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

prescience than himself. If so they cannot
but see that their own downfal would be in-
volved in that of their deluded Sovereign.
No dependence can be placed upon a cor-
rupt soldiery; and when the foreign troops
are withdrawn, they may be expected to
juin with any party who may obtain the as-
cendant. In whatever way we view Spain, whe-
ther the French Army removes or remains, we
see nothing but the continuance of a merciless
despotism on the one side, or a revolutionary
re-action on the other.

The KING does not for the present mean to
visit either of the Theatres.

Yesterday the Loun CHANCELLOR and Sir C.
STUART, the late 'Ambassador to the Court of
France, had audiences of the KING.
The Duke of Youx had a Dinner Party yes-
terday, at his residence at Stable-yard, St.
James's.—Yesterday the Duchess of G LOUCE3TER
received visits from the Duke of YORK and the
Princess SOPHIA. The Royal Duchess was
better.

MNSTRAFTORD CANNING, it is said, will de.
part on his mission to St. Petersburg!' on Friday
next.

Dispatches, dated the 7th of September, have
been received at the Colonial Department, from
Colonel GRANT, at Cape Coast Castle. The
Ashantees had totally disappeared, but great mor-
tality had prevailed in the garrison. We are
happy, however, to state, that the troops, when
the dispatches were forwarded, were in a healthy
state.

A letter from Cape Coast Castle, dated Sept. 6,
says—" Our last engagement has completely
broken the spirit of the Ashantees. It was a
bloody affair, and the first time both parties had
fairly joined battle since the fatal day of Assa-
macan. A fratoo is the Waterloo of this part of
the world,. It has led to the retreat of the enemy,
completely humbled and ashamed. As far as we
can judge, there is no chance of their returning
in a hostile manner."
A letter from Vienna of the 10th instant men-
tions that Lord STRANGFORO, who arrived at
Trieste on the 3d, was expected in that capital.
Ills Lordship is stated to have made an excur-
.:ion to the coast of Asia Minor, and to have vi-
sited the ruins of Troy.
Letters from Madrid of the Bth instant state,
that in consequence of the report received from
the Royalist Army in Peru, the Government has
sent out dispatches re-appointing LA Sit to
the Viceroyalty, and expressing approbation of
all the measures adopted by CANTERAC and
VALDEZ. LA SELINA has had conferred on him
the title of " Duque de los Andes."
llANovea, Nov. 10.—In the course of this
month several stags are to be caught alive on
the Deister Mountain, to be sent to England.
There will be a grand wild boar hunt this week.
M. BIEDERMANN, who had lately been Saxon
Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, is appointed to fill
the same post at the Court of London.

The Archbishop
of Paris baptised on Friday
last in the chapel of the Asylum, in the Rue
Hagneux, a jewess, aged thirty-seven, who five
years since had been received into this establish-
ment. The sponsors were the Marquis •de
Itiviere and Madame Ledylif a widow, the ails.
tress of the Asylum. ' •
Admiral DUNCAN'S Address to the Officers who'
came on board his ship for instructions, previous
to the engagement with Admiral de WINTER,
was both laconic and humorous :—" Gentlemen,
you see a severe Winter approaching, I have
only to advise you to keep up it good fire.'
BODY-STEALING.—An extraordinary case of
body-stealing occurred in Westminster on Sunday night. A
poor man named Thomas Evans,, died, a few days ago, 9t his
residence, No. 11,
.Orchard-street, near TothilLtields ; and on
Saturday the remains were placed In a coffin preparatory to in-
terment. The poor man had outlived such portions of his family
as were likely to be useful to him. lie had two sons, but they
were away; and a child that was left with him was in pity re-
moved, after the body had been placed in a coffin, by a woman
who had attended on the deceased in his life-time. The house,
'a small one, was then locked up. About nine o'clock on Sunday
night, when, it may remembered, it rained very fast, a cart
was observed to be standing at the deceased's door ; but the rain
prevented the neighbourhood from attending particularly to the
operations of those with the cart. However' on afterwards
going to the house, it was discovered that the house had been
broken into'; that the body, and the body only, had been re-
movedethe coffin, &c. being left; and that the whole business
had evidently been done by those accustomed to stealing dead
bodies. It excited a good deal of consternation in the neigh.
bourhood ; and it was stated that on yesterday morning, the
body had been found in a very distinguished hospital- near
Smithfield, and also (but on what authority could not be
traced), that one of two near relatives had been concerned in
this extraordinary removal. The latter statement is too revolt.
ing to be believed, even though the party have been engaged
in extraordinary transactions.
SbitioGLING.--7Between Sunday and Monday
last, Mr. TAwsE, supervisor of excise, Forfar, having received
information of a large party of smugglers being on their way to
Dundee, he called ant a party of foul' of the fish Dragoon guards
to his assistance. Having comeup with the smugglers near the
union of the Forfar and (ilummis roads, they found their party
too small to attack such a number of Highlandmen, and ac-
cordingly.dispatched one Of the dragoons for a reinforcement.—
By this time, the smugglers had removed all their whisky
except eight ankers, into the wood. The officer seized
these eight, and leaving a guard to protect them, advanced to
the wood in order to capture the rest. The wood, how-
ever, was impenetrable for the horses ; and the smug-
glers being behind a dyke, pelted the officer and party
with stones. It was therefore judged prudent to wait fur the
reinforcement; and, returning to take tossession of what had
before been seized, they found that p (limit:el of the smugglers
had recovered seven of the ankers, and left the remaining one
for a pillow, to the dragoon who guarded it. The Highlanders
away with all their gear, excepting this one anker,
andt safelya
n old horse, which was incapable of being driven along
with thein.—(Edinbargh Courant, Nov. 20.)
REMARKABLE APPEARANCL—ThiS mottling,
at sunrise, the heavens, for a few minutes, presented a most
remarkable and even fearful appearance, its if illumined. by
glues appeared as if it
the flames of a tremendous volcano, or city in flames. So
strong, was the lurid reflection, that it cant a very deep
flaming colour upon the buildings of this city, which, when
th lookedlawalurid
been
flamesa stainedttlt through
g ofl ired,
doe.si,re
wr the buildings indoawthe
reflecting light from
conflagration.
rile
meaning
ning
was calm, and deep clouds shrouded the whole heavens, except
a small space on the south-east borison, where the sun VMS
about to make his appearance. The phenomenon is not unusual
at this season of the year, but we never saw it to such a great
extent. It is a sure sign of unsettled, wet and stormy weather.
—(glaagore Courier, N0v.20.)
Mr. BONNYCASTLE, son of the late Professor
at Woolwich, has given up the situation of fore-
men at Chatham dock-yard, and accepted the ap•
pointmant of Professor of Natural Philosophy sti
the new Universitrof Charlotteville, Virginia.—
Two Professors from Cambridge have also ac-
cepted appointments in the same University.