The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-19 00:00:00

[uniTtsu PRESS.]

On the last accounts. from Spain'there appears
little hope of any pacific treaty succeeding, or of
any thing but the fate of war deciding the contest
between the Cortes and Constitutional Govern-
ment and A ngouleme. The latest intelligence from '
Port St.lMary's states, that foi. two days,while nego-
ciations were pending, hostilities had ceased, and
the cannon of both parties was ad longer heard. The
I)uke de Guiche had returned, after delivering
Angouleme's letter CO Ferdinand -in person, in
the presence of several Members of the Cortes.
At eight in the evening or the 6th; Angoulenie; it
is said; again sent in hiS ultimatum. A Spanish
flag of truce' is asserted. to have again arrived ;
but the presence' of Ferdinand in the French
Camp, and the surrender of Cadiz, were required.
And it was considerably hinted, that then the
Spanish Bourbon, with his characteristic mercy,
might grant a general amnesty to those who had
supported the Constitution he had • himself sworn
to inaintain! Sngouleme's last letter, it is assert-
ed, was another menacing attempt to frighten and
bribe the Cortes. He generously informed them
they need not be in despair; that as soon as the
' gates of Cadiz Wereutibtirred, and Ferdinand at
liberty, the French Government would bestow a
gratuity on each of those most marked for his
patriotism, sufficient to provide for future sub-
tsistehee in a foreign land; find supply vessels to
convey them to whatever country they might
&elect as d place of exile, whether England
Or America. This letter was delivered to the"
Spanish Ministers on the .sth. Their answer
Was not known ; but they read the. Bourbon's in-
Solent letter, we are sure, with indignation, and
rejected his proposals with equal scorn. The
Government and garrison of Cadiz will, we hope,'
burn and sink.that 'city to its foundations-before
they submit on desperate and degrading terms
Such as these. It Weald brand them 7 wherever
they tied, with eternal infamy, were they to
ask their lives
." with the privilege to breathe,",
and receive as the means of subsistence a wretched
alms from the- charity of the destroyers both of
their country and its liberty, after they had
weakly surrendered. This was the imprestion
the latest accounts from Cadiz conveyed. The
Ministers, Cortes, and people were then most
determined. All within the walls had resolved to
!miry themselves under the mini 'of the city
sooner than submit, without confirming the free-
dom of Spain,'and emitting for her at least a nio:
dified Constitution. General Alava offered, it is
said, to treat on these terms. lie only required,l
On the part of the Spanish Ministers and
Cortes, the concession of a free Constitution,
guriranteed-,by Angouleme ; and the gates of
Cadiz *ould Alien be opened, and Ferdi-
nand and his brother be free as air. But An-
gouleme and the Ultras of France have no taste
for Constitutions of any kind ; they Worship no-
thing but absolute power. Unconditional sur-
render was required by the French Bourbon;
any cOncessians wire to:be the otripting of Fer-
dinaud's after-fancy, and a general amnesty
might issue from him, who, eight years before,
Murdered the purest patriots Spain ever poi-
sessed—sent others to the ramparts of .Ceuta
Or Tarlife, or to the galleys, to work in chains-
- restored at once the felt Inquisition, and had its
infernal dungeons choked with victims. But tr
new foe has risen on the French, for which they
were little prepared—a sudden and a frightful
enemy. Intelligence had reacheil Paris-on the
afternoon' of ,Tuesday that the yellow fever had.
appeared at -Passages, between that port and St.
Sebastian, said to be imported by tt vessel front'
the Havanpah.