The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-11 00:00:00

PRICE OF STOCKS

_ THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. /
Bank Stock. 24-Is India Stock ................ ..
Di
3 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Cons. shut South Sea Stock ............ . I
31 per Cent 91i Old Annuities ............ ~;•5,
4 per Cent.
1 Old 97 Ex. Bills ., i
t New shut Ditto Small ................. . /
q per Cents. 1797 — Bank for Act................ /,
Bank lig. Ann. 408 India for Con. Acct. ..... 01
Imp. 3 per Cents. — Cons. for Account ......... : ,

11'
PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, „,,6

AT ONE O'CLOCK. , .
Five per Cents. 88.
Six per Cents. 00.
Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00.
Ditto New 84.
f Five per Cent. Bonds, 761.
I Scrip, 77. .
Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00.
I;
Five per Cent. Bonds, 61.
Spanish New Ditto, 5-12;.
Scrip, 101 disc.
Prussian f Five per Cent. Bonds, 85A.
• ,
( Ditto New, 851.
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 89i.
Chili 73?.1. . .
{Old Bonds, 00. .
.
Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 73.
Ditto Scrip, 00.
Peruvian New Loan, 791.
Bank Shares £2l 10s.
American Six per Cent. 92 —9B.
Five per Cent. 1.01.
Three per Cent. 706.

French

Neapolitan
Austrian

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOZIOR,g;
Morning, 48 minutes after 0. Evening, 12 minutes aue.

THE SUN.

SULEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAI

LONDON, ao,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11,15/j

[FROM A CORRESPONDEKT.]
mr
STOCK EXCHANGE, Twelve o'Clock.— a
The •
ket opened this morning at 8011, with very
Itcl
doing.—An Express has 'arrived from
bringing the Moniteur of Monday, which has 1°
serted the long article from the Journal des 95
bats without the least cornment.—L,Eloilel°5
,5
iir again a warlike article. It appears that the Paris
Papers write as the moment suits them. rr
prices of the French Funds were, at leaving °l.ff;
88 f. 25 c., in the course of the day they weo,
as high as H. 90., 88. 60.; Spanish, 55{
Neapolitan, 77. The Paris Papers do not coi
taut any news of importance up to this holirttie
Consols are 801-I.—The cause of the fall of if,
French Funds was stated to be the arrivaithe
Paris of several expresses with the news °f
decline of the funds in England.
in 5 i 5
FOREIGN MARKET.—Very little bus e
doing in the above Market this morning. *1 up
Spanish opened at 544.—was done at -1---21°'
to this moment they are

The Foreign Journals have not brought any 1." .ntev
ligence to throw additional light on the dubi°li
question of peace or war, with the excePti°llt!f s
cli
statement in the Journal des Djbats, from
Cii
it appears that the recent Royal Ordinance,
,9;at
mg out 40,000 Conscripts of the class for
atv
was nothing more than the usual measure
nually adopted for keeping up the Militiire
Establishment of France, as provided for by tof
recruiting law. The peace establishment j
France is settled by that law at two hundred 911,
forty thousand men, of whom 40,000 are alino
.n
ally disbanded, and replaced in the manner la,,
stanced by the late Ordinance. This ex1314113e,
tion certainly strengthens, in a very material d,
gree, the hope that hostilities will be avertep
While it was supposed that France had adnPte
lr
measure for increasing her army at the liethe
moment that she had received the sanction
Congress for an attack upon Spain, it w3s roc!
sonable to conclude that so much vigour °to
decision proceeded from a settled resoloti°6lllo,
plunge Europe into war. When we now
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however, that no important movement of
kind has yet taken place,—that on the On"
the war party has greatly lowered its tone, d
seems
_to be satisfied with having re-establishtbe
the importance of the Great Nation in of
estimation of Europe,—that the French s_rthe
still remains on its own territory,—that eh
Spanish Constitutionalists have completely i,
led the insurrection,—and that England c°ller,
nues to exert all her influence for the Pre'
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nation of peace,—we may venture to indulge r,
anticipation that the result of the present ltic 0,
titude will be favourable to the repose of

