The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

United States' frontiers into Canada, with the avowed
object of assisting and abetting the revolt of Canadian
subjects of Great Britain. VAN RANSLA ER and the
other brigands did not imagine, as the Yankee editor
does, that oiled-skin tents were the sort of " means
for defeating an enemy ;" but plundered the arsenals
of their own Government for more available muni-
tions of war to be used against the Britishers. But
let that fact—and the talk of " liberal institutions"
in juxta-position with the ill-concealed and rancorous
prejudice against England which pervades the whole
article—let them pass. 'We will answer the editor's
question by reminding him that Mexico and Great
Britain are allies. But the United States and Mexico
are also under similar friendly relations. Mexico
herself has never recognised the independence of her
revolted province of Texas. There can be no sort
of doubt, therefore, on any principle of the
law of nations, that the Mexican Government
had a perfect right to order —the Boston
house of business a perfect right to manufacture
—and any British agency a perfect right to negotiate
the payment for—these oiled-skin tents for the ser-
vice of Mexico. To Mexico, Texas stands not in the
light of a " gallant little republic fighting for its na-
tional independence," but of a tumultuary and li-
centious portion of the Mexican dominions, the de
facto Government and the people of which, so far
from having any feelings of national independence to
plead in their justification, have long been, and are, at
this moment, trying to execute a dishonest sale and
transfer of their allegiance, and consequently a
merger of all national identity, as well as rights, on
their part, to the Federation of the United States,
whereof they desire to form a component element.
Now, it is very true that we may be attaching too
much importance to these " explosive materials" of
Yankee excitability. But we look to the evil animus
with which they are scattered about, not to the im-
mediate amount of mischief they may be calculated
to work ; and we are of opinion that such indications
should be noted in time, however absurd their origin.

Madrid journals of the 23d have been received.
Troops had been marched in different directions, and
rumours of insurrections were prevalent. The
capital, however, was tranquil, and NAEVAEZ was
evidently prepared for any outbreak. So long as he
can pay the troops—and he will stick at nothing, not
even forced levies, for that purpose—he will keep
down the people. Should the military chest, however,
become exhausted, he will find the Praetorian cohorts
throw him off, as -they threw off their favourite
General, ESPARTERO. The only news in the papers
is the announcement that a comedy by MARTINEZ DE
La Rosa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, entitled
The Daughter at Home, and the Mother at a Ball, was
about to he performed at the Madrid Lyceum.
Upon the Madrid Exchange of the 23d instant the
Three per Cents. were at :25/ for, ready money,
and at 26+ at sixty days ; the Five per Cents. were
not noted.

The Paris journals are chiefly occupied with the
affairs of Spain, the Liberal journals, in general,
denouncing the new Reform Bill, whi!e the Ministe-
rial Globe and the CHRISTINA Presse speak of it in
terms of praise. But if we are to believe one of the
Republican organs, the National, that Bill is a mere
farce compared with the conditions to be imposed
upon the Spanish nation by his Holiness the POPE
and the QUEEN-MOTHER. The new compact has
been furnished to that journal by its correspondent
at Madrid. Possibly it may be founded on fact, but
as it appears in no other journal, and we have no
means of judging whether it is entitled to credit, we
give it without comment from the National. " The
Papal bull," says the writer, " arrived at Madrid on
the 10th of October. The envoy sent --by his lIOLI-
NESS immediately demanded an audience of Queen
CHRISTINA, in which he declared that before deliver-
ing the bull he was directed to demand of her MA-
JESTY a renewal and confirmation of the conditions
previously arranged for the marriage of Queen IsA-
BELLA with the son of Don CARLOS. These condi-
tions were accordingly renewed, accepted, and
signed. The bull was delivered on the 12th, and on
the 13th Madame MUNOZ saw her crown of orange
blossom blessed by the Patriarch of the Indies. The
following are the conditions of the contract between
Queen CHRISTINA and his Holiness:-
1. The legislative declaration decreed in 1834 during
the Administration of M. Martinez de la Rosa by the
Estamentos, shall be annulled ; and the first decree, by
which the eventual right of Don Carlos and his family
to the Crown of Spain was taken away, shall be decreed
null and void.
2. In virtue of this official act, the property of Don
Carlos and of the Infant Don Sebastian, which was con-
fiscated, shall, with all the revenue derivable from that
property, be restored.
3. The marriage a Isabella 11. with the son of Don
Carlos shall be celebrated, and the Prince shall take the
title of Isabella Carlos.
4. Should Don Curios choose to reside out of Spain,
he shall be guaranteed in a pension equal to that enjoyed
by Maria Christina, as Regent of Spain, namely, twelve
millions of reels (120,000/. sterling).
5. The Spanish nation shall acknowledge all the ex-
penditure, loans, and obligation; contracted by Don
Carlos and his Government during the seven years of
war between the two rival Sovereigns.
6. All the titles, rank, employments, and honours
conferred during the same period shall be acknowledged,
and no one shall be prosecuted or kept out of employ-
ment on account of his opinions.
7. All equipments and other necessaries supplied to
the troops which supported the rights of Don Carlos,
shall be paid by the public treasury in the same way as
those furnished to the troops of Isabella.
8. The independence of the Catholic Apostolic and
Roman Church shall be acknowledged ; all the property
of which the clergy have been spoliated shall be re-
stored, and if that should be impracticable, the property
not sold shall be restored, and an annual revenue shall
be given to the full value of the income of the property
of which the Church has been deprived, that property,
according to present calculations, amounting to 4,000
millions of reals (40 millions of pounds sterling).
The writer then makes the following comment on

