The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-17 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

EXTRACTS- FR"M THE DAI IN MORNING PAPERS,
October 17, 1822.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
In- addition to the patriotic appointments of
President and Vice-President of the Extraordi-
nary Cortes of Spain, we find that the choice of
Secretaries has equally evinced the purity of the
Constitutional spirit which actually presides over
the affairs of that country. Gonzalo Alonzo is a
Liberal in the superlative degree. Serrano was
a Judge of the first instance at Valencia, and
-well known for having, in defiance of proffered'
bribes, influence, and even threats, condemned
the notorious General Elio to death. lie has
been always energetic in the cause of liberty.
Moreno and Zalueta have also distinguished
themselves by the rectitude of their principles.
By such men, it is not probable that the French
Bourbon or Ultra stratagems of violating the dis-
patches of Ambassadors will be allowed to pro-
duce the wished-for results, or to escape appro-
priate punishment.

Dion.NlSzo POST.]
French Journals to the 15th inst. reached us
last night by Express. They are uncommonly
barren of intelligence and contain little more than
apeculations respecting the probable course to
be adopted by the Congress of Verona. In these
speculations the 44 colour" of the different parties
prevails, and wishes hold the place of argument.
But as those wishes are on all sides carried too
far, it. is more than likely that they will all be
disappointed, and that the measures proposed by
the Congress will tend to allay the fermentation
which exists in the popular mind throughout the
Continent, instead of encouraging rebellion, what-
ever name it may assume, and patronizing civil
war. An article of the 3d instant from Vienna
says that all the individuals attached to the ser-
vice of the Mottarchs_or to the Diplomatic Body
were quitting that papital for Verona. The de-
parture of his Grace the Duke of Wellington
was not to take place before the sth instant.

[NEW TIMES.]
It cannot fail to be observed, that the Speech
of the King of Spain admits that the enemies of
the Constitution have on their side " a consider-
able number of. Spaniards, and that the civil
war has spread over " Arragon, Catalonia, and
other neighbouring Provinces." Not a single
victory is boasted on the part of the Rupublicans.
Not a ray of hope is held out of speedy conci-
liation ;. but the Cortes are told that " the Na-
tion stands in need of a powerful arm which at
one blow should put an end to the audacity of
her rebel sons "—in other wolds, the power,
which was thought intolerable in the hands of a
Monarch, must be doubled in the hands of a
band of desperate and ferocious adventurers—
tyranny and terror must be the order of the
day—fire and sword must be carried through
the Provinces that refuse to bend to the
degrading yoke of a mad democracy. In the
desperate bankrupt state, of the Republican
finances, supported solely by loans from abroad,
they propose to double their army ! They are to
have on foot above a hundred thousand soldiers,
to carry on the war against their own country-
men ! r 0
! " the day-star of Liberty" always
rises in blood for such votaries as these. The
French Liberal Papers inform us, however, that
even this is not enough for the Descumisados, but
they must call in foreigners to aid them in bend-
ing their unhappy country to the yoke. Four
thousand Portuguese, it is said, are immediately
to be marched into Spain. But will Europe stand
by, and see this horrible sacrifice of the rights
and liberties of the Spanish nation ?

[THE TIMES.]
We do not blame the present Emperor o
Russia for not interfering more actively in the
affairs of Greece. Taking his Imperial Majesty's
conduct upon this point singly into consideration,
we will allow that there may be many just reasons
for not involving his subjects in a war, even for
the important purpose of preventing the extinc-
tion of a fair portion of that Church to which
they belong, in realms contiguous to his states :
but it is impossible to ascertain general principles
from a single incident. Every such incident must
be viewed in its connexion with others of a
similar character, and from thence the line of
policy may be traced. Coupling, therefore, the
acknowledged fact, that his Majesty will not
draw the sword for the preservation of the Greek
Church at home, and that he will draw it to
re-establish in far distant regions a faith totally
opposed to the Greek Church, we assert the
inference to be indubitable—that his Majesty
must be himself an enemy and prosector of
the faith of his subjects. Besides, we have
seen above, that Peter the Great imposed
an oath, the purport of which was to assert to
himself the supremacy of the Church : a suc-
cessor of that Sovereign goes to war to re-esta-
blish and propagate a faith, by which' he is ex-
communicated and condemned to eternal pains
if he presume to claim the suprelnacy in question,
and which is his by the constitution of Russia.
Is not this virtually relinquishing the headship
of the Church—the brightest attribute of sove-
reignty in the ruler of an independent State?
We have spoken with freedom ; but it will be
observed that it is altogether upon a supposition
that may be ill-founded. The Emperor of Rus-
sia is too wise, too just, and too humane, to send
his troops into Spain to be massacred, and to
massacre, .by the side of the " Army of the
Faith." In showing such a course to be impo-
litic and wicked, we trust we have proved him
incapable of pursuing it; and so have only de-
fended his character from a slanderous report.

[nainsir Plums.]
We have received Bayonne Papers, which
state that a communication has been made by the
. Members of the Holy Alliance to the Spanish
'Government, requiring a change in the Constituf
tion decreed by, the Cortes. This pr,oposition,
is said, was discussed in the sitting of the Coun-
cil of State at Madrid on the 29th last, in which

it produced an animated debate. The result I
was not known, but it was generally supposed
that the proposition would be rejected. The
Constitution of Spain is founded upon a true
basis:—it has been raised by the purest hands,
and both Prince and People have volun-
tarily sworn to maintain it. The only per-
sons in Spain opposed to the established order
lof things is a body of Monks and Priests,
with. whose private interests and prejudices it is
incompatible. These men, associating with others
of desperate character of every description, have
for some time carried on a sort of guerilla war-
fare in the north of Spain, where, from its con-
tiguity with France, they look for the support
of congenial sentiments, prejudices, and passions.
That support, we are sorry to say, they have re-
ceived, for without it they would have long since
ceased to disturb the tranquillity of their country.
This is the present state of Spain,and, with a few
exceptions, there is not a country in Europe the
internal state of which furnishes less pretence for
foreigti interference.