kind.
fit t#
It is curious to observe the suspicions e"-uj
tamed by several of the French Journalists,
ise
consequence of the discussions which have aril
upon this subject. The eagerness with 141;fi,
some of the English Papers, supposed to be
of
nisterial, have urged France to an invasi°llAe4
Spain, have excited in their minds the 1"_,
that England is desirous of precipitatie7
France into an impolitic and injurious Viirrd,
for the sake of deriving from her imprudence
vantages to the commercial and political interei'rn,
of Great Britain ! The independence of `he
ninsula is obviously of so much important
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• interests, .that- it was not unnatural-for
'l'elich Politicians to draw the inference which
we 'have stated, when they found that cer- ,
tarn British political writers were using all
their influence, not to support the inde-
pendence of Spain and Portugal, but to
expose their independence to the greatest peril,
6,Y exciting and encouraging an adjacent and a
formidable Monarchy to an attack upon the former
country ! Such advices, offered by Englishmen,
could only proceed from sinister motives, or from
a degree of ignorance of the real interests and po-
licy of their own country, so profound, as scarcely
to be thought possible in any party pretending
to deliver an opinion upon public affairs, and
Still less possible in those who, by the manner of
their reasoning, affected to speak the sentiments
°f the English Government ! !—On the latter
Point, we think it necessary to state, as a caution
to our Readers, and to the Public generally, that
the present Administration is remarkably reserved,
and has cautiously abstained from bestowing its
confidence on any parties whatever, respect-
ing the momentous subjects now under its con-
sideration. We speak this frankly. We also might
have assumed an appearance of mystery ; and by
clothing our own speculations and conclusions in
ambiguous phrases and doubtful truisms, might also
have imposed upon our Readers the belief that
We were in possession of the views and intentions
of Ministers. But we scorned to lend ourselves
to a deception which could not fail to be deeply
injurious both to public and private interests,
Whatever might have been the course which
,we thought proper to pursue under the sem-
blance of authority! And yet, if any newspaper
had been favoured with the confidence of Go-
vernment, it might fairly have been presumed
that it would be THE Surf, a journal, which,
from its origin, upwards of thirty years since,
'has uniformly adhered, with unbroken consis-
tency, to the principles of the present Ad-
ministration, and which has constantly and
steadily, though never slavishly, given its
support, such as it is, to the principles of
their Government. When they do communi-
cate information to the public, we doubt not
that, as heretofore, the SUN will be selected as
one of the channels. In the mean time, we may
state, as-a striking proof of their present reserve,
that notwithstanding the importance of Mr. CAN..
NING'S Letter to the Portuguese Government,
(copied into the Sox of Monday last from a
Lisbon Paper), it has been found impossible to
obtain from the English Ministry any acknow-
edgment of it as genuine, or disavowal of it as
Spurious. If there be any writer at this moment
in the confidence of Ministers, why does he not
'ecognize or repudiate that important document ?
'We see no reason to doubt its authenticity. We
only advert to this one fact as a striking proof of
tile cautious reserve which Government thinks it
Proper to maintain, and of the danger, therefore,
of placing reliance on any affirmations which do
hot bear indubitable proofs of their own official

The Prince Regent, of 19.0 guns, building at
Chatham, is ordered to be launched and got
ready with all possible dispatch, in order to her
being fitted for the flag of the Port Admiral
there, Sir BENJAMIN HALLOWELL. In the space
of about eight or ten weeks, the hull of the ship
Will be completed, when she will immediately be
Put off the Stocks.

THE TYNE KEELMEN.-It is truly pleasurable
to report that this useful body of men have very
generally returned to their work. The corn-
Illencement was made on Thursday last by the
men belonging to Townley and Wylam Mains ;
4lid since then all the others, with hardly an ex-
ception, have followed the prudent example that
was set to them. Infinite credit is due to the very
4letive part taken by Captains NICHOLAS and
RocllEF•on.•r of the Royal Navy, in reasoning
with the Keelmen, and, we believe, inducing
them to resume once more the paths of honest
itidustry. •

GENERAL SPANOCCRI.—Died, at Leghorn, on
gad Oct., his Excellency General SPA.NOCCHI3
°°Yernor of that town. By the demise of this
truly honourable and worthy man the English

resident in that quarter has sustained an irre-
-1 loss. Having in early life served as a
Midshipman in the British Navy, he had acquir-
ed strong predilection for every thing connected
with England : hence his esteem and regard for
very Briton who had the happiness of making
18 acquaintance. And, if he could advance the
interests of the English Merchant in any shape,
i! Performed the service with a zeal and alacrity
"at much enhanced the favour. His Lady was
°le English extraction. He was interred with
great funeral pomp and military honours. As a
.laiark of respectful homage, all the Members of
,h_L e British Factory were present at the cere-
.4l, oily.