The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-22 00:00:00

[intrrisii rnEss.]

Tuesday's .French Papers, contain little or no'.
thing of any political interest. The Moniteur
posiesses no intelligence whatever. The Etoile
frames news hi the absence of arty, and states in
one of its lust numbers, a rumour at El Carpio
on the 1 1 th, given by us yesterday, that there
had been a contest in the streets of Cadiz,
between the inhabitants and Militia,- to set
Ferdinand at liberty. This report is proba-
bly as well founded at that 'of
thex expected
td
according of
to
the: Corks anti :the liberation' of the' Spacish
ii0()•17
Mary'st St. Angileonitlen:alstcher;taitily (,and,
the same .toile if Cadiz did. not surrender by
the 20th, on the appearance of the all-compwring
Duke, the bombardment of the place was to com.o
mence. This will be rf':harmiess bombardment,
we Prophesy; inde.artiotbiWg but au utter
waste of powder• lofantado, it is said, was
about to quit Madrid for Sieville ; tt
Capital,
we imagine, its becoming a little too' solitary for
tgbriPeipat engwernecyy iiitricae APPOnagr°3ll 1 'Zs bcol fd.syeritiia6vnel ttehi►terllyr
been clearing the prisons of victirns. Moncey was
at Villafranca, occupied in fruitless negociations
for the surrender of Tarragona, and plans to se-
duce from the Coustitulanal cause. Milans and
Llobera. The Jowl:al ile Toulouse stateii,that the
firing atSeacontintred incessantly; note day passed
without loss on either side; the firing of mortars on
the town had ceased for:some time, but was again
renewed on the 7th. Several shelishad fallen in
the town, three houses were greatly injured, and
some of the inhabitants wounded. Accounts from
Perpignan to the 9th of- August state that Mon.'
Coy bad arrived at Mataro on the sth, in the
Morning, greatly fatigued with his expedition to.
igualada. 011 the. 30th the cannonade and mus-i
ketry were heard from break of day to n late hour
in the. evening. Old Moncey, it is added, de-
mands earnestly a successor. Donnadieu had
arrived at Perpignan on the oth, at four o'clock.
The Regency, tad not yet ceased their la-
bours ; they had named the individuals to compose
the Royal Council of Grandees in Spain. Ad.
dreSses:ottained by th4iotiks, who were every-
where:in office, contintied to be poured on this
Regency in numbers. Those, it is added, from Sao
Lucar and Barraneda, demand the re-establish-
ment Of the Inquisition with unlimited powers, so
as to drag before its dark tribunals, in clusters.
the authors and supporters of the Constitutional
system. The Empecinado wag said to be in the
neighbourhood of Ciudad Rodrigo.. Ballasteros's
treason influenced, it .appears, only the troops- Ira-
mediately around him. It has heen a severe
blow to the Cortes ; but the fortresses with-
in the circle of his commend remained firm,
mid itiego bad set out, it is :said, to take
the command of that portion of his troops which
remained attached to the Cortes. This body
never should have employed Ballasteros at all.
Corunna, it appears, so far from surrendering,
as we feared, it must, stilt held vigo,rously out ;
and the Courier Francais states that unceasing
charts were making for the defence of the place,
and more than 6,000 persons employed on the for-
tifications. _ . NegotiNions for peace, it is asserted,
are still going on between Augouleme and the
, Cortes ; and, under the sanction .of this country,
slu'aper speaks confidently
it_ We hope. sincerely
nafrteistepircittarbelgeresesvaenndingre
they miry end prosperously ; but it will be: ttn
arduous task. to tranquillize Spain the ele-
lnents of civil discord and strife are now afloat in
that diStracted country.

An English Clergyman is in durance vile at
Dieppe for horse-whipping the Mayor.
A cetnEwr„....At. twelve o'clock yesterday, after.
noon, while the. ship
Ann, ‘V est Indianian,
lying in the River Thames at Blackwell, was
tlelivering her cargo, she was accidentally ran
foul of by the. Hero, another ship coming in laden
with rum and brandy ; she was thiown on her
beam ends against the comline stones of the wharf,
liar three masts snapped close to the board, and
all her rigging, yards, tkc• fell on shore:; the ship
immediately bilged and filled with, water, but
fortunately all those on board of her escaped
unhurt.