The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-14 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Nov. s.—The money-market of this capital
follows the impression so favourably entertained by the ma-
jority of the people. Ever since Mendizabal took the reins
of Governmennt, \v have Observed "a gradual progression
for the hetter,• and since Monday last a rather rapid one.
Large operations have been made in every sort of scrip, and
the debt without interest, which can the day above men-
tioned was at 11 per cent„. is quoted to-day at 14 for cash.
The non-consolidated Vales hav(i also considerably improved,
its well as the tihtioi.al portador, bearing an interest of 4
and-.4.per cent. But what principally proves the confidence
acquired by the speculators is the circumstance that there
is hardly a single time bargain made, and that everything
done is for money, the nominal capital of yesterday's ope,
rations amounting to nearly 50,000,000 of real's. .A great
deal of this improvement is owing, to the tiews received
front Andalusia, where the JnntaS of Armament are taking
the most active steps to'carrV fbrWard the luinta lately de-
erc'ed, as well as to raise funds to enable the Government to
meet the extraordinary expenses of the. armament, by
which means it is generally anticipated all ruinous loans will
be avoided, the amount of the voluntary contributions being
calculated at about 70,000,000, and the sum which will. be
obtained by the tax imposed on those who may seek to
exempt themselves front the decreed (pinta at between
70,000,000 and 80,000,000 more:
It is'to-day reported that thchands of Quilez, and the
Serrador have met with a serious defeat, and that the lat-
ter had been made a prisoner. It is even said that. the
Government has received an express, but though I am
generally faVoured with information from the War-office,
nothing has reached me yet from that quarter. .
The. Die rio Mercanti( of Catalonia contains the follow-

ing short narrative :—" It appears that the labourers who
in this city (Barcelona) are pulling dow❑ the convent of
St.. Joseph, have found inwalled a monk, who; it is sup-
posed by some, was condemned to this horrid•punishment
on account of his incorrigible conduct, and by others for
his liberal principles. Whichever :of these conjectures be
adopted, we cannot bUt execrate a mode of punishment to
which be certainly has fallen a victim. .His body showed
that he must have died in that sepulchre about two mouths
since, though, by his half-eaten habit,. it is .evident he had
been immured in that prison for a considerable time."
Every day the Gazelle contains some noble trait of
patriotism, worthy of being preserved ; but there is one
to-day, which merits to be written in the tablets of
fame. A poor overseer of police of this capital, and
his children, have made over to the Goyeroment, for

the fund intended for the armament, an estate worth
60,000 reals, which constitutes the whole of the property
theypessess in this world ; and, besides, the father gives up
a fourth of his small salary, until the termination of the war.
The Government, unwilling to mortify them by a refusal,
have accepted their generous offer. I could quote many
other traits of disinterestedness, but' this one will suffice
to slioW there 'are in this country men worthy of epjoying
the blessings of liberty. Would such as these have stepped.
forward in the way they now, do two months ago? 'Nay,
would a Cano Manuel, at present the chief magistrate of
Spain,. President of the Royal Court, have consented that
his four ehiltblen - should have enlisted us volunteers, as
they have done, :Ind' seen theM march with a muske;. on
theif shonlders as simple soldiers ? how wonderfully must
the alierat:oti be in the public mind when men above the
fear of being accused as• Carlists step forward in the man-
ner stated I The alteration is, indeed, so great, that the
Spain of this day admits of no comparison with the Spain
of Tureno's time. It would seem as if an immense power
had' been applied to the machinery of the. Government,
actually realizing a saying of the Count da Taipa.,•,who iu
one of the discussions in the Upper Chamber of Portugal,
of which Ile is a member, said that lllendizabal seemed
to his honourable colleagues as necessary to. Spain. as
the 'steam-engine was to England.: lle has, indeed, so com-
pletely succeeded in concentrating the energies of the na-
tion that he has created a power equal to that produced by
that. agent.

