The Sun. — 1842-09-07 (London, England)

THE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER-7, 1842.  f art!elr, appeared in the ?! paper of the 28th, ult. _ _  "The journals of Madrid; as well as some foreign Newspapers; have been occupied for some days ba.cl: in remarking upon-the state of our relations with the neighbouring kingdom of Portugal. Groundingtheir calculations upon premises which explain themselves, the writers in these papers have proceeded to assert, that there was a complete misunderstanding between the Governments of the two countries, which might lead to actual hostilities. - So far from this being the case, Ve can affirm, without fear of contradiction, that the Spanish and ortuguese Governments are in that state Of harmonious relation which the proximity of the two countries requires ; that neither upon one side nor upon the other is there the slightest inotiVe of discord; nor any symptoms whatever that could give cause for the belief ot, this harmony being interrupted. The Spanish _forces which approached the frOntierhad no other object in view than the active persecution of .the bandits in that quarter, and which gave much alarm to the inhabitants; and at present .these forces have 'other object in view than the prevention of smuggling carried on there to a.large extent. We repeat, therefore, with confidence, that between the two Governments. there reigns the most complete harmony." " The well known, end for some years the principal newspaper in Spain, the Eco del Comercio, has passed into new hands. The proprietor, M. Paz Garcia, and the chief editors, MM. Miguel Ayllon and Fuente Andres, took.leave:of their readers and subscribers in an article published in that paper of the 27th ult."  We cannot put our Gallic Contemporaries in good humour with us. The war organs appear now as much displeased to hear that an English and French fleet are amicably cruising off the coast of Syria as they were two years ago at the friendly junction of the British and Russian squadrons. • Nothing will do for them but to.obtain satisfaction for the past, and security for the future. Satisfaction is not the most amicable word in the vocabulary of Joni.; BULL ; and the offer of sccurity for the future would imply an admission of weakness on the part of France anything but flattering to the vanity of our neighbours across the Channel. The Courrier Francais contends that a state of isolation is not irksome to France, and that she ought to be in no hurry to make up matters with her quondam betrothed JOHN BULL, who deserted her for the caresses of the Northern Bear. The French Ambassador at Cobstantinople has told the world quite a different story. Without the concurrence of England he found it impossible to promise any protection to the Catholic inhabitants of Syria. As very few of the Christian population of the Lebanon are Greeks, Russia refused to unite with France in any plan for obtaining protection for them from the Porte. The EMPEROR saw, doubtless, that it would appear as ridiculous as inconsistent and unjust, to 'persecute the Roman Catholics in Poland, and to protect them in Syria. United, the moral power of England and France in Syria, is felt to be greater than the physical power of France if maintaining a policy of isolation.  For the first time we find it announced in one of the French Journals, that the Duchess of ORLEANS had been- very ill, but that she is now better. Private letters before stated that she was so ill that the departure of the Royal Family for Eu was postponed for some days in consequence, but the Press preserved a rigid silence upon the subject. Not a word is said as to her feelings with respect to the settlement of the Regency question. That she might have been led to think of ,her own appointment as Regent is hardly possible, seeing the suddenness with which the KING adopted his resolution ; and the probability had crossed the mind of the late Duke a ORLEANS, who endeavoured to provide against it; probably from reflecting that a Princess openly professing the Protestant religion could not safely be left to sway the destinies of the French nation ; for, since her marriage with the late Duke, the Duchess of ORLEANS has manifested no disposition to Conform to the forms of the Church of Rome.  The Berlin correspondents of the Paris journals allude to the numerous reports still afloat of the discovery of a conspiracy in Russia, for the purpose of murdering the