The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-25 00:00:00

SPAIN.

(PROM A BELGIC PAPER.)
MADRID, JULY 21.
We at length approach the denouement of a
political drama, the most monstrous that stupidity and igno-
rance ever pertcrmed on the theatre of the world. We are at
the crisis cf that ministerial conspiracy, the exposure of which
must reveal to Us the secrets of many others. Justice, common-
sense, national rights, and the manes of Riego are about to be
avenged and a Ministry which have forfeited their honours,
betrayed their country, and sold the South of Europe, will soon
experience the chastisement which Heaven always reservmfor
the wicked. '

In cur.aequence of events, the traitors and the conquered hav-
ing disappeared, the auxiliaries and those they .came to assist,
found themselves alone, and opposed to each other. Hatred of
the allies was then soon displayed. The cry of the initiated ab-
selutiste was—" Death to the French." The Navarre Army
of the Faith on its part put the Prince Generalissimo out of the
law of nations. French Royalist blood was shed in the capital,
lay the hands of Spanish Royalists. The tocsin was to be rung,
and the Sicilian vespers renewed when the King uttered a word
of disproval; and that word stopped the business. They then
began to think him an Afrance:ada : the Clergy were alarmed,
and set about confederating. They heated the minds of the
people and the volunteers, and plotted the deposing of 'Ferdi-
nand, and the proclaiming of Charles.
While all this was passing, a certain 'Power always on the
watch, looked on with pleasure, and had agents in the Aposto-
lic Junta and the King's Council. The French Government
then perceived its danger, and while talking of saving Spain,
found that it had need to save itself. It was at first intended
to strike terror by some great political blow, but the Apostolic
Junta defeated this plan, and threw the agents of it, Cruz,
Llano, and 34 officers of the Guards into prison. It was then
wished to get the'lnfants Carlos and Francisco, under some
pretext or other, out of Spain ; but the Junta were on their
guard against this scheme, and rendered it abortive. It was
finally planned that the Royal Family should, come to the Ebro,
and follow the.example set by the King of Portugal; but this
third contrivance was likewise disappointed by the Junta. The
French Government then resolved upon attacking the Junta in
its formation ; but instead of producing the expected effect, the
removal of Father Cirillo, the Royal Secretary Ugarte, and the
Minister Eymeric, served only to irritate still more the abso-
lutists. This party, in fact, had obtained a most formidable
attitude, in consequence of the totally absurd and erroneous
conduct of the French Government, which is responsible to
'Spain, to France, and to all the world, for the horrors com-
mitted in the Peninsula, in consequence of the unjust ground,
and the bad management of its interference.
The boldness of the fanatical party grew with its success, the
alarm of the French Government with the daring of the
Royalists, and the stupor of King Ferdinand with the fears
of the French and the rebellion of his best servants. Thus, by
their conduct in Spain, the French Ministers have entirely
•compromised Ferdinand's crown. In this state of things, what
is to he done ? "If it be true," the French Government and
the unfortunate King of Spain may say, " that the absolute
party consists of the great majority of the people, and that the
theocratic government is the de facto government of Spain, as
we have said a thousand times over and over to the whole
world, we arc ruined by our own handy-work, and legitimacy
is destroyed by its rated zealous defenders. What course then
shall we adopt amidst the cries which we have provoked ?
'There remains for us only one." This single course is again
-nothing else but a plot. What an uninterrupted series of

-scendalous transactions
To overawe the Carlistoi, or partisans of Carlos, two camps
ire to be established at Bayonne and Perpignan. This arrange-
ment Once completed, the Royal Family will quit La Granja,
and approach the French frontiers. When King Ferdinand
gets there, and is surrounded by the leaders of the moderate
.party, he will issue proclamationv in the name of legitimacy
"sod ids allies, will order the disarming of the Royalist volun-
teers, and the banishment of the Carlisto faction. fie will
talk at the same time of oblivion of the past, of the union of
parties, of representative government, and ,of a charter. To
procure a concurrence in this grand scheme, agents are already
charged to give semi-confidential hints to persons who, while
in the Cortes, were remarked for their extreme moderation ;
sorne.have also thrown out offers to the men whose perfi-
dious and ridiculous tergiversations have already been judged
and condemned by publie opinion. Finally, others have dared
to make propositions for neutralizing the influence of those
who have Jost every thing except the character of honour and
energy.
Meanwhile, will the Apostolic Junta—that part of the faith
which the Cabinet of the Tuileries rented, nursed, armed,
and protected—be able to ward off the blow aimed against it ?
We have good reason to believe that, with a view to defeat
its adversaries, it is at this moment .labouring to bring about
-the abdication of King Ferdinand.—livery Prince who places
his conscience servilely in the hands of the clergy is sooner or
later dethroned by them.
The party of the Cortes, however, have plainly shown that
they will never eater into any compromise with the assassins
-of Riego. With the .exception of the entail number of miserable
creatures who at the last moment of the contest betrayed the
true cause of their country, as Constitutionaliets will fzure
.111 the ranks of the Trappists or i❑ those of the French. Be.
sides, what is to be expected from all this ? Can we he such
dopes as to believe that tile Preach Government means to give
• sea liberal inatitutions rhiVit it is-daily taking them from its
(pen-people ? Car: we ever believe in the veracity of the authors
of the censorship, of septennial election, of the law of sacrilege,
of the restoration of the Jesuit,, ofElectoral plots, and ofzelmi-
- nietrative purification ? Who amongst us is ignorant that of
all perfidious Governments moderate despotism is the roost
- dangerous ?

