The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-18 00:00:00

CORNWALL. MARKETS,

TatTao—Wheat (average)2l3.3d.—Barley, lls.—Oats, Bs. 6d.
ST. AUSTELL—Wheat, —s. to 21s.—Barley,—s. to lls.—Oate,
O. to Ss. 6(1.
PENZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to 22s.—Barley, I Is. to 12s.—Oats,
is. to Ss. Od.—Beef and Mutton, Od. to sd.—Pork, Od. to 4d.—
Butter, 12d. per lb.

LAUNCESTON—W h eat (average) 21s. Od.—Barley,l 1 s. r3d.—Oats,
7s. 01—Beef, &I.—Mutton, 6d.
LISKEMID—Wheat, —s. to 22.5. Od.—Barley, 10s. 6xl.—Oats, Os.
to 7s. 6d.
BoDNllN—Wheat (average)9.ls. Od.—Barley, 11s.—Oats, 7s 6d.
HELSTON—Wheat, 21s. Od.—Barley, 103 6d.
ST. COLUMB—Wheat, 21s. to —s.—Barley, Ils. to 12s.—Beef,
anti Mutton, sd, to 6d.—Veal, od.—Lamb, Od.

MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cut.
2uantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday 2,904 0
2tiantity of fine 229 10
tverage Produce 774 0
Amount of Sale, 15,5321.95. Od.—Average Standard, 1121. 2s. Od.

NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET.—Dec. 15.
We had a large supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day,
with considerable arrivals coastwise during the week, and sales
were very heavy at a decline of 2.5. to 3s. per quarter. Oat were
dull, and lower Is. per quarter on all qualities. The continued
large arrivals of Barley, both from the north and south, are so
much beyond the wants of our consumers, that the trade in that
article is entirely confined to the finest qualities, at a reduction
of 2s. to 3s. per quarter, for the inferior descriptions there is no
demand. Malt 25. lower, and a heavy sale. Fine Rye ready
sale. Beans and Pease without change.
New. Old.
Wheat, Northumberland Tis. 56s 4os. 553.
Norfolk and Suffolk 526. 60s• —s. —S.
- Berwick and Scotch 465. 485....... —B.—s.
Foreign s. —s
Bye, Norfolk and Suffolk 315. 386 —s. —s.
Foreign 325. 356 —s. —5.
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk...3os. 365. —s. —s.
Grinding and Feeding Ns. 27s ---5. ---s. J.
Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 545. 59s —s. —s. F.
Beans, Small —s. —s 32s. 345. p.
--- Tick —s. —8 3os. 325, 4
Pease, White —s. —s —5. ---s.
Gray —s. —s
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 008 9.2 s
-- Feed l6s 19s --s. —s.
Foreign —s. —5 --s. --s, j
Flour, Fine (per sack) —S. —s 4Cls, 425.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS,
AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET.

(From the London Gazette.)
TO-MORROW, DPI. 19. DI V I DENDS.
P. Young, sail.maker, Fenchurch.street at 1
J. :;nd E. Barber, sugar-brokers, Cooper's.court, cornhill
.1. Brightwen And Co., brewers, Coirgethait ~,,,,,,,,,, m ~,,,,,,, tl

