The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-26 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The King, it is said, having consulted the Coun.
cil of State and the Council of Castille on the sub.
ject of the amnesty, the opinion of both has beet
favourable to the measure. Nevertheless it seems
that there will be restrictions to this benefit—for
instance, the emigrated Deputies who maintained
in the Cortes the sovereignty of the nation will be
required to take an oath, formally recognising that
the sovereignty is in the King; those emigrants
who have belonged to secret societies will be re-
quired to swear that they abjure their errors, and
that they will not belong in future to any society.
Yet, notwithstanding these restrictions, the King
meets with much opposition to this tardy project
from the Count d'Espagne, M. de Calomarde, and a
well known member of the Camarilla, who has
agents in foreign countries, all of whose reports tend
to alarm the King, and keep up the present division
among the citizens, for it is on this division that
their existence depends. Happily the Ministry has
determined on the affair of the amnesty, and there
is no doubt that it will triumph over the Apostolical
party. It is seconded in this undertaking by all
the influential persons of the party of the Afran-
cesados, whose experience and information have also
much contributed to lessen some of the Monarch's
prejudices.
(From the Journal des Debats of Saturday.)
PARIS, OCT. 23.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Saxe Coburg
is arrived at Paris from Germany.
The nomination of Under Secretaries of State in
the several departments of the Ministry has been
spoken of to-day as a thing certain. The following
is the list which has been circulated on 'Change and
other places:—
M. Berryer, jun., is said to be appointed Under
Secretary of State in the Department of Justice.
General de Champagny that of War.
M. d'Andiffret that of Finance.
M. de Mackau of Marine.
The name of the Under Secretary in the Home
Department was variously stated.
M. Lodois de Marcellas remains Under Secretary
in the Foreign Office.
FRENCH FUNDS..--PARIS, OCT. 24.—Five per Cents.,
108 f. 35c. 25c. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 82f. 55e. 50c.
55c. 50c. ; Bank Stock, 1860 f. ; Reutes de Naples,
891. 80c. 85c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 77H; 11,-nte
Perp. d'Espagne, 54 53i 53i8; Haytian Loan, 3451.
Exchange on London—One month, 25f. 65e. ; Three
months. 25f. 50e.
(From the .Allgemeine Zeitung of Oct. 20.)
VIENNA, OCT. 15.—Metalliques, 101 - ; Bank Shares,
1223 1225.

It will be seen by the following communica-

tion floin our Paris Corroponden!, that the.
Abbe de PRA DT'S view of Russian policy, and
what ought to have been done to thwart it, coin-

cities with our own :

" PARIS, OCT. 24.
" By private letters from Semlin, of the sth
of October, it appears that the advanced guard
of General Krassowski was already on its march
towards the Pruth, and as the corps &armee was
immediately to follow, the communications be-
tween Shumla and Adrianople would soon be

entirely free.
" Such of the Russian troops as had ap-
peared within two leagues of Sophia, in the rear
of the Paella of Scutari, had received orders to
remain provisionally in their positions. They
amount it is said to 20,000 effective men.

" In consequence of orders received from
Constantinople by the Paella of Scutari, the
Albanians under his command were immediately
to return to their own country, while the Turkish
troops in the corps of the Paella were to proceed
to Shumla, where they would be under the orders
of the Grand Vizier. It is supposed that the
latter 'would send the regular troops to the gar-
risons of the interior, and that the others would
be disbanded.
" Such movements were of course to be ex-
pected as a necessary consequence of the new ar-
rangements ; but it is no doubt a more interest-
ing subject of inquiry to look to the ulterior
and more remote results of the great change

which has taken place in the aspect of eastern
affairs. An article on this subject, ascribed to
the pen of the Abbe de Pradt, has appealed
in the Courricr Francais, to which I take the
liberty of directing your attention, although you
will see that it is in several respects materially at
variance with the views I have adopted as to the
policy of Russia. After arguing that the power
of the Russian Empire is out of all proportion
to the rest of Europe, and that the geNeral in-
terest requires that it should be kept in check on
the South and East, the learned Abbe thus

