was becoming of a
ghastly kind, that foam was issuing from his mouth,
and his eyes were convul,ively opened and closed.
She screamed with all her might, the attendants
rushed in, and Castello was immediately called, but
on the return of the physician the King had already
ceased to live. He had expired in the arms of the
Queen of a violent stroke of apoplexy, brought
about, no doubt, by the effect of the indigestion
from the copious dinner he had taken.
' M. Castello, having still the recollection of what
occurred last yrear,'flattered himself for a while that
the King had 'allen into a strong lethargy, and was
not dead ; but after trying every experiment to as-
certain the fact, by driving a needle into his nails,
putting a lighted taper under his nostrils, &c., he be-
came convinced that life had really fled.
The Captain-General of Madrid, Freire, the com-
mander of the Royal Infantry Guard, Quesada, and
other Generals, some of the Ministers of State,
among whom was M. de Zea, some grandees and
dignitaries who were at the Palace, all came into
the King's chamber. The Queen addressing them,
is the midst of her grief, asked if she could rely
on them ? Quesada and Freire begged her to be
assured that their blood to its very last drop was
hers.

The intelligence of the King's death did no t
spread very rapidly in the city. Although it was
not kept secret. DO means were immediately taken
to make it officially known to the public, arid as it
is Sunday, at six o'clock in the evening the Prado
and the street of Alcala, in which is held the Madrid
fair, were thronged with persons who knew nothing
of what had occurred. The two theatres Del Prin-
cipe and De is Cruz were opened as usual, and
attended by the same number of habitues.
All the troop, however, have been placed under
arms and consigned to their quarters. Up to ten
o'clock this evening the greatest tranquillity has
prevailed; but great anxiety already prevails, and
every one seems impatient to see what is going to
happen. It cannot be concealed that the King is
regretted by no one. He had so well succeeded in
dit.gusting all parties, that all seem disposed to re-
joice at his death. In this particular, at least, he
had succeeded in inspiring them with a common
feeling.
It is now pretty certain that no Regency has
been fixed upon. There was a project for a Re-
gency with a Council, but nothing had been
finally agreed upon respecting it. It is said that
the King has left a will, which was opened this
evening at the Palace, in the presence of the per-
sona who had signed it as witnesses. The law
HI, title 15, partida 2, of the seven pariidas, em-
powers the king to establish, in whatever way
tie may think fit, by
to exercise supreme will, the Regency, which is
power during the minority of
his successor. If the King leave testament,it
is thv .Cecrt.eS who form g Ito
,
Council of Regency,

always to be presided by the Queen, when there
is a Queen Dowager.
It is generally believed that the Queen will
place herself at the head of the Government im-
mediately, conformably with the dispositions of
the testament which is supposed to exist, under
the title of " Reina Gobernadora." She seems
inclined to exhibit much courage and resolution.
She rode this mottling on horseback through several
streets, having but few attendants with her. This
slit has been doing for some days past.
Mr. Villiers arrived last night at nine o'clock.
He is come in pretty good time, and will most
likely have a good deal upon his hands. M. de
Zea had fixed upon three o'clock this day to receive
his first visit. At three o'clock, therefore, Mr.
Villiers was at the Palace. He was told that M.
de Zea happened to be excessively busy (sumamentc
occupado), and could not see him. •Mr. Villiers
sent in word, that as M. de Zea had made the ap-
pointment, he should wait. M. de Zea then made
his appearance, iu great agitation, and apologized to
the Envoy for his message and inability to stay with
him, occasioned by the death of the King, which
had just taken place.
Agreeably to ancient custom, no diligence or
vehicle of arty description, no courier, not even the
messengers attached to the corps diplomatique, are
alloried to issue from Madrid within 24 hours after
the death of the Sovereign. AI. de Zea alone, avail-
ing himself of the privilege of the Government,
sends off this night a courier, bearer of the news of
the King's death, which is to be communicated to the
French Government by telegraph from Bayonne.

