The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-07 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, Arm. 7.
There was another very large arrival of Flour last week, but
of all kinds of Grain the supply was but moderate. This morn•
ing there were some good quantities in from Kent, hut not
much from other parts. Wheat continues precisely in 'the
same state as reported last Monday. Fine Barley meets put.•
ctipsers on full as good terms as last quoted i other sorts sold
heavily. Peas of both descriptions filly maintain their value.
There is nothing doing at present in the trade for Beans, which
remain at last Monday's prices. Oats come to market sparingly,
and the demand being considerable, this article obtains rather
higher prices. The Flour trade is di o.
dl.•
Wheat, Red 348 50s Pease, White .... .... ... 28s 40s.
--.. White " 42* &6s —,---. Grey '•tiii 31s
Rye ''2s 28s Beans 39s ns
Barley oils 38s Oats 165'29%
Malt 42s tiOs Flour 4ot 50a
ARUIVALS LAST WEEK.
English Wheat, s,29l—Barley, 3,499—Ma1t 2,488-oatc,
4,7s3—Beans, I,9ll—Peas, 440—Irish Oats, 3,498.—Ma1t,
Flour, 10,381. .

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN IN Eli/OLANT) AND WALLA.
Wheat, 80s. 4d. • Barley. 335. hi. ; Oats, 21s. 3d. ; Rye,
Ns. 4d. ; Beans, 2415. Od ; Peas, 335. 3d.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 2d day u;'
April, 1823, is 375. Pd. per cwt.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 7.
There was a good supply of Cattle at Market this morning,
and the prices were rather lower than on last Market-day.—
Owing to the badness of the weather thetrade was rather heavy.
Reef 3s Od t 0.48 f Veal
Mutton Od to 4s 4d Pork
Lamb hs Od to Os
DAY AND STRAW, PEI( LOAD.
flay 1:3 lOs to £4 4s f Clover .£4 Os to .£4 104
Straw £2 lOs to £3 Os.

A Preacher once, ht a, sermon on Easter Sun-
day, said,' that our Saviour in rising from
dead appeared .first to women, that the Iniracie
might be the sooner published abroad. - And an,
other impertinent Parson, who had taken hi 4
ten from the Gospel of the Good Sarnaritan,siti,l
it was the longest in. the Bible becanseva woinan
spoke it. But what signifies talkers.
A most beautiful milk-white sea-gull, remar'L.
able for its tractableness, has been seen.for,
wards of eight years, at Sundown Port; se ii,
of Sir W. Wynn, Bart. The bird generally "fiat's
its way to the Fort about the month of Septcrn'.,
ber, and continues till March, when it quits thi4
charming retreat. It is so remarkably doeik:
;that.it comes to the window of the Fort for rood,
and will not suffer any one but the ittbabi(atit to
feed it.

A. most .disgraceful scene, hut, we are happy
to say, one of very rare occurrence, took place
on Leith Links on Sutiday forenoon during
divine Service. Two brothers,. Irishmen,. bud
quarrelled about some trifling matter when
they agreed to fight, and, along with other
two pf their countrymen is seconds, proceed..
ed to the Links, and set to in regular style.
—A, great crowd speedily collected, and Borne
Gentlemen who were attracted to the spot by
the mob, endeavoured to put a stop to the
disgraceful exhibition, but the seconds Would
not allow them to interfere,, and even struck
one or two gentlemen for attempting to do so.
After several rounds, in which the two brothers
exhibited marks of the conflict,,a party, of police
I officers arrived, who put an end to the battle;
but. one of the seconds, a stout, powerful felipte,
probably wishing for .a turn-up, struck several
persons, and, was only prevented from farther
I mischief by being buckled hands and feet by the
police officers. One of the combatant, and the
quarrelsome second were carried to the police
o.ffice, and next.day the former was fined in MN.
or to be confined SO days in Bridewell, anti the
latter iu 20s. or confined in l3rideweil 80 days.
The other. combatant and second escaped.—
(.Edizthurgh Courant, Arrii 3.)

TliE LONDON.
,JOUItNAIas•

ICKTRACTg FROM IRE DLIIN MORNING PAPERS,
April 7, 183.

