The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-18 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

MOVSE OF COMMONS,
Luna, 17° die Februarii, 1523.
ROADS—Saitash, Iltninster, Peterborough, Nantwich, Tor-
pedo', Martoek, Greenfield and Shepley, Whitechapel,
Chesterfield and Matlock, and Dorking—Petitions for Bills,
referred to Committees. Bridgford Lane—Bill read a first
titne.

II AR no It —llfordcombe, and Minehead).Petitions for Bills,
`MALT. DEB Ts,—Seuleoates
Nay [GAT tem—Trent/end Mersey Canal - referred to Corn.
mittees.
M PANT-0 AR Light and Coke
INCLOSURES—Congeston (LeiceSter), Kirkby
in Kendal ("Westmorland), & Baslow (Derby)]
Vs:sx RY— Bethnal-green r Bills ordered.
B RIDGE—My the Hill
PAVlNa—Knaresborough • J
TITHES (Ireland) —Petition of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and
Land OCcupiers, of Tipperary, for a commutation thereof;
to lie on the tabl.!, and to be printed.
Cotrxr Ho oar —Forfar —Petition for Bill reported.
HOP DUTY—Petition of Hop-planters of Burwash and
Etchingham, for the repeal thereof.
, „
REFORM OF PARLIAMENT—Petition -of the Corporation of
the City of London, in favour thereof.
INDEMNITY ) Bills read a second time,
TRADE—West India and American 1- anti committed for to.
Colonies ) morrow tthis day).
DISTRIBUTORS or STAMPS—Accounts ordered, " of the
number of Distributors of Stamps in Great Britain, their
names; and the districts to which they are severally appointed;
together with a Return of all profits and emoluments arising
to each of them respectively, from such office,' for poundage
on the remittances made by them, in the year ending sth Ja.
nuary, 1823."
LAND TAx—Abstract ordered, " of the amount of Allowance,
• as Poundage or otherwise, paid in each year since the pass-
ing of the 36th Geo. 3, c. 60, to the Clerks of the Commis-
sioners in districts of the Land 'Tax, or to any other persons,
for that portion of the Land Tax which has been redeeMed,
exclusive of the allowance for sale, or any tyllowanee entered
in the Account of the 29th June, 1822, and the total of the
whole, up to the 31st December, 1822."

NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY.
1. Lord Althorp,—Mode of recovering Small Debts in Eng-
land and Wales.
2. M. ,Goulburn,—To reduce the Staff of the Irish Militia.
1. Mr. Grenfell—To move for Accounts of the .Management of
the Public Debt by the Bank of England, and other Bank
Accounts.
4. Lord John Russell—Committee to obtain Returns relating
to the Charters, and number of Voters in each Borough
sending Members to Parliament.

ORDERS of the DAY fur Ti I IS DAY.
L Supply-:..Report.
2. Indemnity Bill—Committee.
3: West India arid American Colonies Trade Bill—Committee,

NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY.
Wednesday, Fe 6.19.
Sir John Osborn—Vote of Seamen. (In Corn. of Supply..)
Monday, Feb. 24. •
Mr. Peter, Moore—To amend Act against combination o.
workmen (deferred from Monday. Feb. 17.)
Thursday, Feb. '4.
Lord Viscount Althorp—Bill to rep:al the Foreign Enlist-
ment Bill.

Thursday, April 4.
Lord John 'blasell—Reform of Parliament.
PRIVATE BILLS—SEcotip READINGS tor TILLS DAY,
1. Haw Bridge •l. Lary Bridge.

*.° For TurPowismotrrrt CASE, see our'Fourth Page.

PRICE OF STO4S
T11(8 kV AT ON.F. O'CLOCK.
lndii*Stock
India Bonds
South Sea Stock
Old Annuities
Ex. Bills pr.
Ditto Small
Bank for Act. '
India for Con. Acct.
Cons. for Account...

