The Sun. — London, England, 1823-10-07 00:00:00

°' ;~ ~; r ~ -. • PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, OCT. B. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. THE DUKE OF ANGOULEME TO TUE PRESIDENT OF TILE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. "CIIICLANA, SEPT. 28. " The King of Spain writes to me that he is free, and that he will come to-morrow to my :Head-quarters at Chiclana." ( From the Done qf Sunday evening, Oct. 5.) (BY EXPRESS.) *RAND iIEAD-QUARTERS, _PORT ST. MARY, SETPEMBEit 26. The embarkation of the troops is finished. — All the soldiers set out with an enthusiasm dif ficult to be described. General Bourdesoulle went on board a boat with the Prince of Carig nan, the Duke de Guiche, and Colonel Boutour lin, Aide•de-Camp to the Emperor of Russia. It is on the 29th, Michaelmas-day, the anniversary of the Duke of Bourdeaux, that the Isle of Leon will be attacked. The Prince Generalissimo mill fix his head quarters to-morrow at Chiclana, at live o'clock in the morning, to be more within reach of the ope rations that are going to take place. An Aide-de-Camp of General Valdes has come with a flag of truce to St. Mary's. The J)uke of Angouleme has refused to receive him. ['These papers contain also the proclamation of Ballasteros, which has already appeared in THE SUN, viz., on Thursday last.] " The fort of San Fernando, at Figueras, sur rendered on the `26th of September. The capi tulation was signed by General Viscount Marin . gone and the Spanish Lieutenant-Colonel Don Ayerve, and has been ratified by Marshal Mon .•cey. The garrison of 2000 men are prisoners of war, and will be sent to France. They are to march out with the honours of %var. On the 29th, at six in the morning, the. French troops will enter. The officers retain their swords, baggage, ;and horses ; the subalterns and privates their knapsacks, and every thing belonging to them. — .The surrender of this place is of the highest im portance in every respect. It had provisions for a month, and a great quantity of ammunition.— ' The materiel of its artillery is considerable. " Head-quarters, Perpignan, Sept. 28. " Baron tie BOTTEMBOTJRG." The Eloile has also an order of the day of General Baron de Damns, dated Gerona, Sep tember (. 4 -13, in which he informs the 9th division of the fourth corps, that he has received lenve of absence for three months for the recovery of his health, and that Marshal Mon rey has ordered he command to be given into the hands of Major- General Viscount Mariogone, The General takes an affectionate leave of his troops, whom he highly commends for their bravery and good conduct. Rya's, OCT. s.—Count Nessclrode, before his departure for St. Petersburg)), addressed to the Ministers of Russia at Foreign Courts, a new Circular on the present state of Europe. The Moniteur contains, in its official part, a bulletin of the Army of the Pyrenees, signed by General Guilletninot, relative to the first essay to bombard Cadiz, which has been related at length by Admiral Duperre. It is nearly in the same words as that officer's report ; men tioning the killing of the two men in the longboat of the Colossus, it says, 64 This is the only loss we have suffered in this bombardment, which does infinite honour to the squadron, as well as to the French and Spanish marines em ployed in it. It has produced a great effect i n Cadiz. All the prisoners who have escaped from that city since it took place, say that seve ral houses were destroyed ; and that the inhabit- Huts are in the greatest consternation. The revo lutionary Chiefs employ every means to conceal our successes, and the real state of opinion in Sprain" The Gazelle de Franco contains an article from Vittoria, dated Sept. 25, by which it appears that Mendez Vigo, Major-General, ex-Governor of Cortinna, who was on his way to France as a prisoner of war, was brought back to that place under a strong escort. It is affirmed that the Regency has claimed him, and that a courier, bearing an order from sui erior authority, over took the column of prisoners three days' march from that town. The motive of this measure is not yet known. According to the Restaurador (Madrid Journal), it appears that Mendez Vigo is indicted, in con sequence of the investigation into the horrible assassination of the 51 Royalists detained in the Castle of St. Antoine at Cornana. Others say be has been claimed by Murillo. In fact, what. ever the motive may be, there must be very se rious reasons for the French thus to deliver him up to the Spanish authorities. The Journal des , Dads, Gonstilationnel, Quo tidienne, Journal de Paris, and Journal de com merce, contain only extracts from the illoniteur and Dodo of Saturday.