The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-05 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, Ju VI 5.
The quantity of Corn that came in last week was tolerably.
good. This morning there is a good shew of sampl a of alt
sorts of Grain, except Barley and Pease. Superfine samples
of Wheat meet a ready sale on full as good terms as this
day se'nnight ; but damp qualities are neglected and canuot
be sold, although oarcd even on lower terms. There is
so little Barley at market, that grinding parcels have attain
advanced Is. per qr. Beans sell very heavily, and hardly sup.
port last prices. Boiling Pease fully maintain last Monday's.
terms. In Grey Pease no alteration. Oats find buyers, but not
very readily, at the terms last quoted. The Flour trade re-
mains the same as last reported.

♦RRIVALS LAST WELK.

English Wheat, 6,428 Barley, 2511—Malt, 6,977-oata,
I,3o4—Beans, 1161—Peas, 372-IriahOata, 1740 nre.—Ettg•
lisle flour, 8,840 mks.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN, FROM TUE R.
TURNS RECEIVED IN TEL WEEK ENDING JUNE
Wheat, 61s. 10d. • Barley, 325.. 9.1. ; Oats, 275. 2d.; Bye,
41s. 10d. ; Beans, 311 s. 2d. ; Peas. 395. 11d.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
June 30, 1824, is 31s. 20. per cwt.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Jur.Y 5.
The following is an accurate Report of the nutnbcra and
prices at Smithfield Market this morning :
CATTLE AT MARXZT:.
Beasts 2020 I shop and 141,MD3 .., 20320
Calves no 1 Pigs
To sink the Offal, per stone of OM
Beef Ss ad to 4s Od j Veal .......... 4a Od to as Ad
Bluttan 38 10d to 4s Ita Pork 41 04 to 5s Od
Lamb 5$ ( to 611 Od.
WAY •V 1) sTuawt rim LOAD.
flay £4 OStraw sto£o O s 1 Clotover£2 10s. £4 lOs to *X6 6s
... 1:2 Os

The CORN MA/MET at NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, on
Saturday last, (the 3d inst.) was remarkable for its dullness.
Although there was a large supply, and particularly of second.
rate Santo, of Wheat, very little business was done, at a re-
duction of about 3s. per quarter. The weather, upon the
whole, is by no means a solution to the depressed currency.

We. understand that the banns of ma►rri`age
were published at St. Martin's Church, for the
first time, on Sunday 2,7 th June, (between Mous
Caorr and MART[ NuNN), and forbidden yester.
day by the father of the said MUSES Cuorr, he
being under age,

TEE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

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Extracts from the Alornin; Ayers, July 5.

[MORNING CHRONICLE]
A considerable degree of agitation prevailed
throughout Friday and Saturday on the Royal
Exchange, and the public funds of every nation
nave been more or less affected by rumours in
circulation, from none of which, however, even
should they rest on good foundation, can any re•
suit hostile to the peace of Europe be naturally
inferred. The dangerous state of the health of
his Most Christian Majesty has been long known.
He has been politically dead for upwards of
twelve months, and his actual decease now would,
in all probability, make little difference in the
policy of the French Cabinet, for it has been for
some time regulated by the successor to the
Crown. Another report in circulation is, that
the King of Hanover has determined to send
seven thousaud soldiers to Lisbon to maintain the
tranquillity of the kingdom of his Most Faithful
Majesty against the machinations of the Queen,
her hopeful son, and a few furious priests and
bigots, who can only see, in the progress of ci-
vilization, the speedy destruction of their own in-
fluence. This rumour is important, because at
the first view it appears to be a de.
parture from the declared policy of the British
empire not to interfere in the interual disputes
of independent nations. To extend her com-
merce in all quarters of the globe, and to protect
that commerce by her fleets, is the only certain
Plan for maintaining the power and increasing
the riches of the British people, and therefore
only'an extreme case can justify the British
rasters in departing from this obvious policy, by
iiiterfering in the disputes if European politics.
It is now some time since the King of Portugal
is understood to have applied to the British Ca-
binet for military assistance, and it is now confi-
dently asserted that this request has been com-
plied with. Whether this resolution be in con-
sistence with the best interests of Great Britain,
is doubtful ; but the interference of England at
present with Portugal, will be on principles dia-
metrically opposite to those which induced the
French Government to invade Spain. The
King of Portugal is universally acknowledged
to be an upright man,and to be actuated by prin-
ciples of humanity which do honour to his heart.
it is, however, probably as much an object of no.
cessity as of choice, that the liberal party in Por-
tugal should receive assistance from England, for
a considerable French force is collected within
forty miles of Lisbon, and as the bigots will as-
suredly make another attempt to establish their
principles, not a doubt is entertained that the
French forces will interfere if England does not)
and then the frightful scenes, now exhibited in
iipaiu, may be extended to Portugal, and the free.
dom of the whole of the Peninsula may be for
ages overthrown.—The Portuguese Government,
it is understood, engage to pay the expence of this
auxiliary force, and if speedily furnished, it will
be the means of saving Portugal from the fate of
Spain. On the English Stock Exchange a de-
cline of fully 2 per cent. has been
one of the con-
sequences of the rumour respecting Portugal.

