The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-15 00:00:00

PARIS, Nov. 19..

•
(Palvate LETTElt.)—Great alarm has of late
prevailed respectipg the state of the Ktec:'s
health. Reports are in circulation on the subject,
which are partly true and partly false. As these
reports are apt to be propagated in the depart-
merits, and certainly act on the public funds,
'Ministers take every method in their power to
give them an indirect contradiction, or at least to
prove that they are greatly exaggerated. For
this purpose they induce his Majesty to show
himself to his faithful subjects when it would be
-better that ho showed himself •to nobody but his
'family and physicians. On Sunday his Majesty
expesieneed a severe attack, and rumour was
'buy in spreading the ttlarMing intelligence on the
following morning. Three o'clock arrived, acrd
`,behold his Majesty issuing from the Tuileries to
take his usual promenade in the environs of
Paris. As it may be interesting for yon to know
Itsse real state of facts, 1 send you the following,
.ors which you may implicitly rely. Ilis Majesty:
"has tiro passed through a dangerous crisis since
"he made part of the procession to Notre Dame to
,celebrate Te Deam. The fatigues of that day
:were too severe for his exhausted frame. The
flow from his legs ceased for a few hours, and he
',was in the most -imminent danger. The Maw
-event happened towards the end of last week. In
both cases the faculty succeeded With much ditli-
,eulty in re-opening the wound, and Ovine him
the necessary relief. There are probably few in-
'stances of a patient' living so long as' his Majesty
An a state so deplorable. His chest is entirely
111 ed with water ; his body is u mass of corrnp-
Alan ; and the flow-front 'his lower extremities is
.so great, that it penetrates in a quarter of an
hour a double covering of flannel, besides a
-wrapping of bark and cotton, and passes to the
'footstool on which he rests them. Ile does
not experience much bodily pain, but -he is up-
pressed with a perpetual tendency to sleep.--
:Whenleft alone' but for a few minutes, he is
`found in a kind of lethargic slumber. lie even
sleeps in his carriage when he takes his airing.—
lie can scarcely move his legs, and has lost the
.usual energy of his aims. His head reclines upon
•Lis shoulder, as if he had lost the power of vo-
luntary motion. In the mean time, the smell
• arising front his legs and body, in a state of tip.
.proathing dissolution, is painful to himself, and
sometimes overpowering tositis attendants. His
• :servants and ministers cannot long remain in
the roots,-or the cabinet where he receives. them.
'A curious anecdote on the subject is given
.oe unquestionable authority, which both shows
the deplorable state of his Majesty's health,
,and the equanimity of his temper. The
'Duchess of Berri, a few days ago, carried her
,daughter,. Mademoiselle, to pay him st,visit
to
his cabinet. The King took the child in his
sums, and rested ' her feet upon' his' knew; she,
however, very-soon grew uneasy in her position,
'arid looking to her Royal Highness, exclaimed,
•" Mammon, /8 rol, it pue." The mother made
signs to the child to hold her tongue on this dis-
agreeable topic, but not understanding them, she
'continued to cry, " Mammon, le -eel true ;" .when
llfs Majesty,' without any symptom of uneasiness
or displeasure, replied," L'enfant ,a raison, qu'on
Pate de-la,"---(the child is 'right, :let her be
taken away.) It' is not supposed that his Ma.
jesty can linger in this state more than a month
.or two, and by the stopping of the flow from his
!legs, he may the in' a day's illness. Meanwhile,
this precarieus state of the Royal health renders
it dangerous for Ministers to .act on the resolu-
tion taken in Council on Wednesday last with
respett to the dissolutiou of the Chambers. They
have accordingly postponed the publication of
the ordinance till the beginning of Decembers—,
,By that time his Royal Highness the Duke of
,A.nguuletne will be in Paris, and enable them,
under the shield of his popularity, to do any
thine they choose against the exalted .Ultras.—
Thaconditions of the capitulation of Barcelona
aud4he remaining fortresses of Catalonia are not
yet. disclosed by Ministers. The army of Mine
is t0..g0 into cantonments like that of Ballasteross
.to Ste dissolved afterwards like :the fatter.----
Mina, Rotten, Milan!, and the other'patriotic
Geoernia, have stipulated for their means of
transport either to France or England. The.
• legitimates hete have begun to find out that Mina
is in a different positition from Riego, Quirdea,
or the other persons who have figured in the late
events, He took no
,part in the revolutionary
movement of 1820 ; be was not at Madrid on the
7th of July, ISS2t ; and he catmot be implicated'
in any of the guilt incurred• by -voting his Ma--
jesty's temporary dethronement at Seville last
summer. The trial of Dr. Castuing now occupies
the people of Paris more than the affairs of Spain.
it is a singular fact, that since the publication of
the preliMinary proceedings in this case there.
'lns been an extraordinary demand for 13(titon
the apothecaries' shops of this
,capital. Yester-
sday the Prefect of Police sent round an order
for a• return of the quantities of poison sold by
th 6. thymists and apothecaries of Paris, and it
vise found that last week more than GO times the
sa*ial proportion had been sold. 'Let the gour.
• sir-ands beware.—(Times,)

