The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-29 00:00:00

' He, should bring forward the question early in
the
ct .next Session, when he should propose a gra-
uat return to the old system of open ports ; he
should take for his guide, as the mode, the mea-
sure for resuming Cash payments. This Session
he should propose a measure to enable the
Fo-
reign Corn already bonded in this country to
be brought into the market'; and this'he should
do with the view of keeping prices as they now
were. Without some such measure, nothing could
prevent prices reaching the maximum (sos.) by
next harvest, and the quantities of Foreign
Corn, in consequence of the glut in other coun-
tries, that would be poured in, would be of the
most ruinous tendency. This subject is certainly
a delicate one, and we think that the Ministers
act wisely in putting off the consideration of it
till next Session. Then we hope that some such
measure as Mr.Whitmore proposes will be adopt-
ed, and that grain hereafter will be admitted, be
the price what it may, on payment of what, upon
a Parliamentary investigation, may be considered
a fair protecting, duty. To admit it free of duty
would, we think, be as unjust towards the agri-
culturalist; as it would be towards our contem-
poraries, were the Ministers to permit us to sell
the Morning herald newspaper without the four-
penny stamp,- while our contemporaries sold it
with. The motion, it will be seen, was lost, there
being a majority of 140 against it.

ERFITISII PRESS.]
Letters were received yesterday from Lisbon
to the 16th instant inclusive. From them we
learn, upon the best authority, that the Portu-
guese Government had consented to recognise
the independence of Brazil, and that the preli-
mirrary arrangements with that view had been
concluded with Sir Charles Stuart. We under-
stand that the temper and disposition evinced
by the Portuguese Ministry in this affair have
been highly satisfactory to the British Ambassa-
dors. The intelligence had transpired in Lisbon,
and the utmost joy and confidence prevailed
among the mercantile classes. The suspension
of the intercourse between the two countries
must have been productive of so much loss and
inconvenience to the people of Portugal, that we
can readily conceive they have heard with great
pleasure that the former relations are about to be
removed. The event will likewise have import-
ant political consequences. How can the infatu-
ated Ferdinand persist in his senseless refusal to
accede to irresistible events, with the prudent
example of John YE. before him, to admonish
him of his inexcusable folly 11

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
In the absence of other [natter, capable of agi-
tating the market, the expedient of getting up a
Congress was resorted to, yesterday, with a de-
gree of confidence, exactly corresponding with its
absurdity. 'fills rumour rests entirely upon the
authority of the French Opposition Press, which
alone would be a good reason for rejecting it,—
The Journals in the interest of the French Go-
vernment have repeatedly contradicted it; and the
silence of the German Papers, particularly those
published in Austria and Prussia, is conclusive
as to the credit to
.whichit is entitled. Even the
place selected for the pretended meeting, clearly
shews that the rumour is unfounded ; for it is
not central enough to answer the purpose of
quick communication between the different Ca-
binets ; and a town in Italy couldonly be fixed
upon. when the Sovereigns, whose names are,
in some measure, identified with this mis-
chievous innovation in diplomacy, attended
in person. It is pretty clearly ascertained
that it is not the intention either of the
Emperor Alexander, or a' his Prussian Ma.
jesty, to quit their States this year.
Therefore some German city would be much
more convenient than Milan for .the objects of a
Congress ; and it would be rather uncourteous
on the part of "the Emperor of Austria to • select
a place at one of the extremities of his. Einpire
for deliberations upon a subject of general interest.
For our own parts, we are convinced that the jonr-
uey of the Emperor is one of pleasure,or pageantry,
mote than of business ; and its chief attraction
is probably the desire to gratify his young con-
sort with a .sight of Italy. The occasion may be
made use of, it is
.true, to discuss certain Italian
interests ; but every thing as yet thews that such
a discussion would be conducted a l'amtablg. ;—to
le.ss,en, and not add to., the jealousy, which
the marked interference of Austria may have
excited. It is highly improbable that any other
question will be formally agitated ; and if it were
intended to bring the affairs of Greece on the
tapis, some place nearer to Russia would have
been chosen. The presence of the Ambassadors
of time Great Powers is simply a matter of eti-
quette ; and the revival of this hacknied rumour
thews how much even the inventive genius Of the
Stock-market is paralysed at the present moment.

MORNING cnitoxicLE.

Mr. Whitmore prefaced his motion for a Com-
mittee on the Corn Laws by a clear and masterly
speech, embracing all the principles which bear
on the question, and containing some very curious
statements in illustration of them. To ail who
have paid any attention to subjects:of this nature,
it is well known that the attempt to bolster up
the price of any commodity in general use by pro-
hibition, is something like 'the attempt to arrest the
progress of a stream of water,—the consequence
is, an overflow in another quarter,—that that part
of the capital and industry which is withdrawn
by the
prohibition from a particular commodity
comes into operation in some other way in the
prohibiting country ;
of this Mr. 'Whitmore fur-
1110,ed a striking' proof in' the change which has
lately taken place in Poland. " lie was in pos-
session
(he said) of a letter frOm a Gentle-
man of great respectability and information,
which yvas very descriptive of the effects of
,the Corn Laws abroad. The letter stated,
,that the
penury of the agriculturists:had arrived
at the highest
pitch,Und that the Continent was
experiencinga'gradnal diminution in the produceof corn ; the price of wheat in Poland was 14s.
per Winchester' quarter, though it could not be
brought tioiri the 'Mink under 3.85.' on account
of the
'duties. After The receipt of that letter,
washe anxious
tomake fa' ktieir inquiries on the