The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-01 00:00:00

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.

There is again a short supply of every descrip-
tion of grain in Mark-lane for sale. Since this day week the
arrivals have only been 7,651 quarters of Wheat, 3,676 quar-
ters of Barley, 6,181 quarters of Malt, 7,093 quarters of Oats,
and only 4,377'sacks of Flotfr. As it is now ascertained that
the Wheat crop is above an average growth, this article is ex-
ceeding dull sale, and the finest Essex runs of new are at least
2s. a quarter lower. In inferior qualities, and the growth of
1821, scarcely a sale can be effected. ome fair old white
Wheat was sold at 375., and good Irish red, 581 b. is offered at
325. a quarter. The new Barley which has as yet appeared on
sale is flinty, and not well adapted to the purposes of the malt-
ster. Any really fine samples are worth 31s. a quarter ; but
grinding qualities can scarcely be sold, on account of the ex-
tremely low value of Wheat. The short supply of Oats causes
an advance In their value of nearly ls. a quarter; but full mar-
kets will soon bring this article also on a level with Wheat.
The average prices to the 21st September, by which importa-
tion is regulated, are for Wheat 40s. 6d., Barley 255. 11d., Oats
17s. 7d., Beans 235. 6d., sand Peas 255. Bd. The low price of.
Wheat has caused a decline in Flour this day of ss. a sack, the
price being 305., 355.,. to 40s. a sack. This being the first day
for selling Bread by the pound weight, and the bakers gene-
rally having charged 2d. a pound, it is proper to give the public
a calculation of the real expence to the baker. A batch of
household bread consists of one-fourth of the finest flour, and
three-fourths of North Country or second qualities. The pre-
sent value of Flour to the baker is not more on this average
than 355. a sack, to which must be added for salt, labour, and
profit, 13s. 4d. a sack, and which is held by the bakers them-
selves, as being fully suflicicnt. The expence of a sack of Flour
baked into household bread,with a fair profit to the baker included,
is therefore 48s. 4d. One sack of Flour of this description will
produce 363 2-161 b. weight of bread, and therefore led. per lb.
is the full value in the present state of the market for the best
description of household bread, being as near 7d. for the quar-
tern loaf as possible. The Act will do much good when the
public becomes acquainted with it, but 2d. a pound is dearer
than the quartern loaf was last week. A quartern loaf weighs
41b. 51 oz., and a sack of household flour produces 84 of them.
In Liverpool last week 1100 casks of Plantation Sugar sold
freely at an advance of from Is. to Is. 6d. a cwt. No East
India Sugar was ofFeied for sale, and the principal holders
were withdrawing their stocks from the market, in anticipation
of a farther advance. In foreign Sugar very little was done.
There is little of this description left on hand, and that is en-.
tirely Brazil. Molasses were more inquired after, and the re-
finers took off nearly 500 pun. Good Demerara at 28 ; Gre-
nada at 29 ; and St. Vincent at 30. Jamaica Rum of fine
flavour was saleable, at 2s. 3d. to 2s. 4d. a gallon for 16 0. P. ;
but for other description there was no demand. Clean and co-
loury Plantation Coffee sold readily, and high prices were ob-
tained for 100 casks of low to good middling Jamaica by public
sale ; 460 bags of Sumatra Coffee were sold at the same time ;
very ordinary and country damaged brought 80s. to 81. •
mixed ordinary 88s. 6d. to 935. ; and fair ordinary went as high
as 102 s. 3d. per cwt. The public sales of hides went off with
considerable spirit, and higher prices were realised. The sale
consisted of 12,000 dry ox and cow at 104 d, to ; 1,500
salted at 64d. per lb. ; 20,000 horse.hides at ss. 7d. to ss. 11d.
each ; and 2,000 dry East India cow hides at 12d. to 12d.
perlb.
The export demand for cotton took off 1,200 bags of Ameri-
can and Brazil, and 800 bags were purchased by speculators.
The sale amounted to 7,406 bags. The prices were, for Sea
Island ordinary to middling lid. to 110. • and fair to good
12,,,d. to 15d. Upland 6d. to 6ild. for ordinary, and 71d. to
80. for good • Tenessee 64d. to 6V. ; New Orleans ordinary
60., fair 10;,d., and fine 12d. ; Pernambuco middling 90.,
fair 10.3 d., fine lOid. ; Bahia middling 81d., and good 91d. ;
and Bengal at (id. per lb.
Hemp and Tallow were both very dull sale, and prices were
lower.

