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

DUTCH l'AtithiS.

LEYDEN, MAY 23.-z The Pfrifice S'vereig9o::
fro'
the Netherlands set off on the 20th 4
Hague, for Paris; -where his Royal fliglu'es-dlic.:
pass some days. Every thing gives-rea'°l/
Neve, that this journey is connected tae
proaching Peace„which is to give repose t(,l 4,
)
the people of the Coutiuent, and allow Soverc'l";
time to heal the wounds which a desolating "'II.'
to
unparalleled in history, has inflicted. It -i
, .
longer doubted but
.this peace will be signed bt
the Sovereigns in person before they' scPci-f,::
Thus the month of May, 1814, will be a ren)-1.
able period in the °history of the age; and P 3161
already celebrated , for so many glr-I°lls ti?
So. many painful Pecollections,go'
flziiiirc new lustre in the- 'eyes of all "to',.
TheY will nor be able to remember, `llll,
out lively emotion, that ,it is within its bc''
in that'same Palace, stained with so many
)
by the Despot who lately threatened ra..wl
with general destruction, that the compact „
great European Family destined to end so rust'sl
„ al'
misfortunes
:110
‘ 118beseent1d ti
sl("ileer(al b
Oy
i 11
actinwe them the most glorious' title for I'r-let/6
that of friends • to humanity.—(joim Polite
Leyden, May 24)
•*
BRUSSELS, MAY 'M.—His Serene liighnesFlif
Duke of Brunswick arrived here yesterbY.
Highness visited Baron Katte, the Corni'll'ir,
of this city, the thivernor-General ot. 13c14"1.00
and Lord Lynedock. His Highness nat [di ii
to Malines, to his corps of 10,600 men,
e
in that neighbourhood, and will in'a few a3r701
torn to this place to go to paris„(Nretil':,
Cour. May 25.) f
GHENT. , MAY 1 English corps °
or,
men iirrived here the day hefore yesterday*, C°.iti
fromAutwerp by way of Brussels ; vestet(l''l
proceeded to OStepd. It is the remitioder el the
English Regiment that suffered very mncli i, to
fatal attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, and is gnit,Tooo.
England to recruit. • We expect, today'
English troops, horse and foot, from
which are to form a part of our a ..*()11•
flatter ourselves that we shall soli;
to-morrow, our worthy Bishop, 1
Broglis.
BRUSSELS, MA-Y 19.—The army of Gener4ll3d...•
low is still in Flanders, principally OW"t sfa*
wherO that General has his head-quariers. the
Regiments of landwehr are gone Wrari-I s
tbei
The whole Saxon army, comprehe°l-1;00
corps of Thielman and Lutzow, is on its - 400
to Germany ; it is to receive further instruct
upon the right bank of the Rhine•
,
For some days past bloody contests bay'
taken place between the Prussian troops that
ar
still here and the Belgian soldiers, iu
tlo
have combated with a degree of violence
to be lamented. Some are always killed
atict
peaceabte
,wounded on-such occasions, and the
tizen may think himself happy if be does flootrb
come a victim. in
Some days ago there .was .a sharp action, •
which both sides fired with small arms befnre
Via
barrack occupied by the Belgian tro°PS'
Military Authorities have displayed the erierill
A
entl
WhiCh tkt►
'l4
and ‘visdom that might be expected to put aPlaca
to this national-variance, which may be atte‘
P
with the greatest evils. All the Prosian triw
E
tha_t, were still here have been march n the
rat .s.cd
greatest haste to Wesel: General Bulow
t• Go
bete yesterday evening, to consult SVI
I*COrPS “
vernor-General about the march of-i
the Rhine.—(Huarlem COur. May 21:
BREMEN, MAY 18."-Every day, tQw3111:::
art again
'grohitr:
f
fall, we See French crap/oyes and douatiial-
•
Hamburgh, arrive here,
dep
)egiectej
break of day% Several Officers, who
love
*
this precaution, (Sr thought it onneeessa,
been ill-treated by the people,
and thp soldiers of

