The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-23 00:00:00

DIED.

On Wednesday morning, the 17th inst.,, at No. 50, South
Audley.street, GrosVenor.squaro, Mr. John Lightfoot, wine
and brandy-merchant, formerly of Whitechapel,hl I liNtlfld year.
On the 21st inst., at Charlwood-park, near Crawley; J. C.
Woodbtittge, eldest son of J. Woodbridge, Esci. ' •
On the 21st inst., at-his house in Nottingham-place, .I)atild
4 Nichols, hag., in the 79th year of his age...
I. On Saturday, the 20th inst., at Esher, in Surrey, aged 47,
Lucy, widow. of the late Mr. W. Wiggett,' of Drttry7layie.

ME LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the illornhkg Papers, Nov. 23

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
IVe have received the Paris Papers of Satur-
day, and the Etoile, dated Sunday. The latter
brings the Rente•s a shade lower, from which it
may be supposed that the order of suspending the
departure of the French troops from Spain has
been recalled. Ferdinand must, in this case,
have rejected the terms of the French Govern-
ment, though, to all appearance, they constituted
his only chance of security to himself, and of
tranquillity for his kingdom. It is even report-
ed in Paris, that he had assumed a very lofty
tone in the t►egociations, and that he met the
menace of withdrawing the Army of Occupa
tion by a request that it should be carried as
soon as possible into execution. It is con-
tidently stated, that in his reply to the last
French Note he strongly urges the recal of
the troops ; and knowing his character, which
is a strange compost of pride, obstinacy, and
presumption, we should not be surprised to
learn that he has really acted in this manner.—
A precious specimen of that confidence which in-
fatuation inspires would be presented here,
though the Spanish Monarch would not be sin-
gular in this respect, as nine-tenths of his ad-
herents participate in his hopes. The other
tenth are not so sanguine. However, the great
majority of the Serviles regard the presence of
the French with fretful impatience, as a check
upon their pious and loyal zeal, whilst, with
their characteristic presumption, they imagine
that they are strong enough to purge Spain of the
whole spawn of Negroes, as they are pleased to
term the Constitutionalists. At the same time,
the piety and loyalty of these worthies have a
slight taint of rapacity, which they hope to in-
dulge in the plunder of every man suspected of
Constitutional principles. As soon as the French
retire, the work of indiscriminate plunder
and bleodsked will commence ; but the Con-
stitutionalists, who know their opponents,
having often tried their metal, will not long
submit to be massacred with impunity.—
The troops, who capitulated to the Duke
of Angouleme, will appear again on the theatre ;
and they will not long want leaders capable of
directing their courage, and gratifying their deep
resentment. There are probably spread over
the surface of the country more than three hun-
dred thousand men, who were trained to the use
of arms during the Constitutional System, and
who would employ them to much better effect
than. they did then. If they were the basest of
men, the insolence of their adversaries would
goad them to resistance ; but as there is not one
of them who has not personal wrongs, as well as
public grievances, to resent, they will not want
much impulse to grapple with their enemies.
The contest will be a fierce one, in all probabi-
lity, though its duration is not likely to be equal
to its ferocity. The victory, however, to what-
ever side it inclines, will be a decisive one ; and
Spain may then count upon the enjoyment of
tranquillity, and, let us hope, of a much happier
lot, under the fostering care of liberal institu-
tions.

• [MORNING POST.]
We received last night by lxpress French
Papers to the 21st inst. and the Etoile of Sunday.
They contain a report which, though not official,
is far from improbable. It is that the Grand
Seignor had been deposed ; but whether by the
people or the military is tint mentioned. Now
the probabilityof such an event having actually
occurred is greatly augmented by the admitted
fact, that since the defeat and dispersion of the
Turkish and Egyptian fleets, the Greeks were ab-
solute masters of the Dardanelles, and by block-
ading the passage, could starve the capital. This
information is not only inserted in the Austrian
Papers, where it would never have obtained
idmission if it could possibly have been denied,
it is also conveyed in letters from Constantinople
itself. One dated October 21st was received
yesterday, w Ilia announces that the Turkish
capital was in a state of general consternation
" from the Greek fleetihaving taken a positimp Nit
the mouth of the Dardanelles, byymbiukthOusual
supplies of corn and provisions were completely
cut off." Nothing could more clearly demon.
strut(' to the people of Constantinople the. real
issue of the late campaign than such a step on
the part of the Greeks. General discontent and
alarm would naturally ensue, and as soon us
the feeling of positive want should be itddeti
to that of disappointment, the popular fury would
'burst out, as it continually does in despotic coun-
tries, agabist the Government, attd' would shake
it to its foundations. Under those circumstances
the deposition of the Sultan would become almost
ra matter of certaintil for as he would have no
other chance of safety than that of restoring
abundance by negociating, or in some measure
capitulating with the Greeks, and the people
would never have patience enough to wait the
result of such negociations, there is no doubt that
both his authority and his life would be in jeo-
pardy. The report to which we have alluded,
therefore, though premature, may turn out Hot to
be entirely unfounded.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The French Papers of Saturday bring us no
fresh intelligence whatever, excepting some no.
counts of the progress of fanaticism and despotism
'in Spain. The infatuated Monarch of that
wretched country seems to consider that his
xafety depends upon extracting oaths froM his
subjects to uphold his absolute sway. Surely
none of the mistakes that even he has committed
can be more gross. Nu reliance can be placed
upon these promissory declarations, however
solemnly they may be given, under the circum.
stances in which Spain is situated. Did not the
whole nation take oaths to' maintain the Consti-
tution ? Previously, bad they not all sworn servile
obedience to the Krug as his vassals ? Which oath
is the most binding, the earliest or the latest ?
That only, we may depend upon it, which can
be enforced by a competent authority. Cadiz,
it appears, is in a state of blockade by the Alge-
riue cruizers. The merchants have In vain up-

plied to the. Government for protection to their
vessels. They are too busy restoring the prin-
ciples of the Council of Trent, and proscribing
the wearing of revolutionary pantaloons. The
Journal des Debuts is filled with the review of a
new publication by M. Malte Brun, entitled
" A Treatise on Legitimacy, considered as the
basis of the Public Law of Christian Europe."—
This work is preceded by an Address to M. de
Chateaubriand, in which the author offers the
grossest adulation to the noble pamphleteer, and
therefore in return we find the treatise of M.
Malte Brun, praised highly in the Journal des
Debuts. The object of the work is to prove that
the principle of legitimacy is the safeguard of all
public rights, and that the powers of the Holy
Alliance are the guardians equally of the true
liberties of the people, and of the just preroga-
tives of Sovereigns. We wish M. Matte Brun
would make a convert of Ferdinand VII. to his
new view of legitimacy. his Catholic Majesty
might then be induced to re-establish the ancient
institutions of Spain, once the freest country in
Europe. The Allied Sovereigns, however, who
know better than M. Matte Brun or M. de Cha-
teaubriand what are the principles of their union,
have declared that the central doctrine of their
political faith is, that no institutions are legiti.
mate but such as emanate from the will of the
reigning Monarch. This was what Louis XVIII.
proclaimed from his throne, when he announced
the invasion of Spain ; and M. de Chateaubriand
was one of the most zealous of the Ministers in
urging that invasion to establish that principle.