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

-6111,1 T. OP TBA a.PUBUIC= JOURNALS.

From the visas ist.the; :Bishop .of Viseu, on opening
the Seision'Of-thiqittirt4hise 'Cortex, which, with other
interesting documents,_ was brought to us yesterday morn-
ing, it may-be. -oliserved,.titatt the military rebellion of
Chaves was spokerteof as "-approaching its term." This
expression-would scarcely have been hazarded in a dis-
eourse distingtiiihed by temper, dignity, and circumspec-
tion, if the state arid progress of the insurgents had been
such as described by the little-scrupulous Quatidienne, and
other organs of that incurable faction, which works equal
mischief to the peace of-nations and to the stability of
thrones, whether north or south of the Pyrenees. The
speech of the Cortes places on its true 'grounds the Royal
appeal to the Portuguese 'people, when it tells them that
the privileges now imparted by their Sovereign, are no
more than -a
_revival of national institutions tinder Which
the kingdom had for ages flourished, and a recognition of
rights tee law and liberty enjoyed by their ancestors, the
exerchteotwhich had by the hand of brutal-poWer been
tyrannically and barbarously torn from them, and suppress-
ed. With great mildnescand exemplary charity, the good
Bishop tonchei on the ntrogious conduct of the Govern-
ment of Spain towards Portugal. He even affects to be-
lies', in the repentance and conversion of that hardened
sinner. It is no bad policy of the Court of Lisbon, thus to
divest its own proceedings of every shadow of irritation and
resentment, by-whatever outrages both may have been pro-
voked. The same paper Which contained the above
speech (the Journal des Debats), gives also a letter from
Madrid of the Bth ''instant, announcing a sudden stop to
the arrangements which had been meditated for a chancel
almost total in the Spanish Ministry. Salmon, Caro-
marde, and Zembrano, were, according to report, on the
point of being succeeded respectively by MM. Offalia,
Arjona, and the General Piles, the last as Minister of
War. But, says the letter, all these substitutions, by
which men reputed to be of less furious character would
have replaced the firebrands of the Apostolic faction,
were at once broken short, on the arrival, it is dis-
tinctly asserted, of " an expreie from Paris, despatched
by far other hands than those of the Minister."—This, if
it be true, is more deplorable than surprising. It would
be foolish to deny, that there is hove. going On in the
FrenCh cakital a deadly, struggle between the two parties,
'of vOiele Jteplaje be said, that on one iidethey cling
fatuiteliali to_ Aeiee.preaedices—sie :At- other, ee- dese
peratelyesto. theisspliteette 4 UMW French . porstmagas -who
are wittily, hatteettith: melancholy eaccuracy,-. represeesed
as haVirf in ::this--long lapse ,of -thirty years " forgot-.
ten nothing,. and learned nothing;"-these -person, with
theie old companions and dependents;' if they have
morel 'fbll :1O be taxed" with, have also we are of opis
nion.„,,to .iittil2fe hoqsty than others who make a
*or
show o yieltgseloctantly, to their. commands. If the
contest shou reach •that critical point, at . which ..a
ternporiziegsDiliniqee is .eold, " You must either exe-
cute. my ensittree or - leave room for one, who will"—
why we are obliged to confess that experience.and obser- .
estion would render us uneasy about the issue of such an
alternatiite.. Its is not because a similar subserviency of
principle 'tir plata was exhibited in the instance of the
Spanish- liNation—that is. riot the immediate ground of
our ditiiiiSttesyetting the firmness of any leading indivi-
dual of taTrinch Cabinet: ' No; but when we see the
futile memere of i+ elling an Ainbasstdor from the Court,
whereslw elisgrecerisweintsee in the eyes of every qn-
lightened. nuut.intEwope, .*lada ;the evidence of integrity.
in those who employed him ; when, instead of being die-
countenaisceil.at homes, end' forbid the Court, and looked
at coldly by the Ministerial majority of the Chamber of
Dept:idol...lW is"(kipite,Titie said, of the Chief Ministei)_
selected. pi iiii inaphetilie le*islativesctinuriiision, to whieli
none are raised by.)o4terlek influence, but. the choice '.
4 favourites-.tba Court ; ,it,js undei such. circumstances
impoesihle to rely on. ,the straight-forward fiingleueso,.oi,
purpose assumed by those.. who tread a coarse the .parts
of which are._.eo_ directly at variance with each other.
