The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-27 00:00:00

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LONDON.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1828.

About a month ago we stated that FERDI-
NAND of Spain had solicited our Government to.
recognise the Kingly title of his brother Despot
—the usurper NI tGuEL. The affair was disre-
garded at the time by the Ultra-Tory papers,
who railed in good set terms against the
murderer of his father's friend, and the
perjured violator of his brother's rights, as a
thing impossible—totally impossible—for the
Government of his Britannic Majesty ever so
far to forget what was (Inc to the dignity of
the Crown, and the honour of this free country
as to acknowledge a monster (we believe that was
the term) who had insulted our Ambassador,
plundered our merchants, and imprisoned our
countrymen. No,:no, the thing was impossible; it
.
was a libel upon our national character, and an in-
sult to our anti-national Ministry. But behold
the result !—Why, at this very moment..Nve are
sending an Ambassador to the Brazils to
soften Don PEDRO towards his brother
MIGUEL, who, notwithstanding his errors
—and youth will have errors is still his
brother ! We are sending an Ambassador to
prove that Doll MIGuEL's faults are all on
the side of youth and ambition—and youth
will be ambitious—ambition is a generous prin-
ciple, and deserves encouragement—and Don
MIGUEL has done no more than other aspiring
Princes have done before him. Yes, we are
going to recognise the hopeful usurper ; and
the Ministerial Papers of the day—those very
Papers who were loudest in their praises of Mr.
CANNING, because he had saved Portugal
from the clutches ofMtGuELand,his Mother—the
Sin and Death of Portuguese liberty—those very.
papers are now sounding the note of preparation
for the WELLINGTON Ministry to put the sign
manual to their own eternal disgrace, by the re-
cognition 'of that very same MIGUEL as King
of a country from which his crimes had banished
him in order to save his life ! Really this is
" too bad." A Morning Paper of yesterday
broke the ice—and to-day another Morning
Paper, of rather better character, widens the
breach by praising the Usurper MIGUEL. When
an assassin comes with flowers we always dread
his knife ! To praise the man we have abused,
is a bad omen on one side, if not on both.
Our contemporary, in paving the way for
his future lesson, says—". The arrival of every
packet from Portugal is immediately followed by
the publication in London of letters purporting
to be written in Lisbon or Oporto, defaming in
the grossest terms, not only Don MIGUEL
himself, but 'the character, public and
private, of every distinguished Portuguese
known to be attached to his cause." Well,
well, if this be not the excess.- of servility,
ws do not know what is. MIGUEL'S character !
--What, the diaracter of a fellow whom they
have denounced as a murderer ? Shame on the
servility of the Press of England, if any portion
of it, aspiring to the character of honourable
feeling, can descend so low ! Really we trust
that the Duke of WELLINGTON Will not so far

forgot his own fame, the property of his coun-
try, and the right of posterity, as to prostitute
the laureled dignity of England by the recog-
nition of so flagrant a usurper as Don MIGIJEL.
That recognition will neither support his 111 inis-
try, nor exalt its character.