The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-30 00:00:00

Pont GIN IikITELLIGENCt.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Etoile of Thursday.

We were the first to announce the rectation of the
speech of Mr. Canning, as superintended by himself, and
we at the same time gave the words of the Times, which,
for sonic time past, has been the organ of the British Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs. - Our readers will now under-
stand the reasons why we abstained from making any re-
mark Upon the extempore speech, although we were the
first to give the articles of the English Itnirtuds in which
the singular words made use Of by their Ministers were
refuted. We feel a .'great gratification in applauding this
sct Of Mr. ermiifgy which is the only one of the kind con-
tained it the English annals; and we agree with the
Timer in believing, that when -a person ia, by the ardour of
his characters subject to error, it requires no small share of
candour and .fraeknesS to avow and repair it. It is there-
fore-with real satisfaction that we insert some more pas-
sages of the reetitied report of Mr. Canning's speech,
which, having become the calm and deliberate expression
of his sentiments, and being 'longer the effect of the
hurry (oaf/or/604 and impetuosity of improvisation,
are more; apifropriate than those which were uttered. If
A Ifylle de Neuville had waited like us he would not
have printed his useless observations, which could scarcely
be believed to have proceeded from a man who conducted
King John the:Sixth on board an English vessel.
[The Etude here. quotes largely from Mr. Canning's
speech, and, coming to that part in which Mr. C. alludes
to the French army enteringinto Spain, says I—Here Mr.
Canning says that he called the New World into existence,
in order to re-establish the political balance—forgetting
that it was not the War waged by us in Spain which pro-
duced this result, since a long time previous to the Mi-
nistry of Mr. Canning, Lord Castlereagh declared, at the
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, that England would sooner
or later recognize the Independence of the Spanish Co-
lonies.

(From the Courrier Francois.)
PARIS, DEC. 26,
Authentic accounts troth Madrid state, that King Fer-
dinand, iu consequence of the ultimatum which has been
presented to him, requiring him. to answer it without de-
lay and without subterfuge, has just recognised the Con-
stitutional Government and Charter-of Portugal, has pro-
mised to send an Ambassador to Lisbon, and to receive
one from the Regency; to break off all kind of commo-
tion* and complicity with the Portuguese rebellion; and to
give all other kinds of satisfaction which have been required
of him by England.
We have no doubt of this first result on the part of a
Prince who has taken care to protest before-band against
the engagements which necessarily might lead him to con-
tract, and who, very different from our poor King John,
seems to be persuaded that good faith is not one of the
duties of a Sovereign. We know bow he has kept all the
oaths which he has lavished, from his first rebellion at
Aranjues, against his own father, to his last protesta-
tions of moderation made to the Dauphin, at the very
moment when his Royal Highness had just delivered him
from a yoke less degrading than that which he has since
taken on himself, and had opened to him the gates of
Cadiz.

It now remains to be seen what guarantee will be re-
quired from Ferdinand, and what further pledge he can
offer of fidelity to the most solemn promises.
The first end most essential of these guarantees would
be an iiTevocablc renunciation of absolute power—of that
power, withopt check and control of which he has not

been able to make any other use than to" recede blindly
from misfortune to misfortune, and to dig under his feet an
abyss into which he cannot fail to precipitate himself and
his people, unless he can be deprived of a weapon which
is equally fatal to the throne and Co all Spain.

( (Prom the CmatiltWound of l)ec. 26 and 27.)
PARIS, DEC. 20..--7lt is announced to-day, as a certain
fact, that the Cabinet of Madrid has accepted all the pro-
posals of Enti;houl, suul au...c.i.e,,,,,edruoieovi
Constitutionel Government of Portugal. There are very
few parsons. who disbelieve this news. It seems natural
that the Spanish Government, to avoid a dangerous war,
in which it would be engaged without any ally except
.our Apostolic Junta, consents to the arrangement which
will be proposed to it. The display of ,the British
force.—the vast preparation which Great Britain is
making7—will no longer permit the Spanish Ministry to
chide the question, and gain time; they are not in a
condition to maintain a war with Portugal and its allies;
they must then accept the conditions of peace. But
here a new question arises. le the Spanish Government,
in the present state of things, able to keep its promises,
and fulfil its engagements ? Tied they not solemnly pro-
mised to disarm the Portuguese rebels—had they not en-
gaged to disperse them ? The declaration of Mr: Canning,
and tlie explanation of the Baran de Dairies, do not allow'
us to doubt it. Yet the insurnts have received better
arms in the room of those which they had laid down ; far
from being dispersed, they have been under the eyes and
protection of the superior agents of the Government,'
and they. have invaded their own country; nay more,
it is now known that Spanish troops, particularly corn-
panics of lancers, have followed the hostile movements
of the Marquis de Chaves. The Cabinet of Madrid has
. .
therefore been either insincere in its promises, or unable
to keep' them. It now remains to be seen whether this
Cabinet has changed its principles, or whether it has ac-
quired the strength necessary to require and obtain obe-

aience to its orders. On either supposition we do not see
what,guarantee it can offer either of its sincerity, or its
power. The official acts, the Proclamations of the Corn,
mandate of provinces, the Apostolic lettere, provelhat the
Spanish Court, the Ministry, and the Clergy, detest the
Portuguese Charter, and thut they would consider as a very
great misfortune the necessity of recognising it. On the
other hand the Monkish faction has taken ofd' the mask -;
and this faction is more poWerful in Spain than the Go-
vernment itself. This is proved by the expedition of the
Marquis de Chaves, which was prepared and paid by: the
-convents on the Peninsula,

It is therefore -reasonable to suppose, that so long as
there shall be no change in Spain, either, of the principles
of the Government, or in the organisation of the A'dmirti.
stration, or in the diposition of the Priests and the Monks,
the duration of peace will be always uncertain. Thus, so
long as Spain shall remain what it is, promises and engage-
ments will be only empty fOrms, and the tranquility of
Europe will be incessantly threatened. It would not even
be sufficient as a guarantee of.the general'peaee, that there
be a change in the political system of the Peninsula. It
would be necessary that this change should extend to our
Ministry, which is too weak to oppose the intrigue of our
Congregation, which inspires and urges on the Spanish
Congregation.
This weakness of our Ministry is manifested especially
by the sacrifice of our liberties and
,the choice of itsagents.
The hatred of our Apostolics for the public and private
rights of the French is as violent as that of the Spanish
Honks fer,the Portuguese Charter. The first rule among
us; it is they who keep out of all employments men who
are known for constitutional opinions, who practice the
vexations which the liberty of the press has made known ;
a salutary publicity, which is audaciously pointed out as
an inexcusable licentionsnes4 Nobody is now ignorant
that the French Apostolic junta his its correspondents--
its Ministers--'-its Ambassadors in the Peninsula; and it
may be considered Us a positive fact, tharM. Frunchet is
mere powerful, at Madrid than M. de Villele.
We have pointed out the wound; the interest of our
country made this a duty.. So' long .as the Spanish Go-
vernment shall be in the hands of the monks—so long as
our
Ministry' sball not shake off the yoke of this congrega-
tion-80 it.shall :not seek a support in the nation,
and in general interests,' we cannot hope for a durable
peace. There will be negociations, conventions, and even
treaties; but all this will be precarious, it will not dispel
distrust and enmity ; the combustible materials , will still
waits( 'only for the spark which will remain collected,
kindle them into the most terrible conflagration.
The news, which we have this moment received; con.