SPANISH LOANS.

COPY OF AIETTER. ntoat M. 011EUTIARD TO THE EDITOR
OF' fIIE JOURNAL.MI COMMERCE.
PARIS,.NOv. 10, 1823
Sri,—Your Journal of the Bth instant contains a long article
which is evidently directed against the Loan 1 had contracted.
with the Spanish Government; though, by the- commencement
of the article in question, it might appear to have for its prine!.
pal object to provide for the deficit of the obligations contracted
by the late Cones.
This article, in which arc amalgamated all the absurdities 1
which have been circulated for some time respecting the finances
of Spain, must riot remain unanswered by me. It not only in.
wives my credit and reputation, which in other respects are
happily unassailable in this way, hut it is also necessary to en-
lighten the public with respect to a system of falsehood and de-
ception, of which ninny honest families have already become the
victims, since they have had the imprudence to speculate on
the futile promises of a vanquished party, who are still desirous
to be indemnified for the advances they have made to their
Spanish brethren.
I -contracted on•the 16th of July last a Loan with the Re.
gency of Spain. The conditions were finally settled at Madrid
by myself, on the 20th of September following. Ilia Catholic
Majesty has confirmed them since his deliverance ; and the
Act which contains this august confirmation is dated the 20th of
October. The Treasurer-General of the Finances has himself
been charged to transmit this confirmation to Paris, which ac-
cordingly was officially transmitted to me on the sth of this
month. M. Carassi was also directed to do away all obstacles
which interfered with the operation of the Loan. This busi-
ness has been executed s the definitive terms of the Spanish
Government are in my possession, and may be had every day
at my bureau, by such subscribers as, being desirous to enjoy
the bonus of 51. per cent,, pay the amount of their subscription
into my Bank.
All the authentic documents concerning the Loan, its con-
ditions, and its securities, which I verified, may be inspected
ut any time, being deposited in my bureau.
Such. Sir, is my simple and final answer to the calumniators
of au operation which has for its object the establishment of the
legitimate throne of Spain, and to consolidate, by the monar-
chical system, the repose of all Europe.
With respect to obligations of the Spanish Revolutionists, I
shall only say, that I know nothing of their invalidation ;
since this measure had been decreed by the Regency, and made
public both at Paris and London ever since the month of
.June last, the period at which I myself had not conceived the
• idea of consecrating my services to the Government of Spain;
'but as a party guaranteeing the Royal loan which had been
contracted during the revolution, while loans were making
by the Cortes, I do not think it useless to remove the errors
and misrepresentations contained in your article of the Bth
instant.
It is not true, Siri•that the property which his Catholic Ma-
jesty is about to restore, to the clergy of Spain affects the gua-
rantee of the loans contracted by the Cortes. The question at
present is, us to the propriety of _restoring lands sold in conse-
quence of the spoliation of the Cortes during-the captivity of
the King, and which his Majesty has returned to their legiti-
mae possessors, on the ,simple grund, that being free upon
his throne, lie desires that justice should be placed upon its
ancient footing. , •
The loans of the Cartes have no other guarantee than the
entire revenue of Spain—a guarantee. at once insufficient and
indefinite. Their surest guarantee rested on the success of the
revolution in Spain, anti the effect of these loans has, pro-
perly speaking, been to identify the lenders with the views
and opinions of the revolutionists. Since the prospect of suc-
cess leas entirely vanished, the spirit of party-ignorance still
persists in misguiding public opinion, by endeavouring to per-
suade the Spanish people that they are obliged to fulfil the
engagemsnts contracted by their oppressors, and to reimburse
those dapredatiens which were employed to enrich the gaolers

