The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-22 00:00:00

LORD. COCHR4NE.

The fallowing letter from an eye-witness Ott
Englkhotio) to Isis friend in London, gives n'to«
lorably clear idea of Lord Count Ames rn.a..
sures :

" Mantranast, Ave. 29.—Since' my lest of Ott 2,BdlJune,
the place has beet, a scene of confusion which it would be' use-
less to endeavour to describe. A new occurrence, however, has
now presented itself, which has produced a change of scene,
though perhaps eventually it may only serve to plunge it into
add;tional difficulties.
" On the 26th arrived ofl'this port a 74 gun ship, under Eng-
-1141) colours, which turned out to be the Brazilian man of war,
Don Pedro the First, eommanded by Admiral Lord Cochrane.
She presently anchored in front of both the fortis brought her
broadside to bear upon them, and then, for t'te first time, hoisted
t a Imperial Prazilian flag. The forts could chi nothing against
his Lordship, for the cannon formerly mounted on them towarda
the sea hail been almost all removed to theland sideof the town, to
protect us from an entenyin that direction. There remained, in-
deed, in the two forts, about six or eight guns mounted on the hat.
tonics ; but as it;was manifest that these could not sufficiently
pritect the town, our authorities resolved, wisely, I think, to
surrender at once. Ilk Lordship consequently took possession
of the place without firing a shut. A revohainn was iminedi.
ately effected in our political situation. Maranham joined the
cause of independence. All the European Portuguese here
were disarmed, and every one of them high or low, that held
any office, was at once turned out, and his situation filled by a
native Brazilian.

" Lord Coen ANZ at present acts as sole Governor of the
place, and exercises a pretty' comprehensive patronage; for he
nominates any person he chooses to any office he thinks proper.
rppo'nling them all, of course, in the name of his Imperial Ma-
Jasty, Don Pnnuo. Several Proclamations have already been
hared from on hoard the Admiral's ship, and signed Coen-
KANE.' His hardship has not only in ide prize of all the Por.
tuguese ships in h arbour, but ho insists on having two-thirds
of the property in the town belonging to Portupese in Europe.
This seems to be pretty sharp practice, but I presume his Lord-
ship will find some convenient chapter in the Law of
t.) unction his doings; he has, of course, taken all the money
in the Treasury, and, in fact, I think he means to drain us
of all the money in the town. No vesselshave been alloWed to
sail since his arrival, nor can any business he done ; ha is it
the present moment busy in overhauling the Custom Haase re-
cords in order to d's 'over Portuguese property.
" A steam engine lately armed out here from 'England to
work a double forte pump; it is to be put up at Itaplearu.
The rice mills in this neighbourhood are all stopped front want
of a supply of rice. There is much difficulty to get in fonds of
any sort; and, as I said before, I fear it will IN; a long titnit
before this neighbourhood will be restared to a state of peace
and tranquillity.'!

