The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-14 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE LOAN, LONDON, OCT. 14.

I beg leave to acquaint you, that Messrs. B. A.
Goldschmidt and Co. have contracted with the Portuguese
Government for a Loan of One Million two hundred thousand
Pounds sterling, the particulars of which are hereunto annexed.
JOSEPH COHEN, Sworn Broker.
Amount of Loan 1,200,0001. sterling, at the rate of b per
cent interest, payable in London Ist December and Ist June,
by Alessrs. B. A. Goldschmiduand co.
There will be a Sinking Fund, the whole to be redeemed
,within twenty-eight years, viz. :..-
1823 to 1824, 3 per cent.
1824 to 1825, 2i per cent.
1025 to 1820, 2 per cent.
1828 to 1827, I j per cent.
1027 to 1028, and every subsequent year, 1 per cent.,

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on the account of the Loan to be employed in purchasing up
Bondy is the Market and cancelling them.

SECURITY.

The Revenues generally and especially the produce of the
Tobacco Contract, which is to be remitted to London by the
Collectors of the Decima Tax :

PAYMENTS.
10 per cent. 20th inst.
10 per cent. Ist Dec.
Balance 2d Feb. 1824.
Earlier payments may, however, be made, and a discount
of 4 per cent. will be allowed.
N.B.—The contractors issue Scrip receipts, which, when the.
payment on them is made in full, will be discharged, against
Bowls when they are ready for delivery.

We have inserted in our preceding columns
extracts from Paris and Cadiz Papers, which,
however, have lost much of their interest In con-
sequence of the great change which has taken
place in Spain. The subjoined addition to the

narrative which we published yesterday is more
deserving of attention, as contributing to furnish
materials for a correct judgment on .the causes
which led to the surrender of FEttniNAND and

of Cadiz to the Duke of ANGOULEME:-
"The Extraordinary Cortes, which, as our readers know,
is merely an extraordinary convocation of the ordinary Cortes,
wen; summoned for toe discussion of urgent business. The.),
met on the fith of September. The King had proniised to
open the sitting ; but on the morning he sent an excuse, and
the Royal speech was delivered by commission. After the
reading of the speech, the, 'Minister (Calatrava) announced that
the principal object of assembling the Cortes was to lay before
them some propositions made through the medium of the
Duke de Guiche by the French Generalissimo, together
with the answer returned by the Spanish Government.—.
Toe propositions were, that the King and the . Royal Fa-
tnily should repair to Port St. 'Mary, and that the French
army should be allowed to approach to the inner glacis of
Cadiz. The answer was, that such propositions were too,
unreasonable and monstrous to be listened to for a moment:
that if the French had already been in possession of the out-
works of Cadiz; :they could not have exacted more htuniliat•
rig conditions, that rather than submit to them, the Spanish
."misters were red y to btiry themselves under the ruins of
the last town in Spain. This declaration was received with
an enthusiasm of approbation. The galleries of the church
in which the Cortes held their sittings were crowded with
the People of Cadiz ; and this pledge (as it were) of the
Golferithiem, to perish rather than yield to the Invader, in-
Stead of producing any misgiving or symptom of terror among
those whom it equally pledged to probable destruction, was hail-
ed.. with rapturous acclamations, which lasted for some minutes.
°onie Englishmen who were present could not help exclaiming
All Is safe : With a people so enthusiastic in the cause,
everY thing may be atchieved Cadiz cannot fall." The next
day the Cortes met again, and Committee which had been
'tlpointed to examine the papers laid before them, expressed,
through their reporter, their decided approbation of the conduct
Alinisters• The following day (we believe, for though we
are pita sure of the facts, we cannot vouch exactly for dates,
hoto Hring the Spanish papers now before us), the illiristers
. taloned the Cortes as to what they should do it England should
interferei or France suspend hostilities on the condition of a mo-
deeiattml of the constitution. The Cortes, after a long debate,
the tied that they were a Legislative 'Body—that they were
'Sot ttlristuYes of .the Constitution, not its creators—that it did
ties to
alter or destroy their own essential rights and privileges ;

