The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-27 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

There was not a rumour yesterday on the Stock
Exchanchage, and consequently no variation in•
the Funds. Consols remained the whole day
at Be4i. Little business was done in the Foreign
Funds, and they continue at their Ammer prices,
with the exception of Pojjais Boras, which have
fallen from about 17 to 101, owing to the
conCradictory, statements respecting the terri-
tories of " His Poyaisian Highness." Not
long' since a Gentleman made oath that all the
Poyaisian settlers were quite happy : it is now
stated that they have all been reduced to

the greatest misery. The accounts differ almost
as much as those of the Spanish Yinatices did
a twelvemonth ago ; but so much money will
not be lost on Poyais Bonds as on Spanish Bonds,
because so many dupes were -net found in the
first instance to buy them. We yesterday re-
ceived Letters and Papers from Paris to Sunday
evening. Of course they contain no price of
the Itentes; nor indeed are they marked by
any particular feature of novelty. The latest
accounts from Catalonia merely state that' Baron
d'Eroles and General Tromelin are in full pur-
suit of Milans, who seemed anxious to regain his
former position at Mout Blanc. His expedition
in Upper Catalonia appears to have been under-
taken with a view to relieve the fortress of Ur-
("el in which he has failed : and his sole object
now is to escape his pursuers. The credulity of
The Courier continues to furnish matter of merri-
ment to the French Journalists. One of them
asks whether he supposes Port St. Mary's is in
the line of retreat from Madrid to the Ebro. An-
other observes that The Courier dreams of nothing
but misunderstandings, and converts into a proof
of disagreement between the Duke of Angou-
leme and the Regency the very steps that they
take by mutual consent in pursuit of their com-
mon object, the tranquillity of Spain. These
Papers state that the Grand Duke of Saxe Wei-
mar has adopted measures of some political libe-
rality toward the Jews, by admitting them, hi
many respects, to the rights of citizenship in his
States ; but amongst these, regulations are some
which still savour of ancient prejudice. Thus, in
a family of Jews devoted to trade, only one of
the sons is allowed to marry 1 What sort of life
does the Legislator suppose the other sons are to
lead ?

