The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-20 00:00:00

[NEW TIM ES.I

We learn from our Private -Correspondence of
the 9th inst. from Verona, that the arrival of a
French Courier was then daily expected from
Paris, the tenor of whose advices would decide
the Ultimatum of the Continental Sovereigns.—
Intelligence has been received from Paris to
Tuesday evening, at which time it was confi-
dently stated that the Ultimatum had actually
been received there from Verona, signed by
the Allied Sovereigns ; and the Etoile of
the same evening announced, as a positive
fact, that the Congress had terminated its la-
bours. The Etoile followed up this statement by
a long article, expressing at least the opinion of
its Conductor, that war was inevitable. Add to
this, that rumour described the terms of the Ulu-
'natant. as leaving no hope of acquiescence on the
part of the Spanish Government ; and, finally,
that a very insolent answer was reported (but we
know not on what authority) to have been re-
turned from Madrid to the former demands of
Prance. The result of the whole was a decidedly
unfavourable impression on our Funds.

[TII E TIMES.]
That period being now arrived at which the
answer of the Spanish Government to the propo-
sitions of France was to be expected, a result
which we also anticipated has taken place—
namely, (the purport of the answer being un-
known) that the public funds of France, Spain,
and England, have fluttered exceedingly, and the.
effect of that flutter has not been to raise, but to
depress them. It is needless to repeat all the
rumours which were in circulation yesterday;
' suffice it to say, that we do not believe that any
of them rest upon a sure foundation. " Terms
" had come from Verona to be proposed to the
" Spanish nation of a nature so dictatorial, that
" it was impossible the Spaniards should debase
" themselves by 'complying with them."—" The
" reply of Spain to the propositions already
" transmitted by France had been very in-
" solent."---" One, or according to some re-
" ports, even two, French regiments had de-
"
serted to the Constitutionalists of Spain."—
Of all theie rumours we have given the character
above. We could trace none of them to any re-
spectable source ;..and,.in truth, though it is not
improbable we may be mistaken, we suspect
them all to have sprung out of.a crisis which it
was • previously known would arrive—namely,
that at which the reply of the Spanish Govern-
ment would be received, and to have been circu-
lated whilst the real nature of that reply remains
unknown. With respect to the insolence dis-
played in the answer imputed to the Spaniards,
we will venture to assert, that no insolence of
theirs, be it ever so great, can equal that of any
other GOvernment which shall hare presumed to
interfere in their internal affairs.

[MORNING POST.]
We received last night French Papers to the
18th inst. They contain nothing to justify the
alarm which prevailed yest.-rday in the City, nor
the fall in the funds which was its consequence.
The Etoile, it is true, has published a warlike
article, but its effect is-destroyed by the previous
declaration of the Gazette de France, that the
Ultra Members of the Cabinet, supposed to be
connected with that Paper, had in fact no share
in its management. Its official character being
thus removed, the speculations in which it may
indulge become those of mere Journalists and
lose all their importance. That no change had
taken place in the pacific intentions of the Go
vernment, or at least that none had been suffered
to transpire, is evident from the language of the
Quotidienne, which 'complains that the Moniteur
gives no opinion of its own, but only echoes the
statements of the Journal des Debuts.