The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-04 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, APR/L 4.

The following is an accurate Report-of the numbers and
prices at Smithfield Market this morning :

CATTLE AT MARKET

Beasts _ 2,054 I Sheep ' . 12,900-
Calves
To sink the Offal, per stone of Kb.
Beef 4s Od to 55 Od I Veal 55 Oct to Cs 6d
Mutton 4s 8d to 5s 6d I Pork ss Oct to 6s Od
I 4;.--11) 7x. Od to 8s Od. . .

HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
flay
Straw X 2 Os to X 2 10s.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Bow-STitEET.—Janiar Pitt, Moses Josephs, and Richard
Mortlock, three youths, whose predatory hatiits have long since
introduced them to an acquaintance with the Police, were
brought up this day on a charge of stealing a silver watch and
appendages, the property of Mr. Clifden, 19, Old Boswell-court.
The prosecutor, it appears, left his watch hanging in the counting
house, into which these adepts, watching their opportunity, in-
troduced themselves, and decamped with it. They shortly
afterwards offered it to pawn at Mr. Turner's; in Brydges-
street, where they were stopped, and given into custody of Ford.
The property was identified by the prosecutor ; and a girl an j
acquaintance of the prisoners gave evidence as to the mapper
in which :he robbery was effected.—They were all three fully
committed to Newgate for trial.
QUEEN-SQUARE.-(Attempt to Extort Money.)—This day
a man named Dawson was brought before W. GRECORIE,
Esq., charged by Jeremiah Hunt with endeavouring to extort,
from 'him the sum of 20s. It appeared from the testimony of
the
hisprosecutor, demand and there threatened that if he did not
that the prisoner accosted him yesterday in.
he would he his ruin, and pulling out
this will explain the matter ; you know you have
ag\Ti
lvaexetiterahrii.misaid,r ohai
robbed a Mr. Hawes of considerable sums of money. Witness
being conscious there was no charge of that nature against
him, refused, upon which the prisoner collared him and-said,
he should not go home again and grossly abused him. Wit-
ness at length gave the prisoner in charge of a constable and
he was taken to the watchhouse. He was ordered to be com-
mitted for want of bail.

Mr. KEAN left town on Friday evening for
Plymouth. Mr. KEAN was to have performed at the Theatre
at Brussels, but
ea tr pe in that 3,
ermission
cit could not be obtained for opening
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TUE I.O'NDON

DAILY

extract, from the Morning Papers, April, 4, 1525.

[zarnSil PRES4.]
The private correspondence from Madrid in
statedFrenchthe
on S
Paapteurray sdagreesperfectly with what
respectingae the late changes
in the Spanish Cabinet. The fall of Ugarte is itt
none of these communications ascribed in the
slightest degree to the part he was taking as• a
Minister in carrying forward the negociation for
the Loan. His dismissal, however, has neces-
sarily retarded the completion of the contract.
Don Antonio de Urrutia, the Secretary of the
Council of Ministers, is appointed to the Secre-
taryship, vacant •by Ugarte's nomination to the
Embassy at Turin. The honour of a seat in the.
Council. of State has been confevred upon the
latter Minister for " his fidelity and loyalty
to the King in the roost critical and peril-,
ous circumstances." Some other changes in,
the Spanish Ministry are also said to be in
contemplation ; among which the removal of
Zea Bermudez himself is rumoured. %Viat so
fickle a sovereign as Ferdinand it is of course icri
possible to conjecture how far these reports may
be well-founded. If they should prove correct
the result of the negociation will be stilt further
delayed. But it is certainly true, that ashen thee
last advices left Madrid, the terms of which Mr.
Gregory was the bearer, were still under con-
sideration by the Spanish Ministry. The illness
of the King of Spain has also had the effect of
retarding the progress of the negociation. The
Times, in its article on this subject on Friday,
thought fit, in order to explain by the dis-
missal of Ugarte should put an end to a:
negociation, which in the very same article,
it also, for the sake of consistency, re-as-
serted very positively had never been com-
menced, to state that M. Gregorie (as we really
know not why it styled the gentleman now in
Madrid) had married the sister of M. Ugarte's
wife. The passage is worth quoting in the origi-
nal words :—" M. Gregorie is, we believe, the
brother-in-law of the Minister Ugarte, those gen-
tlemen having married two sisters." In the other
passages of the article, Mr. Gregory is positively
called " the relation of M. Ugarte," and of his
relationship to Ugarte there could be no doubt, if
he had, indeed, married M. Ugarte's wife's sister ;
but this fact is as entirely groundless as all the o tilers
which the Times has published with respect to
this transaction. Mr. Gregory is not married at
all, nor in any way connected by the ties of con-
sanguinity or marriage with M. Ugarte. The story
of " the Minister and his relation," who were
endeavouring to make " half a million sterling"
,by the loan, which a short time ago the Times
said was to be only five millions altogether in
amount, is just as true as the information brought
by the courier on this day fortnight, " confirm-
ing almost to the letter" the previous statement,
that Ferdinand would not allow as much for the
bonds as the value of the paper on which they
were printed. Both statements are equally true ;
that is to say, plainly speaking, there is, not a
word of truth in either.

