The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-27 00:00:00

FRENCH FUNDS.

June 23, Five per Cents.
Bank Stack. 1585 E c.

• " FRAN riFortr, JUNE 18.—Strang:e -reports are
circulating here respecting the. recent discovery
in Prussia of a plot against the State. We are
waiting anxiously for the particulars.
-" STocKnool, JUNE 6.---The energy and
firmness of the King have been attended with
the best effects. Captain Duc arrived here on
the 2d inst. with despatches from Christiana, and
brings us the satisfactory. intelligence, that the
Diet, in its Sitting of the 29th of May, has ad-
hered. to the Convention concluded w►th Den-
mark for the liquidation of the Norwegian debt.
This vote was carried by a Majority of 31, and
the Diet, in communicating its decision to the
King, has at. the same time transmitted an Ad-
dress, in which his Majesty is requested to in-
terpose his good offices, in order to obtain a pro-
longation of the term fixed for the final payment
of this debt from ten to thirty years.
" VIENNA, JUNE 11.—The report of the death
of the famous All Paella is -yet doubtful. We
are still without news from Epirus. •
" JUNE 13.—His Majesty received yesterday
in public audience a deputation composed of the
four orders of the Provincial States of Lower
Austria. His Excellency Count Joseph, de
Dietrichstein, Marshal of the Province, who was
at the head of the deputation, delivered a speech
congratulating his Majesty on his return to his
capital, and on the happy issue of his efforts for
-the restoration of general tranqnillity. His Im-
perial Majesty replied in the following terms :
. "1 repeive with peculiar satisfaction, the congratulations of
my faithful States of Lower Austria, on the occasion of my
return to the capital, after the happy settlement of the affairs of
Italy. ~It would seem that Providence, in this instance, per-
mitted great evils to take place, to serve as great examples for
the instruction of the world.

" In the midst of my people, I can give a free course to my
sentiments. With humble gratitude to God, we ought to be

thankful that our prospects of felicity and proiperity for-cen-
turies to come, have been disturbed only by passing storms.
Our political repose secured, we trust, fora long time, by faith
of the Treaties entered into with the different European Powers,
and in consequence of the good understanding happily subsist-
ing between us and them, does not, however, render it unne-
cessary for us to desist from our exertions to preserve and
restore internal peace to neighbouring States, the maintenance
of which is inseparable from our own tranquillity. A king-
dom allied to us by the ties of blood, and united to us in other
respects, •had become the victim of a deep-rooted conspiracy.—
At the moment when the measures we had taken were on the
point of restoring order and justice in distracted state, a
conspiracy not less criminal, and still more dangerous, burst
forth in another State immediately contiguous to our from—
tier. The authors• of these wicked attempts made sure of
victory. They forgot that a lysternfounded. on solid principles,
and well matured, can face an accumulation of unexpected
danger ; they forgot that the people may, in the impulse of
the moment, be misled, but never can be permanently gained
over by the impetuosity or the arts of the ambitious. The mo-
ment that our assistance was extended to this State, the edifice
raised by fraud and deceit fell,down, even quicker than it was
raised, on the heads of the conspirators.

" The sincere and ready co-operation of my Allies, the
activity and bravery of my Army, the unshaken fidelity and
love of my people, have enabled me to restore tranquillity to
my neighbours; and to secure its undisturbed and permanent
enjoyment in my own states. This great work 'contains its own
reward, and the only recompence I desire.

" Assure all the States of my Archduchy 4 my Imperial
and paternal care."

llamburgli Papers to the 22d instant reached
us this morning. They are chiefly filled with
the conclusion of the King of SWEDEN'S Message
to the Diet of Norway on the proposed abolition
of Nobility, of little interest to the English
Reader. It is difficult to • conjecture whether
the conduct. of the Diet proceeds from dislike
of a King forced upon them in opposition to
their attachment to the PRINCE RoyAL of DEN-
MARK, or their desire to get rid of a Nobility" too
ready to-support the measures of the new Mo-
narch. We subjoin the other contents of the
Ilamburgh Papers :--
" iIANOVER, JtrlE 19.—The preparations for the recep-
tion of his Majesty are going on with the gteatest activity, both
in the. Capital and other parts of the Country. If the time of
his Majesty's arrival here cannot be exactly fixed, it suffices
every Ilanoverian to know for certain that his Majesty, when-
ever occasion offers, most decidedly expresses his intention to
fulfil the wishes of his subjects. In a rescript lately addressed
by his Majesty to the Old Town are the words : We look
forward with the greatest pleasure to the approaching
_moment,
when we shall receive in person the proofs of the so often tried
attachment of our beloved llanovenans to this and our Royal
House, and be witness of their love and of their happiness:
" 11Amnuiton, JUNE 23.-LThe.news from Turkey is not
important. There is -no confirmation of the defeat of Theo-
dore, or [the flight of Prince Ypsilanti, the account of which
seems to be wholly unfounded."

