The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-14 00:00:00

France has gai uednoadvantage, obtained no posver;,Spain•
become to her a source of unpalliated and unmitigated
evil I believe, she would be glad of any thing which
would help her out of the difficulty in which she has
placed herself I belieVe she would be thankful to us for
any interference which would tend to. relieve her of her
unprofitable accession; but it is our present policy to rivet
her in her bond4e; by making it with' her a point of ho-
nour to cantinne 'her oceuplation:' The arguments of the
Right Hon. Gentleman will have all the success he could
desire with that part of the French nation who thinks,as
he himself thinks respecting the principles which ought to
guide Statesmen. There can be no question with States-
men who deem the increase of wealth of a nation, and the
encouragement of indUstry, the great object to which e go-
verninent onght'to attend. But this is not Aportolical po-
licy. That the occupation of Spain has not sickened the
Apostolical party in France, is, AVe think, proved by the
heartiness with which all their organs in France have been
labouring to obtain the Protectorate of Portugal. The
French Ambassador at the Court
.of Madrid, has accord-
ing to the account of the Portuguese Minister for Foreign
Matra, been a party to the designs against Portugal.—
We see nothing to satisfy us that this party, of which the
chief object seems to be to reestablish the supremacy of
Priesthood throughout Europe, is in the least discou-
!aged. We cannot help thinking too, that Mr. Can-
ning gives the heads of this party credit for less penetra-
tion than they actually possess. The Jesuits, though their
object be to keep mankind in a state of mental depen-
dance on the Priesthood, are not themselves without cle-
ver men. They are aware that England is powerful, and
that if she were ever fairly embarked in hostilities' it would
not be a light mutter that would overcome her. But they
*ill not be persuaded by Mr. Canning's fine words,rthat
England possesses the power of moving the Continent'.
which she once had. Before the invasion of Spain, the.
French Government had so little confidence in their army,
that even a ballad which appeared in the Morning. Chro-
nick at the time, the Cordon Sanitaire, gave rise, as is
well known, to the most lively apprehensions. So long
as the French army could not be counted on with con-
fidence, all the anti-liberal Governments deemed them-
selves more or less insecure. But the French Govern-
ment hazarded the invasion while yet doubtful of its army;
Europe saw that England had lost her only hope of ope-
rating on the Continent, and resigned itself to its condi-
tion. We have every confidence in the ability of this
conntry (especially if Ireland were secured by kindness to
the Catholics); but, from all that we can learn, we do not
believe there is a single point on the Continent—not even
Italy—which is the most disaffected—which England
could posSibly rouse into insurrection. In Genoa so strong
is yet the abhorrence of the very English name, on account
of the violation of sacred engagements (for all engagements
have not been observed so piously as those with Portugal),
the inhabitants, even 'mewed by a Sardinian force, would
shut their gates on us. Mr. Canning will not intimi-
date the Apostolical party by these threats.--Morning
Chronicle.

Whatever be the issue of the present state of things, the
discuvsions of Tuesday night will ever be a precious page
in our history, the perusal of which will instruct distant
generations, how, on great occasions, Englishmen *old
determine and act. The policy (but no—we reject, Alie
word--for, at present, England acts on higher views than
that degraded word is wont to express)—the pathl of'con-
duct, avowed by our Ministers, is temperate, bold, unhe-
sitating, and bespeaks a proud consciousness of strength.
The exposition of Mr. Canning was full of wisdom, firm-
ness, and the highest principles of national strength and
honour, clothed in those "words that breathe, and thoughts
that burn ;" which, though far from being necessary to a
Wise administration, are of immense power, as means of
awakening m the minds of the people the same sentiments
which animate their rulers. Not that, on the present oc-
casionoliere was much need of the glowing eloquence of
Canning : the principles he stated, the cause of which he

declared himself the defender, were alone sufficient to
carry with him the hearts and understandings of his coun-
trymen. He announced that, without any motive of inte-
rest or, ambition, the obligations of treaties called upon us to
ward off theaggressions of a faithless despot from an ancient
ally; and so true are Englishmen, amid all their conflicts

of 'party; to the great interests of mankind—so convinced
are all public men, that, if they permitted a narrow, timid,
prudence to induce them to counsel 4dastardly or mean
course they would for ever lose the confidence of every,
portion of the community--that the chief names among
the Opposition vied with .each other in re-echoing the
maxims and sentiments which had fallen from the, lips of
our MiniSter. The part which Mr, Brougham acted,
must not be forgotten : he did good service to his country,
both by his eloquent approbation of what was right, and
by his contemptuous sarcastic reprobation of u man, Whom
we will not condescend to name. This unanimity, so
surely prophetic of the firm, unchanging purpose of the
English people, will make an impression throughout
Europe, and particularly in France, scarcely less important
than the affect which will lie produced in Spain and Por-
tugal by the re-appearance, on the theatre of their former
triumphs, of those banners, and those battalions, which
saved the Peninsula from 'the most gigantic of military
powers. The spectacle of a Government and a nation
concurring so unanimously in all that is 'honourable and
manly, will not be lost upon mankind. There is one shoit
sentence in Mr. Canning 's speecbwhich speaks volumes :.••••
" That precise information, on which we could act, arrived
only on Friday last—on Saturday the decision of the Government
fuss taken--on Suuday we obtained the sanction of his Majesty-:-
on Monday we came down to Parliament—and at this very hour,
while I have now the honour of addressing the House, British
troops are on their march for Portugal."
Such is the mode in which the Minister of England has
acted : such is the mode in which the Minister of it
country like this should always act.—New Timm,