The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-22 00:00:00

AMERICA:

Extra'et of a triter frok¢ a Mercantile Friend; of our's in
Motile, dated .1117IC 3, .1822.
: "We are now becoming naturalized to this country and more
able to underatand the people, and more reconciled to the cli-
mate. AlthoUgh it is but the eighth of June, the weather is
corieidered to have reached its utmost degree of heat. Imagitie
the hotteit weather yen]. ever felt, continued for three months.
without intermission, accompanied by clouds of musquitoes
and armies of fleas, and you will have an idea of our summer.
We are enabled, however, to sustain it by the aid of the south-
erly breeze which lallaws in from the lea and tempera the air ;
aad by adopting the manner of living which the Creoles prac-
tice. We retire at nine, for then the breeze springs up, bring-
ing coolness with it—but alas ! bringing musquitoes too !so we
entrench ourselves behind the musquitoe net, or tar, as it is
termed here, and sleep till sunrise, when we rise also and take
coffee ; breakfast at seven, on claret and bread and batter ;
dine at two ; . take coffee again at four ; and eat our last
meal at seven. The constant advice of the natives•is, to
take time and keep ourselves easy, and you may be cure
we feel no inclination to do otherwise. We crawl -about
like snails, and the very thought how you are hurrying
and running in .New York, sets me in a lever. The luxu-
riance and quickness of vegetation here surprises a morthern•
eye. The window at which I am sitting looks upon an old
Spanish Court-yard, where the orange, the myrtle orange,
the pomegranate, and the fig, are growing in all their natural
beauty apd wildness. Corn reaches a height and richness that
I never have seen, equalled. The soil to look at would be pro-
noUnced "flat, stale and unprofitable;" but that it is produc-
tive, appears ,from the fact of there being a fine vegetable
market this 'summer, Mostly yielded from gardens, which last
season were a rank sod. The woods are decorated with a va-
riety of wild flowers, such as the passion' flower, sensitive
plant, honey:.suckle, myrtle, jasmine ind sweet willfam, be;
sides many that have no name.—The roughness of aharacter
ascribed to these new states, I heYe-rather heard of than wit-
nessed. It is not to be denied, however, that customs are sanc-
tioned here, from which a northern person shrinks with abhor-'
rencea A few days since, two lawyers had some dithrenee,
which proceeded to bkows e when one bit the other severely,
and egeug,ed both his eyes so much; as to leave pretty severe
marks of the danger they had 'peen in. Our diagast, when it
was .related at the table, was laughed at as a prejudice, and the
practice defended by gentlemen whose manners are as refined
and pleasing as posaible. The bargemen who bring cotton down
the rivers are a moStdissolute set, and are known -by the signi-
ficant name of is their general term ; but they
are divided into classes, such as—Tasca:usa lioarers, 211aNitna
Screamers, Caher....-ba Scroueers, and the like gentle • names.
These fellois, whose meat and drink it is to fight, challenge
each other by crowing like a cock, or neighing like an ass, from
their respective boats ; and when these odd sounds are heard
loud at niaht, there is certainly a fair set to in the-morning,
and thank-Sao our excellent Mayor, a suite of apartments pre-
pared for them. in the powder house, •which serves as a city
bridewell, and noes by the name of the Caliboose ; a word of
terror to eachßowdie's ear. There is not, however, either in
the lower or the more.vespectable classes, any disposition to
wanton insult. A temperate but firm demeanour, anp on avow-
ed &term' • te
Ina ion, neither to give nor take an affront, will carry
a man %meet* through."

