The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-29 00:00:00

Bth instant, that some transactions have taken place in
the communications between the Crown and its
Ministers, of which we have not yet learned the par-
ticulars. In the course of the editor's address, he de-
clares that on the morrow the whole liberties of Por-
tugal will have been trampled under foot and extin-
guished, by the Ministry of the QUEEN, "who is ac-
customed," he remarks, "to be coerced." " To-
morrow there will not be even these formalities—
neither tribunal, nor Parliainent ....no property, no
liberty, no press!"
As we observed in a former article, the well-known
loyalty, merits, and services of Count BOMEild—his
past favour with the QUEEN and her Royal Consort—
his intrepidity and success in the field, and his ad-
mirable administration in the Cabinet both as Foreign
and as War Minister, leave the whole affair at pre-
sent under a painful mystery, which is not dimi-
nished by the brief announcement we have received
of the Count's arrest at Elvas.

Since the above article was written we have later
news from Portugal, which effectually discredit the
account of Count BOMFIM'S arrest, but gives us no
"further intelligence of the movements of that officer.
On the 16th of February, in conformity with a com-
munication, dated On the 10th, and addressed by him
from Herdada de Torre to the commandant of the.
7th Military Division, BoMrmt was expected at
Lisbon. He had declared " that he would put him-
self en route as soon as possible, in order to present
himself at the capital." He adds, that he had been
at the residence of his friend the Count D'Avii.Ez,
where he received the orders of the Minister of War,
and that when his state of health permitted he would
not fail to carry his purpose into effect.

On the 19th, the intelligence reached Lisbon that
Boum& had placed himself at the head of the insur-
gents, and that Count D'AVILEZ, a general officer, had
also joined them ; but the latter part of the intelli-
gence, with respect to AVILEZ, has been subsequently
contradicted. •

A proclamation of the Count, on his joining the
insurgents, was issued on the 14th inst., from which
the following are extracts : •
" Inhabitants of Lisbon, and soldiers of the garrison !—I
have taken command of a division, which, in a short time,
will present itself before the capital, firmly resolved to make
a reality of the sacred promise which was given to us on the
10th of February, 1842.
"Portuguese! the brave men who accompany me are your
friends, your companions in arms. All of them respect and
desire the Constitutional Charter of 1826, but all of them
have been betrayed as you have been : to all a promise was
made and has been broken.
"The Constitutional Charter does not exist; Costa Cabral
is the only Power of the State. -
" To arms, brave tompanioni of glory!
"The •Constitutional Charter ! And the Queen free from
restraint ! The -faithful execution of the sacred promise of
the 10th of November, 1842. • "COUNT BOMFIM.
" Head-quarters, in Alcaia, Feb. 14, 1844."

The intelligence from Madrid, which is to the 21st
instant, is of the same painful character. According
to a dispatch from General RONCALI, he opened his
fire against Alicant on the 17th, at one o'clock in the
morning, and had thrown a great number of shells
into the town. The insurgents made a sortie, but
were driven back. The horrible butcheries on both
sides continued unabated, and scenes of a still more
horrid description are anticipated on the fall of Alicant,
which cannot hold out long. According to one report,
RONCALI had already shot one in every five of his
prisoners, who amounted to more than two hundred
and all the insurgents, taken in two Custom-house
sloops, were ordered to be shot on deck.
The, qazege publishes a decree, re-establishing the
Papallribunal of the Rota, suppressed by a decree
of the Provisional Regency of the 29th of Decem-
ber, 1840.

The Three per Cents. were done at 29.1 for cash,
and 30} at sixty days ; and the Five per Cents. at
211 for cash, and 22i: at sixty days.

