The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-18 00:00:00

TUE AIARKETS.

COHN EXCHANGE, Aun.
The unexpectedly abundant supplies. of lass week, and a
fair arrival this morning, have checked all disposition for spixola.
tion' and what sales were effected were at a redaction of full 3s. per
qr. from the prima, of this day se'nnight for superfine samples
of Wheat,, but there ia,tio demand for the inferior qualities,
although offered at a still further decline. Barley, Beans, and
Peas, are very heaVy sale, but not lower than last Monday.
The Oat trade is rather feverish, and will continue so until the
general average in officially knowh. Flour dull sale at 115,,
per sack,

ARRIVALS LAST wriA.

English Wrbeal, 1 tl,o6s—Barle'y, 340—Malt, 2,264-02 v,
4,750-11 ye, 0— Ileans.l,s43—Peas, 306—Foreign Wheat, 130
hish, 145—English Flour, 9,099 sacks•

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN IN ENGLAND txn wALrp,
IN TUE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 9.

Wheat, 60s. 4d, ; Barley, 325. lid. ; Oats, 235, 5t1.;
liGs. bd. ; Beans, 355. 4d. ; Peas, Ms. 341.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week eliding the lath day of
August, 1823, is 301. ON. per ewt.

Cattle, but th.
SIIIITIIFIELD MARKET, Atiarrr 18.
There was a hill market this morning of all descriptions of
not::
twhaseoriraxith:rpderualittonaer the prices of this day
sennight, and it is expected that a number of than will remain
unsold.
Beef -8s (hi to 3. .2eiki yea,...., ds 01 to tR Oti
Mutton - 35 tid to di 21 l'a 38 ik
Lamb 4s t to 5s 041.
RAE 40a) St3tAlir, PER. LOAD.
!fay X4 los to .1:5 (hi f Clover
Sultw .... ... I'2 2t4 to X 2 Bs. .

We iinderstaml that the Crouse Shooters on
the Moors in Northemberland and Durham haft
to colitond with so much rain during the lasi.
days at the sport, that but very little game, coma
paratively, had been bagged. Birds, on the
whole, are considered scdrce this seasoni

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers) August 18.

[THE TIMES.]
A rumour that Ferdinand VII. had been re.
leased was published as a telegraphic account in
the French Papers of Thursday last. It, how-
ever, was not asserted to be true : it was merely
said that the intelligence, 44 if true," was likely
to be confirmed on the following day by an offi-
cial statement from head-quarters,and it is known
by the private letters that up to a late hour on
Thursday no confirmation of the event had arriv-
ed. We should interpret, as a good omen to the
Spanish cause, the publication by the Monileur,
in its official part, of a verbal account col-
lected from a Spanish courier at Bayonne. It
evinces a feverish impatience to grasp at fa-
vourable news, and a distrust of the re-
sult, which is any thing but characteristic of
a prosperous state of affairs. But the defec-
tion of Ballasteros must materially qualify all
hopes derived from that source. Till confirma-
tion arrives, however, neither the fall of, Cadiz,
nor the liberation of the King, will be believed.
The articles of the convention between Molitor
and Ballasteros are, given in this day's journal.
There is not, as might be expected from the
traitor, one line of stipulation on behalf of the
cause which he betrayed. lle has secured, if the
other party keep its promise, his own rank and pay
with that of the other officers ; but how far he may
Lave prevailed upon them,oru pon the soldiers w hom
he would disgrace, to take ad vantage of his treason,
there is no ground for conjecturing in any of the
French accounts. Zayas is as yet not implicated
it' the bargain, which, however, has been ratified,
together with that of Morillo, by the Regency,
after a vehement but fruitless opposition. So re..
pngnant ,-Pintleed",- to the conscience of these mock
Monarchs was every species of contract or agree-
ment with those who had acted on did side of the
constitution, that not even the merit of betraying
it could buy their favour. The Duke Del In-
fantado was reported to be on the eve of a jour-
ney to Naples ; because he would not bear of
mercy, forgiveness, or moderation towards his.
countrymen ;- and would be a partaker in no such
acts of unworthy weakness. It was likewise
rumoured at Paris, that the Regency were alto-
gether about to take leave of Madrid and to fix
their abode for a time at Burgos or Valladolid.

It is impossible to read out"extracts from the'
Lisbon Papers without seeing that Portugal. is,
as we some days ago represented it, 'in a state
not merely unsettled and agitated, but alarming
to the present party in power. The Ultras are
openly checked in their zeal, which it appears
has broken out in acts of violence and outraged
Jest it should provoke the opposite part of the'
people to re-action ; and the probability, not to
say notoriety of such a spirit of 're-action,. is
alluded Win language of serious import,: leading'
to a conclusion that the actual Portuguese Go-
vernment meditates the introduction of a foreign
army to maintain itself against the disobedient
temper already prevalent amongst its own sub-
jects.—(Aid.)

