The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-27 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAY 12.—One of our Journals has published a
letter from a correspondent, who states that he had proofs of a
plot to assassinate the Political Chief of Madrid, of which he
informed that Magistrate. He gives several particulars to prove
is ti.,e comvijrators that their plots are known, and that there
may be no doubt, he adds two papers, which were thrown in at
the windows of Fontana d'Oro, and publicly read in the club.
'They run thus:—
" Valiant Citizens of Madrid! The infamous Ministers, the

traitors Ds Arguelles, Valdes, Alaod, La Puerta, Benito, and
the Captain-General Morillo, are agreed to destroy the sacred
',Constitution. They hold their councils in the Palace ; there
.-4re messengers going backwards and forwards to the Court
,(Seti,,) I speak the truth; let these Caribs "die, and if there
'ism doubt, let the safeguard of the law be given me, and 1 will

appear at the Bar of the Congress, and convince the loners of
their country.
" Bra-ve Citizens of Madrid! The Constitution and the coun-
try perieh by infamous Ministers, Arguelles, La Puerta,Val-
dez, eaul their adherents—they authorise the conspiracies, and
raise recruits to join the factious. Let them' die, then, rather
than we should die by she hands of these wretches." . ,
MAY 13.—(Private Correspondence.)—On the 7th Lieute-
nant Colonel Conizares was arrested, who was condemned to
death par contumace, ,for being implicated in the affair of Bur-
gos. It appears that he was preparing to proceed into Castile,
in order to organise a party in concert with one of his accom-
plices, also arrested on the night of the 7th. :Another indivi-
dual has been apprehended at the moment of his arrival from
Irun, by the way of Aranjuez. On his person was found the
plan of a conspiracy, which was to have taken effect on the 16th
mat., the day of St. Isidore. Yesterday morning the Volun-
teer National Guards of Madrid, infantry and cavalry, were as-
"sembled in the Prado, for the purpose of hearing read a decree
of the Cortes, sanctioned by the King, ‘declaring the hymn of
Riego a national hymn. This Citizen Militia traversed the
capital, and contributed to excite the enthusiasm of the people,
and augment the sentiment of national strength.
The. Special ComMittee of the Cortes relative to responsibility
proposed in the Sitting of the llth, to bring to trial the Politi-
cal Chief of Madrid. This functionary is strongly protected by
the Ministry, whose whole confidence he enjoys.
Yesterday the Cortes decreed, that the 13th, the Anniversary
of the return of the King to Madrid, being a day of mourning
for Spaniards on account of the overthrow of the Constitutional
regime, it should be henceforth forbidden to celebrate it at
Court.- This remarkable division was come to at nine in the
evening.
The accounts from the Pinvinces state, that the national fete
of the 2d of Max has been celebrated with the greatest en-
thusiasm at all points of the Monarchy. Several private letters
state, that the inhabitants of the country have received with
warm gratitude the intelligence of the adoption by the Cortes of
the first law respecting seignioral rights. They loudly testify
their joy.
Some factious re-appear on different points of our provinces,
but the zeal of the authorities and the ardour of our troops in-
crease, and success almost always rewards their constancy and
devotedness.
Our Minister in the United States has quitted Washington
and retired to Philadelphia. His sudden departure is attribut-
ed to the Message sent to Congress relative to South America.
Puerto Rico has hoisted the standard of independence.—
Coartitutionnel.)
MAY 14.—The total of the permanent effective Army has
