The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-11 00:00:00

to be deckled for the war: he declares that he
cannot suffer any branch of his family to be sacri-
ficed by anarchists. r -
It is true, as stated by the Journal des lE•bats,
that the first business conference at Verona (or
the first conference of which the protocol detailed
ministerial opinions) was on the 31st ult., and
that no official declaration had reached aris
when the funds began to fluctuate ; but there is
no doubt that the bases of a declaration, or a
threatening note, had been agreed upon at the
previous less formal meetings and interviews.
At these meetings much discussion had taken
place, and considerable progress was made in
explaining the views of the different Courts on
the'most important questions for which Congress
asembled. .

Weigh well every line of the article in the
Journal des Debats it is considered in the• best
informed circles here as official—as in fact an ex-
position of M. de Villele's reasons for changing
his pacific system.
The belief is general in Paris 'that Mina has
laid siege to Urget. The following is an extract
of a letter from Perpignam of the 30th Oct. :
" General Mina has -published an amnesty for
all insurgents who may return home. A great
number of the soldiers of. the Faith have taken
the benefit of it, and it is certain, that in propor-
tion as the Constitutional army advances and
affords Protection to the villages, the desertion
will increase.
" At Puycerda, stabling has been prepared for
150 horses from • Seo : ninety have
already arrived. The .Governor of Puycerda
sent his wife and children to Bourg--Madame
about a week ago; and several mules loaded"with
effects belonging to the Regency have also ar-
rived at the same place. It is well known that
no Spanish leader will shut himself up in the Seo
to stand a siege ; and if that place make any re-
sistance, it, will only be attributable to foreigners,
who are in considerable numbers advantageously
placed in the pretended Army of the Faith."
The Regency in-this state of their affairs were
not likely to obtain much pecuniary credit.
They have, however, negociated a loan to a small
amount with Mr. Ouvrard. This loan was stated
in the Journals of yesterday to be for '2O Millions
of reals, and in fact it nominally is so, though
really only -five. M. Ouvrard advances on cer-
tain conditions five millions of effective funds,
amt throws into the bargain 15 millions of old
bonds of Charles IV. (or vales reales,) which
have by some means or other come into the hands
of his friends, and which bear no interest. This
new contractor for the rebellious regency was an
old Fournisseur-General of Buonaparte, and even
supplied money to the Usurper during the 100
days. - He is now a staunch courtier of the Bour-
bons, and has become .Fournisseur-General to
" the Army of the Faith."
Saturday Afternoon, Two o'Clock.
Postscript.--I have just heard that the declaration of Verona
is certainly in town. M. de Villele was heard this morning to
declare, that he considered the King of Spain in such danger
as warranted an effort to protect him. He reported, that he
heard that the present Ministry of Spain wished the King
to fly.
[From the Journal des Debats of Saturday.]
A journal of yesterday evening, with the wish
of explaining the fall of the funds, published -the
following article :
Many political rumours have this day been circulated. Al-
most all arc contradictory ; but the reports of war have been
Sufficiently accredited to influence in a sensible manner the pub,
lic funds. According to the representations of persons who are
telieted to be best informed, Austria, Russia, and Prussia
hate determined on declaring war against • Spain, and on de-
manding subsidies from the French Government, which has as
yet come to no determination. With respect to the English
Government, it is formally opposed to the war."
There is much confusion in what these best in-
formed persons are here made to say. In the
first place, we do not believe that the' Congress
of Verona has adopted any definitive resolution
relative to Spain. The meetings which have
hitherto taken place have been preparatory, and
the 'first general deliberation was to be held on
the 31st of October. It may be that there are
differences of opinion on a question so compli-
cated as the situation of Europe with respect to
Spain, but most assuredly Russia, Austria, and
Prussia would never think of delegating to France
the subordinate part which is assigned te her in
this article.
If France should not be convinced that there
were grounds for making war on Spain, she cer-
tainly would not participate in it in a manner in-
direct and unworthy of her good faith and honour.
If France have cause of war against Spain, she
is strong enough in her own means to support her
cause by arms : she would neither solicit appro-
bation nor assistance. She will present herself
to the combat with' that frankness which corn-
.mantis esteem, and with that rapidity which com-
mands success. It would be to display extreme
ignorance to suppose that enormous masses com-
posed of the warriors of twenty different nations,
slowly assembled from all the corners of Europe,
could be- a means of triumph. The sole and
single chance of success is what is militarily called
a point executed with firmness and promptitude
by an army well concentrated, and not too nu-
imerous for finding supplies and subsistence.
The source of the false ideas, which many per-
sons entertain on the affairs of Spain, is always
the hypothesis of an armed intervention for the
purpose of changing the Spanish Constitution. It
is this ground which is decidedly rejected by
England, and which has probably been con-
sidered as very dangerous by France, and by all
the Cabinets which wish to maintain the actual
law of nations and also their own independence :
but we have demonstrated that there may exist
another ground of war, more positive and more
conformable to the law of nations—namely, that
of the case arising in which the authorities now
existing in Madrid should put in danger the
sacred person of the King, or the persons of the
Princes his brothers.
It cannot be imagined, if this deplorable case
should present itself, that the Ministers of a
Bourbon could remain indifferent, and abandon
to their unhappy fate Princes of the blood of
Henry IV. It will not be supposed that France
could hesitate in flying to their succour, and in
taking every possible means to save them.
The news from Madrid give reason to fear
that nothing is now safe from the barbarous
excesses of a faction in delirium. It is said that
the authorities charged with the prosecution of

