The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-02 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MAY I.—Wind S.E.—Arrived yesterday and sailed
for the River, the Upton Castle, from Bombay ; Juno,
Pritchard, from Jamaica; Triton, Carter, from aro; and
Olive Branch, Daws, from St. Michael's. Sailed the Warren
Hastings, for China. The Buckinghamshire, for ditto, remains.
PouTsmouTir, MAY 1.--Wind S.--Arrived the Dutch
ship of war Pallas, from Helvoetslys ; Brothers, Henderson,
from Messina. Off the Wight, the Hebe, —, from Mon-
rrrat. Sailed the Hope, Pattison, for London, and his Ma-
jesty's ship Brazen, for Dover.
FALstouTir, Arnie. 30.—Wind-S. to S.E.—Ofr the Port
yesterday the Columbus, Munro, from London, for St. John's,
N. B.; Kains transport, for famaica ; Heroine, ditto, for
Sierra Leone; Hefty, Wells, for Fayal; Margaret, Fishley,
for Lisbon; Trial, Jenkin, for ditto. Arrived the Margaret,
Holman, from Galipoli, in 38 days. Sailed the Lady Mary
Pelham Packet, for the Leward Islands; and Corsair, Bed-
ford, for Jersey.
LivEnPoot, APRIL 30.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the John
Taylor, Atkinson, from Calcutta; Pyramus, Proctor, from
Jamaica, sailed 18th March in company with the Spartan and
William Harris transport—on the 28th, oft' Haneaga, was
brought to by the Colombian schooner Venezuela, on a cruize ;
William Brown, Ill‘Kawl, Catherine, Potten, and Betsey,
Miller, from New Orleans, sailed 20th ult. ; Martha, Snow,
Glory, Graves, and Isabella Herideison, Stubbs, from New
York, sailed 4th April ; Delaware, Hamilton, Savannah ;
Carl John, —, Marseilles ; Cadman, Charente ; and
Regent, Cowl, from Charleston. l_)ff th6pott the Three Sons,
from Maranham.

....
DOVER, MAY I.—Arrived off the port the Peter Proctor,
Brown, from Dominica ; Minerva, Paulson, from Alexandria ;
Thomas and Hannah, ---, nom Liibon ; and Active, Lumly,
from Charente.

CowEs, /11Ar I.—Arrival the Wary (late Cairns), from Rio
Janeiro in 77 days.

The Sanders Hill, Anderson, from Messina to Petersburgh,
is totally lost in the Cattegat with all the crew.

On Saturday the dispatches for China, by the ship Lowther
Castle, Capt. Thomas Baker, were closed at the East India
House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship.

THE MARKETS.

CON , 2.
The arrivals of R
all sorts ofEXCHAN GrainG lEastMAY
week were moderate.
This morning there are very few fresh samples at market of any
kind of Corn. There has been a good deal of business doing in
all sorts of Grain since this day se'nnight. Prime Wheat is
much in demand, and such has obtained 2s. to 3s. perqr. advance
on the terms of
,this day se'nnight, other qualities have also
met a proportionate improvement. Barley is is. per quarter
higher than last quotations. Beans are brisk on sale at full 2s.
per quarter advance on the terms last quoted. Pease sell more
freely than of late at Is. per quarter advance. Oats meet a
very fine trade, and the prices of this article are 2s. per quarter
higher than last Monday. The Flour trade is brisk at, last
week's prices.
ARRIVALS LAST WEEK.—English Wheat, 5,362; Bar-
ley, 2,289; .51alt, 7,593 ; Oats, 9,240 ; Beans, 1,132 ;
Pease, 279 ; Irish Wheat, —; Oats, 4,400; Foreign Oats,
641 quarters ; Flour, 7,913 sacks.
Wheat, Red (old) —s —s Beans, Small (new) ....42s 48s
White (old) ...--s —s —__ (old) ....--s —s
Red (1824) 58s 63s Tick (new) 33s 37s
Fiae ~.65s 68s —(old) —8 —s
Superfine ....72s 7-is Harrow (new)...3Bs 421
White (1824)...60s 65s I (old) ...—s —s
------ Fine 67s 74s Brank 34s 40s
--- Superfine ....78s 80s Oats, Feed °Os 22s
Rye '3ss 40s Fine 22s 248
Barley 31s 35s Poland 213 23s
---- Fine 37s 40s .-.:.--- Fine "4s 26s
—Superfine 42s 411 s Pott+toe 2ss 28s
Malt s6s 64s
----:-Fine 66s 70s Scotch • 308 31s
Peas (irey 34s 36s Flour (per sack) 608 658
Maple 38i 3vs _ Seconds ...........528 583
White .... 4os 44s North Country...s2s 541
. . .
—Boilers 46s 50s Bran Bs 98

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GR.AIN,PROM THE RETURNS
RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 23.
Wheat, 665. 6d. ; Barley, 365. sd. ; Oats, 235. Bd.; Rye,
375. 4d. ; Beans, 355. 10d. ; Peas, 365. 4d.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
April 27, 1823, is 365. 2id. per cwt.

