The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-04 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 4.
We have a very good supply this morning of c7mty kind of
Grain, both coastways and by land samples, but the trade con-
tinues with the same dullness in the buyers to purchase, aid
we may consider Grain generally full 2s. lower than last week;
-
and the ordinary sorts without urchasers ; Flour as last week.
Wheat, Old sos 66s Pease, White .... .......26s :32s
New 34s 58s - Grey ..... °is 24s
Rye 26s 28s Beans
Barley 17s 25s I Oats 15s 26s
Malt 52s 66s Flour

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
Wheat, 50s. 7d. ; Barley, 20s. 2d. ; Oats, lOs. 9d. ; Rye,
245. sd. ; Bcnis, 225.' sd. • Peas, 245. &I.
• The Average Price of irown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 3dttiOay ofia-
unary, 1822, is 335. 2,4. d. per cwt.

• - SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB. 4.
There was an excellent supply this morning of every kind of
Cattle in the market, and the prices were the same as per last
market day. The price of Hay remains the same.
Beef A 25 8d to 3s 8d 'Teal
Mutton 2s 8d to 3s 10d I Fork 2B 2d to 43 2d.

COMMERCIAL REPORT,
FROM THE 28TH or JAN. TO THE 2113 OF FEB. 1822.

Coffees adapted for Home Consumption having become ex-
ceedingly scarce, an improvement in Jamaicas of from ss. tei.6s.
per cwt. has taken lace;t Good and Fine Ordinary 114 s. to
1205.: Dutch and 1 oreign sorts are 2s. to 3s. per cwt. higher ;
Dorningos 1045., to 1065.--Yellow Candle Tallow,;on Thursday,
was run up to 51s. 6d. but since then it has receded to 505.; other
descriptions of produce arc without alteration.

'IIIE LONDON JOUItNALS.

DAILY EXTP.ACTR FROM THE MORNING PAPERS,

Februarj 4, 1822.

[MORNING IfERALD:I
At the Devonshire Agricultural Meeting, leeld
at Exeter on Friday last, there was a distinguished
attendance of Noblemen and Gentlemen, and an
assemblage of 'Freeholders, chiefly farmers and
tradesmen, amounting to about 2,500. The
meeting was called upon requisition by the High
Sheriff; and Earl Fortescue, the Lord Lieute-
nant of the county, opened the proceedings.
ihe first step was the reading of a letter
- addressed by the Duke of -Bedford to the
Sheriff, on the subject for the con-
sideration of -which the meeting had been
eonvened. The. Noble Duke, after regret-
ting his" inability to attend, declared it as his
opinion that the cause of the distress of the
owners and occupiers of land was to be sought
in the heavy pressure of taxation on all the
. sources of industry—that the remedy was re-
trenchment and economy—that the idea of pro-
tecting duties was a nugatory and odious one,
against which he cautioned the agriculturists;
and, finally, •that to guard against a recurrence
of the evil now pressing on the country, a salu-
tary -Reform should take place in the Commons'
House of Parliament. Earl Fortescuß expressed
kis coincidence of opinion with the Duke of Bed-
. ford, and read the draft of a PetitiOn to both
Houses of Parliament, which he proposed for the
sanction of the meeting. It varied from the views I
contained in the Duke of Bedford's letter only
in its omission of the topic of Parliamentary
Reform. A Resolution recommendatory of
Parliamentary Reform was proposed by the
Hon. Mr. N. Fellows. Upon the suggestion of
Earl Fortescue, however, the. Petition, in. its
original form, was first proposed, and carried
unanimously. The Reform ,resolution was next
put, and carried by a great majority. Lord Rolle'
and SirT. Ackland opposed it, but met with
rather an uncourteous reception. This embody-
ing of Parliamentary Reform with the question
of Agricultural Distress, is looked upon as a
triumph by the Reformers over their adversaries,
in Devonshire. Lord Rolle intimated that a
Protest against the Resolution, thus tacked by
way of rider to the original Petition, would be
drawn up and signed by those who dissented
from it. The Meeting passed without any Ire-
viation from order—at least, beyond what is
natural and unavoidable in Meetings of this kind.

