The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-22 00:00:00

SPEECH OF THE FOREIGN MINISTER.

noble Peers,—The discussion about to be opened iiefore you,
imposes on us the obligation of making known to you the actual.
situation.ot eittt relations with ths,States whose interests are more
particularly connected with the late events. This is the duty
which Y come to fulfil before you. "
" At the time of the entry of the French army into Spain in
1823, the English Government• demanded and obtained froM
France the promise that no hostility should be committed with
respect to Portugal, and declared that it would consider itself
obliged by for►ner treetits to come to the aid of that power, if it
were attacked,

" At the time the late troubles broke out in Portugal, a eimi-
Iv declaration was made by England to Spain, and communicated
to France as well as mall the great Powers of the Continent, and
it was agreed that Spain should undertake nothing against Porto-
gal, and that ou her part England would watch that Portugal
committed no set of hostility against Spain.
" We owe it to truth to say, that England has fulfilled the ob-
ligation which she took upon herself, and that.on their part all
the powers have not ceased to act with a common consent to'..
ward, the Cabinet of Spain, to influee that power not to furnish to
Portugal any subject of complaint.
" However, at the very moment when that Cabinet gave its
assurance that the arms taken from the refugees should be given
up to the Portuguese Government ; at the moment when orders
were given that the refugees themselves should be removed from
the frontiers, these men have mitered Portugal in arms, and this
midden attack has been accompanied by circumstances which leave
no doubt as to the co-operation of some of the Spanish authorities,
who had been charged with the execution of the order to disarm
and disperse the refugees among the interior provinces.
" France, which hail the greatest reason to prevent all hostili-
ties on the part of Spain.—Prance, which had the most right to
he listened to-N.-France, whose intervention Atould have inspired
Portugal and England with tha greatest security as to the fulfil-
ment of the eagagernmts Of the Spanish Cohinet—could not
remain indifferent to events which made appear inn manner so
evident either contempt for its councils on the impotence of its
influence, and the Kink's Government had immediately to
testify its disapprobation by recalling its Ambassador from

I,Tailrld. France does not contest with England the right
resulting from its duty—the right imposed on it by a long
series of treaties to go to the aid of Portugal. It will con-
tinue its efforts to prevent the renewal of acts which have au-
thorised the measures taken by the British Cabinet ; it will omit
nothing to prevent a rupture between Spain and Portugal, and it
hopes to succeed ; it has alreqy taken with regard to the Cabinet
of Madrid, in concert with all its allies, steps the, most likely to
attain this object. It continues to receive from the British Ca-
binet the most positive assurances of its entire co-operation. No-,
thing which has taken place up to the latest events authorises the
King's Government to raise any doubts on the sincerity of these
assurances ; on their part, the Ministers of the King are firmly de-
termined to advise his Majesty to refuse his support to the Spanish
Government, if by its own fault, it puts Portugal under the ne-
cessity of assuming a hostile attitude towardi it.
" France cannot, then, be reduced to renounce the advantages
of peace, except by circumstances which wt are far from foresee-
ing. Her good faith and her dignity would not permit her to sup-
port unjust and passionate acts, which have `only taken place in
contempt of councils which have been given and promises which
have been made.

" It is by thus following the rules of juttice-;—by respecting the
faith of treaties, and the rights of other Powers, that France pre-
serves all her advantages for sustaining her own rights, and even
those of Spain, should she be unjustly attacked.
" It was by defending the principles of order and legitimacy,
that England came out victorious from the long and sanguinary
contest which she sustained against the French Revolution. The
same success will attend us, if ever .we should, in our turn, be
called upon to defend the same principles." • •.
(From the Journal des Debella of Wednesday.)

It is reported, that yesterday, in the discussion on the Address,
the Minister for Foreign Affairs made to the Chamber of Peers a
declaration on the subject of Spain. In this declaration, the Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs complained, as England has done, of the
conduct of Spain towards Portugal, and officially announced the
Fecal of the Marquis Demoustier. It is said that Baron Pasquier
yoke, and that Viscount Chateaubriand delivered a very energetic
speech on the speech of Mr. Canning. But the Chamber having
decided before hearing the speaker, that no speech should be
printed, the public wilLunfortunately be deprived of the knowledge
of this debate, which, however, it is .so important to them to
know. As it appears by the official bulletin, the result of this de-
bate was the sending hack the Address to the Committee, which
will, at two o'clock this day, (Wednesday), present another pro-
ject to the Chamber.

