The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-22 00:00:00

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and formal manner by the Captain-General;
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against the rtprescntative of France in liarcOt inc
A bribe of 30,00 dollars was offered by-tfie. •
to the Guveri or of the fort of Montjuich, and an
zmrance cf a ;.:ate passage to France on board a Freft4 .
v,,•ssil, on cunditidn of his surrendering the inificiito4-li,, '
pu,ition he commanded. The offer was rejecteltg. dslyuati
ternptuoudy; it wes again and again repea • v
a..lain and. rerused.

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SPAIN.

A1.11.ZI1), DEC. 13.—The news conveyed by the
Barcelona express of the 9th instant, mid published
this morn ing in the Gazette, is scarcely worth allud-
ing to;

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IV is -Clarions to observe the. change of opinion which
has taken place in Spain within-a short period. The
Navarrese, you. will recollect, were the last-to aban-
don the cause of Don Carlos. In their province it
was that he expected to make a last struggle for the
crown of Spain. In 'Pamplona, the capital of that
province, a Te Deum and public rejoicings have taken
place to celebrate the Regent's successful mission to
Barcelona. Maria Christina and her favourite Ge-
neral (Leopold O'Donnell) will doubtless wonder not
a little on hearing that the city selected by theM only
twelve short months ago for -rekindling the Civil war,
should so soon have become so enamoured of peace,
'Espartero, and the Constitution. The;everit furnishes
another reminiscence. The hireling, and factious
scribblers who are now endeavouring to move heaven
and earth against the Regent, for having at-length
used a necessary and justifiable force in putting
down the insurgents of Barcelona, never comulained of
the said Leopold O'Donnell, for having fired last year
upon the unotiending city of Pamplona. Neither do
they take the least notice of the two or three hundred
soldiers and officers shot almost defenceless in the
streets of Barcelona, from behind strong Walls and
barricades, in the most cowardly and sanguinary
manner. In the one-sided criticisms of these writers,
the military arc something to be shot at ad 'libitum,
even when endeavouring to preserve the peace and
institutions of the country. The insurrection of Bar-
celona was unprovoked in its origin, treasonable in its
objects, and brutal in its execution ; and all -that is
said consequently about its castigation mere nonsense.
In no country in the world would such lenity and
forbearance have been shown towards so criminal an
attempt. By the parties who clamour against the
severity of the measures taken on the occasion, the
praises of the French naval force there,"for haying as-
sisted in extinguishing the fires caused by the shells
of Montjuich, are pointedly contrasted with the con-
duct of the British and Spanish Marines, who took
nu part in this humane office.
Fives Active 25 15-16 cash to-day.
NA VAL INTELLIGENCE..

Tsmorru.—The Austrian frigate liellone, com-
manded by the Archduke Frederick, is taking on
board live stock, &c., preparatory to returning to
Trieste. She will go out of harbour in a day or two.
A grand ball will be given on Wednesday in honour
of his imperial llighness, which will be attended by
all the elite of the neighbourhood. Naval officers
who have visited the ship report well of her internal
condition.

The new steamer Spiteful, built at Pembroke, has
been commissioned at Plymouth by Commander
William Maitland, 1840, reported for service in the
Mediterranean.

The Samarang, 26, Captain Belcher, fitting out at
this port for surveying service in the Chinese waters,
is progresEively getting manned, but retarded in her
e►luipment by-the unfavourable weather. She is to be
supplied with lanterns for night-actions, invented by
Mr. hay, operative chemist, of Portsmouth.
The Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, recently
from the Mediterranean, is in the harbour refitting,
and, contrary to expectation, is ordered to proceed as
soon as ready to Plymouth for further directions. ller
destination is not known.

The Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, has
left Spithead for the West Indies. She goes m the
first instance to Bermuda, to meet the -Vice-Admiral.
Sir Charles Adam, and for her. Captain to be present
at a Court-martial, ordered to he assembled for the
trial of Captain the Hon. C. Elliot, of the Spartan,
•?ti, for having flogged a Midshipman 'of that ship.
We- ascertain by letters of the Bth instant, that the
Formidable, 80, captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart.,
has arrived in safety at Minorca, and was repairing
her damages in the harbour of Port Mahon, having
been towed thither by the Cyclops steamer. She has
lost her rudder, and is leaky, and after 'temporary
repairs is to proceed to Malta. Her safety is ascribed
to the light wind which then prevailed, or she would
have been a total wreck at the mouth of the Llobre-
gat,near Barcelona.

The Pilot, 18, is ordered home from the West Indies
to be paid off, having been in commission upwards of
four years.

The; Tyne and Conway, 26 gun ships, are being
brought forward for commission at this-port.
The new sloop Frolic, 16, Commander Willis, is
ordered to proceed to the West Indies, as soon as
ready. She is to convey to the Bahamas, Governor
Sir James Cockburn.

