The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-15 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 15.

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The market was moderately supplied this morning in Oxen,
and but few Sheep appeared ; Lamb was plentiful: All de-
scriptions of meat have advanced in price, particularly Sheep,
which is from 4s. to ss. per head dearer thani last market-day.
Beef 2s 6d to 3s 6d Veal
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Mutton 2s 6d to 2s 10d Pork Os Od to Os Oa
Lamb .... 3s. Od. to 4s. 4d.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

MXTRACTS FROM ,THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS,

July 15, 18/2.

[THE TIMES.]
On Saturday we communicated intelligence
from Spain of a highly important nature. It ap-
pears, that as the crisis between those who called
themselves the friends of an absolute and those of
a constitutional Monarch was not wholly unlooked
for, so have the incidents connected with it been
such as to impress upon it the precise character
which might have been expected—viz. that of a
struggle between the minions and agents of the
Court on one side, and the whole body and spirit
of the Spanish nation on the other. The autho-
rities, civil and military, appear to be in perfect
union against the revolted regiments. No soldiers
had joined them—the garrison, both regulars and
militia, stood fast by the Constitution. The
mutineers were deserted by much the larger por-
tion of their own officers. In the mean time,
some of the Paris papers of Thursday have
brought news from the Spanish capital down
to the sth inclusive, of which,. after due
allowance made for the uncertainty of that
channel of intelligence, some particulars seem to
be striking and important. The Courier Francois
and Gazette-de France both agree that on the
evening of the 4th inst. the King was invited to
separate himself from the Insurgent regiments;
and, leaving his.palace.,. to retire to the hotel de
Ville of Madrid ; but that when the Council
proposed to him to accede to this invitation of
the, municipality, Ferdinand gave this remark-
able answer—" My Guards are not in a state of
" disorder ;* let me put myself at their head,
" and see if they will not obey me." The
Gazette de France,, in :its concluding paragraph,
'would lead us to regard this expression of
the 'Royal feeling a great triumph achieved
over the Constitutional Monarchy. We can
only trust, for the sake of Ferdinand, himself,
that such is not the true construction of his
sentiments. A Lieutenant of the Guard, of
the name of Torre Alto, was named their com-
mander by the mutineers; and it is alleged, that
of the two Officers employed, by them to nego-
tiate with the lawful Authorities on the 3d, one
was aM. netters, a Frenchman. The contagion
of revolt appears to have seized the regiment of
Royal, Carabineers in Cordova, but several corps
-were put in march against them, and nothing was
apprehended frorn their treason. Don I'..O'Do-
Dojo had left Madrid to take the command at
Seville. Our trust and beliefis, that all these
disorders will but prove and strengthen the real
power of constitutional freedom in Spain, and
that the atmosphere will be only cleared and pu-
rified by the passing storm.

[moitNIINO
Private advices finm'Alaclrid, dated the even-,
ing of the Gth, state that no concession had then
been made by, the mutinous troops, nor had any
thing occurred to inspire .hopes. of bringing the
affair to an immediate amicable accommodation.
Fret-pent intervielVs" are said to have taken place
I,)etween the King and his Ministers, in which the
latter strongly urged his Majestf to sanction with
his name the prornalgatiOn Of some official docu-
ment, declaring hisdisapprobationat the condictof
The Royal Guards, and deSignating them by the
-title of rebels to' tireir country. it is added, that
with this -proposition Ferdinand has firmly- re-
fused compliance,- declaring that his Guards
Were his friends, and should never- be stigmatized
or brought into peril.by any act of his. An ap-
prehension, to whkch the vacillating conduCt• of
the King gave some causer-appears to have been
entertained by the Ministers, that Ferdinand
might suddenly adopt the
.resolution of placing
himself under the protection of the refractory
troops ; and they urged him, therefore,to repair
to some place of safety, where his person, should
the troops be incited to so daring an attempt,
might be secnre from seizure. Ta this propo-
sition -alio the King returned a' decided nega-
tive, with the remark, that his guards were faith-
ful, and that he had nothing to fear from them.
In this situation affairs at Madrid were left on
the 6th inst., the conduct of the King inspiring
the most serious alarm among that portion of the
people who are well affected to the Constitution.
There can be no donut that Spain is on the eve
of a crisis which the most sanguine cannot but
contemplate as full of.danger ; but there is every
probability that- the storm will be safely wea-
thered.. All the impartial reports of travellers
and of private letters relate, with the utmost
confidence, that. the great bulk of the Spanish
nation is decidedly attached to-the Constitution,
and that the only dangerous disaffection exists in
the Royal Guards, unless there should also be
added. the King himself.

