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THE SUN.

SDLZM OUIS DICEUB FALSUM AUDEAT,

LONDON,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1821.

Faris Papers of Tuesday last, reached us this
morning. The march of dm Austrian Army to-
wtrdes Naplesis no longer doubtful. It appears
t!.iat the greater portion of the army crossed the
pc, on the Bth at 13.orgoforte, and that by the 10th,
the' iernainder had effected their passage at vari-
ous other points. The whole were marching in

three direciions, one taking the road by Florence

and Sienna, another by Forli and Urbino, and
_ the third by Ancona, along the shores,of the
Adriaac. The Corps of General FIILMONT is
estimated at 40,000 strong. The address of this
(..;-nneral.tO his army appeared in our paper yes-

test ay:

From Naples we learn, that the PallicE RE-
tliriirr closed the first Session of the Neapolitan
Parliament on the 31st of Jan. with the speech
se have Subjoitieil. The Members of the Par-
liament are to -remain at Naples during the re-
.ccv,land if any circumstances should arise to

render their assistance necessary, they Will be
klm2diately called together.
',lle intelligence from Madrid up to the 13th,
mentions that- apparent tranquillity prevails in
that Capital ; but a spirit of general discontent
'exists which is only repressed by a species of
terror. There is no confirmation of the report
(contained in a private Letter of the 10th, stated
td have been received at Irun, from Madrid,)
of`an Insurrection having broken out in that Ca-.
'pita], in which one of the Ministers had lost his
Lre.—There is nothing new from France.

8i f. fiS c.
(:.) 0 I. c.

EN CIE FUND'i.
Feb.' lid. —Pi ti `e per Cents.
hank Suck ..... .

• - NAPLES.
On the 31st of. January last, the Prince Re-
gnt went to the Parliament to close the Session.
It is irn` pos-kible.to describe the affectionate and
enthusiastic recei;tion with .which his Royal
JlTlghness was • greeted. The Prince, seated on
f6llowi6g Speech to the
radi'atnetit

01.:NTLEN1F.N1 TWPUTIFK, •
. have reached the end of your first Ses-
sion, and .1 have great plc.asure in expressing my
safrsfactiou at the conduct of the Parliament, and
the ;respect shewn by them towards the throne.
INly.,heart.is particularly sensible of the marks
"of affection displayed on every occasion to myself
anii. the Royal Family ; but it is more deeply
impressedr*ith the respectful and cordial manner
itit which thaw Parliament and the Naiion, of
which you are -the Representatives, confided to
the King, my august Father, the defence of lour
Inc. is.pendencv. I confidently hope to be enabled

to announce to you soon, that his efforts have
' .been attended with happy results ; in the mean
time, I have the- gratification of informing you,
'that he enjoys gocd frealth.
• _

" I have witnessed with satisfaction all the mea.
ttres which. have been taken for the improvement
of out finances; the reorganization of the army,
' and the defence of the kingdom. •
• "4 I cannot but express my approbation that
the •etffhus•iasm .Of the. nation has never trans-
-,:gressed the bound's of prudence and moderation
which ;ought to be :observed towards. Foreign
Powers, but on the contrary that,the people have
•always shewn the greatest attenticin to the Agents

of those Powers residing among use a respect due
to the character with which they are invested.
EgittOf cornnieridation is also 'due to the zeal
you 146 displayed in making, such changes and
improvements in every branch of the Public
Administration, iii accordance with the Consti-
tution whim we haVe sworn to adopt. I regret,
however, that, notwithstanding the Session was
prolonged, there has not been sufficient time to
bring our Constitution to that state of perfection
which was the first Wish of thy heart, and to dif-
fuse the advantages of our new System among
the people of the Two Sitilies. But, I tr List
that in the next Session, I shall he enabled, with
the aid of -your experience, wisdom, and ac-
tive co-operation; to bring tlit Public Administra-
tion in all its branches to perfeetion; as it is my
ardent wish to consolidate
.the happiness and
glory of my Country.
" 1 observe with pleasure, that the Members
of the Parliament are to remain at Naples, be-
cause they can employ the short interval before
the opening of the next Session in preparing
plans for the benefit of their'Country, and also
because, they will be ready to attend, an extra-
ordinary assembling of the Parliament, hi case
any circumstances should arise to render that
measure necessary."

Since writing the above, we have received the
Paris Papers of Wednesday last. The Chamber
of Deputies was occupied the whole of Monday
and Tuesday on a Financial Law, which gave
rise to a warm debate. The first two articles
only of this Law have as yet been taken into
consideration and adopted by the Chamber.
Vienna Papers of the 10th
_state, that the
King of NAPLEs has resolved to yield
to the wishes of his peoples by giving
them a new Constitution, the basis of
which will be guaranteed by all, the Great
Powers. The plan of giving new Constitutions
to the Italian States, is still in contemplation.,
Lord STEWART has left Laybach for Vienna ;
and Lord CLANWILLIAM is on his return to this
country: It is said that the Austrian expedition
against Naples will have a pacific result, as there
are a sufficient number of persons in that king-
dom favourable to their cause to render it proba-
ble that not a single musket will be fired.
A partial change of Ministry in Spain is talked
of. Senor CANGA ARGUELLES, the Minister of
Finance, it is reported, will retire, and be suc-
ceeded by Senor GARAY.. Private letters from
Madrid of the 15th contain no important intelli-
gence on the situation of that Capital.
The French Funds have risen. On the 9..0th
(Tuesday), the Five per cents left off at 83 fr.
10 c.—No variation in Bank Stock.

