The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-08 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Muniteur of VireaticsdaY•l
PARIS, FEB. 4.
This day, Tuesday, the 4th of February, at
might o'clock in the evening, the King received
in the hall of the throne the Grand Deputation
of the Chamber of Peers appointed to present to
his Majesty the Address voted by the Chamber.
The Deputation was intrOduced to the audience
-of his Majesty by the Grand Master, the Master
and the Assistants of •the Ceremonies of •France,
and was preented by the Grand Master. The
Chancellor of France read to his Majesty the
Address, which is conceived in these terms:—

" SIRE,—Vour faitiltal subjects, the Peers of France, ap-
proach on this solemn occasion to renew at the foot of the
Throne the homage of their love and of their respectful
devotion.

Sire, the internal Situation pf the kingdom is amelio-
rated ; under a paternal Governmentotgriculture and industry
arc doily advancing, while security.% increased' in consequence
of its being seen that justice reproses, with energy criminal
attempt+, the impunity of whicii,would at once augment their
audacity and their number.

" By coneerting with thelioly See measures which are about
to restore to the churches the pastors of whom' the revolution
'had deprived them, .your Majesty has provided for the first
want of your people, .and consolidated social order on its long-
convulsed bait.
" the in.ospta-ous state of our finances has proved in* strik,
ing manner -what we had a right to expect from a system
founded on :the free voting or the taxes, the auditing of the
accounts, the publicity of transactions, order, and economy.
Hence the evess orate revenue over the expenditure,-4n excess
amounts to the sum of forty millions, and would have per-
, mittcd your Majesty to have this year fulfilled the dearest wish
of your heart—the relief of your people, had not the 'genius of
evil which hovers over a neighbouring country interposed to
retard this great benefit.

" Why mast the memorable example Ofthe rapid, unexpect.
id return of our prosperity, after unheard-of misfortunes and
-losses, be lost to Spain, when that return is evidently due to
the triumph of legitimacy, as well as to the intimate alliance
of religion, orsler*and liberty ? And by what fatality has the
disinterested mantel of a Monarch whose wisdom is respected,
and whose good faith is lionour4TEurope,tien rejected by
those who lio'4 under bondage rtiwtion with which we have
nctonly the relations of vicinage and reciprocal wants, but also
the ties which arise from political interests, a common faith,
and consanguinity of Sovereigns ?
Sire, to preserve; Spain from im «i 1 ent' rnin, the con-
sequences of which tiOulti be fatal to ooriwn tranquillity, you
' have summoned .to arms 100,000 Frenchmen ; at their head
marches a prince of your family—of that enlist family always
',prodigal of its blood when `its glory anti nines are at stake.-
-Such an atiity is
,worthy of hating for itschief A prince of tried
valour: his virtues form the sure pledge which your Majesty
''preSetit.3 to the people whom you wish to deliver ; to the peo-
ple to whom is offered a salutary support to assist them in
finally escaping from the anarchy which devours them, and in
guaranteeing at the same time their own happiness and the
trepose of nationc, under the protection of institutions freely
emanating from legitimate authority.
" In your just solicitude for one of the most interesting
claws of year subjects, your Majesty has ordered that cruis-
ing squtuirons shOuld be sent to the points most necessary for
giving security to French commerce. Our navy, we doubtnot,
will execute this protecting mission with the same zeal and ac-
tivity which it recently' displayed in the seas of the Levant,
when our vesieli afforded refuge to the unfortunate of all na-
nano, arid when, for the first time, perhaps, a warlike equip-
..rmmt received the benedictions of the friends of humanity.
" re belonged to your Majesty alone to determine on the
great questions of war and peace. This function of the high
prerogative confided to you by Providence, you have exercised
.with that deliberation which such grave circumstances demand.
For ourselves, Sire, certain of your 'love for your people, which
-will induce you to confine the war, if it be inevitable, within
.the narrowest circle—centident in your prudence, which will
allow no opportunity for concluding an honourable peace to
escape,—weTeccive with respect this important conimunica-
tionotnd we repeat with yon. that we arc Frenchmen. Yes,
dire, the Peers of your kingdom, to whom the name of French.
men is thepr9udtst or tides, possess the sentiments:and know
the duties of that name, and they will with all their efforts con.
cur in maintaining the dignity of 4i)'ilr crown, and the honour
Wrid Security -of the Country."