. .
~:silts, A uc-, 19.--(Extract of a'...Le;ter froni
Colmar.)—" After. a deliberation of four .:hours'
and a half, the Jury left.the Chamber of Coitucil;
As
,soon as their declaration had been, read,• the
accused re-entered. The President pronounced
the acquittal of
,nineteen of them, and directed-
that they should he immediately set at liberty.
. They were preparing to quit the bench, but by.a
spontaneous 'movement they returned, and all
proceeded to. embrace Col. Dublaci and
Guinand, whoa waited the judgment of the Court.•
This scene affected .all who were present. Thti
accused who were acquitted left the room, but
they did not appear rejoiced at the liberty which
had been restored to them ; many of them burst
into tears,, and all seemed overwhelmed. with
S'o'rrow.—The accused, who reCeived,the.,sentence
ol'the Court, beard with tranquillity the maximum
of punishment which could be inflicted on theni
r.
in consequence-of. the finding, of the Jury. Gui-
nand never lost the air of composure which he
maintained dUring .the whole proceedings ; the
countenance of Dublar was equally unmoved ;
the- Colonel alone seemed somewhat depressed
after hearing the declaration of the Jury ; he
was heard to Mention his wife and children, but
as soon as the sentence of the Court was pro--;
nounced, be resumed his ordinary attitude.—The,
peciPle surrounded the accused as they left the
Court, and testified their satisfaction at the result
of the proceedings.—The pit Wit; peace has not.
been far a • moment disturbed. The Mayor of
Colmar, dressed in uniform, stood before the
'Court while the sentence was pronounced, haviii4
the Commissaries of the Police on each side,-and
three Serieants of the Municipality behind hint."
—(Le Constitutionnel.)
.The Courier from
.Spain has not arrived this
day, it is said that he his been seized by. the •
factiOns.at Salines, at the distance of two leagues.-
from Vittoria. The accounts from the frontier'
possess little interest. The only iMportant cii•-
curnstance is the arrival of Mina in his Govern--
ment. The inhabitants place the utmost confi-
denCe in him.—(Le Constitutionnel.)
'VIENNA? A COLIST —ltB is said that the Conr,
tress will not be holden in Verona, but. in this 4,,
pital ; their Majesties the Emperor of itu'ssia aim
the King of Prussia are expected. here linrr)tl
i diat 1
el.--;-(La 'Quaid/en:ie.)
,

FRANKFORT: AUG. l4.—(Extract Of a Letter..
.from St. Penr•sburgli.)—" M. de Poletica, our
• Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the United States, having fur some kifpe.
demanded his recal on account of .his health;
the Baroin de Thuyk, formerly EtIVOY Extiii-
orditiary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Court of Lisbon, is about to succeed him."
, FRONTIERS OF SPAIN.---Extract of a Lettioc
from Bayonne,l,.eittg. 13.)—" Letters frac('
varre state that Advantages have been ob-ta,iue4.
by the Army of the Faith,, and Opitia Corps 24,,
Constitutionalists ;has bell recently, 4eS,tated atatle,
short distance froin Parnpeluna. e opinionNfc„,,
many persons is, that General Questda has acte4
with too much reserve, and that if he' hi 4 brpught
his troops into active service,- thro.;,prpvinces
would have rallied under the Royal standard
ft is said that the Apostolic. Junta has expresse4.,
a wish to be re-organised, but nothing certain :As.
knOwn ; and these rumours may probAhly
spread by the Liberals, with a view of treating
a division among the Royalists, who frequently..
disagree, not from a want of good will, but from
the difficulty of communicating and concertiv,
their operations. The letters which we have rer,,
ceived from Arragon and Catalonia state that the
Royalists are masters of almost the whole of the,
latter province. The Marquis de Mata Florida
presides over the Provisional Government esta-
bli'shed at :;an "Urge', and Whatever the Liberals

L may say, is on perfectly good terms with the
Trappist. The object of all the movements of
the it6yalists is to infest. Figueras and Gerona.
A part of the district of Barcelona has raised the
standard of Faith. Olot, Boldelu7' ,
and Berga, will be obliged to surrender for" Want
of succour, and Orgarija has already surrenclere(L,,,
Puicerda, &tier, Urgel, which are in the poWer,
of the Royalists, are constantly detaching troops
which harass the Constitutionalists, so that they,
know riot what points it is most essential to de-.
fend."—(La Quotidienne.)
BAya-k4V.,. Aua. o.—The courier wio-n we
expected this day from Madrid has not arrived.
We understand that he has been arrested by a
detachment of the Army of the Faith
but we are assured,that during the conflict main-
tained by his escort, the courier retreated towards
Vittoria. We have. seen pass here a Secretary
of the English Legation to Madrid, coming from
London, and returning to his destination.—
Although he staid but a few hours in this town,
our Liberals have, nevertheless,
..had time to get
all his secrets feem him. The Journals of their

party will not fail to inform you that this discreet
diplomati!t has communicated to them in confi-
dence, that he was the bearer of a treaty of alli-
ance, offensive and defensive, between England,
Spain, and Portugal : Risum teneatis, amici
(JoUrnaldes Debut 4.)
The department of the Lower Rhine has been
for the last four mouths afflicted With a scourge,
which has thrown the inhabitants into the utmo-Ft:

Consternation, and reduced them to a site ntien
truly deplorable. The sufferings of this district

have arisen from the incredible ravages of mice:
The arrendissement's of Saverne and Strasburgli
have been nlost exposed to their depredntionsc,
These destructive animals haVe multiplied there
to such a degree, that in the district of. Saverne.
I,s7o,oCohave been take-n in a fortnight, andnearly
ns many have perished in their holes. The-crops

•14ave been nearly 'destroyed in many Communes,
nd,the pota toes, the last resource of cultivators, are
attacked and threatened with destruction.. What
:!‘,e mice have spared his been carried- away by
storms. On the 2.3c1, a dreadful storm burst
Qvir the town and environs of Strasburg,especially over the districts of Marienheim and
Da.ppigheim, where. the crops were alMost
ci rely destroyed, and the loss estimatectat-509,000
fait) ci.—(Juunwl des Debuts.)
.51.1 VE‘NCE, JULY 1 3.—Thei)olitical Inquisition
,stat, tithed in this city sees With pain the moment.
its dissolution approach. It has to present a
general Report to the Diet at its meeting, after
-which, it is -said,- it will be dissolved. In
splie(6l the microscopical attention with which-this
inquisitorial tribunal has reported the smallest
• details of its smalle.st operations, it was not
Ltile 'to prove, in its first report; that it had been
of any utility. It is necessary to labour hard to
.give importance to the facts" which are to. be_con-
tained in the additional report, intended to com-
plete. its marvellous labours, •destined in future
to form the amusement of the :public,. With a
• Rill knowledge:of the whole affair, posterity will
• be able to decide on the subtility of vision,
Which Was necessary to perceive the almost im-
perceptible atoms which constitute the facts -arta,
by the inquisition at.Mayence. - In its first
-liepoitto the Diet the Inquisition Chiefly dwelt on
the trouble it had. taken to make something out
•-Of- nothing. "• Our. task," irstated, " was to
cempose the history of the demagogical intrigues
which' have kistecl more than 10 years, and
preail themselves over' 'the greater part of
:find to effect this we have -been
utiiiged- to consult AbousendS 'Of documents,
part of which were slot authentic' copies,
'and .tlubtfireds of processes in '..general very
-incomplete." Filially, the Tribunal, after hay-
compiled, divided, analySed,' and com-
pounded, announces that it thought p'rop'er to an-
. hex to its report thirty-two separateMernolts,
more or less extensive, and supported by doCu-
ments.. These thirty-two Memoirs are entitled
. as follow :

1. On the Society for promoting Virtne-Tugend Bund.-
2. On the Charlottenburgh Association.-3, On the Germanic
Sicciety, founded at Berlin in 1810.-4. On the Germanic So-
ciety, founded by Stuckradt and Luxheim, in 1810 and 1811.-
43. On the Project of a Germanic Society, by Haoul Zacharias
,Hecker, at Gotha.-6. On M. Gnmer, in 1812-7. On the
Connections of Arndt, up to 1813-8. On the same, in 1813
and 1814.-9. On the Germanic Societies.-30. On the Onion
planned in 1816, at Usingen,and the Connections of M. Hoff-
man.-11. On the Germanic Society of Darmstadt.,-12. On
the Advice of Mr. Counsellor Schmalz, relative to Secret Socie-
ties.-12. On the Project of Societies without Itenlation.-
14. On the Participation of the brothers Louis .and William
Schnell in revolutionary intrigues.-15.—0n the Germanic So-
ciety at Heidelberg, in 1815 and 1816.-46. On the intrigues at
Giesson.-17. On the Society without Regulations at Darna-
ste.dt.-18. On the. Propagation of Demagogical Principles at
Balzhach.-19. On the Society called the Brothers, at Mar-
hcorg.-L-20. On Gymnastic Exercises (TurnXebungen).-21.
On the Siidieties of Students (Burschenschaften).-22. On the
Wartbourg Fete.-23. On the Propagation of Addresses soli-
Citing the Establishment of Constitutional Representatives.—'
24. Or. the Intrigues and Political Societies at ;Tena.-25. On
the Song " The Voutli of Germany to the People of Germany."
On the Societies at .Fribourg.-27. On the Political In-
trigues at Berlin.-28. On the Denunciations of Dr. Philip
and itis five.-29. On -the Political Catechism.-30. On
Charles L2liis Sand.--31. On the Apothecary Loening, his
paitielpition in dmagogical intrigues, and his attempt at as-
sansinatioa.-32.. On the Unions of the Deputies of the Princi-
sality of Stwkenbourg (Hesse Darmstadt), which took place in
tat -autumn c...f 1819.