A private letter from Paris, dated •OefOleer. I ft,' •'
saya..—t, Se v.enT'lS Memoirs are about to appear; TA L LEV-
IiAXD is in the greatest alarm on the occasion, mut he
has had two audiences of the King, in which he intreat-
-01 his Majesty to insist on their suppression. The King
isid it was out of his power ; he could not change the
law. Talleyrend then hinted that be could write something,
if he chose, relating to events much anterior to the parrs
tive of Savary. lie evidently intended to hint at the affiiirs o!
hii Majesty himself, but the King feigned not to understalia
him, and was silent. Telleyrand'a attempts to rocure the
ippression through Savary himself were qually fruitless; and
the latter, to anew his resolution, sent the manuscript to hie
Majesty, who read it with attention, end dots not, we believe,
dl eipprove of th e_,pu bl ication."
lioantier; Utter er.s.---totst Sunday mornititz, tit
an early hour, the Meeting House of the Rev. Dr. Newman,
at Bow, was broken open, and robbed of a large Bible, some
plated candlesticks, and books. The same morning seine sa.
crilegious ruffians broke Into the Wesleyan Chapel, in (event-
shire-lane, Bromley, and stole a number of books, the click,
and the cups and saucers out of the Vciary-roorn•
DAM AIG.II.OnOrItY ire MEG at: PAS4.*"AbOllt
.
eight o'clock last night a Lady and Gentleman were 'teeming
through the Green Park from SL James's to Hyde Park
Corner, when about the center two fellows sprang upon them
suddenly : one of them seised the lady, and the ether her
friend, and, in threatening terms, demanded their property.
The gentleman requested they would net. ill-treat the lady, and
he would give them all he possessed. He accordingly die
livered up his watch, which was a gold hunter, to which west
affixed two gold seals and a key, and a sovereign. Prold the
Ldy they stole about ha. in silver. Tberobbers then to thilet
to pursue their way towards Ilytle Park,:and at the peril of
their lives to follow them. They then matte a hasty retreat tee
wards the basin. The villains were of the middle stature, and
railer fashionably dressed.
Sutotur.--Last night at 44ght.n'elork an lne
quisition was taken before Taros. Sr Immo, Es q. on view of
the body of Mr. George Manners, at the house pf the
fl deceased, •
the flute or Cumberland, corner et ltrynnstene.strett wed
curaberiand-street, Ilryaustono.square, who pot a period Whitt
existanca in a fit of Insanity. The.Jury,retarned the following-
verdict,—;" That the tictetaiala put a period to his caistance by
'hanging hiniself, at a time when he laboured under a ft ef
temporary derangement."
Facx.Pocxxr.—Yestertlay, at How-street, (,Iles.
Grant, a young fellow, about 19 years of age, was charged
with picking the pocket of Mr., Lett' the • comedian, lit
a handkerchief. On Monday evening Mr:Hartley was come.,
ing out of Drury-lane Theatre with a lady, when he felt
some one tugging at liia coat behind. He turned routed end
caught the prisoners hand at his pocket. He feund that •
his handkerchief was gone, and therefore be detained the
prisoner until an officer came. The handkerchief was act
found ; and tlie probability is, that he bail handed it to *tune
companions. The prisoner stood weeping at the bar while the
evidence was given, and when called upon for Ms defence he
said the Gentleman was mistaken. When asked to give tome
ticeount of himself, he said his father and mother were dead,
and he had but. one relation in the world, and that was a greet
Geraierani who did not, he belieied ts kanw of his existen,
or most probably he would do something for Mm. The Gem-
tleman he meant was Sir Wm. Grant, nne of the King Conn.
sellors.—The officer recognized the pritioner as an old Whittier,
and the Magistrate committed him for trial..
A few days since a person Called ai tt House in
the neighbourhood of Cuckermouth, and found
four sisters, three of whom were knitting, end the
.
other. was sewing, whose united ages Were.. 310
years.

COHN EXCIIA.N6I4I, 0ui.211.
Having reccircAl since Atooday 4100
,qt artera of Sinisrat,
2700 of Barley, 1900 of English, with MO quarters of Irish
Oats, and 4100 sacks of Flour, the Wheat mule is extremely
dun dill morning ; neverthektet, what tvw sales of inet Whant
were effected fully obtained last Monday's prices, but there is
little to no demand for the inferior sorts; what fine Barley
Iteared was soon taken away on as good terms as last sairko,
day. In Beans, Peas, and Oats, there is no alteration.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

Extracts from the Morning Papers, October 22.

