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

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDECGS.

- HOUSE OF CO3IMONS.
• Mercarii, 14° Die Nartii, 1821.
Timitx.n. Dr TIE s.---Acts read, and a Committee of the witz.)tr
HotTsr appointed thereon, for Thurs-
day, 22d March.
Petition from Glasgow IN FAVOUR OF.
APTENCE.—Leave of, granted to Mr. T. Barnard,. for six
weeks ; Mr. Hyde and Mr. Dennis Browne,
three weeks ; and Mr. A. Moore and Mr.
• Broughani, for their respective Circuits. ... •
AUSTRIAN LOAN.—Petitions from Liver Fool respecting the
payment of.
VAGRANT LAWS...—Ar Select Committee appointed thereon,

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with the usual poweri.
CORN AVERAGE s.—Second reading of this Bill deferred until

next 3londit.y.

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THE SUN.

SOLEN QUIS:DIC.PRE FAISUM AUDEAT?

LONDON,
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1621.

IMPORTANT RUMOUR.

PARIS, MARCIE 12.----Travellers, just arrived
from Italy, state, that they had been overtook
by a:Courier, who told them that a BATTLE HAD
PLAcE, at the foot of Mourt Broxo, near
Terni, and that the NEAPOLITANS HAD GAINED
THE VICTORY !.•

Paris Papers of Monday last reached us this
morning. We are still without any intelligente
from Naples and Madrid. Accounts from Genoa
and Frankfort state, that the Austrian army from
the Adriatic was expected to reach the Tronto
on the 24th ult. The town of Ancona has been
occupied by an Austrian corps since the 19th,
but the citadel remained in the possession of the
Papal troops. The flotilla under the Marquess
of. PALucct, destined to co-operate with this
division of the army, had anchored in the
road of Ancona on the 16th or 17th, and set
sail again almost immediately, to proceed along
the shores of the Adriatic. An engagement,
therefore, seems inevitable between this fleet and
the Sicilian squadron, which left Naples very
recently, composed of a line of battle ship, se-
veral frigates and brigantines. Some skirmishes
are reported to have taken place in the neigh-
bourhood of Rieti, Citta Ducale, and Aquila.
The Austrians- will most likely not lay siege to
the last mentioned town in form, but march on

to Naples.
Private letters from La.ybaclx mention that
the Ministers of the Great Powers are .as ac-
tiVely employed now as they were at the opening
of .the Congress. Fresh dispatches from Naples
have occasioned extraordinary conferences, at
the close of which messengers were sent off
to Vienna and Milan, and to Baron FRIMONT,
Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian Army.
Lord STEWART is said to have lately forwarded
dispatches of great importance to the British-Mi-
nister at Laybach, the contents of which were
communicated to the other Ministers at the Con-
gress, and a Note delivered to them at the same
time, relative to the affairs of Naples.—The first
arrivals from the army are expected to bring in-
telligence of the commencement of hostilities.

Private letters of the sth from Madrid, are re-
ported to hate been received at Paris, announc-
ing that the Cortes Were specially assembled
on the night of. the 2d instant, and that very
warm discussions took place. All the Mi-
nisters, except Senor ARGUELLES, are said to
have withdrawn their resignations, and resumed
their offices.

On Sunday the King of FRANCE gave a private
audience to the Spanish Ambassador, and after-
wards held a Court which was numerously at-
tended. In the afternoon,. Ills MAJESTY. tran-
sacted business with the Duke de RICUELIEU,
and the Minister of Finance. The Duke
DECAZES arrived at Paris on Monday evening.

The Journals of Naples do not contain any
thing very important to-day, unless it be a pro-
posal which has beea made to the Parliament by

