The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-09 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAI IX

Extracts from the Morning Papers, July 9.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

I: The French Papers of Sunday reached our

Office yesterday ; they are who* uninteresting.
The Gonsillutionnel says„, that letters from
Madrid still spoke of a warm engagement be-
tween the French and Constitutionalists, and
that Morino had been slightly wounded in the
arm. This of course alludes to the reported de-
feat of Bourck. A French regiment, this ac-
count adds, bad set out from Madrid for OaHein,
as a reinforcement. The Journal de Toulouse,
under date of the 25th of June, from the envi-
rons of Seu d'Urgel, states the entry of, the
French and Royalist troops into the town ;. the
torts, hoWever, remained in the hands of the
Spaniards. The French have, therefore, oh:.
tabled no great prize in seizing a defenceless
town. It is said that the French Ministry,
vexed at Moncey's lengthened inactivity, have
ordered hitn to make strong; demonstrations
'against Barcelona. The inhabitants of Upper
Catalonia, it appears,, however, think that
neither Vich nor Olot . (tWo of Mon-
cey's positions) will be drained of troops
to bring before the, Catalonian capital.—

On the contrary, they seem to expect their gar-
' rims «ill be reinforced with fresh battalions.
Manresa, however, will be abandoned, and the
Constitutionalists will immediately possess them-
selves of it. The entire province, it is now plain,
is strongly attached to the Constitution. The
Catalonians have ever been bold, intrepid, and
attached to independence. Six guerilla corps,
commanded each by a different Chief, amongst
whom are Puigbali and Fabregas, had sallied
from Barcelona, and are already in full activity
in the province. It is known, as a proof of the,
spirit of the people, that when the heroic Mina
descended the Segre, previous to his attack and
defeat of ROmagosa, all the inhabitants of that
part of the country immediately took arms and
joined hint. With such a spirit as this, Catalonia will
not be easily subdued. The citizens of free America,
resident in Paris, celebrated, on the 4th,bY a splen-
did banquet in that city, now the abode of des-
, potism, the anniversary of the 47th year of their
..independence. The venerable and Patriotic La
Fayette, who in early life aided to .conquer her
freedom for America, and afterwards assisted in
• the blighted regeneration of France, was pre-
sent, and as enthusiastic in the cause of Liberty
as ever. lie gave as a toast," American liberty,
founded on the rights of men and nations."—
What has not freedom done for America, and
what a mournful contrast does not revived des-
potism present in France! What recollections
must not the names of the great Washington,
Frantlin„ and others, bring with them to the
mind of La Fa 3 ette ! and when he remembers
the glorious prospects of Prani:e in 1789, how
must, he sigh ovnoher present debasement
The. French Papers contain nothing- else of the
slightest Interest. The Marquis of Hastings was
in Paris ; it i 4 not, we believe, yet settled that
he succeeds 11;3 lonian Excellency, Sir'ff homas
Maitland, as High Commissioner.

[mottNiso. vow.]
In the House of Cotnn►ons, last night, Mr.
Hume brought forward a string of Resolutions on
the subject of the Land Tax) which, like most
of his efforts in that way, were put down the
mome►►t they were fairly in possession of the
liouse;The Chatieellor of the Exchequer sheaved
that the assumed amount of the Land Tax in the
first Resolution was incorrect by .127,0001. The
Hon. Gentleman had founded his calculation on
the 'original Act for perpetuating the Lund Tax,
and had overlooked one which passed a few
months afterwards, exempting from its operations
certain► incomes which had been improperly
charged with it. This accident was fatal to the
whole, and down went the Hon. Gentleman's
fine set of conchisions in the twinkling of an eye,
like the sequence of a pack of curds. It is but
right to add, the Hon. Gentleman received the
correction as good naturedly as it was supplied,
and promptly withdrew his motion.

[MORNING tiffRONICLE.]
The, private letters received this morning, by
the regular mail, are dated on Saturday last,and
the-rumours than prevalent in the French capital
are important, because, if they be well founded,
they give a very direct contradiction to the news
propagated by the official Bulletins. One of these
letters is written by a Gentleman who had lately
returned from Spain—and the information which
it communicates must prove in the highest degree
satisfactory to the feelings of the great majority
of the British Empire. This letter states that
the illustrious Mina continued to perform won-
ders in Catalonia, and that he had arrived at
Barcelona, as communicated in the Parisian
Journals of the 4th current ; but it adds that
the Enalish nation probably were ignorant of
the bi Iliant success over the enemies of his coon-
try, w bitch had at tended the march of this extraor-
dinary man. At Manresa be paid a. visit to his old
friend the General Donnadieu, who, a few weeks
before, would have caught him,bad he not made
his escape by descending impassable precipices
anti of Donnadieu or his brigade, since this visi-
tation, not a vestige can be found to communi-
cate even a French account of the meeting which
had accidentally occurred betwixt this Spanish
patriot and the French leader of the forces of
despotic legislation. Marshal Mance), had not
only to contend with the superior talents of the
defender of his country's liberties, but also with
the dissatisfaction of his own troops, who found
themselves worn down with fatigue, in a service
from which no glory, no feeling which can re-
compense the human mind for excessive privation,
and bodily exertion, could arise. Two French
regiments had refused to act longer in a service
so severe, and the Marshal had ordered them to
Perpignan, to relieve the garrison of that place,
which ho directed to proceed into Catalonia,
to supply the places of the disaffected. The
same letter also states, that General Morillo had
obtained considerable advantages over General