We find by the contents of the Vienna Mail,
which arrived yesterday, with letters from Con-
stantinople of th-e 25th, and from Smyrna of the
17th ult., that Constantinople was -in a more
tranquil stateby the vigorous efforts Of the Go-
vernment. Lord STRANGFORD had an audience
with the GRAND VIZIEIL on the 19th, and with
the. GRAND SEIGNOIL on the 22d ult. Lady
STRANGFORD accompanied her husband in the
Male habit. The procession was orderly.
the vessels-corning from the Black Sea had been
seized by the Turkish Government, with a view
chiefly to prevent supplies being sent to the
Greeks. The accounts froM Smyrna are not
equally favourable.. Great disorders had. taken
place, insomuch that-many of the Frank inha-
bitants had sought protection in the vessels in the
•Bay. Many Turkish vessels had been captured
by the Greeks, and the crews, amounting to 500
men, had been massacred. The VIZIER had
reached Smyrna, and had in a great degree re-
stored order, and•the Greeks had opened their
shops on his reliance and protection.

The Slave Trade is so disgraceful to human
nature, and so iniquitous and horrible in itself,
that every friend to mankind must deeply de-
plore any obstacle to its extinction. The Bri-
tish Government had the glory of taking the
lead in the meritorious attempt to remove the
execrable traffic, and it certainly is not our fault
that all other Governments have not followed so
honourable an example. But Knowledge is gra-
dually extending over the world, and we trust
that Virtue will be its associate, and that Justice
and Humanity will finally triumph over Rapacity,
Cruelty, and Oppression.

Last night, in the House of Commons, Mr.
MAXWELL moved, that a humble Address be
presented to his MAJESTY, praying that his MA-
JESTY would be graciously pleased to issue a
Commission for the examination of Mr. OWEN'S
Plan, and of his Regulations, as they are carried
into practice at New Lanark, and to report their
opinions on the same. Without meaning to say
that THE SUN has ever stood pledged in favour
of Mr. OWEN'S propositions, or intending so to
pledge it at present, we must confess, that from
the earliest annunciation of that benevolent Gen-

tleman's views, we have been anxious that they
should be fairly and fully examined ; we have
been desirous that an experiment of his princi-
ples (with the exception, of course, of those af-
fecting religion,) should be made ; and we
have been ever ready to throw open a liberal
portion of our columns to the discussion of a sub-
ject involving interests and considerations of the
highest importance. But, although we have ab-
stained, with that deliberation and caution which
ought always to be exercised in approaching the
consideration. of a question, which is so novel
and of so great magnitude as this, from precipi-
tately pronouncing upon its practicability or ex-
pediency, We are not restrained, by any similar
feelings or considerations, from pointing out the
misconceptions respecting it which are enter-
tained by others, nor from clearing up objections
founded in such misconceptions, and not in
the real character of the plan itself. Of
this description were some of the remarks of
the Marquis of LONDONDERRY and of Mr. CAN-
NING. Notwithstanding our profound respect
for the splendid talents and extensive knowledge
of the Noble Marquis and the Hight Honourable
Gentleman, we must say, that on this subject
they are evidently rnisinformed,—that they are
imperfectly acquainted with its principles and

