The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-21 00:00:00

DAY ♦T 014 O'CLOCJC.

PRICY% OF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red. 821:ir
3 per Cent. Cons. 33% 2% 3
3% per Cent.
Ditto Red. ........ 88)iliS%
4 per Cent. New 965 i %
Ditto, 4826 .......... -
Bank Long Ann. ... 19 1-16 N't
India Stock
Ditto Bonds 68 69 68

COURSE OF EXCHj
Amsterdam C.F. 12 4
Ditto, at sight l2 1
Rotterdam 2U. 12 15
Antwerp l2 5
Hamburgh 2% U. 37 5
Altona 234 U. 37 6
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto U. 25 80
Bordeaux 25 80
Berlin —
Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154
Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 9%
Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 14
Trieste do.
Madrid 33%
Cadiz 33%
Bilboa
Barcelona 33X
3334
Seville
Gibraltar 45

South Sea Stock "*.
Old Annuities
New Ditto
Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 45 46 pm•
Ditto 5OO 2d. 4S 46 pro•"
Ditto Small - 2d. 45 46 pin.
Ditto Commercial
Bank for Account
India for Account
Cons. for Account 1331{ 3

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Shale•
£2O 2434 25
Luoc 5 X 1 9
10 18
2 £1 3 0
5 6K7
25 20%
......
STOCKS, APRIL 17.

St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) --
Royal Irish Ditto
National Ditto
Patriotic Ditto .--
Hibernian Bank --
Provincial Ditto
Royal Irish Mine --•
Imperial Mine -
Mining Co. of Ireland -
Commercial Buildings --

NGE YESTERDAY.
Leghorn 47%
Ger.oa 26 10
Venice 46
Malta .
Naples 37%
Palermo per oz. 114
Lisbon 40%
Oporto 4O ik
Rio Janeiro 39
Bahia 43
Buenos Ayres
Dublin, 21 days' sight
Cork Oi

BULLION, PER OZ.
X. s. d.
Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0
Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6
New Doubloons . 3 13 3
New Dollars 0 4 6#
Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning ...21 minutes after 11. I Evening ...49 minutes after 11

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1827.

The arrangements towards the formation of
the Ministry, though not yet completed, are in
a course of favourable progress. We under-
stand that the negociation with the Marquis
of LANSDOWN still continues, and is expected
to be finally settled without much delay. The
assertion that Sir JOHN LEACH has been
offered the Lord Chancellorship in Ireland, 11
premature, if not unfounded. But we can
now state positively that Mr. PLUNKETT Suc-
ceeds Sir JOHN COPLEY as Master of the Rolls,
with a Peerage. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
of the King's Bench is also to have a Peerage.

The LORD CHANCELLOR has this day re-
deemed one of his broken promises, by sitting to
give judgment in some cases, and stating his in-
tention as to others. His Lordship was as
cheerful as could be expected under all the cir-
cumstances of his situation. He expressed his
willingness to give judgment in all cases which
had been fully argued or part heard—if the
parties would consent to consider these judg-
ments the same as if delivered while in office,
for his. Lordship having an eye to the corporal,
says that he cannot dispose of them before he
gives up the Seals. When he went out of
office, in 1806, the parties assented to a simi-
lar proceeding, and now that he has the ad-
vantage of so much more experience, there
can be no question that they will avail them-
selves of the offer, because there will be some
chance of getting judgment—his Lordship
being happily removed from all the tempta-
tions of delay and doubt.

We have heard a great deal from the Ex-party
of this person and that, having been invited by
Mr. Callrarra to join his Administration, and
of their having declined—from differing in
opinion with that great Statesman on the Ca-
tholie Question, or regarding the new Corn Bill.
They seem to think that he would be delighted
to get them all back, and really sicken one with
the stories they tell of the offers made by him to
the very
ecirculate cmt i oe faction.
Secretaryshipo
some
It is now-a-days reckoned rather unkind to
yuerr friend,
spage. Amongst the rest, JOSEPH HUME'S
rumour of
or
having his
13es
friends have it, that he was offered the choice of all
the places vacant on Tuesday morning; and the rea-
son of his refusal is truly characteristic. It is said
that the only condition made with that active per-
sonage was, that he should confine himself entirely
to the business of whatever office he might select—
that if he was Secretary for the Home Department
he should not interfere with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer ; or, if he preferred the Colonial,
he should not consider Ireland as coming within
the range of his exertions. Such a proposition
could not be entertained a moment by that ener-
geticojlee investgentleman. h
im
with H e said,that
t woo r
thr if they
e eo
ft
he would
principalat
offices, (thereby effecting a great saving to the
Nation,) he might, perhaps, bind himself not to
interfere with any others, but that one office would