[RRITISII PRESS.]
Sunday's French papers reached our office
yesterday ; they are almost utterly barren of
any intelligence. The Etoile states, in an article
'from Vich of the 17th, that Milans had not re-
nounced his plan of raising the siege of Seu
d'Urgel, and that he appeared to be marching on
Salsona for that purpose. The French, under
Tromelin and d'Eroles, suffered, it appears,
most severely in the late encounter with this able
leader and his distinguished colleague Llobera,
and have since done nothing to impede their march.
The annunciation of the abandonment of Hos-
talrich by the Constitutionalists, appears, as we
anticipated, to be utterly unfounded. Accounts
from Perpignan to the 16th state, that three days
before, the French officer who blockaded Hos-
talrich requested an interview with the Spanish
Governor, which was granted. At this meeting
propositions were made to the Constitutional
Governor to capitulate ; as his most decisive an-
swer, the Governor prevailed on the French
Commandant to see his magazines. He was
accordingly introduced into the fort, and
the large supplies of every sort the place
contained shewn to him. The next day the
garrison made a sortie on the besiegers,the result
of which was not known on the 16th at Perpig-
nan. A guerilla corps, on the 13th, from three to
four hundred men, caine down from the moon-
tains, and matched. on Saint Felin-de-Guixols,
and there raised a contribution of four thousand
five hundred francs. it is further stated from
Perpignan, that several individuals have been
arrested at Barcelona, that they fled to Bade-
lona, and were there again taken and conducted
to the prisons of Mater°. These individuals are
stated to have been lately not only warm Cons&
tutionalists, but of the party of Spanish Car-
bonari. Mystery yet hangs over the cause of
their secession, whether proceeding from a violent
schism between the Carbonari and Communeros,or
that French gold and diplomacy have found their
silent way even into Barcelona. Corruption has
been the decisive weapon of the French during
the Spanish campaign, and that which has suc-
ceeded best. It appears clear that discord has
been dividing the French army in that province,i
and long reigning in its camp. Donnadieu, it is
known, finding his letters to Paris unsuccessful,
and Moncey still retained in command of the army
of Catalonia, suddenly resigned his command,
and left the army. Military honours, it appears,
were shewn him on his passage through Perpignan,
and sentinels placed at his door. Ecquevilliers,
the Lieutenant " du Roi" at Perpignan, was sub-
sequently placed under arrest by General Rot-
tembourg, commandant of the division, charged
with a breach of his duty, in paying military ho-
nours to Donnadieu, who, without command, was
not then entitled to receive any. The influence
of the Ultras seems for the moment to have de-
clined in France. Donnadieu's defeated intrigues
prove that to be the case. Nothing whatever of
any interest is stated from Cadiz ; a. few days
must disclose, the fate of any negociations that
may be pending there. Notwithstanding,the al-
most decisive defection of Morillo and Ballas-
teros, and the coming over of these two degraded
traitors, the French have latterly gained no
ground whatever; they are passive and powerless
before Cadiz, and Catalonia is their grave.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
Information, dated in Rio de Janeiro, on the
Ist July, states, that on the 13th June the Bri-
tish merchant ship the John and Thomas had ar-
rived there, under circumstances which shew the
great disadvantages to which British commerce
is subjected by the, want of diplomatic Agents
in the new States of America. During a former
voyage, this vessel, ignorant of the Brazilian
blockade of Bahia, had carried into that place
a few articles of merchandize, and there
loaded a general cargo belonging to different
establishments, for Rio. The Captain, on his
previous voyage, received no warning nor no-
tice of the blockade, and consequently he had
not violated any of the acknowledged laws of
nations, Lord Cochrane, however, fell in with this
ship on her voyage, and under the pretext of a
previous breach of blockade, he thought proper
to take the Captain, crew, and passengers out
of her, and having supplied her with seamen
from his own ship, he sent her forward to Rio,
and at the latest advices attempts were snaking
to get her condemned, for this pretended breach
of the laws of nations. What makes the case
more extraordinary is, that a Military Council
was trying the validity of this naval capture.

There is not, however, any authorised British
agent in any of, the new American States to
claim property unjustly detained, or to protect
British subjects from Injury and spoliation, nor
is it likely that his Majesty's present Minis-
ters will ever consider the free trade of his sub-
jects of the slightest importance, if modern
legitimacy be interested in its suppression. From
Paris no information was received yesterday,
and the Feast of St. Louis may therefore be con-
cluded to have passed over without the commu-
nication of any public event to the volatile sub•
jects of his. Most Christian Majesty. At Calais
nothing new from Spain was known last night,
but the idea of a speedy termination of the war
was very prevalent. The principles of the
French Ministers must, however, be different to
those circulated 'in the Journal des Debals, before
an event so desired by France can be accom-
plished ; for The Spanish Cortes may as soon
submit their heads to the block, as permit the
beloved Ferdinand the enjoyment of the uncon•
trouled use of his sovereign pleasure and legi-
timate will.

[MORNING HERALD.]
'We last night received the following letters
from our Madrid Correspondent :

MADRID, AUG. 8, 1823.—The action between the French
and Ballasteros, in the neighbourhood of Jaen and Granada,
was far from being so destructive as was' trumpeted about be-
forehand, but the result to which it has led has been important
indeed, and has very much surprised us here in Madrid. In
the action alluded to the French only boasted of having killed
4or NO men and taking prisoners 300. Late last night was
published an Extraordinary Gazette of his surrender with the
whole of his force, between 9 and 10,000 men, to the French
General Molitor, in Granada, and this morning the treaty it-
self has been printed. By the 2d article he is obliged to order
all other Generals and Governors of blockaded places under his
command to surrender in like manner and acknowledge the
Regency. Two of them, l%lonzon and Venasque, capitulated
lately, and we shall now see what effect it will produce on San
Sebastian and Pampeluna, Penas de San Pedro, Carthagena,
Alicant, and Peniscala. The Constitutionalists are very much
enraged, and attribute it to treachery. From Ballasteros' known
prudence, and his decided adhesion to the Constitution; it was
thought he would for a long time have baffled and occupied
Molitor, and prevented him from co-operating with the besieg-
ing army of Cadiz, although it was not doubted thit in the end
he would have been worn out, and obliged to yield to superior
tactics, and the manifested disposition of the country against
him.

