The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

By the w-eekly average of Wheat inserted in
the Gazette of Friday last, the mean price was
625. Rd. Imperial measure. The bonded wheat,
therefore, was on the point of being let out, or
declared for horns consumption, at the mean
duty ; we really do not know, amidst the confu-
sion cf the two Bills, whether that mean duty
remained at 20s. or is 18s. the original Bill
the duty was to have been 20. J. per load Of Winches-
ter busheli. The bowled wheat at the port of
London is now acco,Taingly coming into consump.:
tion. We doubt whether it will much lower
the markets ; and in any case the importers are
in no very envi,..hle state. The prospect of a
plenteous harvest deprives them of every other
chance of parting with their commodity, except
in the ~Wort interval between the present time
and 4:nat at which new coat shall be brought to
m.arket.— Times.

Affairs in Portugal have taken a curious turn,
and what the rebels, with arms in their hands, in
the late campaign were unable to effect by trea-
son and main force, -is now to be accomplished
Pstratagem and intrigue. The defeat of the
ortuguese Rebels,
.armed and equipped by
Spain ; the sudden appearance of a British aux.-
fdice on the banks Of the Tagus; the mu-
tinous state of Ferdinand's own troops, and an
exhausted Treasury, paralysed his projects, and
a new plan of operations has been devised. The
Queen Dowager of Portugal, -ever fruitful in
plots and intrigues, soon discovered an expedient.
She recommended that a bold attempt should be
made to restore her hopeful son Miguel to Por-
tagal,:if not in the character of successor to the
throne, as least as Regent, of which there was a
greater chance) as the more immediate heir was
absent, and slie thought the Constitutional Char-
ter itself slight be made an instrument in the
hands of her party, provided only she had the
venturrence . and support of some of the leading-
European Powers: Before we proceed any fur-
ther, it -,nay be necessary to give an idea of the
support pledged to the scheme in question, as
well as of the views of the respective parties.—
King Ferdinand and the Apostolicals beheld •in
the scheme the realization of their most sanguine
hopes; and the two Portuguese Prim icesses resident
in Madrid, and in reality at present the de facto
rulers of Spain, as svell as the chief agents of all
the late attacks on their native land, enlisted
heartily in the cause. The Austrian Emperor
also was easily brought over. He had the In-
fante Don Miguel under his own roof, ever
3inez he was exiled by his father, in consequence
his treasonable attempt in 1824. There is,
besides, some suspicion, that a more immediate
connection was secretly contemplated—a cir-
numstance by no means improbable at the proudest
Court in Europe, where there are young Prin-
cesses still to dispose of. However this may be,
when, several months ago, the Portuguese man-
of-war arrived at Brest, with a large household
establishment, for the purpose of conveying the
birante Don Miguel to Rio, conformably to the
commands ofhis elder brother, the Emperor ofAus-
tria encouraged and supported Don Miguel in his
resolution not to embark, and actually sent a
special messenger to Brazil, in order to plead an
*acme. Don Pedro is said to have been firm
in his purpose, and it is confidently stated, that
he renewed his commands for the embarkation
of his younger brother and intended son-in-law,
who, nevertheless, it must be borne in mind, is
still at Vienna. The-French could. not view the
triumph of Don ..Miguel with displeasure, as the
establishment -of his power, and the downfall of
that British influence in Portugal, which they
envy us, and which we lament as a heavy bur-
den on this nation, is one and the same thing.
The Russian Government has been solicited by
the Cabinet of Vienna to assist in the project,
and it is confidently stated, that the request has
been acceded to. We will now give the details
and basis of the plan by which the views of the
Apostolicals were to be realized. On the 2d of
March, 1826, the Emperor of. Brazil abdicated
the Throne of Portugal, to which he had suc-
ceeded by the death of his father, in favour of
his daughter Mary, to be governed by her, hide-
pendent of Brazil, and according to the Consti-
tution he had been pleased to enact, declaring
at the same time " that his said daughter and
Queen of Portugal should not leave the Empire

