The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-23 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS.

!From the Etoile.)
Advice from Ferrol state, that the Themis
English frigate, and El Vengador, Spanish brig of
war, and two gun-boats) have left that port to
cruize off Corutma, and thus complete the
blockade of that place by sea as effectually as by
land.

Since the flight of Quiroga, the Governor No-
vella, who succeeded him, has sent a flag of
truce to General Bourck, proposing to sign the
capitulation which had been offered to him some
days previously. This proposal has been re-
jected, in consequence of the change of dream.
stances, and the conduct of the besieged, who
were base enough to fire upon the first flag of
truce. General Novella, who was fearful of
being Won by assault, was then reduced to the
necessity of soliciting leave to send a Colonel to
General Norillo to ask his advice.

The answer of the Count of Carthagena not
being doubtful, the immediate reduction of the
fortress may be regarded as certain.
Two positive details have been collected of a
crime which finds no example in tire annals of the
French revalution. Unworthy of the military
rank, the rebel Quiroga, some hours previously
to his departure, caused fifty-one prisoners, who
were confined in the Castle of Saint Antoine de
la Corunna, to emark hi a vessel from Seville,
under pretext of conveying them to a more
secure place ; but scarcely had these ill-fated
persons reached the offing, when they were assas-
sinated and thrown overboard, conformably to
the orders of the barbarous Quiroga. The first
bodies picked up were those of an Officer and an
Ecclesiastic, who were .bound back to back, and
-had their throats cut with a sabre. Tire list of
those 51 victims is published in the Gazelle of
this day. Amongst them are the Brigadier of
the Royal Armies, Don Salvador Escandon, and
the three Lieutenant-Colonels Francisco Pereira,
Theodore Gil, and Joseph Aragon.
BLOCKADE OF ST. SEBASTIAN, AUG. 12.-08
Sunday we learnt the submission of General Bal.
lasteros ; this news did not surprise us, as we ex-
pected it. We, however, view it as an important
event towards the pacification of Spain. In re-
joicing for this news, our artillery fired 21 guns.
In au instant, the ramparts of the town of St. Se-
bastian were thronged with the Constitutional
garrison. Art officer of the 41st regiment was
sent in with a flag of truce; he had a long inter-
riew with the otlicer who was appointed to re-
ceive him ; but nothing has transpired respecting
the conference.

To-day two cannon on the ramparts were fired
upon the:l)osta of the 9.oth of the line; no one
was hurt.

(From the Journal des DAati of IlredneidaY4
FOURTH CORPS.

VILLA FRANCA, KUCY. after hav-
ing concentrated the troops remaining to him at.
Mont Blanc, has marched on :Cala.
. Baron d'Eroles from Manresa, Got). Tromelin
from igualada, and two battalions which were at
',Viet), have marched in pursuit of the enemy, the
intention of whose movement seems to bo to raise
the blockade of ,the Sets d'Urgel. Two thousand
men have just been marched hence on Igualada
to relieve the corps of Gen. Tromelin.
MAnnto, Ace. '24.—(nv tmeacss.)—lt is al-
dally known here, that the news of the capitu-
lation of Ballasteros had reached Cadiz the 9th
inst. Nothing is said of the ,effect it has pro-
duced ; but great hopes are entertained from it, and
',the arrival of the Duke of Angouleme at Port St.
Mary must produce important events. The King
is absolutely free in Cadiz: he has become the
'salvation even of those who oppress him ; he is
treated with consideration, and respect has suc-
ceeded to insults. Every time lie goes out, the
enthusiasm of the people is redoubled, and no-
thing any longer stops the Tepeuted cries of Live
Me ging !
Letters from Seville and Port St. Mary all
speak of the deliverance of the King as an event
uetessari4 very near at hand.
A voluminous correspondence has been taken
iu a vessel .attempting to escape from Cadiz, in,
which has been captured a famous Revcilationist,
Cabrera y Navares,former Political Chief
of Soria and Calatayud.
[1 re the Courier Francois qffreiblesday.l
STUrrGAAID, Ave. 15.—The uneasiness which
The departure of the three Foreign Ambassadors
from Stuttgart' caused some time ago has nearly
ceased. The friendship of a great Sovereign of
the North for our Monarch continues, and has
not ceased for one moment. The firmness which
our Sovereign stewed on this occasion has re-
doubled the love of .his subjects. Never was
there a King more popular, or more deservedly
SO. The menageries of his predecessor have
been done away, to make room for more useful
establishments. fie encourages agriculture and
the'useful arts,—never goes a hunting, and never
takes a walk without having some useful object
in view. The Harass at Stuttgart! and %Yellen,
And the =lnstitution for the encouragement of
Agriculture at Hoheittheim, under the direction
of M. Wertz, are the admiration of all strangers.
Apoiccy.:(SAvoy), Aye, i3.----411ree new taxes
have just been imposed, and one which is levied
cm iron is so bbrdensome that it threatens to de-
stroy this branch of industry. It is said these
tuxes are to pay a debt which the Government of
Piedmont has contracted with a great Power.

