The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-17 00:00:00

[ The Times.]

The affairs of Spain, which it would have been
didicelt for the most eminent talents to have re-
duced to order, after the retreat of the French,
have certainly, by the course, or rather courses of
administration which base been pursued, become
gradually more and more embroiled, till, at last,
what has been called " a crisis is said to be.at
the point of taking place." For our own part, we
think that many crises have already occurred, but
Iron' none of which has the State emerged into
any thing like convalescence. the national
.parties, which, as in all cases of civil dissension,
•may be distributed compendiously into the op-
-ptessors and the oppressed, must also, we find,
.be added the English and Russian factions;
•clashing, wherever they can, against each other
with great bitterness. If any proof were want-
ing of He feeble state of the Spanish Govern-
ment, its submitting to be thus torn by foreign in-
terests would he of itself .couclusive. Wete any
good likely to result to the kingdom of Spain from
such interference, we might recommend and pressit;
.but as it now only evidently adds to the.coninsion,
we canitot help thinking that what the Government
:of Spain cannot prevent through weakness, the
-ether .two Governments nmitioned should sus-
pend or withdraw (rain humanity. With respect
•to the crisis, or grand -crisis talked of, it is not
improbable that such may take place : fierce' and
impunity ebuiliions, however, do not make a
pzrt of for national character of the Spaniards
und.we should therefore even still be more dis-
posed to expect a gi adually increasing opposition
to, than a sudden assault upon, the existing sys-
arm, if it may be thought worthy of that name.—
Twelve .thousand of the best families are said to
be in .a state of exile : this, if true, is a proof
that the meditated changes of the State have not
been in the hands of those who, when inflamed,
are but too powerful to destroy, though they are
wholly incompetent to fecal order or public good
out of the destruction.

[Morning Herald ]

IVe yesterday stated that some additions were
to he made to Carlton-house. We understand
that the roof is to be taken otf, and the walls are•
to be raised a story higher : and the house, as it
will then stand, will form the centre of a palace,
upon a magnificent scale, to be built at a future
period. The Prince Regent is desirous to incur
as little public expence, at present, as possible;
and therefore the additional buildings are deter-
red. When they are about •to he begun, IVar-
vvick-house, Warwick-street, and the whole of
the houses from the Haymarket. to Califon-house,
are to be pulled down ; and on the other side,
the Red-house, IVIr. Phillips's house, with some
others, so 85 to obtain sufficient space to render
the ►rings,of the ❑ew Palace uniform. Such, we
understand, are the outlines of the plan in agita-
tion. It was ascertained on the first time of his
Majt4ty's State coach, with the cream-coloured
hones, entering the yard, that there was not sof-
fitieut room for them to turn round. In co►nse-
rjuence of this, the Prince Regent, on all State
occasions, in going to Parliament, has been
obliged to go to St. James's Palace to get into
the State carriage. According to the plan now
in view, a larger court-yard will be formed before
each of the .new wings, as these will extend in a
alop;r►g form to tite rear.

The weather during the last two or three days
lots hero so severe, as to make us recollect that
we are tar advanced in the wintry mouth of De-
cember. " A strong proof, however, of its previ-
ous niihincss was yesterday exhibited on West-
minstcr-hridge, where a countryman was stand-
ing with a considerable quantity of hawthorn in
ion bloom, and was offering slips of it at Gd. a-
piece-to the various passengers.