The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-10 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN :EXCHANGE, Fru. 10. .-
The arrivals last week were very large,..of Wheat 12,000,
quarters, and 12,000 of Flour. There are fresh supplies in this
morningiVom Essex; but rather .short ; and a tolerably good
supply from Kent, with a few vessels from Stifiblk. Nl' beat is
ls. per quarter lower, except for supertine samples. Ilarley
and Oats are rather better sale at the prices of this day se's..plea. All other articles remain as per our last quotations. .
bleat, Old, 2ss 42s Pease, White .... ....... 2tis 30s
....—'..... New ,..25s 40s -- Grey 25s 211 s
Rye ' 00s 22s Beans '''-is :' a,
Barley 24s 32s Oats 175 245.
Malt 44s stis Flour 31s 403

AVISIIAGE runt OF COILN IN ENGLAND AND WALES:
Wheat, Os. ; Barley, 28s. Od. ; Oats, 17s. ; Eye,
22t. 3d. ; Beans, 255. Id. i • Peas, 30s. 4d.
The Average Price of Brown or Alutienvado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the sth day of
February, 1823, is 325. 44d. per cwt.

SMITHFIELD .111AREET., Fin. 10.
There was a short market this morning of all kind of cattle.
in consequence of which higher prices were demanded fpr
Oxen of superior quality, but the inferior tiewription3 tt.t.`
sold at the prices of last market day. The trade appeared
rather more brisk than for some tune past.—Bay remains
the same price AS per our last quotation.
(To sink the Offal,' per stone of nib.)
Beef 2s to 3s 6d Veal
Mutton .2s tki tts,36 Ltd Pork
Lamb Os tki to Os (hi.
naY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
Hay £3 Os to £4 04 j Clover £3 68 to .C 4 as
straw Cl fis to :CI Ws.

WINCIIESTE.RI FEB. B.—Some rnOnthS sine:,
Mr. Leigh intimated a wish to retire iron; the representaCon of
this city, on account of inability to undergo the fatigues ne-
cessarily concomitant on a strict attention to his senatorial
duties. Having now publicly announced his intention ti) re-
sign his seat, Sir Edward Hyde East, fats Chief Justice of (al-.
Clltt4, and for many years a Freeman of this Corporation, has
declared himself n candidate to till the vacancy. He arrived
here this, forenoon, and immediately commenced a canvas. ,
The Gazette of this evening announces that the dignity of a
Baronet has been conferred on the above named gentleman.
CHICHEsTEns FEB., B.—Very favyinhabitants
of this city expected a few driys since to see • 414(1 a hustle
here as is now exhibiting. The Right Honourable. William
Iluskisson, Esq. having taken a respectful leave of his Con-
stituents, William Steplum Poyntz, Esq. of Coweiray Lodge,
111idhurst, came forward, and offered hilliStaf to their notice,
by a personal canvas. The result proviug highly flattering to
his wishes, some assorted that his election was sore. In the
morning of yesterday however, the sudden and orlooked.for
arrival of Sir Godfrey Welfster, Bart. from Italy, whe.re the rICA 8
Reofnsilltrio.
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honourable Baronet began his CiVIVAR instantly. alit the
Swan Inn, in the evening, a meeting of his friends to.*
place, when he assured them he was so satisfied with the
reception he hail met with, as to determine him to open an
continue the poll. The Right Worshipful Mayor of atv c„),,
C. S. Diekos, Esq. caused proclarnatton to be 'male by flit,
trier, that the election will commence in the Town.hal. tai
Thursday next, at 11 o'clock. A rumour is afloat that a third
candidate will otter himself.

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x'CRACTS VUOM TIM 0 11, V 'MORNING. rAvEtts,
Febrtiury 10; 18'23.

[MORNINg CIVaINICLE.
The eftects produced on all classes in this
oottiitry by the meditated and wanton attack of
therliberties of Spain and Portugal, is 'worthy of
the nation, and we are glad to find that the dig'.
ousSiOni at the epening of Parliament, on this
interesting 5a b jet t live, if
„possible, heightened
that indignation which already: glowed in the
hearts- of our countrymen. Every 'where the
language of abhorrence is the SAMCI and to us it
is matter of exultation to sect that, in all parts or
thi!i, metropolis, the City as well as in the %Vest-
end, there is a
.strong disposition opt only to give
our Peninsular Friends•an additional proof of the
sympathetic feelings of free-born Englishmen,
on the present occasion, but also to render the
interest excited in their favour efficient, by a
solemn appeal to the generosity of, the public.
Preparations are consequently making to call a
P4iic meeting as early as possible, which, we.
understand, is to be attended, by sonic of the first
characters in the cnnntry, of all parties. The
object of the meeting is not only to afford the public
of this metropolis an opportunity to ex pross their
seittithents on the subject of the unprincipled
violation of the laws of nations and popular rights,
which the King of France has announced it as his
intention to "commit,. bet oho to furnish the
niards and Portuguese with. such supplies of arms
and money as can be obtained, in order to. aid
them to defend their territory and Constitutions.
The French Government has for many months
been -waging a moral war against both, by injuring
their financial credit and depressing their re-
sources whet task therefore more noble can
Englishmen perform, titan IP CndC4VOkfr to al-
leviate the hardships to which the inhabitants or
these two countries are on the eve of being ex-
posf!d We are, therefore, confident tin Meet-
ing will be numerous,and that it will make knoWn
the sovereign detestation in Which the peeple of
this country hold the principles on, which the
Allied Powers presume to interfere in the national
concerns of independent nations.

