The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-18 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

A very great sensation was produced on Satur-
day afternoon by the arrival of the French Papers
of Thursday, conveying intelligence, which, if
eventually confirmed, must be deemed of the
highest importance. A Telegraphic Dispatch
was received at Paris from the Commandant.
General of Bayonne, dated on the 13th (Wed-
nesday last) in the evening. The Commandant
says, he has not received any official intelligence
or the occurrences at Cadiz, but that a letter
had reached him (by Express), dated Madrid the
10th inst., announcing that advices had been re•
ceived in that capital that the King was free, the.
Cortes had embarked, and hostilities before Cadiz
had ceased. The courier who brought the ex-
press from Madrid stated, that at his departure
rejoicings were taking place for this good news.
Other accounts, none of which, however, were
official, stated, that on the 9th instant a Spanish
Courier d'Estafette brought to Paris the news that
the Revolutionary troops having left Cadiz for the
Isle of Leon, the inhabitants shut the gates on the
land' side ; the. Cortes were dissolved ; the King
was set at liberty, and, together with the Royal
Family, traversed the city of Cadiz in the midst of
an immense crowd, who made' the air resound with
shouts of joy. It only remained to open thegates
on the sea side, and thus form a communication
with the French Allies, which ceremony, it was
understood, would be delayed till the arrival of
the Duke d'Angouleme, out of compliment to his
Royal Highness. We are decidedly of opinion
that this news, if not perfectly authentic, merely

anticipates what must very soon happen ; and
such appeared to be the general impression in
the City. A considerable advance took place in
almost every description of funded property.—
Consols, which early in the day. were at
82if advanced to 838, and closed at 828. We
have since received the French Papers of
Friday ; bat they contain neither corroboration
nor contradiction of the former intelligence.—
The Rentes on Thursday evening closed at 931.
50c. the Scrip at 3.1 premium, Neapolitan Stock
at 77k, and Spanish Bonds at 44. These prices,
though high, do not indicate an entire confidence
in the good news ; neither do they mark any
doubt of the eventual result. It must be borne
in mind that the Rentes have been advancing
daily for the last weeks in anticipation of
a speedy and successful termination of the
war: Spanish Bonds have advanced to 371-,
a price which, in any events may be con-
sidered as their utmost value. Many year
must elapse before the finances of Spain can be
placed on such a footing as to pay the interest of
the debt with regularitys much less to discharge
the principal. The restoration of the Royal
Government will doubtless tend to improve and
bring into order the resources of the Kingdom ;
but when a country has so long suffered from
misgovernment and civil dissension, it would be
vain toe expect an immediate renovation of its
public credit from any change, however wise or
salutary.

CURITISII rms.)
If the news which arrived from Paris in this
city on. Saturday were true, the cause of freedom
hi Spaih would for the present be no more ; her
liberties and her patriots would now be at the
mercy of a remorseless tyrant and his vindictive
satellites) thirsting for proscription and ven-
geance despotism would soon cover Spain:
with universal' darkness, and drench her soil
with blood ; the day of her freedom, which
but three years since rose bright and glorious
over her head, diffusing light and hope through
western' Europe, and cheering every friend to
freedonr through the civilized world, would he
beheld no. more ; a gloomy tyrant and a horde
of ferocious inquisitors and monks would again
be the arbiters of unhappy Spain, and all
around her Would be superstition and despair.
If is idle to talk of terms being made with the
Cortes; there is no resources, as Brennus said
to the earry Romans, but subthission for the con.
quered. Constitutional Spain has now iro regular
armies in the field ; they have withered beneath
the blight of treachery. Beyond the frontiers of
Catalonia she could array no force in battle
against the French : her standard has been
lowered by traitors; and successive treason has
given a death-blow to her strength. What pro-
tection have the Cortes or Patriots of Spain the
moment the gates of Cadiz are unbarred, and the
militia and guerillas are disarmed ? Ferdinand
would make- his triumphal procession from
A'nd'alusia to Madrid, surrounded by Fetich
bayonets ; the Ban-dogs of the Faith would be
ibis advanced-guard, and their approach heard in

