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

PORTUGAL.

The present respite to the military operations
in Portugal has given room for several import-
ant inquiries into the causes which led to the late
aggression by an armed force, deliberately organ-
ized in a neighbouring territory; and the result
of these inquiries has been, that Spain, secretly
aided and abetted by certain Foreign Powers,
and fearing the dissolution of her oven political
existence if the Constitution bestowed on his na,
tive country, by Don Pedro should become con-
solidated, had plotted the return to despotic
sway, and, in order to carry it into effect, re-
solved to make every sacrifice short of an open
war with the old and faithfully ally of the riza-
ganza family. Relying on the aid of all those
men who live by public abuses, and seek ho-
nours, distinctions, and employments without
deserving them, the premiditated attack was curl-
vetted into a local dissension ; and hence did it
happen that a large portion of the Portligu?sA
population and army, with the Queen Dowaget
raetigthein r
tlrliegad, becameue,
without the
stopping
pi instruments iin.oernat s
n of
rlmt 1,:.in5;
t to
inquire whether the ostensible plea, inventej
a pretext for a civil war, was founded in reiliv
or not. Precedent was called in to the aid atha
plotters, and it was soon determined that Spria
should act towards Portugal the part which Franca
acted towards the former in 1823—that is, Spain
was commissioned to carry into effect the decree
of extermination which the Holy Alliance had
previously pronounced against liberal institu-
tions, the more readily, as this war to be waged
against the liberal system in Portugal, if success-
ful, would besides curtail the influence of the
only power likely to protect institutions analo-
gous to its own.
As a clear proof that the origin cf the present
hostility is the same, it is necessary only to re-
mark, that the leaders of the actual rebellion are
the very same persons who were employed in
Portugal in 1823, expressly for the above pur.
pose. The Marquess de Chaves, and his Un-
cle, are again paid out of the same coffers, di-
rected by the same plans, supported by the same
intrigues, seconded by the same persons, and
excited by the same despotic Governments which,
in 1823, became alarmed at the growth of po-
pular principles in the Peninsula and Naples,
and resolved to suppress them.
The above conclusions are deducible ,from
facts and records of various kinds, which it would
not now be necessary to enumerate ; and our at-
tention has been more particularly drawn to the
consideration of this subject, by the confidential
perusal of a Memoir recently drawn up with great
judgment and local knowledge, and one which,
we have every reason to think, was originally put
together for a very high and important purpose.
Among the most eligible means to destroy the
external and internal intrigues by which Portu-
gal is at the present moment agitated, the paper
in question recommends the following decisive
measure :

" That it being Don Pedro's intention to maintain the
political institution/ given to Portugal, ns well as to se-
cure the inheritanci of his august (laughter, Le ought to
obtain the previous consent of the Brazilian Cortes, about
to assemble in the: ensuing month of May, nd immedi-
ately proceed to I.turope, where his presence alone can
radically destroy tie conspiracies, and defeat the combina-
tions levelled against the land of his ancestors."

This proixition is supported by various ar-
guments of a conclusive nature. It is further
established, that a temporary Regency, with the
Imperial family left at Rio de Janeiro, is a suf-
ficient guarantee for all parties, now that the
Imperial power is so well consolidated in Brazil,
and acknowl?d by so many allies. The Empe-
ror's visit to Portugal is constantly urged as the
only means of putting an end to the present fac-
tion ; and no danger from the measure is appre-
hended, since his moral strength,
Portugal, will hold Brazil in check.
as King of
It is reported, that the plan here suggested is
under deliberate consideration, and hi the mean-
while it is also affirmed, that the Emperor will
immediately address to Portugal a decree, ex-
planatory of chapters four and five of the Char-
ter, which certainly are not very clear, and by
virtue of which the Infanta Donna Isabel Maria
will not only be Regent of Portugal, conform-
ably to the intent and meaning of the Charter,
but also the immediate Representative and Vice-
gerent of Don Portugal, Pedro in during is li. ab -
sence, and the minority of Queen Mary ll.
This extension of powers is deemed necessary in
the present political state of Europe, and con-
sidered as more urgently required by the circum-
stances of the Infante Don Miguel completing,
in the ensuing month of October, twenty-five
years, when, by law, he will be of age, and
consequently beyond the controul of guardians.
It is besides now seen, that he is detained at
.
war
rensneant foorresrotmo
Eesupreops expressly for his con-
veyance
special purpose, the man of
to Rio de Janeiro, with a large estab-
lishment, being, as we long ago anticipated, left
at anchor in a French port. This is a direct at-
tack against the views and authority of the Fm
peror, and, coupled with the late aggression crt
the Portuguese territory, demands prompt re-
dress. Considering the oath taken by the ic.-
fante Don Miguel, strong measures might nJt,
neo
perhaps, be deemed so essentially necessary ;
ties mixed up with the political intrigues carry-
ing on against Portugal, and it is the interest of
thebut it
Emperor w
ror very clear, that there are other rtr-
h
that they should be immediately
defeated. We are, therefore, inclined to think,
that something extremely decisive may be daily
expected from Rio de Janeiro on Portuguese
affairs—something corresponding to the known
boldness and activity of the Emperor, as well a
the magnitude of the object in view.--Morning
Chronicle.