The Sun.
London, England, 1832-01-23 00:00:00

though with a warm sympathy in the fate of esti-
mable men who have sacrificed so much for liberty,
but who seem resolved to sacrifice nothing for
patriotic concord and mutual forbearance. this
observation is suggested by the receipt of seve-
ral letters on our very innocent paragraph of Sa-
turday respecting Saldanha, from the friends and
enemies of that General. With the former he
is considered the chief prop of the constitutional
cause,—with the latter as a political Marplot.
An aide-de-camp of Saldanha takes up his de-
fence, as an aide-de-camp ought to do, and
thinks he has made a strong case in his favour
by telling us that the General's letter speaks of
the " diplomatic body," and not of Prince Met-
ternich alone, as an obstacle to his military em-
ployment, and that the Emperor Don Pedro
himself permitted him to write the letter in ques-
tion. We give the General all the benefit of
this correction, and still we shall continue to say
that the publication of his note betrayed great
indiscretion, unless it was intended to promote
the objects of his rivals. The following is the
letter alluded to:—
" His Imperial Majesty Don Pedro, after having invited
me to-day to a particular aisdimce, has told me that the
corps diplomatic do not consent that I may take part in
the expedition which is prepared to re-establish in my
country the clutter, and the throne of the Queen Maria
IL, and that in consequence his Imperial Majesty could not
employ roe in the said expedition.
" Having reckoned upon, up to this presznt moment, and
with a mind truly anxious, an occasion to serve my coun-
try, the blow which I have just received is one of the most
severe that I possibly could have experienced. I shall be
able, however, to support this affliction if my friends are
still good enough to believe me sincere in the continuance
of my sentiments and of my good wishes..
" Count de SALDANHA."

On the ether hand, the party opposed to
Saldanha treat his pretensions with ridicule, and
his military character with contempt. In saying
that there might be other reasons for denying
the opportunity of adding to his laurels besides
the opposition of the Holy Alliance, we knew
that his military skill was regarded in a light
more equivocal than his political principles. On
this delicate point, however, we shall allow one
of his countrymen to speak for us, and shall
ourselves be silent, considering it enough that
each side is represented by the correspondent best
acquainted with the subject :
" You mentioned on Saturday, that General Saldanha
has been deprived of his command by Don Pedro. This
is not exactly correct, b,cause no command was given
to him, nor was it ever intended to give him a com-
mand, as such a proceeding would be most unjust to-
wards the Conde de Villa Fior. Is he to be preferred
to the brave Villa Flor, the conqueror of the Azores, who
fought the Abaolutists in the battles of Arronches, of
Gauche, and Poute do Prado, 8.-. c.—be who had not
the courage to direct the retreat of the Constitutionalists
from Oporto,—who wrote to the Captain of the British
frigate in sight of the shorts of Terceira, that he would
submit to he sunk to the bottom by English cannon, rather
than fail in his duty of landing his men, and yet abandoned
the undertaking at the first shot? The talents of General
Saldanha in the field of battle are yet to be learnt. The
observation in the Times of Saturday is correct respecting
him, but not the consequence deduced from it. How can
it be said that it is intended to employ in the expedition
only fficers who are not revolutionists (Constitutionalists,
I suppose, is meant) when, in fact, amongst all the emi-
grants, all the army of the Quern, only two persons are
excepted—Saldanha and his intriguing ambitious Adju-
tant, the ex-friar Pizarro?

" If all the emigrant officers are not employed in the
expedi•ion, it is hec,u•e there are not soldiers enough for
them to command. There are already at Terceira officers
.ufficiently numerous to command a large army. How-
ever, the islan:ls of the Azores are open to all, and if there
are any few exceptions, they are not against Constitu-
tionalists, but 11iguelisrs.
" It is rather singulAr that General Saldanha should now
be set up as the m:irtyr and hero of Portuguese liberty,
when, be it rvinembered, that in 1823, in returning from
Villa Franca with the Infant Dou Miguel, he tore off and
trod under foot the constitutional cockade; and in 1526,
at Oporto, he was not amongst the foremost to proclaim
the charter."— Times.

SECOND EDITION.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

IMI-3.ERIAL PARLIAMENT
OF THIS EVENING.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took seat ou the Woolsack
about a Quarter before Five o'clock.

Mr. Crider, from the Treasury, presented returns of the
Hop Duty; and a gentleman presented papers from the
Imperial Gas Company.
The Bill for consolidating the Woods and Forests, and
that for the Payment of Outstanding Lottery Tickets, were
passed through a Committee and reported.
E al GREY seeing the Noble Earl who had given notice
of a motio❑ for Thursday in his place, wished to ask him
what the nature of his motion was to be.

The Earl of ABERDEEN had not yet prepared his
motion, but he had no hesitation in saying that his object
would be to take the E mist, of the House upon the diplo-
matic affairs, relative to Belgium, either in the nature of
a resolution or an address to the King.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH had some observations to
offer un the convention with France respecting the slave
trade, but he thought it would be better to bring it
forwwd in the shape of a motion on a future occasion
as he ❑nderstood there was no objection to the production
of the papers connected with our situation with the autho-
rities of Canton, he moved for a series of papers con-
nected with that subject. —Their Lordships then adjourned.