The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-03 00:00:00

PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS Ix LONDON, MAY 3,
AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Five per Cents. 84.
Six per Cents. 00.
Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00.
1
Ditto New 78.
1 Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 724.
Scrip, 00.
Austrian • Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00.
Five per Cent. Bonds, 00.
Spanish New Ditto, 35/. ex div.
Scrip, 00 disc.
l' Five per Cent. Bonds, 821.
Proratian 1. Ditto New, 824.
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 87.
Chili 084.
Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 654.
Peruvian . New Loan, 00.
Bank Shares £2l St.
Six per Cent. 00-98.
American Five per Cent. 956-97.
Three per Cent. 70.

French

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning, 21 minutes after O. 1 Evening, 49 minutes after 8.

THE SUN.

SOLEM'QUIS DICERS FALSI;II AUDEAT

LONDON,
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1823.

We have been favoured with the following
Dispatch, dated yesterday, at Paris :
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH, dated Paris, May 2.
The Minister of the Interior to the Mayor of Calais.
Sin—The advanced guard of the 2d Corps
entered Sarragossa on the 25th.

" The Citadel of Jaca is in the hands (est au
pouvoir) of the King's Army. The Revolu-
tionary Chief has been arrested, his troops have

surrendered."

The apologists for the unjust aggression of
France against Spain, or rather the instigators to
the perpetration of that iniquity, and the eulogists
of the atrocious system which fiies Veen organized
against the liberties and independence of nations,
have consistently manifested the same hatred to
the free institutions and the patriotic Govern-
ment of Portugal, as to those of the Spaniards.
Nothing can more clearly prove the real motives
by which the enemies of Spain are influenced,
than this association of Portugal with her in the
vituperation of the abettors of fanaticism and ar-
bitrary power. The pretexts for the invasion of
Spain ,are, that she had fomented revolutionary
movements in Naples,&c.,—that her civil commo-
tion* compromised the tranquillity of France;—
that she had afforded protection, and encourage.
,—that her soldiers had more than once violated the
French territory—that she holds her King and his
ment in their projects, to disaffected Frenchmen ;
family captive, shorn of their ancient power and
influence in the State ;—that no national institu-
tions can be legitimate which are not established

by the sole will, or at least with the unrestrained
concurrence of the Sovereign,—and a long etcetera
of other causes of hostility, the whole of which
have been proved to be either false in fact, or
equally monstrous and untenable in principle.—
But, notwithstanding the triumphant refuta-
tion which has been given to all the fabri-
cated causes of offence alleged against Spain,
still they have afforded and continue to
afford to her enemies, something like a series of
pretexts for their own injustice, -or at least their
repetitive serves them as a never failing resource
against the absolute silence which must other-
wise have been imposed upon them by a cor-
rect exposition of the question. So far, there-
, fore, it has been possible to preserve an ap-
pearance of difference in opinion, and of opposi-
tion of argument, on the case of Spain ; and so far
the aggressors, as well as the aggrieved,
have been enabled to assert the justice of their
own cause. In the case of Portugal, however,
there is not even the shadow of any one of the
unreal offences which are alleged against Spain.
It is not even pretended that Portugal has kept
up a correspondence with Revolutionists in any
part of Europe. It is not pretended that her in-
ternal condition has compromised the interests of
any one of her neighbours. It is not pretended
that she has given undue protection or encourage-
ment to the proscribed or disaffected of other
countries. No Power has complained of her
having violated its rights, its interests, or its
territory. Her just and Patriotic KING has
nobly concurred with his People in recogniz-
ing and establishing, if not in originating,
those Institutions which he perceived to be
conducive to the prosperity and happiness
,of his dominions, and he has manifested by
all his actions, private as well as public, the
sincerity of his attachment to that consti-
tutional system which he had sworn to maintain.
There is not even a pretence, therefore, on which
mpt to justify their
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conceal the real and only motive of their hostility
to the Peninsular nations,—a motive which
is thus laid bare to the light, and is demonstrated
to be nothing but a repugnance to the progress of
rational freedom and intelligence, and a base and
unworthy preference for the rigour of despotic
power and the debasing ascendancy of ignorance
and superstition, over the exercise of limited
and well-defined authority, and the fostering
influence on the human faculties and charac-
ter emanating from liberal and popular insti-
tutions. If we are asked for the proofs that
the Portuguese are as obnoxius as the Spaniards
to the adherents of despotism and the abettors
of an iniquitous war, we answer, that although
it is true, that, in consequence of the high pro-
tection of England, no denunciations were ful.
; minted against Portugal from Verona; and that)

