The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-12 00:00:00

VIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Sztracts from the Morning Papers, November 12.

[,;o*NtNo CMION
Among the exiles front Spain in Gibraltar,
lkondon, &c. are many individuals who were come
Veiled, by the fOrce of circumstances, to do that
'which has brought them within the range of the
late measure of proscription. Butikers,rnerchants,
And others in the great towns, could not possibly
avoid titling municipal offices, or serving in the
Militia, under the dE facto Government. Yet
'for this obedience they are now drkveit from their
country, and involved in complete ruin. Seve-
-sal have embarked for South America, but
.many are unable to leave Gibraltar from the
absolute scant of means, not daring to draw
on then friends and cot►nectiotts, least the latter
should thereby become the 'objects of the venge-
vice of the Government. Thy cruelty manifest-
ed towards these unfortunate 'men is perfectly
decisive of the character of the Government of
Fertlio.nd and the Friar 9. If Ferdinand pos.
tessedionly ng much rationality as to be able to
ask: himself a single question, the answer ►which
it would suggest, would in this case arrest his
Sanguinary hand. What have they done, for
which they cannot offer the very justification
which he urges for swearing to the Constitution,
anti acting tinder it ?. lie says he yielded to an
irresistible necessity—they say the same. But
why waste words on such a being, or on the
brutal bigots in whose hands be is ?

[MOUNINO POST.]
We received last night, by express, French
Papers to the 10th inst. They contain but:little
intelligence from the Peninsula, and that little is
not important. The French Ilead-quarters were
at Burgos about the 4th or sth, and
Qen. Guillerninot was returning with his patron,
the Duke of :Amgen'erne, to France. It is there-
fore not improbable that the rumoors tt hick pre.
voided at the time when his former opponent, the
Duke of liellono,was removed from the wardepart-
' enlist, inay prove to have heen well founded, and
that Baron Damas may only have been intrusted.
witit the duties of that important situation till he
should .he at liberty to take them upon himself. If
the !qaternents of the Miinorial Warnuis are to be
credited, the contest which is dying away even
in Catalonia, the only province where it had
really, assumed the character of war, has revived
with unexpected activity in Esteemadura. A se•
vere notion is said to have been ,fought in that
quarter, :u which many 'soldiers had fallen on
boat idol ; but as no further details had been
received, it is impossible to know whether it was
a new exploit performed by the Empecinado,,
whetler tltu report of Plasencia's surrender
was untrue, and that able and energetic Com-
mander still kept the field. It is added that
410,000 French troops were to be sent hnme.
diatelYto Estremadura,which would imply that the
Constitutionalist. roust be in great strength in
that province. The brave •Znyal, who had oc.
copied for some time the triountaios of Ronda', is
atatett tci have sailed for the Ha vannalt, " the
island' of Cuba having declared Itself independ-
entOf Spain." This assertion is probably pre-
mature. The event is most likely to happen; but
tie directadvices have yet been received in this
country of its having actually taken place.—
Corthagena it appears is determined to support
a siege rather than recognize an absolute Mo-
narch.. The hOmbardment of that place is repre.
sented to have commenced on the With ult. In
France, the approaching dissolution of the Chain.
bet and the question of Septennial Parliaments,
do no more than divide the public attention with
intereting trial. of Costuine.

Nits
.
Tiie letters from Cadiz contain' intelligence
MON interesting than surprising to an observer
tif fu, sh affairs. ft is said that the utmost
alarm and affliction reigned amongst the inha-
bitants of the city, in 'consequence of the arbi-
trary arrests made by D'Aunoy, the Servile Go-'
vernor, lately appointed to commend there.—
,Latre, es-Constitutional Commandant, and the
Duke del Parque, were arrested by D'Aunoy,on
the 'loth ott. On the same night Count Bour-
moot sent for this Governor, and asked him
by whose orders the arrests had been exe-
cuted. virtue of secret orders," was the
reply. 4, Let me see those orders," rejoined
the French General. " No," answered the
Spaniard. 44 Thou," added Bourmont, "if you
" repeat such arrests, without showing me a
" specific authority, signed by King Ferdinand,
" and if within two hours you do'not send me a
" written justification of those already made, you
" shell take your departure from Cadiz." " 1
a will execute my secret orders without your
" leave or knowledge. M. D'Aunoy concluded
by observing 6‘ And I will not quit Cadiz, unless
" forced."• Poreed he was accordingly. At four
the next morning a detachment of French •grena-
diers put the refractory Servile beyond the gates
of Cadiz, to the infinite exultation, as the ac-
counts go on to say, of the people of that hum-
bled city. Now these arrests by one Servile officer
on a singlestation, constitute, we are aware, het
&small spetimen of the general action and character
of thc system under which they Were performed;
nod what a w hole sliest that be, of which such enor-
mities are a sample! Lives and properties, and
personal freedom, were to he safe under the word
of the Duke d'Angoulerne : but the first Instance
of free agency on the part of. Ferdinand and his
Confessor is a breach of faith Whose baseness is
ptovetl by its cowardice ; for it must be perpe-1
treed in the dark, anti under 44 secret orders."'
As for the policy of such an act, it stands on
a level v.ith the morality. A few more 66 se•
cret orders" like these to D'A.tmoy, would
rouse the Constitutionalists from One end
of Spain to the other ; end if from their
despair, the most powerful of stimulants, we ale'.
prehenti nb immediate fruits, it is not in the phy-
OW nature of human beings to tolerate long
Ouch a course or outrageous persecution. The
1)(;jy which before overturned the Serviles, and
which was discountenanced, 'or not actively as.