The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-10 00:00:00

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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEIIINUS•

1101,SE OF COMMONS.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. ~
1. Sir John Newport—Motion for rendering the Revenue I,lor.
ing from First Fruits of the Clergy of Ireland rivailskFT.
effect the object of the Royal Grant thereof, and to aln!.
nish the necessity of Parliamentary provision for those >ll
lutary objects.
3 .
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evrenpu forl
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D contemptieespßa
2. SiarnJdoisenr,Baonuitheany_d TioasatemrsenanddtlAiepiLvaesin-To 31.1lItert: 4
3. Dr. Lushington—Bill to consolidate the Laws relating
the Slave Trade.
4. Mn. Hume—List of Crown Debtors, and all Persons 64*
ORDERS of the DAY for THIS DAY.
rtinilenl:tft Court.
2.1. Militaryßegistry toinfdyNesa:e•lals
Bill
—Second
.
4. Be
2.
o.":lebyseand
5. Union Duties Bill •
—Second Reading.
PRIVATE BILLS—S T 2 for Toni A'tV7
ECOND ...EADTSGS'
1. Beam Heat! I vcinent
i nclosure J. litcd's Irniro h
3. __, ,- Y Bank Foot Road 10. York Oal,,riV
higtiley and Kendal Road 11. Ilrid t •'••--
por
4. Winchester Roads 12. Seers Estate tont
6. Gars .
• tallg & Lancaster Roads 14. Huddersfield Churc ~, „.
v wool'
7. Knaresborough Paving 15. Hoffmann 's ,i'll
8
.Bermondsey Improvement ti0n._..........-.
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Bank Stock Tills
:331
iiiii),eprr.cc:l,eeii:tt..
(I.,,toends.
41:11taIeCx Ed
div.
IndiaSoo Bond
............
Bank I.ung Ann.
per Cents....
DA
Ys
shut 11; IndiaN ° Stock'c
... .............. .
she
3i per Cent 751 South Sea Stock .............
t 11.1 Annuities ......•.'l2
.0,
1
4 per Cent. I Old
1 New ix Loc. Bills ...............
.....
5 ,ter 7, 7 l-14, Ditto Small .............. _
Cents.
1-
j-
18 15-16ths India for Con. Ace!' • •~
- Bank tin Act. ...............
Cons. for Acct. Nil 4"4'

PRICE OF FOREIGN L ONDON, —l'
64-O.OCKs.
IN A $ll. I°'
AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Five per Cents. 00.
{Six per Cents. 00.
Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. ..
Ditto New 711. ,
Neapolitan 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, 6Bi. .
lSp 00.
1
'Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00-
~[Five per Cent. Bonds, 06.
Spanish
New Ditto, 294.
Scrip, 00 disc.
Prussian f Five per Cent. Bonds, 794,
Chili, 1, Ditto New, 00.
Danish
Five per Cent. Bonds, 00.
{
(16},
Colombian
Siix per Cent. Bonds, 50.
Peruvian New Loan, 00.
Bank Shares £2l ss.
American Six per Cent. 90-90.
Five per Cent. 954-074
Three per Cent. 79. - •

French

Hl° H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE T Jl()si/Afin ef:11;:
O.
11"ning, 5 minutes after 2. 1 Evening, 29,

THE SUN.

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SOLE3I QUIS DICERE

LONDON,
THURSDAY, ..4PRIL ao,

e..—nce
Ifthere theintellig from Paris can be dependo:
no doubt that the Frenel'
on. 14::,
passed the Bidassoa either on Sandal or „Alt
ofoti occurred
u)h,ra
rt
eitdCapital contradicting each
day last. When, however, we find the or" Alt
truth or falsehood of the return of the poke
the re 3 It
of BELLUNO from the Arrnh—ris t°
of a fact, which, if it has occurred at allirva,
ato feel somew which
respecting their annunciations of events sof
are said to have taken place on the frontier
Spain. ilsvintialitnurthleir own immetliiagitet
so:051:001
0 be
But whether the Spanish territory 113 . a or
other 09
actually invaded or not at the precise fier''' of
, otter
, periods stated in the Piris Papers) is 4 I

