The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-07 00:00:00

NOTE.

The Undersigned Plenipotentiaries of hii'Rriyal
Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal and the
Brazils have received the' Official communication
which their Highnesses and Ricellencieathe .Mi-
nisters of the CabitietintAtuaria, Russia,
.Great
Britain, and Prussia, did them the honutw to ad-
dress to them, under date of the 19;h inst. The
Undersigned cartit,t 1)13 approve of the • basis of
the arrankement which the four Kitt era above-
balPed deem {Koper to propose tot he Government
of his Most Christian Majesty, and in which they
appear to have combined, its tar as eilcumstances
will admit, the essential object of the Coalition,
viz. the re-establishment' of the. tranquilu:y of
Europe on solid foundations, with the guarantee
of the just indeMnities claimed by all the State;
which took part in the Alliance.

The Undersigned thank the Ministers olAnstria,
Rosaia, Great Brit:tin, and Prussia, for the assn'r-
ance which they give them of communicating the
answer of the Frenah Govertinient, and the ulterior
resolutions to which it nosy lead, for the purpose
of-putting them in a capacity to cootribute, ac
cording to the spirit of treaties,lo the final result
of the negociatiou. The lour Powers tyito-sigoed
the Treaty of Alliance of the 25th of Muich will
sorely suit lose bight of file f,ket, shlit Port'lo
slot aceetled by u flarttt.tl tieaty to that al-
liance,: ,bstralso yiiartY
goarautee, of the.eNetution of the, ttesties
of Park and Vietsliet, It might dottbdes3 to conic
iu as one of the principal partiem in every arrange-
turut which shall rectify any of the articles-of the
oil treaties.

The Usitiersigrletl,ebovineeti of, the. momenous
nehl+e existing eircoot•tittlers, MO of the Ito-
pott.itce which the Powers most atttic) to the
!pet:fly. coorlubiott of. the oegliettitioo, will itittcnitt
holt intitutting. its plow et•ts by tAtty chitroi.ob
their ititrt, Its tssitittst, ri,toce~.list thistkipg (hit!.
t poetmloy siserific'es to he exacted of thrtt rower
deitioed nut only to ray the expetwer at

[PRIC SEVENPENCB.

the war, but iliac, rciinbtorte ►'ach of the Allied
Powers for the prepar►►tionx and expellees which
recent events have cau.“:cl, they .Main►, on h halt
of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent 0;' Por-
tugal, the right of participating in the eiintribn-
tion which shall he imposed on France, and its
this view they rely on the justice and impartialitT
of the High Powers to which they address their
reclarmitions. •

The Undersigned, the moment the escape of Na.
poleon Buonaprte w.s known at Vienna, inter 7,
preting the intentions of their august Sovereign,
and convinced of the moral fOrce which the
and Immediate union of all. the Powers would
produce, sigwql, without hesitation, the declara!
lions of the 13th of March and the 12th of May.;
and by consequence from 'that moment, in the
name of their Court, came under etagegenyenta
the mpst soleinu. Constantly following the same
line of conduct, the moleiSigned were the- first
who formally acceded to the Treaty of Alliance Of"
the 25th of Alateh ; they immediately confirm,
nicated it to the Regency of Poringal, which
fOrtlifOili mole nil the neces.iary preparation's
for putting the aimy on a war fooling and if
that army had not ,entered the field at the me,
meat when hostilities were terminated, this cosif(l
only'be ascribed to the signal victory .which sci
suddenly put..an end to the war, and tfl the dish
tance rat which the. Sovereign of 'rortugal is
placed, without, whose sittletion tt tyas evident-
.ly inipossilde delegated Government coal(
take upon itself the responsibility of causing troop.
to mare') out of the .kingdom in e,tecutiott of is
treaty not yet ratified. This. circumstance', then,
cannot annul nor-affect in any degree the ti 44
wide') the uudersigi,ed lay claim to-'---th<ft of bean ►
considered rind tredled 01l the other Memfrers
theAllianre inatanteh as Portugal tine been ready
on her side to perform all that could he legiti.
mhitely expected :of Item itlld the ,exPeoces
sioned hy the nreprations tor war, anti 'trilhotit
the aiNl4-f.moy foreiga wobsidy, should i)v repaid Ul
her out of the 4105 tl;:qincil for those indemnities,