SmmhoAereßnp/nEg. .14, 2 3 0
SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY 2.
The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and
''''''''''''' 7s Od
150
Cupraeilacvseetsssat Smithfield
Cl%AllarTkiltE2ot44hAiTils
Pigs
...............
Beef T4ossin4dk
ttohessofl2l:ll,l wealsto.n.o.f ....
Mutton 4s 13d to 55 6d Pork ......... 5s 6cl to 6s 6d
Lamb 6s 8d to 75 6d.

DAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
ay £3 3t0£410 0 I Clover ...... 00s to 4:5 lss
Straw 1:2 Os to £2 Oa.

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will be the new Bishop. Wellington:
ACClDENT.—Yesterday, between live and six
o'clock in the afternoon, as a young man, named
Joseph Bowers, was running hastily along the
side of a country barge, laden with bricks-, near
slipped,
Pwuhetnneyheßridge,suddenly
nfloyotp unfortunatelyrecipitatedi
very and before assistance could be procured he
was carried away by the current and drowned.

1111?. LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the 31uhang Pajiers, Ma 1,825.

[MORNING Cif " • • .
The Singapore Chronicle contains several mas-
terly articles on the commerce
.and agriculture.
of that rapidly growing settlement, which even,
already is one of the most important.of our.pesses-
sions. Would it be believed that the exports
from this settlement from January to December,,
1823, amount to the very large sum of Five Mil
lions, five hundred and sixty-eight thoitsand five
hundred and sixty Spanish dollars? The trade
consists of five distinct branches that, with
Great Britain, with Bengal, and other parts
of Western India, with China, native and
Europeans, with Siam and Cochin China, with
the distant! commercial tribes of the Indian
Archipelago' itself, &C. In 1822, -four ' ships
only cleared out for London ; in 1823, the
number Nadi increased to nine. In 1822, the
value of British piece goods imported, was, iu
Spanish dollars; 265,054 ; in 1823, they had'
risen to 1,064,380 ; and the exports were in pro-
portion. The increase of the trade with China,
Siam, and Cochin China, is on a corresponding
scale. We shall, on a future -day, give some:of
these statements at length. They more than.cor-
roborate the views of Mr. Crawford, ~:and some
other subsequent witnesses, examined by' -the
Lords' ComMittee on ForeignTratle,. awl') the
increase of which the commerce with:the:lndian
Isles was susceptible. These are the mines which
will repay the expellee of exploring.

. We were the first to inform our readers, that
after various meetings of the Cabinet upon the
subject, his Majesty's Ministers bad resolved
upon a Dissolution of Parliament during the pre-
sent year. Objections were taken against this
determination in the highest quarter, and Ministers
gave way. Recent events, however, have led to
the revision of this determination, and we learn
from good authority, that early in June the pre-
sent Parliament will separate to meet no more.
The General Election will take placeimmediately
after the Assizes are over, and terminatate before
the harvest.--(Aid.)

[BRITISH PRESS.] •
Letters and Papers have been received from
Bombay to the 26th of December. In another
column we have given the dispatches of Lieut.-
Colonel Deacon, commanding the detachment by
which the fort of Kittoor was captured. It. ap-
pears that after the enemy had agreed to capi,
tulate, a treacherous attempt was made to induce
Major Trewman, the Commander of the ad-
vanced posts, to enter the wicket alone; but as
he suspected the atrocious design, the works
,were finally taken by escalade.. The defence
was conducted so obstinately, that the keys of
the gates were not surrendered till the British
troops had obtained possession of the Palace.—
Our loss was trifling in numbers, but much aggra-
vated by the death of Mr. Monroe, of the
civil service, who was wounded in driving the
enemy from an advanced post. News L. I been
received from Singapore, announcing the death ol
the King of Siam. His successor bad resolved
to throw open the trade of that country to all
foreign merchants without distinction. A report
reached the Marquis of Hastings, after that ves-
sel had left the sands at Bombay, that a whole
regiment of Sepoys had abandoned their duty and
gone over to the Burmese ; but no particulars
were stated, and the story was considered to be
without the least foundation. Many wild rumours
had been current, and this was regarded as one
of the least credible of those to which morbid
speculation had given birth.

[NEW TI M ES.]

