The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-14 00:00:00

THE 'LONDON :JOURNALS.

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[DAILY EXTRACTS FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We know not well what to think of the account which Ge-
neral Uarrascosa has given of the defection of his corps. 'We
are yet too much in the dark respectin& the proceedings at
Naples, to be able to judge between the officers and the soldiery.
We know considerable suspicion Was entertained of the officers
before the commencement of hostilities. A very great majority
of them.consisted of Noblesse, a body who, in all popular Re-
volutions, uniformly take part openly or secretly against the
people. Great cowardice has certainly been displayed by the
soldiery; but it is possible Cilat that cowardice may appear to
be greater than it really*as, throu„oh the treachery of the
officers, and that the firing on these of was the result of a
general conviction of such treachery. •

ORING .]
The accounts from[ the Tu Y/rkishPOST Provinces confirm all our
previous statements of the insurrection having already been
productive of considerable bloodshed. - The Proclamation of
Prince Ypsilanti to all the Greeks, calling upon them to throw
off the Ottoman yoke, . tells them that the " Seryians, the. Su,
liotes, all Epirus, ' are waiting in arms for the signal.; and that
the " whole nation is filled with enthusiasni.' this, for
aught we know, may be very true ; but we-must rezollect that
this same Prince Ypsilanti asserted with equal confidence that
the Emperor of Russia would march his immense armies in
aid of the insurgent cause, which assertion we know to be total-
ly
void of foundation...

• [gnw Tr.3rus,} •• -
Notwithstanding the great fluctuations the Funds have under-
gone during the last account,. 'the Settlement turned out much
better than was expected only one detaulter-ofinagnitude was
declared yesterday, and a few .minor-ones ; but they did not af-
fect the price. of Mocks : ancl'Consols.elosed..nearly as they had
opened. :A rumour of the capture of Liana by Lord Cochrane
prevailed during the day, but received no confirmation, and was
not much attended to. • Not tt single Express arrived from Paris";
and therefore it may be • concluded that ,every thing was per-
fectly quiet in that quarter.. Letters were received from Rio
Janeiro to the 7th of February, front Hamburgh to the 3d inst.
and from Naples td the 27th of March. The King of Portugal
has sent his -Ultimatum to the rebels at Lisbon, 'who, it is very
probable, will gradually be induced to accede to it. The King
of Naples, on entering the capital. o his kingdom, was received •
with every demonstration of • loyalty .; the • principal traitors, to
the .number of 2000, having previously taken their passports,
and fled to foreign lands. The assertion of The Morning Chro-
nicle% that an insurrection had taken place in the Greek Islands,
remains without confirmation. • • • •

[BRITISII PRESS.]
The Bank Cash Payments'
.Bill was read 'a third time last
night in the House of Corimions, and ordered to be sent to the
House of Lords. Upon this Bill we have hitherto abstained
from Offering any remarks, because we have been for some time
doubtful whether it ought to be considered as a measure of
general policy, affecting
_the fiscal and commercial arrange-
ments of a great empire, and framed upon an extensive view of
our foreig,n relations and domestic interests, or whether it is to
be treated. as a Matter of police, adopted for the better preve.►-
tion of the crime of forgery, and to supersede the necessity of
devising any scheme ior improving the engraved dies of the
Bank of England notes. The immediate operation of the Bill,
at all events,. is to relieve the Bank of England from every re-
straint upon the payment of its notes in cash, and therefore
closes at length the system that has been so long and so fatally
known under the name, of the " Bank Restriction," but it
does not entitle the public. ,to insist upon obtaining gold for
notes, the agency of the measure being still reposed upon the
discretion'of the Bank Directors.

[THE TIMES.]
We have before us a curious specimen of the operations of the
. •
cenSershiP:in France upon a provincial paper, ofivhich we regret
that typographical difficulties prevent us from laying a fac simile
before our readers. The mutilated journal itself -might have
been edifying to the enemies of a free press in this coun-
try, as affording them a . view of that happy state of things
which they wish to establiskhere. 'Co the friends of ,freedom,
also it would have exhibited a „sample of ti;ose evils ,pgainst
which they struggle; The thief article upon which the Cen-
sors have exercised their skill ig• from 'Turin : it contains a de-
cree of the Constitutimal. 'Government for • the nomination of
32 Provincial Governors. This tleeree;'say the Censors, tile
Journals may in substance publish :. but across the preamble,
containing the motives for the decree, they have drawn their
red mark.