There is no account yet of the surrender of Zayas, but he
may be said to be reduced to a nullity—fifteen hundred of his
men whom he had left to protect Granada till the entrance of
the French, as had been agreed upon, passed over to the Royal..
ist side—Chief, officers; and men.
By accounts from Cadiz great confidence was placed in the
two Generals Balloter°, and Zayas being able to attack the
rear of the besiegers with sufficient effect, so as to compel theta
to raise the siege.
The whole of Andalusia,. is now free to the, French and
Royalist troops. From Seville the only news is,, that great
preparations were, making there to yeceive the Duke d'Artgou.
lame. s The Members of the Ayuntarnicnto would be contd..
derably out of pocket by it, its the city funds were extremely
low, and heavy calls were making on them for equipment of
troops, &e.

We have nothing from Catalonia nor from Estraniadura.—:..
The Empeciniuio is said to be shut up in Ciudad Rodrigo, and
Qoneral O'Donnell was preparing to leave Valadolid to un-
dertake the siege of it. . , . •
The French are yet before Corunna waiting the heavy ord-
nance from Ferrol. Morino had been tricked by the regiment
of Arragon passing over to him, and being furnished with what
necessaries could be given to it, passing back again. One turn
deserves another ; like enough on. Morillo's approach to Vigo.
the regiment will return to him. •

In Bilbao they were quieter than before—,the French disci.
pline being admirable. The Prince Ilohenlohe hid entertain-
ed the whole of the authorities to dinner on the 30th July,
and the next day went to I'ortugalete, where he embarked for
Laredo, fronting Santona, to inspect the operations of the siege.
The Custom-house had beat removed to ()fauna and Vitto-
ria, as formerly, which had given great joy to the inhabitants
of Biscay, Alava, and' Ouipuzcoa, those provinces, being free
for the admission of all goods and merchandixes, which are ad-
•
'milted to pay duties in other parts of Spain. Vast numbers, of
persons of property had left Bilbao, in consequence rents had
fallen very considerably, and, in one street alone there were 25
habitations to let.