The recent occurrences in India have given
occasion to a very able article on the present
state of that country, in 131ackwood's Magazine.
The writer, who subscribes himself, " An Old
Indian," displays much originality of thought,
and a more than ordinary acquaintance with the
details of his subject; and though we differ from
him on many important points, yet we confess
his arguments on others deserve serious considera-
tion. We cannot indeed admit, that the Burmese
war was either " madly" or " unjustly" entered
into; nor is this very material, for he allows that
" 6 being begun, it must be prosecuted to a close,"
and " that little doubt can be entertained of the
issue." The more important branch of inquiry is
that which relates to the supposed causes of the
mutiny at Barrackpore, and the death of Mr.
Thackeray—events which, though they probably
had not the slightest connection with each other,
the Old Indian ascribes to a common feeling of
discontent at our sway. t 6 Never was any sys-
tern of Government less adapted to the condition
and sentiments of the governed," says this writer,.
" than is that which prevails in British India
to the sentiments and opinions of the Bin-
doos." Be it so ; but it is desirable, for the
good of the Hindoos themselves, that their
sentiments and opinions should dictate the
system of their Government ? Is it desirable'
that a Government, founded on the indelible dis-
tinctions of caste, and connected with a barbaroul
and degrading idolatry, should determine the
destinies of a hundred millions of human beings ?
Assuredly not. This system of Government (a
system perfectly consistent with the sentiments
and opinions of the Hindoos) has been found
incapable of protecting them against the inva-
sions of Greeks, Persians, Tartars, Mohamme.
dans, Christians—and on the other hand a
Government of Foreigners, of Invaders, of
Conquerors, differing from the native popu-
lation in origin, language, habits, laws, and
religion, has, upon the whole, given them,
what they never obtained from their native
Chieftains, protection and security. It does ap7
pear to us absurd to argue that the vices of the
Indian character are owing entirely to our mis-
government. For ages before they knew us they
were brutalized by the most senseless supersti.
s o the general
v e
found ave.
tion, and degraded by the most arbitrary des.
rage,
potisrn.
be
wSueactki.mmiended nmua
ntd,
n immoral.
them so ; and the onlyjust charge that cart
be brought against us is, that we have not

raised them to a higher rank in the scale of
intellect and virtue. If we have failed in this
respect, it has not been for want of good in-
t'ention—it has perhaps been from an eagerness
to communicate institutions, which the natives
• were not prepared to receive. Our judicial sys-
tem was constructed with a view to the most im-
partial administration of justice, but it has in fact
produced additional litigation and perjury. Our
financial system was meant to infringe as little
as possible on the productive powers of capital
and labour; bat in the opinion of many
persons, it tends to produce general poverty.
On the other hand, our experience of the base
and abject character too prevalent amongst the
natives has generally occasioned us to exclude
them from places of trust and confidence, and
such exclusion undoubtedly aggravates the vices
of which we complain. The article before us
recommends a more liberal and indulgent policy
in this respect ; and we are inclined to think
that this suggestion is founded on a just view of
human nature, even under the unfavourable cir-
cumstances which affect our Indian population.

[TUE TIM ES.]
The case of the Corn Laws has been so often
presented by us, to the public, that it is hardly
possible to make it more clearly understood, or
set it forth in a brighter light. We can only re-
gret, therefore, that a decision on the subject has
not taken place during this session. Mr. Hus-
kisson stated as a reason for the delay till next
session, that there is a glut in all the Continental
ports, ready to pour into England. This we had
stated before, and argued that the present price
of corn upon the Continent was therefore not to be
assumed as a standard. But we should wish to ask,
whether, at whatever time foreign corn shall be
admitted into England, there will not always be a
glut in the opposite port to meet the demand ?
The fact is, that the wheat-crops were sown in
November last upon the Continent, in expecta-
tion that England must open her ports, and the
materials for keeping up and increasing the glut
are therefore prepared. Mr. Huskisson spoke of
the 14 absorption" of the grain stored in the op.
posite Continental ports. What other absorp-
tion is there, if we shut it out, but rotting ? And
how wicked is it thus to abuse the munificence of
Providence ! However, if the height of absorption
he the moment for admission of foreign corn into
British ports, that moment is arrived, for there is
now an accumulation from the crops of five years;
and absorption upon the incoming crop cannot have
begun when our ports must be opened. Mr.
Huskisson's statements with respect to wools and
cottons deserve the deepest attention. It appears
that while there were prohibitive duties upon the
importation of foreign wool, the continental peo-
ple, finding no sufficient market for the article
at home, had begun to manufacture it into
coarse cloths, in which they were actually
underselling us ; but' ❑o sooner do we admit
their wools than we gain possession of even their
markets for our coarse cloths. Now, with respect
to cottons, the case stands thus :—Labour -being
cheaper in America than here, awing to the
low pric. of bread, the Americans are enabled to
send their cotton cloths across the Atlantic to the
Mediterranean, and undersell us to all the nations
bordering that sea. Let us have cheap bread,
and we should be able to undersell the Ameri-
cans even in their own markets, from the weight
of our capital, and the excellence of our machi-
nery. We should not press this matter so zea-
lously, were we not convinced that the interest of
the land-owners and cultivators will ultimately be
best promoted by a free trade in grain ; and the
admission of such a trade is of ten times more va-
lue and utility at this present moment than it can
be hereafter ; because this is the very heat of the
struggle for the pre-occupancy of the new South
American markets : and a Government that de-
serts its people at such a crisis, inflicts an injury
not only on the manufacturing, but even on the
agricultural interest, which ages may not repair.
We almost wish it were high treason to attempt
to legislate in any manner upon the commerce in
Corn.