—Sunday no funds quoted, SPAIN. [From the Madrid Gazette.] CORTES 'EXTRAORDINARY.—SyTTING or SEV'r. 7, Senor SAAVEDRA appeared in the tribune, and read as a report the following draught of the answer to be returned to the King's Speech : " Senor !—The Cones, alWaya ready at your Majesty's call, have assembled, in Extraordinary Congress, prepared to make the utmost efforts for saving the vessel of the State, and to labour in concert with your Majesty's Government in defend ing the sacred and inviolable person of the Constitutional King, the honour of the Spanish name, and the independence and liberty of the country. In the fulfilment of these great objects, they will take into consideration whatever communications your Majesty may be pleased to make to them. And, without being dauntA by any danger, they will unshakenly sustain the dignity of the Spanish nation, and your Majesty's liberty—a liberty which you can only enjoy amongst your faithful sub jects, and which you would inevitably lose amidst the bayonets of that army which, contrary to all law, and with the most sus picious intentions, lies invaded your kingdom, and introduced into it war and demoralization. " Great, Senor, doubtless are the difficulties of the nation, but great also are the constancy and resolution of your faithful subjects; and although in those times of general degradation, lbrce is more esteemed than reason and justice, the Cortes will do nothing which may in the slightest degree stain the dignity of the King and the honour of the nation." The above report was laid on the table, and one o'clock was appointed for the period Of its consideration : at that hour it was again read, and approved without discussion. Senor Gillian° read the report of the Select Committee appointed to draw up a reply to the Memorial which was presented yesterday by the Government, and for which solely the Cortes Extraordinary had been convoked. The report was to the following effect : The Committee appointed to examine the Memorial pre sented yesterday by his Majesty's Government to the Cortes Extraordinary, as the sole object of theirpresent meeting, have examined maturely, though rapidly, the important matter which it contains, paying, at the same time, due regard to the accom panying documents. These documents enhibit the deplorable state of the nation, the defection of some military commanders, and the reverses consequent thereon; fresh disasters, and the absolute want of funds; the endeavours of the Government to obtain a suspen sion of arms, and a negotiation which might lead to an honour able peace ; its hitherto fruitless efforts to cogage a great neu tral poi/a in the mediation, and the answer of the enemy, re fusing to admit any other basis for an armistice or treaty than the delivery of the King and the Royal Family and the Gadita nian Island to the French troops, with the expectation that his Majesty, being in the enemy's power, would give, or at least would promise, to the nation those institutions which be might judge best adapted to the habits and character of the people. His Majesty's Government regarding such propositions as dishonourable and inadmissible, expresses a determination to perish rather than to accede to them ; but at the same time, anxious to avoid the reproach' either of faithlessness or rashness, the Ministers seek the support of the Cortes, represent to them the misfortUnes of fluf country anti our critical situation, and desire to learn through the Congress the will of the nation, in order to act consistently with it, and to obtain new means, at ! pmient not possessed by the Government, for maintaining the defence to the last extremity; and .in case the nation should consider any other course proper which may not appear to be within the competency of the Government, the Ministers pray that the Cones will decide thereon, in order dint, in a matter so grave. and ,so important, the need prudent steps may be taken. The Committee are of opinion, that the course which the Cortes ought to follow in their reply, is pointed out to them by the, nature of their power and their present situation. With respect to the dishonourable nature of the proposal to deliver up the King and the destiny of the nation to an invad ing enemy, the Committee think that cannot be disputed. The Governmettt has characterized that proposal as dishonourable as well as inadmissible, in regard to its powers ; and the powers of the Cortes being neither greater nor different as to that point, the Committee conceive that they are bound to concur in opinion with his Alajesty's Government, and to approve and applaud the sentiments the Ministers have expressed. As to the investigation of the national will which the Govern ment solicits from the Congress, that is what cannot be done at present; when the nation is oppressed by a foreign force, and a faction which, under the protection of that force, practices every kind of violence, the nation has no means of showing its opinion ; The fact, however, of the election of the Deputies, according to all the constitutional forms, without impediment or embarrassment, is an irrefragable proof that they were freely charged with their present mission. The permanence of the constitutional system, during the anterior periods of the exist ' ence of the Congress, is another proof of the fact that the nation wishes to preserve it. The enthusiasm manifested in January last, and manifested not merely by ords but by acts, proves the continuance of the same ideas. Since the territory has been occupied by the enemy, the nation has had na opportunity of declaring its iv;11 ; and in the extreme case of admitting the supposition that it has changed, to manifest that change in an authentic manner it is indispensable that it should be freely declared by the nation itself. It is the duty as well as the wish of every nation in the world to defend its independence, as it is of the individual man todefend his existence. In the opi nion of the Committee they neither ought nor can acknowledge any other national will than that which has already been ex pressed. With regard to resources, the Committee are of opinion that those already granted by the Cortes to the Government are the most ample that could be given. Nevertheless, to remove every scruple, and to avoid any kind of mistake, the Committee would recommend that the Cortes should renew the grants which have been made, and .extend them as far as possible ; so that the Government may be folly authorised to make use of all re sources within its reach, purposely seeking the means best cal- Mated for obtaining the end. As to the last point, the Com_ mittee think that the Corers, in reply'ng► to the second,will have replied to that. Notwithstanding, the Committee are of opinion, that the Cortes may - be pleased to declare that, as the Govern. meat is in possession of the proper powers, they have no doubt of those powers being exercised according to the dictates of duty and of prudence. This Report was laid on the table, to be exa. mined by the Deputies. The Secretaries of State afterward attended in their place, when it was read a second time,and it was declared that there was ground for putting it to the vote. The two first piats of the Report being ap- 'proved, the third, relative to the application of the resources necessary for the defence of the Gaditanian Island, was submitted to discussion. Senor Sitiva observed, that it appeared proper that the Cortes should grant to the Government powers to the filll extent recommended by the Committee, for seizing -upon all resources within its reach, or over winch it might have jurisdiction. He could not, however, agree to the renewal of the powers which had already been granted, as in his opinion that kind of conf►rmation was not necessary ; and surely it was not decorous that the decrees or resolutions of the Cortes should require to be renewed in order to insure their observance. Senor Galiano remarked, that among the grants were some determinable duties, and others which were accidental and depending on circumstances. Those were the grants, the renewal of which had been recommended by the Committee ; and for this weighty reason, that the Government had manifested some scruple or hesitation with re spect to their collection. The Secretary of State for Finance admitted the justice of the principles laid down by Senor Galiano, and confirmed what the Deputy had stated respecting the existence of accidental duties. Those duties were of no trifling considera tion, and it was indispenSahle to renew the autho rity granted by the Government, in ; order that they might be levied, and that advantage might be derived from them which had not hitherto been obtained. The Government, however, wish e d that instead of enlarging its powers to the last extremity, some duties should be pointed out which could be made available to cover the daily demands. The Governtnent had already stated, with the greatest frankness, that