The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-24 00:00:00

FR ENCII FIINDS.

July 20, Five per Cents.
Bank Stock 1517 f. 50 c.

The Portuguese Squadron, from Rio Janeiro
with the Royal Family and Suite on board, ar•
rived at Lisbon on the 3rd instant.

New York Papers arrived this morning to the
2Gth June. The following are Extracts :
" BOSTON, JUNE 21.—(Arrival of the Mace-
donian.)—The United States' frigate Macedonian
arrived at this port yesterday, in 37 days from
Rio Janeiro, and 93 from Valparaiso. By this
ship information has been received from the latter
place to March 18, and from the former to the
13th May. Nothing particularly important bad
recently transpired in Chili. News had been re-
ceived from Peru to the close of February, at
which time General San Martin remained at
nuaura, distant from Lima about SO miles, with
an army of 7 or 8000 men. The Spanish force
was at Lima, and consisted of about the same
number. A general engagement was not antici-
pated ; but it was believed that the expedition
from Chili would be ultimately successful. The
Viceroy had been deposed by the military, and
General La Serna was appointed in his stead.—
Lord Cochrane, with most of his squadron, con-
tinued off Callao. The Spanish frigates Venganza
and Prueva had been absent several months, and
were supposed to be on the coast of Mexico.—
The Macedonian has brought 343,232 Spanish
dollars, and 30,441 ounces of silver."—(New
York Paper of the 23d June.)
C Importantfrom St. Domingo.--By the Schooner
Flying fish, arrived in 7 days from Cape Haytian,
we have received intelligence that all the Spanish
part of St. Domingo has been revolutionized.
Commodore Aury's flag was left flying at Monte
Cristi, and the revolutionary troops had march-
ed against Port Plate; this change it is be-
lieved was effected without bloodshed, Commo-
dore A ury and President Boyer acting in concert."
(From the Baltimore Patriot.)
" BOSTON, JUNE 21.—8 y an arrival from New
South Wales, we learn that the ship General
Gates had been captured by the Dromedary
store-ship for having concealed 13 convicts, which
were found on board, and that Captain R. had
been put in prison. The ship and cargo were to
be sold to defray damages.—(From a Batavia
Paper.)

The rumours respecting the warlike aspect of
affairs between Russia and Turkey, produced a
further marked depression in the funds yester-
day. Part of these rumours, no doubt, as well
as part of their effects, are attributable to the
operations of speculators in the money market.
But the probability of the early commencement
of hostilities between the Russians and Turks
daily gains strength and consistency ; and not-
withstanding the unwillingness of some persons
to admit the real posture of affairs, the concur-
ring force of accounts from all quarters and all
parties, and the confirmatory, though tardy, ad-
missions of the French Government papers, leave
no doubt as to the hostile intentions and prepa-
rations of Russia, if actual hostilities have not
already commenced. There is one circumstance
connected with this subject, amid the contending
feelings which agitate the mind in contemplating
the probable extension of war and its accom-
panying- horrors, on which it is Impossible not to
dwell with almost unmixed satisfaction. Should
Russia actually enter the dominions of the Porte
offensively, the independence of the Greeks must
be established; and, whatever may be the ulterior
views of Russia, she will be compelled, at least
for the present, by the vigilance and controlling
influence of the other European Powers, to con-
tent herself with aiming at the expulsion of the
Turks from Europe. It appears to us that the
most judicious and politic course for the British
Government to adept, at tl.is interesting and mo-
mentous juncture, would be to offer, on their
own part, and if possible in concert with some
others of the great Powers, their mediation be-
tween Russia and the Porte, on the basis that
the liberation of Greece, and its erection into an
independent State, should be granted by Turkey
and guaranteed by Russia and the mediatory
Powers,—that a free intercourse through the
narrow seas between the two continents, should

