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

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
[From the Quotidienne of Friday, Dec. 29.]
PARIS, Dec. Vl—Dining the last three days, the Ministry
has received from Bayonne several Expresses and Telegraphic
Dispatches, and yet its Journals continue to observe the most
profound silence With respect to Portugal. Every body is con-
vinced that if the Marquis of' Chaves had received any check,
they would hasten to publish it, for it is probable that such news
would have helped to provoke the rise of the Funds.- However,
as the Address of the Chaniber of Deputies has at length been
adopted after three Sittings, We must hope that they will venture
to publish at least, a part of the documents received from the
Peninsula.. Meanwhile, we communicate What we learn from
our Correspondents.
Letters from London received last night, announce, that the oc-
cupation of Oporto took place on the 15th of December, The
population of that city had risen against the Regency On the
12th, but the forts were not oceupiedby the Royalists until the 15th.
PARIS, Dec. 28.—This evening, at eight o'clock, the King,
being in the Audience Chamber, seated on the throne, received the
Grand Deputation of the Chamber of Deputies, charged with pre-
senting to his Majesty the Address voted by the Chamber, at its
sitting of this day. The President read the Address, which was
as follows :

Siitr —Your faithful subjects, the Deputies of the Depart-
ment 4, come to deposit, at the foot of the Throne of Your Ma-
jesty, the tribute of their respect, and the homage of their devo-
tion: Your Majesty has caused important labours to be prepared
for this Session—you have calculated on our zeal—we shall justify
youi confidence.

4 Sire—The O►donnance of your august ancestor founded the
Forest Laws upon bases, the wisdom of which belongs to all ages ;
but every day shows us the necessity-of making their arrangements
harmonize with our institutions, and with the existing interests of
property. -
"' The wants of the army and its relation with societyyequired
_antic Improvements_ in military law. We shall receive, Sire, with
eagerness, a project which is to appoint limits more definite, and
guarantees more satisfactory to that jurisdiction.
" Sire, the first act of voilt; tlolVd Was a 'Splendid testimony of
your atta.!lititent to public liberty. It is to save from its own ex-
ceNs, one branch of the public liberty ; it is to put an end to those
afflicting scandals that your Majesty announces a law, whose ob-
ject is to ►epress; With more vigour, the abuses of the press.
Sire,- France loves that liberty, for the fulness of which she is in-
debted to you ; birt she sees, end she deplores that licentiousness,
which is its
.most irreconcileable enemy. The Deputies of the
Departments-will not forget, that one of their duties is to watch
over the preservation of the one, by insuring- the efficacious repres-
sion of the other.

. • "
The Charterhas 6Onsecrateri the institution, of Jury ;—to
apply useful remedies to those defects which . experience has dis-
covered in its organization, is to acquire a title to.publicgratitude.
" Your Majesty is convinced of the insufficiency of our laws
on the subject of the Slave Trade. We shall do, Sire, whatever
can be done to check the guilty calculations of so odious a Lit-
pidity ; and we wish that good faith in the execution of engage -
zneuth, and the Voice of humanity, may every where find as sincere
respect.

An augmentation of expenditure was called for by the
works of our high rays, by those of our fortifications, and our
naval arsenals. The fate of our pious and laborious Priests, re-
quired legal improvement, the justice and suitableness of which no
one could deny. Your Majesty informs us, that the increase of
the revenue from indirect taxation admits of an dddition to the
endowments for these important services of a sum equal to the last
depreiventent.

Sire-Useful expenditure is also economical ; we shall exa-

mine attentively that which your Majesty announces, and whieh
appears to present the precious advantage of freeing the Communes
from an irregular charge, and of preparing for the indigent
classes, who are ever 'present to the heart of your Majesty, abund-
ant resources. We hope, that these sums thus set apart, will
for the future suffice, and that hereafter, the excess of revenue
will be employed in the reduction of the most burdensome of
our taxes. This reduction, Sire, is one of the wishes of France ;
you love to hear those'*ishes, and it is our duty to express them.
" ' As your Majesty, so we give-thanks to Divine Providence,
for a condition which promises to your people still increasing
prosperity. We behold an additional assurance of this, in the
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friendly dispositions of which Foreign Governments continue to
give you assurance, and the conformity of their sentiments
with yours, for the maintenance of peace:
"'The events which have lately disturbed a part of the Pcnin-
. • •• • ... • • _ •

sula have struck Ile •
oar enoeavours, in conjunction with
those of your allies, may put an end to that state of agitation and
distraction, and that the - peace which we enjoy may sustain no
injury from it. France can, without danger of bein: misunder-
stood, declare that she wishes for peace. The price at which she
would not retain it is known. After bloody wars, which were
not without glory to her, France, industrious and tranquil, is
pleased to find in commerce—in the arts—in all the wonders of
that civilization which peace protects and cherishes---another spe-
cies of greatness. But, Sire, you have well estimated the hearts
of Frenchmen, warlike virtues are ever alive there ; our first in-
terest is honour, and the descendant of Louis XIV. may calculate
on France as France calculates on him.'

" The King replied, " I always receive, with the same smisfac-
tion, the expression of the sentiments of the Chamber of Deputies.
" I see with great pleasure that the Chamber enters into my
views, and will examine with as much care.and attention the im-
portant laws which I have caused to be prepared for the happiness
of France.

