The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-04 00:00:00

[MO RNING CHRONICLE.]

We received the Paris Papers of-Monday last
night by express. They contain the answer of
the King of Spain to the message of the,Cortes.
An article headed Odessa, from the Allgemeine
Zeitung, gives a striking picture of the spirit
which'now pervades the Greeks. Nothing, in-
deed, is so' astonishing as that this singular people
should still preserve so much of the character for
which they were noted in their best days, not-
withstanding all they have suffered from the
brutal barbarians who have been so long
encamped in their country. During the strug-
gles of the last forty years,' the Suliots,
Sphagits, and several other bratiches of the
population, have repeatedlY distinguished them-
selves by the most heroic achievements. Their
skill and bravery, as sailors, must excite univer-
sal astonishment ; and as nautical excellence is
impossible without a commercial navy, .which
the Turks are wholly without, it will be difficult,
if not impossible, for the latter ever to cope with
thertf'successfully by sea. It would appear, from
an article in the Constitutionne/, that there is still
-much mystery and inconsistency in the conduct
of the French Government with respect to its sa-
nitary or incendiary system. Switzerland has
also embarked deeply in the Custom-house war-
fare with France. This matter may yet, as. we ob-
served, have.serious results'. The commercial in-
tercourse of a population not inferior to that of
England, namely, that of the two banks of the
Rhine, cannot be abruptly interrupted without
great evil being produced. If these protectors
of agriculture and manufactures were capable of
profiting by; experience, they might see that
Switzerland and Saxony, which have always been
free from all commercial restrictions, vie with
England in many branches, both of manufactures
and agriculttire, and are altogether far superior
to' the rest of the Continent:

[MORNING HERALD.]
One of the most sensible speeches we have
read for a long time, was that of Mr. Robinson,
in the debate of: Tuesday night, on Mr. llob-
house's-motion' fora Repeal of the Window Tax.
In contained, much Matter in a few words: He
.condemned the system of Loans, and said that it
Would havebeen -much better, on the part of our
ancestors, had they.raised the Supplies Within the
year. The consequence of the great burdens which
•had thus been thrown upon us was, that if we were
obliged to go to war,we should not be able to meet
the expenditure. As those Loans, however, had
been contracted, we were bound to pay the in-
terest ; and this could not be done, if there were
any further reduction of 'taxation. We quite
agree' with Mr. Robinson, and think that' our
ancestors, for these. last 150 years, ought to have
paid for their wars, as they waged-them. "It is
clear that they had the meney, or the could not •
have lent it.. They ought to .have given
order to have averted either a Revolution'' or the
encroaclnent'of an enemy, and not tO have loft
it on the shamefully usurious principle of parting
with 50/. in cash, and taking -a' bond or stipu
lation, that, on re-payment, they should re-
ceive •100/., besides an interest of 5 per cent.
going on all the while on the 501.. advanced.'
There has been lately much profession as to na4
tional faith. When Sir Francis Burdett got up
in h's place, and asserted that the interest of the
National Debt ought to be reduced, the llon.
Baroi.et was landlY cheered; yet, ever since a
certain celebrated political writer, not long after,
at a public meeting, asserted the very same thing;
it has been fashionable, both on the part of those
who are in place, as well as those who are out, to
hold in abhorrence. even the idea of violating
faith with the public creditor. So much for the
world's consistency. • Mr...llobhouse, as well as
Mr. Ilume, and indeed almost all the Opposition
Members, are very inconsistent, when they push
for a reduction in the. taxation, without. first suc-
ceeding in Paring'down the expences of the Go-.
vernment, or the expence of the interest of the
Debt; or both ; for the latter charge is•in the
proportion of about two to one in comparison
with the former. The Opposition now univer-
sally express their disbelief in that which has
been called a Sinking Fund, which all allow
means the surplus of • income beyond expendi-
ture. And yet they want to reduce taxes to so
great an amount as 22 "millions at one pull, and.
at the same time their profession 'is to " preserve.
the national faith inviolate." If the present
income will only just pay the debt, and the,
Government expence, which Of the two expences!
must go unpaid, should the revenue not equal
the expenditure:--If this is not beginning at
the wrong end, and 'if this is not altogether in-
consistent, we know not what inconsistency