The Sun. — London, England, 1823-03-19 00:00:00

TI LONDON JOUKNALS. IXTILACTS FROM TIIE I k,Y 11101INING 'PAPERS, Mardi 19 7 18'23. [MORNING POST.] Our Ministers, it will be seen from what passed in 'the House of Commons last night, have no longer any expectation that war between France and Spain can be avoitied.—The intelligence from France and Spain, and the preparations made by the Government of the one to effect, and by the Government and the People of the other to repel, an unjust and unpr ovoked aggres. had lately assumed too decisive a character -mot to render the hope that peace would be, pre served between those two countries little short of a voluntary delusion. Delusion, ,or hope, how ever, is now entirely extinguished ; for after the Declaration made by Mr. Secretary Canning in the House of Commons last night, in answer ..to the question put to him by Sir James Mackintosh, it is evident that the interference of Providence alone could prevent a consum mation which it perhaps allows, in order to bring down condign punishment on the heads of `those to whom calamity has yielded no fruit, and ex perience no wisdom. Sir James Mackintosh having inquired whether Ministers thought that any reasonable hope remained to prevent the iniquitous invasion of Spain, and, in case all hopes were given up, at what time the Papers relative to the negociations should be submitted to Parliament Mr. Canning, with his wonted manly candour, replied that he should deceive the House if ,he asserted that the hopes of ad justing the differences between France - and Spain were not totally extinguished, or at least so far meakened, as to leave hardly any expectation of a favourable result. He then added, that it was -the intention of Ministers, on an early 'day after the recess, to take his Majesty's corn mands to submit to both Houses of Parliament the amplest accounts of all the negociations which had taken place with a view to prevent the inva sion of Spain and the breaking out of a dangerous war, unless something should happen in the in. terim to change their view of the subject. He would then originate a discussion on the Papers; and, to act fairly by. the House, he would now add, that his Majesty's Ministers did not see any necessity to involve this country in the contest. — This would be consoling, if we could be assured that the necessity would. continue remote. We hope for the best ; but when we look to the wise engagements of this country, we cannot but feel some apprehension that the aggressions of France will hasten the day when our Good Faith will no longer permit us to remain idle spectators of the contest. Be this however as it may, it is gratifying to see, from the orders given at our naval stations, that our affairs are not entrusted to it cioveinment which will suffer itself to be taken by surprise ; and we cannot but commend that wise foresight which, before the necessity for interference on our part is positively felt, secures a powerful force, which with brief notice may be prepared to act 'whenever the honour and the interests of the country may call for its exer tion. this answer was received were of course intended to mark very different feelings by the different individuals who gave utterance to them. • [NEW TIMES.] Consols improved in the afternoon of yester day, leaVing off at 74, without any apparent cause except the demand of the public for Stock. Spanish Bonds cease to attract attention; in Scrip nothing at all was done ; and securities of 1820 and 1821 remained at their ruinous discount. It will be seen that Mr. Canning last night inti mated that all hopes .of accommodation be ' tween France and Spain had nearly vanished ; but that nothing had yet occurred which threatened to involve this country in any contest. The preparations, therefore, which continue to be made in our ports of naval equip ment can only be regarded in the light of pru dential vigilance, and not of any serious appre hension of war. This foresight and activity must meet with universal approbation ; we can only maintain our neutral character with dignity, by sheaving that we are fully prepared for any ex ertion that the national honour may demand.