The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-16 00:00:00

I
am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
A STUDENT of the Inner Temple.

July 13, 1321.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

XERES DE LA FRONTERA,
_JUNE 0.—.1t ap-
pears that the factious Zaldiva has only nine
companions left him. The Political Chief of the
Province has invited the Municipal Authorities
to open a subscription for the purpose of reward-
ing the persons who may deliver up Zaldiva, or his
accomplices. In consequence of this invitation
of the Political Chief, the Constitutional Alcades
of this city have taken very prudent and well-
timed measures to frustrate the hopes of the dis-
turbers of public order. They have issued a de-
cree of ten articles, some of which may be com-
plained of as rigorous, but this is necessary in-the
present state of things.

ROA, JUNE 26.—Yesterday evening General
Don. Martin entered this city in triumph, bringing
with him•the famous Alejo Sane, the robber and
assassin, who had been for some years the terror
of Castile. The manner in which the capture of
this criminal (as important perhaps as that of Me=
rino himself), was effected, is remarkable.
Alejo, it seems, who escaped in 1815 from the
prison of Valladolid, where he had :been
condemned to death for robbery and mur-
der, came now from Madrid in search of
Merino, and when he reached Olrnedillo, wrote
him a letter announcing that he was corne.to his
assistance. • This letter he entrusted to another
rebel, Manuel Anton, of that place,,ivha, since
the affair of Sepulveda, had- been seeking for au.
opportunity to obtain his pardon ; he accordingly
took this favourable opportunity, and insisted on
carrying the letter to Merino, delivered it to Gen.
Empecinado, who was at his country-house,
two leagues from this place, and five frona-
Obnedillo, being on his waylo• Zamora, in con-,
sequence of the orders of Government. The
General did not lose. a moment, but with Only 6 metk
who accompanied him on his journey, proceeded.'
to Olmedillo, guided by .the informer, to the house
IA here Alejo was concealed. The General himself.
went to the back. part. of the house, where there
was a loop-hole„by which he suspected the Crimi-
nal would attempt. to escape.—This in fact- hap-.
pened ; but the General fired a shot at him,.which
$o confounded him, that he could. not avoid
'falling into the General's handA. Thus our couu-
trytnan, Empecinado, has honourably ;finished his
campaign in this country,having made withhiscr.l u
hands the two most important captures; firs: of
Quintana, the next to Merino, and now of this
wretch, who is notorious in Castile for his crimes.
and being hopeless Of pardon, would have commit-
ted a thousand excesses, if his projectslad not been
so providentially frustrated. The crimes of this"
monster are proved, and will soon. receive the
merited punishment. He is well aware ofhis.im-
pending fate,. for on entering th.e prison. 'of this
town, he was heard to say, " Forty deaths are
atoned for by one."

MADRID, JUNE is now midnight, and
numbers of citizens are traversing the streets
with bands of music, serenading the Deputies
to the Cortes, and expressing their respect by
repeated acclamations. This a noble and spon-
taneous tribute by which the people of Madrid eu-
cleavour to spew their gratitude for the zeal which
they have displayed in the service of the nation ;
a gratitude which is participated by the hearts of
all good Spaniards.

HOWARD AND GIBBS' BANERDPTcYO.-:—The
Commissioners under this Commission of Bank-
ruptcy have been sitting almost daily' durin. tt,e
last week, examining into the Betitioningriere-
ditor's debt, in pursuance of an order made by
the LORD CHANCELLOR (and consented to by the-
Petitioning Creditor) for that purpose. After
the examination of witnesses, and hearing Mt.
TRESLOYE in support of the debt, and Mr. MON-
TAGUE in opposition, the Commissioners decide
that the debt on which the Commission is. fonna-
ed is a good and legal debt to support

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

Alilf E_,ITRACT3 PROM THE MORNING PAPERS.

