The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-05 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2.—His Majesty's brig
Musqito, 10, Commander Charles Bentham, arrived
this morning from the Mediterranean ; having left
Malta as far back as the .sth of August, we have
more recent accounts than she brings of our squadron
in that sea. She has been to Tripoli, where she
was detained till the 16th ult. by the British Con-
sul, in consequence of the presence of a French
squadron, the Commandant of which had demanded
-a tribute of 33,000/. sterling, for various aggressions
committed by that State against the French inte-
rests; with this the Dey at first hesitated to com-
ply, but ultimately agreed to the exaction, and was
compelled also to make an apology for an insult
offered to the French Consul, Baron Rosseau, in
some matter relative to the papers of the lute I
Major Laing, which papers,. by the way, it was
strongly suspected were in the possession of Roe..
seau, though be denies the fact. It is presumed
that from these papers Cnillie has lately published
his work on Africa. The Musquito called at Tunis,
Algiers, and Oran. At Tunis no tribute had been
exacted by the French, as supplies had been unin-
terruptedly given to the French army from that
place. At Algiers, the French army was found to
be reduced to 9,000 men, who were concentrated
in the city and dared not venture a musket shot's
length from the walls, excepting in a strong body.
It was stated that not less than 150,000 Arabs and
other enemies were in the vicinity, vowing hatred
to the French. The English were much respected,
an instance of which, was recently exemplified by an
Arab Chieftain, into whose power the crew of a
vessel that Was Wrecked about two miles from Al.
giers fell, and who apprehending consequences fatal
to them if they declared their nation, stated they
were British. The Arab Chieftain doubting the
truth of their assertion, communicate d with the
British Consul, desiring to know if they were sub-
jects of England ; if so their lives should be pro-
tected, but if French, their heads should be cut °IT
in five minutes. To save this massacre, the Consul
is represented to have persuaded him their relation
was true. Great numbers of the French troops
to
that had sickened had been sent to Minorca
re-
cover, and the garrison of Oran bad been
with-
drawn. The Musquito left Gibirioall c
Gibraltar on the I6th
oft., with the Revenge, 74, Copt. . o.Bridg-
eman, from which ship
she parted two days after, off
Cape Trafalgar.
She may be, therefore, hourly ex-
peered..
The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieut. Symonds,
arrived to-day from the eastward. She was

tqatelY Feplehished with coals from this dock-yard,
and proceeded this afternoon to Lisbon with dis-
patches for the British Consul, the nature of which,
it ie conjectured, has 'reference to the refusal of Don
Miguel to give up the papers of those merchant
vessels captured a short time since by the Portu-
guese squadron off Terceira, which vessels were
restored tipon the arrival at Lisbon of the Galatea. It
will be in the recollection of our readers that some
difficulty was thrown in the way of delivering up
the papers, when the Galatea left Lisbon, but
.which the Consul, thought he should overcome
without the interposition of the British frigate. It
appears, however, that he has over-calculated his
personal weight with Miguel's Ministers, for the
refusal of the papers is still persisted in.
Lander, the enterprising traveller, landed at Ba-
dagry on the 23d of March, by the Clinker, Lieut.
Matson, and it is ascertained that he had gone
safely through the Badagry dominions--a journey
into the interior of about seven days. Lander was'
the bearer of a present to the King of Yourou, who
was known to be in possession of Mungo Park's
papers ; after obtaining which, Lander intended to
proceed to the Luke Tchad, and narrowly survey
the Whole of its coast.

In Hamoaze--Caledonia, Kent, Racehorse, Bram-
ble, Royalist, Pickle, Marchioness of Queensberry,
Duke of York packets, Hermes and Columbia steam-
vessels.—HampshireTelegraph.

THE ARMY.

(From the Limerick Chronicle of Wednesday.)