proceeds:—
" < The utmost efforts of diplomacy should
have been directed to the reinforcement
of the barrier which closed against R ussia
" the passage to the Mediterranean. Two
means of closing this presented themselves,
" either by supporting Turkey, or by sub-
" stituting in its.place a Greek State of suffi-
" cient power. The preference was given to
" Turkey, but the support afforded was in-
" efficient. A prodigious consumption of
" notes took place, but while these were pre-.
" ' paring Russia scaled the Balkan, and crushed:
" the Ottoman army. With a more manly anti
" consistent system nothing of this kind could
" have happened. The support of Empires
by notes is an invention of modern diplo-
,, macy. The result of this wise conduct is
that Turkey exists no longer ; and that there
" is no Greece. If they do still exist, it is
" rather as a burden than as a support to

" Europe. Is it not pitiful to hear the magna-
', nimous moderation of the Emperor Nicholas
boasted of? Did Russia then push her bat-
', talions under the very walls of Constantinople
" to learn lessons of humanity and moderation ?
6 Henceforth the policy of Europe has only
" ' one object, namely, that of securing herself
" against the preponderance of Russia. To
" what will Europe owe her chain and the
laborious occupations in reserve for her ?
" To the, weakness, and the want of foresight
" ' and unanimity, of those who superintend her
affairs. Since the Congress of Vienna error
66 has succeeded error. America has been left.
" to tear its own vitals ; the whole of the South
66 of Europe exists not for itself, but as a do-
" main of Monks—a paradise of Jesuits. No
66 vigour has been displayed except in crushing
" the infant nations guilty of claiming the
" price of their blood, and the fulfilment of the
" promises made to them in the day of neces-
" city; and in persecuting those proscribed for
" their political opinions. At Berlin medals
" are struck for every victory of the Russians.
" England, with her fleets, will not stop the
" Russian battalions. And France, afflicted
66 with sixty Administrations in the space 01.
" fifteen years, has to devote her attention tn,
herself, rather than to Russia ; for her real
" and her greatest enemies are in her own
" bosom. The Empire exercised by France
gg g has passed to the North ; the word of cony
" mand long given at Paris is now to issuli
from St. Petersburgh ; and in spite of !la
that may be said by levity or pride it u''."
" continue to be given there."
" I make this long quotation from the Paper
of the Abbe de Pradt, because I entirely c°°:
cur in the conclusion at which he has arrived►
that the power of Russia has acquired a great
and dangerous preponderance from her late stir,
ceases ; although I cannot join in the gene l;
declamation against the excessive ambition, au
the passion for territorial aggrandizement, t°l,
which it is not to be denied that the Court °
Russia was formerly amenable. It appears 8°
me that the extinction of the Ottoman Povree
as well as the increasing preponderance of t°o
influence of Russia, are both imputable t,
causes with which the ambition or the moderi
tion of the Emperor Nicholas has very little;
to do ; and it seems to me to be the 01°r
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important that the subject should be treltes
in this light, since, if it were to be regarded
a personal question, and if we were to deprec.sotes
the motives which have given rise to the elsirre,
of Russia in her late Treaty with the Fled,
such a line of argument would be only cleot
lated to lead to heats and animosities, villl.oe
advancing a step towards the solution of the tde be
•
question at issue. For it still remains to belt of
termined what is to be done with the wrecioto
this great empire, which is obviously fallingAilY
ruin. If some decisive measure be not sP-i 4.5
adopted, I hold it to be clear that nuldbef r;Ze
o
quarrels must arise regarding the division Ott°
watt
spoil, and that every province of the mete
empire will hereafter become a bone of co fight
tion for those who are strong enough t° tivo-
for it, unless the interests of Europe be i