[BRITISH Par.SS.J
Sunday's French Papers are destitute of almost
any intelligence ; but it is clear resistance has
not ceased in Spain with Ferdinand's restoration
and the dissolution of the CorteOrt. etten,, the
floVertior of Barcelona, has deterthihed, it is as-
serted, to bury himself undeV the ruins of BarCe-
lornt sooner than surrender; and the officer who
ceinniunds in Sett d'Urgel, though confined to his
bed: by a severe wound, has formally declared he
will not yield the fortress while he has an ounce
of provisions, or until a .practicable breach is
made. The spirit in which things are now con-
duced in Spain may be dedulmi from a single
Wiance :—a gardener, of the togit of Abisbal,of
Ow name of Barret, who had served in a Consti.
tutionalhattalion, and had escaped after the ca.
140lation of Llers, was assassinated at Ampourda,
a,petty village in the neighbourhood of Abisbal,
bye party of the Faith banditti, and his head
placetl, in the night, on the window of his wife's
chamber. This horrible atrocity has filled with
indignation and disgust the entire population of
that part of Spain, and carried alarm through the
preVince. Ferdinand had arrived at Seville on the
Bth ;,illuminations and joy by the rabble, this same
who insulted the Cortes on their departure,greeted
the entry of the tyrant into the capital of the south
of Spain. There, it is said, he will remain some
time. The memory of Madrid is not gratelul to
him : he will find his calculation deeply disap-
pointed, however, if he expects his toad through
Spain to lie smooth before him. The ConstitU.;
tional bands are not yet disarmed'. The state.
rneuts of I)'Eroles' defeat. and capture appear
confirmed by the last accounts from Perpignan.
The:Ultra Journali are silent upon it, as they
invariably have been on all affairs of the sort,
except to alter their whole character. Every
Eye will be now turned to Catalonia. There, as
during the entire war, the only stand is at this
moment made. But we fear an overpowering
'tench force will be sent under Lauriston into
that province, anti that Mina and his brave coal.
itlOrs beneath the weight of numbers.

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[MOIINtNO POST.]
The intelligence contained in the French
Papers is still more important than it is varied ;
not indeed in a military, hot in it political point
df view. The removal of the Duke of Bellow)
from the situation of Minister at War is a most
remarkable event. llad it occurred before the
opening of the contest, it might have been the
result of personal intrigues and secret ambitions;
but coming us it does at the close of a campaign,
the success of which may in u great measure be
ascribed to the effective, footing on which be
hid placed the army, we must look for higher
causes than the competition and importunities
of rivals to justify the indiction of disgrace upon
a' meritorious public servant at the, very time
when he and the whole nation expected that he
would, be rewarded. „These censerore fear, can
only be found in the complete triumph of the
Ultras over their moderate colleagues in the
VrenchNlinistry, and in the adoption of prin.
eiples of Governnvent which will not allow men
connected with the revolution to hold any shall
in the administration of the State. It is worthy
or notice that the Ordinance which gave the si-
tuation of the Duke of Belluno to the Baron de
Damas (chosen no doubt because he belongs to
an ancient family), was preceded by an Extraor-
dinary Council of 'Ministers holden at M. de Vil-
!tiles's, at the close of which the Minister for Fo-
relp Affairs (Viscount Chateaubriund) waited
on Monsieur and remained with him till eleven at
night. There is no doubt that the proposed dis-
missal formed the subject of discussion both in
dee Connell and with the King's brother, and it
seems 'very doubtful whether it may not be fol-
lowed by others, for the Ministers of Marine and
the, Interior are also mentioned as functionaries
" who will not retain their places." If this epu-
rityou.bnetlected, little difficulty will be found
to bring down France to the level to which the
reatored Ferdinand is fast reducing Spain. That
'the war in the Peninsula was urged and
underteken by the Ultras with the view of ac-
quiring the means of annihilating the French
Cbarter,is every day growing more apparent. The
temporary success of their areas, or, to speak more
trnly, or their gold, now leads them to scorn dis-
gulst,,and they begin to ettst out of their ranks,
as unworthy intruders, the constitutional allies to
whose blindness and assistance they are indebted
more than half their triumph. Should they
find that public iedignation does not express
itself with energy against conduct its op-
posed to the principles and declarations of
the Charter as to the best interests of the
country, they will proceed in their rash ca-
reer till the wish expressed by the Marquis
of Talent on presenting his credentials to the
King of Spain at Port St. Mary's be realized,
and France and Spain be " united its one nation,"
unfter the iron sceptre of absolute Despotism.
That such a consummation would be long borne
bythe people is however, we trust, not to be ex-
pected ; and that England would tolerate such
an „,union of• the two 'countries as the Noble
Maltptis tecomniende, is' also what:neither policy
4100 Patilvtisor would allow.