.sqv

i or
r of

secondary importance. That the invasion is cer-
tainly to take place, is the great and interest-
ing and eventful truth, which involves in its
results the immediate fate of at least one
independent and unoffending Government, and
the social rights and national institutions of
fourteen millions of our fellow creatures,—
which must, in whatever way the struggle may
terminate, prospectively influence the liberties,
the civilization, and the prosperity and happiness
of the whole of Europe,—and which may, either
in its progress or in its issue, kindle a flame in
France herself, and prepare the materials for a
new explosion in that Monarchy, that may con-
vulse every nation of the Continent, and again
make their thrones and institutions totter to their
foundations.

we have not been amongst those who have
felt undue apprehension of the progress of dis-
organizing machinations and conspiracies, or of
the dangerous force of speculative opinions on
the nature of government. We confess, however,
that we now see in the unjust and unprincipled
attack of France upon Spain, whether the issue
be in the discomfiture and disgrace of the invaders,
or in their seeming success and a fallacious
triumph, just grounds of alarm lest a spirit should
be awakened and generally excited, inveterately
hostile to that monarchical principle, the main-
tenance of which has been openly put forth as
the sole pretext for the commencement of an
atrocious %ar, and for subjecting the Spanish
nation to its horrors. If the French Government,
or rather the Monarchs of the Holy Alliance,
should obtain a
Wish temporary triumph over Spa-
liberty, it is impossible but that the people
of every country in Europe should deeply feel
the wound inflicted through Spanish bosoms upon the rights and' interests of humanity, and should
impatiently await and indignantly seize the first
favourable opportunity of every where subverting
a System which, tramples upon their freedom. If,
on the other hand, the French should be com-
pelled to retire from
in their 1111
quilone the Peninsula, foiled
the lair.' projects, and covered with
r as well as with the execrations
which attend disasters in a bad cause, the
enormity of the attempt, and the feelings
of abhorrence to which it has given birth,
Will remain undiminished, while the weakness
find insufficiency of the force by which alone
those feelings could be repressed will have been
Manifested ;
before and a spirit will go forth from Spain
which Monarchical Power will fly from its
strongest holds. We should not be surprised if
Artsent frantic conduct of the French Bour-
-11 51!
bons Should 'tad to such events, that in less than
century there shall not be one throne on
tile Continent.

[Extract
of a Letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Genoa,
dated 29th March.]
cc The Master of a coasting vessel, arrived
hero
from c ette, reports, that on
outer roads o f passing the
Toulon, on the 22d inst., he ob-
3erVed two
ne-of-battle ships and three frigates
at anchor there. It is reported that 15 ship; of
of different rates, are fitting out in that port,
alltl that orders had arrived to arm the batteries
" the coast, for the protection of their trade
against cruisers.—The fleet of this State is pre-
Paring to fit out."

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We extract the
the German
followin g front
Papers and Flanders
Math, received this morn.
u. :—.
" Accounts have been received from Semlin of
the 20th ult. which state that since the arrival
(if a second Tartar from Belgrade,. in six days
flu`)' Constantinople, nobody of the fOrmer
of the conflagration in the capital.
The Turks who have arrived openly speak
"1 the dreadful event with their usual inditre-
(Tnecres.anaA):""dhig to these accounts the
tirely destroyed, The
arsenal
as the cannon founders, is en.
The number of houses burnt
is , •
utimated, probably far beyond the truth, at
%000, by others at 40,000. There are various
raeParts at Belgrade respecting the origin of this
tilLe.o TheY say, that during the conflagration,
' laltan tore his beard, and exclaimed, " This
itti.(l/4flent is from God, on account of the Chris.
nail dogs."-
-These are merely reports, and we
(till' atlxiously await the arrival of the next let-
rttsifi.°4' Constanthiople. Another letter from
tti ", o the et to be 21st, mention the number of houses
:c Co from 30 to 40,000.
riiith4t7) MARcit 6.—Since the fall of Co.
Pell ' that of Patras is at hand. On the 18th
4illtruaq the last works were stormed ; and
e 1.6
11, 20Lh February' from 80 to 90 persons
„..,41! 44i1Y perished from famine.-
-e::u4g, Apra 2.) ( Algenieine
tau ,
1144, 83LLS) Aram 8.--The Ordite of this date
0 " front the illgemeine .Zeitung the fire at
Vi,t,
ristalqinople, and adds, " hitherto letters from
ilia
make no mention of such a fire, which

gives cause to doubt the accuracy of the intell

gence."

