The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-21 00:00:00

CORUNNA, Jury 13:

It is now settled that Sir Robert is not 'to leave this town
during the expected siege. General Palarea and Colonel Cam-
are to.go on the expedition I mentioned. A. garrison of
between 3 and 4,000 men to be here.
Sir R. has the rank of Lieutenant-General as won as the
fourth part of the nutnber the Legion proposed to contain is
collected; therefore I hope we shall get 2,500 men from Eng.
land ; they would save this country. The enemy are expected
to be before the town to-morrow. There is no fear—every thing
will go on well, notwithstanding 3lorillo is a rogue.
A ship leaves this directly for England.
The heights above the town are strengthened by field works,
and will afford considerable time and good effect to the gar-
rison.

For God's sale, say whatever you can to get men sent to us
—recollect what depends now- oa 2,500 men. I *mild forfeit
my life if the country is no .saved by it. The energy of the
people would be roused. The factious decrease, and again by
giving that command to an intelligent Foreigner the union of
action among the Spaniards themselves will be more secure.—
No paltry misjudgment or dread of failure would then exist;

all woald look up to the -Width Legion for the brunt of trial,'
and while their duty would be only to aid by lighter exertion,
hesitation of meeting the enemy would cease, and triumph must
be the result. -
I am not speaking for myself; I love the country, and
am ready to sacrifice every thing,- my life to save it; and
when I see her .truggle, depending only on the assistance of
so few British soldiers, it is heart-breaking to find then; not
furnished.
The French cannot do much in the way of siege ; they
have no battering train, and only bring eight field pieces with
them.

PROCLAMATION OF MORILLO.

