The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-27 00:00:00

11„,* In consequence of the important Spanish Documents,
we are compelled to postpone the Spanish Papers till to.
morrow.

THE ►8 UN.

SOLEM QUIS DZCERE FALSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
TLTSDAY, MAY e 7, 1 523.

SUN-OFFICE, Two o'Clock.

1110 ST IMPORTANT.

The Count DEL ADISDAL, as will be seen by
he following most important correspondence,
with copies of which we have been favour-
ed from a high quarter), has not gone'over to
the French, hut has decided on endeavour
ing both to secure the independence of Spain
from foreign domination, and the blessing of
l
a free and liberal Constitution, instead of I
subjecting her to the further risk of subju-
gation by France, and to the probable re.
establishment of arbitrary power. It is im-
possible not to see that this must be the result
of the momentous struggle now carrying on
in the Peninsula, as the example of the
Count DEL A BISBAL will unquestionably be
followed by IVlonu.Lo and others of the Spa-
nish Commanders, and as the sentiments of
the Count, in fact, are known to be those
of the great majority of the leading cha-
racters iti Spain. Nothing could be a
greater triumph than this for the policy of our
own Government, whose great objects have been
to preserve the national independence of Spain
under a liberal Government, and whose friendly
counsels, previous to the commencement of
the war, bad for their object the adoption of
that very course, by the Spaniards, which they
now perceive to be dictated by a regard for the
salvation of their country.—We have not time
to add more on this momentous subject at
present. Our Readers, however, will excuse
us for proving our own consistency, and even
for pluming ourselves a little on our sagacity,
by laying again before them the following pas-
sages from the leading article of THE Sux of the
3d of December, 1822:

" Rather than the Spanish Constitution should be over-
" thrown by the arms of France, England ought to use every
" means of prevailing upon the Spaniards so to re-model the
" form of their Government as to deprive France of the grounds
" on which she may declare her invasion of Spain to be justi-
" fiable."

" It may be and we doubt not that it would be, better if
" the Spanish Constitution more nearly resembled that of France
" or of this Country ; but the point which is of most import-
" ance to the Interest of England, is not the particular form of
" the Spanish Government, but that the Government of Spain,
" whatever may be its form, MALI. BE INDEPENDENT."
Those objects accomplished, every thing will
be secured that the interests of this country re -
quire. All the objects of British policy, in the
late negociations, with respect to the Peninsula ,
will have been. accomplished. France will have
been deprived of every pretext for the continu-
ance of the war. Spain herself will have arisen
from her present state of distraction and misery,
with all the blessings which rational liberty can
bestow.

' [TRANSLATION].
COUNT MONTIJO TO HIS EXCELLENCY TIIE
COUNT ABISBAL.

" In the name of our afflicted country, I have
recourse to your Excellency, the only person
who can save her, and entreat you to consi-
der Spain, divided and dismembered by her
own children, as in the same situation
in which she was in 1808, raising the voice
of common distress, and soliciting all her
offspring for a deliverer. At that period, as at
the present, the disorder of her Government de-
bilitated her to such a degree, as to leave her
without defence, and snake it appear that it

was easy to Conquer her.--At that tiuu as
now, the nation which is our neighbour offer-
ed to remedy the evils which were felt by all,
took possession of our fortresses, and introduced
its armies, with a view thereby to ensure the hap-
piness which it tendered, and which was the great-
est possible that any people can enjoy—Monarchy,
a just and moderate Government. At that time, as

low, the Spaniards,d riven to despair by the calami-

ties they suffered, opened their houses and their
arms to the stranger,recei ving him and carrying him
as it were in triumph through the northern
provinces up to the Ctipital. The latter resound-
ed with shouts of joy at the entry of the French
troops, and of the General who led them.—
Every evil was looked upon as trifling, and
preferable to the continuation of disorder
and despotism, insomuch that people invok-
ed the despotism of 13nonaparte to get rid
of that of Godoy. Even so now the Public are
clamorous for the absolute K ing, in order to free
themselves from anarchy and from the despotism
of the many. Finally, then, as now, two
Powers disputed the ascendant, because neither
of them possessed the general good-will.

