The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-26 00:00:00

[tits -rtmEs.]

We have but little to nthi to our intelligence
of yesterday respecting the removal of the King
of Spain to a more remote.and more secure, part
of his Majesty's dominions. His Majesty, no
doubt, " took it
,unkind "'in his loving subjects
to make a traveller of him in spite of himself;
and the enemies of Spanish independence may
make what they can of the fact. To Cadiz he is
gone. We stated yesterday that the Cortes, on
the King's refusing to.march, declared Ins Ma-
jesty to be out of his mind.
Monday varies theexpression with great felicity,
and' 'mikes the Cortes declare that the King is
" not in the enjoymetti of his moral qualities."--
Poor man!
Mr. flume last night made, his promised MO-
,
[ion for abolishing the office of Lord .I,,i,entenant
'of irabiod. After some debate, it was negatived
without a divittion, Whether any advantage
would accrue by the abolition of this expensive
and thankless office; we apprehend that it Iv4l
not be till after a long time, and many, discus-
slops, that such a result cat; be brought about.
Meantime, it will be a matter of no small diffi.
cult, to get any Nobleman of 1110 least, indepen-
dence Of character to accept a situation, so desti-
ttute of power, yet so exposed to obloquy, insult,
'and mortification. We are indeed surprised that
any rnan, of• any „pretensions to spirit, can now
hold'soch-ait office for day.—(ibid.)

Tire American Payers present a somewhat ob.
scare but interestiwg ticeount of a naval engage.
meat `between a Spanish force and that of c. 9.
loarbia blockading /sla Larga, in which the former
were" to theinselves most ruinoutsly. victoyinut.
But a Matter of nearer" importance to up relates
to th&British commerce with the gnittld.States.
'l`lw Americans seem disposed to, ease up.by.nut.
Ong promised I,lessings near usoviiiclA ,we are,

yet, ,by our own policy, prey-anted. from• tasting.
The duty of tonnage, as well as the irnport duty.
upon British vessels from'Cinadi and our W,,est
India Islands, entering the ports of the United
itatesore to be removed. So far so good : but then
the act of removal expects on our part not only
the repeal of the same duties, but also reciuires
that American vessels shall be allowed to enter

the ports of British Colonies on the same terms
as our own ships corning from the parent state.
Here the promised good is dashed from our lips,
for our Government' will hardly be disposed to
relinquish all.preference over strangers, in the
commerce with our own colonies and Mr. Can-
ning very properly informs. British merchants in
America, by means of a letter to the Consul-
General, that they are not immediately to calcu-
late upon any advantage from ,theproffered
boon.---(lbid.)

Noe:stria citaolsiceel
The King of Spain seems to have been seized
with a fit of temporary insanity, which rendered
it necessary to have recourse to the measure pre-
scribed by the Constitution for such au Paver-
gency. The Cortes are said to have found them-
selves under the necessity of appointing a Regency
for a short time in his stead. The insanity began to
display itself on his being asked if he was willing
to set out for Cadiz. As the enemies of his country
were approaching fast to Seville and (there being
no means of defending that city) would soon
have obtained possession of his Royal person,
had .he been in a sound mind he would of course
have dreaded nothing so much as such a calarni.
ty. If Buonaparte had effected his threatened
landing in this country, to free the King and the
people from the Oligarchy by which he said they
were enthralled, and if his late Majesty - had
manifested an inclination to throw himself
into the power of the invader, his faithful Lords
and Commons would no doubt have deemed this
alone an indication of insanity,and following their
precedent of 1789 appointed' a Regency for the
temporary discharge of the duties of Sovereignty.
In a limited Monarchy, we cannot contemplate
the possibility of the Monarch warring against the
Constitution which gives him his title to reign ;
and to place a Sovereign evincing a hostility to
the Constitution under which he acts, under
restraint so long as the hostility continues,
is as natural as it would be in the crew of a
ship on the ocean to impose restraint on a
Master endeavouring by boring it to send
them all to' the bottom. In Despotic StatesOn-
deed, where the Throne is surrounded only by
slaves, who; dare not question the orders Which
issue from its much mischief is often clone before
the evil of insanity can' be remedied ; and the
remedy itself is generally administered by the
rude hand of an executioner,- as Alexander of
Russia well knouts. But these unpleasant ex-
tremities are avoided in Constitutional States,
where obedience is necessarily conditional, and
there are existing authorities, to ascertain whe-
ther the mandates of the Monarch issue from
a sound mind. ft is possible that the many
calamities which the subjects of Ferdinand are
now suffering in consequence of the invasion,
may have been too 'much for his sensibility,
and that, as often happens with violent grief, his
senses may have been bewildered at the moment
of decision. The shortness of the period during
which it was necessary to impose restraint on
him, inclines us to this last supposition. It
would seem that immediately on reaching Cadiz
he recovered his sanity, when he was again
invested with all the powers of Royalty. Some
people may suppose that King Ferdivand was
criminal, but not insane, and that the Cortes had
recourse to a fiction, in order to avoid the neces-
sity of adopting measures of severity. When we
cashiered' King James, we had the grace to say
that he abdicated the throne, though, God knows,
abdication' was of all terms the last that was ap-
plicable to his conduct. The Spaniards on this sup-
position have used a fiction with a view to retain
their King, as we used one to drive ours away. Sir
A'Court waits for instructions from his
Court, at Seville, having previously offered his me-
diation, proposing even to go in person to Ma-
drid. This offer of mediation was, we suppose,
perfectly well understoed by the Cortes. They
lit doubt suffer a grievous loss in his absence from
Cadiz ; but we dare say they will be able to
console themselves should they never see his face
again. They know pretty Kell that the Govern-
ment of Sir William A'Court has not the inclina-
tion to do them any good ; while M. de Chateau-
briand has openly declared it has not the power
to do France any