The Bth of next month is fixed for the discus-
sion of the CATHOLIC QUESTION in the House of
Lords. The friends of our present happy Esta-
blishment in Church and State must, therefore,
feel much alarm on the renewal pf a subject
which menaces its very existence. The PRO-
TESTA NT RELIGION is the purest on earth. Our
ancestors lavished their blood in support of it,
and if we are rightly informed, it is actually
gaining ground in Roman Catholic States.—
The declension in the power of the Popedom,
which once shook every Throne with the thun-
ders of the Vatican, is a proof that the age is
more enlightened, and seems to indicate the total
overthrow of the Papal Power. But if once
Roman Catholics are' freed from all restraints,
and suffered to participate in political authority,
we may expect that they would soon attempt to
render their religion predorninant.—Hence we
have reason to apprehend contentions in Par-
liament, and divisions among the People, and
perhaps, in due time, the total overthrow of the
Protestant ascendancy-. The Earl of DONOUGH-
MORE displayed such decided firmness, manly
sense, and advanced such irrefragable arguments
on the charges against THE QUEEN, that 144.
lament to find him an advocate for the unrestricted
revival of a Religion, pregnant with danger to
that Constitution, to which we owe all those po-
litical blessings which no other Country on earth
is suffered to enjoy.

TIMBER MITIES.—It is very generally .ru-
moured, that the Government have been induced
to give an assurance to the Northern Pow.ers,
that a Duty shall be imposed on Colonial Timber,
and that it is intended to recommend to Parlia-
m•tit, that a Duty of TWENTY SHILLINGS per load
shall be imposed on all Timber brought from the
KING'S Colonies, which, in addition to the re-
peal of the Duties of Customs already conceded
to these Powers, will throw the whole of the
Timber. Trade into the ,hands of their subjects
We are sorry to say, that we believe *this infor-
mation to be correct ; and we are afraid that this
is not the only sacrifice of British Interests to-the
Holy Alliance.

FOREIGN TRADE.-The witnesses- examined
yesterday before this Committee were Mr.
POWLES, whose examination was not concluded
on the- preceding clay : Mr. HAGAN . and Mr.
Simpson, Timber Merchants : Mr. DALMEIt and
Mr.Ticiczi,Eit of Merrsl, and Mr.,l3ELLlcOusE of
Manchester. What course the Committee pur-
sue in their investigations it is impossible to conjec-
ture from the-names of the ,witnesses whom they
have examined. The points for their delibera-
tions we understood were—the quality and du-
rability of Colonial Timber--4he competency 'of
the King's Colonies to furnish a sufficient annual

quantity for the supply of the Mother Country,
without the aid of the United States—its doSt,,,
including freight and all other incidental charges
—how it is paid for, whether in British Manufac-
tures or produce, or in any other manner,—the
effect of the Timber trade on the Colonial Land-
holder, the Colonial Fisherieskie British Ship
owner—Manufacturer—and lastly, on the Mari-
time power of the country, from the great body
of hardy and eacellent seamen reared in it : on
the other hand it was to be ascertained whether
the Colonial Timber had produced any beneficial
effect in favour of the consumer, namely, whether
Baltic Timber had not only fallen in price abroad
btit in the English market, without any decreaSe
in the importation of it, or in the export of British
goods to Norway and the Baltic; and that the
competition created by the introduction of
the British Colonial Timber and Deals had been
productive of a great saving' in the price of the
article generally. We were also informedl that to
come to a correct view of the state of the trade,
both Colonial and Foreign, it will be necessary
to take a-comparative view of the relative condi-
tion'of British and Foreign Shipping, in the cost
of building, equipment, and navigation.. If these
are' really the points to which this Committee
are to direct their attention, we cannot contem-
plate a speedy termination of their labours—for
it is evident that many more witnesses must be of-
feredto them before they can decide on all the se-
rious considerations to which we have alluded. It!
is to be regretted that this had not been an open
Committee, a 3 was formerly the practice—itl
would have given general. satisfaction, whatever
might be its r
subjects
to the Legis-
lature on
the submitted- to its delibe-
ration. We .recollect perfectly well the strong
observations of the .Opposition of 1806, onl
the American Intercourse Bill, and on the conduct
observed by the Talents' Administration to the ,
Shipping Interest on that occasion; and we are sorry
to observe that they do not now appear to have
the influence whiCh they at that time possessed.
-The unabated zeal and perseverance of the Ad-
vocates of the Trade from Norway and the Baltic,
aided as they are by the Advocates of the new
doctrines, induce us. to recommend to the fa-
vourable attention of the Public the claims of the
British Ship-Owners and Colonists to protection
and encouragement ; for on a most dispassionate
and impartial consideration of the question-in all its
bearings, we are of opinion that the GENERAL
INTERESTS of the Mother country, in everypoint-
-
of view, require a decided preference to be given
to -the British Colonial Timber Trade, instead of
to the Timber Trade frOM the North of Europe..