The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-30 00:00:00

Cblo RN 1:141G CHRONICLE. j

At length the Speech of the French King has
arrived,—and all,uncertainty respecting war or
peace is at end. The Speech, accor?;ng to the
report, wits received with loud demonstrations
of applause by the Chamber. And the Duke
d'Augoulerne, that worthy descendant of. Henry
the Fourth, to whom lie bears so striking a re-.
semblance, when he was alluded to as the Prince
whom the heart of old' Louis delighted to can
his son, and as the destined leader of the 100,000
Frenchmen, who are to march and invoke the
God of St. Louis to vreserte the Throne of
Spain to another worthy descendant of Henry IV.
• —the Duke assumed a valiant air, and theatri.

cally dapt his .band on the hilt of his sword.—
Thus then the sword is fairly unsheathed. One
of the most unprovoked aggressions the world
ever witnessed is about to be committed against
the Peninsula.---We hope for the hest. it would
ill in coma us, however, with our imperfect infor•
matikm as to the state of things in France, to pro-
nOtin( how far the French army is or is not to
be tolied on in this unholy and unprincipled at-
tempt. We would fain persuade ourselves that
the brave Spaniards will find brethren' instead of
enemies in its ranks, and that the arms commis•
slotted to rivet the chains of the Peninsula may
aid in restoring. France itself to liberty.

[VIE TIMES.]
Weithis day present the most important do.
, cuwent which has been laid before the public
since the close of Buonaparte's career of iniquity.
ft is the opening of another career—we hope of
. shorter duration ; but, if we may judge from this
first kpecimen, not less iniquitous, not less won,.
46'00 and detestable. Well might that tyrant
say, that the Bourbons " had forgotten nothing,
" and- had learned nothing, dutint4 their ba.
" nishment." The document to which we
refer, will prove even more, this against
them ; for it will prove,, that they hate in..
deed forgotten nothing, but that they have
learned that of which it were better they had rep
rnained in ignorance,—that they have learned
those principles which justly expelled the halo

Usurper from his throne, but which they can
neither support with his talents, nor illustrate
with his glory. The document which we are
describing is the King of France's Speech on the
opening of the Session of the two Chambers. We
sincerely participate with the British nation in
the indignation, we might rather say the horror,
which this composition will excite. It in effect
declares war against Spain, without imputing to
that country, or its Government, the slightest
offence given to France. It ordains that Fer-
dinand VII. shall be free,—that is, absolute,—
in order that " he may give to his people
" those institutions which they have no right
"to have, but from him." How long, we ask,
has he been returned to Spain after he had given
up his kingdom to Buonaparte, and his person
into captivity ? Has he not had time, during up-
wards of eight years, to give his people the insti-
tutions of which this other Bourbon speaks, if he
had been so inclined ? Gracious Heaven ! The
people of Spain no right to political institutions,
but those which they receive from the hands of
Ferdinand VII. ! ,From whom were they to
hold them, then, when be was in the prison of
Nelettgay, basely soliciting a bride of the House
Of Buonaparte ?

[MORNING itattALita
The great problem is at length proved. We
have received the King of France's Speech on
opening the Session of the Chambers: It is to
'all intents a declaration of war. Ills most Chris-
tian Majesty says—" I have ordered the recall
of .stvy Minister, and ole hundred thousand
Frenchmen, commanded by a Prince of my family
—by him whom it delights my heart to call my
son--are about to march and invoke the God of.
St. Louis to preserve the Throne of Spain to a,
descendant of Henry I V., to preserve that fine
kingdom from ruin, and to reconcile her to
Europe." This removes all doubt—yet the re is
a juggling "If" follows in a subsequent para-
graph :--44 If war be inevitable, I will 'make
every effort to confine its circle, and limit its
duration," &c. The reader will judge what
likelihood there is that war can be other
than inevitable, when the condition of avoiding
it is, that the Spaniards should place their necks,
under the foot of King Ferdinand—or rather
under the axe of his inquisitors and executioners.
The mockery of "'the solemn engagement" at,
the close, is unworthy of the King of France, in
his personal character. But he is merely the
vehicle. It belongs to, and it bears the impress
of that dominant party, which blends fanaticism
with imposture, and the edge of whose hatred
cuts the keener for itf smoothness.