The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-16 00:00:00

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THE SUN.

!OLEN
.QUIS DICERS FALSUM dUDEAT .

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 18"

We have received, by. Express from Paris, the
French Papers of Monday, and private intelli-
gence of considerable interest. The French
troops have for the first time been engaged with
the Spaniards before St. Sebastian. Even from
the French account of the affair, which must
be greatly distrusted, it is evident that the
Spaniards have manifested the noblest resolu-
tion to defend their liberties and their coun-
try. It
is but right to add, however, that
for any thing
which appears to the contrary, in
tile present accounts, the French soldiers have
811 e" no disposition to waver in their obedience
to their Commanders.
The most important article of private intelli.
g"ce which we have received by this Express, is
"Iltained in the following extract from the letter of
eqntorrespondent. Ourßeaders will recollect that
we lung since expressed an opinion that MINA,
whose designs are generally impenetrable, was
Probably meditating an enterprise which would
nave considerable influence over the progress of
the War

"It was currently reported, on the Exchange
at Paris this afternoon (Monday), that the
Prench General
VA.SSEROT had been killed when
teccmaaitring before St. Sebastian, and that MINA,
having
left his new levies in the mountains,
was advancing on Toulouse at the head of a
ell,sen body offificen thousand Spaniards ! The
but.
..e of BELL UNO is confidently stated to have

aPPlied for another
Pre Army of Reserve, as the
nell already find that they have advanced

farther th
ad an they can maintain themselves, without
ditional troops,',
The Moniteur of Monday contains the follow-
ing Dispatch
NOT A'isPatcb, from Major General GUILLEMI..
NOT„.L. i
' which, being dated the 9th, must have
vbeen at least two days in the possession of the
French
.' Government before they thought fit to
Publish it !
be" The march of the army continues. The
shigiade of the advanced guard, under the Mar
Tolird4'Caenp Vallin, is half a march beyond
~,,•°llas which the Duke of Reggio occupies
. ilth
h n „the first corps. The division Bourke closely
tii,e_,,ades St. Sebastian. The flag of truce of
Oul; trop was received with musket-shot.—
h ;- ,rOO-1
1 t" then rntale themselves masters of the
they which command the fortress, into which
tie-„Y forced the garrison to return. The impa-
%ice for fighting was such, that Generals and
leers Positi could scarcely check it. From this new
N. n Gn
eneral Bourke sent a second, flag of
the 'e, which this time
,was admitted ; but
44 Governor having pretended that advantage
ya„ been taken of this circumstance to ad-
to"%e)
a General Bourke demonstrated to him our
ck' nd his bad faith, by immediately with-

drawing his troops '2OO paces. The flag of truce
having returned, the troops of his Majesty as-
saulted with fresh ardour all the posts which the
enemy had re-occupied, and completely over-
threw them. After an hour of repose, the enemy
attempted a sally with three battalions, which he
supported with a sustained fire of 15 pieces of
cannon, both from the town and citadel. This
sally was promptly repulsed by battalions taken
from the 22d, 35th, and 30th regiments of the
line, led on by Generals Dalbignac and Mar-
guerrye. Nothing could be compared with the
state of the troops, soldiers, officers of the line,
officers of the staff—every body has 'done
his duty. It was with cries of Vire le Roi
that his loyal subjects constantly combated,
and answered the vociferations of the Re-'
volutionists. General Bourke cites with dis-
tinction the Aide-de-Camp of his Royal
Highness, Lieutenant-Colonel Delahite, who was
constantly in the midst of the fire, the Colonel of
the artillery depot, and Captain Ducier.—We
have to regret only the loss of twenty men killed
or wounded. The loss of the enemy must have
been much greater, as they were twice repulsed.
His Royal Highness will, to-morrow, distribute
on the spot the rewards due to the conduct of the
most distinguished officers and soldiers: The
head-quarters of the army will be to-morrow, the
10th, at Ernani, and on the 11th at Tolosa.
(Signed) " Major-General Count GUILLE3IINOT-
" Head-quarters, Oyergon, April 9, 103."
The Journal des DAuts states, that on the 9th
a provisional Government for Spain was esta-
blished, and that General Eguia was placed at
its head.

