The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-02 00:00:00

[NEW 'TIMESiI

Nothing, can more decidedly mark the 'lran-
.suillity of our public concerns than the steady
date of the English Firnds. ConsolS hive for many
days past only flucttrated between SSI and 834
tor account they yesterdaY Opened tit the ror-
mer of these prices and closedat the latter. In,the
Foreign Stock Exchange Spanish Bonds of 1.89.1
about one per cent. the Clesitir, price of,them
be 33i; those lately broUght out 'seem to
bit-generally scouted. In the course of y'ebter-
day they were at 25, and their cloSing :price was
; heavy sales of Spanish Stock mere effect-
-4,3 At these low prices yesterday,; and no won-
4e ; the former Spanish holders will doubtless
t 4: to'take any sum for claims which they
-.tut hate long since Considered as
.desperate.
-corombjan Bonds opened at 55, declined to 60t,
and,closed at olf ; the* Were no doubt affected-13y
the rie,,v.s brought by &else maica Mail ; and, which
iitictontractorS,'with praisesiortiLy promptitude,
34Yttlio time in communicating to the Stock Eit-
.4lFinge. According to the' latest- advices &dm
iris no political news of ()Articular Interest had
-erttOspixed•there; and"the list priCe of the Rentes
An'Munday was 90c!:70r.. for the account,

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LZPLITI:iii pa}:.-,S, I
r, ,
. k... 0 C iothu9.isti looan, it. now appitaxB clear,
itiii7s evety cormminic4tion from 'Bogota, will be
ir.l're:r7RPii ; but only on ifivetip-9tion, and with
ic:,'”sideraTile dedugtiOns. VVe refer to the eettlf-
:::rjr,carrto LI made yesterday to the Stock Exetiedge
.'''4 thrt resnectaCie Contractors, Senor Cattillo's
eLter to JVi n r Joes starts, it is true that the
.c.‘iecut;r Power will arrlrige the bUsinesS to
the satisfaction, 'of the Contractors, 'and with
,;,-
ittjeous to, the Republic but . thesert#cles, of the
44.i:tee •oasSed by,. the house, of Representatives
,
approve the
.fie loan end encial operations of
-ti- • Ex:-Minister., Francesco Antonia Zen_; .and
k!'e .is now .no amore, and can tell no troublesome
te.ier,, to , interfere with the honour of, the re-
- Wit:. Mt, Jories inight have am waxed 'Senor
t,
iiStilio ol this UCCOMI,. ax Lady Teazle does
...,,,*:o'ac'pl: Serface,--‘, 'Poiret you think we might
_'icr:t ty.; well leave honour out of the question'"
.itnrour, grid a forced composition with thOsecre.
i..'itorswhogave the struggling republic their ndopey
r:-..1.1;,-i h' '."'o r 'of danger, are not very compatible, Mr.
...../:-.7e,;'scoroaionicalloo is, in fact, with the exeep.
t 67 of Sat; or 'o3.9tiilo's Castilian honourP only a
(;;;,,,r4tition of the unprincipled detertninatioh. of
the e.::olornbiadOovernment;‘vhich was previously
kr:ovit,l, to cheel.tireir creditors. They.canopt
e-,e6:.*the loan altkether ; that would he too
zichstroos : but they virtually
.010,41 it, and then
4onapoUiiii. As to their ‘c ar.b,itrators, judges,
atitt,4rnialible.co4illaterrs," 'there is an old say-
ii4l, .06, ]p.,',,,,i .10. the :b6riii,, and the court
!e; t 4 i 1 • " it..is'Lyetty Moat so in the-present
tal‘se.: .tfie whole power will be in Colombia,
ard the " arbitrators,judges,..and amicable con.
cipators" will have; little effect:there, Ihe.ile-
orOe of the litiuse of Representatives is to all
,idterttli and ,purposet a law ; and though the ex-
-o.6itive in Aothor4ed to remove all ditficaltits In
ille icecutior,l, it can rriake.no substantial changes.
.T Pe -1-40 an, let the leas have been whatit may,
ihould have been fully .recognisO ,by the Ca-
.itrriiifts.; 6nverurnedt ; every principle of grab_
tpi rr 244
,i4fitice called. on :then) to do so ; they
Sew again need :-.tber:eld efthitcountry, btu they
ilrill'epialy in rein ;-ther.liare'not yet." rnadeaa.
4terrince doohly oure.;" Morales .49 yet. in their
C4lpatry,,arkil hOStility is collecting against thein On
40Aer chores. This was 'a bad litxte'to palter with
their engap;e4nents and plunder their just creditors ; '
API May yet- regret their 'haring thine so ; an
13
)Oninurable course would .have ,011 more. wise,
au; well A 4 moregratefuL, They took stile oloney
like' siimilies When danger. Was 'ill round'them
and no v 9 Lbet.:Chey thin)c the peril iehas.ttnosed,
they generoutly and honourably 7 441.de the tbita,
titron.