[MORNING P,OST.]
,We received last night, by Express, French
Papers to the 30th nit. with the Etoile of Satur.
day. The law for the reduction of the Rentes,pass-
edithe Ch rn ber of Deputies on Thursday by a ma,.
jor,ityof 134 to 92. The Deputies continue to dis-
ctrss,,the Arrears of 1823, and Ouvrard's Contracti
which-form a fruitful source of attacks against the
Ministry. M..Denon,the celebrated discoverer and
colleCtor. of Egyptian Antiquities died on Thurs-
cia,yolmost suddenly. On coming away from the
sale of a picture by M. Lapeyriere, lie was seized
wi4).„such violent and incessant pains in his sto-
mac,h, that in fifteen hours he ceased to live.
lie was,upwarth of eighty .years of age.. M. Fat.
couet, of Naples, the head of one of the ,first bank-
ing houses in Europe, has also died almost as sud-
denly at an advanced age. Charles X. it is said,
wilLgo to Compiegne the day after the Whitson.,
tide Holiday; and from ,thence will proceed
slowly on to Reims. Part of the road is to be
adorned with triumphal arches. The Eloile con.
firtns the statement of the. Egyptian troops having
been4defeated in their attempt on Navarino, and
of ,their remains being blockaded in Motion by a
law, Grecian force. Many of:. the transports
which brought them had. been taken and a diyi-
slow of ,26 Greek vessels, cruised before Mbdou,
and prevented the entrance of any supplies.

[Tut: PUBLIC LEDGER.'
Laat;night• we received. Frankfort Papers, to
the2.3il ult. hnt-they do not mention a single cir-
cuinstance of a.pOlitical character worth record-
• Vier:Paris Papers which arrived last night;
arelmearly. as uninteresting; foe, with the excere;,
tiotrof' news from Turkey, which does: not ipo
pear:tube' trust-worthy, they contain nothing of
the ..:least interest to any class.Of readers, lint:
FrenCh.. 1f . the lovers of :the :extritordinary:
regiTerthis, - the friend of mankind does not ;
for'.• it is. a sure sign, in .every country,.
where the liberty of the Press is establish:-
ed ;.-.-that • things. go on well and that they
to' continue in this state. The-po.'.'
litiOxtf'sky,. 'generally speaking, ne.ver - wore .a
less..toweTing aspect,'-than it wears at the pre-
sentitornent ; and: the pleasure, arising from

• BIRTHS.
,
On the morning of the 23d ult. at his seat, near Exeter, the
Lady of Alexander• Hamilton Hamilton, Esq. of the Retreat,
'in Devonshire, and of Hullerhirst, in Ayrshire, of a daughter.
• On the 28th ult., at Higham, near Canterbury, the Lady of
the Rev. C. Hughes ffallett, of a son.

MARRIED.
On Saturday, April 30, at St. Pancras Church, Thomas
Robert Pye, Lsq., some time Government Agent at the Islands
of Madagascar and Rodrique, to Mary Elizalreth-;only daughter
of the late.Aliellael Kelm,- Esq., of Golden.sq tram " •
On Saturday, the 30th ult., • at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Henry
Alekinder Esq., of Clapltam-road, to Catherine,
youngest daughter of -the late JaMes Enttivant, Escf.;of Ken.
nington.

On Saturday, the'3oth ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square,
Jameifieiligan,;Eict.,•eldest son of Thomas LeniganYEsq.; of
Castle Fogerty, in the county of Tipperary, to Eleanor Frances,
only daughter of John Evans, Esq., of Hertford-street, May-
'flan •

DIED. • -
At Brprnon, on the 13th ult after a long illness, aged 73,
John Matthevi Larneyer, one of the' venerable Senators of .that
ans .Town.
.. • •
George, second son of the Rev. John Parsons Redland, near
''Bristol:
• ,
On the 25th ult., at Islington, Rebecca; eldest daughter of
the late Rev. Nathaniel Jennings, of the same place.
On, the 25th ult., at Dingwall Ross-shire, Rose, wife of
Cara /tr. T. Munm, H. P. 42ciregirnent.
on;Thu rstlay, the..2Bth ult, •Conway Charles, aged sixteen
p,urn,son of Dr. warren. •
Oletbe 2Dth ult., at: Claptam, Harriet, daughter of N• tven
''Kerr, lisq:: . •