The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-02 00:00:00

MARRIED.

Yesterday, at St. Helens, George Whitehead, Esq. to Sarah
Catharine Burnam!, of the Regent's Park. The happy couple
left Nerot'a Hotel for Wale's.

On the 211th ult., at Edinburgh, Mr. James Block, of
Kentish-town, to Susan, third daughter of Adam Wilson, Esq.
Deputy Clerk of Session.
On the Illst ult., Ellis Rostock, Esq., youngest son of the
late Rev. Sideman Rostock, of East Ormstead, Sussex,. W
Emma, eldest daughter of the late Samuel Waddington, Esq.,
of IJeman-street, lood man's-fields.
On the 30th ult., at Camberwell Church, Mr. Nathaniel
Chater, of Fleet-street, to Mary, second daughter of Dr. Vin.
cent Wanostracht, Alfred.house, Surrey.

Suddenly, as walking in the-street, Mr. Cull, long a resident
in llrownlow-street, Holborn, aged 06%
On the 27th ult., at her residence in Southampton.row, mod
67, the I)owager Lady itrisco, relict of the late Su John Bnaeo,
of Crofton Hill, Cunilmrland.
On the 29th ult., at his house in Piccadilly, air. James
Harding, aged years.
On Sunday last, 'Thomas 'West, Esq., of Twickenham, aged
73, sincerely regretted.
On Monday morning, at her house in Somerset4trest, Part.
man-square, aeeply, regretted, Joanna Ilineks, relict thi late
Cowper 'bucks, Esq.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

RETRACTS FROM TILE DAILY MORNING MFRS,
January. 18'23.

[UItITI9II PRESS.]
The French Papers have now.lost.Much of the
interest which the apprehension of war gave
theM. The Ministers of Spain can contrive,
perhaps, to say nothing in a diplomatic note as
earnesly and pompously as the Miuisters of
France., The complexion of this species of cor-
respondence we must observe with interest, but
k would be ridiculous to pretend that much na-
tional importance is attached to it. The' polici-
cians who write in certain Journals enjoy, the en-
:viable happiness of finding novelty hi every column
of theEteiteiin every sentence of a diplomatic note,
and idevery movement of a pUblic messenger. We
confess that we are less,blessed. It is our severe
misfortune to be relie,ved from all the charming
agitation's of youth and inemierience, and to feel
quite assured that uo crusade will be set in mo-
tion against. the Spanish Constitution. At the
Oratne time we know the French Ministry to be
decidedly Ultra, Mr. Canning Is infinitely more
dented above his predecessor than M. de
Chateaubriandabove M. de Montmorency ; yet
who dreams of the Tory Administration having
been dismissed by George the Fourth

THE TIMES.I
" A courier left Madrid for Paris," say the
French Ultra Royalist Papers, " on the (nd of
December, when " the Spanish capital was in
great agitation on account of the refusal of the
King to sanction the decree of the Cortes, re-
specting the arrest of the conspirators." All that
we can say respecting this news, if it be true, is,
that the capital of Spain took a long time to
consider of it, before k chose to be agitated
upon the subject specified ; for the King refused
to sign the decree on the 17th. His refusal was
known at that date, and no unusual agitation
took place in consequencd, various couriers hav-
ing departed between the 17th and the 2‘.ld ult.
'We trust that throughout these disputes people
do-not shut their eyes to the character and con-
dust of this Ferdinand VII.; or cast out of their
consideration the absolute necessity under which
the Cortes labour, if not of severely visiting his
past errors, yet at least of securing the country
against the repetition, of them. Ile signed his
own abdication, and resigned all Spain to Buona-
parte : he sought to ally himself by marriage to
that illustrious Chief, whom all Europe combined
to expel as an unworthy member. Are the
Spaniards to be the only people who are to
esteem and trust such a perso4? In his personal
character, they can, of course, place no confidence.
We hope in the changes they operate they will
preserve the forms of a constitutional Monar-
chy, for the good of their posterity, whatever
may be the person that shall first exercise the
functions of sovereignty ; for we believe a
limited Monarchy to be the best form of Govern-
ment ; 'but if all the successors of Ferdinand
were to be like Itimself,, . However, be
the conduct of the Spaniards what it may with
respect to their internal concerns, it. belongs-to
no foreign Government of any kind to impose
laws for their observance ; and particularly it
belongs not to such a Government as that of
France, which was established but yesterday, to
prescribe rules to others, or to propose itself us
a model. We trust, therefore, that when the
answer of Spain shall be-known, it will be found
to repel modestly, but firthly,llll right to inter-
fere in'her local concerns; and that she will sub-
sequently so conduct them herself, as to show
that'she has not needed the aid of foreign peda-
gogues with arms in their hands.

. [isw TustEs7.]
The French Papers, almost without exception,
concUr In the same view which we have taken'of
the late change in'the French Cabinet. It
they, the 'substitution of M. de Chateaubriand for
M. dc. Montinerency—of one decided Royalist for
another Royalist equally decided, Neither would
M. de Montmorency .have counselled a, war of
aggrandisement, nor will M. de Chateaubriand
shrink from a war of necessity and justice. We
yesterday said that every thing
.would turn on
,the events 'which may occur during. the present
month at Madrid. The latest reports give no flat.
teririg hopes in this respect. It was rumoured that
a Courier had reached Paris on the 29th ult. from
Madrid, which latter place was in a state of great
agitation on the 2241,. when
,the messenger came
away.. The Constitution gives the King a Veto
on the Laws presented to him by the Cortes for
acceptanee. Ills Majesty was desirous of exer-
cising tie Qonstitutional right. What was the
consequence ? The Conititutionlsts would, not
permit him to do so. The of Madrid as-
tembled, and by dint 'of terror compelled their
King to act contrary to his Constitutional rights,
and, in his judgment, to his Constitutional duties !

[MORN' NG rosT.]
french Papers to the 31st ult. have reached us
by Express, .together with private letters of the
same dote. The latter confidently state that,
with the exception of the appointment of Viscount
Chate:iutniand to the office vacated by the Duke
of Montmorency, the present Ministry will re-
tain its integrity. _ They add, with respect to the
. _

great question which has already caused so much
agitation in the public mind, that the deci-
sion in favour of war or peace now 'depended
eniirely upon chain, and that the return
of the messenger uho bad carried the French'
note to Madrid, was expected with the greatest
anxiety. The Papers continue to display a va-
riety of opinions respecting the exact tendency
of that document. The Liberals contend that it
is wholly pacific, and the Ultras begin to express
their fears that it may really be so. The Qua&
dienne, which had taken a different view when it
first appeared, ha's partly retracted what it had
published on the subject.