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)011TO;.aSsrualmi, lys.lfla
nesday ukarning I metttioOrfleat
shells and shot were pouring into the town, and tlx-.4y- con=
tinned .0 for about three hour. 21 women st.,r4-AVdreiT
were killed and wounded, ant considerable damage elite
to several houses; amongst others that of the Consul v,ss
struck, and this being more than his third warning, he
would do well to remove. Where to go, in creler to 1,,
out of range, is now the difficulty, as the enemy are erect-
ing a mortar-battery in (rent of tile San Bras and Monte'
Pedral batteries, which will enable them to cross their
fires from the north lines and Villa Nova. Most of t'
English merchants had quintas or took them towards the
lines and batteries as the safest portion of the town ; lint
now, if Miguel can find ammunition, all their precantionsi
will be rendered unavailing. The ships in the river, too,
are daily becoming less numerous, and did they even re.
main, the chance of their escaping shot-free is of so pre-
carious a description that they cannot afford a secute
asylum. Nothing can give clearer proof of this than an
occurrence which took place yesterday, and which may pot
an end to that state of peace and neutrality which we
thought attained by the quiet anchorage of the King's
ships under the Convent of St. Antonio. The Lord of
the isles steam-boat, last from Brest, with near 100 tro,pe
and 120 barrels of gunpowder. broke the hlockr!e vest r.
day, tinder the ensign and pennant of a King's ahia.
Wonderful to say, not a stint was fired at }:er front tita
Sampaio battery, owing to her bearing the pent-iot, ant'
to Miguel's people being in a state of dubitation and terror
on account of the affair of the Raven. She came up the
river, and not a man was visible on her &el until she
rounded the point, and was out of ranee of the battery.
when at once she appeared a dense mass of men,
cheered lustily at the success of their commander's strata-
gem. He, by-the-by, was very particularly drunk ;
suppose made so for the nonce to give him daringsenoneli
to pass the battery, one shot or shell from which might
have blown him and his whole crew into the air. The
vessel was, I understand, taken charge of by the Lieutenant
of the Don Pedro frigate, now off the bar. The momei t
the steamer was seen with the pennant by the man-of-war,
she was boarded by Captain Belcher, of the _Etna, who,
in accordance with the King's instructions and the Act of
Parliament, seized the pennant, the wearing of which sub.
jeers the master or owners to a penalty of 5001. I did
think the Consul's office difficult enough, but there is roar
still more harassing here—that of the commander of the
s uadron, who had no less than four official messages the
same dey,—two from Don Pedro, to know why he de-
tained the steamer, which did not at all occur, Captain
Belcher not allowing any communication with her durinta
the 10 minutes it took to have his commanding officerie
orders being so interpreted, and two other messages flail
the south side, from General Santa M rata, complaining
of the deception practised, and the breach of promised nen-
trality, as well as requiring Captain Glascock to send the
vessel out of the river. The first charge (that of Dead
Pedro) was ridiculous, as every passenger, except the
ragged recruite, whom they were ashamed to exhibit
hy daylight, with all baggage, Sce., was landed in
less than half an hour. The other, from Santa Martha,
was answer,d by his being toll that a British Captain
could not order the vessel out, but that no offence bad been
committed against the laws of England, by her wearing the
pennant, which was seized to be sent home, in order that
the penalty might be enforced. The magnitude of the
sum, 5001., seemed perfectly to satisfy them, and they
were, I hear, quite content with the explanation. 'filet
the Lord of the Isles had a lucky escape is manifest front
the fate that attended three vessels—two brigs and a
schooner—which followed his example and endeavonreit
to cross the bar. One of them, a French brig, front
Havre, with flour, crossed the bar and came a good way
up, but was so riddled by shot that her colours were struck
and her crew abandoned her. There is scantly a hand's
breadth of her that is not pierced by a bullet, and she seas
fast sinking when I saw her last. The other two vessels,
one English, the other one of Don Pedro's, from Terceira,
were sunk by the battery upon the bar, are total wrecks,
and must go to pieces with the first gale of wind. 1 was
at first afraid that the proceedings of the Lord of the
Isles would have brought a positive order for all slips to
quit the river or else— ; but I now hope the affair will pass
over quietly until she goes out, when I suppose they will
pepper her; she may get out at night, but this is a dangen-
ous experiment, as Don Pedro's three vessels all got
aground and were hit by the battery, but did not sot-re:-
much damage. Last night and this morning we have hail
another furious bombardment, but, I am happy to say,
without doing any very serious mi-chief. It was beautiful
but awful to see half-a-dozen shells in the air at the same
time, and to mark their direction with terror when they
went near the houses of friends or acquaintances. Cap-
tain Bousfield, of the British brigade, wounded on the
19th, is dead. Others will, I fea:, speedily follow hint,
as the English Hospital is very unhealthy, there being hotly
scarlet and typhus fever now in it. Fresh provisions dear
as usual—beef 14 to 15 vintems per pound, when to fie
had at all. Of rice and salt provisians there is abundance.
SUNDAY MORNING, Dec'. 9,
We have been all quiet since 9 o'clock yesterday morn-
ing. The Pantaloon is off the bar, and I have not a mo-
ment to spare.

The last report here is that Don Aliguel has miirtlereol
his sister, the Princess Label.

The Pike with the packet, arrive.) yes'erday, and t IT.
mourn are afloat that Donna Maria is acknowledged by.
England and France.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5.

