The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

[MORNING HERALD.]

The self-contradictions and inconsistencies of
the Paris Ministerial Journals are become quite
ludicrous. They change their tones with the
readiness of a ventriloquist, Thus the Eto:le, as
quoted in the Moniteur of Thursday, takes great
offence at a London Journal (which, by the bye,
has been as fickle-in irs resolves as the Paris Papers
themselves)for gisting,assurances,as from authority,
that war wasinev.itable between France and Spain.
Now, it is this *very Etclle, the organ of the war
party in the French Cabinet, that has been say-
ing all along, that war was inevitable—that the
honour of the French Crown, the safety of
the nation—the cause of Monarchy in Europe,
and the precious life of King Ferdinand,
all depended upon putting down by force of'
arms the present order of things in Spain.—
We shall neither draw nor suggest any inferences
from all this ;—it would be trifling with the
reader. Unless-it may be suggessed that these
self-called demi-oflicial Journals should be re-
garded as instruments played upon by per-
formers behind the curtain, to mislead, perhaps
cheat, the public and the unwary—and that the
less credit they obtain the better. Upon the
whole, however, things appear to have taken a
pacific turn.

[MORNING POST.]
The French Papers to the 14th instant are of
the highest importance, for they announce the
preservation of peace between France and Spain
as certain. This is a result which we anticipated
throo,:hotrt, for we thought it impossible for the
Pyres of the French Government not to be opened
sooner or later, if not to the injustice, at least to
the danger of attacking Spain. The article in
the Journal des Debuts last week showed that the

salutary illumination was taking place ; its adop-
tion hv the Monileui confirmed the change, and
the•sAden and most extraordinary conversion of
the Etoile, which, after having reviled those two
Papers on Tuesday for their peaceable disposi.
tioas, published a still more decidedly pacific

article. on the Wednesday following, left no
doubt that the matter was settled. All hesita-
tion must now be removed by the article or
rather declaration of the Journal des Debuts of
Friday last.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We have very good reason for believing that
the presence of the Duke of Wellington in Paris
will be as serviceable to the King of France, as
it possibly could' be to England. There is much
more truth and meaning than we at first
thought in the report circulated, that Louis
XVIII., when pressed on the topic of peace or
war, gave for answer that he .would consult his
gallant friend the Duke, whose opinion, derived
from his own personal experience in Spain, no
doubt makes Min a much better judge in a ques-
tion of this kind than he can be supposed to be of
the secret policy of the Russian Autocrat : besides
by this time his Grace has probably recovered a
little from the vertigo which he received from
the overwhelming intrigues and machinations he
had to contend with at Verona. Should the
French King, therefore, have hereafter to tell
his people that he is determined on peace, the
concession will come with a better grace when
supported by the sanction of so high a personage.
We ourselves indeed hope and trust, that if the
Duke has an opportunity,he will aid in repairingthe
errors into which he has fallen. Whi:stat Verona,
he shelved so much doubt and perplexity in all
the negociations, that the Emperor of Russia and
his crafty servants found it an easy matter to
carry their own points, by availing themselves
of the opening this indecision afforded them. The
consequence has been, that the dignity of hi'S
own country was for the moment compromised ; for
we do not hesitate to sac, that whenever the internal
concerns of the Verona Con,Tress are mot e minutely
known, it will be found that the Duke of Wel-
lington made concessions, and promised explana-
tions for which he had no authority, and of
which the real object and danger were not per-
ceived till laid before the Cabinet at home.