that they have equally, misunder-
stood the. means by which the plan is proposed
to be introduced into practice, and the object it
is intended to accomplish. Their objections, in
fact, are not better founded than that advanced
by Sir I. COFFIN. The worthy Baronet, under
the mistaken idea that Mr. OWEN is a Scotch-
man, fairly avowed that he disliked Scotchmen
too much to approve of any thing that proCeeded
from them. " lie was not in love with this plan,
because it was Mr. OWEN'S ; nor (lid he admire
Mr. OWEN, because he was a Scotchman ; and
he would therefore give his vote against the mo-
tion !"—Mr. OWEN, however, happens to be an
Englishman; and he never entered Scotland, we
believe, until he was upwards of thirty years of
age !—The Marquis of LoNfooNoznity, again,
said, that " Mr. OWEN wished to regulate our
morality and our actions by machinery,. though
he would exclude machinery in every other re-
spect ;" and, " that it would appear that he
thought no good was to be done until we
were all set to digging !" Now, we certainly
do know enough of Mr. OWEN'S plan to be
enabled unhesitatingly to state, that Mr.
OWEN, so far from being hostile to the use of
machinery, in substitution for manual labour, is
one of the warmest and most zealous advocates
for its unlimited extension ; and that, in fact, it
is on the very ground, (in his own estimation and
in that of several. intelligent Agriculturists,) of the
spade being a much more productive, and much
more economical, machine than the plough, that
he recommends the substitution of the former in-
strument for the latter in the cultivation of the
soil! Spade cultivation, however, is by no means
essential to, nor indispensable in, the execution
of his plan. [f the spade really be the more
economical instrument; it will of course be adopt-
ed. If not, the plough must and will retain its
present pre-eminence; and Mr. OWEN himself
will be happy to bid it " God speed !"—As for
the supposed tendency of the plan to " regulate
our morality and our actions by machinery," it
must be obvious, to all who have carefully exa-
mined it, that though its system of moral training
and education partakes of the scientific order and
harmony of a most skilfully devised piece of
mechanism, and. has been beautifully termed, in
the Report of the Committee of the Co-operative
and Economical Society, the c‘ Steam Engine of
the Moral World," yet that the effect of the
whole system, and of the arrangements which it
embraces, would-be more favourable to personal
and general liberty than any that have hitherto
been devised for the association of mankind,
These were the principal, if not the only, objec-
tions of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY to the
Plan ; for his other objections were not against
the Plan itself, but against the propriety of Par-
liamentary proceedings upon it. Tiok Noble
Marquis even recommended that an experiment
of the Plan should be made by parishes or indi-
viduals,—after the result of which Parliament
could with more propriety take up the matter.
We shall merely glance at the principal miscon-
ception of Mr. Canning. The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman thought it was proposed to attempt the
union, of the whole nation, in interests and pur-
lsuits: and argued that though " a system of this
sort might do very Well for a confined society, it
was fallacious'to infer from a particular instance of
success that its general application was practi-
cable; for what influence—what community of
feeling—of fear or of love, could bring together
and goVern the nation at large i" The answer is,
that Mr. OWEN never has proposed, and never
dreamed of proposing, that the whole nation
should be brought together by a community of
interest, of feeling, of fear, or of love. Ile ex-
pressly declares, on the contrary, that the popu-
lation of his own establishment (2,500 persons)
is too numerous for effecting all the purposes, and
deriving all the advantages, of unity and co-
operation, and he recommends that the num-
bers associated in his villages should never
exceed two thousand. To conclude,—we will
venture to say, that if the plans of Mr. OWEN
be found practicable, and be finally adopted,
they will give a new and extraordinary stimulus
to the labour, the capital, the agriculture, the
manufactures, and the foreign and colonial com-
merce of the Empire. We certainly see, and
admit, that they would displace 'the present oc-
cupiers of the soil, and greatly reduce, or per-
haps annihilate, the petty retail trade carried on
by small dealers. But they would at the same
time open new and profitable channels of exer-
tion for such of them as possess capital, and
transfer such of them as are destitute of capital
from their present state of difficulty and distress
to a new and prosperous situation of security and
abundance ; while all the great interests of the
Empire would be directly and rapidly advanced

His MAJESTY arrived in town last night about
ten o'clock from his Lodge at Windsor.
Yesterday the Duke of Ironic held a Levee as
Commander-in-Chief, at his office, Horse Guards.
We understand that the Lords Viscount
PowEttscou-nT and KvlstismouE are two of the
Irish Peers who are likely 10 be honoured by
promotion in the Irish Peerage at the ensuing
Coronation. The former Nobleman has consi-
derable estates in the county of Wicklow, and the
latter Nobleman, who resides at Kingston-house,
Knightsbridge, has in one county alone, in Ire-
land, near 30,0001. per annum, and both are dis-
tinguished for their, most humane and fatherly
conduct towards the poorer tenants of their se-
veral estates.

CHARLES FORBES, Esq., M. P.—We inserted a
paragraph in our Paper of yesterday relating to
this Gentleman, which we were induced, to do
from motives of •the most sincere respect and
esteem for his character, convinced that all we
said respecting the benevolence of his disposi-
tion was fully justified by, the whole of his life.
We regret however •to find, that what we in-.
tended as a tribute of respect has wounded the
feelings of that Gentleman, more particularly as
the will Of the late Mr. Foitrirs referred to,lias
not yet been opened; and consequently ,nothing
at present can be.known of its contents.
On Monday night his Highness Prince &TER-
HAZY'S huzzar arrived at Chandos House, with
dispatches for his Excellency from the Court of
Vienna.

REGISTER OF FASHION:

THE DING'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

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CORE, JUNE 19.—His MAJESTY'S intended visit has occa-
sioned a vast influx of visitors to our beautiful Lakes of Killar-
ney from England, who, of course, will afterwards proceed to
Dublin.—The establishment of steam-packets, which save time
and expence and ensure a certain passage, has encouraged many
to come over. A Gentleman 'left Glasgow (via Dublin) for
Cork at eight o'clock on the Whit-Sunday morning, reached ,
Dublin in twenty-three hours, .in-the steam-packet, took:the,
mail-roach, and. was .in Cork on Tuesday morning, at nine'
o'clock, altogether at an expence -of about five pounds, so that
here was money and time saved.- We shall shortly have steam-
packets established between-Cork and Bristol.—We are in great
expectation that his MAJESTY will Visit our beautiful Har-
bour, and the works-at Spike Island and Hawlboling; Ivhich
vie with any thing in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth and
Southampton. All the Noblemen and Gentlemen in this neigh.:
bourhood who have yachts, are getting them in readiness to go
out to sea. Sir EDM. NAGLE, who attends his MAJESTY, iS
a native of this county, and I dare say will be anxious that his
MAJESTY should visit it.—The Marquess of TH01110141)18
beautiful seat (Rostellon) is in this Harbour, and we believe the
Marquess has- a look out for the KING, as his superb yacht
has lately undergone a new decoration.