The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-30 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 30.
Last week's supplies of Grain were middling, and this Mori:,
ing there are not many additional arrivals ; the continuance- uit
the severe frosty weather occasions the' business of the COrii.v.
market to be nearly suspended for the present; what few sale,
of Wheat have been made have rather exceeded the toms of
this day se'nnight ; Barley has no variation ; more money is
asked for Beans, Peas and Oats ; at present our Buyers will
not'comply with higher prices, in consequence of which there
has been but few sales. •
Wheat, Old, "fis 46s Pease, 'White .... .. .... 231 28
New 3os 48s Grey . ...26s Ws
Rye 16s 23s Beans 24s 3.11. s
Barley 20s 34s Oats - 153 261
Malt 40s 56s Flour Us 40s

AVERAGE PRICE Or coax IN ENGLAND AND 'WALES. ,
Wheat, 38s. 8.1. ; Barley, 295. 4d. ; Oats, His. lid. ;.
235. dd. ; Beans, 255. 10d. ; Peas, 295. 4d.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 25th dAy tit
December, 1322, is 295. 46d. per cwt.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. 30. '
There was rather a short supply of Oxen at market this
morning, but by far more numerous than this day week ; trs.de
was very dull, and but few purchasers at last market days'
prices ; the supply of Sheep and Lamb were but middling, arid'
the prices of all descriptions of Cattle are lower.—No alteration,
in the price of Hay.
(To sink the Offal, per stone of Wt.)
Beef 2s 6d to 3s 2d Veal
Mutton 2s Od to 2s 10d !Pork
Lamb Os Od to Os Od.
HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
Hay .1,1 Os to .£4 Os I Clover lOs to 44 5s
Straw .41 8s to 16s.

TEE LONDON JOURNALS.

'EXTRACTS FRONT TILE DaIGY MORNING PAPERS,
December 30, 1822.

MORNING POST.]
, ,The veil which has so long concealed the in-
ientions. of France and her Allies is at last re-
tool-ed. The Moniteur of the 27th inst. which
reached us at a late hour last night, has brought
cppies of the Declaration sent to the French Am-
tassador at Madrid, to he communicated to the
Spanish Government, and of a Royal Ordinance,
in which the French Monarch announces that he
iceepts the resignation of the Duke of Montmo-
rency, the leader of the war party in the Cabinet.
t Might be supposed, from the retirement of this
Ultra Minister from office, that the Declaration
forwarded to Spain was wholly pacific : But
this is far from being the case. It does not,
indeed, hold out any direct threat of imme-
diate invasion, but it uses language which no
independent mition would like to hear, and
which few would be disposed to tolerate. It
,expresses general disapprobation of the political
chancres which - have taken place in Spain, and
attributes the affair with the Guards at Madrid
on the 7th of July, and the formation of insurgent
bodies in various parts of the Peninsula, to the
conduct of the Constitutional Authorities, and
the example which they 'had given of insubordi-
nation to the Royal Power. It argues, that the
disturbed state of Spain justified the military
precautions of France, and declares that those
precautions shall not cease as long as the Spa-
nish Government shall not adopt measures cal-
culated to remove apprehension, and to restore
confidence between the two countries. It
does not point out what
_those measures are
to be, and therefore does not exactly assume
the character of an Ultimatum ; but it makes
the menace of war depend6nt on the adop-
tion of soine, leaving their nature to be in-
ferred from the general objections urged against
the present system. It speaks of the disposition
or Russia, Prussia, and Austria as still more de-
cidedly hostile than that of France, and ex-
presses something almost approaching to regret
that they should have judged it necessary to add
a manifestation of their sentiments in Diplomatic
notes, which are to be communicated to the Spa-
nish Government, and which, it is intimated, will
be followed by the recall of their respective Am-
bassadors, a course which France is not inclined,
for the present, to adopt. It proclaims, however,
that she is intimately united with her Allies " in
the firm resolution to repel, by every means, re-
volutionary movements and principles," but also
in the wish that " the noble Spanish nation may
find within itself a remedy for its evils."

[TIIE TIMES.
We have received the Paris papers of Friday ;
but we do not think it worth while to extract any
passages except the official documents of the
Moniteur, confirming our intelligence of Saturday.
These are, first, a Royal Ordinance accepting
the 'resignation of the Duke de Montmorency :
and; second, the note dispatched by M. de Villele,
after Montmorency's resignation, to the French
Minister ,at the Court of Madrid. The first
document is decisive and uneqUivocal : the Minis-
ter who was known to be the champion of the
war-party is dismissed ; and his place is supplied
by the Minister who is known to be the steady
advocate for peace. The second document, how-
ever, as we learn from Paris, appears to some
persons to he less pacific in its tendency than
might have been expected from the circumstance
of Nontmorency's dismissal. To such reasoners
we have a few arguments to offer, which may
leave the effect of convincing them, as they Con-
'iince ourselves that the letter of M. de Villele
could not possibly have been other than it is.

[lll{lTl3ll PRESS.]
The contents of the/Von/tear are of the highest
importance. The Duke de Montmorency is no
longer a Member of the Cabinet, and M. Villele
has addressed a long note to the French Minister
at Madrid, explanatory of the relations and views
of the French Government. Its character is de-
cided pacific. The plain English of it is—" The
French Government has always viewed with
sincere hostility the Spanish Revolution ; it
has received assurance of a similar feeling of
hostility from Russia, A ustria, and Prussia ;
but it holds it prudent to abstain from open war,
and. therefore requests the Spanish Govern-
men-to modify the Constitution; and threatens,
if it should hereafter appear necessary, to with-
draw its Representative from Madrid." The
removal of the Duke de Montmorency is suf-
ficient commentary upon the diplomatic note.—
The scepticism and reasoning of the Courier
respecting the Duke's rernoVal are exceedingly
characteristic of that sagacious Journalist, and
must confirm the confidence of his friends in his
keen discernment and modest caution.