• [THE TIMES.]
The Hertfordshire meeting was less remark-
able than any of
.those which have been recently
held ; and we rather take occasion from it to
say something general on the proceedings of the
agriculturists, than deem it worthy of particular
notice. The Petition signed at Hertford goes
into the great mass of demands upon Govern.
mint for economy, and will, we suppose, have its
share in creating whatever attention the King's
Ministers; may think it worth their while to be-
stow on the wishes of the people. Sir John
Sebright, the County MenTher,—for we hardly
know whether the other vacillating nominee
should be so denominated,—asserted with great
spirit and propriety the dignity of his functions :
Cl I am your Representative, 'Gentlemen, if you
please—not your delegate." We are of opinion,
in truth, that these delegated and delegating gentry
are,taking a very likely courke to ruin the cause of
thejfaarriers-and land-owners. Old Cobbett, the
-resurrection man, has been " had down," or has
be,en suffered to obtrude himself upon some of
the meetings. of Minor note. There are people
who think that Government has actually sent
him, and secretly pays him: V,e this as it may,
we are sure that if he, and a few more such as he,
could once. well mingle themselVes with any of
the more respectable assemblies, that would be
sufficient to render the great mass of the popula-
-tion indifferent to the condition of the farmers—
no one would believe in the reality of distresses
for which such evidence was prodUced. Do
';ate not see ahnost eery day in • the Courts
'of Jusiice, how one unworthy witness:—how
one dishonest art 'or "stratagem•—damns a.cause
whiCh weal& otherwise have stood upon fair
ground ? So that, When we are attributing
.to the introduction of such a man as 'Cob-
beit
.the possibility of ruining the hopes of a
• suffering part of the community, we are not
• really ascribing to him more power than that
'which always belongs to, the weakest and most
worthless. " A little leaven leaveneth the whole
lump." The beastly stupidity- 'of those who
suffer him admits of no apology. • The truth is,
howev'er, that we do more than reason upon this
'subject-=we actually-relate facts, and detail
consequences, when we stay that the cruse
'of the agricurturists has rather lost than gained
ground lately. Great numbers of landlords
'bare; certainly, with the Most Considerate libe-
rality, remitted- various portions of rents to their
tenants ; we have always had a pleasure in puh-
lishing.th&accdunt of such good: deeds, from the
hope cif exciting otherS by the influence of elcnrn-
;. but we also know that. there are many
• landlords who have, with the inosi: undaunted
disregard of popular clamour, asserted their right
to the whole rent;and successfully enforced pay-
ment. Such men were silent at first, and endea-
voured to escape ohservation ; but since certain
proceedings in Huntingdonshire and at Lynn have
taken place, of which they seized the account with
' the utmost Joy;theyhave assumed a bolder aspect,
and asserted that they hear of nobody complaining
of " agricultural distress, but a parcel of Itadi=
cals and Jacobins." This is not true.; others
are complaining is well as Radicals ; but as these
4-il:;.generaily.the people who suffer least, and
make -the +most noise, the more respectable corn-
WhitAn ts are overlooked, and the cause tainted
by the intermixture of base materialS.

LMORNING POST.]
The King arrived in town on Saturday evening,
and this day w ill hold a Council, at which the
Earl of Liverpool and the Marquis of London.
derry will submit for his. Majesty's sanction the
Speech with which his Majesty will open the Ses-

sion of Parliament in person to-morrow. It will of
course touch upon all the important topics of the
times, and will reveal the view taken of them, and
the hopes entertained, in that high quarter, whose
sole desire is to promote thy welfare of every
class of British subjects. On the part of the
Legislature no mean duty will remain to be per-
formed. Both Houses will at once be called to
the consideration of objects vitally important to
the happiness of the people and the-prosperity of
the empire. Will they come to such mighty in-
vestigations with the feelings of party or with
those of patriotism ? Will not all private inte-
rests he silent when the well being of the nation
is at stake ? We trust they will. We trust that
the days of faction are past, and that the contest
in future will not be, who can get into power,
but who can best serve his country. Should our
confidence prove well founded, the approaching
deliberations will be dispassionate, and therefore
useful; industry will take the place of bustle,
wisdom that of declamation, and the result will
be, relief to the people and prosperity to the
state. En the spirit in which we trust the dis-
cussions will be carried on, shall our reports of
them be given. The most scrupulous fidelity,
and the strictest impartiality will form their dis-
tinguishing characteristics, and will enable us to
do complete justice to all that is said on both
sides of the question.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
Parliament will be opened to-morrow by the
King in person, and as it will be the first occa-
sion of his Majesty's meeting his Parliament since
his coronation, the august ceremony will be per,
formed with the utmost magnificence. Specula-
tion has been very busy in regard to the probable
character of the opening Speech, and the Stock
Exchange experienced on Saturday some of its be-
neficill effects. It is generally believed that with
respect to foreign affairs the Speech will be of a
pacific tendency. There has been of late a very
active interchange of couriers between the Court
of Carlton House and the Cabinets of the
principal Continental Powers, and we are as-
sured that the Ministers entertain the firmest
hopes that the peace of Europe will not be dis-
turbed. In the negotiations between Russia and
the Porte, Great Britain has taken a very promi-
nent part, and it has not been concealed that her
efforts have been strenuously directed towards
the preservation of general tranquillity. To
Turkey, therefore, our Government has appeared
in the character of a friend ; but should the inte-
rests of Greece be sacrificed to the preservation
of Turkey, humanity will have no cause to
exult in the success of our exertions. The do-
mestic concerns of the empire must, however,
form the topics of most immediate interest, and
the Speech, no doubt, will be framed in a man-
ner to flatter our fondest wishes. The Ministers,
looking to the returns of the revenue in the last
quarter, may now boast of the financial resources
of the country ; and, in comparison with some
late years, the tranquillity of the people of
Great Britain may be dwelt upon with compla-
cency. But to Ireland how can the Speech refer
with confidence or hope' The affairs of that un-
fortunate country must be thrown open to the
wisdom of Parliament, far the power of the Ex-
ecutive has been tried with its utmost strength,
and has unhappily beeii found inadequate to cor-
rect the evil.—Promises of economy closed the
last Session, and must commence the present.--=
The estimates are now framed, and every eye is
turned with anxiety to the result of the labours
of the Ministers. The public in every part of
the country demand retrenchment, with a spirit
which will not be satisfied by the pitiful sacrifice
of a few clerks.