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"Finnverian Legion'. The definitive cvacna-
::,
I:" Of Hamhurgh now seems to he put off, as the
litsleOlumn of the French tronps; which have been
it:' long expeCted, and 'for which .ibe neeessarY
fl\lnrlt•Ons )liul been made, is noW announced
or the 3d June. The German, Dutch, and 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
;„lein on 'their Vytiv•
.honie ; so that numbers of
'linein daily pass through this city, in the twist
Torable eomlitio)i. 41: is positively affirmeii, that DaVriust is arrest-
ik, and confined, tinder .a g•nard, in a country,-
,I.lle, near Ilamburg. It is asserted that this is
itllQfly 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'eadY two Prussian Bankers have arrived a. t
-(1,,1i,n1i.)140, as deputies 'from Berlin, who have li-
b "tea "Preliminary demand of 480,000 dollars.
'ofl?Usl, it is Said, has already pointed out a sum
tor,. Millions (probably francs) in. money, and"
trn,,lnn acid a half in silver bars, which he took
—.ail
bthe it 410.,,
^ 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
osisteti -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 tllesieetk'matlfis may procure the ii; • • ter
- With hest to be returned.
...iceo.l: uentuark things are by no means in order.
Ila"" 14(.111g to the • latest accounts from Copen-
Poi ei' seretal vessels had been prohibited from
thetlti t" Sea, because it was apprehended t •
,Y„ ii"ght risk being taken.
Th--..ht-'e Senate of Bremen has published. a Procla-
relna, - forbidding It the
their people to insult
... Ileh troon who were returning home.
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LONDON,
FRIDAY, MAY 272 1.814.

LCtt
from re - Wert received this day by Government p
rit
-48TLEREAGit, hut it is said that the
tg nottling y
important.
Tht.r
tull-,
are Many reports in town respecting dis-
"c
ti'e es in Spain, but we are assured that events
nittell exaggerated in our Journals.
e

lima -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 the four first days of h's residence in
and a Proclamation of FERDINA.ND, King
li!d'N4l4s, which, we rdoice to see, asserts his
el feasible rio•ht to the Sovereignty of that
tiin"(itti•--A rumour from Frankfort mentions
Li4t MURAT will FOS.° he made an Island King like
s r(l4tion, and to' have• Sardinia—the Fing of
ns
ti.k 11131tliA to be indemnified in tine Milanese with
will te of Ring of ITALY, which it is .said he
t"osfer to the Archduke FRANCIS of Austria.
know
not on what these speculations rest.
• we
-ate received some rather curious
itttelli-
i h
;tie "Y the DutCh Mail. The Prince Sovereign
v Netherlands, and the Prince of -.3ati Ns-
-14,1c.,:c have gone to add to the list of Princes at
rive b°th probably influenced by political mo-
i4,ll:' arid desiring to superintend, in person, the
NV:tallt atrangements now in progress. -
v°lltel,t.re sorry to learn, that in consequence. of
r°°Ps "14
between the Prussian anu Belgian
th•
llted lu ' ere has been some affrays and blond-
the
A siipl vicinity of Brussels.
tnark, It notice is taken of the affairs of Den-
tire,Y tr which country does not appear to be en-
'en
Hani, q
bur
Fee gh has not been evacuated. The first
Arid rieb
".7edumn is to march out on ;the 3tl of June;
tor their German, Italian, and Dutch Al-
", the
trl„„ Y !ave stripped them of their clothes and
of subsistence and, with characteristic
t'atitud
No. e, dismissed these, their quondam fellow-
ju'levs. to beg, subsist on charity, or starve.
aiN 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 Royal Decree promidgdted by ' FEADI-
.
VlLand dated 4th May at Valencia. It is
nevertheless so important a Document, that we
ca'
permit even one publication to
S33pass with
!at
of
laying an outline it before our Readers. It
°Lit by taking 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, thatsmy '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-7and 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, antll 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 thereto. 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--79N,
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 theatre,
by a new Farce, intitled 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.