The Sun.
London, England, 1822-06-08 00:00:00

Nhowe by a foreign nation, or, more properly speaking, its
i'?;•ernment, in fomenting our troubles, and discrediting our
, Jlevolution by deceits and calumnies.
• Sire, the Spanish nation regards its liberty as attacked—
with what slowness those who openly combated it are
Proceeded against, and the insolence of the enemies of its Con-
;otiitlon, in speaking openly of their sinister projects, and in
P.
_liming already their next victory.
" Site, t)ie Spanish Nation sees with discontent and bitter-
ness the administration of some of its provinces confided to in-
`-xpe,:eneed hands—to individuals wito are not liked by the
::,
It-Ple•—'fhe impunity of real criminals, the unjust and arbi-
,3'",'posecutions, produce great scandal, augment the anxiety
' . - good, and may have melancholy consequences.
to Alld what will be the danger to the public tranquillity, if
• distrusts which afflict the nation—to these fears which
1'1(1 it—to these discontents which devour it—should be
•ITa'tt,e?d the machinations and the efihrts of persons who unfortu-
nately have most influence on the simple class, and-deceive the
The Cortes point ont to you, , Sire, thosefilinisters of
"...wary ; tnose ambitious Pr:-:iates ; those men, who,
3el-ng zplitted the world and its interests to consecrate them-
veB to p-:ayer and to virtue, now trample under foot the mo-
.:. IV of the Gospel, the spirit of true religion, and the doc-
Te of ycace of their divine master—abusing the august and
did 'unctions of the priesthood, to sow superstition and
?"edienc,e. They preach against the liberty which our
'l'ritution guarantees, and, • sacrili,ious and perjured, they
itse .
and stir up the poopie,—form Regiments of the
• whom they seduce and mix with banditti. With in-
one hand and with the sword in the other, abusing
influence, and audaciously arming themselves, they rush
stir up to insurrection, oppress, pillage, and burn
; to cause streams of blood to flow, and to convert
trn'aPPY Spain into a dreadful theatre of civil war, in
, deceitful hope of annihilating for ever the National
)rY. the Liberty of the Throne, and the Representation.
All that we have stated to you, Sire, is but too fully ploy-
; "Y the different factions which appear simultaneously iriCa-
tol'nia, where the events are of such a nature that it is horrible
• recal them, and the pen refuses to narrate them.
„.; When the tranquillity of the State is on the point of being
Ct'tel'i annihilated, if any prompt and efficacious remedy Can
A
su4gested, the Cortes would be wanting in the most sacred
i'„their duties, which is to labour for the preservation and the
f;:oPineas of the heroic and unfortunate nation which they re-
;tient, if they were not to address your Majesty with all due
01.3?e,5t, but with the energy which is suitable to the Deputies
4-` a 'lee people, to pray that with a strong hand the roots of so
; 4111 Y misfortunes--of so many dangers, may be torn up, giv-
agwith all the vigour and the power granted by the law, a new
4:' strong impulse to the Government, in order that it may
y;l?.ceed with more harmony, in unison with public opinion,
'4ell rules the world, and the progress of which men can never
iirrest.

