The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-11 00:00:00

CITY, WEDNESDAY
EVENING.

The Hamburgh Mail, of the sth inst. has arrived in due
course. It being a holiday there, little business was transacted.
No doubts were entertained of the certainty of a war betwixt
Turkey and Russia ; and on the preceding day there were
plenty of Sellers, but no purchasers, of State Securities. Prices
were consequently nominal. The exchanges, in most of the
letters, are not even quoted, except that on London soma bills
had been sold at 36. 4—being the same as noted on the previ-
ous post day. A speculative inquiry after the Saltpetre was
general, but the holders :would not even name a price. By the
same Mail there are letters from St.Petersburgh,dated 7th (19th)
March. The ice at Cronstadt broke up on the Eth, (18th;) a
circumstance quite unprecedented. The first shipments of
Russian produce may consequently be expected to arrive in
England almost as early as the seasons usually allow them
to be put on board the vessels. The Tariff was ex-
pected to be made public the following week ; and it
was thought to be in many respects different from the
spurious one circulated here some time ago. Considerable
sales of Tallow had been made at 125, being equal at the
quoted exchange to about 391. a-ton here in bond. The exchange
on London was a shade lower, being noted at 9. 17-32, a 9, 9 16.
At the departure of the St. Petersburgh letters, Gentlemen,
whose information was respectable, did not expect that the ne-
gociations at Constantinople would have ended in the manner
in which they have done. In fact, they expected greater sub-
mission to the will of their Emperor on the part of Turkey.__
No French Mail is due, but through a private channel the
Rentes are quoted at Paris last Monday 86f. 40c. No news by
this conveyance have been suffered to transpire. The Gentle-
men connected with the Stock Exchange have had a very busy
day. A great panic prevailed, and much anxiety to sell was
exhibited. The Consols for the Account of to-morrow opened
at 78:j, but there were few purchasers, and they fell to 74.
A few speculations were then done, and the final quotation was
771. Foreign Stock declined more in proportion than the Eng-
lish. The Spanish Bonds were particularly flat ; she last prices
yesterday were 64; this day they fell to 61A, ; before the close
of the market, however, an extraordinary change took place in
them, and they rapidly advanced to at which price they
closed. The great scarcity of money, and the Settlement
of,the Account being so near as to-morrow, would have pro-
duced a small decline, probably, but the state of the market
this day must mainly be attributed to the hopes of the Bulls
that peace would be maintained betwixt Turkey and Russia be-
ing now less sanguine, or rather almost entirely extinguished.
In Sugar and Coffee there is very little alteration, and in Rum
scarcely. a transaction of any consequence has taken place for
some time. Brandy is , fully 6d. a gallon dearer, but in
British Spirits there is not as yet any improvement.--The ad-
vance on Saltpetre here has been from Is. 6d. to 25., occasioned
by the prospect of the peace of Europe being soon interrupted.
In the Corn-market every article remains in the same state of
depression. The supply is more than equal to the demand, and
to force sales is difficult, even at reduced prices. Essex is be-
&inning now to suffer in a degree little inferior to Norfolk, Suf-
folk; and Cambridgeshire. The want of money has forced
many the farmers to sell too many of their live stock, and the
same cause prevents them from replacing them. A great pro-
portion of the turnip crop is consequently lost to them, and in
many districts this article may be had for the expense of clear-
ing it from the ground. These circumstances may cause an
advance in Fatted Cattle and Tallow by and by, but the Agri-
cultural Interest will not be benefited by the occurrence of this
event. An interruption in the Dardanelles may probably create
a demand for Bonded Grain bere for the Mediterranean, and
the Farmers would receive considerable relief by exportation,
should it be extensive ; for certainly the idea of this grain hang.
ing on the English market in some degree tends to depress the
prices. Their state certainly is truly miserable, and requires
the best attention of the Legislature. To Lord Grey's expected
suggestions much interest is attached.—( Morning Chronicle.)