The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-07 00:00:00

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tiits, and Alen pretteded tet taut a view o Ale can.
duff of Portugal; with respeft to her political re-
lations- with Foreign Powers. He considered her
as dependent upon England but, "after the Peace
of Campo Formic, she was afraid-of being invaded
by France, and sent an Ambassadot to Paris, who
concluded a Treaty which the Portuguese Govern-
ment refused to ratify.
" The Treaty of Lurieville, which pacified the
Continent, was the moment for obtaining the satis-
fadion which we had a right to require from the
Portuguese Government. A Convention was con-
cluded- at Madrid between France and Spain, by
which it was stipulated that they should firm
a Combined • Army to oblige .PortugaL to clench
herself • from her .alliance with England, and to
cede, tilt the Dcfroitive ,Peaceif-• to the French Ind
Spanish Troops; ilit'occupiltiorrof a fourth of her
Territory.

" The objea of this Convention was not tosa-
tisfy a vain sentiment of pride, or ,to revenge of.
fences which really exist no longer,- as soon as one ,
has the power of punishing them ; but it was a part
of that vast political combination .which .readied
from„the Baltic to Hanover, from Hanover to the
eonfioes of Otranto, and the common knot of which
was the General Peace..

• " The, French Government kept its engage-
ments, A liVision with .a numerous . Artillery,
traversed the Pyrenees under General :LECLERC.
General ST. Cyst, an Officer of distinguished merit,
was sent to be with therSpanish General, and to
concert all the operations of the War. Hostilities
began,. but after two or three skirmishes, in which
+ or soo men might be engaged on both sides, .
the Spanish General concluded, in_the.naise of his
Government, the Treaty .of Badajos, in which he
forgot to exaEt the occupation, of :a quarter of the
Portuguese Territory; which had been the real.
and principal interest of the Convention of Madrid.
44 The First Consul immediately made known,
that he could .not ratify the Treaty of Btclajos ;
that it was contrary to the general policy aid in-
terest of the Allies; that it was in dire4l oppo-
sition to the Convention of Madrid; and that the .
immediate consequence of this Treaty to Es Ca-
tholie Majesty, if he should ratify it separately,
would be the loss of Trinidad. The Cabicet did
not. yield to ,these reasons, ratified separately the
Treaty of Badajos, and thus made the sacrifice of
Trinidad.' •

" After „the, Peace' with Spain, we coatinued
several months. alone at Wai: with Portugal. We
should have undertaken and realized,
.what by the'
Convention of Madrid,Spain was to have donein
cert with us. We should have obtained the Cession
until the Definitive Peace, of the occupation of a
quarter of the Portuguese Territory ; but events
were pressing, the Negotiations so long caned .on
at London, arrived at their maturity ; Government
gave its orders, and the Peace was signed with
Portugal two days before the signing of tilt Pre-
liminaries at London.

" With respea, to the limits between the two
Guianas, we may say that' by the Convention of
1700, they had been fixed at the river of the Ama-
zons, for by that Convention the Portuguese bound
themselves to• demolish all the Forts 'upon the Left
Bank of that river;; and the Treaty of Utrecht regu-
lated them subsequently in an impeded manner, full
of contradiftions, and which produced the disputes
which have eons:int:n...l t. the ravat.tit .lay•

" French Guiana is the only Colony that remains
'to us upon the Continent of America, while the
English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch, possess :
theie extensive and rich Establishments, and consi-
der them a principal means of prosperity."
. The Orator then adverted terCayenne, and' ex-
pressed his hope of its becoming an interesting,
Colony, after which lle'thus continued :
. No:doubt, it will require considerable means
to realize these hopes ; but, first of all it .Would, be
proper to fix the still uncertain limits. of the Colony.
If debates have arisen in the English Parliament
upon the 'means of reconciling- this fixing the boun-
daries, with the Preliminary Treaty concluded be-
tween France and England, which guarantees the
Integrity of the Portugtiew Territories, these de
hates cannot produce sail:ins:difficulty. It is, evi-
dent that the Clause` or'the. Preliminary Treaty
relates only.to the Invasion with which Portugal
was threatened by the French Army' which was upon
her Frontiers. That Clause cannot besides apply
to the fixing of limits, which has been constantly
in discussion. It was important for Portugal as
well as France, to prevent all future • disputes ;
and the disposition which has been .made for this
purpose cannot, in any point of view, be consider-
ed as affecting the Integrity of the Territory of
Portugal."
The debate was fixed for the loth inst.