[WANING CHRONICLE.]
Government, within the last week, have kept
upon extremely active correspondence with Spain.
They have received, several special Messengers,
and on Friday a vessel was sent off to Cadiz with
answers, and- another, we believe a vessel of war,
will sail. for the same destination early in the
week. We are very confident that this corres-
pendence does not relate to any new negociations ;
but if it is intended to obtain a correct idea of the
resources of the Spaniards, we dare express a hope
that Sir IVm.A'Court will tell the truth, and that he
does no al low himself to be misled. Our Embassy in
Spain,oflate,has not beennoted for talent,nor have
its Members been remarkably cordial with the
liberal.part of the people among whom they re-
side.. Their reports, therefore, cannot be over
sanguine ; yet we should feet satisfied if they
were only just. Fortunately it is not of much.
consequence to the Spaniards, if they do not
organiie a very brilliant Commissariat. Their
soldiers do not require su many tholes, per com-
panyoo convey their baggage, .Itor large maga-
zines •to supply them. with provisions. The in-
habitants-on their line of march willreatitly meet
their "wants, and enthusiasm and forbearance will
make up for all. deficiencies, Their national
honour and,every thing they hold'dear, is at stake,
and these' they will defend. They are ten times
better prepared now than whew the French in-
vasion commenced, and. their country is susceptible
of the best defence, from its great inequalities of sur-
face and the multitude of good, positioqs which may
be taken up to stop the progress of an enemy.—
They have had time to prepare and organize, and
they have not lost a moment. For them the
hesitation of the French is beneficial:. They
have heard the threats of Louis, and they now
find he hardly dares carry them into execution.
This even begins to be a prevailing opinion in
Paris, for letters from thence received. on Satur-
day, of the highest political character, say—
"-that the French army, if it advances at all,
will not move before the 15th (April), however
it might have been given out that it was to cross
the Bidassoa on the, Ist." We must therefore
wait with patience, although it is a querry whe-
ther the Spaniards will.

[Tue TIMES.
A Meeting of the County Suffolk was held
litst week, when Resolutions were passed, and a
Petition voted in favour of Parliamentary Re.
form. We do not notice this as a singular fact,
for where, indeed, have not Petitions, recom.
meeding the same measure, been carried ? But
we observe that Mr. Gooch, who has hitherto
acted and spoken as the nnti.reform Member for
that County, says, in substance, " That he had
" not declared himself decidedly against every
" plan of Reform, but Only said that no plan SO..
" mitted to the Public met his approbation." fn.
nation may therefore consider itself Us having Mr.
Conch in its Interest on the subject of Reform.—
tt might be long before a plan were Jilt off, to
suite exactly the gentleman's taste ; but upon the
siMple 'qUestion, Whether or not any reform were
advisable, his vote ought to he in tbe affirmative.
Would we could lied out that Mr. Gooch's leaders
ware of the same opinion, for then it would be
their duty to introduce some measure founded on
the previous admission ; and so would Parlia-
mentary reform 1:1:l into hands likely to give it
effect. But what is chiefly worthy of con.
temptation in this subject is, that the public
conviction, is now so decided, the injury
springing from the
,present system so clear, and
the of 'a' reform r in it so undeniable, that
the most hardy anti reformers have not courage
enough to oppose the question then.. The ob-
jection is generally taken to particular measures;
im.4- here the reformers are defeated, and often
not unjustly, by the fury and extravagance of
those who mingle with them.

