The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-03 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

ELTRACTS FROM THE DAILY 'MORNING rArEtts,
April 3, 1823.

[MORNING clittoistcnci
No Paris Papers were received yesterday as
none were published on Monday. We are still
without any positive intelligence from the frontiers
of Spain. It is reported that the south of France
is in an insurgent state ; but at a time like this,
all sorts of reports obtain circulation, and it is
necessary to distrust the influence of our wishes
on our judgment. Qne should think if the mat-
ter of disaffection exist to the extent generally
believed, the appearance of a respectable body
of troops, with the national colours, and deter-
mined leaders, would bring it into action. We
are afraid the hatred of the French nation to
the very name of Bourbon will be of no service
to the Duke of Orleans at this conjuncture.--
Napoleon the Second is said to have been every
where proclaimed. The declaration of the Journal
des Debuts, that the Five Allied Powers have
insured each other against Revolution, and
that consequently England is bound to pro-
tect the Bourbons against their own subjects,
us the Bourbons are to. protect Alexander,
Frederick, Ferdinand, and George, against their
respective subjects or slaves, must lead to some
further explanation. The article of that Journal
in which the nature of the obligation was stated,
was by no means caretessly or hastily written ;
and speaking as this Pap'er is understood to do
the sentiments of M. de Villele, the article is
deserving of the more attention. Lord Liverpool
stated distinctly, that there were no secret Trea-
ties or secret Articles in the Treaties which were
known. We know, however, that in the published
Treaties this country is at most bound to protect
the Bourbons. Can Lord Liverpool have been
ignorant doily of the engagements entered into
between his Government and the rest of the
Allies ? Or, has the Journal des Dlbats stated
that which has no foundation in truth ?

EMOHNING HERALD.]
By late advices from Paris, it is probable that
the approaching contest between France and
Spain may not be quite so auspicious for France
as Many had anticipated. It will give us much
pleasure that the French should be completely
*orsted, as it may, possibly, teach the Bourbon
Government to show more deference to the me-
dijition of a Court 'to which they owe their
Throne, and to which fog many years they were
indebted for a home, and "even support. Had
England, during and subsequent to the French
Revolution, been less persevering—had she re-
garded her own interests merely, where would
these Bourbons have been ? for there can
be but little doubt that, at many periods
throughout the war, England might have
made peace almost ou her own terms, not only
with the Revolutionary Demagogues of France,
but with the military despot, Booneperte• It
England in the present instance has been nego•
elating with France, in order to preserve peace be.
tweet' her anti Spain, and if, as is very likely, the
French diplomatists have outwitted us, then we
think the Bourbons may safely be charged with
ingratitude ; and, therefore, we sincerely wish
their punishment in proportion to their abandon-
ment of their friend. Considering the moral debt
due by them to this country, the least acknow-
ledgment they could have made would be, had
we proposed our mediation, to have accepted it.
But for centuries the Bourbons have been in
their hearts the bitterest enemies of this country,
especially during the reign of Louis'Xl V. and
L'ouis XVI., the latter of whom was foolish
enough to assist our American Colonies in throw.
ing off their allegiance to England. His inter.
Terence, however, brought about his own de.
struction, and had nearly accomplished the ruin
of his family, until at the expence of 600 millions
of money it was reinstated by Englano. Louis
XVI. lost his life in his unnecessary interference
in the concerns of his neighbours, and it would
Pot surprise us, should Louis XVIII. embark in
this unnecessary war against the Spaniards, if he
were to share the same fate, or again be obliged
to England for a place of safety and support.

[Tux TIM CS.I
On perusing again the article in the Journal
des Whets, relating to Lord John Russell's and
Mr. Canning's conversation respecting our gua-
rantee of the Crown of France to the Bourbons,
we are more struck than we were at the first
glance. The repeated declarations of this Go-
Veynment (quoted in The Times Journal of Mon-
day), that our object, even at the conclusion of
the last war, and when the success of it was cer-
tain, WWI not, and had never been, to restore the
Bourn is a decisive and incontrovertible
proof that we could net in the same breath,
and in the same treaties, be pledging ourselves
to uphold them in future on their throne.—
These declarations are not Co he shaken by any
chicane. We wish the writer in the Journal des
Daats would quote them from this paper, and
see what he can mike of them, or how he can
elude their force. But farther, the Journal
des 'Mats does quote an article in a treaty to
which we are parties, and in which it is said, that
should a revolution spring up in France, with
which Buonaparte has no concern, we will
" meet and concert with the Allies, and with his
"'Most Christian Majesty, on the measures pro-
"`per to be taken ;" and thence the same journal
infers, that the only issue of such toncerting must
he to maintain the King of France on hit
throne, and that therefore, in contradiction to our
express declarations, we are bound to that object.
We shall dismiss this sensible argument by stating
a similar case, anti shewing the course pur-
sued. *When the Allies approached Paris, after
the battle of Waterloo, certain of Buonaparte's
counsellors, hitherto most devoted to his will,
waited on their master in order to concert with
him on the measures proper to he taken at that
anti the issue of such concerting was, not
that they found themselves bound to support him
me his throne, but that they advised him to abdi-
cate it as quickly as convenient'.---We are rather
surprised that the reasoners for the Bourbons on