The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-05 00:00:00

[MORNING II ER A LT).]

Accounts of Saturday's date were received yes.
terday from Paris. It would appear as if the
French Ministerial Papers acted systematically
to distract public opinion. The Moniteur,hi a
non-official article, denounces uncompromising
war with the Spanish revolution, and repeats the
King of France's declaration to the Duke of San
Carlos, that he " will not sheath his sword until
Spain be happy and Ferdinand fre(t." This would
seem to negative all negotiation with the Cortes.
On the other hand, the Journal des Debats
has more than once insinuated that the Duke
of Angoulerne's departure for the southern extre-
mity of Spain was not purely military—and fur-
ther adds, that the Cortes had appointed a com-
mittee of three to alter the Constitution—an
assertion, however, so improbable, that it is not
for a moment to be credited. The fact seems
clear, that the time for pacific arrangements is
gone by. The Spanish Constitution must now
either stand or fall in its integrity. It is curious
enough, that the Moniteur looks upon the busi-
ness as already concluded in Spain. In less than
four months, it says, the vast provinces of that
kingdom have been traversed and delivered, and
the Royal Regency established, withAhe Minis-
ters of the whole Continent giving to it moral
.force by their presence. Nothing, however,
is more easy than to conquer a country
plausiblyupon paper. Spain has been traversed,
it is true, but not a single fortress of importance
has yet been taken, and not a single Spanish
Corps &armee really dispersed. There was yet
no account at Paris of the actual departureof the
Duke of Angouleme. It was, however, still
fixed for the iSth ult.; and his arrival at Port
St. Mary (before Cadiz) fixed, according to the
order of march, for the 23d instant. The occa-
sion of his changing quarters would hence
seem not very pressing. The French lines be.
fore Barcelona, were attacked both by a sally
of the garrison and by Milans and Lloberas.—
It does not appear whether the French were
attacked at the same time, and by concert,
from within acid without. The result was im-
portant. Of late there has been but little intel-
ligence from Portugal. There, however, ap-
pears no reason to suppose that the Portuguese
Government, however it may be disposed, will
co-operate with the French in Spain, as stated in
some of the Paris Journals. Sir T. Tyrwhitt, it
is said, goes out shortly to invest the King of
Portugal with the Order of the Garter, a circum-
stance, which amounts, if true, to a proof of per-
fectly good understanding between his Majesty's
Ministers and the advisers of the Portuguese
Sovereign.

[MORNING PliST.]
French Papers to the 4th inst. reached us last
night by Express.. They are silent with respect
to military operations, though they contain intel-
ligence from Madrid to as late a date as the 28th
ult. at which period the result of the movements
undertaken in Galicia must have been known in
the capital. The Duke of Angouletne left that
city at two o'clock on the morning of the 28th.
It appears that Seville is not to tecome his
residence, but that he will imMediately re-
pair to Port Saint Mary's, in the Bay of
Cadiz, to superintend in person the progress of
the siege. The fact is, that he carries a strong
body of troops along with him to restore and se-
cure the communications with Bordesoulle's
artny, which have been interrupted by the ac-
tivity of the Guerrillas, and are threatened in a
still more dangerous manner by the advance of
Ballesteros in,Andalusia, and his junction with
Lopez Banos and the other Constitutional
corps in that province. The step thus taken
by the Prince Generalissimo has by some
been represented as a pledge of confidence
in the eventual success of the contest, or at
least in that of the negociations into which it
was supposed he was preparing to enter. It has
been regarded. as a proof that he felt perfectly
secure, for if he did not, it has been said, he
would certainly have fixed his head quarters
nearer France, instead of penetrating deeper
into Spain, and placing the whole length of the
Peninsula betieen hitn and his country. But a
moment's reflection will show that the reveres is
the case, and that Port St. Mary, though two
hundred leagues from the frontier, is a much
safer place of residence for the valiant Duke
than the-Spanish Capital, which is only half that
distance. At Madrid, besides the personal
danger to which he was exposed from the hatred
of a large portion of the people, he was in an
open and untenable city, frequently menaced at its
very gates by Guerilla bands, and liable to be
surrounded and compelled to surrender if any
rising should take place in the neighbouring pro-
vinces. At. Seville, but principally at Port St.
Mary, he is free from all perils. Should the
whole of Spain suddenly and spontaneously rise
in arms against him, he has only to enter a boat
(and some will no doubt always be kept in
readiness) and retire on board the French
squadron, which is cruizing- within gun-shot
of the town. Mis'safety, therefore, though we do
An article luea(led " Russia and the Porte," not mean to say that it formed his only motive,
will show that 'Lord Strangford, in his capacity has been most effectually consulted by his re.
of, peace-office!), his no easy task to perform.— moval. With respect to military operations,
(See TIIE Su of Nesterda,y.) The Porte had his presence cannot add much to their Vigour,
sei d some ships under the flag of Russia, bound and notwithstanding all that is said about ,boat.
v.e'
000 the i3lac.lt Sea to' the Mediterranean. We barding Cadiz, it. is well known that it cannot!
conchide, froa) the I enour of his Lordship's in- be done by land. When the Duke of 13e1-1
structions ,to, the inttrpreter,.that the capture of. Juno besieged that place in the la.te war, he
the vesselL ' justilied on a suspicion of their found the'distance from the shores of the Bay too ;
king Greek property, covered by the Muscovite great to allow common mortars and 'shells 'to'be,

