The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

VAN HALEN'S PROCLAMATION.

" In the morning of this day Barcelona submitted
to the legitimate Government. The authors and chief
participators in the scandalous sedition which has
spread consternation throughout this province, and the
entire nation, shall be tried and visited with all the
rigour of the laws. The industrious Barcelona, I
pledge myself, shall not become again the theatre of
Ira nguinary conflicts, nor shall the laws be again
trampled under foot, nor shall the Constitution sworn
to by the nation be attacked.
" The good sense of the Catalonian people will in-.
duce them to resist the machinations of the enemies
of their prosperity, who, blinded-by ambition, pre-
sume to sow in this classic soil of liberty, disorder and
anarchy, in order to prepare the introduction of
despotism. Catalonians ! be watchful and en your
guard against seduction and perfidy. Prevent the
hoisting again of a banner which hal entailed such
disasters on your country, and place entire confidence
in the zeal of your authorities, and particularly in
that of your Captain-General."
On the sth General Van Halen issued the following
order :

'l' It being indispensable for the good of the service
to know and appreciate the conduct observed since the
15th ult. (on which day the insurrection commenced)
until the present day by the military of all ranks and
the officers of the Government whd have not followed
the army, .in virtue of the ppwers confided to me I have
ordered and decreed

" 1. That the military men of all classes'and ranks
who took the oath to the revolutionary (Tanta, or par-
ticipated in the revolt, shall present themselves to the
military Governor of the place, or to the Chief in com-
mand of it. Those belonging to the.navy shall p7e7
sent themselves to the superior Chief of that depart-
ment. Public functionaries of all ranks, who have
done the like, shall appear before their respective
chiefs—those belonging to the Home Department,
before the Political Chief of the province ; those within
the jurisdiction of the Financial Department, before
the Intendant of the Rentrs ; and tho,,.e attached to
the Department of Justice, before the Regent of the
audience.

" 2. That the individuals mentioned in the preced-
ing article be tried by a court-martial, which is to be
installed on this day. •
_ _

"'3. That those of the above-mentioned classes who
shall fail to present themselves within the precise space
of 24 hours, shall be shot, if arrested after the expira-
tion of that delay.
" 4. That the owners of the houses in which those
individuals shall be found concealed shall likewise be
visited with the same penalty.
"5. That the military men of all ranks who, with-
out having recognized the Junta, or taken any part
in the insurrection, remained in the place after the
24th ult., when, in consequence of my application,
the revolutionary Junta gave notice to such as wished
to join the army that they were at liberty to do so,
shall likewise present themselves before the military
Governor. Public officers, in similar circumstances,
shall present themselves before the authorities of their
respective departments, as stipulated in the Ist article.
"6. That the individuals comprised in the sth
article shall, for the very act of having remained
among the revolters, be deprived of their offices, at
the same time that they shall be held to prove satis-
factorily that it had been impossible for them to quit
the place, after the authorisation granted by the Junta
on the 24th ult."

This is followed by a list of the officers who were
to compose the military conimission (court-martial),
and which was to be presided over by Brigadier Jose
Munoz.

The following, of the Political Chief, is dated the
sth :

