The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-28 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOUR,NALS.

EXTDACT9 FROM TUE D LILY MORNPNO PATED. 9,
January 28, 18'23.

['Nit TIMES.]
The 13ritisli public is now, we believe, made
to know almost every thing* that is knowable, if
there were such. a word,. about the war between
France and Spain ; and we should doubt whether
they, any more than we„ or perhaps than the
French Government itself, can come to any eel--
taini conclusion what that same French Govern-
ment will do. The war would be iniquitous on
the part of France : granted : but does that
Tender it improbable ? Still we will candidly
confess, for our own parts, that, looking at the
more prevalent opinion upon this subject with all
the respect we are able, we still cannot persuade
ourselves that the newly-constituted Government
of France is marl enough to undertake the experi-
ment of regulating the internal concerns of Spain
by force .of arms~ -Even if we were to leave the
villany of the attempt out of the question, the
danger to those whoimake it is the thing that
strikes us most forcibly.—The meeting of the
Chambers, which takes place this-day, is looked to
with interost and every intimation which we have
been able to derive upon so important a subject, we
are anxious to communicate. We have heard,.
then, that the following is something like the
manner. in which his Majesty's speech will
allude to the Spanish relations :—" That the
44 Duke of Montmorency having, at Verona,.
" pledged the French Government to conform
" to the policy of Austria, Russia,. and Prussia,.
"in all that relates to Spain, it has become ne-
" cessary to place the army on the war este-
r blishment, and the Chambers' will conne-
ct called on to fOrnish the supplies
44 necessary for placing the. kingdom; of France
. 44 in the situation required for the maintenance
44 of her honour and dignity ; but that his Ma-
josty, nevertheless, does not abandon the.hope
44 that peace between the two countries may be
maintained."—lf this is all that shall be said,
the question will still be -left open to the Cham.
hers, and may be decided, in a manner consonant
to the maxims- of prudence, justice, and hum-
pity. It is no doubt highly culpable in France
to hold out the menace of invasion by the quan-
tity of troops which she assembleS and maintains
• Qll 'the frontiers of the Peninsula : yet between
even this hostile aspect, and positive hostilities,
there is a wide difference.

ENCW TIMES.]
The French Rentes closed on Saturday last a
nr. 30c. which was a rise of near two per cent

on the price of the day preceding. The cause
of this rise seems a mystery ; for every account,

public and private, is daily snore and more war
like. Among the officers announced as about to
set oil' for the Army of Observation are the two
distinguished Royalist Generals, Cantle! and
Donnadieu. Even the Journal des &bats, lately
30 pacific in its tone, mentions these as well
RS the names of the officers commanding the
cavalry regiments of the guard, which have the
same destination—end, above all, it states that a
select company of Gerdes du Corps is forming
to accompany the Duke d'Angouleme. Our
private letters assure us that the disquiet which
bad prevailed for some days in consequence
of ti.e rumour of insurrections and mutinies
iw the Netherlands, had' entirely ceased,
it, being discovered that these rumours were
merely raised for stock-jobbing purposes, and
were wholly destitute of foundation.—The inso-
lent tone of San Miguel's notes, especially of
that/ addressed ter Russia,. has shown the cloven
foot of, the Jacobin so clearly, that those Roy-
aiists who before iuclined to peace now acknow-
ledge the necessity of more vigorous measures.
it seems that M. de Villele had for some time
cherished a hope that Arguelles and some other
influential Members of the Cortes would have
adopted the noble resolution of making a stand
against 4 acobitlism. Had this been the case, no-
thing -would have induced the French Ministers
to attempt a forcible interference with the affairs
of Spain ; Lig unfortunately there i* now no
alternative but to support the Rmgeney, or to sub,
mit to the Anarchists of the Landaburian Club.
We learn from an Officer of the Army of ()Net.,
vntion, that the republican soldiers are quite as
wretchedly. clothed and armed as the troops of
the Faith. Nothing can be more grotesque, he
says, than their appearance ; and us to their resit.
lug a well disciplined and appointed. French
regiment in the tie ld,it is quite out of the question.

[MORNINOIOIIII.ONICLE.I
Spain bad not only iibt kept with the sufroundw
ing nations, but nit' experiencing a constant dew
teriorotiou. The close of every reign saw that
injured country in a worse state than it was in at
the commencement. DO,,vn to' the change in 1812
there was a consiant and uninterrupted retro-
gression. At tha,t iod Spain Was reduced to a
most wretched and helpless #tate. flow long this ,
retrogreshion might have continued it ISuonaparte
had not, presuming too much on the weakness of
the Government, roused the latent energies of
the people, it is not easy to say. We may,
however, be certain that the amelioration,
come When it might, could only come through
an effectual change in the frame of GQ.,
vernment. It is w ith the .body politic as
with the natural body ; a rooted disease can
only he thrown out by revolution from .the one
and fever from. the other. This acknowledginent
of their• necessity in certain cases does not change
the nature of either. No man of sense would
Wish to See his body in a state in which a fever
becomes inevitable—No 'man of sense would
wish to see his country in a state in which im-
provement can only be hopod from revolution—
No man of sense would wish to see his-coun-
try like 'unhappy Ireland, that there might
be scope for secret societies in it, and that
the arm of the murderer and the inceo-
diary might only be' arrested by the armed
force of another and more powerfal
shajlow, indeed, is reasoning wiAch, weopl
hen
we are surrounded with revolutions, would elle-
Ash the causes of them, and think only of the