— There seems to be an infatuated adherence on the part of the self-styled Liberals of Spain and Portugal to the wickedness and oppression of the Slave Trade! In the course of yesterday's de bate, Mr. Canning mentioned that Portugal had absolutely refused to concede either of the points I given up by the Government of the Netherlands. The first was, that every ship taken with one slave only on board should be subject to the same consequences as if she carried a cargo of them ; and the second, that a ship evidently fitted up as a slave ship should equally be regarded as en gaged in that traffic. The first point Spain had conceded, but not the second. [BRITISH PRESS..I The war between France and Spain appears, on the highest authority, to be now inevitable.— Mr:Canning was in his place again last night, having recovered from his late indisposition, and short but most important convergttion took place bets een him and Sir James Mackintosh on the subject of our relations with the French Cabinet. The latter asked, 44 Whether the ne gociation in which Government had been engaged to prevent the violation of the independence of Spain—a negociation of the weightiest moral re sponsibility in which any Government was ever engaged---was yet concluded ?" Mr. Canning re plied—" That the negociation was not yet at an end, but that the hopes to which Ministers had clung, of preventing war between -Trance and Spain, were nearly extinguished, and that nothing had taken place'which wonld necessarily involve this country in war." Mr. Canning says " neces sarily"=---but this is a term of most extended waning. We all know how state necessity has been drawn in to sanction every possible aggres sion and- crime : , ‘‘ It lends its► ready veil to every treason, " And teeming mischiefs thrive beneath itslihade." Nir. Canning has too much sense to be blinded with the delusion, that if decided war rage throughout the Peniusula Great Britain can re main a mere spectator. The Courier may talk of maintaining a neutral attitude, but that mainte nance can only be in arms, and how slight is the line of demarcation that separates an armed neutrality and actual offenpive war. Th‘i whole question comes to Otis", if France be successful in. the commencement of the campaign, and Spain and Portugal are likely to sink in the struggle, will our Cabinet suffer the ambi tion of one country again to be dominant, and the independence of two Kingdoms to be de stroyed ? Already the aggression is vie►ved with a watchful eye, and we are preparing one of the strongest arms of our strength in case of the ne cessity of interference. Ten guard-ships in the different ports have had their crews ordered tube increased, and several large frigates and - sloops are also preparing for sea. . . [MORNINO lIF.RALD.] A large majority of the two Houses of Parlia ment—perhaps also of the most influential part of the population of the country, approved and supported the strict union of councils and co operation between the British Government and the great powers of the Continent, immediately before and ininn after the fall of Buona parte. This policy may have been questioned and questionable ; but still it was defensible upon British principles. Its supporiers urged with earnestness, and no doubt for the most part with sincerity, that England had a com munity of object'and interest with the powers of the Continent in putting down Buonaparte - - and, after the champion had been personally re moved, in chaining down Buonapartism itself. The union of England then with the great Con.: tinental Monarchs, not only in 1814 and 181.5, but daring the three following years, in which the alliance was occupied in settling the new state of Europe, was perfectly reconcilable with the principles of British freedom, and the interests of the British notion. But when Buonapartism, term of wide import, commensurate with French revolutionary ambition, ceased to be formidable, the great alliance, at least the Continental part of it, changed its object, and entered upon a new career—lL re-establishment of that order of political society, founded upon implicit obe dience in the subject, and absolute, unquestion able power in the Sovereign, which prevailed, and was indeed recognized in almost all the Mo. nrchies of Europe, until the French Itevohitior gave so tremendous and fatal a shock to the in , stitutions and opinions of ages. Since the Con tinental alliance set out upon, this new enter prize, its partisans in this country, from being a majority, have become a very small minority, mere fraction of the nation, both within and with out the walls of Parliament—a small minority, we may venture to assert, even in the bosom of the Cabinet. But this party is, at the same