" Inhabitants of the province of Barcelona—Your
political authority addressed you on the 19th ult., and
placed before you in the most .faithful manner the
events which took place in the unhappy days of the
13th and 14th. When I published that manifesto the
rebels had not hoisted any standard ; the revolutionary
Junta had contented itself with putting forth a few
general ideas,_ taking care to conceal their real inten-
tions. On the same day the Junta half threw off the
mask, and uttered seditious cries against the Cortes
and the invincible Duke Regent of the kingdom-;
against him who possesses more civic virtues than any
other man ; who has sacrificed his repose and shed his
blood in a thousand combats for the defence of liberty
and your rights ; who, forgetting the habits. of military
command, which are most frequently necessarily arbi-
trary, subjected himself to the precepts imposed by the
fundaniental law of• the State, leaving his responsible
Councillors to act. Citizens of the province of Barce- .
lona, ina'v those who will succeed to this loyal and vir-
tuous citizen, in the supreme command of the nation,
have the same respect for our fundamental law, and
defend with the same constancy and enthusiasm the
rights of Spaniards. The cry of rebellion against,
l.gislative and executive power raised by the Junta,
which at that time represented only a miserable
mutiny, was the prelude of a frightful revolution, the
true object of which it sought to conceal, and soon
laying aside all hypocrisy, and casting off the mask, it
raised its standard, and made its war cry, Long
live Christina,' a name cherished in other days, when
the vices and the ambition of Christina were not
known to us, but now a name of horror and dread,
as it recals to us the idea of re-action and of dis-
astrous scenes, which could only lead us to despotism.
Who would believe, people of Barcelona, that at the
name of Christina—the mother of our innocent Queen
—were about to commence theft, pillage, assassinations,
and a more frightful anarchy than could be met with
in a nation of savages ? You have seen this, you have
suffered it until convinced that your ruin was certain;
with the aid of the alcaldes and your most honourable
citizens, you threw off the yoke imposed upon you by
a vile rabble, whom you disarmed in delivering up this
fine city to your legitimate authorities. • When the
Government and the Captain-General saw you exposed
to the most abominable anarch , after the non-accom-
plishment of the promises which you had made to
them, and convinced of the imperious necessity of sub-
jecting this unhappy town to the empire of the laws,
and of thus saving the majority of its inhabitants,
then with grief depicted in their countenances, for
they are Spaniards, they ordered that the town
should be fired upon, but the shots re-echoed pain-
fully in the hearts of the besiegers, and they seized
the first pretext to put an end to the bombardment.
The authorities, who had been ill-treated in person and
property, and the troops who had seen their innocent
comrades and beloved chiefs bite the dust, have en-
tered the town not as conquerors, but as brothers,
and have only thought how they were to remedy evils,
and assure the liberty and welfare of every one ; very
different from those who, flying like cowards from
the punishment that awaits them, have flung them-
selves amongst the populations of the coast, exciting
anew the flames of discord, purchasing aid to continue
disorder, and seeking to seduce the masses in order
to persuade them to second the Carlo-Christino move-
ment. Mistaken and ill-intentioned men, who have
been now so terribly undeceived when your intentions
were known, you were at once abandoned, and the
National Guards of all the towns of the province
have replied to your_ cry of war by that of legal order
and submission to the Government and the autho-
rities. Profit by this severe and salutary lesson, and
hide your heads if you still retain any sentiment of
shame ; and if you desire to be restored to power, wage
a noble and honest war, by legal, honourable, and
Parliamentary means. Already you have attempted
two insurrections—that of Oct. 7, 1841, and that of
Nov. 13. What have you obtained? You have demo-
ralised the people, covered the towns with mourning,
and caused a destruction of property. You have encou-
raged a party which, calling itself Republican, as you
style yourself Moderate, has shown us it possesses not
a single virtue, and has for patrimony only crime and
vice. Read over again the plan of revolution written
in the Republican° journal, which kept on explaining
it until the very day it was put in practice. Rejoice
then at beholding that image of the cap of liberty and
that bell, of which the industrious inhabitants of Bar-
celona will not easily forget the call to sedition. This
plan, the author of which has been expelled from the
Spanish soil as unworthy of his country, came from the
other side of the Pyrenees. You had justly abandoned
the hope of beholding the virtuous and enthusiastic army
abandon their constitutional colours, and you .for the
first time appealed to the masses. New and terrible
disappointment! You have gathered, as fruits of
your attempt, only contempt and ridicule. Inhabi-
tants of the province of Barcelona, let this mass of
unhappy circumstances occurring in the capital be
always a lesson to you. Remain faithful to your
oaths to the Constitution. Remain faithful to our in-
nocent Queen, and to the regency of the invincible
Duke of Vittoria during her minority. Distrust the
snares of the Carlo-Chritino Republican party;
be submissive to the Government and the lawful au-
thorities; second their efforts to restore public order
in this fine capital ; the exceptional state in which it
is placed shall not be prolonged beyond what your
welfare and necessity require, and shall only be felt
by the enemies of your felicity and,repose ; the pa-
triotism and generosity of the authorities placed at
your head give you the assurance of this fact. Your
political chief, " JUAN GUTIERREZ."

PUBLIC MEETING IN AID OF THE LEAGUE FUND.
—We understand the Committee appointed by the
Anti-Corn-law Association to make arrangements
for a public Meeting in this city, with the view of
promoting a subscription in aid of the great League
fund of 60,000/., have fixed the day for Thursday,
the .12th of January next. The meeting is to be a
public soiree in the Waterloo-rooms; and Mr.
Cobden, M.P., and other gentlemen, forming a depu-
tation from the Anti-Corn-law League, have agreed
to be present.--Scotsman.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, D.ECEMBER 16. [842.

out the discussions of the Council, Ihave been anxious
to avail myself of information, assistance, and advice
from all its members without 'distinction ; and I feel
a3sured it will be acknowledged that, on all occasions,
due deference was paid to opinions when deference
was due, and that if no deference was paid, it was be-
cause no deference was due.

