The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-15 00:00:00

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interesting particulars, which we have elsewhere
extractO, of the attack and capture of the Tro-
cad era.• That event seems to have reduced The
`Times and Chronicle quite to despair. " We fear,"
says The Times f: 44 that Atte ,state of things (in
Spain) is the very reverse of what it ought to
b . We fear that the French army is enthusi-
as ic in its object, and that the Spaniards are in
consternation!"---" We wait with anxiety for the
next news from Cadiz."---When even The Time:
1 can no longer attempt to keep up the delusion,
it must be near its end. As to the poor Chro-
nicle, he also " looks for the next arrival from
Cadiz with the utmost anxiety ;" he finds -that
" the mettle.of, the French is up," but he con-
soles himself with the pleasing prospect of 'fur-
ther struggles by Mina in Catalonia after Cadiz
'is taken. However, he is extremely irate at
his liberal friends in France. " There is a
party, it is true," says he','" called liberal; but
it, is enough to say this party has Prince Talley-
rand for its Chief." And as to the People of
France, that " great nation" which was to carry
freedom all over the world, he disdainfully de-
nominates them " that vast flock which is called
the French people."--" Never," adds he," has
any people so completely given up every senti-
ment of honour and dignity."—Alas! alas! Poor
Vindicia! Ga!liciu i

• rITISH PREBSI
The French Papers of Friday reached our
Office last night. They are principally occu-
pied with the official and other details of the
taking of the ToCadero. A private Witter from
Paris' tells us, .that in the best informed circles
there, the recent success of the French army
before Cadiz is not regarded as an affair of much
moment; indeed the great sacrifice, either in
men or money, which the Trocadero has cost
the Government, evidently disturbs the cal-
culations of those who are looking forward
to the fall of Cadiz. On the other hand,
the town seems more and more resolved to
make a vigorous and lengthened resistance.—
Convoys front Gibraltar and Africa have recently
supplied it with provisions ; and a million of
piastres have been received from the Havannalt.
These facts are consolatory, because they prove
that the French are not able to blockade the port
in such a manner as to prevent the admission of
supplies., The constitutional force in Cadiz and
the Isle of Leon is reckoned at thirteen thousand
men, besides the militiamen and volunteers ; in
the latter bodies are included all the male inha-
bitants above a certain age capable of bearing
arms. The paving of the streets has recently been
taken up, and every possible measure resorted to,
capable of resisting in any degree the bombardment
of the town. TheConstitutiona.lGetteral has caused
an immense, board to be placed at the bridge of So-
nazo, ou which are inscribed the words, " Con-
stitution or Death!" in 'characters large enough to
be read by the besiegers, All these things would
induce ea to believe that Angouleme has a more dif-
licult task to perform than the capture of the Tro-
cadero had, perhaps, induced him to imagine. No.
thing of interest has recently taken place in other
parts of, the Peninsula ; in fact, with the exception
of Catalonia, the country has remained compara-
tively inactive. In that province a French army
of nearly, 30,CW men has been kept in check for
the last five months ; and the troops under the
command of
.Mina, Milani, and Lloberas, may
be truly said to form the only effective force of
the Constitutionalists at present in the field.—
When we think of what a few brave men
have done in the struggle for liberty, we may
safely calculate on what would have been the
fate of the invaders, but for the sicken-
ing treachery of Morillo, Ballasteros, and their
confederates in infamy. . In the meantime,
our readers will find by the advices from. Bayonne,
that there is every chance of the league between
the Faith Regency and the Freud+ army being
soon dissolved ; and, considering the blind and
,bigoted junta of Madrid in all its savage charac-
ter, it is more than probable that a third party
will ere long declare itself in the Peninsula, from
whom the Bourbon must not expect any thing
'ke co-operation or suppart.

DigIUSING liERALD.]

Last night we received the Paris Papers o
Friday last by express. They contain the offi-
cial account of the capture of the Trocadero,
which is similar to the details that have already
been given of that event. ft would appear
from the language of the Journals and the
French Gazette, that this were an achieve-
ment of the utmost consequence. We .have
already stated, that the Trocadero was nothing
more than a comparat:vely insignificant redoubt :
and the taking of it will •not in any con-
considerable degree facilitate the siege of Cadiz.
Before the French can approach that place they
will have to surmount difficulties, compared to
which this first success is just like getting over a
few stones, The Con)titutioutted contains a private
letter from Bayonne, which, after noticing the
extensive and vigorous preparations making for
the grand attack, declares, on, the authority of
accounts from Seville, that the troops and inhabi-
tants at Cadiz are determined to make the most
vigorous resistance. They are in no want of pro-
visions, for, the account states, that they have re.
Feived a large supply fr'am Gibraltar and the
coast of Africa. it is also mentioned that a ves-
sel has brought a millioo of piastres from the .11a-
vannah. The words 44 Constitution or death"
were stuck, up in the most conspicuous part of the
city) and in letters large enough, to be read by
the besiegers. Within the city every possible
preparation was made to guard against the effects
of a siege—such as tearing up the pavements of
the streets, raising meends, &c. Four thou-
sand regular; troops still reMain in the city,
and twelve thousand in the Isle of Leon.—
There are besides numerous bodies of militia
and volunteers,. The canals will be guarded
.by 60 small gon,boats. With such preparations
as, these, and with such a spirit as seems to Etc-
.
tuate the people of this Important place, we can
venture with confidence to state as our opinion,
that if ettormous bribes are not substituted for
arms, the Prince Generalissimo will not succeed
in his euterprize. ft appears by an article which
we have copied from the Constiitaionned, that the