that to the Executive was committed the management and re.
sponsibility of all State negotiations; and that to the Executive
alone, in the first instance, must these important concerns be
left. It may be proper to remark here, that notwithstand-
ing this application of the Minister to the Cortes, there is
no reason to believe that either England or France had
given any official intimation 'of any intention to act in the
way anticipated. The Cortes sat for three or four more
days, and disposed of some routine business, when nothing
fresh being laid before them, they dissolved themselves.—
Their number usually consisted of 68 ; 60 being necessary
to constitute a sitting. ,Of this number nearly the whole
were, with minor shades of difference, decided Constitution-
alists. About eight were of the party called Serviles, who
were detained in Cadiz very much against their inclination,
in order to ensure the full compliment of members. We will
not interrupt the course of this narrative with any reflections
on the conduct of the English Ministers, or of their Ambassador
to the Court of Spain. We will now content ourselves with the
bare statement of a few facts, which indeed require no aid of
comment to make an indelible impression on every English.
man who deserves the name. We have, then, reason to know
that the English flag was constantly and wantonly outraged by
the French marine, under the pretext of preserving the blockade
—that merchant ships were boarded more than two degrees
westward of Cadiz, and obviously bound to a different desti-
nation, at all events beyond all limits of regular blockade—
that the right of search was exercised With a rigour hitherto
unknown—that planks were torn up, bulk-heads broken down,
trunks burst open, papers and letters minutely inspected, and
captains of ships imprisoned, under pretence of getting at con-
traband correspondence. Besides these outrages, great num-
bers of merchant ships which bad entered Cadiz. and had
embarked their cargoes before the blockade was declared,
were detained, contrary to all law and usage, to the detri-
ment and even ruin of their owners. All remonstrance
was 'in vain : indeed, there was no regular British agent
through whom any remonstrance could be made in due
form. The Ambassador, A'Court, though the avowed ac-
credited Minister to the Spanish GoVernment, was not at
Cadiz, but at Gibraltar....-that is, not in the Spanish, hut the
English territory. The Consul was absent, we believe, in Eng.
land, and the Vice-Consul declared he could not act in the ab.
Bence of his principal. While die interests of the British mer-
chants were thus left without protection, the American Consul
was daily making vigorous representations in behalf of his
country's commerce'; and found or rendered the Duke d'Angou.
leme disposed to listen to and agree to all his applications.
Seeing the success of his applications, the British merchants
were at last forced to submit to the mortification of going
cap in hand to the American agent, and- entreating into to
intercede with the Duke d'Angouleme. What a catastrophe
for the naval glory of Old England! No wonder that the
English merchants at Cadiz, after this humiliating lesson, should
lose some of the pride ofliberty, and should be (as we understand
they were) among the few residents who grumbled at the contri-
butions levied for the defence of the city, and even looked with sa-
tisfaction to its possible downfall. Weare glad to be enabled from
the sarneauthenticandunimpeachablesourcefrom which we have
derived the preceding particulars, to relate an anecdote, which
shows how much the character ofßiego has been belied. During
the month of August, our informant, in company with !Liege
and a portion of his army, made a military excursion in the
neighbourhood of Malaga. A detachment of about 300 of the
Army of the Faith (or faccioros) fell in their way. After a
sharp skirmish, 90 of them were taken prisoners ; and the hasty.
zeal of Riego's companions in arms demanded that they should
be instantly shot. Rico vehemently resisted this cruel pro-
posal; and with some difficulty succeeded in saving the lives of
all his prisoners.
" Vire have given above a continuation of yesterday's narra-
tive of the Interesting occurrences which bad taken place at
Cadiz before the surrender of the place; and as a counterpart
to this, we here insert the relation of all the particulars which
had reached Paris, and were known respecting that disgraceful
event :
1 PARIS, OCT. Io.—The French entered Cadiz on the 3d
inst. as appears by the telegraphic dispatch received this morn.
ing. Spain is to be occupied by an army of 30,000 French
troops. This army is to be maintained at the expence of
France. The Duke of Angouleme and the disposable part of
his forces are not expected in France till about the com-
mencement of the new year. The King of Spain, after he had
attained what is called his freedom, issued a proclamation be.
fore leaving Cadiz, containing promises, to which it is expected
he will adhere. The purport of this proclamation is not yet
generally known at Paris, though, no doubt, Ministers them-
selves know its contents. The Regency have given In their re-
signation. The Duke of. Infantado is made Captain of the
Royal Guards ; and the appointment of Saez, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs to the Regency, is confirmed under the King.'
"'That which follows would be found interesting, could 'we
be assured of its truth :