SoLDlnts—General Quiroga, whom we have treated with
so much consideration, and who voluntarily made sue the most
solemn promises to take no part in public affairs, has violated
his word, and denies that be has disapproved of the illegal acts,
in virtue of which"-the Cortes deprived the King of his Con-
stitutional poiver. Aided by a few imprudent men, be medi-
tates new revolutions, and seeks to deliver us up to the dis-
cretion of the French by dividing our forces. For this pur-
'pose he has got possession of the command in Corunna, and
without regarding. the national honour or respecting his oaths,
and without keeping in view the interests of the people,. he at-
tempts to tear the bowels of his country by compromising the
soldiers whom he for the time keeps under his • command, re-
solved to embark and leave theist to their fate, when the fo-
reigners have approached.
Soldiers ! I know the indignation which so much
_perfidy
must produce in your minds, but pity its authors. We will
ever follow the same course, and resolved to combat the
French, if they do not accede to our propositions, we will be
faithful to our oaths, and will leave no means untried to avert
from our country the infinite evils which threaten it ; and
those which have been produced by the men who having been
always the enemies-of order, have brought the public affairs to
the deplorable state in which they actually are. •
(Signed) THE COUNT OF CARTIIAGENA.
Head-quarters at Lugo, July 1, 1823.
The Mare Coitatierttional of Corunna, of the Bth instant,
contains the answer of!Quiroga to General Morillo's Letter to
him of The 28th of June. It is in the shape of notes on various
passages of the Letter :
1." My dear Quiroga—You have done a foolish thing in
opposing yourself to the passage of an officer, who, by my
orders, was carrying dispatches to the Authorities of Corunna,
to whom I wished to communicate the events which had occur.
red in this city on the 26th inst. ; and in permitting the persons
who accompanied him to falsify facts, by painting my conduct
as that of a traitor to my country."
Answer.—No one would deem it strange that the Patriots
who accompanied me blamed the conduct of General de Car-
thagena; but it so happened that only two foreign officers fol-
lowed me who were unacquainted with the Spanish tongue.
2. "Determined to make every sacrifice to repel foreign in-
vasion, and to defend the political Constitution of the Mo-
narchy."
Answer.—lf General Morillo professed these principles, it
must be owned that he possesses in a high degree the art of
dissembling—as all his steps, all his precautions, and even his
public and private conversations were directed to disorganize
the army—to prevent its increase—and to combat and deaden
the enthusiasm which was manifested for the defence of that
sacred Code : when I shall get my hands on certain interesting
papers that at this time are out. of my possession, I shall offer
an irrefragable proof of this truth.
.1. " I saw that it (the Political Constitution) was funda-
mentally attacked, and I could not sanction a proceeding that
both the people and the army detested."
Answer—The uniform and simultaneous declaration in fa-
vour of the good cause, throughout the whole extent of An-
cient Galicia and Asturias, without any combination or plan
whatever, is a proof of the appreciation by the people and the
army of the false and exaggerated accounts insidiously circu-
s lated by. the pretended Regency of Madrid and its agents, the
only data on which the Count of Carthagena has founded so
violent and absurd a resolution, or, in a word, the specious
pretext of which lie availed himself to consummate the plan of
iniquity, which he had long projected.
4. " You were witness of the opinion generally pronounced
by the different parsons whom I assembled, in order to proceed
on the surest grounds in so delicate a conjuncture."
Aprilosz a— er A
companyJunta,of
ciglireefinl chiefly composed
the
sedofpersons engaged in
thedoor of his house, and
threats to shoot every one who should oppose hilt determina-
tion, are not means for the examination of opinion, but for
dictating laws at pleasure.
O. " As for yourself, while you acceded to the principles
which actuated them, but doubting the authority of the Jour.
nal which had conveyed them, and of the particular views
which confirmed the whole, you alone recognised the Regency
conditionally."
Answer—As it is maliciously wished to make mean accom-
plice of the horrible attempt of the Count de Carthagena; I am
under the necessity of copying literally my expressions, anti I
leave to the sound judgment of the Spanish people to decide,
if from,theni .can be deduced a conformity with .the principles
declared by that General On seeing the dismal and exagge-
rated. picture which he drew of our situation, I said " that if
all the provinces gave way there should not be a drop of blood
sited for my cause or for my particulars interests."
11. " Convinced of every thing, you determined to put your
person in secnrity, and for this purpose asked assistance from
me, which I liberally gave you, adding, that as the finances
amounted only to 79,000 reels, I could not give you more than
give you afterwards a greater suns
14.r00,m00 no,lybown
I pprroopermistet to
y.
1,,
Answer—This is a new proof of what my opinion weal be-
cause in case through weakness or infittuation the provinces
should submit to the ostler of things, which the Count de Car-
thagena decided of his own proper authority, as I would never
treat with despotism, I was thinking of departing to a foreign
country, taking with•me my liberty, for which purpose I asked
a payment ; gave me 40,000 reels, with the view, un-
doubtedly, of freeing himself from my presence; time use which
,was afterwards made of this sum may be seen In the Supple-
ment of the Mario of the 4th of the present month.
7. " Wilt thou be a traitor to the pronlises thou voluntarily
nuttiest to me at parting, with my demanding them from thee ?'
A publish the promises which I made to the Count
deCnitsrwtliager—erla,
nowise contrary ; but on the contrary, in every
respect conform to the course I have taken.
61. " And wilt, thou add to this stain on thy honour, that of'
attacking mine, permitting die false accounts which those who
accompany thee circulate respecting my conduct ?"
Answer—He who fails so scandalously In his duty, and vio-
lates his oaths, he who sells the justest cause for which men
combat, ought not to be astonished that he is called by his pro-
per name.
9. " I have formed such an opinion of' your honour, that 1
decide on relying on its promising myself that you will embrace
this only resolution which I ask of you, acknowledging the
error into which post have fallen."
' Answer—lt is long since I was convinced of the only course
which remains for me, and, that is to die for the liberty of my
country, fighting against its enemies.
10. " And you, who are besides a native of the beautiful
Galicia. are surely determined to sacrifice your opinions and
your life to free.it from the evils which threaten it.."
Answer— My life, and even my opinions, aro of less import
than the good of my country,, and I shall sacrifice willingly
both to free it from the evils it suffers ; but the means to effect
this are directly contrary from what the c9unt de Carthagena
desires.

11. " It appears that the French have already invaded Astu-
rias, and that on the 24th of this month they were already in
Oviedo."

Answer—The Count de Carthagena is quite at home in this
matter, and he could be certain of the,invasion of the province
of Asturias, ass it was prepared by himself, he having' removed
the obstacles iehich might have been opposed to it.
12. " Numerous forces arc assembling on Leon, and the
invasion of °alias; May* be considered-as very near. In this
state at. thh I had proposed to myself to resist the invasion
vigorously.' ' Al
Answer-4h° Count de Carthagena must consider the Spa..
surds very blind or stupid when - he endeavours to persuade
them that he' had proposed to resist the invasion vigorously,
when we saw him adopt every means directly the reverse. What
are we to think of the veteran and war proof veteran corps, scat-
tered throughout the whole extent of Ualiels at the tame time
that g
the Vanguard was composed of corps of militia newly raised,
without uniform, ill armed and without any instructions-what-
ever y
111. " AValtin for the happy
moment when the King and
, the nation should adopt that form of government which would
be moat eapediete,
Answer—. This is the same as refusing to acknowledge the
national sovereignty, and destroying with a single stroke of the
, " Itly friendship far you,
pen, the whole Constitutional edifice.
14. and my gratitude, for that
friendship which you have always shewn towards me, make it
a duty that I should not confine myself to mere advice ; but
that I should offer you whatever is in my power for your per.
country, and
tonal safety."
letwT security of my person is of little consequence,
the Count de Carthagena secure to me the liberty of my
15. " Believe me, Quiroga, your impotent exertions will
only produce popular commotions, and will oblige them to
I will accede willingly to his desires.
invoke the aid of the invading enemy to remedy their evils."
Answer—The
peo le are vefar from calling to their as-
sistance the unwelcome guest. who left ,such grievous memo-
rials behind them ; but there is no want of perjured Generals,
who by their conduct and precautions call them to ctinsum.
mate the misery of their country, to bury its liberty, and place
its Independence in danger. tiIUIROUA.

