The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-29 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, OCT. 27.—The Ministerial evening journal says
—" The blockade of Elisondo has been renewed by the ar-
rival of a column of the Queen's troops. The fortifications
of Plentia are continued ; Don Carlos has attempted in
vain to stop the works ; he has retreated from before Bil-
boa. On the 20th he was at Ceanari."

According to a Bayonne letter of the 21st, travellers
from Spain arriving in that town state, that on the 14th
Don Carlos was within three leagues of Bilboa, at the bead
of 4,500 men ; that he had made an attack upon the small
town of Plentia, which was defended by General Espartero,
who ordered a sortie, in which both parties sustained a
slight loss, but which in the end induced the pretender to
retire.

The Indkateur of Bordeaux of the 23d instant has the
following of the 21st from St. Jean de Luz :—" A Spaniard
from Vittoria informs us, that on his departure from that
city, 15,000 of the Queen's troops had arrived there, under
the commond of General Valdes, and that these troops
were to march the next day to reinforce the army of opera-
tion in Navarre and Biscay."
The brigade of El Pastor, with a reinforcement of 3,000
men, is gone to Navarre, where the pretender remains.
The village of Abbarzuza, near Estella, has been burnt
down. This commune was occupied by a battalion of 1,200
men of General Oraa's division. The morning the batta-
lion went out to exercise, at the first halt, and while the
guns were in piles, 3,000 insurgents came down precipi-
tately from the mountains and surprised the Queen's troops.
An engagement at the point of the bayonet immediately
ensued. They fought for about an hour with equal fury
on both sides, and about 1,500 men were left on the field.
The Queen's troops had at last the advantage, and the
Carlists retreated in disorder. Immediately afterwards the
Christinos set fire to the village, and caused the two remain-
ing houses to be destroyed.
The Knights Templars held an encampment last week
at their usual place of meeting in the Cour Damietta, to
celebrate a funeral service in honour of Don Pedro, who
was an honorary member of the order. The oration was
pronounced by the Grand Prior, M. Campeaux.
Admiral Sir Sidney Smith and several of the di-
plomatic body were amongst the assembly, which
was very numerous. Sir Sidney laid upon a ceno-
taph raised in memory of the illustrious deceased, the
insignia of the Tower and Sword, with which the Gallant
Admiral had. been invested by the father of Don Pedro.
A letter of the 21st, from Toulon, says—A telegraphic
dispatch received here, directs a light vessel to be got
ready to sail for Alexandria at a moment's notice.
The schooner-rigged brig, La Fkehe, having been chosen,
will sail to-morrow, to carry dispatches to the Consul-Ge-
neral, receive those he has to send back, and return imme-
diately to France. It is observed that the four vessels, Le
Voltigeur, L'Eclipse, L' Artemise, and to day Le Fkche
have been sent off at very short intervals to Egypt, cir-
cumstances requiring such repeated communications with
that country. M. de Lalewell and Admiral Roussin also
frequently send ships from the Levant squadron to Alexan-
dria, bearing instructions.
A letter of the 18th inst. from Saragossa says,—" The
rebels under the command of Zumalacarreguy, who passed
the Ebro at the ford of Troneo Negro, between Logrono
and Haro, appeared before the last named town, and sum-
moned it to surrender ; but the inhabitants showing a deter-
mined resolution to defend it, the enemy learning at the
same time that the Queen's troops were in pursuit of him,
and that two detachments had entered Logronn, repassed
the Ebro by the bridge at Brines, and entered Alabo."
Barcelona journals received to the 17th inst. state that
the numerous bands of Carnier, pursued by the divisions of
Aragon and Valencia, are so closely watched by the troops
of Catalonia, that this bandit dare not enter that princi-
pality. Catalonia is perfectly quiet, although the Carlists
continue to make useless efforts to revolutionise the pro-
vince. The bands being destroyed or dispersed, the chiefs
are driven to keep themselves concealed in the woods.

The Echo du Commerce We learn from
Almeria that on the 12th inst. a steam-boat, bearing the
English flag, arrived and cast anchor at a short distance
from Cape de Gata. She refused to make any declara-
tion, either as to her cargo, where she came from, or her
destination, and the Custom-house guard fired upon her,
but without producing any effect. She remained at anchor
all night, and in the morning took her departure in the di-
rection of the Levant. The account being sent to the
Governor, three vessels were despatched after her, but they
were too late to overtake her. According to the state-
ments of some fishermen she was heavily laden. None of
her crew went ashore, but some of them bought two fish
for ten francs."
The Augsburg Gazette of the 23d inst. has the following
from Vienna of the 17th :—A Court mourning for seven
weeks has been ordered on account of the death of Don
Pedro. It is said that Charles X. is about
to leave
Prague and take up his residence at Gratz, but it is not yet
determined whether the Duchess of Berry will or will not
join the King. Count Munch Bellinghausen has had his
audience of the Emperor previous to his departure for
Frankfort. Prince Metternich has taken under his protec-
tion the Society established in Trieste under the title of
Austrian Lloyd's.'