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red. 73„
3 per Cent. Cons: 74gi
3a per Cent
4 per Cent. id 92i 93
New 934
5 g)er Cents. 1797
Bank Long Ann. 19 4.1 kb*
Imp. 3 per Cents

PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, FEU.
AT ONE o'ci.ocK.
Five per Cents. 78.
Six per Cents. 00.
Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00.
Ditto New 71.
Neapolitan I Five per Cent. Bonds, 66i.
1 Scrip, 72i.
Austrian Five per Cents. ( Metallic) 00.
Five per Cent. Bonds, 3y.Spanish { New Ditto, 32j.
Scrip, -33 i disc.
prus,ina Five per Cent. Bonds, 79.
1 Ditto New, 74i.
Five per Cent.llonds, 78.
Chili 71.
Columbian Six per Cent. Bonds, 50i.
Peruvian New Loan, 00.
Bank Shares £2l Ss.
American ) Six per Cznt. 90-98 i.
Five per Cent. 90.1..
I,Three per Cent. 70.

French

• PRICE OF-IRISII STOCK, FEB. 15.
Ilank Stock 041 j Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct.
Gov. Deb. 3j per cent 88/ --Ditto 6 per cent. ... 65,
Stock, 3j per ct.... BG. ____DittoStock
Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock
Goy. Deb.*s per cent.
---Stock,-4 per' cent.... 95ji Do. Deb. with.Oov. See.... '—
Treasury Baia, 5 per cent. Pipe Water Deb. 5 per et.
City Debentures, 5 per Do.
cent. --Ballast Office Govt. Sec.
Lying in Hospital 4 per et. per cent.
Exchange on London, Feb. 14,

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Morning, U minutes after 8. 1

BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Evening, 39 minutes after 8.

'➢'HE SUN.

SOLEM RUTSDICERE FALS UM AUDE.dT ?

LONDON,
TUESD.4.I7, FEBRUARY 18, 1823.

The March.of French troops .for the Spanish
frontier -continues with unabated activity, though
there are some persons who still think that the
Ministers of Louis XVIII. are not quite so de-
termined on war as has been generally imagined.
The abatement of their ardour for hostilities is
With some shew of reason attributed to the inflex-
tble firmness of the Spanish Government and
Cortes,...to the enthusiasm which has been
_excited in Spain by the threat of invasion,—
, to the:information respecting the temper and
disposition of the Spanish nation which they have obtained from Count de LAGARDE
since his return from Madrid—to the un-
equivocal declarations of. the B,ritish Cabinet re-
specting the injustice of the meditated act of ag-
oression,--o the universal feeling of the people
4, England in conformity with that'of their Go. ternment upon this subject,—to the unpopu-
arit.,
01 the threatened war, on the other
taiti
!land
-) in France itself,—and, lastly, to cer.
,„ misgivings as to the zeal and fidelity
0
,
" French Army, . in which it is quite
$ certain
th
Lis at some symptoms of disaffection
ve •
ireidy apPeared. These are certainly ,

.most grave con4iderations, cal elated. to
make the French Mini§try pause on the brink o'f

the precipice toward which they have been pushed
by a furious and intoxicated party ; and these
considerations would doubtkess evekyet turn the
scale in favour of peace, were it not that the
;Royalists of France, the Ministry, the Legislative
Chambers, and even the King himself,are so deep-
ly committed to a war policy, that it seems scarce-
ly possible for France, to retract, steps, except
by the dissolution both of the Ministry and the
Chamber of Deputies, and the utter discomfiture

and disgrace of the Royalist party. That party,
therefore, can lose little more, even b►y an unsuc.
cessful war, than by now remaining at peace,
except that the execrations of mankind would be
added to the ridicule which would now attach to
their retreat from the blustering attitude which t hey
have assumed,—and except that the result of the

contlict might be so disastrous, as, by subverting
the Throne of the BoininoNs,. to entail upon the
present depositaries of their power the loss of

their property as well as of'their character, and
their final expulsion from that country, which
they have not known how to goVern. These
latter results, howeverf. are so remote as to be
only within the range of probability ; and as,the
consequences either of peace or of war seem
to be almost equally unfavourable for the
infatuated Royalists themselves, however great
the difference between the respective results
to their country, we. fear that nothing but a
greater degree 'of patriotism than we can give
them credit for, could now induce them to aban•
don their iniquitous designs against the liberties
of Spain. We are not insensible to the weight
which the contrary inference is entitled to,