The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-22 00:00:00

cc and difficult country as far as you are able.
" Wait a little, do not make peace until the last
" moment, keep the invaders at bay, and in due
" time you will have not only secret friends,
" but hosts of auxiliaries from other parts of
" Asia, armed against Great Britain, and ret-
" ting her at defiance, and bearing upon the
cc opposite extremity of her precarious em-
" pire." A tendency to- such results as this,
we have from the outset of the war Ava been
led, though with reluctance, to apprehend. We
entertain the fear with great reluctance; because,
whatever might be the effect of a general uproar
in the East, and of a consequent loss of India to
this country, sure we are that to the native
inhabitants of Hindostan it would be a cala-
mity for which nothing could compensate. If
the principle of our Oriental Government be in
the nature of things despotic, it is at least a more
discreet, considerate, mild, and tolerable despo-
tism, than that of the uncouth tyrant of Umincra-
poora for example—or of Tippoo—or the Mali-
rattas—or others which England has annihilated.
The loss, accordingly, or even disturbance of our
Asiatic dominions, would be, with a view to the

interests of humanity, an event very seriously to
be deplored. We regard, therefore, the progress
of this now lengthened contest with an anxiety
not measured by any actual or contingent rela-
tions between England and the Burmese. The
Burmese war seems to us a mirror in which other
and more alarming trials of British prowess are
reflected : and if we fear more than may be
realised, it is at least an error on the prudent
side:

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The Paris Papers of Saturday' arrived last
night. The Mode contains au article of some
importance from Madrid. It professes to be a
declaration issuing directly from the King of
Spain himself, relative to the foreign and domestic
policy he has resolved to pursue. The removal
of M. Zea is described as a " personal change"
only, and "no change of system." The Spanish
.Government is represented to have " for its basis,
principles and not persons," and these principles
we are told " are founded on justice." This,
however, is unfortunately no very explicit state-
ment, as there are too many individuals in this
country, and other parts of Europe, who know,
by melancholy experience, that justice has a sig-
nification in the mind of Ferdinand VII. widely
different from the notions of mankind in general.
The whole declaration .is couched in the same
vague and indefinite language. If it means any
thing, we ought to understand that his Catholic
Majesty is determined to go on exactly as he has
proceeded hitherto, if circumstances will allow
him. His foreign policy he announces is invari-
able. This would of course mean that he will
not listen to any propositions for the recognition
of American independence. We suspect, however,
that all this parade of his determination never to
change his policy is only the precursor of an essen-
tial change in his policy, both foreign and domes-
tic: Men never talk so loudly that their resolution
shall not be shaken as when they feel that it will
not stand long. M. Zea had unquestionably mo-
dified the policy of the Spanish Government,anct
if the Duke del Infantado is to pursue his sys-
tem, it is certain that the Court of Madrid is
about to bend to circumstances, and begin indeed
" the great work of the regeneration of the Spa-
nish Monarchy."—The Ex-Empress Maria Lou-
isa, it seems, has quarrelled with her favourite
cavalier, Count Neipperg.