The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-07 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD NIARKET, JAN. 7.

The prices of all denomination! of Cattle differ very little
from last week's quotation.; the Market was well provided this
morning with every description of meat. The pave of llay
remains as per our last. ,
-To sink the offal per stone of 811 A •,.
_ _ _

Beef
Nlutton ... 2s. 84 to Os. 10d. I Pork

COMMERCIAL_ REPORT,
FROM TICE 318 T DEC. 181, TO THE S'TII
Throughout the present week but little business has been
transacted, and the value of all descriptions of property may
be considered without alteration from the date of cur preceding
exposition. Our anticipations of commercial pursuits during
the present year ere favourable, and most sincerely do we wish
their realization. The past year has indeed been fraught with
disasters end losses, by reducing almost every commodity tio4
precedentedly low, which will enable us to start upon that legi-
i imate fouratt4ticn—the best augury of success.

THE LONDON JOUIINALS.

ENTRAC"N FROM THE_ MOItNING -PAVERS,
Janita/S 7, JBt22.

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We have extreme pleasure in laying before our
rkaders the hiihly gratifying view of the Public
ki-venue.—(Sec another Column of 'I:I1E SUN.)—
Thus, it will be seen that the intimation which
e gave a few days ago, of the considerable in-

crease on the Quarter's Revenue, tuns correct.

The. melioration in the returns under four dif-
, ferent heads amounts to within 5000/. of Half
:a Million ; and deducting from these the de-
crease on some other articles, there still remains
'air Increase on the whole 'Revenue, for the Quar-
ter, of Four Hundred and Two Thousand Nine
liundred and Four Pounds, compared with the
..corresponding Quarter of 1821 ; and if we carry
track - our view to the Quarter eliding on the
bth of January, 18.20, we shall find the in-
-o.On-se to be above a Million ! It is grati-
fylng to observe, that the Excise, the usual
criterion of the comforts and enjoyments of
the labouri4 classes, exhibits an addition of
'atoVe 75,0001. to the produce of the same Quar-
ter a twelvemonth 11,0 ; a circumstance which

shows, that•if in the interval the agricultural po-
.pulation has suffered, the manufacturing popula-
tion has thrivvn, in more than an equal propor-
tion. Doubtless the prosperity of the latter will
eventually lead to the relief of the former ; since
all :interests, under our happy Constitution, are
sa admirably blended and interwoven together,
that' the advantage of one must finally ensure to
the benefit of all. An increase of 396,0001. in the
Cnstoms,fora single quarter,affords the most cheer-
ing hopes; especially as we understand it has not
-been produced by any sudden importation, or
large payment of particular duties ; (for on the
contrary it would, perhaps, have been much
greater, but for the late prevailing winds, which
have kept back so many Baltic traders) but

there has been a regular, steady increase in the
receipt of the duties throughout the whole
Quarter, indicating beyond dispute a correspon-
dent steadiness in our foreign trade. There is
yet another and a most cheering view to be taken
of the subject. To the increase of the present
Quarter, £402,904, may be added that of the last
Quarter, £837,261 ; and we shall thus find that
in the Half Year just expired, there has been
an increase, compared with the half year ending
sth January. 1821, of no less than 1,240,1681.,
or nearly a Million and a Quarter Sterling !
We do not presume to anticipate a continued
progression of the Revenue at this rapid rate ;
for there must be physical limits to national pros-
' perity ; but what we have already said is enough
to afford delight to every true patriot, and to put
to shame, if any thing can shame the factious
Journalists who have so long predicted ruin to
our finances, and destruction to our resources.

[THE TIMES.]

We give,, in another part of the paper, a short.
account of another Agricultural Meeting.—(See
TtiE SUN of Saturday last.)-1t was held on
Thursday last, at Battle, in Sussex, and pre-
sented what would have been a surprising
phenomenon some time ago—a Ministerial
Member of Parliament confessing that the coun-
try is on the brink of a precipice—that ruin
is pervading the whole island—that the report
of the Agricultural Committee was a very foolish
document—that palliatives will not do any.
longer—and that rigid economy must be allowed
to strike the great Leviathans of office, as well as
the smaller fry. This friend of Ministers went
a little further ; for he said that the tithe system
iaust be reformed, and/so forth ; but in the Ho-'
mourable Gentleman's ardour, he forgot the
straight-forward road to the real Temedy, and
.to
that without which all' others are mere pallia-
tives, or worse than palliatives—screens con-.
trived to cover the truth from public observa-
tion. Why did not Mr. Cartels talk about
a reduction of the taxes ? That, we presume,
would be going too far beyond his tether.—
'there is no objection under Heaven to let their
adherents join in the national 'outcry of dis-
tress and misery ; indeed we conceive them
to be rather desirous that their known friends
should form part of the complaining body;
because, by mingling with it, they may more
erectually mislead it, and turn the country upon
a wrong scent. It will not astonish us to hear
the official personages in the House of Commons
" swelling the loud lament" at the opening of the
session—nay, exaggerating the, sum-total of the
agricultural grievances : for, after having thus
successfully won the confidence and gratitude of
the landed interest, the noble Secretary of State,
Or the Chancellor
,of the Exchequer, may turn
round at once, and promise them that " a com-
bll" shall set every thing to rights. It is in faCt
Playing the very game of the Ministers, for men
to meet and vent their grief in murmurs at the
64 want of protection against foreign corn," as
14. r. Curteis aPpears to have done.

