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

anti animosity—despotism and superstition in'
Spain ? It would be no far-fetched speculation
to suppose that the object of the Duke of Angou-
lame was to render the Government. of Ferdi-
nand odious and intolerable. No one could have
doubted the power of the French before this
but if the least doubt could exist, it must now
be removed, when the General-in-Chief has exer-
cised the right of occupation by conquest— without
giving the people the common advantages of con-
quest—protection. Our readers know the Madrid
Junta has been suffered to play its " phantastic
tricks," but' are not equally aware of the sum-
mary vigour with which the Military Chiefs in
the provinces proceed in recruiting the finances,
restoring the faith, and setting right public opi-
nion. One example will suffice. The Count
d'Espanay " Captain General of Navarre, &c."
has issued a proclamation in which he proposes to
bring back all backsliders from the Holy Church
and the absolute King within the bosom of the
monarchy and the faithy by the simple pro-
cess of confiscating the goods and leaving the
families to starve, of all those who have with-
drawn from the paternal accolade of the French,
and by imposing a contribution of a fourth of
their income, whether from property or from la-
bour, upon all who did any act of homage to the
Constitution of Cadiz, or who sung the tragala
or other obnoxious ditty. In order to encourage
concord among the parties opposed to each other,
a portion of the confiscations and imposts
are to be given to the faithful subjects who
have suffered damage, and who aid the
Captain-General in discovering the ungodly
within his jurisdiction. The Captain-General
also proclaims, a general beat (as in a wolf-hunt)
for all " impious books," meaning all books
published or introduced wince the Revolution,
and not sanctioned by the Holy Office, which
are to be publicly consumed by general con-
flagration, and by the Ministry of the public
executioner. Any person who shall not instantly
give up to the fire the denounced books, but
shall be detected in secreting them for his pri-
vate reading, shall be mulcted in the half of his
income, whatever that may be. But who is this
Captain-General, and whence does he put forth
his edicts ? He is a mere shadow—a chief of
some straggling bandits of the Faith, attached to
the French force before Pampeluna, where the
decree of the Duke of Angouleme gives unlimited
and exclusive power to the Marquis de Lewis-
ton. It is curious that the Duke's Proclamation
and that of the soi-disant Captain General appear
on the same day. If the Duke of Angouleme
designed in pato, to imitate litionaparte, and take
upon himself " the destinies and regeneration of
Spain," he could not better prepare the way
than by letting the Spaniards 'have this
foretaste from the Regency of what they
may expect from Ferdinand ; and if the Con-
stitutional Government were out of the field, it
must be confessed that the Spaniards must be
besotted If they did not prefer even the yoke of
the French. We believe that if the alteruative
were proposed, the great mussof the nation would
prefer it. It fs a great mistake to suppose that it
was for Servitism that the Sintniards fought in the
last war. It was for national freedom, as well
as national /*dependence; The organization and
the acts of time Cortes of that day, the dispatches
of Lord Wellesley, and the side taken, by almost
he whole of the civil and military Patiiota of
hat war, in re-establishing the Constitution in
NO, affords unanswerable evidence of the fact.

A New ADVENTURER.—The topic of conver-
sation at the west end of the town is the gascon-
ade of a young Adventurer, a mere boy, who, ten
his quarters at a respectable
days since, took up
hotel, and has, since deluded all ranks and de-
scriptions. Under the assumed title of an Irish
Peer, he contrived to introduce himself to the
family of a Noble Earl, under the pretence of
purchasing a Cornetcy in his Lordship's regiment,
and by the family was invited to stay dinner,
which he did. His success, among tradespeople,
has not been so marked, from a want of method :
He ordered goods to a large amount from different
houses, but in the midst of his arrangements he
suddenly disappeared from the hotel. It appears,
in enquiry, that this hero had ordered a roast foul
to be dressed for his supper one night, stating that
he should return from Vauxhall at midnight. The
waiter sat up all night, but the pretended Noble-
man did not appear, and, in fact, never returned.
On Sunday morning last he was seen in the
rules of the King's Bench at ten o'clock, a very
early hour that for a fashionable youth to be seen,
and in such an unfashionable place too. Among
the various attempts at imposition, may be enu-,
merated the following :—A Gentleman, who re-1
sides in Berkeley-square, has a very fine horse.
The youth saw it, and sent his groom to know
if the Gentleman was disposed to sell it, offer- ,
ing 150 guineas for it.—lle went to Hancock's
glass warehouse, at Charing-cross, and looked
out a variety of goods, particularly a buhi
chandelier, in the style of Louis XIV., of great
value. To jewellers, upholders, tailors, end
bnottnakers, lie paid similar visits. Like " the
Fortunate I,'Quat"- he talked much of his expec-
tations from strangers. From every appearance
the boy is an instrument in the hands of some
artful impostor, who probably resides within the
rules of the
above prison.—After having been
missing since Saturday last, he re-appeared yes-
terday at the shop of a silversmith in the neigh-
bourhood of the Haymarket, calling himself the
sou of a Scotch Nobleman. The son of the
silversmith gave him the lie direct, and, we are
told, followed it up with a blow, that is, literally
kicked him out of the shop. At an army accou-
tremvnt-maker's in Bond-street, he passed him-
speaks
self otr as a Scotch Earl, and ordered the neces-
sary equipments for a Cornet in the Dragoon
Guards. This ingenious youth it of a slim figure;
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It is a proverb among British seamen, that no
one is allowed to thisik on board of ship but the
captain, the chief-mate,
and the carpenter
RAT KILLING.—The famous dog Billy yester-
day killed in Tufton-street, Westminster, 100
rats in less than nine minutes. The task'was for
a wager of 1001.