The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-27 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 27.

[MOIINTNC. CIIRONICI.E.]
Paris letters, received in town yesterdayossert
that Count Abisbul had deserted his colours, and
joined the French ; but, in order to render the
fact more probable, they take care to add, that
he went over to them alone. The report was
believed by many ;- others, however, considered
it without foundation. We have, ourselves, seen
letters from MiidHd of the 11th, and from Bilboa
of the 156,-which are entirely silent on the sub-
ject. Our Paris Correspondent is inclined to
give credit to the report.

We yesterday received' a file of the kg'meta dim, published in
Seville, to the 4th inst.,•which Papers, althou ,li barren as far
as regards military events (already anticipated), are neverthe- ,
less interesting, in so far as they depict the actltvity and enthu-
siasm
prevailing at the seat of Government, and the energy ,
alrendy displayed by the Spanish Cortes. The chief delibera-
tions of the latter, since their meeting, have had for object to
express and record the sentiments of just abhorrence in which
the aggression of the French is held by the National Legisla-
ture, and to provide the Government with the means to repel it.
A motion had been made to bring to Seville'the urns contain-
ing the ashes of Daoiz and Velarite, as well as of the other
patriot's, from Madrid, who perished there on the memorable
2d of. May, 1808, in order that they might not be profaned by
the presence of foreign troops. General Villactimpa had arrived
at Seville, for the purpose of organizing the Army of Reserve,
and it was thought that as there were in the 9th and 10th
districts, 12 battalions of the permanent army, a similar num-
ber of active militia, 14 squadrons of cavalry, 1 ditto of artillery,
1 battalion of ditto, the army would be very soon ready, if the
Provincial Deputations complied with the decrees of the Cortes.
—Some extremely strong resolutions against those Spaniards
who join the enemy, were under discussion in the Cortes, such
as confiscation of property, &c. These Papers give long ex-
tracts from she debates of the British Parliament, and the do-
cuments laid before the House relating to the negotiations in
Verona and Parith—fibid.)

[MORNING HERALD.]

We this day lay before our 'readers several in-
teresting extracts from the Seville Journals, of
the .sth, 6th, and 7th of Muy other columns
,of Tint SUN this day.)—Amongst them will be
found the project of a decree for a forced loan,
from which it appears that every householder in
Spain, whether a native or a foreigner, will be
liable (if this decree be passed into a law) to
contribute a certain sum in proportion to the rent
which he pays. It is highly probable that the
Cortes will agree to some measure of this sort, as
they seem to be without ,any other available
means of carrying on the war. In addition to
this forced loan, it will also be observed, that
certain funds under the management of the Junta,
of what is called the Public Credit, are also made
available to the exigency of the moment. These
funds were, in November, 1820, assigned to the
payment of certain portions of the national
debt, which existed anterior to the restoration of
the Constitution. We see that the public neces-
sities have now altered their destination. It will
also be observed, that the Government has de-
manded from the Cortes, that the contract en-
tered into in January last, with the house of
liernales and Piedra, should be rendered null,
and the Ministers should be authorised to enter
into a fresh contract with any other house which
they may think proper, for the sale of the forty
million of rentes which were inscribed in the
Great Book of Spain at the same period. A
Gentleman is, we understand, at. present in Lon-
don, who is authorized by the Spanish Govern-
ment to conclude this contract; but how far he
his yet succeeded we are not informed.