The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, JAW. 11.
'From the Journal des Debats.l

What a subject for serious reflections does the
.circular addressed in the name of the three Great
Powers to their missions to the different Courts
of Europe present ! We do not pretend to an-
ticipate those of our readers ; there are some
which present themselves so naturally, that they
Cannot escape the persons least familiar with po-
..litical affairs; the language of good faith, of
moderation, of disinterestedness, is evident to alt
Minds ; and even those who are the most inclined
Jo judge with distrust of the acts of diplomacy,
will not be able to refuse to the document which
we published yesterday a character of openness
.so much the less equivocal, as facts throughout
are given in support of the principles proclaimed
by the Allied Sovereigns.

We shall, then, confine ourselves to some ob-
servations which the habit of treating political
subjects has suggested to us on the circular.
The Congress of Verona had excited in the
highest degree the attention of Europe ; the
friends of social order were justified in hoping
every thing from the personal characters of the
Sovereigns, and from the choice of their Ministers.
if there were some signs of impatience, they were
only manifested by men whose fears were a ha-
mage to the intentions of the members of the
Congress, and a proof of its necessity. The busi.
ness was to extinguish the revolutionary fever,
and to stifle the vast conspiracy which, breaking
out at the same titnb in the most opposite extre-
rnities of Europe, threatened to bury the civiliz.
taint' of the finest part of the world under the
ruins of altars, thrones, and all protective insti-
intions.

We have no need to recal here the events of
1820 and lEl2l—the flame bursting out,at first In
the Isle of Leon—firing thence Italy—extend.
ing soon to the Ottoman empire—crossing the
st.a, and carrying its ravages to the southern part
of the New World. These facts are notorious.
On the aspect of this general conflagration, Aus.
trig (for it is just to render her this honour)
rushed first to the aid of unhappy Italy. Naples,
Piedmont—all the States of the Peninsula were
saved by the activity of her Cabinet and her
soldiers.

Conquered, but not yet discouraged, the Car-
bonari of Italy, and their auxiliaries in the neigh-
bouring countries, had recourse to the only arms
at their disposal—the arms of calumny. To hear
them, Austria had only entered Naples and Turin
to get payment, at the expence of national inde-
pendence, for the aid, which she had been anxious
to offer to their monarchs. With what noble-
viess is this odious imputation refuted in the cir-
cular. "No secret view, no calculation," 64c.
(See Note in our paper of yesterday.)
Vain words! deceitful promises ! will the Re-
volutionists exclaim ; and already to close their
mouths. and give them most signally the lie, thr
evacuation of Piedmont has commenced, and will
be coocluded within a few months ; Naples will
be relieved from a considerable part of the Army
of Occupation ; 17,0 N Austrians return to their
houres, and even the foreign force would have
been altogether withdrawn, if the organization of
the Neapolitan army had been terminated. Austria
urges and facilitates this organization. The pe-
,cuniary contingent decreases with the number of
the soldiers of the army of Occupation. Is this
.the cottduct-are these the measures of an op.
pressiVe Power—of a Power inimical to public
liberty and the independence of nations ? Is' it
thus, then, that Austria was to act, to found, as
,the partisae- of revolutions foretold, a vast tri-
bunal of inquisition in the centre of Italy, and to
establish there her exclusive domination ?

The interests of Turkey and of Greece are
treated in, the circular with a wise disctetion ;
and whatever opinion is formed of the troubles
of the East, it is impossible not to admire the
mqderation of a Prince who, though able to back
by reasons of political interest and humanity the
rimbition natural to a great Prince, has given 'the
lie anew to the revolutionists, in proving that his
arms will never serve to propagate their principles.
The whole of the article relative to Spain in
the circular is energetic, without ceasing to be
dihcreet. The prudence of good counsel tempers
the limn and courageous intentions which it indi-
cates. The noble Spanish nation is justly dis.
.tinguished from the factions who oppress and on.
broil it, and the will of the King from the acts
" snatched from a legitimate power enchained,
and made to serve its an instrument for ovvrthrow.
lag all legal rights and liberties."

It is, therefore, the loss of these true liberties
—liberties founded on the laws, and springing
from the agreernent of Powers wisely balanced,
winch extites the regret, and influences the de.
.teimination, of the magnanimous Sovereigns. It
is thus permitted for us to hope, that counsels so
moderate, resting upon power so ample, will not
be lost upon Spain, upon Europe, or upon gene-
al Such has been equally the spirit
of the counsels which dictated the letter of the
French Goverment to- the Ambassador of the
King at Madrid ; it breathes the same spirit, an-
nounces the same intentions, and offers the same
.means of arriving at en understanding, as the cit.-
cular of the 14th of December ; that if these
endeavours, inspired only by a love of peace, of
order, and of a discreet liberty, remain without
effect, of what crimes those will be rendered
culpable whose efforts will render them abortive!
Ist present no loss has l.een incurred—the, sword
it not yet out of its scabbard—the Government
of the King will' never have to reproach itself
th 'not baying withheld, as long as possible, the
terrible commencement of war. It has been able,
and it ought, to postpone the misfortunes which
in%eparable from it, as long as possible ; but
it has never dreaded the results of it ; it is aware
that all peace which is incompatible with honour
is also so with the security of France.
The Ambassadors of three great Powers to the
King of Spain have received formal orders to quit
Madrid on the 17th•of this month. it is thought
that theis., Excellencies will be 'in Paris about
the 9, Stli instant. ft is also affirmed that M. the
-Count de Legarde has received, by a dispatch
erpedited subsequently to the diplomatic note of