[ER IT LSII PRESS.]
Letters and Papers have been received from
Madrid to the 6th instant. The disorder which
manifested itself on the 31st last, on the return
of the King from proroguing the Cortes, has led
-to a mutiny of the troops, which may produce still
more serious consequences, irritated by the insults
of the populace, who never ceased to reproach
them as supporters of despotism, four battalions
of the Royal Guards, amounting to between 1,500
and 2,000 men, mutinied, and withdrawing them-
selves from their officers marched to the Prado,
where they raised the standard of Fevolt, demanded
rations, and appointed delegates to treat for them.
The private letters state that up to the evening of
the 6th no accommodation had taken place. 'Fre-
quent interviews are said to have taken place
between the King and his Ministers, in which the
latter strongly. urged his Majesty to sanction
-with his name the promulgation of some official
, document, declaring his disapprobation at the
conduct of the guards, and designating them by
the title of rebels to their country. It is added,
that with this proposition Ferdinand has firmly
refused compliance, declaring that his guards
were his friends, and should never be stigmatised
or brought into peril by any acf of his. Au ap-
prehension, to which the vacillating conduct of
the King gave some cause, appears to' have been
entertained by the Ministers, that Ferdinand

might suddenly adopt the resolution of placing
himself under the protection of the refractory
troops ; and they urged him, therefore, to repair
to some place of safety, where his person, should
the troops be incited to so daring an attempt,
might be secure from seizure. To_this proposi-
tion also the King returned a decided negative,
with the remark, that his guards were faithful,
and that he had nothing to fear from them.—
Private letters express a confident opinion, that
although the country be in a comulsed state,
without money, credit, or confidence, the Con-
stitution will stand firm against all domestic at-
tacks. N o dangerous disaffection exists except
what has been evinced in the Royal Guards,
unless it be in the breast of the King himself.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
Affairs seem now to have come to something

like a crisis in Spain. 'From its extent, com-
pared with its population, and . the peculiar ,
wildness of a great part of the country, it be-
comes in some sort an easy matter to make it
the theatre of partial insurrections ; and we can
hardly wonder, therefore, either that the Monks
have, by inflaming the prejudices of the most'
ignorant part of the population, succeeded
in effecting risings in various parts of the North,
or that these risings have not been instantly
checked. .No doubt the encouragement received
by them from the French Government, must
greatly embolden the servile party to make these
risings; But the capital has at length become
the theatre of a serious conflict. The Royal
Guard' had' been induced to revolt, and been
some days in a place of strength. We refer our
readers for information respecting the progress of
this affair, to our separate extracts from Spanish
Papers, and the Paris Papers of Thursday and
Friday. The Gazette de France, which gives a
very highly coloured ultra account of the
Madrid ,affair, represents Andalusia to be also
at this . time involved in a difficulty of nearly
the same nature by the revolt of the Royal Cara-
bineers. There is, we should suppose, but little
reason to fear any junction of the other regiments
with the GuardS and the Carabineers ; as the ad-
vantages which the latter possess, and their aris-
tocratic composition, render theM a❑ object of
doubt to the rest of the army. With respect to
the Greeks, the Journal des Debuts of Thursday
contains an article taken from the Spectateur
Oriental, of Smyrna, giving from a letter from.'
Athens of the 18th of May, a number of
details respecting an unsuccessful attack. on
Napoli de Romania. We have not extracted
'this article, because the accounts which we haVe
had respecting the surrender of that fortress re-
present that event as having taken place on the
30th of May, a period long subsequent. Indeed
.the Journal des Debats in a note observes, " We
may flatter ourselves that these details relate only
to a firstottack ; we wish to believe so, as the
taking of Napoli would be decisive 'for the cause,
of the Peloponesians."

[NEW TIMES.]
It is amusing to see the eagerness with which
the gentry of the Radical Press snap at any
piece, of intelligence that promises to relieve
them from the unpleasant supervision of the Con-
stitutional Association. --'Thep
,_have as natural

an antipathy to that useful 13'ody as a thief has
to the lash of a beadle., Some worthy Gobe-
mouche, or other, In the course of last week,
heard that a checque of the Treasurer of the As-
sociation, for the small sum of U. 95., had been
returned by a banking-house in the City, with the
answer of "No effects." =Thereupon The Times

began to cry to newt! The a Bridge-street
Gang" is annihilated-:--the' concern. is bankrupt
more proseeutions-7Blasphemy and Sedi-
tion for ever !—We. are almost., sorry to baulk
the honest pleasure of the liberal Journalist;
but a very short tale will set him right on this
knotty point. The fact was, that a person in the
country had' received some subscriptions for The
Society to the amount of. 121..105. arid had dis-
bursed on the Society's account 101. 'IS; leaving
a balance in the Society's favour of the above'
Mentioned sum of 21. Os. which balance he
directed to be paid by his banker in London.
The Treasurer accordingly signed a checque for
the money, and the answer, " no effects," was
the mere error of the clerk to whom it was pre-
sented—an error that was readily 'corrected on