[MORNING POST.]
We received last night French Papers to tie
2d inst. with the Elate of Saturday. The latter
contains intelligence from Madrid to the 22d of
March, which states that M. Urrutia has been
appointed successor to M. Ugarte, who justly
considering his embassy to Piedmont as a sen-
tence of banishment, refused it under the plea.
of -ill health, and expressed -a wish to contintfrt
to serve Ferdinand in the Peninsula. llis refusal
was accepted, but the only service required of
him was, that he should leave the capital immedi-
ately, with liberty,however, to choose his own resi-
dence. He had selected Toledo, hoping probably
front its vicinity to Madrid, that it would afford him
the means of restoring his credit ; but of this
there was scarcely any prospect, as his friends were
made gradually to share in his disgrace. M.
Corpas, one of his principal adherents, although
he had refused the mission to S w zurland, received
orders to- quit Madrid in eight days, and to repair
to his post. Ugarte himself had been ordered to
depart in twenty-four hours. A total change
of Ministry was much talked of, which would
involve the removal of M. Zeit, who would
be succeeded by M. Salazar, the present head
of the Marine Department. Private ad-
vice from Turin say that the King of Pied-
mont had received a letter from the Emperor
of Austria, inviting him to go to Milan during
his visit to that city. They add, that were this
Monarch as powerful as the King of Naples and
Sicily, he would have followed his example and
refused obedience to the Imperial Summons. In-
telligence from Aleppo to the Ist of March
announces that tranquillity prevailed in that Go-
vernment, and that the Aly Bey-el-aseard had
been appointed to the Pachalik of Tripoli. The
troubles which had broken out im ,Mount Leba-
non, hoWever continued. A letter from Bagdad,
dated Dec. 30, states that Peya had been cap-
tured by the English, but no details were given.
La Cybele French frigate had brought to Mar-
seilles an Ambassador from the Dey. of Tunis,
called Sidi Mahmouth, with his Secretary, and a
suite of eight persons. Among the presents which
he was charged to offer to the King of • France
were six very fine horses, two Numidian mares, a
most beautiful lion, four black ostriches and other
curious birds, and a rich Moorish dress for the
Dauphiness. .

