The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-16 00:00:00

FOR 'FILE SUN.

'PARTY CANDOUR,
*R. EDITOR,--It would no doubt he censured
as. Premature, in. our present. ignorance of the
tree state of the Diplomatic anzal: at Troppau,
to attempt any vindication cf the Noble
whoce .is now the subject of ani-
zottdversion, ;--.11.d even or tininanly ridicule; with
g'great porti-,n, of the Publie,`Vress.;l-but", if yin-
Llication woo*: i;e premature, surely tenOtre., to
sOeak in the terms,' must' be. any thing
but candid o- •

That Corr, -yatiort, however, seems 'to have
na'weighfev, n --vitt' those who acknowledge that
tier. carte.,: pledge themselves 'for the entire
ileciuracY" of =their own narrative--an acknow-
!°grnent which,had it ushered in their insidious
1411.5 might have been in some degree an antidote
t 2 its poison ; but the dart' was. shot, and, the
iolll3a inflicted, before even the buckler was of,
e1'(,11 to the victim for his protection.
• .But the'Chronick has told its story—and told
rt
too, with more than the Pon dits of the Parisian
;actors ; and the consequence is, that in an af-
fair Which not only involves the public and pri-
te character oT .1.40 rd STEWART, but also even
t}:e Political weight, influeuce, ,and character of
ttie 81'illsh Empire, all justification is at once
roWnaWav by the .e sapient politicians, placing
wer.;, at once in the wrong, and
Vvilig to her diplomatic opponents all the 'van-
a•ge ground in . the pending Ilegociatious. This
.Y be modT ernatriotistn, and modern Libera-
ittY, to risk the Welfare of the Empire whilst
..1,3'61111g-to hustle Ministers from their places;
sUch were not the politics of Old
.England
:en under the pacific JAMES, when the gallant
i„.e'dlitttnr.trr of Cherbury-found himself forced
'4O a.ll alternative, pretty much of the !Same pa-
iurie as that into which Lord STEWART. has been
ko). even upon the showing of his 'enemies at
'l', by the impertinence of one who never was
iigood friend of Britain, and who chose to shelter
Personal insults micief the cloak of diplomatic
liability.
•
I,[l-)ut what was the conduct of L.,ord STF.WART
41" at led to this ? Must we at once give ^him up
pl. the aggressor,rely Whfulfilling his en, even by
official inst the Chronicle
t31...9) he was meruc-
e's ?.A nd what were these instructions ? To set
14,4, roPeina flame by permitting hostilities against
iat is called. Freedom in Naples ? No! but to
ward
against that, which even the. Chronicle has
r weeks held out as the greatest, curse that
v.111.11d befal mankind!
tatter such circumstances, I.triPit that TILE
in consonance With its liberality in avoiding,
.:I...lLtlication in a late. affair, will set similar
tN'salt'Ple of candour, by inserting this lent from
, °l4"COrrespondent,
IGNOTCS.

A
ar-
rived' frorrithe Leeward Islands has. ar-
lt7}''' The dates from Angostura are to the
p '.k/tober. The want.of a naval force by the
;.ktriot
k,overntrrent has exposed them to another
Al,-atory visit from the Spaniards, who entered
0,.;e river OronOco by the Boca Grande on the
i'Ltli-September, and remained till the Bth Oc-
`'''r, during which time they captured several
a44ing vessels,. and ,occupied the advanced post.
Saco auto.. An expedition vas itiamediately
t'Oed•out to clear the river of these invaders, and
ir(i-reta.liate by attacking one of the ports belong-
c'"
•, to the enemy. General Willis° took the
iTtittiand, and Comphrto was named as 'the place
o tdestination. • The force consisted of about 400
•nglish end Creoles : the former under the corn-
'l'l of fIVIANn v, who otfered.his services
r the occasion. It sailed on the 18th. Con
;-
..40tP" if was supposed,,:could not be assembled
t`:4l-ly as the Ist of January—the time appoint-
ti,,d ,Jerr that purpose—on account that the military
,rrations to, the westward would then be in full
I.gcir, and demand all the attention of the Go-
tr'n_.(nent. The fever broke out alAngostura in
beginning of October, but was much less
i`a-fthan the preceding season.. The number of
sons who had been attacked with it was about
6(
''`'
j()) and the deaths, -according to the church re-
sti't were 70 in ten days.. The letters front
ehomas'S are dated Nov. 9, but they contain
.4 intelligence from the seat of war on the Spanish
111------Crtfarning Paper.)
the great dislike the Portuguese have
P'ticed since the. Revolution first broke out at
ti Porto", towards BritisJi Officers holdingeounnis-
Its hi the Portuguese army, and the indignity
01th -which they have been- treated at Lisbon,
gi Porto, and' other places, have rendered their
ilLnation extremely unpleasant. Letters from
11Iisli Officers at Lisbon state, that they have
'title a• formal application to the' neiv Govern-
which they represented• the injustice
tl tIP to them, in not being made acquainted with
iC deterthination of the new Government as to
ly stepi intended to be pursued *with gard to
44'44 They applied therefore to knovvre ;whether
was or,was not intended that they'should re.
lailt in the Portuguese service;.or be sent home
t
Great Britain : if the latter, whether they
I,:re not entitled to receive some pecuniary coot-
it,4sation for being discharged, tiq,,,rebyT.losing
to'e It-leans-of obtaining a. subsistence ? reply
these questions, the new ,Goverritnent merely
4llswered, that no, determination could be come
to
°II this subiect until the meeting of the Cortes
4t,4
'lsbotr.--:--(Morning Paper.) - •
ths'l'7sterday, the • Duke .of CLARENCE visited
i\•ING., at his Palace, in Pall-mall. Count
"sTcrt had an audience of his MAJ ESTY yes-
'day.
4tNe-sterday afternoon two Gentlemen arrived
;(:41andos House, the residenceof Prince ESTER-t
ti',l°,lfrom Vienna. •They brought over with
i'l4'l-2-1, as presents from the Emperor of AUSTRIA,
I v° services of China, of th-e- Dresden Manurac-
-4". of the- tnost -magnificent and novel tleSCrip-
,l(l,l
' one for,his Serene' Highness Prince ESTER-
-174,
.1; and the biller for the Earl 13.vrtuTRsT.