time, stirring, strenuous, • i;ossessed of great and va rious means of influence.. It may even be con ceded, that the gate of the Continental Alliance is still open, and that England would be received , into the great oligarchy of European Monarchies I (if this expression be a ll owed) with a competent .! share of power as a member of the supreme Eu ropean Directory. [Tut TIME .] e understandthat a writer, whom : on the score of his own character we hold quite unworthy of an answer, has attacked the paragraph which appeared in this paper respecting the Lord Chan cellor's refusal to give Mr. Brougham the rank which is clue to him. But as we may'not, per; haps, have sufficiently explained the grOunds on which Mr.. I.3rougham, or rather the professiOn of "%Odd' he is an ornament, feels a right to com plain of the slight put upon him, we revert once more to the subject. We venture to assert that Mr. Brougham's pretensions to the rank of King's Counsel. are admitted by the whole profession ; and that the circumstance of his being kept out of it is knowri and acknowledged by them and by the Judges, to be injurious in a high degree to those of more standing than himself, who are thus deprived of briefs in cases in which Mr.Broughatii is employed.. His claims are tweAsold first, the extent of his practice making rank necessary in fairness to those above him ; and next, his having . been the Queen's Attorney-General, and there fore in the attnal possession of rank. Mr. Brougham is,. we can safely assert, the very first instance of any one ever having had rank and losing it, unless by his own voluntary refusal, as was Mr. Thinning's case when he ceased to be Solicitor-General to the King• it is said that other persons 'on the same circuit have applied for rank : on this point we can state that no up-.. plications have. been made by men whose business entitles their) to apply, though some applications are understood to have been made by men with out business, and only in the hope of rank forcing them into it. One applicant is a noted writer of Government pamphlets. Mr. Brougham's pro motion, on the contrary, could not give him more businesS than he now has. it is perfectly con sistent wish the spirit in which the article alluded • to is written, that its grovelling author should consider professional rank as a mere matter of Court favour and patronage. This abominable doc trine, however, has never been recognized'in the profession, and can only be so when men with little or no practice shall be forced into it by rank over the heads of those .who have succeeded . proprio marte: [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The appearance of Mr. Canning in the House of Commons last night, interrupted the silence which has so long been maintained on the s ubject of the affairs of the Continent. Sir James Mackintosh asked whether his Ma., jesty's Ministers hoped still to prevent, by negotiation, the unprovoked aggression of France against Sp ain. The answer of Mr. Can ning went beyond the que for he not only s tated that the hope of amicable adjustment, if not totally extinguished, was so far diminished as not to allow a reasonable expectation that hos. ti litres cciu id be averted( a s ta temen t for which every oue was prepared), but added, that " however events might be shaped with rat t the issue of the War between France d Spain o , he did round for involy ot at present see any specific g not at present S( e any specitk ground for In%OIV lug this country in war." The cheers with which PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. [From the Dublin Correspondent, March 15.1 Every stratagem appears to be used by the Paris Editors to spirit up the army on the enterprize it is about engaging in against Spain. The force and success of the Royalist brigands are every day magnified, in order to impress upon it that the task it will have to perform is of easy accomplish. ment. The Royalist General, Bessieres, is at one time stated to threaten Madrid—then to have some thousands under his command and—next to have defeated all the attempts of the Constitutional Generals to bring hing, to an engagement. This last is the only part of the statement that wears the face of probability. This Bessieres is ' after all that is said of him daily on the Paris Papers, only a desperate leader of some few hundred of these brigands, who stopped in between the Con stitutional troops in Arragon and Navarre, and made some