The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-06 00:00:00

TUE LONDON JO qRNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, Sept. 6, 1825.

[MORNING HERALD.]
King. Fe'rdinand and his Government have re-
ceived at least a respite, if not more permanent
safety, from the capture and death of Bessieres.
The insurrection appears to have been- more de-
ficient in contrivance and ability than in resources.
Bessieres did not want money, and priests, pea-
sants, and Royalist volunteers, joined him in con:
siderable numbers. Add,to this, that the troops
sent against.him in the first instance, joined the
revolt; or refused obedience: But there was no
previous organization or concert—nothing more
than a mere cry of 46 Death to the French !"
" Live the Inquisition !" and, 66 Don Carlos
King !" The mere rabble and refuse of fanatics,
malefactors, and such other persons, which were
brought together by this cry, dispersed as sud-
denly on the first panic, and Bessieres was left
almost alone in the hands of his pursuers.—
The Commandant of Madrid, with little more
than' a thousand men (the Journals say five
thousand) whose fidelity was secured by the
payment of their arrears, had no difficulty
in, putting down this insurrection. which ap-
peared so formidable. It is not likely that the
brother of Ferdinand had cognizance of the de-
sign. He is said to possess more frankness and
capacity, as well as a more austere fanaticiSm-
than his Royal brother. He must therefore have
known that, wholly unsupported abroad, and
with only a desperate factious minority at home,
he could have no real and well-founded hope of
being placed on the Throne in the room of Fer-'
dinand. The insurrection may be regarded as
defeated. All movements of the kind must have
at least a first success of a brilliant and striking
character. But here there was neither capacity
nor design, nor a single incident worth notice,
and the leader himself upon- whom so much
depended has been abandoned, captured, and
executed. - The monks and Priests have re-
tired and shrunk back, and the public
authorities are afraid to bring them to jus-
tice. A proclamation or instruction has in con.
sequence been issued, declaring them amenable
as traitors like the laity. Some Constitutionalists
arrested on suspicion, have been set at liberty.
There is even a disposition shown by the Spanish
Ministry and the French to conciliate them—by
the common and single tie of their hatred of the
fanatics and serviles. But there is one circum-
stance which, ,if it be truly stated, shows that
neither adversity, nor danger, nor escape from
danger, nor the lapse of time, can mitigate the
relentless cruelty of the Spanish Government.
The papers announce that the Chief called the
Empecinado, after two years' imprisonment,, has
been put to death. It is to be hoped this may
be incorrectly announced, as it was stated lately
that Ferdinand had commuted the sentence of
death to imprisonment for life.

[MORNING POST.]
French Papers to the 4th inst. and the Etoile
of Sunday 'reached us last night-by Express. As
they do not yet contain any intelligence from
Spain of a later date than the Telegraphic Dis-
patch which announced the execution 'of Bes-
sieres, it" is impossible to know what effect has
been produced in the Peninsula by that act of
decision and policy. It appears that on this oc-
casion some Constitutionalist Officers tendered'
their services to the General appointed to reduce
the Rebels, who accepted them and found them
useful allies in the pursuit and almost immedi-
ate capture of l3essieres and his accomplices.
It is not one of the least curious phenomena
of the .present disordered and agitated state
of Spain, that the Despot Ferdinand should
be forced-by the treasons and iusurrections of the
Ultra Royalists, to seek a refuge in the arms of.
the Liberals, -w horn he has so unrelentingly per-
secuted, and in some measure toplace himself at
their head, and to become their visible chief !
The intelligence from Greece in these papers
continues to be of a favourable character. The
affairs of the Morea are represented as drawing
to a close, but a close propitious to the cause of
patriotism and .liberty. A young American,
whose name alone ought to be a tower of strength
in a country struggling for national. independence,
Mr. William Washington, nephew to the great
and immortal Liberator of the United States,
had arrived at Hydra to engage in this sacred
war. " This young artillery officer," says
the Constitutiopel, " inheriting the virtues of
his uncle and filled with enthusiasm in the
cause of the Greeks against the Barbarians, has
taken post in their ranks and immediately set off
for Napoli di Romania." The other contents of
these Journals posseSs no political importance.
The loss incurred by speculators in consequence
of the fall which has taken place in the French
3 per cents. since the first day of their emission, is
calculated by the Arista, que at no less a sum
than
.fifty millions of francs. It- seems that
England is not the only country from which gold
is" exported. A post chaise drawn by three
horses, had several times of late passed
through Valenciennes. Its frequent appearance
at length excited suspicion, and it was stopped
on the 30th ult. early in the-morning at the gate
of Mons. The. conductors declared that it be-
longed to Messrs. Rothschild ; but the power of
that name did not check the Custom-house officers,
who persisted in making a search, and found
thiyty-one gold ingots, weighing 615 kilograms,
and. worth 2,000,000 francs, which were seized,
together with the carriage.