MADRID, SEPT. 30.—1 send you enclosed a
supplement to the Gazette of yesterday, published
this morning, which contains two bulletins of the
physician Castello, the one announcing the continua-
tion of the Kng's illness, and the other making
known his death. You will find in it, besides, three
decrees of the Queen, who assumes the title of
Reina Gobernadora, but without referring to any
disposition to that effect in the King's will ; it be-
comes, therefore, doubtful whether the King had
made any will at all.
In compliance with the injunction contained in
the first of the Queen's decrees, the Royal Council
of Castile assembled to-day, for the purpose of
regulating the ceremonial of the King's funeral, and
drawing up the proclamation by which the Queen
Donna Isabella 11. is to be declared his successor to
the throne.

The second of these decrees, by which the Mi-
nisters are confirmed in their respective depart-
ments, appears to be merely a provisionai act. The
dry manner in which the confirmation is announced
pretty clearly indicates that the measure is only
temporary. The Queen, however, has herself
made known that she intends it as such ; for when
certain objections were submitted to her even
against the propriety of retaining her late husband's
Minister, site said that she could not dismiss them
so soon after the death of the King without
being guilty of disrespect to his memory.
The third decree, by which all the authorities and
employees are maintained in their respective func
lions, is an act suggested by prudence and good
policy. The public functionaries in Spain form
almost a whole nation, and a very powerful and in-
fluential one it is. It was proper to keep them in
good humour.
The greatest tranquillity has continued to reign
in Madrid to-day, so much co, that the extraordinary
mersures taken to insure its maintenance, by an in-
crease of patrols, and a display of troops out of their
barracks, have proved quite superfluous. The gar-
rison, which is composed of the Royal Guard and
the Regiment of the Princess, is about 8,000 strong
The latter regiment and the provincial grenadiers
are entirely devoted to the Queen. The others,
whose sentiments are doubtful or much divided,
have not, up to the present moment, evinced any
hostile intentions whatsoever. The Madrid Royalist
Volunteers, who do not exceed 4,000, have not
stirred.

Nevertheless, the leaders of parties are moving
.n the dark. It is pretty well known that the
Carliqs are deliberating with all possible secrecy.
There is reason to believe that they have for some
time been in active communication with Don Car-
los, through the medium of monks and beggars,
who have been drilled to the service of couriers. It
is supposed that Don Carlos, who must be at this
moment close to the frontier, will yield to the soli-
citations of the chiefs of his patty, and will enter
Spain by Estremadura, between Coria and Pia-
cenza. It is said that he has no fear of Rodil, the
Carain-General of Estremadura, but not so with
regard to Saarsfield, the Commander-in-Chief of the
army of observation on the Portuguese frontier ;
Amarillas, the Captain-General of Andalusia; and
Morillo, the Captain-General of Galicia ; whom
Dan Carlos, with good reason, does not look upon
as his friends.
There is a sort of third party, calling itself Ab-
solutist, which has offered its support to the Queen,
on condition that she should retain M. de Zea, or at
least adopt his system. It is hoped that the Queen
will perceive the snare which is thus prepared for
her by men who are, in fact, nothing less than Car-
lists in disguise.
On another hand, the Liberals or Reformists
have not remained idle. The chiefs of that party,
among whom is the Duke de Florida Blanca (a de-
termined partisan for a representative form and mo-
derate system of Government, and a great favourite
of the Queen), have held their meeting also, and
have done their utmost to prevail on the Queen to
dismiss the Ministers, above all M. de Zea.
The Queen has not yet taken any determination,
but she appears greatly disposed to adopt the most
advisable course, by placing herself entirely under
the guidance of the Camarilleros. The following
are said to be the lists proposed to her, between
which she has not made up her mind to make a
choice :

1. Count de Torrenho, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Amarillas, War Department.
Florida Blanca, Minister del Fomento.
Cano M time], Grace and Justice.
2. The Duke de San Fernando, Foreign Affairs.
Fenian dez del Pino, Grace and Justice.
Freire, War Department.
Florida Blanca, Minister del Fomento.
3. Count d'Offilia, Foreign Affiirs :
With the remainder of either of the two preceding lists
In all these lists it is proposed that the present
Ministers of Finance and Marine should be included.
The last one, owing to the name of M. d'OEfalia
being included in it, appears the least desirable to
the Liberals, and it happens to stand the least chance
of being fixed upon.
This evening, at 9 o'clock, lust as I am about to
close this letter, I am assured that there is positively
a will made by the King so far back as 1830, and
that it has not yet been opened.
Tranquillity remains perfectly undisturbed. Some
cavalry patrols are riding about the streets, but their
presence seems quite unnecessary.

