The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-28 00:00:00

es having taken place before Corunnaj

gence which appeared so doubtful to our cou tempo-

caries, that several journals even passed it over in

silence. It also appears that the motive for enter-
ing into this convention, on the part of the gar-

rison, was, as we conjectured, the expectation that
an arrangementswas4bout tato concluded at OVER.

Nothing but such an expectation, it mould- seem,
could haveinduced the gallantdefendersofCorun.
na to enter into any terms with the besiegers; for,
on the very day before they sent out a flag of

,ruce, they had made the ein'rny feel the effects

of -their determined spirit by a vigorous can•
nonade of the French lines, the fire of which was
so well directed that even the houses around

Gen. BOURCK'S head-quarters were damaged by
the shot. The suspension of hostilities, however,
according to the statement of General BouacK,
was only to continue until communications could
be exchanged with Gen. 111onri.r.o, to whom the
terms of a capitulation were to be submitted for
his approval, and which would appear to have been

framed on the basis of surrendering Corunna to
the French, until a final arrangement shall be
concluded at Cadiz, but without any intermediate
recognition of the Regency of Madrid, by either
the Military or Civil Authorities of the besieged
city. How the garrison of Corunna call sub-
mit to the authority of General MORILLO, as
well as to that of the Duke d'A.swouLeste, with-
out at the same time acknowledging the same
Regency which Moatt.Lo has acknowledged,
can only be accounted for by the suppo-
sition that General BOURCK has given them .
the assurance that the Regency is virtually
annihilated, and that Monit.Lo himself is
aware that that mock depository of the sovereign
authority is now nothing more than a mere name.
The submission to FERDINAND is of course no-
thing more than all the Constitutional troops have
at all times professed ; and is, in this instance, an
act of mere formality, the consequences of which
can only be determined by the results which are ex-
.pected at Cadiz, or by the conditions of a general
peace.—lt is remarkable that in the confused and
almost unintelligible statement of Gen. Benno:,
there are three different accounts of the kind of
submission to which the garrison were willing to
secede :—first, to King FERDINAND, which we
have silvan means nothing ;—secondly, to the
Duke dIANGOULEME, provisionally, until affairs
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comes down to the night of the 13th. Our ad-
vices from Ferrol were of the 15th, Lt which pe-
riod nothing had been agreed on, except a sum-
pension of hostilities, for the faithful observance
of which hostages were exchanged.
The Duke of REGGIO acknowledges that the
Constitutionalists have shewn themselves in
such furce in Estremadura, that he has thought
it necessary to order BOURCK to proceed thither
with his main force, as soon as Corunna shall
have capitulated.— Report says that there
has been another sortie from Cadiz, with
the whole force of the garrison. In -Madrid,
the greatest apprehensions are evidently en-
tertained of an insurrectionary tumult on the
part of the Constitutionalists, who, since
the promulgation of the Decree of Andujar,
would probably be supported by some of the
Royalists themselves. Indeed, it is asserted
that the Trappist is already collecting troops
for the purpose of resisting the execution of
the Duke's decree! In Bilboa and other'
places there has been open and violent contention
between the French and the Spanish Royalists.
In Catalonia the invaders continue' to find only
a grave. The firmness and patriotism of• the re-
maining defenders of the national independence
would even yet insure the eventual ruin of the
French army. If the apprehended treachery
at Cadiz, therefore, should fail, there, can e
no fear but that an honourable peace will
be granted to the Constitutional Govern-
ment. The modification of the Constitution,
if it should be required as a sine qua
non, will neither be dishonourable nor inju-
rious to Spain, provided her national independ-
ence and a national freedom are secured
to her. The Duke d'AmerouLeste arrived
at Port Saint Mary on the ifith, where he
reviewed his troops. According to the Doges
" all was ready for an attack and bombardment,
unless the Cartes unconditionally submitted 1"---
If this be true, then it is on treachery that
the French have been placing their reliance, and
the nogociations have been nothing more, hither-
to, than the " personal capitulations"
spoken of by
the Journal des Debuts !—We shall see whether
that treachery will be successful• if it fail, it