The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-19 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, 0cT.19.

The market was well stocked this morning with every de-
scription of Cattle, but the prices of 'good meat have not di-
minished, and remain as per last market day. No material
change in the price of Hay this naoming.
To sink the offal per stone of Btt.
Beef ls. Od. to 4s. 2d. Veal
Mutton ... 2s. 9d. to 4s. Od. (Pork is. 2d. to ss. 2d.

COAL-MARKET, OCT. 17.
Ships at Market. Ships sold
3bi Newcastle - - 34
9 Sunderland

Price.
37s 3d to 46s 3d
37s 6d to 47s 3d

HOP IN TE CV.
WORCESTER, OCT. 17.—1 n our market on Saturday, the
sales were brisk ; fine samples obtained bett:r prices, but in-
ferior were lower; 2110 new pockets were weighed, and ave-
raged 455. to 755. Only 7 old were weighed, at from Ws.
to 50s.

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THE LONDON JONNALs.

October 19.
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DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MOILNING PAPERS,

[MORNING POST.] •
Letters and Papers were received yesterdayfrom Cadiz, Barcelona, Gibraltar, &c. to a late
date. They state. that the fever, instead of de-
creasing, was extending its ravages to new places.
sit Mequinenza a number of persons . had •been
-attacked, and several deaths had taken place.
At Port St. Mary's the fever had broken out
again with all its former violence, and the com-
munication between that port and Cadiz had
been .entirely cut off. Cordons had been formed
round Tortosa and Mequinenza, and every means,
adopted to prevent the further. extension of the
malady. The medical men who, in several in-
stances, had left the infected distriCts lest they
shoUld fall victims to the disease, had been threat-
ened with punishment according to the sani-
tary laws, if they did not immediately retum—
The accounts from Constantinople, in these let-
ters, .afford the following additional particulars of
the engagement between the Turkish and Greek
fleets. off Samos : The Turks attempted to land
13,000 men on that island, but were repulsed by
the ihhabitants, and shortly afterwards the
Greek 'fleet appeared ..in sight. The two. fleets
commenced firing in the midst of rocks and islets,
where the fight could only be carried on ship
against ship, and where, the largest vessels could
scarcely make way.. At length the Greek Ad-
miral collecting all his force, broke the Turkish
line, and with the aid of five fire-ships, burnt
eight Turkish vessels, captured six, ancL•sunk
several others.. The remainder of the fleet
made all sail, but were pursued, and all
captured except a few which took refuge in the
Isle of Cos. The Turkish fleet at first consisted
of four ships of . the line, five frigates, four cor-
vettes, and thirty other ships.of different sizes.
The Greeks had about ninety vessels. In con-
sequence of news so unfavourable to the-Turks,
fresh excesses are said to have been committed at
Constantinople by the populace, and that place
is mentioned as being in a complete state of
anarchy and confusion.

• [BRITISH PRESS.]
The partial efforts made by" Alerino and some
gthers to light the flames of civil war within their
country were happily suppressed by the almost
unaided force of public opinion ; they sunk in
their own insignificance : but Aches we know
that such persons ventured to distinguish them-
selves as loyalists—that they impudently arro-
gated to themselves, in one instance, the title of
" The Army for the Deliverance of God and
the King;"- and in every instance affected to re-
present the King as the promoter of:their enter-
prizes, and that every friend to despotic power
ire Spain, Great Britain, and .France, fervently
desired their success—lwhat can be more unjust
than to impute their excesses, and the necessary
consequences of them, either to the genius of
the revolution itself, or to the conduct of the
iilustrious individuals, who,, by promoting the
revolution, effected the deliverance, of their
country ? If Spain be distracted and convulsed,
the fault lies with the enemies of the revolution.
That mighty event was accomplished in a manner
peculiarly fortunate ; despotism fell and liberty
rose almost without a struggle—n.o blood was
shed, and Spain might at once have begun to
enjoy the blessings of security to life and pro-
perty, lied not Courtiers and Monks conspired to
blast the fair fruits of this glorious enterprise.—
Had the friends of the ancient system submitted
themselves to the expressed will of the nation,
and hesitated to disturb the general tranquillity
of the State, the provinces of Spain would have
known no other enemies to their repose.

