The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-20 00:00:00

I.ItI"TER,. on GETRACT OF A. LETTER TO MR. Wk. FORBES'S FEttINO " Ft." It 4 LONDON.' DEAR Site,—ln the midst of your labOrions and bautlable undertaking I do .not desire to occupy your time by replying to my hints, I am soffieient 1y obliged by the attention yon bestow upon thein, and shall feel happy if by any means I - point out if' relief even for an individual. I cot' elltrlibrit4f much ili•appointe4 with Mr. FoRBES * litit lePtli.!?; whicti at its commencement led me Nl* thirst the secret was forth-ming—l had occasion to write to Dr. RiCtIARMON, near Armagh, yester. daT..of,whom 1-mode inquiry of Mr. F. He holds five quarters of. Wheat so cheap that I more titan tremble. As the means of giving greater publicity to. Mr. HATCHILTT'S mode of restoring musty Wheat, I have placarded it, in the Markef-houses of Wycomh and Amersham, and I am : 11011Th' inform you that I have heel' unable to pill i mu4" 'a s i n d e bushel o f uppity ‘Viient iivitiii neighbonr bond to prove Mr. IL's discovery, which, I tear, will he very-useful in the North, and if an plan can he adopted of giving it pubiirity at every market town in the kingdotn, it could nut fitil at , being serviceable. am inclined to believe that the Morning Post is .right in a!serting that our late produce WaS full` arersee,os,pon the light and pot's!. soils, - Which comprise three-fourths of England, t should conceive it was more; and .as the Farmers of the . fertile vale of Aylebbnry do not complain, I trust • th e deficiency will •prove.to be partial The da mage 'sustained here was chiefly Barley, but by kiln drying it is easily made applicable to all pur poses, except brewing. When the hiscidt baking has commended, I &IV Vial! be glad to know where to procurelit; and the - price per cwt., as I think we can 'do some gOod • with it in the cunntryt—probably you :Can pre vail upon The Sun or Times (both .of which !hare access t 4 Itaily):.to•ptibli‘l4 the notice, and if it tarnishd find a Liege' demand, a reduction of the price of bread mast follow. .. r • We have. little cause to complain Of file wea ther h-re since the middle of NoveMbor ; our plotieh, are seldom at ajtand, and I aneautiunsly prcp-ring land I H. the reception of Petri 44',11a f v's tlreisiug....Acclo my thanks for the 'Morning Post, 11th and 13t.h inst. Your most obedient servant, Little Witenilen, Bucks, Dec. 17, MC. ~ . • TIIE MARKETS. Dix • 20.-:—We received this . moroing 3 good sapply of Wheat from tent' and F.ne sample.; of which bold readily at an 3.iyance of 2s. per varier from Monday. fine Mal. lig Kiriey Buppu!ts its price, but inie. rior it very doll; the 'sale of real fine. Oars wa s brisk, and 2s. per quarter higher ; Pea's and Beans are very dull; In other kinds , of Grain there is no alteration, 1 Fore4gri Wheat ROs. nine ditto • - 1124. I I tts. Wheat - 604. Pine ditto - - tiC4. --s. Old 112 i. I las. Rye Fine ditto - - 104. Gis. Barley • - - 404. 441. Floe ditto - - 6t4s 614: Ne►r ditto 50s. 6Cs Malt Ville ditto - - - 96‘. 100 s. Whitel'ease (boilers) 714. Vis. Fine ditto - - 7tis. Sts. Chey Pease •- - .- 54 555. Fine Grey Pease -58 s. —s. Tick Wails - - - Os. 4Ge. 014 ditto - . .. 1 . 64, 735. ii , S qlltli Tick Bean 1 41114iAIN. Old ditto . . 70s. 745. Feed Oats - - 9,7totts. FillellittO . . , V I II. *ss. 4 Poland ditto - F 1.'44*, Fine ditto . - 4 , 3474. 4'24. Pomo., ditto ' - . 446. op.. Rope Seed 441. 541. per Tact. Fine Flour - -100 s. 1058. Sea und; - - Atli. 100*.' Saurstrietn, Dr .e so. —This day's Market had a pretty good supply of the different hinds of Cattle; Pork was dearer; Beef, Mutton, and Veal, were cheaper; and the :trade, fin the most part, was not very considerable. The ;airs in the Hay-market were rather dull; Hay and Straw Welted tas price , ; Clow baa got up in price. The fidlowing' prices and numbers are a correct state., To sink tile Off4l, per stone of 811). Beef, 3E 91. Cu 4t. 84. Mutton, 3 4d." lo 4s. M. Veil, 4s. ad. to Go. Dd. Pork, B*. 