The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-25 00:00:00

MEETINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS.

NEW ASSOCIATION, PIMLICO.—On Wednesday
evening a meeting of inhabitant householders in the
neighbourhood of Pimlico assembled at the Pine
Apple, William-street, Pimlico, to form themselves
into a branch association, and to co-operate with the
Westminster and other associations in adopting
every legal means to obtain the entire and instant
repeal of the house and window duties.
ST. GILES% ASSOCIATION.—Last night a meeting
of this association was held at the Angel Inn, High-
street, Bloomsbury—Mr. Rogers in the chair. Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Cleary, and others, addressed the
meeting. The following declaration, drawn up by
Mt. Cleary was agreed to:—" That it is laid down
as a pleasure bCoke and other writers of imminence
on tne law of I.ngland, that if enactments be made
against the law of reason, or against justice, they be
not statutes or customs, but corruptions."
A public meeting of the inhabitant householders
of the Liberty of Saffron-hill, Hatton-garden, and
Ely-rents, Holborn, has- been called fur Tuesday
next, at three o'clock, at the workhouse, " to take
into consideration the plans necessary to be adopted
for accomplishing the entire and immediate aboli-
tion of those iniquitous imposts, the house and
window duties." B. J. Armstrong, Esq., one of
the churchwardens, has consented to take the chair.

The late increase, or rather revival, of high-
way robbery is truly alarming, and calls for the most
prompt endeavours on the part of all classes of the com-
munity to suppress it—for some of these daring depreda-
tors not only attack the well-mounted traveller, but the
poorest wayfaring man.

At half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as
a lady and her two daughters were proceeding up Regent-
street, in an open carriage, the horses suddenly took fright
and ran away at full speed; the coachman lost all power
over them, though he made every effort to arrest their
progress. They were at length stopped in Oxford-street,
near Holles•street. Mr. Green, surgeon, of Nottingham_
terrace, Regent's Park, was passing at the moment, who
succeeded in extricating them from the carriage, and who
rendered them every medical assistance; fortunately, they
were not materially hurt. Great credit is due to the ladies
for their presence of mind in keeping their seats.

CHAIN PIER.—The damage done to this
structure, since our last, has been temporarily repaired--
so far, at least, as to enable the public to proceed with
perfect safety, even in stormy weather, to the outer bead,
and this they are now permitted to do, as the barricade at
the entrance of the first bridge is open. In the mean time
the first bridge remains nearly as it was immediately Wafter
the accident; the east side of the platform of the second
bridge has been lashed up, by means of link chains at-
tached to the main chains of the pier, to a level ; and some
of the planks have been taken off, so that the beams of
the bridge are left bare on the east side ; but on the west
they remain, affording a gangway about five or six feet
wide. A railing and posts have been lashed around the
space where the planks are taken up. The greater part of
the iron railing on each side of this bridge has been re-
moved. On examination we find that the iron plate, which
was supported sideways by the suspension rods, was drawn
a few inches from the last bearings on each side near the
first towers. This plate is oxydized in only a very slight
degree ; indeed, the paint upon it is still comparatively
fresh. Close to the second tower, on the land side, a pile
has recently been driven, reaching from the rock nearly to
a level with the top of the west tower ; no single pile of
this length could, of course, be obtained ; it is therefore
scarfed about the middle ; and a few feet above the platform
a similar pile is about to be driven; it now lies on the
bridge ready prepared. On the west side, and across the
top of these two piles, a beam will pass, sa as to take the
weight of the main chains. We imagine that similar piles
and beams will be erected to the seaward of the tower, so
that the weight of the main chains will rest upon these
piles whilst the tower is adjusted. It is a very ingenious
and clever operation.—Briyhtort Gazette.