of Brazil until he had received official inforina-
' Lion that the oath to the Constitution had been
taken conformably to his commands, and , not
until the espousals with his brother, the Infante
Don Miguel, had been celebrated, and the mar-
riage concluded :" further expressly adding,
" that this his said abdication and cession should
not be carried into effect, if any one of the above.
two conditions should be wanting." This ab-
dication, consequently, was conditional, and only
one of the stipulations has hitherto been. ful-
filled, viz. that of the oath to be taken to the
Constitution. The Apostolicals, nevertheless,
still argue that the abdication of the eldest bro-
ther is binding--an interpretation which suits
their interests. Yet they are puzzled how to con-
fer the regal power on their favourite champion,
the younger brother, and have therefore hit on an
expedient by which they hope to .place him in a
situation that may enable him to assume it himself.
Article 92 of the Constitutional Charter enacts
that, " during the King's minority (and the
same is to be understood of the Queen), the
Kingdom is to be governed by a Regency, which
shall belong to the nearest relative of the King,
according to the order of succession, who shall
have attained twenty-five years of age." When
the Charter arrived at Lisbon, and was to be
put in force on the Ist of last August, the In-
fanta Isabel Maria was the only. MeinLer of the
Royal Family in Portugal. possessing the quali-
fication required, and it will be remembered to
the great joy of - the party favourable to the
Charter, she declared herself Regent of the
Kingdom. The question has now arisen, whe-
ther or not her Regency is temporary, and whe-
ther she ought not to be superseded by her
brother, the Infante Don Miguel, who, next
October, attains the age of 25 years. Such an
expected event is not, however, easily reconciled
with the provision contained in the 90th Art. of
the Charter, which peremptorily ordains, that
" her husband (meaning the Queen) shall take
no part in the Government, and shall only be
called King after he has had by the Queen a
son or daughter." How these difficulties are
to be removed, the Cabinets of Vienna and
Madrid can alone tell. At all events, the scheme
is far advanced, and as seen from the papers pub-
lished in another part of our columns, under
the head of " Portugal," warmly advocated
by powerful parties. From those papers
we leave our readers to draw their own conclu-
sions ; but we feel inclined to add, that the fur-
therance of the scheme in question is, we have
every reason to think, one of the many negocia-
tions with which Count Ofalia is entrusted at
our Court. On its success King Ferdinand
mainly relies; and this, no doubt, is the source
of consolation he is said, in letters from Madrid,

to experience at the
.present moment. Nay, we
have little hesitation in saving that it is his Ca-
tholic Majesty's brighter prospects which have
induced him to remove his army from the fron-
tiers, prtparatory to its dispersion. If, therefore,
in the interval between this and the month.
of October, the Emperor • of Brazil does not
exert himself—or if the Portuguese Consti-
tutionalists do not make every effort, the plot will
succeed. We have before expressed it as our
opinion, that unless the Emperor, Don Pedro,
himself returns to Portugal, and establishes the
future destinies of that -unhappy country on a
clear and secure footing, it will for years be torn
.by intestine broils. Both he and his daughter
have much at stake, and he cannot be indifferent
to the dangers by which both are threatened.
That lie is anxious, and yet unaware of what is
passing in the land of his inheritance, may be
seen from the following passage in his Speech at
the opening of the Brazilian Cortes, on the 3d
of last May. These are the most recent and posi-
tive sentiments he is known to have expressed on
the subject :—" The nuptials of my daughter, the
Queen of Portugal, have been celebrated in
Vienna, and I hope soon to see my brother, her
husband, in this country. The Constitutional
cause triumphs in Portugal, in spite of the
powerful parties who oppose it, and it is impos-
sible it should be otherwise, seeing that the
Charter has been so legitimately conferred."—
Morning Chronicle.
From particular circumstances in the working
of the Government of this country, to which it is
now unnecessary to allude, the serving the State
has seldom been allowed the reputation of disin-
terested patriotism. The suspicion attached to