[NEW TIMF.S.i

The violence of the' Opposition in the Cham-
ber of Deputies has bad thehappiest effect : on
the one hand, it has called forth the -most.consti-
tational doctrines from the Ministry ; and on the
other, it. has shewn to France and to all Europe,
that what their antagonists want is open Revolt!.
tion ! This is what France does not want, and
will not have. The frank and honourable con-
duct of the Ministers has made even those who
before had doubted of their intentions, now rally
round them, to preserve the Constitutional Throne
from another Ade while the personal"
insults heaped on the King 'by the Opposition'
Members have sunk deep into the minds of ail'
moderate men and loyal subjects. The expres-
sion of M. Foy, that 44 the. CounCry was not at
Cobkent4, nor at Client," bore so marked and
coarse a reference to the King himself; and that'
of M. Manuel, that " France beheld with re-
pugnance the return of the Bourbons," was so
grossly 'offensive to 'the Royal Family, as to
wound those. feelings of biens&tnce.for which the
French nation .has•ever been•ternarkable. • The
result .of the whole is, that the stability of the,
.present Ministry being now placed, beyond a
doubt, public credit exhibits the most favourable
aspect, and funded property, daily. improves ink'
value.—We some time since stated that there
sere politicians in France. who maintained the
absurd doctrine that no persou'who had not given
pledges to the Revolution was fit to take office
under the restored" Monarch. M. de Girardin,
an Opposition Member, actually makes it mat-
ter of grave accusation against the present'
Ministers, that they do not fall within this
extraordinary rule. His words are these :----
64 J'y vois parmi des Ministres, qui Wont
donn(i aucun eSpece de gage aux princz,pes de lt4
Revolution." . It is no wonder that this gentle-'
Man, who boasts of being a disciple of Rousseau,
and a Member of the Rebel Chamber of. Repre-1
sentatives of-the Hundred Days, should think '
it right, in his own person, to have given pledged
to the Revolution ; but he must be little better
than an idiot to suppose that Europe will regard it
as an universal disqualification for office, in a Mo-
narchical Government, not to have joined in the
overthrow of thrones and the disorganization of so-
ciety.—M. de Girardin accuses -M. de Villele of
having protested against the Charter, and against
the sale of the national domains. The reply of
M. de •Villele is that of an honest man and a loyal
subject. It is true, says he, that before the
Charter was granted, and when it was free to all
Frenchmen to give their opinion on its provisions,

