The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-01 00:00:00

befoie Cadiz,' dated the 17th ult. His regiment
had received orders to march immediately for
Cordova, in order to reinforce the division under
the command of General 13ounmowr, in conse-
quence of iutelligence received by BORDESOULLE,
of the advance on that place by BALL4STEROS,
with a force of 15,000 men.

Letters of Tuesday's date from Paris, receiv-
ed yesterday by express, mention that according
to the latest intelligence from the army of Ca-
talonia, it was expected that a decisive action
would take place on or about the 28th ult.—
MILANS, LLOBERA, and MA'NSO had united their
forces at lgualnda, to the number of 0,000 men,
and Marshal MONCEY had set out on the 24th

from Martorell with General TIIMELIN'S brigade
and 500 cavalry, to attack them in front, while
Baron d' ERO LES, with his division, had left
Manresa to take them in the rear. A strong
corps was to be employed, during these move-
ments, to keep the garrison of Barcelona in
check.

Much speculation. has been excited .by the
rumour that five frigates were to be sent to
the Mediterranean, but we have reason to be-
lieve that it is wholly unfounded, or that any
of. our naval force is to be so employed. The
rumour appears to be merely of Newspaper
origin. The inaccuracy, indeed, with which
it was first stated, viz. as sent by "An
Order of 'Council" was sufficient to render
it more than doubtful, the Lord High Admiral,
being allowed to dispose of the King's ships as be
may deem best.

We find that notwithstanding the arrival of
ten Expresses at Paris from London, conveying
unfavourable rumours of the French army retreat-
ing, the sailing of five sail of the line tor the
Mediterranean, &c. &c. the price of Reales con-
tinues at 91f. 10c.

We have been assured front very respectable
authority, that a LoAN for that Cars-parr of the.
French Army, the REGENCY at Madrid, has
actually been announced, and that the abolition
or annulment of the former. Loans has been
positively; though secretly, decreed.

It is reserved, it seems, for THE SUN to have
the honour of being excluded from France by its
G.overnmont, for having, from the first intima-
tion of its detestable purpose of invading a
country anxious for independence and freedom,
entered our resolute and persevering protest
against so atrocious a measure. This invasion
excites the indignation of mankind at the present
moment, and will be branded in history to the
end of time. It cannot, however, be supposed that
THE Sox has a right to claim exclusively the honor
of being prohibited by the French Government,as,
to the credit of the English Journals in general,
with a very few shameless exceptions, they have
uniformly and resolutely condemned the Gallic
invasion of Spain, and imprecated disappointment,
failure, Sand universal odium upon its authors.
But the French Government, after all, will be
disappointed in its hopes to prevent our Paper
from entering France, as we know that it is con-
stantly conveyed thither through many channels,
and will most probably be received in greater
numbers than before it issued its disgraceful pro-
hibition against the. introduction of such observe-
tions, on the flagitious aggression as naturally
flowed from the free Press of this country, and
which would doubtless have appeared in all the
Continental Journals if they were not under
the influence of despotic authority.—But the
torch of Liberty is likely to enlighten the People
of every country in due time, and ARUITRAILY
SWAY must finally submit to PUBLIC RIGHT and
NATIONAL FREEDOM.

By the packet-ships Amity and Leeds, we have
received the New York National Advocate to the Bth instant,
and a mass of Pavers, up to very relent dates, from the princi-
pal cities of the Union. Advices have been received front Alexico,
conveying the intelligence of two Commissioners having arrived
in the capital from Spain, with authority to acknowledge the
independence of Mexico; and to form an alliance between the
two powers. It would appear, that the mother country has, at
length, taken the first step towards the pacification of her revolted
colonies. They have long been independent of her de facto,
and she must, years ago, have abandoned all hope of again
subjecting these rich and vowerful states to her rule. But the
formal recognition of tbeir independence has been delayed longer
than it ought ; and we hail, therefore, the arrival of commit:-
shiners in -141exico for this purpose, as 'an earnest that Old
Spain has, at last, however tardily, adopted the wise and
politic resolution of acknowledging the independence of "her
insurgent Colonies in the Western Hemisphere, and thereby
putting a stop to an useless effusion of human blood.—
With the exception, Indeed, of Colombia and Peru, there
is not a place where she has a single soldier. Morales,t
with a small band of followers, still holds out on the Spanish
3fain ; but the intelligence from thence, in the American
Papers, (which it must be confessed, is, as usual, rather con-
tradictory,) represents him as being so hemmed in as not to
give any,immediate cause of alarm to the Republic. These
l'apers contain a report, on the authority of letters from Monte-
go Bay, dated June 7, that the British had taken
instruc-
tions of Porto Rico, the Spanish authorities having had
from their overnment to deliver it up. We know not what
truth there may be in this intelligence; but, as that island is
known to have been a great depot for pirates, the rumour is not
improbable. We may mention, as connected with this report,
that it is stated, in an Edinburgh paper of Saturday, on the au-
thority of a letter from Jamaica, dated the 10th June, that the
British had taken possession of the island of Cuba. Whether
either or both of these rumours are correct, a short time will
5h0w.......( Liverpool Courier, July 30. )

No credit is attached to the report of Captain
Ptniv having got through the North. West Pas.
sage, and arrived at Valparaiso.