It is stated in the Gazette de France, that
when the Duke d'Angouletne arrived at Ernani,
Deputies from the three Biscayan Provinces pre-
sented to him their recognition of a Provisional
Government in Spain during the captivity of the
King. The Chief of the Fretich Artillery had,
it is said, been ordered to deliver,to the Junta
of the three Provinces 7bo muskets and 100,000
cartridges. The Constitationnel states, on the
authyrity of a Provincial Paper, that the Duke
of Belluno arrived at Bordeaux on the 9th, on
his return to Paris.

We have also received a telegraphic dispatch,
which did not reach Paris till after Monday's
Papers were published. It is as follows :

" DISPATCH OF APRIL 11.-FROM TILL ARMY.

" The troops under the orders of General Bonselle occupy
the heights which command St. Sebastian.
" The Prince slept on the 11th at Tolosa.

" The advanced guard of the Ist corps, commanded by Gen.
'Wallin, was on the 11th at Villa Real, two days' march from
Vittoria.

" The Duke of Reggio, with the Ist corps, occupies Villa
Franca. The 2d corps is placed between Tolosa and Oyergon.
" The Garde Royale supports the movements of the army.

" llis Royal Highness enjoys the best health."
The new Junto of Government, or the new
Spanish Regency, has been installed.

FRENCH FUNII6.—APRIL 14.
Five per Cents.
Highest
Closed at B4 f. c.
Neapolitan Five per Cents.
Spanish Bonds 1821

ItusstA.—ls it true that the King of the Nether.
inn& has agreed to admit the Russian troops into
his garrisons—and that the Russian Navy may
enter, relit, victual, and remain in the Dutch
Ports ?

We extract the following important paragraph
from the Journal de Paris :

44 The Nuremberg Correspondent amiouaces,
that advices received direct from Petersburgh
state, that the Russian Fleet at Cronstadt is
fitting out with the utmost celerity, and that it
will shortly sail on a distant expedition."

We this day insert the remainder of the diplo •
math: papers submitted on Monday night to Par-
liament. The whole of these important docu-
ments being now before our Readers, they will
be the better enabled, with ourselves, to under-
stand any reasonings upon them which we may
from time to time use the freedom of submitting
to their judgment. We recommend the careful
preservation of the Papers to our friends, for
the purpose of future reference. They relate to
an epoch in the history of the Civilized World,
the most momentous which has occurred in mo-
dern times, and the consequences of which,
though they bid defiance to human foresight,.and
elude the strongest efforts of human sagacity,
cannot fail, whatever may be the result of the
war, to exercise a mighty influence over the
destinies of mankind, on account of the peculiar
circumstances of the age in which the crisis has
occurred, and on account of the rights and stu-
pendous interests indirectly involved in the
struggle, and of the controlling principks of
human action, which from the cannon's mouth
are at this moment contending for the mastery.
We shall probably, unless our attention be
diverted from the subject by the impetuosity of
passing events, take a comprehensive review in
several of lour succeeding plumbers, of the
recent Negociations, and of the conduct, not
only of our own overnment, but of that of
France and her Continental Allies, and of Spain,
in those great transactions, the results of which
are only beginning to be developed. At present,
we shall confine ourselves to the statement of
some of the reflections which have arisen out of the
disclosures made by our own Cabinet, and on the
part which this country has taken in the discus-

sions, and the attitude which she has determined
on retaining, at the commencement of the struggle.

Ministers having, as appears from their own
statements, resolved on maintaining neutrality,
whatever might be the issue of the negociations,
it is impossible not to give them the fullest
credit for the earnestness and sincerity with
which they have seized every opportunity of at-
tempting to dissuade France from the execution of
her hostile intentions, by reiterated representations
of the danger, the injustice, and the inutility of
her meditated aggression against the Peninsula.
Supposing the election of a neutral policy, there-
fore, to have been worthy of Great Britain at
such a crisis,— worthy of the wisdom and spirit
of her councils, with due reference to all the
bearings of. the question, as respects the dispo-
sitions of the Spanish nation on the one hand,
and as respects' the relative power and resources
of England, and of the great Continental Alliance,
on the other,—supposing, we say, their resolution
to maintain neutrality to have been judicious,
(an hypothesis, however, on which the whole
question hinges), we cannot but admit that the
Papers submitted to Parliament prove that Mi-
nisters have honestly and zealously exerted every
means in their power to avert the calamitous oc-
currence of the present War on the Continent.
Neutrality having been their election, they could
do nothing more than they have done, except
holding out menaces to France ;and as, with
the determination to be neutral, their menaces
must have been insincere, there is no English-
man who will for an instant entertain the dis-
honourable idea that the Government of his
country ought to have held out threats which
were never intended to be realized.