Princess Lieven will give a splendid juvenile
soiree on Wednesday next, at her villa at Richmond, 00
the occasion of her son, Prince George (godson of ht.
late slajesty George the Fourth), completing bis 14th
year.

Mr. Addington is daily expected to arrive in
town, from his emuassy at Madrid. He had his audience
of le ,ve on the 24th ult. (five days prior to the derni•e of
his Catholic Majesty), and intended to take his departure
the day a ter, returning through Paris. Mr. Villiers, our
new representative at the Court of Spain, lids, ere thi.e
reached the Spanish capital. Tue qualifications of the
lion. Gentleman are said to justify his appointment at the
present momentous crisis. He is young for a diplomatist
of the first class, not having yet passed his 33,1 year.
Lord William Hervey, a younger son of the .Marquis of
Bristol, and Secretary of Legation at Madrid, it is ex-
pected will be despatched by Mr. Villiers to our• Gnat,
should events of moment arise. It is believed in the di-
plomatic circles of St. James's-street, that if M. Zea Ber-
mudez continues at the head of the Council of her Ma-
jesty the Queea Regent, no change will far the present
be made in the Spanish Envoy here (the Chevalier Vial ),
who was selected by M. Zea to be his successor at the
cvutt of the King of Great Britaiu,

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE,

(From the Morning Papers)

PARIS, TUESDAY, 4 O'CLOCK, is very gene-
rally believed here that the French Government is deter-
mined to go, if necessary, to any length in support of the
claims of Donna Isabella to the Spanish Crown. An
army of observation will, most probably, be immediately
stationed near the Pyrenees. The ordinances which have
appeared in yesterday's Moniteur, and the orders trans-
mitted to the departments of Gard, Hrrault, Aude, and
Bouches du Rhone, revoking the unlimited furloughs pre-
viously granted, and sending back the men to whom they
had heen extended to their respective corps, are measures
which sufficiently indicate the expectation that the aid of
France may be called into activity by a contest for the
throne of Spain. .

Our Stock Exchange people, who, like others of their
tribe, are always much more alarmed by the expectation
of a political untoward event than by its actual occurrence,
have been thrown into a fever of excitement by the reports
of warlike preparations being made by this Government.
The Spanish Three per Cents., which closed on Thursday
last at 391, and the Spanish Rentes Perpetuelles, which
were also on that day last quoted at 67k, have fallen, the
former to 324, and the latter to 561 ; and almost all the
other funds current at the Bourse have been affected by the
severe shock which the securities of Spain have sustained.
As a great number of speculators are known to be deeply
involved in time bargains for Spanish stock, no trifling
uneasiness prevails among the agens de change, on
whom the losses would fall should any defaulters be
declared at the settlement of the month's accounts.
The law does not admit of the legality of time bar.
gains in the funds here any more than it does in
England, so that the loser who is unwilling to pay
cannot be made any more of than he who has no
means left to do so. Amidst the excitement
about Spanish affairs and Spanish securities which
prevails at the Bourse, Miguel and his scrip have remained
quite forgotten and neglected. The latter has gone down
to 45, and it will require no trilling change in favour of
Miguel's prospects, to raise it again. Some Cortes Bonds
have been purchased, which raised their price front 16,
at which it was on Thursday, to IS. But, as all trans-
actions in them are for cash in this market, the buyers
were few, and the purchases not extensive.
Prince Tallryrand, who, it was positively affi' med last
Saturday, was about to return to London, has not been
induced by the event in Spain to return immediately to
his post. He is gone to take some rest in his chateau at
Vales gay.
The most sinister reports about the state of things in
Madrid have been repot ted to day, in consequence of which
a serious fall has occurred in the French funds. The
Spanish funds have also continued to fall. Ido not, how-
ever, hear of any later arrival from Madrid, than the one
of the courier who brought the letters of the 30th.
P.S.—A telegraphic despatch is said to have been re-
ceived from Bayonne.
Rams, OCT. B.—We continue to labour under agita-
tion from the crisis that has occurred in Spain, and to be
hourly the sport of extraordinary rumours. The latest
news received from .Madrid is that of the 30th ult., but
perhaps in the course of the day some further intelligence
from that capital may arrive.
The calling nut of 35,000 men of the conscription for
1332, done yesterday by Royal ordinance, is a mere pre-
cautionary measure. The conscripts of 1824, will have
completed their time of service on the 31st of 13:c. next.
It became necessary, therefore, to replace them ; for the
disarmament or breaking up of the army, commenced
14te1y, is suspended. The establishment of a corps of
observation between Perpignan and B tyonne any man might
t 1 did) predict. That also is or will be only a precau-
tionary measure. Still the hare mention of them affrights
people, as if they had come upon them unawares. We
must wait other acts, or authoritative information, there-
fore, ere we speculate on war. I must add, however, that
matters appear each moment to produce increased gravity
at CJort.

