The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-26 00:00:00

VOLTAIRE ON CORN LAWS.

Towards the year 1750, the French nation
feited with tragedies, comedies, operas, row
and romantic histories;, with moral reflection
more romantic, and with theological disput
grace and on convulsionaries, began to reason
corn. They even forgot the vine in treati
Wheat and Rye. Useful things were Ivritt
Agriculture, and every one read them exce,
tillers of the soil. The good peOpla imagin
they walked out of the comic opera, that
had a prodigious cinantity of corn to sell, an,
cry of the nation at last obtained of the Go
inent, in 1764, the liberty of exportation.
Accordingly they exported. The result
exactly v. ;.at it had been in the time of Henr
They sold a little too much, and, a barren year
ceeding, Mademoiselle Bernard, a celebrated
ner was obliged, for the second time, to se
necklace to get linen arid chemises. Now the
plainants passed from one extreme to the other,
exclaimed against the exportation that they h
recently demanded, which shows how difficult
to please all the world and his wife.
Able and well-meaning people, without hit
have Written with as much sagacity as court;
favour of the unlimited liberty of the commer'
grain. Others of as much mind, and with e(1
pure views, have written in the idea of limiting
liberty. So much has been written on the mu'
that if a labourer sowed as many pounds of vr.
as we have volumes on this commodity, he
expect a more ample harvest, and become ri
than those, who, in their painted and gilded sal'
are ignorant of the excess of his oppression
misery. The Neapolitan Abbe Gagliani umusi
French nation on the exportation of corn, by find
out the secret of making, even in French, dial°
as amusing as our best romances, and as instruct
as our good serious books. If this work did not
minish the price of bread, it gave great plea'
to the nation, which was what it valued moit"
The partisans of unlimited exportation anso
him smartly. The result was that the reader
longer knew where they were, and the greater
took to reading romances, expecting that the t
or four following years of abundance would eat'
them to judge.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIVER root.—Our Market for British Plantation Sd
continues steady ; the sales this week amount to 700 hl
consisting chiefly of the middling and good grocerii
scriptions at full prices ; besides which, 150 begs
white Bengal Sugar were taken by the grocers at 766,'
per cwt. Nothing done in Foreign Sugar; the 60 obi,/
Brazil lately arrived will be sold by auction on the 7,,
inst. About 100 imam Demerara Molasses haver
sold at 265. 6d. to 261. 9d. per cwt. The business
in Coffee is confined to a few lots of Jamaica, for the
trade, at last week's prices. In Pimento and Gil
nothing done; 100 bags Para Cocoa have been bougii
shipment at 355. per cwt. In Rums little doing; pt'
remain without alteration.

The demand for Cotton has been very steady this ,1,
but the arrivals continue large, the prices of most deg/is
tions have declined about AA. per lb. 5;0 Brazil been taken for export. The sales amount to 12,600 bk.
6,810 Bowed 61d. to nd., chiefly at 6P. to 60.;
fair quality; 1,360 Orleans 61d. to principa?
7d. to 74-d. for fair to good fair ; 520 Alabama, at 6r,
; 610 Sea Nand at lid. to 15d. ; 80 Stained (I',A;
at fid. to 7d. ;: SOO Pernambuco at 9P. to IE.
chiefly at 9p. to sid ; 200 Alaranham at Bid. to 9r''
MO Babia at Sid. to 9d. ; 1,460 Egyptian at 7dv
844., but principally at 7d. ; 40 Demerara at 71d. to er
50 Surat at sp, to Lid ; 120 Bengal at 51d. Tbs
rivals are 11,303 bags. About 1,200 Sea Wanda are
dared for auction on Friday next.
Imported
87iw,
iunctoivLiverpool, a e
froml
fromth e 17
Singaporethto t he
23d isli
1 Jamaica, 3 New York, 1 Charleston, 3 SavanSli
3 New Orleans, 1 Para, 2 Smyrna, 1 Sicily, sr
Alexandria.—

32S casks, 1504. East India bags; Brazil Cocoa, it
Sugar, 20 hhds, 10 barrels; Rum,
bags ; East India Pepper, 432 bags; Rice, 420 ter
47 half teen. ; East India Cotton, 50,3 bales; New Orley
12 casks ; Cof!4
and Mobile ditto, 2,875 bales; Rest United States di ,/
'7,033 bales; Brazil ditto, 170 bales; Egyptian ditto, '
bales; Pimento, 47 barrels, 46 bags ; Indigo, 2 sert
24 chests ; East India silk, 16 bales; Turkey Mad
Boots, 520 hales; Valonia, 51 tons; Nicaragua wO
35 tons; Brimstone, 28 tons ; Yellow Berries, 119 bah
East India Cow and Ox hides, 44; West India ditto, 0*
THE FOLLOWING SALES ARE ADVERTISE
Friday, March 30.-42 Irons Cochineal; 20 ser°i
Guatimala Indigo ; 20 hales East India Safflower ;
cases Pernambuco Sugar ; 20 cases Bahia ditto ; 20 t'°-
Havannah ditto ; 26 pipes concentrated Lemon Juice,
Friday, April 13.-2,371 bags Havannah Coffee;
boxes Havannah 2ugar.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS
DIJRI2IO LAST I.(EZIC.