The 'replied—" T receive with great
pleasure the address of 'the Chamber of Peers :
this union of sentiments and wishes, of which you
give me the assurance, can alone guarantee the
security of France and her felicity."
The Constilutio,nnel states, that the following
`amendment was proposed by Baron Barante, in
the Chamber of Peers, to the Address which has
been presented to the King :
"VVe eagerly seize thelast b ope, which your Majesty seems still
,to preserve, of the maintenance at' peace. We are assured that
the first wish of your paternal heart must be to save your people
from the calamities of a war which Might expose to danger the
dearest interests of the country, and compromise the sacred
principle of national independence, on which repose the honour
and security of the Throne."

FEB. s.—The orders 'to the Duke de San Lo-
renzo were to quit Paris in 24 'hours. He is to
set et T on Saturday.

A journal states, that the French Ambassador.
left at Madrid the rest of his legation. The
following is (he fact :—The Count do Lagarde
received his letter of recal on the :25th ; he was
to quit Madrid on the 27th ; but in order to pre
vent one of those scandalous scenes which the
state of the capital gave reason to fear, he left
Madrid alone on horseback, as if to take a ride
juto the country. The legation remained to take
care of the papers of the embassy, but they are
recalled, and have received orders to quit Madrid,
and rejoin the Ambassador.—(Jownaldes Debats.)
A courier to MM. A rdouin and Hubert],
bankers, left Madrid on the 27th, but was stopped
on the road and plundered. lle had dispatches
for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the
English Ambassador.

Yesterday an extraordinary courier arrived in
Paris from Madrid, bringing advices from that
capital to the 29th January. Itappears that the
Constitutionalists commanded by Velasco and
d'Ahisbal marched to attack a corps of Royalists
about 1,500 strong, which was retiring towards
Brihuega and the neighbouring mountains. Ac-
cording to These advices, an action took place,
and the Constitutionalists made some prisoners.

Other Royalist corps having,it is said,approached
Madrid from another qnarter,d'Abishal was under
the necessity of separatist.; from Vel4sdo to come
and covet the capital.--(Gazette de Ranee.)
Intelligence from Lisbon, dated the 94th of
January, announces that much was said in that
Capital of a conspiracy which had been discovered
there. The Patrols were frequent and numerous
in all the streets, and several individuals of ele-
voted rank had been titrested.---(ldcm.)
It is confidently affirmed that an insurrection
has recently broken out at the Royal Military
School at La }leaf,. Au officer of that esta-
hli,hrrieitt arrived yesterday morning at the War
Mice, and will set off this evening with the
orders of his Majesty. The most severe mea-
sures are, it is said, to be adopted to prevent
similar disorders.--Vdern.)

FIRST MILITARY DIVISION—GENERAL STAFF.
" Conformably to the orders of his Excellev,the Minister
of War, the Lieutenant-General commanding tliefirst military'
Aiviiion informs the officers, stab-officers, and soldiera, who
have six months' leave, or others in iks division, that they
must present themselves in 24 hours before the military au-
thority, in order ,to receive the necessary vista for joining their
corps immediately.",
HEIDELBERG, JAN. 2.6.-4 t is very certain that
proposals have been made to the Courts of
Munidi'and Stutgard is
,put an end to the pub-
; licity of the debates in the Chambers of Bavaria
and Wurtemberg; but it is equally certain that
this proposal has 'been rejected, and that the two
Governments of Bavaria and Wurtemberg will
not agree to any such measures. It is not true
that other changes in the Constitution of those
countries have been required.
AMSTERDAM, FED. 3.—The accounts from
Cologne, up to the Ist inst., state that the ice on
the Rhine had broken up in several places ; but,
meeting with obstacles, it has, in many places.,
become stationary again. It is to be hoped that
the mouths of our river will be .clear before the
ice comes down from the Rhine, otherwise serious
danger may be apprehended.
MOSCOW; JAN. is only in one housq,
here that the warehouses have been examined ;
all the goods were found in regular order.
Now the books are to be examined. Most of the
goods sequestrated:here are foreign property. It
is now very plain how wise our laws are with re-
spect to informations. The informer must be
sure of his facts, and give security for all the in-
jury #at may arise from his information if it
should rove false. The informer who has caused
the measures taken here is not known ; but it
may, perhaps, be found thitt he was influenced
by envy or interested views.
.J.sisr. 28.4—The Minister Von Voss
iinfortunately continues ill ; the inflammation in
the hings is indeed removed, but still he has a
fever, hid' incapacitates him from all business.