it had exhausted all the means within its reach to obtain the ne. cessary resources, and had not succeeded. On this account the Government applied to the Cortes, in time hope that they world, with supe rior wisdom, and perhaps also with better for tune, resort to efficacious and sofficient means. Senor Arguelles, without prejudice to the turn of those who had asked leave to speak, wished to explain a fact.' The Committee were desirous that the Secretaries of State should not he igno rant of the subject under consideration. They requested that. some of the Secretaries should be present, or at least some of them to confer with the Committee on the arduous and urgent subject under consideration. he Committee, however, waited in vain for the Secretaries. Ilis only ob ject in stating this fact was, that it should not be supposed that the Committee had refused to con . sider this subject in concert with the Government. Senor Canga was surprised that the Govern meat should require the Committee or the Cortes to enumerate the duties which alight be appli e d to the wants Of the moment, when the Cortes neither could, nor in his opinion ought to do, more than authorize the Government in the way proposed by the Committee. He had, however, risen to speak for the purpose of opposing the . report : for' he ,thought it roost proper rt t loi l ia m ) a to t st Li t m yo e Government,•considering the resources which the G t d C i t t i :m; j e a s n w i lm B rm i t ancl 'consid'ers i t n fe l t r( fi l l i s m i m m o u r i d d e order may adopt the, necessary measures. At a crisis like the present, every thing should yield to the great object of the defence of this most important point. The -Secretary of . State for Finance persisted in his opinion that the authority proposed to be granted to the. Government would not have the desired effect. The resources must of necessity be temporary, and limited to the circuit within which the - Government was placed ; and there being some resources which the Government did not consider itself empowered to employ, it was requisite that the Cortes should give the proper authority. For example, it might in som e eases he necessary to make use of foreign property, and that the Government could not do without the express authority of the Cortes. Senor Isturiz was of opinion that the Corks ought to confine themselves merely to enlarg ing the powers of the Government. By itself or its agents the Government best knew the ex tent of the resources of the country in its occu pation. Senor Adan thought that there was no neces. sits for giving particular authority to the Go- . vernment or to any person whatever, as the de crees of the Cortes empowered the Generals of districts and places declared in a state of siege to, adopt e very means necessary for defence, even to the last extremity. Cadiz was in this situa tion, and consequently the Commander-in-Chief was responsible for its preservation. It was his busin e s s t o a vail himself of every means and of all the resource s of the country, for the defence of the place intrusted to his care. After further debate, in the course of which the Secretaries of State repeated their wish that time particular measures and resources to be em ployed should be specified by the Cortes, • Ar guelles, in - order to conciliate the Opposite opinions, moved the suspension of time debate on this point, and that a select committee of finance should be appointed to propose, in concert with the Government, to the Cortes the necessary measures.and resources. This motion was agreed to. On the last part of the report bein,c, , read, Senor Albear asked whether, without prejudice to it, the Government would still he authorised to continue negociations with any Power with which they might have commenced for the pur. pose or obtaining an honourable peace, capabl e of securing Political and civil liberty and the throne of his Majesty. Senor Arguelles observed, that the making of war or peace belonged exclusively to the Go vernment, and that the report ought to impose no fetters on that prerogative. The question was declared sufficiently dis cussed, and this last port o f th e report was also approved. The particular vote of Rodriguez Paterna against the approbation or the report as a whole. was ordered to be entered on the journals. rrhe In Pill hers of the corm-duce of finance ►moved for by Senor Arguelles, are, Senores Ferrer ( 1 )on Joaquin), Oliver, Zulnetta, Surra, Sanchez, Ovalle, Escoveclu, and Alvarez (Don Elias.) WEST INDIA DOCKS. DELIVERIES for the WEEK, and STOCK ON HAND, for the Week ending the 4th of October, 1823. Delivered. Articles. H Stock onome Con. Exports- Hard. surnption. tron. {Birds - - 3,044 - 47,753 Sugar Tierces - 239 . 