The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-09 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, DEC. s.—Yesterday, before the Coun-
-ell, the King transacted business with the Mini-
- ster of War, and the Duke of Angonleme with
,the Minister of the Marine.
On Tuesday evening a Cabinet courier was
dispatched for Madrid by the. Duke of San Lo-
renzo, the Spanish Ambassador in Paris. M.
Villanueva, appointed Minister from Spain to the
Court of Rome, and who lately passed through
Paris on his way to his destination, was, on his
passage through Turin, officially informed by
. the Pope's Nuncio at that Court, of a decree
passed by his Holiness, according to which, M.
Villanueva would not be received in his quality
of Minister to the Holy See. M. Villanueva then
determined to proceed to Genoa, whence he dis-
`patched one of the persons of his suite as a
courier to Madrid, to give au account to the
Government of the Pope's decree, and to ask in-
structions for his future conduct.—(Journal des
D ads.)
_ The Constitutionnel announces that the Prussian
Chancellor, P.rince Hardenberg, died on his
journey to Venice. It was not at Venice, but
-at Genoa, where he arrived on the 14th, that
this Minister terminated his long' and memorable
career. His death will, perhaps, lead to great
changes in the Prussian Cabinet, of which he
was the chief, with an extremely extensive power;
but for two years past he made no use of his
power, as his great age prevented him from ap-
plying to business.--(lbid.)
A letter from Munich,. dated the 26th ult.,
states that on the preceding day the marriage
contract between the Prince Royal of Sweden
and the Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg was
signed on the part of the King of Sweden by
Count Wetterstedt, and on the part of his Bava-
rian Majesty by Count Rechberg.
Extract of a private Letter from Perpignan.

" Just as it was expected, the Baron d'Eroles, not being in
force at Belvar, retreated, and left on that point only a weak
corps, which did not hold out half an hour. Mina entered
Puycerda on the 29th of November, at nine in the morning.—
The soldiers of the Army of the Faith fell back on Bourg-Ma-
dame, and took a position under the walls of the gardens, where,
on an intimation from M. Lavit, Lieut.-Col. of the 6th regiment
of light infantry,who commanded the French troops at that point,
they laid down their arms. Mina's troops immediately ceased.
firing. They inquired for the French Commander, and in-
formed him that they would respect the frontier of France. The
troops of the same General (Mina) pursued those of the Baron
d'Eroles in the mountains on the left, of Puycerda, as far as
nearly to the village of Ur.. The latter also defended them-
selves on the extreme frontier, and laid down their arms on
being desiied so to do, by chief of battalion Lafeuille. The
different parties of the Army of the Faith have taken refuge in
France. Those who penetrated into the valley of Andore, eva-
cuated it on the first order of the Syndic. Mina showed a
great respect to the privileges of that valley. The French
troops were under arms and in position on all the points where
these actions took place."—( Moniteur.)
PARIS, DEC. G.—Yesterday at eleven in the
morning the King transacted business with the
Duke de Montmorency, Minister of Foreign
Affairs. llis Majesty gave audiences to the Duke
de Fitz. James, and to the Count de Blairepoire,
Secretary to the Embassy at Constantinople.—
During the afternoon the King transacted business
ivith the Count de Villele, the President of the
Council of Ministers.

Yesterday the Count de Villele gave a diplO
matic dinner, at which their Excellencies the
Ministers were present.
It has been reported by the Constitutionnel
t hat the Prince de Polignac was appointed Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary at Madrid. This report
has no foundation in truth.

Wednesday, on the breaking up of the Coun-
cil, the Ministers met at the Hotel of the Mar-
quis de Lauriston, his Majesty's Chamberlain,
which meeting continued from three o'clock till
half-after six in the afteinoon.

M. Pozzo di Borg° arrived in Paris on Wed-
nesday, and o❑ Thursday had a conference with
the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The
Courier Francais states that the Duke of Wel-
lington arrived on Thursday.
A letter from Foix, dated the 7th, mentions
the arrival there of the Marquis de Mataflorida,
and that the Baron d'Eroles was every moment
expected.

The following has appeared in the Regulator,
a Lisbon 'Paper :

a The undersigned is ordered to signify to M.
according to all the accounts received by the British Govern-
ment,, there is nothing to justify theidea entertained by his
most Faithful Majesty and his Ministers of an invasion of the
Peninsula.

that

" The undersigned does not •hesitate-to assure his most
-Faithful Majesty, that his Majesty the King of Great Britain
will never look with indifference on any, attempt against the
-independence of Portugal ; and that his Majesty will always
be ready to afford to Portugal the protection which that coun-
try is entitled to expect from an allied nation.
(Signed) " G. CANNING."

The Monileur published yesterday the Royal
Ordonance calling out 40,000 conscripts of the
class of 1822. We read in another Journal that
another Royal Ordonance of the 27th Novem-
ber, which has not been officially .published,
-calls out the young soldiers of the class 1821, who
are still disposable.—(Constitittionnel.)

Upon what pretext can France attack 'a people who respects
her territory, and who has neither threatened nor provoked
her ? These are questions which will naturally be asked; and
as the public persist in believing that reason and interest will
. finally prevail in the decisions of Cabinets, it is concluded that
war was less probable, and the public credit has gained by this
. belief. The article inserted in the English Courier has not
checked this partial return of confidence. As this journal has
alternately declared itself for and against the Greeks, so it al)
; pears to adopt the same course in opposing and approving by
turns the war against Spain. ,We know not whether the object
.of these vacillations is to leave foreigners in uncertainty as to,
the policy of the British Cabinet. This Journal seems' to
. think, that, by the time its article should appear, hostilities
.must have already commenced between France and Spain—an
assertion which proves how ill it is informed, and leads us to
doubt the official character of the reflections which it publishes
to-day.—( Courier Francais.)
The Constituionnel in a Note on an artide in The Courier,
. in which it is said, " An armed intervention may be imme-
diately expected, and we should not be surprised to hear that
the French army had advanced on the line of the Ebro," ob-
serves, " We are astonished to see The Courier, which Wal
for a long time the great Apostle of Peace, insist so strongly on
the necessity France is under of making War."—(La Con-
. stitutionnel.)
The Journal des Debats remarks on This same passage of
The Courier:—" We are astonished to see a Journal. generally
wwellinformed as The Courier, collecting with such credulity
the reporti of the Paris Exchange. Happily for the repose of
Spain it is well ascertained that negotiations are yet going on;
of which the success is not impossible."—(Journal des. Debate.)
The Journal des Debats adds, relative to the same article in ,
:..The.,Couriery "It seems to .us that there is a contradiction be.