The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-26 00:00:00

FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

The arrivals of fish since yesterday have been consider-
able, and the market this morning exhibited a pretty good
stock, but chiefly Salmon and Soles, both of which were
of excellent quality. Lobsters, and all other kinds of
shell-fish, were extrenaely saaroe; the best kinds were
bought up by the dealers at an early hour, and at a very
high rate.—The following were the pries:_..
Prime Turbot, each Ss. OIL to 10s. 00.
Ditto small b 0 7 0
Maeda Salmon, per lb. I 3 I 3
Ditto Grilse 0 $ 0 0
Salmon Trout 0 11 0 0
Sturgeon 1 6 0 0
Fine Whitings, per lb 4 0 6 0
Ditto large, per 7 4 0 6 0
Brighton Soles, per litrae twin 2 6 4 0
Live Flounders, pa 'Mee% 2 0 3 0
Live Eels. pet bib
Shrimps, per gallon 2 6 3 0
Pickled Salmon (Newesetle), per kit 36 0 30 0

SPORTING-(RECEIVED THIS DAY).

TATTERSALL's THIS DAY

Sir o' Clock.

The rooms had a very full attendance to-day, and the
betting assumed a very spirited cbaractcr. Considerable
alteration, it will be seen, have taken place in the St.
Leger Stakes. Reviewer has completely left the field.
The odds against him quickly rose from 14 to 15 to I,
and his former backers shewed strong symptoms of uneasi-
ness. The latter odds were taken to some extent, and " the
Star" having hung fire for a minute or two, and minor
odds were succeeding, but the odds again overwhelmed
him, and left him out of the pit. Mameinke is tottering, and
it was even betting on Granby, being the favourite before
starting. Ths latter has got up, and stands his ground
well at 5 to 1 ; 6 to 5 was offered on the field against any
two. Some betting, though small, took place on the
York Thirty Guinea Stakes at the undermentioned odds,

LUIZ R.
4 to 1 agit Mameluka
b to 1 agat Granby
12 to 1 agat Nonplus
20 to j agat Matilta
20 to I agat Lunaria
*b to 1 agat Lumley's Tramp colt
40 to 1 agat Moonshine
AO to 1 agat Reviewet

THIRTY OUINIAZ sTAXIS ♦T YOBS-
-6 to 4 agst Matilda
6 to 1 apt Moonslain*.

KENDAL RACES.—Tvx SDA v, JuLy 24.
The attendance to-day was not so numerous as had been
expected, in consequence of the wetness of the snowing.
The death of Sir Philip Musgrave, who had always been a
great patron of these races, also tended to lessen the at-
traction, and to prevent the running fsr the Produce
Stakes.—. The rain which fell in the snowing, • though it
was the cause of keeping numbers away from the course,
had the good effect of softening the greund, which had
preciously been very hard.

A Maiden Kate value SOL Two mile heats.
Mr. Simpson's b. f. Young Duchess, 3 yrs I I
Mr. Relph's b. c. by Octavian, 3 yrs 4 2
Mr. Hudson's b. g. Sir Catton, 4 yrs 6 3
Mr. Harrison's b. e. My Lord, 3 yrs 2 fell
Mr. Wilkinson's ch. f. Marehioness, 4 yrs
An excellent race, contested the whole way, and waft
by half a length. In the second heat My Lord fell in
going the last mile. The rider (Thompson) was taken
up in a state of insensibility ; but medical assistance being
at hand, he was bled, and when we left the ground was
pronounced in a fair way of recovery. Marchioness was
the favourite before starting, and the knowing ones were
fairly cleaned out.

A Sweepstakes of 7 soya. each, with 25 Govt. added.

Two mile heate.