.ae King.
Any one -who knows the situation of• Spain, and possessesgood sense, must be convinced that the admission of such claims
would be unanimously reprobated by the Spanish nation, and
could not be carried into effect. Ills Catholic Majesty, in de-
finitively.annulling these Loans, has followed the counsels of
wisdom, justice, and necessity; for the King of Spain, whose
reputation will• sooner or later come out purified from the. ca-
lumnies of faction, is desirous of reigning with Spain—ant not
against Spain ! I
conceive, Sir. that I ought to avail myself of this opportu-
nity to answer mis-statements, and communicate the truth,
respecting the loans of the Cortes, with the single view of in
forming the public. I. may add, that the instructions given to
the Treasury-General, in the decree which ratifies my loan,
concludes in these .words—" He (Mr. (3uebhard) is at liberty
to make such arrangements as he may judge necessary with
respect to the Royal Loan ; under the express condition that
he will take no step leading to a-recognition of the loans made
by the self-styled Cortes during the period of tneyevaution.
I have the honour to beUIS , &c.
G
LOUE II El A RD.

Taw, OF CASTAIGN.—The French Papers
contain scarcely any thing in fact but the questions
asked and the answers given by Castaign, and one
or two witnesses on the first days of his trial,
from which nothing decisive has yet been
elicited. If any judgment can be formed at so
early a period, the opinion of the medical profes-
sors examined, seems rather favourable, and cer-
tainly tender towards the accused, and should
they all reply in as undecided a manner as Mr.
Laenec 'has done with respect to the indications
of poison found in the deceased, we should not
be surprised if Castaign should be ultimately ac-
quitted, notwithstanding the strength of the pre-
sumptive-evidence marshalled against MM.
PRINCE YPSI LA NTI.-4 Toplita, Sept, 9.)—At
Theresienstadt I had the good fortune to see
Prince YPSILANTI, who had been lately removed
to that town. He is treated with much respect,
though constantly under a very•strict superin-
tendence, and is allowed (but always attended
by an officer) to go about et liberty within the
fortressotccompanied by his younger brother, a
Greek naval captain, and four other Greek
officers, all of whom were likewise with him at
Munkatsch. He appears to be in very gao
health. 'He is a tall handsome man, with a high
forehead, animated black eyes, black hair, an
Italian, rather than a Grecian, nose, and a smile
about his mouth. tle wore a white hat, and
dark blue great coat. His brother appeared pale
and melancholy. They have several well fur-
nished rooms, and are in want for nothing, 60
florins a day being allowed, as I was told, for
their support.—(From the Hesperus.)
Silt It. WILSON AND VI DET OF ALGIERS.
—A. curious adventure Sir. Ronewr has had since
the full of Cadiz. All efforts being found fruit.
less, he was determined to prevent, as far as be
was able, the means of further annoyance, by
carrying off three barrels of gunpowder in a
vessel in which he escaped. The currents car-
ried the boat into the Bay of Algiers, he de-
manded an interview with the DEY, and begged
his Highness's acceptance of the present, which
was most graciously received. The Des: detained
Sir Roaewr two days in the Palace, and allowed
him to visit his Harem, as a mark of special con-
descension. But the most important achievement
of all was a solemn pledge given by the Dey,
that the persons and property of all the Spanish
Liberals should be respected by his people.—
Subsequently to this, Sir RoneuT returned to
Gibraltarond again went to Cadiz, where he had
an interview with FERDINAND. (Morning
Post.
EARTnatume.—(From the Maine, Nov. u.)--
Two shocks of an earthquake were felt within a
few minutes, on the 18th October, near Meech.
bete), ten leagues from Baireuth; a noise was
heard like long-continued and distant thunder ;
in the open field the ground appeared to oscil-
late, and the wiudows of the houses shook vio-
lently.