posT4
The injustice with which Spain is threatened
by the present fio‘ernment of France has already
been attended with consequences to the latter,
which if it had been endowed with the requisite
sagacity to foresee them, would probably have
deterred it from putting forth those unfounded,
absurd, and atrocious pretendonS which force
only can sustain, but to which it has nevertheless
bad the folly to pledge itself so deeply, that to
recede from them would now entail npon it the
ridicule and contempt of mankind, without pro-
dbcimg any abatement of that honest indig=
nation wide!) its arrogant and unprincipled
designs have already excited. The infatua-
tion of embarking in an enterprise so revolting
to the moral feelings, and so awakening to
the scrutinising spirit of the age; on the part of
A Government new ,to the population over which
it unsupported by any iihbitual feelings of
veneration and respect—alien at least, and labour-
ing under the strong suspicion of being hostile to
thete great and overpowering masses" whose pos-
sessions have emanated from the'itevolution—the
infatuation, we say; which could impel such.a
Government to such an undertaking, surpasses any
previons instance a human folly of which history
hear~ rerorit. 'fire consequences already pro-
duced by tin iniquitous project of the French
Goveymnent in even now before the struggle
with Spain has begun, most serious and alarming.
Confidence in the stability of any Government
is'ene of the chief elements of that stability.—
In this case the opinion of strength is strength ;
and can it be doubted fora moment that the
events which have taken place in P ranee, and
the discussions which have arisen throughout
Europe in.consequenee of the impending
•
war haVe
essentially impaired the confidence, and greatly
weakened., if they have not entirely changed, the
faith of the world in the permatitencyof the 130k-
bon Throne ? This effect h i as ndeed been
produced to such an extent that the fate of
:wain, as a subject of geiteral speculation, and
curiosity, and interest, hits in a great measure
given way to the still • larger and more im-
portant question which regards merely the fu:

toe Government and destiny of France. The
very agitation of, such questions as now fill the
generat ear, is we conceive infinitely more dan-
gerous to a Government situated like that of
France, than any force of example; or any in-
Iluence of moral contagion, from the conduct of a
foreign nation. Thus theqi'rench Government,
hypocritically pretending to avert one danger—a
danger as unreal as the means adopted to repel
it are unjust—finds itself involved by its own
wickedness in dangers the most substantial and
unequivocal.

[NEW TIMES.]
The Financial Accounts for the Quarter, so
far as we have had the means of inspecting them,
present a most favourable appearance. Making
due allowance for the repeal of Duties in the last
Session, there is a considerable increase in the
Excise—the great test of comfort and enjoyment
to the mass of the population, and especially to
the lower classes. The general estimates of the
Revenue, we believe, are not fully made up;
but we have the satisfaction to lay before our
Readers a view of the Consolidated Fund.--(See
another purl of our Paper.)

EBRITISII PRESS.]
Nothing can be more uninteresting than the
meetings of the Chamber of Deputies for some
time past in France. Since the outrage on its
independence, and the expulsion of the intrepid
Manuel, every thing of independence and talent
has deserted its benches ; the whole left side,
comprising all the French nation values or re-,
spects, have receded in a body, and their seats
are thinly occupied by the miserable and slavish
Deputies of the right. The spectators, and
the left and right centre, now yawn- over the
prepared and tiresome orations of these Royalists,
" par excellence." Dulness and fanaticism reign
supreme within the French Chamber, and France
regards their speeches' and debates with the same
indifference that the English people do the reports
and labours of our Agricultural Committees.—
Any one who has attended the Chamber of
Deputies, must- be aware' of . the indescrib-
able stupidity of being condemned to listen
to twenty successive written orations, all
read from the Tribune,• neither, applying or an-
swering to the other, but all previously arranged
and numbered, with the orators' names, as suc-
cessive essays, in politics, on the subjects of de-
bate. To be obliged to stay out so many elo-
quent and liberal discourses would be tedious ;
but to be obliged to swallow so much prepared
and slavish trash, is one of the worst miseries or
human life. The great advantage (as we often
witnessed) the celebrated Manuel, possessed over
his adversaries, added to his imperturbable cool-
ness, was his faculty of speaking extempore,
and addressing the assembly on any subject
at once. Manuel was, fron► this happy ta-
lent, a most fearful antagonist to the prosing
beings whom thq new law of elections had flung
into the Chamber, and one whom they never
ceased to regard with jealousy u►►til their hatred
lied removed him. At the meeting of the Ist of
April, on the continuation of the discussion of the
Budget, we find 11 yde de Neuville, formerly Am-
bassador to the United States, and who was the

most furious antagonist of Manuel, rending
with extraordinary volubility, amid protracted
peals of laughter; one of those fulsome harangues
in which the returned Ultra complained, " there
had been no efficient reduction in'the administra.
lion of the interier, While the funds of the office
for Foreign Affairs were insufficient to maintain
the honour of the nation."