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Extract of a letter from Spire dated the 22d inst.,—
" Within these few days the agent of a Paris insurance

company has been ordered to remove his tri-coloured sign,
the authorities not choosing to have this revolutionary em-
blem exposed. A coachman has been summoned before the
magistrates for cracking his whip to a patriotic tune. In
short, no idea can be formed of the sensitiveness of the po-
lice. The numerous fires that have devastated our pro-
vinces, and the other circles of the kingdom, and which
have been attributed to personal vengeance, appear now to
have been caused by the associations of the Obscurantists,
who leave no means untried to alarm the Government
and the people. We are now also informed that the sup-
pression of the Manheim Gazette was caused by its having
given too early intelligence of the new measures intended
to be taken by the absolute governments."
Extract of a letter of the 23d inst. from Avranches :
" The prison of Mount St. Michael has just been destroyed
by fire. Last night between nine and ten o'clock, the fire
broke out in the room where straw hats are made, and the
wind being high, the flames spread with alarming rapidity.
Nothing could exceed the awfulness of the scene, to which
was added the noise occasioned by the fall of the walls and
arched ceilings.
" It is believed to have been altogether accidental, and to
have been caused by sparks from the flue of the stove in
the guard-house having been carried to the straw by the
wind. The prisoners, who were thus set at complete li-
berty, displayed great activity and intrepidity in endeavour-
ing to extinguish the flames. They are placed under the
charge of the National Guard, till orders are received
whither they are to be transferred.
" A turnkey is the only person who perished, and he had
escaped danger, but afterwards fell from a wall and broke
his neck."--2Galignad es Messenger.
PARIS, OCT. 27.—The trial of M. Wattebaut, accused
of having attempted in a duel, without seconds, to murder
his opponent, M. Lethuillier, was concluded last night. At
midnight the jury brought in a verdict of Guilty, with cir-
cumstances of mitigation. The Court then retired, and in
twelve minutes returned to pass sentence.
Wattebaut was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
General Guilleminot is still spoken off as the successor
of Marshal Gerard, as Minister of War, if he still persists
in retiring.
As for the post of President of the Council, it would
belong to M. de Rigny, who is the Senior Member of the
Cabinet ; but it is said that the Doctrinaires favour M.
de Broglie.—Commerce.
The Courrier Francais also points out M. de Rigny for
the post of President, but it says that Count Lebau is
spoken of for the War Department. Why not General
Bugeaud ?
The Memorial des Pyrenees brings us the following do-
cument :
DIVISION OF THE WESTERN PYRENEES.
ORDER OF THE DAY.

The Lieutenant-General has positive information that
an important Envoy of the Carlist Committee at Paris, the
Baron de Bergen, has succeeded in evading the vigilance
of the posts on the frontier in getting into Spain by way of
Sare. The Lieutenant-General is extremely desirous to
hinder the mission of this individual from being completed
by his return, and recommends the greatest vigilance on the
whole line, to surprize him if he enters France again. In
case of his being arrested, he is to be brought to Bayonne,
to the Lieutenant-General. _

A copy of the present order shall be sent to all the Com-
missaries of Police in the frontier, and to all the Com-
manders of Cantonments.

Done at the Head-quarters at Lacarre, Oct. 21, 1834
Count HARISPE.

" We know positively," says the Memorial, " that the
individual pointed out in this Order of the Day is the same
that the Journals erroneously affirmed to be Don Mikuel.—
Messager, Oct. 21.

PARIS, OCT. 26.

M. Dupin is a singular man, a very singular man.
He is in politics what a young girl is in life—candid,
warm, sincere and pure, but at the same time most in-
sufferably capricious, susceptible, changeable end timid.
The comparison fails no doubt in some points : what
comparison does not ? for M. Dupin has none of the
feminine graces, being a rude, powerful man in his
bearing and his oratory. But beneath the severe and
rather forbidding mask of the ancient classic drama
lurks, nevertheless, a feminineness of nature, that is
deplorable to those who would admire and follow him.
And such a dreadful want is there in France of high
legal and constitutional character—such contrasts does
the Bench there and the Cabinet present to the De
L'Hopitals and Daguesseaus, that one is anxious and
inclined to seize on M. Dupin, and clothe him in the
high attributes of those men, or of Lord Somers. But,
alas I those men had opinions, and held to them ; but
M. Dupin, girl-like, has headlong feelings rather than
consistency and tenacity of principle. For the last
month he has allowed the press, that of his party, to
venture forth on behalf of the amnesty, and give battle
upon that ground. He thrust forward Marshal Gerard
to the first place in the Council, and either approved
or prompted his taking the same ground ; nay, his
completely- making it his standard, and announcing. that
he would rise or fall with it. The only difference
was, that M. Dupin preferred to have the credit of such
an act even by himself and the Chamber, than by the
Ministry. Such opinions of the amnesty and of him
did M. Dupin allow his followers to entertain.
Now, however, a respectable journal having asserted
that M. Dupin went to the King and declared against
the amnesty, the especial organs of M. Dupin were
obliged to evade rather than answer the question. No
doubt, M. Dupin is a man of a legal conscience, one
upon which the anomaly of an amnesty before trial
must jar. But why not have declared this at once—
why have coquetted girl-like, with the question, in
order to draw all admirers after him, and then jilt them
at the last moment with a capriciousness unpardonable
in a girl, much less in a statesman ?
If, too, this declaration, total or partial, against the
amnesty and against the friends whom he misled, have
taken place at the very moment, and not till the very
moment, when the amnesty question was finally thrown
overboard in the Council, what must we conclude were
the motives ? But this is not the first nor the second
time in which M. Dupin has summoned all his friends
and forces, drawn up his line, sounded his trumpet for
action, and then scampered off himself, leaving his
friends to shift for themselves, and back out of a bad
position as best they might.

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