The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-18 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 18.

The market this morning was rather shorter in Oxen than
last Monday, but in Mutton and Lamb there was a plentiful
supply. Prime Beef is rather higher in price, but the inferior
qualities remain the same in price as per last market-day. Small
Meat of every description as per our last quotation. In the
earlier part of the morning the trade was rather brisk.—The
price of Ilay remains as last market-day.
(To sink the Offal, per stone of 811).)
Beef 2s 6d to 3s 4d 1 Veal
Mutton 2s Od to 2s 8d I Pork
Lamb Os Od to Os Od.

NEW LIGHT HousE.:—ln the North of Ire-
land, where the tenets of the Scottish Presby-
terian Church are prevalent, a schism has long
existed by the introduction of Socinianism, the
followers of which claim the title of the New
Light, whilst their Trinitarian opponents are dis-
tinguished as the Old. This local distinction
gave rise recently to the following whimsical
anecdote :
" A son of Neptune was travelling by the mail-coach which
runs between Londonderry and Belfast, and in the course of
the journey happening to see a meeting;-house which had been
recently erected convenient to the road, asked a fellow-traveller
what sort of a house that was ? " A new-light house," said the
other, referring to.the doctrines taught in it. " A new ilea-
house," said honest Jack, " damn my eyes and limbs but it is
the queerest situation for a light-house that I ever saw—what
could the land-lubbers mean by erecting it at such a distance
from the shore ?"

CURIOUS VlSlT.—Thursday evening, a curious
circumstance occurred in High-street, White-
chapel. An ox, which had escaped from one of
the slaughter-houses, got into the Horns public-
house, walked along through the passage into
the parlour, to which he had to ascend by
a few steps, and there intruded himself on
the company to their no small' astonishment
and alarm. Screams for assistance were raised
by the gentlemen in the room, but the animal,
contrary to all expectations, walked peace-
ably about the room, smelling at the glasses,
and on the appearance of Mr. SbITTIIERS, the
landlord; it walked out of the room.

THE I.OgDON JOURNALS.

7, X T RACTS FROM THE DAILY- MORNING PAPERS,
November 18, 1822. ,

[MORNING posT.]
Pris Journals to the 16th instant contain
neither intelligence nor speculations respecting
the question of war with Spain ; and the state of
the Funds shows, that although alarm is greatly
abated, confidence is not entirely restored'. The
Quotidienne announces ,the arrival of a Courier
from Verona on the 14th, with diSpatches for
the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Those- dis-
patches, however, were not of a later date than
the 4th inst. Their contents are not explained,
but it is added " that the conferences were still
carrying on with activity,. and that it was not be-
lieved that the Plenipotentiaries would separate
before the end of. December." The departure
of the Viccimte of Montcnorency was still fixed
for the 10th or 12th inst. The King of Naples
had arrived at Verona in perfect health, and
his reception had been very brilliant. The ac-
counts from Madid in these 'Papers are to the
Bth inst. They state that the proceedings com-
menced by the Judge of Instruction, Colonel
Parades, against the individua•ls concerned in the
enterprise of the 7th of july, and which it was
thought would involve the Infants of Spain,
if not the King himself, had been annulled
by the Supreme Court, in consequence of a .de-
cision of the Cortes. The orders issued fOr the
arrest of the late Ministers were consequently
revoked, and .tfie only persons left to be pur-
sued- by Colonel Paradee before a Council of
War, were those who had been taken with arms
in their hands, in the action of the 7th of July.