The people, in silence and dismayed,viewod witl,
bitter smiles, and almost with complacency, the fall
of their Government, and even of their King; for-
getting the mischiefs they brought on themselves,
and the dangers which they incurred. But all at
once an undaunted voice called out at Aranjuez,
" Long live Spain,-,down with the Despot !"---=
and as soon as the latter had disappeared, all Spa-
niards united.—Division was at an end; patriot-
ism and valour were roused, and the Conqueror of
Europe in the end deplored his imprudence. It was
at Aranjuez that Buonaparte lost his power,
for without the 19th of March the Spaniards
would have made no resistance. But now
the French are once more near the capi-
tal. The general will cannot be mistaken ;
the injustice and perverseness of the existing Go-
vernment are well known. Still we do not
hear the shout which all are hoping for, of
" Spain for ever ! Independence for ever !"
The armed force, the warriors of Spain, are split
into parties, outdoing each other in acts of in-
justice, because none of them is sanctioned by
the general will. The soldier is loth to in-
cur useless dangers ; he deserts his ranks,
and will ultimately abandon his Gene-
rals, who find it impossible to support any
cause. Let, therefore, your Excellency come to
a decision, and stretch forth your hand to save
yourself and to save us—that is, the country.
Her welfare is the first law. Your Excellency
knows, and has declared that the sovereignty
of the people being once recognized, it becomes
a duty to obey the general will, which amounts
to this,—that the Constitution of 1812 ought
not to be retained, because it does not guaran-
tee individual safety, nor preserve the dignity
of the Spanish Monarchy. Proclaim, therefore,
what all desire, and act in concert with the
other Generals who entertain the same senti-
ments. Declare yourself independent until
the King shall be released. Collect your
army, and hasten to destroy the origin
of discord ; so that the factious, the Roy-
alists, and the Foreigners, being deprived of
every pretext, may have their designs frustratedi
if they wish to rob us of the glory to deliver the
King, and their plans totally defeated, if, under
this pretext, they conceal some other wish.
" Your Excellency ought to consider, that no
party can be sustained without strength; and
you may already have perceived, that the latter
cannot be acquired without public confidence--
to obtain which it is necessary to act in confor-
mity with the general will.
44 Were I not well assured thatyourl Excellency
loves Spain and glory, I should not apply to you
to avail yourself of the grandest opportu-
nity which has ever occurred, of becoming the
deliverer not only of Spain, but of all Europe.
—lt would be an insult to your penetration
to dwell upon the melancholy consequences, and
above all upon the uselessness of taking any
other resolution ; for to attempt the defence of
any cause with few forces, when more nume-
rous forces are at hand, is to enfeeble the cause
which we desire to uphold. To sum up thr
whole, I am certain that it is as irnposible to
establish despotism in Spain, as it is to sus-
tain the Constitution of 1812 ;—nith this
difference only, that at the expence of blood,
and with numerous forces, the former might be
kept up for some time; but to put in practice
the Constitution of the year 1812, is phy.
sically and morally impossible, and consequent.
ly it has failed in Spain and every where
else; for it is contradictory in itself, and
contains the principles of its own destruction ; it
could no where; because it is out of the
power of man to crem.'hoings with qualities es
sentially contradictory.

" Let your Excellency consider these truths
which the love of his country has suggested to
aims who prays GOD to preserve your Excel
ency many years.
(Signed) " The CONDE DEL MONTWO.
" Madrid, 1)1ay 11,

(TRANSLATION.)

;s EXCELLENCY THE COUNT DEL ABISBAL
TO COUNT MONTLIO.