[BRITISH PR ESS.]
An open declaration of hostilities between
France and Spain was confidently announced in
the city on Saturday. Thespeculators in foreign
securities have been so frequently detected in
propagating false reports .ssith a view to raise
depress the funds, that lye have long since re-
garded with distrust the intelligence received
from private correspondents. We have often
pronounced it as our, deliberate opinion, that
the peace of Europe will not he violated, and
we apprehend that every dispassionate and
disinterested politician who considers the clues;
tion without prejudice, will ,coincide in our
vievo:. That a division exists in the French
Cabinet we are perfectly ready to admit, but we;
are fully persuaded. that the pacific party have
acquired a complete ascendancy. During the
conferences at Verona; the power of Da
and Peyronnet was equally bahnced but the dis-
missal of 'Montmorency, the friend and confidant
of the Keeper of the Seals, announced the com-
plete triumph of the Minister of Finance, and
the defeat of the Paviii.dri Atarsan. What more
convincing proof could Louis give to the' world
of his pacific intentions what manner could
he so 'palpably announce to Europe his relue.
Niue to co-operate with the Allied Autocrats ?

imoaNING POST.)
The atrocity of the impending attack upon
Spain, unprovoked brany interrneddling on her
part with the concerns nr, other tuitions—unmiti-
gated -by any apjo or pretence of danger
to the tranquillity of neighbouring States, from
her bloodless and unre,isted improvement—ex-
cites.*deeper feeling of horror, and a louder cry
of indignation, a‘i the preparations for this ini-
quity advance„, and the moment of its perpetra-
tion approaches. The history of the world pre.
Seats its with no instance of oppreSSlOn fq) adverse
to the; general and uncorruPted feelings of
_mankind, -or so ominous of evil go -the hu-
man race, The curses of every • humane
and generous heart fall heavy on the au.
tbrirs of this calamity; and the pride, the
presnmptuous ptide, which causes their infatua.
,will infallibly lead, if not to their utter
downfall, at least to that abject humiliation by
which Providence is 'so often • seen' to chastise
those who arrogantly abuse the tatthority it has
youckitifed, for its °Wu wise puipMes, to commjt
to tilt it limuls.—There are, however, occasions
in'which it behoves nations as well as individuali
to view with disgust and indignation the progress
of injustice without snaking any /take vffOrtg to
IMpfql 0 ifs course. Forbearance may be the
dictate of wisdom, w hen at the same time, the,
opposition of violence to violence is the spontaneous
impulse of the most generous and noble passion.
Individuals sorry be always pardoned and some-
times commended for giving way to the prompt-
Inge of a just and generous indignation, even
when opposed to the more cool and sober sugges.
tions of reason ; but this indulgence can rarely
extewled to the 'conduct of Governments.—
The Refers of States have intrusted to their cart.
the welfare of millions, and the awful responsi.
bllity of this charge leaves tic apology for the
gusts of passion, but affixes at once to conduct
springing merely from warm and inconsiderate
impulse, the indelible character Of crime.

[MORNI NG II latA LO.:1
401110 account; are at length received of M. de
Lagarde, the French Ambassador to Aindrid, re»
rperting whose safety some II pprPlIP Apo
pedr to ha4e been entertained at Palls. Letteis
of Thursday, from the French capital, state that
his Poivelleury arrived safely at, llayonne`on the
morning of the 3d inst. M. de Lagarde luta de-
m/aided. iris pttssports ott the 26th- ult. but did
not rcePisql them till midnight on the 2801,
though he lUnt ordered the arms of France to be
taken down from his hotel; and it was not till the
30th that" they were countersigned by the Poli.
tical Chief of Madrid. At six o'clock ota that day

