The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-22 00:00:00

TIM LONDON JOURNALS.

[DAILY EXTRACTS FROM-THE MORNING PAPERS.]

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[,iliorning Post.] .
That able and enltglitened young Statesman, Mr. 'Peel, it
is we bel;eve finally determined, is to succeed the highly ac-
complished and night Flan. George Canning, as President of
the Board of Control. By the much to be regretted seces-
sion •of the latter -Gentleman (an event which though cer-
tainly connected with the else of the Queen, has nothing to
do with the itti,..stion .her g•eilt) the revolting contradiction
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which has lately been witnessed between a verdict rtison facts'
and a decision against their cons-equences, is litely to cease
soon after the meeting of Parliament. Notwithstanding all
the effrontery with which a temporary `escape been cele-
brated as a triumph, sentence will not fail in -sonte shape or
otl.er to. follow conviction. The Bill of Pairi4allll Penalties
will certainly not be revived; but the evidence receiied neon
it, being recotded in the Journals of the Parliament,. will be-
come the foundation of a measure to guard the honour of the
Crown and the character of the Country. Every question of •
fact having been so fully investigated, the discussions upon
the new Bill cannot be extended to anv great length, while
there is much reason to expect, in the ilouse of Lords, the.
support of many Members who voted against the last, merely
on grounds of expediency, aunt who have since seen the
jurioos effects of their forbearance. Upon this prospect ',Ye.
congratulate the thinkiog and the worthy part of the Public.
Is it to be endued that a persOn convicted, as the Qiieeri has
beets, should reniain at the head of female society in Great
Britain? If this tre right, then let Ils join the Radical tiers,
lutionists in cursing the Intitiory and the exaMple'of ourllierter
Queen Is it for the VOlnntary companion of ItergaMi timid of
other menials, in it tour tif several months, to hwy,: her tztstt,
(to say nothing of her morals), rentaitt•unstigmariv.ed, and as
a patter., before the•Gentlewonten of ilia Country? Shall
she retain the pritileges' of a Orlect, (stone- ttl. them mech
more than matters of ceremony), and the income, which ope-
rates in so many modes to the olldie tietv-intent ? Shall the
I urtmlent have oppottorlities fur sheltering',.:'iinder the
.pre-
fence of btyalty to her, the stratagems which prolong.the•
agitations of the rea!tn. while they affect nedeplore them ?
Moreover, are the best Institutions to he, continually placed
upon the defetislie by Addee.tet-S, are act toilly adver-
tised for; and by :11iF,wers, which malign sititietinies the.!4o-
- sometimes the clergy,. anti sowietirties'the
went? % milt
Were this rise of life or death—were there symp
toms of penitence in iglu could ;my other than those pee.
tended appeals to compassion be heard, which are voice truly
excitements to anger— t might he allowed that stomethme
more politte than dustier dors exist, for then Mt;icy'woOldlit
SI! 'hit t when Vice it=stuucs an air of,teliteiphittg power, and
stands upon the offensive a,4ainst tettson, trath, and morality,
it bybores British Parliament to renounce every -sugges-
tiOtt, except those of conceit:nee, and to stake their all'upoti
the sure belief—that not hittg is more politic than justice:

Pforning Chronicle.]
A Brazil packet- arrived yest el day with letters to the srttli.,
October. These vary in their contents, according to the
feelings and, political sentiments of the writers, but the best
of those We had an- opportunity of seeing, in substance agree
as follows. His Britannic Majesty's ship Creole, which left
Lisbon on the 10th Sept. With the news of the Oporto Revolu-
tion, arrived at Rio daneiro on the lath Oct. and the pre
ceding day, a Portuguese brig, also from Lisbon, reached the
parrs,- having sailed a few days prerisins to the creolv. The
news being thus folly conai nit d, had created a lively sensa;
t ioh in the Brazil-capital, the Grst Ell'ect of which was, a rise in
the produce of the country as well as in the freights of British
ves,els. No hostile measure had been taken against the pro-
perty of the inhabitants of Portugal, nor was any thing of the.
kiwi apprehended. Several Councils of State had been held, in
which there wasts great diversity of opinions. The acting.
iNioister, Count dos Arcos, was of opinion tbat the'COnstitu-
tional System proclaimed in Portugal ought not only 17 be
approved, hot also extended to, and adopted in, the Brazilian
dominions. Villa Nova Portugal,, another MinSster; Was of
quite a Contrary opinion. and conceived that the arrival of
Lord Beresford thel-Tagns would suffice -to put down the
RcFulation. • The celebrat,d Thezoarfiro -Moe, Targini,
agreed with his friend Villa Nova, and hoped that a work he
had lately puhlished, against Coustitutional Doctrines and
Thrones, also hare great influence in -destroying the :
tiefitt contagion that bad begun to spread in Port ogat.• Sonic
rumours stated that the Crown Prince would he sent over
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Portngal ; and others, that the Infante Don would
be chosen for tilts Firmly, it was the general opi•
Dion that the Government would take no• direct means to
coonteract the revolution in Oporto, and it was too early
forthe Lisbon events to hafo cruised the Atlantic. The
packets which tiOnveyed the news from England to Pernam-
buco reached Bahia in sixty • boors. It is evident, front •the
report.; already received from the three principal points of
the Brazils. that the people there rejoice -at what has taken
plate• in the Mother country, indeed they ale themselves
anxious to better, their own political condition. • By the stifle
coveyance we learn, that the Chili satradron, under Lord
Cochrane, sailed front Valparaiso on the •?Ist August, consist-
ing of nine armed vessels and thirteen transports, hating on
boarfl4,ooo. Men, commanded by Gtncral San Martin. On
the satin. day Director O'Higgins issued a Proclamation, de—
claring the coast of Peru in a state of hlackade, from Point
St.' Helena to Igusatte; and allaWing seven months for vessels
coculoy. Irons Europe and the United States, five for those from
Brazils, and three front the River Plate..

