The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-02 00:00:00

LONDON MARKETS, &c.

CORN EXCIIANGE, Nov. '2.
The supplies of Grain this week are small, except of fri,h
Oats, of which the quantity is considerable. Prime Wheat
alone is wanted, and suei obtains Monday's terms ; other sorts
are very dull, and rather inclining to be lower. In Barley
there is very little doing. Beans are unaltered. Pease arr ex-
cessively heavy on sale. Oats find buyers at about last prices,
but they do not sell readily.
AnatvaLs—English Wheat, 1,650; Barley, 1,600; Oats,
2,100 ; Irish Wheat, 170 ; Oats, 13,100 ; Foreign Barley,
3,200 qrs. ; Flour, 3,600 sacks.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
CANTERBCRY OCT. 31.—There was but a short show of
samples on Saturday, and the demand was even less than the
supply. An extreme dullness possessed the market, and what
little business was transacted was on lower terms than here..
tofore.

MAIDSTONE, OCT. 29.—Our Hop market continues ex-
ceeding dull, and we have scarcely any thing doing, as the
planters seem but little disposed to offer upon lower terms, con-
sequently the trade is almost at a stand. The duty, called
26,0001. is considered here much overlaid.

THANES TUNNEL.--The large and ingenious
iron shield, which is destined to protect at once the workmen, and
the tunnel itself, from almost a possibility of danger during the
operation, is now at the bottom of the great shaft, and fixed and
ready to proceed horizontally. The workmen are cutting away the
brick work, preparatory to theirstriking out horizontally under the
Thames. This, from the solidity of the work and the hardness
of the cement, is a laborious work, and necessarily of slow pro-
gress. It is hoped that in 13 months from the getting through
the wall, the tunnel will be carried to and under the further shore
of the River; and in the opinion of persons most competent
to form a correct judgment, thefiret expectation of ultimate .and
complete success, is increased by all the circumstances which
have hitherto attended this important undertaking.

IRISIT INLAND NAVIGATION.—A meeting of
the Sub Committee, appointed by the North West Society, for
the purpose of Assisting in procuring an Act of Parliament to
make a Canal from Lough Foyle, at Enniskillen, to Lough
Ems, at,Ballycassidy, was convened by desire of the Earl of
BLEsanitsTox, at Strabane, on the 13th instant. Several
munificent donations were acknowledged, and Resolutions
entered into for the purpose of obtaining further subscrip-
tions towards procuring the proposed Act of Parliament next
Session.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, Nov. 2, 1825

[NEW TurEs.l
The removal of M. Zea from the post of Prime
Minister in Spain, is an event which we cannot
?nit deprecate ; because, though perhaps not so
enlightened as the Statesmen of a more fortunate
zountry, he was for Spain, a miracle of intelli-
gence, liberality, and moderation. He was ac-
cordingly held in high estimation by most of the
'foreign powers, who hoped to be enabled through
him to introduce something like order and tran-
quillity into the affairs of the Peninsula. To
their support it was undoubtedly owing that
he maintained his post so long; but he has at
length been forced to give way to that in-
fluence which in Spain is behind the Throne,
and greater than the Throne itself—the in-
fluence of the Church. There is an unfortunate
circumstance which renders this influence of the
Church almost -a necessary evil in Spain ; it is,
that 'there is .no other body capable of stand-
ing between a despotic throne and the people.
There is no, effective aristocracy, and the senseless
dolts, who set up what they called a Constitution
in Spain, laboured to extirpate the small remains
of Arisfocracy still left. We perceive that one
of these incurable idiots is even now writing a
book: to prove that ale Constitution can be re-
established. Thus between the overwhelming
power of the Church on one. side, and theabso-
Jute drivelling insanity of the Constitutionalists
on the other, there seem to be no elements in
Spain wherewith a moderate man like M. Zea
could construct a system
.of rational government;
and accordingly he could not have remained in
place for the short time that he has done.had he
not had a foreign support. It is true that the
Duke del Infantado, who has succeeded M. Zea,
is in his individual character extremely respecta-
ble. Hels anobleman of high rank, great wealth,
loyalty, and unspotted honour. But we ap-
prehend he has been brOUght forward as the
head of the Church party ; and if so he must go
all the lengths of faction, just as General Alava,
or any other ho-nest Constitutionalist, was forceil
to adopt the follies of those bedlamites with whom
he acted. One lesson we ought to draw from the
wretched state, In which Spain is now plunged.'
It is that the want of an effective aristocracy in
a monarchy is fatal' to' real freedorri. By an
aristocracy we do not mean simply a House of
Peers, or a body of -titled Nobility ; but a gra-
dation of intermediate classes Possessing rank,
wealth, privilege, and power, and capable. of
holding the•balance between Prince and people.
Such an aristocracy England has in greater Per-
fection than any other nation ; ,and accordingly
our liberty is more secure than that of any nation
ever was; while unhappy Spain seems to-know
no medium between tine frantic anarchy of the
Comunerqs and the uncontrouled power of the
Chord!.