demonstrations in the neiobourhood of Madrid, but is unable to maintain his position in any one place. What does all this shew but that the nature of the country is such that it gives every advantage to the Guerilla mode of warfare, , which the Spanish Government itself means to adopt ? Yet is upon such a flimsy basis as this—namely, the escape of this brigand leader from defeat, that the founds all its hopes of the success of the French army. Let only these fa nalichrigands " have iron and gold enough," says this paper, and it gloats upon the carnagethat mast follow insuch a civil strife. Nothing can equal the recent prostitution and debasement of this Print. It has the hardihood to compare the glorious deli verance of these realms in 1688 under King William, with the present aggression of Louis XVIII. against the independende of Spain. No two cases can be more dissimilar, or more op. posed in principle and in circumstances. William came to de liver a people from a frantic and imbecile tyrant ; Louis sends his army—and this is another distinguishing . characteristic —to restore the tyranny of Ferdinand, equally as infatuated and su perstitious a Monarch as James. 'William came to restore those ancient laws and liberties which were filched from the people by James. Louis sends his mirmydons across the Pyrenees to deprive the Spaniards of their ancient laws and li bertithe restoration of which they wrung from Ferdinand. The people, and the army of England both, heartily joined in receiving ;;William as their deliverer—the army and,people of Spain unite in opposing the French army as invaders.— Could any two historical facts be more contradistinguished from each other? No—the fact is, that Louis XVIII. is now acting the part his ancestor, Louis XIV., was then performing, and which, we apprehend, this bigotted family is always des.: tined to act. He is supporting a Tyrant who has lost the con fidence and attachment of the people over whom he is placed, and endeavouring to uphold a Monarch who appears unequal to his situation, contrary_ to their wishes, just as Louis XIV. supported James in his various efforts to regain that Sovereignty forfeited by his weakness and' folly.—We are at a loss to con ceive how any Print which advocates such shameful principles as these, and resorts to such gross and palpablesophistries in their support, can receive the countenance and support of the people of England. Here their feelings and sympathies are attacked in thernost tender points—here theirunderstandingshould be roused to assert it superiority, and shew that they cannot be made the dupes of such egregiously false assertions. Yes, this Print would have France conquer Spain, for Ferdinand to give it such " principles of liberty" as James would have bestowed upon England, if allowed to pursue his besotted career, or if successful in his subsequent exertions to regain his Throne. The principal argument of the in favour of French ag gression is, that a country that finds itself reduced to the ne cessity of adopting such onerous precautions as an armed force upon its frontiers, must possess the right, if it have the 'power, of relieving itself altogether."—Here the question necessarily turns upon, whether France was reduced to this necessity ? is it not rather to be concluded that her Government created the necessity? Did it not at first repeatedly declare that this force was collected only to keep out decease, and that it had no ul terior object of sittackingSpain in view. When, therefore, and how was the new necessity created for converting this ferce from its original purpose ?—These are questions which neither the'French Government, nor its advocate, the —, can sit. `.isfactorily answer. , wervoniewslin A LIST:OF THE MINORITY ON MR. otEr.vEY'S 3L:CIRWO *-- N -r 'illE TOUR AND A DALT' PER CENTS. Abercromby,lin.J. Hamilton, Lon! A. Pares, Thos. Althorp, Visa., jervoise, G. P. Robinson ' Sir G. • Benyon B. James, W. Ricardo, David Bennet, G. Knight, Robert Ridley, Sir .11. W. Birch, J. Lewis, W. Rice, T. S. Blake, Sir F. Leycester, Ralph Smith, G. Browne, D. Lambton, J. U. Sykes, 1). Calcraft, J. Lamb, lion. 0. Scott, James Creipiguy, Sir W - Leonard, T. B. Titchfield, marq. of Campbell, WF. Marjoribanks, S. Tierney, Rt.lln. 0. Denison, W. j Nonuanby, Visct. Wood, Alderman 14lice, Ed. Newport, Rt. lion. 