The Sun. — 1824-12-18 (London, England)

MORNING CHRONICLE.] The French Papers up to the 16th, which we received late last night, contain one article of intelligence, which, if it be true, is deserving notice. The Courier Francais says, " that it is not Majorca, but the Island of Ivica, of which the Constitutionalists have made themselves masters." It seems also by the same Paper, that the Constitutionalists have contrived to fit out several armed vessels, with which they are cruizing in the Straits of Gibraltar. Several parties of Constitutionalists have also shewed themselves in different provinces. We had previously heard from Paris—" What was foreseen with respect to Spain after the retreat of the French army, begins to be realised in that unfortunate country, where there is a general fermentation. Bands of malcontents have already collected in Navarre, Biscay, Galicia, Old Castille, and Estremadura. At present their numbers are but small, but they will serve as rallying points to the Constitutionalists, who will have no other means to save their lives or their personal liberty." The mere report of the French withdrawing their troops, and the preparations for doing so, have roused the Constitutionalists into activity, and Guerillas are forming in various parts of Spain. From Ivica, whence Ferdinand will scarcely be able to dislodge them, they may stir up all Catalonia, and the more persons he proscribes, the greater will be the number eager for vengeance, and the more readily will a force be collected to overthrow his Government. Under such circumstances it is scarcely possible that any considerable number of French troops should now be withdrawn from Spain. If the Spanish refugees can keep up their hopes, and preserve the vigour of their arms some few months longer, they may again see_realized in their own country that guerilla warfare which was formerly so destructive to a more powerful foe, and may have an opportunity both of taking revenge on their oppressors, and of proving their love of liberty.  in another column we give a paragraph from the Bury Post, containing the particulars of more mischief occasioned by the use of those murderous engines, spring-guns. One individual, on his way home to Holbrook, pursuing a certain path, on the assurance that the spring-gun usually set in it was not loaded, accidentally trode on the wire, and received the charge in his left hand, which was so shattered, that amputation was necessary. The keeper of Sir`"".Agar, of Brenteleigh Hall, it appears, has been shot in the thigh in the same manner ; and lastly, it is reported, that a gentleman who preserves game has been overtaken by retributive justice, having fallen into his awn snare, and been slightly wounded by one of his own engines. These are the casualties caused by these abominable contrivances, as reported in our Paper. At the year's end it would be well to compute the number of killed and wounded during the last twelvemonth by spring-guns, in this laud of justice and humanity, that we may see at one view the lives that have been lost, and the limbs that have been mutilated, in the cause of partridges and pheasants. We despair, however, of seeing the use of these formidable engines discontinued so long as human beings are the only victims to it; but if a cock pheasant, or a line pointer dog, should chance one day to come to an untimely end, and to fall by the random shot of a spring-gun intended for a poacher, may so serious a catastrophe, so irreparable a loss, possibly touch the hearts and open the eyes of country Gentlemen to the cruelty of this murderous machinery. But till some signal mischief of this nature occur, we cannot hope to make any impression on the feelings or understandings of the 'Squires.—(ibid.)  [