[TnE TI nEs.]
A Lisbon Maitarrived on Sat&day with letters
to the 13th ult. Count Palmella was to sail for
England on the 15th instant, and a Portuguese
frigate was fitting out for his reception. He is
to bring with him M. Silvestre Finheiro, a gen-
tleman who held a post in the Ministry under
the Constitution, but in'what character the letters
do not. state. On the subject of the recognition
of the independence of Brazil; it is now affirmed
that this act of grace on the part: of Portugal
will be accorded as of her own free will, and
without the interference of any third. Power in the
character of a mediator, It'is also said that one
of the Brazilian Commissioners :now residing in

this country has been invited to Lisbon, to assist
in the completion of the arrangements. One of
the conditions of the recognition is stated to be
the payment of a large sum of money to Portu-
gal. %% have not been able to collect in what
manner the succession to the crown of Portugal
is to be arranged, although this is the point on
which the permanent advantage of the measure to
both countries materially depends. Sir Charles
Stuart was impatiently expected at Lisbon, where
it was understood every thing had been properly
adjusted for completing the purpose of his mission
to that capital, and for enabling him to proceed
-with full powers to his ultimate destination at
Rio de Janeiro.

1.711 F. PUBLIC LEDGER.]
A letter from Alexandria, dated January 1,
announces the disappearance of the plague, and
gives some detafts of warlike preparations. There
is a total silence as to commercial views or ope-
rations, which at' present are of greatly more in-
terest than the demonstrations of activity, which
the Pacha thinks it politic to display. The fol-
io ing is an extract :

ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 21.—We are happily free from the
➢lague in this city. Some transports laden with provisions and
aingiunition have sailed for Candia and the More& A ship of
war, belonging to our fleet, has arrived here with the news that
Ibrahim Pach was on the point of sailing from Rhodes to Suda,
is, the isle of Candle, with all his remaining ships of war and
transports. An -Austrian ship has just arrived, and we learn
irons the Captain, that as it passed Rhodes, no ships were to
be seen in that harbour.

[NEW TIMES.]
A- list has been_ printed of the Petitions for
Private llias brought before Parliament this Ses-
sion;,and really, on perusing it attentively, pre-
pared, as we were to believe, that undertakings
of British Capitalists were extensive, we are
struck with astonkhMent at their magnitude, va-
riety, and utility. in an early stage of the late
war Mr. Burke undertOok to shew that notwith-
standing the pressure of that mighty contest, there
was every indication of increased and increasing
wealth not only poured into the•grand reservoir
of the national capital, but diffused through all
the channels of all the higher classes, and giving
life and activity as it passes to the agriculture,
the manufactures, the commerce, and the naviga-
.tion of the country. After having traced the su-
perfluity of our capital, as discovering itself in
procuring superfluous accommodation in . our
houses, in our furniture, in our establish-
ments, in our ealing and drinking, our cloth-
ing, and our public diversions, he turned to
view that part of our opulence, which,
with provident care, - was nut out to• usury
for posterity. The evidence of this he found in
the number of Private Bills brought into Parlia-
ment in 1793, and the three following years,
which (including the local and personal) amounted
to 449. What would that great Statesman have
said, had he been now living, when in this single
Session the. Private Bills amount to 383 ! Of
these, the Road Bills are in number 122; and
we know that .there is no better evidence of the
increasing wealth of a•nation than the abundance
of its means of, conveyance. To Road Bills, we
have,. to add, Bills for Railways, 30 ; Canals,
5 ; Bridges, 10 ; Navigations, 9; Docks, 10;
110.-rbours, Piers, Quays, and Wharves, 16. So
much for the 'facilitation of general intercourse.
Next we are to look at the Improvement of our
'Towns. Th.e Bills for this object are 44—for
Paving, 8 ; Gas and other, Lighting, 12; Water-
works, 11 ; Churches and Chapels, 13 ; Gaols, 3;
Alarkets, 4 ; Streets and Building, 3; and other
circumstances connected with towns, 5 - For the
advancement of Agriculture,
_we have Bills for In-
closures, 37 ; ~Euthankments, 2 ; and Drainage, K.
Add to these '24 Bills for the regulation of Poor
Rates, Tithes, Tolls, Town Dues, and Statute
Labour; and two or three Bills for objects of
minor concert ; and, last of all, we have to no-
ticr less titan 50 Trading and Speculating Com-
panies which have come before Parliament for
legislative sanction in one shape or, another. This
enumeration presents such a proof of abundant
wealth and active enterprise as no country ever be-
fore exhibited. Possibly, some of the undertakings
may be visionary, and some may prove fruitless,
but amongst so large a number the probability is,
that. by far the great majority will repay the ad-
venturers with usury, and form a sterling addi-
tiJn to the great stock of national wealth.