On whom, then, does the French Minister rely for completing
the settlement of Spain ? Is it on these quiet tranquil men,
whose conduct has always been dictated by selfishness and
pusillanimity ? Is it on the multitude of deserters from every
party, without any principles of their own ?. Is it from these
• who at,first sided with Buonaparte against Ferdinand, ar.d now
-side with Ferdinand against Charles? In the political state of.
Spain, therefore, the French must depend solely or. them-
selves. But if it be true, as the French Ministtra have always
asserted, that the absolutists form a commanding party in Spain,
how could they engage in a war, the end of which, in that
case, human prudence could never foresee ? On the contrary,
if deception has been practised, by representing a factious mi-
nority as the Spanish nation, what may not be expected from
the party of the Cortem, overthrown by treason, but revived by
circumstances ? Again, if the French Ministry fail in this
perilous struggle, when can the present generation expect to
• see the end of a war which will rage in both hemispheres ?
And if France•should succeed, will not a ne,.v military occupe-
•tion become necessary for an indefinite period ?
. Oh impenetrable decrees of divine justice ! What a mul-

titude of ills is Spain about to heap on the heads of the authors
of her misfortunes ! What a prospect for the future ! And
is the direction of that future to be still confided to the worst
Ministers of Europe—to men without principle and without
talents ?

We are, then, warranted-in concluding that a great political
event Ls preparing beyond the Pyrenees ; that it will be an
event calculated to revenge the violent rights of suffering hu-
manity, and in particular those of the Spanish„people, which,
have been most grievously insulted ; that Spain will conse-
quently become a political cancer to-the French Government;
that, supposing the ministerial plot to be-formed, and the ab-
solutist party to be really what it has been described .
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We here suppress with regret, but for reasons which may
be easily understood, the sinister prophecy, which follows as a
natural consequence from the above facts a-.2.d reflections—Note
by the Editor of the Netherlands paper.

GItFECE.

(From the Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug. 18.)
AUUSBURG, AUG. 17.

A Letter from Constantinople of 25th July, affirms, that
on the 10th July, 6,000 Egyptian troops had -arrived before
Missolongiti, in order to assist Itedschid Pacha to take that
town by storm, or oblige it to surrender. Ibrahim Pacha had
still his head-quarters atVripolizza.
(From the Austrian Observer of the 14th e August.)

CONSTANTINOPLE, JITLY 25.
Since our last report we have received Letters from Smyrna
of the lllth of this month, from which it appears that the ac-
counts of the action at Myli, (the Mills) on the 25th June, given
in the bulletins published in the Hydra Gazette, were a tissue
of fables; and only calculated to quiet for a moment the
apprehensions of the public. Ibrahim Pacha's march towards
Napoli di Romania was evidently a mere reconnoissance.
While with eighty horsemen he appeared before one of the
gates of the fortress, his vanguard advanced along the coast of
the bay without resistance to Myli. Demetrius Ypsilanti, with
a few hundred men, was upon an eminence near that place.
The Egyptians attempted to drive them from that position,
which was protected by a marsh in fre,ht, and the sea in the
rear; but gave it up after a little firing. Though a brisk fire
was kept up upon therm, both from the Greeks on the eminence
and from two Greek vessels, they only lost two men. The truth
of these statements is unanimously certified by the officers of the
French frigate the Syren, whose humane conduct is extolled by
the Greeks themselves.

