The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-02 00:00:00

The situation of our finances rendered a reduction in the ex-
peritlitUre absolutely necessary yet it is thoUght that a new
Loan is unavoidable this year.

Oufsquadron, consisting of a ship of the line,, four frigates,
and several brigs, has sailed. to Genoa and Leghorn, under the
command of the Admiral Preville. As the fitting out of this
fleet costs several hundred thousand ducats, at a moment when
money is so scarce, and the number of the vessels is too great to
think that they shoUld be merely destined to bring the King
back to the Capital, it is imagined that an expedition
to the coast of Barbary is intended, to inspire the Regeneries
with respect for our flag, and perhaps to effect a speedy deli-
verance from the kind of tribute which we have to pay to them.
The suns which we have to pay to Algiers alone amounts to
33,000 piastres annually/ (that is one year 44,000, and the next
22,000 piastres, and so alternately).
.Whenever Naples sends
a new Consul to Algiers,' it must give the bey 25,000 piastres
for his permission. .
It was under the administration of General Acton that it was
first resolved at Naples to form a military marine, and to be-
come a naval power. This unhappy idea has devoured vast
treasures, and never produced any advantage. Even now the
marine costs annually 1,500,000 ducats, without being able to
protect our commerce in the Mediterranean. It has therefore
been frequently proposed to reduce our marine to a frigate for
the service and conveyance of distinguished travellers, and to
some cutters and brigs, which, if the officers and crews were
well selected, would suffice to cruise on our coasts against
smugglers and petty pirates, and to convey and protect our
coral fisheries off Bona and on the coast of Tunis.

In answer to a question frorwMr. BROUGHAM,
last night in the House of Commons, Mr. CAN-
NING informed the House, that the evacuation of
Spain by the French troops would take place in
April next, and that the French Government
were as anxious for the event as the Honk Gentle-
man himself could be.' However, an extraordi-
nary corps
_of 10,000 men is to be retained. The
French Cabinet has three different times already
postponed issuing orders for the army to evacuate
the Spanish territories, and notwithstanding
the assurances of Mr. CANNING, we may still
be allowed to entertain fears, that " existing
circumstinees” when April arrives, will 'make
another postponement necessary. Whatsoever
views the Government of France might entertain
when she resolved on taking forcible possession
of the Spanish territory, it is hardly possible to
say; the only reasonable motive those not behind
the curtain can assign, was the necessity of put-
ting down a revolution that might have extended
its consequences to France, and thus shaken the
newly-restored dynasty of the Bourbons. How-
ever' little justification such a reason could
furnish for an aggression. so utterly. opposed
to the Law. of 'Nations, still it might serve
to. cover the real design and forth a - suf-
ficient answer to the Governments of such
states who might think an explanation of
such conduct absolutely necessary. France in
possession of Spain brings to our minds theimeie
de famille and the historical recollections con-
nected with it ; and in this view of the case we
cannot but feel alarmed at the,great and un-
bounded power that the acquisition of Spain
Would place at the disposal of the French: We
must, too, feel assured that the English Cabinet
regarded the event with apprehension, and would
by reprOsentation-and remonstrance have prevent-
ed its accomplishment, had the Cabinet oftl►eToil-
e ies been at all alive to justice and the promotion
of the interests of Europe and the world in prefer-
ence to their own selfish views. Certain it -is,
however, they paid no attention to the remon-
strances, and gpaiti was Occupied by the French
troops, and the authority of the Kin.. of FRANCE
virtu illy established there. One act of consum-
mite policy on the part of the English Govern-
ment destroyed all the hopes and all the pros-.
pects of the French Cabinet—the recognition of
the independence, of the South American
States threw Spain a dead weight upon the
hand of the French King, and rendered her
a burthen rather than an acquisition to
France. It was in the language of - Chess
Players a check by discovery as unfore-
seen as it was unexpected. This circumstance
indeed could render the anxiety of France to
evacuate Spain ietelligible., but as that event has
been already three times deferred, T. we may rea-
sonably suppose some latent hope of some bene-
ficial result (perhaps the re-subjugation of the
South American States), animates the Ministry,
and the evacuation is delayed to give tithe for its
developement.

DOVER, JULY I.—Sailed the Sovereign and
Britannia steam-vessels, with passengers for Boulogne ; his Ma-
jesty's packet Fury, with passengers and mail for Calais, and
the Medusa steam-vessel for the Downs, to tow the disabled
ship Caroline, Captain Cainpbell, into Ramsgate. Arrived
from Boulogne the Lightning and Comet steam beats, under
s !nvoy of his Majesty's ship Brazen, Captain Willis, having on
uOard his Grace the Duke of Northumberland and his nume-
rous suite. They had a fine run of 3f-hours from Boulogne,
and landed under salutes from his Majesty's ship Brazen and
the Western Heights. The Noble Duke was enthusiastically
cheered by an immense assemblage of people on the piers, and
proceeded to the York Hotel, from whence he will start in the
morning for London.

Leiters received yesterday from Bordeaux,
referring to au account from Madrid of an at-
tempt to destroy the soldiers of the Royal Guard
by mixing poison with their provisions, treat it as
a far more serious affair than the Paris papers
have done, but supply no details which can be
useful in developing its true history. It is re-
markable that no account of it has appeared, ex-;
cept in papers known to be under the influence of
,he Spanish Government.