The Courier Pram:a:is gives the following cir;
curnstance as one of the causes of the slight de-
pression of the Routes at Paris i—t‘ A stock
broker (agent de Change) strongly suspected of
playing on his own account, has received a visit
from the syndicate of the company, who peroeiv.
cad, from the inspection of his books, that the
tillroidollS were not unfounded. The broker had
been speculating for the rise since the ltentes
were at 81. The mass of Itentes bought by him
is enormous ; he is forced to conclude his oper-
ation, and the sales consequent on it must have
added to the decline. It is asserted that the
syndicate has required him to sell his employ..
mont. It would have been desirable that this
example of severity bed been sooner made ; but
better late than never."
( From the Coustitutionnel.)
BAY ()NNE, AUG. 14.—The order issued by the
French for setting at liberty the Constitutionalists

who bad been thrown into prison, have not been
obeyed either in Navarre or Guipuscoa. On the
' contrary the arrests continue, and even females
are not spared.
The capitulation of Ballasteros is regarded by
all parties in Spain with considerable astonish-
ment. The absolute Royalists accuse him of cow-
ardice, but the Constitutiondßoya lists excuse him,
conceiving the step he has taken calculated to
put an end to the misfortunes of Spain, because
they are persuaded that the apparent submission
of this General to the Regency at Madrid is the
result of arrangements concerted at Cadiz itself.
ZANTE, JULY 14.—As soon as the Turkish
fleet arrived in the Gulf of Patras, the Captain
Pacha directed his vessels towards the anchorage
of Yasilade, opposite Missolonglii, where several
lonian, Italian, and Austrian vessels were at
anchor. lie ordered them to be ;immediately
seized, under the pretext that they ere there
for the purpose of aiding- the Greeks. On oppos.
ing some slight resistance to this seizure, several
Christian sailors were killed. The Captain
Pacha immediately ordered some of the Captains
of these vessels to be bastinadoed, and carried
the whole off to Patras. After the energetic re-
presentations of the English, he consented to libe-
rate the lonian vessels, but only them. Before
allowing them to go away, however, he caused
six Greeks that he found on board an lonian
vessel to be hung up at the yard-arm.
A small Greek squadron of four vessels, using
both sails and oars, remained, however, in the
neighbourhood, not being within reach of the
large Turkish ships. By the skilful use of both
their sails and oars, these vessels have captured a
number of neutrals going to Patras. On June
2sth, they captured, under the eyes of the Cap-
tain Paella, the Minzio, a large Austrian mer-
chant brig, which, in spite of the Turks, was
carried into Yasilade and confiscated. Her cargo,
consisting of flour and rice, is valued at 110,000
francs. Some ammunition was' found concealed
under the provision, and 5,000 tallaris, and the
vessel was declared a good prize.
Lately the Captain Pacha Itincled some men on
the coast of Lepanto to occupy Corinth. They
had hardly begun their march, when the Greeks
attacked and defeated them.

