The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-12 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

-DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, Dec. Pl.

[MORNING 11 ERALD.]
The intelligence ,received yesterday through
the Paris Papers is of considerable interest, but
not of a nature to bear a fixed and decisive
opinion. Saez, , the Minister and Confessor of
Ferdinand, has been removed from both func-
tions, but with the soft pillow of a rich bishopric,
whereon to rest his disappointment. But the
great question still remains unresolved—will the
removal of this individual cause any change in
the measures of King Ferdinand ? There are
not yet sufficient &Ott to answer this question►. It
true the whole Ministry has been changed,
with one exception—the Minister of Marine. We
should even doubt this exception, and suspect
that he remainedkin office merely to countersign
the decree for the removal of his colleagues, and
the appointment of their successors of the new no-
minations, we recognize as public, or European
characters, only the Marquis of Casa Irujo. lie
is described us a man of talent. All that we re-
xollect of him is, that he was, under either pro-
secution or impeachment for his share in the
cession of the Floridas to the United States, and
that after the Revolution of 1820, he was re-
moved from his Embassy at Paris—though he
was very willing to continue as the Representa-
tive of the Constitutional, as he had been of the
Absolute King. But the Constitutionalists sus-
pected him of certain understandings with the
French Government, and withdrew his cre-
dentials. We state these two facts, how-
ever, without questioning his good faith or
capacity. 1t is farther to be obsereed, that,
in the revived Council of State, two Mem-
bers of the Regency—Calderan and De la Torre
—as well as Ems, the Finance Minister of the
Regency, and a creature, we understood, of
Saez, have been included. The Duke of San
Carlos is also nominated a Member. It may be
rash to pronounce that this change of Ministry
will have no effect in rendering the Government
of Spain less inclined to vindictive oppression► and
persecution ; but it seems equally rash to con-
ceive any hope of an opposite nature. The most
feasible inference is, that the change has been
produced by foreign influence—that of Russia
and France--and that the removal of Suez has
only tended to make Ferdinand more implicitly
the tool of these two Powers.

[MORNING POST.)
We republish this morning the details of the
total change which has taken place in the Spanish
Ministry, as they only appeared in part of our
impression yesterday, on account of the lateness
Of the hour at which they, reached us. The
event which they describe is the more ii.toortant
as was wholly unexpected. The chains of
monkish influence Seenn,d wound so closely round
the imbecile Ferdinand, that he was not even
supposed to possess the %visit, and still less the
power, of breaking them. Private letters at,
tribute the sudden energy with which 'Ate
has burst his thraldom, to the united exer-
Aions of the British, French, and Russian
Embassies, backed by the remonstrances of
the most powerful members of the Spanish
Nobility, who saw and urged that the course
adopted at the dictation of Fanatics would
lead to fresh commotions and the ultimate
ruin of the monarchy. If these be the real
causes of the overthrow of Saez and his party,
.some hope may be entertained that the change
will not only embrace individuals, but measures,
and that a. system of government more consonant
,with the interests, the liberties, and the happi-
ness of Spain, will result from the appointment,
of the new Ministry. Its • com posi ti on certainly
encourages such a hope. Some of its members
are men who have already been extensively en-
gaged id diplomatic transactions, and who will
bring to the exercise of their charge experienced
and enlightened minds. Some of them have
even passed through those vicissitudes of
fortune which Ferdinand's folly or caprice
has occasionally inflicted upon his best
friends. They will know therefore, how to
guard against a recurrence of such perils to them-
selves and to their country ; and as they cannot
but see that the best guard against the wanton-
ness of despotism is a Constitution, it is possible
that they may go so fur as to recommend and to
procure the adoption of one. It may be ex-
pected at least that they will urge the necessity
of no further delaying the long-promised um-
vesty, and of giving it really the character of an
act of grace, and not, as the vindictive Saez
would have had it, that of a penal infliction.—
Whatever may be the result, for with such a
Monarch as Ferdinand there is no certainty but
in the past, a door of hope has opened upon
psin. It is more than the most sanguine ima-
ginations dared to conceive : may it not again
be closed by the influence of Superstition or the
reviving insanity of Despotism!

[moltNow cuttoNtct.E.]
The business of the Common Council yesterday
opened by a communication from the Lord
Mayor on the subject of the price of Coals. As
to what was said respecting the number of Mi..
ters, we are unable to form an opinion ; but we
could have wished his Lordship had abstained
from all allusion to the understanding between
the Owners of Coal-pits and the Dealers in Lon-
don, the freighting of ships by Coal Dealers, &e.
Coals, like every other commodity, will rise in
price with increased demand, end we have no
doubt, if the matter 'were inquired into, it will he
found there has been an increased demand au&
dent to account for the high price. To talk of
understandings between the Owners of Coal-pits
and Deniers in London, is about as much to
the purpose, as to say that when corn rises,
there is an understanding between the grower,
and the corn dealer, Of course so long as the
demand 'for Any commodity is' on the increase,
there will be an excellent understanding among
all parties who have to sell, but when the supply
gains on the demand, it will then, in the same
manner, be how to undersell each 'other. We