The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-17 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.

PATITS, JAH:1;1:---f0strpPosetbat peace and
neighbourly fellowship can long subsist between
two armed nations, the one, of which is ruled by
a Monarchical Government, and the other a prey
to factions and brigands, could only be the
dreaming of a political philanthropist, whose
awakening might become fatal to that of the two
nations, who, reposing in deceitful security, might
have thought to find moderation where only crime
and violence exist.
`the barbarous and anti-social act, by which
the revolution of Spain has just signalized
the violation of our territory to strike its victims,
proves that there can be no national communion
between legitimacy and the usurpers of the
Peninsula. This violation of the soil of
Prance—the soil of hospitality and heroism—
has beet] differently judged, according to the
opinions and interests of several parties: The re-
volutionists at first denied it ; politicians now ex-
tenuate, and still not fail to view it as unconnect-
ed with the public will of the Government of the
Cotes. Doubtless a deliberating revolution has
not decided that a troop of assassins and execu-
tioners should make an incursion into the French
territory ; but If the brigands who have tarnish»
et! the soil of France, were not acting under the
authority of the Cortes, will it be denied that
they were not impelled to it by the revolutionary
spirit which animates them, And it is against the
p ri ciples of this revolution that our Ministry would
not make war, which is now inevitable ; every
.thing proves it ; every thing accelerates the
course of events. France can no more escape
.her destiny, than Spain that which,awaits her
and the destiny of France is to be the protectress
,of honour, fidelity, and Monarchical institutions.
On Sunday an extraordinary courier arrived in
Paris, bringing from Madrid the dispatches of the
Spanish Government,in answer to the notifications
which have been made to it; but this answer,which
is dated Jut,. 6, can only be an acknowledgment
Of their arrival, since the diplomatic reply will
not be returned until after the Council arid Cortes
have deliberated thereupon. Every thing indi-
cates that Spanish pride will leave few chances
to a temporizing policy, in spite of the efforts of
our party to obtain a tardy and moderate answer,
and notwithstanding that we are enduring the
mecessity of a. war which every thing skews we
ought in duty to impose upon revolution. it isnot
';',ll. the Duke de San Lorenzo who personally
prosecutes Os the Quotidienne seems to in-
timate) MM. Ouvrard and Rougemont de
Lowenburg, for the fact of the qualification of
the Regency of Spain given to the Chief"' of the
'bands of the Faith, in the prospectus of the loan
.that these capitalists are endeavouring to raise.
fit is the Ambassador of His Catholic Majesty,
in the name and according to the special order of
the King, who demands exemplary justice for
this outrage to the dignity of the Crown, in the
capital of a nation which can alone recognize the
.Constitutional Government of Ferdinand VII.—
(Deapeeu Wan.)
According to news from Peycerda of the sth
inst., Mina has turned his attention from Belver
to the Seo, which )U reached on the 31st of De-
cember. The next day he established himself in
•the town, anti orders were given to the cavalry
encamped in the environs not to leave their can-
. tuuments. The besieged continued to fire upon
the town, and a great number of houses had
'suirered from the bombs and ballets which were
red 'from the fort.
'The news of the taking of Balaguer by the in-
. surgents is altogether fabricated ; their bands
tecome weaker aver), day ; and although Mosen

An !n; echo, owing to sickness, had quitted the
coand, has resumed it 'again, the individuals
under his orders appeared not on that account
less discouraged:
On' the 6th of this Month they hail not received
at Perpignan any important news from Catalonia.
The.movement which had taken place among the
French troops cantoned at Elm had been rendered
necessary by the entry. on the French territory
of a column of 400 soldiers of the Faith, a part
of the :division of Mises. Thele refugees, who
were cantoned at the extreme frontier on the
side of St. Laurent, received an order to repair
to the district or Fort les Rains, in the rear of
'our troops. •
In this state of things, it is difficult to conceive
how PRcho du Midi allows itself to announce,
under the date of the Bth January, that the
Regency' 'has contracted with various hatters of
Touloose for a considerable purchase of schakos,
and other military. fiats. It however gives the
fact for certain, .and concludes from it that the
Regency has got a large fund at its disposal, and
that It counts upon mustering numerous soldiers
to second its deligns..
If we may believe !'Echo du Midi, General
°Tomei has a foot frost-bitten, and must have
some toe, at least amputated ; it is on this
account be has re-entered Fraece.—(Journal du
commerce.)
A letter froth Ax, tinted Jan. 6, says—" One
hundred and fifty men from the Fort of Urgel
have lately made a sortie to go and cut wood.—
The constitutional troops surrounded them, and
cot off their return to the fort. They imme-
diately threw themselves into the valley of An-
dorree, where they met with the best reception ;
they returned in very good order into Spain, to
endeavour to regain the fort of Urgel ; should
the thing be found impossible, they will unite
with the other Royalist corps which traverse the
Spanish frontiers."—(Quotithi?mc.)
A private letter from Perpignan, dated the
4th, states.as follows ;—" In the memory of.man
there has not been known such a season as' that
which we experienced in the latter days of De-
cember. I. informed you in one of my letters of
the disasters which had happened at Fort Pe-
drone, and which was occasioned by the snow.
—To-day I learn from an inhabitant of Saint
Laurent, that in that quarter, and as far as Arles,
there had fallen such a quantity of snow, that
they were forced to clear the roads by manual
labour, in order to convey bread to the soldiers
who were placed in cantonments. The same
thing had happened on the side of Sorede.
deavours are now making to organize a regiment
of all the soldiers of the Faith. A great many
have already been • enrolled ; but several re-
fused."--(Gazette de France.)