COPENHAGEN, JAN. 25.—The Skilderie says,
that the shares of the Asiatic Company have
fallen horn 400 to 92 dollars, and from 1001. to
51, .10s.

SPAIN.

MADRID, JAN. 2(1.
.[ExTnAcT or A L'ETTEn.,.]

The Sitting of the Cortes of the 22cl has
afforded an additional proof that we have no reason to dread
'the consequences of any kind of political intrigue, and that the
representatives of the nation know how to combine, under the
present serious state of affairs, the nobleness of generous senti-
ments with the firm character of justice.

The Special Committee charged to make its report on the
causes which produced the events of the month of July last has
presented the result of its labours. The great care which has
been taken to fulfil with propriety so delicate and difficult a
commission has been the subject of universal admiration. The
report is borne out by a great number of official documents.
I listened attentively to the whole of the report, which was very
long, and was read from the tribune. The historical part op-
pored to me to he complete, and to be directed by a very re-
markable spirit of impartiality, and which cannot, in my
opinion, be sufficientlypraised. - Taken as a whole, tbis labo-
rious work will obe a valuable monument to guide the Opinion
of Europe and of posterity, on one of the most alarming con-
junctures of the Spanish revolution.

The statement of historical facts is followed by aasevere cen-
sure on the conduct pursued at that period by the majority of
the Council or the State, the whale of the Ministry, General
Morino, Commander-in-Chief, and Don Martin St. Martin,
Political Chief of Madrid; but the Special Committee tines
justice at the same time to the permanent Committee of the
Cortes, and to the municipality of Madrid ; 'and passes a very
flattering eulogium on the enlightened zeal, constancy, firmness,
and patriotism displayed by those two corporations on the me.
morable occasion 'to which it alludes.

The Spacial Committee was of an unanimous opinion on this
part of the report. There was afterwards a division among its
members on the consequence which ought to be drawn from the
facts and urguments adduced in the body of the report. '
The majority, consisting of the Deputies Salyut?, ex-Presi-
dent of the Cortes ; Oliver, ideas; A lcala Guiliano; and Ruiz
de la Vega, proposed that the majority of the Council of State,
the; whole of the Ministry, the Political,. Chief, and rhe Cons-
mandant General, should he brought to trial. With regard to
,the latter individual, tiw Committee has partly adopted the
views which I anticipated in the note I addressed to you, on
the eve of the triumph of the 7th of July.
The minority, consisting of Senores Canga Arguelles, Dome-
nech, and Gonzalez Alonzo, advised the .trial of the. Political
Chief alone. It was asserted, .that the responsibility of the
Council of State and the Commander-in-Chief could not, legally
speaking (this restriction is remarkable), be required. With
respect to the late Ministry, the minority' was of opinion, that
the grievances with which it is reproached should be the sub-
ject of a particular proposition from the Committee, on the point
of responsibility.

In the ntean time the minority itself atgchei a series of in-
dulpations to the ex-ministers, of a stilt more severe nature than
those contained in the statement of the majority. The view of
the minority appeared equivocal, and almost inexplicable to
the audience, particularly as it added a proposition, which was
considered quite foreikn to the question, that rules should be
established for the future, to determine the mane to be pur-
sued in eases where responsibility is to be required; which
seems,to cast an air of ambiguity on the intention of the mino-
rity, for such a proposition would induce one to suppose that no
rules of the sort are now in existence.

'The bong reading of this voluminous Report WAS heard with
profound attention. 'The Assembly afterwards gave urgent

orders that it should be printed along with its accompanying
documents, and that copies should be profusely circulated
throughout Spain, in order to fix the general opinion of the
nation ona subject of the highest importance.
J.►x. ::17.—Lieut.-151 en. Count del Abisbal is appointed Oen.
Commandant, ad aßrine, of the first district. He will have
under his direction :tithe troops that have been ordered to re-
pair thither from different civarter4, including those of General
Velasto ; and, as soon as these forces shall be concentrated, he
will march towards Mop