3;436 Rum f Puncheons - 193 2 63 29, 13 9 1. Birds . .. 4 4 1,317 ( llhds and Tierces 160 516 12,536 Coffee 1 Barrels and Bags 106 824 26,031 {Bales and Bags 76 50 629 Cotton Pockets and Scrolls - - 25 {Butts and Pipes 21 6 1,782 Wine 1111ds and 4 Casks 14 - 1,003 { Casks - - 3 - 177 I Pimento Bags - 23 146 2,529 ( Casks - - 6 - 418 Ginger (Be - - .es 0 - 576 (Casks - 2 - 763 Cocoa .-,' ißags - - 3 - 432 Logwood Tons - 29: 683 3,3961 Fustie Tons - - 19 194 1,7594 Chests of Sugar Casks of Molasses .7.930 1,9 PRICE 0. Tills DAY AT flank Stock shut 3 pei Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. C0n5........ ll3i :q per Cent shut 4 per Cent. f (ld shut 1 New IO3IA 3 per Cents. lin Bank lion;; Ann. Imp. 3 per Cents. 'STOCKS )N O'CLOCK. India Stock lndia Bonds 88s ,South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 4O 41 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Ace. PRICE or Or FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, OCT. 7, AT ONE O'CLOCK. ....., ~:,.,..-:. y i • .. French f Five per Cents. 91i. ~,•• - 1 Scrip, 2i pr. . .- . .;ix per Cents. 00. y.., .....-,•_ ~ Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. {Ditto New 84i. . Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Five per Cents. (Aletallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. :..-. Spanish Ditto 1821, 34i. Ditto .11122, 20. --'-' 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, Bth. Prussian • 1. Ditto INew, DN. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. • ~., ~. Chili . 714. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 57. •:', Peruvian New Loan, 00. •Poyssis 00. Bank Shares £22 o.s. Seven per Cent. 104. American - 1 Six per Cent. 94-102.% Five per Cent. 99.-100., Three per Cent..7o 71. ' • ••,--:,. Neapolitan Austrian PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock ' " Goy. Deb. rr cent 95 Stock, 3A per ct 9. liov. Deb. 4 per cent. Goy. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 4 per cent. New Tretootry Bills, 5 per cent.._ City Debentures, 5 per ct. I,y►ng in Hospital 4 per ct. Exchange on Loi STOCK, OCT. 4. Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. Ditto ii per cent.... - - Ditto Stock Royal Canal Stock little-street Cert. 6 per ct — Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec — Pipe 'Water Deb. t, per ct. Do. Ballast Office Govt. Sec. b per cent. )(lon, Oct. 3, IL I! I WI WATER AT LONDOP Morning, 15 minutes after 4. 1 J BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 35 minutes after 4. THE SUN. • SOLIM Qtr's DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, ]S23. EXPRESS PRO3I PARIS. We have received by Express the Etoile and other Paris Papers of Sunday night, and the 'Vote of yesterday. Extracts from the Papers of Sunday night will be found in our preceding columns. Those from the Pilate of yesterday we subjoin. All the other intelligence from Spain sinks into insignificance before the telegraphic dispatch► from the Duke of ANGOULEME, which anounces that FertutNAND VIT. had written to him that he was free, and that he was to come to the Duke's head-quarters on the following day, viz. the 0 9th ult.! No particulars are given, either as to the means by which this event has been brought About, nor us to the, conditions and sti pulations (if any), by which it is accompanied. The first impression, certainly, from reading the Dispatch, and perhaps the true one, is, that the struggle is over,—that the Con stitutionalists have either given up the con test in despair, and have thrown themselves and the liberties of their country on the mercy of the KING and of the Duke of ANGOULEME, or that they have been overpowered by a revolt of their troops, and that the Absolute King has once more been proclaimed in the squares of Cadiz ! On further reflection, however, it will be found that there are several reasons for conclud ing that the affair is perhaps not yet concluded in a way so satisfactory to the French and to the Spanish Royalists. It is some time, as our readers are aware, since the Constitutional Go vernment offered to place FEHDININD in the hands of the French, on condition that the Go vernment and the Cortes were left in possession of Cadiz and the Isle of Leon for seven! months.