The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-15 00:00:00

SPAIN.

AdViceS to the 6th inst. have been .received
from Bayonne. They abound in rumour and.
speculation, but- furnish no positive and satisfac-
lory intelligence. The following are extracts.:—
. 111.4nam, JULY 39.—The journey of the Prince to Seville
and to the camp. before Cadiz is one of the chief subjects of
conversation here. Varititifi opinions are entertained respect.
ing his Royal Highness's manner of leaving the capital ; but
the general supposition is, that the Duke considered Madrid as
a place of importance under present circumstances, and
,bas preferred placing himself at the head of his army, where
'lds presence may encourage his soldiers and awe Cadiz, and
where he may be able to attempt to negociate with the Cortes
by the aid of Sir Wm. A'Court2 who is supposed to have had
some influence on the Prince's tourney. It seems certain that
Cadiz is in a respectable state of defence, and haS provisions
,for three months. The garrison consists of 0000 troops of the
line, 8000 militia, half of whom are resolved to fight, and a
civic guard of 21i,000.,
It seems certain that. the Cortes are not inclined to aecommo-•
.lotion, but will protract their. resisutnce as much as possible;
first, because they will not treat with the Regency .t then be,
cause they do not think the Prince can afford them a guarantee,'
for mast violent re-actions take place even in the houses ne-
t upied by his troops: and lastly, because several of the mem-
bers do not yet despair of the triumph of their cause, accord-
ing to the accounts they receive front different' part* of the
Peninsula, and especially Catalonia, where their cowman.
Alers propose to defend themselves to the utmost. A plot it
is said has been discovered at Cadiz,. to make the inha-
'bitants rise and carry off the King, proclaiming. the overthrow.
orthe Constitution.. The time when the garrison had made
a sally, was m be taken advantage of for the execution
of this plan, which has entirely failed. The loss of Ga-
licia has greatly alarmed the - Constitutionalists. To baffle
their efforts there Wanted. only the co-operation of the Por-
tuguese, the French, and the Royalists. The negotiations
for this purpose between the Prince, the. Regency, and
the Court of Lisbon, arc not wholly broken off; and -if the
Portuguese have not yet passed the illensio nor approached
Badajoz at Ciudad Rodrigo, as was demanded, it must be
attributed only to the delay of the settlement of the new
at Lisbon, and not to any want of Inclination in
the.counter.revolutionary party,- the Count Amarante himself
having offered to march. It is amidst so many obstacles and
measures that the Constitutional party resists in many places :
in some with success, without the smallest foreign aid. The
Oovernment of Madrid, consisting. of men of limited talents,
surrounded by embarrassments in its administrations and
finances, disobeyed by the provinces where anarchy reigns,
and not enjoying the confidence of its own party, is in alarm :
it fears the arrangement which -the French and sound part of
the nation desire, and begins to be convinced that the Prince
hat no other part to take than to grant to the Constitutionalists
what .the Party of the Faith would refuse, viz, to make use, of
their forces, to tranquillize the, public mind, anti to put an
end to the excesses of a party which has kept the .scaffold
in tic: for four days in the square ai Saragossa. These
seem to be. the only terms on which the Constitutionalists
can yield t. that is • to Nay, securing themselves . against
the vengelinge of the partisans of 'absolute power and the
lnquiaiaon.who will never. pardon them. Without this
it fluty be feared that such men, as Zayati,• Quiroga,
and Alicia, will not lay clown their arms, and at all events it
will be indispensable at asttOr.vg Freneh Army'should remain
in the country for tieveral years.- . .
The situation of this capind is difilcult to be described. The
• entrance of the Prince with 20,000 mesa gave it a degree of
splendour, but the 'departure of all the troops 'has placed Ma-
drid in a• state of gloominess anti uneasiness which may pro_
duce discontent. T
The news, which each party circulates in its
own favour, adds to the state of anxiety ; to which may be
added the repeated appearance of a band of TO constitutional
cavalry, and the invasion of several others, in the province of
:%liadrid. It is observed, that for some days, past the Regency
has endeavoured to repress the disorders which it has hitherto
tolerated. The Corregidor has published a notice to put an
• end to the insults offered to the 21fregros. Orders have also
been sent to the provinces to annul the arrests made by the
people, except those of persons known for their enmity to the
French system. It is said, however' that the Municipalities of
some towns,, for instance, Seville, Valencia, Saragossa, and
Valladolid, have reflised to obey Lids order, alleging that it en-
dangers the public tranquillity.
A Report front Gen. Milani, of the action at .Jorba on the
'Xith, when his poshions were attacked by Marshal Moncey,
says, that his troops- retreated by his order, after making
the most obStinate resistance, and always victorious ; that the
enemy lost ' 900 men, and his loss was v 0 killed, and 140
wounded.
BAYONNE, AUG-. s,—Marshal Lewiston was to go on the
4th to Pampeluna. It was reported in the head-quarters of
the rah Corps that part of the troop; composing it were to pro-
ceed to the interior of Spain. Effects fhr the military hospitals
at Bayonne are daily dispatched Isom Bourdeaux.