The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-22 00:00:00

PRICE SEVEN PENCE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, OCT. 19.—The assurance which The
Courier gives that the peace of Europe will not
be disturbed, and that the rights of Spain will
be respected, serve to explain the angey which
certain Journals display towards it. This cus-
tomary organ of the British Ministry speaks in
as decided a manner as if he had been before-
hand informed of the resolutions of the approach-
ing Congress. We recollect formerly-, a note
published at Petersburgh, which was known to
all Europe, and of which the language was not
less positive than that of The Courier, The
principles both profess are not easily reconciled ;
but these signs of diplomatic disagreement are
not of so much importance perhaps as people are
disposed to believe. We cannot decide this, but
the future will. Till that time let us observe fact.
We announced- at the time that, according to
the English Journals, secret negociations were
carrying on between Spain and England, and the
Journalists took care to add that these negocia-
tions did not relate to the affairs of Europe.
Since the publication of this news an English
fleet has been dispatched, the destination of
which is not known. The commander had-sealed
orders, which he was not to open till he reached
a certain latitude.

Finally, in the speech of the King of Spain to
the Cortes, there is mention of " negociations,
which are opened with powers who know the
value of the riches of Spain."
Here is an ample field for conjecture. It
would be singular enough if England _should
profit by the condition in which irritated aristo-
cracies have placed Europe, to settle its own
affairs very quietly, to acquire the commerce of
Spain and its former colonies, and to preserve
the Island of Cuba from insurrections, as it pre-
serves the lonian Islands. In this case, who is
it that will have taken the roasted chesnuts from
the fire, and who is it that has prepared them for
devouring ? This question is a little vulgar per-
haps, but we know no better way of expressing
our ideas, without wounding ministerial self-
love, which is very sensible.
In giving an account of the execution of Ge-
neral Berton we committed, on the faith of an
Evening Paper, an involuntary error, which we
are happy now to correct. Berton died a Chris-
tian ; it is false that he refused the succours of
religion—false that he used disagreeable words
to the respectable ecclesiastics who attended him
in his last moments. The following letter, which
we have just received, gives a formal denial to
the assertions that we copied. The character of
the person who sends it is a sufficient guarantee
of its authenticity :

TO THE EDITOR.

" Poitiers, October 15, 1822.

" Stn,—l have had frequent conversations with General
Berton during one month. He has never refused the succours
of religion. He promised me to fulfil all the duties which it
imposes, if the sentence should be confirmed by the Court of
Cessation. The day of his execution, I repaired to him early
at the prison, with M. Beaudouin, a Missionary. I pointed
out to him the necessity of the sacrament of penitence, 'and re-
minded him of the promise he had made so often to die a
Christian. He heard mG in silence, embraced me, And ac-
cepted the Confessor I offered him. Ile confessed twice before
leaving the prison. When the moment arrived to go to death,
Berton became extremely weak—the paleness of his counte-
nance, the alteration of its expression, almost rendered him a
different looking man. 1 accompanied him to the scaffold, as
well as M. Beaudouin. He did not tell, us to leave I,liai in
peace, nor did he make use of any other disobliging word.
" 1 am, with great respect, Sir, "
" Your very humble and obedient Servant,
" LAMBERT, Vicaire-General de Poiiiers."
—( Journal des Dibats.)

M. Achille Murat, eldest son of the Ex-King
of Naples, has obtained a passport from. the
Austrian Government to go to America. When
he leaves Vienna he goes direct to Hamburgh.
Doctor Pichot means to publish in French_ the
Physiology of Professor Lawrence, with Notes.
,According to the Memorial Bordelais of Oct.
15, Mina has been arrested by his own soldiers
and conducted to Pampeluna, accused of cowardice
and incapacity in an affair with the Insurgents.
This paper adds, that Corogne has been taken
by. the revolted Galicians.

La Ruche d'Aquitaine says nothing of this
circumstance of Mina. It also announces the
capture of Corogne, and pretends that the Con-
stitutional soldiers were conducted to Fort St.
Antoine, where they are detained.
In the Ruche of the 15th it is said, the Fourth
number of the Gazette of the Regency of Urgel
has reached us. It contains nothing remarkable,
but an ordinance to re-establish the commercial
relations with France on the same footing' as
before the publication of the Spanish Constitu-
tion. This ordinance also contains the tar if of
goods coming from abroad.
We are assured that the Government has given
orders to grant to the Spanish Royalist Refugees
every succour which is prescribed by justice, and
the attention due to a people which received and
entertained with such generous hospitality •the
French who were persecuted during the revolu-
tion.—(La Quotidienne.)

Private advices received from Madrid, an-
nounce, that the provincial .regiment Ecija tins
revolted against its officers, and has refused to
serve against the Royalists in Catalonia. It is
certain that other corps of the militia have also
refused to march in defence of the Constitution.
—( Gazette de France.) _

The Journal de la Moselle contaius•the.fol-
lowing statement :—" The Ctistorn's.-Rourd.;rd
Sierck has seized a packet containing twelve