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Friday,

IRELAND.
Monday, Feb. 3, CORR. Nos. 3, 347.
Tuesday, -4, Cona. No. 95.
Wednesday, - .5, CORK. Nos. 1, 41.

LONDON DISTRICT.

" In this blest Land, where slay'ry is unknown,
" We proudly boast a Brother in our King."
Bishop's " Chough and Crow," and " When the wind
blows," and several other Glees, were sang ; and Master
Smith sung 44 The Bunks of Allan Water" must delightfully.
—The Duke retired about ten o'clock, highly gratified with
the kind regards of the numerous company, consisting of
Members from most of the different Lodges held in London,
till in-full clothing, which had a very pleasing effect.

"-In hiendship firm, obedient to the laws,
The Mason stands the Patriot and the Man."

".* The pressuie of temporary matter obliges us to defer
: the AIASOIVIC FAREWELL ADDRESS, at the Hull Theatre,
till tO.morrow.

',• For THE COLONIES, see our Fourth Page.

KIWG CHARLES L's Matuvirnnost.--Holiday at the Bank,
Exchequer, East India and South Sea Houses.
"....1111.... , PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JAN. 30,
AT ONE ct'CLOCK.
Five per Cents. 79i.
Six per Cents. 00.
Russian {Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00.
, Ditto New 72.
Neapolitan f Five per Cent. Bonds, 08.
1 Scrip, 00.
Austrian
Five per Cent. Bonds; 42.
Spanish New Ditto, 38j.
Scrip, 26h disc.
{
Prussian .{ Five per Cent. Bonds, 80.
.1. Ditto New," 74.
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds 78i •
Chili 70.
7,
V01011)444 ' ' . Six per Cent. Bonds, 54, .
Peruvian . New Loan, 00.
Bank Shares £2l ss.
AMerican
(..ix per Cent. 90-084. '
_ I Five per Cent. 95-90.
Three per Cent. 70.
1110 II WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Alorning, 7 minutes after 5. 'Evening, 24 minutes after 5.

French

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DIOERE FAI:SOM dWI)E4T

LONDON,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 18'23.

[PRAM A CORRESPONDENT.]

STOCK EXCHANGE, half-past Twelve o'Clock.—
llefure half-past nine o'clock this morning the
Court leading to the Stock Exchange was crowd-
-411 With people, and Spanish Bonds were done at
341"--394--384. The moment the rattle went
at the
,§tock Exchange, Consols opened at 751,
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4 --much, confusion prevailed, and a good
!1e,.1
1, a 01 business was doing. Many parts of the
Ilch King's Speech seem incomprehensible to
Public, and the fall of the various Funds has
not been
so great as was expected, on the receipt of
suet:
an important uocument. An opinion now pre-
' th4t tfigland will yet be the means of prevent-

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MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK.
ENGLAND.
Monday, February 3, Loxporr. Nos. 5, 10, 27, 39, 89, 218,
223, 239. Com. Boys'
School, at 7.
COUNTRY. NOS. 20, 64, 72, 102, 148,
191, 202, 219, 267, 311,
363, 369, 372, 398, 423,
498, 502, 593, 509, 632,
638, 644.
Tuesday, -4, LONDON. Nos. 9, 122, 240, 281, 287,
381, 399.
COUNTRY. Nos. 21, 127, 167, 170,
180, 184, 196, 204, 385,
387, 476, 507, 512, 532,
544, 551, 557, 639.
Wednesday, 5, LONDON. Nos. 35, 75, 79, 220. Grand
Chapter.
COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 95, 124, 139, 146,
207, 229339, 465, 487,
491, 505, 513, 526, 529,
581, 585, 656, 711, 713,
725.
Thursday, --. 6, LONDON. Nos. 34, 61, 239, 277, 325,
409.
COUNTRY. Nos. 113, 171, 182, 234,
416, 453, 466, 469, 555,
561, 599, 627.
7, Lownox. No. 210.
COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 30, 55, 50, 470,
538.

