The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-09 00:00:00

lotion of the Cortes to maintain the contest
would appear to be undiminished ; and, as the
Constitutionalists must now be convinced that
their property and their lives are at stake on the
issue, the hopes which were recently indulged
of a speedy termination of the war, may be con-
sidered as greatly diminished.

The Expresses from Paris this morning bring
the French rentes at 88, and Spanish at 4t2 to 43.

FRENCH LOAN.—The Monileur contains the
official announcement of the new French Loan.
Its exact amount is 23,114,516 francs de rente,
of which 4,000,000 francs de rente are to be
raised on the vote of credit of the 17th of March
last, for the service of the year 1823, and theje-
mainder results from different votes of creilit
made in the year 1821 and 1822, but not acted
on, for the disbursement of the arrears of the
national expenditure. The biddings for this
loan are to take place on the 10th of July
next, in the bureau of the Minister of Finance.
The contractors will be entitled to the produce
of the rentes from the 22d of September next,
but will only be called upon for the capital in
20 monthly instalments, of which the first will
be payable on the Bth of August next, and the
last on the Bth of March, 18'25. The d'e posit re-
quired from each party intending to bid for the
contract will not be less than the amount of six
months of the rentes to be offered for, or
11,5575258 francs ; but this deposit may be made
either in specie, inscriptions of rentes, reconnois-
sances of liquidation, annuities, or royal bonds.
The parties to whom the contract shall be ad-
judged will be called on within ten days to
increase the deposit to 25,000,000 francs, but
which will be restored to them after the payment
of the two first instalments.

American Papers arrived this morning to the
17th of May. _ _

'From the Gazette of the 16th.1
FROM ST. SALVADOR. --1 he Portuguese troops
continue in possession of the city and the Brazi-
lians of the country : there was no communica-
tion between them. The inhabitants of the city
were in great distress for want of fresh provi-
sions. A reinforcement arrived from Lisbon on
the sth April with 1700 troops, under convoy of
a frigate, making the whole number of troops
there about 4000. The Brazilians had upwards
of 8000, but were in want of Officers. All the
valuable goods had been removed on board of
shipping for safety; no ►uilitary operations were
expected to take place for some time.
FROM TAmetco.—The news by the Nancy is,
that the Ex-Emperor Iturbide had been per-
witted, by a decree of the Congress of April 9,
to retire with his family to Iteny upon a salary
of 25,000 dollars.
FROM CARTHAGENA.—News had been received
from Capt. Parry that General Morales having
sent a detachment of 500 to re-capture that.
place, they were intercepted by Geaeral
and '2OO prisoners were taken. Accounts
had been received on the 13th of April that the
Carabobo regiment of 800 men, of which 350 are
the remains of the British Legion, had arrived on
the Bth instant at Rio de la Ilache from Laguira.
This reinforcement would allow General Mon-
tillo to assume an offensive attitude.

BALTIMORE, MARCH 18.—The Budget ar-
rived here yesterday from St. Thomas's. It was
reported here that Porte • Civello was to sur-
render to the Colombian forces, under. General
Paez, on the 14th April. The blockade of the
place was closely kept by Commodore Daniel.

On Saturday, at a quarter past six o'clock, his
MAJESTY left town for the Lodge► at Windsor,
accompanied by Sir WILLIAM KNIGHTON. The
weakness left from his MAJESTY'S severe attacks
of the gout, during the last five months, obliged
him to be carried to his carriage in a chair.
CANAL IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.—This sheet of
water is ut present in a very offensive state ; and
as the warm weather advances, is likely to prove
exceedingly unhealthy to the neighbourhood, and
in particular to the public offices. It is now, we
understand, under the process of drainage; but from
the slowness with which that much required ope-
ration proceeds, we apprehend that the summer
will have passed over before its completion, un-
less three or four men are employed for a few days
in giving the water a free course to the drain.—
The officers should adopt prompt and efficacious
measures for the correction of this nuisance. The
whole mass of the water is most offensively
putrid. _

The Gazette of Saturday contains a Royal Pro.
clamation for putting in execution the law made to prevent the
enlisting or engagement of his Majesty's subjects in Foreign
service, and the fitting out or equipping in his Majesty's Do-
minions vessels for warlike purposes, without his Majesty's
license. The Proclamation, after reciting the provisions of the
59th of George 111. concludes as billows:.--Ilia Majesty, there-
fore, being resolved to cause, the provisions of the said Statute
to be effectually put in execution, and being desirous that none
of his Majesty's subjects should unwarily subject themselves
to the penalties thereby inflicted, had thought fit, by and with
the advice of his Privy Council, to Issue this his Royal Procla-
mation, and (loth hereby strictly command, that no person or
persons whatsoever do presume to commit or attempt any act,
matter, or thing whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the
said Statute, anti the true intent and meaning thereof; and that
the said provisions of the said Statute be punctually observed
anti kept, upon pain of the several penalties by the said Statute
inflicted upon offenders against the same, and of his Majesty's
high displeasure.
-13ucitAnEST, MAY 10.—Another great misfortune has be-
fallen this city, which, as well as the rest of the Principality,
has so severely suffered without any fault of the inhabitants,
through the wicked attempts of foreign adventurers, and which
has no hope of relief but from time and a mild and beneficent
Government like that of the present Prince. On the sth of this
month, at three o'clock in the afternoon, a fire broke out at a
baker's, which was so rapidly spread by a violent north-west
wind, that before sun-set four hundred buildings (large and
small) were reduced to ashes. Though the greatest exertions
were made by the public authorities, the Prince himself
being constantly present, and! his sons even personally assist-
ing, the progress of the flames' could not be checked before
night-fall, partly because the engines, &c. were insufficient,
and partly because the spreading of flumes was favoured by
the beams with which the streets were laid, instead of being
paved with stone. Being Easter Monday, many householders
were in th; country with their families, and knew nothing of'
their misfortunes till their return. Immediately after this the
city was alarmed by another event, which, however, passed
over without doing any mischief. On the 7th, at half-past six
in the evening, two violent shocks of an earthquake were felt
at an interval of a few seconds from each other, and in a per-
pendicular direction. On the 9th, at three, P.M. there was
another shock, accompanied with a noise like the roaring of a
storm, which was the more remarkable, as the air was per-
fectly calm, and at a temperature of 20 deg. of Reamur. tiffs
have not heard, however, that serious damage has any where
been done by those shocks.