" MOST EXCELLENT SlN—This 'day was de-
livered to me by the Chief of the Etat.Major
the Letter of Your Excellency, dated the
11th instant, and in reply to it ;t is my
duty to observe to you, that as the Chief
of this District, and the Commander of the
Army, it is incumbent on me to comply with
the orders of the Government, at the head
of ,which is his Majesty, atuf that I am re-
solved to pursue this line of conduct, though
I am fully convinced, that, unfortunately for
the Nation, the Ministry which governs it, is
Incapable of rescuing it from the danger to
which it is reduced by the unskilfulness of the
preceding Ministers, and by the unpardon-
able imprudence of the last, who have pro-

yoked the present war without displaying
the energy necessary for upholding the dignity
of the nation, or proposing those conciliatory
means, that might have united the minds of Spa.
niards, and have prevented Foreigners from the
daring attempt to interfere in the private disputes
of Spain, by violating the territory of the nation,
without any previous declaration of war. -
" I have observed already, and I now repeat,
that, in the capacity of General, I must obey
the orders of the Government, and not set the ex-
ample of a pernicious disobedience, which would
authorize that of those Spaniards whom the law
places under my orders ; and would open a vast
field to private ambition ; but, as a Spanish Citi-
zen, who may, without transgressing the Laws,
indulge his own thoughts respecting the situation
of the country, and the means which might be
taken to rescue her from the ruin prepared for
her by discord, by fanaticism, and by the interests
of the Individual Heads of Party, who disguise
their ambitious views with the
,sacred name of
love for their Coutary,--and also of a numerous
class of men who have nothing to lose, and who are
inflamed with the love of plunder and distraction
alone, which would contribute to the prosperity
of those persons who can make a figure
Ain society
only when the barriers' of subordination and
respect to the laws are removed ; I am of
opinion, that the majority of the nation is not
solicitous to continue the Constitution of the
year 18lc2, though it is not for me to investigate
the causes which may have produced the very
notorious dislike expressed in regard to the Laws
emanating from it.
" That the decided majority of intelligent
persons, distributed among the different parties
which unfortunately divide the nation, abhors
both despotism and fanaticism, and only wishes
for a liberal Constitution, which may conciliate as
much as possible all classes of the State, unite the
will of the Spaniards by insuring the dignity and
inviolability of the Constitutional Throne, and
do away the pretext that may be pleaded by
Foreigners for intermeddling in our domestic
concerns, to the manifest infraction of the Law
of Nations, so as to compel them to desist
from their, enterprize, on perceiving that
Spanish wisdom knows how to curb the fury
of Parties, and force them to retire, because the
Spaniards themselves, in concert with their Mo-
narch, discuss like brethren the tr..,stions which
divided their opinions.
" That a considerable portion of the lower
classes, unaccustomed to think for themselves,
have no opinion whatever, act on the rooted
habit of respecting as most just that which
is most ancient ; and desire pillage and Ikea-,
tiousuess, which, at the expence of people ofj
property, supply them with some conveniences
which they must forego in times of tranquil-
lity ; and that the means which might be em-
ployed to re-establish peace and union, would
be, first, To notify to the invading army, that
the nation, in concurrence with the King, pro-
posed to make in its present Constitution such al-
terations as experience has taught it to be necessary
to unite the minds of the Spaniards and ensure
their happiness as well as the dignity of the Consti-
tutional Throne; and that consequently it ought, to
retire from the Spanish Territory, and confine itself
to amicable intervention by means of its Ambas-
sador. Secondly, That his Majesty and his Go-
vernment should again be established at Madrid,
as the Capital of the Monarchy; lest it should be
said that he sojourns at Seville against his
inclination. Thirdly, That in order to make,
in the Constitution, such reforms as are deemed
requisite, a new Cortes should be convened,
whose Deputies should present themselves
with the powers specified by the Constitution.
Fourthly, That it be proposed to his Majesty,
that He would be pleased to choose a Ministry
which should be wedded to no party, and should
deserve the confidence of all, as well as that
of Foreign row viz. And, 1, ihk.l7, that a genera l
amnesty should be decreed ; and that a 4,4,,,„;(z,,„
should be evinced to y attention to, and
ernploy, without any regard to former opinions,
all Spaniards who from their penetration, ser-
vices and patriotism, should be worthy of being
preferred.

" Such is my private opinion, and as a Spanish
Citizen, who is terrified at the present situation of
his country, and who, at the expence of his blood,
would prevent the effusion of that of his fellow-
citizens. I will cheerfully subscribe any repre-
sentation which may bring about so sacred an
object.

" God preserve your Excellency runny years.
(Sighed) " The CONDE DE ABISDAL.
" Madrid, May 13,1823."

