The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-03 00:00:00

they are no recent acquisitions. Their elevation
to the dignity of Regents of the -Kingdom, by
the joint election of two such distinguished oo-
dles as e Council of the Indies, and the
Council of Castile, strikes us certainly as an
indication either that those august assemblies are
somewhat deficient in discrimination, or that
their range of choice was singularly limited.

[BR/TISII PRESS.]
Yesterday the French Papers of Saturday, with
the Pilote of Sunday, and our correspondent's
private letters, reached us by express. These
Papers contain Angouleme's studied Proclamation,
convoking the antiquated Councils of Castile and
the Indies. They assembled at his summons,
and nominated, it is said, the Regency, we men-
tioned yesterday, consisting of the Dukes of In-
fantail° and Montemar, the Bishop of Osma,
d'Eroles, and Calderon. We again state our con-
viction, that the authority of this body will find
no respect whatever through Spahi,except where
the French act, as garrisons; there the sanguinary
followers of the old system will be appointed as
their agents ; and proscription, terror, and mas-
sacres, will be the certain train of consequences.
Far from tranquilizing Spain, the certain results
will be universal indignation and resistance
wherever the mandates of this body are executed.
Among other means taken to pacify the Spanish
people has been a peremptory summons addressed
to the former Grand Inquisitor of Spain, the
Archbishop of Tarragona, requiring his immediate
presence at the scene of operations, and to hoist,
we suppose, the standard of St. Dominick. To
do this prelate justice, he appeared in no haste to
return ; he was living for eighteen months per-
fectly retired, at a charming country house, in
the neighbourhood of Bayonne, and reiterated
orders were addressed to him by the, detested
junta, follosted by a final order to repair to Spain
at all events, before he thought of moving from
his retreat. Reports were prevalent in Pails
on Saturday, that subsequent to the entry
of the French Into Madrid, a desperate contest
had taken place in the streets of the capital be-
tween the Royalists and the Constitutionalists, in
which several hundreds ou both sides lost their
lives and were wounded. The aufhenticity of
the report is not vouched for by our eorres.:
pouth.nt, but it was stated confidently in, Paris,
and we do not think the dreadful circumstance at
all unlikely. Party spirit ran very high at
Madrid ; and the previous repulse of Bessieres
and his followers would inflame it on the
part of the Royalists, and lead to an attempt
at vengeance. Rumours are also prevalent that
a conspiracy has been discovered at Seville, in
which the Bishop of Cordova was concerned, and
the object of which as to carry off Ferdinand.
Plots will now, of coarse, thicken daily. As yet
we know nothing of Abisbul's movements, or his
personal situation. Ile is even reported to be still
in command at Talavera de la Reyna, on which
Zayas, after repulsing Bessieres, retired from
Madrid. There, it is still asserted, the Conde
has his head-quarters, and has assembled a con-
siderable force. Should the French not nego-
ciate on favourable terms, Abisbal, it is said,
will fight perseveringly. The reports of Mo-
rillo's defection are asserted to be utterly
unfounded. The Spanish General had sold even
his own property to pay his troops, and remained
strongly attached to the Constitutional cause.
Angouleme, it is said, is exerting every nerve to
negociate. Our accounts will in a very few
days be most interesting. Nothing whatever
poLitive is known of the brave and mysterious
Mina ; he baffles every calculation of his adver-
saries, and holds them in alarm throughout all
Catalonia.