" Gentlemen, I now disruiss you with the
thanks of the colony for your services in Council, con-
fidently trusting, that you will endeavour to promote
the harmonious working of those laws,' which you
have been so long and arduouslyengaged in preparing
for the Statute-book."

geIBIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

GLOBE.—Some speculation has been excited by
the Memorial of the East India Association of Glas-
gow, recommending to Government the encourage-
ment of a legitimate commerce with China by means
of the reduction of the tea duties, and the sup-
pression of the opium trade. 'With regard to, the
latter, we are fully of opinion that whatever en-
cauragement or compulsion our Indian Government
has administered to the culture of the poppy;
or to the opium trade for our own territory,
ought to be discontinued. But when people talk
of the suppression of the opium trade, do they mean
that we are to send a preventive squadron to the
coast of China against the opium trade, as we have
clone to' the coast of Africa against the slave trade,
with such signal ineffectiveness' except in the sacri-
fice of British lives and treasure, and the in-
crease of the miseries and mortality of slave-
transportation ? Do they memo this, or what do
they mean, or do they ever trouble their heads
to think what ? Opium is amongst the most port-
able as man amongst the least portable, of com-
modities. We have proved, at vast cost, our in-
ability to hinder the traffic in man. Are we to prove,
at vaster cost, our inability, more utter, if possible,
to prevent that in opium ? Will the Chinese de-
mand for the drug cease ? 'Will they cease, singly
among Eastern populations, to consume it ? Are
we to undertake to stop the production and export of
INlalwa opium ? Before 1t330, the Bombay Go-
vernment attempted (not to stop but) to monopolise
the sale of the opium exported from the ports under
that presidency. What was the consequence ?
Merely that two-thirds of the Itlalwa preduce were
carried to the Portuguese settlement of Darnaun, and
elsewhere, to be exported. We repeat that we have
no partiality for the traffic in opium, and every wish
to see it superseded, as a staple of our trade, by more
wholesome products. We would have our Indian Go-
vernment withdraw whatever encouragcenent has been
given to it. Neither have we any partiality for the gin
trade in London ; nor even for the tobacco and snuff
trade. Excess in stimulants and narcotics stares us in
the face, and stinks in our nostrils. Are we to stop the
production and importation of the materials of excess?—
renounce the revenue derived from them ? On ne
s'orrete pas dans U7l si beau chemin. It is really the
toss up of a halfpenny to what object ignorant enthu-
siasm shall direct itself. Were " Temperance" a
little more rampant here, we might have more than
Mr. Knight Bruce's chivalry displayed against all the
plate-glass windows of all the gin-palaces. Those
who craved stimulants, or opiates, might have
been driven by a home-crusade against pipes and
pots to opium pills. But " total abstinence"
from opium seems the easier of the two to
dictate at a distance. It is supposed John'
Chinaman can have no such attachment to his opium-
pipe as John Bull to his "clay," or cigar. Omne
ignotem pro mirifico. We can do a great stroke of
trade against opium-trading. Gin and tobacco trad-
ing (and 'revenue) for the present we leave un-
touched. When three hundred million Chinese have
been brought fairly to forswear opium, and "live
cleanly, as gentlemen should do," we shall, perhaps,
have time to thiek of the gin-palaces. In the mean-
time (independent of Malwa opium), they get opium
over land froth Russia. But what are impossibilities
to the true anti-spirit of crusade ?
STANDARD.—Taken together, the Corn-law
and the Tariff appear to have adjusted the interests of
the several departments of agriculture with admirable
equality, and to have very happilyreconciled both to
the general interests of the country. This has
been pretty generally confessed at agricultural meet-
ings, either in express terms, or not less un-
equivocally in the bold and manly expres-
sion of a confidence, that, by exertions, the
hle Britishto
meet
tdotwhneier foreignrsan rivals. What motive,
and farmers will still be
a
thet or iti)
gan
can a
arrangement Conservative
to work so well, for..dis_
particularly a Government like. that or Sir Robert
Peel, remarkable above all other peculiarities .for.
always doing at once and together all that it pro 7
fesses to do upon
any particular matter—a Go=
vernment, moreover, placed in office, and still
mainly supported, by the
agricultural interest?
The doubts and irritations produced by! the late
change have expired, or ere rapidly expiring; the
injuries caused by it—and every
change,. great or
small, must cause some particular
injuries—are, -
Peel Peel will wantonly taketo pieces his
paired or forgotten. Is it to be supposed that! Sir R.
work finished with so much care and forethought—to
provoke anew the resentment of his best friends and
truest supporters—to awaken once
finished work—a
more dormant
doubts and irritations, and to inflict additional
injuries—injuries far more extensive and more en-
during than any that could be inflicted by such • a
revision as the last ? Experience had taught the
agriculturists to expect a revision of the Corn-laws
at about the time the last arrived, or rather a little
earlier ; and without other experience, the atrocious
attempt of the Whigs to rob the -farmers and
landowners of all protection, under the 'fraudulent
pretext of afixed duty, had warned all concerned in
the cultivation of the soil, that they must look
for some change. For the last they were therefore
prepared; for any such change at present, how-
ever, they have so similar preparation. On the
contrary, everything occurs to give them assurance
that they may safely invest their capital and labour,
and prosecute their industry, in reliance upon the
continuance of the present law for many years.
They have the recorded opinion of the Premier
upon the necessity of affording to them an adequate
protection ; and upon the insufficiency of any fixed
duty to afford such protection. They have, in the
care and circumspection with which the late mea-
sures were prepared, a sufficient pledge that they Will
not be hastily abandoned. In a word, they have, in
he wholes al h have and in its position, sufficient guarantees that, until
time
changeecessary, which
t l character a e
rendered
i der anded a
n conduct of the Government,
can scarcely happen in less than' ten years, no change
will be made.