Loss OF A CHARACTER.—The following
anecdote, which-Ye give exactly as the fact occurred,
may be considered as an illustration of simplicity and
integrity. A respectable farmer of Ross-shire, travelling a
short distance on horseback, having occasion to cross the
river Conan, found on the banks of the stream a young
woman also desirous of getting across. She informed the
farmer she was in quest of a situation, and had an excellent
character from her last place. As the river was high the
good natured farmer took the girl up behind him on his
horse, and conveyed her across the water. Unfortunately,
however, the written certificate of character fell out of the
young woman's breast, where she had placed it for safety,
and was carried off by the stream. She was in great dis-
tress at this mishap, till her kind conductor assured her
that he would give her a character; and this pledge he
redeemed on their arrival at a house on the opposite side,
in the following brief but pithy words:—" 10th Septem-
ber, 1833. These certify that the bearer, Peggy Mac.
kenzie, lost her character this day, while crossing the river
Conan with me, Andrew Munro." This very equivocal
statement was given in perfect good faith and sincerity.
The girl accepted it with many thanks, but was soon con-
vinced that the honest farmer's words did.not correspond
with hdisiffiicnutletnttionsoo, andbutin that
....a nsehwe rcehqauriredacte,ritaitnivs gene-
rally Courier. character.—lnverness
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(From GOlignani's Messenger,)
The Journal de Paris gives the following :—" A
private letter from Bayonne announces the arrival
there of an English courier, who left Madrid on the
morning of the 16th inst, at which time the Spanish
capital remained perfectly tranquil. He was stop-
ped at Briviesca by the priest Merino, who was at
the head of some of the rebels. His despatches
were examined, but not opened. Not being able to
pass by Vittoria, he took the road by Bilboa. Here
also he WRS stopped, taken before the Marquis de
Valdespina, and Iss despatches were inspected, but
not opened. The Marquis de Villafuentes is in
command at Burgos, and General Castagnos at
Tolosa, for the Queen. It was repotted that the
Count de Bourmont is shout to embark for Fa-gland,
d Don Miguel for America; and also that Don
Clikrlos was confined by illness at Aleantara, but this
laq news needs confirmation. Another private letter
from Bayonne states positively that General lAA
has arrived at Miranda with 4,000 men, and would
be joined on the 25th by General Saarsfield. Co-
lonel Erato, who had taken refuge in France, was in
the citadel of St. Jean Pied de Port, and about to
be conducted to Pau. Iron and the Tete de Pont
were occupied by a company of Spanish troops."
We take the following from the Indicateur
Bordeaux of the 20th instant :—" A letter from
St. Sebastian of the 16th says A courier from
Madtid, on his way to Tolosa, left here a supple-
ment to the Gazette of the 12th, containing two
decrees, outlawing the Marquis de Valdespina, and
Zabala, Verastegny, and Arias, chiefs of the in-
surrection at Bilboa, Vittoria, and Logrono.' An-
, other letter from the same town, fisted the 18th,
has the following :---` Rumours have been current
that Santos Ladron had not been executed, but had
been kept alive on account of revelations that he
was disposed to make. We have positively ascer-
tained, however, that he was shot on Monday,
at half-past four in the afternoon, in one of the
fosses of the citadel of Pampeluna. It is said the
Governor wished to suspend the execution till he
could receive orders from Madrid, but this pro-
posed delay excited so much discontent in the garri-
son, that he was compelled to call him imme-
diately before a courtmartial, and execute the sen-
tence as soon as it was pronounced. Whatever
may be the result of the contest between the two
parties, who are now in the presence of each other
on the banks of the Ebro, we cannot fail soon to
have very important intelligence. All will depend
upon the fidelity of the troops to the oath they have
taken to the Queen. Hitherto not a single General,
not even a single common soldier, has gone over to
the ranks of the insurgents, which are the less strong
because the refugee Constitutionalists, although
they do not find in the ill-advised manifesto of the
Queen Regent those guarantees for the liberties of
their country, and those consolations for their mis-
fortunes, they looked for, appear to be resolved to
sacrifice their political opinions, in order to keep
Don Carlos from the throne of Spain; reserving
themselves to demand hereafter from the new
dynasty concessions consistent with their honour
and the freedom and happiness of their country."'
The Patriote Franc.Comptois of Besancon says :
—" We have received several letters from the fron-
tiers of our department (Doubs), which concur in
stating that four Sardinian and Piedmontese regi-
ments have traversed Savoy, and placed themselves
in observation on the frontier of France. Is Charles
Albert acting as to France what she herself is doing
with regard to Spain ?"

