The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-08 00:00:00

GOTTENBURGII MAILS.

GOTTENBURGH, MARCH 29.--Af►er cutting the
ice about six English miles, the packet is at last
so near the open water, in a min harbour near
Innerholin, that the first favourable breeze will
enable her to get to sea.

A ship that left Plymouth on the Bth February,
from St. Übe's, with salt, for the Baltic, has
been on the ice, off Marstrand, with the loss of
cables and anchors,. ever since the latter part of
that month.. Some men, with pilots from "Mar-
strand, have got on board her, and we learn that
she has seen no packet whilst lying there.
The passengers that were landed in Norway
from the. Lark, Diana, and extra packet, have
arrived here, after• having experienced the greatest
hardships : they report, .that there appeared to
be nn sort of order existing there, and that after•
having been arrested and set at liberty by the Ci-
vil Authority, they were again errested by the
Military Authority, and *were in the whole under
arrest for i 1 days, when 'they were finally libe-
rated by order of the Crown Prince of Denmark.
This Prince, it is confidently said, has declared
himself Regent of Norway, 'and written a 4etter
to the King of Sweden, recommending that the
Kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden,
should be united, and he be elected Crown Prince.

SPANISH PAPERS,.

SITTING OF THE CORTES, MARCH 24.

A message was received from the Secretary of
State; informing the Cortes of a letter which bad,
on the preceding night, been brought by the gar..
shal de Camp) non Jose Zayas, sigpFd: by King
Ferdinand VU. and acquainting thelle;,..7ency, that,
on the 13th instant, he Meant to set out from Va-
lency for Perpignan ; • and that he was anxious to
arrive speedily in Spain, meaning to come by way
of Catalonia.

This information excited
°great enthusiasm
among many of the Members ; and Senor Arispe
proposed that the Regency sho►tild send the ori-
ginal letter 'of his Majesty:, as the Cortes must he
anxious to see it. Alter some eonxersation, this
. '
was agreed to ; and the Secretarrot State went
to bring the letter. In a short time he returned,
and observed; that the letter containetl,no secrets,
but the Regency had at first thought that ought
to be read in a secret sitting, from a principle of
decorum towards the King. He, however, now
re4it as follows :

" The contents of the letter which theßegency
wrote to me, under date of Jan. 28, and trans-
mitted by Don Jose de Palafox, were extremely
grateful to me. From it r perceived: how
anxiously the nation desired my return ; I myself
do not Jess wish it, in order to dedicate my ef-
forts, upon my arrival on the Spanish 'territory,
to form the felicity of my beloved subjects
(vasalto►s), to whom on so many accounts I am
indebted.

(4. I have the satisfaction to acquaint the Re-
gency, that my return will forthwith take place ;
since it is my intention to depart. from hence on
the 13th inst. on the route for Catalonia; and in
consequence the Regency will take the measures
which it may deem necessary, after having heard
the bearer of this letter, Don Jose de Zayas,
with regard to'every thing that may relate to my
journey.

" With regard to the re-establishment of the
Cortes, of which the Regency speak to me in
their letter, a well as every thing that 'may have
been done, (luring my absence, usefully to the king-
dom, it will always merit my approbation, as
conforinable to my Royal intentions.
Valency, 'Match 10. (Signed) " FERDINAND."

During, and after the reading of the letter, extra-
ordinary applause was testified ; and the letter was
handed about to many of the Deputies, who were
anxious to see his Majesty's signature. it was
read a second time, at the request of some Gen-
tlemen, and on coming to the word " subjects,"
a voice exclaimed " We are not subjects !"
Senor AR/SkE,---The voice which interrupted
the Secretary, saying, g' We are .rtiri.ithjects,!'
filled me with pleasure. We are not in effect va-
satins of any but, the law : bUt the nignlkunate
Ferdinand, who has never seen the ,&institution,
rm. ay be excused, since even from patriots words
peculiar to the ancient despotism have occasionally
'escaped. He then apostrophised the King in an
address full 9f patriotic and truly Spanish senti-
ments : concruding with the two folloWing pro-
positions, which were approved :--
Ist, That the Regency should be invited to
adopt the necessary measures that the King may
take the oath to-the Constitution, in the Hall of
sittings of Donna Maria de Aragon.
2d. That the Cortes request the Regency to
confer some mark of attention on the bearer of
the King's letter.
MADRID, Mancu 24. Iu relation to the ex..
pected arrival of his Majesty, we have only to add,
that on the 9th he received from the French. Go-
vernment ten or twelve -blank passports, wherein
he-might insert the names of any individuals he
pleased. This night General Zayas set oil post,
but we know not whither.
MAvato,
MAnott 22.
--Gerona,
Gerona, 016 t, and Puy-
ccdra, are now free ; so that, there remain to the
enemy only three or four fortresses in Catalonia,
together with Peniscola and Murviedro,
TA RBA GON , nll 1 7.—The Of Bar-
celona continues to increase in strictness. The
enemy's garrison having suffered severely in a late
sally, have nut made another ; and though almOst
constantly on duty, they.are unable to Cover the
whole extent of the place. On the 2d instant
Hubert, the Governor, issued an order for expel-
ling sw:ti of the inhabitants as had not prOvisions
for scveral months.

GRA LYADA, llnxca 13.--This day possession of
the do:nain called the Soti de Roma was given to
the Agent of Lord Wellington.