The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-07 00:00:00

We remain without ftirther advices on the sub►.
jet of a Spanish War ; little doubt, however, can
be entertained of Mr., FR,EI.I3'. having actually
left Madrid. •

In announcing to the Public this intelligence,which
Was brought by the last Lisbon Mail, an 000.
sitian Paper unguardedly says, that those who con-
sidered' a War as improbable,' di'd net rejlea that
tar. PITT was Mutirter of
,Englafrid We believe
this to be very true, and equally so, that the Ca.
binet of Madrid did not foresee the probZility
. . ,
of a change in the system of our Councils, when
they signed Treatievpernickus to our Interests,,
and deiogatory:faun a tr Honour, or when they pro:
'lore(' Armaments which couid have no destinatiOn
consistent with' their professed amity towards Eng.
land. The Ministers of Fits Catholic Majss.fy, 'no
doubt, expelled (and considering the- events of late
years,their speculation was not unwise) that we should
leave it to them to commence Hostilities whenever
t kry should see oceasinii;
.They well knew, that
bad Mr.,PITT been Minister.. of England they
would not have been allowed to explain, their own
ainris acf'grding to theiroWn views. Bat we must
confess, that having been thwarted in their expetta-
don of baying 'constantly, Mr. ADDINGTON to deal
with, they have beek,fnitunate in procuring an
Ally in this Country, in the:: Paper in 'goes.
lion j an Advocate who takes up, the cause
of his Client from the.. period !w,hich he considers
as most favourable to; his. interests, and; endea.

*ours entirely to rout ,otir from memory every pre.,
ceding event ! The Paper to which we allude is faith-
fill and vigilant in the interests of its friends ; kint,
vihoart those.friendi ? Any Power, or person, whose
interests are opposed to those of this CokintrY
We could scarcely have believed, had not this
latrnal been unfortunately, ono newly.in ituted
raper,. that A iirlLl4lt write!,- owusong, the conduct
or a Negotiation with a Foreign State,'Should brgiAt
with the first Ael of opposition ou the part of the
tish Government to a suits of hostile 'measures
on that rit its adversary, parsimg aver a liogeittr
the measures which' made this oppnsition necessary I

'Bolt is afreCied to be thought syrsetterous to attack
a Nation situated
.as Spain now is Spain be
about to add another to dm list ofcalmnities which af.
fl Alter, it is her own fault.--Pik (as we once observ-
ed before) might induce us to wink at kis of passive
obedience to the commands of our principal Enemy
even though we were ultimately injured by them; but
if Spain be not htrielfsa much aware of the difficulty
of her situation, as to abstain from measeres of alive
hostility towards us, and the weapon uplifted is an aet
of hostility, though no blow be struck, it is quite
absorb in her to ground her claims for mercy upon
the imbecility and wretchedness of her situation.
When it is officially known that out Minister has
left Ma Iftd, a Dect.A4A-r tort will probably be
published, stating the causes which have led to the
Rupture. On the warlike measures which may be
adopted in consequence, we certainly shall not spe.
culate, We will, however, venture to aisert, that
there never was a period when our Troops were in
better condition fur any service whatsoever.

TH e Dispatch Sloop of Ma has capttireil, 4nci.,af-
terwards destroyed, two French Pinnaces, the
craws end stores of which she brought into Plymouth
on Wednesday.

We yesterday stopped the Prose to anilJunce the
receipt of the smaller raiii ?aprri to the 18th
and Darth Journals to the td inst.
The intelligence they bring is very unimportapt.
It chicity relates to the preparations for the Coro-
nation of the Usurper, which there is little doohr
took place last Sunday.

he listavian Legislative Body seem to display
tr spirit of resistance to the demands of ilorrAPAßTit
which could scarcely be ex' pelted in the forlorn situ.
aoon of their unfortunate Country, and which we
fear will draw down upon them the accumulated
venivanct of their Tyrant, who, it is very probable,
wilt-establish in Holland a Qovernmeut completely
despotic.

A Leiter from Ftankfort speaks of some nth.
, .
unuerstanurog diqlng aritiell between the Courts of
Berlin anti So. Peterstlurgh, but it i 3 very probably
n Parisian fairtication.