The French Pa-pers of Saturday add but little
to our former information of the proceedings in
Spain. They agree in confirming the intended
departere of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Aegouleme for Seville, and in auguring from
that circurtritance a probable negociation with
the moderate party in the Cortes ; but all this
remains mere conjecture. Of Corunna, we know
nothing more than has been known for a week
past;' but there is every reason to believe that the,
besiegers will pursue their efforts till the place is
rtluced. The •rumour of their retreat seems
Wholly withok foundation. Much has been
said of an Engpsh frigate having' persevered in .at-
tempting to get into Cadiz, and having been at
length perMittied to do so by the blockading
squaaron,
.rre apprehend that there is some
error in' this tale. Our Captains too well know
how strictly they themselves used to maintain
144ades. May not the story have arisen•from
the simple faCt, thnt the Spaniards apply the
44itme of fregaitt to any large vessel ? Certain it
is, that our Admiralty knows nothing whatever
of any each occurrence.' The impression at Paris
undoubtedly is,; that the news from Spain is upon
the whole favourable; for the French Funds on'
);atuaily rose to 91. f. 60c: and. the Scrip to
Tl 4, of course, produced a re-action
oit our Exchamie. censols, in the course of yes-
terday. , reached and the. old Fours were at
par: The .
.French Scrip was at 1i premium;
but afterwards [nine a shade lower.

[Tut: TIMES.:I
some cortjectture may 'be formed concerning the
state of the war in Spain, and the hopes enter-
Wiled by the Ultras of its successful issue, from
the eagerness with which they spread on all sides
a•report that nvociationteare about to be opened
with the Corte. for a peaceful settlement of all
tlw matters in •ispute. If the Cortes now nego.
citte, while a Wrench soldier remains within the
Pyrenees, they doserve•the fate which is in store
fOrAltem. But the same attempt to persuade the
world that the Constitutionalists would receive
favourably the overtures made to them, was set
on foot about two months ago, and peremptorily
quashed by the ;fortes. Why should it be other-
wise at present

used. He then caused those tremendous engines
to be cast, one of which, presented by the gra-
titude of the Cortes after their deliverance,
now adorns the parade in St. James's Park. But
even then he was obliged to substitute heavy
masses of lead for the ordinary shells which
would have exploded before they could reach
the other side, and no injury whatever was done
to the place, but few of those extraordinary mis-
siles arriving beyond its first line of fortifications.
That the Duke of Angouleme is going to the vi-
cinity of Cadiz in the capacity of a nego-
ciator rather than in that of a warrior, ap-
pears to us highly probable. Since the late
defections, instead of proving useful to the
cause of the invaders, have only served to ex-
cite indignation, kindle patriotism, and render
resistance more general and more active, the
Cortes have once more been treated as a Power.
The temper of the French Ministers towards
them is entirely changed, and their Journals
begin to take the part of a Body, which they
had joined in abusing with the most unjust
and impolitic violence. Of this alteration in
the spirit of Louis's Cabinet, the following is
a convincing proof. An Ultra Paper having
asserted " that the grent Powers Ncould shortly
publish a Declaration, fixing a time for the Cortes
to set the King at liberty, after which, if they
did not comply, they would be regarded as guilty
of high Treason, and treated as such," the
Journal des DAuts, perhaps alarmed lest offence
should be taken by the Cortes, has hastened to
contradict the statement in the following positive
and satisfactory manner :—" We can assure the
public that this absurd rumour, though presented
as having an appearance of reality, has no foun-
dation whatever."

