The Sun. — 1824-01-01 (London, England)

MORNING CHRONICLE.I Paris letters mention that several Spaniards who had sought an asylum in the French territory, have been arrested by order of the French Government, and that others, who had come from the Low Countries, have gens d'armes placed in their lodgings.  We have had an opportunity of reading the Manifesto of the Mexican Government, dated the Bth of October, in which the reasons for declaring that country to be free and independent are stated in a precise and spirited manner.— The accusations against Spain for violating the rights of the Mexicans amount to a fresh declaration of war, called for by the wanton aggression of the Governor of the Castle of St. John de Ulloa. The two French spies, who had been arrested, and respecting whom, it will be remembered, we, some time ago, published an official denunciation, pleaded that they visited the country merely forsmercantile purposes ; but on examining their baggage, a cypher and other matters calculated to excite suspicion were discovered. On being asked for the key of the cypher, they declared it was lost ; but sufficient evidence was established to prove that they were there in the character of secret agents of the French Government, with a view to intrigue in the interests of the Holy Alliance, or for the purpose of establishing a Bourbon Prince on the throne of Mexicoom a plan similar to that of M. de Cate for Buenos Ayres. These emissaries continued in. confinement, and it was thought that they would be sent out of the country under an escort.—(lbid.)  Letters from Bilboa give a melancholy picture of the state of that place. As soon as the late change of Ministers was known there, the fanatics went howling about the streets, proclaiming their abhorrence of the measure, and declaring they could trust no one, except clergymen, near the throne. Meeting two persons in the streets, known to be Liberals, they immediately put them to dead►, to satisfy their own thirst for vengeance. No person of learning or liberal ideas ventured into the streets after it was dark.—(lbid.)  [NEW TIMES I We have received Siena Leone Gazettes to the 13th of September, and we are happy to learn from them that. the mortality occasioned by the fever in the preceding month of May was exaggerated in the accounts then transmitted to England. The visitation had been severe, but not to the extent stated ; and we collect from the present Journals, that healthfulness had been NA orecl in the Colony,. We find the indefatipl,le Governor, Sir Charles MacCarthy, as usual, et.?ployeci iu tours .of' inspection from townt•hip t., township, stimulating every beneficki e•:.(,-;i:.):1 by his countenance, advice, or assit,tai Even in the month of August, which hir; fleet; considered by sonic as the most pernirioes part of the rainy season in that climate, the rivernar in person visited the towns of Kisse' and Wellington. " In September he  commenced a tour to the mountain establishments, in the course of which he visited and inspected the towns of Gloucester, Bathurst, and Leopold. By occasional attentions of this kind to the local wants of the inhabitants, and by the personal encouragements which he is thus enabled to give to industry and enterprise, his Excellency powerfully contributes to the internal prosperity of the Colony ; while on the other hand, by an energetic display of force, he renders the neighbouring Powers duly sensible of the impoHey of any unjust aggression on British interests. The Ashantees, as we have heretofore stated,are the most inveterate of our enemies in that quarter of the world ; and by the horrid murder of a British Serjeant they had forced Sir Charles to take up arms against them. Captain Laing, who had marched from Cape Coast against these Barbarians, was not able to bring them to action, but had effectually stopped their incursions. He was on the 9th of August in camp at Yancomassie, near Mansue, about 20 miles beyond Donquah.