The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-04 00:00:00

BPIRIT PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We may take the opportunity (Attie arrival rec.
a Lisbon mail, to announce that Don Miguel,
the Infant and future Regent of Portugal,
certainly. he here in the course of a fortnight.
on his way to England is to spend a few days—
He was to leave Vienna on the 29th ult., and •
though a very few—at Paris. In this eountry,
and iii this metropolis!, he will remain for about
ten nays, • each of which will be distinguished by
some fete—goats eeliihition or some spectacle—
of a nature deereed best calculated to suit the
Highness. Tha programme of his. emfiay-
tnasietieltso:
at
mo
ugsreantii his .Royal
is already
drawn up. He will spend some days at Wind- •
sor with the King, and distinguished parties in-
vited to meet him ; he will dine with the Duke
efyntst,heot cudriivoesristiyonosf,
of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, and will be
and
entertained by the Austrian Ambassaanr,
other members of the diplomatic corp. His
ought that a more exten
had it not been th
stay in England would have been prolon ded
ged,
absence from Portugal would have betrayed an
indifference to the wants of his country, and
given rise to a suspicion that he was not
sufficiently impressed with the importance of
the high functions to which he has ,heel
called. The great object of his resirg
through England,—which is to wed him to
the new institutions of his brother, by ow-
ing him that he can only, as a Constitutional
Prince, obtain that popularity among nations,
and secure the respect of powerful Sovereigna--
will he accomplished .rather by the splendour of
his reception than by the length of his visit. .T.n
order to shet,a greater lustre tound.his move-
ments, and display. more. pronainently before his
eyes the resources of -a-free - country, it- is ar-
ranged that he shall net land at Dover, but be
provided with a ship of war to carry him up the
Thames. The Allied Sovereigns, we have plea-
sure in announcing, have lent their cordial sup-
port to the policy of England and of Don Pedro
on this occasion. From Petersburgh to Vienna
and Paris, the same feeling of tonndenoe and
desire of co-operation hare been manifested-
The Allied Sovereigns—though at home no
great friends of popular institutions—all admitted
that England, having the greatest stake in the
settlement of the Portuguese question, as being
more intimately connected with Portugal by the
ties of an ancient alliance, and the interests of
an extensive commerce, was the best entitled to
take the lead. They at the same time saw that,
by following our policy, they sanctioned the
only means of restoring tranquillity to a dis-
tracted country, and placing it again. on the road
of political improvement. The French Govern-
ment, sacrificing its feelings of rivalry, has evinced
its cordial concurrence with our views, by or-
dering the Marquis of Canellas, the Portuguese
Rebel Chief, from Paris, during the visit of the
Prince, lest, by obtaining an interview with his
Royal Highness, he might succeed in throw-
ing a suspicion on the constitutional tenden-
cies of the new Regent, or, in bespeaking hii
favour for the absolute .party, which,. as. the
sworn supporter of the Charter, he is bound te
.discourage. With respect to the rest of the
exiled rebels, who abused the Infant's name by
pretending to act under his authority and for his
interests, nothing has yet been decided: It
would be too much to expect, that, acting as
they did on what they knew to be at one time
the sentiments and pretensions of his Royal
Highness, and supported as they were by the
declared wishes of more than one 'branch of his
family,—and that, too, at a time of great poli-
tical distraction, when a considerable portion of
the nation thought they had the better cause,—
they should be-finally and irretrievably banished
f'rom their country. But by the present arrange-
ment, they will at any rate be prevented for some
time from parading their antiquated pr so
and slavish opinions i • ..ct 461 of the Charter,
or exciting suspicion on the fidelity of its admi-
nistrator. As the return of his Royal Highness
to direct the Government of Portugal, was from
the beginning seen to be nearly inevitable, this
mode of engaging him to support the new insti-
tutions, by detaching him from their mealier,—
nitilitnhethfearnce—ofenhais
hcyouhnintrdyinangdionf
tEheursopeam*;
by imposing upon him the most solemn engiase-
mtoeinntasi
league of guarantee . for his good faith, Austria,
the model and champion, of absoltite govern-
ments, and England, the patronessand represen-
tative of constitutional freedom, was perhaps the
best that could have been adopted ; and it is' a
singular fact, that propositions for_ oarrying it
into execution were on their way to Rio. -de
Janeiro for the approval of Don Pedro, when
the Emperor had, proprio mote, originated- a
similar scheme by the decree of the 3d of 'July; •
appointing his brother his lieutenant. As the Por-
tuguese frigate has already arrived at Plymouth,
the Infant will be able, without delay, to embark
afobrolLaistbhoenb,ewghileurieingit
or
rs expectedtowardsli e w
the
middle January, when the ordinary sittings of the Charn-
ill arrive
of
hers,must,by theCharter,alreadyhave commenced.
There will thus be no necessity .for any extraordi-
nary convocation ; and as the Prince arrives
with the confidence of the constitutional party.
while the other is too weak, or perhaps may be
too consistent, to attempt any
thtoels7aradrsquhiiss oFf4xPcaell-:
a Ministry,different
authority, it is anticipated that
Excel-
lency, lel lclya, tow
Whether lie
hetak ems vviaythshhohnw
will begin his reign without shock or,disturbance.
in
tthhiengnear
Regent
ehnist
aonndehteimade,haisnaneinw
whom we have heard, depend on the disposition which
stage
of his political education, he singled out as an
object of persecution. It cannot be stated,
within the compass of a week or a month, at
what precise time the Br' • itish army -will leave
Portugal. As there can now be no apprehension of
a renewed aggression on the'd side of Spy and
as the Prince's return is likely to be the harbin-
ger of tranquillity and union to. Portugal, our
troops may be expected to sails short time sub-
sequent to the arrival of his nerd Highness,
only remaining so long after that event as to
give him an opportunity, by the manner in
which he treats them, of showing his disposition
to British alliance, and preventing any suspicion
by their abrupt departure that he was dissatisfied
with their stay, or displeased with their original
interference. At the same time it is confidently
anticipated, that the French garrison will leave
the neighbouring position •of Cadiz. Some
scribes employed by the Portuguese rebel faction
at Paris, seeing their factions baffled in then:
hopes of exciting disturbances at home, hale
published pamphlets, in which we find the most
scurrilous abuse of England, and attempts to
excite suspicion on the influence under which
their late idol, and their present adversary, is
ersary,
acting. We shall afterwards recur to this topic.
—Times.
The public will naturall-
y look with any •
ee of
considerable anxiety to intelligence f • •
from Spain,
now that the consummation s
o long and unsuc-