The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-26 00:00:00

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semis to confirm the capture of a Spanish ship
by thq French in the West Indies :
" The Ernest, arrived at Martinique from Havre on the
21st of April, brings the news of the Jean Bart having entered
Martinique rooks with her rich prize.
" The Captain of the Annibal writes that this galleon, for so
ha calls the prize, was a letter of marque ; that in the night she
mistook the Jean Bart for a merchantman, and attacked her ;
ttiis gave occasion to the capture."

FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, Avail. 23.—Five per Cents. open-
t44. at 83f. 70c. ; highest 841. 3c. ; closed 83f. 95c. Bank Stock
1,.520f. Neapolitan Five per Cents. 724. Exchange on Lon-
don, one month, 23f. 65c. ; three months, 25f. 43c.—( Cour,
uthentiqus.

STOCK EXCHANGE, Ilaffpast Twelve o'Clock.—
,
Consols opened at 778, but soon afterwards de-
clined to 77H, with a very heavy Market, owing
to some of the first Brokers selling to a great
amount. An Express which arrived early this
morning from Paris brings the French Funds at
83f. 50c. but I do not hear any particular news
from the Armies in Spain. It is reported that
the French will offer terms to the Spaniards before
they pass the Ebro.

FORtIGN MAtutET.-0 wing to the report of a
disturbance at Madrid, Spanish Bonds have
• lowered. They opened at 338, but soon after
went down to 32k, with a very heavy Market.

We have this morning received Lisbon Papers
to the 6th instant. The following are extracts :
" Lis-nox, APRIL s.—By a dispatch from
General Luii de liege, of the 2d instant, it ap-
pears that a detachment of 300 of our troops has
taken possession of Pezo da Ressoa. They took
prisoners some militiamen of the factious, who
occupied that place, and four pieces of artillery.
" APRIL 7•—By a dispatch, dated Brega the
3d, we hear that two individuals had arrived
there, who declared they came from Cheves, and
that there were no troops in that town, because
a battalion of militia, and some veterans, had left
it for Mirandella, whether the Ex-Count had
marched.
" A dispatch from General Rego, of the 4th,
mentions that he had been joined by some divi-
sions, and that the public spirit was much encou-
raged by the taking of Pezo do Rigoa. He like-
Wise commends the ardour of the troops. Some
of the officers taken by the rebels on the 13th
had escaped from them, disarmed the escort
wh;cli guarded them, and got into Spain, where
they were every where received with the greatest
hospitality.
" A dispatch from the Governor of the pro-
%4"te of Oreux states, that the factious which
began to appear in that province had been
I calmed. He says also that on the 21st of last
~„
—"nth 28 French emigrant officers landed at
Cerunna to combat in the Peninsula for the cause
liberty, and who gave the best information re-
aPecting the spirit which prevails on the subject
among all the French officers. General Pam-
plona had escaped from his guards.
" keittt. 7.—A dispatch from General Reg,
dated from Villa Real, of the sth of April, states,
that
the Head-quarters of the Ex-Count Amarant
Were en the 4th at Terradosa ; Aut. du Silveira
at Alirandella ; and there were some militia in
Torre
de Dona Charms ; that it is reported
among the factious troops that the Ex-Count
intends to go to Braganza, and that the General
Ihrreto intended to retreat on the 7th in pursuit
of the factious.
cc That he ordered the militia to Trancosa to pass
the right Banks of Douro, as well as to keep the
People in check on that side, so as to open the
wine markets, &C,
aretituttiiioenbaeis,tkitrz ptyhed av'enrmeat
ctillteedfotriciees
points
i ewChoi
en;
to continue the operations
against the factious.
cc T
"IsuoN) APRI
li L 10.—Accounts from Oporto
Villa Real on the 7th in the morning, and were
0 be at Murca the same day : that Amarante
Who in the neighbourhood of Torre de D.Charnaa,
tinid that D. A. Silveira was at Mirandella with
e militia, and his forces were greatly dimi-
nng.
" It was said that every thing would be decid-
eth
din two (lays ; but the most probable is that
Ex-Count Will escape as he can, not having
hmeans
t to defend himself and fight. It is certain
were
many of the inhabitants of Villa Real who
70 dispersed had returned.
APRIL. 12.—A Supplement of the Diario of
this date contains news from the army, and gives
an account of the march of the Constitutional
4"Pa: they entered Mirandella on the Sth in the
44bEirnisigs where they were well received, there
ieing) says the dispatch, many trAly Constitu-
-07141 Persons in the town, though the people,
rough ignorance, had shewn themselves so at-
;4ched to the principles of the factious. The
ebehl were retreating towards Braganza. Sil-

veira's head-quarters were on the Bth at Quin-
tette.

