The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-17 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY 17.

The supply of Oxen this morning was rather short, but in
all other descriptions of Cattle it was good ; the prices of Va-
rious sorts of meat may be quoted as per last Monday's market,
although there was a dull sale.
Beef 2s 6d to 3s 2d 1 Veal
Mutton 2s Od to 2s 8d 1 Pork
_

Lamb '.... 45. 6LL to to. Od.

Trig I:t7kDal ;idtiRMALS.

VrTlifttsTS,--FROM Tilt.- JAI MORNING PA.PEE6I,
• • May 171.•• 1822: • "

[TNE TIMES.] ,
We have received a series of Madrid papers.
frorri:the 26th of April to the 7th of, May incln-
;Ave.: Though.their contents have in a certain"
measure beeti anticipated by the-French journals,
there still :remain Some things Which deserve to
be noticed.... In the Sitting of the Cortes of the
25ttc:of April, a Report of the Committee on
Public credit was read. On this proceeding
Senor Ferrer took occasion to allude to the. pre-
valence of opinions unfavourable to public credkit,.
which, he observed, were the more unjust, as,'Of
all the "nations -of Europe, Spain presented the
best securities for its debts. This observation
induced Senor Canga to rise, who informed the
Cortes'that the Committee appointed to consider
the state of the national debt would prove that
debt 'to be far less than exaggerated accounts
bad lately made it. Senor Ferrer spoke again in
Confirmation of Senor Canga's statement, and said
that several citizens, of 'whom he was one, had,
by a representation to the last Cortes, proved
that the debt, which was supposed to amount to
14,000 millions, did not at the utmost exceed
6,000 Millions of reals (60 niillions_stekling.)—
‘ Tile accounts previously received through France
of the defeat and-dispersion of the insurgent ban-
ditti of the' frontier provinces; are confirmed by
articles in the Madrid Papers. The latest intel-
ligence in, the Universal of the 7th, is contained
in a Proclamation. published by the .VoliticAl
• Chief.of Uerona, on the 2d of May,. ;This d 0..•
cument slates that the band orMisls, alter having
been beaten by some regular troops .and the
militia, fled• in different directicins, but after
wards rallied to the number of 300. On the Ist
Inst. this band was , attacked- by Brigadier LIQ-.
bera,andLcompletely, defeated. The rebels took
refuge within the French territory. They were,
by order of the, French authorities; placed in a
state of quarantine,: nd Oleic arms and munitions
burnt in presence. of the Spanish troops. In con-
sequence of the cohitinnlicatjans which took place,
it was agreed that the refugees should lie sent
into the interior of France.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
Mr. Goulburn obtained leave to bring in a Bill
for placing at the disposal of the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland a sum of money, to be laid out
in the employment of the poor in the distressed
districts of fhat country. We lately noticed the
sudden and unexpected departure of this gentle-
rdan- for Ireland. One purpose of his journey
was, we must presume, to ascertain' the distress
of the land, and this is the remedy with which
he comes fraught on his equally sudden return.
The vulgar adage says, " Live horse and you'll
get grass;;', but in, sober sadness this surely is not
the proper language to.be addressed by Govern-
ment to, the starving people of Ireland. • Hadmot
private bvolence anticipated the tardy move-
ments of public duty,s,Mr. Goulburn might keep
his meditated benevv4ence in his pocket. The
starving poor of Skibbereen would have ceased
before this to be -capable of receiving or acknow-
ledging his bounty.

[MORNING POST.J-
Whilst the Subscription for the relief of•the.
distressed Irish Peasantry so nobly and success-
fully proceeds throughout the land, the' Public
will be rejoiced -to find, •by the proceedings of
the House of Commons last night, that Mr.
Goulburn has obtained leave to bring in a Bill
for the employment of the poor in the most dis-
tressed parts'of Ireland: The [tight nondurable
Gentleman stated that it was the object of this
Bill to advance a sum 9f money to be expended
in public works where distress was rfroGt preva-
lent. Mr. Rice and Sir E. O'Brien highly ap-
plauded this wise and judicions measure:. The
former Gentleman also took this opportunity of ex-
pressing,in behalf of the people of Ireland, his deep
sense of gratitude to the people .of this country
for the pecuniary relief which had been afforded
to his countrymen. It was a,proad mark of all
that was great and good in the..ch..aracter of tng-
-lishmen,'and which he . trusted • would be fully
responded to by the gratitude of the peOple of
Ireland. Sir E. O'Brien ad...ed his thanks.to.his
Majesty's Government for the introduction of
this Bill: • After the relief which had been re-
mitted by the generosity of the English Public,
he was sure Ireland would find that her Union
'had been one of her greatest-blessings.

ENE ,
Mr. Warre's motion respecting the Mission to
Swisserland was negatived last night, by a ma-
jority of 247 to 141. .The discussion was brief,
and of no peculiar interest.