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The release of the imprisoned for opinions which was re-
ported would take place m Madrid, has not yet been effect-
ed. It is mentioned that several notes have passed between
the Regency and the Duke de Reggio on the subject ;
but neither in the offices of the .Ayuntiimiento, or of the
Superintendent of the Police, or of the Minister of Grace
.and Justice, do they know of any 'such measure being n
contemplation. At present, therefore, this question must
be confined to the Regency and the Duke de Reggio, or else
the rumour is without any foundation. -Besides the Superin-
tendent of Policedoes not abate in the least his vigilance in.
the pursuit of the Constitutionalists, termed " Negros." Tim
arrests go on as as before, and the houses of the individuals
scrupulously searched, both of the present as well as the ab.
sent. In the house of N. Narganes (now at Cadiz), one of the
editors of the Universal newspaper, 6,000 dollars have been
discovered concealed under the floor, and they say they have
the scent of several more concealments of a like nature of per-
sons in Cadiz. -
Every inducement is held out for denunciation of individuals
and property, and such is the depravation of all classes, that
nine out of ten who have placed confidence in their supposed
friends and servants, have reason to repent it. The letter take
the reward, and the former, in their memorials for employments,
blaze forth their treachery, as a meritorious piece of service to
their country, and love to their Ring.
The ten districts, into which Madrid is divided, are each to
be furnished with a Commissary of Police, who will take cog-
nizance of every house and person in it ; the same system of
espionage will exist here as in Paris; but whether to stand in
place of , the Inquisition, or to go hand in hand with it, time
blishment imtnediate for the re.esta-
cwinalgy3hm:
and ion
friang riepresentation has come up from Burgos
from the Antarpientothe members of which are nearly all
calling
gt by its wisdom,
viSilanee, and gentleness, the church of Spain may be cleansed
or all impurityy, y to
ot the
the
ußegelyenocnmeeca,l
-mpurity, sec. sce. it also contains a phillipte against the
adoption of Cb h
a/L'erl •; the Ayuntarniento and all. loyal Spa.
niards desire that the Regency will oppose with firmness and
dignity every
_pretension to Chambers and all other fundamental
innovations. The Duke del Infanta& is by no means bigotted,
and will not lend a hand to the Inquisition, Lftit the Bishop of
Ostna may probably carry the votes against him, or all that the
Duke will perhaps be able to effect, will be to let the matter
rest till the return of the King.
At present the property of
troul of the 'Director of the Credito Public°. This office has
'the Toquisition is under the con.
only been re-established three days ago, and possesses already
its fifty or sixty clerks, and including porters and other depen.
dents, perhaps near a hundred.
The purification on trial of all those who have enjoyed place
under the Constitutional Government goes on with Much rigour;
all who did not serve before are of course dismissed, and are
likely never to serve again. Those against whom it is proved
that they have officially aided and promoted the Constitution
are likewise dismissed, and only those are retained who are.
found to have quietly, or, as it were, by mere sufferance, held.
their places during that time. Officers who have turned over
from the Constitutionalists when • they saw the thing going

down, must likewise pass this ordeal, previous to holding Com-
missions. Every Royalist volunteer must likewise prove him-
self undefiled by the Constitution. For the Royalist volunteer
militia now raising for Madrid, 500 are already accepted ; about
300 remain for examination.. Among the whole number, five
were found out to have served in the Corrstitutional
these were immediately turned about their buness. Thus in
every department every, yestige of the Cohstitution is being
erased, and the unfortunate addicted to the system will be
marked men.. These must return to their_ homes, subtract
themselves from political I matters, and quietly pursue some in-
dustrious occupation. f they were a aghting, united people,
what elements for a revolution atX future time ! _

A person who left Corunna on the 22d ult. and was in the
action of the 15th, assures me the French lost at least 1,500
men. At Betanzas and Fermi they have upwards of 600
wounded; the fight was sustained by the volunteer militiamen
of, Biscay and Galicia. The troops of the line (1,500) refused
to- turn out till past the middle of the action, and have declared
they will not go out again. Of the volunteer militia, there re-
main about 1,000, many having left it after the action—being
volunteers they cannot be kept against their will, but they are
obliged to pay 20 dollars for a passport, which not many can
afford to do.
It is supposed the place will surrender by capitulation, as
soon as the surrender of Ballasteros is known. Sir Robert
Wilson had left by sea for Vigo, taking with him 20 of the
Biscay volunteers. 'He said he expected the arrival of some
English, with whom he would meet Morillo. Ile and his
Aid-de-Camp behaved very gallantly in the above-cited action,
both being wounded at the head of the advanced posts. The
Governor, Mendez Vigo, had behaved extremely well, and
was most indefatigable in his duties. Quiroga was not in the
action, and is quite despised. They say lie has not talents
for a Captain of infantry, and is quite ridiculous in his si-
tuation. _ _