STurro Ann, Anti. l'2.—We have lately seen ii.
great number of Greeks arrive here coming from
Odessa. They are destitute almost of every
thing. More are expected. As it is now impos-
sible for them' to proceed through Switzerland,
‘ihere there are at present a great number, they
intend to go by way of England to Greece.
PA is, AUG. W.—The Aini de la Chat* says,
the displacing M. Blondeau, the head of the
School of mutual Instruction, established at Cler-
mont, has excited a lively sensation in that. town.
The Rector of the Academy has recalled the
permission given to M. Blondeau, on October 18,
in consequence of the resolution of the four Can-
tonal Committees united, who unanimously de-
manded the revocation of this permission, on ac.
count of indignity.
llEtnet.nraG, Au G. r2.—The Committee of
the Great Council of Frankfurt have granted the
requests addressed to it, and have refused per-
omission to a number of foreigners engaged in li-
terature anti politics, to reside in Frankfort.—
Several of these foreigners have resided for some
years at Frankfort. This airair has made consi-
derable noise.

SIR ROBERT WILSON.

LISBON, AVUUST 8.

EXTRACT OF A LETTCR. FROM TUY, AUGUST 3.
" I Inform you that Sir Robert Wilson arrived, on the 28th
ult. at Vigo, having come from Corunna by sea. :Our
.troops
marched out of this city with some Portuguese and, in an
action which they had with the Constitutionalists of' Vigo, they
beat them completely, taking from them above thirty pri-
'toners, some horses, and a great deal of baggage.. On our.
side we had only one man wounded ; the Constitutionalists had
some killed. On the 30th, 2,000 French joined Merino at
l'ontcvedra, in consequence of which General Palarea, who
was with some troops at Redondella, retreated to Puentearcas,
from which point they are now dislodged, and the Vreneh in
Vigo. • -
" General Morillo and the French troops entered Vigo on
the 4th' of this month, in consequence of which Sir Robert
Wilson, who has acquired a mournful notoriety by his adven-
tures and intrigues in Galicia, and who has already been once
obliged to quit the city of Oporto, has just arrived at this port,
andls detained and strictly watched on board the schooner that
brought him." •
'Mien the French entered Vigo, Sir Robert Wilson retired
to the island of Minis, at the entrance of Vigo Bay. From
this situation, in which he was in much distress for want of
provisions, he, with some companions, was relieved by the
English brig Nassau, which arrived here on the 7th.
The Captain of this vessel reported himself from London,
after 30 days' voyage, having touched at Corunna and Vigo,
to be laden with hale goods, and bound to Gibraltar with pas-
sengers, Messrs. Wilson, Erskine, &c.
The names of these gentlemen of course showing who they
were, the Government placed it guard, that Sir Robert,might
not have any communication-with the shore. It having been
signified to Mr. .Ward, the British Charge d'Affaires. here,
that Sir Robert wanted a surgeon to dress his wounds, which
had been exposed for some days, he having so hastily left.
Vigo, that all the necessaries were left behind, the surgeon of
the Arabella packet was dispatehed to him.—(Lisbon Poxrs.)

MmtvEr.r.o-us Esc.teu.—Last week a deaf and
dumb lad, employed as a cutter at the Flint
Glass Work, Greenock, met with a singular acci-
dent, to which he narrowly escaped falling a
sacrifice. While at work, his apron or some
other loose portion of his apparel having come
in contact with one of the horizontal shafts
of the drums, and by some means adhered
to it, he was instantly drawn in, and
twirled round the shaft longitudinally, exhibit-
ing precisely the position of a roast en a spit!
The shaft working at a distance of scarce-
ly a foot from the ground, and there being
not much more vacant space on either side
of it, destruction seemed inevitable Yet
the poor lad, after having made repeated re-
volutions, in the course of which he was
divested of every article of his wearing apparel,
excepting a fragment of his trowsers, WB5 at
length flung behind the shaft, from which he
emerged in a state of nudity, having sustained,
in addition to the fright, only a few slight
bruises, and having had his skin somewhat lace-
rated by the uttgentle operation of the machinery
in derobing him. It is remarkable also, that even
his neckerchief had attached itself to the shaft,
the ends probably coiling round it, but luckily
for the wearer ho was saved from strangulation
by the neckerchief giving way behind. The
whole was the work of so short a time that the
mischief was over before lite machine was
stopped.