ptionNixci PoST:I
A Royal Ordinance has appeared in the Moni.
tour which has excited both surprise and plea-
flare, and has been considered as a triumph by the
Chateaubriand party. It orders the appointment
of,a Commission to collect all the facts and docu
ments calculated to afford the means of appreciat-,,
hag the cause's and necessity of the Suplementary
,Supplies granted for the service of 1823 (the war
In Spain), and to prepare a Report, which is to be:
hid before the King, before the I.st of next De-
eember. The Committee consists of Marshal
Nackdonald, Doke of Tarente, Comte Valle-
manzy, Comte Daru, Comte de Vaublanc ; Baron
de Labouillerie and Ilalgan. The appointment
of such a Commission immediately after the
law for granting those supplementary supplies,
bad passed the Chamber of Deputies is at-
tributed, and with apparent justice, to the
exposure made in that Chamber of the extra-
vignnt if not dishonest manner in which the
contracts for the army were made before and dur-
ing the Spanish war with the much talked of M.
Ourrard. The numerical superiority of the Mi-
nisters, in the Chamber of Deputies, triumphet
oyer the effector that exposure ; but after wheat
lately took place in the Peers, they tyraevaoutr.
Meet that pause, without previously
ing to disarm its hostility by a concession like
the prsent. Both the Journal dos Depais and
the Quolidicnne exult in the victory which they
conceive their party to have gainedss
with much
over M. de
Villele ; and the former expreB
Confidence an expectation that by_ .y
he will not the'tiMe the
Report of the Commbislon is ready
be in office to receive I. On Wednesday the
t Council of Ministers, who re-
mained with his
King presided-Ipresided a- aMajesty' an hour and a half.
The Juno frigate,. which
conveyed Count Guille-
minot to Constauttnople, has lately returned to
Toulon.

[arorixm umtar.n.]
It was rumoured on the Stock Exchange on
Saturday that tiro King of Portugal had de-
manded a military force from this country. This
we oink not likely, or if it were the fact, our
croyeriimerit would not divulgeis not,
however, impossible but that an application may
be made of such a nature at some future period,
iiroeided that Portugal wishes to preserve itself
from the grasp of the French. We are of opi-
Ulan that the latter Government had something
to do with the insurrection caused by Don
Mignel. It is 'Moreover our opinion, that if
filngland does not obtain virtual possession of
Portugal the. French will. Whether it would be
politic in us to do so is a question we are
not now prepared to diseuss, lit. if we could
keep ten or twenty thousand men in that
country at 'no greater eSpente 'than they On
be maintained' in' this country, probably we might
as well have thrim there as at home, If Jutio.of
Portugal should risk US to send a force to preterit
Wm from being treated as. the French have,served
klerdinand of Spain ; and if by'suth'it- Mt% turf!
We could preserve 'Portugal as en ally instead

of having her added to the grand Continental
Alliance—which in all probability is preparing
to try whether it cannot humble us—it might
be as well ; but if maintaining a large force in
Portugal should materially increase our expences,
and therefore impede the Ministers in their finan-
cial schemes for the reduction of the interest of
the debt, then we should prefer that our Mit*.
stera imitate the policy of his Celestial Majesty
of China, and kept our troops at home. As to
the nonsense put forth by some of our contem-
poraries of the political impropriety we should
commit, by taking virtual possession of Portugal,
thus sanctioning and giving countenance to Austria
in the retention of Italy, and France of Spain—we
regard it not; for it may become a question with
our Cabinet, whether it would not be prudent to
get footing on the Continent, with a view to our
own eventual salvation in a political respect. Whe-
ther we send troops to Portugal or not, the
Austrians will retain Italy, and obtain posses-
sion of Switzerland, as soon as all things are ripe
for it. The French will also retain Spain ; and
Russia will, if she can, get hold of Turkey and
Greece. Whether we should stir when any op-
portunity occurs in helping ourselves to any part
of Europe, is a question that probably Mr. Can-
ning may be more master of than we are. At the
same time, it is a question that we dare say puzzles
him, notwithstanding the talents which all ad-
mit him to be possessed of. It is rather mor-
tifying, however, thnt after having spent a thou-
sand millions in re-establishing the Bourbon Altar
and Throne in France, we should, as it were, be
driven by the dynasty wo have restored, to the
dilemma of either taking hold of Portugal our-
selves, or of seeing the French march to Lisbon
upon seine pretence or other. This little circum-
stance ought to teach present and future Minis-
ters to beware of interfering with other nations
as to changes in the form of their Government.

