The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-31 00:00:00

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICEAX FdLSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1823.

A very respectahleCorrespondent assures us, tha

what xre have previously said respecting negocia,

Lions between France and, the new Spanish Min

sters has been confirmed, that they are now actually

in progress, and that the Whole bas been ar

ranged with the full knowledge and sanction o

the Britisb Government. He adds, that many

of the Cortes have really absented themselves,

upon an understanding that they are not to be

molested ‘i hen the new order of affairs is esta

Wished. He further says, that there is no

foundation for the report that Austria was

assembling an army, and that we may confidently

add, that Austria, Russia, and Prussia have de.

termined to adopt the same neutral policy which
has regulated the conduct of the British Mini.

eters.-- The next information expected from

Spain (according to this correspondent) will,

It is supposed, state the return of the KING
to Madrid, and the final adjustment of the

differences between France and Spain; and

from the same quarter we learn that the terms

ofreted by the former are such as will be satis

factory to Europe in general.

We yesterday stated an assertion, which had
reached us on good authority, viz. that France Is
not really desirous of an accommodation with
Spain, except on the basis of the restoration of
FERDINAND VII. to the exercise of arbitrary
power. We have since received the Journal des
Debuts, containing the following remarkable
sentence :—" The truth is, that the Duke
of .411:CIOULEME will
:treat with . no Gene-
: ral,—with no separate Artny,-;—but only with
King FERDINAND when set free, or with the
Coierranent which King FEant NAND shall freely
have established." This confirms another state-
anent .which we made in Tits Suri of Monday
last, and which was as follows :—" All idea of ne.
gociatlons between France and the Constitutional
Spanish Government is believed to have been aban-
doned. I f any negociations, therefore, should here-
after be entered into, they must be between the
rival Governments for Spain, viz. the KING and the
Cortes on the one. part, and the Council of
Regency on the other."—But although it may be
'true that the French Government had taken the
.resolution above stated, afthe time specified, and
although it may be true that It has been re-
solved, that the Duke d'ANGOULEME shall en-
ter into no negociations with the Civil or
Mllrtacy Constitutional Authorities, yet it is
very far from being certain that the French
Ministers will long adhere to their present de-
terminations. Like the Journal des Debits, we
shall state on our part what we have many good
reasons for believing to be the real truth of the
matter, and which is, that the intentions of
the French Government vary almost every
day, according to the complexion of the
intelligence received by it from Spain. It was
but the other day that it would have eagerly en-
couraged the slightest disposition on the part of
the Spaniards to afford it some pretext for with-
drawing from the contest. No sooner, however, is
an inclination to make some concession manifested
by Spain, than France presumes upon the mani-
festation as a symptom of Spanish weakness,and,
flattering herself with the certainty of triumph,
enlarges her expectations and rises in her de.
,manes. if FERDINAND should be restored to his
former authority, which is now declared to be the
only step necessary for the restoration of peace

1$ e are much mistaken if France would not then
Amami that she should be reimbursed for the
.expe►►ces of the war, and should insist upon
retaining possession of some part of the Spanish
territory, either as a security for the payment
of her claims, or on the pretext that the pre.
sence of her troops would be for some time
necessary to the consolidation of the King's
authority ! France may even yet sorely re-
pent of her vacillating conduct. As for Spain,
her safety would be rendered certain if the
Cortes, without any negociation with the French,
and without relaxing their resolution to carry

on the war, were to decree such modfficu.

lions of the Constitution as would at onto
strengthen the hands of the Government, and

unite all parties in Spain in its support

Spain should then declare, that she would never

negociate for Peace whilst a French soldier re.

tnained upon her territory ; and with the united