The Sun.
London, England, 1807-11-27 00:00:00

yesterday expressed our opinion that the Pro-
clamation of the KING of SPAIN for the apPrehen
lion -of the Partstc'E of *AsTuatAs was.,authcutic,
though there' were some circunisNices', .whifih
teuded to throw a doubt-'upon it.;
formation Which.we have since received : fOO7
vinces us that our opinion was well. founded,-,,
There is no doubt that the ProclarnatiOn'Was(issued,
rind that the Prince ,of ptitsi.lii4r an
tmest inconsequence of it. Btzt asioon as it was.
publicly known, an insurrc&Rion broke out 'in Ma—
drid, and it is well known the populace of Madrid
are- the'. most- formidable. of any in Europe.—
insUrre6tion-, alarmed: the Court, and a se-.
. , . ,
eond Proclamation was issued,, acquitting the
Prince of AsTotilAs of haying had any share.in the,
supposed Conspiracy, and .he was immediately.set at
.tut we fear that unfortnnate .Princes u ill
not long enjoy his. 'liberty, for it is,...Atated
that the Spanish Army which had advanced to the

font iers'Of ,Portugal, had, received orders to march
to Madrid, and that one of the Corps.olthePench
Aim}', which had reached Salamanca, had, also di-
rated its march for the Spanish Capital.
The, only circumstance which led us to entertain
any strong, dOubt respecting the authenticity of the
Prdelamation was, that it was not drawn up in the
manner that Spanish Edias and Proclamations are.
They ajwiys begin with the words.„?,l)Ou:carlos,
quarto," Ike. and end with" Jo thg,Pr6.
cl a Ma tiOn *Melt we laid before our4iiiiikrs onWednes-
d ey, began with " Charles R.'!,/vhich is not the
Custom in Spain. But though there: certainly is this
vari ince in point of form, the Substance of,the Pro,
clatnation, wehave little doubt, will be found to be
4orre6l.

. .
Tins entrance of the Russian Reel into the Taps.
continues to be the subjer7t of various speculations.
We do not profess to have a very decided opinion as
to the most correct view of the transaction; but we
are rather inclined to believe, that BUON4PARTi' has
in this instance, as in many others, made the Conn
of Russia an instrument of his deep designs. 'We
rather think that the measure was not intended 'by
Auintsttnen as one of hostility towards us. . The
RUssian Fleet was, no doubt, in a very extraordinary
situation. The a6tion ,with thel Turks had rendered
it almost unable to keep, the seas;..:and therewas no
Tort in _the Mediterranean: in which it could have
, ~ •
taken Shelter without risldng .a rupture eitlier with
ni.
France or England. There Is titi doubt hut that we
~,
should.have opposed in; entrance it any Port be-
longing to France, or ber dependents. * France could
not have prevensted•the Fleetirom wintering in Gih!.
. .
raltar, or from coming to, an English Port; but it
would have been impossible for Russia, after taking
!Snell a t,tcp, to,preserve her relmions of amity with
France, it cannot be btheved that BUwiAPARTI4-
would suffer'Russia to put her Fleet in a situatioh
to he taken possessinn of, on the intitatit hen he
mew have succeeded in his views of indiC)n i her to
declare against England. "'hiltthen was ussia to
do ? We thittis'it will appear that there was nothing
left for, 'her, but to plat into a Neutral, Port. We.
:11.6 far from asserting, that the desire of preserving
her neutrality Was, the motive of Russia for:Ordering
her Fleet to Lisboo, but. we merely say that
if site had that desire, she could scarcely have -a6led
otherwise thao. she ha:i. Frano"May have urged
her to the cotpluel she has pursued, with views
widely differing from the fireservaiion of her Neu-
trality ; but we are inclined- In think that, at pre!.
:(•iit, however ALEXANDEtt may have been duped by
13u0N4PAIIT'2; into A heverymeaSures most favourable
to the. views 'of 'the Tyrant, .he 4i4llllQt
..,, yet made
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common- cause with him. . •, ' i

It may 1)(1 Ohje4.:tcd t lint I:l4mm isinot I a Neutral
ovt; It may ba 60,, but zvhele, then,,wtts the Aus-
sian Admiral to find one+? lid might have matle a
;cc lfiting voyat;-e From the Mediterranean to the Bal-
tic, without fit)ding a Port so nearly neutral as Li -
bon.

Indeed' we are so ignoritit of the . true relations
existing between Russia, Portugal, and the Powers
at War, that we cannot po,,sibly be acquainted
with the light in which A-11n;ral SittlAVlbt viewed
the politics of 'Portugal when he ca'rriecl. his Fleet
into the Tagus. We knoW trot how fin it haS pleas-
ed 8110NA1,411T2 to admit Ate Russian Emperor. into
his secrets,: A very short time ago, Portugal might
have been considered as a Power- dependent upon
GREAT BRITAIN; nor do we now know hotv far