[MORNING HEtIALD.]
It were idle to notice the daily rumours re-
specting the views and movements of the Con-
gress, Now it is said that Austria and Russia
are disagreed respecting Spain. It is somewhat
strange that they should not have _understood
each other upon a point so essential much sooner.
The Emperor of Austria is represented as desiring
that the Junta of Seo d'Urgel should be left to
the undivided honour of restoring ,the Inquision,
whilst the Emperor of Russia thinks the busi-
ness might be better done by assisting the Junta
with some hundred thousand foreign bayonets—
Lastly, it is antiounced that the matter will end
in a joint Manifesto from the, Sovereigns, ex-
pressing their high disapprobation of the turn,
which the Spanish revolution has latterly taken.
We see no turn, but the turning out of a Ministry,
which gave signs, if not of perfidy, at least of
imbecility. No excesses have been committed,
and changes made in the frame of the Constitu-
tion. The Manifesto, too, would be a " most
lame avid impotent conclusion," after so much
pomp of preparation. The effect of a Manifesto
has been tried already. Spain was included in
:the declaration of high displeasure, which issued
from the ConoTess at Laybach, previous to the
invasion of Naples and Piedmont. But the
Spaniards did notappear in the least disturbed by it

—no more than if it were a threat of excommu-
nication from the Vatican,. or of Jove's thunder
bolt from 'Mount Olympus- It is time that the
sort of guardianship, which these Sovereigns have
usurped over Continental Europe, should cease.
It is utterly incompatible with the independence
of nations, in their internal Governments, and we
believe it is fast approaching its euthanasia.

EDINBIJIMIL, OCT. 11.—At half-past two P. M.
yesterday, Commodore O'BnIEN (the urchin so called) embark-
ed in the Wet Dockat Leith, on board a vessel, the Royal Gift,
which, by his Majesty's command, has been built for him
in the naval yard. The Commodore took his station in
midships, where he sat as erectly as when he adventured
out in his former tiny bark, with the intention of paying his
respects to the King off Queensferry, upon which occasion he
was wrecked upon the Forth—lost his ship, and, notwith-
standing he is a cripple, saved himself by swimming. The
Royal Gift is a very handsome cutter-rigged vessel. It af-
fords him just room enough to stow comfortably his lum-
ber quarters in the hold, while his bust, and the only part
of his body which is capable of proper action, appear upon
deck. His natural deformity being thus disposed below,
the Commodore would pass to a stranger, for a lusty little
lad, the picture of health. A blue foraging cap with gold
lace band, blue jacket, and white trowsers, were the deco-
ration of his person. Having, amid the cheers of the
spectators, paddled his way out into the East basin, the
sailor began to brace his tackling, , which he appeared to
manage with great dexterity and ease. The wind proved too
high to admit of the gaft-topsail being set, and the Commo-
dore also judged it prudent to lower his topmast. With
this precaution, he set out upon a trial of his new vessel.
She proved a good sea-boat and fast sailer, and in scudding
before the wind appeared to go almost with the wind's velo-
city ; but in bearing up to windward, the dock evidently did
not afford her sea-room enough ; allowing for which she
seemed to bear up very effectually. Soon after the Commo-
dore had commenced his operations, a great deal of mirth
was excited by the appearance of a ship-carpenter in a boat,
apparently but half the size of the Royal' Gift. Upon this
nutshell heaving in sight, the Commodore instantly bore down
upon her, as though threatening to run her down ; but, we sup-
pose, ascertaining her to be a friendly paddle (for sail she
boasted none), the Commodore allowed her to pass unmo-
lested. The last advice from our agent at Leith is- dated—
" Half-past three—Commodore at sea ; when he comes ashore,
you shall hear a little more."

ALARMING FIRE.-At four o'clock yesterday
morning, as the watchman was going his rounds
calling the hour, he observed a fire issuing from
the windows of the third floor, at the house of
Mr. REX, grocer, Radcliff-highway ; he sprung
his rattle, called out " Fire, fire !" The whole
neighbourhood were instantly alarmed ; the
inmates, who were all asleep at the time,
were with difficulty roused from their beds,
and had barely time to effect their escape,
and that in a state bordering on nudity, be-
fore the whole was wrapped in a volume of
flames. Several engines arrived in a little time,
but the fire had gained such an ascendancy,
that all efforts to save the building were unavail-
ing, and it and the back premises fell a prey to
the devouring element; the engines being well'
supplied with water, confined the fire within the
limits, and prevented its spreading. All the
stock in trade, books, furniture, wearing ap-
parel, &c. were consumed. We understand that
Mr. Rex was insured only to a small amount
considering his great loss. There are various
reports as to how the fire originated—one is, that
it. began in the nursery; another, that it began
in the chamber of a person who lay sick.

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A most alarming occurrence took place on
Monday last at the house of Mr. lIcAsLER, a
smith, in Pear Tree-court, Clerkenw ell-close.
A dog of his, which was seized with hydro.
phobia, hit two of Mr. Ifeasler's children, one
aged ten and the other eight years ; the eldest
was bit in the left eye, and the youngest in the
cheek. The children were both taken to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, where a caustic was
applied to the wound on the eye of the eldest,
and the flesh cut off from the wound in the cheek
of the youngest. The dog was killed, and the
body was opened and examined by the surgeons,
who have ascertained the animal to be mad. No-
thing can exceed the trouble of the family; they
have the eldest child at home, the youngest re-
, mains in,the Hospital.