The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-13 00:00:00

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

• On. the motion of Earl BATHURST, the order of
'The. day for taking his Majesty's message into consideration was
read..end afterwards the message by the clerk.
Eakrt BA:THURST then rose, but spoke in so low
a tone, that only a sinall portion of what he said was heard below
the bar. Their Lordships ware aware that Sir Charles Stuart,
who had ene on a mission to the Court of Brazil, had proceeded
flout Rio'de Janeiro to Lisbon, with instructions front the Em-
peror of Brazil relative to the settlement of the Government of
Portugal, after the death of his father. Sir Charles was the
bearer of an ordinance of the Emperor Don Pedro, by which he
abdicated the Crown of Portugal, which devolved upon his brother,
Don Miguel, tinder certain conditions, the principal of which was,
that there should be granted to Portugal what might be called a
constitution, or in other words, a charter. It would be proper
for him here to state what the situation of Sir Charles Stuart was
when there events took place. Their Lordships must be aware
that negotiations had for along omit been carrying on for the pur-
Pose of putting an end to the hostilities which subsisted between
the kingdom of Portugal and Brazil. These negotiations Ailti-
ulatelY terminated in the separation of the two Crowns,
Brasil being, in fact, no longer a colony, but independent of
Portugal; After much time bad elapsed, things' seemed to
have arrived at such a state as to justify the appointment of
Sir Charles Stuart on a mission to. Portugal on this subject.
H. wee to proceed to Lisbon, and thence, with such powers as
he might receive, to Brasil. Accordingly, Sir C. Stuart went
-to Lisbon on this delicate mission. It was then proposed to the
King of Portugal that be should grant a charter or instrument,
by which he should publicly acknowledge the independence of
Brazil, and that Sir Charles Stuart who was at liberty
,this mission, or some other person appointed by tl!iis tholaaceetp
t
hthould carry out this instrument to Brazil. The King of Ptesrtt
gal appointed Sir Charles Stuart for the purpose. ir Charles
%Stuart therefore carried out with him, to be delivered into the
-hands of the Emperor, the condition on which alone the negocl-
ation was to be concluded. Sir Charles Stuart did deliver those
fonditions, and having so done, his object was aecomplished ;
but he had still another duty to discharge. He had titan instruc-
ted on the conditiOn of the independence of Brasil being granted,
-to, negociate a treaty of commerce between this country and Bra-
'll He was in the discharge of this duty when- he received" an
'Recount of the King of Portugal's death. In consequence of this
:.event, the Emperor Don Pedro resigned the Crown of Portugal
-to his brother, on certain conditions, appointing at the same time
~hia sister Regent of the' Kingdom, and issuing a charter or con-
•stitution. The Emperor applied to Sir Charles Stuart to be the
bearer of those documents to Portugal. Sir Charles Stuart was
-unwillieg to interfere, deprecated in engaging in this business,
`hut he was repeatedly pressed by the Emperor to accept the
rnisaion, and so many arguments were urged, that he found
-himself ot last no longer able to resist the appointment. Their
,Lordships would' perceive front what he had stated, that in
"feeding to this proposition, Sir Charles Stuart had acted
wholly,. and entirely on his own responsibility, and
vitltout any instructions on the subject from His Ma-
re:'s Government. lle was the- more particular on this point,
tow it was desirable that it should be well understood that his
'l4:lltatyi's Government had no participation in the recent political
ttenteetions in Portugal, and that there had' been no disposition
on 0,14 part to interfere in any way in the internal affairs of the
ZatTY- On his arrival at Lisbon, Sir Charles Stuart delivered
or, instrument% he had brought from Brazil to the Vicegerent......
restiving the despatches, the Princess Regent determined on
fobowing the directions they contained, and giving a constitution