The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-07 00:00:00

ERCA NT I LE SHIPPING, &c.

DEAL, DE c. 6.—Wind N.E.—Put back the Regret, Wel-
bank, for Batavia, having sailed on the 21st ult. Arrived and
remain the Vertumnus, Stenhouse, from Halifax ; Hannah,
Webber, from Quebec; and Elizabeth, Mather, from Messina.
Came down from the River the Thomas Coutts, Chrystie, for
Bengal and China ; Lady Kennaway, Beach, for 31adras and
Bengal t John Shand, Rees, for Jamaica ; and Juno, Store,
for Alicant ; they have sailed with the whole of the outward-
bound.
SEvEN o'CLocK..—Wind S.E.—The John and Robert,
from St. John's ; and Princess Charlotte, from Demerara, still
remain. The homeward-bound are getting under weigh for th..
River.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind E.—Sailed most of t 1:::
outward-bound, and the remainder will get away by day-lig:lt
to-morrow.
MARGATE, Dr.e. 6.—The Ibis, Smith, from Hull for
Oporto,
_was off the North Foreland yesterday : she had ex-
perienced heavy gales from S.S.W. to N.Y., and had been
driven back three times in attempting to reach the North
Foreland.
HARWICH, DEC. 6.—An anchor weighing 12cwt. 3qrs.
marked " IlAwxs," No. 6744, with about 5 fathoms of chain.
buoy and buoy rope, have been picked up and brought in here.
RAM S GAT E DEC. 6.—Arrived the Victoire, Morel, front
Dunkirk, with loss of an anchor and cable. Sailed several
coasters, colliers, &c. The outward-bound are preparing to
FALmouTit, DEc. s.—Wind W.—Arrived the Jane, of
Cardigan, from Plymouth for Wales, with loss of foretop-
mast ; and the Boldon, Browell, from Liverpool for Jamaica,
out 21 days.
3litronn, :i.—The Ann, Rcdpath, from Greenock
for Cork, cut her cable, owing to the William, Nines, driving
down on her. The Commerce, 3l‘Cree, also cut her cable.
ISLE of SKYE, Nov. 29.—The sloop Good-intent, of
Greenock, M'Lean, was cast away the 27th inst. on Isle Ornsay,
at the entrance of the Sleat Channel. She was in the Herring
Fishery, and had a quantity of fish in barrels. The sloop
Ann, Nicol, was cast away on Tuesday night on a rock oft'
Plocktoure ; she was partly laden with wool and furniture,
which was completely damaged.
DUMFRIES, DEC. t.—On Saturday morning we had the
heaviest gale of wind from the W. we ever remembered here.
The schooner Latona, .tones, of Bristol, upset on the Point of
the Cause'Bank ; crew saved. The vcssel is on her beam ends
on the Bank ; but if the weather keeps moderate, hopes are en-
tertained of saving her. Many vessels are ashore, but none
with great damage.

TILE MARKETS, ,S-c.

PETERSFIELD MICHAELMAS CATTLE FAIR.
As the following observations on this Fir
(which are taken from among other miscellaneous
articles just published by Mr. AbseilLs, of
Petersfield, with the A lmanacks sold by him,)
may not be uninteresting to Defilers, we have
thought proper to insert them :