the Deputy BORELLI, to give the Dictatorship
to the PRINCE REGENT, to whom would he added
a Committee of some Members, chosen among
those who enjoy the highest degree of public
esteem. This proposal was, seconded, and re-
ferred to a Committee, which- is to make its re-
port immediately. There is no longer any doubt
of the insurrection of a part of the Marches.—
Wherever the Neapolitaii partisans have sliewn
themselves, they have been received as deli-
verers, and the tri-coloured flag waves in the
parts which they have visited. The enthusiasm
maintains itself, or rather it daily increases. The
Parliament has addressed an energetic and mov-
ing Proclamation to the Army.
All persons who arrive from Italy agree in say-
ing that it is in the greatest fermentation, and
already- the Constitution of Spain is openly spo-
ken of. If the Neapolitans resist only one
month, there is no doubt that the North of Italy
will rise. People's minds seem generally pre-
pared for this event.
-.There is a great deal of talk at Paris of a con-
spiracy said to have been discovered in Piedmont,
just as it was on the point of being carried into
execution. People go so far as to say, that the
Prince of CARIGNAN is among the number of the
persons arrested. (This report wants confirma-
tion.) What is certain is that several Austrian
Officers have passed through Milan under strict
arrest and bound, and it is not doubted but that
it is on account of opinions which they have ma-
nifested.. It is also said that the Vanguard of
General GI-G. PEPE has beaten a Regiment of
Hungarian Huzzars, and that they have sus-
tained great loss. It appears that General FRI-
MONT temporizes, waiting far the reinforcements
which are necessary for him.

A report is spread of the discovery of a con-
spiracy at Turin, at the head of which was the
Prince of CARLGNAN. It is said that a great
many persons have been arrested. The plan, of
the conspirators NV M to form a COnstitutional
Government, and to revolutionize Lombardy, in
order to make a diversion to impede the military
operations of the Austrians against Naples.—
(Cons-Wilt/one!, March 13.)

Norfolk (Virginia) Papers arrived this morn-
ing to the 15th of February.
The following is an Extract of a Letter frOm
Havannah, dated the 19th January :—" General
MORILLO has been some time here, pennyless,
powerless; and friendless. Of his armistice with
BOLIVAR you must have heard ; it excited so
much indignation among the Spaniards that his
life was in danger, and he yesterday fled in dis-
guise from the City in the British brig Blucher,
for London. The long story about the revolt of
the Spanish troops in this City; in the American
Papers, is ridiculous, A vtslunteer corps of citi-
zens, to the extent of eight or nine thousand
men, has been well organized, and the garrison
is in perfect subordination, and the City secure
and quiet."

We find, by an article in a respectable Morn-
ing Paper of this day, that Mr. TIERNEY has
announced his intention to resign the Leadership
of the Opposition, on account of iil health. We
regret the cause and the consequence, for though
our opinions differ widely from those of that
gentleman, yet we consider him as much better
qualified for the situation which he is about to
relinquish than any one of the Party who are the
rumoured Candidates for the succession. He was
a sturdy Debater, if not a powerful Orator. He
was open and manly in his attacks, and by his
diligence in exploring abuses, and his persever-
ance in the attempt to remove them, he kept
Ministers in awe, though he was not able to
force them into a reform. Such a man, whatever
might be his motives,, and we are ready to eon.-
sider them as founded on true public spirit in the
present instance, deserves the respect and confi-
dence of the People, and such a spirit we hope
will always characterize the Leader of a Parlia-
mentary Opposition. We cannot but think,
however, that Mr. TIERNEY did not support his
own character and principles on an occasion to
which we shall always reluctantly allude, when,
after manfully demanding a full investigation of
rumours abroad and at home, after urging the
necessity of such an investigation for the ho-
nour of the Throne and the Country, and
maintaining the right of the KING to tire privilege
which the meanest of his subjects enjoy, he ap-
peared to shrink from the question, and left the
proceedings to take their course. But the mat-
ter was indeed of so revolting a nature, that it is
not wonderful that it excited disgust in all but
those who were obviously actuated by the mere
spirit of• Party and the spur of interested ambi-
tion. To prove the pitiable state to which the
Opposition must be reduced, and it cannot ap-
pear in a more humiliating point of view, the fol-
lowing persons are said to be now engaged in an
active canvass to succeed -Mr. TIERNEY as the
Party Leader, viz.—Sir ROBERT WILSON, Mr.
H umE, Mr. CREEVE r; and Mr. LINIBTON.—Ohe!
Jam satis.

TIMBER DUTIES.—By the, Votes of the House
of Commons last night, it appears' that a Com-
mittee of the whole House ,on the Acts relating
to the Duties on Timber is fixed for THCRSDAY
NEXT. We suppose it is for the purpose of ob 7
taining leave to bring in a Bill to REDUCE the
Duties on Foreign Timber, and to impose a
Duty on British. Colonial Timber! !

Yesterday same of the Cabinet Ministers dined
with Earl BAT/Jr./11ST; at his house_ in Staullope.
street. •