84. to 6*. ad. Beasts, 1310. Sheep, :3100. Calves, 260 , Pigs, 410. al. Os. t.► di. 10s. Straw, Ios. to IL IC,. Cfaver,4l. N. to 81. ‘Two very respertiibl. and extensive farm-lionsei were on Weilne44y and Friday last burnt.to the ground in the vicinity of CiilHiS, bappitsWl to ht the acts olsoute incent:iaries. The .flaittes were distinctly seen front Pover.. . • Fifteen hundred N6e,p4per Stamps, ,belonging, to Mr. SToKvs, of The Sawivy .111onitur„ Were lost ant of a cart .tt Simmer -street, yestettl.ty hetweeii five Nail six o'clock. - , it is nttiveratly acknowledged, by the most re speetable Ia; of the Profession, dint the Medical Boards. estahlished by the celebrated Stirgeow 'lllCharlotte-hottse, lilackfriars.road, anti notoitt ! i. Atock-street, Oxford-street (a, few doors, from . bond.street), tLe . lottittaitthettd fur It fart, that, by thc,stnited talents of these, Gentlemen, nimards of Six Thousand Patients have been cured normally of obstinate Diseases.; OloY of whom had been discharged front- hospi tals. and hundredthad been improperly treated by person« ignorant of an impoititift branch of, the profesvott. Messrs. Coop:tit, Mithittor., are consulted daily by all ranks nt people. a t of theit ItStablislitnents ; or 'by letters from the eonotry, stating their case, whets Alcilicitte Advice is sent to all 'parts of thelkingdotn. ate side doors at' each house, and private roopis for lentales.—Ditect Charlotte•house, oPpo , ite the Rev. Rowland Hill's Chapel; w Woodstock boute, itiar New Liond.xtreet. A reMarkable exhibit ion, say's k Paper of the Netherlands, is at present affOrded the eveniag Circles of Nlatiame de Stael. Men of alt parties assemble there : Coustitutionitkits and Ub rat, Philosopher's and ramifies, - ptipisans of Classical sold partisans of it onantic Poetry.—.- Here Benjamin Constant developes the advantages of the Representative System by the 'side of Om , Matibriand, 1941 a exclaims t—d."if *e do nor extri care the Kin 4 from the hawk of his Ministers, we shall again go into exile. tind beg o'er bread among stranger, !" Here the rOy.,dat it v of the French stage finds champions againit the Monstrosity of"the Naglish' and German st:iges, which M. Sehlegvi takes tinder his protection • The ditieri.nt speakers` ore often hard on one another, hat' exceed the boom!' at Urbanity : (he t slight 'can-. strains which every one puts on hiniselt, (4ives still higher rtst to the contrast of opinions. the midst of the different parties sits Ma dame Sine!, who has opened 'hit small tem ple to liberty, and contrives by leer manage- ment to preserve peace in her republic. Not to offend some, site does not always say all that she thinks, and in order not to approach too close to others, she often appears to think more than site says. As it once Was with Talleyrand, so Matintue de Stael's circle has now the honour of passing for the irosrce of every thing witty. It is related of the Prince the Poix, that he' observed to Madame Stael—" We live its the times of a new Fronde, Madame ;, but that the parallel should be quite exact, our century ought to have what it wants, a . woman as beautiful and witty as Madame de Longneville."--41: de' Mouthy, the son of the Mince de Poix, happened to be by the aide or Ma* dame de Stael, who pointed his attention to the words of his father; " coold you have believed that yourfather wonld Speak in this way tome?"—" Ah! !Inflame," answered M. de Mouchy, " my father is frankness itself—l tnisst own that such things may he thought, hut ought not to he said."— " You are right," answered Madame de Stael, " and I see that wit k hereditary in your family." Some one was speaking to .1 Russian Princess of the rage of the President . .Sequier against women who shrouded themselves in the costly wool of the East. " The President," answered 'lime, " does not probably know that we women, to be in fashion, ought to have several Cachmires. It is not with our shawls, as with th e coats of these Gentletnen, which they turn at will." THE (OLAND DUKE NICHOLAS Etis :)•'". Imperial Highness took his Icily* of Lord, IlAttawooo on Wednesday afternooO, tn 4 pro:: ceetled to the George-inn, ,York. On Thorsday, ,hie Imperial Highness attended the morning ser vice at the Citthedral; and the travelleil then pro. ceeded to Inverary, the seat of the Dote of AR GYLIt. KKI-50, DKc 6.