SUN OFFICE, Two o'CLocx.

Private letters from Paris, received this morn-
ing by Express, positively assert that two entire
regiments, of the corps under General ZAYAS,
have gone over to the French, and that General
BOUIt3IONT has taken thirty pieces of artillery
and a great quantity of baggage, &c. from the
Constitutionalists.

We are sorry to add, on information from
another quarter, that the next accounts from
Cadiz are expected to announce the liberation
of the,KINo.

The contents of the Paris Papers of Friday,
and of the Private Correspondence from Spain,
given in our preceding columns, are very interest.
iug. Although Count GuiLLEstrxoT states in
his bulletin that 44 the proposals of General Mo-
niLLo have been acceded to," yet it would ap.
pear that the patriotic conduct of QuraoGA and
of the Constitutional authorities, had placed Mo.
RILL() in so embarrassing a situation, as to compel
him to dirow himself unconditionally into the
arms of the French. How else can the passage of the
bulletin which' says that Monn.r.o " has only now
to recognize the Regency" of Madrid, be ex-
plained ? How can the proposals of Monir.Lo be
acceded to, if it be required of him that he shall
perform some further act which he himself had
not specified in his propositions ? And how can
he be expected, but by the compulsion imposed
upon hint by the necessities of his situation, to
descend to the baseness of submitting to that
very Regeqcy whose conduct. lie had stigmatized
in his last proclamation ?—Still, the defection
of this commander must have given a violent
shock, to the Constitutional cause in Gallicia, but
as the regular troops have all adhered to QUI*
ROGA, and as the greatest exertion§ were making
to resist the enemy, the mischief is gerhaps not
irreparable.—We stated on. Saturday that Car-
dona had surrendered, and that General SAARS.
FIELD had gone over to the French. These facts
are confirmed; but we rejoice to find that
not a single individual participated in SNARS.•
FIELD'S defection, and that when he presented
himself alone to the enemies of his country, his
dress proved that lie had been obliged to employ
a disguise in order to facilitate his escape. The
garrison of Barcelona made another formidable
sally on the 10th, with 2,000 men and four
pieces of cannon, which appear, from the French
official accounts, to have made two vigorous
attacks on the enemy.

The. Expresses from Paris have brought the
price of
_the French Funds Olf. 65c.—Spanish,

36+ to 37.

Extract of R Letter from Alr. EDWARD ITUAIPDRIEN of the
New Harmony, from London, dated Cadiz, 2d June.

44 About half-past ten last night a gang of
robbers or pirates, about fifteen in number, well
armed, came on board, and immediately forced
the watch on deck down the forecastle, and se-
cured the hatch ; about six or seven of them
rushed down into the cabin, called for a light,
when three or four of them presented daggers
and, other weapons to my breast, then demanded
my money, and said they would kill me. I gave
them about 11 or 1211 chiefly sovereigns, when

they made me a prisoner in my state room, and
placed /an armed sentinel in the cabin; some of
them then went into the hold, and plundered
nearly the whole contents of five large cases of
cotton yarn and two bags of Spanish wool, and
took away a barometer ; they also plundered a
quantity of the vessel's stores, took my watch,
likewise the mate's, and most of my clothes and
linen."

Alerno.—The New Harmony arrived in the river the 15th
inst. from Cadiz.

Charleston Papers to the 22d June arrived this
morning.—." By the schooner Fogy, arrived here
yesterday from Ifavannah, we have Papers of
that place to the 15th inst. The duly intelligence
of interest we find in our Havannah Papers is the
act of the General Junta of Yucatan, uniting
that province with the Supreme Government of
Mexico, under ctirtain conditions, agreed to iu
the city of Merida;on the 291 h of May last."—
(Charleston Courier, June 21.)

Our Readers will see, on comparing the Speech
of the Commissioners on the Prorogation of Par-
liament, as given in the Parliamentary proceed-
ings in our present paper, that the report which we
published on Saturday was correct.—The most
gratifying part of the Speech is that in which the
flourishing condition of the commerce and manufac-
tures of the country, and the gradual abatement of
the difficulties of the Agriculturists are alluded
to; and although his MAJESTY was not able to an-
nounce the termination of hostilities in Europe, it
is at least consolatory to know, that his MAJErr
continues to receive the strongest assurances of
the friendly dispositions of Foreign Powers
towards' this country.

