Constitutional Whig

From the Paris Oriflamme, December 10.

Russia has certainly become the bug-bear of the Radicals of Great Britain. They are so much alarmed that if Alexander sends one of his diplomatic agents to a monarch, his friend, who has escaped by a miracle from long captivity, to congratulate him on his deliverance, the modern levellers, who are little able to comprehend so noble an act, imagine that they see views of ambition where there is nothing but a manifestation of friendship. The Sun, a radical paper, stated lately that M. Pozzo di Borgo had demanded of the Spanish government, the cession of an island in the Mediterranean for a large sum of money. The cession of the Balearic Isles to Russia is an old story, which is no more entitled to credit now, than it has ever been.

It is right that Majorca and Minorca, which are close to the continent of Spain should remain in possession of that power ; and it is absurd to suppose that Ferdinand should dispossess himself of them, as that he would consent to give up any other province of the monarchy. If Great Britain, mistress of the impregnable fortress of Gibraltar, compels Spain to see the English flag constantly flying in her dominions, it does not follow that there should be a disposition to consent so easily to the dismemberment of the other possessions of the monarchy of Charles the Fifth.

Do the Radicals, by ascribing to Russia intentions which she certainly has not, wish to induce their Government to take possession one of these days of Port Mahon ? It is possible that they may indulge in these chimerical hopes; but it is certain that the English, as well in the foreign, as in the internal policy of the kingdom, entertain ideas altogether opposite to those of the Radical Journals.- Russia and England possess immense dominions, and these Powers are sufficiently occupied in rendering their subjects happy.--Every system of aggrandisement, in the present state of Europe, is opposed to sound policy. The necessity of preserving the peace of Europe, after a convulsion of thirty years, is acknowledged on all hands. Every sacrifice ought to be made to secure this great object, and no doubt every sacrifice will be made. This is the policy of the Cabinets of Europe, of which every man ought to have been convinced by the experience of the last ten years.