— The French refused this proposition. But as the Constitutionalists have the actual possession of the Isle of Leon and of Cadiz, and as their continued possession depends, after all, on their own prowess, whether the KING is inclosed with them or not, it is possible that, relying on the so lemn promises and declarations of FERDINAND, they may have resolved on the bold experiment of suffering him to visit the Duke of ANGOULEME, and in this manner not only to demonstrate that he is perfectly at liberty, but perhaps also to obtain the aid of his personal influence and authority in bringing about an honourable peace. We fancy that we see some of our Readers smile at the sim plicity of calculating on the sincerity of Frani- NANn. But in the first place, even that infatuated Prince must be by this time satisfied that the party of the Faith would be unable to main tain him on his throne without the assistance of foreign bayonets ; and, secondly, though the Duke of ANGOCLEME announces that he is to be %kited by the King, he says nothing of the rest of the Royal Family ; and it is therefore probable that the Cortes may calculate on ob taining the co-operation of FFIIDINAND, without any very prepostetoos degree of reliance either o► his sincerity or his patriotism, since, in addi tion to many other powerful motives, they will hold all the members of hi-; family as hostages for his good behaviour. The Duke of Aso-au :A:am and the Regency would certainly be very much perplexed, if, after Fun DIKAN n's arrival at Port St. Mary, he should declare that he adhered to the Constitution, and should decline to enter into any negociation that did not recognize the establishment of a form of Governmert that would be acceptable to the Constitutional party. The Duke, however, after having ex perienced the inconstancy of the winds in the attack upon Puntales, a.:d in the bomletrdment of Cadiz, might be v ery well content to say that his glories were consummated by the libera tion of the Spanish Monarch. We throw out the preceding remarks as entirely conjectural ; but we must say that we entertain strong hopes that they will be found well founded. The Pilot:: confirms the important intelligence which we announced yesterday respecting the settlement of the differences between Russia and the Porte, by our Ambassador Lord STILAXGFoRD. Government also received intel ligence to the same effect yesterday. Though the information transmitted to Downing -street was not of an official or diplomatic character, no doubts are entertained of its authenticity. The intelligence which reached this country by way of Paris, had been received in that capital by way of Vienna, from whence it was forwarded by an extraordinary courier. [Pram the Pilate of rester) yl TURKEY. ODESSA, SEPT. 15- (Ily AN EXTRAORDINARY COURIER.) The four principal objects which Lord Strang ford has obtained by his energetic declarations are as follows : 1. The Porte regrets the vexations exercised, in spite of its orders to the contrary, by the heads of the customs and of the department of the marine. In consequence of which it names a commission, composed of the Chief of the Chan cellory,Eisad Effendi, who will communicate with the Dragoman of Lord Strangford, to deliberate on the unjust measures of which several Govern ments have had to complain. Fltauseh-Caschi, Officer of the Customs, shall not in future search any strange vessels. 2. The Treaty of Peace and Friendship shall be signed with Sardinia. 3. The Porte promises to set at liberty the vessels of all nations with Lich it has been politically connected, on reasonable conditions, which shall be the object of a particular Con. vention. 4. The Porte declares it cannot revoke the order pronounced in its firma against the com merce in the Black Sea; ' but it promises to make every effort to unite its interests with those of Russia. Besides the above four objects, the ,Porte equally announces that the affairs of the'Greeks shall be the subject of a particular negociation,at which Lord Strangford shall be invited to take a part. MADRID, SEPT. 27.—The Duke del Infantado anti the Minister of Foreign Affairs were robbed of every thing, in the environs of Port St. Mary. Daring the nights of the 21st and 22d the French made an attack o❑ the Caracca, in the Isle of Leon. The fire was well kept up on both sides, but the result is not yet known. At that period the squadron was preparing to bombard Cadiz• A French battalion set off from Madrid yester day for Aranjuez, to serve as tan escort for liege. They write from Oropeza that the Constitu tionalists still occupy Truxillo with 700 men. A French brigade was marching against them. Bessieres is expected at Madrid with the I I