The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-19 00:00:00

[THE TIMES.I

The French Papers have taken such pains to
destroy the credit of their own statements with
regard to the condition of the Spanish Monarchy,
that no reasonable person can be called upon to
trust their uncorroborated narratives of conspi-
racies and revolutions on the other side the Py-
rennees. Letters, however, have been received
since our last, which seem to countenance an
opinion that more than usual disquietude pre-
vails in many parts of Spain;;
,not so much for
the ultimate safety of the Constitution, as for
the continuance of domestic peace. Riego, the
once popular General, is now accused, though it
appears not on what authority, of having been
implicated in a plot for the overthrow of the
Constitution, and for the establishment of a
republic in the place of it. Whatever Riego's
indiscretions may have been, he disclaims all
views of hostility to the Constitution ; and
the Political Chief of Saragossa declines to
charge him with a crime. There is indeed
no scheme sufficiently wicked or preposterous
to deter some small number of desperate men,
in countries even the most settled and civilized,
from engaging in it as the accomplices of any
daring Chief. .13ut we are strangely misinformed
if the great mass of the people of Spain will suf-
fer any rebellious plot to affect the public liberty
with imminent or real danger.- The Spaniards
may be slow to act, but.the better classes among
them are a prudent, reflecting, and resolute
people. The Constitution has relieved every
Spanish subject from many grinding imposts,
and grievous and degrading oppressions. The
nation, generally, cannot be insensible to this.
We have the best reason for believing that an
immense majority of Spaniards• desire nothing
more than a Constitution of which a limited but
irresponsible Sovereign shall be the head ; and
that they are equally averse to the dominion of a
single and of a multitudinary despot. Conspira-
cies, therefore, like that imputed to Riego, may
produce a momentary terror—they may bestow
a short-lived increase of strength and confidence
on the opposite faction, that of the Set-riles; but
we must witness the fact, before we ,can acknow-
ledge that either faction of incendiaries has power
enough to inflict a deep or lasting wound upon
the Constitution. At this distance it is impos-
sible to ascertain what practical difficulties the
successive Cabinets of Ferdinand. VII. have had
to contend with ; but on the face bf things, they
appear to have been wanting in vigour and acti-
vity, or that club of maniacs the Fontana D'Oro,
and its provincial imitators, would have been
long ago extinct.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

The state of the harvest throughout the king-
dom is now a subject of paramount interest to all
classes of people ; we therefore from time to time
collect for the information of the public a variety
of paragraphs from the Provincial Papers rela-
tive to this important particular. From the ex-
tracts which will be found this day in another
part of our Paper, hopes may, we think, be
drawn, that however indifferent may be the
state_ of the. crops in some particular districts,
the total produce will be found not to be inade-
quate to the absolute necessities of the country.
Much of the alarm which recently prevailed in
the corn and flour markets, and which caused so
sudden and extensive a rise in the prices, may,
we think, be ascribed to the speculations ""of a
certai❑ party, who are anxious to have the
ports opened for the importation of fo-
reign corn for home consumption.— We
should lament extremely to see the specula-
tions of any party working for the opening of
the ports successful at the present moment.
Hopes of such an event have been very generally
excited in the nearest harbours of the Continent,
and large collections of corn have, we under-
stand, been made in the granaries of Holland and
France, forthe purpose of throwing into Great
Britain enormous quantities of the superfluous
productions of those countries. This importa-
tion.manifestly would not be governed by any
rational estimate of our actual wants, we should
be inundated suddenly by, an enormous accumu-
lation.of grain, equalling perhaps in quantity the
whole amount,of our annual consumption ; and
although Of this cor❑ so. imported a very consi-
derable proportion would no doubt be returned
to the Continent, our farmers would be utterly
unable to withstand so dreadful a pressure.;---
We have, therefore, little hesitation in saying,
that the unrestricted opening of the ports would
at the present moment be attended with the
most deplorable consequences to our agricultural
interests. But this is, indeed, one of the clearest
illustrations of the evils that attend the existing
system of our trade ink corn, and that were