A good deal of business was again done alit day in the
British Funds. Consols for the Account opened at 811 g,. and
did not undergo any alteration during the day. There ig ter,
thinly at present an inclination for an advance occasioned by
dull trade, Agricultural distress, and the abundance of money
which will come into the market after the payment of the divi-
dends. The Holy Alliance, however, at present assists the
Bears, for strong doubts are entertained of the conduct of these 1
Legitimates when they are collected at Verona. It is no doubt
difficult even to form an opinion of their intentions. Nobody
does them the credit to suppose that the result of their delibera-
tions will be of any advantage to the human race, and there
are many who augur much mischief from their meeting. Some
audacious attack on the liberties of neighbouring nations, and
some effort to restrain the progress of knowledge, and to sitlimits to the faculties of the human mind are, in the opinion of
many welbinformed persons, likely to attract the principal no-
tice of this collection of presumptuous political wisdom.
In Foreign Securities a great deal of business has been done,
and all the accounts have been settled without airy declared de-
faulter. In the Old Spanish Bonds there has been a farther
advance, and in the New the interest of money at one time for
a fortnight was a per cent., for whilst the cash price was 041 f,
sales were made for time at 63a The Old Bonds have ad-
vanced to nearly 73.
Information was this day received that the long-talked-of
Portuguese loanhas been at length contracted for. It amounts
to only 200,0001., and the Lisbon Bank has advanced the whole,
• on the security of the duties on certain articles of importation
and exportation. Spain and Portugal are on the best terms of
friendship, and their prosperity is of the deepest interest to the
British Traders.

The Neapolitan Loan is one-quarter per cent. dearer, and not
many of these Bonds are now in the market. The new Itus-
sian Bonds are, also a shade dearer, and considerable operations
have taken place in them.
This day the instalment was paid on the Chilian Loan, and
the proprietors got the half-year's Dividend of 3 per Cent. paid
to them., It was a Bear account, and the prompt payment of
the whole of the Loan, without one defaulter, shews that it is
in the hands of capitalists. It will open to-morrow at a price
less the dividend, to make it of the same value as this day.
The following are this days prices of the different descrip-
tions (if foreign securities ,
French * live per Cents. Dividend from 22d Sept., 92 50.
Spanish * Five per Cent. of 1820, Dividend from Ist May,
Ditto ive per Cent. Bonds of 1321 (sterling), Dividend from
Ist May, 614 5.
Russian * Six per Cents. Dividend from Ist July, 82.
Ditto * Five per Cents. (metall.) Div. from Ist Sept. 81
Ditto New Five per Cent. (metall.) Dividend from Ist Sept.,
87. B.
Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds of 1813 (sterling) Dividend
from Ist April, 91.
Ditto of 1822 (sterling) Dividend from Ist July, 88g.
Austrian * Five per Cent. (metall.) Div. from Ist Feb. 81.
Neapolitan * Five per Cent. Bonds, Dividend from Ist July,
770_'
Danish Five per Cent. Bonds (sterling)-Dividend from Ist
July, 89.
* Ditto Banco Marks, Dividend from Ist July, 864.
Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
May, 84
• Chilian Six per Cent. Bonds (sterling) Dividend from Ist
April, 84i 5 4 4 4.
Marked * are subject to the rate of Exchange.
—( 411orning Clsrwtich'.)

SALES OF PROPLRTY.—The freehold estate of
Fring, in Norfolk, situate within eight miles of Houghton,_ and
twelve miles of llolkham, containing 1,682 acres of meadow,
pasture, and arable land, in a high state of cultivation.; com.
prising the whole parish and manor of Fring, with a capital
newly-erected mansion and offices, and extensive walled gar-
den also, a good farm-house and farming buildings, of great
extent, and twenty-eight cottages and gardens dispersed over
the estate. Also, the glebe land, containing 43 acres, and the
great and small tithes of the parish, held under lease of the
Dean and Chapter of Norwich for twenty-one years, from June,
1820, at a rent of GU. per annum. The land tax on the whole
estate redeemed ; the church, poor, and parochial rates, 100/.
par-annum; was knocked down for 42,1001.—The freahold
estate and manor of Little Palgrave, in Norfolk, situate Lear
the market town of Swaftliam, 15 miles from Lynn, and 27
from Norwich, containing 907 acres of meadow, pasture, and
arable land, in'a good state of cultivation, with an :excellent
modern built farm-house, another farm-house inferior, eater -
sive offices, and farming buildings of every description, was
knocked down for 24,500/..

