The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-12 00:00:00

[TII TI MEL]

It should really appear that the French(excipien-
dis exceplis) are going to quit Spain ; and the Paris
Journals, each in its respective sense, are elo-
quent and argumentative on the subject. The
Journal des Debuts dreads the return of anarchy
and the revival of the Liberal Party. The Con-
stitutionnel, on the contrary, fears for the Li-
berals, whom the presence of the French troops
protects from massacre. 44 Leave them all to
themselves," we again say. If the Constitu-
tional Party cannot defend itself, then has its
attempt to impose a limited Monarchy been pre-
mature and ill-judged, and its members must
suffer the ordinary fate of unsuccessful reformers.
With respect to the Royalists, also, or Ultra-
Royalists, or by whatever other title they are
designated, they have obtained all that they
asked—the liberation of the King's person :
they, therefore, have been long without a
pretext for opposing the return of the fo-
reigner. We think the Spaniards will know
by this time—if any thing can enlighten their
stupid pride—who it was that drove the French
out of the Peninsula before. The period fixed
for the evacuation, according to treaty, is the I st
of January approaching—an awkward time for
the passage of the Pyrenees : and it still appears
tha: the invaders are to retain some of the strong
places. We wish to see the foreign force re-
moved, and Spain left to herself. Whatever then
may be her fate, we shall be content. if she
shalt prove unable to work out for herself a free
constitution, that inability will prove her un-
worthy of it. Tyranny, Popery, and the Inqui-
sition will have sunk her sons below the level
of free men. There let them remain, till some
happier occasion shall awake their genius and
energies. As soon, however, as the foreigner shall
be withdrawn from the Peninsula, we trust that
the Spanish refugees in this and every other
country will think it their duty to press home-
ward, and take a part in the troubles (if we must
so call them) of affairs of their country. The
Journal des Debuts thinks that these will be
danger to Me Royalist party from the evacuation
of Spain. When will there not be that danger
When will the period arrive, lt which those who
have introduced a foreign army Into their country
for the support of their cause, can safely confide
in. the love, of their countrymen, and deprive
themselves of their foreign protect'ors ? We
answer boldly—never, till alt those by whom
the entrance of the foreigners was opposed are

massacred. If the French, therefore, mean to
leave Spain tranquil, in their sense, and the
despotism secure, let them begin their work of
destruction to-morrow. Their stay upon any
other terms does but augment the danger of their
departure.

[MORNING POST.]
A Brazil Mail brought yesterday papers from
Rio de Janeiro to the 19th of September. They
contain no political intelligence,and no details of
the reduction of Pernambuco, which having taken
place only on the 17th, was of course not yet
known in the capital, on account of the distance
which separates the two cities. Restored to in-
ternal peace, the Brazilian empire begins to put
forth symptoms of increasing prosperity, and all
seems to announce that its advancement in every
thing that constitutes greatness will be sure and
rapid. It was the fault, or rather the misfortune,
of most of the present European States, that they
were founded in barbarous times; that is to say ,in
times when the fair traces of Roman civilization
were quickly disappearing under repeated inun-
dations of barbarians from the North. Hence
their first elements were rude and shapeless, and
it took ages of stormy struggles and events to
bring them into form, and to raise them to that
height of wealth, power, knowledge, and social
perfection, which they have now attained. The
Empires and Republics of the New World spring
up on the contrary in the midst of general civil-
ization. They have, if the expression may he
used, no infancy, no season of ignorance or of
weakness. With all the experience of the past
before them, with all the arts of Europe in their
hands, with immense natural resources at their
disposal, and the knowledge and ability requi-
site to turn them to the best advantage, they
may at once choose the wisest institutions to se-
cure, their internal happiness, and lay a broad
and solid basis on which to erect the edifice of
their power. Their first step as States carries
them as far as six hundred or a thousand years
have done older nations under less favourable
.
circumstances. They seem destined therefore
to a growth as gigantic as the productions of na-
ture iu their country ; and amongst those that
have burst through all the shackles and perils of
youth, none seems likely to attain the maturity of
its strength so rapidly as the empire of Brazil.—
On the 7th of September last, the anniversary of
its declaration of independence was celebrated
by order of the Emperor with due solemnity, and
the people, the Monarch, and the Imperial fa-
mily displayed an unanimity of feeling on this
occasion, which is an additional pledge of future
greatness and prosperity.

[NEW TIMES.]
We yesterday gratified a correspondent by in-
serting his communication on the Police of the
City : and we must this day take notice of a few
of the remarks to which our good nature has ex-
posed us. One friend congratulates us on having
obtained Ex-Lord %VAITHMAN for a contributor
to our columns. Another asks what we charge
for the puff. A third is happy to find that his
Ex-Lordship's bitter abuse of The New Times,
on ell occasions public and private, does not
prevent our returning him good for evil. Now
we must candidly confess that if the account in
question did really issue from the corner of
Bridge-street, it is more than we know. We
certainly made no charge for the insertion. We
neither inserted the article to conciliate the
angry Ex-Lord; nor should we have excluded it
on account of any severity in which he may be apt
to indulge in his remarks on our public labours.
The document was a curious one in itself : it was
still more curious for the skill with which Certain
allusions were made in it to the late Mayoralty.
Whether our Correspondent intended them
for compliments to the Ex-Lord, or for sar-
casms on his misfortunes, we shall not say. For
instance, it is gravely observed, that " the man
who wishes for a second illayoraky deserves to
undergo its fatigues." Did Ex-Lord Warm-
MAN wish for a second Mayoralty, or did he
not ? If he did not, then his withers are un.
wrung by the allusion. Again it is observed,
that a former Luau MAYott was occabionally as-
sisted by some of his brother Aldermen. Was
this meant to imamate that none of Ex-Lord
WAITHMAN'S colleagues liked him well enough
to relieve him from any part of his duties ? "If
a Loan M A YOH happen to have a reputation for
acuteness," says our Correspondent, " many ad-
ditional cases are brought before him." The
reputation of the Ex-Lord is well known, but
whether for acuteness, or for other qualities, our
Correspondent saith not. Upon the whole,
perhaps an experienced eye might detect in the
article referred to as much of ironical as of seri.
ous commendation : and we confess ourselves
still in doubt whether it was meant to exalt the
reputation of the. Es-Lord.