The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-16 00:00:00

LMORNI NO POT.]

It is with infinite. :gratification we refer our
Readers to the splendid list of Subscriptions al-
, ready ,received (in little 'tilore than
,one day) in
Aid of the gloriotia cause of. National indepen-
denee, as contained in the Advertisement from
the Spanish Committee another coluinn.—(4e
'lin& SUN of lids day.)—The iinportance to the
cause, of Spanish independence of the, noble
;contribittkons, thus flowing from.
,that gene.
roskty,munificence, and love of freedom, which
are the proud characteriStics of gnglishrrien,
is „so pvidep, that it may be thought almost need-
Jess lo.:anforce it. If the valve of this assistance
did indeed regtiiire a'nj prooT or illustration, the
most irrefragililo proof and the most lucid illus-
tration are afforded by the extreme anxiety of

that portion of, the English Press which has iden-
tified itself with the cause of French aggression,
to check the strong current of national bounty,
to Chill the feelings and extinguish' the hopes by
Which it is Impelled. The good sense of our
countrymen cannot have failed to suggest to
them, that the'degree in which their pecuniary aid
to Spain :is likely to be detrimental to the
cause of, -her tyrannical and unprincipled in-
riders may be pretty accurately measured by
the 'degree of effort employed by' the Anti,
British Press to deter them from affording it.
We will advert to some of the arguments of, that
Press, to spew not' their wenkness and folly, for
these are not their appropriate gnaliPcatioris, but
to show the desperate necessity by which alone
rational and well-informed men could be urged
to employ them. It is gravely asked, what can
be accdmplished by the utmost amount of private
bounty in opposition to the enterprize of a na-
tion possessed of great internal resources, and of
a degree of Public Credit sufficient to enable it
to draw without limit upon the general money
market 'of Europe ? As if it were a conflict be-
tween two nations upon some trivial dispute of a
paltry Maud of a few acres of ground or land, or
of the right of fishing for a mile or two further
north or south on a particular coast, as if the de-
cision were eventually to depend upon the com-
parative power of the Belligerents to Maintain in
the field large bodies of mercenary troops..
—The means of resisting an invader never
yet in any country depended• principally
upon the strength of its purse ; yet resist-
WIC° may be greatly weakened and discouraged,
where the population of a country are greatly
in want of arms and ammunition. The disposi-
of a great proportion of the Spanish people is
hostile to the invaders of their country. The
want of arms prevents the full effect of their
hostility. The Bourbon partizans ire-not igno-
rant, that in such circumstances every musket
sent to Spain adds an effective man to tho ranks
of the Constitutionalists, and hence their hope-
less efforts to check the generous subscription.

. •
[BRITISH PRESS.
French intrigue, which misfit! Amarante's de-
feated revolt, has since been busy in Lisbon, es
will be seen in our columns. French agency and
French gold at length succeeded in raising some
sudden commotion in the Portuguese capital, and
it was instantly communicated. from Guilleminot
at Madrid to Bayonne, and from thence by'te..,
legraph to the Minister •at
.War, and exultingly
proclaimed on the Exchange of Paris on Thurs-
day afternoon, by orders of Villele. If, how-
ever, as the Courier Francais very justly re-
marks, the' whole garrison of Lisbon, except
one regiment, had become traitors to the
Constitution, how came it that the Cortes,
which instantly declared its Sittings per—
Manna, was not dissolved, and the Government
seized .on by the mutineers. Would the King,
in the front of such a force, have dared resistance
and renewed his fidelity to the Constitution ?
Either the Constitutional troops must have
equalled the number of the adversaries, or the
people, as on the 7th July, ISt, in Madrid,
must have risen in defence of the Constitution,
and overpowered the factious garrison in the out-
set. The insurrection is announced as taking
place on the 27th of May, and on the 30th the
Cortes were still sitting. We imagine that the
joy of the faction in Paris on the event has been
somewhat preina tore. The very note at the foot
of the bulletin, which states, " that owing to the.
bad
,weather Nvhich intercepts the telegraphic
communications, it could not be known whether
the dispatch. was concluded," gives a pretty tole-
rable hint as to the result of the affair.
" The adventures of the bear and fiddle
" Are sung, but break off in the middle."
The dispatch Of Guilleminot cuts short without
communicating any thing final; and the'fair 'con-
clusion, is, that Lisbon has been the • troubled
scene of an insurrection similar to that of the
guards in Madrid, nd like that, defeated by the
deferreined adherents in Lisbon to liberty and
the free Constitution. This too appears to have
been the general impression on the exchange Of
Paris, for the slight rise which took place in the
renter was.succeeded on Thursday by a decline
as marked and rapid". None of the Ultra or
Ministerial Journals of Paris make any remarks
whatever 'Oil' this dispatch,rfrorn which it would
appear that they plaCed little reliance on it.
Let the result to Portugal, however, have been
what it May,—:-and we shall look for the next ac-
*Mt's 'with the: greatest arixiety,—:of the peril-
diens disposition of the French 'Cabinet towards
that country there can be now no manner of •
doubt; that, if disaster and defeat de not fol_
hi* on Angoulerne's further progress. in Spain,
'Poittigal' will be the next ettacked. All that is
sought for is an artful and platisible'pretext fOr
.breaking with her, and avoiding, if possible, hos-
tility with Greatßritain.

[MORNING itERAI:n.]
Pails Papers orThursday and Friday have
been 'received since our litst An official
tli-
patch frotti'Madrid states that on the 'Tth', "1 the
Portuguese troops declared against the Consti-
tution—that the Prince Don Michael (brother,
we believe, of the King) was at' the head of' the
movement, which was joined by the whole gar-
rison of Lisbon, 'excepting a single regiment."
An 'attempt at Counter-revolution in Portugal
Should not* ke a surprise, even without the
previous insurrection of Amaratite. It is loc4 eb-
`inird'te suppose that the Constitution, of Portugal
could survive that of Spain. The French, what-
ever they May pretend, have 'exactly' the same
motives to`destroy'hoth--and attempts have, no
:doubt, been made, and will coritlitue to be- made',
bhould .the present fail, to' destroy it; by open
force`or by'seciet iotrigue.—The present account
is suspicious, even from its vagueness.—Did the
movement take place at Lisbo'? This does not
app6fir. 'Again, it appears' the King stood by
the, Constitution 'and Cortes, and changed his
Ministry. The event then wax` at least
still dubious. heke is no reason, we'be-
lieve, to doubt the good faith' -of the
King of' Portugal, • in ;his 'adherence to the
Revolution. But to suppose him clinging
to the wreck -of it, would be to suppose in him a
prodigality of Constitutional zeal, quite beyond

belief. Moreover, if the whole garrison of Lis-
bon, but one regiment, joined the movement on
the 27th, how is it that the Constitution was still
on its legs, and the Cortes deliberating on the
30th ? But the Commissary of Police, who posted
up the bulletin on 'Change at Paris, writes at
the bottom of it, that the misty weather prevent-
ed its being ascertained whether the dispatch
was concluded or not. Some of the Journals
suggest, that the misty weather interfered, in
order to promote certain interests in the money
market; upon which, however, but a slight im-
pression was made, and only for a moment.