The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-15 00:00:00

[New Tunes.]

Extraordinary pains are taken to delude the
people of this country, as to the state of affairs
in Naples. The French liberal press is busily at
work 'to perSuade the world that the rebels are
in great force; that the Austrians, alarmed at
the unexpected resistance they have encountered,
are 011 the point of retreating ; and that their re-
treating will be the signal of a general and combined
insurrection throughout Italy. We have endea-
. voure-d to ascertain from the most authentic and
impartial sources what foundation there may be
for these various statements. Yesterday-morn-
ing a foreign Officer of rank arrived in town, who
had had an opportunity. of passing through the
Austrian army on its march -towards Naples. He
states, that it is in an excellent state of organiza-
tion and discipline, and supported by a most
complete and effective train of • Artillery. As
a military man, lie expresses an unhesitating opi-
nion that the Neapolitans do not possess the
means of making any stand against so powerful a
force ; .and from a variety of circumstances which
he states, it seems probable that negotiations
had already begun, which were likely to end in
an amicable adjustment of the affairs of the king-
dom
of Naples. The Pope is likely to act as
mediator on the occasion ; and when we consider
the diplomatic talents of Cardinal Gonsalvi, who
of course will direct the counsels of his Holiness,
we can entertain little apprehension of any but
a fortunate result..

[Morn ing Chronicle.]

The public will see with satisfaction the ac-
count of the strenuous and seasonable opposition
that is made-to the keeping up an army of such
enormous extent in a time of profound peace, and
of universal misery. A motion was made last
night to reduce it, only to the trilling anmunt
of 10,000 men, and yet this. was opposed by
Government, supported by those adherents who
have no other remedy for popular distress but that

If we are to judge from some Of the reporH
which are in circulation, the Agricultural Com-.
mittee has been engaged ,in listening to certain
theories' respecting the circulating medium, and
its application to the purchase of agricultural
products ; or rather, the application of beef and
wheat to the purchase of Batik-notes, for such is
the quaint language adopted. Agricultural pro-
dtice is said to have sunk in value to the amount
of seventy millions sterling per annuM—We sup-
pose, through the whole kingdom (perhaps
through the whole universe) ; therefore it. phr-
chases-and throws into circulation 70,000,000 less
of currency than heretofore; thefefore there is
a contraction of the circulating medihm to that
amount; therefore it is not the attempt to return to
cash payments, nor the interest upon,the national.'
debt,*nor the amount of the taxes—it is none of
these causes, nor the whole taken together,
that creates the present distress, but the small con-
sumption of agricultural produce ; or, in Other
words, it is the agricultural distress which both cre-
ates itself, and a great deal of other distreSs.
In reply, however, to this conclusion, We Would
ask whether the.circulatingmediuM has really de-
creased to the immense ail-Jaunt required by the
argument above stated ; and, secondly, whether
the notes are always, in the first instance, bOught
out of the Bank, or the cash out of the Mint, by the
agriculturists. Farmers and land-owners of course
use the currency, whether paper or metallic ; but.
we apprehend the first issue is usually for the
promotion of mercantile speculations ; and if
from any cause that medium decreases in amount,
the agriculturist as 'well as every other.man must
take less for his article; whilst in the meantime,
taxes being fixed upon the old scale, Govern-
ment takes nothing less than heretofore from the
subject. Its demands do not decrease or aecorn*-
modate themselves (so the Ministers will, and so
the House of Commons* consents) to the increased .
value and decreased quantity of the circulatiiig
medium. • • *

[Morning Post.]

The Army Estimates were again diseussed.lit
the house of Commons last night : and those
Gentlemen who had so harrassed Ministers' by
useless divisions, professedly wishing to gain
an opportunity for others to speak on the subject,
availed theniselves of the•opening afforded to in-
dulge in a new set of impotent haranguer.
necessity of the measures proposed was most' satis-
factorily demonstrated ; the amendments for reduc'-
ing the Estimates were successively negatived ; and,
the resolutions were carried by large majorities
on the two divisions' •which took place. Upon
this occasion, we cannot help -again remarking
on the conduct of those men who assume an ex-
clusive right to the title of Patriots, but whosa
actions invariably prove that they either do not
understand the meaning of patriotism, or under-
standing it, disdahr.to practise its virtues. It is
the 'very essence of their occupation to represent
things in the worst light ; and whatever ingennity
or-effrontery they possess, is devoted' to this
purpose. They are aware that the more they
darken the picture the more their work will be
admired by the many, and that they can confi-
dently aspire to the honours of modern patriotism,
if they will but abuse the Government and
vilify the country. This is a painful and alarm-
ing circumstance, it must.be allowed ; but it is
not of modern growth. 'At every period of our
• history, for two centuries at least, the practice
more o.r less prevailed ; and it is worthy. of
remark, that as the nation advanced in wealth
and knowledge, the greater approaches it was
said to have made to ruin. The opening of.a
new commercial channel, the formation of a new
branch in our manufacturing system, Of the ac-
quisition of new territory, seemed to be the
signal for some Melancholy prediction. .Every
improvement only accelerated the predestined
fall ; and whilst the rest of the world admired
the riches of England in her agriculture, innuiner-
able shipping, vast commerce, and unrivalled
manufactures, her patriots by profession saw only
causes of grief and anxiety. The line roads
and canals which intersect the country, and with
whkii. nothing of the kind upon earth will bear
comparison; the inexhaust*.ble wealth of our
mines ; the unexampled state of culture to which
the land has ben brought ; the garden-like ap-
pearante which it presents; the air of seeuritv,
of comfort, and of enlivening bustle, un4ersaliv
: all these are but spuriouS signs of pro-
Fperity ; and as they are at their height, We are
of course nearer to the abySs. However, the
country has flourished in spite of prophecy and.
patriotism; and, instead-of the approaching ruin
with which it has been menaced, symptoms of a
thriving stale are plainly manifest.

Mr. FIZEELING,
,Secretary to the Post-Office,
has, in answer to an inquiry, informed the Chan
her of Commerce of Manchester, that no impe-
diments are likely to present themselves
conveyance of the correspondence with Naple's
and Sicily, in the usual and ordinary course.