The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-17 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD AIArtriET,_JAW. 17.

The following is an accurate Report of the nurnbess and
prices at Smithfield Alarket this morning :
C•I"fLE AT MAIIKET

Beasts 2,887 I Sheep
Calves l2O ; Pigs
To sink the Offitl, per stone of UM.
Beef 4s (k: to 56 2d ; Veal
14 u tton 4s Od to 5s 2d I' Pork
Lamb Os Od to Os Od.

HAY ...ND STRAW, TER LOAD.
(Lay £3 Or to £5 01 I Clover £4 Os to .C4l 01
Straw .C 1 163 to 1:2 As.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Prfroclo.from the Mo-7:l;Wii-Papers,Jan. 17, 1825.

I:THE TIMES.]
The French Papers of Thursday are filled with
a debate on the Civil List in the Chamber of
Deputies—not that any proposition for establish-
ing the Civil List to any amount could he resisted
by so loyal a Chamber, but that an article of the
Inv which had a reference to one portion of the
Royal Family was alleged to be misplaced. The
King of France, as we formerly stated, is to re-
ceive 25 millions of francs a year, and the
Princes of his family seven millions more. Both
these grants were voted by acclamation ; but
the Minister of Finance, for some cause or
other best known to himself, contrived to tag
to the law of the Civil List the following ar-
ticle :—" The property restored to the Orleans
" branch of the Royal Family, in execution of
" the Royal ordinances of the 18th and 20th of
" May, and of the 17th of September, and of the
" 7th of October, 1814, arising from the ap-
" panage constituted by the edicts of the years
.4 1661, 1672, and 169'2, in favour of Monsieur,l
" the brother of Louis Xi V., himself, and his
" male descendants, shall continue to be possess-
" ed on the same titles and conditions, by the
" head of the Orleans branch, to the extinction
" of his male line, in which case they shall be in-
" corporated with the domain of the State." The
first Royalist orator who spoke on the project of
law said, that he conceived there could be no
other reason for mixing up the Duke of Orleans
with the Civil List than that of making him
pass in so agreeable company. This existed
the hilarity of the Chamber, and called up
the Minister of Finance to explain. Ile stated
that no property was ever more incontest- I
able, and that Ministers only wished to consecrate I
by a law vi hat had hitherto rested on the Royal
Ordnances of 1814. This last step was necessary,
in consequence of a law of 1792, which declared
that no appanage should henceforward be allow-
ed. A debate of considerable length, but of no
possible interest to our readers, ensued, on the
question of separating this article from the other
parts of the Ministerial project. The discussion
ended by the rejection of the amendment, and
the adoption of the law as at first proposed, to
the cries of Vire le Roi !—The papers of Friday
contain a debato, in which five articles, permit-
ting exchanges in Crown properly, were discuss-
ed. The Chamber then proceeded to vote on
the whole of the law, when the result was as
follows :
For the measure, 217 I Against it, 7—Majority, 210

. „ .
Neither the papers of Thursday or Friday con.'
fain any intelligence worth alluding to. The
Liberals and the Ultras still seem to vie with
each other in their expressions of dislike to the
Ministry. The Cot-at/Nilo/mei concludes an
article by the following statistical account of
French diplomacy :----" The destinies of the
46 world are at stake, and our Ambassadors have
" left their posts. M. de Talaru, who has returned
" from Spain, has been waiting for his instructions
46 at Paris for six months. M. Hyde de Neu•
" ville. onr Ambassador at Lisbon, has come to
" take his seat in the Chamber of deputies; and
" Bile Mr. Canning is declaring theemancipation
" of the Spanish colonies, M. de Polignac is on
46 the road to Calais. The English do not thus
44 travel, and yet they make more way." The
approaching fall of the Spanish Ministry is pre-
dicted by the same authority ; but Spanish poli-
tics come not within the common range of political
anticipations.