I made use of that freedom ; hot from the trm-:
ment that the Father of his People thought fit to
make the grant, I was of opinion that all his chil-
dren were bound to implicit obedience. But
what is remarkable—this same M. de Girardin
himself attacks the Charter in one of its most
essential points ! The institution of Nobility is
recognised by the Charter as one of the best
safeguards of national liberty. Notwithstanding
this great constitutional doctrine, M. de Gi-
rardin affects to praise the Viscount de Mont-
morency for having joined in the vote of
June the lt)th, 1790, for the abolition of all
titles and_ distinctions of Nobility in France,
and characterises that vote as a fine and ho-
nourable measure ! The answer to this is short :
M. de Montmorency was at that epoch little more
than a youth; he- was dazzled by the specious
theories of the day ; and he has since had the
manly integrity and courage to confess his error
—an error which his subsequent conduct has
amply retrieved. M. de Montmorency's charac-
ter will easily resist such puny attacks as this ;
but his assailant will not find it so easy to recon-
cile the weathercock variations that he has passed
through from 1791 to the present day.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
From one extremity of the kingdom to the
other, nothing is now heard but the loud call for
Retrenchment and Reform. The Meeting of the
great County of Devon,-in 'the west, has followed
close upon that of the highly cultivated agricul-
tural districts of Norfolk and Suffolk in the east.
The Devonshire Meeting, to the Report of which
our readers are referred, is said to have been the
most numerous ever witnessed in the county.
The excellent letter from the Duke of Bedford
which was read in the outset of the proceedings,
" cautioned the county against that delusive mode
of relief which has been so much insisted on,—
protecting. duties." " This is a project (con-
tinues his Grace) so utterly inconsistent with
sound policy, that I cannot but rejoice to see
that the more enlightened of our farmers are
daily opening their eyes. to the fallacy of it. The
English farmer must be enabled •to maintain a
competition with the foreign grower of corn by
other means than forcing high prices."—The Pe-
tition adopted by the meeting is in accordance
with these sentiments,. and insists on the neces-
sity of having recourse " to an extraordinary re-
duction of our public establishments, military,
naval and civil, and to apply- the severest economy
to the administration of those which may be suf-
fered to remain ; and further to use an impartial and
unsparing hand in paring down to the' present
level of relative value all incomes, from that of
the highest to that of the lowest individual in the
State, which arise out of the public expenditure."
Some opposition was made to the Resolution in
favour of Reform, but on a skew of bands not
more than 40 were held up against it. What the
Country expects from Parliament is clear and Ma-
nifest ; what Parliament will do, is another ques-.
tion. Parliament will, we fear, continue to lend
a deaf ear to . the call for Reform ; and such a
retrenchment as the situation of the country now
imperiously demands will' never he acceded to
by an unreformed ParliaMent. How the country
is to be satisfied without any thing being done,.
we are at a, lot's to conceive ; •and yet it' does not
require the gift of pt-Ophecy. to foretel that no-
thing effectual will be (lone. It is most gratify
ing to witness every where the return of the far-
mers to more correct notions respecting prohi-
bitory duties. Thq 'are now,. with very few
exceptions, satisfied that no prohibitory measures
would have the effect of relieving them from their
present sufferings. To lighten the pressure of
taxation, and consequently to diminish their •ex- '
penditure, is all that can now be done for them.

THE EFFECTS OF' THE HutamisE.-:---Yester-
day morning between 'twelve and one o'clock,
the Metropolis -was visited by a most alarming
hurricane. Soon after :twelve., the wind, Which
had been- blowing strong from the North West
the whole of the evening, increased to a frightful
degree. The wall adjoining the Freemasons'
•School, in St. George's'Fields, was blown down
'with a tremendous crash, damaging the windows
of the School-house,•and many of'the buildings
adjacent; great injury has been 'sustained to the
buildingS in the line of road loading to Great
Dover-street, where a coach' containing three
persons was bloWn over—fortunately they es-,
caped.wilhout any other injurf than being re-
riously alarmed. A- long extent of Paling on the
branch of the Surrey Canal waS blown down;
and floated along the stream. In some fields,
near Bermondsey Grange, several large trees
were torn up by the roots, and in the same neigh-
bourhood, in addition to the dama•ge chine to the
windows, chimnies, and Ont-building,s of an im-
mensenumber of houses, at Dock-head, a large
stack of chimnies were blown down: and a female
'domestic., sleeping in one of the attics nar-
rowly escaped being Crushed to death, the
principal beardhaving most providentially fallen
in that position as to intercept the weight of- the
rubbish, which would otherwise have fallen on the
bed. 'lt is somehat singular that she did not dis-
cover , her situation for upwards of two hours
after the accident had taken place. On the
River below bridge, several small craft were
sunk, and damage to a considerable amount
has been sustained. Two of the hands of a North
Country Trader, in endeavnuring to secure the
mooring of the vessel, were blown overboard,
and perished. Above bridge, two barges were
sunk off Milbank, one of them laden with tim-
ber. In the neighbourhood of the Edgware-road
a great number of houses were unroofed; and the
windows blown out. On the Canal great damage
was sustained„ by the boats having been torn
from their fastenings, and the copings 'of the
Canal, together with the banks, were much in-
jured. The small buildings in Harper's-fields
haVe received considerable damage; many of the
houses are completely unroofed, and the erec-
tions, together %flat the contents of the gardens,
entirely destroyed.

