The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-14 00:00:00

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

Letters were received this afternoon, via Hol-
land, from St. Petersburgh, dated on the 23d August.• Far-
ther purchases of Tallow for British account had been, made,
and the Exchange remained at 100. The sale of every arti-
cle of imported commerce was as dull as possible, and nev des-
potic Government could have, succeeded in rendering,the people
less prosperous than the anti-commercial regulations of the
CZAR of Muscovy have made the inhabitants of the Russian
Empire. In the interior the want of liberal intercourse was as
calamitons as in the capital, and Tallow could be purchased
so low as to cost in St. Petersburgh next season not more than
90 roubles. The quantity was most abundant, but as nothing
of British growth or manufacture was permitted to be sold
without the impost of heavy duties, no remittances were ne-
cessary, and consequently, there was no demand for any of the
internal productions of the Empire. Such are the effects of
Government interference with commercial pursuits ; for they
as surely entail misery on the people, as they prove in the re-
sult adverse to the objects for which they were intended.
Late letters received yesterday from Rio de Janeiro state that
a frigate, a sloop of wart and several transports had sailed on
the 14th July for Bahia. They contained 300 seamen, 300
soldiers, and great number of officers, and would be a most im-
portant reinforcement to the Constitutional army. A Portu•
guese frigate sailed from Lisbon about the middle of June,
with four transports, containing about 700 men, for the same
destination,' to assist the Royal troops. These adverse ships
would probably meet off Bahia, and at present there are
strong grounds to fear that very unpleasant events may have
been the consequence. It must, however, be satisfactory to
know, that a French line-of-battle ship has generously of-
fered protection to British property, which, at Bahia amounts
to little short of half a million sterling. The feelings of
Englishmen will, no doubt, be somewhat hurt by the reflection
that British commerce is at present protected in every quarter
of the globe by the French and American navies. Round
Cape Horn, by the latest letters, the only chance of protection
to British property depended on the arrival of an American 74
gun ship. In the Gulf of Mexico the American ships are the
only guards against piracy, plunder, and murder ; at Bahia
and in the Levant the French Navy protects British lives and
merchant ships ; and in no part of the world are British ships
of war to be found equal to the duties of their stations. The
Ministers of his Britannic Majesty, however, have far more
important interests to attend to than the safety of the property
of merchants. To dress a regiment of soldiers in fashionable
clothing, to give them an imposing appearance, to record the
glorious actions of the different battalions, to correspond with
the Holy Alliance, and to maintain the present system in
Europe, are, in their estimation, far more important objects
than the glory of the British Navy, or the safety of British
property.
In the beginning of this week the demand for sugars was ex-
ceedingly dull, but yesterday and this day there is an improve-
ment in their value of about ls. per cwt. and nearly 3,500
hogsheads have been sold. Coffee is very dull ; fine quality
is scarce, and consequently dear, which prevents the dealers
from purchasing beyond their immediate consumption. In
Ruins very few sales have been effected.
In consequence of the bad news front the fisheries at Green-
land and in Davis's Straits, Fish Oil of fine quality is worth
261. to 281. a ton.

The arrivals of grain this week in Mark-lane are uncommonly
small. They consist of 5,600 quarters of wheat, 500 quarters
of barley, 7,400 quarters of oats, and 1,990 quarters of the
same article from famished Ireland, with 4,900 sacks of flour.
Fine qualities of new wheat bring fully as much money. as they
did last Monday. Barley is 2s. dearer for the best new
samples, though there is not any demand for the growth of last
year. Fine Oats arc quite as dear, but the supply of every de-
scription of {rain is so small that no confidence can be placed
in prices until the effects of full markets be ascertained. The
average prices of the week ending the 7th September, in Lon-
don, are—for Wheat, 405., for Barley, 20s. 6d., and for Oats,
19s. 7d. a quarter.
The English Funds continue very dull this day, and they are
not considered an object worthy of the attention of the capitalist.
The opening price for Consols on account was 81i, and they
closed at 811, sellers. In the Foreign Securities the abundance
of money continues to find abundance of employment. The
Spanish Bonds are in great request, and a farther improveme-
ment has taken place in their prices. Their valu is enhanced
by the close connection which at present exists betwixt Spain
and Portugal, it being generally believed that the Government
of the latter Kingdom will find plenty of money to borrow from
their own merchants, on terms mteh more beneficial than a
loan could be procured for them in England. The current
prices are as follow :--
French Five per Cent. with Dividend from 22d Sept., Exch.
25. 40. 93.

Prussian Five per Cent. of 1818 in £ sterling, with Div.
from Ist April, 91.
Do. do. of 1822 in do. do., with Div. from Ist July, 88k.
Neapolitan Five per Cent, with Div. from Ist July, Exch. 4
40 and 25 65. 77i
Spanish Five per Cent. of 1820, with Div. from 30th April,
Exch. 43. 6*
Do. do. of 1821 in X. sterl. with Div. from Ist May. 651.
Danish Five per Cent. in £ sterl. with Div. from Ist July,
89iD .
o. do. in Banco Marks, with Div. from Ist July, Exch.
37 4. 861.
Russian Six per Cent. with Div. from lstJuly, Eich. 111. 82.
Ditto Five per Cent. metall. with Div. from Ist Sept., Exch.
31. 80.

Do. Five per Cent. in £ sterl. with Div. from Ist Sept. 8-a.
Austrian Five per Cent. metall. with Div. from Ist June,
Ex. 10 4. 81.

Colombian Six per Cent. in £ sterl. with Div. from Ist May,
86A I.
ehilian Six per Cent. in X sterl. with Div. from 30th March,
841
United States Six per Cent. of 1812-1815 with Div. from Ist
April, Ex. 46. 92 9*--( Morning Chronicle.)