The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-20 00:00:00

MEIICCITILK 11 11'1'1 NO.

DEAL, DEC. W.N.W. nearly calm.--Early this
mornin the wind elated from W. to anti blew a fres4
breeze,-tut has since moderated; the Geo. I I ibberts sailed with
the Ott tWard-bound the Cambridge, for jainalca,vremains.
Poo TostouTit, .DEC. 111.—,Wind %1...N.11%—A trivet! the
'L'oop,' flint' Newfoundland. Sailed the Duke of Alan-
ebester, Wood, for Jamaica; Alsrlboront,..aliddleton, ditto ;
Britannia, Pchry, ditto ; Friends. Anderson, Malta; New-
'Syrnex Trieste; Renewal, Cremartie, Barlittattes ;
cess itoyal, Sherwood, Mary Ann, criggle,.flombay;
Sorry, Ciarbutt, Sierra Leone; anti his Alajestrii ship Ante-
lope tot Itermitila with cotivici,i,
PLY oi' I)Ec. 13.—Wind W. - Arrived the Sle \Vin.
Measly, ,ling, from Quebec, in outlays. It blew a tremendous
gale list evening at S.W. and ended at N. 11!„ When the brit'
cygi,e,„ itt ballast, drove on shore in (*water, and bil rd.
FA I. notrTrt, DEC. IR.—The wind, which has been blowing
very t,trong from S.S.W., yesterday about 4 P.m.' shifted to
8.11'., anti soon afterwards to NAV,- anti increased to a hurri..
cane, with tremendous squalls ; it however moderated about
six, and the only damage we hear .occurred was the swinging
Of a trent alongside the Bideferti, when both vessela lost their
bowsprits. Arrived the Countess of Chichester packet, from
the Brazils, sailed from Rio the 23d October.
Liv it root, DEC. 18.—Arrived the Fanny, Cummings,
and .Jessie, Gibson, from Pernambuco; Cerolmet Crewman,
front Alaranham ; Camillus, Baird, Quebec; Mary Ann,
Bowman, Miramichi ; Panmure, Peters, Rurdeans ; and Al-
bion, Vincent, from St. John's, N.B.
SCILLY,- De:c. 18.—On the 14th and 15th Instant, three or
four pieces of fir balk timber has been Vapid near the Islands,
and brought on shore here ; they do not appear to have been
long in the water. About a fortnight ago a boat, of about
14 teet keel, copper &stetted, marked on the outside the stern,
Chieftain, of London," and on the inside, " Paterson," was
brought here by a boat belonging to the Islands.

The Juno, of Dartmouth, hound to the. Straits, and thit
Loft, Cook, of Newcastle, for Charente, were ()wham yester-
day, with their bulwarks damaged; the latter will go into har-
bour to ropair.
The London Packet, of Newcastle, from Ilamburgh, was
totally lost the l Oth instant, on the lame of Newark, near Cux.
haven ; crew saved,

TILE LONDON JOURNALS.

DMIX
Extracts froin the Morning Papers, Dec. 20.

LNEW T m Es.l
In the absence of all news from France yes-
terday, Spanish Bonds declined. A rumour pre-
vailed that the Spanish Government had notified
to the great Capitalists who are negotiating
about a Loan, the .t the resolution not to re.
tognise the Loans of the Cortes was irrevocable ;
but this appears to have been mere conjecture ;
however, nothing positive was opposed to it ;
and the result was, that the Bonds fell to 9.7 i,
at which price they closed.—Very little business
was transacted upon the Stock Exchange, and
Consols for the Account closed at 86ii.r.t-a slight
improvement o►► the closing price of the pre.
ceding day.—lt is reported that one of the boats
usually employed in the conveyance of the
French expresses from Boulogne to Dover, was
caught in the terrific gale on Wednesday ►,ight,
and the crew have perished. The anew of the
party to ►whom the express was directed, and
thobe or the crew, have not yet been ascertained.

rmoatit POST.]
We received Brussels Papers last night, to the
17th inst. They contain intelligence from Con-
,stentinople, which states that the communication
made by Lord Strangford, respecting the inter-
view of the Emperors at Czernowitz, as well as
the pacific dispositions of the Cabinet of St.
Petersburg, which had taken the first step in
tiending M. Menzuky as Charge d'Affaires to Con-
not produced all the efrect that
was expected on the minds of the Members of
the Divan. They seemed not to place entire
confidence in the modertithm manifested by
Russia, Had .lei ided that the. safety of the
Porte required a' considerable force to be kept
upon the Northern frontiers of the' Ottoman Em-
pire to be ready at all events. This distrust
was greatly increased by the news that an acci-
dent had befallen M. Menzuky which would
delay his arrival. The same accounts represent
the vicious system which prevailed in the Mill-
Lary Administration of the l'erks as extremely
:injurious to the inhabitants of the right bank of
the Dattuhe. The Ottoman troops contorted
there were ill paid and ill fed, and exacted
whatever they wanted. The inhabitants had in
vain complained of the oppression to which they
were subjected, as the Nelms and other Com-
mis:rulers its the army, were unable to make these
;troops observe any kind-of discipline, on account
of the state of destitution in which they were.—
Only two of the Captain Pacha's vessels had
reached Constantinople by the 14th ult., and
they were in such 14(1 condition as to require
immediate repairs. Most of the others were to
winter out of the streights. 'Hifi ship of the
Rear-Admiral was snick,to have been destroyed
by the Greeks, and so ill had the results of the
expedition corresponded with the expectations of
the Government, that it was thought the Captain
Pasha would most probably share the fate of his!
predecessor.