It is confidently reported in the best informed military
circles, that the object in calling for a statement of the
services, and record of other particulars, from every officer
in his Majesty's service, by the late experienced Secretary
at War, Major• General Sir H. Hardinge, is to extend the
advantages of the warrant for regulating the pay, half-pay,
and retirement of staff and garrison officers, dated the 29th
and 30th of July, 1830, to the army at large; and that
the rates of full and half-pay will be regulated by a sche-
dule proportioned to the length of service in a similar
ratio, as there is scarcely a corps in the service affording
instances of the promotion of officers without purchase,
equal to the gracious provision prothulgated in the war-
rant. It is also expected that the lieutenants who were
actually serving on full pay in 1811, and the captains
holding their regimental rank, with superior brevet rank
in the army of the year 1808, who did not accept the
boon of promotion offered to them, will have their va-
cancies filled up by an equal number from the seniors of
their respective ranks, which would give unattached pro-
motion to almost all the newly created brevet majors (as
thus', of the Artillery, Engineers, and Marines, might not
accept it), the averageof whose age and service, who have
obtained their several promotions without purchase, is,
age 50 years, and service 32 years, supposing them to
have entered the army at 18, to hare served two years as
ensign, eight as lieutenant, and 22 as captain; and the
lieutenants of 1812, by the same calculation, would
average 39 years of age, and 21 years of service.
Captain Holyoake's company of the 56th Regiment,
at Ennistimon, and the detachment under Lieutenant
Aylmer, at Corofin, have joined head-quarters in this gar-
rison. No more military parties will occupy the above
stations.

The detachments of the 74th at Tipperary and Cashel
are shortly 'to join head-quarters in this garrison. In
future the military at Tipperary and Cashel are to be sup-
plied by the regiment stationed at Templemore.
Lord Hill, the General Commanding-in-Chief of his
Majesty's forcer, arrived at the Albion Hotel, Chester,.
with his private secretary, Colonel Egerton, on Friday
last, and reviewed the depot of the 53d Regiment stationed
there, of which be is Colonel.

The let Royals enjoyed excellent health at Bangalore on
the 20th of April.
The 30th Regiment have left Weedon barracks for
Hancheater.

Major Ryan has joined the bOth Regiment in Waterford.
A soldier of the Nth Regiment deserted from hospital
this week, and carried off three watches, the property of
his comrades.

On Friday night three fellows, with reaping hooks,
pursued a soldier belonging to the detachment of the '74th
Regiment stationed in Tipperary, and having overtaken
him, lacerated him terribly. After cutting his ham-
strings, the brutes leaped upon his body, and left him for
dead. The perpetrators of this outrage are in custody.
A considerable reduction will take place in the excise
department.
As Colonel-in-chief of the Rifle Brigade the sum drawn
by the Duke of Wellington from the Treasury is only
2481. annually, but as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards he
receives every year 2,6951. The total income his Grace
derives annually from dices under the State is 19,1791. 9s.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR SEPT.

The same variable weather characteristic of the
whole past season continues : perpetual and quick
alterations of wet and dry, heat and cold. The
quality of the corn will necessarily partake of this
variety in the season. Thus far, the accounts of
superabundance, particularly in the wheat crop, are
fully maintained, and that part which has been saved
in good condition will prove a heavy and fine sample.
The present year has run counter to an old saw—
we always said, after our grandfathers, "A dry
summer for the wheat crop." Now, our farming
sages attribute the weight and goodness of the
wheat to the fertilizing quality of the rains, an effect
which they have indubitably had upon poor,
sandy, and arid lands; and the uncommon large
produce of such inferior soils has helped, in a
material degree, to augment the national stock.
It would seem, however, that few of them need
any persuasion to such effect. The Continent, ac-
cording to recent accounts, has not shared our good
fortune. In Russia, and the northern parts of Ger-
many, the crops have failed. The Government of
France has forbidden exportation; and, as the crops
have also failed to the southward, there will be a
considerable de:nand for exportation to the Medi-
terranean. This will cheer our farmers by its ne-
cessary effect of preventing prices from suffering that
great reduction which has so long been expected in
our markets. They have not, indeed, hitherto been
overstocked with new wheat, little of which has
been offered in a fit condition for grinding. It will
be in the interest of the landlords to be as forbear-
ing as possible in the collection of their Christmas
tents, that their tenantry may be enabled to hold
their corn for an improvement of its condition and
for a market.

Harvest will be protracted to a late period. Ac-
coral% to letters from :the northern extremities of
the country, there is corn, particularly oats, which
has not yet assumed the harvest yellow—such will
not be cut until nearly the middle of the month;
Wheat sowing will be necessarily late this year,
during the whole of which harvest operations, instead
of following in usual and regular succession, have
run one into the other. The low clay lands, foul as
they are, will work badly, and bring so sodden with
wet, it will be almost impracticable to draw any ma-
nure upon them. Both oats and barley, though
ailing upon many parts of the poor soils, it is sup-
posed will be generally large crops; but of the latter,
fine malting samples, which begin already to be
inquired for, will not be abundant. Where oats
have succeeded, they are said to be the largest
crop within memory, both in corn and straw. Lat..
tamath turnips, on some favoured soils, are spoken
well of, and are said on others to have made a poor
progress. The turnips, though they escaped the fly, are
very backward in the bulb. The seeds have not greatly
improved from want of a genial summer warmth,
and the young clovers have been pinched, and even
mildewed, and the potatoe haulm blacked by the se- 1
verity of the night air. Quantity, not quality, will
be the characteristic of the meadow clover and sain-
foin hays of the present year. A decisive opinion
of the bean crop is not yet given, but there seems
little apprehension of a failure; as to pease, they
are estimated at half a crop. Of potatoes the sup-
ply will be satisfactory, both in quantity and quality.
Of hops no hope exists of any thing like a crop.
As to fruit, instead of the predicted scarcity, we
hear of so great an abundance in some parts of the
country, Suffolk particularly, that the growers
scarcely know what to do with it. The supply of
all culinary vegetables is most ample. Ott the whole
our accounts from the country are by no means of
that despairing tone which so generally prevailed a
few months past.