'Warre, J. A. Farquharson, A. Sir .1. Wharton, J. ~ Fersusson, Sir R.C. Ord, W. ' Wyvill, .51. ~ Guise, Sir W. Phillips, G. Webbe, Ed. - ' Gaskell, Ben. • Phillips, G. K. Williams,. W. Hume, J. Price, Robert TELLEIIS. Hurst, R. Pym, F. Bernal, Ralph Hohhouse ) J. C. Poyntz, W. S. Creevey,, T. MINORITY AGAINST THE SINNING FUND Abercromby,lin.J. Hill, Lord Arthur Poyntz, W. S. Althorp, Vlsct. Hughes t W. L. Pym, Francis Barrett, S M. Hurst, R. S. Ridley, Sir M. W. Benyon, Benj. • Hutchinson, Hon. Roberts, G. J. Bernal, It. C. H. • Robinson, Sir G. Birch, J. James, W. Sefton, Earl of Blake, Sir F. Jcrvoise, G. P. Smith, W. Boughton, Sir W. Lamb, Hon. G. Sykes, D. • Browne, Dom. Lambton J. G. Talbot; R. W. Calcraft, J. sen. Lemon, Sir W. Tierney, Rt. iln.G Calvert, C. Lennard, T. 13. Titchfield, Marg.' Cathpbell, W. F. Lethbridge, Sir T. Webbe, E. Creevg, T. Leycester, Ralph Wilson, Sir R. Crespigny, Sir W. Lushington, S. Wood, Alderman Davenport, D. Leader, V. Wyvill, M. Denison, W. J. Moberly, John Duncsnnon, Visct. Macdonald, .1. Dundas, c . Marjoribanks, S. Ferguson, Sir R.C. Monck, Foley, J. H. Normanby, Vise. (laskell, Ben. - Ord, Wm. TELLERS Guise, Sir W. Pares, Thos. Bennet, lion. ] Hamilton, Lord A. Price, R. Hume, Josepl ON MR. BARING'S AMENDMENT, IN ADDITION TO THE PAIRED opy. Anson, Hon. taco, Burdett, Sir F. *HOVE. Calcraft, John Phillips, G. ,jun. Calvert, N. Parnell, Sir H. Gilbert, A. G. Rice, T. S. Gaskeli, Ben j. Thompson, Ald. Phillips, O. 'Whitmore, W. Williams, W. TELLER. Baring, A. MINORITY ON mit. HUME'S MOTION, For reducing £15,000 in Brigading the Artillery. Bennet, - Hon.H.O. Hume, J. Scott, J. Bernal, Ralph Hobhouse J. C. Smith, Wm. Blake, Sir F. - James, W. Warre , J . A. Browne, Dom. jorviose, O. . Webbe, Ed. Caulfield, Hon. IL Lamb, Hon. G. - Whitmore, W. W. Crespigny, Sir W. Lambton, J. 0. Williams, T. Y. Denison, W. Leader, W. Williams, W. Duncannon Visct. Monck, J. B. Wyvill, M. , Evans, William Poyntz, W. S. Farquharson; A. Robarts, 0.. J. " TELLER. Guise, Sir W. Robinson, Sir Geo. Ricardo, D. On Mr. Hume's :Motion for reducing the Director-General of the Medical Department, the following Names must be Bulteww dredt'—th, Buxton, T. F. Grosett, J. R. COURSE' OF VACUA:NUL, March 18. Amsterdam ' lt 9 C. F. Ditto, at Sight le 6 Rotterdam ....................... , Antwerp .......... ... .... ....... ; ....... llamburgh A l tona Paris, 8 Day's sista 25 80 0 Us. Ditto liourdeauK, ditto .• 0 Us. Fr:tills forton the fslaiti ..... .... 159 E. Monty Madrid Cadiz ................................ , Billma ., - Barcelona ieville Gibraltar . Leghorn Gm...a .„ iit—,—Versice, Ital. Lir. 27 50 Malta 45 --Naples Palermo Lisbon Oporto ItiOJarleiro - . 44 Doblii .... 93 Cork 9117ci Cent 7 , BULLION. Portugal Gold, i u Coin .............. , ... 1,.0 0 0 1 ,, r o z Foreign Gold, iu Bars • . . : I 17 f; New DOuhlohns .... ....... .. .... 0 0 o New I)(,itnri Silver to Bars, Stindard 0 4 Ili PARIS PAPERS OP SUNDAY. [FURTHER EXTRACTS.] CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING or AtAacn 15. After some discussion on the Annual Finance Report, the President called M. de Frenilly to the tribune, agreeably to his notice respecting the execution of the 15th article of the law of the 25th of March, 1822. (A. lively sensation was manifested by all present.) M. de Frenilly.—Gentlemen, in virtue of the authority vest ed in this assembly, I have to submit to the Chamber a pre. munition which interests its dignity, and. which I shall pre face with a few observations. Since the expulsion of M. Man. uel, several Journals have indulged in remarks offensive to the Chamber, either by denying or questioning the right of abso lute power which it exercises, by blaming the use it has made of this right, or by praising or approving an act of rebellion to notice its o orders. fre n c S es el o d f o Seldom such reading obscurethes o e ri pap ers, euneddl upon itde disposed the je t o of the tribunals for their repression; but the public M inisters not aust c having the right to prosecute offences against the Chamber, except by virtue of an order of the Chamber itself, I conceive that it belongs to its dignity to authorize an indictment on the present occasion. It is incumbent upon us to repress by one example—by ten examples of severity if requisite—so deplor able and audacious a scandal, which renders certain Gazettes and a small band of pamphleteers the censors of an august body, and the arbitrators of its power, who attract and corrupt by their organ the ideas of a multitude, necessarily ignorant of the first Parliamentary