The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-14 00:00:00

• THE MARKETS.

. CORN. EXCILANG, DEc. 14. •
Our arrivals of Grain -are considerable this day.;, Whigh,with
what remained over last Market day, constitutes a large supply,
far above :the demand, vhich is very limited, and that for the
best. Corn, the prices of which remain nominal; though,tomeet
the buyers wishes, we are obliged to offer them 2s. lower for
Wheats and Barley of prime quality, and no sale for the in-
ferior samples whatever ; Oats experience the sarnedull sale, at
a reductive of. Is, In other things little alteration and nothing
doing. '

_
-;:§3IITHFIELD. MARKET, DEC 4 14( •
Ili:pie-was a good'
shew of fine Cattle at Market adsmorn-
ing, generally the case befOre Christinas, and' the
Trice-of good.- Beef is:soznewhat deirer, bAt all sorts of interior
qualities are- ireavy sale.: ;-The ;price , LJay remains; as per
last niarkit:
;'-11 To sink theoffal per stone orillt. "'"
Ilee -i2.1214 Iflde .to.- 4s.- 201.:
LN•Attoq..4.- 24... -14 to 3a. 491. I 2s. 44,p All, 2d.

THE LONDON JOUUNALS.

~.1111LILY EXTRACTS FROM TIP.: MORNING PAPERS
. December 14.

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:The foreign Journals, arrived in the course of
•41j.yestertlay, afford little matter fore observation.--
M. Ternaux, we' find, has contradicted the state-
ment, on the unsatisfactory nature of which we
commented three oriour days ago, in regard to
the line of:action which was likely to be taken
by him and his friends of the left centre of the
Chamber, when a certain class' of qu-e4tions should
come into debate. M. Ternaux denies that he
has ever bound himself by an engagement how
to vote, or in any manner compromised his'inde-
. pendence. He asserts his attachment to the
King and Constitution, and refers to- it as the
best interpreter of his'political opinions. This
:rebuke of the flippancy ofa newswriter Will, we
.:...should hope, -have-its proper effect, as few men
;are qualified to attract more, attention than M.
Ternaux, from his immense property, acquired
I.4rough the exercise of great talents, and from
the known respeCtability of his political and
moral character.--The -accounts from Madrid,
-in these Journals are made up from scraps
-of- Spanish' paragraphs, and of private letters.
The. main fact asserted by the latter is, that the
Ministry offered their resignation to the
and that Ferdinand refused to accept it. The
general colouring, however, thrown over Spanish
politics 'by 'the subservient press of France, is
confused-and gloomy ; and were we to select many
portions of the .picture, as entitled to confidence
or special•attention, we should run the risk of
presenting much •that was unpleasant, and little
or nothing that had a foundation in truth.---From
the East 'of 'Europe it is industriously said,
though on atithdrity 'which we decline to vouch
for, that hostilitievbetween Russia and Turkey,
-which the season "has 'suspended, are likely to
burst forth with the Spring. In the mean time,
the prospect of foreign 'assistance, though it may
. have served ^to elevate the courage of the
Greeks, has not tended apparently to relax their
exertions. The possession of Tripolizza, and
. More recently of. Patras, must give them a com-
mand over the whole face of the Morea, which
will enable them, should no great reverse befal
their arms, to convert that peninsula into a
magazine of materials for more extended war-
_ fare-7-making it at once a camp for the discipline
of their new levier, a citadel for the general de-
fence, and a shelter for the Greek fugitives of
all the other provinces, from'Turkish ferocity and
persecution. The condition.of the lonian isles
would be disgraceful to the Government whose
yoke. they bear, if that Government were not
the same which 'has for so many centuries
ruled Ireland on similar principles-4o wit, with
an utter disregard of the wants, the interests,
and national characteristics of the people. For
the exact degree of blame which ought to at-
- tach upon the immediate Governor of these
Greek Islands, we are not able to calculate it with
precision ; nor is it likely that the public will
soon be possessed of materials for that species of
estimate,: for. such is' the curious dexterity and
shrewdness with which the family of the " Lord
Commissioner," as he is called,, have chosen their
position in. the political world at. home,- that his
Excellency is protected from every risk of in-
quiry into his proceedings. as a Governor. No
matter what sufferings may be inflicted, on the
lonians, nor how pathetic, and indeed heart-
rending, may be the complaints transmitted by
them to England, against him whom they term,
NVI. know 'not how justly, their oppressor, the
Government and the Opposition appear equally
inclined to screen him. • In the Ministers, doubt-
less, it. would be treason to their craft, were they
to withhold the official buckler from any, subal-
tern officer in the civil service, let his supposed
delinquency have rendered him ever so obnoxious;
and.from their.professed opponents. what can be
. expected ? Would you have them .countenance
motion in Parliament
.against the brother of a
Whirr. Earl ? Such, as we, have before said, is
the .lucky choice which certain persons have trade
of their position with regard to party
for them ! .but not so for the poor lonians ; nor
. more so for the people of Great Britain. The
latter ought to feel it a public wrong. -