[MO:tNI,NG CHAONICII.E.I
Sir Thomas Lethbridge presented a Petition;
last night on the subject•of Absentees,, from:6oo
re§pectable, as he.said, but certainly not rericark,
ably intelligent, inhabitants- of the County of.
Somerset. 'The Petitioners calculated that 18
Millions a-year were spent by. British and Irish
families in Paris alone, and that the emigrants
gained by the exchange about 25 or 26 per Cent.l
-1-;The Honourable Baronet said/ he did not
pledge himself to the accuracy of the 'calcu-
lations, but he repeated. them with a gravityibe-
coming the representat4e •of .such 'constituents,
surprised, no doubt, at the mirth they oecasioried:
"'He was- firmly persuaded --(he said).- that it'
was from no impossibility of -affording relief
that nothing had hitherto laeen.dOne, but because
the Ministers did.--not apply their minds to the
subject." That. is certainly very ungrateful
Ministers, after ail thevotes.whichSc'.Fhomas and
his brother agricniturists,,have giAttithern; and,
if true, would form, doubt, an admirable jus-
tification of these votes.' But the most interest-
ing part of the Abientee discussion. was the notice
taken of the recent.ateempts to enforce the bar-
barous law agAnst ,artiliders leaving'the country.
"this subject was -introduced by Mr. Ifudson
Gurney, who observed '4' he .was a friend to free
ingress and egress to and from the kingdom.—

There should, however, be.no, inequality in this
respect. If the rich man might go abroad for
amusement or pleaSUre, surely the poor man.
shduld be allowed to go abroad for subsistepce.
He alluded to the laws against the emigration of
artificers, which had recently been brought.
to his notice by a p.aragraph in a newspaper."—
'Mr:William Smith called on the President of
the Board of, Trade to remove by a Bill these
harsh and tyrannical restrictions on the' lower
classes of mechanics, justly observing that " there
was no la* which prevented .a man from carrying
his capital to any country in- Europe, and esta-
blishing a Manufactory there ; but if one of his
workmen attempted to follow him, he was liable'
to-be Sent' to prison." The law ought to be re-
pealed forthwith, but in the mean time these
animadversions must, be productive of .good, as
thefe are many Magistrates in the country whose
intelligence is not exactly equal to -their good in-
tentions, and who 'are -such staunch believers in
the Wisdom of our ancestors, as to deem every
law wise so long as it remains on the Statute
Book, and, mareoverohat it is their duty to eulo-
gize it. In the instance cited by Mr. Gurney, the
public were spared -the repetition of the eulogy
pronounced a short time- before by a certain Bow-
street Magistrate, on the virtues of this law, a
eulogy which-probably led Mr. Martineau, the
prosecutor, to think he was-acting most merito-
riously_in consigning his migratory journeymen
to a Prison. •It never of. course occurred to this
last gentleman, that. there was no difference be-
tween • a master quitting a country to set up a
manufacture in another, and his workmen ~foll-
owing him ; but, taught by the indignant feeling
expressed on the subject in Parliament, he will
Probably be less anxious in future to claim" the
execution of so barbarous a law.

•
[MORNI.3,IG HERALD]
Nothing is more common than comparing the
career of the King of • Spain with that of Louis
X VI. and portending to, the former the destiny
of the latter. The last accounts from Spain prove
that this similarity of position has been much more
exact than those who instituted the comparison
were aware. -King Ferdinand, however, has- had
the good fortune to escape the precipice which
proved fatal to the unhappy Louis XVI. -Every
body knows from his own memory, or from the
annals of the French Revolution, that the short-
sighted, if not treacherous, -rashness of those
who carried away the King secretly from Paris
was the main cause of•the furious' eruption of re-
volutionary passions to which the Sovereign
and the Throne fell victims. A conspiracy,
the counterpart of this, hatched by the Court
parasites and priests, existed in Spain in 1820
—the object was to bear away the King of
Spain to Burgos, and having him there, to proclaim
the re-establishment of the abolished despotism.
King Ferdinand, however, had the wisdom, or
the virtue and courage, to reject the proposition,
and by that resolution probably saved Spain from
a futurity of incalculable crime and horror.
The chief authors of this conspiracy—viz.- MM.
Mozo, the King's Secretary at the time, Erroz,
Royal Almoner and Canon of Burgos; Arteya and
Ordonez, Church Dignitaries ; Echauarri, Lieu-
tenant General, and several others, have been tried
at Burgos for this conspiracy, and the result is,
that of these, four, including the Royal Secre-
tary, the Royal Almoner, and two Ecclesiastics,
have been sentenced to the punishment of death ;
and four others to different periods of imprison-
ment or 'exile. The remaining prisoners, nine in
number, were acquitted. The mode by which
these conspirators endeavoured to work upon the
King proves that they had the lowest, opinion
of his capacity and courage. They told -him
a frightful tale of a Republican plot at Ma-
drid ,to assassinate him Ills conduct on the
occasion manifested a degree of judgment and
firmness which presents his character in a favour-
able light. There are further•accounts of insuy-
gent bands in the provinces; but they deserve no
credit, from the habitual exaggerations on this
subject, and the accounts .which we gav,,, yester-
day from Spain to a later date than those now
before us.