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

THE ARMY.

Orders have been issued froM the Horse Guards, " for. the
rendering more efficient the Yeomanry and Volunteer Force of
the COuntry—that in future no Regiment will be considered
' efficient; until they have been on permanent duty for 14 days
!luring the season, the remaining 7 days (in all i 1) to be at
such periods as may lid most cothenient for the Corps, which
is left to the direction'of the Commanding Officer.
In consequence of the orders just issued from the Horse
Guards,.the Light Horse Volunteers will go on permanent duty
for 14 days, the middle of next week, at the end of which pe-
riod his Royal 'Highness the Commander-in-Chief will review
them. _ _ . .

•
• Yesterday afternoon, about 100 fine looking young lads, re-
emits for the East India service, were shipped at -Leith, on
hoard one of the smacks (Comet) for London. As they were
going aboard at the Wooden Pier, one of them, who had pro-
bably repented of hia bargain, ran off, but was soon overtaken,
and brought back to the vessel--(Edinburgh Courant,
,41itte 23.)

We yesterday observed that one of the tests
by which the world would be enabled to judge
of the real character of the counter-revolution in
Portugal would be furnished by that part of the
new Code which is to determine whether free-
dom shall be given to the press, or whether it is
to be subject to arbitrary controul ; and we at
the same time expressed our own opinion that
the hopes which seem to be so generally
entertained of the speedy promulgation of a
liberal Constitution for- Portugal, are not very
well founded. • We are sorry that our fears
and suspicions are already in some measure con-
firmed. Amongst our extracts from the Lisbon
Gazettes (see our Foreign Intelligence, Article
46 Portugal,—June 14,") is the annunciation of
a Decree which revokes the Liberty of the Press,
and appoints
,a rigorous Censorship! It is true

that the same Decree declares that. the Censor-
chip is to be abolished, after a law shall have been
framed for protecting the well-regulated liberty of
the press ; but it is impossible not to see in the
present measure, and indeed in the general ten-
dency of the other proceedings of the Government,

in spite of the tone of moderation that has been
assumed, and in spite of the linWs seemingly
sincere disposition to refrain from acts of ven-
geance, strong grounds of presumption and pro-
bability that if an open and undisguised des-
potism is not to be re-established in Portu-
gal, at least that the semblance of liberal in
which may be created by the forth-
coming Constitution, will prove but a feeble
and insecure barrier against the exercise of the
Royal authority. It does not appear.that a single
effort has any where been made, or even a single
wish expressed,—in opposition to the re-estab-
lishment of the old order of things. Even Gen.
[tEno has published a proclamation, declaring
his concurrence in the subversion of the Consti-
tution, and his recognition of the powers re-
assumed by the KING.

The receipt, by express, of the 11?'onileur• of
Saturday, enabled us yesterday to lay before our
Readers the latest Bulletin of Major-General
GUILLEMINOT, and some of the articles of a
frantic Decree issued by the Duke d' Noon.
LEME'S Regency at Madrid. The following ad-
ditional articles are contained in the same Decree,
but were accidentally omitted in the hurry of
making the translation :

" 3d. The members of the Cortes, who joined in the deliber-
ation by which the King's dethronement (decheaner) was de-
clared, are by this single fact guilty of high treason; and the
punishments awarded to this crime by the laws, shall be put in
execution by the tribunals, on the simple recognizenient of their
persons.

" 4th, There shall be excepted from the preceding article,
and besides suitably and honourably rewarded, all those who
may contribute powerfully to the King's deliverance.

Whatever may be the result of the war Against
the liberty and independence of Spain: history

will do justice to tale moderation and forbear-
ance of the Constitutionalists, so finely con-
trasted as it is, even tinder the greatest wrongs
and provocations, with the fierce malignity of the
fanatics who have brought the united evils of
foreign invasion and civil war upon their country.

Further Extracts from the French Parrs of Saturday last.
They write from Alexandria in Egypt, that the Viceroy
has received orders from the Sultan to march upon Bagdat
with all' his troops, to stop the progress of the Persians ;
that the troops encamped at Delta have revolted, and
that the Egyptian flotilla has orders not to put to sea till
the sedition is at an end. The pest has made, great ra-
vages at Alexandria, Constantinople, Janina, Arta, and
Previsa. By letters from Corfu of the 25th May, and from
Leghorn of the 10th June, we learn that Joseph Pasha, Com-
mandant of the fort of Patras, has fled, seeing himself reduced
to the last extremity. It is presumed that the garrison cannot
hold out long.--(Journal di Paris, June 28.) ‘,