threateited ipy those who opposed the corn
law,
,when the policy of that measure was tinder
discussion in Purliatnent. The price of wheat
throughout the year has been very moderate,
so low, indeed, that had the ports been kept open
during the whole time for the free admission
of foreign produce, no sensible alteration would,
we are convinced, have been effected in the
state of the markets. in consequence of the
unfavourable state of the weather, a deficiency

in the relative amount of the harvest has been
presumed, and the markets sustain a sudden and
disproportionate increase in the prices. By this
operation not only are the interests of • the con-
sumers of corn seriously injured with reference
merely to the effect produced upon their pockets,
but the concerns of the whole Empire undergo
an actual, though ❑ot an immediately obvious
derangement—for a sudden alteration in the
price of. bread-corn, the first requisite Of life,
operating instantly ppon the value of labour, pro-
duces an impression little different in its nature
atid effects- from a sudden change in the value
of the circulating medium. But the evil does
not rest here, for the prices rising above the
level recognized in the Act of Parliament, the
ports are opened, an immense torrent of corn is
poured into the country, the prices fall more ra-
pidly and more extensively than they rose, the
system is thus doubly deranged, but the farmers
and land-owners are eventually the severest suf-
ferers. Had the- ports always remained open,
subject to the restriction of a certain duty, a par-
tial or an occasional deficiency in our own
home produce would be supplied by a gradual
and an equivalent importation 'of foreign grain,
the fair level of the markets would thus be
preserved, and no extraordinary circumstances
would induce An extraordinary and extrava-
gant .supply. Artificial causes have just now
drawn together immense quantities of corn in the
nearest harbours of the Continent, and should
they find their way suddenly and collectively

into our markets, they will overwhelm the native
grower, and deprive him of all 'chance of obtain-
ing a remunerating price _ for his crops. This

difficulty will oppress him during the whole year;
he will be unable to pay his rent, and defray his
current expences; he must sell his stock or de-
sert his farm ; and the land, after lying a season
idle and unemployed, will be thrown up to the
landlord, with the loss of his year's rent. We
entertain, however, very sanguine hopes that our

farmers will not have to encounter even the
possibilities of so serious a calamity. We under-
stand that wheat has already fallen within these.
two days not less than ten shillings a quarter in
Mark-lane, in consequence of ah improvement in
the state of the weather. It is said also, that
more than 20,000 quarters of wheat, shipped off
from the northern counties, on hearing of the rise
in the London market, have arrived. The letters
by the Dutch mail state, that a rise of 3s. the
quarter in wheat has taken place at Amsterdam,
in consequence of the hopes there entertained that

the accumulated stores of the Continent would
be shortly thrown into the English market. The
panic, howeier, we hope has ceased to operate
among us, and we trust our domestic produce will
be found fully equal to the supply of our wants.

POftTSMOUTII, SETT. 17.—Our newly-esta-
blished Regatta, which is to be held annually,
commenced this day under auspicious circum-
stances. The morning was ushered in with the ring-
ing of bells, and nothing could be more favourable
than the Weather: Off the platform were moored
two cutters, dressed in their colours, on board of
which were stationed the Committee, who had
the regulation of the proceedings. At ten the
aquatic sports began, and were repeated at
twelve, and again at two. The first race consist-
ed of a sailing match by boats, of a certain di-
mension ; the second, by vessels of a limited
tonnage ; and the third, by wherries rowed by a
pair of oars, with a cockswain to steer each. The
whole were admirably contested, and afforded
much amusement to a vast concourse of specta-
tors, who were assembled to witness the fete.—
These diversions are to be repeated to-morrow
on a still grander scale, when even a more nu-
merous attendance is expected. During the
first heat the Royal Squadron hove in sight off St.
Helen's : this imparted new interest to the scene.
As the Royal George sailed majestically past for
the harbour, she was cheered by the populace
on the beach and the ramparts, the bands on
board the cutters striking up God save the
King.' She had her broad pendant hoisted, and
in sailing outstripped the fleetest vessels that by
a press of canvas endeavoured to keep up with
her. At the commencement of the second course,
her consorts made their appearance at Spithead
and during the third the Marines had a field day
on South Sea common, which added in no small
degree to the grandeur of the srfectacle on the
water. Mr. CARTER was nominated this morn-
ing the new Mayor for the ensuing year ; but it
should appear as if the business of. the Corpo-
ration was absorbed in the amusements of the
Regatta ; for every one seemed to be iivetted
to the operations on the ocean, to the disregard of
the election at the Town Hall. The platform,
the ramparts, and South Sea Beach, were crowded
with spectators, on the latter of which were
pitched some tents with refreshments, and the
water was a complete scene of animation till sunset.