—The Grand Duke NICHOLAS arriied at .t lie King's Arms bin, Berwick, ,idAS night, *if:comp:wird by his t,ui►. t . We ►indierstand the Gram! Duke take& his ilipartare thi►r dny, by the coast roadirfor ti~{iubnr h. BRIGHTON, DEC. 19. The Dinner, and Evening Concert anti Card Paries, at . the Pavilion last night . , were again eonfned a select company.. Gnrd {mugs th e Ili, ! ht Ho.). C. ixiim tr e the only addition to the PRINCE{ Iti:CiENT's Onesti. RASH f ONATI LE MOVEMENTS. The Earl of Athhurnharn, fur Ashhurnham-plaee, near Battle, in Sossex t Major and Mrs. Dawson, for Bath, front Cheltenham ; Mr. Walter Burrell, from a tour, to north:on, in Sussex ; Mr. W. Freetnaotle, M.P. for Enxlefiiiiil-green ; Earl of 'Temple, from a tour, to Aringrion, near Winchester lion. William Ponstinhy, for Althorpe, in Northamptonshire; Ron. Captain Gage, R. N. from Portsmouth, to Westby- House, near Alton ; Earl of Blessington, from 'Dublin, to Mouotjoy Forest, near Armagh, in Ireland; Mr. John Bound, M.P. from a tone, to town; the Lady of General Adams, fur East Griostead, in Sussex: Lord Frederick Bentitick, from a tour, to Welbeek, the seat of the Duke of Portland, at o:ler 'tint, in Nottinghamshire ; Mr. S. Aeott, M.R. for gootsobe placid, near Godalming, in Surrey; Colonel Baird, from the North, to Edinburgh ; Lord Francis . Osborne, for G%'n►agog hills, Cambridge, from a tour; Earl of Cork, from a tour, to Marston-House, rear From/. Somersetsbire ; Captain Sykes, for Dorking, in Surrey; Earl and Countess of Clontnell, to Hert ford•street, May-fair, from Weston•HAll, near Shipton 011..stour, Gloneestershire ; Marquis of Illandford, if; car-street,• liaiover-square, from White Knights, in Berk shire; Marquis of DOwnshire, from Dublin, to Hillsborough,. in Ireland ; Sir W. Pole, Bart. for his seat, near Axminster, in Devonshire. A letter appears in one ot the French Journals 'rem the bri , ther ot the late General Plcuttoet►, n which he cautions the British public from he- nag imposed upon by a female itvindier, who calls ►erself a (laughter of the late General. He Inv*, he hiveitigatetl her claims to that honour with great care and anxiety, anti rowuci them tOtolly titifoundetl. The 'Piers Cansolides are not, as erroneously stated., French 3 per rents. The French funds all bear I) per cent. interest and the origin of the phrase Tieri ConsoHiles is, that they are mealy the consolidated thirds of fragments of the old dchr, The collection of casts from the choicest speci mens of ancient sculpture, whic h the Nitwit Ka- GENT received lately f rom R ome and Paris, have 'wen very handsomely presented by his. Royal Iliehttess to the Royal Academy. -.• Sir Josertt UANKS is now perfec tly recovered !Prom his recent indisposition, %ili, was not of the serious nature apprehended. • The Countess Low', of Dunmore, lies danger ously ill at her house in Gloucester-place. A Punster, ou reading the lately published Vo lume respecting BOONAPARTIS, Snit, it wiis Thi o rtlyi curious front the prisoner bovine confessed !Mune. of his crimes to the Warden of the Fleet. ' * • The people of France are represented as being Hs fun of iarriog matter us it the Lilly had its old Lat n signification, and the intendoctiou of strife 3Vel . .tt co•existent with titat of the /ii, The Academy of Bologna proposes for the sttb jeet of. M prize the following lineation ix the class of citizens most interested in the pre servation of Goverment I'4—Tlo prisv is a metrat of 3VO sevios. . . The Court Wait CM Slit MAI !Ws: Iseenpleii %\ittii the tollowih,lcitne :-...