The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-26 00:00:00

SPAI N.

BAYONNE, 17tH AuousT.---The reports of war
bet Ween France' and Spain are renewed here.;
however,we do not see any great preparations,-7
Only within this week, three or four pieces of
cannon have been mounted on the inner wall of the
place, and as for the external works they have
not yet been touched. The garrison remains the
same ; some -cannon balls have, indeed, lately
arrived from the interior.; in truth, there does not
seem to be any necessity for preparations, unless
hostile views are entertained; the Spaniards are
not, at this moment, able to revenge themselves
for the grievances which they allege against
France, and that with reason, for the protection
and support which Equia and •Quesada have
found, and, it is affirmed, still find iwre, is really
offensive ; the protestations •are called to mind
which the Cabinet of the Thuilieries has made of
its pacific intentions with respect to Spain.; the
Spaniards would rather that the' French Govern-
ment should declare war against-thernialid have
conceived' an extraordinary' hatred towards it.—
The plan which has been formed to raise the pro.
winces beyond the Ebro, under the }Artisans of
Equia and Mataflorida, will inevitably fail as
soon as the new Ministry be-gini to act.---1. Be-
cause these men do not enjoy any 'consideration
whatever in Spain, either among the citizens or
in the army, and are -detested' by the liberal
party, which is now numerous and powerful.-
2. Because they have given manifest proofs :of
their intention to revive despotism.---3. -ac.
count of the ridiculous title Thf-"'Defenders of
the Faith," which they have given =to the bands
of poor wretches whomthey have' seduced, and
especially for the 'base notion, that they are sup.
ported by a Government which calls itself the
friend of that of Spain. A fatal blow might have
been given to the Constitution, if they had acted
more liberally in all respects. At present it
would be very difficult, not to say impossible, as
the revolution is in the hands of its authors, and
the enthusiasm of the liberals is at its height in
the principal cities of Spain, excepting in Catalo-
nia and Navarre, which will be speedily sub-
dued,• if the troops of the liberals are not dis-
appointed. -
By the accounts from Madrid to the 13th, we
learn the following particulars

" General Mina is finally appointed to the eornme.nd of Na-
varre, and received his instructions on the 11th, in the evening;
yet the Espectager still announces, that he is going to Cata-
lenia.-4t is not .Gen. Ballasteroe: who it appointed to the corn-
!nand of Catalonia, as the Journals stated, but the Marquis of
Casteldorius. The battalion of the National Militia, both in-
fantry and cavalrY, were under arms.on the 11th, and drew ur
on the promenade of Atocha, to hear the regulations concern-
ing their corps, decreed by the Cones. The cries of the ' Con-
stitution for ever 1' were univeral ; the enthusiasm of the
Liberals is extreme since the nomination of the new Ministry
the irritation of the Anti-Constituionalists is in proportion. The
new Ministry would willingly take vigorous measures, but they
want the means. "No money" is tire general cry. Re-action
makes a rapid progress in proportion to the eagerness of the
Constitutionalists to defend the new system,' and in general the
accounts from the provinces are unsatisfactory ; every where
the armod bands increase, and threaten to deluge Spain with
blood, or to convert it into an abode of banditti. The State of
Catalonia, in particular, is deplorat-le, and,. without a respect-
able army; of 20 or 25,000 men, it is to be feared that it will
long be the theatre of civil war.

" It is affirmed that the King ha?, promised to convoke the
Extraordinary COrtes forthe 24th of September.

" Meantime the Ministry intends strietty'to enforce certain
Decrees of the Cortes, the execution of which has hitherto been
delayed, especially that of 20th June, which commands various
measures well adapted to thewc,-,;ent political situation of the
nation, and Which hia Majesty sanctioned on the 10th July.
," An alliance.between Spain and Portugal is more talked of
than ever. The.Joitin4 of the capital sheW the advantages and
even the necessity of it, adding; that if it were to be effected,
the two nations Might be secure from all attacks on their new
institutions, both, from within. and without.

