The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-23 00:00:00

when it has been purchased by an adherence to the rules
of conscience and honour.

" His Majesty named me one of his readers ; he has just
withdrawn that office from Me; I respect his will, yet
may I not 'express some wonder --that. the policY of Minis
ters should pursue me' to the 'Very feet of the Monarch;
where unfortunate fidelity so naturally' seeks refuge. Let
me be allowed to
quot 6 upon this subject a beautiful ex-
pression of a King of old France t.. .‘ The house of a King
is a temple, and his feet are as an altar.' What are the
accusations which the Ministers have heard, which have
led to the exercise of such official rigour ? lam re-
proached with supporting in the French Academy the pro-
posal of M. Lacretelle, yet that proposal, which set forth
the alarms of threatened literature, was in reality, nothing
but an eloquent and noble paraphrase of the ancient adage
—lf the King but knew it ;—and the crime of the Aca-
demy, the crime in which I participated, was the expres-
sion of a desire that the King should learn the truth, and
that he should learn it through those who were most in-
terested in making him acquainted with it. I was far
from believing that the Muses of France who have re-
ceived such efficaelOus prptection from the King, should
be deemed guilty of sedition, or of violating the. laws of
the state, in imploring the justice and goodness of their
august Protector. There is nothing in which religion-, is
more intirnately,present than in prayer, when addressed
to God ; and, similarly, there it :nothing in which
loyalty •is more: manifest than: in a Prayer ad-
dressed to the King. Such were the opinions which guided
the discussion in the Academy. Such were the senti-
ments of Messrs. Lacretelle and. Villemairi, who have been
struck as well as .MYSelf. I invoke the testimony
_Of my
Hon. Friends, who differed from the_ majority. I seek not
to defend either the feebleness of my talents or my dis-
course; but this T cartsay, that, as a man of letters, and
as a man of loyalty, my conscience in no respect, reproaches
rae, • Without either being proud or ashamed of what I
have done, all I desire is, that the disgrace which affects
me, may excite sympathy,only in such hearts as respond to
mine ; and that, above all, -it may not serve as a pretext
'for those actions which agitate - our country. Our.
:Minister& may learn that one misfortune in addition is
,but a small matter in my life, and that it will effect no
change either in my feelings or in my opinions. Devoted-
;to. the cause of royalty, and to that of literature; which is'
als6 one of the glories of monarehy,'l shall ever remain the
!awe; and, whatever may.ba done, nothing shall hinder
me from loVing.a king; whom I have always served, and
froth loving literature, which has ever been my consola-
tion.

.(ignecl) •:" "MICHAUD,
"Member of the French Aeaderny, and
rolieeter of the Quaidienne."
(From the Quatidienne.)
PARIS, JAN. 19.—A Bordeint Journal, which at first
denied the force of the Portuguese Royalists, and -after-
wards their success, now attempts to convert into a defeat,
a movement which proves that the Marquis de Chaves was,
on the 28th of December, in full march upon Lisbon. The
paper cited says, ' The Generals, Claudino and Azeredo,
entered Viseu on the 28th of December, and the Royalists
evacuated that city on the same day, withdrawing in the
direction of Mangoalde.' Colonel Pinto, who commands
in Coimbra, had been invited by Count de Villa Flor to
repair to Murcella, where the Marquis de Chaves must
pass after having crossed the Mondego."
The Mondego, on which the city of Coimbra is situated,
crosses the road from Viseu to Lisbon. Since it is con-
fessed then, that the Marquis de Chaves had passed that
river, it remains proved, that he was marching directly
upon the capital. It is quite possible, that Azeredo and
Claudino, may have really entered Viseu, after the depar-
ture of the Royalists ;..but as they did not attempt .to, dis-
turb in its march, the army of the Marquis de Chaves, it Is
obvious that they had not -sufficient- troops for that .purpose.
Besides, the news in the London Journals of the 17th, and
the list of the public fends, prove sufficiently the ad-
vantageous position of the Portuguese Royalists._
_