Two sets of reports are in circulation reap• cting Spanish
affairs. One represents the precautionary measures above
alluded to as having been advocated by the King and M.
de Broglie, in the teeth of M. Hermann and Marshal
Soult. The other, and more probable, that the Marshal
prevailed over the precautionary Monarch and his Foreign
Minister, and induced them not only to take a bold atti-
' tude, but all at once to acknowledge time young Que n.
The recommendation to the Queen Dowager to conciliate
all parties was the King's own act, and would be a desir-
able thing to do, if practicable, but I fear it is not.
Rumours are afloat of a misunderstanding between M.
Pout, di Borgo and the Due de Broglie on the subject. I
am told, by an extt emrly well-informed parry, that in an
interview which these statesmen had on Saturday last,
t e Duke stated that it was the intention of this Court to
acknowledge Queen Isabella of Spain. " Theo if you do,"
said M Pt zzo, " Russia will protest." " Protest I That
word alone would determine his Majesty King Louie
Philip."
The acknowledgment was accordingly forwarded to
Madrid, but the protest has not yet been delivered.
On all sides, I repeat, we are bra 't with rumours con
nected with tl is important affair, hut a recapitulation of
which I shall not inflict on you. If the knowledge of any
facts be attainabl--, I trust I shall arrive at it, and shall
immediately write you.
13ouittaz, THREE o'cnocx.—The Funds are again de-
clining, and apparently with some reason. It is stated
here that the Minister of War has positively order, ri that
no further furloughs be granted to the soldiers, and that
the regiments to be employed in the corps of ob-
servation on the Spanish frontier have been named.
It is also stated, and fully credited, that a Carlist
insurrection has actually taken place at Bilboa, and that
the auilloriies had been massacred by the insurgents, who
subsequently proclaimed Don Carlos King of Spain. On
hearing this intelligence the Governor of St. Sebastian is
said to have set out from that fortress, with a portion of
its garrison, to repress the revolt. Fears are also enter-
tained here respecting Catalonia, in which province the
Carlist party is said to be very strong.
You will observe that the four Princes (of France) have
gone to Cornpeigne to meet the King and Queen of the
Belgians, but—and on this you may rely, the King has
abandoned his intention of proceeding thither. His Ma-
jesty will return to Paris from St. Cloud on the 14th
inst. for the season. The altered aspect of political affairs
fully explains this change of intention.
BATON NE, OCT. courier who arrived this
morning, and brought the Madrid Gazette of the 29th
ult., in which the King of Spain's death was officially an-
nounced, was also the bearer of despatches from M. tie
Rayneval, for the Sous Prefet of Bayonne who imme-
diately transmitted the contents to Paris by the telegraph.
By another estafette, which reached last evening, a per-
son o( our town rec•ived a letter written by an agent of
Don Carlos, on the frontiers of Portugal, informing hint
that the instant King Ferdinand breathed his last (an
event which was hourly expected to occur), Don Carlos
would receive the Holy Communion, atter a prayer for
the soul cf his brother, and afterwards set out for Madrid.

An agent of Don Carlos in li.iyoune has printed a pro-
clamation, which he is commissioned to forward to all
the authorities of the provinces bordering on France. It
is stated therein that Ferdin mil being dead, the Crown
belongs by right to Don Carlos, and that consequently be
is the legitimate King of Spain, and the only one to
whom obedience is due.

The Marquis of Punon Rustro, who had been exiled
from Madrid, for p, Wishing an article in the Spanish
Review, left Pamplona for that cipiral, on hearing of the
King's demise. Jr will be recollec'ed that M. Punon
Rostro was one of the Queen's advisers during the period
of her regency.

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