The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-19 00:00:00

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A MOARNING PAPIAI.)
The ''s.um proposed to be raiscd by tLe I ,ec“:'
GOverntner.t %%ill 'not be in the form of stn wfti'

nary boat,, but of annuities, or inscriptions on the
Great ROA -Of France. With annuities to the
Hifi n t of 16,000,00.0 of francs, or 666;6661,
the 11linister calculates ou being able to pruvitk:
for all the det44ands of the public service during
tht! year 1818, and for those ot the first quarter of
the year ensuing. The tout-charge, if the French
per cents. %%ere ht par, would he egiie•dleet
to a principal snot ot 320,000,000 itaucs,
13.333,3331. ,terling ; [nit at the cwrrent price c►t
French stuck '(for round numbers say 64),
The same annnity would only
cover n capital of
The savings in the Management
of the grants of last year are
reckoned at 23 tuillions francs
or about 958,0001. sterling.
The pernlattent inscriptions on
the Grand Li►•re amount to
This sum will he now increased
by 1G Millions francs,- but
as the new Reines will bt-
gociated se as to commence
only trims ilfe 22d March,
1818, the addition for the
said year will be tfo Mine than
Malting the whole of the per-
nrct►eut Rent Charge fur the
ensuing year • .
(N.B. About 1-Bth the Inte-
rest On the National Debt
of Great Britain )
But of the abo%' stto► the Sink-
ing Fund hat already ab-
sorbed
And the amount of that Fund
will rapidly increase, fro►n,
the accruing Dutations, from
the Interest bought up, and
from the Produce of the
Wood's to be disposed of.
The arrears, now that the pe-
riod of 12 months has expired
fur sending in Claims upon
the Government, are 35(3.4-
i: filled to amount to
Of this tticre has been already
liquidated
Leaving still'dtie a gross arreat
of 430,708,900

Stech
IC iAssis3s

Francs
12.0,217,000

5,009,041

8,000,0.'10

333.33$

128,217,009

5,342,374

4,554,984

189,70

727,708,300

297,000,000

30,321,20

1i,3750°

17,3,15,491

But as a considerable propor-
tion of the above Claims are
not of a nature to he authen-
ticated, and thereiore cannot
be admitted, a deduction
must be made, which will
diminish the capital of the
arrear to he .provided for
hereafter, under this head,
to • 150,000,000; near1y14,583,00
The Interest of which su a, if
funded at the present norhet
price, would be 27,343,750
Should'the At my of Occupation be destined c'
depart in spring, the sum required by the French,
Minister will not he' less than 40,000,000 o'
rentes, upwards of 21,000,0001. sidling, to satislf
the more pressing wants of the Allied Sovereii4o.•
The following is an extract of a letter trout tilt
opulent Banker in Paris !--
" The business of the three loans of 1817
to he settled at the end of this year. The stoek
of the. two first is all disposed of, and what of
the list remains is to be ditided among the takers
at (4. 'file Committee is dissolved, and the wholet
affair is to he wound up. It is gene:•aily believe('
that the cAnse of this has been a tik:agrcemcoc
among these gentlemen, thrnig,ll their friends Vre"
tend that the reason is, that they stick to seulg
oil these loans in order to be ready for anothec•

Ve are indeed assured by the very persons v.;
aye been named as the takers of another
hat no arrangement has been, or 19 likely to t)
Aade, tor-buck au ohicct
IMMO.

1' 0 E 'l' It Y.

NI PRONI

The world has heard mach of THE FORTUNATE YOUTIqj

And well a with wonder may gape—
That lie really has fortunate been is a truth=
Since from Jus-cmc he wade his cseupe.
• BEN BUBBLN.