JAN. 28e,,--Count del Abisbal has addressed the following
letter to the 3linisterkof the War :departmentl—
"We passed the night without 'any occurrence. At noon, I
marchfd with the troops rWer my command towards Gauda-
laxttiticto take the positiOTwhich we had yesterday, in order
that the ftctious, !JRoccupy* town, being pressed by the
approach of the troops of the sixth military district, might be
obliged to hasten the eyiteuation. I have ordered Col. Vincent
Sanchez Conquero to proceed to meet Camp-Marshal Manuel
de Velasco, with the letters which your Excellency transmitted
to me for him. These letters'are accompanied by a report on
the measures to be taken conformable to your instruction, re.
specting the movements which I propose to take to cover this
part 'of the province, in the neighbourhood of the capital.--
Nothing has occurred thilievening.
" .MeCO. Jan. 27. " CONDE DEL A BISBAL."
Count del Abisbal has written again to the Government from.
Allobera, dated four o'clock in the evening, stating, that the
enemy had abandoned Guadalaxara, and taken different direc-
tions ; and that he thought it right to fall back on Alcala, to
cover entirely the capital.
Lieutenant Gabriel San Martin has since arrived with the
news, that Count del Abisbal, at the head of' his cavalry, had
charged the soldiers of the Faith, 'and compelled them to fly,
after cutting in pieces a great number.

The. Universal contains the following. article relatiye to the
previous movements under O'Daly

" The Commandant-General of the first military district hay-
ing left Torrija at noon, with a column of 1,000 men, includ-
ing 160 cavalry, arrived near Ilrihuega, between three and four
O'clock. He there discovered a post of factious, consisting of
60 lancers and a company of infantry. A squadron of the regi-
ment of Alcantara charged them, and they were dispersed in a
moment.

Arrived in sight of Torrija, he remarked that the factious
proceeded towards the heights of Lavante, where they took a
position. Some men, whom they had left as Guerillas, were
obliged to withdraw on the approach of the Constitutionalists.
The commandant of the constitutional troops sent forward the
companies of Guadalaxara, and the squadron of Alcantara on
the left of the road. Three pieceS of artillery were left in, the
road with some infantry and a company of patriotic cavalry.
The battalion of the active militia of liujalanee advanced on
the right with a piece of artillery, to attack the village of Torrija.
'`About 2,500 of the factious occupied the heights.
" Our troops on the left engaged with the greater part of the
cavalry, but those on the right gave way before the rebels, after
having had some killed and wounded, and fell back to the dis.
tan of a quarter of a league from the height with their artillery.
Our infantry on the left begin. also to give way, and it was not
possible to induce them to wait for the support of the ca-
valry of Alcantara, and.oftwo pieces of cannon, which were ab-
solutely necessary. The retreat was continued in good order.
" At half a league from Brehuiga, the Constitutionalists
learnt that the column commanded by' the General Empecinatio'
had had an engagement with the factious, and had completely
routed them." _

' Such (says the• Ull/rers(d) is the faithful relation of this
event, which the malevolent hive in vain endeavoured toUris-
represent.
In the sitting of the Cortes this day was read a dispatch from
the Minister at War, asking authority to give to the Councillor
of State, Don Francisco Ballesteros, the military command of
the province of Madrid.
The Prussian Consul at Seville was no Sooner informed of the
notes addressed to our Government hy the Sovereigns of the
North, than he transmittted to the Charge d'Affaires for Prussia
at our. Court the following note
" It is, doubtless, honourable to serve a King when he shows
himself to be the father of his people, and when he governs
them, renouncing in their favour absolute power; but it is in-
compatible with the honour of a freeborn man to hold an em-
ployment from a Sovereign, who, far from ratifying the promise
made to the people to give them a consitution conformable to
the improvement of the age, scandalously fOrgets his word, and
the heroic sacrifices made by his subjects to restore the lustre of
his crown, which was tarnished by the events of the war, and
who endeavours by proceedings inconsistent with the law of
nations to insult the glory of the SpaniSh people, who rely up:in
the promise spontaneously given by their King in the most
solemn manner. On these grounds I resign the employment of
Consul, which I have held in this city. I beg that your Ex-
cellency Will communicate this determination to the proper
quarter, and inform the also to whom I must transmit the pa-
pers duly office.
" Seville, Jan. 15. "FREDERICK GRUND.
"To the Charge d'Affaires for the Court of Berlin."