The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-04 00:00:00

INezo Tinict.]

Thu,c Politicians 114- imagined that the. Ile6,lntinnS of
Spain,- Naples, amt- Porttigal,. would Pas% Ott qui'etiy and'
without 61,,,,dsfied.:tno•t tuVw begin to }beret-ire I bat they took'
counsel rather of ttmeir wishes than of the. lodgments.. 'the
Writers at Madrid affect to he to ueh surpris'ed at that.
what they are pleased to. call 4-, a ,ml>itrtlioiis n 4 64)- ittego
kind " arming he people are dally_tirought to light, but that,
theti'ori rnitirnt hats not the power to reptess or prllOSh them.
isubserred too that "'that the Press is more ettshfecit
ever?:'• 'Now, we cannot tay that.either4or t lieseeireotosta aces
utfoods its the last astunislinient.- Where such- very reeolo-'
tionary measures are adopted or attempted as has
latety' been the ease ih Spain, a reaction is in :the
nature Of "thinks, 'inevitable ; -and where the- Liberals
get a-terupOrary 7prepointerance, the first, thing they re-1
duce iu •ahiolitte subjection is the Press.. The mob, Who•so
votrAzcouily assailed 'our :Office lite other day. only-proyed,
that they were In-Hy-actuated by liberai pritusiplcs respect:ng
the libertv of the Prey.s,. that is to say, that they woo!d allo
the writers tei be as a bit'Si ye as key pleased, tint
wi.ithil Punish With the MOO savage Irtitality 'any attempt of
a loyal. wt ;ter fairly to' state ltis Lcntintents.,--As to Naples,
eyery_thing confirms the opioion that the Recolutidn there
Was'principally, if not won of the filtiratistA.
all their subsequent tneasatres slow 'the -school from which
then- norionsuf government-mid morals hair !Well diaWn--
littleverLt4 doctrines pa!rOuisrd by-their leadert—
itiere itpplyrkg'the resources Of the State • atitiosf eicelUSWely
to live augmentation- and .support of the army—and their
IT-vis..olwllcet that aemy is to perform.. (;enerat Filangieri
ap-p-i,aVs*ln We siahea. lsi Inilitary:rei,otatiOn'on the defence
orthi Abbruzetie:ltyiptiers. ateong by 'Janne, and is.asi
*isled by art. The approach to Naples that way is extienady

ditfieulf;• atiti very 4.1cfeu51134.; .is.itolliitel!,•• to be
!Attei)ipt'e'd; at let 4 by the Amin holy of the Ai triad army.
3V-11Y fhn-Ailit elates should .defei'crosi og the clittin of the Ap-
penineirglitir they may have the disadvantages of doing to. in
the entn,y's CtJuritry4 or why they should not -make we of tke
Itinnan States '11(1 'the toe. Country, which'fil logs Mein to
the' weak, position of the Garogliatio, within forty miles of Na-
plo itself, alitiost without air obstacle, are- gliestions not Very.
easily,nittst.%°efetl. If Filangieri and his army really take up a
position ill Attbra'ztto, it ‘‘c,uld seem to imply, rhat they 'think
the whole Fabric of the Iteettint ion will -eritilible to 'dust at.
the appritach of the etietq, atitt that'reritainiug nobrOken on
the hell- of the invading force, they 111.+y be able to make:tering
yes; preserve their int ezril y ,o; an* aimy, .and their
rant: tts on the last o-ecaciori, and wait doe_ patience for
some future opportunity of ijisillaying their revolutionary
_ .
patriotism.'

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A rkiaisition" for ir),..etini!: of, the County of T.(!rls iS now
in a cotirse. Of signature the objetl of •t tie Meeting Will be
tei expres.; a strong opittion,orr the late proceeding's agaialst
thelativen.: we 1;1)-(4' not what are the pres'ent opinions'of
Mr: Stuart t but we slippy's). that they cannot he very
.11.11'6(a f:'OrriAvhal they were in Sia'te ii, "1813. on an treca,ion
',Anil' not Evilf so atineions•a9 attempt ;is the late Ont.l
Fil3,lC:rig,ll?-ISt the life and hdrioni of the (4,ieen. '1 he
;0;4- teas hislatc.rnage oit Mfireli-5; knit
Mr. Stuart Wortley lie fiat ;14 high .tinl;ons' of
11iiyalty as any man; but fir most stil) all such proceedinzs
contriliuteti -to pull it down. He'_NV:l4 .iery sorry we, had a
Fainily who diet not tithe warruint: from what was' said
,ind tit:night eoneetrting.t hem. They seemed to be the mil),
person, in- the country who were wht,ly- regardless •Of their
w ,velfare and resoretability.„ He woutd tlnr have The.
Friure nt lay the Hatttring un.e.i.ion to his soul, and
Clunk. t is vooduct would tie:ir him Isarroltssihrot9:ll alt the,o
,tiati,,,ct ions. He said this with no disrespect to hint tly
tie man.was more attached to the- House of Llruti,-
wiek than he Wit Rot, had he a si).er in the sAute situta-
tn., wit II her. Itov6l 1-lighhet:s the Princ,ss of %Xi:de,. he wait Id
say that eyetedingly ill-treated:" . •
.4 After the late rt ocerdings respect:on.; the Queen.
rimsonab,le-to expeerthat Mr. S -ortley way hay).', taf,eo a
• ti(,: viewoftfer ctia.racter, all it nook) tie hard .iutleed: to
lam to he 17oittit1 at preFent by the opinions .whieli heeni
ert 'in ISlli. At 'all uvents, We are- per...‘adeti: ',bat
be )init act upon independeut and with :1 title, re-
-4:10 to the interest. and homnir of the country.

