The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-02 00:00:00

constitutional authorities, and to throw down the
stone of the constitution and proclaim the Absolute
King! If any one of these events had occurred,—
and it would require a multitude of such occur-
rences to substantiate the assertion that the in-
tervention of foreigners in its national concerns
' is agreeable to the Spanish nation, or to any con-
, siderable number of Spaniards,—if any one of
these things, however, had happened, we may
rest assured that it would have been ostentationsly
proclaimed in the French Bulletins ! The negative
contradiction given to the boast of the French,
therefore, is as strong as possible. But the
positive facts in favour of the national cause
are still stronger and more conclusive.—Where-
ever it was possible to offer effectual resist-
ance to the progress of the invaders, they
have gained a warm reception from the in-
corruptible patriotism and heroic courage of
the national forces. The French have more
than once bled. under the walls of St. Sebastian :
—they have been compelled to sit down
before Pampeluna, and to rest in inactivity
until they shall be provided with materials for

a siege :—they have in vain attempted to cor-
rupt the Governor and garrison of Figneras, who
have repelled their dishonourable propositions
with defiance and disdain :—they have been gal-
lantly engaged by a handful of Spaniards at
Logrono, and compelled to purchase dearly the
possession of a place, every foot of which was
defended against their advance :—they have been
led into an ambuscade in which they themselves
acknowledge that they have sustained loss :
their main army, which was to have marched
triumphantly, and without halting, to Madrid, has
been compelled to rest upon the Ebro, and there
to await the accomplishment of some" decisive
operations" by the corps under Marshal AIoNcEY,
before it ventures to advance further into a hos-
tile country :—their confederates, the soldiers of
the Faith, not only do not increase, but in more
than one instance they have joined their patriotic
countrymen ; and in the remnant of the Spanish
Royalists who are still in France, a spirit of mu-
tiny and revolt has made its appearance, which
threatens their final separation from French intlu-
ence. In short, while a number of positive facts all
concur
resistance
demonstrating
hsaptai n
a spirito t
of
oned unequi-
vocal erm
in-
ed pervades
circumstance of an opposite character has
us yet been adduced by those who are so deeply
interested in proving that they are regarded
otherwise than as enemies by the great body of
the Spankh Nation.

We have this morning received Bayonne
Papers to the 25th ult. The following are

extra

men."

Some officers arrived here yesterday from head

44 BAYONNE, APRIL 24.—The mail from
Madrid is not arrived this morning, but we ex-
pect it in the course of the day. Troops con-
tinue to puss through this .city. The Toth of
the line arrived yesterday, and a regiment of
cavalry is expected to-day. Considering the
number of cavalry already in Spain, and those
that are to follow, it seems inconceivable
how means will be found to feed so many
horses ; and in fact, we hear that the Prince, in
a late order of the day, had decided that all per.
sons who are not entitled to have horses, must
send them back to France. People speak as a
thing that cannot be doubted, of the removal of
M. Sicard from his place as Intendant General
of the Army; the excessively disadvantageous
contract that he made with M. Ouvrard, and for
which he would have received' a douceur of
500,000 francs, is stated to be the cause, and
the more justly, as notwithstanding the extremely
high terms, the service was but 111 performed.
" M. Itegnault, who takes his place for the pre-
sent, is gone, it is said, in this capacity to head.
quarters. It is further reported that a number
of foreigners, among whom there are several
rich Prussians, have made much more advan-
tageous offers, and that they have been at least
listened to. At this moment we have not re-
ceived any bulletins or news from head quar-
ters, but we shall doubtless hear something
this morning. Meantime people still talk of the
affair at Logrono, and they affirm, that our loss in
the engagement which preceded and followed the
taking of the town was considerable. It is report-
ed, that a General dangerously wounded is on his
way to this city. There is also a report of an
affair at Burgos, but these reports are so
vague that they cannot lie implicitly cre-
dited. In a Proclamation addressed by Count
L'Abisbal to his troops and the province, he says
—46 The French come with 100,000 conscripts,
to modify or destroy the Constitution ; but we
will return them good for evil, by giving them
their Constitution, because it is fit to serve as a
model, to all codes which are intended to govern