The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-02 00:00:00

apply to titlift. The Bill, however, mutt undergo
material alterations; for in its present sh'ape it
would ruin those whom it is intended to serve.

IN ENV TI MESI
The French Papers of Tit sday and Friday
have arrived. " Events," says the Journal des
Mimes," will now unfold themselves with great
rapidity ;"—we may add, with immense and
most serious influence on the future destinies of
Europe.—Throughout this great question
we have stood aloof from all party,' do-
mestic or foreign. Ridiculed, abused, calum-
niated by our enemies, and coldly censured by
too many of our friends, we have received sup-
port and encouragement from none, but private
'and for the most part anonymous correspon-
dents ; to some of whom, however,
.our sincere
thanks are due for information which we have
found to be most valtiablef and perfectly correct.
AA for ourselVes, we claim no other merit than
that'of laborious 'hftlUtry in collecting facts, and
great ,caution. in drawing inferences-7but we
bOldly point to the result. Look at the state of
Spain this day, and say whether The Neu) Times
his or has not spoken the plain, simple,- 'Mex.
aggerated truth—say whether the statements of
opponents have not been, for the last nine
months, one continued tissue of blunders, misre-
presentations and falsehoods.--On the 23d ult.
the vanguard of the :French reserve entered
Madrid by the road of Alcovendas, as a bri-
gade of Obert's division did by the road of
Alcala ; the Revolutionary General Zayas having
Previously retreated towards Talavera, with only
Nur battalions of infantry, three squadrons of ca-
vilryt and six pieces of cannon—a small force,
Which was still further reduced by desertion on
the very first day's march. On the 24th, his
kopil Highness the Duke of Angouleme, with
the first corps of the Fruech army, com-
manded by Marshal Oudinot, entered the Spa-
nish capital, where he was received, as a
Prince of the House of Bourbon . might natu-
rally expect to be received, by people of all
ranks, " with marks of extraordinary affection
and respect." On the same day the Council of
Castile and the Council of the Indies assembled
(as it may be remembered they did in AuguSt,
1808, when Joseph Buonaparte fled from Ma-
drid) ; and on the 25th, these High Authorities
legally nominated, as a Regency during the
King's captivity, their respective Presidents, the
Dukes Del Infantado and. De Moutemar, to-
gether with the Bishop of Osma, the Baron
D'Eroles, and M. Calderon. These five in-
dividuals,' who, it is understood, have ac-
cepted the functions so conferred on them,
are persons of the highest rank, character, and
influence in Spain. Of the Duke, Del Infantadp"s
history we have given a slight sketch. The
Duke de Montemar held, under the lawful Go-
vernment, the important office of President of
tho Council of the Indies. The Bishop of Osma
is a' Prelate, highly venerated .throughout Spain..
The heroic achievementa of the Baron d'Lroles in
Cittaleula," against the forCei of, Buonnparte
during the list War, and against those of Mimi in
the present, are too Well known to need recital.
M. Calderon we presume to be the' Count De
Calderon, who received that title in 18113.; and
who was previously well known as Dun.F.M.
Calleja, Viceroy of New Spain.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
We received on Saturday by private express
the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday. The
French troops are now in full possession of the
Spanish capital. The vanguard of the French
army entered on the evening of the 23d. A
brigade of Obert's division followed next morn-
ing, and on the same day the Duke of Reggio
with his corps made his formal entry. By previous
convention, the Constitutional troops, under the
Spanish General Zayas, retired viithout contest
towards Talavera la Reyna. On the 24th the
Council of the Indies, and the Council of Castile,
as they are denominated, where Old Spain has
lost the Indies for ever, assembled (as we are
told), and on the 25th these sage Councils, com-
posed, it is not stated of whom, nominated the
Regency, who, with the aid of French bayonets,
are to govern Spain, until Ferdinand is again let
loose on his subjects, in all the terrors of übso-

lute power. This mock Regency is composed o
five members, the Duke of haunted°, formerly
President of the now antiquated Council o
Castile ; the Duke de Mouternar,Presideot of de
once existing Council of the lodies ; the Bishop°
Ostna;. the Faith banditti leader of cataloeia
;- and Calderonrare of the provisional de
tested Janta,who followed from the frontiers in the
train of Angouleme; one of the crew whose vile
proclamation roused general indignation throogh-
.
out, all Spain. This Regency may assemble, but
the country will disown them. The Cortes. stud
Govermnent in Seville will elope hp obeyed
throughoutSpahr; and the authority of this body
will not extend beyond the reach of the
French muskets, or .the circuit of their pa-
troles. The dispatch of Guilleminot to, Victor,
the Minister of War, confirms the intelli-
gence of 13essieres's attempt on Madrid, while a
body of the Constitutional troops still held the
capital by convention with the Freuch. The
banditti' leader, who had been so long hovering
in the neighbourhood of the capitol, suddenly
presented himself before it, on the 20th, and one
of his detachments penetrated to the very,cootre
'of the city, whildthe main body remained at the
Alcala gate. The Constitutional General,
Zayas, represented to the bandit the agreement
made with the French, but he insisted on haying
the gaf'f's delivered, up to him. Further representa-
tion proving useless, the Spanisk cavalry then'
charged
,Bessieres and his baoti,,and routed him
completely; a number were killed, and a l irger
number taken prisoners,
,fled this pa`rtisan got
pOSSP64OII of Madrid,, massacre and plunder
would have instantly folloAed in every quarter.
The audacious attempt ,wasl howevpr, resolutely;
defeated, and the presence of
,Ii renell regtiltir
soldiers must net eisariiy now chei:k any scpoes
of that sort. There are no positive,accounti' of
what has become of Abishal. The Journal des
Dbbrits of Thursday states, " that all the at.
counts about him are uncertain and contradic-
tory." The Pilote of Friday asserts, on the au-