Lyn
There will be seen in our paper to-day, the
congratulations of the King of tignill to the King
of Portugal, on whet his Catholic Majesty is
pleased to cull his Faithful Majesty's recovery of
his legitimate rights..—llis Faithful Majesty re.
turns the compliment, and congratulates Isis Cu-
*tholic Majesty on Isis recovery of his legitimate
rights over the Spaniards. Whet these two
Royal Logicians have described us
,legitimate
`rights, others of more humble attainments in
`their art of reasoning may consider as inH
just, and therefore illegitimate rights. There
is this difference, however, in the conduct
of the King of Spain from that of the
King of Portugal—that the former has re-
gained his despotism by the intervention of
foreign bayonets, and the massacre of certain of,
his- subjects : the latter is restored to whet is
really the greatest of .all evils to OW Sovereign
binsself--to absolute power—by the ill-advised
end venal eirorts of his own subjects. It will be
observed, that the King of Portugal calls the
King. of Spain Isis brother-in-law and son-in-law.
Wwould puzzle on (Edipus, wise as he was
in the solution of enigmas, and tinctured as
he \MS. with incestuous marriage, to enumerate
the many degrees of relationship in which the chil-
dren of these two /Ones will stand to each other.
We should not have noticed the circumstance,
though impure, enough, had not many of the evils
Of Europe sprung from such marriages. We
throw out of our consideration the physical ef-
fects, es observable in
_other enimels, and but too
unhappily observable in the Royal Families of
Europe and Asia. 13ut in Roman Catholic
States, the necessity of dispensations, and the
consequent interference of the Pope, are politi-
cal evils of the most injurious consequence to
national independence.

[IIIIOIININU cnuotsicr.e.]
The prices of National Securities in Paris, on
Wednesday evening, have not as yet been re-
ceived. Tlic speculators in National Public
securities had yesterday a good opportunity to
exercise their imaginations on the future fate of
the debt which Spain owes to the British nation,
end on cool reflection they cannot bring them-
selves to believe, that gentlemen so eminent in
the mercantile world, us Messrs. Bating, Rallis-
child, and Irving are, could engage their fol-
lowers in a Loan of Cash to Spain, at a time when
the Government of that most unfortunate coun-
try has candidly declared it to be insolvent. The
Austrian Loan is a much more legitimate reason
for the Congress which is at present held in
Palls by the Money Holy Alliance, for if
rumours in circulation have any real founda-
tion, his Italy Apostolic Majesty wants the
advance of a few millions sterling to himself,
in addition to the compromised sum which he
bi►il'agreed to pay to England in discharge of the
'debt, which he contracted with her Government
is 1795 and l 797,, amouuting with interest to the
sum of upwards of twenty millions sterling,
which has been compounded for, in consideration
of the payment of his Imperial Majesty of only

two millions starling. On meeting with the
Austrian Ministers, according to report, the
great proportion of this money was asserted to
,them to have been advanced by way of subsidy,
and not of loan, and letters of Mr. Pitt, ad-
dressed to the German Imperial Government,
were produced, calling on his Majesty tb ad-
vance his armies in 1704, 1795, and 1797, and
pledging England to pay all the expenses.--
The Austrian Ministers accordingly produced ac-
counts which were nearly equal to the cash at the
time received, and the result of the whole nego-
ciation has been, that two millions instead of
twenty have been found to form the total of the
Imperial debt. This small sum of two millions
his Imperial Majesty cannot even pay, without
applying to England for assistance ; and. If the
reports be well founded, he menus to take the
opportunity to borrow a few millions farther for
himself, with which he may pay the Austrian
soldiery, who at present trample on the inde-
pendence of Italy.