+ . . !j.. .1h:1811 a Monsieur Crtvelti .and pd.sohoned the management of the. theatre awl "gambling , , botiso of Nlilao. . ride, tiii)s view, it was pro posed .'to make a magnificalit 4resvnt to Prince - .I a' K erte, the son..in-hry of !loon:parte. M. ,Pusi, the Prince's jeweller at Milan, was,' in il4r0111:111Ce of the plim, ordered to' pnrchase 1.1 famous Oriental Sapphire, in the possession of M. Ferret, a jeweller at Paris. The bargain wits conehided for 150,006 francir; of ..dtieli nait . ‘ wm t p t w down in ' , VS . ?! 5 anal ti in mnit 'i, t s , and •114 remainder secured by a bond for forty Cain. ..smitil franc's, payable' at ‘‘hint. Aleanwhrie the ,Mail fur the direction Of the theatre aiiil gottn .l bling.hittliie at Mild!' 'failed - , and the sapphire was left ; on the hands 6I the phrcha . ser„ who its h . feli days prisentedit to, the seller, and 'insisted he Sliotilti take it back. alleging that tlie'b,argain was'colutitionA . M. Fusi refused, and M. Perret, ill ,a rage', threw . it upon the 'counte'r and left it. there... A 'suit was instituted, but the news ., , papers -of .the. day were not at liberty_to men tion it, and lifter a long and expensiVe procesi it was decided againit M. ferret 's bat this judg ment was afterwards re'veised, and M. Fuse was ordered to .pay the 40,000 fraks, besides damage's, as at libeller. M. Fits i since failed', and the sapphire, which remained in the possession of M. ferret, kr . fl S sold under the judicial decree. .1t 'produced only 40.100 francs, instead of 150,000; andp i , the distribution of this stun became the 'Subject Oa new snit, .in which the creditors of M. 'Fusi succeeded an the first instance against M. Perret. who insisted upon retandr.g the whOle in dii charge of the bond. The Royal Court, .after a long hearing, confirmed the decree, and directed that M. Ferret should be allowed to come in only fora share itt common with the other creditors u the bankrupt.—(Paris Paper.) ------ . Nttiisiol4 2 l-16usi t --Yvstertlay Thoma's nrrell, the tirayman, was brought up, and tou'vrtvellt a 6041 examination, 'char t:et ' w i t h being cO4c.ertted , , ,„ , 14 the (list 'trounce of the 2(1 instant, A wit'iies's int 'the part of the prisonir was brought forward to prove that th e l atter was. seers in the Bitch 'Eagle publieslioni e ,B r i e k-l atte ,S p i ta l - Adds, on the day it► iplistiou, about 114)1 : past three pl.elork , but another liidividitat ialtetr, .t hitt rhe prisonii' cVaS at H eonsidsrtlfile distatteetrora the niftirterAnentione t t at four. Th e former ac count the ,pris oner. lout himself given to the Lot d Ma'yo'r . iiii Wetknestlay.. , The rariat ions of the statement atm induced his Lordship to send for some of the flames , in or abinit Mr. Be c k w i t h' s , but they havin4 been cill ed +gm to view the person of th e pr'isoner, were unable to i deality him.—He Was accordingly dis charged, with a Suitable admonition from the 'Lord Mayor." • . The Loitl MeSoar having adopted the expedient of ascertain - I* 'Through the:medium of the rider IY , : 4 44ll')witteAlter Any of time cornmonicat inn s l ate ly rereiVet i lAy o llis Lordship, purporti ng to b e t h e hand-writtni, of young Watson, were genuine, they have been clearly proved to he fabricat ions. . . . Yesterday hit Lordship received at least a dozers additional letters upon the subject, one of which was front a fisherman in x sea-port town, stating that he had landed young Watson in France, and enclosing another letter, purporting to Come front the latter person, in which he declares most so that althoitgh heltbeyond the reach of the " blood Money gang,',' he was not the person Who shot Mr. Platt, b u t repeats that he knows Who did. ‘Vith regard to young 'Watson, hie Lordship is desirous it should be understood, that the descrip. Lion given of that person is not so accurate as it should be. Ms Lordship, besides other lamina lion, has obtidued from the Mayor of Lynn, a here Watson went to school, an account, which states that young Watson had a mark on the eye, rather than a mole beneath it. The mark is represented to be a sort of protuberance or heaviness, which during.:ponversation, or his looking an indkiduat straight in the face, constantly falls down. Ilow"-Sraztur:—YesterdLay the witnesses en. gaged in