MONEY MARKET and CLTY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

TlMES.—Private mercantile letters received from
Calcutta state, on good authority, that it is in con-
templation of the Indian Government to maintain
the number of steamers lately employed in the
Chinese war, although that war has terminated, so
as to form an additional means of communication be-
tween this country and Bombay or Calcutta. The
effect of this arrangement would probably be the
East once a fortnight, in-
stead of once a month. The general impression among
arrivalpersons of letters
re
sid e nt ifnr from
In d
itahe ,
who are well acquainted
be more advisable to select Bombay as a starting
pointwith thet
than
,!,l
Calcutta. vicissitudes
of
the seasons, is, that it would
A correspondent has furnished some facts which
seem to argue a strange defect in the money-order
system at the Post-office. We give them in his own
words :

"Having received on the 30th of November, 1842,.
a Post-office order marked with the office stamp
Cloghein,' for U., made payable
at the office at
Charing-cross, I presented it on the Ist of December,
and was told by the clerk they had not received any
advice about it, therefore I had better take it to St.
Martin's-le-Grand. When I presented it there, the
same answer was given. I was then sent up :to. the
Secretary's office twice, and was told that they sup-
posed the Postmaster's letter had
miscarried, and that
up with all this trouble and inconvenience, waited
they would write to him that night
until the 7th, and then presented the order again' at
Charing-cross, but merely got the ; therefore but
a(3. better go again
same answer, 'no
advice,' with
objected, not wishing
to be sent thus from pillar to post. I therefore said
ei e ra
office, Suggestionto
whicht at
bh
I should immediately write to the Secretary, stating
the whole case to him, which I did on the same day
(the 7th instant), but he has not deigned to make
anv reply whatever. I therefore should feel greatly
obliged by your inserting these facts in your valuable
journal, that the public may be apprised of the gross
neglect occurring in that important branch of the
public service."
POST.—The Spanish and Mexican markets were
good. In Spanish, particularly, the transactions
arising out of the news communicated from Barce-
lona were considerable. But there appears, more-
over, to be an impression abroad that the financial
condition of Spain is about to exhibit some amend-
ment under the administration of Senor Calatrava. It
may be a fallacy, and in fact it must be so, without a
radical change in the system, of which there is not
the remotest prospect or indication. The old delusion
about the quicksilver mines of Almaden, and the vast
resources of the country generally, is revived, but the
time has gone by when vapourings of this kind could
have any practical effect beyond that of a fractional
advance in the stock, and even this must be, and is,
confined. to the speculative circle of Capel_court. It has
been.too clearly proved that resources, without the
ability or honesty to apply them to legitimate and
useful purposes, are no guarantee for the fulfilment of
contracts, and hence the torpid state of the Spanish
market, in the face of the most encouraging an-
nouncements.