ETII E M ES.]
We received last night, after two days of in-
terrupted communication; the French papers of
Friday and-Saturday. - They are Mill- occupied,
like theirarrnyon the other side.of the Pyrenees,
with that puzzle of politics—that riddle of di-
plornacy.-----that eternal subject of speculation.and
discussion—the state of Spain. More than two
years have elapsed since the cessation of a war
which was professedly undertaken to put down
anarchy and to restore order—more than two
years have elapsed since the leader of the inva-
sion had fulfilled the object of his mission, and:
left the kingdom whiCh.-he• again' placed under
the dominion of abs:Olute.' power—more than
two years have elapsed sin'te the promised era
of tranquillity had _commenced, and the alleged
disturbers of the 'pit-bile peade ' had expiated
their love of freedom in exile, in dungeons, or
on the:scaffold ;• but we- still hear of an amnesty
as a doubtful question, and see -prosCription the
order of the day.' Two acts of oblivion; had al-
ready passed,...in,which nothing was pardoned,.
and nothing 'forgotfenthe same discontent still
prevailed, the' usual resources of a bigotled Go-
vernment had been exhausted, and a Constitu-
tional J-unta,was-' lately, _nominated to advise his
Majesty and lirs Ministers' on the best means of
getting money and obtaining quiet. This Junta,
it would 'appear, :recommended the publication
of anoth'er,amnesty,and the cessation of political
persecutions, as one of the means of order; but the
Council of Castile has opposed -this wise recom-
mendation, and the Ministry Isas.of course joined
the fanatical party. One of the .Ministers having
sagaciously taken it into his head that Fremasons
are the-great. cause of -national anarchy and public
misery, Iris demanded a more severe•set of enact-
ments against masonic aprons and symbols. But
unfortunately,: the execution of a whole lodge,
including all` orders of the craft, will not,
~like'
that of x rich. Jew in the dark ages, replenish the
Royal Exchequer,•and 'Ferdinand is obliged to
look to a different quarter for the means of filling
his; privy purse. The Dutch,'. it is said, having
been afiplied to,_and Vying:refused .to ace:mi-no-
date any further so fraudulent a debtor, the Go-
vf.rnment of his Catholic Majesty looked towards
Mexico for assistance., and offered to barter a
useless_aaiM'Of sovereignty for a needful supply
of dollars=. As the EngliSh had acknowledged
this Re-Pilblic - without any equivalent, Mr.
Lamb, our Ambassador, is said to be regarded
with much dislike at Court. The Envoys
of Sweden and of the United States are de,
scribeo.s being very little higher in favour. In
short, Rerclinar7d seems to be at war with half of
his own -stthjects, and at variance with
,more than
half hig7allies.- In the Mean time, his Consulta-
tive Junta, hiS',Council'ofiCastile, his Council‘ of
Ministers.viiis,spkial,.cbOnlissibils-, and his cama-
rilla, are .all consulting, deliberating, re-
commending, sruggesting,,,;dispotine, decreeing,
waking.. laws, aiic,.:.fOrrykit..l' 10jeC'ty, :which Ore
seldom heard of, -and never attended to beyond
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