The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-15 00:00:00

PIS.)

The days of Murat and the massacre that then
swept Madrid, have been revived, though in a
less degree, under Bourmont and Guillerninot.—
The French are determined to reign within the
Pyrenees by the strong arm of force, and again
to exterminate where 'they cannot otherwise pre-
vail, as a terrible retaliation for the few lives lost
in the late quarrel in Madrid, in which the
French soldiers must have been just as much to
blame as the Spaniards, and were probably full as
ready to unsheath their bayonets. Seventeen of
the wretched soldiers of the Faith have been
dragged out and shot. We doubt much whether
this sanguinary measure will tranquillize the capi-
tal, or carry with it universal submission through
Spain ; on the contrary, it is most probable that a
second war, but of a different nature with the last,
will now commence, caused, as some years since,
by personal hatred to the French. A gloomy
stillness for a while has settled over the capital;
but the provinces are yet any thing but tranquil.
Gullicia is said to be overrun with armed bands,
who even threatened Corunna ; and the French
troops in that province and the Asturias; are stat.
ed to be dangerously situated. Every part of Spain
is filled with armed predatory parties, and there
is no safe travelling without strong escorts.—
Nothing as yet is known of the conduct of
frujo's Ministry : the dismissal of the. Monk,
Saes, and his coadjutors, is said to have pro-
ceeded entirely from the unceasing efforts of
Di Borg°. As yet there was no prospect of the
Constitutional Loans being acknowledged ; and
it was known that nothing but the imperious
necessities of Ferdinand would induce him,
or those by whom he is surrounded, to make
any concessions. ft is even a question how far
any acknowledgment would now retrieve the
character of Spain, which, in a pecuniary point
of view, is utterly ruined throughout Europe.
The Church lands and property given up, there
remain no resources to cover those loans, or se-
cure any new obligation ; and we trust, let who
will contract with the tyrant's Ministers for their
supply, that in this country, at least, it will be
found impossible to obtain the amount, or any
'part of it. England is the last place where the
wants of the perfidious despot should meet any
relief. His necessities alone will force him and
his satellites into, moderation, or any thing like
good faith.

[NEW TIMES.]

Notwithstanding the ruinous effect of the late
fluctuations in Foreign Loans, the mania for them
appears to be reviving. There are no less than
Three Mexican speculations in agitation, a Six
per Cent. Loan, a Five per Cent. Loan, and the
Franco-Mexican scheme ! The Six per Cent.
Loan, it is said, will not be brought out for some
time, the arrangements not being yet com-
plete. Thee Five per Cent. Loan is very
shortly to be: brought into the Market. Its
amount is. One Million Six Hundred: Thou-
sand Ponnds, and the contract price is said •to be
5.5. Some of the Franco-Mexican Bonds, we
hear, were actually sold on Saturday at 43.
The two Loans above-mentioned are on ac-

DIED,

On the 10th instant, Roberill.Osblirgh, Esq., Upton-place,
Stratford. • .
On the Bth inst.,,aged 70, the Right lion. Thomas Steele,
formerly one of the Representatives in Parliament for Chi_
cheater.
On Friday. last, at Long's hotel, 31r. 'William Hall, of
Moulsey, aged O.
On the 6th iustd, at Charmouth, Lieut. Gabriel Bray, R.N.,
many years Captain in the Cuutom.house service, aged 74„
On the 12th Inst., at Hintlel& Miss M. M. Reed.
On the 12th lust., Caroline, third daughter of Matthew Bur-
ehelt, Esq., of Fulham.
On Wednesday, the 10th inst., of s decline,_at her-father's
house, at From°, Somerset, Miss Sarah Perkins Frampton,"
aged 21.
On the 13th inst., at Upper Tooting, Susanna, the wife of
Mr. Thomas Adlington, of Bedford-row.