The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-05 00:00:00

DAILY
ih.t; pont the' Morning Papers, November 5..

,ploitNvio POST.I
Alfiutrid tlazette of the 28th ult., received
yesterday, .has brought us another Decree from
Fersfinand, issued ,tit Seville on theZ2d.=--
It is prof ably• intended to caN the fears and ar-
rest the., flight of the thousands` of distinguished
individuals who have- applied for passports to
leave otor country, before the Absolute Mottarch
has returned to his Capital .and taken the ENeCt.l.
five of veage.ance into his own hands. But if .it
be mama to produce hOett an effect, the manner
in which it is drawn Up is not calculated to ad-
,vauot the end in view. Vor how can any class of
S.'oatOrds, known to have supported Constitu-
',dotted priocilries, trust to the future moderation
and justice of -man, who refers to his Violent
arid perjtirious Decrees„ as a proof that " ever
since the first moment of his restoration to free-
dom, Ws paternal mind has sought to tix the fn-
tiitiit "Jut of all his subjects, in order that they
live in security II" His intimation, that
after 111.5 arrival at 'Madrid he will " meditate on
i‘ ;he subject, alley inalte known. his Sovereign
re ;orating that will according to.his natural
would be: sullielenqvt, sliriald think,
to convince every ConstitutiontillsOn' his senses;
wl)o. has any regard for his personal
sl:fetyi: of the increased necessity of flight.
,-.4-11"ne 44 natUral. clemency " of .Ferdinandl
I,,et the chains, the dungeons, the arbitrary ex-
ecutions (after: they had been acquitted succes-
sively by all the Tribunals in Spain) of the men
-*ha fought his battles from 1803 to 181'2, and
preserved his Crown—Let those, acts of mon-
strous cruelty and still move monstrous ingrati-
tude, proclaim the clemency of his nature. And:
yet, we ore told, such an assurance as this was
" the utmost which the Duke d'Angouleme
cu tld:
obtain." if so, the fate-of Spain, is sealed,-thel
boasted influence of the Deliverer is at ail end„!
and all that remains for him is to feel tcyitsatAl,
extent,. Dna to lament in repentance and shame,
,the disc and misfortune of his victory.

•
[meaNtria clittoNrcr.r.]
Many of the friends to the Gret.i. cause were
n good deal alarmed yesterday by the appear-
mice of proposals for a Loan of 6.10,0001. for the
service of the Knights of the Order of St. John
of Jerusalem. Tha t the Greeks are justified in
gsasping at whatever presents itself in the shape
of aid, in their present difficulties, every person
possessed of any thing Bite candour must allow.
They are struggling for their existences, and
if they can obtain the means of combating
their enemy through the instrumentalit y of
the Knights of Malta, we do not wonder. •that
Ihel !Mould be disposed to close with them.
We must at the ...time time, however, declare,
that we view the bolstering op this old monkish
order with a very jealous eye. Neither do we
l:ke the language of, the rroposals, which seems
to us calculated to excite objection 011 the part
'of GrOVeennlent.---" Linonaparte captured Malta,
but Great Britain. having conquered thel*land from
the Flench,it was finally cf,tled toherby the Treaty
"of Paris in 1814." This seems to point oat a
taw in the title, by which Malta is held by os.—
Whet the extent of the cessions is, which have
been made to thew Knights of Malta, Wel:Ml.ow
not. But it is obvious that the establishment of
thatOrtler,, as Sovereigns, in any considerable
part of Greece, will not only be very inju.-1
rious to the natives, who will have exchanged
one set of Brigands for another, but it will
open a door to all manner of intriguing on the
part of the Powers of the West, who name the
members of the Order. Why attempt to revive
`barbarous Institution of the middle ages in times
like the present? Why should we dishonour
Christianity by the spectacle of Monkish Knights,
vowing chastity, and living like Buccaneers ?---
We 'are sure Government will set their faces
against this attempt. Indeed wt' should think
Ministers blind to the interests of the country if
they allowed a body of this description to regain
a footing in the East.

IiIOO.NING HERALD._
W e heretofore stated that the customary no
tices had been given throughout the country of
the contemplated intention to apply to Perna-
:llPM for an Act to authorize the building of a
bridge at Hammersmith, across the Thames, to
Barnes. Such notice has called forth remon-
strances ; the most prominent of which has been
placarded about Hammersmith, Ken-
ington, Barnes, &c. It reminds the public,,
end those whom it may concern, that the
" ancient ferries," which reach from Kew
to Battersea, are " private property ;" that
they, as, well as much other private property,
must receive compensation before such bridge
can be used ; that to give an idea of the value
of, the 44 ancient ferries " alone, it is stated that
the proprietors of them received, from Fulham
Bridge alone, as compensation, 10,0001. ; and
that the site of the intended bridge is an " iso-
lated " situation. It also remarks on the pre.
sent prices of the shares of the Waterloo Bridge,
the Vauxhall Bridge, and the Southwark Bridge ;
bridges which are close upon well-populated
places. The shares of the first bridge, where the
100/,had been paid, were 51.; of the second bridge,
Sit ; and of the third bridge, 181. These " prices"
it will be borne in mind, 'are only quoted
from the printed statement against the projected
lfamniersmith Bridge. The statement, besides
observing on the unpromising character of the
sitter 'of the proposed bridge, sets forth that there
are already four bridges in the range of the
• Thames from Hyde Park Corner to Kew. This
Bill, though the subject', as might be expected,
has occasioned a vast deal of controversy, has
not yet received any distinct public answer ; but
the notices of the contemplated application to
Parliament remain affixed td. the Hammersmith
Church doors, in the Sessions Houses of Middle-
SeX, Westminster, &c.

LTHE TIMES•]
In this age of loans, a loan of a very singular
kind was proposed on the Stock Exchange yes-