been raised to 22,000 infantry, and about 3,300 cavalry. Of
this force 30 battalions, consisting of 8,000 infantry and 1.200
cavalry, has received orders to march to the frontiers.—
The Provincial Militia of the frontier provinces have also
received orders to take up arms. Thus the counter-cordon
will consist of upwards of 30,000 men.
Montanes maintains himself at Camproden, which is to be
the general -rendezvous of Defenders of the Faith, although
Mims has been unable to effect a junction with him, having
been beaten.—Numerous Insurgents are marching to the same
point, to combat under the §tandard of ' Faith.—( Journal des
Debuts.)
BARCELONA, lIAY 11.—The Commandant-General of Tar-
ragona writes, that at least 2,000 men will be required to defeat
the Insurgents.
LABLSB.tL, MAY 6.—At this moment we reckon 17 villages
in complete insurrection.
~CORUNNA, MAY s.—Yesterday, after the arrival of the post
from. St. Jago, alarming reports were spread that the factious,
to the number of 1000 men, had assembled at Tuy. We have
made inquiries of the authorities, and can affirm that there is
no truth in their reports, for the Political Chief of Vigo having
gone to the place in question, found every thing perfectly tran-
quil. The Political Chief of Orexase has no fear that any fac-
tious will appear in that province, every means being prepared
to repulse them if they should attempt it. In a word, all the
authorities are vigilant and act.in concert, and the public may
be assured that whatever may happen, the enemies of the system
will be baffled.
A,LICANT, MAY 4.—A scandalous event, which calls for the
attention of the Government, lately happened at. Tibi :—Forty
armed men, with six horses, entered the place in the night,
firing muskets, and uttering horrible cries; they proceeded to
the house of a wide*, who was looked upon as rich, and robbed
it of 43,000 piastres. Having secured their booty, they left the
place, and were said to be encamped on the 2d at the foot of
the Sierra del Lid ; and the people of Agost were in the greatest
alarm. Let us hope that these evils will soon be checked;
they dishearten the people, and make them despair of obtaining
the advantages which the Constitution promises them.
MAY O.—W e_have authentic accounts that the robbers who ,
'lately entered Tibi are of, the towns of Mondovar Aspe and
NoVelda, and that they retired to their homes at their leisure,
and with the greatest boldness. It is said also, and not with-
out foundation, that these robbers are protected by the local
authorities, under, the cover of whose criminal connivance they
commit these excesses, and the inference is clear, as they can-
not be ignorant of t.hovgabonds who are unhappily to be found
in their jurisdictiOn.
CADIZ, MAY 2.—Tile Provin,cial Deputation of the province
of Cadiz has just published a most energetic, sensible, and con-
stitutional Address to the inhabitants of that province and to
all Spain. This respectable body has thought it might be ac-
cused of favouring the fomenters of disorder and the apostles of
anarchy, if' it did not express in the most solemn manner its
sentiments and its wishes. If such are the ideas and desires
of all Spain, it would be very useful if all the Provincial De-
putations would follow the example of that of Cadiz, and make
a solemn declaration of their sentiments. Foreign nations
would thus learn that the mad notions of a few are not the ge-
neral opinion of the nation, and would lose the apprehension
which begins toshamit them, that the Spaniards would lose by
their errors the noble example they have given to the whole
world. Perhaps the incorrigible enemies of our tranquillity
might then be convinced how vain are all'their efforts to make
us retrograde, or to hurry us rashly on in the road we have
taken, to attain our happiness.