[MOONING- ClittONlcLE.]
The financial difficulties in which King Fur.
&nand nod his Spiritual Adviser, Confessor, and
Minister, have involved the wretched Spain by
tlu Decree of the Ist instant, have already been

pointed oat in The CAronieie,and 'are felt on the
Steifk-Exthange, 'both- here and at Paris. lie
hus`°in fact, utterl)i, destined' his 'credit and re-
., aotiiities,.tind more than'doutded iiis expences; bjf
confirming the appointments and. claims of all the
hun'g'ry adventliMrs,'*ho '4urrotinded Y is trim-
pliant inulkiforial car. But its efrOcts are not
g°nltiodlof.r.iiropean Spain; England; (1101144
Swedeni-Danniark, and -all the other' nations
whi ti, h o,4otii?ed the COnstitutiOntl'. Go-
vcrulani4l4oolicited' ,and accused of having
rpupparieti,,revolotionary and democratic plea. I
, ,

sures ; as far as relates to some of these Govern-
ments, the charge may, perhaps, be unjust, as
they will be found to have rather aided and
abetted secretly the attempt to overthrow what
publicly they pretended to acknowledge ; but
the people of these countries acting under the
faith of treaties, were induced to embark their
properties on the faith of the connection, and are
exposed to very material losses by this arbitrary
departure 'from faith and good principles. A
question arises out of the political chaos in which
Spain is plunged, of no small importance.—
NV hat will be the conduct of the Spanish army
now in. possession of Lana ? Their force
is small, resources they have none ; they
can neither recruit ' where they are, nor
obtain supplies of any description. Hence
their inability to remain in their present-state,
or to act for ,themselves. From whom can they
receive assistance ? or to what side incline to
escape from certain progressive destruction if

they do not obtain it ? La Serne, Canterau, anti
Valdes, are violent Constitutionalists ; they re-
volutionized the Peruvian army, expelled Pe-
tuela, Cevallos and his adherents from the Vice-
royalty, chief command, and country, and be-
came even more compromised with Ferdinand anti
the ancient despotic system than even the troops
of the Peninsula. From the free Government
they have received honours and rank, as a reward
for those services then declared highly praise»
worthy. All these preferments are now annulled,
their conduct is reprobated, and they are virtu-
ally termed traitors. Thus, although French
emissaries may have hastened to intrigue in the
Pacific, if England were equallY active, and the
real state of affairs in Spain were explained to
them by persons who merited their confidence,
and knew their characters and interests, it
is more than probable, indeed it is certain,
that the edifice of Peruvian emancipation
would be completed, and that this small re-
mains of the Spanish Constitutional army would
prefer uniting to support the cause of independ-
ence than to becoming the tools of Frenchmen,
or the slaves of the Spanish absolute Monarch.—
From the latter they have nothing to expect but
the fate of their unfortunate comrades, whilst
under the Peruvian Republic they may aspire to
the glory and honour of becoming its saviours
and protectors, and to the reward to which their
services so justly entitle them. '

[Maw Times.]
We have received the French Papers to Sun-
day. The Journal des Di:bats contains part of a
Note .of Count Nesseirode to Lord Strang_ ford
relating to the 'negocintions with the Porte.—
The general tenor of this Note, as far as it has
been published, is pacific; and upon the whole
it' seems to afford some hope of amelioration
to the affairs of, Greece, without a prompest of
hostilitiei between Russia and 'Turkey. The
King of Spain arrived at Seville on the Bth inst.
Ite was received by great crowds with acclama-
tions, and in
.the evening there were illuminations
and other rejoieings:—On our Stock Exchange
the confusion of the holder* of Spanish Stock
etintitrues to increase ; and they.are selling at al-
most any rate. The Bonds of 1821 were in the
course of the day at e3+, and closed at
• atin. tntilvideal, we are assured, who bought
90,0001, worth at 63{, actually sold the whole of
them yesterday at 931. This Gentleman must
at least regret that .he did not attend to the
reasoning of The Neu Thies.—ln the afternoon
the prices, somewhat improved, in consequence
of a letter said to have been received from Paris,
and stating that the Bonds had risen 4 per cent.
on Sunday—which, if true, proves that the
French are less mindful of the Sabbath than we
are on this side of the water. Colombian Bonds
Wave suffered a little from the rumours of 'assist-
ance to be given by France to Spain to reconquer
the South American' Colonies. These Bonds
closed at 54f. 'We'have already said that we do
not believe France will engage in so Quixotic
an enterprise. Portuguese Scrip has recovered
and is at per. Poyais 'Bonds if I The exami—
nation*at the Mansion-House seem to have given
the death-blow to the 'finances of his Highness
the Cacique of Poyaiii The other Foreign Se-
curities were a shade lower than on Monday ;
but the British Funds continued steady.