LONDON MARKETS'. '*
4 e•
PRICN OF BREAD.
The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is :Oil:
ofislili
41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from )4d. 4.411,46011011
that price.

PItICE OF SEEDS.-Oct. 4. : -c.
New Englishßed Clover Seed (per Cwt.) -o. r4l. J( I'4
Old Ditto Ditto « -a. -4. ,Mte .4
New Foreign Ditto - 525. 70c,fltit ISLION.
Old Ditto . -4, .-4. tine ...LA
New White Clover 6os /Os. line -0..4
Okl Ditto Ditto . --s. --a. lit* .1. -4
New Trefoil . . _ 20.101., ine rOta
Old Ditto
,
Rib Grass - los. 00s. llnets_ ,:..
English Carraway 5cet1.............••••......... 0.4. wog: 504 SPAT
Foreign Ditto
Coriander _
St. F0in_..........----(per Quarter)..............-s. 421, f1h0gw44...,
Rye GUM ................w..0.r.................v.0 201. WC 1 Pello/".
Pacey Ditto 4 404. 454. Jnef .71
Linseed, for feeding _ , -.4• 00s, Po ...i.
Ditto, for crushing •• 445. 4f4. .010101,
Canary Seed, New... - _ ..-o. ,466 tine tp:
Ditto Old ....4 .1. ..4. .1. „
White Mustard Seed.-4.(per 8u5he1)..... -s. lbs. IRS.' ".
Brown Ditto -4.105.
S. 14sip:04.
Turnip Seeds, Rounds. . --. -4.
..74.41 .. _,
Green and Red Ditto ' ..4. 4.4,
sae. 30. ithe4l*
Tama, Okt ••••••••••1M0M............100/..• OW* 0
;Anil
Ditto New ..............-.....-....................................., ....4.. I-4._.17 v
Ra?e Seed, English, tine (per Last) 321. V..... 2 PrF,P_lr

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PltlCk;S OF 410 PS..—Oct. 4. '.. 2.
Kent Pockets di Os. 91.151.4141, ~.."
Sussex Ditto
Nati Ditto B4 04. 91.41, tO 104.101.
Faiths= Ditto. Fine.,,.,..,,,.,...... 01. 01. 104,t gilt
----- Seconds ...—........ 01. 0.. 4, ..... to- jg,„
......................—..... 61. Osi 44. ~
51. I, If , A.lvt. 0 v co.
gt„ , It, lm. til °""
Old Duty laid at , L................---' ...-

Kent Bap—.
Essex Ditto.,
Sussex Ditto

PRICE OF OIL ',06
Rape Oil, 1"79M1 10
Linseed Oil 10
Linseed Oil Cake at the per thoissand.....er'ere 6 0
Rape Cake, per ton

.
WITITECHAPEL HAY MA 41. 9
ow OA
Ray 45i. Od. to 90s. Od. I Clover P:.•701,,,„,
• Straw....., 964

PItICE OF POTATOra"-0";.2! ..r ton,
toes 2l. 10t. to 81.

New

RAW HIVE& sottacd
Per Stone. cd.tos.d. Pa's"... ►lO 2 I
Best Heifers& Steers 3 0 3 2 Ordinary h
Middlings 0 6 2 8

SHEEP
Polled 04.01 to Os. Od.
1 0 9 0'

SKI NS. exv 1.140
shown turf....• kitn„;., .4

LVATUSIL A 1
od.
Per
Tana MOM Oka Si
Spitnilh Otte .flfirt
list dem. it ,48
Colt blitiooos6 W a 0
ORO ...gaol PP a , V
I:
Ditto ........A, W ~,„,, 0, . ii
SrOalifitall.ololl.