The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-08 00:00:00

zenith in the days of Charles V. and Phillip 11.
At that time it should be remembered, she, as well
as Portugal, were the centre for trade, as it were
of the world. They were the entrepot for the
production of the East and of Africa, as well as
for South America. These two countries were
the grand mart at which people from all parts
of the world met in order to an interchange of
their several merchandizes. Since then the
thing has altered, and England now is the
grand mart where buyers and sellers from the
Four Quarters of the World meet. But how long
even England may continue to be the grand mart
is uncertain, for if a direct communication should
be established on rivers, canals, and the sea, by
means of steam-boats direct from Europe to
Asia, and the civilized parts of Africa, even in
process of time, Greece, Persia, Chaldea, and
Palestine, might again become the entrepot.—
Changing the course of commerce has, at various
times, caused wonderful alterations. How is it
possible that such immense, cities in Babylon,
Nineveh, Athens, Jerusalem, Cairo, Thebes, &c.
could have flourished in the manner they did, ex-
cept on the supposition that those places were at
one time the emporium of the known world.

[NEW TIMES.]
Consols for account closed on Saturday a
They would probably have been higher
but for the news of a decline in the rentes
at
Paris, which opened
,on Thursday at 92f. 35c.
and closed at 91f. 86c., owing probably to the
conviction that Cadiz would not yield without a
sanguinary struggle. It appears to us that
too much stress has all along been laid on the
disposition of the moderate party in the Cor-
tes to come to terms. They certainly have
been so disposed ; but the moderate, in
such cases, are almost always over-ruled by the
violent. In the ltegicide Convention of 1793,
the majority were moderate, and had actually
pledged themselves to save the life of Louis
XVI. ; but the minority wielded the terrible
weapon of mob-law ; the moderate party, there-
fore, yielded to terror, and became criminal
through cowardice. So it may probably be in
Cadiz. Arguelles and the more respectable
Members of the Cortes, no doubt, see that a pro-
tracted resistance can produce nothing but a
waste of human life ; but they see also that if
they were at present to act on this conviction,
they would be torn to pieces by the fanatics of
the Republican faction ; and their fears probably
dictate a conduct which is represented as heroic.
—Be this as it may, we cannot be long without
hearing news of a decisive nature from the
French head-quarters. An Evening Paper as.
serts that the situation of affairs at Cadiz is such
as to cause considerable uneasiness to the
French Government, This assertion, like many
others which have proceeded from the same quar-
ter, is altogether incorrecti The French Govern.
ment have every reason to "anticipate a success-
ful result to the attack on Trocadero ; and that
post once carried, the fall of Cadiz may be re.
garded as inevitable. Equally unfounded is the
statement that the difficulties of the contest are
increasing to, the French. The surrender of Co.
runna, the submission of Ballasteros, the shut.
ting up of Mina in Barcelona, and Milans
in
Taragona, the clearing Spain of every army of
Revolutionists that was in the field—these are
strange modes of increasing the difficulties of the
French. That the Fr,ench Government are
anxious to effect a speetly termination of the
campaign IS most true. Humanity and policy
alike dictate such a wish, and we trust it will be
gratified in the mode most likely to secure the
permanent tranquillity of Europe. •

KEEPER ATTACKED BY A TIGER.-011 SMUT.
day night, about eleven o'clock, an occurrence
which had.nearly proved fatal in its consequence, ,
took place at Womwell's exhibition of wild
animals, in Bartholomew Fair. The company
had teased the red tiger till he was worked into
a terrible rage. Whilst in that state, the keeper,
whose name is Harry, entered the den by
small door, which he fastend on getting in. On
the animal seeing him, he sprang forward and
seized him by the throat with his teeth. The
poor fellow intrepidly struggled with the beast,
"and succeeded in throwing him on his back with
surprising agility ; but before he could make his
escape, he sprang on him a second time, and tore
the flesh from his right shoulder in a terrible
manner. The people ran in all directions, under
the influence of terror. Some of the other men
succeeded , in coaxing the beast off, by which
means the unfortunate keeper was, enabled to
retreat from the den. His neck was dreadfully
lacerated, as was also his shoulder. He was at.
tended by' a burgeon from the hospital, and he
now lies in a very bad state.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT:—Saturday, about one
o'clock, as one of
,the female performers belong-
ing to " Mr. PIKE'S Amusements," in Bartholo-
mew-fair, was adjusting her dress iu a part of the
booth where a candle is constantly kept burning,
her clothes caught fire, but having the presence
of mind to jump among the crowd the flames was
soon extinguished, although not until she was
dreadfully burnt. She HMS immediately conveyed
to St. Bartholoniew's hospital, and died at two
o'clock yesterday morning-

At Edinburgh BIRTHS.
On the fith inst., at his Lordship's house in Grosvenor-square,
the Right Hon. Lad' y Foley was safely delivered of a son.
Corruthers, Esq., on the 3d inst., the lady of William Thomas
, of Dormont, of a sun and heir.

MARRIED.
On Thursday, the 28th ult., at Lakenham church, in Nor-
folk, Charles Edward*, Esq., solicitor of that place, to Harriet,
second daughter of the late Mr. Francis Smith, of the city of
Norwich, and niece of Sir James E. Smith, &c.
At Halifax' on Tuesday last, Mr. William Hargrove, one of
the proprietors and Editor of the York !feral, to-Mary Sarah,
the youngest daughter of William Frobisher, K'sq., of the
former place.

DIED.
On the 3d inst., in hey 10 year, Mary. Douglas Burrington,
youonti:asTthudrasudgayhtiaerstof, :Tiro.
tO:nbhertua,Baugrer:7ll7s,7orfs. EivaisatryDßuol_.
with" Peckham Rye, Surrey.
bens.
On the 31st ult., at Peebles, North Britain, after a few days'
Vow, Oiles TeUlpleman, Esq., late a Boncher of the Hon.
Society of the inner Temple, aged 69.
At Orwell Manse, Ki,. 43.ibire, on the 28th of July, the
Rev. Mr. Patrick Spence.
At Baibary Hill, Jamaica, on the 22d June, in his 33d year,
;.`Ylr. Thomas Richardson, builder, late of Newcastle.