[Twa Times.]
A circumstance occurred upon the Stock-Ex-
change yesterday which deserves some notice,
and will lead us into 'a few remarks. It appears
that the fall of Spanish Bonds has been so sen-
sibly felt by, a race that, indeed, feels very eery.
at), on such subjects—namely; the money ad.
venturers—that one of the (seriously, we pre-
sume) proposed that steps should be taken to in-
duce our Government to Interfere in their be.
half, and "to move Ferdinand the Magna.
nimous to alter his determination, and to
sanction that loan which has been contract.
ed by his enemies for what he thinks his
ruin. A rational proposition, certainly! What
would the Complainants in this case wish Ministers
to do 1 We will ,answer the question for them—
sacrifice the national interest in order to Indem-
nify them in their speculations, which bad no.
thing bur self in view ! Por how are Ministers
to approach Ferdinand, in order to induce him
to, burden his people with the repayment of a
of a sum of money advanced for his debasement ?
Why, certainly, with some proposition of an ad.
vantage to counterbalance the great loss which it is
proposed to him volunterily to incur : and how
that Is to be done but at the expence • of
the British people at large, by the sacrifice
of some ) Interest, or the relinquishment of
sepia 4.4i1f br'theirs, we defy the wit of man to
dilicover. We must, perhaph, threaten his Ma.
jetty;` and how is the threat to be' enforced, Oa,
cordition not being fulfilled, ,but. by our blood
or treasure ? Another loan is uPcfri 011),taPis., we
heiar ; the consideration of which, heing prospec.
,•
title, will greatly illustrate our reasoning upon
thtit which is past. We beg leave to.askt who
ther the British Government, acting on., their
own behalf, have ever yet been, able,to induce
oroblige the Emperor
,of Austria to Ray the
ban which he contracted, and for. which they
arf guarantees ? I f 004 how, interfering in. an
tali in which they are disinterested. spec,.

tators, are they to expect success ? It is said
that his Imperial Majesty is now actually en-
gaged in contracting a loan among British sub-
jects, to repay the debt for which their Govern-
ment is responsible. Certainly men have a right
to advance their money for any object they please
not prohibited by the laws
.; but if neither prin-
cipal nor interest of this debt shall be paid,
which we firmly believe will ere long prove to be
the case, is it credible that the lenders will have
the impudence to come to Government, and
apply to them for relief? If they do, the answer
is ready—" Why, we could not obtain our own
debt from this man, what right have you to ex-
pect that we should undertake anew the unplea-
sant office of dunning him for yours?" And to
any foolish and impertinent application of our
Government in such a case, the reply of his
Majesty would be equally on the surface
" This is no affair of yours, I have already
" been sufficiently pestered by your demands
" heretofore ; leave me to deal as 1 can with my
" own creditors."