[THE TIMES.]
Divers arts, we observe, are now used in order
to make it be believed that the French G9vern-
ment had no thought of going to war with the
Spaniards, at the moment of the late depression
of the funds. The absurdity, and even the
effrontery, of thus attempting to disguise the
truth are the more remarkable, inasmuch as the
French. Government itself acknowledges, and
broadly states the fact, that it " was going to
war," but that it changed or suspended its
design, in consequence of a supposed change of
conduct on the part of the Cortes of Spain. This
prete::t for the sudden adoption of a peaceful
course is futile ; for in fact no change of any
Consequence had taken place at Madrid :
but still the primary fact remains upon record,
that the French' were upon the point of com-
mencing the war. This is undeniable by any
one possessing common sense and a common
regard for truth. It is now said that several
stories were circulated in Paris with, a. view
to' depress the funds, which stories were
totally unfounded. Unfounded they were,
certainly ; and equally unfounded is it, that they
were ever in circulation. We never heard of
them till now, and now they are only said to have
bceu discovered in private letters. _ For example,
we never heard, at the time the French • funds
were depressed, that two of the Duke d'Angou-
" lerne'S Aides-de-Camp had set off for Bayonne,"
or that M. de Blacas was to succeed M. Villele,
or that the War Minister had started off for-the
Spanish frontiers. Alt these rumours are new to
ns, and would be new to the Exchange of Paris,
if they should now be reported there:- it is clear,
therefore, that they could have nothing to do
with the depression of the funds. The French
Government was said to be going to war, be-
cause it was' going to war : it admits the fact,
and wherefore deny it in the face of the Govern-
ment itself ?

[MORNING CIIRONICLE.I
Mr. Bowring was on Friday last released from
his long and cruel imprisonment, and is now with
his family in this 'metropolis. The release of
Mr. Bowring, though it has rendered one sort of
interference unnecessary, has left the question of
redress still open, and we trust, in justice to all
British subjects whose rights have been violated
in this case, that measures .to obtain suitable re-
dress 'will:be forthwith taken. For what is
the case ? Mr. Bowring has been deprived of
his liberty, and subjected to along and harsh
imprisonment, for what has been declared . to
afford no justification for such proceedings. The
decision even of a Bourbon Court is, that
no pain' 'of imprisonment attaches - to the
offence with which he was charged (viz. the
conveyance of sealed, letters). Is this treatment
to be tolerated ? The decision of the Court
might as well have been obtained in one day as
at'the end of so many weeks. Why, then, was
be detained in, prison at all ? Is it to be borne
that British subjects shall be thrown into dun-
geons without-any specific charge against theM
warranting such a treatment, in the mere hope
that some charge may in time be discovered ?

[MORNING HERALD.]
The intelligence from Madrid comes down to
the7th only. There is nothing whatever in these
accounts to justify the belief that the idea of
prosecuting the Spanish Princes was ever entity
tained. One thing appears certain, that the story
of,the military prosecutor (Fiscal) Paredes, being
deprived and_ disgraced for suggesting such a
proCeeding, is wholly false. He has been merely
relieved of part of his • duty as a chief staff
officer, to allow more time for . his judicial
functions. The Cortes have elected for their
President the Duke del Parque, a very old
man, who, it appears from . his age and revo-
lutionary enthusiasm, is called the Spanish La
Fayette. It was he who, some short time since,
exhibited himself before the populace of Madrid,
holding a dagger pointed to his 'heart, which he
besought might be lodged therein if he should
ever proverecreant to liberty. There is in these
papers nothing, of public interest from Verona.
—A private letter in the Journal de Paris
ftates, that warlike rumours prevailed there on
and about the 4th inst. with regard to Spain ;
but that they had ceased upon the receipt of
,tlispatches by the Duke of Wellington from
Lonslon.;

[BRITISH PRESS.]
Consols,for the account closed on Saturday at
82, and for Toney at the same price. The funds

have thus nearly recovered- from the late violent,
shock. Nothing remarkable occurred on the fo-
reign market ; but few biokers attended the Ex-
change, and the transactions were on a limited
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scale. The prices, in most instances, were fully
Maintained, with an inclination so a rise. What
has greatly increased the mischief, on this Ex-
change, of the late fluctuations in foreign stock,
has been the great amount of time bargains fixed
for' settlement on the 15th instant, thus com-
pelling many accounts to be closed, on which,
could they have been kept open, the loss might
have been in part retrieved. Several of the
brokers and jobbers have consequently proved
defaulters, who, in the ordinary transactions of
the mal•ket, would have incurred no danger.