THE LATE FIRE IN EDINBURG-H.—The fire i❑
the Cowgate was not finally subdued until late
in the afternoon of Monday. The loss of lives
on the occasion was confined to the three indi-
viduals already mentioned, namely, the mother
and her two children. They were buried on
Tuesday afternoon, in two-coffins, and the un-
happy father was able to attend the funeral, sup-
ported by two men. In remo-r-i!ig the rubbish
on Monday, a chimney-sweeper fell from a part
of the burnt walls, and was severely injured.
The front wall was pulled down in the after-
noon, and part of it falling on the house oppo-
site, knocked in several of the windows, and
:•ensiderably damaged the walls. We are happy
to understand that a subscription has been com-
menced on behalf of the unfortunate families
who were burnt out, countenanced by the Ma-
' gistrates, and to which they have liberally con-
tri b u ted,—( Edinburgh Paper.)

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MISCELLANVOtig. •
40,

iNGrNIOUS CAUTION.-During the faslil9,b,,:pi
the celebrated pickpocket, BARatsy:rox„,:art
alarm was one tight raised in the box:lobby Of
Covent-garden Theatre that he was in thehouse:
The news spread from box to box like elec7tricity.'
One gentleman had lost a snuff-box, another his.
watch, one lady her purse, another her- -0*,14
ing-bottle ; in fact, every body had losCy
said they had lost, something. Behind Mrs;
J--s, the sister of the late Earn of C ,sat
a gentleman in black, who with much politebe
communicated to her this most dreadful Intel= 1
'ligence. " The villain,", said she, whiWrng
splendid pair of brilliant ear-rings ouroCher
ears and putting them carefully into her pocket
book, " sha'nt have my ear-rings, I prothise."
When the play was over, Mrs. -- adjouir,ett
to the route of my Lady D—. Upon. ebteri(i4_
the drawing-room she flew up to her '4, cleAr.,deai
friend," and, after embracing her with irtitifiparti-
told her Ladyship -what an escape shehad,.s4ll
of that " horrid villain Barrington" re,licitia4),,,!t
herself that but for her amazing ingenuity -yhd.
cleverness she must most certainlyCavVlOST•irer
drops. • As she could now, with pellect.spfety,
hang out her gems, she thrust her -hand • into-her
pocket; but after a poke or two, she 'changed
col Our and started—" he has them.,", iii she
in an agony. " Impossihle,"said hersyt-npgthetic
friend, 64 impossible !" Alas ! it was .to true ;
after the most scrutinous rutinnage thois,:ere not
to be found. Upon diligent inquiry it appeared
that the very gentleman in black, who • had so
politely cautioned Mrs. J—s agaiIISttBARIIING-
TON, was BARRINGTON himself. -As soon as the
lady had deposited the brilliatOsiki.her pocket,
that able artist skilfullyextractedthem.