this extraordinary document :
" You will now see the reason wby the troops in Na-
varre were ir.creased, in order, on a given day, to pro-
tect the return of the family of Dun Carlos to Spain.
You will see why the disturbances at Alicant and Car-
thagena were taken advantage of to dissolve all the Na-
tional Guards of the kingdom, and why the disarma-
ment of the citizens has been made an article of the
Constitution. You will also see what has induced the
suppression of the paragraph relative to the sovereignty
of the people, and why article 48 was expunged, which
compelled the Queen to have the consent of the Cortes in
the choice of her husband; and also why article 54, which
decreed the decheance of Don Carlos and his family, has
been destroyed—an article pronounced in 1834 by the
Estamentos, then sanctioned by Marie Christina, and
now rejected by Madame Munoz. You will also see
the reason for removing from the Constitution the ar-
ticle which compelled the budget to be annually pre-
sented to the Cortes, for who could dare to present to
that assembly a document in which was included an in-
crease to the public debt of a milliard of reals to fulfil
the conditions of the infamous contract of the II th of
October ? If Martinez de la Rosa showed himself so
anxious to close the field of public discussion; if Narvaez
attacked the Deputies with a bayonet in his mouth; if
all these Seids showed themselves so bold and so auda-

cious; if it throws the whole of Spain into trouble and
alarm; if they wish to destroy from the foundation the
constitutional edifice, you will now comprehend the rea-
son. This inexplicable necessity is thus explained by
the projects which are already decided upon.
" And all this, be it known, and let the French press
repeat, is done with the avowal of the French Govern-
ment. Everything was arranged when Christina re-
turned to Spain. In the absence of the Chambers let
public opinion come to the aid of this unhappy country;
let not your liberals be under illusion, and let them not
be deceived by the deceitful calm around them. Counter-
revolution will not be confined within the Pyrenees; once
installed in Madrid it will soon reach Lisbon, and the
spirit which animates it will not stop there. The English
Tories do not combat it, they regard it with a smile ;
an embarrassment for us is profit for them. Conspiracy
is not local; it is European, and the first prize of the suc-
cess of this reaction will be the recognition of the nor-
thern Powers. I can therefore cry out to you with all
ivy strength, Tea res agitur.'"
The Con.ytitutionnel gives no credit to the report of
a marriage between the QUEEN and the son of Don
Cmtr,os. "We do not believe," it says, " matters
are so far advanced. There really exists a desire on
the part of Queen CHRISTINA, of the POPE, and of the
northern Powers to conclude such a marriage, but the
will of Don CARLoS opposes an impediment."
The following are miscellaneous extracts from the
papers

The Cofitutionnel says-
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"On Sunday and Saturday dispatches arrived, which
the Ministry has not thought fit to publish. They were
relative to the state of Gallicia, and the movement of the
troops sent to prevent and put down the Pronuncia-
mientos, which threaten to burst forth in several pro-
vinces. According to our information, great agitation
continues to reign at Madrid and in the provinces. The
Captains-General of several military districts demand an
augmentation of force. The Government finds it impos-
sible to strip Madrid, where there are, however, 25,000
or 30,000 men."

The Grand Council of Lucerne, on the 24th inst.,

after a warm debate, a hich lasted from eight in the
morning till seven in the evening, resolved to recal