At §pithead.—No ship of war.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Cambridge,
Excellent, Royal George, Samarang, Frolic, Nau-
tilus, and Thunderbolt, Rocket and Volcano steamers,
and Austrian frigate Bellone.
We have jut heard that orders have been dis-
patched to the Captain of the Formidable, 80, Sir
Charles Burt., to return to Spithead, as soon
as the repairs of the ship are effected.—Brighton
Gazette.

"We learn from Belize, that General Metrazan Pre-
sident of the State of Costa Rica, was deposed and
murdered in the middle of September, while preparing
to make an attack on Nicaragua. Xn insurrection
arose in the capital, and his troops were. driven out,
:ollowed by the insurgents ; he was overtaken :at a
distance of five leagws. N 1 here he was shot, and hia
oldiers massacred to a 1080. This event, adds the
accoutt, shows that the Indian race, at the head of
which is Carrtra, the rival of Morazan, are about to
become the matters of Costa Rica, as they are
already of the rest of Guatemala.— Galignani.
We understand, says the Hampshire Telegraph,
that more wheat has ben sown in Sussex this autumn
than was ever before known, wheat being-substituted
in many places where oats in course ought to have
been sown.

TUE Coors.—Owing to the long-continued dry
weather in the autumn, the breadth of land sown
with wheat is unusually large, and as the weather
since the grain has sprouted lnio been damp and warm,
the young wheats are very forward, and in most in-
stances looking remarkably tine.— Worcester Chronicle.
CAPTURE OF EIGHTY WHALES AT ORKNEY.—Ex.
tract of a letter dated Kirkwall, Dec. 6, 1842.—At
Scapa Bay, a shoal of whales has appeared, and a lot
of boats arc in hot pursuit, and will in all likelihood
capture them, as they are very near in with them at
this moment. As it is just about post 1 Cannot wait
to tell of their success, besides, I am most anxious for
being off to be in at the death of the-monsters. A most
glorious day for a whale hunt. IVcdnesday, Dec. 7.
The whales were captured yesterday; but I was just out
in time to he too late to see them killed.- There are
from 6to 18 feet. Twenty
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boat;g
and the scene altogether was a most animating
one, especially, at the death—the monsters lashing the
sea, red with their own blood, into u thousand forms,
and tossing the boats hither and thither with the
stroke of their powerful tails. The day was calm,
clear, with sunshine, and the "red " sea being sprayed
about between the spectator and the sun, had a very
grand appearance. Two or three boats were more or
less damaged during the conflict, but nothing serious
happened.—Thursday, Dec.lB. The whales have since
been sold for 2141., a sum which, when divided among
the captors, will prove a seasonable relief.
MALTING.—The extraordinary mildness of the at-
mosphere, during the last wed:, has kept the malt-
sters extremely busy in turning their couches. We
are told that at no period since 1835, has barley been
in such a fine state for malt, particularly that &or.,
re thmaitsesi
the southern counties.—Yini Courcuit.- • •
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL FOR TIER D'APTITUTE
SICK.-1t gives us sincere pleasure to ha con-
tributions towards the new and extusive
Gray's Inn-road, purchased for US- excellent institu-
tion, are beginning to flow in pretty copiously.
Within these few days donations of 100/. from Miss
Lee, of Knightsbridge ; 2001. from J. ;P.; and 1001.
from B. G.; besides many other:-smaller amounts
have been paid to the account of the charity. Those
under the initials of J. P. and B. G., came through
their bankers, Messrs. Grote and Co. -
CHARITY.—Yesterday, the sitting Magistrates at
Bow-street, Worship-street, and Clerkenwell Police
Courts, each acknowledged a donation of 101. from
the Goldsmiths' Company, for the relief of the _poor.
We learn from Turin that the hamlet of Novette,
in Savoy, has been almost entirely reduced to ashes,
upwards of sixty houses, including the parsonage,
having been burnt down, leaving a hundred famil .U 4
without shelter-or bread, as the %%hole of their har-
vest, which was in the barns, has also been consume 4„
The church is much damaged, and narrowly esespe4
total destruction.

THE SEASON.—To the numerous other 4, proofs
the mildness of the season," furnished by our emus;
pondents, may be added, that, on Sunday last, this e
ayntfast,
very finis mushrooms were gathered oil Knavesmitot
his Royal Highness
ileaErN.toct•iTt.l..:orotirkTuCe(sndira
the D
touke of Sussex p assed. through this city, on his
way Castle Howard, where, we understand, he will
spend the Christintis:—. York Couraht.
PesETBM ANb Tim LAITY.—The curate of a pa,
rich church, not a hundred miles from Rowley Regis,
we hear, has been suddenly ejected fain' the curacy.
It is said that his hearers generally had become indig-
nant on discovering that he had imbibed Fuseyite sen-
timents,— WQrceacr OrOttick.