the hoarse hovA for vengeance ' the accursed Re.
gene)* would have the gloomyhalls of Accusation
and Death prepared, and Angouleme, even if he
wished it, could not stay the (lark flood of uni-
versal proscription which would sweep through
Spain, and involve all that was virtuous, patrio-
tic, or enlightened in .its deadly and terrifying
course. We do not credit the intelligence an-
nounced in Paris ou Thursday;ivtedroyesEitiooitiewaenadr
even a- similitude to• truth. The
Ultra Journals, anxious as they are' to forward
disbe-
lieve it. But our alarms for tho maintenance of
Ferdinand's liberaeretios::lia
dcotorruptioi
liberty in Spain rvee rcyogrni:ealti:
has glided silently into her strongest holds ; it
has crept along with woollen feet, noiseless and
unperceived, only to be known in its sudden and
destructive effects. The Generals entrusted by
'the Cortes, who' should have dealt with the
en' my with mailed hands, have opened them wide
to receive the treacherous bribe ; the territory of
the Cortes is now reduced to a corner of Anda-
lusia, and a portion of one frontier province. Her
Plug, it is true, still floats from more than twenty
fortresses, and her guerillas threaten the very
capital in arms ; and were' her remaining ad-
herents firm and assured, there would still be no
cause for despair. But Manso has followed Hal-
Jasteros ; even the renowned Miklos and 1,10-
bera come within the circle of our fears. The
redoubtable Mina is now the only Chief of
.note who yet upholds her quarrel unim-
=peached, and the health of the hero is said to have
suffered heavily from a succession of fatigues. If
faithful sentinels watched around the Constitu-
tion, all might yet be well. But at Cadiz, while
the French are thundering for admission outside
its fnttes, their intrigues are fighting for them
within. Faction and discontent, it is now said,
divide this last refuge of once free Spain, dismay
its national representation, and threaten to
unbar its portals to the enemy. Conic, however,
what may, whether the ConstitutimialGovernment
still survive, through its energy and the fidelity of
its remaining adherents, to live through a burn-
ing autumn, and with the winter obtain a respite
from arms, and thus be enabled again to recruit
her forces for the field, or sink, prematurely, the
victim of perfidious traitors, or the dupe of a
more perfidious negociation, Spain never can be-
come the hopeless abode of tyranny and super-
stition again.

BIRTHS.
On the' 23d ult., the Lady of Thomas Gifford, Esq., of
Fairy Bank, Shetland, of a son and heir.
On the 4th lust., at Coldstream, the Lady of Captain A.'D,
M'Laren, of a son.

On the 13th inst., at3lSAt.llll3lOluEilppli's, Bishopsg,a.te, Dr. S,
n"")", of Bishopsgate.stieet, to Sarah, only surviving child
of the late John Burrows, r,sq., of Kingston, Jamaica.
On the 16th inst., Mr. Thomas beachman, of Basin hall.
street, solicitor, to Sarah, the youngest daughter of John \Var.
ren, Esq., of Islington.

DIED.
At Chelsea, on the 11th inst., Brooks Lawrence, Esq., late
Lieutenant-Colonel 13th Light Dragoons, sincerely regretted
by his family and friends.
On Friday afternoon last, Jane, the wife of Mr. J. 11.
Turnleyy, of liarp-lane, Great Tower-street.
On F. ia
Int L.„aY, the Bth inst ,in the island of Guernsey, Nicholas
"nab zsq., in the 04th. year of hiedge.
At °Rug, on the 4th inst., ag 59, the Rev. Richard
Mosley Atkinson, M.A. one of the Magistrates for the North
Riding. of Yorkshire ; a gentleman of uncommon bulk, his
weight being-116i less than BO stones.

COUNTRY MARKETS AND FAIII3I

DURING THE LAST WEEK.