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PrIORNING POST.]
The ;egrets -which we have not. ceased to feel
and to express at the couree lately forged upon
_ the Queen by her deceivers, have ; been unavail-
ing. There was a possibility that they might
• tetarher Majesty to a sense of whet she owes to
hem" and to the public ; the hope was indeed
EA;nt ; .but it was not unreasonable to think that
- :4k:limey could never be entirely extinguished in
•Lt.la bo3ona of a female. The correspondence
iutterted in another part of our Paper, (see THE
cf,Steurdag,) and her continued cleten-nina-
lioi4 to attend, has however proved that that hope
►fax unfounded. Her Majesty, after the rejec-
tion.of her claims to be crowned, and the refusal
of-her demand to be allowed to attend as a spec-
-taor, is.obstinate, and we would even -Say, poor
.arkirlted enough to
-inform Lord Sidrnouth that it
intention to be -present at the Coronation.
'Me will .put it to the meanest'-creature s that
- i.k.a..r.t the shape of man or of woman,• if it tvauld
sojow as to intrude, not only where it was not
;.;4::ed, but where its presence had been expressly
fol.:Ad:len, as inconvenient and dangerous ? Would
not same sentiment of pride, sore half conscious-
:teas of offended dignity, start up to prevent such
•reii degradation ? But her Majesty's fritntis
e,..re not how far they outrage her feelings, and
• lea k-e her violate every rule and decencY'eof social
:life, provided their ends be answered, and the
zr retched victim be turned into a tool to break
th.e public peace. They have however overshot
the mark. Even amongst the Queen's former
adherents they have created the utmost disgust.
They have united all jarring opinions into one,
and that one is 'condemnatory of her Majesty's
. attempt to endanger the lives of the people and.
he security of the Metropolis, by forcing her-
self on the Coronation. If, therefore, after this,
she persist in . going, whatever mischief may be
intended by the villainy of the few who conceive
it their interest to act against their conviction, it
will, we trust, he easily prevented, by the sense,
end firmness of the many. We have heard,,in.-'
deed,. that the question of pretended right having
.been entirely settled, and the authority enjoyed
by his Majesty to admit or deny admission to his
Coronation having been clearly "established, a
place naiy_ possibly be. allotted to then Queen as
a matter of favour. This concession to ill-judged
Iziedness, not to fear, will, if it really take place,
dirarm the turbulent of their last pretence and
ti'eir last hope. In this point of view it may
certainly be justified ; otherwise we should think
more real tenderness to the Queen to prevent
_her from attending a ceremony, • which can- only
awaken in her mind the most self-accusing recol
lections, and the bitterest regrets.

[MORNING CHRONIeLE.I
-The speech of the King of Spain, at closing
the .ordinary Cortes, will be found in another
column.—(See THE SUN of Saturday.)—This
Sovereign now boasts that he is " the first Con-
stitutional Monarch in Europe ;" a nobler boast,
certainly, than that of some of his ancestors, that
the sun never set on their domittionS. We sup-
pose his Catholic Majesty alludes rather to the
rank of Spain among the nations of Europe, than
to the degree in which he is a Constitutional Mo-
narch. We are. not disposed to quarrel with
any thing that may serve to nourish in him the
fondness he professes to feel for the Constitution
to which he has sworn. The highest satisfaction
L expressed with the proceedings of the Cortes.
Notwithstanding the disorders inseparable from
such a change as Spain has experienced, we
are told that " agriculture, industry, arts, and
aeiences, already feel the ameliorations (hie to
our Constitutional system." If the Constitu-
tienal system can only be maintained (and the
prospect seems now rnostfavourable, for, notwith-
standing the confident predictions of the French
Ultraseand our Ministerial Journals, we are told in
this speech, that "the interior of the kingdom en-
joys tranquillity ; the only band of factious men
which has existed in small numbers has been dis-
persed and defeated by means of the energetic
d-.'.:positions of the Government, and -the zeal of
our troops,") we have little doubt that a rapid
improvement will take place in Spain. Two roes-
sitrel of the Cortes will powerfully contribute to
that object, namely, the Decree respecting pub-
-1:c instruction and the reformation of the-church
aid reuulation of its revenues. 'When to the be-
numhing influence of despotism and the inquisi-
tion succeeds the invigorating. influence of know-
I:edge and ,feee inquiry, who can doubt that a
country so highly. favoured by nature as Spain will,
aeon make rapid strideain the career of prosperity ?
Tile Spaniards have cause to rejoice that they are at
zi distance froin the great enemies of European ito-
provement-, Who, from their proximity to France,
were. ena bled but too, successfully to interfere with-
-Ih.a affairs of.that country in the early part of the
klevelutitnt, and to 'promote the disorder and con-.
fa-sion which prevented the change from !wing
productive of. so many advantages as would
Oilier wise have beenlierived from it. Still, how-
ever, with all these deduction's, France owes it
to the Revolution that it- is now the most pros-
perous country in Europe. In the French papers
ir hick arrived. on Saturday, there is a speech by
M. Ternaux,. in which he adds his testimony to
the many which have already been Given respect-
ing the benefits which France hasderived from
lier change. These testimonies enable us to
e;ppreciate the eulogies occasionally bestowed on
the French. Ernieraet bands.which leagued with
the Despots of Europe against the country.—
Spain, as we have said, seems destined to be
more fortunate, and let vs hope that herimprove-
ment will be in proportion.