[MORNING HERALD.]
The cause of the Spanish Constitutionalists
seems to be at an end, now thatthe French have
obtained possession of Cadiz. It is understood
that the efforts of the Cortes were paralysed by
the want of money. The people of Spain,
though in many instances apparently extremely
enthusiastic In favour of the new order of things,
yet when taxation was proposed as a means for
carrying on the war, almost invariably refused
to furnish their quota. The Cortes tried
the system of Loans, but our readers are
already aware of their want of success in
this respect. It is supposed by many, that
the existing Spanish Bonds are worth nothing;
for that the restored Government is not likely
to acknowledge them.: This idea may, however,
have been put forth 1.3 y such as are not, but who
may wish to be, possessors of those Bonds, at low
prices, with the hope of selling them hereafter
at a considerable profit. Others, we hear, who
are holders of the Bonds yet entertain sanguine
hopes that the Government will eventually ac-
knowledge them. On a subject of so doubtful a
nature, and were a great number of people are
interested in various ways, it is difficult to form
a proper judgment. It would be certainly
a very lucky speculation for any one to purchase
things of this description at 25 or 3Q, which
should eventually rise to the price of par, or
100; besides being all the while in the receipt
of good interest. But speculations of this na-
ture may be called gambling, and are almost as
much to be reprobated as any one entering a
gambling-house for the purpose of staking a
small sum with the hope of winning a large one.
The principal difference is, that, in one case,
a man enters the gambling market in the
morning, and the brokers do not ply him with in-
toxicating liquors, though too many of them will
administer to his hopes, that they may derive
their quarter per cent. commission on the pur-
chase of whatever uncertain thing they think
their customer may, in his cups, or his dreams,
have fancied over night. But In the case of the
noted gambling-houses, it he well known to be the
practice togive copious libations in the first instant
thank: gamblersmay be incapable of knowing what
they are doing. It has been said, that the late Mr.
Ricardo had been frequently remarkably lucky io
speculations of this' nature, and that his immense
fortune was made in consequence. It ought,
however, to he remembered that, if one man
gains by schemes of this sort, it is at the
expense of others, who, as a necessary con-
sequence, lose. How many have waddled out
of the Alley, and are called " Lame Ducks,"
in comparison with one who has retired rich ?
—But we do not keep in remembrance the
former; all our ideas are fixed on the latter ;
nay, in general, the memory of the unlucky, and
therefore ruined schemers, are by us held in ab-
horrence ; while the fortunate man, or he
who, through his life, may have had the forti-
tude to realize (as the Stock-Exchange phrase
expresses it), is, comparatively, worshipped.
Whether the French will retain possession
of Spain for any term of years, is a matter
to be seen hereafter. It is too probable that they
will hold that country, under one pretence or
other, and very likely with a large army, which
the French Government may find it full us conve-
nient to keep in a foreign country, as run the
risk of keeping it at home, for It might bring
about another Revolution. But whoever has read
much of history must know, that nations rarely,
if ever, relinquish their hold of such countries
as they may have conquered. England has got
possession of immense possessions in the East
Indies under one pretence or another ; and
whatever may have been our professions in
the assistance we rendered one state against
another, there is no sign of our allowing
the native Princes to recover possession of those
territories into which our troops have found
their way. What the consequences may he even-
tually to England, iu a political respect, it Is
hard to tell. Rut our hopes are, that
the Ministry of England may remain at peace
as long as they can. —lt is time enough
to go to • war when we can no longer
avoid it. We should scarcely think, however,
that. the French Bourbon Government would
dare to think of provoking a war with us; they
would not have much to gain by so doing
they would put even their very existence as a
family, holding the Crown of France, at stake,
by provoking us. The Bourbons must feel
uneasy at the attitude of Austria, possessed as the
Government of that country is of young Nape.
leou. It is the interest of France to have Eng-
land for an ally, if it be only to keep in cheek
the growing power of Russia.

Some years ago, when the. late Judge Gnose
was presiding during the A.ssizes at 13ury St. Ed!.
mud's, a dog which happened to have followed
'some one into Court, gave tongue rather loudly
',
at the same time with one of the, Barristers., Im.
mediate-1y there was a cry 0f44 Turn that dog
put t" but his Lordship, yam in this instance
,showed himself to be a good Judge, dryly said,
64 Turn out,the man he belprip ,tcsl!it44l we shall
soon get rid 'of the dog."