rMORNING CHRONICLE.)
.The Ministerial Papers at first teemed with
most mysterious allusions to the important disco-
*eries which had been made respecting Sir
Robert Wilson. ft would now seem, however,
that Ministers have renounced all idea of attempt-
ing to make out even the semblance of a case
against him, and that they mean to entrench
'themselves behind their right to act according -to
'the dictates of their caprice. "An actor, a pro-
minent actor," says The Courier," in the dis-
graceful outrages of the 14th of August—a
Major-General in the King's service—heading
the cavalcade on that memorable day, and en-
couraging by the mere fact of his presence (to say
nothing further)—the all but:treasonable acts of
•the mob—to pretend that an individual who thus
forgot himself, should be considered as still entitled
to his rank and pay as an officer of the King, is an
insult to common sense." The mere fact of the
presence of an Officer of the King at the funeral
of the wife of that Xing, is• sufficient then to au-
thorise his dismissal from the service ! But even,
allowing the -fact of being present at the-Queen's
funeral.sufficient to warrant the confiscation of
the sums paid by Sir Robert Wilson for his com-
mission, why must punishrhent precede trial ?
The prerogative gives, the King the.power over
the army; but in the exercise of that preroga-
tive there, ought to be nothing arbitrary.

1 N E.W TozEs.l
The Morning Chronicle rejoices greatly that
the personal friendS of Sir Robert Wilson, the
Noblemen and Gentlemen with whom be haS
dined, and with whom he has acted in Parlia-
ment, are liberal. enough. to_ subscribe sums,
'which they can very well afford, to prevent his
fallirig into a state of penury. Looking at the
matter in this point of view alone, we see no-
thing very extraordinary in it, only we think it
was set about in rather an absurd manner. Why
did the B. A. N. D. come up 'in single letters ?
—Why should Lord Grey or Mr. Lambton he
ashamed-to avow himself at the 'very. outset ? It
cast an unnecessary mystery on the busi7
ness, and was perhaps not altogether fair
to the other 'subscribers. At present, how-
ever, the thing seems to be
.tolerably well
understood. The Chronicle alone seems to
be in error, by talking of the People and 'the
Public as parties to the. transaction. - Thv

People .and the Public look on very quietly ;1
they for the most part have not so many Five
Hundred Pounds each to play with; and, be-
sides, they generally like to know what they
-give their money _for. It is all very well for Sir
Robert Wilson's private friends to keep him froth
want, whether his- conduct as an officer has been
blameable or not; but the People and the Public
will wait till they learn whether he has acted right
or wrong. The matter will of course be brought
before Parliament, and until it is, there or else-
where, put in a train of regular discussion, the
Public and the Beople will withhold their judg-
ment and their pence. Certain Gentlemen of Op-
position politics .are. extremely prone to antici-
pate legal and Parliamentary investigation, and
to condemn or acquit beforehand, as if they were
afraid to wait for regular accusation, defence,
and proof. This was the course adopted on the
Manchester proceedings, and in many other in-
stances, when it had the effect of producina a
partial and temporary clamour; but after the
matters had been fully sifted, the Public and the
People were at last satisfied that.the clamour
was unfounded. Such perhaps may be the case
eventually in regard to Sir -Robert Wilson. .