" The accounts which are received at Bayonne to-day from
the three Provinces of Biscay are afflicting. The guerillas of
the factious daily increase; the partisan, A guire, has returned
from France, and every where spreads terror. The two Priests,
Gorostedo and Ezeizo, surprised the town of Ernasie on the
night of the 13th with about 100 men, and after collecting all
the arms and ammunition they could find, and setting fire to a
house, carried off to a mountain several of the peaceable inha-
bitants, whom they sent home the next day, threatening to ar-
rest them within a week. The Authorities have taken vigor-
ous measures to remedy the evils which affect the province ; but
public opinion is so adverse to the system, that the offer of 46
sous per day to.volunteers who will join the Constitutional
troops, has induced very few persons—they prefer moving under
the standard of rebellion.

" The conduct of the factious has so incensed the inhabitants
of Bilboa, that on the 13th in the evening. 59 persons who were
reported to be anti-constitutional, were arrested and embarked
for the fort cf Santona. Navarre does not offer a more favour-
able prospect. The two parties are daily fighting with alter-
nate success. It would be endless to give the details. The
Royalists have also had some success in 211 that part of Arra-
gon which is contiguous tb Catalonia and Navarre. Spain in
short presents a melancholy, prospect, and the Government
must almost perform . Miracles to, deliver it from the disasters
into which the enemies of the constitutional system both at
,horme and abroad have,lunged it."

There have been various reports respecting
the time when his MAJESTY 13 to leave Scotland.
It now is said, however, that Wednesday next is
the day which his MAJtSTY has fixed for his de-
/
parture.

The Paris Journals of Thursday and Friday,
Dutch .Papers to the 25th instant, Hamburgh
Papers to the 20th, Frankfort Pipers to the
19th and Nuremberg Papers to the 17th, have
arrived since our last, from which we give ex-
tracts in our preceding columns.
It is said in several German Journals that the.
symptoms of a discontented spirit manifested in
some divisions of the Russian Army had assumed
a graver character than they at first appeared to
possess. The officers and soldiers alluded to had
expressed no sentiments hostile to their Govern-
ment, but they 'are suspected of entertaining
opinions of a democratic nature, not proper for.
the subjects of an absolute monarchy. This
.
spirit is. principally to be found the regiments
which were engaged' in the campaigns of 1814:
and 1815, and more particularly in a division,
which, under the command of Count. de WOu'oN-1
ZOFF, made part of the army of occupation. in'
France. The soldiers as
,well as the officers begin to
talk politics, an unexampled circumstance in.the
Russian arm y,remarkable for its passive obedience.
['tut itwould appear as if the disappointed hopes of
the army, in .not having been marched against
the Turks to avenge the massacres of their fel-
low Christians the Greeks, had mainly contri-
buted to the discontent prevailing among the
troops on the Danube and in E.essarabia, which,
so far from being abated, is said to have in
' -
creased. in consequence of the rigorous measures
adopted against the division of OaLOFF, in which
.the spirit of insubordination first. openly mani-
fested itself.

The French. Papers do not contain intelligence
from Madrid of a later date than our previous
account, but are interesting inasmuch as they
corroborate the statements derived through other.
quarters of the continued tranquillity prevail,
ing in the capital, and of the energy'and activity
displayed by the new Ministry. The whole
of the Foreign Ambassadors had paid their first,
visit to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Colonel
EvAnrsTi: Sr. MICHEL, on the 10th, when " his
Excellency held such language as 'became a
nation possessing a due sense of its strength and
dignity, and declared to one of the Ambassadors
(probably the
,f,'rench) with military frankness,
that all diplomatic relations with Spain must
henceforward have good faith for their founda-
tion ; that actions must agree with promises,
facts With words, and that every State must de-
clare itself candidly, either a friend or an enemy,
adding that, in the latter case, -passports would
be ready to be delivered at any hour, and that
meanwhile the Spanish nation would make the
military dispositions necessary to cause her rights
and independence to be respected." Another
account says. that the Minister, in this conference,-
demanded that the Sanitary Cordon, which was
regarded '.by Spain as a hostile army, should
be dissolved, and expressed the intention of
the Government to insist on an immediate corn,
pliance with that demand. The report that an
offensive and defensive alliance would be con
--
eluded between Spain and- Portugal, and that a
Portuguese corps would form part of the Spanish
counter-cordon, on the Pyrenean frontier, is re•
peated with 'increased confidence, and is too.
evidently'consistent
.with the interests of those
two countries to be devoid of foundation. .

