The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-18 00:00:00

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LONDON,
I%IONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1831.

By the French Papers we learn that the Anni-
versary of the taking of the Bastile on Thursday
last, which had been looked to with considerable
apprehension, passed off on the whole smoothly. '
The capital remained quiet on Saturday evening,
and everything betokened, from the precautions
taken by the authorities, that the three great
days of July would pass off in the same manner•
Much, however, must depend on the temper
displayed by the new Chamber which meets on
Saturday next. Unless CASIMIR PERIER defer
to public opinion, so openly and so unequivocally I
expressed against the hereditary Peerage and in
favour of the brave Poles, his tenure of office
will not, we apprehend, survive the Ist of August.
The majority of the French people are decidedly
for peace—but peace only on condition of pre-
serving the national honour, which at present
stands in rather a questionable predicament, so
far as Poland is concerned. But the happy
settlement of the Belgian affair will now relieve
both France and England from a world of per-
plexity on this subject.
We perceive that Pozzo DI BORGO, the arch
Russian Ambassador at Paris, has set out on a
visit of reconnoissance to this country. The
French King's speech to the new Chamber is ex-
pected to contain some bitter truths on the sub-
ject of Poland, and that in language not, to be
mistaken as to the ulterior tendency of the pro-
ceedings which it may be found necessary, if
not absolutely imperative to adopt. In the
settlement of the Polish question, we sincerely
trust that the infamous conduct of Prussia will
not be forgotten. Never yet did a neutral
Power act so outrageously in utter defiance
of justice, truth, and humanity. But will such
mockery be endured? Not much longer, we hope.

The news from Brussels is now very satisfac-
tory. The spirit of faction had wholly disap-
peared, or at least settled down for the present
in anticipation of the KING'S arrival—an event
which was arranged to take place to-morrow at
noon. On Thursday LEOPOLD will be formally
installed into office, and take the oaths as King
of the Belgians. It will be an important day
for Brussels—and fervently do we hope that
Warsaw may soon witness a similar triumph by
rejoicing in the King of the Poles !

The Archduke CONSTANTINE'S death is
now confirmed—and with it the increasing pre-
valence of the cholera at St. Petersburgh. The
disease has also spread into Hungary, and will
probably soon pay its respects to the neutral
Sovereigns of Vienna and Berlin.

Lisbon Gazettes to the 2d instant give the
following bombastic account of the anniversary
of the " Monster" MIGUEL. We apprehend
that his MAJESTY's recollections were more
pleasing than his prognostications on this his
last celebration

LISBON, JULY I.—The memorable day of June 30
will be always associated in this kingdom with the demon-
stration of joy of which we were witnesses yesterday.
It is now but little more than three years ago that Portugal
presented a picture of a family deprived of its real head,
and reduced to the mournful condition of an orphan. The
fundamental laws of the Monarchy, identified during the
course of so many ages with the national instruments were
violated, the classic soil of fidelity contaminated by the
introduction of political doctrines subversive of its dignity
and its tranquillity, and the social edifice was threatened
with impending destruction, when the Supreme arbiter of
the fate of empires determined that the throne of the
great Alphoneo should not fall : that the kingdom which
he founded should recover its due place among civilised
nation=, and that the bright day of its happy restoration
should down by the much-desired arrival of the magnanimous
and legitimate King, whom the Portuguese nation, called
to the bosom of his country and the throne of his royal
ancestors. The august presence of our legitimate
Sovereign fixed the destinies of this kingdom, where
his august name was repeated amidst the accla-
mations of loyalty and attachment, with most sub-
missive and humble representations that he might
assume the Crown to which he had such sacred and in-
disputable titles. But that in a matter of so much im-
portance the enactments of the laws of the Monarchy
might be observed, his Majesty resolved to refer the con-
sideration of it to the only competent tribune, in which
were united the nobility, the learning, and the wealth of
the kingdom. In the assembly of the three estates of the
kingdom, that justice and firmness were manifested which
the importance of the deliberations so promptly required ;
nor was there, nor could there be, any diversity of opinions
when their resolutions rested on such clear and solid
foundations ; the worthy descendants of these worthy men,
who in the Cortes of Lamego so bravely maintained the
dignity and independence of the Portuguese nation, pro-
claimed in the face of the world that the legitimate King
of Portugal, according to the unprescriptible laws of the
succession to the Crown, is his Majesty Senhor Don
Miguel I.
His Majesty, in deigning to conform to this just deci-
sion, gave a new and brilliant proof of love to the country
that gave flora birth, but putting an end to the fatal un-
certainty on which the fate of the monarchy vacillated,
the three estates, in following in this important revolution
the dictates of honour and conscience with a firmness su-
perior to all praise, acquired an indelible title to the na-
kingdom heard, when their sworn enemies thought
eo cou-
rage tional gratitude, by snaking the voice of the ancient laws
ofto put them to silence.
From this important epoch we date the happiness of
Portugal, which so often distinguished by miracles of fide-
lity and valour in defence of its legitimate Kings and of
tie
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liainng
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unjust
invasion
antsdli the sacred eoe r
al ihas always
yoke.
shownkteh thrioaenvqeiungcon-
solidated
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al
and
the rule of the original laws of the monarchy,
which do not permit odious innovations dictated by the
deli6um of liberalism, Portugal will continue to present
to the universe a convincing proof that the revolutionary
theories which have caused the ruin and the decay of so
many States in both hemispheres, will never pin ithuit.