apprehending Dr. Watson at Highgate attended at the Office, and their evidence reepect- Mg that transaction was formally taken in writing; •but we do not yet understand whether it is deter• mined bow he is to be prosecuted, !dative lks political condttet and actions so l u birred with it, o for being found at Highgate with lire.tirms, under suspicious ,circumstances. PR EsToN. ► • Qn Wydnesday last, Wore Prestoni tens called to f ht." iev ot.lll, he'showed very great ills 13r.opsriotri)ofuo iitishet4lilea,t,l„o.f 71thhee,iNt.,1rlitii,s,li.iirtisig-hiesriaisnentcocog,ilat•let of his observation s as t h ey fell from him. His menne , r WAS gellenitly Cain, : at intetvels, how. ever, he. 'ased his voice, when he uttered tiny words which he supposed contained. more than usual force and meaning. ' ' I attribute," Wit he, ." all the savage injuries we suffer to the fanded.:.system, which will , run door every thlisK until it is given up. lam not ambitions : I arts an humble indreidual, very Willing to give up my blood, if it. is wanted, for the service of the. country ; I Want to relieve my comitrymen, for I have feeling and humanity, and I hate the funded syaini." Mr. HUM'S Haute being men tioned " Aye," said he," I admire the political bravery of that man's conduct.. lie was thought dangerous ever since he put the coestitution a l Motto ' trptirf till house, when Sir Francis Burdett was sent to' the Tower."—" But thisfunJed sys tem : I have.written a book upon it, Sir, and will soon blaze it. forth ."—" Poor pyrtil 1 1 was wrong in saying. thatbe was Chairman at the Carlisle ; but I Wlls giving my directions at the time to the 15,000, and was mistake n ebouthim. However, lie hes promised Rot to prosecute nte.—Po yeti know, that I wrote to Perceeul, when he wns slice , about. a scheme of mine for removing thisforndefisystem ; but there wus ,no use in vet king : very little.no lice was given to sae.: my plan, I suppose, inte?. feted ss itlihis 'own." Upotebeing asked what his plan Wm, he replied, "'That. every man 611401 d give tip a' teeth pert of his property-,every man in the Statesto pay oirthe National I.)ebt. But, Sir, Mr.' Helit was not areuainted with any se cret ; he merely Caine to Spa fields upon my in citation." Here Preston made a rapid and extrava gant transition to the subjeet ofthe t tuespirit of pa triotism, and the.advantages nt liberal edocation and gentlemanly 'wooers.. His tongue was, however, divertedttrowthat subject, upon looking out at the (low of 1,181161(111.1s4/114e. That, Sir," point. Tug 13 4 t.ilc. 40. " is the cause of all our mist rtes. A few are fattened by and they eep tr.va us not only of • the luxuries, but, ,of the neces saries of lite. The'.oenk has raised the price of bread and of inetir..:l - ori kitow what Adam Smith says of labour and of money : I know it Atter all this - diatribe, lie seemed willing to hear about Mr. ,Platt„:.• Somebody m ent i one d t h at Mr. Plait was the prifiriple of a re• term in Parliament ; srpcsn which he said, "I re• Bret that event of shooting ; but to say any more about it would be treachery. I have written a letter to poor Mr. Platt : I wish I had it to show you ; but I sleep on Illy hvii of straw soundly,!' Being as:ied whether such reform 00 Was fated was not rather ebbord, especially with regard t o the st a nd whiei ;nob %you'd be likely to make befote the' soldii ty, be veld, " 1 know the sob. diera well.' You haye sere what the etimilar4 said. If the Bank goes on thus, nit: shall no toiler be a nation : we Must either be a colony, Or be assisieuce front toreigners. Watson 'vas, admit, precipitate: ;Goveentnent are touch debt ed co him for his precipitancy:" Mr. JRB9l)f , tVII knoctlieti down end robbed of his thatch tool netbrelin, near the Debtors' poor, Newoue, tin Wedoestiny et ening, %total sit o'clock, wlr44pseveral persons :vere Thrre appettretl to be a gang of About six pteratons emniecteti with the wan who actually cottobitted, the, rubbery. PUBLIC MICE, BOW-STREEr. The brother of Captain SEYMOUR, of the Life Guards, came to