The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-08 00:00:00

feated is very possible, but a notice ti said to
have been sent to the Paris Exchange, to an-
nounce that the statement was erroneous.—We
rejoice to see that there is no detail, nor descrip-
tion of intelligence,-in the Paris newspapers. If
good news had arrived, it would have found its
way into circulation ; and if time flows on, with-
out yielding materials for bulletins, it is just
what the friends of Spanish independence would
desire.

[NEW insius
The intelligence from the Continent/is daily
increasing in interest, and leads to the belief
that negociations for peace will soon be opened,
with every prospect of a favourable result.—
Our private letters from Paris state that this
expectation is entertained by the best informed
persons in that capital ; and the firmness with
which the Rentes maintain their advanced prices,
shows that there are probable grounds for this
belief. The letters from Cadiz are of a late date,
and describe the situation of the Cortes as des-
perate. Two entire regiments had refused obe-
dience to their orders, and demanded leave to
gait the place. The scarcity of provisions began
to be severely felt : and the strictness with which
the blockade was maintained, both by land
and sea, left little hope of the introduc-
tion of supplies. Ills Royal Highness the
Duke d'Angouleme had reached Ocana on the
29th ultimo: the Regency had provided for his
reception with all the honours due to his rank;
and the people testified the greatest enthusiusm
at the presence of a Bourbon Prince. Ballas-
teros on the 20th ultimo obliged the Royalist
General Cisneros to retire from Jaen ; but was
himself forced to fly on the approach of the
French troops from Andujar. He therefore
hastened towards Malaga ; but had the mortifi-
cation to find that place also in the hands
of the French. We remember some weeks
ago The Morning Chronicle hinted strong suspi-
cions of treachery on the part of Ballasteros
—so little confidence have the Liberals in
each other. That candid Paper, too, is conti-
nually exclaiming against the severity of the
Royal Government in keeping strict watch over
the Revolutionists, Wllo' (poor dear souls!) never
think of such things as plots or conspiracies—and
yet it • was but the other day that they endea-
'voured to _burn down a Church at Madrid, in
which the Duke d'Angouleme was attending
Divine service. In the same capital we find six
mercantile men were apprehended on the 27th
ult. fur treason ;. and in Saragossa an orderly
officer of the Royalist Chief Capape was mut.•
dared by some of these innocent Revolutionists.

[MORNING ZGRONICLE.]
It has been stated, that the French have re-
quested the intervention of our Government in
the nogociations with the Spanish Cortes. Such
a request, if it has really been made, comes with
a peculiarly had' grace from France,. after the
haughty manner in which the Duke de Mont-
morency rejected the ()tier of mediation of the
Duke of Wellington. Thou the language was,
44 the situation of France with regard to Spain
was not of a nature to call for a mediation be.
,tween the two Courts. In fact, there exists no
dift'erence between them, no specific point
of discussion by the arrangement of which
their relations might be placed on the footing
on which they ought to stand .0 No, no,
nothing would then do but the sword. We
cannot conceive any thing more humiliating to
the French Government than to be obliged to
call upon England to extricate it from the elm.
barrassment in which it has wilfully placed it-
self ;—and we should suppose such a compulsory
appeal to the charity of England by no means a
safe experiment on the patience of so vain a na-
tion as the French. Nothing, however, has oc-
curred on which the Bourbons ought not 'to
have calculated,—nothing that was not dis-
tinctly told them by Talleyrand in that me.
morable speech in the Chamber of Peers
which made so powerful an impression on all
but the head-strong Ultras. They were told

lot their difficulties would but begin when they

had obtained Madrid ; that If they conquered
Spain they must continue to occupy it. But then
" it was not her own interests alone which were
compromised, and which France had to keep in
view--rthe repose of Europe and the maintenance
of those principles which it guaranteed were in-
volved," and so a war for the common cause at
the expellee of France was generously deter-
mined on. Austria and Russia were ready with
their exhortations and wishes for success ; but
they ' had no money ; and France had more
money than she knew how to manage. ft has
also been said, that England will be called on to
guarantee the observance of any stipulations
which may be entered into, as the parties
have no confidence in each other. We
trust that Ministers will have more discre-
tion than to interfere in any such manner in the
dispute. We do not believe that the Cortes will
ever disgrace themselves by treating wits► the
French ; but if they should take such a step, our
becoming guarantees of any stipulation would
only involve us in endless quarrels with the
French. TA use a homely saying,' as"the French
have brewed, so let them drink.' The time for
our interference was when the affair was dis-
cussed at Verona. We might then have saved
Spain from the calamities of an, invasion ; hut
that is a very different thing from preventing
France from paying the penalty of her aggression.

[MORNING 111:11,1 LD.]
It is edifying to o_4erve with how little cere-
mony the Duke of ogbulerne treads upon the
Regency of Madrid svhen his purposes require
it. It is known to our readers, that he has por-
tioned out Spain between his Generals, witir
more absolute discretion than the Pro-Consul of
a Roman Province. Did he ask leave of their
Highnesses to do this ? On the' contrary, he, at
the tail of his Proclamation, very laconically sig-
nifies to them the order and manner of their obe-
dience. We may observe, en passant, that this
fact alone proves how,entirely these Regents
are " men of straw," in his hands. Why is it then
that they are permitted to indulge their pluton-
sies in every uay 'most likely to cherish hatred