The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-24 00:00:00

should not be backward in lending our
aid- in support
of a
,NatiOß who has always acted with fidelity towards
us, whose new..lnstitutiOns are founded upon princi-
ples of sound and rational liberty, and in the support
of which Great Britain must ever feel the deepest in,
terest. We are not anxious to see an army sent to
Portugal, or any other Country, to subjugate its inha-
bitants, or to. enforce an order of things to which they
are inimical ;:but when we know that the Nation at large
is most desirous to perfect the system of Government
which has been recently established, and when we
know that the opponents of it are to be found only in
the ranks of the army, amongst the Priesthood, and
the partizans of a disappointed and intriguing woman,
we see no reason why, in such a crisis, the assistance
of a military force should not be afforded to the
Government of Portugal for the annihilation of the
faction. A Very small force would be adequate to
this object, and the gratitude of the Portuguese
Nation, and:the confirmation of our commercial treaty,
would be a sufficient reward for the trivial additional
expence which would be incurred. We have already
supported the new Constitution by the presence of
several line of battle ships, and our Marines have
formed a body guard for the INFANTA REGENT ;
the lending therefore to Portugal the aid of 2 or 300()
men would not involve any new principle. Justice
towards a faithful Ally, and motives of self interest,
equally urge us to take this measure, and we shall be
disappointed if the call which it is understood Por-
tugal has made upon us in this hour oftiouble, is not
readily. answered by the'solicited support. There is
one point, however, to which we must advert. We
consider that the feeling which exists in favor of DON
MIGUEL, amongst the army and certain other classes,
has been kept alive by the unfortunate act of DON
PEDRO in affiancing his daughter, the future Queen
of PORTUGAL, to this contemptible Prince, contrary
to the Laws of God, if not to those of Portugal. He
is viewed in consequence as the future Sovereign of the
Country, which his age must, in fact, render him, when
his betrothed wife ascends the Throne : and as such, it
is natural that a party should be continually struggling
to bring him forward at once, that they may the sooner
share the rewardi of their attichnient to
and be the slaves of the absolute GOverninent
which they delight in. If DON MIGUEL is
fit to be the destined husband of the youthful
Queen, it may well be, argued that lie might at
Once be placed as REGENT, in the situation to
which, in point of fact, lie must ultimately succeed.
We know, however, that he is unfit to fill any such
station, and therefore we consider that the betroth-
ing the daughter of the EMPEROR to this Prince
is one of the grossest mistakes *iliCh DOD PEDRO or
his Ministers could have made. Let that act of folly
be revoked, and the partizans of Don MIGUEL will
lose much of the stimulus which now excites them to
attempts of a treasonable nature against his Royal
Sister and her Government.

' A Meeting of the Holders of Greek Bonds was
held yesterday, for the purpose of receiving the report
of_the Committee appointed at the last general Meet-
ing, to inquire into the application of the sums raised
for the Greek Government in this country. This
Report, and the proceedings of the Meeting, will be
found in our preceding columns, but they occupy so
much space that we can do little more to-day than
refer to them as possessing matter of very high interest.
Mismanagement and misfortune have attended the
affairs of Greece in all quarters, and the exposures
which have been made with regard to the sums of
money raised for its service in Europe, fully prove
that the, friends of Grecian Independence have not
acted with wisdom and due caution in the superin-
tendence of the appropriation of the money so
raised. If a different line of conduct on their part
had been pursued, the affairs of the Mores would never
have been sunk doWn to their present unfortunate state.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, MT. HOEHOUSE, Mr.
Ef.LicE, and other professed admirers of liberty, came
in for their share of censure at the meeting yesterday,
for not having executed their duty as Members of the
Committee of Management ; and it being found diffi-
cult whom to acquit rather than whom to condemn
amongst the host of persons whose conduct was
deemed to have contributed to the present unfortunate
lot of the Bondholders ; the Meeting adjourned for a
few days, to afford the public interested in this busi-
ness time to form a judgment on the whole question,
and to enable the Bondholders to come prepared at
the next Meeting to adopt some decisive measures.

The following is from a French Paper, received this
morning:—
It is known that Count Pogo di Ilorgo, the Russian Ambassa-
dor, received within these two days nil extraordinary courier from
Moscow, and 'tie suspected that this courier does not bring favour-
able accounts in regard to the war with the Persians, It appears
that the result of the first commencement of hostilities was not so
advantageous to the Russians as reported, and if we are well in-
formed, at the departure of the last despatches, it wan believed at
St. Petersburgh that Tiflis was taken by the Poraistis.