• ROYAL RIRTII.DAY—A (hand Masonic Banquet was
given on Monday last, in the Freemasons' Hall, in honour of
the Orth-day of his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX,
Grand Master of the Order. Sir W. DE CfLESPIGNY, P.G.M.
:fon Hampshire, was in the Chair.—When the cloth was' re-
rntived, " Non Arobis Donzilte" was sublimely sung by Sir G.
Smart, Messrs.l'errail, tvani, Collyer, Jolly, Parry, )Field,
Leete, Taylor, and Bellamy.—" The King" was ;liven with
three tithes three and long continued applause, when " God
save the King" Was extremely well sung by the professional
singers, that sweet little warbler, young Smith, singing the
third stanza. Atter many loyal and appropriate toasts were
given, followed by some charming glees, Sir G. Smart presid-
ing at the piano-forte,
," The health of his Royal Highness
• the Most Worshipful Grand Master" was drank with every
possible mark of respect and fraternal regard.—ln returning
thanks, his Royal Highness observed, that in this Land of
LibertY; Freemasonry flourished under the protection of the
King, who was for many years the Grand Master, and now
the Patron of the Order. The Heir Presumptive to the Crown
too, was about to be installed as Master of the Prince of
Wales's Lodge, " Thus (observed his Royal Highness) the
Royal Family avow to the world the estimation in which they
hold the Craft. Indeed, before a man can be initiated into the
mysteries of Masonry he must subscribe to the leading charac-
teristics of its constitution, viz. :—Loyalty, Bralastly Love,
and Benevolence. In some countries, perhaps, disaffected
Ptrsons took advantage of Masonic Lodges, but here, pursuing
the principles, which we do, nothing wrong can take place ;
and were it ever made known to me, that politics were ever in-
troduced into any Lodge, or that any thing tending to injure
the State were cherished, I would immediately denounce it,
and hand its name to Government." His Royal Highness sat
down amid loud cheering, the Ladies in the gallery waving
their handkerchiefs.—Parry's new masonic glee, called " Hail
to the Craft," was sung in a moat effective manner. The fol-
lowing linett,'Cintimingly sung 1:1--Mtn- Bellamy, were'particti.:
larly applauded :

ing a war by her interference (or taking the part of
the Spaniards) which keeps up the funds until after
the Speech of our own Sovereign on next 'rues.
day. Up to this hour the Market appears
very heavy, and no real prices can be given within
-I- per cent., as they differ every moment. The
public are so anxious for the success of the
Spaniards that three buzzas were given at the
Stock Exchange on the first opening of the Mur.
ket. A report prevails that there is a great
bustle at the Victualing Office, and it is expected
that a Fleet of Observation will be sent to the
Mediterranean.

FOREIGN MARKET.—A great deal was doing
in Spanish Bonds this morning, which fluctuated
almost every moment in their prices.
One o'Clock.—All the Funds are lower within
this half hour, with a gloomy Market : Consols
are 751, Spanish Bonds ST.

The SPEECH of the KING of FRANCE, though
it does not positively announce War, is more
explicit as an indication of hostilities than we
expected. His MAJESTY says, ‘i If War is ine-
vitable, I will use all my endeavours to narrow its

limits, and to shorten its duration." it might be
inferred from this passage, therefore, that there
is still some ground of hope for the preservation
of peace : but we confess, that, for our own
part, we can no longer indulge in gratifying an-
ticipations.—War,—inevitable War,—is at length
obviously at hand !
The French Gov.ernment may be quite sincere
in the expression of a desire to narrow the limits

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and to shorten the duration of the great calamity
which they are about to originate in Spain ; but
the extent of its ravages depends upon circum.

stances over which France has no con troul. The
torch once applied to the combustible materials
with which Europe (including France herself')
is filled, it may be found that the authors of the
conflagration do not possess the power of putting
,aoperiod to its progress. The war which is about
to commence is avowedly, even on the part of
France, a war of Kings against theis, people ; for
the Speech of Louts XVIII. echoes, the demand
of the Verona Circular for the restoration of the
King of SPAIN to absolute power, and by impe-
ratively requiring that " FErtnlNAxn VII. be
free to give to his people institutions which they
cannot hold but from him," explicitly recognizes
a principle equally repugnant to political justice
and to the common sense of mankind ,—to the
lessons of experience, and to the glorious ex-
ample of the introduction of rational freedom
Into human society by the formation of the Eng-
lish Constitution. It is against this dangerous
and destructive principle, as well as against the
particularact of flagi tious aggression now meditated
against Spain, that England ought to combat with
all her energies. If there be one political
maxim more founded in truth and in justice than
another, it is this, that the relations between the
Governors and the Governed are the result of an
implied compact for their mutual advantage, but
more particularly for the benefit and security of the
latter ; and, that that understood compact is sub-
ject to such modifications as the progress of society
and the unequivocal expression of the public will
may require. It is from the recognition and the
practical adoption of that maxim, that the British
Empire is the most prosperous, and the British
Crown the most splendid as well as the most secure,

in the world ; and it must be by adherence to that
maxim, if the Throne of Great Britain shall re-
main unshaken, long after the period at which
arbitrary Governments are probably destined to
be overthrown.