Mr. Hudson's b. in. Lady Easby, 6 yrs 1 1

Mr. Simpson'sb. c. Young Comus, 4 yrs... 2 2

Mr. Wilkinson's b. e. Johno'Ciaunt, 4 yrs... S S
A good race. Young COMUS contested every inch of
ground, and was beat only by a length. Young Comus
the favourite.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We recommend our communication from
Lisbon in this day's paper to general attention.
Perhaps, also, the knowledge of additional facts
may enable us to take a more perfect view of the
whole subject. It will be recollected, that at the
very beginning of this unhappy conflict, we stated
it as a rule of indispensable obligation upon us,
that whilst Ferdinand observed his engagement
of strict neutrality between the contending parties
in Portugal, we should abstain from perplexing
his Government at home, by passing Spanish
refugees into the Peninsula. The duplicity
which he has evinced in the discharge of his en-
gagement towards Portugal, might seem to let
us loose from ours towards him. However, an
open course is preferable. While we believe, or
affect to believe, his asseverations of neutrality,
—while we listen to his explanations, and admit
his excuses,—it were better that we should con-
tinue to observe our own obligations, and not
follow a bad example, even in the punishment
of bad conduct. If the Spanish Government
exceed all bounds in violating the neutrality of
its neighbours, then we must declare openly
that we can bear it no longer, and among the
means of annoyance, the restoration of the emi-
grants to their native country will no doubt be
one. In the mean time, we will acknowledge
that the situation of Sir Wm. A'Court at Lisbon,
of the Portuguese Minister here, and of our
own Minister. for Foreign Affairs, is an
extremely difficult one. From a just and
natural aversion to have recourse to
the last expedient, they are obliged to act with
rigour towards those whom they compassionate,
o whose cause they inwardly approve, and whose
views, also, they would openly second, were
they to act upon the knowledge which they pos-
sess. Now all these embarrassments might be
prevented by the retirement of the French forces
from Spain. It will be recollected, that at the
very beginning of these troubles we said, that the
peace could never be secure whilst the forces of
two such warlike nations as France and Eng-
land remained on the Peninsula, appearing to
-
espouse different pnnciples, and to support oppo-
site parties in the two states. From this opinion we
have never swerved, and the issue will show that
it is a just opinion. But it may be said, that
were the subsidiary forces withdrawn, a war
would immediately commence between the two
patties—the Servile and the Constitutional. To
this we answer, that the affair is not ours. France
and England have tried the effect of an armed
mediation, and it has failed of success : the par-
ties are no nearer an accommodation now, than
they were on the day when the French troops
first entered Spain ; and, which is• worse,
this unsettled state has been and may be pro-
longed to such a degree, that probably the
quantum of human suffering will exceed that
which would attend a real, open, and sincere war
between the parties, to say nothing of the chance
that other nations may be dragged into the con-
flict. But l'urther, if it be thought strange that
we, who have recommended (though, we must
observe, with no very confident hope of success)
the interference of *foreign Powers to suppress
the sanguinary struggle, between the Greeks and
the Turks, should urge the recall of the alien
forces which 'b'ave been sent out to the Penin-
sula, we answer, that , the cases are dissimilar ;
the first is a war of nations—of people against