FINE ARTS.

NORTHUMBERLAND INSTITUTION FOR THE
PROMOTION OF. THE FINE ARTS,

BRUNSWICK PLACE, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
The first Annual Exhibition of Pictures sent to
this Institution opened last Monday, and a more splendid and
valuable assemblage of the works of art were perhaps never before
.
brought together at such a distance from the Metropolis, in so
short a time. The catalogue contains no less than 162 Pictures,
and many of these by the first Artists of the day. Among others, •
the names of Howard, R.A., Haydon, • Reinagle, R.A., Mare
tin, Ward, R.A., Landseer, and the celebrated wood-engraver,
Bewick, stand conspicuous. We shall not attempt a deserip-
tion of every picture comprised in the exhibition, but confine
ourselves to a few observations on those which most particularly
attracted our attention. • •
No. 2. Spanish Pointers, by E. LANDSEER.—,This picture
possesses considerable merit ; the dogs are painted with great
animation, and the general effect is excellent.
3. Stirling Castle, by T. M. RICHARDSON.—The bold coin:
mending situation of Stirling Castle is peculiarly adapted to give
effect to a picture, and the Artist has, in the view before us,
made the most of it. The setting sun is represented.as just re-
tiring behind the western hills, which are gilded by his parting
rays. The golden tinge also sheds its influence upon the Castle
and on the valley beneath, and the effect is heightened by a
bold masterly foreground. This picture does infinite credit to
the Artist, though, if we may be allowed to express an opinion,
the rays of the setting sun are rather too fiery.
4. Girl fetching Water, by 11. HoWARD, R.A.—This is a
beautiful and interesting picture : such as might be expected
from such an Artist. _
6. Cupid Cruisingt by HAY DON.—This is an exquisite
sketch, and the colouring is most brilliant, denoting an Artist
of the first class.
10. Landscape and Figures, by H. HOWARD, R.A.—A ca=
pital picture, worthy of the painter..
19. A Rural Scene, by P. REINAGLE, R.A.—A pedlar ofe
fering his goods for sale to a servant. Effect of noon, an excel:
lent picture.
20. Hop Pickers, by Miss LAWDSEER.—This is an ex="
tremely rich composition, and reflects great credit on the taste
Of the female Artist.
26. Water Mill at Anibleside, by T. M. Ricnannsorr..=
The scenery here represented is remarkably picturesque, and
the colouring and general effect excellent.• .
28. View in the Royal Park, Richmond, Surrey, by R. R.
REINAGLE, A.R.A.—This is a very pleasing picture, represa
senting men preparing to cart felled timber at noon on a sum-
mer's day. The colouring is warm and transparent.
30. Hercules liberating Prometheus, by C. Laietisieiß.—•
This is an astonishing effort of a very yowls irran. The-1111W'
cular powers of Hercules are finely represented, as well as the
figure of Prometheus chained to the rock, and under the talons
of the winged tyrant. The effect of this picture, on first enter-,
ing the room, is very striking.
31. Macbeth, by J.MARTien—This picture represents Mac=
beth on his return from the Highlands after the defeat of Mac.,
donwald, when he meets the Weird Sisters on the blasted heath;
before sun-set. In the centre of the picture, standing OR an
eminence, are seen Macbeth and BA:quo, and on the left side
the Weird Sisters in the act of taking flight. Macbeth is sup-,posed to be uttering these words which Sliakspeare has putinto
his mouth—" Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more
and Banquo-s" Whiner are, they vauislied ?" On the right
hand side is seen the Scottish army in great force,. its long._
line winding around the hills for a considerable distance. Tine.
composition, like others of Martin's, evinces a grandeur of con,
ception, and a powerfal.genius in the artist seldom equalled.
The bold mountainOusieenery, tinged with the light of declin-'
ing day, is indescribably 'grand and the wild supernatural effect
thrown over that part of the picture where the- witches are obe
served, harmonizes with theitemystical character. The picture
is not, however, faultless. • There is a want of distinctness in
some parts of it, particularly at the summits of some of the
mountains, which are so mixed up with the sky, as to occasion
a confusion not at all pleasing to the beholder.
34. Donne Castle, on the Teith, Perthshire, by 'ii