Nub: TIMES.]
The rumour we mentioned on Saturday, of an
application having been made to this Government
by Portugal for the aid of the troops to preserve
tranquillity in the dominions of his Most Faithflil
Majesty, has since been circulated with increased
confidence. It is now said, not only that such an
application has been wade, but that it has been
acceded to by our Cabinet, and that 5,000 Hano-
verian auxiliaries (not English) will immediately
be placed at the disposition of the King of Portugal.
Some curious particulars are further stated, which
tend greatly to elucidate the causes that gave
rise to the Portuguese application. We have
reason for believing that they are not of recent
date, but that the origin of the request is to be
traced to that situation in which the King found
himself, before those movements of the Queen
and Prince Miguel had developed themselves,
which had so nearly effected the King's de-
thronement. It was then that his Most Faith.
ful Majesty discovered the extent of his own
danger, and that he had enemies within
his own Palace, who were bent on his destruc-
tion. lie immediately conveyed to England
through the Ambassador, a representation of the
intrigues, which bad been set on foot ; and, in
consequence of the personal peril to which he
was exposed, solicited the fulfilment of that
clause in the treaty between the two countries
by which England stipulates to supply troops for
his protection. The English Cabinet being de-
cidedly in the pursuit of a pacific policy, declined
taking a step of this nature withoutun previously
the Allied Powers, d dispatches
were accordingly transmitted to the different
Courts to ascertain their sentiments. In the
mean time the events occurred which had
so nearly placed his Most Faithful Majesty
beyond the reach of all foreign assistance.
Though now reinstated in his full powers, the
Queen removed from Court, and Prince Miguel
sent on his travels, the King continues too
sensible to the perils of the storm he has encouns
tered, to feel perfectly at his ease, and has there-
fore renewed his former solicitation. Fortunately
for him, it is (INcovered in the interim that the
measure, so far from encountering any opposi-
tion from the members of the holy Alliance, ob-
tains their most cordial acquiescence, and no
obstacle therefore remains to the consent
The resolution of the Cabinet, we
of
s to he carried into effect with the
least possible delay. We hear that Portugal
having in the first instance asked for English
troops, encountered a positive refusal, until the
expedient presented itself of substituting Hano-
verian auxiliaries.

Pays.)
Advices from Madrid to the 22(1 ult., were re.
ceived at our Office
last night, via Bayonne.
Among the most important matters mentioned in
them is the rumour at Cadiz that a loan of 15
millions sterling will be raised in this country.—
The pretence is to enable the Spanish Govern-
ment to wage war against the Algerines. We
have no doubt that the destitute condition of the
Spanish treasury will compel It ultimately to
have recourse to this expedient, and at no distant
date. If Ferdinand were willing to defraud the
other creditors of the State, as he has those who
furnished him with the supplies of his table
daring the Constitutional system, he cannot dis-
pense with paying his civil and military func-
tionaries ; and as the revenue which he had
drawn from the contributions of the Clergy is
expended, and little can be exacted from his
wretched subjects, no resource remains for him
but a foreign loan. As a preliminary step, he
must of course, in some shape or other, do justice
to those who advanced the loan of 1821, and we
think also that of 18'23. Full payment is not,
perhaps, to be expected, but substantially the
loans must he acknowledged. In the present state
of the world, the financial honesty of Governments
is essential, not only to their greatness, but
to their very existence. Moral power is
the basis of their strength. Ferdinand, on
his return 'to Madrid, was escorted, it ap-
pears by a detachment of French troops under
Gen. Digeon, and by some Spaniards under Que.
sada. He nave immediate orders for the instal-
Winn of the niutas of Purification. The Con-
, stitutionelists thus continue to suffer his per-
secution, though we learn that to a body of