The English, who form a part-of the army of General
Clinton, do not dissemble, in their letters, the bad reception
which they have met with at Lisbon, and the fears by which
they are agitated. Every thing announces, that General
Beresford will not keep one Portuguese soldier under his
orders. Oie regiment-that has left Lisbon has deserted to
a man, and the garrison of Elvas threatens to imitate that
of Almeida. But the English do not complain of .the sad.
disposition of the Portuguese soldiers; they accuse also the
tardiness of the Constitutional Generals; according to
them, Azeredo and Villa Flor have done nothing, which
assertion is true enough, and proves besides the confidence
to be reposed in these narrations, which represent the Con-
stitutional Generals as conquerors of the Royalist troops.
In the results, the last news from Portugal appear to
confirm the report spread abroad in London on the
faith of certain letters, that on the 3d of January the Mar-
quis de Chaves and the army were already between Coim-
bra and Lisbon. As to Oporto every thing announces,
that if the Royalists have not occupied it, it was only from
an understanding between them and the Constitutional
Commander of that place, that he should not allow Eng-
lish troops to enter it. This conjecture is so much the
more plausible, that neither the Lisbon Gazette nor the
English Journals have hitherto spoken of the disembarka-
tion of troops at that point.
(From the Constitutionnel.)
PARIS, JAN. 15.—The King of Spain has given orders
to M. Recacho, Director-General of the Police, to stop the
circulation of M. de Chateaubriand's letter against the
new project of the law of the press, many thousand copies
of which have been sent into Spain. It is evident that
that project, more Spanish than French in its nature, is
the work of the Apostolic Juntos. One would almost be
led to say that M. de Moustier was still at Madrid.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JAN. 19.—Five per Cents., 99f.
30c. ; Three per Cents. 66f. 90c. ; Bank Stock, 2,000 f.;
Rentes de Naples, 173 f. 10c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 49. I'rics
quoted after closing time, 3 per Cents. 66f. 15c.— Quotidienne.
t Louis VII.

PORTUGAL.
OPENING OF THE PORTUGUESE CORTES.

Lissox, Jan. 3.—According to the 18th Article of the Con-
stitutional Charter, the Royal Sitting for the opening of the Ge-
neral Cortes, took place yesterday in the Palace of Ajuda ; and
her Royal Highness the Princess Regent having been unable to
open it in person,. ort accouotoix.sudden indisposition with3vhieh
she had been seized, ordefed,-by the following Decree, the Bishop
of N'iseu to preside in her stead :
" Having been attacked by a sudden illness which prevents me
from attending at the opening of the Cortes, appointed by the
Charter on the 2d of Jan., but nevertheless, not wishing to alter
the code of the fundamental law, I connuand, in the name of the
King, that the Secretaries of State shall open the ordinary Session
of 1827, and that the Bishop of N'iseu, a Peer of the Realm, and
Minister of the Interior, shall read this Decree, and afterwards
send correct copies of the same to both Chambers, to be deposited
in their archives."

" Given at the Palace of Ajuda, Jan. 2, /827."
When the Ministers in a body had been introduced to the Hall
of the Sittings, the Bishop of Viseu read the above Decree, and
afterwards made the following speech :
" Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, Deputies of the Portugueie
Nation,—After a short interruption, your cares and your labours
for the service of the country are about to be resumed. The
country calls you, through the medium of the law,
.and it never
appeals in vain to the Portuguese, who are proud of bearing that
AMP.
tt You showed in the last Session that you knew the evils
which required to be remedied, and that you wished to apply the
remedies promptly. You have commenced in the manner which
circumstances permitted this work, no less difficult than import-
ant. The zeal and the prudence with which you have given
proofs leave no doubt that it will be considerably advanced in the
course of the present Session.
" The necessity for those regulating laws which the Charter
implies is urgent, and the operation of the latter would be im-
perfect without the former. As on the perfect execution of the
Charter depend the political advantages which it promises, and on
those advantages the respect and love which the citizens uught to
hear towards the Charter, the surest means of obtaining that re-
spect and love is to create laws. The Princess Regent knows
that such is your intention, and she hopes that you will execute