13ltITIRII PR us.]
The Paris Papers of Friday were received at
our Office last night. They bring a good deal of
foreign news, though none of it is of much import-
ance. It appears that the Turks have resolved
upon a fifth attempt to subvert the independence
of Greece, in which purpose we fear they will
be confirmed by the unhappy dissensions existing
amongst the Greeks. No apprehension of their
final subjugation need, however, be felt, as the
moment danger really approach's, should it ever
arrive, the common safety will produce union
and success. The defeat of Ibrahim Paella is
admitted by the Oriental Spectator. The King
of Spain is relaxing a little the system of per-
secution on which he has hitherto proceeded.
dome of the disgraced Grandees are permitted
to resume the decorations of their rank. But
the infatuated Monarch persists in his project of
reconquering South America ! We are gravely
told that Bolivar Is " in a situation where he
can inspire no uneasiness." Certainly not to the
friends of American independence ; but unless
all reasonable calculations have been defeated by
adverse fortune, the Colombian Liberator has,
long ere this, destroyed the last vestige of the
Royal power in Peru. The decease of Ferdinand
I V. of Naples is fully confirmed. His son and
successor, Francis, the Constitutional Prince Re-
gent of 1821, has been considered to be decidedly
liberal in his political sentiments. The late Sove-
reign was too ignorant and narrow-minded to
have any proper conception of the duties of his
station ; and we are afraid that if Francis be
better disposed, he has no opportunity of consult-
ing the good of his people while the mi-
litary yoke of Austria presses on his shoul-
ders. The recognition of the New States
of America continues to be the exclusive
object of discussion with the French poli-
ticians. M. de Villele is attacked on all sides for
suffering himself to become the dupe of English
policy. He is charged with embarrassing the
finances of France for five years to come, by his
plan of indemnity, so that she can take no leading
part in the politics of Europe. This blame may
be justly imputed to him by those who are op-
posed to the indemnity in tote, but it comes with
singular inconsistency from the pens of the roy-
alists, who are at the same time actually cen-
suring the Minister for not giving them
enough. Do these men suppose that the resources
of a nation can be made proportionate to their
greedy expectations? The Journaldes Debuts, after
complaining of the decay of French influence and
the predominance of English, observes, " We
have seen England acting with the Holy Al-
liance, withdrawing herself from it, and now

acting against it. Will she recede from a step
she has taken with firmness and deliberation ?
In the person of Mr. Canning, site has more than
another Pitt. He has shown what may be gained
iu ariving words their full
slue." "r ThewriterofPiilius by
afterwards reasons in this
manner ou the subject of the indemnity to the
emigrants:—

" The Peers and Deputies should, previous to any discussion,
ask the following questions :
" Ist. Is there a certainty of ten years' pence for Europe and
France ?

" 2d. If this certainty do not exist, ought we to fetter our
country as to the future ?
3d. Does the project of M. De %Tide assure or promise to
us an indemnity ?
" 4th. If it do net assure it, if it be only a promise, does it
deserve to be discussed in detail ? _ _

" 6th. Will this discussion, without any result, awaken dan-
gerous passions ?
" In this case, especially, discussion should be avoided, for
when once the passions are awakened, every other project will
be impossible ; and we affirm with feelings of persons tired of
seeing France given up to false conceptions, that there are other
projects, the success of which would be prompt and certain."

[N ilmEs.]
The Foreign Intelligence received on Satur-
day was of small importance; but the Public
Funds experienced some variation in the course
of the day. Consols for the Opening had been
94-81, but before the close of business they were
in demand at 951 f, and for the new Account
ending the 156 of next month, 95 buyers. In
the Foreign Securities the business was confined ;
in the price of Mexican Bonds however,an advance
of two per Cent. took place, which gave rise to re-
ports of favourable intelligence being received
by the Contractor of this Loan, nothing 1i0%%-
ever authentically transpired upon the subject.
The forthcoming Loan of the Brazils, taken by
Mr. Rothschild, excites much expectation
amongst the Capitalists ; and as it un-
doubtedly will be brought out to the public at
a price proportionate to the nature of the se-
curity offered, it is anticipated to be equally suc-
cessful with all of his engagements which have
preceded it. New plans for the " employment
of capital," as they are termed, are springing up
with astonishing rapidity, and with greater or
less claims to attention. The Shares of those al-
ready brought forward, it will be perceived by
our list, continue to support high premiums ; and
the rage for speculating in them is but little
abated.

We understand that proceedings have been
commenced in one of the Courts of Law, which
will probably throw some light upon a subject
upon which there has been much fruitless inquiry
—the appropriation of the large sum raised
two years ago for the purpose of assisting
the Spanish Patriots iu opposing the advance
of the Frence troops into Spain, and to which the
Corporation of London (as we thought rather
lavishly) subscribed. The suit is brought by am
individual, vs ho asserts his engagement by the
Spanish Committee to forward arms and ammu-
nition, and otherwise personally to aid the Sra-
nish Patriots ; in which service he states that he
has not only sustained a considerable loss of time,
but expended large sums of money. The ex-
hausted state of the funds of the Committee is
said to be the cause of the claim remaining un-
discharged.—(Aid.) •