the authors of the 7th of July, have proposed to'
the Ministry to put on their trial the two Princes,
Infants of Spain ; or at least the Infante Don
Carlos. We still hope that this news is not cor-
rect : it is possible that the Princes may be merely
called upon to 4ive testimony respecting what
passed under their observation. This is what
they have already been once subjected to.
Meanwhile, the fury which has been mani-
fested in the late sittings of the Cortes—the vio-
lent measures which have been resorted to—the
insinuations and the instigations which have for
some time been multiplied against the Infante
Don Carlos, are, in a word, all circumstances
which demonstrate that this odious extravagance
is not impossible.
In this case France, impelled by honour into a
war almost civil, would have at least the conso-
lation of baing able to say that she had spared
no means of 'conciliation, and that she had vio-
lated no right. In our opinion this is something.

SPAIN.
POLITICAL GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE
OF BARCELONA.
The following Official Dispatch has this day
been received from the Head-quarters :
" At last, after seven days' siege, and a very-obstinate re-
sistance, Castelfollit is, with all ics forts, in the possession of
the constitutional troops. I lose no time in transmitting the
news of 'this important event to your Excellency, waiting until
my future operations allow me to send you the details.
" GOD preserve you many years.
" FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y MINA.
" Head-quarters, Heights of Castelfollit,
Oct. 24, 3 o'Clock, A.m."
I hasten to communicate this important intelligence to the
public. Live the Constitution ! Live General Mina,• and his
brave troops. JOSE CAMPO.
Barcelona, October 25.
On the 19th of October General Torrijos was at Saragossa, in
perfect health, which proves that the statement of his having
been mortally wounded before Castelfollit, had no foundation
whatever.