[THE TIMES.I
Lord Sidmouth has written another letter (See
THE SUN of yesterday) about conciliation, for-.
bearance, benevolence, &c. among the people of
Ireland towards each other. It was he who
signed the famous letter of " admonition and in-
junction," as it was termed, to the Lord Lieu-
tenant, on the day of his Majesty's departure
from Dublin. His Lordship now addresses Sir
Abraham Bradley 'King (the seller of high-priced
stationery to Government) on his prothotion to
the Tank of a Baronet. :In this epistle he con-
-gratulates Sir Abraham not only on his being cre-
ated a Baronet, but on the forbearance which he
.practised at the late Sheriff's dinner,in suppressing,
as is presumed,an anti-Catholic toast. This, at least,
is the construction put upon, the words of Lord
Sidmoutli in Dublin ; and his Lordship is sup;,
posed to have designed by them a " rap over the-
knuckles " for Alderman James ; and as usual
,the poor Irish are once more hi ecstacies. Now
it is good to be merry—but we should like to
see our brethren wise as well as merry. The
Secretary of State writes wondrous civil letters
in the King's name, and in his own, concerning
the people of Ireland : so very civil are his
words, that one. would think he had been a pupil
of Lady Mary Montague, who recommends civi-
lity to her daughter as being that sort of circd-
lating medium which "buys every thing and
costs nothing." We 'believe that -fair words will.
go as far with the-Irish its with 'Most of their
neighbours—but still they are only words. It
would behove the people of Ireland to watch
the actions of these speech.-makers—what they
do for Ireland- as well-as what. they say to her—
what -pains s they :take -to fulfil . the- promises
which are implied by their verbal complaisance
—which of their prejudices they are willing
to forego—what punishments they actually in-
jlict on those of their acknowledged partisans
and dependants who break themselves, or en-
courage others to break, the solemn " injunctions"
contained in the letters of their patrons. Let
Lord Sidmouth and his colleagues therefore be
tried by tests like these. Instead of throwing
the riband of "St. Patrick over the shoulder of a
Catholic Lord, let them carry the Catholic Ques-
tion. Instead of scolding an insignificant police-
magistrate for giving an incendiary toast, let
them visit the Royal resentment on him to whom
was especially addressed the much Jauded letter
of " admo-nition and injunction"—who had there-
fore official cognizance of the Royal will—We
nu an the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, who, with

tl at letter in his pocket, and the repr'mand to
Alderman Parley fresh in his mind, sat by, and
countenanced and drank the toast of the " Glo-
rious Memory" at the next corporation dinner,
whichee attended in his capacity of Viceroy of
Irela►ki. These, then are the tests by which.the
sincerity of the King's Ministers towards the
Irish Catholics ought to be rigorously examined.
The rest is " nought but leather and prunella."•

[MORNING -lIERALD.]
For some time' back the county of Limerick
has been in an extremely diAurbed state. Noc-
turnal bands plundered the more respectable in-
habitants of fire-arms, and some sanguinary mur-
ders took place—which were followed by
some scarcely less sanguinary proceedings of
criminal justice. Severity on the one side,„
and the thirst of vengeance on .the other,. has,
it appears,_ produced a lawless organization.
amongst the peasantry. They have plunder-
ed, or. purchased arms and ammunition. to a
considerable extent, and a shocking murder
has been committed in open day—the victim
dragged forth from .the house of a gentleman
where he proposed to dine, and put to death by
a horrid semblance of capital execution, in a spot
'chosen for the purpose. It may be added, that'
the only cause of hatred against the. unhappy
object of this barbarous vengeance, wal his being
identified with the, laws as chief of the County
Police. It is to be observed, however, as some
consolation, that this dreadful. strife is confined
to a district of. no great extent, and that political
feelings have no share in it. It is, common to
impute to the Government of Ireland the thief
blame. The evil, however, is old and deep-
rooted, and may be with more truth imputed
to Administrations that have long gone by. In
a great, part of Ireland society is.mal-organized,
and civilization imperfect. ~The land-owners,
equally blind to their.own interests and to those
of humanity, keep the holders so closely shorn,
that agriculture does not improve, and the la-
bourers want occupation,. or. at least do not re-
ceive a recompense adequateto their subsistence.
Add to this, that there is little.ornoagricultural ca-
pital,and that thus a period of distress which inEng-
. land would be but lightly felt, produces in Ireland
the-utmost misery. Thus it has lately happened.
• —After the peace the rents fell considerably.
More recently the aspect of the country appeared
favourable, and,the land-owners, or their. agents,
endeaVoured again to. screw up the holders to the
olkrack7rentpoint. They have made the qxpe-
• riment, and, like other 'torturers, have got no-

. . . . ,
thing but blood.. Nothing ,Can he
'snore Unjusti-
fiable—more ab6Minable--than the atrocities.re-
cently committed:—But there are two, causes to
which they may in part be attributed.• In the
first place, the adminittration of justice is scarcely
impartial. The lower classes look for redress not
to the justiceof their case, but to favour. They
have no sense of legal justice, or of their haV-
ing legal rights. In the next place, the agents
of the public authority, particularly the lower
agents, do their duty upon those of the peasantry
whose crimes have consigned them to their, hands
in a barbarous, and, wl:at is equally bad in that
country, a humiliating manner.