SIMSON, of Edinburgh.—This picture we understand to be
painted by a very young Artist, and we must say that it it
highly creditable to his talents. The coniposition is extremely
rich. The castle, in ruins, stands on a little eminence, beneath
which is seen the winding of the river Teith through a beauti-
ful and well wooded country. Stirling Cestlerears its lofty head
in the distance, and a rich and varied foreground completes the
general effect, which is soft and harmonious hi the extreme.—
it is a charming picture, and we doubt. not Nr. Sinison will
one day or other rank among the foremost of his profession.
41. Group giFigures in a Steam Packet on the Tyne, by H..
P. PARKER.—ThIS is a lively and entertaining compositien,
well conceived, and equally well executed.
51. Portrait rf a farourile Hackney, by J. WARD, R. A.—
This, as also No. 68, a portrait of haphazard, by the same
master, possesses great merit. The colouring in both is re-
markably fine, and the proportions and symmetry of the erne
coals prove a thorough knowledge of anatomy in tne artist.
52. View of the Skirts of a Village by P. REfNAGLE;.
R.A.—A Uipscy family resting at noonday under the shade of
a stately tree, appear in the foreground, the husband at some
little distance from his wife and. family, casting an ansiitaie
look towards the village, which is beautifully introduced..-=
The landscape is veryhne ; and the arrangement and tone of
the whole picture are worthy of the artist.
58. Day after the Fair, by L. CLENNEI.L.—This is one-of
the last of the pictures painted by this unfortunate artist. It is
not entirely finished, but it exhibits the hand of a master of no
ordinary talent. While it excites admiration it also occasions
regret, fur no one can look upon it who is aware of the melan-
choly state of the artist without heaving a sigh for the un-
happy individual, who, but for an awful dispensation of Provi-
dence, might have vied for pre-eminence with the first artists of
his day.
60. Rustic Child, by 11. HOWARD, R.A.—This is an ex-
quisite performance, the expression is particularly striking, and
the beautiful tone of colouring stamps it as a picture of the first
class.
72. Sunset, by H. LANDSEER.—A rich and glo.wing distant
landscape seen through between a group of trees iraronte•A
shepherd and his flock in the foreground. Tile composition' is
good.
80. Boy with Mats and Brooms, by G. SIMSON, brother of
W. Si MSON.—A very promising perrOrmance, the expression
and colouring well conceived, and the general tone sort and
,striking.
83. Landscape, Storm coining on, by H. LANTisszet.l--This
is a clever composition and welt painted.
85. The Glen of the Trosachs, by 'l'. M. RicilAnnsoer.—
A very chaste representation of wild mountainous scenery, the
tops of the lofty hills lost in the clouds which hang upon theme.
The picture ix well painted, and the effect good.
94. View of Newcasile,froni Gateshead, by J. Deluxe._
This is a pencil drawing, possessing more than ordinary merit..
99. View opluckharen rith of Forth, by J. F. WiLI.IAMS..
—The effect of this marine view is bold and striking,, though
the colouring is somewhat coarse.
104. " Nobody coming to marry me," by T. Uwieee..--The
inside of a cottage, a disconsolate maiden seated on a. chair.--
Her work laid aside ; a book, cards, 6ec. thrown oe the floor,
and a cat, the emblem of an old maid, Sitting near her, well des.
tribes the unhappy state of the forlorn damsel. The colouring
is very good, and the general effect excellent.
125. 'Tien, of the pia qf Seaton Delaval that was lately des..
troycd by/ire, by J. Donsox.—This architectural drawing ex-
hibits a correct representation of the north front of the splendid
mansion which was for so many years the chief residence of the
Delaval family. The drawing and colouring‘ do credit to the
artist.
Numbers 146, 147, 148, and 1.53 are designs. by the ci.le-
brated Bewick and his sun, some of them drawn on, blocks of
wood.
There are several pictures possessing great merit besides those.
which we have more particularly noticed. The leandseerfarnily
Lave contributed many clever pictures ; and we must not omit
the names of Unton, 'Varley, Copley Fielding, Gastineau, Ste-
phanoff, A. Morton, Captain Festing, Royal Artillery, Ram-.
sey, Dixon, and Drury, all of whom have contributed seines.
thing excellent towards the exhibition.