(From the Etoile dated Thursday.)
The discussion yesterday in the Chamber of Peers engages uni-
versal attention. The Minister for Foreign Affairs declared yes-
terday to the Chamber of Peers, that the French Government had
recalled its Ambassador to Madrid, in order to testify to the Court
of Spain its formal disapprobation of the support which the Spa-
nish authorities had given to the enterprise of the Portuguese re-
fugees. The Minister exerted himself to show that France had
acted on this occasion, with respect to Portugal, in the same man-
ner that England, in 1823, had acted with respect to Spain._
England then prevented all aggression in favour of the Spanish
Constitutionalists' on the part of the Portuguese. His Excellency
finally declared that the King's Government hoped that the mea-
sures adopted by it, and by England, would have a happy result
for the pacification of the Peninsula, and he concluded by saying,
that France would always act as England had done for a long tune
past against revolutions, and revolutionists.
PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Die. 20.
--=Five per Cents. 99f. 55c. ; Three per Cents. 67f. 'Mc. ; 68f.
50e. ; for the end of the month, 70f. 10c. ; 70f. 60e.

No fresh advices from Lisbon have arrived to-
day, nor do the other letters which we have seen differ
in character from the intelligence which we published
yesterday. The advance of the Rebels seems to have
been' uninterrupted ; and it may be apprehended, that
Oporto will fall into their hands before the British
Forces-can reach the Portuguese territory. If, how-
ever, things should remain in their present state at
LISBON till our succours arrive, we have little doubt
that a most important effect will be instantaneously
produced upon public feeling all over the country, and
that the supineness and distrust which at present exist
in every department of the Government of Portugal,
will be succeeded by energetic and decisive measures.
We wait the next accounts with the most anxious so-
licitude.

The Journal of St. Petersburgh to the sth inst.
has been received this morning. It contains some re-
gulations ofithe EMPEROR'S respecting the, Military
Colonies, which possess no interest for our readers.
The following is of a commercial nature :

' CT. VETIEKSBURGH, Nov. 29.
The number of merchantmen that have entered' the port of
Rigs, from the commencement' of the season to the 24th of this
month, amounted to 1,021 ; sailed 995.
I.—The Russian American Company has acquainted the
shareholders, through the medium of the journals, that during the
course of this year three of its vessels have arrived in Russia with
cargoes to the value of 2,100,000 rubles, in furs and other goods,
derived from its trade in North America ; two of these vessels
put into the port of Ocbotsk ; the third, which has arrived at
Cronstadt, has also brought 10,000 pods of sugar, purchased in
Brazil. This last ship, which sailed from this port in 1824,
has happily accomplished the voyage round the world. The two
others were to sail again for the colonies this autumn.

Dutch Papers to the 20th inst., and the Allgerneine
Zeitung of the 15th, have also been received. The
following are extracts :

auusszt.s, DEC. 12.
The Government has given orders that the powder magazines
at Bergen, in Hainnult, shall be removed to come place out of the
town.

We learn that Colonel Smith yesterday received orders from his
Government immediately to return to England ; the regiment of
artillery, commanded by him, iv on the point of embarking for
Portugal.

AWITIMDAM, NOV. 19.
Exchange on London-40. 1. ; Two months, 39. 10.
stusuctr, DEC. 13.
The Government Gazette of to-day, publishes the new regula-
tions for the import, export, and transit duties. These interesting
regulations prove that the interests of agriculture, manufacture,
and commerce, have been equally studied, and that they have been
formed not upon financial considerations, but with a view to the
national ptoeperity. We are happy to see in the introduction to
the first ordinance the reserve respecting commercial treaties,
which seem to indicate that the union of several states in one
system is not given up, notwithstanding the difficulties that have
hitherto opposed it. The instances in which the import duties
are increased are.nnt considerable, and evidently calculated for the
interest of agriculture and manufactures, without preventing or
obstructing commerce. On the other hand the exportation and
transit are favoured in the mast liberal manner, and a very great
diminution of the tolls in the roads will render the inland trade as
free as possible, and remove the obstacles with which it formerly
had to contend.

=CHANGE ON LONDON.
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We noticed yesterday the very illiberal attack made
by the Times on the whole body of Stock-brokers, in
an article in which they were designated rogues, with.
out exception. That article appears to have brought
upon the Times a complete hornet's nest ; not only
have persons of that ~ calling" taken up the subject,
but most of the other daily papers have commented very
sensibly on the impropriety of so gross and sweeping
a condemnation of a body of men, amongst whom, if
there be unfortunately some whose characters might
not bear the ordeal of the severest criticism, there are
many others whose character and honour are unim-
peachable, and , who fill their station in society
with the highest inteqity and respectability. Of
the members of the Stock Exchange a large pro-
portion are ' Brokers, in, the strictest acceptation
of the term, and have no other dealings than
buying and selling according to legislative enact-
ments, a portion of the public securities of the coml..