The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-12 00:00:00

French Papers to the 10th arrived by Ex
press, this day, and the following are their chie

contents :

" PARIS, FRB. 9.—lt is affirmed, that after
the discussion of the laws on the Press, the
sanitary Law and those on the Finances, the
Session of 1821 will be prorogued, which would
-take place to all appearance in the beginning of
April. The'sarne Session will be adjourned to
the month of June, to proceed to the measures
of Legislation which the Ministry will have pre-
pared by that time.
" Private letters from Nantes state,, that a
plot has been discovered there, organized by some
officers and subalterns of one of the Regiments
of the Line in garrison in that city. Some sol-
diers, whom they attempted to seduce, have dis-
covered the whole to their Colonel. Three offi-
cers are said to be arrested, and to o or three
others, with some subalterns, to have fled.
"AuosBURG,FEB.3.—(From a Private Letter.)
—lt is affirmed that the Court of Austria has re-
ceived from St. Petersburgh dispatches which
are by no means favourable to the preservation
of peace.
" It is certain that notwithstanding the bad-
mess of the roads, Caunt Wittgenstein's Army
continues its movements. All the divisions, with
their artillery, arrive successively in Bessarabia
and on the Pruth.

" Private letters ‘confirm the raising of the
blockade of Joannina, and the retreat of Chours-
child Pacha.

AIX.LA-CHAPULLE, FEB. 5.--Accounts from
Frankfort on the Oder state, that the Russian
Cabinet isnot satisfied with the declaration of the
Divan presented to Count LUTZ() W, and sent to St.
Petersburgh by the Austrian Cabinet. The Porte,
,it seems., absolutely refused the guarantee re-
,quired iii favour of the Greeks.—(Journal de
Paris, Feb. 10.)
" FRENCH FUNDS, FE8.9.-5 per cents.BBf. SO."

A private letter from Odessa of the 15th ult.
-states, that according to accounts from Peters-
lurgh of the 9th, the note transmitted at the end
-of December, by the Reis-Effendi to the Aus-
Arian Internuncio, had been received by the
'Russian Cabinet, who had held frequent con-
ferences ,on it, and were expected to send
in answer without delay to Vienna. The note
is said to contain by no means a satisfactory
,reply to the Russian Ultimatum, and not to have
:been well received by the Russian Cabinet.-
-This account corroborates the report at Paris,
-that the Russian Ultimatum had been rejected.

German Papers to the 3d instant, and Dutch
'.Journals to the 9th, have arrived, but they do
not contain any intelligence of importance.

DISTRESSES OF THE COUNTRY.--In the House
-of Commons last night, Mr. BROUGHAM, after an
-elaborate speech, moved, "That it is the bounden
duty of this House, well considering the pressure
-of the public bucthens on all classes of the com-
munity, and particularly on the agricultural
_classes, to pledge itself to obtain, for a suffering
people, such a reduction of taxation as would
afford them effectual relief:"
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was fol-
lowed by Lord LONDONDERRY, who moved the
previous question, ,chiefly on the ground that he
intended, on Friday next, to submit to the House
a plan for the relief of the Agriculturists, which
would be found to be far more beneficial to the
Agriculturists than any supposed advantages that
might be derived from the reduction of taxes.
,Mr. RICARDO also opposed the resolution
moved by Mr. BROUGHAM, on the ground that
44. Taxation was not -the cause of the present
agricultural distress ;" and that " a country
.night be totally without taxes, and yet be in the
exact situation that England was at present."
It appears to us, that there cannot be a doubt
of the truth of this proposition. In so far as the
'United States of America, the Canadas, and New
South Wales, are example of 'countries, if not
altogether free from taxes, at least taxed in a
very trifling degree, atkd comparatively free from
the charge of rent also, their actual. condition
proves the truth of a proposition, Aid);
pendently of existing facts, may be demonstrated
on correct principles of political economy. ~
Mr. RICARDO agreed with' Mr. linauunAst,.'
.that, " uuless something' were -done to relieve]

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the farmer, much of the land would be thrown out
°pillage. I4hat was the very circumstance to
which he, Mr. RICARDO, looked forward as :a