The Sun. — London, England, 1814-05-27 00:00:00

~. r~ bi 11~ tl'. 1~. I! il , c "Finnverian Legion'. The definitive cvacna ::, I: " Of Hamhurgh now see ms to h e put off, as the litsleOlumn of the French tronps; which have been i t :' long expeCted, and 'for which . ibe neeessarY fl\lnrlt•Ons )liul been made, is noW announced or the 3d J une. The German, Dutch, an d Ita -Inst who form a part of the gai•riSon,- are dis ft!lisse'l 3 but they nve first stripped of tlleit• utii iina, 2nd turned adrift, Without a penny to help ;„ l ein on 'their Vytiv• . honie ; so that numbers of 'linein daily pass through this city, in the twist Torable eomlitio)i. 4 1 : is positively affirmeii, that DaVriust is arrest ik, and confined, tinder .a g•nard, in a country , - , I . ll e, near Ilamburg. It is asserted that this is i t ll Qfly to be ascribed to Baron Stein, at the in - ?:` l . c ,e of some Prussian subjects Who have lust ,cilisßlerable sums by the seizure of the Wink. it' e adY two Prussian Bankers have arrived a . t - (1,, 1 i, n1 i. )14 0, as deputies 'from Berlin, who have li b " tea "Preliminary demand of 480,000 dollars. ' o f l ?Usl, it is Said, has already pointed out a sum tor,. Millions ( probably francs) in . money, and" tr n ,, lnn acid a half in silver bars, which he took — .ai l b th e it 41 0 . ,, ^ and placed in the bands of several rhisllll"rgh Bankers as his own property. But i • . 41 'llatie n I cr. in his situation, it being osist et i -o e lan,t. tall rents' tipon the 'part of the Allies, that he tt kt . ill t la 11 n all I • t he has taken nom the Bank ti 'lls• ' her inconsistent with the laws of Na ho l' I , " " ti 'ls I is known to be very rich, it is greater With tll es i e e tk'matlfis may procure the ii; • • ter - With hest to be returned. ...iceo.l: uentuark things are by no means in order. I la"" 1 4 (.111 g to the • latest accounts from Copen- Poi e i' s eretal vessels had been prohibited from the tl ti t" Sea, because it was apprehended t • ,Y„ ii "ght risk being taken. Th--.. ht -' e Senat e of Bremen has published . a Procla relna, - forbidding It the their people to insult ... Il eh tro o n w h o were returning home. •-•-tt....... ; .... r .11144 1vp„ Prance, 1 Malta 1 Holland, 1 Guernsey, I Jet -2 Dublin, 12 Waterfo ' rd. DUE-1 Gottexaburgh. PRICE 0 F STOCKS THIS DAY AT TV ELVS O'CLOCK. ta w .. Per c toct i Bank L. Ann. 16f a Per , _cot. Red. 66ii I n di a B onds, 10s. uls. pr. .10. LI ()Dug- :;,rnt. Cons. 67-0 Excheq. Bills, 4s. 6s. pr.m 8 24 . °u; um Navy Ann. 474 97 Consols fur Juli, 6 S4ii E. Lyiox, stock-Broke r , N o . 9, Cornbill, and No. 18, Coventry -street. jltr. t. ,. • wA TER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. InKO • imputes after 9.1 Evening, 55 tniuntes after 9. E sUiN. 11 ' ) LENt Q u is mcF,RE, FA AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 272 1.814. LCtt from r e - We rt received this day by Government p rit -48 TLEREAGit, hut it is said that the tg nottling y important. Th t . r tull- , ar e Many reports i n town respecting dis "c ti'e e s in S pa i n, but we are assured that events nittell exaggerated in our Journals. e lim a -ave Prench Papers to the 24th, which are te 4t entirely destitute of interest, with the ez m " I 4 °F account of BIJONAPARTE'S proceed tis during th e four first d ays of h ' s residence in a nd a Proclamation of FERDINA.ND, King li!d' N4l 4s, whi c h, we rdoice to see, a ss e rts hi s el fe asible rio•ht to the Soverei gn ty o f t h at ti i n"(it ti•--A rumour from Frankfort mentions Li4t M URAT will FOS . ° he made an Island King lik e s r(l4tion, and to' have• Sardinia—the Fing of ns ti .k 11131 tliA to be indemnified in tine Milanese with will te o f Ring of I TALY , w hi c h i t i s .sa id h e t "osfer to the Archduke FRANCIS of Austria. kn ow not on what these speculations rest. • we -ate received s ome ra th er cur i ous itttelli i h ; ti e "Y the DutCh Mail. The Prince Sovereign v Neth erlands, and the Prince of - .3ati Ns -14,1c.,:c hav e gon e to add to the list of Princes at riv e b°t h probably i n fl uenc ed b y political mo i4,ll:' ari d desi r i ng to superintend, in person, the NV: tallt at rangem en t s now i n progress. - v ° ll te l , t . re sorry to l earn , th a t i n consequenc e. o f r° °Ps "14 between the Prussian anu Belgian th• llted lu ' ere has been some affrays and blond the A sii pl vi cinity of Brussels. tna r k , It n otice is taken o f th e a ff a i rs o f Den tire,Y tr whi ch country d oes not appear t o b e en 'en Hani, q b ur Fee gh has not b een evacuated. The first Arid rieb ".7edumn is t o march out on ;the 3tl of June; tor