crta.okrcu]
tbeway of 01,breitar ,!'vi have received a
Iratlety importe.ut p'apers from Cadiz inserted
,zn another ‘'olurnri, whieb throw considera:ble
t on 'the diapute 'between (fie .I)tike d'At gout
litattt ssiti If)e Gonstitotingai Goveroor of
,Spain.
thefirsi 4opy of an autegrapia,letter written
Ittr-titi,. Prince Generalissimo :r9:,his brother
,und
I,C.,,ing Ferdinand of to Which the
.4
aria Papers, et the time, alluded in aimast tri-
14inPijint inannt,,r, ag Welt as to t,hg it'eption
4fi Von to ttie beArer within the waire-of
.'Tlee:letter vita, carried- by Frenedi Colonel .of
infantry, in one of the boats belonging to .the
jaiockading squadron, bearing a gag of truce,—

He landed on the 18th at the gate of Seville,
whence he was conducted to the house of Gen.
Valdes in a coach, by which conveyance he soon
afterwards retained. From the moment he landed'
till he was out of hearing, he was saluted from
the wharfs with shouts of" Viva la Contitucion,"
from an immense concourse assembled on the oc-
casion. A person describing his reception, writes,
" that it is a pity the laws of war could not have
been dispensed with, and the handkerchief taken
from his eyes, in order that he might have seen
the smiling and joyful countenances by which
he was surrounded, as well as the abundance
.of
provisions on all sides. He would then have
been able to return with a correct report of the
state of the city, and of the sentiments of the
inhabitants." /This letter was delivered to
King Ferdinand, and to it, on the following
day, he returned the accompanying answer in
his own hand-writing. In perusing these two
curious papers, we are naturally struck with
astonishment at the very singular demand of the
French Generalissimo, transmitted in the name of
his Uncle and King, of which his Royal, corres-
pondent Assures him tlukt he and his Govern-
ment now hear, for the first time, although
the 'French have been, very humanely engaged
for five months in desolating this 'kingdom,
and harassing his subjects. ' The Duke, in fact,
demands that the ancient Cortes of the kingdom
should he re-establised, ivhereas, when he and
his auxiliaries first commenced the campaign,
they held forth only one ultimatum, and this was,
that Spain should return to the precise state she
was in previous to the Revolution of 1820, when
neither laws, nor Government, nor Cortes, an-
cient or modern, existed, and the nod of the Mo-
narch and theintrigues of a band of flatterers and
fanatics alone governed Spain. On the original prin-
ciple, the Mad rid Regency and their IVland otries are
acting up to the present hour, as may be seed from
the docoments we published on Tuesday, respect-
ing the forcible ejectment of purchasers of national
property, as well, as the acharnment with which
the Constitutionalir,ts aye every where persecut-
ed. The Duke to his Royal Cousin also talks of
an amnesty .; but what guarantee can he give that
it will be observed by the Madrid Regency and
their supporters, whose acts hitherto indicate
nothing but robbery and vengeance ?