[nalTlsu Pae.ss.]
The French Papers of Wednesday possess
little interest. Paris is a scene of light and
heartless festivity, to celebrate the unresisted
triumphs of Angoulea►e, and the degradation and
misery of Spain ! Joy and exultation amid the
proscription and sufferings of thousands in that
unhappy country, like the sportive flower rising
from the rottenness of the grave ! The Moniieur
contains, in its non-off►cial part, an article
from Vienna, taking great pains to prove that
the utmost unity of views and feeling prevails be-
tween the two Emperors of Austria and Russia ;
that the meeting at Czernowitz took place solely
on the affairs of Turkey,'and in consequence of
previous arrangements made by the two Po-
tentates at Inspruck, in the Tyrol, at the close
of the Verona Congress. This laboured article
then goes on to say, that the Northern Autocrat,
and his fellow labourer in the sacred cause of
legitimacy, are perfectly satisfied with the result
of the political system they have adopted, and
by which they have maintained and consolidated
the repose of Europe ; and will remain faithful
to their principles, which they have openly Ma-
ni fes ted. The Italian decree of the Austrian
Emperor, just promulgated, and the declarations
of Russia at Madrid and Lisbon, are to-
lerably strong proofs of the consistency of
both these Potentates. In the meantime it ap-
pears that the 44 Sublime Sultan, the Brother of
the Sun and Moon," and his cross-legged Dl6an,
►are not quite satisfied with the meeting of the
two great " Infidels" at Czernowitz, and fear
some coming mischief in the wind. Lord Strang-
ford, the eternal peace-maker between the True
Believers and the " Christian Dogs," had ad-
dressed a communication to the Divan on the
subject, which (lid not bring conviction,•since it
was decided by these high authorities to maintain
a considerable force on the northern frontiers, as
a check to the Russians. Heaven help the Turkish
Councillors !---if the two Emperors conceived the
time was come for attack and spoliation, this force
or the Black Banner of the Prophet would avail
his followers but little. The Shahs and Ja►►is-
varies would soon fall before the northern hordes,
" amid drink, the sherbet of martyrdom." An in-
teresting detail ►s given in the Flandus Papers,
miller the head of Lausanne, of the return of the
brace Rotten, the Governor of Barcelona, to his
native country, Switzerland, and time cordial re-
ception he most deservedly experienced. There
is yet, thank Heaven ! a feeling through Europe,
which, in despite of tyranny, consoles the patriot
for his greatest sacrifices, and follows him with
honour and respect, even in retirement and exile.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The Lisbon papers received yesterday contain
a speech of congratulation addressed by an Am-
bassador of the King of Spain, specifically sent
to the King of Portugal on his restoration to e b-
solute power. Thera is, perhaps, no reason why
this speech should not have been duly listened
to at Lisbon, but there seems a great want of
discretion in publishing it to Europe. Those
who directed the publicution must have strangely
►anted a perception of the ridiculous. His.
Faithful Majesty Don John cau do no
less than return the compliment, and then the
adage " Asians asinum, Sze." will be happily
exemplified. It is, true that the matter has
less of ridicule and imprudence, as affecting
the King of Portugal. Ile owes the re•esta-
blishment of his power to Portuguese alone—and
if he made a faithful use of it, and kept his pro-
mise, perhaps evert the violatiot► of his Constitu-
tional oath might have been got over, in the la.
Wink of political ethics. But though the King
of I• ortugal has not been vindictive, great and
unnecessary severities have been exeroised since
the counter-revolution. The whole Executive
power, indeed, is said to be vested in the Queen
and Prince Don Michael—and application for
mercy have been made to the latter by the
families of the sufferers with a want of suc-
cess little favourable, to his character. Ats
address of congratulation upon the restoration of
his liberty to a Sovereign who oweil his emanci-
pation front thraldom, if thraldom it was, to a
boy and is woman, and who is notoriously a mere
cypher which they employ at their pleasure, can
scarcely fail to 'excite some portion of, con-
tempt or pity, even atming his subjects.—
There is moreover a disclosure, or avowal,
made in the unswer which tends, to confirm
It suspicion that he► has been entertained at,
The King of Portugal formally abjured absolute
power, when the late change of Government
took place, and his Minister, Count Palmella,
put forth the promise of a representative Coosa-
titan, in the' form of an official document. It is►
now some months since its appearance, and not a
word has been expressed or a single step taken to
fulfil this pledge. A sense of common pruilence
and common shame should have made the
Portuguese Government studiously avoid any
thing that might recal this promise—held out most
likely at the time, as a mere "tub to the whale."
Butthe speech of Ferdinand's Ambassador, and
the answer of the King of Portugal, show that
the idea of giving a Constitution has been given
to the • winds, and that " the two states of
the Peninsula," as they are called in their

speeches, being delivered by the same " ge-
nerous efforts, from it malignant influence)"
are looked on as re-established in the same
state of " order and legitimacy." In this
interchange, however, of compliments between
the two Royal Captives, congratulating each
other upon the recovery of power and freedom,
which in reality neither has attained, the situa-
tion of the King of Spain is, as we observed above,
the most pitiful of the two. A Sovereign recover-
ing power over his subjects, by the employment of
foreign bayonets, should at least have the grace to
be ashamed of the means. The King of Spain boasts
of owing his authority to " the efforts of the
French nation," and talks of having " the chains
of his unhappy captivity broken," at a moment
when some fifty thousand foreigners have military
possession of his kingdom, and a foreigner is the
Governor of the capital in which he resides.