The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-26 00:00:00

--' LONPON-.IOUItNALS.

DAILY

,
.E, meta from the. Morning Pqers, June 26.

istoutstNo eosT.l
The intelligence from Madrid,, professing to
furniih an accurate, account of the transactions
which preceded the removal of the Spanish,Mii-'
resell -and ''G'everninetit. train Seville to' Cidiz,'
deserves .:the.tiroit leriotts.attention. '.Admitting
it•to. he true to the very letter, what, we would
the legitimate inference to be deduced
front' it ? ire he first place; it' proclaitris-loudly
the litVfathonsi falsehood of the assertion that the
King,was, in a state of captivity previous to the
moinent. when this removal was proposed to him,
and iftanipsAtpon` 'the invaders the 'guilt of tide.'
quiVtical pOrfitilyrind upon' those .Spaniards • who
Isatie4hared or abetted. the usurpation at Madrid,
that of 'unmitigated treason. So far from having
been hitherto in captivity, it is now proved that
the Chrtesi could not' `reduce him to: the` condition
of a cartivrunless•under the imperious necessity
arising' ant of a real alienation of the, Royal
mind, or under the pretence to be drain froman'imputed,''ibmation. And, indeed,' to what
• othei conclusion, so- indulgent tis.that of the,inca-
pacity.ernnsoundness of the, King's mind, could
the I4egislature 'be led by his refusal to concur in
a theastfre,'the only one by which. his person
could'hi rescued from the degradation of serving
as a base'instrument and a fraudulent apology to
the foes. iirSpanish independence ? Of the ope-'
ration 'or thiii chatigeln.the situation of Spanish.
affairs upon 'the 'etiridpct of England, respecting
whiCh thelladriti evade manifests so much so-
licitude, it'WOUld`be premature to hazard a con-
jecture "befdre'' the occurrences reach us both in
futler detail and Open less' suspicious' authority.
T4t it is within:the. legitimate poiers of the
Cortes IdPrevid'e for the
:public safety in 'case of
any disonalifying infirmity, whether physical or
mental,• in the'Monarch en the Throne, cannot
be-doubted. Its right to determine at What pre-
cisernoluent the exercise of this necessary power
is demanded'by Circumstances, is equally unques-
tionable. It seems rather difficult, therefore, to
perceive upon what principle a Power which has
thug'far recognized the Government• of the Con-
stitutional King and Cortes of Spain,; can hesitate
with respect to the continuance of its sanction,
merely on account of a new development of the
legal powers of the latter, or of the personal de-
ficiencies of the former, by whatever circum-
stances this development may have been occa-
sioned. That our Government will act upon this
emergency as it' has upon every other, with that
consistent), whichis inseparable from good faith,
we will net for a moment permit ourselves to
doubt.' The presence of an English Ambassador
at the Spanish Court has satisfied the impartial
world, and illiserve the future historian for an
unequivocal attestation, thatAlte Constitutional
GoVertitnent Of ',3•Pain, up to the very period-or
this' transaction, wus not that sort of imposture
upon mantic:hid which its iniquitous. assailants, in
14 xtenuetticOir their`tyrannical.wickedness,.have
falselY Pretended. It Is •the unblemished 'elm.;
ratter ref Enkland, for high honour and unsophis.
ticated good faith, that has imparted to this atter•
tation all its value. And we do not hesitate to
say, that the high character of 'England must be
maintained ih Atli circumstances and at all ha-
zards, The character' of the English Govern-
ment is of un importance, not to England only,
but to the world, paramount even to that of any
issue dependant upon the Spanish contest. We
ate • far from believing that the Spanish Cortes
will' atternlit to practise any- delusion upon the
,flut if 'it, should do so, not even our de-
testation:of the cause 'to which the. Cortes of
Spain is.oppesed• shall make us forgetful of what
ii due to the honourof our country. Of impos-
ture or delusion, the Government of England'
will never id any'circurnstancei stoop to be' the
confederate.

• ' [no KNING HER Ar. D.]
The Lords' Coininittee on the Appellant Juris7
diction has made its first Repori.. It is evidently
the result of careful and extensive investigation,
iced gives interesting views of the causes of delay
and the means, of, preventing it henceforth. But
its 'retiontrnetidation, or rather stiggestions, are
rather tioubtfulli,,,and even ton generally made,
and it is not quite dear that the alterations sped.
fically
,proposed will go. an effective length in
removing the grievance. It is atl important faCt,
stated 'by the Committee, that it would take
five years to go' 'throne) the 'appeals at present
pending, supposing the wheel:of appellant liti.
gation, during that time, to stand still.' The
Coniniittee 'proposes to cheek the groWth of, ap-
peals, and to disengage the time-of the Lord
Chancellori For the former purpose, ,it is recom-
mended • that in Scotland (which produces a vastly
great disproportion of appeals) an intermediate
appeallshould be establiihed, in either,at three
wftys3—the most. advisahle•of which, on the first.
seems'th Ms ate, giving an appeal from ant
one-rsectlotvatt- ifietCourt of Session to the wbOie
C.:Can't-1111d malting the'iUriStiletiOn in Scotland
final in soon! 'cases Inareafter.to he
Secondary to thisc the Cermnittee .proposes such
an alteration in the proceedings in Scotland as
!pithl exte.";tl the Trisi by Jury beyond' its ac-
teal sithlorit.;-aud separate the heti :horn the law,'
saliva the latter only -should come, under the,
edgnizioci: .dr•th.e' appellant's jurisdiction tittp.
order to ,relleve the ‘l.oiti Chancellor,
riglis puittorstrOpropoied tubereferredhence.:,
forth .torthe':COurts in Westrrtinatfr-hell,lll some
Instances-44s writs of error=--tats discretion of
the ChitrOltar. The rnast:ferPortinit.rectuntnen.,
dation,.,however, --is, that, would, release
hint from .the prescriptive 'honouctof presiding
ov.er proieedings of ,the 'Hattie Of Peers. is,
pro Posed that a new Prolocutor, or' Speaker,
should-1e 'appoittted tiyitatitnt (rem the 4ittg,
being not being a"Peer' or filament: Ins
arrangement implying the absihace of the present
Lord ChanCelior, • would riot ha Very' palatable,
and is scarcely fair, to, the parties' Who hate
ready' appealed from -Scotland7 and freland.,—
iingliStrParties are scarc'ely in the -same prediee-.
weatk It would be little short of impertinence
give any judgment in.detail orthe recommends!