the public service, from the circumstances in
question, has been perhaps too general, for a
man may be desirous of office from the most
pure and exalted of motives, the belief that he
can promote the interests of his countrymen, and
secure the country from foreign and domestic ca-
lamities. The existence of the suspicion, how-
ever, is one thing, and the justice of it another.
On the other hand, opposition to the Admini-
stration has generally, in this country, been
viewed as a presumption of honesty, from their
being no apparent connection between such a
line'of conduct and the advancement ofindividual
interests. In countries in which the Govern-
ment is what it really seems, the distinctions al-
luded to are unknown, because the Government,
having the direct power, is freed from the ne-
cessiLy of corrupting, and pleases itself in the
choice of its servants, and the latter are not,
therefore, supposed to receive more than their
deserts entitle them to. In this country various
motives may determine men to oppose the Ad-
ministration ; but hitherto, whatever the real mo-
tives, they have generally been willing to receive
credit for disinterestedness in embracing the side to
which no benefit attaches beyond the satisfaction
derived from the consciousness of obeying the
dictates of duty and conscience. But we have
now an Opposition which seems willing to re-
nounce all the honour derived from disinterest-
edness ; for, if you were to believe them, they
are the favourites of the King, and the separa-
tion between them and his Majesty is merely
something of the nature. of the little absences be-
tween lovers. They do not lay. claim to the fa-
vour and confidence of the people, as the
honest and uncompromising assertors of those
principles which would conduce to .the glory
and advantage of the nation, which they
are prepared to maintain at the expellee
of the greatest sacrifices to themselves; but they
tell the people, our Opposition has no merit, be-
cause it depends on ourselves to be in power
whenever we choose. When We think that his
Majesty's yearnings after us have sufficiently
agitated him, we will relent, and then the affec-
tion will be the more intense on account of the
temporary separation. We wish our friends,
therefore, to keep constantly in mind, that in
attaching themselves to us, they are really pur-
suing the nearest road to the advancement of
their own interests. So that in refusing to pay
court to men in office, they do not entitle them-
selves to the merit of self-denial ; their merit is
merely that of men who prefer to a connection of
short endurance, one that will be of a perma-
nent character, and productive of a greater share
of benefits. We have lived too long in the
world, not to view with a good deal of suspicion,
all those who arc especially anxious to let others
into what is, in city language, Called " a good
thing." There is too much anxiety to show,
that the King will only give away Bishoprics
to Mr. Canning's enemies ; and that there is no
more certain way of insuring his Majesty's fa-
vour, and advancement in the Church, than to
oppose the Administration, to induce any re-
flecting persons to credit the assurance. The
Clergy have sometimes been accused of too
great readiness to follow, but they have never
been suspected of being deficient in discerning
who it is that yeally has the charge of the crib,
or of being apt to run after an empty-handed
personage, instead of him who holds the barley.
We have no apprehension on their account.—
The fox who lost his tail, wished to induce
others to possess themselves of the advantage
which he derived from being rid of such an in-
cumbrance. The Outs imitate the policy of the
fox without the tail ; they wish to see as many
people as possible committed with them in op-
position to the Ministers. The ingenuity of
the scheme is deserving of admiration ; but it is
a little too fine spun,—lbid. •
As we said the other day, we cannot help
thinking but that the treaty recently concluded
with respect to Greece is a strange thing at this
time. We think that it has been urged on by
Mr. Canning to acquire popularity. • We look
upon it as a sort of diplomatic humbug—a
second edition of the Portuguese delusion. It
is the fashion of'the day to take up the Greek
cause. Mr. Canning, therefore, probably thought
it a good opportunity, being so recently raised
to the Premiership, to give us a specimen of
some State Paper tinsel. The same description
of farce was carried on in the French invasion of

