The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-21 00:00:00

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It is highly gratifying to observe, that while
the internal peace of Europe is disturbed by so
many agitations, the military glory of onr arms
is.maintained with its wonted sPlendour'in those
distant parts of the world where alone it has oc-
casion to .be displayed. The Bombay Papers;
which have been received to the middle of
March, state, that the objects of the expedition
under Sir W. G. Keir have been fully attained,
by -the entire demolition of the piratical ports,
and'the extirpation'of the pirates who were So,
long the scourge of those seas. • Not so much as
a tower is left standing all along the pirate'coast,
except those•occupied by our troops in Rhas El
Kbyma and its vicinity.—Turning from:the con-
sideration of this .subject to the more intricate,
and unpleasant one of the Revolutions on the
Continent of Europe, we still find reason to clue-
yish the hope which we expressed yesterday, that
the.disturbances in Portugal will, ere long, be
brought to a reasonable adjustment. The Count:
D'Amaraute (better known as General Silveira).
appears to have (acted with. "•great spirit and
.promptitude in support of the 19wful Govern-
ment established at Lisbon : and as that Govern-
ment has adopted the resolution of convoking
the Cortes of -the kingdom, it may well be ex-
pected that the people of Oporto will cheerfully
acquiesce in this arrangement.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

(From The Leeds Intelligence,* qf the IStit iost.)

The result of the late trials for high treason in
this e.ounty, and in Scotland,must have convinced
everyman of the existence of a treasonable conspira-
cy in the kingdom; and also of the lenity with which
the Government have visited the crimes of the of-
fenders.. Can it be possible, then, that any other
sentiments than those of indignation can be felt at
the attempts made by a set of desperate villains to
mislead the public mind ; to turn the sentiments
of gratitude, which ought to be the animating im- '
pulse of those who have experienced the paternal
mercy of the 'Government they would have de-,
stroyed, into hatred; 'and to:persuade the people
that cruelty, not lenity, has marked the conduct
of the administrators of our laws? Such efforts
are now most assiduously making, threugh the
means of that licentious portion of the press, which
first lured the unfortunate victims of its pernicious
doctrines into crime. In the shop windows of
the wife of the convicted infidel Carlile, (she is
one of the Ladies appointed to receive subscrip-
tions for the Queen's plate), a placard was last
week: exhibited, containing-the following expres-
sions ; " The present Administration not yet sa-
tiated with blood. An account of the Murder of
James. Wilson:at Glasgow;": and a radical book-
seller in this 'town,- Who took a leading part in
the late radical meeting to address the Queen,
announces, " A letter to Mr. Justice Bayley on
the injustice and. tyranny of the secret trials now
pending at -York for high treason !" Both thest
precious productions
.are calculated to inflame.
and irritate, most unjustly, the feelings of that'
portion of the lower classes, who
.spend their
hard-earued pence in purchasing the pernicious
-trash thus forced upon their notice. In addition
to these attacks on' the administration of justice,
the windows of the radical booksellers are crowd-
ed .with gross caricatures, and doggrel verses,
libelling the King, and tending to bring him into
contempt with
.his subjects,; whilst the system
of placarding is still pursued,'tho' n0t,40 openly
as it was a few weekS b'ack,, which is chiefly ow-
ing to the' vigour. of the London Police, who are
very vigilant in defacing these excitements to
riot ; 'and in apprehending the men who post
them.

A stranger, on viewing these incessant efforts
to, excite discontent and disaffection; and cost
piing them with the speeches of our opposition-
ists, at public meetings, and in parliament, would
naturally suppose, that,the British nation groaned
under a tyranny, the most odious and despotic.
Ite might, indeed, wonder at the license such a
government allowed to its opponents ; ,bnt he
.could scarcely believe that he was in a country,
whose constitution was the envy of surrounding
nations ; where justice was equally dispensed to
all ; and, where the laws were administered with
a clemency and forbearance,, which reflected the
highest credit on the persons intrusted with that
important duty. Such, however, is the fat:t ;
and we (litre. either the whig or radical oppo-
nents of Government to controvert it. Their
nefarious conduct is the result of a wicked ambi-,
• tion, not of patriotism ; of a hankering after the
loaves and fishes of office, not of a regard for the

puhllt weal ; in- shot-t, filtitiv 0 kind their
princiMes are equally di!'graceful ; equally trn-
wrth \ of men of common _Case or common ho-
ne:ay.
In Spain, Naples, -and Portugal there might,
it deed, be an e' cure for those who advocated
and arranged the measUrds which led to the late
revolutiens in tho,t, countries ; but there is none
for those who seek to bring abo'at a revolution in
England. There, the form of ;government was
most det,poti"C; the ancient free comtitutions had
been gradually subverted, and absolute iAlo-
narchies raised on their ruins. Here, the very
contrary has been the cause. The alterations
which have taken place in our Constitution, have
been for the benefit of the people ; who, under
our ancient, establishments, were. as great slaves
(or perhaps greater), than those of Spain, Por.;
algal, and Naples, before the late eha,lges.—The
revolution of 1(388 'has conferred privileges upon
us, which our ancestors never dreamt of ; and it
is impossible that any just or equitable motive
can influence those, Wtlo are daily striving to
goad the people into rebellion against a govern-
,
meat, under which they have enjoyed', and do
enjoy, greater blessings, than fall to the lot,of
the inhabitants of any other Country under
heaven.

These short-sighted demagogues will, hoive7
,or, we trust, find, that the storm which they
we nld raise against their King and /kis Ministers,
will ultimately burst upon themselves. A people
once so famed for their loyalty, can never long
be'deceived 'try the artifices of knaves and Mad-
men; but will soon, leave them to play their
" fantastic tricks," with no ether. auditor than
the winds, and dismiss 'them to obscurity and
contempt. •

COUNTRY NEWS.