" For the last two years a Fair for Cattle and Sheep has been
attempted in the beginning of October, on Petersfield Heath,
which promises to become one of the largest marts for liVe stock
in the country. It was well attended the first year ; but in Oc.
toberaast, the slim of Sheep in particular exceeded expecta-
tion; about six thousand Sheep were penned, of 'which the
greater part soon found purchasers. There were both years
some hundreds of Devon, Welsh, and other Cattle, which, in
general, sold very well, and there were also some good Horses.
To those who knew the spot on which this Fair is held, it would
be superfluous to say a word as to its eligibility ; but strangers
may be told, without exaggeration, that it is the most con•
venient and eligible piece of ground which could be selected for
the purpose in this part of the country ; not only becaustt of its
great extent, and contiguity to the Town of Petersfild (which
are no small advantages) but also on account of its local situa-
tion with regard to the great Sheep and Cattle Fairs held an-
nually at Overton and Ewell ; and, above all, the convenience
and accommodation it will be to the numerous breeders of
stock in the, adjoining county of Sussex.—The Sheep are sitewn
to much advantage in a large field belonging to Mr. Samuel
Andrews, adjoining the Heath, where he kindly permits them
to be penned. • In short this Fair promises very soon to' equal,
if not outvie, its cotemporaries above mentioned, and reflect
credit on its projectors, to whose names it will be a lasting n:e•
morial. The day now fixed for holding it in future is the Gth of
October, and when it falls on a Sunday (which it will dOnext
October,) it will be held the following day."

CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 7.
Our Market continues in the same state of stagnation
..as on
last Market-day ; the supply very abundant, and few
buyers, and those only for the best samples ; the prices nomi-
nal as on Monday.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Dr.c. 7. •
The supply at Market this morning was good, lineowing to
the change of weather the prices of all descnptions of ilattle re-
main as per last • Monday, excepting prime arts lea, .whicti are
somewhat dearer. The price of Hay remains as per oitelast.
To sink the offal per stone of Bth.
Beef
.Nlutton ... 2s. 6d. to 3s. 101 `Pork Pork is. Bd. to 4s. Bd.

'filE LONDON- .30.!,TLINALS.

D'AILY EXTRACTS FROM MORNING PAPERS
December 7.
•

[IKORNING HERALD]
We are still without Paris Papers, at a moment
wheli the intelligence from France is most likely
to prove interesting. France is no longer the
centre of European politics, or the object of
vigilant alarm to other nations. But, from 'her
situation, resourees, power, intelligence and am-
bition, she can hardly cease to have a dominant
influence, by her actual strength, as well as by
the moral force which a highly intellectual and
enehnsiastic nation exercises over the opinions of
men. It strikes us that the present moment is
one of the most critical to Europe and herself,
since the second restoration of the HouSe of
Bourbon. There it at present a re-action of what
a large class of French writers call " New
France," against a tendency which has at length.
been arrested in its course. Since 1815, the
vacillations of the French Government are be
-
7 end all precedent. After the battle of Water-
loo, and the consequent restoration, the French
-Ministers seemed disposed to act faithfully upon
the principles of the Constitutional Charter. It
was not long, however, before the appetite o(
personal vengeance, and the confidence in the
foreign troops then occupying France, made the
Charter a nullity. The prisons were-filled, the
Protestants were massacred, and several very
shocking executions took place. This spirit,
however, spent its force. It was found that that
kind of government could not go on. The elas-
ticity of national justice and opinion sprang back
and recoN ered its, force. M. de Vaublanc, a man
who has since employed himself in writing bad
poetry, was dismounted; a new Ministry was
formed ; and a new and opposite tendency ma-
nifested itself. This, however, did not last
long before it was stopped in its course.—
The freedom of the press, the elective fran-
chise, the law regulating the organization of the
armyi were found to unmanacle the strength of
the revolutionary giant so completely, that it was
feared a Bourbon Administration would soon
cease to be able to govern it. There was once
more a fresh re-action--the 'Press was chained
up—the elective franchise was maimed and ham-
strung—the Ministry was once more changed—
the Liberals were thrown into the back-ground—
the Duke of Richelieu coalesced with the Ultras,
in the hope of using them as instruments. These
latter would not be so used. They would have
the old regime. The Ministry would not go this
length. The Ultras withdrew their support.
The Liberals naturally leave the Ministers
to their fate upon the Address. In the de-
bate on the Address they are left in a mi-
nority truly ignominious ; and now, as it strikes
us, a new re-action has once more manifested
itself in favour of the rational interests and
liberty of France. The party of the old
Monarchy, finding that no Administration will
go the length they desire, must give up all hope.
If they get a Ministry, or if they have got one in
their interest—for the first arrival will probably
announce a new Administration—nothing short
a a ferment may be expected in that country.
One important phenomenon in the political sys-
tem of France has manifested itself ou this oc-
casion. The seat of Ministerial influence and
power seems to'be transferred from the Court to
the Chamber. .Hitherto it was at the Tuilleries
theta Minister's fate was determined. Now it
has been decided in the Chamber of Deputies,
as with us in the House of Commons.

