The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-13 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Fah acts from the Morning Papers) Sept. 13

[THE Tistus.j
The Gazelle of Saturday announces a number
of transfers and promotions among the British
functionaries at Foreign Courts. The last ou the
list is that which seems calculated to afford
liberal-minded persons the most entire satisfac-
tion—we mean the appointment of Lord Erskine
as Envoy Extraordinary to Wurtemberg. This
Nobleman being of opposition blood, and not
redeemed by extensive connexion, Parliamentary
influence, or abundant wealth—Circumstances
which are supposed to act with more or Jess
force in determining the favours of Ministers,—
Air—Cunning's motives for the nomination of
Lord Erskine cannot well be thought otherwise
than kind and disinterested; and as such we
. hold it but fait to draw public attention to the
fact. Passing to the other extremity of the di-
plomatic register, we find Sir Wm. A'Court
promoted from being Envoy Extraordinary at
Madrid, to be Ambassador at Lisbon. Now,
in ordinary circumstances, and in relation
to other Courts, the mission of Sir William
A'Court might possibly fill us with alarm. lie
has somehow contrived it, that all the world con-
nect him as much as they did Lord Londonderry
with the counsels, the plots, and iniquities of the
Holy Alliance. lie had the reputation of acting
with skill and effect equal to that of the whole
Austrian army against the independence of Na-
ples ; he was in at the death of Spanish liberty.
Wherever despotism• was to be resuscitated—
wherever liberty was compelled to breathe her
last, and her funeral rites-were to.be performed
—there the ill-omined bird .was found perching.
it is, not, then, without HOMO show of apology
that people suspect. what Is vulgarly called a
" black job," where this undertaker makes his
-unwelcome visit. Tim present scene of action,
however, which has been marked out for Sir W.
.A'Court, relieves us from those apprehensions
to which we might not otherwise have felt more
insensible than the btilk of the community. In
the first place, to judge by outward appearances,
the crisis is past at the Court. of Lisbon, and no
object seems to be now in hand worth exercising
the adroitness—we will not say talents--of this
experinced machinator. in the next place, We infer
that his mission•may be Innocent ; because, It Is
not wholly without example that an etnbaisador
of splendid parts should be sent to Portitgal
from this country, - and with the name hit's en.
fary that Sir Williern.A'Court is to enjoy ii-
though there was no. misehlef ,of any kind to be
done there, saving only the expenditure of
10,000/. per annum—indeed, although there tvas
neither King nor Court at Lisbon, and the up.
pointment itself was nn better than a aware,
made by Lord Londonderry for one of'his un-
provided friends. Balancing, however, the pro
and con of the case, we could wish that ,Mr.
Canning would name his diplomatic representa-
tives from among individuals of his own personal
choice,
.. rather Alum
.frem his predecessor's
meanest adherents. . : t:t
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LN RVir TIMES.]
Consols closed on Saturday at 0.41, without
any variation during the day, Thu decline. In
South American SeCurities continues, Colombian
Scrip having been. done at 114 discount;] !nit
there was no fresh intelligence from that quarter
of the world to affect the market, either favour-
ably or otherwise. Mexican Bonds remained
stationary, and in ,Foreign Securities there • was
no alteration in the previous prices. Various
reasons have been assigned for the depression of
the South American Stocks. One report was
that a Spanish man of war (the Asia) had doubled
'Cape limn, and had reached Callao, which; she
fervid in possession of .the Royalists. Audther
was, that the French squadron,. supposed to have
been seen at Madeira, had proceeded toward
South America ; and, lastly, it is confidently he-
Bever! that part of the Neapolitan Loan lately
negotiated will be appropriated by the King of
Naples to the assistance of his nephew the King
of Spain. llbwever well or ill-founded all or any
of these reasons may be, the fact is clear, that a
great depression continues to hang upon the
South American Securities generally ; and unless
the late favourable reports of Bolivar's. success
are confirmed to their full extent, kis geOerally
thought that these Securities will fall yet lower.

[MORNING POST.I
We received last night, by express, French
Papers to the 11th instant, and the Etolle of
Saturday. Their contents
are of some Interest.
Even before the late gallant but desperate at.
tempts made by the ConStitutionalista upon the
Spanish coast, Ferdinand was so fully sensible
of the little popularity which he had acquired,
and of the total impossibility of maintaining him-
self without foreign aid, that he applied for a
prolongation of the residence of the French
troops in Spain. The request was of course
granted, and the Marquis of Tolarn and Count
d'Ofalia having been appointed Plenipotentiaries
by both Governments to discuss and fix the
terms and period of this new occupation, it was
settled that it should extend to the Ist of Ja.
Hoary, 1825, that the number of troops should
remain the same as before, 45,000 men, and that
besides the places formerly holden by the French,
they should garrison the cities of Saragossa and
Cardona. The Moniteur, after publishing the
original convention entered into on the 9th of
February last, by which the stay of the French
troops was lengthened to the Ist of July of the
present year, also gives the new one, by which
it.is made to last till the beginning of 1825.
This Convention was signed on the thirtieth of
June, and the ground on which the delay is de.
ThUlded nod conceded is stated in the Preamble
to be,. " because his Catholic Majesty conceived
thaw order to have time to complete the organ-
ization of his army, a prolongation of the resi-
dence of the. French troops would be useful."---
There is no doubt after what has
primed, that this application will lately hap-
not be'the last,
and that Ferdinand will postpone the
" complete
organization" of his army ad irviniturn, rather