The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-13 00:00:00

SPAIN.

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Besides the dispatches relative to the flight of
the band under Bessieres, n hich ttte published
on Tuesday, the Spanish papers contain several
documents which confirm what has been stated
respecting the tranquillity of the capital, and
prove that all apprehension on account of the
movements of the insurgents had ceased. 'The
papers of the Ist contain a proclamation by the,
Constitutional Ayuntamiento, dated the .30th
which announces that the rebels here continuing
their retreat through the province of Cuenga, and
that the members of that magisterial body, who
had heen,assembled in a permanent sitting since
the '24th, were about to resume the exercise of
their ordinary functions. There are also itt the
latest papers, notices addressed to the citizens
who had volunteered to defend Madrid or to
march against the enemy, naming different places
in which they. are desired to deposit the aitne
they had received. Great zeal was on this occa-
sion displayed in defence of the capital, and many
wealthy citizens of Madrid even armed themselves
and joined the army sent agaieSt i3essiExres. Dis•
tinguished officers oll'ered to serve itt the ranks,
rather titan to remain unemployed at such a crisis.
The proclamation of the. Ayuntamiento to which
we have alluded thus describes the pat! Alt: spirit
which was manifested by the public :
" Corporations of every description, and a countless number
of Meritorious citizens, offered themselves to the A yuntiuniento,
in order to be employt2d 'Wherever their services might be useful
to the country or their fellowi.citizens: and had there been MIS
to supply all that'ashed for them, there Would have been form.,
ed, in Madrid alone, an army larger than foreigners have sup 4
posed could be raised in all Spain. Yon have seen the most
respectable persons—the aged and the infirm, unable to wield
arms, go the retinas in hundreds; and employ, their vigilance in
the maintenance of order; and In defeating all the designs of the
malevolent. On the slightest hint from the Political Chief,,you
would have seen United' to the volunteer militia of Madrid,
those of the other towns of the province ; and under the audio.
city of the tlovernmenti the militia of the towns of the province
Of Toledo,_the Patriotic Battalion, and the Chirtirutiotial
Tb zadores. e Government, on its mat, was netting all the
persons employed in public offices, the stndents of the Central
Univertity, and the instructing toropaniesall wire ready to
defend-bur liberties."
A paper of the 2d inst., entitled the Patrfote
Espanol, has published a letter addressed by
Bertran de Lis to the Political Chief of Madrid,
and containing .a proposition for putting down
the Landaburian Society. As the writer of this
letter is tin Exaltadu, and has been himself a
frequent speaker in the, society, it is curious that
such a proposition should come from him ; and
the reasons he assigns for making it are not a
little remarkable. He expresses his approbation
of popular societies in general, but thinks that
the violence which prevails in the 'Lundaburian
may, at the present crisis, may be injurious to the
country: He alleges that there is a negociation
going on for a new Ministry, and for other
changes in different branches of the public admi.
nistration ; and that those changes cannot .be
properly made amidst the heat and effervesceirce
of which the popular societies are the ,cause..
A manifesto of the Royalist Junta of Mequi.
nenza against Bessiores is .published by the
Madrid papers, shew the diasention which
prevails amongst the insurgents. The ionr*ls
of the capital contradict the statement, vvittiCh.(he
unlit makes of atrocities alleged to be committed
by the Constitutional troops at Morn, on the Elite.

1 • (Earact 0.4 14etter, from ilayo!erre.)
" The speech 'of the King has been received here with the
:tamest joy. After having read it, a number of Frerteh Of
joined some Officers of the Army of the Faith, who art in
Bayonne, and proceeded to purchase various articles of military
equiprnent.—The whole drank the health of the )linister of
War, and toasted the French Army and the Army of the
Faith.' Finally, we drank the health of our brave General,
the Count d'Autichatrip. This evening Royalist songs will be
sung at the Theatre. The inhabitants of Bayonne are ewe to
join chorus with us."—f. Quotitlienng.,)
'IAN 0 gNIE. FEa. 4.--The Count de Lagarde, who ha* nr,
rived here," hail given some interesting details uptm the uitua.
tion of Spain. It is generally 'believed that the Fregela Army
will experience but little difficulty in entering that cutir.try4 the
mass of the people being fatigued with the state of rtt v*ltiatt
which has desolated it for twit years past. It is thoughtlhe
French Ann, will riot cross the bro, but that ft will tosito up
ry pmAtfori on its left bank. We are corviinced, that Wine three'.:
manila hare elapsed, a hundrtd thou aud Spanish Itoykligr at
least will be assembled in garasi which will be more tharotuffl-
clout to spread over every necessary part of the Feriinaula.—
There is no d' lit, to,. that this .nmy will rapidly augment
terry step it proceeds. In short, it is the C01211411.4t n1)0.4144.441
that the %Via will be of teohore duration, mu! that the reign of
revolution 'duly* to,oirds 4. Clair.. (