their German, It a li an , an d D utc h Al ", th e tr l „„ Y !ave stripped them of their clothes and of subsistence and, with c h aracter i st i c t 'atit ud No. e, d ismissed t h ese, their quondam fellow ju'levs. to beg, subsist on charity, or starve. ai N Av "us'r is reported to he under arrest. They bur signeezing the plunder of the Bank of Ham hard. out of hitn—We trust they will squeeze ° ln' space this day will not allow us to give at le Ott ' ADD ''''' a R oyal Decree promidgdted by ' FEADI . VlLand dated 4th May at Valencia. It is nevertheless so important a Document, that we ca ' permit even one publi cat i on to S33pass with !at of layin g an outline it before our Readers. It °L it by takin g a view of the perfidious 'ilea . , Mires of BUONAPARTI► which led to the captivity of the Family, and the prostration of Srlain. FEnritl'imqo then accuies the Cortes of ,lemocracy, rind of being unconstitutionally and irrenlarly elected.—The following long - nage is very strong : " tint these Cortes, assembled in a manner never used in eVen in the must arduous cases, and in the mot tur bulent tittles of the minorities of Kings, in which the Assem bly of Procurators were wont to be more nomerous than n the common and ordinary Cortes, were not called the Stales. of the Nobility and Clergy,. although the Central Junta had so ordered, this Decree having been artfully concealed•frogn the Council of Regency, and also the fact that the Junta had assigned to it the Presidency of the Cortes, a prerogative of the CrOwn which the Regency would not have heft to the de cision of the Congress,. if it bad been acquainted there with. In consequence' of this, every thing remained at the disposal of the Cortes; who, on the very day of 'their installa tion, and by way of commencement to their acts, despoiled me of my Sovereignty, which the same Deputies had only a little before acknowledged, ascribing it nominally to the nation, in order to appropriate it to themselves, and then, upon such usurpation, to dictate to the nation such laws as they pleased, imposing upon it the yoke by which it should receive them compulsorily in' a new Cwi stitutioa, which the Deputies established without authority of the provinces, people, or juntas, and without the know-i ledge of those Provinces, whiCh were said to be represented by substitutes from Spain and the Indies. This Constitution they sanctioned and published iu 1812. This first attack up on the prerogatives of the Throne, abusing the name of the Nation, becamo, as it were, the basis of many other attacks which followed it; and, in. spite of the repugnance of - many deputies, perhaps of the majority, they were adopted, and raised to the rank of laws, which they called fundamental, by meant of the shouts, threats, and . violence of those who at tended in the galleries of the Coilc.t, which they alarmed and terrified; and. that which was in truth the work of a fact,ou, was clothed with the specious mask of the general will and for such will, that of a f, w seslirous persons, who in Cadii, and afterwards in Madrid, occasioned affliction to all good citizens, niadeAliCir own to pass. These facts are so no torious, that there is scarcely any one who is ignorant of them ; and tla,Tery Diaries of the Curtes furnish ample proof of them. Baying denounced the Government which he found on his return, the KING then communicates the form . and spirit of that which be promises to substitute in is stead :—. • liberty and security of persoms and property shall be firmly secured by means , f laws, which, guarante.ting piiulic liberty and order, shall teal* , to all thte, salutary liberty whose undisturbed enjoyment distinguishes a moderate from an arbitrary and despotic Govern.:ent, and in which the citi zens subject to the former vo,ght to live. This just li , erty all likewise shall enjoy, in order to communicate through the Press their ideas and thoughts, within those limits, however . , which sound reasonimperimisly prescribes to all, that it.may not degenerate, into licentiousness s for the respect which is due to Religion and tile 'Government, and that which ~ ien mutually owe towards each other, can, under no civilised, Go vernment, be reasonably permitted to be violated and tram pled upon with impunity. Toward the conclusion be dissolves the Cartes, orders them zo Surrender their boobs, and archives, and declares all those guilty of sigh Treason who shall obstruct cis Decree. The instrument fur ther says 4 , I declare, that s my 'Royal intention is, not only not to stdoar nor accede to the wciil Censtitution, nor to any of the amera/ and E.rfraorc!inary C0",.