[MORNING lIERALD.I
The evidence. taken before-, both Houses of
Parliament, which is 1104 in course of publica-
tion, will let in a flood of light upon the people
of this country, respecting the state of Ireland in
general, and Irish Catholicism in particular.—
Many of the facts and opinions established by
the evidence of Catholic Priests and Laymen
must remove for ever some bugbear errors and
prejudices ‘vllich have -prevailed—but pre-
vailed only among the unthinking and
unin-
formed—for those who had given any attention to
the march of the human mind knew that the
Catholic religion is higotted, intolerant, and ty-
rarmical--or charitable, and enlightened,
according to 'the cultivation and intelligence of
J.Le people professing it, and of the age. In this
evidence, as far as it has gone, there is, with all
its VOW., too much diffuseness, too much opinion
ex cathedra in the answers—and much that
is unnecessary and irrelevant oven in the
cuestions. The character and influence of
Popery depends not on its own abstract pre-
in)sions, but on the spirit of the age. Of
what use then asking questions about the dog.:
mas of the Roman Catholic Church. The ancient
pretensions are still held, or they are not. If
they are held, they are a mere dead letter in an
age when the papal power is prostrate before -po-
pular opinion, or what is called the menarchical
principle. There are also, certain curious and
speculative t:'nets in what may be called the
metaphysics of religion, the belief or disbelief of
which has no influence upon the social, political;
or even intellectual man. Let the belief or dis-
belief in modern miracles be taken as an instance.
The Committee thought proper to agitate this
irrelevant, not to say indiscreet. topic. What
has this to do with the question of Emancipa-
tion ?. -A man may not. be the worse subject, or
even the less intelligent thinker, because he,
lielog a Catholic, believes in the miraculous cure

of Mks Barbara O'Connor. Cretliility on topics
of religion is no proof of the want of sagacity and
talent. Plutarch and the Emperor Julian were
both believers in paganism, absurd as paganism ap-
pears
to us—and both were highly-endowed,
humane and philosophical men—the one as an
Emperor, the other as an historian. There is a
sbiil closer example : Pascal was, perhaps, the
finest genius of his age ; he was not merely
learned in mathematics, mechanics, and phy-
sics, but advanced the boundaries of these
sciences by his discoveries. He was, more-
over, a profound reasoner, and unrivalled
dialectician. Ile broke the strength pf the
Jesuits. His integrity is beyond doubt, even
beyond praise. Yet, this superior and prac-
tised intelligence believed in the miraculous cure i
of a young girl's eve by the touch of the relic
of the holy thorn, and volumes were written on
both sides of the controversy. Of what use agi-
tating the belief in speculative doctrines which
have nothing to do with the subjects of allegi-
ance, and ransacking and raking up the dogmatic
theology of the Catholic Church, when the lives
and practice of Catholic individuals and commu-
nities, the only sure ground, are open to the
1 world ? It is the object to establish that the Ca-
tholics are unfriendly to the Established Church
The utmost that should be expected is that they
acknowledge the moral obligations, social and
I political, mutually existing between the Catholics
and Protestants—and this is to be found not in
the tenets of their church, but in their lives and
characters. The ai..i,) security of the Established
Chun h is in her own strength, and if she has
any thing to fear, it is not from Catholicism.
It is true, Mr. Blake goes farther, and
Says that though a Catholic, he is anxious
for the security of the Established Church,
speaking at the same time with devout reverence
of the indissoluble union between the Church
and State. This is ultra-liberalism in a Catho-
lic, to wi'h the established ascendancy of an
adverse Church ! It is going too far, and that
sometimes is as fatal to a man's authority, as
proving too much is to his logic. But the
fact is, Mr. Blake appeared before the Commit-
tee in three characters—a Catholic, Chief Re-
membrancer of the Irish Court of Exchequer,
and an Irish Commissioner of Education—so
that, whatever may appear apocryphal in his evi-
dence in one character, will be found sincere and
, consistent in another.