Bayonne Papers-to the 13th inst. have arrived,
from which we make the following extracts :---
BAYONNE, JULY 12.—A Courier from Madrid, with letter"
of the 7th says that news had been received that the King and
Royal Family at CatliA were in good health. Works, it is
said, have been commenced by the French at the Trocadero,
for the purpose of attacking the Isle of Leon, where a serious
action is reported to have taken place, in which the Spanish
Royalists suffered much. Col. Negri, who is before Ciudad
Rodrigo, reports that having summoned that fortress, the Go-
vernor replied he should do his duty, and the besiegers might
do theirs ; he afterwards made a sally with a few men which
led to no result. The following day lie made a second sally
with 600 foot, 400 horse, and one cannon, in which he was more
successful.

Dutch and Hamburg!' Mails arrived last night,
of which the following arc the principal con-
tents
VIENNA, JULY 6.—lt was on the 3d that the new English
Ambassador Sir Henry AVellesley, had his solemn audience
of introduction to his Majesty the Emperor. His Excellency
had afterwards an audience of the Empress, and then waited
on the King of the Two Sicilies.
PLON, JuLy 3.....Yeatenlay evenint at 10 o'clock, his Se-
rene Highness Duke Petro Frederic William of Holstein,
Gottorp, Oldenbuegh, died rather suddenly after some weeks'
illness. He was born January 3d, 1754, and succeeded-Os
father, Frederick Augustus, Bishop of Lubeck, (brother to
Adolpius Frederick, liing of Sweden), on the 6th of July,
1785, but under the administration of his cousin, Duke Peter
Frederick I.ewis, Prince of Lubeck (Eutin) and Berkenfeld,
who resides at Oldenburg.
STOCKHOLM, JULY I.—The second CommitteP of the Diet,
ortTollfeltlielleViriEtnegndliedsh
which lately had a meeting, and whose labours were supposed
to be concluded, was again called together by his Majesty on
lanlasreetaep.ntly observed at his
the' fith of last month. It is said that the present state of
Spain, and the generally prevailing difference of opinion re-
spectingAlmelebßtanAsgxsaxiids:oerowx. 38.ericte
Jr Bedu.ssutßhbyLrete4il
Majesty's side on all the great reviews.
marriage of the Duchess of Parma.
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DEPARTURE OF THE KINO.-11i9 MAJESTY
took his departure from Carlton Palace, at half-
past nine o'clock on Saturday night, for his
Lodge in Windsor Park. In a few days his MA•
JESTY will proceed to the coast, preparatory to
his aquatic excursions.

Lieut.-Colonel Huta., of the Bombay army,
arrived in town ott Saturday, by an overland
route from India. He left the Presidency of
Bombay on the 7th of November, in company
with Mr. Om:, of the Civil Service. They
visited the places of most interest and celebrity
on their way through Egypt, thence to Malta
and Sicily, and through Italy, Switzerland, and
France. The journey occupied nearly nine
months.

Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a Ca-
binet Council was held at the Foreign Office,
Downinkstreet, which was attended by the
Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowhy, the
Earl of ‘Vestmoreland, Earl Bathurst,. Viscount
Melville, Lord Maryborough, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Canning, &c. The
Cabinet broke up at about half-past four o'clock.
The Dukes, of Youtcand CUMBERLAND visited
his MAJESTY on Saturday.--The Duke of CUM-
BERLAND ain.d with Prince ESTERIIAZY.—Orr
Saturday the Duke of CUMBERLAND had a Select
party to dinner.--On Saturday the Duke of
CUMBERLAND paid visits to Mr. CANNING, at his
residence, at Gloucester Lodge, Brompton, and
also to the VICE.CHANCELLOR.

Yesterday morning the Duchess of KE,4T, ac-
companied by the Baroness Spaedth and
Captain.
Conroy, attended Divine Service at the Caledo-
nian Church, Cross-street, Hatton-garden, to
hear a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Irving. T here
were also a numerous assemblage of the Nobility
and Gentry present, among whom were the
Duchess of Buccleugh, the Duke of Grafton,
Lord Bexley, Miss Vansittart, Lady Marybo•
rough, Earl and Coun(e's of Coventry, Lord and
Lady Dacre, Sir Willoughby and Lady Gordon,
Earl Grosvenor, the Marchioness and Lady Co-
nyngham, &c. etc.
Yesterday Prince LEOPOLD dined with the
Duchess of KENT at her residence at the King's
Palace, Kensington.
The Prince of SoLms, accompanied by Sir
HUSSEY VIVIAN, left town yesterday morning.
for Portsmouth.