The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-03 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, JAN. 30.
{rune ,THE JOITIMIL DES DEDATII.I
'The Speech by which the King opened the
'Session of the Chambers is one of those historical
monuments which challenge the attention of pos-
terity, but which fix the meditation of contempo-
raries at the same time that it commands their
obedience and their respect.
The King has spoken :—".ft was for me," said
' the Monarch,'" to deliberate': I have deliberated
maturely-; I have consulted the honour and the
security of •France." What should be lhe reply
of dutiful subjects—of true Frenchmen ? Who
would separate his cause from that of his King
Who would not concur, with all hisAneans, in
.maintaining the dignity of his crown, the honour
--and the safety of France?
The King has done every thing " to guarantee
'the security of his people, and to preserve Spain
herself from the greatest of evils; but the infa-
tuation with which the representations made to
Madrid have been rejected, leaves little hope of
preserving peace."
It was not, then, until after all means of
conciliation had been exhausted that the King
appealed to the terrible right of the sword. 'lt
was then only that he ordered the recall of his
-Minister—that he put in motion 100,000 French-
men, commanded by a Prince whom his, heart de-
- lights to call his son ; and it is still in pursuance
of these principles of, moderation and humanity,
which dictated pacific measures, that his Majesty
has declared that he will devote his cares " to
contract the circle and limit the duration" of
the war ; that " he only undertakes it to conquer
peace," and that in the face of his people he
makes the solemn engagement of putting an end
to hostilities as soon as " Ferdinand VII. shall
be free to give to his people institutions which
. they can hold only from him—institutjons which
..svill assure the tranquillity and dissipate the just
disquietudes of France."
In this language, at once energetic and pater-
nal, who does not recognize the soul of is descend-
ant of SE.. Louis and Henry IV.—the alliance of
generous sentiments and of the most elevated
political ideas—the courage of a King of France
—the wisdom of a legislator, and even in his tem-
porising conduct, the fondness of a father e ho is
sparing of the blood of his children, and who
does not judge a war legitimate until lie judges
it indispensable ?
But at length this war, which we also (and we
glory in so doing) wished to avoid, is almost de-
,- clared. Henceforth we know only one duty,
that of encouraging our warriors—of showing
them all the lustre of those palms of glory which
they long worshipped in a cause far from being
so just—of constantly presenting to them the
noble motives which ought to redouble iu them
that courage natural to all. Frenchmen—of held-
ing out to them the prospect of the inappreciable
honour of for ever consolidating the legitimate
throne of a King, the relation and ally of, our
King,—and of restoring to him, with his liberty,
the right of giving to his people fundamental laws,
adapted to their manners and customs.
In fact, what man, really worthy of that name,
and sincerely attached to the liberty and welfare
of his fellow-creatures, does not lament over the
.anarchy which distracts the Peninsula? Impressed
with the idea that the tranquillity of France and
Europe was to be re-established only by the
restoration of the Bourbons, the King's Govern.
merit was bound to adhere to the maintenance of
that peace which was the consequence of the re.
turn of our legitimate Princes. The Government
was in some measure fastened to the ear of that
peace which was due solely to them. What
were they not bound to attempt to maintain a
happy harmony which had victoriously arisen, as
'.by a miracle, out of 6.!...5 years of civil discord and
'foreign war ?
The Government could not 'but hope that the
voice of moderation would be heard ; it flattered
itself that the King of a generous people would
be restored to that moral liberty, without which
-there can be no liberty for Spain • since political
liberty is inseparable from the idea of laws, and
laws cannot exist withouta will and sanction.—
The factious 'have rendered the efforts of the
friends of peace of no avail. They have dared
to reply to the counsels of friendship by the
• menaces of fury ; and to neutrality by 'hostile
attacks. The French territory has been violated:
it Is, then, the factious who have been the first to
declare war.
Weil ! This war, if, in the end), It be inevitable—
' this VW) the disasters of Which the friends of
the throne wished that Spain should be spared,—
the'French, docile to the signal given by their
King, now accept it with a just confidence iu the
courage of our soldiers, in the genius of their
illustrious chiefs; and we who have constantly
proclaimed the principles of a prudent modern-
(ion, we Shall no longer speak tolleclared ene-
mies as we did to men 'with whom our alliance
was not broken. While peace yet appeared
,possible, we never ceased to recommend forbear-
ance ; but the high wistfom which watches over
the destiny of France has determined that peace,
such as it now exists, would henceforth be incom.
,patible "with the repose and the honour of the
country.
Frenclimen,—ft will be to complete the tri-
umph of humanity, to assure the reign of the
laws, that you will be called on to combat, and
that' you will have at your head and before your
eyes the descendant and the plume of Henry IV.

PARI9, JAN. 31.--Yostkrday morning at ten
o'clodk the Duke of Benno° paid his court to the
Duke of Augoulgme.

The Count de la Garde was to leave Madrid
on the 26th, Immediately on his reaching the
frontier of France, he will notify, by an express,
his being out of Spain.
The Duke of San Lorenzo, late Spanish Mi-
nister, is to set out for London to-morrow. Se-
veral other Spaniards, now in Paris, are preparing
to proceed to England.

The 7th Regiment of the line marched yester-
-day morning to join the army, ond the 30th will
begin its march to-morrow. Theiomplernent of
torses-is now pittking up for the 1,2 d Regiment .of