The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-09 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

The Funds suddenly advanced yesterday of
ternoon, in consequence, we Je..l I; eve, Of .the ac-
counts from Cadiz, which afforded a Strong im-
pression that the farce of a Spanish War is rapidly
drawing to a close. Consols, which had opened
at 821 and remained steady at that quotation
till the middle of the day, suddenly advanced
in the afternoon to 31, at which price they
Closed. The. report of his Majesty's being
sufficiently recovered to prorogue Parliament
in person appears to be well received ; and it
is supposed that, by the time of its taking
place, utrairs will be so far settled upon the Con.
tinent as to allow the Speech' to be of a very
decisive nature. As to the drivelling stuff of
The Times to prove that the finances of Out coup.
try are not in a favourabla state, it excited much
merriment in the city. The profound discovery
that a repeal of Taxes to the amount of Twenty.
live Millions annually has had, the effect of re.
ducing the revenue, entitles its author to a place
among the %Vise Men of Gotham. Among the
evils of this piping time of Peace, the poor mi-
serable old Gentleman finds that
." Popula.
tion increases, and consequently consumption "
-44 our manufacturers are active "--" the
transactions between roan and man are mul-
tiplied "—" Taxation has been reduced re-
peatedly, not once or twice only, not upon
one or two articles, but upon many articles,
and by many successive reductions."—Alas !
alas ! what an unfortunate people we are !
and bye we shall have nothing left to grumble
at. Our only hope is, that the immense sum of
money raised by the Spanish Fancy Ball will en-
courage the inhabitants of Cadiz to hold out six
hours longer than they otherwise would have
done—that the Allied Sovereigns may regard
such an interference in the war as a breach of
our Neutrality—that we may thus be forced into
hostilities, and compelled, from the known incapa-
city of Lord Liverpool in the Cabinet, and the
Duke of Wellington in the field, to supply their
places by Joseph Hume and Sir Brobert Wilson.
Then indeed we might expect that the Quarterly
Financial Accounts would assume a new face,
and that our military glory would be quite (IV.'
ferent from what it was, during the last ill con-
ducted war.

[MORNING HERALD.]

The Duchess of AngouleMe, on the admission
of Buonaparte, displayed, at the crisis of the
restoration, more of masculine energy and under-
standing than the Prince, her spouse, or the
Princes, his father and brother and how
striking the superiority which the Queen of Por-
tugal has recently shown over her degraded
brother, }'erdhiand of Spain ! Without ap.

proving the change which she has effected fn
Portugal, or supposing that it will prove bene-
ficial to that nation, it. is impossible not
to applaud the lesson of moral dignity,
energy, and intellect, which she has given to the
degenerate Kings of her family, by her refusal
to swear obedience to the Constitution, and the
force and skill with which she at hist subverted
it. The ascendancy, however, which she has
gained, renders it very unlikely that any thing
bordering on a bona fide free Constitution will
be given to the Portuguese. Another inference
also suggested by the events which have passed
within the last few years, and are at present
passing in Portugal and Spain, is that those
who have once thoroughly immersed them-
selves in revolution will never be sincerely
and permanently received into the bosom
of Royalism. General Sepulveda thought
that by treacherously betraying the Cortes and
people of Lisbon, he should.redeem the original
sin. of his share inNthe movement which gave rise
to the Constitution. Ilis fate has been instruc-
tive. After escaping with difficulty the rage of
the LisbOn Constitutionalists, he threw himself,
full of high expectation,- into the arms of the
Prince Don Michael. This Prince flung him, away
so contemptuously, that the soldiers dragged and
trampled him in the Prince's very presence. The
only favour he received at last was, that of being
thrown into a prison as a protection for his life.
The case of A bisbal, the Spanish General, has,
been equally edifying. Spurned by the Duke of
Angouleme,he became a wretched fugitive; and it
appears has taken refuge in a small town in
France, from the execration of the two parties
in Spain, and the contempt of the French—in-
deed of all Europe. But uncompromising treat-
ment of renegades, and the, violence displayed 'by
the Royalist Regency of. Madrid, are auspicious
circumstances for Spanish freedom. The chiefs
of the revolution, both military and civil, now.
See that there is no mean for them between
complete triumph and the dungeon or scaffold.
It may have been observed, that for some short
time back, the French Ultra papers, and those
of the London Journals which draw their in
spirations from the same source, have been an-
nouncing the speedy fall of the Cortes, without
stating any specific ground. The plot to carry
off the King was no doubt the secret foun..:
dation of all their • assurances. So don&
(lent were the French in Spain' of' the
success of . the plot, that the deliver-
ance Uf li,!erdinand was actually announced
by anticipation, in the grder of the Day, to some
corps.of,the army'. They have still, however, a
tedioUs :and -difficult course before:. thern ; and
though the French JournalS have,
contradiete.d port. a the Duke: of Angotl
letne's return to Paris, ire have reason to think
the rumour well fottmled. lie will tell Europe
that having established the, R authority inoyal,
the hands of a Regency; in the capital, he has
fulfilled his mission, and that his longer stay
would be itionsis'tent with his dignity.
little that remains—that is, the lighting port—lie
will leave, to meaner hands.