The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-05 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE; MAncli 5.
The wind has been very boisterous, which prevents many.
vessels from arriving. The quantities, however, are—Wheat
3,780, Barley 1,840, Oats 9,400, Irish Oats 1,000 qrs. ; Flour,
2,660 sacks. There is not much doing in the Wheat trade this
morning, and the prices of Monday are fully supported.—
Barley sales tolerably well, at last quotations. In Bears and
Pease no alteration. Good dry Oats finds many buyers, and
fully support Monday's terms ; other sorts dull sale.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Maitcit 5.
There was a sufficient supply this morning of all descriptions
of Cattle for the demand ; Mutton remains high in price, there
being less quantities than usual on Friday's, and the prices of
all sorts of Meat may be quoted much the same as on last
market-day.
To sink the Offal, per stone of Dlb.
Beef 3s 4d to 4s 4dl Veal
Mutton 3s 8d to 4s 8d Pork
Lamb Os 0 to Os Od.

On Tuesday an inquest was held before T. W.
UNWIN.) Esq., on the body of James Partridge, who, it ap-
peared by the evidence, came by his death in consequence of a
severe fall he had while fighting with a man of the name of
Graves, at a public-house in Golden-lane. The deceased was
intoxicated at the time, and behaved very insultingly to the
company. It was proved that he gave the first blow ; but the
surgeon who examined the body being clearly of opinion that
his death was occasioned by his being knocked down, the Jury
returned a verdict of " Manslaughter." The injury was inflict-
ed on Sunday week, and he died on Friday last.

AWFUL Sunn EN DEATH.— Yesterday morning,
about eleven o'clock, Mr. DICE, who resided in
New-street, Spring-gardens, called on Mr. HAIL-
atsoN, at his house, on the Terrace in Spring-
gardens, and conversed with him for some time ;
then left Mr. HAtutisox's house, accompanied by
Mr. HILL, the Commissariat, apparently in good
spirits as well as good health, and returned to his
own residence, when, awful to relate, he fell
down in a fit, and instantly expired. Mr. FREE-
MAN, a Medical Gentleman, and Sir ASTLEY
COOPER, who reside near the spot, were sent for,
and they attended with the greatest promptitude,
but, alas ! to no purpose.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGH.--
Monday, came on the trial of Robert M'Leod,
alias John M'lnty re, alias Charles Wlntosh, alias
Charles M'Ewan, alias Charles McKay, for the
murder of Margaret Money on the 9th of Oct.
last, in the parish of Aboyne. The trial was not
concluded till half-past seven o'clock, when the
Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. He was then
sentenced to be executed at Edinburgh on the
7th day of April, and his body to be given for
dissection.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, March 5.

[MORNING POST.]

