The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-27 00:00:00

T. 111?. LONDON JOURNALS.

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Rxtrtiets from the MorningPOpers,November

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We received yesterday morning, by Exprbss,
the Eloile of Tuesday, but, on account of adverse
-►reather, at so late an hour, that our impression
was already thrown off. It contains a Speech,
which our readers will fine}• amo►►g our extracts
from Paris Papers, delivered by the Russian
Minister; Poxvo di forgo, to Ferdinand, which
is so far of importance, as it may be supposed to
throw some light on the views of the Cabinet.
It would appear that Alexander is no friend to
the sanguinary system of Ferdinand, for the lat-
ter is told of " the glory of terminating the evils
of the last Revolution by the firmness which
hinders them from reviving, and the clemency
which c►►use.s then► to be forgotten." Clemency
would no doubt be the most advantageous policy
which Ferdinand could possibly pursue, but we
are willing to believe that personal inclination in-
fluenced Alexander on this occasion, as well as
a regard for the stability of despotism ; for what-
:ever faults he may have, he is not certainly
chargeable with cruelty. Indeed, his forgive-
ness of the Lithuanian landholders, who gene-
rally joined Buonaparte in the Russian inva-
sion, was a decisive proof that he is not vindic-
tively disposed. But Ferdinand is a very dif-
ferent being from Alexander, and the latter does
not owe his authority to a blood thirsty Priest-
hood. The King of Spain is not an Autocrat;
be is the Lieutenant of the Church, for whose
behoof he wields the sceptre. The Clergy would
deluge the► country with blood were he even in.
clineA to mercy, which never yet, we believe,
found un entrance into his soul. To restore
the Clergy and Ferdinand to power, and then
to preach up clemency, is about as rational as to
tell a madman, after putting a sword in his hand,
and letting him loose amidst an unarmed crowd,
that he ought not to strike any one. But the
pert of M. Pon° di forgo's speech which is
most deserving of our attention is that in which
he entitles to his vast dominions. " The diffi-
culties," he says, 41 which your Majesty cannot
fail to encounter in the pacification of your vast
dominions will only enhance the merit of having
conquered them : you will find the means in the
virtues of your people, and in the interest with
which you are sure to ►nspire your allies." As
the Russian Minister is not a man who uses
'words loosely, this allusion here to the vast do.
miaions of Ferdinand which are to be conquered,
at:tl in another place to his numerous Kingdoms,
affords us a pretty plain indication of the inten-
tions of the Holy Allies.

[MORNING POST.]
We received last night, by Express, Paris
Journals to the 26th inst. Now that the Spanish
war is terminated, and the subjugation of Spain,
regarded as complete, the real views which led
to the unprincipled aggression are suffered to ap-
pear without disguise. They are full of egotism
and ambition, and calculated to excite serious re-
flections in those whose interest it is that France
should not regain beyond the Pyrenees the ef-
fective power of which she has been justly de-
prived on the side of the Rhine. 44 It is easy to
see," we are now told, " that the alliance, of
France with Spain is a necessity of position." So
was, according to Napoleon Qousul, the extension
of the French territory to theithine, and according
to Napoleon Emperor,its progressive expansion to
the Baltic on the one hand, and to the Adriatic on
the other, But France,“ is frankly avowed,"stands
particularly in need of that alliance, because
amidst the chances of the future she may find
herself threatened on her northern and eastern
frontiers by the Great Powers of the North, and
Jr she bad besides to fear danger in the South,
there would be for her neither rest nor security."
So that Spain is not to retain the right of an in-
dependent Power to join the enemies of France,
if. France once more gave cause of enmity to all;
but roust unite her fate to hers, and remain
' neutral,, or fight her battles whenever she is at-
tacked. Spain may still hear the name of a
nation, and her monarch may wear a crown, but
if she he reduced to such a condition, she is only
a province, and Ferdinand a Lieutenant of
France. The chief argument used to prove the
necessity of such ad intimate union, or rather of
such a sacrifice of one country to the other, is
" that the first check experienced by the Colos-
sal power of Buonaparte proceeded from Spain,
which an improvident policy had detached
from its alliance with France!" Now this
is the best reason which could be given to
show Europe the impropriety of such a family
compact. For if France be only. vulnerable
when Spain is ingependent, let Spain remain a
detached Monarchy, and France will not dare to
be Ein,ll)itious and encroaching as long as she
feels her vulnerability. Rut this, it appears,
i® not to be : the die is cast. " The restoration
of Ferdinand gives new strength to the ties which
united the two Monarchies. France and Spahr
shalt have in future but one common existence in
the European scale.

`ruE TIMER.]
The 'Restored ling of Spain has conferred the
artier of the Golden Fleece on M. Pozzo di
Horgo, the Russian Ambassador. The speech of
the person thus honoured will be read with much
interest, but perhaps withot a clear satisfaction
by those who may hope to deduce from it some
intimation of the views of his ImerialMaster, or t
of the meditated policy of Sp pain. The pas
policy of the Allies is pra
F ised, and the success of
erdinand affords subject of congratulation.—
" France took the initiative in the noble enter-
-44 prize of destroying the Spanish constitution ;
44 and his (Spanish) Majesty is restored to his
44 people and to his allies, in all the plenitude of
44 his legitimate power." Why did not M. Pozzo
di ilorgo, we ask, felicitate also the Holy
Inquisition on its being restored to the
Spanish people "in all the plenitude of its
legitimate power ?" Here is a.fair occasion for
a fine compliment lost and the Holy Inquisition
las not been in the habit of receiving many