[Morning Herald.]
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Nothing can espial the hypocrisy and elfrontry with which
the! journals of a servile cast, all caveat Europe, Affect to de-
plore.the Spanish revolution. The malignant; but feeble at-
terbitts, Made by.a few wicked or bigotted traitors, to beguile
.1 weak sovereign—to blacken his soul with perjury, and ex-
pose' himself to the wild Justice of a people's revenge—to
plot secret conspiracy in towns and villages, and light the
torch of discord arid fanaticism ; but with no other result
than exciting popular alarm and bringing- punish u:ent
oh
their own hearts—this is scrapped op and disguised in general
diatribes against revolutions:. " Revolutions (says the
Crratra'itr) arterine things in destription, but deplorable 111 C7C-
petifuent.- Liberty is the •specious phantom : plunder, mas-
sacre, and anarchy, 'the reality." This is somewhat too
.
sweeper —revolittioos are not ;always deplorable in reality.
The revolution that liberated Komi, ferini the tyranny of Tar-
quin was trot deplorable in reality—nor that which unyoked
Sweden from the Danish despotism—nor that whist.) released
Portugal from the rapacious and cruel grasp of Philip and his
MrOisters—nor that which castout the evil spirit of the Stuarts
from• England, and broug,lat religious and civil freedom with
the douses of_Orange and, Brunswick— these revolutions
were not deplorable in experiment'. But how does the argu-
ment, really stand in regard to Spain " The dawn," it
is .admitted, " was calm and cloudless." And who has
darkened' or disturbed it ? Why; rhos.e wretches who wor-
ship.soperstitiora and slatery—those whom Milton Ipny since
compared to idolatroras savages-rallering•divine homage to the
most venumuirs arid odious reptiles of the creation. 'Aral we
aretold that these Joust take advantage of their 'own wrong
to 'blacken the character of the SPaoisli Revolution.
arrain "-liberty i• a phantom." Yet has the English,riation,
one, of the most truly intellectual of nations, ancient or mu-
d eritaitt Fchased the urescreation of this phantom with str-vams
of its hest 6lood, • A. phantom too', which. has pros:ell mare
staystantial.than the drilled mercenaries of Germany, and .the
devoted hordes of the north, in exhaiisting and clearing the
gigantic power of Buonaparte. Again " plunder, massatre,
and' anarcliy,.the , reality." What instance of plinider in
hpaira ? Is it t oe•appropi tat ioo of the Nlooizisb re, ernes to
tire-pnirlic-citilit and public good ? What massacre ? Unless
those meditated by the Royalist Traitors. What anarchy?—
Uukeis. if Ire Bailed atiatchy, tbat the popular voice, alarmed
hy.,•secret pliats, and ardent in the preservation of . a pew
systitni of bene'fieent' freedom, denounces teracherY office,
or'calls• of
punishment .upon guilty heads—without at
fire stoic time a single act of violence ur disobedience to
the Lists's.
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[ BritiSh PreSSI
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We trust that Mr. Canning's. resignation will be immedi-
ately fclioWed by that of the-other Members of the Cabinet,
aryt yetv:e sliolifst,inot wish that they were permitted to de-
part from oificeswith the credit of a r(sii•natiour; it is'slue to
th'e co:ontry,that;.they Should be driVen rroin,theiT seats by A
voq, of,ittot House uPCommons, as undeserving of the public
capfaVe. If tl,ory.perskt in clinging to office conch' forsgrr,
wr pre? thayuch will bedheir fate', fur miss- that they are
ilc Wrre. lSydlie•elooffitence and wit of Mr Canning', and bare
inifffit•t to depl-itil VII but the vulgar ground of Ministerial
patrAltage. r4scroirtthience, what hope can they entertain of
wei,4llterirtg ;the Storm that they have been preparing for
tlretuscivcs, and must encOunter on the meeting of Parlia-
cent ? Thy departure of Mr. Calming causes a terrible
chalm lit the Caloirict, which the Ministers will find it ditti-
milt -to supply. The talent s. and acquirements of. Mr.• Can-
to-lug siren! Ilse highest and most valuable description, and are
C! prcially calcnlated to delight and influence a numerous
mixed assembly; and although his want of consistency, nod
the absence of what might be called political character, de-
prived hial of the possibility of ever reaching an elevation in