It is most remarkable that the King of F4ANCE,
after having adverted to the Spanish question,
says, " I am bound to lay before you the state of
our Foreign Ajfairi,"—though his MAJESTY no
where alludes to his relations either with Great
Britain, or with any other Power whatever
all preceding Addresses to the Chambers,
his MAJESTY has expressed his happiness at
-
being able to announce the assurances of the
pacific and friendly dispositions which he had
received from other states. On the present
great occasion, when those pacific assurances are
of the most importance, the customary armuncia•
tion of their having been received, is withheld !
It is impossible to believe that this extraordinary
omission is the effect of accident. The friendly
dispositions of, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, are
known. How encouraging would it have been
to the war party in France—how fatal to the hopes
of the Constitutionalists in Spain, if Louts XVIII.
could have proclaimed, at this momentous crisis,
that he was also supported by the good wishes
of England ! To have named the three Great
Continental Powers, without including England
in the list of his friends and allies, would have
only been the more remarkable and suspicious ;
and therefore, as it appears to us, in laying
before- the Chambers " the state of his foreign,

eairr," the King of FRANCE passes over, unno-
ticed, his connections with the whole world, and
confines his observations to that one country,
his connection with which he has broken, and
which he is about to attack

It will depend now upon the Spaniards them-
selves whether Great Britain is to employ her
force in their favour. If their resistance be of
such a nature as to prove that the majority of the
nation are resolved to maintain their independence
and the integrity of their Constitution, England will
be found ready to assist them. If, on the other
hand, the French Army should be well received,
or if its force be swelled by increasing bodies of
insurgents, it will be evident that the nation has
deserted its own cause, and that all endeavours
to arrest its downfal would therefore be una-
vailing. If the majority of the Spaniards are
true to themselves, they have nothing to fear
from an invading army of a hundred thousand
men. They are sure of the immediate support
of Portugal, and of the eventual aid of Eng-
laud, if their own exertions shall be found to de-
serve it.

We have only a few words to add on the
R6yai document ritich threatens .the world with
so many evils. The Report of the Portuguese
Foreign Minister, as our Readers know, stated
that France had given reiterated, assurances,
that her Army of Observation was not to
pass the Pyrennees, unless the French, terri-
tory was previously violated by the Spaniards !
If France declares war, therefore, bad faith
towards Portugal will be superadded to
her unprincipled violence against Spain. It
is true, that the Speech of the King of FRANCL:
will probably induce the Spanish Government to
issue an i►nmediate Declaration of War, in order
that Spain may have the advantage of directing
letters of marque against the commerce of France
before her mercantile interest has had time to
avoid the approaching danger. Still, the world
will see that the responsibility of commencing
hostilities really belongs to France.

FRENCH FUNVS.—JAN. 28.
Five per Cents.
Lowest 75 f. 50 c.
Highest
Closed at 76 f. 70 c.
For the account 76 f. 90 c.
Neapolitan Five pet Cents.
Spanish Bond.. 1821
Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 35 c.
Three Months 25 f. 20 c.

A private Letter, received this morning from
Paris, states, that the English Ambassador, as
well as the Spanish Ambassador, were not pre-
sent at the reading of the French KING'S Speech.

We received 13ayo6sie Papers•this morning to
the 18th inst., the following are Extracts:---,

" BAYONNE, JAlV.l7.—Though the arrival of
the Russian Minister yesterday, and the re-
port that the Austrian and Prussian Ministers
were about to quit Madrid, has renewed
here the rumours of war, nothing as yet appears
to announce that crisis. Mr. JOOHIN, attached
to the English Embassy, arrived yesterday at
Bayonne, arid proceeded immediately for Paris;
it is said he is the bearer of an important mission.
On the 16th, Mr. JOCUIN met Lord F. SOMERSET
at Vittoria, who was hastening likewise with an
important mission to the Spanish Government.

" The letters from Saragossa of the 11th say,
that tranquillity is perfectly restored there, and
that the factious who appeared before it on the
bth, had gone to Borja and Taragona, which
they had taken possession' of, doubtless with the
intention of passing the Ebro at Tudela io enter
Navarre."

lIANANNAH.—A denunciation was lodged with
the Governor a few days ago, of a conspiracy
being formed by some natives, to proclaim the
Independence of the Island of Cuba. But Colo.
net Kinderland treated it with contempt, be.
cause it appeared to be without foundation.—
The rumour of this conspiracy, however,
caused at first some alarm, but that had dis,
appeared. The election for Deputies to the
Cortes of Spain, will begin on the lst' of next
month, and a spirit of rivalry between the Na-
tives and the Europeans, already manifests itself;
nevertheless, the better class of either party,
linked by the strong ties of interest, of self-pre-
servation, of old habit, and it may be added, of
mutual respect, form a compact mass, not easily to
be shaken.

THE Brighton; Jan. 28.)—The KING
continues gradually to recover; the report at the
Palace to-day has been...-." His 31.4 J Esry conti-
nues a little better."—Lord BERESFORD had the

honour of an audience of his MAJEsT sr yester-
day. His Lordship and son left the York Hotel
for London, early this morning.

Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with
Viscount Mir.vutc, at which time it was ex.
pected the Roll of Sheriffs for the year ensuing
would be arranged.