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'4 consolidate that opinion, Sire, which only now consists
I,,,ja`p ,
ving the Constitution to which we have sworn, and which
~h't be consolidated by frankness and good faith, all Spaniards
thud be persuaded that their Government is identified with
e cause of liberty, and that the Throne and the National Re-
Orel
entation form an indissoluble league, a barrier of brass,
Zaingt which would be broken the projects and conspiracies of
,rhoae who, under whatever mask, wish to despoil us of the
•41trable treasure of our guarantees.
„ Let the people see power confided to men who love the
rulblic liberty ; let the nation see that the title and vir-
eres of a true patriot form the only right, the only way to the
r, ?erica of your Majesty, to deserve favour and obtain ho-
'l,.°"rs ; and that all the rigour of justice and royal indignation
,4Y. fall on the wicked who dare to profane your Majesty's
at-lust and sacred name to oppress the country and liberty.
This is what the Cortes expect and desire. They suppli-
oeYour Majesty to cause those are prevent the evils with which
.o. are threatened, by ordering that the volunteer national mi-
.!•ga may be immediately augmented and armed throughout
ilne kingdom ; for citizens, armed for the defence of their
,Oroes and. their liberty, are the firmest supports of the Con-
hotution ; that with equal promptitude the permanent army
stay be organized—,that army so worthy of the gratitude of
Your Majesty and of the country, and whose exploits and vir-
tues„ are the admiration of the universe. At the same time the
"?rtes hope that your Majesty will make known to all fo-
reign Governments, who directly or indirectly wish to interfere
La our domestic affairs, that the nation is not in a situation to
receive laws—that it haS strength and resources to cause them
!‘) be respected ;—and that if it has been enabled to defend its
independence and its King with glory, it is with the same glory,
and with still greater efforts, that it will always defend its King
and its liberty.
" The Cortes are persuaded that your Majesty will adopt
the most energetic measures to repress the misconduct of func-
Llooaries who trespass on and abuse their powers, and to exter-
minate the factious wherever they may appear. The Congress
latter themselves that, with regard to Ecclesiastics and
-I;;elates, who preach fanaticism a"e'. rebellion, your Majesty
gl take measures so energetic and so efficacious, that they
"tolll disappear terrified from the soil of Spain, never to return
blow the fire of discord, and light up the *torches of super-
The Cortes SUpplicate your Majesty to carry into execution
without Measures, which seem to them to be now indispensable,
;_mtout
.prejudice-to those which the attributes of your Ma-
tnay dittate to secure public order, and consolidate the
"°'`ts' of the State.
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The Cones hope also, that your Majesty will strictly unite
,ourselfte to the National Representation, which is only aetu-
th,(l by the desire of rendering for ever stable and inviolable
vez throne of your Majesty, and the Constitution which go-
inun,lB tla• and which the general and extraordinary Cortes pro-
mulgated in 1812. Strong, by means of this union, let us
aadQur in concert for the happiness of this heroic nation,
„, to render unalterable its repose, its holy laws, and its
aeory.,,
haellot.x, MAY 30.—(Extract of a Prioate Letter.)—" We
thi; nothing new from Navarre. Letters from Bilboa state,
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the troops sent in pursuit of the Curate Zabola, returned
• ,out being able to come up with the Partisann the inac-
q:lble defiles of the mountain of (iulpuscoa. The Curate
ae„ezrhas been for some time concealed, has re-ap-
ten,e", it is said, with a new troop.—The French refugee, Ber-
. v. who inhabits a country-house in the environs of Hernani,
visited on the '2sth instant by several other refugees. It is
or t• tie:! that this rebel having received 'advice,s that the Guerillas
ago troopof Zabola had been seen near ois habitation, was
true ,„tct quit it, to proceed to Tolosa or Vittoria. It is not
Reif Itlt Berton intends to proceed to Gibraltar; he knows too
of there is no sure asylum for traitors under the agents
the e English Government.—lt is stated from Catalonia, that
tiaur,e°Ple are very much exasperated, on account of the atro-
Orders issued' by Lopes Banos not to give quarter to the
rYali sis who fall into the hands of else Constitutional troops."
(21otidie;ine.)

ON A WAR WITH CIUNA.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
4,Men are !lOW living who heard the late brave
4,- (as the first Earl of called him)
tc !4ven-born Gen. Lord CLIVE say, ccthat with
cc .r,'°sooo men, he could exact a sum from the,
cc ,'hinese sufficient to pay off the National
cc ."eht of Great Britain. That the first attack
cc °f the Chinese army would be a skirmish—the
4; second a battle, and total defeat of the Chi-
cc who would never venture on third.
c: battle, but in preference would submit.to any
0 Leans his Lordship was pleased to dictate."
it ur -- arrny now. is much snore formidable, from
ti 3 superior discipline, than formerly, and espe-
cllY 'since the invention of Horse Artillery by
p°l"Vlel WILLI:I3ts, of the British Artillery,
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were.first exercised on South Sea Com-
-1;n) at Portsmouth, in the month of August,
th 82. If hostilities should ever commence with
e Chinese, Thibet will be the Theatre of the
It,ar' whose passes are not calculated for the
n ['fibers of the Chinese, and where' the fore-
est will feel the effects of the, destruction of
,oratish warfare, Thibet abounds with gold, so
pethuch so, that in one dry summer, by the cracks in
rveer earth such vast quantities of gold were disco-
ed that gold fell ,* three hundred per cent. in
41,1". The Commerce and Sea Ports of China
p: exposed to the desultory attacks of our Naval
in w, er, and this, with a well-fought battle or two
thn rhibet, will induce the Emperor of China,
to ugh placed at the head of + 10,000 kingdoms,
2}ii°Pen all his 'ports,, including Canton, to the
Ps of the East India*CompanY.
ThibSeetf %lr. Turner's account of the Embassy to Boutan and
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'lbwin the above work the Emperor Kien Long's letter to
Latha