The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-02 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

NEW PAPERS.
MR. Envron--Great complaints, 1 hear, have
been made in some of what are styled the Govern-
ment Offices, that Ministers in their eager zeal for
economy have begun to lessen the 'Mather of
Public Journals which had hitherto been allow-
ed to those Offices. Now, Mr. Editor, if this re-
duction had taken place long ago respecting.
some of the Opposition, or rather .the factious
Journals, Ministers would have checked the pro-
gress of sedition, which has been widely spread,
and excited a revolutionary spirit. But to
discard 'those Papers which are sound _friends
•to the British Constitution, however they may
differ from Ministers on some pointF Of i'.tionitt
importance, is to remove proper restraints upon
the abuse of the Public Press, to stop the pro-
gress of sound principles, and the diffusion of in-
teresting knowledge. Sorely, Mr. Editor, this
is a very pitiful saving, and unworthy of a great
and wise Nation. I hope, at least, that Tug_
SUN is exempted from this narrow economy, ana
that its rays gill continue to shine on all political
truth; and to disperse the mists of democratical
artifice.

New England Coffee House, Dec. 31. QUIDNUNC.

LITERATUR E.—Letters.
_from France awl the
Netherlands, in the Suq,-lers of 1820 and 1f321,----'
By EDWARD FITZSIMONS, Esq. Barrister at
Law.—This appears a candid, liberal, and moss
useful work, written in a style peculiarly
and unalrect It is not only a picture of Frai.kcei,
but a most liaTipy portraiture of its people, anti
it will be found, not only useful, but entertCil;
ing, and perhaps, instructive, to the traveller
who may peruse its contents. On the subject of
Painting/and the Drama, Mr. FITZSIMaNS is pe-
culiarly happy, and the extract which he hs4
made in the second part of his work from Chi-
thia's Novels, will be found of no common jute'
rest, when reflected on by the lover of the
Drama. As to France, Mr. FyrzsmoNs very
fairly gives his opinion, that it is as unsettled a 4
ever. The present alarming state of affairs irs
France has been predicted 3Fith no ordinary fore'
sight by Mr. FITZSIMONS. Indeed every where

he appears to have been uncommonly ol;servin:;,,
and it is no small compliment to pay this Antin;
that he tells the truth. In the minutia of tra
veiling, giving the rates of posting, &c. &e: lid
Book is a valuable Vatic Mecum.

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THE SUN.

SOtLM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDE.47:

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, il-INUARI'2, 1822.

I• The French Papers Of Thursday and Friday,
which were due on Monday- (those of Saturdpf
arrived yesterday), came to hand this morning,
together with the Papers of Sunday, from which
We give extracts in our preceding columns. Thef
contain no allusion to the illness of the KING,Pr
to the attempt said to have been made by a few'
disaffected soldiers to take possession 0f_41.(3-
Castle of Saumur, with the view of commencing a
Counter-revolution. The illoniteur of Friday
contains the following paragraph, In order to
tranquillize the agitated state of the public mind,
and to keep up the Funds, but without effect
for the French 5 per Cents, continued to fall,.
and closed on Saturday at 83f. 50c.:—
" .Malevolence has- gratified itself for some
44 days past by circulating various reports„ tend-
" ing to disturb the tranquillity which -Ftance
‘‘‘ enjoys, and to shake public credit. If vie are
" to credit these rumours, armies are about to be
46 assembled at the foot of the Pyrenees, but no
cc authority can be quoted to sanction these
" wanton fabrications. The Government bar
cc assembled on the frontier of the Pyrenees,