GIICTNA-GREEN AND ANNAN.—We have been
favoured with the following amusing description dip! Annan
wedding by a gentleman who recently'. accompanied a pait of
biUlmg ,turtle to this Scottish, altar of Hymeq :—" (3retna-
green affords such bad accorinnodation for travellers of that
description, that it is likely -to lose Its once. great name of tying
the connubial knot; yet still I have not a doubt but it is the
Most expeditiom way of getting mauled; and therefore to
those who are followed by their parents, it may still, immedi-
ately on the arrival of the couple at Atman, be becesilary to send
for the plorost.rog oxy of 44 magistrates of the place, who will
always come on e earliest intelligence. ceremony that',
passes is as follows i--To the gendeman-,-‘ port acknow.
this woman to be your wife?' I 40.' 'the lady—t' Do you
acknowledge this man to be your husband?' The laconic answer
of I do,'
rinds them to each other for life, and for which they
pay the sum of seven shillings: but mind, this marriage, although
binding, is not regular : and therefore it is necessary to send for
thOlinister of the place ; but he, em informed, is; inffeneralt
awaiting in en ail Joiningroarr,,inreact iness le abwil ve you from this
which he takes canto tell you you hhve cointu (tett. It may he
necessary to give you %idiot descriptien of hitn.. Ile is a neat.
made middle-sized old gentleman, with a good deal of reiigion
stamped in ilia countenance was' it not -rattier defaced by:a too
great desire for the bins ale Scotland is remarked ter-. 7b be
sure he has slight touch of the Seoteh brogue, het then it is al-
' Ways agreeable to English paapki. Mirk the style of a discourse
'delivered in the '11)110101T way t—' 'yer &We off; roam.
tali auld a' bands,' and then, with closed eyes and uplifted-an:4N
he says,' 0 Laird, let us pray,' 04.0. ; which done, he informs
youof the clime you have committed,' by being married by a
civil Magistrate--:.' Ye nutty dinna ken the consequence, ana-
-1 that the laa of. Scotland subjected than tu, a heavr,penelty, or
-else ye mun be confined in the gaol .three and feed
upon 'breed-anti however, 'water :' it is'in Icartv rto Mitigate
the penalty, which is upwards of a 1.,. and xcecnditrgly. does,
,265: he then gives you a certificate of marriage, whichruns
as follows;—‘ -Theft do certify' that 111. of and No. of
it the county
a civil Magistrate for the irregularity of their inatriage, were
• resmarried by me, the Itliniscer of Annan, and iheiX marriage
'ordered, to be registered accord ing_to last. , (Signed )
Hnister,- Annan, -&e.' " concludes' the ceremony
tat Annan -; ;and we all ninit,otqa; that 1t is An oast', antcel,
40 even -,(tonsidi:!ing eircionatartece),:tv cheap way of
kgetting married. No one,, sure, 'would grumble to- gisre-na.
foi :be mirried;toarfieiatly *ten, it is to 'butione
wife. —( Westmorland t7o weft.