principles. After some observations upon the necessity of some additional enactments for the pro tection of the character of the Representative Estates against diurnal libellers, the Honourable Member denounced the fol lowing extract from the Journal du Commerce of the 11th instant:-- '• The urn of the Chambei of Deputies, now become the faithful organ of the Council, will only he the responsive oracle of the Minister's pleasure. What a spectacle do the public Sittings of the Legislation exhibit ! the sorrow and shame of France. Where would be the limit to taxes when voted by those only who derive from them salaries and pensions ? If the maintenance of the Charter were abandoned to those who ex claim against it.as odious, and who reproach it with having consecrated usurpations, who could have at once faith in its duration, and in the security of the domains, which it has es pecially guaranteed ? " Finally, the doctrine on which the expulsion of M. Manuel is founded, tends to destroy the rights consecrated by the Charter, and consequently the moral obligation of subjects.— It infringe the privileges of the Chamber of Peers as well as the prerogative of the Crown ; it ruins public liberty, and con sequently the Monarchy. It would therefore be of urgent ne cessity to dissolve a Chamber which pursues such a career, and to renonnce electoral combinations which have produced such a Chamber." Such a text, continued M. de Frenilly, requires no comment; its audacity is unexampled, as ieprds the manner of qualify ing the Chamber; calumnious in its epithets of odious given to the Charter (which is known to be wholly false); insidious in the attack levelled at the inviolability of the national property; and, finally, seditious in the dogma which dissolves the.obliga tions of subjects, and in the imitation to " renounce electoral combinations," which can only imply a national subversion, since it is impossible seriously to suppose that such a change can now be effected by a law. I now submit to the Chamber that this libellous extract incurs the penalties of the 15th Ar ticle of the 25th of March, viz : An offence against the Chamber may, on being denounced by one of its members, be indicted before the ordinary tribunals or the accused may be summoned to the bar : in which latter case if the offender, after having been heard in defence, should be adjudgod guilty, the Assembly shall forthwith ordain the infliction of the enacted penalty.' Either of these courses of proceeding being at the option of the Chamber, I demand that the Chamber authorize the indictment of the Editors and Proprietors of the Journal in question before the Tribunals.—(On the right " Supported, supported.'") -111.. de la Bourdonnaye expressed his opinion that the Cham ber, by adopting the course of citing the offending parties be fore the•ordinary Tribunals, would prejudge the question. The Hon. Member was called upon to move an amendment, but he declined. The President read the 15th article of the law of the 25th of March, the application of what hid been invoked. When he came to the words " shall be summoned to the bar," several voices on the right cried, " Summon them to the bar ! Summon them to the bar !" M. /qire d'Aubieres expatiated upon the insolent invectives which had been levelled against the majority of the Chamber by certain journals who were the organs of an opposition which had voluntarily absented itself. They (the right side) bad been held up to public hatred as enemies of the charter, and the par tisans of absolute power. lie (M. Andre d'Aubleres) demand ed ittho were the greatest enemies of liberty, they who violated the charterby not fulfilling their duty towards their constitu ents, or they who discharged their duty as faithful Deputies ? Who were the partisans of absolute power, a constitutional ma jority who defend the prerogatives of the Chamber, or a mi nority evidently unjust, since they place themselves in revolt against the very principle of law, which recognizes that the ma jority decides. He concluded by voting for summoning the of fenders to the bar. The Keeper of the Seals considered that an indictment before the ordinary tribunals would be preferable, as the most impar tial course of proceeding, inasmuch as the Chamber would not be a judge in his own cause. Several other members briefly addressed the assembly. M. Bazire dwelt upon the inconvenience of such an episode, at a time when the Chamber was deprived of the presence of a great number of its members. A voice on the right—" Give yourself no uneasiness ; the gentlemen of the left side will return to be present at the pro ceedings against the offenders." The Assembly decided, by a strong majority, that the editor of the Journal du Commerce should be indicted before the ordinary tribunals, for the publication of the article above extracted. PA gis,MA Rat 1 6.