The examinations of the accused in tile con-
spiracy of La Rochelle commenced before the
Court of Assize at Paris on Thursday. All those
interrogated have retracted their previous con-
fessions, declaring they were false, and had been
extorted from them by the threats and promises

of General DESPINOIS. We have given a sum.
mart' of these proceedings among our extracts•

FaENCII FUNDS.--AUG.2.
Five per Cents. . .... Opened at
• tiona a.t 94 f. sc'
Neapolitan Five per Cer 75.}•
Bank Stock 1628 f. '25 c.
Bxehange on London—One :►lonth 25 f. 50 e'
Three Months 25 f. 35 c-

trip Letters from Argos; inserted in the
Papers under the date of Trieste, August.
contain the highly important intelligence that
Treaty of Alliance and Commerce has been ce°
,cluded between the United States of. A met!.,..•
and the Greeks.--The Americans are active 1";
deed, in all the departments of their Forelg„,
Policy ; and display a degree of address ill c();
verting circumstances to their own advant'igof
and of rapidity and decision in.the kecuti°9
their views, which leaves the old Goveruwe:ol
b l
of Europe far. behind. If the Greeks °l'
yet recognized by .- any Power in "r„-"o'e(1)
it. will. no• longer,, however, Eo possiLle 0,
treat them otherwise than as an indePhc.r
dent belligerent State, • and to respeC--:th.el,
exercise
.of all the rights which are
rent, to that character, now that Aincrlca
formed an . alliance with them, which is nci.t;;'f
honourable to the sagacity and public e
her states vii, :than it is'serviCeahle to the
of honianity zind,-cia.ilization.. Our deadeye wt
recollect, that amongst the' argaments. c'alc4-e•
to induce this country .to assist tl e G,rec.);„,ore
throwing off the yoke of -their oppressor we
than once adverted to.the probability 'Of .Arn,klyt
anticipating tf'S in a course of policy so obvi°-01
pointed out by the dictates of justice as ~yell ass
,
humanity,and to thedanger that the United
t-ite
would seize so favourable atropportunitv ofnt-ell
ing a footing in the Mediterranean, whif.his
known, to, have been one of her most fa"„tire'st
objects, but which it was the interest of•Liriy
Britain by every possible means to.prevent• Jed,
the treaty which is•said.to have-been condi'
that object has beep at length accomolisliel",; of
Greeks ceding,. for twenty .yearb, the ish'nort
Melo in the Archipelago, and the strong roe
of: Lepanto, in the-Gulf- of' Lepanto, °so
United, States, and receiving •in return 3 ia
of money and a supply of arms, to enable,: v
uce
to prosecute. the war for their indepeaueless
with increased vigour.' There can now bee of
apprehension. than ever of the successful issu" the
the contest. What will be the inflUence
Congress of this recognition of Greece bricoo-
rica ?—What will be its influence on the
tain
cils of England ?—Our commercial rivals
by it an incalculable advantage. We oagbliat is
ther, however, to endeavour•to redeem all t''have .
still possible of the opportunity which we the
lost, by • cultiVating the good opieion et'
Greeks, than by attempting to crush the"iy in
born, liberty to . rivet them still more close
the - embrace of their American Allies. ..ote
Americans are not-crippled by a too io;'
_connection with -the Members •of the -11" t„ oce
Hance; and have been enabled 'in this ins,/ of
to act independently of the crooked P°llty?
the -cabinets Of Would .that Grea.