people : the second a war of principles. Im-
bodied Europe may say to Greece and Turkey,
" You shall fight no longer ;" but imbodied
Europe cannot say to the servile and constitu-
tional opinions, " You shall make no further
progress ; you shall attach no more converts."
We have seen how difficult it is to say to them,
and to enforce the dictum, " You shall not in-
flame your partisans to the madness of taking up
arms to destroy each other." Were Greece free
from the dominion of the 1 ulks, and subject to
intestine troubles on the best system of Govern-
ment, probably the most humane way would be,
to let the conflicting parties settle their disputes
by their own method.—Times.
The late meeting at the Thetford Wool Fair,
at which Mr. Coke presided, presents some cu-
rious incidents. In the first place; it will be ob-
served how great the anxiety is upon this occa-
sion, that our manufactures should be found in
an improving state ; for upon the employment of
our looms, it was acknowledged, depended the
price of wool. Oh ! gentlemen, you are come
to this are you ? We should have thought you
would say—in something like the words of the
late statesman of your county—" Perish our
manufactures, but let our agricultural interest
jive." You have found out then, at last, that
British manufactures are of some use to the tillers
and owners of British land. We congratulate
you on the improvement -of your minds, and the
increase of your knowledge. Be content, then,
to feed our manufacturers at a reasonable price
with bread, that they may be enabled to convert
the covering of your flocks -into coverings for
your own backs, and those of your continental
neighbours. The weighty and agreeable truth is
inadeltown by Mr. Fison, that, " without any
exception !,:o his knowledge," our manufactures
are improving ; and we presume wool felt the
advantage, on the improvement of the price it
fetched, But Mr. nson promulgated also ano-
ther opinion, of no slight -consequence. He said,
that " for his part he thought that those narrow
prejudices which would interpose a barrier be-
tween one country and another should be broken
down ; and he differed from those who attributed
the present low prices to the importation of fo-
reign wool !" And with reason ; for if the fo-
reign wool were worked up where it is grown,
but the more foreign -cloth would be imported
into this country, and both our own looms would
be the less employed,and a less call would exist
for wool of native growth.—lbid.
We have just received a very curious account
of the Highlands of Switzerland, the production
of a Tal. Kasthofer, a gentleman filling a high
office in the Canton of Berne, and Member of
several Contioental Societies. The work was
published in Geinan, but we have not seen the
orieinal. A translation has appeared at Geneva
and° Paris, by a M. Fazy-Cazal, under the title
of Voyage dans les petits Cantons et dans les
Alpes Rhetiennes, and it is this translation
which we have perused. In this work there are
details with respect to the economy and habits of
the Swiss mountaineers, which are exceedingly
valuable, and which we do not believe are to be
found any where else. They are particularly va-
luable, because it is in the valleys of mountainous
countries alone where society appears before us
in a simple form, that we can hope to obtain
light on certain points, respecting which it is of
the utmost importance that society should be
well informed. The mountainous regions of
Europe, whatever the form of government—
whether they belong to Monarchies, Aristocra-
cies, Republics, or Democracies—whether the
taxes be high or low—whether the inhabitants be
proprietors of the soil, or tenants of Lords—are,
we believe, with the single exception of

