The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-21 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]
A. great sensation was yesterday created in the
City, by a Message from Lord Liverpool and the
Chancellor of• the Exchequer, delivered at the
Bank, and appointing to-morrow forenoon to see
the principal holders of Five per Cent. Stock.
Speculation was immediately busy in forming
conjectures, as to the object of the proposed
meeting, which, it was naturally supposed, was
preparatory to a plan of commuting the Five per
Cents. into a Stock of a lower interest. We

think it unnecessary to repeat all the idle' ru-
mours circulated on the occasion: The old stand

ing dish of a division in the Cabinet was of
course served up again, which we only notice
to ridicule. How indeed could any person of
common sense imagine for a moment that the
Speech of Lord Londonderry, so ample in detail,
and so distinct in view, could have proceeded
from any thing but a full and entire concurrence
of opinion among all the Members of the Ad-
ministraticin ?—To the shameless assertion that
no Retrenchment has been effected, the Govern-
ment replies in the most unequivocal way by
statements in figures. Thus we have the follow-
ing results from the papers just printed for the
use of Parliament :

Year ended sth January, 1821, Income £54,542,953; Ex-
penditure £53,095,377—5urp1us of Income over Expenditure
£1,447,580.
Year ended sth January, 1822, Income £55,997,592 ; Ex-
penditure £53,325,915—5urp1us of Income over Expenditure
£2,671,676
Year that will end sth January, 1823. Estimated Income
£ss,22B,s92—Estimated Expenditure (including £350,000 ex-
tra Expenditure on account of the Irish Rebellion) £49,968,346
--Surplus of Income over Expenditure, £5,260,246.
Here we see, a clear Surplus of income, amount-
ing to above.ViVe Millions and a Quarter, effected
by a steady, gradual, persevering system of ,eco-
nomy—of economy truly deserving the name, as
being in every item and particular founded on
the reason of . the case, and justified in all its
bearings by the weightiest considerations of pub-
lic utility.

[MORNING HERALD.]
We yesterday .received French and .Spanish
Mails. The debate on the liberty of the, French
Journals, litsi,,the Chamber of Deputies, has at
length ceased. The Ministerial law has been
carried by a majority of 219 to 137. Twenty-
five Members of the " Liberal" side are stated
to have declined voting, which constitutes a real
minority of 162. But notwithstanding the tri-
umphal career of the Ministers in the Chamber,-
they by-no means possess the confidence of the.
elective population of the capital. Two elections
have recently taken place for the Department of
the Seine—or, in other words, for Paris, and in
both, the Ministerial candidates, though backed
by all the influence of Government, were beaten
hollow by candidates of the" Liberal" party.—
This is the more remarkable, that the two last
Ministries, under MM. de Cases and. Richelieu,
commanded, we believe, three out of four re-,
turns for the Representation of. the capital.—
MM. Pasquier and Roy, whose elevation to the
Peerage has caused the .present vacancies, were
both returned on the interest of the last Minis-
, try, and that which preceded it.