The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-11 00:00:00

TIIL LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extrftets from the Morning Papers, July 11.

Im011:4ING POST.]

The example 'of the Metropolis, we are re-
joied to see, is likely- to be nobly followed by
the country at large ; every post brings us fresh
accounts of meetings and subscriptions to attest
the genuine sympathy of Englishmen with the
feelings of the gallant and insulted Spaniards,
and their ardent wishes for the eventual tri-
umph of a cause in which the dearest inte-
rests of all nations are involved. Nothing can
be-better calculated to stimulate this holy zeal,
than the unconscious homage paid by the enslav-
ed and corrupted Press of France to the com-
bined energy and prudence which in most trying
circumstances have recently characterised the
conduct of the Spanish Government. The dis.'
appointment and chagrin which this conduct
has produced to that Faction in France- whose
intrigues led to the war, and whose existence
depends upon its issue, may be best measured
by the absurd clamour and ridiculous indig-
nation of its literary . organs. If the Cortes
had acted in any respect otherwise than they
have done, their conduct would have heen'more
tolerable to these enemies of human freedom.
ff they had awaited at Seville the arrival
of the invaders, and there had yielded up to
them the person of the Sovereign, that would
have , been well, the death-blow of constitu-
tional liberty'in Spain would have been struck;
or.if even they had. followed up the temporary
restraint upon the Sovereign, of which the
pressing and Immediate danger of the Govern-
Meat dictated the clear necessity and afforded
the`' ntl justification, by measures of outrage
or*'of cruelty, the general cause of freedom
thro6ghout the world would have been weaken•
ed nod disgraced. . But that they- should' have
equally avoided' these two extremes, that hay--
log obeyed the paramount law of preserving thii
id %%qui Government from dissolution, they should
then manifest an unabated devotion to' the Mo-
narch's rights,, sheds so much lustre upon their
firmness and' discretion, places them so'far be-
yond the reach of rebuke, that we behold with'a
delight, unmixed with wonder, the fretful impa—
tience and the impotent malice of their foes.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We have been fur some time prepared' for the
desertion of Morino.' We can state positively,
that since his' appointment t& the command of
the 2d Military District; he has never once
opposed or checked in any way the move-
ment of the smallest party of the enemy ; and on
the slightest report of their advancing, he always
took .care to leave the road clear. Not dne shot
has been tired by himiu the cause of the Certek
We know that within the last six weeki a largo
sum of money reached the Government at Seville
from France. With this fact Morillo was pro-
bably well acquainted ; and he no doubt ex.
ppeted that-all would be over with the refusal
of the King to proceed toCadiz. liis own-Pros
clan-lath/us against the Cortes, because they would
not allow the King to throw himself into the
arms of the Fi•enchi-can receive but one interpre.
tation,--und are ascribable to but one cause.

The Speech of Mr. Brougham last night, on
the third reading of the Scotch Law Commis.'
sion Bill, contains nearly as much pointed
sarcasm as wits ever before compressed within
the same spate. if vta certainly a powerful
appeal to the conscience of the ,Lord Chan.
eftil9r, seasoned' with a fevr compliments to his
Lordship's own feats, in the way of raillery, at the
expenre of the Scots Judges, to make it the more
palatable. Mr. Brougham alluded to the Commis.
stoners who are about to enlighten the Scotch,
as to the beauties and advantages of English
special pleading. Mr. J. Williams, whose able
exposure of the abuses of the Court of Chancery
produced such an impression throughout the
country, has given notice of his intention to
bring the subject before the House early next
Session. We leave our readers to judge how far
the statement of Mr. Hume respecting Malt*
was answered by Mr. 'Wilmot. But we shall
return to the subject.---(Mid.)

[Yea Timm]
French papers are arrived up to Wednesday
last. Their contents respecting Spanish affairs
are interesting and important. The first incident
mentioned is one of a peculiar kind, and calcu-
lead, if not to strengthen, the French cause in
the first instance, yet to• affect favourably the
public sentiment in Spain, and to touch the
hearts of the people. The King of France re-
stores to the Spanish nation all the standards,
forty-eight in number, taken by I3uonaparte, in
his villanous enterprise against the Peninsula,
together with two other standards, the scanty
produce of the present war, and the keys of the
city of Valencia. It is needless to say that this
present of the French is accepted with the most
wolound emotions of gratitude and respect by a
Itegency,of their own creation, with the Duke of,
Infantado at its'ilead. A ceremonial, imposing
enough we have no doubt, is devised for
the presentation of the colours ; and the
scene may be considered, we, suppose, to have
been tolerably well played.—The other event
is of a still more forcible character, and
more calculated, we should fear, to affect the issue
of the war. We will not call amen a traitor, in
the broadest sense of the word, who still pro.
fusses his determination to defend his country
against the foreign enemy : but Morillo has at
least deceived the expectations of those who gave
him the command in Galicia and Asturia, by
declaring against them. He does not acknow-
ledge the authority of the Regency installed by
the Cortes at Seville. He denounces its conduct
as illegal, in imposing force on the King's will,
and carrying off his person ; and he reprehends
the further confinement of his Majesty. However,'
he considers the prevention of anarchy and the
preservation of tranquillity as his paramoun t duty;
he therefore retains the command of the army, in-
trusted to him tilt the King's liberation, aided