Min .I!ere equally free frern- itS'tramniels•
ti
Poston, Phi aitiolre F::5•Ft!.
,w,ere s*eice.d. this morning to the 2d
The follow:a, are extracts tb3t°
•
News was" received at St. John's from St. 'rhoras9,,,,,;inces
vessel had arrived there from_ Rico Caribi, in Ihe13?:
Cumana, :with patriot emigrants, in cons enu :ram ;
having taken possession of the coast of Peca, i..Nrert-11 Y.-tile 01'
Great fears were entertained .13v them for the safe.q c'
inhabitants of the coast. vicb
The British, -Sloop of war. Drake, Capt. BArElt,,f,":2oth
c.
just been refitted at
_Halifax, and sailed thcnee on t's:3cep
for Newfoundland, was lost upon Cape Pine on the 2°"..110r
BAKE A, the Purser, 24 Seamen, and a- ferrial. 110'°"' -• • •
perished, - r 18•1 dip 10'
"
. [Extract of Letter. frorn Rio Jennro, :`7'. 0'
A. Cortes' has been called by tlle GovernmEnt,:ech yt
matic: Agents -are `nominated,' and . will sect be dilY:ty
Englaiid and the United ..ttatPs. Our markets
present." fi 0
[Pram t'ze Poston Pafir-of the 27th rt"v''

Captainlli:lvy!, came through the;; traits ,or °"";.c4`,,,„1;
with, the Dutch Commodore returning. from'rl'degt
against the pirates who infest thO"Fe. Strai‘s and neig':h6eirul;r°,iie
he had just put them to flight, and captnred two of thst
t 1 e
prows, which, he was taking to Batavia. It.is stg-e"..b
Hcarriedofwar on the 1.0;60010°.!;;;
French brig Theodore, from,the coact of Africa With A cri"P
which she recaptured on the 91 frain the Colotobis
General Pacz.

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• Quebec and INlontsoA 1 Pap-ers are arric
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the gist July but" • d; "*.
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to
of consegtience: •
sorT,o6
. KINGSTON, UPPZI: CAYADA, jr_iLy
'
learn iltai a further reduction is aboLtt to take
naval establishment of Canad?.

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c.n .siuth Gaz.:?tics to the en- c'
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tuary haVe heen A,ut Th„y" do tin-.
any news, except thai tie beg°.
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e are confidently assur, lei= r
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lep fromonetOs'clotitsi
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daLacerßlre
o.ehtoQnhoiritelrf
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'Us grcat pleasnre to anuouni:e/scot'
every day since his MAsi,s-ry'S arriof
land, the left meat of the: table of leis lion'. . the
at the Wateriao'liotcl. has bren sent i-rel)1
Charity• Workhous- Eflitibur,b, and
afforded several plentiftz: rcnats to bet
for
ail(l,l7,a6r7FPr7z.rsvPler.6l.l;,ikerr• has arrived in t° me
rale"'
purpose of. having a dight en.ras•tion Per
oa LI •
10-enseteorfdia.iyis ietlkeu.ne'ral Scrrnon- was lreaci:o.'
ctplo.E:
gye4maaor
ter
,ytbhoyef
tcht
hietaeipteel t.iens seoi4l,liri.ti,e°t", j+'3
T 5
The anniversary of the Festival of st:!;:lie
was yesterday
.celebrated at the French C' by
-
Chapel in King-street, ,Portman-squarel
irate
High Mass.
IWCaosts.r.e.spondent at Edinburgh "fnuill of the
mtoarucisitshoef vserrlFFuonßpnlehaasavtilntgibnteeelnligenc,ei, with!
struc-°- to go
paralytic affection. We sincerely refired of 5°,.,
thq his Lordship's state' was , considere" 161'
FA*. le
alarming a nature: that his 6011, Lord t
, borne, tine
LEVISON. GOWER, who was to have okpO"
Sceptre in the grand procession .which "or'
on Thursday last, could not perform that.,, tore
able office ; filial duty and affection havit'bt, the,
forcibly and naturally called his attentinn
eloped
td
stffiicting situation of-a truly amiable a"
parent.—(Morning Post.)