The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-29 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD NJARKET, OCT. 29.

This mot' ning's market was eitecdingly well-stocked with ail
descriptions of -Cattle, and the prices 'a prime Beef were the
same as,' last Week, but for the inferior sorts scarcely a price
be obtained, and they are lower than _last market-day—
NO'alteration: in the price of Hay.
i To sink the. offal per .stone of Kb,

Beef
Mutton ... 2ss Bd. to 3s. IW. 1 Pork .., 3s. 2d, to 4s. lCd.

AVERAQV 'TRICE OF CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES,

Wheat, 50s. 4d.—Barley, 31s. 2d—Oats, 20s. 5d.—RK,
265. 10d. Beans, 32s 2d.—Pease,..32s. d.
- The Average Price, of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the Returns made in the Week ending the 24th day
of October, 1821, is 30s. Aid. per Hundred Weighs.

COMMERCIAL REPORT.;
rifou OCTOBER 22, TO OCTOBEII. 27, IN cx.usiv E.

Markets generally have possessed much steadiness, without,
however, any activity. The ordinary qualities of Plantation
Sugars are 64 to ls. per cwt. lower. St. Lucias yesterday by
the hammer 50s. to 525. ; other sorts fully maintain their previ-
ous rates.----The quantity of Coffee blought to. public notice
was limited to, 886 casks and 1070 bags, a great proportion of
which was taken in at the extreme prices of last week ;—an in-
creased demand was yesterday experienced which caused an
enhancement in value of about 25.. per ervt.,—good St. Do-
rningos readily brought 1024.—We have experienced a very
moderate business in'Cotton, and the currency of last week has
been hardly supported, which is also applicable to the Liverpool
Market--400 Chests of Indigo (fine Violet) advertised for sale,
were disposc4 of by private contract, averaging 9s. per lb.

THE LONDON JOURNALS:

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING • PAPERS,

October 29.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Despatches were yesterday forwarded to Ha-
nover, containing, it is understood, the opinion
of the Council upon the despatches which ar-
rived on Saturday, communicating the particulars
of the conference on the 21St, between Lord
• Londonderry and Prince Metternich. We have
a high opinion of the talents of the Marquis of
Londonderry ; but he has his match in the arts
of diplomacy in Prince Metternich. In our opi-
nion, England will not easily prevent Russia
from eventually grasping Turkey, nor Austria
from gaining a stronger hold of Italy, nor Prussia
from rounding off her territory. England is at
present so situated, in consequence of her debt,
that she cannot go to war if she would. It is a
singular fact that the Protestant Divines, 150
years since, prognosticated that about the present
era the Roman Catholic countries should, in
all parts- of the world, undergo " strange con-
vulsions," and " be shaken," as they expressed
it ; and that -very soon after the Maho,rnetan
system should. "be shaken " too. We Hardly
think, however, that at present Russia will dare
to execute .her designs on Turkey.. But when-
ever she does attempt it, we hope that the'Mi-
nisters of England, whoever they may be, will
have the good sense to keep from war, and es-
pecially a war in the cause of Turkey, whose
people profess a Religion which holds the Chris-
tian Religion in the utmost abhorrence. The
next war in which England engages will either
oblige us to reduce, very materially, the interest of
our debt, or to have recourse to an Income Tax
of 10 or 20 per cent.; or, what is worse than
either expedient, oblige us again to resort to the
vile system which has been so 'much in fashion
since the days of William the Third, of borrow-
ing money in the iniquitous proportion of re-
ceiving 601. from the lenders, and engaging to pay
J 001. for every 601. so lent, and increase the pre-
sent enormous debt of SOO,OOOOOO/. We think,
however, that England has no more to do with
the disputes between Turkey and Russia, than
in the days of G eorge the Third she had to do
with France. But when will European States-
men learn the wisdom " of letting other nations
do as they think proper!"

[MORNING POST.]

• French Papers to the nth were received last
night. They state that our .Monarch was ex-
Fected in Paris on the sth of next month, and
that he intended to alight at the hotel of the Bri-
tish 'Ambassador. This assertion, though made
in the most confident manner, seems hardly re-
concileable with the official announcement in
Saturday's Gazette, which implies his Majesty's
immediate return to this country. It is possible,
however, that. his Majesty may leave Hanover
at the time mentioned in the dispatch, and
may take such a sweep as would bring Paris
within the sphere of his journey home.—
In that case he would probably travel incog-
vita, and would only pay a flying visit to the
French Metropolis.—An article of the Ist inst.
from Odessa announces, but not positively, that
'the Russian Imperial Guards had received orders
to march to-the South, and expresses an expec-
tation of ulterior events. Another from Herman-
stadt confirms the report of the capture of the
brave Heterist partisans, Jordaki and Formaki,
Who had been sent to Constantinople, where, it
was supposed, the most cruel death awaited them.
According to private letters of the 10th instant
from Madrid, we regret to find that symptoms of
the yellow fever had revealed themselves both at
Cadiz and at Seville.