'te •
he set oir, accompanied only by M. Belloc, his
principal Secretary of Legation. The report made
by M. de Lagarde of the situation of the frontier
k sufficiently alarming. The bands of the Army
of the Faith stopped all travellers, whether
friend or foe, who fell in their way. His Excel-
lency met several couriers, who had beet) stopped,
and deprived of their dispatches, and passed a
cOurier of the English Cabinet, who had started
thirty hours before him, and to whom he had
himself entrusted dispatches for the French Mi-
nistry. At every step he encountered troops of
COnstitutionalists, or bands of the Army of the.
Faith. It had been expected at Paris, that as
soon as the arrival of M.de Lagarde on the French
territory was known, a declaration of war against
Spain would be issued ; but not a hint of the ac-
tual adoption of so desperate a step can be col-
lected either from the letters or the papers of
Thursday ; neither did the state of the funds
betray any alarm on the part of the public. The
rentes had fallen, it is true, from 82. 75., the
price of -Wednesday, to 80. 65., but the high
quotation of the preceding day is ascertained to
have been produced by a trick practised on the
monied interest of Paris. Tabricated copies of
the King of England's Speech, said to have ar-
rived in 24 hours, were exhibited on 'Change,
which put into his Majesty's moutka profession
of the strlc.test neutrality, in the event of a wet'
between France and Spain ; and as their genuine-
ness was believed, the funds naturally rose ; but
the rentes on Thursday were still 5 per cent.
higher than on the day the King of France's
_ Speech was deliiered.

[NEW TIMES.)
1 By the Paris Journals of Friday, which
ar-
rived last night, it is ascertained that the French
Ambassador,' M. de la Garde, reached 'Bayonne
inliafety on the 3d inst. Some persons had ima-
gined that the news of his arrival within the
French territory Would be followed by an instant
declaration of war on the part of France against.
Spain ; but it is manifest that the Ministry could
not reasonahly advise' such a measure until both
the Legialative Chambers had testified their ad-
herence to the policy announced in the King's
Speech. The Peers have already done so by their
Address ; and the Deputies probably will in two
or three days. Of the event lid reasonable doubt
can he entertained. M. de la Garde states,
that the whole country between Madrid and the
frontier is full of armed bands, and that those
Opposed to the Constitution are quite as nume-
rous as those in its favour. %nen a country is
in such a dreadful state of civil war, any inter-HI
vention which will turn the scale either way
mustlae (for the time at least) a 'blessing to the
eountry.. There are three French armies nearly
assembled on the frontier : and they will be
ready to enter Spain as soon as the season per.
them to:march. Such a force is more than.l
Sufficient to support the Royalists ; and we ob-1
sin-ire 'that. even The Englishman now begins to
hint at a probability that the. Republican party
will not stand. a contest." unless the Spa-
niards, like the Neapolitans, betray their coun
try stud, principles," says the Editor, " and
yield at the first onset, an event which we
think hardly possible." Still he thinks it by
no Means impossible : and so far we agree
With him. But he this as it may, the question of
a hind war is mock less important to us in our
present circumstances -than that of a sea war.
Ministers have used their best efforts to prevent
hostilities by-land, and the commercial interest
will , expect that they should' do as much or
more'to prevent hostilities by sea; On the one
hand, there is a rumour of at Russian fleet
being intended for the Mediterranean ; on the
other,' it is' certain that American and other
'privateers will be sent out both under
the Frond' and Spanish flags, if letters of
marque can be procured. We need not say hoW
desirable it is, that Russia should not come into
collision with our maratime interests in the Medi-
terranean; still less need we point out the vast
injury Which must arise to our commerce, if tho
EntOoeari' seas should be infested, as the West
Indian Seas have been, with shoals of pretended
privateers, but real pirates.

[THE TIMES.]
The political horizon, we regret to state, eon.
tinues thickening: we sincerely hope that the
blackness with which it is overspread may alarm
tin magicians themselves who have conjured up
the threatened storm, byfore it pours forth its
wrath on the suffering world, and that they may bb
content to let the clouds disperse hi peace, and the
sky resume its cheerful aspect: if not, may they
themselves be the first who perish in the tempest.
It now seems, that not only Spain is to be invaded,
but that even those countries, few in number
Gon knows, in which constitutional principles
have been long diffused, and free institutions
have actually taken root and are bringing forth
fruit, are required to despotize (if we may
create such a word) their Governments to the
taste of the foreign absolutes, the Members
of the Holy Alliance. Where this will end,
Heaven only ktiows: %%hen every germ of liberty
shall. have been nipped on the Continent, Eng-
land, we suppose, will be the next object aimed
at; and Should we sink, then the Genius of Ty-
ninny. will endeavour to extend its empire over
A merica, and to smother the rising hopei of the
New World.