The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-17 00:00:00

ultebt, even though it -were soi-disant, as
'°3ed to the avowed principles of despotic
4, we trust we shall have credit for
course that we adopt, and that it
produce the desired effect. It may,
taps, be said, in excuse for Lord PAL-
41'ON) that he was misinformed as to the
state of things in Portugal, and the effect
11 would probably be produced by the use of
constrain the Miguelites to a liquidation
British claims. That his Lordship did receive
:,ttlesusendicatotions from Lisbon, more fit to be
a
Tory than a liberal Minister, we
but we are sure that the Consul-General,
the ,DWas at that time the only authorized agent
unritish Government, never deceived Lord
.I'l'lEllBl'oN, or allowed the claims of his
countrymen to sleep. We have heard
this gentleman was advised by others
tiltng, high office under the British Govern-
act with less decision against the
eguelites,
and
so to comport himself, that in
,4 event of the accession of the Tories, which
thecrlsidered exceedingly probable, he, as well
'4t.(isextwho counselled him, might retain his
4le Nay, we have reason to believe that at a
AyP-en we at home were totally ignorant that
14i °1)1.3' intrigue was at work, letters were shown
gh sa°4l. which had reached a British officer of
,uettvet-,:l4'Lgiving an account of a correspondence
git4treio,.tue Duke of WELLINGTON and an
;hangs " Personage, preparatory to an intended
the
egt: Here was temptation enough to abandon
parsti ;Retie course which Mr. HOPPNER had
11(1 te' hut he remained faithful to his principles,
°rite the trust which he had undertaken, and the
4 e 9
henee has been his dismissal from a post
°utit,y he has received the thanks of all his
c in Portugal ; of the commerce of
roll:414Y, and of the enlightened and liberal
for thguese• With these he may console himself
4t wee dbenial of the thanks of his Government ;
itgellts ,eg to remind Ministers that if all their
treatedsv.ll° perform their duty faithfully are to be
irate se 14,his way, they will soon find none but
mg Tories to do their work.

-was
aTenchr,ecount has yet been received at the
'31141,
ev-luthassy of the attack on Lisbon, said
been made by BOURMONT on the sth
allti which is reported to have been corn-
r ealeathti by telegraph from Bayonne. This
et er remarkable, as we find that at one of
orti.4lbassies a letter was received yesterday,
41
ten official agent in Paris, stating that the
4:eh Government had received a telegraphic
zrltch from Bayonne to the following effect,
ad that on the 4th BOURMONT had
4114 reconnoissance ; that on the sth he had
el'ed Lisbon, and was repulsed ; and that on
e 'lb and 7th, the respective armies occupied
Eh, same Positions which they held on the

Th ivr
e.
aVe "ilguelite agents here and in France
leeks 'en very active during the last three
4%0' A short time ago a steamer left for
with a great number of officers and some
)1 t aTY stores for the army under the command
I\IONT, and purchases of arms, &c. for
he 4
la4e destination, have been made within
st few days.
111, 1,
epi ow/ '4.7o°lndlent Papers are particularly barren of
e( •
•They are, for the mostre part,sen
)sitiotittit Speculations respecting the
lance s of non PEDRO at Lisbon, andp his
east, °f ultimate success ; and the coercive
regar threatened by the Swiss Confederation
to Neufchatel.

t will
4°Ple 1,15 e seen by our advices from Constathne-
'lnliti),,l'at it is believed there that one of
'tweer:4B of the Treaty, offensive and defensive,f
ussia and the Porte, is the cession, o
eolidit, and Moldavia to the former Power—
eet,t,4()n which will doubtless excite great
he ru-lit anlong the inhabitants of Turkey.
ill, 411°14 s, however, denied by the Ministers
- 4-0
INV Ile, and it certainly tot,.requires con-
Y th,,
titt li - German Papers, we learn little or
eyond the fact already known to most
'gt,ea,drs, that the three Sovereigns are at
he t,illg to meet in the circle of Bourglaw,
Silesian frontiers.

rritl
ce
:ilia 1 ALLEYRAND is making preparations
let NParture, which will take place at the
It, of the present week, or early in the
'ti 4is Excellency states that it is his in-
elt to 4 „
wiritep return before the commencement of
hh ' ; hut, from the state of his health,
, °um ,
:l• p'orue inclined to regard his departure as
ella some weeks past this extraordinary
ge al
telcio vi 0, during a period of eighty years,
to titlle ill been ill for more than a day or two
d ets u; has been suffering severely from the
Pl`)lte a Cold, and his appearance at present
thll'
e great debility and a sudden breaking
Ilthilik7stitution. It is more than probable,
.1 frotat n. de TALLEYRAND will with-
48— the busy and anxious post that he
years,4" endeavour to alleviate the burthen
,its, or 1-1 Y retirement at Valencay, one of his
ere he has 14 the more genial climate of Italy,
t
~' 4,4,, e )we understand, property to a con-
', i -
\ rlteriti me nt• As the Prince has announced
.11t oi '°111: Of returning to this country in the
0,4144 8. health improving, the French Go-
Go-
filledu will for some time consider his post
4):1°1 Let)) and M. BACOURT, the first Secre-
tettlatiegati", a gentlemen of considerable
0' 4„,, experience and whose talents are
li, rpreciat , ,
rt, vv. eu by the diplomatic corps at this
rife' 111 act . , • until the
gal shall
alls Charge d Afflures
be resumed, in which case a
sailori,,tll4ll-likollthas will probably be appointed,
Iltirle: iNI• ALLEYRAND return before
Ili ,
.e late
.'lives4ti-- smuggling transaction is in a train
,c%
vvgatio,„
On Saturday last all the
Itlet,AZe, opened in the presence of the
ott,t_,4 ugs?ador, and were found, as expected,
It : articles liable to duty to a consider-
•goillit
,en,,wo • There is no doubt that some of
36' in the Foreign Office in Paris