" FRANKFORT, APRIL 3.—Public opinion in
Germany is so adverse to the war with Spain,
that the Governments take care to contradict the
reports that are in circulation, on the eventual
participation of the German Confederations in the
struggle."

[MOM A CORRESPONDENT.]
STOCK EXCHANGE, Hay-past Twelve &Clock.—
This is Settling Day, and there is the greatest
bustle in the Market. The present turns out to
be another great Bear Account. Consols opened
at 741, but immediately got up, and are now at
758, with a very great deal of business doing.—
I have not yet heard of any defaulter.
FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish Bonds opened
at 28. They have since been dotie at 294, and
are now at 292. There are no rumours of any
sort ; but the general opinion is, that the value
of Spanish Securities must improve.

BILL FOR REGISTERING SKIPS.--The most im-
portant feature of this Bill, and which is a FEARFUL im-
liovATloN on .the National Industry, is that which ad-
mits India-built Ships to all the privileges of British Re-
gistry ! To what lengths modern speculation and theory
will carry our present Legislators we know not ; but really,
if this measure, and those .which have been recommended
by Mr. WALLACE, are persevered in, we must conclude, if
they are to be consistent, that all the other existing restrictions
in favour of British Industry at HOME must be repealed ; and
that we shall never see any more prosecutions against Mechanics
and Artisans for emigrating to OTHER countries ! The other
parts of this Bill are certainly amendments on the present
system, with the exception of the mortgage clause, which
should not be confined to a security for previous debts only, but
be general, for • any loans which may be borrowed on this
species of property. It is, however, essentially necessary, at
the present moment, when the British Shipowner is on the eve
of entering upon a most unequal competition with Foreign Ships,
that every exertion should be made to decease the charges on
British Ships; and therefore, it is to be expected, that Mr.
II ustussmi will introduce into this till an exemption from the
ad valorem stamp-duty of all Bills of Sale of Ships, and Shares
of Ships. The FREQUENCIES of these transfers, which some-
, times happen even more than twice in a year, create such a
strong claim for exemption, that, to us, it appears irresistible.—
There is no similarity or affinity, in this respect, between
LANDED Property and Shipping Property. We have known
instances of Shares of East Indiatnen having been made over
more than thrice in a year, and the ad valorem Stamp-Duty
paid on each occasion. It is not necessary to point out the in-
justice of imposing on a temporary, perishable property, like
Shipping, the same duties as are imposed on the Landed Pro-
perty of the Kingdom—it is obvious to every one; and we hope
to see the. Shipowners relieved from so grievous a burthen.—
Another suggestion may be made on this subject, for, by some
of the regulations of this Bill, Bonds are to be given to the
Customs ; but, as it is not provided, that they shall not be
liable to any Stamp-Duty, the same will be of course charged,
and a further increase of expenee will fall on the Shipowner :
In most of the late Revenue Aets, Bonds and Recognizances
to the Crown are not subject to any Stamp-Duty, conse-
gently there can be no motive for imposing it under this
Act. The Bill appears to us to require too frequently new Re-
gisters ; but whether it will in practice turn out so or not, we
are not sufficiently acquainted with the subject to decide. We
think THE SHIPPING INTEREST will receive from Mr. llus-
xessow every degree of consideration and attention; and al.
though he may not on all occasions concur in their opinions,
yet we are satisfied they will always give him credit for the in-
tegrity and disinte'restedness of his conduct and 'views.