The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-12 00:00:00

[MORNING CEIRONICLE.I

. Mr. Canning has. promised us " a plain un-
varnished tale" on Monday. We have no doubt
that he will dispose of his materials in an artist-
like manner, and that, whatever may be thought
of the course which ,our Government has pur-
sued, the advocate at all events will come in for
his due meed of applause. lie has besides to sti-
mulate him, the laurels earned by his great rivalM.
de Chateaubriand, who pled the cause of the Bour-
bons and the French mule-owners with equal elo-
quence, and whose logic WAS a theme of admiration
for weeks with Journals dear to our Ultra Aris-
tocrats. We are to have " a plain unvarnished
tale." No doubt. Nothing was so natural as
the employment of Sir William A'Court, when
the object to be accomplished was the destruc-
tion of a Constitution. ,Sir William had expe-
rience to guide him ; he had witnessed the suc-
cessful application of money and promises on
an occasion of the sort—money to the knaves
and promises to the fools. He had seen how
much the promise to give a modified Consti-
tution in lieu of the Spanish one aided the
'operations of the. Austrians ; and he no doubt
thought that a similar stratagem might be
of no disservice to the French Ultras. But suf-
ficient r.llowance; it would seem, was not made
for the degree in which the Spaniards might also
have profited by experience. f t is one of the mis-
fortunes attendant on the practice of over-reaching,
that those who resort too frequently to it are at
length distrusted. The character of the English
Government had, like that of Colonel Charteris,

become unfortunately too well- known. Repu-
tation had long associated it with the Holy Al-
lies ; anda few passages of a more liberal cha-
racter-in aspeech now and then, were construed
according* to the sense which overt acts seemed
to requtte„ If the death of Lord Londonderry
and ttWatipointment of Mr. Canning could have
left the Spaniards in any doubt as to the corect-
ness'of the prior impression, that doubt was in
no long time effectually removed. The appoint-
ment of Sir Wm. A'Court was therefore perfectly
Is ell understood to mean no good to the Spaniards,
whatever "Might be intended in behalf of the
French ; and therefore the experience and the
adderess of this Gentleman were less useful than
under other circumstances they might have been.
Ministers, however, whatever the result, have
at all events the merits of their intentions.—Why
not consent to a few alterations in your Consti-
tution just to please the Monarchs ? 1 speak for
your good. But what if the Monarchs should
not be pleased, Sir William, were we even to
disgrace -ourselves so far as to defer to their de-
mands ? Will you undertake, then, for your
Government, that it shall take our part against
these ,Allies? . What will you do if the Allies
should still be dissatisfied ? 1 have no instructions.
Then write foe instructions, for without them we
cannot listen to you. In some such way, no
doubt, would this Representative of England be
answered. But we are to have it all told in a
plain, unvarnished tale. The reasons both for
the negociation itself and the choice of the nego-
tiator will, no doubt, be clear and satisfactory.