The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-23 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 23.
The supplies of last week were goo.l, especially of Oats.
This morning our market has received but moderate quantities
of Corn from Essex and Kent, and hut little from Suffolk.
The fresh supply of Oats is also inconsiderable, so that the
market to-day is chiefly composed of the quantities that have
remained over from last week. The Flour trade is very dull ;
and the quality of Wheat for sale to-day being chiefly damp,
our millers purchased very little, and having no demand from
the country, the trade has been dull, at Much the same pikes
as this day se'nnight. Barley sells on full as good terms as
last Monday. There is a fair demand for Beans at the prices
last quoted. White Peas sell heavily ; and Grey Pease are Is.
to 2s. per quarter cheaper. Oats are abundant, and the buyers
holding off; occasions a dull trade, and the prices ate therefore
rather lower than last Monday.

AVBRAGE PRICE OF CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES,
IN THE WEEK ENDING ';;;IIRUARY 14.
Wheat, 675. 7d. 9 • Barley, 375. Bd. ; Oats, 255. 9d.; Rye,
40s. Od.; Beans, 425. 4d. ; Pear, 41s. Id.
The Average Price of Brown orMustovaclo Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 18th day of
February, 1824, is 345. 4!.d. per cwt.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEE. 23.
There was a good supply this morning of cattle Lt market ;
and in consequence of the wet weather and dullness or trade,
lower prices were demanded then this day sennight.

The Ladies of Manchester intend to establish
a Bazaar for the benefit of the Schools in Ire-
land, under the patronage of the Countess of
WILTON and Lady AIOSLET.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts front Morning Papers, Feb. 23.

[THE TIMES.]
The French Papers of Friday, which arrived
last night, are of very minor importance. The
Moniteur contains in its official part, both in the
Spanish and French languages, the Decree of the
King of Spain relative to the commerce with his
late colonies. —An article from ]Lome, of
4th of February, adds another to the list
of casualties in the Sacred College, in announcing
the death of Cardinal Louis Pandolfi, who was
attacked by an apoplectic fit on the night of the
Ist, and expired almost immediately. The Eloile
of Saturday's date repeats its former story of
warlike preparations at Lisbon for the invasion
of Brazil, and adds, that the expedition for that
purpose will be commanded by Lord Beresford.
This Journal manifests a strong disposition to
play the alarmist on this subject, but as the other
Papers say noting about it, these paragraphs ap-
pear to be wholly undeserving of credit. The
Atlil:ad des DAals contains a short article on the
question, which seems to have been much agi-
tated in France, of reducing the interest on the
Government Securities from sto 4 per cent. It
is any thing but explicit on this point, as the fol-
lowing extract from it will evince :—" It has
" escaped attention, that to allow this reduction
" to take place, it is enough that the Rente
" should be at par ; that point must he consider-
" ably passed, and that elevation must be main-
" tallied. We have, then, time yet before us ;
" transactions in finance are not measures preci-
" pitately concluded, and reliance may be placed
" on the wisdom and prudence of Government."

[3ionxixei POST.]
We are glad perceive that the meditated re-
peal of the Usury Laws, against the policy of
which we took occasion the other day to express
a strong opinion, has already excited a consi-
derable share of public attention. Previous
to the next discussion of the subject in the House
of Commons wo shall h►►ve some further obser-
vations to make, in the hope that the Bill now
before Parliament waay not ultimately be suffered
to pass into a law. At present we should merely
wish to know what object, what public good, is
contemplated from a repeal of the Statutes against
Usury ? Do they present any, the least, ob-
stacle to persons possessing valid security in
raising loans of money to any amount ? Are
they at all operative but as checks on !igen-
lions extravagance on the part of borrowers, and
as salutary restraints upon the rapacity of money
jobbers ? So far, therefore, are we from consi-
dering the 071115' to rest with the opposers of Mr.
Sergeant Onslow's measure, that in this, as in all
other cases, we contend the person who proposes
an alteration in the old, a►►d thence the funda-
mental laws of the country, is bound to show a
sufficient reason for the adoption of his proposi-
tion, in adducing unquestionable proofs of its
utility, either as a preventive of public evils or a
source of direct public good, before he can ex-
pect it to be sanctioned by the Legislature. Can
Mr. Sergeant Onslow or his supporters comply
with these terms ? We think not 3 but, on the
contrary, that the Hon. and Lea-rnecl Member's
Bill might be entitled an Act for encouraging
prodigality and legalizing extortion.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
it would seem that the spirit of opposition to
King Ferdinand's measures gradually increases,
and that the symptoms of disaffection which shew
themselves in several parts of the Peninsula,
begin seriously to alarm the French. Private
letters received from St. Sebaatian's and Bilboa,
mention, that an Aid-de-Camp of Riego, whose
name we understand is Valcarce, an extremely
intrepid man, and a native of the Biscayan Pro-
vinces, was in command of a guerilla party of 400
men, in the neighbourhood of Passages, and the
attitude he had already assumed was so imposing,
that the French were obliged to quit the place,as it
WAS supposed, with a view to enter the fortified
town of St. Sebastian's, although, when they took
their departure, they gave out that they were going
in.pursuit of the Guerilla above alluded to. In
the Biscayan Provinces, it is further stated, that
there are several other smaller parties acting in
concert with each other, and cutting off the com-
munication with the points occupied by the
French. The rising of Valcarce, with so consi-
derable a band of partisans, had placed the
whole province in state of commotion ; and, from
the daring character of the leader, and the sup-
port he has already found, it was thought that
the consequence would become extremely se- j
rious to the Servile party. Ile was besides im-
pelled by personal resentment, the Absolutists ,
having killed his wife, and treated him and seve-
ral of his friends with great indignity. He is
anxious to avenge the death of his former compa-
nion in arms, whose popularity having increased,
owing to the brutal outrages with which he was
treated by his executioners : it was expected
that he would find many followers, and give the
French some fresh occupation. Valcarce was one of
the La Isla officers, and when Abisba I's treachery
there was first discovered, he was of opinion that
the most prompt and decisive measures ought to
have been adopted against him and the other su-
perior officers who could not be trusted, as it was
evident that they were acting in concert with the
King's party in Madrid. He was then in com-
mand of a company, and lie offered to execute
with his own troops the plans he then suggested;
but the measure at the time was deemed too
alarming, and consequently abandoned, and this
gave A hisbal an opportunity of destroying the
first conspiracy at Port St. Mary's, Which, toge-
ther with the epidemic fever that at the time
broke out in the maritime towns of Andalusia,
delayed the Revolution till the commencement
of the following year. This disposition to or-
ganise Guerilla parties, which appears so preva-
lent in Spain at the present moment, may alarm
the tyrant on his throne ; so that, urged by M.
Marcellus, he may, perhaps, be induced to re-
lax his coercive measures, and grant the amnesty
SO much talked of, though we repeat it as our

opinion, that a measare of this kind could never
be effectual, as there are few persons who took
a leading part in the affairs of Spain, and now
out of the country, who would venture to trust
their persons within the power of a Monarch, who
prides himself on breaking his pledges, and con-
siders that he was born, and appointed by Hea-
ven, to be a Despot.