The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-30 00:00:00

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

It is generally this day believed, that a Treaty
of Commerce and of friendship has been concluded at Madrid
betwixt Kngland and her natural Allies, Portugal and Spain ;
and that the terms are such as must enhance the power, and
increase the prosperity both of England and of the Peninsula.
Cuba and the Philippine Islands, according to rumour, are to
come under the. immediate protection of the British Empire,
and the independence of South America is to be fully acknow-
ledged by the contracting parties. The deep importance of a
treaty of this description to the commerce of England, and to
the general freedom of trade throughout the world, is so obvious,
that its confirmation will be hailed as a great benefit conferred
on the human race.

From Paris three expresso were received this morning,
bringing the Journal of Wednesday and private letters dated
late in the evening of that day. Every thing wore a pacific
aspect, though the' Ultra Royalists continued to gratify them-
selves with the prospect of a war against the liberties of man-
kind.

The news from Verona farther states, that the influence of
the Duke of WELLINGTON on the French Minister had
caused greater moderation ; and that the decided opinion there
was, that war will not be the consequence of this conclave.
The distress in the Foreign Market is extreme. The under-
mentioned prices are only nominal, for the losses,are so very
heavy that one per cent. on either side is very little attended to.
The death of Mr. ZEA has added to the misfortunes of the
holders of Colombian Bonds, which fell to 70 on this event
being known. They were once worth 97.
French Five per Cents. with Dividend from 22d September,
Exch. 25 50. 89f 4 90.
Prussian Five per Cent. of 1818 in £sterl. with Dividend
from Ist Oct., 861.
Do. do. of 1822 in do. do., with Dividend from Ist July,
873 853 4.
Neapolitan Five per Cent. with Dividend from Ist July,
Exch. 4 40. and 25 65. 764.
Ditto Scrip, 774.
Spanish Five per Cent. of 1820, with Dividend from 30th
Oct. Exch. 43. 683.
Do. do. of 1821 in £ sterl. with Dividend from Ist Nov.,
581,
Ditto, 53 per Cent. with Div. Exch.
Ditto Scrip, 53 discount.
Danish Five per Cent. in £ sterling, with Dividend from Ist
July, 90.
Ditto, ditto, in Banco Marks, with Dividend from Ist July,
Exch. 3'7 4. 88.

Russian Six per Cent. with Dividend from Ist July, 82.
Ditto Five per Cents. metal]. with Div. from Ist Sept. Exch,
31. 83.

Ditto Five per Cent. in £ sterl. with Dividend from lstSept.,
861.
Ditto Scrip, Mt
Colombian Six per Cent. in £ sterl. with Dividend from Ist
Nov., 73 74 70.
Chilian Six per Cent. in £ sterl. with Dividend from 30th
Sept. 76.
United States Six per Cent. of 1812-1618 with Div. from Ist
Oct., Exch. 46. 92 100.
Peruvian, 79.

Poyais, 70, 71.
There are considerable failures yesterday and this day in the
Timber Trade, and one heavy one on the Irish 'Walk.
Contrary winds and stormy weather still deprive the Corn
Exchange of the long expected supply of grain.—(Morning
Chronicle.)

THE LITERARY GOSSIP.—Who does not know
he literary grievance, the butterfly of belles-