AFFAIRS OF GREECE.
Extract of a Letter, dated Marseilles, 17th instant, to a house

in London:—.

"We have accounts from Scio up to the 17th April. The
city was entirely destroyed; all the houses were opened and
ransacked of their furniture, Scc.,, and, after being thus plun-
dered, were set fire to, which fire continued till the 17th, date
of the last advises. Up to the 11th the hostages in the Castle
were still alive, but nothing further has been heard of them
since. On the 14th great numbers of the Turks dispersed
themselves over the face of the country, plundering, destroy-
ing, and burning all the country' houses they met with; they
then advanced to the villages of Calchio, Thmiiana, and Vas-
silionico, which were all three burned and destroyed. All the
churches, both in. the city and in the country, were broken
open, robbed, and many of them burned. They even vented
their rage on the Catholic Church of St. Nicholas in the city,
and on two others in Frangoyinii in the country, and which
were used in the same way as those of the Greek communion.
You may judge if they have laid violentand sacrilegious hands
On the Catholic Churches, what they must have done to those
belonging to the Greeks. What a picture for humanity !
The streets filled with heaps of men, women, and children,
cruelly butchered by, the Turks. The large place before
the fortress, and the fortress itself, filled with women and dill-
dren of the' most respectable families, exposed to the brutal con-
duct and savage ferocity of the Asiatics. Nor is it the sword
or fire alone that the poor Greeks have to suffer from, they are
also threatened with an immediate famine., The French Con-
sul has provisions only for la days, for he has given shelter in
his palace (a very large and extensive building you know) to
1500 souls, among whom are 842 Greeks, the rest Latins.—
Among them is Mr. ****, with all his family ; he was taken
there by a Turk, to whom he gave a handsome sum, but who
afterwards repenting of his humanity in having placed them in
safety, went with some other Turks to demand them back from
the Cpnsul, who, however, peremptorily refused, and forthwith
requested the Pacha to give him a guard, which was granted,
and five Turks were placed there as a protection. The Consul
brought M—'s sister, found, after a great deal Of difficulty,
in the possession of a Turk, for 150 piasters. The wife, of poor
Mr. ,and his two lovely boys,were bought as slaves by an
Algerine, and taken to Alexandria. Should any vessel arrive,
here from Smyrna, we shall have fuller accounts and particu-
lars respecting this ill-fated island, as the clerk of Mr.
(who is a Frenchman), went to Scio for the purpose df assist-
ing and redeeming the families of his employers. lie h,as taken
with him a large sum of money,, and eight cwt. of biscuit.—
You can form but a poor idea of the state of my feelings whilst
reading the heart-rending recital of these calamitous events.—
GOD only knows what will become of our unfortunate fami-
lies." -

Extract from a letter written at Athens hr,/ M. V—, Pupil
of the Polytechnic Sehool, fininerly an dicer in the French
Navy, now commanding, with the rank qf General, the ar-
tillery of Y ANLi's Army :
"It is only by living amongst-the Greeks that an adequate
idea can be formed of the courage and devotion of this people,
which so long has groaned under the most frightful tyranny.
" Our cause prospers on every side. We have just gained
important advantages at PatrUjek, and have almost totally de-
stroyed the Turkish troops which had disembarked at Patras.
This fleet, after so wretched an expedition, could not return to
Constantinople. Either from the bad weather, or through fear
of the Greek fleet, it has entirely dispersed ; part of the ships
made for the coast of Barbary; the rest for Egypt, where six or
eight of them have been wrecked.
" The Samians, after providing for the safety of their island,

made a descent on Tchesmea, where they rescued a great num.'
ber of Greek families. They next assisted the island of Chio to
throw off the yoke. The important fortress of Napoli di Ro-
mania has now begun to treat for a capitulation. I hope a
fortnight will not elapse before the Turks will `deliver up the
keys of our Acropolis. You will, I fear, look, upon me as a
Vandal when I tell you that 1 have already thrown in 250she11s;"
but the Egis of Minerva has protected her Temple. Our flag
flies on the Parthenon.
" You know the end of Ali Pacha. This event might have
been detrimental to our cause, had our enemies known how to
profit by it. Every thing indicates that the Pacha of Egypt is
about to seize this moment of the Porte's extreme embarrass-
ment, to throw off that remnant of dependence which he can
but very ill brook.
" The Persians are constantly gaining advantages over the
Turks ; they continue to advance. but their diversion is not
sufficient. Should no European Power take a part in our af-
fairs, we shall, before the end of three months, find ourselves
much embarrassed, unless Russia shall persist in that system
of observation which obliges the Turks to concentrate their
principal forces on the Danube. How can European policy
look with such coldness on interests so great? It appears to
be forgotten that blood is flowing on all sides, and that each
portion of delay adds its portion of victims."—( Courier
Francois, May 19.)