The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-13 00:00:00

[MORNING CItitONICLE.I

A Morning Paper of yesterday, speaking of
the letters from Mrs. to Mr. Fuuntleroy, insert-
ed in The Chronicle of Thursday, says—" We
thought that its Editor had had too much hu-
manity and too much good taste to insert letters
of so old a date, and of such a nature, at such a
moment of time, and under such circumstances,
especially when furnished by such a mail as
Parkins." IYe have merely to observe OH dad,
that we satisfied ourselves of the genutnettels
of the letters before inserting them, that they
were not calculated to injure Mr. Faunae-
roy in the public estimation ; that, on the
contrary, they served to confirm some important
parts of the statement which the calumnies cir-
culated against him so assiduously by his enemies,
in a public journal, forced him to make in his
defence, end therefore had a tendency to obtain
credit for other Parts of that statement, and that
as the calumnies extended to a period beyond
the date of the letters, the oldness of the date is
not a valid objection to their publication. In the
letters in question, Mrs. Fuuntleroy, so far from
reproachiog the unhappy man with his conduct
towards her, bears testimony to his kindness of
disposition.—" I make a full statement, that you
may know the real truth, and hope your kind
consideration will relieve me from this. difficulty
as you have in every other exigency." She speaks
of " his naturally generous mind," and from the
expression, 44 both may he wrong," the Inference
can only be drawn, that the dill'erences which
kept them asunder are of too delicate a nature
for others to interfere with. Let it be remem-
bered that we are removing calumny, and not
circulating it. We have no wish either to ag.
gravate or extenuate the crime of which the
unhappy man stands convicted, but his private
relations having been explored for ground of ac-
cusatioti against him, nothing can be more just
than that the same source should be resorted to
for a refutation.

(MORNINQ

Sir William A'Court was not removed from
Madrid to Lisbon for the enjoyment of a diplo-
matic sinecure. There appears to exist in that
capital a focus of intrigue and audacity. More
than one seditious or insurrectionary movement
has been discovered since the memorable affair of
the Infant Don Miguel. A still more serious
one was detected and frustrated on the 25th of
last month. The account of this affair is scanty
and vague. Two things, however, are obvious—
that the military have been the chief instruments
of treason, and that the faction, though de-
nominated " revolutionary," is not to be re-
ceived in the ordinary sense of that word.—
This faction is one that seeks the establishment of
a political and ecclesiastical, despotism—and has
been already described as actuated by the Pa-
triarch and the Queen. But are these the only
promoters of the intrigue ? It is much to be
doubted. An attempt at insurrection by a fac-
tionpported and even opposed
of this kind--unsupported
by a great majority of the nation, could enter
into no person's head. The fact is, that at Lis-
bon there au Apostolic Junta—as at ma.
drid—and both in communication, not only
with each other, but with their friends in Paris.

'.lt is further rumoured that the Foreign Am-
bassadors have—some of them—to do in it.—
It is well known that the affair of the Prince
Miguel excited great embarrassment in the
diplomatic corps. The French Ambassador
alone is said—and was said at the time—to have
frankly aided the British Minister in suppressing
the conspiracy and placing the King's person out
of danger. The Russian Minister was very back-
ward in the matter. It is curious enough to ob-
serve how readily the partisans of despotism will
resort to the very things which they most vehe-
mently reproach democratic revolutionists with.
Corrupting the army and debauching it from its
allegiance, is one of the most pernicious accusa-
tions brought against the Constitutionalists of
Italy and Spain. Yet is it the very first step
taken by the Queen and Patriarch. In the next
place, they affect to treat the King with all man-
ner of respect, at the very moment when they are
plotting to uncrown and dethrone him. But the
worst means are sanctified by the end—des-
potism. Thus unscrupulous is what is called le-
gitimacy, in the adoption and employment of iti
resources.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
`We have received the Paris Papers of Tuesday
and Wednesday, which, besides other news of
considerable interest, contain a brief notice of
the new revolutionary plot, which has been just
detected in Portugal. Though The Lisbon Ga-
zette, which arrived yesterday, has taken up the
subject at some length, it studiously leaves its
readers in the dark with respect to the views
and persons of the conspirators. It also omits
to mention in what manner the plot has
been discovered ; and whether it has been
revealed by the vigilance of the Police, or
the impatience of the conspirators, is left a
complete riddle, for any information furnished
by the official organ of the Portuguese Govern.
ment. However, we should imagine, from an
obscure hint which appears in The Gazette, that
the design was not known to the Public Autho-
rities, till it exploded, and that the explosion
consisted in some military tumult. In the
French Papers, it is said, that all the Officers
of one regiment stationed at Lisbon were
arrested in the night between the 26th and
27th ult. ; and, as the conspiracy was detect-
ed the night before, we should suppose that the
Officers had called out their regiment; but
that either the men refused at first to take any
part in the criminal attempt, or had hesitated when
they were summoned to act. The account given
in the Gazette admits of both constructions ;
whilst we incline ourselves to the latter, chiefly
i►► consequence of the studied obscurity in which
the matter is left. Had the troops done their
duty, and indignantly repelled the attempt of
their Officers to seduce them from their alle-
giance, there would be no necessity for reserve
on the past of the Government ; but a full ex-
posure would, in all probability, have been sub-
stituted, and with some ostentation too. It is true
the conduct of the troops, generally, is praised
in the Order of the Duy, issued by the Minister
of War ; and still one regiment may have acted
criminally, though it would seem that by a quick
return to duty it has evaded the penalties,