We are 'agreeably disappointed in the articles
which appear in the French Opposition Journals of
Tuesday, on the announcement respecting Otaheite,
given in the 211Oniteur of the previous day. From
the strong attacks which they have for ten days been
aiming at M. Gutzor, and the friends of peace in
Prance, a terrible explosion might have been ex-
pected, but fortunately, we have only a subdued mur-
mur, a sort of lamentation, that the dignity of
France had not been better maintained ; and that the
KING in Council had not, on the receipt of the in-
telligence, proclaimed their intention, 'without
waiting for the opinions of Lord ABERDEEN
and Sir ROBERT PEEL. One of the most
violent of the journals belonging to this class,
the National, calmly observes :—" The'proceeding of
the Government was foreseen. When we read in
the English journals and in the report of the sittings
of Parliament, what interest England took in driving
us from Otaheite, we could easily foresee that
Otaheite would be given up. But M. GUIZOT, who
is aware of the jealous avidity of our neighbours,
And who also knows lovi incapable he is of keeping
up any dignity with them, ought not to have waited
for their demands, but to .have 1;e-established Queen
Pomaite before an order came from London. But
no ; he waited a fortnight, in order that the humilia-
tion might be cOmplete—in order that it might be
clearly proved, in the face of the world—that his
Cabinet is the very humble servant of Sir ROBERT
PEEL and Lord ABERDEEN." M. TRIERS' journal
takes nearly ihe same view. " -When," it says,
" the English journals and the Houses of Parliament
call our Governinent to account for the resolute act
Of Admiral DUPETIT TROUARS, an act of weakness
was naturally expected from our Cabinet. We, for
our part, fully looked for this, and said that we did
so. But" since it resigned itself to making this new
concession to the entente cordiale, how can it have so
far failed in management as not to preserve appear-
ances ? As soon as the Ministry was in possession of
the Admiral's dispatches, it certainly must have com-
prehended that the news would be badly received in
London, and that strong remonstrances would be
made. Why did it not therefore at the first moment
gather -courage from its weakness ? Why, resigned
as it was to the granting of everything that could be
asked, did it not take the initiative, and act with re-
Solution before any demand was made upon it ? It is
Possible,
.and welope, for the honour of the coun-
try, it has been sp, that there was a division in the
Council, and that some of its members have placed a
higher value on the feelings of the nation than on the
notes of Lord ABERDEEN. We willingly believe
that the Minister of Marine has not abandoned with-
out defence to the timorous rancour of M. Gummi
the work of a brave and loyal sailor, who in distant
seas has upheld the dignity of But these
oppositions, honourable as they unquestionably have
been, have only made the matter Worse."
The France is very brief, but poetically eloquent.
It could not have described in a more heroic strain
the destruction of all the islands in the Pacific
The new and deplorable concession to England, in
the disavowal of AdMiral PUP...kTIT THOUARS, has
outraged public opinion. The Chamber of Deputies
thrilled with agitation ; the Stock Exchange itself
experienced its effects, and the Funds felt the recoil of
this act of ehame."
The'JoUrnal des Debate has no article on the sub-
ject; but another 141iitisterial paper, the Globe, con-
cludes a long argument with the following judicious
remarks :—" Speaking seriously, what difference is
there at bottom, between protecting and occupying.
As to' what =relates to the use which the Opposition
journals will make of the humiliation of Trance to
.Englant4 it is a piece of silliness, which men of sense
,no longer think of. It is scarcely three months
since the English, Government disavowed Commodore
PAULET when he took possession of the Sandwich
Islands. Great 'nations are like men of tried honour—
they can acknowledge their errors without being
afraid of an accusation
.of weakness."

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. - The documents moved for in the Chamber, on Mon-
day,, amount to nine, and extend over a period from
September, 1842, to November, 9, 1843. One of
these is the Report of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, to
which are attached two letters from Admiral THOUARS
'' to Queen POMARE and the Great Chiefs, dated re-
spectively the Ist and 3d of November, 1843 ; and
another a letter from Queen 1301IARE to Loves
PHILIPPE, King of the Freud), also of the same date.
The debate on this is looked forward to with much
interest. Some surprise has been excited at Paris by
the departure of the KING, at this season, to the
Chateau d'Eu, and various causes are assigned.
Queen. CHRISTINA arrived at Nimeaon the mr,rning
of the 23d inst. The steam-boat in which 'ner MA.
JESTT passed along the Rhone being overt-men
night, she was obliged to land on the '-
thblass-e, Nihich ihe crossed by torch' tie de la Bar
aien by the
,Joiktis. The Pre- I
feet of Vaucluse offered her I",ix 1. carriage, in
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