[BAUTISII PFIESS.]
The French Ministers have at length brought
forward
.their legislative measure for the proposed
regulation of the public press. A copy of the
Project' will be found among the extracts from
these phpers. This law, in conformity with the.
early promises of the Nevi Ministers, affects to
reject the previous Censorship, but it casts upon
it a look so lingering and so affectionate, that it
is impossible not to feel how gladly the Ministers
would consign to forgetfulness the hasty expres-
sions with which, before their elevation to power,
they sought to discredit it. Thus we find in
the fourth article that if, in the interval of the
.Session of the Chambers, circumstances should
arise to render the measures now proposed for
repression and guarantee insufficient, the Censor.:
Ship. stag be immediately restored by. the .power
Grit Royal Ordinance, countersigned by three Mi-
nisters. A door, so wide for the admission of
hitrary power would not be now proposed to be
-left opeTl if those sytio, fornieci the .system did not
c:nnfeinplaie the probabilitrof their soon '.perceiv.
invitke vxmliettcY of turning it to their ativar.:
tifki.l!'.'"Arikpt ik might alinost. be imagined that

the previous provisions of the same law would
preserve the GOvernment from the necessity of
embracing such a measure ; for they throw a
moral restraint upon the free action of the press
as potent as could be effected by the Censorship
itself. No journal except those which at present
exist can henceforth appear without the permis-
sion of the Government. For every distinct of-
fence the 'authors of the libels-, or the proprietors
of the journals, will, of course, be liable to pro-
secution; but should the spirit or tendency of
any journal be regarded as dangerous to the in-
stitutions of the country, the Royal Courts shall
have the power, after solemn consideration, of
suspending or suppressing the incorrigible publi-
cat►on.

[MORNING CHRONICLE. j
The state of Spain during the last three months
has certainly been of a critical nature ; but the
disquiet begins now to subside, and this favour-
able turn is chiefly owing to the firmness of the
Cortes, evinced in the several_reports they have
lately presented to the nation, and the good
sense as well as the forbearing and discriminate.
ing character of the Spanish people at large, who
will net allow themselves to be made the dupes
of designing demagogues, or the tools of insi-
dious parties.—The agitation in Galicia, Anda-
lusia, and Catalonia, to which distrust alone had
given rise, has abated; and by the Chiefs in whom
the people placed their confidence, shewing a
readiness to obey the orders of Government, with-
out regard to the motives which led to their being
issued, public tranquillity has been preserved.--
Other causes, however, have contributed to give
things a favourable aspect; and theseare deserving
of a more particular notice, as such anotice will, in
great measure, account for the crisis taking place
at the present time. By the 106th Article of the
Spanish Constitution, it is declared, that " the
Sittings of the Cortes in each year shall last three
successive months, and commence on the first day
of the month of- March."—By the 108th, it is
further added, " that the Deputies are to be
all renewed every two years ;" and the 110th
enjoins, " that the Deputies cannot be re-elected'
till after the interval of another Cortes." Such are
the regulations for what are called the Ordinary
Cortes; but the Constitution has another provision,
by-which it is enacted, " that the Ettraordinary
'Certes.are to assemble, that is, the Deputies who
compose the Ordinary Cortes, and whose three
months sittings had expired,lwhenever the King
vacates or abdicates the CrOWn,'and when urgent',
business induces him to deem it expedient that
they should meet." These are the Cortes now
sitting in Spain ; but by the provisions already
referred to, it is evident that their powers are on
the eve of expiring, since the new Cortes, com-
posed altogether of persons who did not sit in
the preceding, must assemble on lstAlarch,lB22.