[MORNING HERALD.]
Thursday's Paris Papers have arrived since
our last. The Monileur contains a telegraphic
dispatch from Bayonne, stating the important
intelligen e, which reached us by express on Sa-
turday morning, too late for that day's publica-
tion, but became known to the London public,
from the Herald Office, early in the forenoon. It
was this, that a letter of the lOth, from Madrid,
announced the liberation of the King of Spain,
the embarkation of the Cortes, and the cessation
of hostilities before Cadiz. There is nothing
detailed or specific. It does not appear
on board what vessels the Cortes ,embark-
ed, but one of the minor papers states it
as a rumour that an English frigate was
expected to receive on board such Spaniards
as did not chuse to remain, and that a pacification
would immediately follow, through the media-
tion and under the guarantee of England. It
is true the telegraphic news in the Muniteur
did not reach Bayonne officially,• and there-
fore does not command unqualified credit—
But it is highly probable—After the defec-
tion of Ballasteros, who was chiefly looked to
for the protection of Andalusia, the Isles of Leon,
and of Cadiz, must fall, sooner or later, by force
or by famine. It is almost certain that the
Moniteur of Friday will contain official
gence on the subject ; and as we shall probably
have received it by express in the course of tjie
night, subsequently to the moment at which tis
is written, we shall indulge in no further obser-
vation.—Some particulars are mentioned of ope-
rations in Catalonia, but as they are not import-
ant in themselves, and are rendered wholly unin-
teresting by what appears to have taken place at
Cadiz, it is unnecessary to notice them.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
As vague and visionary a story as ever dis-
graced the Exchange of Paris or-London, created,
nevertheless, on Saturday afternoon and yester-
day a strong sensation in the town. We allude
to the alleged,news (derived from a traveller at
Bayonne, and thence transmitted by the telegraph
to Paris) that Ferdinand was free—that the
Cortes had embarked—and that hostilities before
Cadiz had ceased. It ought, however, to be fur.
titer remarked, that the Madrid Regency was
quoted as the chief source whence this sweeping
piece of information was derived.—lt was nu.
tural to expect that so striking an event, as the
the departure of the Duke d'Angouleme from
Madrid, would give rise to some great stock-
jobbing scheme, and that a story would be in-
vented, founded on some circumstance connected
with it, or at least with the colouring given to
the French Generalissimo's visit to Andalusia,
supposed to be intended to terminate the war at
once. The least reflection would have shewn
the frivolity of the whole fabrication. That the
French every day become more tired of the war
in which they are engaged, and see the difficulty
of getting out of it increase on them, we are
ready to acknowledge. The Duke d'Angouleme

did not, however, leave Madrid under the hope
of entering into any negociations, under the
auspices of England, which might have the de-
sired effect. He quitted the Spanish capital be-
cause he was tired of witnessing the follies of the
Regency, and because his remaining there with a
small body of troops to proect him, was as unsafe
as it was disagreeable. lie was desirous of being
with one of the principal divisions of his army,
sufficiently strong to protect him under all emer-
gencies. lie has now had an opportunity of know-
ing that the Cadiz Government and Cortes are
firm, and that they have pledged themselves to the
nation never to make any compromise, either con-
trary to the national feelings or the existing insti-
tutions, and that every day serves to strengthen
this resolve. The Duke has at last also discovered
one of the grand motives why the Emperor of Rus-
sia and his active agent, Pozzo di forgo, were
sci anxious to impel France into a war against
Spain. He has, in fact, found out that the Russian
Minister, ostensibly sent to Madrid to compliment
the Regency, was instructed, and has actually en-
tered into a secret treaty with the said Regency, for
the transfer of the Balearic Islands, viz. Majorca,
Minorca, &c. to Russia,: independent of both
France and England, as a remuneration for that
zeal and readiness with which- the Great Alex-
ander, and all his agents, have supported the
anti-constitutional cause of Spain, to which' the
Honourable Members of the Regency them-
selves were so much indebted for the very
seats they hold in the singular Government
they have created. The fact is, that the
Duke, since his arrival in Madrid,- has ex-
perienced nothing but disgust. Every day he
became more and more alarmed at the magnitude
of the task he had undertaken, and owing to that
the French Government had been deceived by

the insincere and senseless reports of the Spanish
Refugees, the principal instigators of the present
war. Be foresaw the difemma into which are
rash and impolitic conduct of the Regency would'
drive him, and for this purpose, previous to his
departure from Madrid, he divided the Peninsula
into military districts, which he confided to his
own officers, rendering them totally independent
of the Regency, in every thing they might think
would operate against his-own policy.

[MORNING POST.]
French Papers to the 16th instereacliett us l'ast
night by Express. Their arrival was' anxiously
expected, as it was thought - that they would
contain a positiVe confirmation or denial of the
intelligence brought by those of the 141 h, on
Saturday afternoon, which announced, on the
strength of an unofficial telegraphic 'dispatch
from Bayonne,- the delivering up of the King
of Spain, tha embarkation of the Cortes, and,
the cessation of hostilities before. Cadiz. Tn
publishing that communication. the Moniteur
fairly stated' that,:" if the news should be true, it
could' not fail to be very soon confirmed by a te-
legrOphie dispatch which' would bear an official
character.l! No such.. confirmation having been
received when these Papers, now in our possession,•
were printed, we 'might-take the illoniteit)..at its.
wor4 and at once declare the stews to be false.
But events of so. unexpected a nature have
lately .occurred in Spain, that it N impossible

to reason on probabilities ; as what appears
most unlikely one day, is sometimes found

to be the fact the next. - -The defection of Bat.
lasteros may have produced upon the Corte and
the People of Cadiz a greater impression than
we think it ought to have done, foreseen as it
must have been by all who watched attentively
the conduct of that Commander. It is also pos-
sible that he may have been secretly authorised
to negociate for more than himself and his
army, and that the facility with which he
yielded may have been connected with arrange.
ments of a more extensive and perhaps more
satisfactory nature than. appearance would lead
one Co expect. Hints to this effect are not
wanting in the French Papers, and there is some
talk of stipulations which have not been allowed

to transpire,- perhaps because they were entered
into with the Duke of Ansouleme, whilst the
litary convention concluded with Molitor was
unreservedly given to the public. All this,
however, is little more than conjecture, and
must remain so till' the next official dispatch
from Madrid. It is evident, however, from
the general tone of these Papers, that the con-
tents of the Bayonne communication were not
credited in Paris. It was even considered an
extraordinary circumstance, and one of a suspi-
cious nature, that any Officer should have taken
upon himself to send by the telegraph Worm-
tion which he declared at the same time had not•
reached him in an °Vial form.