The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-26 00:00:00

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'Holland,"nnd that all the- existing Loans kill lie
converted-into it. The object of this measure,
on the „part of the wise Government of the
Netherlands, is doubtless the-reduction of its pub-
lic debt. It has been. very judiciously remarked
by a well informed and intelligent character, that
the Governments of Europe, instead of being occu-
pied with destructive wars, seem to be chiefly-
engaged in -maturing and executing great finan-
cial schemes for the relief of their subjects.—
By so doing, they indeed niake war upon the
property of the rich fundholders in all countries;
but.. we fervently hope that' they will. limit their
desires to the attainment of bloodless victories of
this kind, though the suffering parties are those
who. assisted them iO vanquish iheir former

From the correct copy which we were enabled
to..give yesterday of His MAJEsTr'sSlpeech on
the Prorogation of Parliament, our Readers would.
see that 'when we stated on Thursday that his
MAJESTY would give assurances of the pacific dis:.
position's of Foreign Pinv'ers, and would advert
40-, the prosperous condition-of our own countryt
we in fact.. (with the exception of what his MA-
'iESTE said respecting Ireland), anticipated-the
purport of the gratis communication made to
Parliament from the Throne.

The account of the revenue during the present
_ quarter is now nearly completed, and we have
great pleasure in announcing, that the improve-
ment in every branch of the public income has
- been so great, that the revenue was never in a
more flourishing state. The- amount of this
quarter will considerably exceed that of the cor-
responding quarter of last year. In the Customs,
in particular, the improvement has been progres-
sive throughout the quarter, and within the last
few weeks the growth of this branch of the revenue
has been unprecedentedly rapid. As no merely
temporary or fluctuating causes have contributed
to swell the public revenue during the present
quarter, its increase can be ascribed only to the
general augmentation of our trade and manufac-
tures, and to the revival of agriculture. These
sources of prosperity 'will continue to enlarge
themselves. We may therefore look forward
when Parliament shall again assemble, to see it
engaged afresh in considering what reductions
shall be effected in the taxation of the country.—
We heartily congratulate the British public on
the prospects that are opening upon them.

From Norway it is stated that all the thirteen
propositions submitted to the. Norwegian Diet by
the King of SWEDEN have been unanimously re-
jected. The tendency of these propositions was
to make some alterations in the Constitution
.favourable to the kingly power.

Letters have been received from the Havannah,
dated the 19th of May, at which time the public
discontent continued to increase, for general ruin
would be the inevitable consequence, should
the Mexican Government persevere in inter-
dicting all intercourse between that island and
the Mexican Republic. A letter received yes-
terday, after many complaints against the ex-
isting state of affairs in Cuba, says—" All goods
therefore (not Spanish) sent from hence to
Mexico, must be shipped through the United
States. Therefore Thompson's Island (late
West Key), the naval depot of the United States
in these seas, has become a place of some import-
ance. It lays 77 miles N.W. from hence, and
has a custom-house, collector, &c. It has also
warehouses for the reception of goods, and has
become a great place for the deposit of Flour for
the use of this port, &c. &c."

Mr. SPRING RICE, previously to the SPEAKER
and the Commons going to the House of Lords,
yesterday, presented the Report of the Com-
mons' Committee on the Local Taxation of the
City of Dublin. It was, of course, ordered to be
printed. Besides the presentation of some papers,
this was the only business done in the House of
Commons yesterday. There were nearly fifty
Members present when the SPEAKER was sum-
moned to the Upper House.
Mr. CANNING was the only Minister present
in the House of Commons yesterday. He was
dressed in the Windsor uniform. Mr. C. was
in his seat when the Speaker entered the House ;
he accompanied, Mr Speaker and the other Mem-
bers to the House of Lords, and when the Speaker
returned, and assembled the few remaining Meni-
hers around tile table, to hear the copy of the
Royal Speech read, Mr. CANNING was there, on
the right hand of the
Speaker, listening to the
Speaker, as if he had not before heard th Royal
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Yesterday afternoon, .at a quarter past three
o'clock, the Cabinet. Ministers assembled at the
FOreign Office, Downing-street, and sat in de-
liberation till half-past five o'clock. The Ca-
binet Ministers present were the Loan CHAN-
CELLOR, the Duke of Wellington, the Earls of
Liverpool, Westmorland, Harrowby, and Ba-
thurst, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Can-
ning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord
Bexley, and Viscount Sidmouth.
Yesterday Prince LEOPOLD had a numerous
g.and dinner party at Marlborough-house.
The Duke of CLARENCE honoured Lord and
Lady HOLLAND with his company to dinner, on
Thursday, at their residence at Kensington.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 26.—Capt. SEYBERT, Of
the ship Governor Hawkins, arrived at this port yesterday, in
16 days from New Orleans, states, that on the 14th inst., in lat.
23. 28., he saw a large fleet., consisting of 25 or 30 sail, sup_
Posed to be men of war, standing west : next day was spoken
by a Colombian privateer, who asked Capt. SEYBERT if he had
seen " the French Fleet."

The speech of Mr. WEBSTER, in the Congress
of the United States, on the Greek question, has been trans-
lated into the Greek language, printed, and a large number of
copies transmitted to Greece, to be distributed among the people
of that country.