lettres, %ill° flutters about the fields and sips the
sweets ? This is indeed a melancholy apendage
to the dinner-table. You are sure to be deluged
with his information. the knows every thing that
is doing in the literary way. He writes a little him-
self ; a squib in the Chronicle, or a sonnet in the
Post. He is hand and glove with all the editors.
He knows all the reviewers. He reads the Edin-
burgh and Quarterly, " and thinks as they do."
He knows what is about to be published ; is in
secret with all the anonymous ; and has a
copy of all the verses handed about in genteel
society. lle has the entreat Murray's. He can
recite you the charming passages in the last new
poem, and has irrefragable proofs that Sir W.
Scott wrote 44 Waverley." He knows whose tra-
gedy is at Covent-Garden, and what new melo-
drame at Drury-Lane. He can talk a little of
political economy, and Smith, Malthus and
Ricardo, " are familiar at his garter." He
has skimmed over the gulf of metaphysics, and,
when occasion serves, can talk of Locke, llart-
ley, Hume, and Reid.—He is a smatterer in
politics. In short, no branch of knowledge is
beyond his sphere. " Seneca is not too heavy,
nor Plautus tno light." He has been at a great
feast of learning, and has stolen the scraps.—
Like a bird tat picks up chaff, he bears it
about in his mouth, but never swallows it. The
matter never digests into a subtle spirit, per-
vading his opinions and colouring his talk, but is
a crue heavy mass like an incubus. This
" Learned Theban" is always ready to talk. with
you ; he asks you how you like the new novel ;
he disputes your propositiods, but assents to your
conclusions ; he agrees with no man at the out-
set, and differs from no one at the end. If his
spirit moves, his conversation is like Godwin's
Chaucer, de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis.
The matter of his speech is words, words, words.
His talk is like the Russian horn after the thaw

—scraps of every thing. lie bestows it on you
freely ; he is the essence of magnanimity : 'tis
yours without asking ; he wishes not your grati-
tude. " Were he a thousand times as tedious as
he is, he could find it in his heart to bestow it all
on you." But who does not cry out, " Leave me,
0 leave me to repose ?"—Who can endure the
pitiless pelting of this storm ?—Who does not
seek refuge from the omnicience of this sort of
grievance?—This class is large—its name is le-
gion, for they are many, Some of them are fa-
miliar to me, but I avoid them as leprous.

A nest of desperate villains has been disco-
vered in Itochford Hundred, and no less than
seven have been committed to prison :—four of
them to the County Jail for trial at the next
Assizes, charged with breaking into the dwelling-
house of Mr. Cockerton, of Sutton. David
Adams, an accomplice', has confessed, and will
be admitted evidence.—(Chelmsford Chronicle.)

BRAZIL.

(FROM A PARIS PAPER OF TUESDAY.)
EDICTS.—(Rio JANEIRO, SEPTEMBER 21.)

EDICT l.—The Municipal Council of the City (Rio Janero),
conformably with the decree issued by the Minister of the In-
terior, dated yesterday, has ordained as follows :

" Considering that there still remain in Brazil men opposed
to the grand cause of political independence, as proclaimed by
the people, which sacred cause I have also sworn to uphold,
and who, misled by a fatal fanaticism which attaches them to
opinions now exploded, are spreading fresh rumours to the pre-
judice of that union and tranquillity so desired by all good Bra-
zilians, while making proselytes to their errors. I have con-
sidered it my imperious duty to remedy this evil by purging
the Brazils of perfidious men, in order that their depravity of
conduct and sentiment may not excite the faithful and loyal to
kindle that civil flame of discord which all our efforts are now
directed to avert.

" I therefore grant, according to the advice and with consent
of my Council, a full amnesty to all political opinions which
were expressed before the appearance of this Royal Proclama-
tion, excepting such persons in all cases, who have already been
arrested, and whose offences are investigating. All those,
either as Brazilians or Portuguese, who shall embrace the ex-
isting system, may signify their attachment by wearing on the
left arm a green flower in a triangle of gold, with the motto
4 Independence or death.'
" All those, however, who refuse to embrace this system,
' are prohibited from participating in the benefits which are
derived by good citizens from the present state of society ;
and after due publication of this Royal Decree in the
Provinces, such contumacious characters must forthwith de-
mand their passports, and quit their abodes, in the space of one
month; and within four months if residing in the inland towns;
and within two, if upon the coast.
" If, meantime, such persons shall dare to attack the sacred
cause of Brazil, as identified with its present system, by writ-
ing or by speaking, they will be prosecuted in a summary way,
and pursued with the utmost rigour of the law for high treason,
and as disturbers of the public peace."
The above is signed by the Prince Royal, and is directed to
the proper authorities. It is dated from the Palace of Rio Ja-
neiro, on the 113th of September last.
Then follows an Edict, which is dated the 21st of September,
from the Municipality of Rio Janeiro, and announcing that
the Prince Royal had resolved to be inaugurated as the " Con-
stitutional Emperor" of the Brazils ; and further, that a so-
lemn proclamation to this effect was to be promulgated on the
12th Oct., his Royal Highness's birth-day, in every part of
his new dominions; to which important period the people are
desired to postpone their joy.

PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE.--Among the
scenes of terror of which Smyrna has been at
different times the theatre since the commence-
ment of the Greek insurrection, the following
affecting circumstance occurred :--While the
murderers were forcing in the doors of the
houses with their carbines, a poor Catholic
family, in the neighbourhood of these mas-
sacres, was in a desperate situation. False
security had hitherto made them neglect the ne-
cessary precautions. The unhappy father did
not perceive his error, till his house-door was
pierced through and through, by a shower of
musket balls. The only means that remained to
save his wife and numerous family from inevitable
destruction, was to escape over the roofs of the
houses. The moments were precious ; the door
was already giving way to the efforts of the as.
sailants. 'raking his youngest son in his arms,
he climbed from his own to the next roof, follow-
ed by his trembling wife with an infant at her
breast, and after her his four daughters. But this
flight was soon interrupted by a cross street.—
They already beard, on the neighbouring terraces,
the furious cries of their pursuers ; it was neces.
sary to venture the dangerous passage over the
street. The father, inspired with new strength,
pulled a plank from the adjoining house, and
laid it across the street, so that it rested on the
two opposite roofs, and offered a narrow insecure
bridge to this unfortunate family. But the im-
minent danger of falling, was not the only one
that threatened them ; the street they had to
cross was that in which the shot (the cause of the
tumult) had been fired. It was full of furious
Turks, whose continual firing alarmed them.—
But they had no time to consider. At last one
of the daughters ventured on the narrow board ;
but at her first step a hundred muskets were
discharged at her. However, she reached
the opposite roof without injury ; and her sister,
who followed, was equally fortunate. Meantime
the rest of the family were discovered by furious
Turks on the neighboring roofs, and a shower of
balls from that side also assailed the unhappy fu-
gitives. Urged by alarms from all quarters they
all crowded at once on the frail bridge, which at
first they hardly thought would bear one person.
All the shots were now directed to the same point,
and pierced, in many placed, the board, which
bent under their weight ! But it seemed as if Pro-
vidence covered with its tEgis this unhappy fa-
mily—not one was wounded : all reached the op-
posite roofs, and thence the residence of an Eu-
ropean family ; where the father exhausted by
exertion and mental agitation, as soon as he found
himself in safety, fainted away.

MAIL TO PERTH DI RECT.—We are happy to
be able to announce to our Commercial readers,
that every thing is now satisfactorily arranged
regarding the running a Mail-coach direct from
Glasgow to Perth. The Contractors here re-
ceived notice yesterday to hold themselves pre-
pared to commence running at a day's notice.
The Mail is to leave this for Perth at 8 r.M.and
from Perth for this at 7 A.M. The time occupied
in running the distance is calculated at eight
hours, by which means the letters from Perth
will reach Glasgow at 3 P.M. By this convey-
ance the Irish letters and intelligence will reach
the N.E. coast of Scotland a day sooner than by
Edinburgh, owing to the detention of the Irish
mails for Edinburgh at Dumfries. By the pro-
posed arrival and departure of the mail to Perth
it will be nearly impossible to get at answer in
course, whereas, did the mail leave Perth at 10
A. M. instead of 7 A.M. that would be quite prac-
ticable, and in the former case the Perth letters
would reach this at 6 P.M. instead of 3 P.M. and
after the dinner hour, when people return to
business. If the mail was dispatched from Glas-
gow at 9 P.M. instead of 8 P.M. there would be an
abundance of time to write to Perth in course,
but, perhaps there are arrangements with the
places more to the North, which may render this
alteration unadvisable. We merely throw out
these hints, en passant, and that the attention of
the public and our commercial readers may
be drawn to the subject.—(Glasgow Courier,
Nov. 26.)