MADRID, Auo. 9.—This morning, at about half.past nine,
the ringing of the church and convent bells, and the quick mo-
tion of the people in the streets, indicated the occurrence
of some joyful event. I was not long in suspense, information
being soon after brought me that the market women in the neigh-
bourhood were all' in an uproar, they had tossed their eggs in
the air, and turned topsy-turvy their fruit baskets, for
pure joy that King was at liberty. 1 made haste to get
out to learn the fact and particulars. I found every body busy
in hanging the balconies with their draperies of silk, &c. ; the
shops were shutting and the people assembling together. The
first of my acquaintances that I met was the son of a Councillor
of' State, who informed me that his father had just received a
note from the French General Conde de Castex, conveying the
satisfactory intelligence of the King being at liberty, and he
was then going to the General's quarters for the details. On
arriving at the Puerta del Sol every body was full of the news,
shaking hands and embracing one another, all eager to hear
and tell of how and when, and all the rest of it ; 'but all, and
the only facts that I could gather were, that a French courier
had brought dispatches from General Bordesoulle at Port St.
Mary's to the Duke d'Angouleme, whom he met at La Carolina,
who having read them, ordered him to make all speed to Paris,
and in passing through Madrid to tell the Duke de Reggio
that the King was at liberty. The courier arrived here at six,
and immediately made the verbal communication to the Duke,
who mentioned it to the Duke de Medina-Ceti, in whose house
he resides, and then to various other grandees. Further, the
same courier brought a letter to the post-master from his son,
who is employed in the French post at head-quarters, contain.
ing two lines only ; " The King is at liberty, the Cones dis-
persed ; no time for more at present." There could be no
doubt about it, in a few hours an express will arrive with a full
account to the Regency.
At twelve, the Duke de Reggio proceeded to the palace, and
acquainted the Minister of War with it. Meanwhile various
groupes from• different parishes of men and women, arm in
arm, paraded the streets with shouts of Viva el Roy ! Viva el
Rey neto Viva el Rey absoluto. One party'had a very sig-
niflcant appendage, a bird cage on the top a pole, the door open,
and the bird flown. In the afternoon an Extraordinary Ga-
zette was published, stating that the Director of the Posts at
head-quarters had ordered the courier to give the intelligence
to the Duke de Reggio that the King was at liberty; not a
word othe Duke d'Angouleme, which diminishes very much
from its importance ; at the same time a notice was fixed up at
the corners of the streets with this news, and calling upon the
people to maintain order and decency, and not to fire within
the walls of the town, &c. _
During the evening several considerable parties of men and
women in their best have paraded about in procession with
tambours, colours, &c., and stopping at intervals to dance with
their castanets. The corregidor sent his constables to request
they would repress their intemperate, joy till the news was
better ascertained; but all in vain, they. would not listen to
than.
The illumination is general and spontaneous, but as yet
(10 o'clock) nty confirmation has arrived.
P.S.,—One thing should be observed, that in the assemblages
of the populace during the time of the Cortes latterly money
and wine were distributed amon them. Now there is nothing
of the kind, the expression of the people is gratis. Ido not
say this invidiously it Is the fact.
And. 10, (8 o'Clock in the Evening)...-No confirmation bar.
yet arrived of the news of yesterday. If it should prove to be
a hoax, it will have been as complete a one as the cork-boot
man of Lisbon, of facetious memory.
The people are very much disconcerted, and form a thousand
conjectures, all equally extravagant. My opinion is, that it
has originated in a mistake; the Cortes having debated whether
they should' continue to sit (the Sessions being ended) as extra-
ordinary, the votes were against it, consequently they are dis-
solved, leaving the usual number of individuals as a permanent
deputation, from which may have been inferred that they were
dissolved in toto and the King at liberty. It is said, that in
a subsequent discussion it was debated whether the King should
be restored to freedom, which wits carried in the affirmative,
and that they were deliberating when and how it should take
place, &C. I know of no data for this, and I think it some-
what absurd, for the Deputies would never consent to record
in their acts that the King was a prisoner after his arrival in
Cadiz. And again the Members would sooner take to their
heels and leave the King to himself, than so gravely debate upon
their own destruction. Perhaps some treaty may be going for-
ward which materially alters the case, and their debating upon
the articles would then be perfectly regular.
The only news from Andalusia is, that the treaty with Bal.
lasteros was carrying into effect.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, August 26.