Those who receive orders to offer persona'
violence to the Queen, on her Majesty's approach
to Westminster Hall, to be present at the Coro-
k..ation, will do well to consider the consequences-.
to which they may subject themselves before
they venture to act on them. We understand it
i 7 the opinion of Liwyers that her Majesty is
within the protection, of the statute of treasons

equally -with (lie King. If the case come before,
a Jury of their countrymen, It. will not be suffi-
cient for their justification, that they acted agree-
ably to orders. Her Majesty can only be resist-
ed by lawful authority, and it will be for the
Jury alone to deride whether the authority on
which they may act is lawful. It is not the first
time in the history of this country, that military
have been subjected to the last punishment of the
law for obeying unlawful orders.—(lbid.)

rMOP.NING HERALD.]
The disposition which is shewn by some per-
sons to represent the detention of Buonaparte as
a national disgrace,. is unnatural as well as un-
founded. It is unnatural, because it violates the
sacred and filial obligation which interests every
Englishman in defending; and not in staining, the
honour of his country. His detention-at St. He-
lena was the act of the country, sanctioned by
le islati re enactnrent—not a measure of Admi-
nistration. Let it be supposed for a moment,
that Ministers had advised the Crown to, grant
him an asylum in England, similarto that granted
to his brother Lucien, what security could be
had for his not again lighting the brand of war and
discord ? His parole of .honour! Napoleon was not
the man to fulfil a pledge against his interest and
ambition, which could not bind Francis the First.
But how awful the responsibility upon Ministers
to England and to Europe, should he repeat his
daring and brilliant escapade from Elba! - IlOw
would John Bull and the advocates of economical
Reform ,look at an addition of
.190,00930061. to
the Natiifnal Debt to engage in a new war ! We
cannot forget how severely iViinisteri were rebuked
for want of vigilance when he escaped from Elba.
They were very bitterly, anti, indeed,- not un-
justly reproved by the.OppoSitiOn in both Houses.
The viotated pledge44sEurope,and, indeed, to hu-
manity, would be gqitally awful and embarrassing.
Next, as to the right tli.f.letaily him a prisoner, in
which character he
.presented himself, that is so
apparent as to be scarcely doubted. The only
question then is the place and the mode of his'
captivity. We can think but of two places where
he• could- have been secure with any degree of
comfort, and a reasonable sphere of exercise, that
is, Gibraltar and St. Helena. The latter place
we believe the more desirable, aS well as the
more distant and secure. Lastly, as to treat-
ment, he has certainly enjoyed, by a liberal pro-
vision of Parliament, the luxuries, and even the
state of a Princely establishment. It is unfor-
tunate that vexations arose between him and the
Governor--through whose fault we shall not take
upon us to determine. But with these, even suppos-
ing them real, the country has nothing to do. The
truth is, that one would hope, for the honour of
Buonaparte's reputation for grandeur of mind
and force of character, that he really despised
the petty matters of complaint that were sent
forth, and resorted to them as the only means of
keeping his name alive in the popular recollec-
tion of Europe, from a hope which may- have
been inspired by his unquenchable ambition, and
his superstitious worship of fortune or fate. Had
this been a topic affecting the credit only of Mi-
nisters, we should be less anxious respecting it ;
but it was the act of the nation, and as such
should be vindicated, when it admits of vindica-
tion so clear and convincing.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
An account of the progress made in the prepa-
rations, for the ensuing Coronation, with some of
the arrangements as published in the Gazette of
Saturday, are given in another part of our Paper
(see another column of THE SUN).—The public
were prevented by the heavy rain from indulging
their curiosity in the forenoon of yesterday, but
in the evening the concourse of spectators in the
vicinity of the Hall and Abbey was excessive.
The Strand, Whitehall, and Parliament-street,
presented the flag ways on both sides completely
filled with passengers on their way to the scene
or retiring from it. The time for the assembling
of the company on Thursday is specified in ano-
ther part of our Paper. With some exceptions,
they must be all in the Hall before seven o'clock,
His Majesty expects to be upon his Throne at
nine. The procession will arrive at the Abbey
door at eleven. The solemnity there will occupy
until three. The procession will return and re-
sume its place in the Hall at four. The King
will then retire for an hour. Dinner will be
served at five, and, including the challenge of
the Champion, will be over at half-past seven
o'clock. His Majesty expects that the ceremony
will admit of his return to his Palace at eight.—
This we have good reason to believe will be the
progress of the course of the august and gorgeous
ceremony of the day.