We have this day received, by the usual course,
the Paris Papers of Saturday, all the material con-
tents of which, however, as well as of those of
Sunday, we have already been enabled to lay
before our Renders by the arrival of our Ex..
presses from the French Capital. We yesterday
f received exclusively, the Paris Papers of Sunday.
The•Eioito mentioned that a traveller who had ar..
rived at Bayonne had reported that it was the in.
tention of the Count DEL A lIISIIAL to join the French
as soon as they reached Madrid. Private letters
from Paris are said to assert positively that
ADISBAL had actually gone over fo the Army of
the Duke d'ANooume e. It is very probable
that the Bayonne report is the only foundation

Mt- these statements, which, however, seem to
have received very general credit; and it is even
rumoured in the City that a document addressed
by the Count to the Spanish Nation, justifying
his conduct on the ground that resistance to the
French is hopeless, and recommending a modifi.
cation of the Constitution, has been received in
London.

It is again alleged in the following article
from Weimar, that the Emperor ALEXANDER
intends to visit the Baths of Ems. 'We have
reason to believe, however, that his Imperial
Ala ZESTY does Ilk now think it necessary thac
he should undertake such a journey :--
WEIMAR, MAY 12.---Our Duchess intends to
go in the course of this month to Frankfort, there
to wait for her august brother the Emperor
Alexander, and afterwards they will repair toge.
ther to Ems. Letters from St. Petersburgh do
not speak, however, with any certainty of this
journey, but state that the Emperor will not de..
termine on it until he has received certain Foreign
dispatches, whence it is concluded that thli jour_
ney must have a political object. II is prolyible
that the tenor of these dispatchis may oblige
this Sovereign to undertake a fresh journey into
Germany.

(Extract of a Letter from the "trent to Lloyd's at Sevilla,
doted 41.1) 21144
" Thu Government declared War against
France on the 9.Bth nit., and it was the 5111710
day published here."

I [Extract of a Letter flan: the Brits, h Vice-Consul et Cadiz,
dated 7th May.]
44' The Perla Spanish frigate sailed from this
port yesterday, with several vessels under con.
voy, for the Northern Ports of Spain,"

„.. •
ST. PETERSBURG/I, MAY 42 .—Count fie Waren-
zoff, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Rus-
sian Contingent of the Army of Occupation ht
France, will set out in a few days to resume the
command of a corps d'artnOe.
AtAr .I.—Count Courier, the :Minister of Finance, has been
removed from his important office, which he had filled for
nearly 13 years. General Carca.n has been appointed his suc.
censor, from whose zeal and ability great and beneficial charges
in the financial administration of the empire were anticipatetl•
MAY 7.—Generals Von Diebitsch and 'Von Toll are already
appointed to fill two of the three vacancies made by the di,.
missal of the three Adjutants.Genend, who were inane.
tliately about the person of his Majesty the Emperor. The late
:Ministers, Counts Kotschuberg and Labanow-Rostowski have
resigned ; 101. Von Murawiew and Von Bolodnikow, are
spoken of as their successors. It is reported that M. V. ()ores.
cow Chief of the department of the Custom, has solicited his
discharge; and that Gen. Gargoli, formerly Minister of Police,
is to succeed him.

A file of American Papers have been received,
but not of a later date than those Fof yesterday.
ROM MANILLI.—The ship Ajax arrived here
on the Ist November from Cadiz with a new Go.
vernor for the Philipine Islands, with 240 Spa-
nish Officers, to take charge of the troops at
Manilla and the out-posts. Good discipline had
been preserved among the troops since the Euro-
pean Officers had taken the command, and 5000
regulars were stationed in the city of Manilla and
suburbs. The country was tranquil, and no
further apprehension was entertained of distur-
bances between the natives and Spaniards. The
English East India Company's ship Regent, from
London for Canton, struck on a coral reef, otr
the south part of the island,and lost her rudder
fitted another, worked through the passage, but
afterwards experienced a heavy gale, and was
driven on the island of Luber). Ship, third
officer, and three seamen, lost; cargo damaged.
but'saved ; no specie on board; loss estimated
at half a million of dollars.