although it is true that from the same cause
Fiance has disclaimed all intention of pushing
her armies within the Portuguse frontier,—yet

that it is not less trot that the insurrection in.
Tras os Montes was the work of Foreign
influence and of Foreign Gold ;--that

trigues are still carrying on in Lisbon, by 'emis-
saries, who are knozcn and obseered, for re-kindling

the smothered flames of civil war in the Portu-
guese territory,—that the Portuguese Government
has been openly maligned by the profligate jour-'
nals both of this country and of the Continent,—
that the strength of the Traitor AMARANTE and
his rebel hand, on the contrary, have been by
the same parties grossly exaggerated, and the
dispositions of the Portuguese nation notoriously
misrepresented,—that the superior force, and de-
votion, and successes of the Constitutional Army,
on the one hand, and the discomfiture and ruin of ,
the insurgents, on the other, have been uniformly,
loudly, and pertinaciously denied, until the ex-
pulsion of the rebels from Portugal, and the
pursuit of them into Spain by the victori-
ous Constitutionalists, have rendered the con-
cealment of the true state of affairs no
longer possible ! These are some only of the
innumerable proofs that Spain and Portugal
are equally detested by the authors and abettors
of the atrocious attack now perpetrating upon
the former Kingdom. We say nothing at present
of the eagerness with which they endeavoured
to intimidate Portugal from making common cause
with Spain, though their cause is obviously one and
the same,—of the anxiety which they evinced
to obtain a declaration from England that she
would not inferfefe for the protection of her an-
ciesit Ally, if she should be endangered by
the proceedings of France,—of their joy at
finding that the English Cabinet does not
consider itself bound to assist Portugal, unless
she is first actually attacked ! , These are indi-
cations of feelings and wishes, and projects and
views, which cannot for a single instant be mis-
understood ! That question, however, is likely
to be brought to an issue, upon which they
have not calculated. The routed Portuguese
Insurgents, pursued by the victors, are in flight
through Spain towards the Army of the Duke
d'ANGOULEME, who is extending himself by
Palencia to meet them. If he should
present a hostile front to the Portuguese
Constitutional Army, and interpose between
them and the rebels, Portugal will be engaged
in a war %Odell she has not sought, but which

will have been forred upon her by the enemy ! h
there any, man, in such a case, who will say that

she is net entitled to call upon England for the
fulfilment of the stipulations of their alliance?

Spanish Bonds were done this morning at 36
without the dividend, which is equal to 381 as
compared with their value a few days since.—
This great advance in the price of Spanish Secu-
rities is nothing more than we expected. When
the departure of FERDINAND VII. for Seville
took place, Spanish Bonds were as low as 26.
On the day when it was known in London (March
29) that the inhabitants of Madrid had offered
no opposition to his MAJESTY'S departure, the
price of the Bonds was only 27i. The tranquillity
of Madrid, however, on so trying an occasion, ap-
peared to us so decisively favourable to the cause
of Constitutional a Spain, that we said in our
Paper of the same day, "We do think that
Spanish Bonds are at this moment of greater real
value than has been attached to them for the
last three or four months."—The events of al-
most every day since, and the present price of
those Securities, have confirmed the accuracy of
our opinion.

We extract the following front the Dutch Mail,
received this morning :

, " Tuatfs, MATICU 22.—Tunis has concluded a treaty of
peace and commerce with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, by
which that state is to be placed on the same footing as the
most favoured nations. Besides the merchandize of various
descriptions imported in the ships of different nations, two
Tropolihari ships brought Negro slaves, a Sardinian vessel
brought Christian slaves from Smyrna, and an English vessel
Christian slaves from Constantinople.
" VIE wwa , Arat t. 14.—1 t is said that M. Le Tatischef will
shortly return to St. Petersburgh. Nothing has transpired re.
lative to his negociations. We now hear nothing of the depar.
ture of the King of Naples. It is reported that he will wait
Ihere for the result of the war with Spain, which will doubtless
be soon ended."

iPROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
STOCK XCHANOE, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols
opened this morning at 784-a, and went up t 4-1
.56 4, with a brisk Market and some , business
doing. The Express from Paris has brought the
French Funds from 85f. 50c. to 86f. The private
letters from the above capital state that Sara.
gossa was taken on the 26th ult. but do not
bring any further information of consequence. A
report. still prevails that a negociation is an the
tapis between France and Spain, and that our
Government will be the arbitrators.
FOREIGN MARKET.—Great bustle and much
business was doing this morning in the above
Market. New Spanish Bonds opened at 331
oud rose to 36, went down again to 354.