The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-07 00:00:00

CITY, FaniA:y EVENING.

Consols for the October settlement opened this morning at
soi and continued very steady till nearly the closing of the mar-
ket, when a rumour gained great currency which instantly ad-
vanced their value to 81i. It was reported that the greatest
Captain of the Age was so much indisposed that he could not
attend the meeting of the Holy Alliance. The precise nature
of the indisposition, whether it was of a political, mental, or
corporeal nature, was not well ascertained ; but from whatever
cause the chance of his remaining at home may have sprung,
the consequence of the rumour has been an advance in the value
of the public securities. Amongst commercial men, whose views
are limited to the promotion of their own interest, and that of
the community at large, it cannot be expected that the slightest
idea could be fortfied of the sublime intentions and beneficent
objects of this most holy and enlightened Fraternity, about to
assemble at Verona. They have, however, and nearly univer-
sally adopted the idea, that, under the present system of Go-
vernment, theonly man in the nation, ut the present moment,
capable of supplying effectually the vacant places of the late
Lord LONDONDERRY is the Rt. Hon. BRAGGE BATHURST,
and they are anxious that the august Meeting of the great
Potentates should have this statesman amongst them to repre-
sent the United Kingdom. Thotigh they are perfectly aware
that England has nothing to grant to this legitimate conclave,
and little to ask from them which there is any chance of obtain-
ing, still it is proper that a Gentleman, able to express the sen-
timents openly andclearly of the late Lord Londonderry, should
attend their deliberations, as probably they will turn on the
present supposed enlightened state of the hutnan mind, and
it ;may require no small degree of mystification on tire
part of the British Minister to convince the Holy Al-
liance that the human intellect generally is not so far ad-
vanced in the paths of true knowledge as their interested
hopes may have induced them to believe. To represent
this doctrine in a proper manner to these regulators and
limiters of the capabilities of the human mind, the citizens
cannot conceive any modern Statesman so qualified as the
Right Honourable B. Bathurst, and consequently the chance
which the indisposition of the great Captain affords of the
employment of talents so suited to the occasion, has given great
life to the British funds, and caused an advance of fully 1 per
cent. The New Fours have been done at 100, and the Cash
Consols are extremely scarce at 801. Such is the consequence
resulting from the idea that a suitable British Minister at Ve-
rona may benefit his country by affording proof that the Holy
Alliance, hath nothing to fear from the increased knowledge of
mankind.

The chief attraction still for capital is the Foreign Funds.
The best interest for money can be obtained from the Spanish
Securities, and when the religious frenzy, at present exhibited
by a lawless banditti, is completely put down, a considerable
advance must take place in the securities of a nation so strictly
honourable. A great deal of capital continues to be invested,
and many speculative bargains made in all descriptions of Fo-
reign Securities, excepting in the new Russian Loan, which is
not a favourite stock, and the business done in it is rumoured
to be'extremely limited, notwithstanding the very liberal con.
duct of the Contractor, in extending the time for payment, at
the low interest of Four per Cent. The prices of this day are as