the office to ask for the address of Rowland Atkinson, who, on being taken before a night constable, had professed himself to be - Captain' Sevinour. The brother very properly complained of this affront, stating at the same time that the Captain bad been for• some days absent from' town. The Magistrate attempted to ap. Tease him by saying, that Mr. Rowland Atkinson , Nes evidently intoxicated at the time of I►is giving the false name, and that the next morning when [lie mune to bii seises, he gave his real name a nal 61(111resi. This, however, did not satisfy the Cap tain's brother, who insisted'on saiisfudion for his brother's honour, and at last induced the Magis trate to give up the address of Mr. Rowland At kinarm; .:, . Vlach 14 the report sent 'from Bow -street, and which seems to hr very silly bravado. If a Ma gistrate gives m duelling Hero the address of his adversary, he of course tukes the proper steps to preveut retteontre. Thus the Whole , matter is merely a job for the Runners] rtEsURIIRCTION-MEN.—Veoerday R. Wiles, grave digger at Stepney Parish, was charged, at Worship-street Otlice, with stealing, bodies from 'the graves in Bethnal-green braying-ground.— About seven o'clock the preceding . evening the inhabitants about the (;burch-yard were alarmed by cries of murder. On going.into the ground, t h e p r igroher was found lying down, and three other men standing over hint, who said they found him digging op a grave,' The three men went away, and the prisoner. was taken to the watch-house. On ex.onining the grotmd,,a grave wationntrhalf opened, two sacks for the purpose ;.of curling off the bodies, and- an instrument for . .npening the .coilitt lids near to it., One of the . Overseers' said, the Put role htopped three men ou MondaY night, with a sack,' in which was the. ho t ly at. -a girl about 14 years old, but the men escaped. The prisoner, in his „defence, said, he was einising the Church•yard, when hu was at '66kW`by 'three- men,. who beat hint cruelly with stieksThe was the person who cried tint:- murder, and most solemnly declared his. innocence. His face, indeed, exhibited evident marks of the beat ing; ii - eing shockingly bruised. Mr. Moose ad vi,,,ed the - Churchwardens to look. into his charac ter,, And °Numd him to, find Yesterday and this morning, in consequence of strong; suspicion, the Officers have searched some houses iwTotteuhant-cottrt-road for Young WAT. SON, but, as yet, helms eluded their vigilance, if he is in that quarter. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY hes formed a So. tiey for the " Rew4rd of Virtue," for those of his subjects who shall perform the most generous autl disinterested act towards his fellow creatures. The 'prize is to golden medal of :300 crowns, with hteffigy of his Majesty thereon: Rxtract of a Litter from Liverpool, Dec. 17, " The cargo of the ship Harlequiu t consisting of flour, was this day sold at auction, Tlie Sale corn. menced at 78s. per buret, went donnt to 735. 94. and closed at 755. per barrel. The Harlequin left New York on the 24th nit. when flour which had advanced ;0 13 a 14 dollars, was again selling ut 'll4 a 12 dollars per barrel, and a good deal may be opectqa...Acconnts have hero received out to the 24th october..from Liverpool." Sacattaum- --In the night between Saturday fist, some villains entered .Etigh.ts ton eitio eh, near Birmingham, And brgke into the vtititt:beiongiog to the fomily of Lord Cato'non Pa, where they stripped many of the coffins of the brfast, plates and other articles of fornittire. The iron Cheit in the vestry was also earriell away, velifehitlikv - teftta short iligtattee from the elil,veh a bearing marks of a fortible, bat unsuccessful at tempt to open it., LLI)THENG SOCIETY...-We bear ) with pleasure. that ri Society iv. been formed for providing the FeinAles Rod Children of !lie Poor of Ilirmitighttni, And ifs lminediate neighbourhood, ‘vii It clothing. A Charity thus CatellititCti to relieve one Of the most pressing wants of the distressed cannot fail to meet with general support. l~