--M.Ca rnareiro, Ex-Charge d'Affaires trorn Spain to Vienna, arrived in Paris on the 6th of this month, and departed yesterday for Madrid. Don Onis, Ex-Minister of Spain to London, would depart to-day, but is detained by severe ness. The Court Royal assembled in solerim au - dienee, haS confirmed the judgment which con demns M. Megallan, Editor of the Album, to thirteen months' imprisonment, and a thousand francs fine. SPAIN. We have received Madrid Papers to the 6 inst. The principal part of their contents have already been anticipated ; but from the Espec tador, of the 3d, we copy the following interest- ing particulars : " In the Sitting of the Cortes of the 4th, the following motion, made by Sr. Canga, 1% as ap proved, viz. ' I request that the Cortes will be pleased to recommend to the Government the formal conclusion of the treaty of alliance with the' noble and brave Portuguese nation.' " A proposition of Sr. Moore was read, in which he stated, that as the removal of the Cor tes and Government to the city of Seville had been resolved upon, as well as several other measures intended to facilitate the same, it was expedient to consider what was to,be done with the number of prisoners confined in the capital and other places, on charges of conspiracy, and who, should the enemy advance, and liberate them, would serve to swell its ranks ; he there fore wished the Cortes to take the subject into consideration, and allow it to be submitted to a spiciul Committee, or entrust the sane to the Government, in order that they may take the ne cessary measures for the security of the prisoners. TOTAL DEFEAT OF BESSIERES. cc AGUEDA, MARCH 4.—this day, at, six in the morning, advises have been received from the advanced column, under the command of Gen. O'Daly, giving information that the remnant of the rebels who were in Mete have been de stroyed, 1,000 prisoners taken, together with the wife of ltoyo (a Catalan Chief under. Bessieres), and a considerable sum in money. Roy° fled with only 30 of his people. The action took place on the 28th, at Almonaud. The money taken is 25,000 dollars. Royo and Tena escaped only by their not being at the time witeh the main body. Thus have we completely xter. minated the whole party that intended to have surprised the capital." FOR TIIE SUN. a Correspondent duct of suspicion that co in these more n converts yours, MR. EDlTott_l the contrary if enlightenedl a d s tasls.,lerlttogeur ,oriti,et:idcatirttilselwde ecrot:. s to Popery might he made obf king from the Almighty, had been pro. communication hg Salomon, who, in an immediate made with obedient to beyond measure whilst he was attention little leof fu b r e t i h n e g r f o a f eta ti r te Israelite b s e his commands and threatened witlt. were sensi a b was in his oldage ' y ;his' ' - led away by idolatrous con' cubines to worship their Gods of wood and stone man's blinds, and to forget his hole— .adftiesorbseoleodnnv,sl tyke enaetsi•ie.rtliTellieesys wish now to direct your correspondents' —unldeinr vernment of GOD, they had the Ark of his pre sence in their • custody, and they had a Prophet, or Man of God, endowed with miraculous power, constantly with t them to direct their paths, if e t a b r e t t i c: 1 : 1 1 11 i : ti t: e a litea ;or. they could but t` or tor a short time keep in the tight way ; they despised his ' f or sook judgments and A his laws, which he had set before them ; an d their greatsin, them for which he condemned t was ldolatry, till at length be suffered them to be carried away ca ' I 3 bylon• I pttve to a • h observed ' ID my former Letter. that t hIPUL these strict • ' were injunctions against Idolatry . ~ given to the. Jews, yet they also were biss ta g we upon us Christians, as far at least Si th e l Letxe confirmed in the New Testameni.---: us turn then to the 10th chapter of the lite uo E pi stle t _to the Corinthians,- where we shall tee e ini ed, verse 7, the very words of the, pos.agy Exodus respecting Aaron's molten caf, anti .... 