The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-12 00:00:00

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February I'2, 189. j.

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[THE Trmes.l
Mr% Canning is to take his seat to-night, when
it l expected that some questions Will he put to
him respecting the foreign concerns of the coun-
try, and the part we are taking, or are likely to
take, in the lamentable contests springing up.—
The condurt of M. de as avowed by him-
self in the secret sitting of the ChamberTdeserves
the most vere terms of reprebensio‘i with which
:t can he branded., It was charged upon him as a
crime, that he had not Leen zafficiently prompt
in
commenchq; the open massacre of the Spaniards,
who were forming for themselves a Constitutional
Coven: me t ; and this charge Ire refuted by stating
that though' he had not, indeed, invaded Spain
openly, he had secretly fomented rebellion there,
and had paid and organized the Spanish rebels.
V can hardly contemplate the treachery., the
melty, and the general atrocity of this conduct
without horror ; for it is to be observed, that the
stme Man and his friends who stirred up and
totcittl these troubles in Spain, alleged their eg-
ioelice as a proof that the Spaniards were dis-
ttriiteti. and as a reason for invading the Pen-
insula l And this is M. de Villele, and the
rench Minis t ry—friends o"rdligiont
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[sew TIM r.S.]
A. report was yesterday' afternoon prieureat
the City, that a Counter Revolution had taken
place at INladrid. We cannot at all vonch,for
its authenticity ; but w'e certainly shall not be
surprised if such an event occurs ere many weeks
have passed over our loads. From every in-
quirf that we have made, we are s'atisfi'ed (and it
is out duty to state the truth to our Readers)
that the great majority of the Spanish Nation
are adverse to the Constitution in its present form.
n h, lieve, indeed, that the very framers of it
now repent as bitterly of their work, as Mr. G rev
liemiet would repent to see his friend CobbettCs
plan of It eform carried into effect,andCobbett Ili! it-
in.cousequence,matle Prime Minister.—The
C9nstitutionne/ and the Journal du Commerce
have put into the mouth of M. de Vill6le lan-
guage ww hick we are convinced he never uttered.
They hate made him, in fact, accuse himself of
having excited a civil war in Spain. Could
not have said thk, for it is not the fact. It will
ite remembered that the Constitutionnel and the
Jo/4nm/ du Commerce are Papers devoted to the
revolutionary faction, and that they are speaking
of what passed at it secret sitting of the Chamber
of Deputies ; ‘so that there is no means of check-
ing, their statement by one more accurate and
authentic. The real fact is, that a civil war has
been existing in Spain ,with more or less Violence
for above a twelvemonth ; and that the French
Cevernment would never have interfered in it,
had not the prevalent faction at Madrid first sent
emissaries all over France to stir up rebellion,
and openly received the fugitive French traitors
with applause and reniuneration.

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Caavrisn rungs.]
Notwithstanding the tenor of our private letters
from Paris, we still cannot alter our opinion that
the French Government will not carry their war-
like attitude into actual hostilities. It is said
they liav(- gone too far to retreat, but excuses
enough will not be wanting to set them free from
their professions if state policy should ultimately
be found to stand in the way of them. There is
one secret which those versed in the politics,
whether of the French Cabinet or of any other of
the Cabinets of Europe, are not unacquainted with,
which is, that the reigning party is not always the
ruling party. If the Ultras shall be compelled to
abandon their position, they will. soon find a
plausible plea for retreat. We bad not time to
offer in onr paper of yesterday the observations
which w intended should accompany the admi-
rable and impressive spdech of 'Prince de Talley-
rand, delivered on the .accasioti of time Chamber
of Peers taking into consideration the project of
the Address to be presented in answer to the
King's Speech. If it is Within the competence
of reason to persuade the Monarch of France and
his advisers that. to league with any allies, holy
or unholy, for the purpose of attempting the sub-
jugation of Spain, and the extinction of that pa.
triotic enthusiasm that pervades it, is to rush
upon their own ruin ; if it is within the faculty
of human reason to produce this conviction, this
speech, at such a moment and, from such a man,
must. produce it.

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[hi 0011 Na neat,tr.o.]
The-lust arrivals from Paris leave the question
of the invasion of Spain in stalls quo. Like a
fixed weathercock, the war-trump still points
steadily to the Pyrenees. But if they throw no
light upon' this topic, they do, most abundantly,
on the policy and the actual position of the French
Cabinet. Nothing CV* be more despicable than
the one—nothing more• humiliating than the
other. It is very easy to prove this. An
Address was moved in the Chamber of Depu.
ties, in answer to the King of France's
Speech. A Violent opposition to it was instantly
alerted, not, as, might be expected, by the party
called " Liberals," but fry the fanatics of the
Ultra party, ‘vho attacked and taunted M. de
ViNle, with bitter asperity for not having long
since attacked Spain, instead of allowing her
time to prepare the means of defence. The
charge Was at least straight forward and con-
sistent. What was the answer of the Prime
Minister ? Did he account for the delay by the,
•imoHance of the measure---the COtpinnitiCatiOns
With foreign Powers.—the necessity of due de-
liberation ? Nothing-like it. tie plainly avowed
that his mind was made up fignt,the beginning,
but that he affected hesitation, because France
herself was not prepared for the attack,—and
that he bad, mu the mean time, stirred urinsur.
rection itt Spain,—supplied the insurgents With
arms and money—obserVing, en passant, that the
most extravagant demands were made by the
bandit Chiefs. This needs no commentary. is
it to be wondered that Sir Charles Stuart was
4isgusted with the intrigues -and duplicity of

the French Ciiiiinkjj, after this unprecedented.
avowal.
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Finding the majority of the French Chamber
irresistible, and too timid to resort to the vigor-
ous measure of a dissolution, M. de Villele now
comes forward to contradict all that he has said,
written and;hone hitherto, and claims credit for
a degree of infamy, of which we are unwilling
even yet to think him. capable. He tells the
Chamber, that if he appeared so long opposed to
%Yet', and deceived Spain and Europe by pacific,
declarations, it was 44 because war was not then
possible," and that he is now eager for the
contest, 44 because a hundred thousand men are
j assembled at the foot of the Pyrenees, and it is
necessary to attack the South, in order to escape
the North." And in order to obtain pardon from
the Vltras for having delayed to gratify their
thirst for human blood, he assures them that at
the very time when lie professed peace and amity
towards Spain, and lamented in the Journal des
;Winds the civil dissentious to which that coun-
try was:a prey, " every thing which could be
done against the Constitutional system was done.
ft was difficult to supply the extravagant de-
mands for men and money made by the Chiefs of
bands ; but assistance was given them, insurrec-
tion was stirred up wherever it was possible."—
Was ever a system of blacker deception and
deeper criminality practised ?—or, if practised,
unblushingly. avowed! The enormity of the
enilt is .really astounding, if it be recol-
kcted that the very insurrections . which the
French Minister noW proclaims have been
" stirred up by France," have also been
made by France the ground of the war which
she is preparing to wage. If that. war was con-
sidered unjust when regarded merely as a wan-
Jon interference in the internal concerns of an in-
dependent State, what character does it assume
after the revelations of the French Minister ? Is
not a monstrous attempt to punish Spain for
broils and calamities which France has in-
cted apjon her ?