The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-16 00:00:00

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1831.

Lord ALTHORP made an important declara-

tion in the House, last night, respecting the
Currency. "He was of opinion that the cur-
rency of the country was now in a healthy state,
and being so, he thought the House could not
act in so imprudent and unwarrantable a manner
as to endeavour to disturb it. With these views,
he therefore did consider it necessary to say
that it was not the intention of Government to
look into the subject, and also to express his
opinion that any change in that currency would
not now prove beneficial. In this respect he
trusted their experience would teach that caution
to the House, which was so necessary in matters
affecting so deeply as this did the universal, as
well as the commercial, welfare of the country."

Agreeably to his promise, Lord ALTHORP
last night brought forward his motion for miti-
gating the severity of that fertile source of
crime and bloodshed, the Game Laws—a system
of legislation as disgraceful to our character, as
baneful to our national morals. It will be
seen, by reference to our Parliamentary Report,
that Lord ALTHORP'S plan is truly enlightened,

liberal, and humane. He proposes to repeal
all the existing Game Laws—to do away with all
qualifications whatsoever—to permit game to be
sold by licensed dealers—and to allow any
person who purchased a license to kill game.
With respect to poaching, he proposes for
the first offence four months' imprisonment
for the second, eight months ; and the third
offence, to be a misdemeanour subject to two
years' imprisonment. The Bill was received
with great and deserved approbation of the House.

It would appear by the Brussels Papers that
the Belgians are to have the brother of the King
of NAPLES for their Sovereign. He was born
in 1811, and is to marry the Princess MARY of
France. We really pity this Royal
young lady,
whose heart seems to be as little consulted in
the choice of a husband as the devoted Bel-
gians in that of a King. No matter whether
Jew or Gentile—Turk or Kamschatcan—
whosoever shall find favour in the policy of
the Representative Congress must, it seems, find
favour in her eyes ! The dreams of the Princess
MARY must be as fanciful as her fortune, for
the promised husband of to-day may give place
to the expectant Lord of to-morrow.
Was ever Princess in such fashion woo'd?

Was ever lady in such humour won ?
Well may the maid of Orleans exclaim of her
husbands, in the mockery of her wonder—
They come like shadows—so depart !

The Austrian Observer of the 4th February
takes great pains to contradict the report that
military preparations are going forward in Spain,
and attributes their manufacture to the " labo-
ratory of the revolutionary party." The Austrian
Journal may believe what it fearfully wishes, but
a little time will clear up the mist of delusion.
Not only Spain but Italy will rise up and un-
deceive the votaries of Prince METTERNICH in
their dreams of despotic submission, and the
preservation of miscalled " legal order." Even
now the torch of liberty relumes the dungeons
of the " Italian provinces," and Austrian pride
will soon find enough to do nearer home :--
VIENNA, FEB. 3.—A letter from Madrid, in the
All-
- Zeitung of 29th January, speaks in the most
confident manner of military preparations of all kinds,
which are said to be going on in Spain, and adds, "Spain
will take a decisive part in the movements which the great
Powers may think fit to order with respect to the affairs of
France."

We are fully authorised, by what we know of the poli-
tical attitude of the Spanish Court, to declare the contents
of the article in question to be a fiction throughout, but
believe that we can point out the origin of it. It could
proceed from no other source than the laboratory of the
revoluti‘nlary party, which, as it cannot succeed in spread-
ing its work of destruction by the means hitherto prac-
tised over all the States of Europe, has had recourse to
the announcement of a general war as near at hand, in
which, as it fondly imagines, the first shot would " bring
victory to it." Those who animate their adherents by
such reports, and to alarm Governments and the public,
will be disappointed in their expectations, so far as they
reckon on pretended conventions between the great Powers.
The sole object of those Powers is to avert the dangers
which in a time of great fermentation threaten legal order,