The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-13 00:00:00

THE SPANISH REFUGEES. -

EXTRACT OC A LrriEft', DATED GIBRAtftAR,OCT.27.
4"rhere are now here upwards Of' 400 refu
gees from Cadiz-60 deputies of the Cortes (Ar—
guelles among them); all the 'Ministers; the
last Regents; many' Generals (including Alava) ;
and Quiroga, one: of the chiefs of the Revolution.
It: seems; an order, signed by the,King the day .
.after he 'quitted 'Cadiz, was.sent to arrest them,
but the French General gave them- intimation
of it, and desired them to go away ; he even
went so far as to force A lava and Valdes (who
were disposed to remain) to embark on board
the French squadron. The unprincipled Per.
dinaud, will observe no terms with those who
in any way oppose him. Even SOllle of them
who tied from Constitutional tyranny have now
been banished by this monster : the Marquis de
las Amarillqs (better „known to the English in
the . Peninsular war as General Giron) is one ;
he was decidedly for two Chambers, and is a
man' of uncommon talent; the Count of .Cassa
Saria is also among them. Both these noble-
men were here for a considerable time, but had
returned when' the .French entered S.eville.
Sir Robert Wilson has written from hence• to
the Emperor of . Morocco; to allow some. of
the refugees and deputies (who are very poor)
to reside in his dominions, accompanying
his letter with a present of: arms and
munition ; but I think they.. would be very
unsafe there, if a bribe was offered.: The King,
in proceeding with such rigour and bid. faith, I.
think is bringing on a crisis. be is not aware of ;
for by his recent decrees, 'which you
,will see, he
is proscribing at least the half of hi 4 subjects,
and consequently must create *so many enemies.
His celebrated Guards he has disgraced, attri-
buting to them all the misfortunes which he has
onduted, by joining the Constitutionalists' in
1820, and, asserting that,their having risen on the
7th Ju1y.(1822) against it, was from, interested
motives. His Confessor leads him completely.—
Ilowever the occupation of Spain may be taken
in England, it seems the French purpose a long
stay there, for they are very busy in repairing
end constructing fortifications at, Cadiz. It
Said 'we are to have 3,000 of them in this
,iteighbourhood, and some at'. Ceuta. A part of
a:convoy of 40 sail of French vessels, which
sailed from 'Marseilles for the West Indies, have
'arrived here' and .at Algesirasabout 13 at the
letter port 'They all sailed this"ThOrning to the
westward.". •

,DFATRUCTION OF THE FAZELY
last, aboutawo o'clock, a.let. a tire-broke
out, in the extensive cotton mills of Sir JtOBERT
Pa t., Bart. at Fazely, Warwicksbire4 in the
occupation of Mr. JOHN liiusfrEn, •which, owing
to the combustible nature of the property therein',
*et! ‘‘itli such fury, that in the short space of
two hours the whole of the valuable machinery,
which bad been considerablyaugmentedovithin
' the fast four or live weeks, together with the
stock of, manufactured cotton, and that in
process, were entirely, consumed, and the
buildings, excepting the mere outer walls, were
razed to the earth. The engines (rum the
.print works of MessrS, E. Pitt and Company,
at Baneltill, and from Tarnworth, were ie early
attendance ; but before their arrival, the fire had
become general and appalling beyond descrip-
tion, and every effort to arrest its ravages was
Unavailing. Through ,the laudable exertions of
the persons assembled, the greater part of the
.stock of raw cotton was saved, and insurances
had been effected in different offices, which rein-
der the loss comparatively inconsiderable. The
calamity will be severely felt, by a vast number
of families dependent• upon their employment in
these mills for.support,; but Os is likely to be
but of short duration, as active preparations are
making for the immediato,erection of other mills
on the site of those consumed. It is not at pre-
sent ascertained how the fire originated.