The Bank of the United States had remitted
two millions of dollars, in the stock of that insti-
tution, to England, for sale; upon the strength
of which they were drawing Bills of Exchange
at a premium of 12f per cent.,

COU:'iTRY MARKtTS AND FAIRS,

DULLING THE LAST WEEK.

LIVERPOoL CORN ESCHANGE, Jan. 29.

We have been abundantly supplied with all descriptions of
new Grain since last ';'nesday, but the demand for the in-
ferior having considerably abated, has caused a great de-
pression in the Market, and it is with difficulty that even
trilling parcels of any kind of Corn can be, got rid of. All
qualities of Wheat' and Oats were again loi'er, the former
3d to Gd per bushel, and the latter td to 2d. Old and new
English and Irish Flour. was is to 2x per pack cheaper, and
Oatmeal about Is. We nominally give the pi ices of Barley,
"Malt, and Beans. Small parces of fresh Amer: an Flour are
taken out of the Market for exportation to the West Indies
and Brazil.
Wheat, English,Old
New 7s Od a Ss Gd
Ditto sound Ss 9d a Os od
Scotch, 01d...... 9s ()d a 9s Gd
Foreign (in bond) Os Oil a Os Od
Irish; Old ... • '3s Gd a 9s Od
New
Barley, English, Old
New
Irish, Old
New
Scotch, Old 4s od a 4s Gd
New
Oats, Potat oe,. Old
New 2s ad a 2; 10d
Limerick, Old 3s Gd a Os od
New
Welsh, Poi ato,Old 3s Set a.3s Gd
Malt, Fine ..
Ditto, middling 7s Gd a Ss Gd
Beans, -Old
New 9th Od a 82s Oil

Superfine Flour, Old --
44s 04 a 46s Od per 2401b5.
New 34s Od a 37s 04
Oatmeal, Old 2Bs 04 a 30s 04
New -273 Oda 29s Od

American Flour, sweet, (in bond), 25s 0d a. 27s Oti per barrel
of 19tilbs, net.—Suer, (out of bond), 37s a 395.
Import of Grain for the Week ehding Jan. 118.
I
Wheat 1 Barley Oats Flour ricks liish.
nsh. 70Ibs. I3sh. Golbs. Bsit. 45lbs. Aw.Btis. per 24045.
7'2,360 15,790. 65,
430 1,650
a. LEICESTER, Jan. 2G.
_

Wheat, new, —s, old; 40s ed a 64s ; Rye, —s Od a 42 ; Bar-
ley, —s Oil a—s OS; Oats, —s a —s; Beans, =s a —s; Hog
Pease, —s od ; Pale Malt, Gas Od a 74s 00 per quarter; Oat-
meal, 20s Od prr howl'of 140Ihs ; Fine Flour, pet sack, 45s a
50s; Seconds, 4ls 48s ; Thirds, 40s it 455.
MARKET HARBottoUGH, Jan. 29.—Wheat, 37s Od a tiSs Od;
Rye, —s a s; Barley, 14s a 28s; Oats, 14s a (iSs; Beans, N.,
—s; Pease —s a —s ; Malt —s a —s ;.Fine Flour per sack, 4.25;
Seconds, 40$ ; Thirds, 36,.
UPPANctiAm, Jan.3o.—Wheat, 33s a GOs ; Barley, Ws a
245; Oats, 123 a 20s ; Beans, 24s a 30s—Old, —s.
LOUGUDOROUGH, Jan. 31.—Wheat, sls ; Barley, 20s;
Oats, los ; Beans, 345; Malt, 64s ; Fine Flour, pct. sack,
455; Seconds, 435; Thirds, 40s Od.
OxFonn, Jan. 2U.—The average price of a bushel of Wheat
was 7s. 2(1.
EXETER, Jan. 25.—Price of Wheat Gs sd a 103 Od ; Barley,
3s 3d a ds ; Oats, Is 9d a 9.s 5d per bushel.

CHESTF:R, Jan. 26.

Wheat, per quarter, Winchester nteasure, 45s 11d—Barley,
26s Iod—Oats, !Gs 6d.
NANTwicu, Jan. 2G.

Wheat, per 75 lb. ws 3d a lOs Gd—Barley, 38 qts, 7s Od a
Os Od—Oats, Os Od a'Os Od.
CANTERBURY, Jan. 26.
Wheatßrown.... 40s a 52s I Ticks
66s a 75s Hog Pease . •
New ..... 38s a 63s Boiling Pease•....
Rye -s a —s Flour
Barley
Oats lss a 24s Clover
Beans l7s a 26s Straw

28s a —s
ills a 24s
283 a :10s
42s a 52s
60s a 70s
555 a (55s
40s a• —s