- [Morning taro iziele.]
.
The td jest of the Portuguese Revolution cannot 'now he
misiakcir by any °MO who/ flat Paid the tract tr nrAi.to.the
error, and circtim,tances ',ly which it has lreen accompapi't.nl,
iti theni,elres so jo-t, and mat lied bs suer traits •wf modera-
tion and, forbearance, that the most vehement advocates. of_
exiolog Goveroments have been unable to attach.tolhein
the smallest blame. By a- variety of cirenrustances foiled in
the :tttempt Of rezetierating their entintt y and rek,rmine;their
Govertmient,--at :be close of the late continental sting:l,le.
when, as a reward for All their sacritiees,TheyniOst
the Portuguese havespents he i nt erval inponat ring on the bestl
and most legal means by which thisgi and worl: could lit achiev-
ed, and ir. waiting till the. patience of the people was literally
exhausted. They-compared their present tleha4ed state wi I, what
they formerly were. hefore the hantl of despotism had stripped,.
them of those free institutions Which they had inherit:et! ft oat
their foiefathers, which had rendered them the envy oi,their.
neighbourS, and had canted them, to he feared in the remotest
corner of the globe. Sensible of their country's wrongs, the'
enlightened nod patriotic saw the necessity of ridding Port ta--
givl of -a yoke which -the- people could no longer endure, and
the must effective way they conceived would he. to revive the_
Curtis, t he foundation stone of their ancient and future:4'4l)er,
ties. So obsolete had its history become that it wasWown
to few, so careful hadt he Government heot Io hide ai3Stt2tcva'
oit I rotn lire public v'Mul. In uttivtmsithis, where (Mice free
principles were emulonsly langlit, nothing' .now wasteenhut
treatises on the rights of Kings, whilst on those of the people
not a page was to be found. As formerly, in Spain, all ac-
quaintance with the spirit and history of their ancient;Cotter
'had. become tantamount to treastm among the Portuguese,
and their study extremely dangerous.

[The Public .Ledger.]
Ttre atTrices float Spain state, that dtirgo is to he made
Captain General - of2-I:3lllalonitt., 'There was a report that
Cmint del Altisbal had been °tiles ed.to repair to Valladolid in -
a state of arrest, The at toed bitallitil W 11,4 lately rohbed.t
mail' in. the vicinity of Vitttnia, had been Overtaken by.the
Nafional Guards sent in porsnit of them., -on the-1140:i of a
titer, when len of them %%ere taken, and six killed ordrowned.
The rest rtri cted. their escape tor the moment, hot the
most confident hopes are' entertained bf 1116 f hying'
speedily raptured. Amortg tfie prisoners were 34.fver:ii
persons employed in the Department of the Customs.
'nit` intrnigeNCe in ',these Papers .from Vienruc reaches
to. the Hostilities with Naples /were 'there con-
sidered as certain. The Austrian army in Italy was to be on
the war establishment-loin) the WO, ult. It is said that the
• Allied Soverri4ns, though they object to the existing Consti-
tution of Naples, have graciously intimated in -heir ultinia-
trim to his Ne,apolitan Majesty, that he may give his penple a
Constitution founded on the basis adopted for the orgartiza-
I;nn of the Austrian States in Italy. We suspect, that the
Neapolitans would not thank their Sorereign, ur the Members
of the-Congress at. Troppau, for such It boon. The Vienna•
.Journals continue to represent the Neapolitan territories rl5
prey nt lona tilt and anarchy; evidently for the purpose of re-
conciling the feeliags of the Austrian people to the new cru-
sade.