The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-27 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, SEPT. ib.—A,Commissiott of Officers,
appointed for that purpose, has classed the soldiers of the
Guards who took the position in the Pardo. They have been
divided into three classes. I. The innocent. 2. Not altoge-
ther innocent. 3. The guilty. Those of the first class are to
be distributed in the corps of the army. Those of the second
class are also to be distributed in other corps, but will lose part
of the time for which they were enlisted, and will therefore
have to serve longer. The third class will be tried. The Ayun-
tamiento of Barcelona are employed in finding work for the
labourers, which is one of the best means that can be devised to
prevent the factious bands from. obtaining recruits.
SEPTEMBER 11.—The examinations which have just taken
place in the Primary Lancasterian School.prove the excellence
of that method of education.

We lately announced that the Priest Cozar was, in pursuance
of his sentence, executed at Ronda on the 28th ultimo. Mo.
rales, another Priest, who carried the standard of the Faith, has
undergone the same punishment.
The last mail from France was stopped near Madrigaligo.-1
The robbers, after binding the unfortunate courier, conveyed
the car off the road, and took possession of the correspondence.
They then held a conference to detqmine what they would do
with him. Some were for putting him into the car and setting
fire to it ; others were for cutting off his ears ; and a ti,ird set
proposed to set him up as a mark to shoot at. While this dis-
cussion was going on, the diligence appeared. It was also taken
off the road, and the passengers were plundered. The two car-
riages were then burnt, and. the travellers were obliged to pro-
ceed on foot, As there is no rebel corps of any consequence in
that neighbourhood, and as the stopping of the mails and carry-
ing oir all the correspondence indicate political views, it is pro-
bable that these robbers are hired to do this work by the enemies
a the constitutional system.
Letters from Valencia bring a copy of the sentence of the
Court-Martial on General Elio, which was confirmed on the 3d
instant' by the ComMandant of the District. It concludes in the
following terms :—" The Court have condemned, and do con-
demn, by an unanimity of votes, the said Lieutenant-General
Don Xavier Elio to the ordinary punishment of the garrote, as
provided ,for by the first article of the law of April 16, 1821, he
beipg previously degraded." •
The form of the notification of the sentence is as follows :
" In the citadel of Valencia, this 3d of September, 1822, Don
Thomas Hernandez, Lieutenant of Grenadiers of the Second
Battalion of the National Volunteer Militia, in virtue of the
sentence approved by the Commandant of the troops of this
province, proceeded, accompanied by me, the notary, to the
prison of the fort in which was Lieut.-Gen. Xavier Elio, the
delinquent in this process, to notify to him the sentence, and
,having read it to him, a confessor was called, in ordtv that he
might prepare himself like a Christian; and in proof of the same
being done, the said Senor subscribed the notification; as I the
undersigned Notary do certify.
(Signed) 44 THOMAS HERNANDEZ.
"Before me, MANUEL SANCHEZ CASTILLO."

On the 4th, at eleven in the forenoon, the sentence was exe-
cuted. Elio was brought out of the ort, where he had been
under confession ; he was escorted by two companies of grena-
diers, and a piquet of cavalry, along the road which passes
round the new public walk, and the wall of the Convent of Pre-
dicadores to the Puerta del Real, the spacious plain' on which
the scaffold was erected. There he expiated his treasons. 'The
people behaved with that propriety which has always charac-
terized the Valencians. The greatest order and tranquillity
prevailed. Never was the patriotic spirit Are favourablerto
the progress of liberty.
SEPTEMBER 12.—Baron'Eroles appears to have left the See
de Urgel with 200 foot and 100 hots; and to have proceeded to-
wards Paris. - '
Letters from Alicant state that the National troops have
defeated the factious in the neighbourhood of the pass of Ju-
milla. The banditti abandoned six horses, loaded with silks
of great value, a considerable quantity of arms, and other
property.
On the 4th Genera Mina marched from Saragossa, and
expected to reach Lerida on the 7th. We have already stated
that the first operation of this able Commander would be di-
rected against the Seo de UFgcl, whither it is believed the
whole faction will retire, leaving a small force at Balaguar.
All the world is impatient to learn the resolves of the ap-,
proaching Cong Tess of Verona, and all eyes watch the conduct
of the new Ministry of Spain. The rise of the Spanish funds
proves, however, that speculators entertain no fear of the fate
of the Peninsula.
The 'extraordinary couriers which have recently left Madrid
have experienced no interruption on their way, and detach-
ments which protect the communications on the frontiers are
now posted on the necessary points. We have, therefore,
past, justly disquieted the public, will not recur
ria ;on to believe that the irregularities which have, for these
scme days
again ; and we perceive,- wO. much satisfaction, that the Go-
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