" You desire peace, Gentlemen. No one desires it more sin-
cerely than I do. The efforts lam making to preserve it are dic-
tated by my heart.
" lam happy to announce to you, that my hopes in this re-
spect become daily more Sounded. If Divine Providence should
ever order it otherwise, rely on me, Gentlemen, as I rely on you,
as I rely on all my faitlifill subjects, and be assured that the honour
of Fiance will remain pure and intact, as it has alwayS been."
The orders of the Chambers, and the laws which prohibited
the journals from publishing the speeches delivered in the secret
committee, prevent us from . attempting to communicate the
speeches in reply to those published by the opposition journals.
Our readers will, therefore, readily understand why we do not
give them the speeches of the President of the Council, the Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs, and M. de Martignac. But it is
allowable for us to endeavour to ascertain the effect of these speeches
on the Chamber, and we have learned, that out of 230 members,
200 voted for the address as proposed, rejecting► all the amend-
ments which were supported by the opinions which we read in the
oppositionlournals.

(From the Constitutionnel.)
The public rumours in circulation this evening agree in repre-
senting the Secret Committee of the chamber of Deputies as nei-
ther less animated, not less keen; than-those that preceded it. The
following is what we have hastily gathered from the en dits that
are going about.
"A number of speakers took part in the discussion on the
draught of the "Address. M. Clausel de Coussergues delivered a
long historical. discourse upon Portugal; and similarly to many
Hon. Members who share his opinions, he contended that the
Emperor of Brazil, Don Pedro, had lost all right of giving a con-
stitution to Portugal. M. Berthier de Sauvigny spoke to the
same purpose ; it is added, that he insisted that the Chamber
should express the feelings which it must have experienced, as
well as all France, on reading the speech of the English Secretary
for Foreign Affairs. M. de Villele thought it his duty to reply to
Messrs. de Clausel Coussergues and Sauvigny, and to oppose the
amendment proposed yesterday by M. de la Bourdonnaye. It is
pretended,' said the President of the Council, ' that the casus fee-
deris of England did not exist, and therefore that France, the ally
of Spain, could not admit of the entrance of English troops into
Lisbon ; this is saying, in other words, that it is necessary to
break the state of peace.' M. Hyde de Neuville insisted on an
argument, of which he had previously made use--=-an argument
founded on an avowal made, according to him, to the Parliament
of England by the Duke of 'Wellington, which went to ac-
knowledge that no easus ficeleris, so far as England was con-
cerned-, existed. Gen. Sebastiani, in a new and rather lengthy
speech, manifested his opposition to the =composition of the ad-
dress demanded by M. de la Bourdonnaye• I cannot conceive,'
said the General, whence arise "the fears and diaquietude of those
who represent Spain aa.abariAOlied, and in a state of danger. Do
we attack that Power beeinise: e;e
ish to keep it from overturn-
ing Portugal ? The (hangers Which 'are pointed at, seem to he
nothing but an ill-disguised hatreci of the Constitutional institu-
tions granted to his subjects of portugal by the Emperor Don
Pedro, and a manifest wish for A, success of Chaves and Sil-
veira. We have not to discuss,'.4l(led the speaker, the cases
fcederis, but to use all ,our endearciurs to preserve that state of
peace in which we now are, and to prevent Spain from dragging
us into a foolish war, We may well be astonished to see Eng-
land held up as a focus .of revolution which threatens the
destruction of the world, M. Agier, though protesting his at-
tachment to Constitutional doctrines, expressed his dread at
that state of destitution in which" our Ministers seemed to
leave the King of Spain. An amendment was proposed by the
honourable Casimir Perier, expressive or a wish to see
lawful order established in spiip,,-si the only
_means of pre-
, serving the Peninsula from those .troubles" '
that agitate it. He
drew an extremely lively picture of them, insisting:especially on

ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAst WEEK.

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Alemouth — 29 711
Bridgewater
Clay
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Colchester
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Hull . ! ........... '-- 174 -- --
Ipswich
Kent
Lynn 129 1437 931 358
Plymouth
Poole — — — 170
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Stockton — 110 1787
Whitby l3 —.— 150
NVisbeach 445 ' 810
Woodbridge ll6 597 18 25 180
Yarmouth
Banff
Berwick
Dunbar '
Dundee — -- _ -- -- 10
Inverness
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5089 12959 5228 4916 614 763 10662
IRISH
Cork
Drogheda
Galway — 1216
Wexford
FOREIGN
Amsterdam
Antwerp — 1078 315 30 300
Bordeaux
Boulogne
Bremen — 1674 1965 50
Carolien ziel — 350 80
Copenhagen I5o -- -- -- 1100 -- -- --
Dantzic 3OO 540 503
Dunkirk
Emden — 1210 10
Griefswald T2S 315 590 45
G ron i i igen — 890
I larnburg h — 618 (39 129 425
Harlingen
Havre — 260 250
Leghorn — 500 20
Marans
Memel — 420 310 , 90 -
Nantes
Norden _ 340 70
Ostend _ '7l - 150
Petersbur:'
Pillau 4O 4390 900 915
Quebec
Rostock — 416 1241 169 47 1
Rotterdam - 332
Stettin
Tonningen — - 700 70 25
- Tunis
\Wender
Wismar ~ 1300 1100 —: 442 260
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Total ... 8482 15923 5228 3138 2554 5970 4212 10662