The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-10 00:00:00

~ WAR-OFFICE.

" Lieutenant-General Marquis d'Augeja writes from Villa
Real on the 18th—' I hasten to inform your Excellency that Ge-
neral Mello, having effected the movement which I bad ordered
him, entered Chaves to-day, after having repulsed the rebels, who
to the number of 400, as well veterans as cavalry of the 9th Re-
giment and disbanded soldiers, made a considerable resistance.
"' They at length abandoned the field of battle with several
killed and wounded, to retreat towards Lomba and St. Vincent.
General ➢lello, is pursuing them and has already taken some pri-
soners. As soon as I receive a more detailed account, I shall
have the honour to send it to your Excellency, to be presented to
the Princess Regent.
" Brigadier-General John de Silveira writes from Guarda,
on the 7th, that he entered that town the day before, and that he
expects there the orders of the Count de Villa Flor.' '
" There has been no sitting in the Chamber of Peers for these
three days. The Chamber of Deputies was engaged yesterday in
revising some articles of it, standing orders, and with a project of
law on a new mode of election.

" The Minister of Foreir Affairs has acknowledged the re-
ceipt of the act by which the Chamber votes thanks to the Kin..
of England. This act will be transmitted to the Marquis de
Palmella, the Minister of Portugal at the English Court, that he
may have the honour of presenting it to his Britannic Majesty.
" Mamma, JAN, SO.—The King has just ordered a separate
list to be made out of all the officers, either absent or retired, who
were in the Royalist Volunteers ; and that these officers are to
be paid as regularly as pos.,ible by the local authorities.
" News from the Havannall, of the 24th November, has been
received. The colony enjoyed the greatest tranquillity. The
Guerrero ship of the line, respecting which some apprehensions
were entertained, arrived there ou the 6th. All necessary mea-
sures were taken to repair the disasters caused by the hurricane
of September.

" The accounts from Mexico say that a change in the present
form of Government may be looked for, because it has too many
adversaries among the partisans of a more central Government.
As for the revolution in the Terra Firma, directed by Paez,
though it seems to tend only to overthrow the present Govern-
ment, the true object of it is to give the people of colour the pre-
pond over the whites."—Madrid Gazette.
" AADRID, FEB. 2.—Several persons have been executed at
Velez Mala,r,a, who were arrested in consequence of tie revolu-
tionary movements which broke out some weeps ago in the
neighbouring village?.
" All the roads are so infested by robbers, that we do not re-
member any thing like it since the civil war. An Austrian
courier has been stopped half a league from the capital.
" At Alicant (Valencia), the police have made some domiciliary
visits.
"The Superintendant-General of the police published on the
29th of last month, ap ordinance agaiust the seditious and calum-
nious writings which it is attempted to circulztelin Spain.t"
"". We defended legitimacy in 1822 and 1823 against the
Cortes, and in 1826 and 1827 we have defended it against real
leagners. Whether people borrow the mask of Royalism or of
liberty, they. are equally factious if they attack principles."—
Note of the Etoile.

I. I; seems that this severe ordinance has a reference to the
pamphlet published in England, and of which the Etoile has al-
ready spoken, in which the Liberals, taking the mask of Royalism,
4nnounce the idea of raising the Infant Don Carlos to the throne.
—Nat!! of the Etoile."

,
.Letters from Ghent mention tnat on the 31st of Ja-:
nuary a woman precipitated herself from the fourth row of the
boxes into the pit of the theatre of that town, the house not hav-
ing been lighted up. The lustre was lighting at the moment
when the woman entered. The unfortunate person thought she
was Crossing a bench, when she got over the balustrade ! There is
some hope of her life being saved.

SEPARATE MEETING OF CATHOLICS.

(From the Dublin Morning Register.)

Yesterday, a Separate Meeting of Catholics was held at the
Corn Exchange Hotel,
JamEs O'GostmaN Mattox, Esq. in the Chair.
_ .

Mr. O'CoNNELL said, my heart never was so sunk at looking
forward at the fate of Ireland as at the present moment. One
reason for my despondency is, that I find I have been myself de-
ceived. I did confide in the honesty and, sincerity of William
Conyngham Plunkett. The delusion has vanished—l hid no
Catholic to confide in that man.—(Great applause.)—What has
occurred in this short week ?—A letter was written to Mr. Staun-
ton to give up the author of a certain speech, and that unless lie
did so, lie would be prosecuted. The meaning of the word
" unless," was, that if Mr. Staunton would do so, he would not
be prosecuted. This was the meaning of the sentence. The pro-
secution was, of course, aimed at Mr. Sheil. Every Irishman
living pours forth the warmest blessings on my brilliant friend.,
He believed others to be like himself, incapable of deceit or
treachery. He stood forward at once with the manly avowal—
"Do not (said lie) prosecute Mr. Staunton—l am the man."
A treaty was entered upon—an honourable bargain was struck,
from which he who would flinch, cannot be considered in any other
light than that of a betrayer, and one unworthy of confidence.
(Mr. Sheil here entered and was reeeived with great applause.)
I must take care in my speech not to make use of a phrase that
W. Conyngham Plunkett can lay hold of. I will call on the
people to shun all secret societies. The man who enters into a
secret society is tied hand and foot at the mercy or the informer.
I will appeal to the good sense and understandings of the people of
Ireland. I will warn them like the shepherds of the Alps, when
the wolves are abroad—that in the political darkness of this coun-
try the foulest beasts of prey are abroad, gorged with public plun-
der, and seeking whom they may devour. I pledge.myself to have
the address ready on Tuesday, to which day this meeting can ad-
journ.