The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-23 00:00:00

BA YONNE PAPERS.

BAYONNE, APRIL 15.—The occupation of Bil-
bao by the French troops was at the request of
the inhabitants, who feared that the Army of the
Faith would be guilty of excesses, and a line has
been drawn which the troops of the Faith are not
to pass. Advantage has been immediately taken
of the occupation to send by sea from our city
provisions, ammunition, &c, of which the army
is in very great want. Several vessels have al-
ready sailed for this purpose ; bit, if we may
believe reports that seem to be well founded,
armed vessels are going to be sent from St. Se-
bastian, which may pick them up by the way.—
The fact is, the voyage is so hazardous, that
adventurers cannot be found to insure against
capture.

Among the multitude of reports, we may no.
tice that of a serious engagement said to have
taken place between Villa Real and Tolosa.
The Pastor is reported to have placed in
ambush on an eminence near a difficult road,
and to have done much mischief among our
troops, especially the '23d ; and it is added
that General St. Ililiaro lost his baggage. St.
Sebastian holds out, and it will probably be ne-
cessary to besiege it in form. What most embar-
rasses us is the want of horses for the artillery, &c.
A considerable number is required (9,000 for the
army alone.) it is true that 6,000 are said to
have been purchased in the interior, but when
will they arrive

An officer of Engineers arrived yesterday ex-
press from bead-quarters, to hasten to the depar-
ture of a train of heavy artillery. Pampeluna
is very tranquil ; we have spoken to a person who
left it the day before yesterday : they expect the
French with firmness, especially .since 1700
men have entered the town bringing cattle with
them. This place will stop a part of our troops
longer than was expected, and will disappoint
those who expected that they should go in a body
to Madrid, and even to Cadiz. It seems that a
diminution of the force of our army is foreseen,
from the necessity of besieging some places and
leaving garrison in them ; for it is said that
80,000 men are to be taken from the corps of
Marshal Moncey to form a sth, which will pass
this way. This reduction of INloncey's corps
would give room to Mina, and enable him the
more easily to execute his purpose of suddenly
attacking us in the flank on the river.

Ballasteros acts with the same circtamspectien,
avoiding every kind of engagement till the pro-
per time shall come. The great news which
makes all the adherents of the Faith tremble
with indignation, is the arrest of the Trappist,
by the command of the Prince, for having vio-
lated his orders by illtreating the Constitu-
tionalists.

FLANDERS MAIL.
FRANKFORT, APRIL 13.—Letteis from War.
saw. again contradict the reports that a Russian
army was going to march to join the French
army in Spain.
MAYENCE, APRIL 10.—All the letters from
Vienna still express hopes of peace, and it is generally believed
there, that negociations will be immediately renewed between
France and Spain, and that England will act a great part in
them. The last Note of Mr. tiordon to Prince Metternich
contains a declaration of the Cabinet of St. James's, which
considers the difference between France and the Peninsula, as
a dispute between those Powers only shows that England would
not be inclined to suffer other Powers to interfere, unless in a
pacific view, being herself determined to take up the defence
of the weaker party, if a certain Northern rower should pre-
tend to take an active share. The Court of Vienna is said en-
tirely to coincide in all these sentiments.

We this day insert the whole of the additional
Diplomatic Papers submitted to Parliament, of
which we laid an Abstract before our Readers
yesterday. It is gratifying to learn from these
documents, that the Duke of 'WELLINGTON was
instructed by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, a
short time before his lamented death, to consider
a rigid abstinence from any interference in the in.
ternal affairs of Spain, as forming part of the fun.
damental policy of the British Cabinet. In
the last paragraph of the confidential minute,
addressed in May, 1820, to the Courts of
Austria, France, Russia, and Prussia, by Lord

CASTLEREAGH, we find the following pas-
sage :—" 'We shall be found in our place
when actual danger ;nenaces the System
of Europe; but this country cannot and will
not act upon abstract and speculative principle 4
of preeaation." If Lord CASTLEREAGH meant
by the " System of Europe," the integrity
and independence of its respective States!'
and the preservation of the balance of
power, it is notorious that the European System
is not only threatened, but directly attacked and
endangered by the iniquitous invasion of Spain.
England, it is true, still maintains her own place ;
but the question is, whether she is not unwisely
permitting another European Power to be thrown
down under the foot of France, and is thus suf-
fering the Political System of Europe to be ex-
posed to the greatest dangers. The question
is, whether existing and imminent perils, and
not mere abstract and speculative principles of
precaution, do not nt this moment call upon Eng-
land " to act," and to put forth all her
energies and power, for the resistance
of those projects of injustice and aggrandize-
ment, which are at present notoriously in pro•
gress toward their completion.