SINGULAR ESC A PE.-br. PALM tit, of Tam-
worth, experienced a providential escape a few
days ago on the summit of Armitage Hills Re-
turning from Polesworth in his gig, attended by
his groom, the horse suddenly took fright, and
went off at full speed ; on reaching a part of the
road bounded by a precipitous stone-pit, one of
the rails being broken, the animal sprung with a
desperate leap into the pit„at least 15 or 16 feet
deep. In the descent Dr. Palmer was pitched
headlong from the carriage, and though stunned
by the fall, be soon recovered himself, and went
to the assistance of hio groom, who lay appa-
rently lifeless, but who was at length found to
have received no very material injury. The
horse lay at the further end of the pit, with the
body of the gig upon him, which being removed,
he rose up wholly unhurt, nor had the carriage
any marks of violence, with the exception of the
shafts being broken. Both the Doetot and the
groom suffered a good deal from the shock, but
are now perfectly recovered.

AN EXTRAORDINARY RESUSCITATION.—On Sa-
turday afternoon, a boy about four years old,
named Charles Rawson, son of a sailor, had the
misfortune to fall into a pit belonging to the
Peacock Inn, Boston. He is sup Posed to have
bee❑ in the water about a quarter of an hour,
during which time it is said that his head was en-
tirely immersed, but not his whole body. After
he was removed, three quarters. -of an hour
elapsed before any medical assistance could be
obtained. At length Dr. CRANE was found, but
he was not able to discover any signs of life,
except-some degree of warmth which he thought
indicated a probability that animation might be
restored. With that view', the Doctor ordered
the child to be placed in a warm bed ; and until
that could be provided, he attempted to renew
respiration by an artificial method of inflating
the lungs, aided by friction of the extremities,
and upon the region of the heart. In a short
time au obscure motion of that organ was thought
to be evident to the touch; this was soon fol-
lowed by pulsation of the wrists. The boy was
then put into bed, and, upon a gentle stimulus
being given to him, he in a few minutes opened
his eyes, and with a loud shriek shed a copious
flow of tears, and was restored to his anxious
mother, who was present during.the whole of the
agonizing scene.—(Cambridge Paper.)

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-It has seldom de-
volved upon us to narrate a more distressing oc-
currence than the ,cohlowing, by which an affec-
tionate and widoweVmother is deprived of her
only child, and plungedinto a state of grief which
may perhaps be conceived, but which it is• im-
possible for us to describe :—About 3 o'clock on
Thursday afternolin,,(l.3th inst.) a little boy at
Whaddon, near -this_ city, observing a horse
struggling on his beck. in a ditch on the road side,
immediately ran lipme; abbitt 'half a mile distant,
to call his fatherj." On ,the latter reaching the
place, he found ~the animal standing quietly in a
brook near the„spett..". The 'mant conjecturinu'
that an accident.,hadhapp.ened,•searche'd around,
and soon discoveretlifii'ilie ditch, quite'dead, and
.
completely imrnerso In. and watei) the body
of the unfortunate, rider, Witham King, Esq.,
son of the Attie • ,q.5419§e1,10r King, of this
city. This much ;lap enteci ypung g;entWman, who
was 22 years of: ag•ei.,:had*- been out for a ride ;
and it is supposed Piiie,h't which was very
spirited, had reared, up, and, fallen backwards
upon him •in the iitqc, %illicit situation the
struggles of the auttnnt o-e•.x.(r,i(7ate hiniself only
precipitated. the ,melauclielym., rate of his rider,
who must have been ipstatittly..sUffocated- by the
mud and water which INV e4..01 It appeared
that the horse had, by Artatethtions,cOntrived
to move upon his back apil:::side.s.,j:iis Much as
fifteen yards from the spot„befo,whe wa4 enabled
to recover his legs. Au inveki was held on the
body on Friday, when a verAiAdf a:4Ccidental
Death" was returned. Mr,.
of Queen's College, Oxfolt 4: his. shining
abilities promised fair to orna-
ment to that society which is. . • w :destined to
deplore. his 19ss.—(Glouccster Jo )zal.)

JOHN MERRY, of Norman tnear JCirby-
moorside, who became insolvent about four year
ago, having lately received a' legacy of 9001.
under his brother's will, could not rest satisfied
until he called his credit" togeth“, and gave
up the sum to them : in consequence of which
they generously agreed to settle AO/. per annum
upon him for his life; as a reward fel his integrity.