The only questions into which it seems to us
to be necessary to inquire, therefore, are, what
are the grounds, on the one hand, upon which
Ministers rest for the justification of their neutral
policy ?—And what are the opposing considera-
tions, on the other hand, arising out of the ma-
terials furnished by themselves, on which a dif-
ferent policy may be deemed more consistent
with their duty to the Crown and to the country ?
It may be proper to premise, that from the
Speeches both of Lord LIVERPOOL and of Mr.
CANNING, Ministers continue to avow the most
unqualified reprobation of the folly as well as of
the iniquity of the proceedings of the French
Government;—that they still boldly maintain
that the Spaniards have done nothing which
can justify the attack made upon their in-
dependence,—and that they still admit the
necessity under which the Spanish nation
effected the revolution of its , Government,
and speak in terms of respect of the men by
whom the Revolution has been conducted. It
is proper also to premise, that from the
Speech of Lord LIVERPOOL, it appears that
Ministers continue to entertain no doubt of
the present capacity of the Empire for sustain-
ing the expenses and sacrifices of a war, if
iu their judgment our participation in a war, as
a principal, however formidable the Power
against which we might have to contend, should
be deemed necessary for vindicating the honour
of the Crown, or the interests and dignity of the
Empire.—( To be continued.)

We received this morning Bayonne Papers of
the Bth instant. After relating the affair with the
French Refugees on the Banks of the Bidassoa,
they say, " that on their dispersion, the
Marshal Duke of Reggio made a speech to
his troops, shewing them that an ignominious
death is always the consequence of treason.—
The Duke of Angouleme was at Irun yesterday,
and said that the march of the troops must be
hastened by every possible means, as it was
necessary not to be on the march during the
great heats which they might shortly expect!—
Genera I O'Donnel has no longer any command;
he is nominated Governor in partibu,s• of Old
Castile. Longa is still here without troops.
The passage of the troops is still very consider-
able ; and those cantoned for several miles round
are now hastening to the line. It was only yester-
day that the general contract for provisions was
given to Ouvrard and Tourton. The army that
pass through here are obliged to carry provi-
sions for fourteen days, which fatigues them
w
terribly, especially in the deplorable weather
have. It rains incessantly. There are above
700 sick already in our Milktary Hospital. Se-
veral vessels have arrived here from the coast of
Portugal, partly laden with corn for the Army.
This day the 4th and 20th Regiments of Cavalry
have arrived; and also the 4th, 13th, 24th, and
39th Regiments of the Line, and several Generals.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT:I
STOCK EXCHANGE, Twelve o'Clock.—Little bu-
siness has been doing in the Market this morning.
Consols opened at 76 to 4, at which price .they
remain steady. According to private , letters
from Paris this morning, the affair before Saint
Sebastian cost the French more men than they
have dared to publish. One letter asserts that
they lost from 2to 300 men. It is also stated
that the French Army will not pass the Ebro,
for some time, but will wait there until the
fortresses are reduced in their rear. The Ex-
presses which have arrived this morning from
Paris bring only Monday's papers, of which you
are in possession.

FOREIGN' MARKEL—Iit consequence of the
Spanish Dividend being advertised, the Bonds
opened this morning at 33, with some business
doing in the earlier part of the morning. A great
difference still exists between the Committee of
the Stock Exchange and the Gentlemen who deal
in Foreign Securities.

The KING leaves 13righton to-morrow morning,
and will be at Carlton House early in 'the after-
noon.

Yesterday at one o'clock a Cabinet Council
was held at the Foreign Office, which sat in close
deliberation till past one o'clock.
A King's Messenger was under orders yester-
day for a Foreign Journey.
Sir C L
HARES BAMFYLDE, We regret to hear,
continues in au unpromising state.
On Monday Prince LEOPOLD dined with the
Duchess of KENT at the King's Palace, Kensington. After-
wards their Royal Highnesses honoured Covent-Garden
Theatre with their presence.