The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-24 00:00:00

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUII lODEATI

LONDON,
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1821.

The French Papers of Wednesday morning
have arrived, the contents of which will be found
in another column. They furnish no con-
firmation of the report in circulation yesterday,
of a battle having taken pace between the Aus-
trians and Neapolitans, in which the latter are
said to have been defeated. No information re-
lating to this important event had reached Paris
eXcepting the particulars contained in the follow-
ing copy of• a notice posted up at the Exchange
of that capital on•lVednesday afternoon, by the
authority of M. Roy, the French Minister of
Finance

" There was. on the 7th instant an engagement.
between the,Austrians and the Neapolitans. The
latter had advanced'on Rieti, which was occu-
pied by the Austrians. They were repulsed with
considerable loss. The Austrian army has entered
the Abruzzi : many prisoners have fallen into their
hands, and the greatest disorder appears to reign
in the Neapolitan army."
It appears to us not a little, extraordinary that
this communication should have proceeded from
the Il•Tiuister of Finance, and not from the Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs; and considering that there
are letters in town from Rome of the 9th inst.
do not mention the battle, althonsh the

distance tetween notne and Met; is not More
than a day's journey, we are not inclined to re,
pose mush confidence in this statement. In cor-
roboration of this opinion we have to remark that
news of the battle might have been transmitted
to Paris, partly by Courier and partly by tele-
graph, in eight or nine days ; and admitting that
in the present disturbed state of Italy some
obstacles may have intervened, we do not deem
them sufficient to have caused a delay of fourteen
days. Besides, the whole of the North of Italy
is in the possession of the Austrians,, and they
would ►►aturally take every means to spread the
intelligence with the utmost rapidity, and even by
that channel it ought to have reached Paris be-
fore the 2lst.

It would seem that almost all the Students and
the greater proportion of the young men at Turin
have quitted that Capital, and are gone to Alex-
andria. The number of persons belonging to the
class of citizens who have proceeded to the latter
place, some armed and others without arms, is
estimated at several thousands.

The most perfect tranquillity reigns at Turin ;
and the provisional junta had opened its sittings
and commenced its labours. A report was circu-
lated at Paris, and obtained general, credit, that
Genoa had declared herself independent.
The Prince Regent of NAPLES 'has addressed a
very spirited Proclamation to the Army, which
will be perused with considerable interest. En-
thusiasm is carried to the greatest height through-
out the Neapolitan Provinces; and in the
Abruzzi the volunteers were so nurpetous and
desirous of marching to the frontiers, that it was
with considerable difficulty upwards of 2000 of
them could be induced to return to their families.

The King of FRANCE gave audience, on the
20th, to the Foreign Asnbassadors, among whom
were present those of Spain and Naples. His
MAJESTY afterwards transacted business with the
Duke de RICIIELIE:,•, and, in the evening received
the Duke HE CAzics.

The French 5 per ( entsOeft off on Tuesday at 74 f. 00
We understand they had fallen to 7N, but, after the public t-
don of M. Rog's Bulletin, rose rapidly to 77 fr.

The following Article appears is the Dutch
Mail, received this day :
" BausseLs, 31ancit 18.—The ship Theresa, Captain
Buser, sailed from Niewport on the lfith, with a large cargo
of our national manufactures for the Black Sea, to renew our
commercial connections, which have been interrupted for cen-
turies. This vessel is one of several which the merchants of
Bruges intend to send to the ports of the Black Sea. This at-
tempt to open a new channel to our commerce is much patro-
nised by his Majesty. Mr. Faitbout Van Illariguy, our Vies-
Consul for the Black Sea, goes on board one of those vessels."

POPERY.-It is with great regret that we TV--
commend to the attention, of our Readers the
further progress of Mr. PLONSATT'a Bills ; but
we still hope that they will never pass the House
of Commons. We cannot compliment Lori CAs-
TLERSAGII on. the decency of his.languaga to-
wards the Protestant Clergy and Laity, in hay--
ing coarsely styled their conscientious fears on
the present momentous occasion " BeGIIEARS,
which ought put .to terrify any. body, hut of which
it would be better to remove the fallacious lo-
tions that prevailed." ' The tons and spirit
evinced by this Nobleman on this and other re-
cent subjects, satisfy us of the correctness of Mr.
MACDONALD'i observation on a f..mner night, viz.
that the Noble Lord's visit to the Continent,
and association with German Diplomatists, had
spoiled the British Statesman ! !!

Duets.—ln our Supplement to this
day's Paper, (No. 5,) our Readers will find the
remainder of the Report and Appendix of the
Select Committee on this subject, with several
ADDIT lONA L PAPERS and ACCOUNT,, which should
in our opinion have formed part of the Appendix.
These Papers and Accounts chew the great in-
crease of the Trade to and from the King's
North American Colonies, and their importance
to the Shipping, Manufacturing, and West India
interests of Great Britain. To these Documents
we earnestly intreat the attention of all practical
men, who, we are convinced, Will concur with
its in our views on this interesting subject. We
hope the Colonists and the Ship Owners will
give us credit for every wish to support them,
satisfied as we are how truly important it is to
the general interests of the empire, to preserve
and maintain usAurigeto the Navigation and
Colonial System of the Country.

A. letter from Stockholm of the 2J March
states, that a courier had arrived from Norway
with intelligence that GUSTAVE:B Anot,rnus, the
former King of SWEDES, had applied to the
Storthing, to obtain letters of naturalization in
Norway. The Storthing had transferred this
request to the KING% in order to receive his sen-
timents on the subject.,

Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the KING
left town for Brighton.—After the Drawing-room
on Thursday, tllO KING stopped to dine with the
Princess AUGUSTA, and at eleven o'clock his
Al.tJEsTv returned to his Palace in Pall-mall.
THE K VISIT TO 111-ELAND —We are now
enabled to state, on_ authority upon, which we
place implicit, reliance, that the 15th of July is
the day upon which his "MaJvs.ry may be. ex-
pected to arrive in llublin. During his stay in
Dublln, his MAJESTY will reside at the Castle.
—The Lout) LIEUTENANT Will remain at the
Lodge in the Phoenix Park.—(Dublin Evening
Pea.)

Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council
was held at the Foreign Office, in Downing.!
street,