The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-17 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL- JOURNALS.

The length of the Parliamentary Debates, and,
other temporary subjects, have prevented us from,
attending to the opinions of the 'Provincial Jour-.
nals on national concerns, as we were accustomed:
to do, as many of them deserve particular atten.
tion,for their loyal and constitutional principles,
and for the ability with which those principles
are maintained. Among the more respectable
Journals alluded to, the .Livrpool Courier has
long been distinguished, and the following article
we have extracted from that Pa perof Wednesday
last :

PO RTL'a AL.—The rumours that A force of Hanoverian sol-
diers is to be sent to Portugal, to defend our
.ally the Sovereign
of that country against the factions of which he has been
the spot,i and which still. menace him, have been, repeated
„ , •
se-
veral times Dilate with great confidence. We know not, in-
deed, how far that may be in agitation; but it is certainly a
very important as well as unexpected project, and will give
rise to some variety of opinion. The first question. to which
it naturally gives rile is, What is the state of Portugal to
require this interposition Ministers have been censured
for entertaining this project, on the abstract principle of
the wrong of interference with the internal concerns of
another and independent State. But this Is absurd.—
Nobody in this,, country questions this principle. It was
sustained explicitly during the agitation of the
,Spanish
. invasion; and it is not at all likely that it should nosv, so sod-
' denly., be abandoned. V, therefore, the case were that of in-
troducing troops .lnte Portugal to resist say projected or to
N.nPPort any remit changes, tt would anon be dismissed by
toe • pronipt:judgment or the public. For, on whatever side
;the foreign forces were to. be marshalled, for the :support of
good or bad ptinciples, liberty or tyranny,. it - would matter
nothing, since the cane of foreign interference is to, be resisted
.under every, tircutustance, al affording a precedent 'dangerous
general application, and, even when effecting a tempo-
rary good, it rests on no right, and supports itself by no
duty. -• To interfere to bind d yoke of bondage on thane& Of a
;People is detectible; to interfere by force to give to them any
loan of political liberty is shortsighted folly; for, if a people
cannot work out their own freedom, they. are net to a state of
.preparationfor it ; they do not deserve it; they could pot keep
lkitAteednpoti them; and are, in fact, in a condition in which
,saiti the fable', King Stork is a much.fitter,manarch for theta
thanKing,L.ter. There is no end to politiCal knight-errantry,
nit aitltcraide t whether jacobinistn runs a:/muck against kings,
or kings against republics; or absolute monarchies against con.
stitutionul 01145 i• no country is safe; It is loft to the judgment
orpthers to tiatermine, what is the best forin of government for
its interests, and its4iwn right of determining what is fittest is
taken.awayi and Its sovereignty annihilated. Whether the re-
•dicals. of our own country' blow the trumpet of battle et every
symptom of :internal convulsion .in • Europa, or America, or
whether it is blown by the Allied. Powers, a principle as silly
its ,it is unjust assumed and advocated. .W take it, there-
fore, for granted, that the question as to Portugal, if onyet all
exists, 13 not,' in the lemt, one of interfaence with the inter-
"lll;c"cerns of an ally ; but one of defence, on our . part,
AlftWils) a fpreign interference, arising from, a different quar-
ter, In other wdraa, no conceivable ground can,,,her,laid
for such a Project, except that France and the .othet, conti-
nental Allies are taking a part In the concerns of .Pottuiptl,.fo-
mentlng discords, and supporting the Queen and dig Prow
against the Sovereign. Now, if this bo,the fact, we think that
• the project of aiding the King Of Portugal is not only justifiable,
but imperative t. and, with us, it matters not whether the jail.
ence exerted agalnst.him be that of force, or of corrupticin.and
intrigue. Were France to invade Pertogal in orikr to- de-
thronelho King,' we should, undetibtedly, find in flown just
ground or war; but we sea nothing stibstantiallyd*.ent 'in
liribery and intrigue in order to raise his subjects to relicilien
against' 'him In open violence. Thus we haVe 'argued nl to
South America, and the interposition of a " third power;" in
any way but that. of counsel, is, in both cases, to be resisted.
sued. As this whole evil clearly Originates from the indefinite
Tide is not the measnre we confees, that we should have
indefinite
continuance of the French troops in tspain; we should have pre-
_ furred defeniling,Vmtnirld: by this ampler and nobler measure
of insisting that the }reach troops should quit the Peninsula
within a limited time, say; three months. That would have
placed us in• a loftier attitude; but, since the latter hal been
preferred, it is clearly the ;coo that we can do for our Ally.
It Would be a decisive declaration oe our. Policy, both as to
Bonnie ilia Anierroft(whith we shill betlid to see, If the'rie.
cessity have ouPposfd does unequivocally exist.'
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THE ARM Y.

The -Gil Regiment of „Dragoon .Guards.(Carebineet") which
diagintguri on tlio2ruli ult., at Liverpool (tutu DuWin,. or
rived at I. lastfow, On the 12th instant.
The ,Sd Regiment of 'Light Dragmnis, which marched from
Hounslow on the 111th and 12th instant, will attire. at, Waning-
ham and Coventry this day.
The Ilth Regiment of Light Dragoons, which marched on
thedethinit.ifruni Hammersmith, will arrive on Monday mit
at Dorchester.

One Troop of the 't?,d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, which
marched on the 10th Instant from Fulham, arrived at Ipswich
un.Thortifieh and.another Troop belonging to ~the.same corps
Yesterday, at Norwich.
• The loth Royal Regiment has been ordered to march from
Dublin to Rallinmhe.
Thu 17111 Regiment of Lancers, ,(Death or Gl9rll),Rrive4 in
Canterbury on Wednesday. Four troops are tube At4tioned at
the Cavalry BarraCks in this city ; one troop at Deals: and an 6..
thew at Brim and their ,vicinities. The l7th wire stationed in
this city. In the year 1799, and. left here to go tu the Last,lntlies,
where'they'have remained till within this lest two years. 'We
were. surprts..d to see the corps make so fine an aPPeatancd,
' cotopoaed as it is of so many young soldiers; the eireunuitance
reflects. crediCupon the officers taro hare so, rapidly brought
the'refinentlO its present efficient state.—A general muster of
lro the tauttblo Artillery •Company will take; place in their
*y191414441 1119gulay. th4l 1041. instant, At: 1144141 U two o'clock,
coltunentOrAte ,the coronation of their Illustrious captain-
General,' hiA'/49At °radon's 111ajett.k:'-' The' Regiment will
etertrartht dine together the • firtinourphotrse. - Should his
Ittlta?-tliglgwss Use 0,10/11 sussAg, the ho sta.
clout)), recovered, helticel* to tike the eon-mend, and'lmpour
the Wisps . With- hie oompany at dinner. (Kentish Carttte,
July 16,)