11. Now all these things haFpened u nto 07 for at _ rn our ensamples, and they are written for d o l r e lonition upon whom the ends of the war' l e come. Wherefore let him that .standeth be' ts loved heed lest he fall. Wherefore, my dearly ,il v ov . ed, flee from idolatry. Novi. litre " 6° l l o nee of God warning its also against idols e,r through his Apostle. lie tells us in another n place that we wrestle against the powers odsairri‘. Weal' aFainst principalities and powers, and I n ~is wickedness in high Places. St. oh° , ' ve p farewell Epistle, rip ,my little children, ~ t, old al l yourselves from Idols.' Now, why s °- if ale these admonitions be thought necessall .-, ;01 were in no danger front idolstrotts intlaentt: , example ? 1 oa4 l ' ill From the Revelation of St. John, 1 1 • „ 0 . f ou r cv some particulars beyond the reach ° 1 , to prehension, we may understand e ttoug • col lie certified that the wrath of God will full u l e ' t , pro . 1. y Christian_ world, and that his wrath has be g.c ,i,Q , «%h ed in the first place by its idolatritcl'iwora of d rf o n so a i t can . we think then when we see ttheori,tcs. , attort prbbing out every corner 0.14, rofics, dam, where the fain" r•lit worship of images/ ...off and the Virgin, is . - ? it.— 'O. put in practlce .. tila v us - . to raise our suspicions at least, 1 01 ", . var ibiPP er ' tremel oury cautious . how we nclmit socli , io 00 00 intocounsels, an d h o w w e engsgef thos e to' t . offensive and defensive, with anY ° 0 t oe ° powers which are represented by th e l':ioused (4, . Danielsa image, and are said to he c°- gth 31111 iron and miry clay, denoting their street we par' instability, tk and want of adftesioat st l ours ? 'these of their sins and receive of their l' ,earaeti ten toes have been understood by 1.0 op, Protestants re ' b e to be ten powers that ," i ' d 0 , 0 01f 3 ~ port the Papacy - till the words of tx ° . , t it oau fulfilled, and th e n , n aga inst s ac) were co tur • tea t, destroy it. We have certainly se en l anc e powers supporting the Papacy for Ye"rs%ooport, them seem at length to withdraw tlot ; JO* and the western leg of the image is irl ,„ leg it , 9 ' fated state,and if -- We 100 k 10 tile enSte'--,,cceSiC" not in a much better condition. The 70,01 r.; to the eastern Empire has fi xed flap l a r u at ber)": o t .r , his palace (the station for his cavallbut tijilla oate glorious e holy mountain, Pan. :‘, i ' re troOleto o' the east and out of the north ''''‘ t forl, 1 him, and he has gone forth with gel/5,01111i' take away bu t ha s tin aliY t ° derttie' many, a 4 helping illAtld.----Whoso is seise sv ill I° things. IJAS'.)II %S . ' March 14, 1823. A Vr` —___________._ —..4 -"' '-.-' a fo re_ TREI I t liti li:liii., it . - D MILLS. — Th e Tb e Papers llacne tt t upon this subject stater 0-etteri)ot io,tti for the Men the exercise is heal; 1)1;#10„ of t sc ga id to Wm-11v,, :. " I.lCOUVenienCe 0"- from it. 0 " w itil i . teer ATTE MPED SUICIDt.--- An unfort"l,l 0 0 0 4 , threw herself into the river alwve c. ‘ ,, i t .e folt hti 1 ; 5 bridge yesterday morning, having iLt- i , - slit? '' 0 , cloak and left it on the Bishops-wt:wateril:t4er. rescued by Hatcher, a carpenter, a" ,„iiic "' o ld after having been about three minutes t - lo ose " t bi. She was conveyed to a neiohbottrintge 0 5 ,4 1 put t o bed., It appeared that ''' at PO I t o daughter of very res ectable parent 4 ~,Our which place she P I "°1 left a weel a O -) ' were taken to convey her bocoe• garden, the Lady Georgians Orenfell, anouglie ' On Monday morning last, .31rs • daughter. OA oen:loatya nig ht, thenuttnns;... MARRIIi3). 410 sltY,,.; of 00 , the On_lklonday. at St, James's Church, b it: r i ; s lj.._ . li l l _ri , , o n ot e, Dean of Rochester , George Carr th ro , tv, o it Richard Carr Glyn, Bart-, o ' f. Oauntsi, De 9 daughter of Pavoc i Gredli Esti J:11•2" of illp' Butiks. ' e ' . fr. S. YestertlaY, at Christ Church, SurleY; Air. Eliza, eldest daughter of the ' t iff. NV, tit tin, : 1 ' _----b ---- ' — ' ---- I El). _iev.s4o3o., lioo On the 18th inst., at his house in De r ' 7 3h. / , Vincent, Esq. tead, P ° ' ~ttil; On Monday morning, at Wit'l illness' o f ! 4 ',,eittry Atokinnsothne,lalfttielrianslto.ins,farn:dsparam'nufeuil_ilitLbetter,ofputelig o ge, ; t o alley, Royal Exchange, in the P" 1 A+, 110 11)111' UM of the late Rev. Joseph Barbera. _, A la On Sunday morning, at his ho w Chatles Rising, Esq. Printed „IFt.. a Published for the by O ritorittX,ets7Aftt villee, No. 112, Stood