PARIS OCT. 11.—No copy of the proclamation which the, King of Pants,
being free, issued before he left Cadiz, has as
yet been made known. A copy of it is said to have reached
the Ministry three days ago,. but they carefully conceal its
contents. Rumour, however, is 'sufficiently busy ; and
the account which is given of its nature would sufficiently
explain the reason why it is not published its Paris. The
King, it is said, declaring himself free, and entering the
boat along. with Valdez, assured his subjects that he would
adhere to every promise that it contained, and every prin-
ciple which it expressed. These preimiees and those prin.
ciples are, in existing cirenmstances,' of' a consolatory na-
ture for the party which have been accused of being his
gaolers. His Majesty is said to promise a general amnesty,
without qualification or exception. He promises, that the
officers and soldiers who led him from Seville to Cadiz, are
not only. to partake of this amnesty, but to preserve their
commissions and their rank ; and if dismissed, are to receive
the half of their pay. All the members of the Cortes, and
all the defenders of Cadiz, receive his special protection.
He moreover declares to them, that he is actuated by
the sincerest opinion of the necessity of free institutions,
and that he will always be prepared to co-operate with
them to secure the public liberty. ToWards the begin-
ning of his proclamation, he uses the strange expression,
that called by his duty to the enemy's camp, he cannot
leave his faithful subjects of Cadiz without giving them these
assurances.'

" Those who cannot at present believe that. the King of
Spain has thus spoken, must satisfy themselves with the feel-
ing and assurance, that this was the way in which he ought to
have spoken. We shall soon know what his real conduct has
been."--( Time:.

' Extract of a letter, dated Para, August 22 :-
4‘ The Don Miguel, commanded by JOHN PASCOE
GRENFELL, arrived here, from Maranhao', with
dispatches from Lord CpCHRANE for this Govern-
ment. The result has been, that the Rio flag
has been hoisted, the old Government abolished,
and one entirely Braziliam elected. The prin-
cipal persons of this place have taken the oaths
of allegiance to the Emperor. A Portuguese
frigate and sloop of war hate been tak'en posses-
sion of by Captain GRENFELL."

The Princess SOPHIA and the Princess SOPIIIA
MATILDA visited the Princess AUGUSTA yester-
day.
The Duchess of SAXE WEIMAR Was safely de-
livered at a quarter before twelve o'clock on
Saturday night of a line male infant, at the re►si-
dence of the Duke and Duchess of CLAR.ENCL, at
Bushey. Her Serene Highness and the infant
are doing very, well.

The remains of the Countess of DARTMOUTH
are to he interred on Friday next in the family
vault, 'Trinity Church, Minories.

A Letter-from Munich, the capital of Bavaria, says—His
Royal Highness the,Prince Royal of Paussra. was expected
there towards the conclusion of September. Besides other re-
joicings in honour of his presence, two fetes Would be given
which could hardly be seen any where else,—to wit, the fete of
the Central Land-States on the Theresa-Isle, near to Munich,
and an illuminated ate champttre on the mountains near the
Lake of Tegern. His Majesty the King of Prussia has, in a
very obliging Letter to the King of Bavaria, expressed his wish
that there may be no delay in the marriage between his son and
the Princess Eliza of Bavaria.
A recent letter from Bordeaux says, " Messrs.
Each and Company, Merchants in that place,
have just established there a manufactory of
woollen blankets and cotton quilts. Fifteen
different trades are placed in activity by new in-
ventions. This branch of 'industry, hitherto un-
known at Bordeaux (it is added), must necessa-
rily prove equally advantageous to commerce
and the public.
The cuckoo, which
generally leaves this coun-
try early in the summer, was heard last week in
the woods of Ravensworth, in the county of
Durham.