LIVERPOoL CORN EXCHANGE, Aug. IL
Our supply of all sorts of Corn is again very motivate, anti
unequal to the demand at present: more than one-third of the
Oats were of foreign growth. The unsettled state of the
weather continues to be the main spring that operates on the
movements of the market it has been warmer, but equally
as wet as the preceding week. Since last Tuesday the prices
of Wheat aid Oats have daily increased, and much business
has been done; the demand continued to-day, and the market
being *ell attended by consumers, as well as speculators, ex-
tensive sales of Meat and Oats were effected, at 4d. per hu-
shel advance on all descriptions of the former, and 2d. to 3d. on
the latter. Barley is very scarce, but not dearer. Beans were
Is. per quarter ; Malt 3d. per bushel ; and Flour and Oatmeal
each 2s. per pack higher.
Wheat, English,Olti 94 6d a 9s per 701bs.

New 9s 6d a 9s 10d
Ditto sound Os Od a Ds 0,1
Scotch, Old ss 10d a 9s 3d
Foreign (its bond) Os Od a Os Od
Irish, Old 7s Od a es Od
Ne* is Od a es 6d

Barley, English, Old
New .., 5. Od a 56 3d
Irish, Old
New ~ 4s tld a 4s 10d
Scotch, Old Os' od a Os Od
New Os Oil a Os Od
Oats/ Potatere, Old
New 3s Sd a 3. 6d
Limetick, Old Os Oil a Os od
New Ss Sd a 31
Welsh, Potato,. New 3.24 a 3s 5d
Malt; Fine ... Bs 9.! a 96 3ii per litiqts.
Ditta, ,diddling 7. 14d a 8s 9d
Beaus, Old
346 04 a 406 oil
Superfine Flour, Old
New 43. Od a 45s Od
Oatmeal, Old. —s Od a -s Od
New
American Flout, sweet, (in bond), --1 Od a —I Oil per barrel
of 19E1bs. net.—Soar, (out of bond), 30s a 325.
Import of Grain for the Week ending Aug. 11.
Wheat Batley I Oats Flour Scks Irish.
Bsh. 7011 g. Bsh. GOlbs. Bub. 45Ibs. Am.Brls. per 2401b5.
10,090 2250 25,448 1687

Coksiza, Aug. 9.
Nhear,•per 15 lb. Ms Oil a lOs 3d—Barley, SS qts, 4s 9d a
68 Oil—Oalsi as 6d ass

NA-NYWICii, Aug. g.
Wireat, per nib., (It 8d a 75—Barley, 4s 4'cf a 41 6d—Oats,
ts ad a as Od.

CANIIIIBU RY, Aug. 9.
Wheatßrown.... 43s a 62s I Ticks -a a -b.-a
White.... —s a—s Hog Prase
New ..... 60e a 66s Boiling Pease —s a—s
Rye —3 a .--...s Flour ...... .... 466 a 54s
Barley 94s a 38s Hay, per t0n.... 90s al 05s
Oats , 2ss a 35s Clover. 7ss a 80s
Beans 331 a 35s Straw

NAII.3toNE Aug. 8.
,
Wheat', Red 4Bs a 60s Beans, Tick lits a 321
-- White 62. a 64s -- 5ma11.... 30s a 36s
Barley
Oats 24s a 30s - l3oiling . 30s a 36s
Price of Oil Cake at Tos.il Mills. 111. Os. per Thousand.
TENTKRPEN, Aug. 7. - _ _

Wheat Reiji. 40s a —ss
—s a 56s
Barley ... )Bs a 21s
Oats r3s a 20s

Beaus
l'ease White ..-‘ —Lus a 24s
Grey... g —s a 24s

CAMBRIDGE, A
Wheat • 59* I'ld per qt
Rye • —s Od
Barley

HIMTINOti
Wheat 28s Od a 35s Id
Barley ...• 47. Od a 30i Od
Peas