not occupy a fifth part of his time, and that con-
sequently during the remainder lie would be the
most wretched of men. Now, though we do not
believe this story, any more than that he is to be
made a Lord (by the title of Lord JosEPII, °f
course), we have no hesitation in saying that it
has as much foundation in" fact as most of the

others, amongst which we may just mention, with
a view to contradict it, the idle report that Lord
ELDON is going to travel on the Continent, and
is to be accompanied by Mr. JoHN.WILLIAms,
the late Member for Lincoln.

The French Papers of Wednesday and the
Etoile dated Thursday have been received. The
joy manifested by the liberal party in France at
the elevation of Mr. CANNING is second only to
the patriotic enthusiasm so universally displayed
on the abandonment of the obnoxious project
introduced against the liberty of the Press. That
measure was carried through the Chamber of
Deputies amid the sternest though ineffectual
opposition. The Chamber of Peers, before dis-
cussing the clauses of a law which excited the
alarm of the multitude and roused the indigna-
tion of cultivated minds, referred the project
to a select Committee to report upon its ;spirit
and general tendency. Happily for the honour
of France that Committee was composed of

Meinberi who felt as Frenchmen ought. to feel
upon a question involving the dearest rights of
their country—the freedom of public opinion,
and the safeguard of public liberty. They saw
the insidious character of the measure, and de-
nounced the principle with an unanimity worthy
of enlightened minds. The Government taking
this temper of a part as indicative of the general
feeling of the Chamber so truly corroborative of
the public voice, and dreading that the triumph
of 4r. CANNING in England might accelerate
their total discomfiture, they hastily withdrew
the measure in order to preserve the appearance
(‘',f having performed an act of grace through de-
lerenee to public opinion. But they are mistaken
111 this supposition—the people view their con-
duet in its proper light—and give them credit
11only for consulting their own safety by the sacri-
ce of a plan whose success threatened public
berty.
The withdrawal of the measure was not
y a
°Fficiallnnounced on Tuesday evening, but the
People got a hint of the circumstance, and several
streets were instantly illuminated. ..Joy pervaded
every bosom and a general illumination was
expected to take place on Wednesday evening.
1 his will read the apostolicals a very useful lesson
--it will also inform his MAJESTY that his Mini-
sters have deceived him in their slavish estimate
°le the national feeling. But the beneficial result
t°,i this ominous defeat will be more widely felt
their
the
heir power
Apostolicals reckon—it will weaken
freedom in iu Spain, and paralyse their machi-
nations will bind the friends of
reedom yet more firmly in their determination to
resist any future encroachment, and it will pro-
inote the diffusion of knowledge, while it affords
a stronger guarantee for securing the liberty of
the
Press—tile only guardian of that of the
people.
The accounts from Spain say that Catalonia is
returning to tranquillity, but we disbelieve them.
Spain will never be tranquil or happy while
der the domination of such men as FERDI-
NAXD and .the Apostolicals. A little while,
an d the change in Spain may be as complete as
t
e change in England was unexpected and gra-
ifYing. The lovers of freedom in Spain need
not despair because their prospects are unpro-
r:lllising,—the cabal in England were at the very
reshold of success on the morning of their
twin, and the conspirators against the liberty of
e French Press had almost secured its de-
2ttuetion when the triumph of Mr. CANNING
az"ounced their own. Such are the glorious
feelin
eiteets resulting from a communion of liberal
1, Touch but a link and it pervades the chain.
ht. freedom and knowledge be blessings in the
higher walks of life, would not their prevalence
e ber,efi
cial in a humbler sphere ?