-es and of- the Ordi nary at present sitting, those, to wit, which derogate from the rights and prerogatives rf my sovereignty, estahlkhed by the .cons itution and the laws under which the nation has lived in times past, but to pronounce that constitutinn and such decrees null and of no effect, 1101', or at any otter time, as if suck acts had never passed, and that they are t!Titirely abro gated. and withoutany obligati's() on mv pe,sple anttsutsijei ts, of whatever class and condition, to fulfil or observe them. And as he who should attempt to support them, and shall thus contradict my Royal Proclamation, adopted with the above agreement and assent, will attack the prerogatives of my sovereignty, and the happi ess.o the nation, and will cause discontent and disturbance in iny kingdom. I declare, whoever shall dace to attempt ,the sante will he gdilty of high treason. and, as such, subject to capital punishment, 'whether he . perform the same by deed, by writing, or by words, moving and exciting, or in any other way exhorting and persuading. that Use said Constitutionaud Decrees be kept and obse.rved," Such is the 'character of the first great measure resorted to by " our beloved Monarch FBRDINAND VII." in who'se name, at least, the Spanish struggle has beCn 'conducted. We have before 'stated, that we feel ourselves to he possessed of incompetent grounds whereupon to pronounce a decided opinion on this important and lament able question. But to whatever side the bias of our mind inclines, we assuredly do not agree with those of our contemporaries, who recommend it to our Government to make common cause with the Cortes against the King. We should be- still more averse to the espousal of his Majesty's cause, against what prima facie appears to be the interest of the Na tion. But the point at issue is one which solely concerns the Spanish people- 7 and the sense of the people ought to determine it.--There is no occasion for forcible foreign interference ; our goad offices are due to our Allies, and all that may tend to conciliation ought to be promptly administered...instead of adding fuel to the flame, by becoming belligerent partizans of either side. We are sorry to add, that, according to a re port brought by the Madagascar from Corunna, this difference has already been the source of com motions throughout Spain. It is even said, that the Cortes have been rut under an arrest by the late Provisional Government, and every thing done by them was declared null and Void. The greatest confusion prevailS, and the military are stationed through every street. Lord HILL. is appointed Commander-in-Chief of our A ; - ,ny which is to be ,employed in Ame rica. Sir HENRY CLINTON is second in command. We have reason to believe, such is the dispatch and prudent secrecy of Pdvernment, that this army has already departod from the Garonue.—May success attend this Expedition, and bring to their senses the deluded subjects of Prince MADISON' ! I.Nre have inserted, in our last page, the irupur• taut Corn Bill, which has occasioned so stroll; a sensation - throughout the Country. SECOND E 9 ITI ON. DITURBANCES IN SPAIN. SUN-OFFICE, TfiREE o'Ctock. We have just received Letters from Madrid aliti Cadiz, of a much later date than. the Spanish Pa- pets in another part of our impression ; they are very important, and their authenticity may be re lied on. We have neither time nor space for further comments. fr CADIZ, MAY 2.—A strong, a very strong party exists here in favour of the Cortes and the Constitution. An Address, determined,- almost violent, in its nature, has been transmitted to the Cortes, vowing faithful and lasting attachment to them ; and asserting, that they will not listen to any concession- or compromise with the King : be must, they'say, take the Oath to th% Consti tution as prescribed by their Body. , . `` MADRID, MAY 9.—Sir lIEKRY WELLPSLEY, the British Ambassador,, is expected here from Valencia immediately, and his Majesty the King will, we lope, be at Arinjnez in a few days.— His Majesty, `re understand, was to leave Va lencia on thesth. There has - been a considerable concussion of public feeling, but we ardently and earnestly hoPe matters will smooth as the King approaches his Capital. LOGRONO, MAY 4.—The Conde of ABISVAL, General in Chief of the Army of Andalusia, has arrived here, and established his head-quarters —his troops : are cantoned in the town and neigh bourhood—every soldier has sworn implicit alicgi anee and obedience to the King, and his Excellency the General in Chief has addressed his Army, inforcing to them the duty they owe their legiti mate and restored Sovereign.. Every writing upon the public buildings in this ,neighbourhood, allud ing to the,Constitution, has been effaced. ".VI+TORIA, MAY' 12.