['rue TIMES.]
As the time approaches, curiosity becomes
more excited to know what course the Queen
will adopt and pursue at this unicorn ceremony
of a Goronation. We can first inform the nation
then;from mere reasoning and experience, that
her Majesty's conduct will be such as will evince
neither timidity nor rashness : she will not.need-
lessly expose her person to danger, nor will she
tamely shrink from enforcing the demand which
she has made up to the utmost extent that a feeble
hut high-minded Princess can enforce it. For
herself-she i•s indifferent : .she might be content
that her case should stand where it is, and that
it should be thus left to posterity : she does
not wish to heap upon her adversaries the
obloquy of any new persecution, or to expose
them to that hatred which cannot but in-
crease with cruelties endlessly protracted. It
being, however, the undoubted right of Queens
to participate in that dignity, whatever it may
be, which is conferred by the solemnity of a Co-
ronation, her Majesty owes it to the station
which she occupies, and to future Queens of
England, (Heaven preserve them from sufferings
like hers l,) to leave some testimony that the
right has not been lost in her hands, and that in
not enjoying it she has simply yielded to brutal
force. Her Majesty, therefore, we have some
farther reason to suppose, will proceed in decent
stale to the Abbey door; she will there request
admission, and, if -entrance is refused her, she
will return ! Lady Anne Hamilton has volun-
teered her attendance on what, we may really,

Call the awful occasion ; ,and,her Majesty will,
we presume, be 'followed andsurrounded by her
Officers of State, and those friends who, in the
midst of a selfish generation, have not yet been
base enough to desert a Princess of, fallen fur-
tunes, but of 'uncorrupted integrity and unsub-
dued courage.

As to this coronation, if it even now takes
place, what is it ? It is not a Coronation of the
King of England ; for if it were, we should see
the Queen of England, who by law and usage has
as great a right to be crowned as himself, partake
in the ceremony. It is a Coronatio❑ of the Mi-
nistry ; and all those who attend it do but swell
their triumph : it is a Coronation of the success
of those measures, which, whether forced upon
them or not, Ministers have been yet enabled to
carry into effect, through the decay of public
spirit, the debasing influence of tyrannical laws,
and the general corruption of the times. It is a
ceremony, by which, if the pedestals supporting
the throne on one side are placed upon an
higher eminence than heretofore, those which
sustain the other side are kicked down into the
mire. And is the position of the " royal stool,"
we ask, rendered more firm by such a procesi
(Ibid.)