THE ALICANT DONATION. ,
(From the Madrid Gazette of N0v.5.)
The prclvinee Of Alieant, represented by deputies rivi:ted
by its st!vorai districts, Ibrming z.itogcther it patriotic junta,
with which..Waa associated Don• Andres Visedc,lhe Proeu-
yador to, the.,cortes, and at.whieh the_ CLvil and, Itlilltary
authoritits prcSidel, Offered for the
,equipurent of the artily
the
.dopation.of Which an account yas given ye.iterda's
ozeite. This j)4tricitic gift is of those nets which will
:,hed honOnr on the hiStory ofthe.nation infuture age, and
which pl•ove what we have on other occasions said.--that a
people, arc never more terrible to their enemies than when
they have just terminated their schi,ans and political
ferenee.
•
Her ..)lajesty the O•teenl3.egetAt perfectly comprehended
the chAr:iter of manaqinpu.z nati: I!,an i to Ler
(low, to her words of p,..iziee, and rectmeili.A:co, rv-,s owe tint
onlY.the tcein2:-tLe..civil war coneludotl, but the
xi is et' Ili itultuCng the 'example
of Li ,i• :.tIV, Lieu, as•ii Ly ,muLition,
• all:tho duthuritie,, and; provinces of the Izin.rdom. Anolug
~these, acts.. the 40nalion'Of 2,0.00,000 rears, given the

loyal and patriotic province of Ahearn., will always deserve
distinguished mer.tMn.
The peculiar character of our nation is that confidence
which is the characteristic of noble minds. When this. is
founded upon bases so solid as the decrees ttay last-
days, perhaps the most memorable period 'oi• all our history,
and when an august Queen, whose name in nor future
annals will ever be united with liberty and pob.;ic happiness,
has said to the Spaniards—" Trust in. tn,y, I trust iityou:'
then is there no sforce capable of disturbir g the intimate
union between the Crown and the peoples , then no sacrifice
appears great, no difficulty invincible ; then are exhibited
to the admiring world prodigies of self-donial and of pa-
triotism. The passions arc,-cahned, interests are silenced,
the beloved voice of the country alone is heard, always
more beloved when is proceeds from the throne itself.
This is the only explanation which, can be given ,of the
extraordinary phenomenon of which we are tritnts es. Lot
the Spain of kigust be compared with the Spain of Octo-
ber, and it al be seen that to a political chaos has suc-
ceeded order a-id adminiarative unity ;to the fear of cruel
discords, the m-tst complete reconciliation ; to the joy and
'exultation of err enemies, their dismay and haraatiba ;
to•the'distrust of our allies, confidence and. respect ;
to the fory of individual passions, the most nob'c and
generous changes A single word from the immortal
Christina—a word .of peace and benediction, which has
dissipated all alarms, and re-animate) all bores.
This impulse, which no one could hate ventured to 14e
for two months ag,o, mill continue without inteirdp.ion'un-
til the desired' object is -attained, which' is the 'termination
of tile war raised by the rebels.' For it -is not th.r *custom
of the Spani:h people to stop in the midst. of -a path on
which tiny
.have entered, when they are assured of a good
direction; -nor to be impelled by the obstacles they. may
encounter in their way. , Their . constancy is proverbial
throughout the whole of Europe, and not les; is their Ain.-
titude in facing every kind of sacr lice and danger. They
will nit pause in the career of glory, of public welfare and
film its, outii they have consummated the grcariVork they
have end,yrtaken, which is the consolidation. 'of the legiti-
mate throne and the liber:ies of the cnuntrc. Tae•exam-

ple of Aiteen.t is a gutrantee for what is to be expected
(*tom the .Ai'holc nation, in like manner as the country .may
be assured of her, regeneration and felicity from the reign
of an infant, the object of the love of all Spaniards,. the
signal of-peace and conciliation, educated in the love of her
people by the precepts of a mother who is animated by
no other wish than for the happiness and prosper:ty of the
nation.