[MORNING POST.]
We received last night French Papers to the
4th instant. The intelligence which they contain
from Poland, Germany, and Russia, bears a cha-
racter as decidedly warlike as the last. An ar-
ticle of the 10th Ult..from Warsaw seems inclined
to attribute the delay which has taken place
in the commencement of hostilities to the ex-
traordinary weather experienced in all parts of the
Continent. "In the midst of all these prepara-
tions and military movements," says the writer,
c: a physical event of rare occurrence has deranged
every calculation. We have as yet no winter, and
the same mildness of temperature extends over
the whole Russian Empire. Even in the environs
of Moscow and St.Petersburgh, no decisive symp-
tom of the usual frost has yet revealed itself.
Inundated by incessant rains, the roads are be-
come impassable, and local famine is apprehended
in many places, in consequence of the difficulties
with which the Transport service is carried on.
This circumstance'renders the march of armies
impossible and diminishes the probability of the
rumours of a winter campaign which began
to circulate. Yet it was iucontestibly the
plan best calculated to insure prompt and.
brilliant success, for the army would escape
the fevers which rage on the banks of the Da-
nube in summer, no operations could take place
in the Black Sea, and no diversion could be at-
tempted against Russia. The rains and the ab-
sence of winter destroy all chances in favour of
this project, if it was ever seriously meditated."
The intelligence from Smyrna is more afflicting
than ever. For the third or fourth time had the
unprovoked massacre of the Greeks recommenced;
and two hundred had already fallen under the
daggers of the gentle and abused professors of Is-
lamism, when Grecian blood palled upon their
taste, and they began to covet that of the Franks.
Alarmed for their lives, which were openly me-
naced, the latter gave notice of their danger to
the European vessels in the port. Two Austrian
and several French frigates immediately joined
their forces, took post against the part of the
town inhabited by the Turks, and actively pre-
pared for its bombardment. These disposi-
tions overawed the assassins, and, for the time
at least, prevented the execution of their
designs. When it is found that the indif-
ference with which the European Powers have
hitherto seemed to view the excesses committed
by the Turks has led, not only to fresh excesses
against the Greeks, but to the assault of their
own subjects, it is to be hoped that a different
,course will be adopted, and that Monarchs will
see the necessity of following the example set
them by the spirit of a few Captains on the
emergency of the moment, and will no longer let
mean jealousies or calculations of interest make
them appear allies and patrons of rapine, assas-
sination, and sacrilege.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The French Ministers have at length brought
forth their promised law for the regulation of
the Journals, in lieu of the Censorship. It is
the most mis-shapen and shocking piece of un-
fledged legislation that could well be conceiv-
ed. It'deviates from the simplicity and regu-
larity of honest despotism, and is the
.most
abhorrent thing possible to the free or fair
exercise of opinion. It is true the Censorship
is., removed—there is no restraint upon writ-
ing. or printing ; but if any thing be put, forth
that proves offensive, to the powers that be, the
Judges or the Gour Royale are invested with, an

ijnqualifiecl authority--,without hearing or appeal
—to knock the offending Journal on the head—
in fact, to suspend or suppress it. This is not all.
If the sword of Damocles—or of the tyrant Dio,
nysius, to speak more accurately, should not
keep the Journals within the bounds of ".Minis-
ter4l politeness," the Censorship may be instantly
re-established, with the mockery of the previ-
ous' sanction- of three Ministers ! This scheme
is uncandid and cruel. Whilst the previous
Censorship existed the Journals were compara-
tively safe—they had no pit dug for them, as in
this new project; but if this law be passed, the
least levity of expression—an ambiguity of
phrase—subjects them to irrevocable suppression
at the discretion of Judge's who are, in 'France,
the creatures of the Ministry. This is nearly as
bad as that tyrannical refinement of the Roman
Emperor who placed the tables of the law be-
yond the reach of the people, and then punished
all who did not observe them.

FROM TILE LONDON GAZETTE, JAN. 5.

PAVILION, BRIGHTON', DEC. 8, 1821.
The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood on George Augustus Quentin, Esq. Colonel in the
Army, Lieutenant-Colonel in the 10th Regiment of Light Dra-
goons, Aid-de-Camp to the King, and Major-General in the
Hanoverian service.

DUBLIN' CASTLE, DEC. 31, 1821.
This day, at one o'clock, the Earl Talbot, late Lord Lieute.
nant of Ireland, left the Castle, in order to embark on board his
Majesty's yacht, the William and Mary, on his return to Eng.
land.

His Excellency the Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant,
and the Earl Talbot, went together from the Castle in the state
coach, preceded by the leading coaches, in which were the
Officers of State, to the South Wall, where the yacht lay.
They were escorted by a squadron of dragoons, and attended
by a number of the Nobility and persons of distinction, the
Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, several of the Aldermen, and principal
Citizens, in their carriages, followed by a concourse of people,
to the water side.

The streets were lined by the regiments of infantry on Dub-
lin duty.
The Earl Talbot received every demonstration of respect, in
passing through the streets, from the people, who testified their
regard by repeated wishes for his welfare and safe return to
England.

BANKRUPTS.
NIT' Gill, Seartorough, linen-draper, to surrender Jan. 25,
26, at lbw, and Feb. 16, at two, at the Dog Tavern, Man-
chester. Attornies, Mr. Wood, Manchester ; and Messrs.
Hurd and Johnson, Temple.
J. Gear, Nottingham, fishmonger, Jan. 14, 16, and Feb.
16, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl, Nottingham. Attomies,
Messrs. Hopkinson and Buttery, Nottingham; and Mr. Wol-
ston, Furnival's Inn, London.