follow
French * Five per Cents. with Div. from 22d March, 9450
Spanish * Five her Cents. of 1820, Dividend from let May,
65Ditto Five per Cent. Bonds of 1821, (sterling) Dividend from
Ist May, 63i
Russian * Six per Cents. Dividend from Ist July, 82.
Ditto * Five per Cents. (metallic) with Dividend from Ist
March, 81.
Ditto New Five per Cent. (metallic) Dividend from Ist Sept.
854 -
Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds of 1818 (sterling) Dividend
from let April, 90k.
Ditto of 1822 (sterling)Dividend from Ist July, 87i
Austrian * Five per Cents. (metallic) Dividend from Ist Fe-
bruary, 80.
Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, Dividend from Ist July,
78i 78k.
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
July, 884 9.
Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from lit
May, 86i
Chilian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
April, 82}
Marked * are subject to the rate of Exchange.
The arrivals of Grain since Monday for sale in Mark-lane,
have been extremely small. Of Flour there are 5,800 sacks,
and of Wheat only 4,100 quarters. 7,100 quarters of British,
and 500 quarters of Irish Oats have likewise arrived. There
-are only two or three samples of new Barley on sale, and needy
Maltsters have paid.3oB. a quarter for them. This is a high price, 1
and must produce its a few weeks, a very abundant supply, of ,
which the consequence probably will be a decline ruinous to the
shippers. Oats are Is. to 2s. lower than on Monday. Fine.
New Wheat is Is. dearer ; but old samples and inferior descrip-
tions are unsaleable. The' consumers of grain in general have
no confidence in the present prices, for very soon must every
market in the kingdom be filled with a far larger supply than the
demand can take off, unless a reduction in prices creates foreign
export shipments. In addition to a large stock of the growth of
last season, remaining unconsumed, th empire has again been
blessed with another most abundant crop. No doubt, out of
this bounty of Heaven, many Ministerial misfortunes must
arise. The exorbitant rental of the country must be reduced,
tithes must also fall, and the public expenditure must be
limited by the services of those who receive the public money.
Wheat at the maiximum or minimum price of 80s. a quarter,
would annually levy from the people thirty millions sterling
more than the present average price of 38s. 4d. can
.pro-
duce, and a more easy collection of taxes for the mainte-
nance of the idle, attended with increased luxury to the great
and powerful, would thus be produced by the ruin of com-
merce, and the misery of the great majority of the community.
To the cultivation of the soil advanced prices can produce no
benefit, for the interest of the farmer depends as much on a re-
duction of prices taking place, by which a foreign export de-
mand may be created, as that of any p rson in the commu-
nity. In future the profit attending fiarning must be drawn
from those countries where the' climate and- situation do not
admit the cultivation of wheat on so low terms as those at which
it can be imported, for it is now quite obvious, that from even
a monopoly of the home market, no benefit can be drawn by
Agriculturists to produce more than the home consumption
requires, and to export the excess must • create national' wealth.
Nothing can be more true than that the individual who produces
most, and consumes least, becomes the richest, and the same
remark which can be applied to an individual, must, from ne-
cessity hold true when applied to communities and nations. To
possess more than can be consumed of any thing cannot possibly
be injurious, and must greatly add to the comfort and happi-
ness of families. A free trade in Europe in every commodity,.
unrestricted and unlimited, excepting by the collection of duties,
necessary for the public state-expenditure, would diffuse univer-
sal happiness, and would greatly tend to form a universal family
of the Christian world, depending for their enjoyments on mu-
tual labour. To give and to take according as the genius of each
nation required or produced, would add to the ease and in-
crease the comfort of all. It would banish poverty from the door
of the industrious, and it would compel the worthless and the
idle to do something for, the common good. In England the ad-
vantage which must result from 'the low prices of provisions
will be immense. It will create content and increased virtue
amongst the people. It will-render unnecessary the great body
of soldiers at present kept up in a state of idleness to enforce the
execution of the laws. The interests of the producers and con-
sumers, of the tax-payers and tax,receivers, of the agriculturists
and manufacturers, of the public creditor and the people, whose
prosperity has been increased by the loan-of capital, will under
a proper system become united, and an enlightened Govern-
ment, aided by the abundant production of nature, will soon
produce the only true national wealth—a hardy and virtuous
population. •
It is reported that advices have been received from St. Peters-
burgh, dated on the 11th of August, on which day the ex-
thane was 100. and the price of Tallow 97 rubles ; here, this
'article is lower, the price for it on the spot being 395. and 40s.
for stated deliveries. Barilla, by public sale this day, was va-
lued at 131. 10s. per ton' in bond. About
.120 tuns of South
Sea Oil were also exposed at Garraway's, and it was generally
bought in at 191. a tun.. The trade wait for more detailed ac-
tounts from Davis's Straits and Greenland before oil receives a
fixed value.—( Morning Chronicle.)

NSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. 6.

