The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-27 00:00:00

1111 E LONDON JOU4NALS.,
T.XI' It T S FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS,
Amory 27, 1823.

[MORNING row.]
At a late hour last night we received, by
express, French Papers to the 25th inst. Their
contents are more calculated to increase than to
allay the anxiety which has so long prevailed.—
Unappalled by a fall of upwards of ten per
sent. in the value of public securities in the short
space of a month, the Ultra Journals exult in
the prospect of war, and speak of military ap-
pointments and measuresas if it had been already
declared. According to the !,toile and Quotidientac
the Duke d'Angottleme had been named Corn-
tnander in Chief of the Army of Observation, which
was to be raised to 100,000 men :—the Duke de
Guiche and Baron de Damns formed part of his
Staff, and a company of Body Guards, selected
out of the four companies of the King's Body
Guard,_was to accompany him to the field. His
Royal Highness, it is added, intended to open
the campaigu on the side or Navarre, and the
Marquis of Lauriston was to precede him by a
few days, to prepare the army for his reception,
and to take the command of the Cuirassiers of
the Gaard. All the regiments of that body are
said to ,have displayed so much eagerness to serve,
that in order to prevent jealousies amongst
them lots were cast, and fortune decided in
favour of the Cuirassiers, the Dragoons, and
the Chasseurs of the Guard. The whole Ca-
valry was to he under the orders of General
Bodesnult, anti the Dukes of Benue° and
ktegglo were to act under the Duke of Angou-
letne, for the purpose, probably, of supplying his
want of military skin; The Quotidiesute assets
besides, that contracts had. been made with diffe-
rent individuals to furnish the army with provi-
sions, and that the garrison of Lille was on its
march to the Pyrennees. It adds, however, the
important fact, that the Comte de la Garde had
not quitted 11Iadrid on the 15th instant, and that
the' Duke of San Lorenzo, the Spanish Ambas-
sador in Paris, bad not demanded his passports.
The Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Ambassa-
dors left Madrid immediately after receiving
theirs, with the spirited Notes of the Spanish
"IMinister.

[ lORNINO CHRONICLE.]

The time is very fast approaching when the
people of Europe will be relieved from the state •
of anxious uncertainty in which they have been
kept for several months on the subject of peace
or war, and which has exposed them to all kinds
of pecuniary losses. The King's Speech at the
opening of the French Chamber to.norrow will
solve the problem., and no doubt, it will be wafted
to this capital with all possible speed, so exten-
sive are the speculations which are built upon it.
In all probability, the King of France will pro-
nounce it himself, for if he has courage enough
tn.rosist the faction that would blindly involve him
in war, he will require all the influence he can call
to his aid from the reflecting part of the. Clam.
bet; whereas, if his last determinations should
be warlike, he will also have explanations to
give which he would not like to trust to any
other person ; and it is also of moment to him to
gee, with.his own eyes, the effect they produce
OM the llouse.---The meeting of our own Parlia-
ment, on the 4th of next month, gives Ministers
alklpir, time to frame the Speech from the Throne
after the publication of the sentiments of the
French King, which will of course materially
influence it. It is understood that his Majesty
will not deliver the Speech in person, but con-
tinue.ol Brighton for some time after the meeting
of 'Parliament,

[Tilt: TIMES.]
A stop seems at length about to be put to the
employmeut of French shipping in the African
;lave trede, so long and extensively prosecuted
under the thug of France, through the negligence
or conpivonce•of thetakers of that nation. A
Royal Ordinance appears in the ilioniteur of
Titersday last upon the subject, inflicting severe
patalties on any Captains of French merchant.
men who may hereafter be detected in carrying
on thrd disgraceful traffic, By the way, this
Decree comes out at a curious time. In
me of war, it would becotne a dead letter, in-
asmuch us no INtich vessel, bearing the French
theo, whether ;fitted out for honest
or impious purposes, venture to show herself
upon the ocean. I3ut although the contin-
gency of war with Spain is one which would
render this prohibition of the slave trade
a cheap contribution to the cause of humanity
on the part of the French Govertfl we are
far from inferring that the ordinance has been
advised by the Ministers of Louis XVIII. Id
contemplation of a- Spanish war. To make an.
unprovoked attempt upon the freedom of the
Spaniards, might, in point of morality, be on a
par with the African slave trade; but sure we
are that, cis a mercantile ,concern, the profits
would- not tom out ,$0 well.

[NEW vslcs.]
Cons4ols for the Account closed on Saturday at
711. We do not consider that there Is any suffi-
dent cause for so great a depression in onr Funds
as has taken place within the last fortnight.
Therels certainly great probability of a war he-
tiveeu France and Spain ; but there is no proba-
bility that it will either now or hereafter involve
this country. Why should we put to hazard our
reviving properity ? Why should we stop the
course of wise and cautious economy, which is
SO steadily augmenting- our resources ? The
Sunday Paper which has gone to such disgrace.
ful length in ,support a the credit of the
Spanish Bonds, laboured hard yesterday to per-
suade its readers that, this country would go
to %vat* to support the Freemasons and Conuriu.
news of Madrid in their anarchical and sangui.
nary nicainres. We are to fight against the
whole Continent, in order to maintain in power
BaPaAtelo, ha, .refused to serve under the
Duke of Wollimtton ; and Mina, who shot 118
priotserL in cold blood Certainly it not de-
3irablp that fiat should "arise between any two