The dangers said to threaten Ibrahim on his march back to
Tripolizza, appear also to have existed only in the Hydra Ga-
zette, it is certain he entered that place without meeting any
obstacle. Nothing is known here of any later proceedings.
We have received a short extract from a late No. of the Oa-
vtte, which says that a smart action with Colocotroni •had
taken place on the Sch July at Trieurfa (which we cannot find
in any of our maps), as the reinforcements under liussam Bey
landed at Navarin, did not begin their march till the 6th or
7th July, and consequently could not reach Tripolizza before
the middle of the month, it is not probable that Ibrahim Paella
would engage in any new operations before their arrival, we
shall most probably learn some further particulars by the next
account.

Immediately after Ibrahim's appearance before Napoli, it
was known that the Magistrates were engaged in investigating
an extensive plot, which was to facilitate his conquest of that
Peninsula. •In Napoli itself several considerable persons were
arrested, among whom were three Deputies. On the 9th of
July (according to the report of an Officer who was present),
four Commissioners of the Government arrived at Syra,
from Napoli, with a guard of above 30 men, and with
the help of the Eparch (a common rapacious Hydriot),
arrested and took out of their houses some of the greatest
merchants ; among others Marurani, Tarpuci, Cichlichi,
Boccochi, &c., on pretence of secret understanding with
the Paella of Egypt. Niti, a merchant, who had arrived
from. Alexandria a few hours before, was also arrested, and his
ships sequestrated. Three of these merchants were under Eng-
lish protection, and two (Pietro Rossi and Cicini) under French
protection. The French Consul zealously interfered for the
latter, accompanied them to the Eparcit, and declared that so
long as they were detained he would not leave them. Here-
upon the Eparch sent the two merchants to a separate prison,
and compelled the Consul by threats of personal ill-treatment
to leave his house. In spite of the remonstrances of their
families and fellow-citizens, all the prisoners were embarked
on the 11th and 12th on board a ship which was to take them
to Hydra. The Greek populace at Syra, at present the refuse
of the Archipelago, amused themselves during these scenes with
savage cries and abuse of the Franks of all nations, among whom
indeed, as well as the respectable inhabitants of the island, there
was a general feeling of indignation at the violent proceeedings
of the Greek commissioners.

The news of the arrival 'of the Captain Pacha on the 10th
of July, in the Gulf of Patras, is fully confirmed. Ills
fleet anchored at Crionere, some leagues to the eastward
of ,Milsolonghi. The Captain Pacha there received notice
from Redschid Pacha, that Missolonglii could only hold
out a few days longer—that Jusuf Pacha had occupied Vostiza,
and that the road to Prevesa, as well as that by way of Salona
to Livadia, was entirely clear of enemy's troop z.
A new flotilla is fitting out here to cont of three corvettes
and five brigs,• to man which volunteers are collecting in the
capital and the environs.
The fugitives who had re!)aired in great numbers from the
Morea and Livadia to the Asiatic coast; especially to the
nity of Smyrna, received permission to reside there without
any difficulty, as soon as they have paid ;011-tax, &c.
(EXTRACT OF AN ACCOUNT FROM CORFU, JULY 21.)
" At the moment that the Packet-boat is going to sail, I
learn Iron.; a quarter, the correctness of -which has been proved
on many former occasions, that on the Ilith of this month
Redschid Pacha made an attack on Nissolonghi ; that on the
following day the besieged had asked and obtained an armistice
for 24 hours, and it was expected the place would be surrendered
on the 20th or 21st. A few days must chew what truth there is
in this account."

CHAIN MUDGE AT Sitticr.ns.—Last week two
surreys were made by the proper. authorities, under the direc-
tion of the Corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to ascertain
if it was likely that the erection of the projected Suspension
Bridge across the Tyne at Shields would in any wise prove
injurious to the navigation of the River. Though the result i
not yet officially known, yet from what has transpired, there is
every reason to expect a favourable report. I'D the meantime is
is proper to remark, that the Committee of management fat •
used every endeavour to remove o,,jections ; and with this
view it is intended to place the piles as near kfgh water
mark as possible, which will of course keep tnem out
of the way of the shipping. The Newcastle Chronicle says
_...." The original
plan of this bridge has been much hn-
proved by the adoption of an expedient for the prevention of the
lateral, or pendulous, motion, from the efle:t of high winds,
which promises to be attended with saccess. This has affaded
the architect the opportunity of most materially adding to the
imposing appearance of the piers ; and from the plans and
drawings which we have seen, we have no hesitation in saying,.
that this bridge will be one of the grandest and most stupen-
dous objects in the Kingdom when completed."

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