" A dispatch from General Rego, dated from,
Mirandella on the Bth at midnight, mentions that
the factious had extorted at Braganza a contribu-
tion of 120,000 Reals, robbing the public coffers
in that town. Antonio da Silveira proclaimed
himself commander of the van-guard of the
French Army, he being so called in a Proclama-
tion of the Ex-Count, which was found upon a
countryman who was taken at Villa Real.

" The Diarie contains a Convention between
Spain and Portugal, for the reciprocal delivery
of deserters, condemned criminals, &c. The
4th article authorises the armed force of 'either
country to pass the frontiers in pursuit of
rebels, who may fly into the other ; such
entrance would not be considered as a vio-
lation of the territory, and the civil and
military authorities, to assist each other recipro-
cally in destroying such bands, which are equally
the enemies of both kingdoms. Signed by the
King on the 26th March."

It is lamentable to observe the coarseness and
brutality to which the spirit of Party will de-
scend. A Morning Paper, adverting to the
affairs of Ireland, styles the late Duke of RICH-
MOND, whose character was universally respected,
and whose unfortunate end must excite com-
passion in every mind not dead to humanity,
" The punch-drinking Duke of RICIIMOND."—
The same Paper, with characteristic flippancy,
speaks of Mr. PEEL as " this self-sufficient
person," and affects to ridicule him on his
having stated the terms on which he had been
induced 44 to take office." Mr. PEEL is so inde-
pendent in circumstances that no official emolu-
ments can for a moment be supposed to operate
upon his mind, and his talents are of so high an
order that it must be highly gratifying to the
public to see them employed in the service
of his country. As to self-sufficiency, never
was an epithet more ill-applied. Mr. PEEL,
though possessed of distinguished talents, is
remarkable for complacent' urbanity in pri-
vate, and for the modest firmness with which
be maintains his principles in public. It
is evident that nothing but a sense of patriotic
duty could prompt so able and so independent
a character to quit the enjoyments of private life,
and engage in the turmoils of political warfare,
and therefore all attacks upon so public-sirited an
individual, can only recoil upon these despicable
authors, though they cannot feel shame, or indeed
be exposed to a greater degree of indignation and
contempt. We will not involve the Party to which
the writers alluded to profess to be attached, in
supposing that, they would tolerate such revolting
brutality on the one hand, or such flippant im-
pertinence on the other ; but it is evident that,
if it were possible to suppose that the Party
themselves were actuated by such sentiments, we
might well deprecate their possession of power,
lest they should inflict on this country all the
horrors of a Gallic Revolution.

We yesterday inserted Sir HAttcoußT LEES'S
Petition to the House of Commons, and we are
assused that the alarm of the worthy Baronet,
respecting the boldness of Roman Catholic pre-
tensions, and the confidence of the Papists that
they will be finally successful in the attainment
of political power, is supported by the following
fact :—On the day when Colonel WHITE was
elected, in Dublin, the Procession to his Com-
mittee Room, on his return from the Hustings,
was preceded by a vehicle full of Romish Priests
bearing a crucifix surmounted with laurel, and
though Sir IlAncoutvr LEES suppressed this
striking fact, and merely stated that the Roman
Catholic Priests influenceel some of the Elec-
tors AT the Hustings, it has been insinuated
that Sir H. L. asserted in his Petition that they
appeared ON the Hustings. The daring fact
above stated is notorious, and seems to justify
all the alarm arising from Popish ambition.

We are informed that the man who murdered
Mrs. DONATTY is arrived in one of the Indiamen.

A private letter from Frankfort of the 15th
April says :—" The refusal by the Holy See
to confirm the nomination of the Prelates,
presented by the Princes who signed the Con-
cordat (Wurtemberg, Baden, Nassau, and the
two Ilesses), has caused uneasiness among the
Catholics of Southern Germany. It appears that
this refusal is chiefly owing to the opposition
shown by some of the Prelates nominated, to the
Ultra-montane principles. We learn here the
change of religion of a whole Commune of Ca-
tholics in the Grand Duchy of Baden. The
Seigneur of the village, M. de Gemmingen, em-
braced the Lutheran religion, and a hundred
families followed his example. The cause of this
resolution was the Ecclesiastical Authority wish-
iag to displace the Cure from whom the Com-
mune would not separate themselves, and he be-
came a Lutheran."

BUCUAREST, MARCH 31.—Tartars have brought
firmans to all the Ottoman Generals commanding
on the Danube, ordering an universal levy of all
the Mussulnien between 15 and 50. The war-
standard will be hoisted in all the towns. All
these preparations are intended against the Greeks
of the Peloponnesus ; the rendezvous of the grand
army, which is to march on Thessaly, is the town
of Sophia. The pay is fixed at GO piastres.
The Duke of YORK visited his MAJESTY yes-
terday.
The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE visited
the Duchess of KENT yesterday.
Yesterday, being the Duchess of GLOUCESTER'S
birth-day, her Royal Highness's tradespeople
illuminated in the evening.