J. Glover, EaSthorpe, dealer, Jan. 18, 19, and Feb. 16, at
eleven, at the Swan Inn, Stafford. Attornies, Messrs. Birch,
Armitage ; and Messrs. Willis and Watson, Warnford-court,
London.

W. Chafer, Kingston-upon-Hull, dealer, An. gl, 22, and
Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Dog and Duck Tavern, Kingston-
upon-Hull. Attornies, Messrs. Brown and Sons, Barton-upon-
Homb3r ; and Mr. Hicks, Gray's Inn-sqnare.
T. Oliver, M arylebone, victualler, Jan. 12, 19, and Feb.
16, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr.
Carlon, Marylebone.
W. Blackburn, Bedford, dealer, Jan. 23, 24, and Feb. 16,
at ten, at the Bridgewater Arms Inn .Manchester. Attor-
rues, Mr. Kershaw, Manchester; and Messrs. Hurd and
Johnson, Temple.
R. and J. R. Jenkyns, Axbridge, dealers, Jan. 17, 10, and
Feb. .16, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Bristol. Attor-
flies, Mr. Saunders, Bristol ; and Messrs. Poole and Green-
field, Gray's Inn-square.
J. Todd, Cottenham, Cambridge, butcher, Jan. 10, 11, and
Feb. 16, at one, at the Hoop Inn, Cambridge. Attornies,
Mr. Cocke, Cambridge; and Mr. Robinson, Piccadilly.
3. Cole, Burwell, dealer, Jan. 25, 26, and Feb. 16, at ele-
ven, at the George and Dragon, Kirbymoorside. Attormes,
Mr. Garbuts, Kirbyrnoorside ; and Messrs. Bell and Brodrick,
Dow Church-yard.

J. Parker, Idgeware-road, dealer, Jan. 12, 22, and Feb.
16, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr.
Carlon, Marylebone.
J. Hunter, Hawkhuret, corn-dealer, Jan. 12, 15, and. Feb.
16, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies,
Messrs. Gregson and Fonnereau, Angel-court.
J. Rogers and T. Keats, Savoy-street, harness-Makers, Jan.
8, 15, and Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners.
Attorney, Mr. Lewis, Surrey-street, Strand.
DIVIDENDS.
Jan 9, G. E. Aubrey, Manchester, merchant, at two, at the
Star Inn, Manchester—Jan. 26, T. IV. Turner Brentford, Tot-
ter, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—Jan. 31, J. ken-
worthy, Stones-Wood, woollen-manufacturer, at ten, at the
White Bear Inn, Manchester—Jan. 19, T. Kempster, Bou-
verie-street, carpenter, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioneks
—Jan. 28, W. Tucker, J. Fenton, and G. Machon, Sheffield,
dealers, at twelve, at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield—Jan. 29, F.
Deakin and J. Oughton, Deritend, dealers, at eleven,- at the
Royal Hotel, Birminghamlan. 29, G. Hewett, Fair-Mile-
House, banker, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—
Jan. 26, C. ..1:,-skson, Upper Thames-street, sugar-factor, at
ten, at the Court of Commissioners—Jan. 26, J. T. Thorn,
Plymouth, currier, at the Commercial Hotel, Plymouth—Jan.
26, J. Hawkins, Farncomb, carpet-manufacturer, at ten, at
the Court of Commissioners—Jan. 26, James. Haggart, Lime-
house Hole, victualler, at ten, at the Court of :commissioners--
Jan. 26, John Baylis and Thomas ThomPson,
ironmongers, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners--Feb. 1,
H. Jones, Holywell, draper, at ten, at the Albion Hotel, Ches-
ter—Jan. 30, F. English, Birmingham, draper, at the Albion
Hotel, Birmingham—Jan. 29, H. Phillips, H. Phillips junior,
and T. Tole, Birmingham, dealers, at eleven, at the White
Horse Inn, Birmingham—Jan. 30, T. Parks and A. Lawton,
Birmingham, merchants, at eleven, at the Hen and Chickens
Hotel, 'Birmingham.

CERTIFICATES, JAN. 26.'
J. Uayter, Bristol, watchmaker—R. G. Gunnell, and W. L.
Bryan, Poultry, printers—C. I. Cameron, Gray's-inn-lane,
turner—J. and E. Du Bois, Copthall-court, merchants—R.
Clements, Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer—W. Eyre, Cock.
spur-street, trunk-maker—Sir R. Graham and Co. Manches-
ter, merchants--L. Ilaydon and J. K. Ilendy, Welbeck-street,
auctioneers.