The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-03 00:00:00

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111 V. LONDON JOURNALS.

tXTRACTS EKON{ 17111: • PAII.V MORNINn PAPEItSI
Febryary 3, 18`23.

[MORNING CILIIONICLE.]
All manner of rumours were afloat yesterday
with respect to war with Spain. A Sunday Pa-
per announced that Marshals Macdonald and
Victor had refused to accept commands. But
retters from Paris went beyond this—Some stated
that no fewer than six -Marshals, who bad been
Offered commands, had refused to accept them.
Respecting any such refusal, we confess we are
very seeptical. It is certain, however, that there
it by no means so confident a belief in .the cer-
Thiety of war, as we were prepared for from the
speech of Louis. The ground for hesitation
seems to be the language still made use of at our
Public offices. Those who are in the confidence
pi' Ministers are best able to judge how far the
uatme of the dissuasives still to be urged are
likely to be operative. One would think if Mi-
nisters were anxious for the preservntion of
Peace, they would have urged their most avail-
able arguments befose Louis had so far commit-
ted himself as be has done by the Speech.—
"Every day last week teemed V% ith rumours of di-.
visions in the Cabinet, and thie'atened resigna-
tions. We merely allude to diem, without at•
ompting to say what foundation there %vas for
them.

[MORNING POST.]
An Express brought us last night Paris Jour
nals to the Ist inst. The Chamber of Deputies
has been solely employed hitherto in verifying
the qualifications of the Members returned at the
late elections. lit the Sitting of the 30th alt,
the admission of Mr. Keratry, a Liberal, was ad-
iourned in consequence of his not having fulfilled
tail the conditions requited. But the Left Side
redeemed this partial discomfiture by an import-
ant triumph. They opposed the admission of
Mr. tie Murchaugy (who incurred so much
public odium by his success in the late pro-
secutions), on the groinid of his not having
been a Freeholder the length of time re-
(plied by the law (a whole year). The
point wolliti have been disputed by his friends,
hut .do Marchangy honourably owned the
truth of the objection urged against him, and
withdrew after declaring that he would not give
the Chamber unnecessary trouble. The Journal
des Mbats contains a violent attack on a letter
from the General of the Faith, O'Donnel, which
was published by an Ultra Paper, and stated that
the. French Ambassador at Madrid, Comte de la
Garde, had intrigued " to force the King of
Spain to admit the French Charter, that is to
say to swallow hemlock instead of arsenic." The
Journal do Dam's is full of indignation at the
101114 cast upon the French Charter, and asks
" how can It foreign officer take upon himself thus
to calumniate the fundamental laws of a country
where, in virtue of those very laws, he has
found help and hospitality ?" This philippic
terminated by a hint that the Royalist O'Donnel
aid his friends bud better display more of their
fervent energy in the field, and less upon paper.
The Mon/aur has published a list of about sixty
General (Mice's who aro to be employed in the
" Army of Split)," amongst whom there are not
three belonging to the old French army. Now
will the soldiers like to be commanded by Nobles,
old in blood, but entirely, new in military mat-
ters ? The funds have experienced a fresh de-
pression, having closed at 781.70 c. on Thursday,
they descended to 78 on Friday.

[-rn r, TIM Es.]
The accounts of the national receipt and ex-
penditure, put forth periodically by the President
of the United States, aro public documents of a
highfy interesting nature,—because they are in-
telligible,— because they are, end must be, au-
thentic,—rand because they aru calculated to
make Englishmen ponder, as well on the possi-
bility as mi the expediency of adapting to home-
use the fittencial lessons of that economical Power.
11 the quality of the article bore invariably a
regular proportion to the cost, the world must allow
a very flattering superiority to the administration of
the British common wealty over that of the parsimo.
nious republic of North America : but we fear there
is in that respect but a loose analogy between
common merclutudize and affairs of state. The
account produced on the pr6sent occasion sets
out with embracing the revenue and expenditure
of the year 18%1 ,—then proceeds to that of 18/2,
—next gives the amount and description of the
national debt,—and concludes with a detailed
estimate for 1W23, and a more genetal one for the
years,lB24, 1825, and 1826.

[NEW TI M Es.]
The Spanish Revolution was nothing like u
-national movement—the Spanish Constitution
was nothing like a reasonable Government. At
this moment there are no less than three revolu H
-
tionary factions in Madrid,- called the Anilleros,
the Communeros, and the Free Malone. The
first is the only one on which any hopes of an ap-
proach to rational liberty can be founded ; but
unhappily it has hitherto shown itself politically
week and ineffective. The other two are
branches- of the great conspiracy existing all
over Europe for the subversion of the Altar
gild the Throne. The great majority of the
Spanish people is against all those factions.—We
know there are people who think that a French
invasion will unite the different parties itt Spain.
We own we can see no reason for such an espec..
tation, without great and incredible errors on the
part of the *French. Many persons predicted
that .when the Allies crossed the Rhine in Ja-
nuary 1814, the French people would rise in a
mass to oppose them ; but they did no such
thing » much less can Wu expect the Spanitfrds to
star who are already in arms against cue'
other,

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[OlOlllO NG 11 A1,1).]
We yekerday received in due worse the Paris
Papers of Thursday ; they contain tittle elie
than the " .fo triurnpise" of the war party. Tlte
King spoke oracles ht his Speech from the throne
bus ext locutus ; and who, they ask; after this,
dare doubt of the justice of-the cause or its suc-