the Highlands of Norway, the abode of
frightfid poverty. In all of them, with
that single exception, the population is ex-
cessive, and the inhabitants suffer greatly from want
of food. In the highlands of the Canton of
Berne (called, in the language of the country,
the Oberland), the soil generally belongs to the
occupiers ; who, in consequence of their in- ,
creasing numbers, have been reduced to smaller'
and smaller portions. The laws and usages of
the different valleys are not uniform, but every
where an uniformity of misery seems to prevail.
The Canton of Berne has, like England, Poor
Laws of a very old date. It would appear f'rom
the very instructive work to which we have
alluded, that in the details of the execution of
these laws there is a considerable resemblance to
English practices. So far back as the year 1690
a law was passed, excluding from their right of
support from the parish all those individuals who
should marry without being possessed of ade-
quate means. Even at that early period the
Government sought to prevent the progress of
poverty, by having recourse to means for re-
ducing the number of marriages. We shall on
a future day, lay before our readers some of the
details respecting the Highlands of Berne. We
observe, M. Dupiu imputes the miseries of the
lower orders of France to their obstinacy in re-
jecting vaccination, while in this work we observe,
that vaccination is accused of having added con-
siderably to the evils of the Swiss mountains.—
Morning Chronicle.
The introduction of troops into the King's
Bench Prison still occupies, as it well may do,
a good deal of public attention. As not one
word has been put forth in defence of it, we
must, upon the best and most deliberate atten-
tion we can give it, pronounce it a measure in
all respects highly blameable. We do not, how-
ever, understand that either the late or the pre-
sent Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment had any thing to do with the matter. How
far it may be wise in the Government to admit
even an interregnum of a day, is another ques-
tion ; but the fact, as we have heard it confi-
dently asserted, is, that on the Marshal's appli-
cation for troops at Whitehall, he was told that
there was no Secretary of State to give the or-
der, and that he obtained his object at the
Horse Guards, under a general order or autho-
rity, which he is stated to possess, for that pur-
pose. We have no wish to misrepresent the
matter in any way ; and if we are wrong, Mr.
Jones can readily set us right. But assuming
the fact to be as ne have stated it, it surely be-
hoves those whose duty it is to attend to such
matters to inquire into the existence of any such
order as this ; and if they find it to exist, either
immediately to recall it, or so to limit 'its use for
the time to come as common discretion must of
necessity point out. It is not to be borne, we
should imagine, that a common gaoler (for Go-
vernors and Marshals are, in fact, no more)
should be entrusted with a power which persons
in offices of the highest trust and authority do
not possess, and which the Constitution has
wisely placed alone in responsible hands. Such
a power must be the more uncalled for and un-
necessary in this prison, close as it is to the very
seat of Government, than in any other ; and we
cannot but hope that now that we are blessed
with Whig rulers, who have so long, so elo-
quently, and so justly deprecated in theory the
proneness of late years to resort to military
aid on the most trivia► occasions, they will
show that they were in earnest in what they said,
by acting, upon this occasion, up to the full
letter of their theory. We are far from meaning
to blame Mr. Jones or any person unneces-
sarily ; but we cannot help thinking, that if he
constantly resided in his prison, as other gaolers
are expected; and, we believe, compelled to do,
better order might be obtained, and abuses and
excesses more readily repressed. But that be-
cause the wretched inmates of this dungeon
should for once endeavour to while away the
melancholy hours of personal restraint in a more
boisterous degree of mirth than strict prudence
may justify, they are, therefore, to be treated as
rebels against the King's Government, is a mea-
sure, the extreme folly of which seems, to us at
least, to be only merged in its extreme tendency
to the greatest tyranny and injustice. But, re-
curring again to the manner in which it has
been done, we cannot but look upon it as highly
blameable. Mr. Jones was bound, at any rate,
we imagine, to have recourse to the civil power
before he resorted to the military. Was this
done ? What Magistrate, besides himself, was
called in to give his aid or his advice upon the
occasion ? How many persons were sworn in
as special constables, or charged in the King's
name to aid and assist in checking this tumult,
if the too boisterous hilarity of these people can
be called such ? If this was not done, and
death had ensued in consequence of the military
being thus called in, we strongly suspect that a
fearful responsibility would have fallen some-
where—sufficient, we trust, even in idea to pre-
vent the recurrent e to such an undeliberate pro-
ceeding in future.—Morning Herald.
The last number of the Edinburgh Review
contains some just remarks on the general sloven-
liness with which Acts of Parliament, to use a
common phrase, are " got up." There is, cer-
tainly, a most abundant portion of ambiguity in
most of them ; and any plan which tends to di-
minish or remove it, is well worthy of considera-
tion. Some part, though we fear not the largest,
arises from the habits of those by whom bills are
drawn. These are clever enough men, we doubt
net, but they are for the most part lawyers, and,
consequently, wedded to tautological technicali-
ties ; and very few of them are native born Eng-
lishmen, and, therefore, they are but indifferently
acquainted with the idiom of the language in
which they legislate. So far, however, as ex-
pression merely is concerned, we do not despair
of a remedy. Many of the Bills recently intro-
duced are nearly unexceptionable in that
respect, and the phraseological improvements
adopted by Mr. Peel, and which will
probably be copied by future law makers,
may be looked on as the commencement of
a system of certain and intelligible legislative
diction. By these models other Bills are likely
to be tried, and a purer and more perfect form of
expression will be the consequence. But we
fear that the evils of which the reviewer com-
plains lie deeper ; and that any thing like a com-
plete remedy is hopeless ; perhaps a palliative
may be found, and such a palliative we shall en-
deavour to point out. The English people are
fond of law. It is their ordinary mode of set-
tling all disputes, and justly so. Whatever dis-
trust may be entertained of this or that Minister,
or of this or that party, the most absolute reli-
ance has, for many years; been reposed on the
purity of our Judges, and the general intelli-
gence of our Juries. An Englishman does not,
when lie has invoked the arm of justice, set
himself to bribe the Bench, or way-lay the
witnesses, or flatter or threaten the Jury,
because he has the most perfect conviction