The Augsburg Gazette of the 19th inst. gives the
following extract of a private letter of the 15th, from
Stutgard :—" It appears that the British Ambassa-
dor at our Court, Mr. Cromwell Disbrowe, is about
to be removed to the Court of Sweden. During a
residence of several years in this city, his extreme
amiableness and knowledge of mankind have made
him universally beloved and respected : he is every-
where honoured, both in his private and public cha-
racter. His departure, and that of his family, is a
subject of regret in every circle. Mr. Wellesley, a
son or Lora Cowley, hitherto Secretary of Lega-
tion, is spoken of as his successor. Mr. Gm-
don, as attache of the British Embassy, will be
removed, in the same capacity, to Frankfort."
The same paper announces the arrival at Trieste
of two companies of Bavarian Chasseurs, of 250
men each, which have sailed for Greece. The
Gazette also gives the following extract of a
private letter of the 25th ult., from Constantinople:
The Government goes on from fault to fault, as
though its object was to estrange the affections of
the people. The issue of the new coin, of full
standard value, of which so much had been said,
and which was to give satisfaction to everybody, is
already discontinued. For several days pieces of
fifteen and twenty piastres each have been in circu-
lation, which exceed the old coin in the baseness of
alloy. The Government must now seek for some
new subject of public discontent." This Journal
quotes the funds at Vienna on the 14th inst—Me-
talliques 91 5-16; Bank Actions 1,1741.
The Frankfort Gazette of the 20th inst., gives
an account of the festival on the 18th, in celebration
of the day on which that city recovered its freedom.
The troops of the line were reviewed, and many
festive parties were assembled in various quarters.
Not the least disturbance occurred.

Extract of a letter of the 17th instant, from
Toulon :

" We learn that General Trezel has applied to
the Minister of War for a reinforcement of 2,000
men, as necessary to maintain the advantages he
has gained at Boujeia. He has transmitted a plan
of the town and environs, showing that, in order to
occupy the several important points, a greater num-
ber of troops is requisite, and he fixes the amount
of the garrison at Boujeia at 4,500 men. The
Arabs who went with the expedition from Toulon
were right when they said that double the number
of troops embarked would be requisite to keep pos-
session of Boujeia after it was taken."
A royal ordinance of the 17th inst., fdirects the
formation, in Africa, of two new companies of Can-
noneers, as a coast-guard, organized upon the same
plan as those created by the ordinance of August 1,
1831, and which are to be stationed at those points
of the coast where their services may be most
useful.

The Orleanais announces the arrival at Orleans,
and committal to the prison of that town, on the
evening of the 18th inst., of Messrs. de Maquille
and Quatrebarbes, with their companions who were
arrested at Strasburg on their way to Prague. On
the following morning they were conducted to
Angers, where they are to take their trial.
(FRO➢I THE JOURNALS.)
STATE OF PARTIES IN SPAIN.—The Temps
contains the following, under the head of personnel
des partis :—" The Carlist party is without leaders,
as actual events sufficiently prove. The only man
of this party who played any part in preceding revo-
lutions, Santos Ladron, has fallen at the first onset.
Quesada has joined the Queen's party, and Saars-
field, whose disposition seemed to us, erroneously,
favourable to the Apostolicals, has just broken with
them, in a striking manner. Next to the Apostoli-
cal party, that of the present Administration pre-
sents itself—that is to say, Messrs. Lea Bermudez,
Ofalia, and Cruz. Many Spaniards accuse them of
intro-
duced
being partisans of the Queen, only so long as she
refuses to introduce a Constitution. It is said, that
in the latter case, this party would prefer going
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over to Don Carlos. As they have not completely
succeeded in possessing the Council
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the influence these
they will soon be seen oppn.s.ingstrtu
resignation, unless they make
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have for its result etherthe
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compromise, which is not probable. In this last
a compromise,
Government would fail •
hypothesis, the . , into the
hands of the Las Amarillo o party, the chief haviin,
already a voice in the Council. This party con-
tains a great many men honoured by public esteem,
and noted more or less in the ranks of the. Cortes.
their power, or their
They are, 1, among the nobles, the Marquis Santa
?rdintridg

Cruz, Count Punon Itostro, Duke of San Lorenzo,
Alcagnices, 'Duke of Frias, Anglona, Marquis de
Ceralbo, Count Parsent, Florida-Blanca, San Car-
ing, Casa Irujo. 2. Among the military, Amarillo,
Castro Torreno Morillo, Freyre, General Valdes
Zarco del Valle, Quesada, Campo Sagrado, Villa
Campo. 3. Among the statesmen Baedaxil, Pele-
grin, San Martin, Fernandez del F:ua, Ulloa. Then
come Martinex de la Rosa, Quintana, Augustin Air.
guelleg, Miguel Alava,Ramon Gil de la Quadra, all
emigrants, with the exception of the first two ;,
and lastly, Count Torreno, perhaps a little'
too nuance for the preceding party ; but as
he had left France a long while before the
French invasion of 1823, it may be conjec-
tured that he had, if not broken, at least de-
dined his engagements with his party. Sooner or
later, therefore, he might find access to the Mi-
nistry. Up to the time of the amnesty, he had
lived in England or Belgium. Ile was in daily
habits of intimacy with King Leopold. On arriv-
ing at Madrid, he received an order to remove to
the distance of 40 leagues. All he could obtain
from Messrs. Ofalia and "Lea was a delay of 20 days,
ON account of his health. We do not know the
place of his retreat. Count Torreno was one of
the most eloquent and enlightened orators of the
Cortes of 1820. Among all these parties, glides
in, almost unperceived, a small coterie, which ad-
mits the necessity of ameliorations and administra-
tive reform, without being inclined for a Constitu-
tion of any kind. Its principal representatives are
the Duke of San Fernando, Medina Celi, Cas-
tagnon, Generals Llander and Monet. Such is
nearly the ensemble of the political men of dif-
ferent shades which present events are about to
bring forward, and, some of whom, if the Regent
has courage to claim their services, may surround
her daughter's throne with a truly national
strength."