them, who bad returned from France, lie is in-
debted for the/capture of Geueral Capape, who
was traversing the country, proclaiming the In-
fant Don Carlos by the title of Charles V.
The difference of the sway which the brothers
would exercise must be so very trifling, that we
hardly think it was worth the choice of the
Constitutionalists. Charles V. could not de-
vote himself with more mischievous zeal to
the ruin and degradation of the kingdom ; cer-
tainly he could not manifest a more unrelenting
hatred to the Liberals. The publication of the
amnesty has only been the signal for the renewal
of the reign of terror. The bad faith with which
it is executed, has compelled those who previ-
ously anticipated no molestation to seek refuge
at Gibraltar. The price of corn has declined,
but that of bread is not yet much reduced, and
the general distress is aggravated by an excessive
drought throughout Spain. The priests avail
themselves of these calamities to work up the
phrenzy of the superstitious, by the acts of the
most shocking blasphemy.

[xaw TIMES.]
Nothing is more popular in this country than
a political alarm ; and we do not remember any
alarm at once so vague in its character, and so
powerful in its operation, as that which prevailed
on Saturday. Consols in the morning opened at
94i, declined to 93.-}, and closed at 944 ; being a
full of two per cent. in this species of Stock since
Thursday last. The Foreign Securities were also
depressed ; at the close of business Mexican Scrip
was 1+ discount. Colombian Scrip, after being
at 3i, closed at discount. Portuguese Bonds,
which were on Friday 90, closed at 861. Two
causes were assigned for the depression in
the British Funds—the indisposition of Louis
XVIII. and the determination to send German
troops to Portugal ; but neither of these circum.
stances, even if true, would in our opinion justify
such a panic. It was asserted that the King of
France had suffered a serious attack, which kept
him for some time in a state of insensibility ;
that a mortification of the extremities had taken
place, and rendered amputation of two of his
lingers necessary ; and at last it was asserted that
he was actually dead. The French Papers of
Friday morning seem to contradict this news
most completely. They state that on Thurs-
day the King heard mass in his apart-
ments, and that he afterwards transacted
business with M. De Villele ; but what is
still more conclusive, the French Funds
maintained their prices at Paris, the Routes
for the
been utterlyAccounton rl' ursda closing
whicho would
the Bourse : and equally impossible would it
impos-
sible had any news of the King's danger
i reached
d ttitatvel 02f.
85e.
have been to prevent the news from reaching the
Bourse had it been true. We may therefore
assume that this intelligence was, to say the least
of it, much exaggerated ; but, for our part, we
should be disposed to say, that even the death
of Louis XV [II. would not afford just occasion
for serious alarm in England. There is at pre-
sent in France no faction capable of ex-
citing the least commotion on such an event.
There is therefore no fear of Revolution ; end,
so far as we can learn, there is no reason to ap-
prehend even a change of Ministry. M. de Vil-
lele is said to enjoy the personal favour of Mon-
sieur, the next heir to the Throne, in as high a
degree as he does that of the present King. It is
true that there would, in such a case, be a disso-
lution of the Chamber of Deputies, and the ma-
jority in support of M. do Villele might possibly
be diminished in a future Session. But even of
this result we see no great probability ; and so
long as M. de Villele remains in place, we think
the policy of France is likely to be pacific.—
Still less ground is there to dread any evil effect
to ourselves from the agitated state of Portu-
gal. We have no reason to believe the report
that six thousand Ihmoverians are about to be
sent to that country; but if they should be
sent, they will be found sufficient to preserve
tranquillity. The very mildness of the Re-
volutions which have occurred in Portugal with.
in the last four years, has left parties pretty
equally balanced there. This circumstance,
while it may render the introduction of a foreign
force the more advisable, makes it at the same
time less likely that any resistance should be
offered to them on the part of the general popu-
lation. With regard to the foreign securities,
especially those of South America, we apprehend
that the cause of their depression is of a more
permanent nature. It has become matter of ge-
neral notoriety that the new Transatlantic Re-
publics are in a more disturbed state than was
lately supposed. They may eventually get over
their difficulties; but this will require time and
perseverance.

Sir CNA itr,ES MottoAN's Annual Cattle, Show,.
at Courtybella Farm, Tregedar, near Newporti
is fixed for December the 21st next. No. less
than thirty-seven silver cups have already 1)a-en
promised, and are now making to be distributed
on that day, by various noblemen and patrons of.
agriculture.
Within the last fortnight upwards of 200 per.
sons have been fined by the Lord AlaYort for obstructing
the streets, and the consequence is now palpable, The traffic
in the shops in the principal streets is carried on comparatively
without interruption, and the public are subject to but few of
those perils to which they were constantly liable before the
new Street Act was rigidly enforced.