The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-26 00:00:00

THE 'MARKETS.

COHN EXCHANGE, Allot 28.
'The arrivals of all descriptions of Grain last week were i•:'
usually large, except of Peas. 'this morning the fresh sup:-
plies of Com in general are only moderate, but having eoi.s,-
derable quantities left on hand, there was a very great sliov
of samples in the market. Wheat met a heavy sale at a
reduction of '2.s. was. per quarter from the prices of this day,
se'rinight.—llatley is Is. per qr. lower.—Beans have declined
from Is. to 2s. per quarter, and very little sale for them.--PeaSe
maintain last quotations.—Oats with great difficulty find sale,.
although quoted 2s. to 3s. per quarter
_lower than. last :Monday.
-Flour remains unaltered in price.
'ileac, Red
White titts firs I —Grey ..

3O 3tis Bruns
325. 4 f /alll.
42s 03s Flour
AIi'RIVALS LAST WEE IC.
English Wheat, 19,01—Burley, 3,070--Ma1t,•1,7:10.---Oht,,
23,560-11 cans, 2,051 I'o:3,l96—lrish Oats,l24oo—LngLAi
Flour, 9 tr,ll
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4.1 g

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31. is
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AVLRAGE PRIG OF CORN IN ENGLAND AND IVALVL .
Wheat, 575. ltd. • Barley, 335. 3d. ; Oats, 21;.,. 4d. t fiye,
335. 3d.; Beans, &is. 2d ; Peas, :14s. bd,
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, rentpute,l
from the Returns made in the Week ending tier Vlst day o;"
May, 1023, is 335. 8f d, per cwt.

SMITHFIELD „MARKET., MAN.
The market this morning was rather short hi Oxen, bl;t
Sheep the htipply war: gONI there was a nortilvvr
fluidity of Cattle at market, whichseht at much the New,. I,rl,
as on Friday. That artici tif superior descriptions
rather a higher price.
To lank the Mal, ,per stone of Mb.
Peet' 3s 641 to 4 ti‘'. Vcal Oil to
Mutton Is Gil tO 4s litt I.l'Ork

(NI to.. Os od.
*TAY ANIJ STRAW PER LOAD.
`ay. ... , . tOs to £4 4s I C,lover ./;4 at to .1:4

Straw £2. 0.1 to £2 10s.

TUE LONDON* JOURNALS.

DA ILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 9.G.

[THE TIMES;
The King of Spaiii has met the invaders of his
country with a Proclamation, which will be
found in our Journal of this day—(see another
column of THE SuN). The justice of the Spanish
cause is so obvious, the iniquity of those who
assail the Peninsula so glaring, that but little
talent is necessary to place those two points in a
clear light. The King of Spain, however, or
some one for him, pleads his cause and that of
his country with spirit. All that we can hope
of him is, that' he feels what is- said. The
news from Portugal is interesting it is said
to be the opinion of a considerable party there,
that the Constitution should undergo some
modification, originating in the nation itself, and
calculated to counterpoise the democratic part,
and afford greater protection to the Crown. It
is certain that these changes afford the enemies
of constitutional freedom an handle which they
seize with avidity : they from. hence take occa-
sion to,cast reproaches upon all innovations and
reform as endless in their nature, leading to no
distinct object, and incapable of giving repose.
But we should beg- leave to ask whether the
English Constitution were the work of a day or
a year ? It is a' great point gained for humanity,
that men► should reject arbitrary power as incon-
sistent with their rights, and degroding,td their
nature. That they should find difficulties in the
establishment of a rational freedom, being new
to the task,• is no more than what ►night be ex-
pected : but true liberty is like true religion—it
enlightens those who seek it sincerely, so that
they become qualified by the search. to distin-
guish the real'object,

[MORNING nEttatn.
Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday have
been received. The French had not' yet reached
Madrid on the 18th, the date of the latest Bul-
letin. The advanced guard was still from 15 to
18 leagues from that city. This appears some-
what singular, us the road to Madrid is unob-
structed. But it is to be remembered that the
French army is far from undisturbed on its flank
and rear—that it is spread over a considerable
extent of territory, and that the operations
of the Fourth Corps in Catalonia have proved
a complete failure, Moncey is the oldest
of the -French Marshals, and has been looked
upon as in his dotage, particularly since
the death of his only son, a young Officer
of great promise, sometwo or three years since..
He talks in his dispatches of his grief at not hear-
ing " a certain whizzing, ‘vllich would make his
old age young again." This is a pitiful gasconade
considering the poor figure he makes. The
French papers talk of his recall, and assert that
an Aid-de-Camp of the Minister of War reached
Perpignan on his way, post haste, to his head-
quarters. The official aC'eounts are null, and
the correspondences, and other intelligence
of the minor Journals, for the most part
either unimportant or unworthy of credit. Spa.
nish Journals are no longer admitted freely into
France. The scanty notices, however, of the
positioni of the Spanish troops in Catalonia, are
trot without some interest. Milans and Llobera,
instead of retreating to Barcelona, are posted in
such a manner that liostabich and the River Tor-
dere are between them and the French ; and they
have the power of retiring or giving battle at
their discretion. Marshal Money, who was with
the division of Curial, had inspected the ground
on the supposition of their risking an engage.
ment. Such was the state of affairs at the date
of the accounts in Friday's Papers. The ac-
counts of Mina, received through the same chan-
nel of private correspondence, are more inte-
resting, if they may be relied on. An action,
they state, tool, place on the 10th, between
liiin and the French division of Donadien.—
No details are given.,---44 All l know," says the
writer of the letter, " is, that the French
army; full or valour, has sustained a very
violent and very murderous shock." Mina, it
is added, had been obliged to quit his posi-
tion. it is not improbable that an engagement
has taken place between Mina and Donadieu.
This latter General had had his communications
cut off by the movements of 'Mimi, and would
naturally make an effort to reinstate himself,
which would lead to a battle. The accounts
from Seville come down to the tith. The Cortes
appear to pursue their deliberations with the
same undismayed steadiness and concord as at
Madrid. A new Manifesto, in the name of
King Ferdinand, has been addressed to the
Spanish Nation, reprobating the invasion, and
calling upon every Spaniard to defend the country.
in this document Ferdinand studiously speaks
;e lila own person, and denies with indignation
and solemnity (44 I swear to you," he say t, in a
parenthesis) the pretexts set up by the Allied
Sovereigns, of his having suffered violence, and
being in a state of captivity; It is true, this
may still lit treated as dictated to him in a state
of duresse, anti us the, language only of his
nisters ; but it is difficult to suppose that he
could carry hypocrisy and meanness to such
lengths as to adopt against his will the language
of this Manifesto.