Since Saturday night, until this morning, we have
been in a state of almost awful repose and quiet ;
scarcely a gun fired, and apparently no preparation for
active hostility. Our information hero, however, tells us
how deceitful are appearances, and we are promised a
more severe bombardment, with probably another general
attack. This was announced to us for yesterday, with
the addition that Santa Martha had 4,000 scaling-lad,fers
prepared, and that a desperate effort would be made. As
usual in all promises of this kind made here, there was no
performance, although our troops were under arms the
whole night, and at day-break the enemy were discovered
in three columns, which merely deployed into line and
returned to their quarters. I must say, for myself, that I
had not, and have not, an idea of the enemy again attempt-
ing the lines, but I do expect they will make an
effort to get possession of the Castle of the Foz. On
this night week, while the barbarians were in pos-
session of the village of St. John, and the light-
house near it, they destroyed the lanterns and reflac-
tors, so that the place is now useless as a lighthouse.
The vandalism of this conduct is abominable and un-
heard-of among civilized nations, although I must admit
that the lighthouse- has been no great loss, nor w
there ever a grosser imposition than the tax imposed fur
making darkness visible as was the case with respect to
this misnamed building. Don Miguel has at length ar-
rived at head-quarters; he passed through Villa Nova no
Monday, and is, I hear, now at St. Cosme, about a leaenc
from the town. If he does not force an attack, I do not
think his General will advise it. They are playing a
surer game, by straitening the town for provisions, Rae.
Fresh beef is now 12 vintems the pound (Is. 2d. Eng-
lish, the peace-price being about 2i-d.), and a proclama-
tion was spoken of to prevent its consumption or use,
save for the hospitals and the army. This and the shells,
without hazarding the troops, will, I suppose, be con-
tinued. The report now is, that they have got up fur-
naces at each of the batteries, to throw in red-hot shot.
This would be useless against a town built like Oporsit,
every house of which is almost a fortress, from its massive
granite walls ; and this is the reason of the comparatively
little mischief caused by the fire which has been upon tia
90 long. Half London would have been demolished by it,
but unless, as has latterly been the case, the shells fill
directly upon the roofs of the houses, little mischief ia
done. They have, I am sorry to say, amended their
error in this respect, and consequently done considerable
damage.
With respect to the fire upon the ships the day then
came to their new anchorage, it proceeded from some ig-
norant troops lately come from the interior of the country,
and Santa Martha professes an indignation at the outrage
taghtiuhaer)t, erwooifi ei
equal to that expressed by Captain Glaseeck, who, lam
given to understand, spoke to him in the old style—a Ia
Blake. The parties are to be tried, and the result com-
municated. In the case of the Raven, too, all the per-
sons in the battery offer to make oath that they never
fired at her after she put about: whether this be true 1
know not, but at all events the difference of oile)idnsiiipotanieoeshf
river, from St. Antonio's contivtasleyulneisiotcpnode
been productive of one good result—that the banks of the
"no
declaring af larf)nroi and
gone to Vigo, has published an
mile,
d
meeting yesterday
Admiralare
salt
rptheraieues,, bothwlio pisarties having agreed not tcs tire,
order, strongly blaming the conduct of his people for not
t ht
amongst
o renderingnmg
spt
import
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the
assistance f
British,
provisions
not stir unless the promises made to them were fulfilied.
The French, I am glad to say, were not the men
three months. There was another
who bayoneted Aliguel's troops after laying down their
t one the
abrae
arms; the honour, such as it is, belongs exclusively to
the Portuguese. Some men have landed from England,
the most miserable scarecrows that were ever seen, and
there are several vessels off. Ammunition has I een rather
scarce here, but now we have hstl plenty of powder
'third. All the iron in Villa Nova has been entbargopci

by Miguel, and sent up the river to be cast into balls at
the Douro Company's foundry. Great quantities of shot
and shell have also come down the fiver, ~nd they say that
hitherto their cannonade and bombardment was mere
practice for what is to come. I shall not overburden you
with more at present, as I have no event of importance to
mention : when such takes place they will speak for them-
selves. Don Pedro's ships Villa Flor, Mindello, and
Constitution, were ordered to sea, but have not yet gone
out. One of them ran aground, and was got off with
some difficulty.
It is said that the Minister of Finance is going to the
southward, towards Lisbon, on a mission of importance.
Conjecture is of course busy, and the word " accommo-
dation" is in many people's mouths. Shells and shots
are now pouring in in abundance.