David Cowherd Vauser came up to be heard on his petition
to be discharged. The insolvent had been a farmer at March,
in Cambridgeshire, and, his discharge was opposed by Mr.
CoOKE, on behalf of his landlord, Mr. Woodward.
Mr. Cooxt's examination of the insolvent consisted of an
inquiry into the disposal of his property. The insolvent stated,
that in the year 1817 he sold his share of an estate, which was
then subject to a Chancery suit, to his uncle for 1,800/. ; and
in the year 1820 he received a legacy of 300/. He left his
farm in December last, because he was threatened with a dis-
tress by his landlord, and with an execution by a creditor of
the name of Lee, to whom he had given a warrant of attor-
ney for 600/. He had then ninety-six sheep, which he sold
to his brother for'l4ol., in part payment of 250/. he had bor-
rowed from him. He removed some of his furniture to his
brother-in-law's house at the same time, and left part in his
house to be taken by his landlord. His landlord brought an
action against his brother-in-law for the part of the furniture
which had been removed to his house, and it was given up to
him. The remainder of the Learned Counsel's examination
related to the insolvent's disposal of his houses, for which he
accounted, and to his account-books. The insolvent stated that
he kept no account-books but of the labour done in his farm,
and a memorandum-book in which he entered the quantity of
corn he sent to market, merely that he might know the quan-
tity the farm produced.
Mr. HEATH, who Was Counsel for the insolvent, examined
him in explanation. His farm' contained 500 acres ; he held it
8 years, at 8001. a-year. He did not think there was any arrear
due to his landlord, though he claimed a year's rent at Lady-
day last. The landlord entered his first distress in December for
5501. ; he was in possession a considerable time, and made two
sales, which produced 4501. He put in another distress after
Lady-day, and sold every thing that it was possible to sell :
the growing crops, consisting of 100 acres of wheat, and 30
acres of tole-seed, which were worth at least 31. per acre. He
also sold every thing that was moveable, even the fixtures out
of the house, and afterward* got furniture to the value of 100/.
which the insolvent had removed to his brother-in-law's house.
The insolvent repeated his opinion that he was fully paid, and
said his insolvency arose from the dearness of this farm, the
rent of which Mr. Woodward gave him to understand in the
year 1817 he would reduce, but had never done it.
Mr. Woodward, the landlord, was examined by Mr. COOKE.
—He had been frequently at the insolvent's house, and seen
three account-books there within the last 12 months. He did
not see the insolvent's property that was taken in distress.
About 3001. of it was bought for him. He did not think he
got it much under the value. He offered it to the insolvent's
brother-in-law at 501. more than the purchase price.
The Insolvent was examined respecting the three books seen
at his house by his landlord, and said that two of them were
in his possession in town, one the labourers' book for 1821,
the other the memorandum book he had mentioned, and the
third was the labourers' book for 1820, which was in the
country.
Mr. COOKE prayed the Court that the case might be ad-
journed till that book was produced.
Mr. HEATH said he must agree in that prayer, because he
would not wish that the insolvent should be discharged with
the shadow of imputation on his character, " though,' said the
Learned Counsel, " I must regret that in the mean time my
feelings may cool before I can have an opportunity to observe
upon the persevering oppression of the landlord, who, after re-
ceiving such a rent for such a length of time, and taking the
last remnant of property his tenant had, now seeks to keep him
in prison, though it is doubtful whether any thing is due to
him." _ _

The Court adjourned the case to give time for the production
of the book.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

PONTEFRACT SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1822.
WEDNESDAY', SEPT. 4.
The Gold Cup, value 100 gs, a Sweepstakes of lOgs each, with
20gs added, the surplus in specie ; three-yr-olds carrying
Est. 91b. four, Bst. five, Bst. 91b. six, and aged, 9st. 11b. Two
miles and seven furlongs.
Mr. T. S. Duncombe's b. h. Waverley, 5 yrs - I
Sir R. K. Dick's ch. g. Euphrates, 6 yrs - 2
Five more started, but were not placed ; and 5 were drawn.
The Hunters' Stakes, of lOgs each, for half-bred horses, &c.
of all ages, that have been regularly hunted during the
Season 1821-22 ; four-yr-olds carrying list. five, list. IMb.
six, and aged, 15st. 31b. Rode by Gentlemen. Two miles'
7 furlongs.
Mr. Watson's b. g. Burnby, by Ploughboy, 6 yrs . 1
Mr. Chadwick's b. g. Random, by Sir Charles, 6 yrs 2
The Foal Stakes, a Sweenstakes of 30gs each, lOgs forfeit, for
three-yr-olds ; colts, list. 31b. fillies, Bst. The last mile.—
(Five Subscribers.)
Mr. Gascoigne's b. f. by Amadis walked over.
Fifty Pounds, for horses, &c. of all ages ; weights, &c. same
as Tuesday's Plate, and the winner of Tuesday's Plate car-
rying 21b. extra. Heats, one mile and three quarters each.
Mr. Gascoigne's gr. c. Hamilton, 4 yrs - - 1 1
Mr. Lambton's b. c. Malcolm, 4 yrs - 2 2
Mr. Prentice's ch. c. Bob, by Caliban, 3 yrs - 3 3
Mr. Haworth's gr. c. Rowlston, by Camillus, 3 yrs - 4 4
Six were drawn.

PRESTON GUILD RACES, 1821
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4.
The Produce Stakes of 50gs each. Two miles.
Lord Stamford's b. c. Adventurer, by Cervantes -
Mr. Clifton's b. c. Orville, out of Fadladinida -
Mr. Paulden's 1. by Milo, out of Wonder's dam -
Nine others paid forfeit.
Same Day, a Pure of 701. ; three-year olds, 6st. Iolb. ; four,
Bst.; five, Bst. Vb. ;• six and aged, Bst. Illb. Mares and geld.
ings allowed 31b. Heats, two miles and a distance.
Mr. Newsham's•bl. m. aged - - -
Mr. Clifton's ch. f. by Woeful, 3 yrs old -
Three other were drawn.

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