—The whole of the French prisoners of war have marched from this place, escorted and protected by Spanish dra goons till they reach their own lines. " The Army of Catalonia have their Head quarters at --, a few leagues from Loporico. " Field-Marshal Sir WM. IlvtiEsrotio's Staff and horses have.'arrived here, on their way to Lisbon; and General Sir 'Joust DOWNIE'S on their way to .Madrid. • • " The Portuguese Army are expected to march thrOugh this town, on their way to the frontier', and the Third Spanish Army are to be cantoned here, and in the neighbourhood. " A considerable Military Party for the Constitution are in this town ; a ball, in ho nour of FERDINAND'S return, was prepared ; but, owing to the rising differences of Party, the name was changed, and it was called an Entertain ment in Commemoration of the General Peace': It was given in the palace, in a splendid and .magnificent style; English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese , Oilieers were seen walking arm and arm. Differenees *ere forgotten ; friendship, joy, and harmony reigned• throughout the happy night. It is impossible not to be exceedingly anxious at this critical moment, and we pray most earnestly that the glorious struggle which the Spa • nish Nation has made for Liberty will nut lose its character and fame, from the melancholy pic ture which a civil war would spew against their heroic and -generous efforts—hut FERDINAND is on his way to the heart of his kingdom, and we .hope to , the -hearts of all his subjects. A few days must undraw the curtain, ant l l give the pre sage of the future. • " Almost all the English have left this town for France. The Gazette of Vitoria has been dis continued, for want of subscribers. " The Marchioness De la GARDA, and almost all the persons Confined here on charges of trea son, and attachment to the French interest, have been permitted to return to their homes, on giving their parole that they would not go -out Without special commission to-do so." We have to announce the expectation of an other of the Royal Blood in London. The Prince of MECKLENBURGII, the nephew of the QUEEN, is hourly expected to arrive, to be present at the Royal and'other festivities that are about to take place. Apartments are fitted up for him in the Queen's Palace.: he is to occupy those formerly belonging to the Princess MARY. Some of her MAJESTY'S servants have come from Windsor to be in readiness.to attend his Royal Highness. Extract of a leiter 'from Bayonne-, May 1,9, 1814 :—“lt is understood that Sir JOHN HOPE and Staff will embark in a few days for England ; and that Col. COLLIER and the other wounded of ficers and men, who are doing well, trill accom pany him. Mr. FOSTER had a long interview with the Earl of Ltve.Rpoot. on Wednesday, when, it was finally arranged respecting his mission to :Denmark.— Mr. FOSTER was expected to leave town last night fur thatiapose. Mr. K4 - YE, the King's Messen ger accompanies him. COURT DIFFERENCES. '.Several Opposition Councils., (sacs a Morning Paper) have been assembled onithe well-fomented variance between her and the Princess of respecting the well-advised non-appear ance of the latter at the next Drawing-room. at ' t Buckingham House. The last of these Councils was, holden yesterday afternoon, when Mr. as her Royal Highness's Advocate-Ge neral-, laid before it copies of the Corrk•spondence which had recently passed between the Illustrious Parties on this unfortunate subject. A debate inimediattAy took place on the expediency olgiv.. ing immediate publicity t h ereto. The majority contended, that it was too great a PARTY - CARD to he shuffled away at so critical a minlient 7/72- phtyede.-- It was .opposed, however, by the more temperate few,-as an improper appeal to the public opinion on a • domestic misunderstanding of. such - extreme personal. delicacy. This ratios al argu ment, however, was soon over-ruled by an appeal to numbers ; for, on a division taking place, we ,understand they stood thus : Fur prtblishing, Ear! G—Y, Earl of L—LE, Lord H—L —D, Mr. WHITB—D, Mr. T—RN—Y. f gainst publishbfr E I Frrz--M, leird (itt—Lt,t, Lard :` , l—LT-- 7 9N, Mr. P—Ss—cy. Mr. BR ---M, not being in Parliament, did not divide, contenting himself - with being Teller. A Resolution was then moved, '' That Ler —'s letter should, at all events, be published forth with," which passed without a division. , It •re mains therefore to be seen, whether even the Ad