THE CAT. OUT OF THE BAG.— A YANKEE
TRlck%--;-Aa Paper, says " Au itinerant Yankee
`passed .e,trougli'this a day or two since, and-,spent a
night with us. He put up handbills as soon as he, arrived
announcing theatrical entertainments, a farce in oae act
" The Cat let out of the Bag," ece., in the usual manner of
slch things. 'When the time arrived the house (Snow's
ball room) was crowded, but nobody appears an the stage
1.4 some tame. At last a shr:li whistle was beard—then a
Jew's harp--then a villanous three-string tildle, and, finally,
a plain-dresi..ed awkward-!onkingfellow entered with a .vei y
deliberate step, .having a bag thrown over his shoulders.
The audience rose all tip toe with expectation. He seated
hints: f-With the bag between his legs, bagau to untie it,
hall the top with his hands, the andience gathered nearer
and nearer " :Now," he cried, clapping his hands, "S'eat !"
and out sprang a fitriens Toni cat hell melt among the hats
and bonnets. Such a scene of confusion—Lsonie aimed for
fie windows, some for the doors, some screamed, some
cursed and swore, more laughed. At length they were •
c dated, but the curtain dropped, an epilogue was spoken
Ladies and gentlemen," said the manager, " the farce is
over, we thank you.'• He was interrupted by huzzas and
hisses. The whole room was in an uproar, many were

angry, but more were 'delighted at the ft liow's impudence,
and some even weiit so far as to cart for it again. The
swearers were for tearing him to pieces, but the laughers
were more numerous and carried the (Li)."
POPULATION OF A LGlERS.—lianulan, a living
Moorish author, whose work on Algiors bas been trans-
lated into French,' begins his book with a bold assertion in
the first instance, that the population amounts to 10,000,000,

This conjecture is rather too gay, as it would imply this
s 'Nage country to be nearly as thickly populated as Eng-
land. Shalor t.ltinks that they scarcely exceed 1,000,000,

others coluptite them at 2,000,000 ; and, though I confess
I am. only guessing through the guesses. of others, I can
scarcely suppose the n hole popUlation to exceed. the latter

amount. Dr. Shaw says that according to the most exact
osservations which he could make himself, or receive from

others, the length of the kingdom from Twubt on the cast,
to the river Zaine on the nest, mly be a little more than
490 man ; but here 1)r. Shaw eeitainly means len&th as
you would Measure it 03 the globe, withoat including the

adolne.ons of the coast ; for all the s!lip-masters wide

whom I have Token describe the voyage between Bot.a
and dr.tn as between 500 and 600 wiles in length. TH

breadth of' the :kingdom is very unequal ; iu one part it
exhibits only miles between the Meditemmean on the
north;and the Zabara or IViert on the south ; but to the
cast Ward of Algiers it is very considerable, and Dr.. Shaw
tLinkS that at a medium the extent of ‘chat tiAe Arabs
Tcllie (meaning, that is, the land proper for tillage) may
be Called 60 miles. Now, if we multiply say 500 miles it.

length by 60 for breadth, the result will be' 00,000 square
miles ; the allowance of 100 heads to a-mile would make
out the population to be 3,000,000 ; but for a people half
migratory this allowance,' is too large, and the whole re-.
gooey does not probably contain above half that number..
CantphelPs Letters front the South in Ihe New Monthly,,
frightful crime has recently been connnitted
the, commune of Sarrat (department of the Ard..;che),
occasioned by excess love. A soldier, on furlc-4n, named
Jamet, had been payi:,,,-; his addresses to a'"voUng woman
named •Justine Pepel, but, attracted by tie' beauty of
another girl, abandoned his first mistress, thouh he still
kept up an appearance of intimacy with her. This conduct
d'd not deceive Justine ; she reproached her lover with his
f. Ischood, and he promised again to be true to her. Subse-
quently,however, she,learnt from the lips of her very rival
that Janet was shortly to be married, and the fatal projett
entered her head which she eventually put in execution.
She pro urea a sharp knife, and prepared for the worst, by
writing a note, in which she aceesed herself of the crime
she. was .about to commit, and made some testamentary ar-
rangemeiXs. An opportunity" offered of her carrying her
schemet into effect ; she encouatered Jamet, and they ap-
peared to le on the best terms, and agreed even to sleep
togetler,
~.JUstine appears to have wavered, after this, for
.sonse;tlifie during the night ; her knife lying ready all the
while on a chair by the bed-side, and some expressions of
tenderness from Jatnet had made her relinquish her inten-
tio.i, When the thought suddenly coming into her mind that