[MORNING CHRONICLE:I
Mr. Powr.r.s, in his Letter to Mr. BARING on
the subject of the Mining Associations (in which he success-
fully shews, in our opinion, that in stating that " all the Alin-
ing Associations would turn out to be delusions," Mr. Baring
made far too sweeping an asssertion), after alluding to " the
erroneous conceptions which have sometimes found tleir way
into Courts of Justice respecting them," proceeds to say, " for
who are more practically ignorant of the dealings of life than
lawyers?"—This observation, though general, is principally,
we suppose, levelled at the Lord Chancellor, who, in the Real
del Monte cause, has not appeared to the greatest advantage.
Mr. Powles, who is an exceedingly clever man, could
hardly fail to be struck with the lamentable ignorance dis..
played by his Lordship in that noted case—ignorance, which
would almost surprise us in a journeyman mechanic Yet,
Lord Eldon,-by the universal assent of the profession, is an
excellent Lawyer, and all who have watched him with any de.
gree of attention will readily admit, that he is astute in no ordi-
nary degree. He is exceedingly dexterous in mincing a posi-
tion, and an advocate in the full career of argument, is often
grievously perplexed by interlocutory observations, which
shake his confidence in his premises. It would be folly,
therefore, to refuse to the Chancellor the possession of great
legal knowledge, and great cleverness. But a man who figures
on a stage at a fair as a merriman may be learned in all the
mysteries of charlatanism, and clever at the sort of intellectual
gladiatorship which he exercises, and yet possess very little of
what is called liberal knowledge. Just so it is with the Lord
Chancellor. In all beyond his profession, he seems to have
remained stationary at the point which he had reached in his
boyhood, when he first dedicated himself to the law. He speaks
as one of the striplings with whom he hunted on the Manor of
Ravenswood would speak, could we suppose him to wake
from an uninterrupted sleep from that time to the present.
He does not even know enough to have a suspicion of his
own ignorance, for in that case a man of his cleverness would
take care in his judgments to confine himself to the applica-
tion of the law to the business before him, and cautiously
avoid all excursions into other provinces. In the Real
del Monte case, the Chancellor committed the notable
blunder of confounding the monopolies against which our
forefathers contended, which had for object to exclude com-
petition, and to raise the price of a commodity, with the posses-
sion of the market obtained by furnishing commodities cheaper
than they can he furnished by others. Every man who invents
new machinery, by which he can supply a commodity cheaper
than his neighbours, would, according to his Lordship, be a
monopolist. The savings by which a nation is enabled to
extend its operations would be a calamity. With all his
Lordship's abilities, he left the subject in a most perplexed
state, from his not possessing any of those general views which
ought to guide the Legislature, and he was, on that oc-
casion, not applying the law, but making it. If he could
have elevated himself to general views, he would have ssen
that all that is necessary is to make the law of debtor and cre-
ditor what it ought to be. No man, however, has thrown
more impediments in the way of simplifying and improving
this most important part of our law than his Lordship. If our
law were to be converted from its present chaotic state to
something like shape and form, our lawyers, whose minds
are now weighed down and oppressed by a multitude of un-
connected par Lulars, might, instead of appearing
.in society
like so many inhabitants of the moon, unacquainted with
the business of this planet, be able to take their station at
the head of society. The only astonishing thing at present
is, that they are not all Lord Chancellors, aad notwithstanding
the exclusive nature of their most unscientific occupation, any
of them are able to acquire any liberal science. Every year,
however, the law weighs more and more oppressively on the
intellect ; and as the Lawyers of the present day are very in-
ferior in general abilites, to the Lawye4 a hundred and fifty
years ago, so the Lawyers of the next generation will be inferior
to the present. The only remedy for the evil is, the simplifica-
tion of the Law.