We received this morning the Austrian Ob-
se
r
ver at the 9th inst., containing the Speech of
the r
.
'''°Rl) HI C
.tsj, .HIGHCOMMISSIONER of the ion=
°n Opening the Session. This document
ea
1-
characterised by a temperate feeling, and pre-
-lelitg
a Very flattering picture of the state of the
tjr‘..ITED STATES OF THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
ethe Bth March the Session of the Legislative Assem-
:fthe lonian Islands was opened by his Excellency the
P°4 High Commissioner of his Majesty, the Sovereign
'Rector of these States, with the following speech :
ikost Illustrious President, Most Noble Gentlemen,
thir,,cclngratulate myself on seeing you assembled in this
Session, in which I have no doubt that you will dis-
f play the same zeal for the public good, the same prudence
'll.llr°
.",Itoting it, as so eminently distinguished your preced.
'labours. As I know from long experience the prm-
Of moderation and patriotftm by which you are
I 67, I may confidently depend that the result of your
io this Session will be the increase of the pro-
:- ata °-f your country, and the welfare of your coned-
'lll
all effect tranquillity which has so long prevailed in
of rots these States, and which has experienced no sort
at ,-ttniption since I had the happiness to be among you
itit ',
• lest Meeting, still subsists, and if I now mention
tft.not Co much to congratulate you upon it, as because
st•b;°,lll2 an evident proof that the enactments of the Con-
iiik;47; are pepuliaily adapted to all the wants of these
y °III. political situation is the same as at the close of
adopt°fit Session. The neutrality which was so wisely
be 7; by Your Executive Government, from the very
adr,:"'Dlg' of the sanguinary contest still raging in the
o,,*Lit countries, was approved by his Majesty, my most
fly Sovereign and has been scrupulously and faith-
'iti3:ll°l3served and' the same course of policy will be
,ite-Y adhered to, as the only one which, under existing
Nttititn'tances, can wisely direct the conduct,
dof theseeh
mi ; nor can the slightest attempt be permitte , hi
ode ,for a moment cause this neutrality to be doubted,w
a bliu'inger the honour and good faith of this Government.f
LDg the interval that has elapsed since the close o
; Session, your Executive Government has been
.o,
ahi
48antly 0
ccupied in carrying into full effect the laws
A. 4 Were promulgated in the course of that Session, and
llPr*iding for other wants according to circumstances.in
the
,!_t'st (,),t. as legislative nature, which have appearedifstbecye
obtailin n, are already laid on your table, and
of
the
state. Y our
5 will become permanent laws
all of ii2tXn"g them are some of great importance, and
'bent, prove not only that your Executive Govern-
the "'mated by the greatest zeal for the promotion of
ado public welfare, but likewise that all the measures
antrellauti en by it are guided by a wise spirit of moderation
of oci, which, combined with a thorough knowledge
circtunstances and situation of the people and its
aceeu necessarily attain the end proposed. The regular
that haveMa of the Revenue and Expenditure for the years
before
intervened since your last Session will be laid
you by the proper office
to •
pf
op nwt
The a
nkuricp.
opxresent state of
haigCcian'thmeittee to investigate taingdatel recommendtliemthorotuoghyloyu.
THE your finances :
In Cash ....................... 31wr
"rlijAßY' 1825.
In Minis ............................ 4124g105P 0 (5)1
For
the Repair of the Fortifies-
tions, according to the Act of
Parliament No. 24 of the 19th
of March, 182.5, and then n
For
Public Workso e.
o,y Re-building the T,;;;;.; . £86,608 13 01
Villages in the Island of Santa
Raora, destroyed by an earth-
,ake, as ordered by Act of Par-
,_larrtent of N 027, of the 12th of
Nareh, 1825
13 Of
8a1ance.......... ...... . . .......
bit,,f_nne of the year 1825 £144,144 19 -----4
64,9 3 7
. . ......... ..... 1826 157,

--_____"x3ol.764 2 14
Vivil To nenteT.
ii List, Military Service, il.l-
- the Flotilla and Arta-
-....,,, uwellings a Public Of„ti ;s: txpences of the Central
LecalnlGThoelit, as well as a the
joi.Yre,ar 1825 ernments, for the
130,032 I 2*
--e. for tK ''''''' • .............. ' 129 012 9 5
e Year 1E126 ' 259,644 10 1
••••••.•••••••••••••10.M.
. .

Balance., £42,119 12 4
Of •
Total Balance ...... £92,968 6
the re,po Balance, X 66,742. 14s. ltd. are in ready money, and
'"aider in depots, of grain and other convertible effects.

The packet for Vera Cruz which will sail on the arri-
val of last night's letters at Falmouth, will carry out, it is
- said, some important communications from the French Go-
vernment, the result of M. Carnacho's mission to
which Paris,
are supposed to be nearly tantamount to a full re-
on of the Republic. The 11Iexican Consul in Paris
cogniti
has been furnished with complete powers as Envoy, and
credentials are, it is affirmed, transmitted by this packet to'
the French Consul in Mexico, to act then- as the Envoy of
the French Court, though it is understood that the formal
assent of the Mexican Executive to the arrangement is to
be waited for before the fliplomatic relations between the
sp eAtia'-g, the
two countries are openly avowed. Strictly
entire recognition might be said to have
taken place in the
Larson of M. Camacho, since he refused to proceed for Paris

unleu his title of gf Minister: Extraordinary and Plenipo.
tentiary for the Republic of Mexico" was introduced into
his passport ; which was complied with. With regard to the
other new American States, some material concessions have,
it is said, been made by France, among which may be men-
tioned the right of granting passports, which has been for-
mally given to the Representative Agent% whether as Con-
suls, or in whatever character resident in Paris; such pass-
ports to be equally ♦alid with those issued by the Ambas-
sadors of any recognised Power. This concession has been
made to the whole of the new States, including Chile and
Peru, which have not yet been formally recognised in
England.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.