The Berlin Sink Gazelle, of the 17th instant,
announces that a Consistorial edict has established
seven new festivals for the Evangelical Lu!heran
church. One, to the memory of Luther, is to be
celebrated on the 19th of October; and another, in
commemoration of departed friends, on the last
Sunday before Advent.---The others are merely of
local interest.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PaRts, 0CT.23.
Five per Cents., 101 f. 90c. 80c. 85c.
Three per Cents., 74f. 50c. 30c. 15c.
Bank Actions, 1,725 t.
Rente de Naples, 90f. 75c. 50c. 40c.
Roman Five per Cents., 91 90%.
Rente trEspagne, Five per Cents., 16 15%.
Ren d
te 'Espagne, Three per Cents., 37 37X 3634.
Royal Spanish Loan, 78 77.
Bente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 63 62 61;0'.
Belgian Loan, 1931, Five per Cent., 94 933,E 94.
Haytian Loan, 25'f.
EXCHANCE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 30c.; money, 25f. 25c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 23f. 15e,
—Cot( vs Authentique.

(From the Private Correspondence of a Morning Paper.)
PARIS, OCT. 23.—We have little news to-day.
Up to the moment at which I write, the letters
from the frontiers of Spain have not been delivered.
They cannot, of course, contain intelligence from
Madrid, of a later date than that received yester-
day by the courier, which left that capital on the
14th instant, and the nature of which I stated in
my letter of last evening ; but from the northern
provinces of Spain we may, through them, obtain
much interesting information.
The " whereabout" of Don Carlos continues to
be the subject of general and anxious inquiry. In the
absence of positive intelligence respecting him, it may
not be superfluous to state that he is reported to he
waiting, near the Portuguese frontier, positive and
accurate accounts and reports of the state of public
feeling in Spain, and of the comparative force of
his partisans, and those of the Liberals and
Christinos. It is impossible but that the French and
British Governments are acquainted with the place
of his actual residence, and with his intentions;
and, in consequence, the mystery that envelops
them in the public regard, bodes little good to the
persons, and they are many, who have speculated on
the submission of Don Carlos to " circumstances."
If the accounts and reports received by him be in
unison with those that have reseheri the publie here
from Spain, he will not hesitate to throw off the
mask, for, with the exception of those coming from
sources influenced by the Spanish Government, or
under the control of King Louis Philip, all concur
in representing the spirit of Absolutism in that
country as general.
In this serious view of the case I have deemed it
expedient to inquire of well informed individuals—
men to whom the country is well known—the pro-
babilities of the duration of the results of the contest
commenced in Spain, and shall, in as much order
as the haste in which I necessarily write will permit,
communicate their reply :
The Christinos, or Queen's party, can of them-
selves do nothing. Their fusion with the Absolutists
is of course out of the question. On a cordial union
with the Liberals only can they found any hope of
maintaining themselves; and the jealousy of the
French Cabinet of every man and everything bearing
the name of Liberal is such, that a coalition of the
Christinos and the Patriots (par excellence) will
either be prevented or marred in its results by
French influence. The cause of this jealousy, it is
hardly necessary to observe, is, lest the establish-
ment of bona fide free institutions on the other side
of the Pyrenees should give offence—cause uneasi-
ness, er, in plain language, suggest fears to the
Government, which has done more within the last
three years towards crushing liberty, than all the
despots reigning beyond the Rhine could have
done."