vocate-General will presume to outrage the public feeling by carrying so extraordinary a Resolution into effect. • THE THEATRE. The revived Romance of Richard Cceur de Lion was followed last night, at CoVent-Garden the a t re , by a new F arce , i nt i t l e d Tricking's Fair in Love. The plot turns upon the devices of the Heroine, Julia (Miss BooT4o, between whom and Charles. (JONES). there is a tender attachment, to - obtain fi - mn The Baroness Bloomless (Mrs . PAN' E NPORT) her fortune, of which she had been deprived by a frau dulent Will: For this purpose Julia assumes male attire, and makes love to the Old Baroness, but will not consent to marry hertill she has resigned that fortune to Julia. The Baroness consents ; and then Julia, in her oven character, succeeds in extract ing from Count Hottentot (LtsToN) a written ,pro. mise, which the Baroness had given, to marry the Count, 'or forfeit half her fOrtune. Tht Count relinquishes this pr ontise, preferring youth and beauty in Julia to age and wealth in the Baroness. When these tricks have succeeded, Charles and Julia, of course, are United. The plot is capable of exciting much interest, but the dialogue %yawed point and humour. The piece was so roughly handled by the audience, though well supported by the performers, that it will prohalAY not . he represented . Th. 4 Child of Nature then in trOduced Miss FOOTE, daughter of the Exeter Manager, in the part of Amantitis. She is an teresting and elegant young Lady, and performed admirably. THE MARKETS. CORN . -EXCHANGE, MAY 27.—We had a few arrivals of Oats front Lincolnshire this morning, ' but the Market in general was extremely dull, in all of Grain, itfid any few sales made were at the last quoted prices. SMITHFIELD. MAY 27.—This day's Market was not well supplied with the dillerentkinds of Cattle ; Beef, Veal, and Pork, were dearer; Mutton was, cheaper; Lamb supported last price; and the trade, for the most, part, was out indif ferent.. The sales in the flay-market were tritlittg ; Hay, Straw, and Clover, obtained last prices. The following prices and numbers are a correct statement : T. sink the Offal, per stone of Sib. Beef, 4s. Sd. to ss. lOrl. Mutton, Gs. 4d. to 70. 4d. Veal, 6s. 0(1. to 7s. 2d. Lamb, 7s. 6d. to 9s. Pork, 7i. to 83. 10d. Beasts, 660. Sheep and Lambs, 6500. Calves, 120. 200. HAY-MARKET. Hay, 31. Os. to 51. ss. Straw, 11. 10s. to 21. Os.' Clover, 51. as. to 61.135. • DECRETUM EST--NO VETO. " IRISHMEN—Read Rejoice! and Triumph " The Catholic Clergy of the Diocese of Cork have this moment dissolved their Meeting, after putting the mark of their reprobation on the De cretum of QOARANTOTTI.''—Cork Paper. EXETER, ,MAY 25.—A report has been in cir culation this afternoon, said to have been receiv ed from Plymouth, that a frigate had arrived in that port from • the coast of Spain, which had brought intelligenee, that a very considerable disturbance had been excited-in that kingdom, in consequence of FERDINAND VII. having refused to accept the new Constitution ; that by the advice of some 'of the Nobility, attached, to the 014 Court, he had caused all the Members of the Cortes to be arrested, end conveyed to prison j and that - he had declared his resolution to,,a4here. to the old form of Government; that these events had been,product i ive of great alarm, and seemed to augur the commencement of a civil war through that unhappy country. Yesterday morning the Duchesss of OLDEN+. BURGH visited Westminster-hall, and the Courts of Law. At two o'clock her Imperial Highness returned to Pulteney Hotel, and received visits from several distinguished characters. At half past four, she went to Warwick-house on a visit to the Princess , CHARLOTTE, and remained With the Princess about an hour. In the evening the Grand Duchess wept to dine with the Martinis and Marchioness of ST .I'FORD. The Duchess of OLD'ENntiRGH continues to at tract general esteem and attention, by her inquir- . ing spirit and familiar habits, which have already' alMost naturalized her Highness ,amongst us.— Who . would not have a Ticket in the Wheel, from which report says this amiable and august `Fo reigner is likely to witness the drawing of many large Prizes on the King's Birth Day I(lG's BIRTH DAY.--In the last Lottery that, finished on the King's Birth-day, No. 6,341 a Prize of L. 2009 10,540 • 1000 11,801 3OO Were all shared and sold at WEBB'S Office, 17, Ludgate -street, where Tickets and Shares are now selling for the Lottery to be drawn on the approaching 4th of June.--,-The last 50001. prize ever shared was also drawn on the King's Birtit. clay, and sold. by Webb in five Shares,