The business transacted this morning in the English
Funds has been of a very limited character, to which the
present uncertainty, as to the non-completion of the new
Ministerial arrangements, materially contributes. Consols
opened at 83i 4, at which rate they closed yesterday, and
scarcely any variation has since taken place, until within
this few minutes, when they went to 83 ;in the heavy
Stocks no alteration has occurred ; 4 per Cents., 98/ 9 ;
Ditto, 1824, 971 ; Bank Stock, 203 I ; and India
Stock 246 7 ; Exchequer Bills are rather lower, being
45 6 ; and India Bonds, 67 9 pm. In the Foreign Funds
some business has been done in Mexican Bonds at 701 1.
The Bears in Colombian Bonds having oversold themselves
have been obliged to come into the market at an increased
price, which has kept this security at its present apparent
high rate compared with their future prospects; they are
now at 37 ; Russian Bonds are also a shade higher, being
89 ; Greek are quoted at rather lower prices, being
15/ 164. In Shares nothing can be added to our former
reports, at least of a favourable nature, and as the time is
enlarged, when the sanguine proprietors expect returns, to
between one and two years, hence the public seem deter-
mined to have nothing to do with these speculations, and
they are quite neglected.
Three per Cent. Consols, 83 ; Ditto for account,
83 ; India Bonds, 68 9 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 45 7 pm.
FOREIGN FUNDS.-Brazilian, 63 4 ; Buenos Ayres,
57 9 ; Chilian, 36 7 ; Colombian, 1824, 37 ; Danish,
614 1; Greek, 151 164 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 58 9 ;
Ditto 6 per Cent., 701- ; Peruvian, 32i 34 ; Portuguese,
784 1 ; Russian, 89:k ; Spanish, lq
MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 40 35 dis. ; Brazilian, par
Bolivar, par ; Colombian, 14 16 per Share ; Pasco Peru-
vian, 17 16 die.; Potosi, 28 30 per Share; Real del Monte,
85 95 pm. ; Tlalpuxabua, 20 26 pm. ; United Mexican,
13i 12i dis.

Two o' Clock.

The Consol market has not had the most trivial alters-
teration ; they continue at 83 it, with scarcely a bargain
doing.
The Foreign market remains in a perfect calm, with little
or no variation in prices.

THREE 0' CLOCK.

Consols, 83, buyers.
FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 83 Danish Bonds
Do. for Ac. 83 s Greek Do. 182.5, 1.54
Brazilian Bonds 64 Mexican Do. 1825 70i
Buenos Ayres Do. 58 Peruvian Do.
Chili= Do. 363- Russian Do.
Columbian, 1824, 3n- Spanish Do. 12.1

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, APRIL 20.—Wind E.—Arrived the Adamant,
Brown, from Sierra Leone; Thomas, Mottnay, from Dun-
kirk, after being on shore on the Goodwin ; and Acastes,
Molloy, from the Mediteranean. Arrived from London,
the Providence, Pestle, for Smyrna; Julia, Sarjeant, for
Trinidad; Susannah, Henderson, for St. John's; and
Mary, for Hamburgh.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20. —Wind S.E.—Arrived the
Haaber. from Christiana, in 22 days. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Sybille for the Coast of Africa.
GRAVESEND, APRIL 20.—Arrived the Petril, Antrim,
from Honduras. Sailed the Esperanza, Bargara, for
Bilboa.

WHITBY, APRIL 19.—The Pedestrian, of Shields, coal
laden, was driven on shore this morning in a fog, within
Whitby Rock—expected to be got off after throwing part
of her cargo overboard.
AIEmEL, APRIL 7.—The water on the bar remains as
before, upwards of 15 feet, the channel has altered, and is
at present co crooked that ships cannot sail in unless the
wind is quite free from the westward. The George, Burn,
got so much damaged by the ice that she must discharge to
repair.