This portion of the " reply" contained nothing
new, but being in concurrence with other opinions
entitled to respect may bear repetition.
" Divided into three parties, a protracted civil
war, a conflict pregnant with incidents, charged
with evils, susceptible of being made an engine the
most destructive and deadly that could be set at
motion in Europe, awaits Spain."
To another class of persons I put this question :
—What part are the Northern Powers really acting
at this crisis ? None, absolutely none, at this mo-
ment. Like Don Carlos they are awaiting the de-
velopment of the affair. The first steps taken by
the Queen Regent were with a view to lure them
into a recognition of the late change in the order of
succession to the Spanish Crown. Are they the
dupes of it, you would ask ? No, certainly not. M.
Pozzo di Borgo, up to this instant, unsupplied with
positive instructions on the point, is, nevertheless,
acting on a prescience not likely to be mistaken.
He has contrived to open a door for a very pretty
quarrel with the monarchy of the Barricades, should
occasion require, a threat, or, perchance a blow.
Eight days ago we heard of the French army, in the
aggregate sense of the phrase, being " on march for
Spain," and the furloughs were recalled, or with-
held from soldiers to whom they had been promised.
What is now the amount of that which is said and
observed on the subject ? Merely that General
Ilarispe has arrived, and established his head-quar-
ttrsat Bayonne, and that three brigades, comprising
e regiments of Infantry and two of Cavalry, have
absolutely been formed, comprising, in the whole,
on account of the recent reductions, a total of per-
haps 10,000 or 11,000 men l Where is the Mar-
shal (Molitor) who was to have commanded the
Army of Observation ? In Paris. Where are the
other brigades—where the divisions of which his
corps d'annee was to be composed—where are its
reserves—where is the Prince (the Duke of Orleans)
who was to have made the campaign ? In his room,
ill of a toothache, or some such time-of-peace ail-
ment. The pompous and bravado. bearing of France
will not have imposed on. Russia, Prussia, or Aus-
tria, on England. King
tria, and ought not to
Louis Philip meant no such thing as going to war,
war,
except a la Antwerp. If he take part wtth the Queen
Regent he must adopt the Liberals, without whom.f
the war could not have successful results; and he
take part with these, he might forfeit the pawls de
sejour, which he enjoys of the Northern Potentates.
M. Pozzo di Borgo was not for an instant a believeer
in the bounce or the hypocrisy of King Louis Phi-
.ip, who he was quite sure would not at all events
n the long run do other than was agreeable to MM.

Metternich and Nesselrode; but he foresaw hat his
master, the Emperor Nicholas, might be displeased
at so much flourish, and accordingly he edged in a
northern word or two, which froze up completely
the boiling indignation of the throne of July, at the
threatened resistance of the priest-ridden Iberians to
the will of their late pious, humane, wise, and ex-
cellent Monarch, who, the queen, his widow, says,
and I hope truly, is reposing in eternal bliss.
Such is the nature of the reply I had in one
quarter to my inquiry on this branch of the subject.
Another attributes the chill that has stricken the
Acres-like demonstrations of the French Cabinet to
the reception and adoption of the Spanish Liberal
refugees by the Spanish Governor of St. Sebastian.
This is not, however, the most plausible ground,
although it may be the true one. General Cas-
tagnos could, in his circumstances, do no other
than submit to the Carlists, by whom he was me-
naced, or accept the aid of the Liberals. The
former would have been sudden death to the cause
of his mistress ; the latter may be the means of
saving her ultimately, but not perhaps until she will
have undergone many crises—the more because a
necessary consequence of it will be the decreased
zeal of France in her cause.

The case appears, from the foregoing, to stand
thus:—Don CArlos has not declared himself, but,
from the position taken by his pariisans, is likely to
do so. Without a union with the Liberals the
Cbristinos could not oppose him, even with the aid
of France; and the aid of France is not likely to be
afforded to any cause in which Liberalism to such
an extent must of necessity be bound up. The Li.
berals are not of themselves strong enough to make
an independent effort. A tedious civil war in Spain,
fraught with all possible elements of mischief for
the world in general, may, therefore, it is much to
be feared, be looked for.

This throne of July ! Poland ! Italy ! Spain !
bear testimony to its malign influence. But I have
no time to rail. Look to the position in which the
policy of the French Cabinet has placed the world
at this moment. Italy in chains, Poland extinct,
and Spain about to be made a shuttlecock to amuse,
while the grand game of the East, in Turkey,
Greece, and the Principalities is about being played.
Fortunately for you, your Bayonne letters have ar-
rived, and will furnish no doubt something better
than speculation.

THREE O'CLOCK.

I have just received a printed document, which
reached here this day by express, which, if genuine,
removes all doubt of the nature of the contest now

in reality about being commenced in Spain. It is a
proclamation to the Spanish people by Don Carlos,
calling on them to place him on his legitimate
throne ; not because that he is ambitious of that
position, but because of his duty to his religion, his
country, and his family. I will not, howes er, detain
you longer, but lay it before you.