[NEW 'mars.]
Our private intelligence from Rio de Janeiro
will be found to be of great interest. There is
no longer any doubt of a systematic plan for de.
claring Brazil an independent Kingdom, under
the sway of the present Prince Royal of Portu-
gal, who, it is understood, will have no objection
to assume the title of Pedro 1., King of Brazil.
The scheme has proceeded so far, that the troops,
who are to take part in it, are named without re-
serve ; and the day fixed for the declaration of
independence is said to be the 12th. of October,
the Prince's birth-day. We have before observed,
that the ideas of national independence and re-
publicanism do not appear to have any necessary
connection in South America. The Brazilian
party, as they are called, look to the perpetua-
tion of the regal dignity in the person of the
Prince, to whom they feel a strong attachment.
A year or two ago the authorities at Buenos
Ayres negociated with the French Ministers
to establish a kingdom on the banks of the Rio
de la Plata; it has been surmised, not without
probability, that the Independents of Mexico
contemplate placing a Spanish Prince on- the
Throne, and it would not greatly surprise us
to find that Lirna bad chosen for itself a Sove-
reign. What the eventual consequence may be
of establishing so many Monarchies in the West-
ern Hemisphere, it is not easy to calculate ; but
one effect we may at least contemplate as pro-
bable. These kingdoms will probably form a
strong counterpoise, to the power of the United
States. Politicians have been apt to look on the
North American Union as in progress toward an
extension of power over the whole Northern and
. Southern Continent, not forgetting to take in the
West India Islands by the bye. But if new
Sovereignties are formed, stretching from the
very borders of Louisiana to Cape Horn, speak-
• ing the Spanish and Portuguese languages, pro-
• fessing the Roman Catholic Religion,and attached
to monarchical principles, it will not be easy to
amalgamate these with the Anglo-American Re-
public. New political combinations must there-
r fore arise ; and the balance of power, hitherto
• confined to Europe, will present more compli-
. cated questions when it includes a number of in-
dependent Trans-atlantic Governments.

{/40 aNING POST.)
A Court of Common Council was held yester-
day to receive the Report of the Committee for
General Purposes, on the conduct of Mr. Ex-
Sheriff Waithman during the affray at Knights-
bridge. This object, however, was defeated for
the present by the motion of "Mr. Clarke, who

obßrrved that an a subject of such great

importance,. the Court ought not, to come to a
hasty con.lusion, aud proposed that the evidence
should be printed and distributed among the
members, 'and that the consideration of the
Report he-postponed until the next Court. This
motion was agreed to after the Report had been
read, as the Court probably thought that its na-
ture required much evidence for its justifica-,
tion. It is, in fact, little else than an echo of
the gallant Alderman's own appeal to Earl
Bathurst. The echo of a cannon may pre-
serve some portion of the majesty of sound
of its original, but that of a popgun is at the
best but a miserable noise. So it is with this
Report. It may flatter the vanity of the per-
son whose exploits it extols; but even in the
event of its being received and agreed to' by the
Court of Common Council (which is byno means
certain if the whole of the evidence has been
taken down) it will not influence the decision of
a Jury, whenever the conduct which it is its ob-
iect,to justify may be submitted to the investi-
gation., of a higher tribunal. Mr. Alderman
BroWn.has given notice of; a motion, " That the
Comrnittee. for General Purposes be ordered to
inquire into the condudt of Robert Waithman,
Esq. Alderman, and late:Sheriff, upon the Coro-
ner's Inquest, held upon the body of Richard
Honey."