The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-01 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

D4IILY
Extracts from the Meriting Papers, July 1.

[THE TIMF.S.]
The continental papers
.which arrived yester-
day describe the counter-revolutionists in both
Spain'and Portugal as advancing successfully to
the attainment of their object ; but with this dif-
ference—that those of Spain are commencing acts
of vengeance, before their triumph is complete :
those of Portugal, with the King at their head,
.whose work may be thought finished, still pre-
serve the language of moderation.--We present a
decree by the French Regency of Spain, which
not only equals in cruelty some of the proceed-
ings of the horrible French revolutionists, but
even adopts their provisions. All those who
have assisted in the removal of the King to Cadiz
are to be put to death, upon an ex post facto law
of treason: their property is to be confiscated
immediately, till their persons can be got, at. All
the members of the Cortes, assisting at the
deliberation at which the removal of the King
was ordained, are in like manner to be de-
stroyed ; and, which' is most remarkable,
simple identity of person is all that is ne-
cessary- to' prove at the future trial. This
horrible proceeding is copied from the French
Jacobins,• by whom sentence of death was pro-
nounce& on absentees ; and all that was after.
wards necessary to conduct the accused to the
guillotine MS' identity of person. If this was
confessed,. the instrument of death was ready.—
One would really suspect,- on' reading this op-
palling decree, that it had issued' from, or been
advised' by, some "secret enemy of Ferditiand,
intent upon his destruction ; for let it be recol-
lected, that' the Xing is' in the bands of those
against .whoursentence of death and confiscation
of property are thus: pronounced by the King's
friends. Were we in the place of those' so
sweepingly doomed to destruction, we should say
to his Majesty, as the King of Prussia said to the
Jew, " Dear Ferdinand, nothing but death shall
" part us: your fate is sealed up with ours." %Vith'
respect to Portugal, a circular letter from Gerr.
Rego orders the Government of the King to be
proclaimed-. That this document is directed by
the French, .and that consequently the anti-revo'
lutionary party of Portugal acts in concert with
the French, is clear from the following expres-
sion :—" That the troops and the people ought to
/4 expect at the hands of his Majesty the consti-
c•
• tution which he will give them."—it may be
apprehended that the access of Sir Robert Wil-
son to the Spaniards has been impeded in Perth..
gal. d'i'e have published all the tidings that
have been received on this head. In a letter,
however, from Sir Robert, dated Oporto, the 4th,
he speaks in high terms- of Spanish prospects.

[MORNING CHRONICLE:3
Three Lisbon Mail's were yesterday an-
nounced as having been received at the Post-
office, the last bringing letters and papers to the
17th ult. Ix' the three packets are several pas-
sengers, among whom is Don Ahura, and other
Members of the late Cortes or belonging to the
Administration, as well ns some Italian and
French Officers, who went to Lisbon to join the
liberal cause in the Peninsula. The contents of
the Papers we yesterday published up to the
10th ultimo, and to-day we make further ex-
tracts of a subsequent date. We have seen se-
veral private letters) stating that a consi-
derable sum was expended among the
soldiery and officers—the men being paid at
the rate of thirty-five shillings per head,
under which engagement they revolted. Now
the work is over, they do not hesitate to say
that if another party would pay them 40s. a
piece, they would
,be ready to undo what they
have just done. We therefore wish the Absolute
King joy of his acquisition and prospects. One
of time first acts of the King had been to annul
the decrees issued by the lute Government against
Count Amirante and his followers. Previous
to the entry of the King, the saloon, in which
the Cortrs held their sittings, was shut and
locked by un officer, at the head of a party of
troops. The new War Minister had issued a cir-
cular, directing that the recruiting which had been
ordered for the purpose of strengthening the army,
should be suspended. Orders had also been is-
sued to restore time municipalities of the several
towns in the kingdom to the footing on which
they were previous to the Constitution. A Board
of Censorship, composed of five Members, had
also been established, prohibiting any book or
paper from being printed, unless accompanied by
a certificate from two of the Censors. Orders
had been issued for the re-establishment of the
intercourse with all the ports of the Brazils,
which had been by .the Cortes suspended, as far
as related to those provinces in a state of hostility
with the mother country.

[lthrrESlt MUM.)
Tt would appear that matters -are not yet airy'
ranged between •Russia and the Porte. The Ham-
burgh Parrs, rece'i'ved `=yesterday state that dis.
patches had hee'n rece)ved at Vienna from the
Austrian Ambassador, at, St. Petersburgh, with
the resolutions of the Russian Cabinet, relative
to the negociations.,with Turkey. These dis.
patches were accompanied by another Russian
Note to the Divarq "couched in strong terms, In
which several' of the, demands, of the Porte,
among others the ef*uation of /he Asiatic foi'.
tresses, are peremptorily rejected, and Russia, so
far (ruin yielding any of her past pretensions,
again demand a categorical and final answer to
all the points In ilisPti(e.,We have often said that
the eye of the itussian never slept upon the Turkish
provinces. The policy of Russia ever has be(;11
to renew her prkensitrus at a future day, though
silo may Lave beeu.lodiliged to withdraw them
for a wblre. Turkey ictoo rich a prey ultimately
to escape the fangs of Autocrat. Ile now
regards the successes of the Greeks with an evil
ey,i, and would gladly seize on any plausible
pretext to Step in as an armed mediator, and
dispose his hordes over the European provinces
of falling Turkey. nis interference would be