Spain, when the French first of all assembled a
Sanitary Cordon, which they afterwards called
the Army of Observation, and then, when the
plot was sufficiently ripe, thatarmy marched to the
capital, and to the remotest extremity of Spain :
and, after having taken possession of the coun-
try, said as much as this to us—" Here we are
in possession of Spain—turn us out if you can."
We remember there was a great number of State
Papers then passing between Mr. Canning and
the French Government ; but whilst the parties
were writing long notes the French obtained pos-
session of Spain. The Portuguese affair,
too, would have ended in a similar manner
as the Spanish, had not our 5,000 men ar-
rived at Lisbon. The French and Spaniards were
about serving Mr. Canning in the same way they
treated him in the affair of Spain ; but it seems
he would not be again deceived ; probably think-
ing that to be cheated once was quite sufficient.
We may be much mistaken in our opinion of the

present matter so far as Greece is concerned,
but we cannot help thinking that Russia has her
eyes intently -fixed upon that country. • Why
should she send so large a force into those seas?
Does she mean to send her ships merely for the.
sake of exercise ? Does she incur the expense
of so large an armament without any object but
merely for.a squadron of observation ? Or does
she mean to seize upon one or more Greek ports
and then tell this country to turn her out if we
can. Perhaps Mr. Canning views the thing in
nearly the same light as we do, and therefore is
determined to be on a par with the Russians,
and provides, with his treaty with Russia and
France, that each power should send an equal
force into those seas. We suspect the case is
this—that the three Powers are equally jealous
of one another, and that one Power, at least,
is afraid of a repetition of the French sanitary-
cordon trick being played off in the case of Greece.
After the Spanish invasion, it would be foolish
for us to believe any thing the French Court
might have to say in respect of Greece ; and
after the late events in Persia, we ought to place
as little reliance on any thing Russia might say.
What is singular in this treaty is, that Austria is
not a party to it. Does she apprehend
any inclination of the Maritime Powers to
partition Greece from which 'she, as not
possessing any naval force of consequence,
would be excluded ? But why are not
the
,United States of America a party ? We,
however, do not believe that either the Turks or
the Greeks will accept the proffered terms. The
next thing then, according to the treaty, would
be force, and we must consider how that force
would be employed. Would we, in company
with the Russian and French squadrons, make
war on Constantinople, and assist in subduing
Turkey, the barrier between Russia and our
East India possessions? Is it likely Mr. Can-
ning would enter into a war of that description?
We should think that if he did, that he were
insane, and that it would be high time for him
to quit the Premiership. But we cannot sup-
pose bins such a fool. Well, then, what would
be done with the combined squadron ? Would
it be employed in sailing up and down the
Mediterranean and Archipelago, for the purpose
of preventing the Turks from sending fleets and
armies into Greece, or in preventing the Greek
mystics from seizing and plundering Turkish
ships ? That would, indeed, be a farce for a
large combined squadron to be performing.
Should neither the Turks nor the Greeks accept
the mediation upon the terms preferred, then we
think the Russians will, under one pretence or
another, enter with their squadron into a Greek
port—and we shall
_probably do the same thing ;
then the French will follow our's and the Rus-
sians' example ; and the Austrians and United
States will, in all probability, do the same.—
In some of the newspapers we have seen much
about the commerce we should have with Greece
in case of her dismemberment from Turkey. At
present the commerce amounts to very little,
almost to nothing, in comparison with the trade
and commerce we drive with Turkey. Greece,
we believe, contains not more than three millions
of inhabitants, spread over a large extent of sur-
face on the Continent and in Islands. Coin-
merce, apparently, left thatpart of the world since
the Romans conquered Greece, It is not im-
probable but that at the period of Greek great-
ness the whole of Greece had as great an amount
of population as the British islands now have.
She then, no doubt, had plenty of com-
merce, and- with almost the then known
' world. If she had not had abundance of com-
merce, she could not have built such cities as
Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, &c., nor could
she have accomplished such extraordinary enter-
prises against Persia. At that period Greece must
have been the emporium of the world. Whether
she will ever become so again time will discover ;
but we think that it will not be the case till there
is a break up of England, and, indeed, of a con-
siderable portion of Europe, in a commercial
and financial respect ; though it is not impro-
bable but that the annuity system—the pivot of
which is the Jewish interest—should eventually
bring about such a break up, which will follow
as a matter of course, whenever no more fresh
loans can be raised to pay dividends with. Then
we shall see a complete bursting of the present
annuity system. If Greece, from any such or
other cause, should again become a great com-
mercial nation, and the emporium of the world,
property would flow thither, and she would come
immediately in contact with the countries where
trade and commerce formerly flourished ; and if
the Jews were disturbed in England, France,
and other countries, the annuity system break up,
and there being no more field for them here, it
is not improbable but that they would flock
again to the country from whence they ori-
ginally came, especially if an opening, by
means of steam, were made from the Red Sea to
convey the produce of the East Indies and China
to Europe and Africa. The Jews firmly believe
that they are to be restored, and become again a
great nation. We think it by no means impro-
bable, for we now see the causes in progress.
But the time of such accomplishment may yet
be distant 200 or 300 years. At the same tune
it must•be admitted, that within a quarter of a
century only, the Egyptians have made a most
extraordinary progress under the present Pacha.
It is only within three or four years that they
have sent tons of cotton to a large amount, and
one of the staple commodities of the country.
In the Greek treaty we think Mr. Canning has
an eye to the opportunity of employing swarms
of Diplomatists, AmbassadorS, and Consuls.
He would be appointing Consuls and Vice-Con-
suls t' every port and place in Greece. A
fine opportunity to grant pensions to the rela-
tions and friends of the Whigs he has yoked to
his car. He would be sending Ambassadors
Extraordinary, with a handsome outfit each, be-
sides standing salaries of 2 or 3,0001. a year.
This would increase his patronage, and form an
•
addition to his power. W e believe that the chief
reason why he was in such a hurry to establish
the independence of South America was, that
he might have an opportunity to provide snug
places, pensions, and titles, for needy hangers-
on. The independence of South America costs
this country a very large sum for her swarms of Con-
suls and Ambassadors. We do not remember
the exact amount, but think it is not much less
than 50,0001. a year. But, however, there is
plenty of time to be given to the Turks in this
affair, and we dare to say that they will take
time enough before they let us know what they
mean to do. It is probable, too, that they will
make many a long speech before they agree
amongst themselves what to do, and there can
be no doubt but that there will be plenty of in-
triguing going on between all the parties. All
these things will protract the matter, and the
Turks, in the meanwhile will be prosecuting their
reconquests of Greece. It would appear, from
the last accounts, that very few places of any
strength remained in the hands of the Greeks ;
and it would appear from Mr. Eynard's Appeal

IMPORTED.
Same pc-
This riod last I
year. year.
-- ---
Bags, &c. Bags, &c.
Liverpool 470,097 30,875
London 41,820 48,070
Glasgow 35,383 18,194

Total exported in 1827

EXPORTED.
Previous
ly this
year.
Bags, &c. Bags,
313 &c.
766 11
800 23,105
90
36,574.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

-
MAIDSTONE.--Several plantations in this neighbourhood
have progressively improved during the last week, whilst
ethers have equally declined. We hear of two or three
bags per acre being expected, should the weather continue
favourable, but this is confined to a few grounds.

LEWZS, JULY 16.—The late rains and subsequent warm
nights, we are glad to find, have greatly improved the Hop
plantations in this county, where the produce, though it
may not amount to what is called an average crop, pro-
misee to prove codeiderable.