[BRITISII PRESS.]
The publication of the Grand Seignor's Ftr7
4naun, if it be authentic, is of the very highest
importance, in sheaving the character of the late
-negociations, and the result of them, and likewise in
displaying the spirit that animates the Ottoman
'councils. The firmaun exhorting the. -Mussul-
Flans universally to arm, had been for some time
expected in Constantinople, where it would seem-
the Ambassadors, and more especially the Am-
bassador of England, had exerted themselves to•
,prevent its 'appearance. They no doubt re-
garded it in the light of a declaration of war, and
truly it wants very little of that character. Its
appearance necessarily implies that all amicable
negociations between the rival Powers have been
broken off, for otherwise not even theGrandSeignor
would venture to indulge in such vituperative lan-
guage against au independent Sovereign and peo-
ple. Lord Strangford's exertions are noticed in
a Paris Paper, which says that his Lordship
couid succeed only in postponing the publication
of this firmaun for only a few days. It is ob-
servable that the Grand Seignor exhorts his
Moslem subjects to treat his Christian subjects
-with mercy and forbearance, but we read still of
the most barbarous murders perpetrated by'the
Turks, and some even by the orders of his High-
ness himself, under the pretence, no doubt, at all
times, of striking only the guilty.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We are sorry to say, that something more than
mere remissness appears chargeable on the
people of this Country ; for we are afraid our
faithful Allies the Turks are now indebted to us
for something more than mere wishes for their
success. The reputution of the Country and its
real interests seem to require a very different
course from that which has been pursued. As
to commercial advantages being tb be obtained
by supporting the Turks, the idea is not more
pitiful than it will be found illusory. The trade
with Turkey, though beneficial to a few indivi-
duals, is trifling in amount, and till a change
takes place in that Empire, must decline every
year. If the Greek industry had a free course,
the circumstance would soon be felt by the com-
merce of this country. But we are not all traders
or. monopolists. England was generally sup-
posed to contain scholars and philanthropists,
men zealous for the interest of the Christian
religion. Where are they on the present occa-

sion ? That must be a most.dep-rave,d idea of re-

ligion 'svhiely would lead men to .consider evils
and abuses in thiSl world as a matter of indiffer-
ence, instead of exerting themselves to remove
or diminish them.' A sound :view. of religion
would teach us to add to the mass of human Clap-
piness, and to diminish the mass of human misery
as much as we ,possibly can, and consequently
where we see a people like the Greeks suffering
under an incurably oppresSive Government, to
aid them in freeing themselves from the evil.—
We know that there are mystics who preach up
mortification in this world, as the condition of
admission to the. next, -who make war against
the most natural
,impulses of map, who main-
tain, that we ought, to take no interest in
the- concerns of this life, but have our eyes
constantly fixed on another ; that, instead of
endeavouring to diminish the mass of evil. and
suffering, we ought to consider it as necessary for:
our probation, and blindly resign ourselves our-
selves to it; and we are afraid that there are too
many in this country who encourage this mYs--
ticism. Foreigners, we know, suppose that it
prevails to a great extent among us, and arerniuch
struck with the language they often hear when-in
this country. But we would fain hope, that
more rational views of religion are entertained
by greater numbers among us than they are
aware o f. • - .

INEW

The appalling accounts of the desolation pro-
duced by the contagious fever at present ravag-
ing great part of Spain, render us feelingly alive
to the danger of contagion in our own country,
and proportionably grateful to those benevolent
individuals whose exertions are • directed to the
warding off so tremendous an evil. Far these
reasons, we feel it a duty to direct the attention
of our Readers to that most valuable Charity,
the Institution for the Cure and Prevention of.
Contagious Fever in the Metropolis, the pro-
ceedings of which, for the last year, will be
found detailed at length in another part of our
Paper. When we reflect on the scenes of incalcu-
lable horror which would exhibit themselves in
London, if the tremendous scourge which has
depopulated Barcelona were let loose upon us ;
and when we consider that contagion is like wa-
ter, which may rush in at the smallest leak, until
it tills the mightiest vessel, we cannot but feel
how much we are all interested in the labours of
those who keep a constant and watchful eye on
that leak, and secure us against the accumulation
of the overwhelming tide.