If 'l4 were wished to' adopt the basis of not ad:
milting to participaton in the contribution any
but the armies which took, an ..active part in tha
tvori this prineip!e wOr.id lead a great. dr tl _too
Each of the Allied Powers has ontluesiiirt-
,hlv fulfilled the thities..witiett it ituptised oh itscPi
A,1141. ciffitributeti mole or less activity, •aecording
I.) the happy issue of dna; War
but 'at (be same tiinethe• ittsitor, Autitrian, told
Sardinian, &c. artWeS, a'c're unable to reaa titsi
the -are, of .4tth'utitil..after its result was decided.;
lire` Danish. con: ingeett. i,a.l scarcely passed. it s .owtt
froatierg %%lout lobs,
and4ographically in •at postholl—shli
more _cnitowi conhl taut 'in these eircomstarict:s
but conic ,up the ,last.. lint, tooittestioloahly,
the chances of the war been Unfavoto silo
tionld have Seen herself, in pat Planet! of It cr
gagentents, exposed to undergo all its hve,.o we,
nience, without being entitled to complain, or to
plead her involturtary.iniciivity. Is it not just that,
as in this CHSC site 'would have Itrid her share of OW
inisrortone, sloe 31100ti.0011" cl situ ihat of the jur
demnities which accrue to her ?
ThtrUndersigned have hitherto confined them.
'laves.. to considering the question tinder the point
of view of the fast war;-beentise thcy'suppoge that
it Mity,heve been traced out as a rule not iii ,tclri►i
of anther rethunations.' IVould it not be' proper;
however, to pay some regard, in respect of Port ii
gal, to evwnts anterior-to the year ISI ; Ala it,
stating a3ille examples, it is .vt iShed to lay it 4lowlp.
as a principle t hitt, the indemni ies demanded of
Frattce have tin other &jeer but to &dray rite etls-
- of the war, would it not- be just .;t
least that the tabjections that may be made 'to the
claims of Portugal in this view should be halanc.7
eel by so many other incontestable reasons which
7,1)0 Might allege iii her Own behalt ?
France. extorted from Vortngal, in the years
18(11 tutu I SOl, the sum of
.40 mlilions of francs
for granting her treaties of peace, which she vio-
lated innitediately afterwardS. • The Prenchartniei
three t inks ia coded Portugal, and committed there
the devastations and horrors which are known to
all the The noti9ostipporto
unclog six yeari a tsar m ilisiiporiiOned to its force,
for its own initepetnlerieea,ni thet.of Enroll:. At
the close of that war, I lie Portuguese al nty,fottud
itself ill the heart of France, having coo:stall:1y
slotted in till the fortunes of the British
-
And yt t, at the' t•ottehision of peace, his itilyitt
flightless the. Prince Regent of eurt,igai was
in-
most the only one of the Allies who received! no.
increase or territory, who obiaineti tin intleunzity„.
no tultiMitage, and -Saw. himself even Si, situated
as to he ohliged to restore to Francis the colony
of CnetlflC,
,ii b;(11 fur so many reasons he might
have wished to met ti 11.,

Such are ionic of the titles which Portugal entail
allege in her own behhlt aid the Cludersignett
fltitter thettutek't s that the toign‘t Sovereigns now
toseintilecl 11:tris ,V.lt•tir,tveeitite all their van-
e.ity, anti wtii feel itOW very h,trtl it Witold he to.
Portugal trout any share of the contrittn.
tions demanded_ of
,Ftance, l iir advantage, he.
which would *As dt to the other I)owers
frorn..this exeltot.ion (*.mild I
very ittconstider,ttdcl
for, by admitting to this pattkipAtion piny the
l'owers witiett tortualiv accvded to. the trteaty of
the 2:ith of March, and IVI,II ha%e troop 3 in Frittne,
the exchision would be confined to Pot tui:ol and
Dvnnotrk. - .

he Untie, sigroti avrtil thvitt‘vives of tlril oitilar.
'tinily to rentrW 10 limit Ilightit.tsui -tllrf Excel.
ivticius .the usstaaitevi of it c.t. high coo
tottlit
Sitniit4,
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