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be allowed for the passage of ships of ALL nations
into the Black Sea,—and that the Porte should
undertake to restrain its subjects from a re+
newal of those barbarities whtich they have
recently perpetrated. Shoulc\ttie Ptrtk be
rea.dy to accede tostlliese or- similar ‘ondi-
tions, and should Russia notwithstanding be
determined to persevere in hostilities, her am.
bitious views will thus be made manifest ; and
there will be no alternative, (Turkey setting the
Greeks free from her yoke, on condition that
they either aid her in her defence against Russia,
or at least remain neutral in the contest,) but to
dispatch a British fleet for the defence of Con-
stantinople, and to rouse all Europe to
check the monstrous career of Russia toward
the increase of her already colossal empire.—
Should the Porte, on the other hand, refuse the
emancipation of Greece, and other reasonable
demands of the Christian Powers, and should
Russia manifest an unequivocal disposition to
confine her views to the expulsion of the Turks
from Europe, and to the emancipation of Greece,
she ought to be supported by all Christendom,
and to be cheered on by the best wishes and ac-
clamations of Europe. When the Romans con-
quered Greece, the conquerors were civilized by
the conquered; because the victorious legions
were Romans. Greece conquered by Turkey
has not a second time civilized her conquerors,
but has been rendered semi-barbarous herself,
because her last conquerors and tyrants are
Turks. The brutal insensibility of these barbarian;
is astonishing. Living amid the relics of genitr,
they have not caught one spark of her sacred
fire. They gaze with stupid wonder on the
glorious monuments of Grecian art,—ou the
elegant fabrics and exquisite productions of
Grecian architecture and statuary, and, conclud-
ing them to be the productions of supernatural
beings, indiscriminately destroy them, in order
to convert the marble into lime to make stucco
for their own tasteless houses. But it is not only
on these precious remains that the blind
norance of the Turks has brought destruc-
tion. All the charities and elegances of life
have been withered by their desolating presence'
Ignorance, tyranny, superstition, and gross sen-
suality only dwell in the countries which
they have over-run ; or issuing out with
savage fury, they lay waste the country round,
and imbrue their hands in the blood of
numberless vietims,--converting the finest
countries in the world into deserts, part inha'
bited by savage beasts, and part by more savage
men,—the poor aborigines skulking in hiding'
places like the timid hare (which epithet the
Turks gave them in derision) while those beasts
of prey roam abroad. In short, every object'
moral and physical, the fair face of nature, and
the intellectual energies of the inhabitants, have
been equally blasted and defiled by the destroy-
ing influence of Turkish tyranny.

UNITED STATES.--A correct idea of the state
of Agriculture and Trade in America, may be
formed from a perusal of the following authentic
extract of
:
oftt letter received by a gentleman of
Salisbury
"PnILEDELPHIA, APRIL 5, 1821.—This country cannot
and half that amount would now overstock u .
pay for the vast amount of goods which weres
'tailed beyond even the
payment existing circumstances have curtailed
conception of Foreigners. This is an agricultural country, froru
propor-
agriculture its resources must spring, consequently, in
otitcmhertoFtohreeiirgiplraordtuicclte,s
;souinsdteb: formerly
T eeais
lensto;r
Pre"
sent prices for the agricultural produce of the middle States of
America, and to make these prices more familiar to an En,„l2.s!),
this view
wofthpaenTlget foru lßooriktis'aht
-ear, 1 shall.quote them in British money; Flou;„ per barrel. 1.
196 pounds, 15s. 9d. to Hs. 9d. ; Rye Flour 4s. 6d. per Cwt.:
Indian Corn, weight about 701 b. 15{1. per bushel ; Oats 9d, to
Ild. per bushel ; Whiskey, first proof, new, I4d. per gallon ;
Veal and Pork 114 d. to 3d. per lb. ; Beef 3.0. to sd. ; Bata.
7d, to 10d. per lb. ; these arc the fair prices In the Philadelphi/
market on the sth of April, 1821, the dearest season of for
sufficient,
ienTt,heanadmootettnent tilniussuffitocbieenttlrtaowiay n3frotw agri e
hired
a farm ; of course, the surplus which was formerly spent i$
foreign goods has now no existence, therefore any thinking Me,
must see at once how impossible it is to pay for any great anul
of foreign luxuries ; yet, in spite of all 'reason., the op
ctiltllre is
labourersiireoloi
still leading the blind, notwithstanding the inevitable fla"
tached to this prediction. But if the price of agricultural tto
duce is so low in this city, what must it be in the interior °
country ? Let the following anecdote explain : rho
" A gentleman (for we are all gentlemen hero,' r.socs,"
western country, went to a fashionable tailor's shop -in OW'
street, Philadelphia, and ordered a suit of clothes, for ;00
P
the price. previously agreed upon was to be sixty ' 1I
measure was accordingly taken. Now in the interior tIO
country where this gentleman resides, wheat is exacul
eighth of a dollar (or Gl' English money per bushel), ci°„..effi
quently this suit of clothes would cost the wearer the v3_,"-„liis
480 bushels of wheat !—The InsOlvent Debtors in Philad°rve
and its vicinity amount now to very nearly one thorisatid
annum. As like to establish the truth as well as 1113).;f0C
such a statement, I may observe, the Advertisement for Pi.
last contains nearly one hundred names."

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The Leeward Island paci:et brought
from St. Thomas's of the 7th of June, but i'l-f
i5ll
contain no additional news from the SP9iieft
main. Intelligence from Porto Rico had betp
received, which created doubts of the C°l'ol
nuance of the adherence of that valuable isl3„4
to Spain. Much difference of sentiment esis',:r.
on the subject, and many of the Spanish
chants, as a measure of precaution, had shill
off a portion of their property for other plaees'ss
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE and the Pri"ceof
AUGUSTA dined with the Duke and Duchess
GLOUCESTER on Sunday.
Yesterday morning the Duke of CAmuuo6s:
the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and the Priliceeisr
AUGUSTA rode to Kew ; in the evening t"h
Royal Highnesses returned to town to dituiers