By command of his Majesty, the Earl of Liver-
pool, in the House of Lords, and Mr. Secretary
Canning, in the Commons, laid before Parliament,
last night, the communications which have taken
place between the British Government and those
of France and Spain relating to the Spanish Ame-
rican Provinces. These important documents
afford additional proofs of the wise, manly, and
disinterested line of policy adopted by our M-
nisters on the great question at issue between
Spain and her late Colonies. They consist of a
Memorandum of a Conference between the Prince
of Polignac and Mr. Secretary Canning, held on
the 9th of October, 1823 :—of a dispatch from
Sir Wm. A'Court, inclosing a communication
from Count °fella to him, which contains a copy
of another communication from the same Minister
to the French, Russian, and Austrian Ambas-
sadors; and, lastly, of a dispatch from Mr. Se-
cretary Canning to Sir Win. A'Court, informing
him of the view taken by the British Govern-
ment of the propositions set forth in Count
Ofalia's Circular. The object of the con-
ference between Mr. Secretary Canning and the
Prince of Polignac was to make a foil and frank
interchange of the views of their respective Go-
vernments, relatively to the question of South
America ; and the communications made on both
sides must prove highly gratifying to all who
wish for the continuance of peace, and the un-
checked progress of national freedom. On the
part of England, Mr. Secretary Canning stated
that she considered any attempt to bring Spanish
America under its ancient submission to Spain
utterly hopeless ; that she would not interpose
any obstacle to any attempt at negociation which
Spain might think proper to make, but would
aid and countenance it, if it were founded on
a practicable basis, and that in any case she
would remain strictly neutral in a war between
Spain and her Colonies, but that the junction of
any foreign Power in that war would form a new
question on which she would take such decision as
her interests might require. The Right Hon.
Secretary then disclaimed any desire of appro-
priating to the British Empire any portion of the
Spanish Colonies and all intention of forming any
political connection with them beyond that of
amity and commercial intercourse. He then add-
ed, that so far from seeking an exclusive prefe-
rence for British subjects over those of Foreign
States, England was prepared, and would be con-
tented to sect the Mother Country (by virtue of
so amicable arrangement) in possession of that
preference, and to be ranked after her equally
with the others, on the footing of the most fa-
voured nation. He declared that the British Go-
veroment would not enter into any stipulation
binding itself to refuse or delay its recognition of
the independence of the new Stares; that it had
no desire to precipitate that recognition so long as
there was a reasonable chanceof its coming first from
Spain ; hut that it could not wait indefinitely for
such a result, or make its recognition dependent
On that of Spain, and would consider " any Fo-
reign interference by force or menace in the dis-
pute beta ren Spain and the Colonies, a motive
for recognizing the latter without delay." He
then demonstrated the right of England to a free
trade with South America, granted to her in 1810,
when her mediation with the Colonies had been
asked by Spain, and the consequent propriety of
her appointing Consuls to watch over her com-
mercial interests in those States, a measure which
had been announced to Spain as early as the
month of December, 1822, and had been only
delayed out of delicacy to her. The Right Hon.
Secretary than came to the conclusion, that with
these gerwr;ll opinions and peculiar claims, Eng-
land could not go into a Congress upon an equal.
Powers whose opinions were
footing as ith other
less formed upon that question, and their interests
less implicated in its decision.

[NEW TIMES.'
.The communications with France and Spain,
relating to the South American Provinces, have
been presented, by his Majesty's command, to
both Houses of Parliament. They comprise a
memorandum of a conference held on the gth of
last' October, between the Prince de Polignac
and Mr. Canning—a letter of the 30th of Deer
from Sir \Nr A'Court, with its inclosures—and
letter of the 30th of January from Mr. Canning
to Sir William. the part of France,
the most important feature of the conference
is, a precise declaration that the French Go-
vernment abjured, in any case, any design of
acting against the Colonies by force of arms.—
She also formally disclaims any desire to ap-
propriate any part of them to herself ; and re-
gards as hopeless the idea of reducing Spanish
America to the state of its former relation to
Spain: On the part of Spain, an earnest desire
is expressed that all the Allies would agree to a
conference at Paris, to devise means of adjusting
the affairs of South America ; and King Fer-
dinand declares his willingness to consider of
the alterations which events have produced in
his American Province s, and of the relations
which during the disorders have been formed
with commercial nations. On the part of Eng-
land, it is declared, as matter of opinion, that
the recognition of such of the new States as
have established de facto their separate politi-
cal existence, cannot be much longer delay-
ed ; the British Government has no desire to
anticipate Spain in that recognition ; but even
before many months elapse, the desire of leaving
the precedency to the latter may be overborne
by considerations of a more comprehensive na-
ture. Should Spain determine on recognizing
any•of the new States, Great Britain would will-
ingly afford its countenance to a negociation on
that basis. She asks no exclusive privilege of
trade for herself, but merely a free trade for
all, allowing'Spain herself to preserve superior
commercial advantages. After these explicit
declarations, a conference with the other
Allied Powers on the subject appears useless,
and is, therefore, declined by his Majesty.
From this brief sketch the country at large will

see sufficient grounds for satisfaction at the clear
and decided path of policy which his Majesty's
Ministers have pursued. They have carefully
guarded the national honour against any suspi-
cion of selfish or interested motives to our con-
duct ; and they have pointed out the path which
seems most likely to lead to the benefit of Eu-
rope, of America, and even of Spain herself.