DURUM LAST 11F. .
_.--<1
Wheat Barley. 0 C Belo.
. ". I___„..-1
Pei' Quarter. a. to a. s. to a. s. to 8. , to,'
Andover. 5B 60 SO 39 28 30 Carlisle----- (t 4 40 -- /
41 ,
Ilexharn,-- 52 CO 56 43 31 38 _ ,
Morpeili --. 4)) 55 34 38 27 ,30 ,0
Newcastle 60 36 40 32 40 4 ',7,1
Renn‘ev --. 4S 56 34 :AI 34 42 54 /
Sunderland.-- ,56 60 _ _
Winchester —; 57 3.7
.....
.....
..... /i
Per Iliishel. s. d. S. d. a. d. s. d. a. d. a. d. a. d. 11.
liirrainBllll.--- 7 8 84 60 66 53 5 9 7 8 g
Coventry ---- 7 4 8 0 5 n 6 U 5 0 6 0 7 4 tij
Newcastle (Stair) :9 8 10 0 7 6 7 0 5 6 7e; 9 0 'O,
Northallerton ........, 7 0 80 5u 5 6 39 50 6 6 0'
Penrith --__. 'OO 80 0 0 5 0 40 00) 00 ll'
Stafrord _L..,
--- ,' 9 6 10 0 7 0 7 2 7 6 8010 0 -01
IVartvick --..... i 7 6 8 0 5 6 5 9 5 0 6 0 7 ° Vi
Worcester.—
Per .goll. i 7 2 79 5.2 6 3 48 5 6 82
Stanhope..
"---
1 Barnardcastle 'll 016000110 8 0 11 0— 0 ll
Darlington , 13 ii, 18 010611 0 7 0 10 012 0 ill
1,
Durham.,.,,lo 0 16 010 0 106 86 90 100 10
i 1
Stockton 12 9 14 9 0 0 0 0 7 0 8 6 0 0 0
Wolsnghant
,13 6 -15 0 10 6
,13 0 IS 0 0 0 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
II 0 S 0 100 00

11WhMeaAt
MARKETS.
EDINBURGH
to-day, salef' c't
GCHOTC.Cf() RN MARKET.—Mareh 41. .
Balr‘leeyi,)adPeaasefu, full
nsduens, were deficient, and prices in Re°
W heat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Bead'
65s Od 46,4 at 4C4 Od (Oa Od 600 „4
Third._ .sis Od 58, Od 38s Od 528 6d 5241 '-
There were up qrs. of Wheat i i market, which sold as unrle(ii
13 ...at ...... 6.55. 117 ..at 10! Od.l 14 ...at 5lO. 0
considerably lower last market-day.
56 11
15
.......... 63 0 8 ............ N 6 14
58
Siliescrsot: ..
..... .. .
..6.01640(10 42.6
....................... :3od $5 ~,,A,
72 -... ......... 61 0
Avelage, "cil... • 9-12ths.

rhicits or raovzsiows, &c.
Beef, per lb. —O5. 41d. to 0, Bd. Weill Butter, lb. Od. to ls'o
Mutton 0 6 0 8 Salt 10 0 0
Veal
rk OO 9 1 0 Ditto, per cwt. 90s. 0 0 o
Po 5 0 8 Eggs, per doz. 0$ 0 0
lAunb, per qr. 6 0 10 0 OatStraw(kpL)l6 0 11 0
Tallow, per lb. 0 4 0 5 Wheat Ditto-14 0 IS 0
Quart ern Loaf 0 0 0 9 Barley Ditto —l4 0 14
otatoes, 141 b. 0 8 0 0 Hay, per st.-- 010 0 j

HADWe had
agDoloNd GBull
prices as under •

TON COR:
ipply of all 1

ItARK3
inda of Oi

LT..—Marci
-aim at marl

11.
let

Wh eat
First...... 60.1 Od.
Second... 35s Od
Third 446 lid
There were 433 qrs.
1., ...at...... 60A. Or:
)!4 ........... 59 0
it . ........... 59 0

Barley. Oats.
44s Od 48s od
40s Od 40s Od
Ms Od 35s ()d
)f Wheat in market, u
00 ...at.....; 57
563. Od
SO ........... 0
30 ............ 55 0
62 Unsold-12 Grey.

pNIN.

oh -6„i 1
56s Oct
bOs Oti
rhereofilta
57 At...
23 ...... ...
4 ........ ,

58s
54s ir
• 4Bs ~A
old thila
Ms. „
:A.l

DALKEIT
The supply of Gri
Prices.
___. . .

CH CORN MARK]
rain was large, and

...-14arch
)Icl heavily at fir-

_
Wheat.
Fiat...... 91s $d
Secoi:d ... Ws Oci
Third.... 233 Od

Barley. Oats.
KOs Od 32s Od
2trk. Od 301 Od
934 °el I 248 oil

Pease. I
29s Od
rTs Od
24s Oct I

MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. CA
Quantity of copper Ore so►d at Redruth last Thursday 2,8711
Average Produce ...................
Quantity of line Copper ... . ................. ...............
Amount of Sale. 15.1241. .. ..... ......... .. 2171'
verage Standard, 1061. 16s •i

BIRTHS.
On Saturday morning last, at her house in Portlue
place, the Princess Polignac was safely delivered of a ~
On the 22d inst., at Doddershall Park, Emma, wifdc
the Rev. Robert Wilson, of a son, still born.
On the 22d inst., at his house, Hyde Park-corner, tl
Lady of Sir Edmund Antrobus, Burt. of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 22d inst., at Reading, Win. Henry Lad',
Lincoln's Inn, Esq. to Eliza Eleanor Whittaker.

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DIED. s,
On the 17th inst., the Rev. Thontits Thiriwall,
Rector of Bowers Gifford, F.wsex.
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