The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS.

FROM TILE 'MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

[Morning Chronicle.]
Nye Are still unable to' lay before nor readers
noy certain information respecting the state of
Spain. It would appear from a private letter from
M,drid Of the 3d inst., published in The Courier
of Saturday, and from a letter from (lie s.ime place
and of the same date in the Paris 'Papers, both of
which our readers will find below, that bands of
armed men are roaming up and down the country,
and brat " these hands are principally coin po.,,ed
of soldiers whom the tear of embarking for Ante-

rica has induced to desert their corps." How far
this breaking up of the Spanish Army may be con •
aeeted with the disturb:melts which are reported
'fa havetilken place at Madrid', remains to be as-
certminel. That the :Spanish Army is generally
.(Matrected, was already pretty Well known ; and
how indeed should' it be •ifilrerwise, when it is
neither paid, clothed, nor fed An artny such
a state can give no protection to Ferdinand, a'titi.
the only wonder is that an attempt should not be-
fore bate been made by sonic of the many who
must wish the overthrow of his government, to
turn this engine against him.

The following is an extract of a private letter
from Madrid, dated the 3d inst.:--
" NlADatri, Dec 3.---We have no news here of
any importance, that I can learn, but we are in
such a s; ate of ignorance upon political matters,
that we hardly know what is going forward in the
provinces. We have hail reports here of the con-
ceoiration of bands of robbers in different starts,
whose purpose is the plunder of ti aveliers, but
who pretend other tnotives for taki-og up arms.—
How far this is true it is impossible to say, nor
do we know whether there is any ground for be-
lieving that the principal cause of the delay of the
expedition (tom Cadiz is the rapid and uncoil-
tpodable desertion of the troops. It is not un-
liLely that you may be better Acquainted with
these matters than we r e "

nrongh a private hand we have also received
some annthers of. the Madrid Gazette, and althotn,,.; h
they ate not dated later than the 30th November,
they ate curious, because they are the fit that for
a long tittle have contained any information front
South America. They are also the latest dates
that have reached London.

" MADRID, DF.c. 3 —lhe various Corps
tof the
iStßte are eager to offer to the King their congta-
!lllations On the occasion of the pregnancy of the
Qaeen, by the celebration of religious ceremonies
for her happy delivery ; her Majesty has advanced
to her ninth mouth ; and for several days past
the Diplomatic Corps have received notice to be
in readiness to attend at a moment's notice.

" Much has been said here, during these few
days past, of armed bands, which are committing
excesses in the quarter of Andalusia and I,...stra-
nadura. It is even asserted, that they are nume-
rous enough to go into the villages and demand
provisions. These bands are principally cuml►os-
ed of soldiers, whom the tear of embarking for
America► has induced to desert their corps. If we
may rely upon the authority of several letters,
ping of felons, who had been sentenced to the
galleys, and who were tinder escort from Cadiz to
Ceuta, had been attacked by these hands, which
succeeded in liberating several of theta,"—(lbid.)