Lvlalillikla POST.]
French Papers to the, 90th ult. reached us list
night by Express. They have neither brought
the capitulation of St. Sebastian, nor the official
detsils of the redaction of Fort •St. Petri. Of the
latter' event, however, the Etoile contains some
particitlars, which will be found In a preceding
colimr. The smallness of the garrison, which
amounted only to between 150 and 200 men at
':tire moment of the surrender, proves that the fort
itself .was not of great lectern, though its position
at the entrance of the river of Sipa Petri
gave it undeniable importance. Notwith-
standing the., weak numbers by 'whom it was
defended, it:Seams to, have supported a trernen-
(loll9 fite for seVatal hours. The attack was chiefly
carried on by the navy,,by tlAree.thOitsand
israils were fired, whilst the land battery sent
only a thousand. Although the Duke of Ate.'
goulerne Said to have received only ar•Verlial
account .of the action from Vice-Admiral des
R.otours, the Ptoile 'pretends to give the accurate
amount of_the Prench loss ; and, if it be accurate,
it affords another specimen of the miraculous, for
it does not exceed t' One killed in the had bat-
tety,Attid three on board the 'ship's." Indeed Five
find that the same mysterious power which convey
ed the Spanish bells over the beads of the enemy
whin'theystornied the TrocSdero, lest they shOilld
hive-4163,1HW or wounded, kindly extended the
saMetood 'office to their ships, and caused the
shot from the'forf to" pass over their-rigging,"
witheut doing any damage." An unguarded
admission is made by the Etoilei when it states
That the moment the fort was taken, the in-
habitants• of the island threw ibeenselves into
Cadiz.V How came 'they to beinsensible to the
blessingi of French dominion, and to display 'a
spirit' so widely different from 'that joy and'rep•
tore with which the Ultra Journals assure us,
that their liberating armies have been and
are received every where in SPain This
IS the:first time that the existeuce of, popular
hostility towards them has been -openly acknow-
ledged oprAtp,,Oclaimpd in this quarter. Had the
'truth alvidys beers toid„ it would probably be
the ,hundredth ; but though late it is welcome,
ft aliords us the means of judging what coo&
dance we are to put in the assertions of the ene-
my, that people at Cadiz and in the Isle of Leon
are hostile to the Constitution, and friendly to
their besiegers; for there is: no doubt that the
political feeling which prevailed 'round Santi
Pedri prevails alio with equar fat-de and Sincerity
in those two places,

[Nto n siva, •oakt.a.j
fa another part of our Paper ire the spieches
which were made at the Dinner Meeting on
•Tuesday, given by the Sherlffs.—.o4Tiregus ql•
yestirria,y). We were much pleased ,that Mr.
Canning, and Mr. ffuskisson were there. In
-our opinion, nothing strengthens. a Ministry
more than associating, so far As they can do it
with propriety, with , those who are avowedly
in opposition to 'them It shows a disposition
to conciliate, which is a disposition that
pleases every-one. Charles ff., on his restora•
-lion, adopted this plan, and he met With mbch
success. Though he was known to be profligat,.,
ye he so won upon the ,people, especially the,
trniddling classes, that even to this day he is liked
17 them, and his memory is respected. Mr..
Waf.thtnan,, the Lord Mayor elect, every one
i'lLnovrf, has always been among what is celled,
the Opposition ; yet, as far as we remember, he
"has Maintained consistency. No prospect of
place or petrilon, that we know of, has canted•
him to swerve frorn uttering what he thought to
Lbe loath, So far as poliCcal epini9ns are con
cerned,..ao4 90 far lie is to be praised ; and both
Kr. Canning and Mr.- Huskisson at this dinner
'indirectly landed--- This is a new spirit
which is arising in England ; it is the spirit of
conciliation.; that of Onttemen the spirit- of
Christianity. And it gives us great pleasure-to
observe, that King George the Fourth's Ministers

set so good an example.. We wish that it may
be. followed, and that the mean, paltry, virulent
party spirit may die away, that has been for the
1s quarter of a century so fashionable, in a coun-
try''-boasting of its courteousness;, its philan-
thropy; its humanity; its freedom of speech ; its
toleration of religion ; and its Christianity. We
are glad to see this spirit in the present Ministry,
composed of Messrs. Canning, Robinson, Huskis-
son, and others ; it being much more amiable and
likely to have a Much better effect with John
Bull than the precise and apparently religious sys-
tem pursued by Mr. Yansittart, who, nevertheless,
we bellete to have been
,a well-intentioned man, or
he never would have been so strenuous an advocate
for the continuation of the Property. Tax, though,
in persisting therein, he ran the risk of losing
the popular voice. He was, however, too bi-
gotted. England, we think, has made a good
charge, provided the present Ministry only pro-
ceed as they have begun—namely, keep at
peace—reduce the taxes gradually—permit the
utmost possible political and religious liberty—
getirid, by degrees, of the National Debt, and
let other nations fight with each other as, much
as they please, without our interfering with
-them, only taking care, during all the time, to
secure as many gold snd silver mines as we can,
and as much of the bone of commerce as we can
fairly grasp. In fact, initiating the Chinese, saying
to all nations," we have got cotton, woollen, hard-
ware, and crockery-ware goods, coals, lead, tin ,and
a variety of other useful things,which you either do
not furnish, or you' are too lazy to produce,
either in consequence of your hot climate et- re-
dundancy of food in comparison with your defi-
ciency of population, and we wiil receive in re-
turn your hides, 'wool, tallow, gold and silver,
chinchillas, or any. other commodity whateyeA.r