[NEW TIMES.]
The most recent information from differen
parts of Ireland presents no fresh instances o
barbarous outrage. Some depredators appear
still to be going about demanding arms, or, in
default of them, money ; but they have not lat-
terly proceeded to enforce their demands 'by
such atrocious deeds of violence, as those which
it was, a short time since, our duty to record.
The-report of a lawless confederacy in the neigh-
bourhood of Kilkenny, to resist the payment of
tithes, is declared to be wholly unfounded ; and
several similar rumours are stated to be exagge-
rations. Persons who possess extended-means of
observing the disposition of the peasantry, assert
that= it has, within the last week or two, been
greatly meliorated by the strenuous exhorta.
tiotts. Of the RoMan Catholic Clergy to their
flocks, to abstain from all violations of pub-
1k peace and order. The Magistrates have
in• -miny instances recognised the beneficial
influence of these Reverend Ministers ; and
to their own -active exertions much good is
also to be attributed. The statement' that a
leader of the disaffected banditti has been appre-
hended, and has, to save his life, impeached
numbers of his comrades, has perhaps had the
most .beneficial effect. How far the details of
this arrest may be found correct, we have not
yet the means of ascertaining ; but we earnestly
hope that they willbe fully confirmed; and that
the:lrish Government, by obtaining a clue to.the
measures of the disaffected, will be able to break
up their confederacies. It is impossible but that
this effect must in some measure be produced by
the mere rumour of such an arrest. Con-
icionaness -of guilt will render every 'criminal
apt to believe that he himself is' in the num-
the impeached ; or, if he flatter- him-
,self 'that .fie mar,hitherto have escaped de-
tection, he will be rendered doubly fearful

of being betrnyed in future. Dubflu It•Nlf is
secured against surprise.. We have no idea that

the authOrs of the late disturbances are by any
means strong enough to assail the Capital ; but
the erection of barriers at the entrances to the
City, and the shutting of the Castle gates at an
early hour in the evening, are among- those wise
precautions which serve to 66 render assurance
doubly sure,": and prevent even the most despe-
rate from attempting what they must see is phy-
sically impracticable.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.] •
Matters seem a little further advanced in the
lonian Islands than in Ireland ; for while in the
latter all the zeal and industry of the authorities
have hitherto been able to throw no clear light
on the disturbances raging there, in the former
(if we are to believe the accounts from Zante),
preparations for actual revolt have been made
and discovered, and 40 or 50,000 stand of arms
( ?) have been taken in the town, and five indi-
viduals have already been hanged.—What results
can we expect from the violation of the most, sa-
cred feelings of these Greek Islanders? It was
as natural that they should sympathise with their
suffering countrymen, as it is tyrannical in us,
under the pretence of the powers conceded to us
by the mockery of a Constitution which-we im-
posed on them., to attempt to punish that sympathy.
Revolt may be compressed for a time by a mili-
tary force, and military executions, but the desire
for it will only be increased by the severity. We
may be assured that they will avail themselves
of the first favourable opportunity to throw
off a yoke, from which they were taught to ex-
pect so many advantages, but for which the re-
cent ill-judged measures have implanted in their
breasts the strongest abhorrence. Such an op-
portunity must soon present itself. Their brethren
in blood and religion have waged a long and
hitherto successful war with their barbarous op-
pressors, and aided by the- great power into
whose arms we have driven them, they will soon
stretch out a helping hand to the lonians.—The
present Lord High Commissioner may, for aught we
know, be a man of distinguished military talents;
but in every essential respect he seems a most
unfit person to be placed over a people like the
Greeks, and a country which we hold by so feeble a
tenure as lonia. The lonians, like the other
Greeks, are lively and acute, sensible to kind-
ness, but deeply sensible also to insults. Their
character has the defects which long misgovern-
ment always gives. It should have been the
business of their new Government to attach them
by kindness, and to raise their moral character
by the means which have always been successful
in similar cases. These means were ably and

forcibly pointed out to Sir '..Maitland by Col.
de Bosset, on his arrival in the Islands, as our
readers may see from some of the documents in
the work lately published by that Officer. But
a course the very opposite has been resorted to.
Instead of conciliation and attempts to improve,
one measure of harshness anti severity has con-
stantly followed on the heels of another. The
system followed is calculated only to produce
hatred and discontent. It is as intolerable even
to Englishmen as to. Greeks; as is proved by the
unparalleled number of resignations to which it
has already given rise.

[MORNING POST.J
Letters of the 16th ult. reached us yesterday
from Odessa. The accounts received at that
place respecting the operations Of the Persian and
Turkish forces were somewhat contradictory, and
in some instances were thought to be exaggerated.
It was known, however, as a fact, that the Per-
sians had gained important advantages, in conse-
quence of having been the first to commence
hostilities. Taken by surprise on the weakest
part of their frontier, and greatly inferior in point
of numbers, the Turks had been compelled to
make a hasty retreat before the overpowering
mass of the invading army, which was not slow
in pursuit. Rumours of a general action, in
which the troops of the Porte had experi-
enced a total defeat, were chiefly discredited
on the ground that she had not sufficient forces in
the field to venture upon such an action, and that
all that could be done by her commanders was to
fall back until they met the reinforcements sent to
their relief, or to take some strong position where
they might wait their arrival. It was believed,
however, that many partial engagements had taken
place during the retreat, and that the Turks had
been material sufferers. With regard to the state of

the negociations still pending between the Porte
and liussia,these letters are nearly silent. They on-
ly state that there was no truth in the assertion con-
tained in direct communications from Constanti-
nople, that the Porte had sent an official note to
St. Petersburgh, expressing her willingness to
withdraw her troops from Wallachia and Molda-
via. But they add, that in consequence of the
war with Persia, the Turks would be obliged to
recal a large portion of the force with which they
had hitherto protected those provinces.