A Cabinet courier, who left Madrid on the 31st of October,
in the afternoon, has brought the following news :
" The Curd Merino was defeated on October 28 in the envi-
rons of Lerma. He lost 200 men wounded and killed, and an
equal number have been madeprisoners. On the 31st his band
was again routed in the neighbourhood of Roa. H. himself,
with some cavalry, hardly escaped from the field. Thus this
band is entirely destroyed, and Castile purified.
" Getieral Espinosa defeated Qucsada on the 25th and 26th,
in the environs of Santa Cruz de Campenu. Of the 5,000
men he commanded, 700 were killed. All the rest, except
about 80, who accompanied him in his flight, dispersed and
threw away their arms. At Bayonne, the report goes that
Quesada is so much disheartened by this defeat, that he evinces
great repugnance to take any other command.
" The latest news from Catalonia confirms the intelligence
that Mina, at the head of 22,000 men„ perfectly organized, has
commenced his operations on all sides. It is known already
that he made 2,500 prisoners at Castelfollit, and in his other
attacks.
" The Jury having declared that there was reason to accuse
the Editors of the Tercerola of having defamed M. San Mi-
guel, Minister for Foreign Air:dm the Editors were required
to give up the authors of the article. They named a person
called Solana, already condemned to the gallies for ten years.—
This manner of eluding a just punishment will probably occa-
sion some modification in the laws relative to the press.
" The Prince of Saint Maura, or Marquess of Villadarius,
was arrested the day before yesterday for the affair of the 7th of
July."
A private letter from Cadiz, of the 15th October, contains the
following news :
" General Dublaisel took the command yesterday of the pro-
vince and city of Cadiz. He has published the following Order
of the Day :
" Inhabitants of Cadiz—Placed at the extremity of the
Peninsula, where the waves of the ocean wash continually
against your walls without the power of penetrating them, so
the impetuous shocks of despotism break at your feet. This
pleCe limited the colossal ,power. of .i.ranee,. and within were
sanctioned amid the sound of destructive cannon, those
lawi which create the .prosperity of Spain, which are de-
sired by all free men in the civilised world, but which were
torn away by perfidy ; it was here also that the illustrious men
who restored them to the afflicted country first engaged in the
generous enterprise.
" Cadiz and the Isle of Leon, you will be eternally the bul-
wark of liberty. I presume that there do not exist among you
any persons who nourish a hope of seeing that liberty destroyed :
but if since the 7th of July such are not undeceived, let them
hasten away from the view of the inhabitants of Cadiz ; this
happy land must not be trod but by free men, decided and re-
solved not to balance on any consideration, but to preserve en-
tire the Constitution to which we have sworn, without -one mo-
ment hesitating to sacrifice for it our interest and our lives.
Such is the resolution of all true. Spaniards, of the inhabitants
particularly of this province, and of the troops of the garrison,
and such is the infalliable resolution of your military Com-
mander. " HONORE DUBLAISEL' "
CORUNNA, OCT. 12.—The Authorities of this Province
have continual communication with Portugal on the subject of
the measures necessary to preserve tranquillity in their respective
districts. The following letter has been sent by the Portuguese
Commander between Douro et Minho to General Quiroga, who
commands in Gallicia :
" Illustrious Sir—Having conferred with Don Manuel Ma-
ria de Agifilay, Spanish Minister at Lisbon, on the state of
affairs in the Spanish provinces on the frontiers, I have the ho-
nour to address myself to' you, to assure you that I will give
you all the aid in my power, with all the force at my disposal,
for the benefit of both the -Spanish and Portuguese nations,
united by so many sacred bonds in accomplishing the just ends
which you have in view. I have the honour to be,
" LUIS DO REGO BARVEILO."

Bayonne Papers to the 3d inst. reached us last
night. They make no mention of any defeat sus-
tained by MINA, but on the contrary confirm the
total rout of the Army of the Faith by EePINOSA.
Charleston Papers arrived this morning to the
13th ult. ; they do not contain any news of im-
portance, except further accounts of the late
dreadful hurricane.

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Extract of a Letter from Brighton, Nov. 9.
" His MAJESTY was slightly indisposed during
some days of tl►e past week, and last night (Fri-
day), it is to be regretted, the KING was at-
tacked with a sharp fit of the gout."—(Court
Circular.)
HIS MAJESTY.--A Morning Paper of this day,
stating the domestic arrangements at the Brighton
Pavilion, says, " His MAJESTY always takes his
breakfast alone in his own room, and remains
there with his Secretary until about two o'clock."
The Freeman's Journal of Saturday announces

the death of Mr. lIANs HAMILTON, Member for
the County of Dublin, which took place on the
preceding evening. Mr. HAMILTON had been in
a declining state for some time ; his death has of
course occasioned a vacancy for a Representative
in Parliament.
ROYAL FAMILY.-Yesterday morning, soon
after nine o'clock, the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and
the Princess AUGUSTA left town for Bushy Park,
on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE.
The Duke of York attended Divine Service at
the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. On
Saturday the Princess Augusta visited the Duchess
of Kent at her residence at the King's Palace at
Kensington, and dined with theißoyal Duchess.
Afterwards the Princess and the Royal Duchess
honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence.
On Friday evening the Duke and Duchess of
Clarence, after dining with the Princess Sophia
Matilda, at Blackheath, returned to Bushy Park.
Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by
the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Royal High-
ness will remain on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess for a few days.