Again, was there ever such a law as that for extinguish-
ing ' then—ptesenf-Frtuice, supported - bye Minister -who
aeribeidienteatiefoleive 'behind him a characterfOr man
liners AflCllifitce? . Can they he trusted in their verbal
tributesfo ites'indefieddeude of other nations, svho stenTor-
ward Withinitthe least syMytOm of regret to oVerthrow
whatever remains of freedom, or of security for free-
dom, itt their own country ?. If the French 3linieter who,
it is said, has avowed-, lac readiness to " destroy. all .
the jouraals except two or Three"—to be employed
as his'dWil teolind to suppress 0 all popular pamph-
lets"s-licatafeinatz.;' We say, has been the willing pro-
tector isf ti-sclienie'lio -priefliOte,. egainSt the deirest rights
of instructiltirind civilization in' France, he is one -whom
none eta idiots, can think -of 'associating with themselves,
hi any,cause Which has ethe lionOni and independence of
any pertiree of mankind, at home or abroad, for its ob-
jects. If, on the other band, this odious offioe has been
forcibly inflictedort him—if he at first disapproved—then
remonstrated—then explained the evil-consequences of the
attack on mink-in-ail -its nobler attributes and aspects,
-throuthoue-i the Flierith moharchy—and knowing all, and
constectile -or all, 'bedtime, in cold blood, this deliberate
•destroyer of the'soul and spirit of his country, rather than
ere,:'irace the real glory of a dismissal 'for the love of France
—thee) much more is such a Minister to be narrowly watch-
ed, and pertinaciously suspected, when he sends forth to
foreign eablons a display of sentiments manifestly the re-
verse of those which circulate through the palaces of a
master whose noel may end his ministry. We dwell not
upon triples like- those with gratification; we pronounce
no peremptoryindment. ,ii the secret inclinations of cer-
taineneividuidslorming "parte of the French Government ;
but with the honoutand 'safety of England before u; as
the -11 ret",.Attielfe.eiteid Midst; and surn of our solicitudes,
we will .tier :es . --irons Ute w duty of anti the igno-
. ..--.
etseten sest
,frig Our. countrymen, when danger is
7le es, ' e .senTuzeutsby false security, and by con-
s precipitately grran.Tinies. _
via no rnonnn*Volo- eh the • nation could raise to
imesireietelanebes...e.Dielt•-of York so honourable ,to his.
Ati,mbich,hia own bands erected,.-the Royal Mi-
syintant,Chelseak2of which. he was the founder:
'volent Patron. This work of- charity will corn-
rilint when - statuevand sculptured tombs shall
ttleetlikitiO don; for what can be a nobler insti-
. *tat doh ids to the orphan children of
ehiltilk*Of taieirkountry a home from the mi.
''" eiir:lifeSeiverld, and a protection from its
had liee;ti 'kelt ICreproach to England that the
tedteldevids e soldiery whose 'steadiness and
_itry he'veiwei teen sorpassed, received so little at-
tentiotrOiseppore from ;. country in whose defence their
nittureke ee- - - es ' hail fallen. The late lamented.Com-
mand* ,es e:: ' Aid - eeeiv thing in his power to remedy
this' . ite ' *.'. oiler efforts and his distinguished' ex
4nIPTi ...seJ...tie:tes", to linprove and consummate the dis-
eipiliA.: ''''l!.ess ifeei not more remarkable than his so-
lic"44-. ' ' !..:• - Ae.,.,eiarows and destitution that are.
7.vnlcitk .;
4itti,e,'" , :. -ir ',-.'::'-...‘,1. -
.... LUences of war. Not satisfied
w...-Ametine of military arrangements
wfth tbe= melt*. minute zesacumpart,,,- 1 correctness, he con-
:.ecf.et:f with hie ofheieldrista the exercise of a feeling that
4;:ll essfilieet.a:rnm*:,*l4ar%;_s, tightness on his name than
:liii• in -till_iitirr:W7f7e i. 'nolit• that with his personal
exertions mu' ....10t il'ili'll ' Elie beletiSt of his ee. - pie.—
Those who 11.0". Ylitousitle 'pay.'hOPOnts
it
,:4-betteetribute of i
to his memory,
could not rendez! Nr— . espect than by
enabling the foundation sq the i unary,
rnA-uetlum to be so
extended as to mike it produeeive of as good as its
Rend. Founder could have desired. ThiS would
bo indeed
a glorious and a national memorial, which, like'Greenwich
Hospital, would constitute one of the noblest ornaments of
England. The principle of the charity is excellent, and
it only wants' to' be-earried into effect on a greater scale to
make it as useful in its operation as it is bestitiful in design.
The 'extreme popularity of the Duke of York with all
ranks ofehe Army, from the Field Marshal to ti private
eoldiets will, no doubt, cause the contribution which is
epokee of, for some permanent tribute to his memory from
that class of society, to be both a grateful and a liberal of-