News of a late date is said to have been re-
ceived from Seville, containing information of a
nature calculated to encourage the friends of
constitutional freedom. Little or no effect was
produced by the receipt of the intelligence
respecting the Portuguese counteNrevolution ;
and the preparations for defending Galicia,
.and for organizing guerilla corps inr other parts
of Spain, were proceeding with the utmost ac-
tivity at tho moment the King and the Cortes
retired upon Cadiz. The removal of the com-
mercial prohibitions between Spain and England
had given the greatest satisfaction ; and the ge-
nerous sympathy evinced by the people of Eng-
land in behalf of the Spaniards had ziwakened
the liveliest sense of gratitude in all classes of
the community. No symptom of dismay had
shown Itself in any portion of the Constitu-
tionalists; on the contrary, the late news re-
specting the proceedings of the Regency at Ma-
drid had confirmed them in their resolution to
resist to the last. That news confirmed the re-
port of the re-establishment of the Inquisition
in the capital and at Toledo, and of the outrage-
ous appointment of the robber Bessieres to the
Government of Madrid. If any despondence
had previously suggested a compromi..e with ty-
ranny, the foolish ferocity of the Spanish rebels
would have fixed the determination of time Pa-
triots either to conquer or die for the inde-
pendence of their country.

It is rumoured that the British shipping at
Oporto has been placed under embargo, for the
purpose, it is supposed, of endeavouring to dis-
cover and arrest son►e person who is suspected to
hart: embarked on board an English vessel.

VI CKNA, Jess 14.—We learn that dispatches
received from our Ambassador at St.
have been
Petersburg'', Baron Lebezeltern, with the Reso-
hCabinet, relative to the ne-
gotiations
lt.ni ol
hRi
thets s
;To r e
These dispatches are
accompanied by a new Russian Note to the Di-
van, expressed in strong terms; in which several
of the demands of the Porte—among others, the
evacuation of the Asiatic fortresses_.are rejected.
Russia demands it categorical answer to all the
points in dispute between the two Empires,
which shall decide the question of peace or war.
WlNnsott. JUNE 30.--,.Yesterday, in the after.
noon, his MA.' Y, accompanied by his usual re.
linue, rode on horseback for a considerable time
in the Great Park. In the evening his Majesty
entertained a small party at dinner. Lord
Graves and Sir William Keppell returned to the
King's Lodge, and Lord St. Helen's arrived yes-
terday on a visit to his
Majesty.—The Terrace
was unusually crowded yesterday evening ',in
sequence of a .rumour that ills Majesty intended
to be present.
It is confidently stated that nothing but the
present political state of Wurtemburgh prevents
his il.tsEsTY from realising the design he had
formed of visiting the continent this
(IVorning
Yesterday morning Lord SANDON, eldest son
of the Earl of ‘llAnnowny, arrived in Downine-
street with diipatches from Mr. HILL, our Am-
bassador at Turin.
Mr. WARD, who arrived last Wednesday with
dispatches from Sir Wm. A'CottT, our Minister
in Spain, was attacked by two gangs of robbers at
EOM'', one of them composed of 'ftiur, and the
other of six ; one of the robbers actually fired at
him. The place where he was attacked was ex-
tremely lonely, no house being near it for above
five miles, exEept n post 'house. Near the same
spot one r: our King's messengers' was stopped
and robbed a short time since.
Letters from Stockholm,- dated the 10th ult.,
say, that great preparations are
,making for the
august ceremony of the marriageof the Crown
Prince. —The, illustrious bride, as well as the
Queen of SWEDEN, had arrived safe. The 22t1
ult. was the, day fixed for -the'.`Royal nuptials.
It was calculated there were already 20,000
visitors in the Swedish capital from various parts
of Sweden and NOrway.. Sir BEN.] AMIN BLOOM-
uo, Bart., the British Ambassador, and suite,
have just arrived in time to witness the gaieties
of the Scandinavian people. An encanipment of
troops is forming at Ladugirdsgarde, to the ex.
tent of, 10,000 men.
The celebrated Miss EDGEwoltTli accompanied
Sit' WALTER SCOTT . and a Party lust week on a visit to
St. Andrew's, Scotland.
- The Anniversary of the never-to-be-forgotten
great
victory op !slidt Wcae treerml 000n,;.w as y celebratede
members w t h
of
the
41r.tictren CLUB, at llamburgh, on- the 18th ult.
In the evening there was a grand dinner. The
president on the occasion was the cousin of the
departed hero,'Count VON BLOCURR-ALTONA.