Whitehall, Aug. 22, 1823.
The King has been pleased to appoint Alexander Earl of
Caithness to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of
Caithness, in the room of the Earl of Caithness, deceased.

BANKRUPTS.
R. Fleming, Great Yarmouth, wine-merchant, to surrender
Sept. 9, 16, Oct. 7, at the Bankrupts' Court, Ilasinghall-street,
Solicitors, Alessrs. Daniell, Sewell, and Daniell, Essex-street,
Strand.
P. F. I3atterbee, Norton, Suffolk, brandy-merchant, August
30, Sept. 6, Oct. 7, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street.
Solicitor, Mr. Golding, Salisbury-square, Fleet-street.
P. P. Andrew, Brighton, grocer, Aug. 30, Sept. 6, Oct. 7,
at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr.
Willoughby, Clifford's-inn.
W. Maddy, Leeds, linen.draper, Sept. 26, 27,:0ct. 7, at the
Court. House Leeds. Solicitor, Mr. Wilson, Greville-straq,
Hatton-garden.
J. Jennings, Keynaharn, Somersetshire, saddler, Sept. 4, 18,
Oct. 7, at the 'White Lion Inn, Bristol. Solicitor, Mr. Bur-
foot, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
R. Broughail, Little Ness, Shropshire, farmer, Sept. 6,6,
Oct. 7, at the Talbot Inn, Shrewsbury. Solicitors, Messrs.
Clarke, Richards, and Medcalf, Chancery-lane.
1). Phillips, Cold-Blow, Pembrokeshire, victualler, Sept. 8,
9, Oct. 7, at the Lion Inn, Narberth, Pembrokeshire. Solici-
tor, Mr. Callen, Pembroke.
E. Skiller, Rochester, victualler, Aug. 29, Sept. 19, Oct. 7,
at the Bridge Inn, Bishop-Weartnouth. Solicitor, Mr. Bin-
kiston, Symond's-Inn.
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DIVIDENDS.
Sept. 23, J. Harvey, Bull-head-passage, Leadenhall-market,
poulterer—Sept. 17, 'l'. Ilinde, Liverpool merchant—Sept. 29,
J. Roundell, Skipton, Yorkshire, grocer--Sept. 16, W. Sawn_
dens, Beckington, schoolmaster—Oct. 21, J. Cotterell, Wor-
cester, thnber-inerchant—Sept. 16, J. Rangeeroft, Bingfield,
Berkshire, grazier.
CERTIFICATES, SEPT. 16.
W. Milhtrt, Carnaby-street, Carnaby-market, victualler—J.
Truman, Dawlish, Devonshire, tailor—W. Brandon, Kent.
street, Southwark, builder—W. Furlong, Bristol, haberdasher—
J. Titterton, Wilmington-square, Spa-fields, surgeon—E.
Lucas, Shepherd's-market, Hanover-square, dealer.

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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J.
,Burtt and J. Fuller,, Bristol, innholders—W. Gray and
C. Burrows, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, brewers—C. Page
and J. H. Noble, Oporto.-:.G. Loves and j. Campbell, Minc-
ing-lane, wine-merchants—J. Crossland and W. Hides, Shef.
field, manufacturers of razors—H. wilkinson and J. Ivyleage,
Hanway-street, Oxford-street, hatters—J. Tyrrell and J.
Badams, Birmingham, chyrnical-manufacturers—J. Gresaway
and j. Potter, Alancliester' merchants-31. West:twit and G.
Heywood, Bristol, chemists—T. Larkin and T. talon, Strand,
hat-manufacturers_-N. and A. Hilton and A. Wyatt, London,
warehousemen—T. Edwards and 3. Arnold Holland-street,
,Blackfriars-road, hat-manufacturers—R, i'hillipps and IV.
Davidson, Little Tower-street, Custom-house-agents.