rites.]
Paris Papers to Sunday morning reached our
office, with private letters, by express yesterday.
The French Funds rose on Saturday nearly 1 per
cent. in consequence of rumours of neg,ociatious
between Angouleme and the Cortes. The reports
originated principally in an article of the French
Ministerial paper, the Journal des Debuts of the
day before, which stated, under its Madrid head,
on the alleged authority of letters from Cadiz, that
a Commission had been appointed, consisting of
Romanillos, Vigolet, and three other Deputies of
the Cortes, to modify the Constitution, and that
they intended to recommend a form of Govern-
went on the model of the English Constitution.—
This pararaph in the Journal des Debuts has not,
we are persuaded, been put lightly forward ;
it has emanated from high authority in Paris,
and was intended to prepare the way, if possible,
for a negotiation, which Villele and the French
Cabinet would now gladly seize on as the means
of safe retreat out of an inglorious and most
ruinous war. But the day of despair has passed
over with the Cortes. During its darkest gloom
they refused, both at Madrid and Seville, to
alter the Constitution. A brighter prospect has
110 W risen upon them : their partisans and sup-
porters are multiplying, while their enemies are
thinning aird lessening in strength, and the Cortes
will not, we are persuaded, think of modifying
their Constitution, while a French army is en-
camped with menace at their very gates. Salutary
changes we now think, and always thought, may
be introduced into the Spanish Constitution when
the Representatives of the nation are free to do
so with honour. The truth is, the French Mi.
nistry would gladly seize hold of any fair pretext
to negotiate. They feel the burden of this con-
suming war to be almost insupportable. Angou-
leme is equally sick of it ; 'and both would joyfully
enter on any treaty which would enable them to
withdraw from so destructive and hopeless a con-
test. Thus, under their declaration, the French
Journals, which were some short time so violent
for the crusade ngaint Spain, are now equally
warm partisans for peace; but it is easier to light
the flames of civil war than subsequently to ex-
tinguish their fury. Fanaticism and bigotry have
been roused in their worst forms throughout Spain;
.the capital has been abandoned to the fury of a vile
rabble, and made the SCOIIO of the denunciations of
a junta of traitors and serviles, called a Regency,
instituted by Angouleme, and whose detested
decrees are rousing hatred and resistance where.
ever they are known, or sought to be acted upon.
Negotiations, which terminate the quarrels of
two rival kingdoms, become powerless and un-
availing over civil rage and fury ; an unprincipled
invasion of only a few montlis, has called up
through the provinces of Spain all the elements
tlT:turtyu a
asunder,
ch
aorfestirlioft%.v, ctoetattreinngtio
the andn
o u
not subside among its population for years.
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On Saturday the sth ult. a fishing-boat from
the Eastward, manned by four persons, was up-
set opposite to Avoch, by one of the sudden
squalls which were frequent on that evening.

The men g►ot upon the keel of the boat, and COll
tinned ill that position till late at night, drifting
along with the wind and tide, till carried down-
wards to the back of Fort George. On their ap-
proach a crowd assembled on the beach but none
could render the least assistance, on account of
the violent surge, until Capt. ENomsu, of the
Royal Engineers, who happened to be attracted
by the noise of the crowd, repaired to the spot,
when, with a boat's rope tied round his body,and
prompted by his humane spirit, he rushed into the

deep, and buffeting the billows, succeeded in res-
cuing three unhappy beings from a watery
grave ; the fourth, presuming he could make the
shore without assistance, had left his situation to
make the attempt, and had so nearly succeeded
as, in fact, to roll on the beach, when a returning
wave swept him away.—(Caledonian Atercuty.)
',The author of the above noble act of courage and humane
feeling i 3 son of the late Mr. English, Surgeon, of Fareham,
Hants.]

It appears by an examination which took place
at Guildhall on Saturday, that a set of fellows
are about town, whose practice it is, if they find
hackney-coaches deserted by the drivers, to,take
poisession, and after using them the whole of the
day, and exacting exorbitant fares, for which the
real owners are frequently summoned, turn them
adrift in the street' at' night, not unfrequeutly
with;the touch gutted to the bare patitiftts.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, AuG. 4.

CHANDLER V. JERVIS.

In this case an injunction had been prayed to restrain pro-
ceedings in the Admiralty Court, by which the wife of Chand-
ler was about to take to the benefit of an award of wages for
service rendered on board the Jane and Matilda, to the exclu-
sion of the husband's creditors. An affidavit had been put in,
stating that an indictment for perjury had been obtained
against Chandler, together with various other matter, showing
fraud and collusion between them, to the injury of the bank-
rupt's estate.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having taken time to consult with
the Judge of the Admiralty, now consented that the injunction
should issue—not, however, upon the ground of error, or
against the righteousness of ie proceedings in the Court of Ad-
miralty; but upon the same conditions as if it were an appeal
after verdict upon an issue ordered by the Court, in consequence
of the discovery of new matter since the trial, upon which the
party sought relief in equity. With these conditions, and upon
bringing into Court the property recovered at law, together with
a small sum to abide the costs, the injunction was to issue.