The Sun. — London, England, 1820-04-19 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. I OPFR AMIE MR. Eorroa—Before 1 proceed with my pro mind stmement, allow me to riisclairn every feel ing of Imstility on those just complaints of the renple as to existing distress in certain parts of 'the conl.try, which it may I.^ in the power of the Government. or of the wcnilthy n,irt of the Com mon:iv, r•move wilho.tt injury to other bodies. (3ml fmb;,l thst I should deity the right of every live by his itykstry, or insinuate thit the red'ily dioressed inhabitants of Greet Britain arc to he, ireisted with asperity. I woni,l only reminti the Public, that Aortic of those who coinidAin of the badness of the times owe ;heir tnisiottitnes to Iltrir idleness, or to their ex'rava wince that others, %slit) charge the Government %yid, want of feeling or ditty towards the Poor, shotklil rather attribu►e increased distress to cir- , :uinsrances kV hiCll l'toridence only can control, a.lthor.gh their more fortunate tellow-creatures honntifully ailcriate tl,eir pressure ; star! that all are letter of, co:lectively speaking, than the na tive. of rl,r. Cmoiuen:, in many parts of which there is nei , her increased poptiiation nor improvi dent expenditure. It has been much the fashion :ately with the Conductors of the Opposition Pa pers, and with that of the Chronicle, poi- , eularly, to talk of the happiness of the French People, and of the low prices of their provisions these Gentlemen, however, say nothing about the ine,ns of the Labouring Classes there to purchase provisions ; so that the Public are completely mis led by their observations. The gaestion is not, what are the prices at the necessaries of life ? but what are our means of earning those prices ? The quattern loaf would be dear at twopence, if our wages did not exceed a penny; and it would be cheap at two shillings, if the same progressive proportion enabled us to earn four. It would be hardly fair to meet this question by taking the earnings of arty part:cular class of Artizans, and still less so of particular persons, such, for in stance, as some of the Conspirators lately appre bended, as a criterion for judging of the regular wages in their respective pursuits ; although we should not lose sight of the fact, that the most turbulent amongst the Radical Rebels have bad the least cause to be so; but we will take the average sum in the Metropolis, rind set it against the average wages in Paris ; then, comparing the price, of provisions an:t lodgings in the t wo cities, we sbail fad on which side the balance is favour able. Of the unemployed Labouring Classes in but', Countries, I shall only , state as a broad tact which rannot be contradicted, that as many per sons ate unemployed in France as in England ; and that the provision for the Poor there is not equal to one-sixth part of what it is here *. The following Trades will be sufficient to give , ao idea of mechanical pursuits generally : Average Weeltly Average Wages in Paris . Weekly Wee difference Artisan. 1%744 -sit, En glis hFreuch in favour London. mo of London. L. s. d. Fr. sous. 1.. s, d. L. s. d. Carpeoter Calmivt Maker Slioenuelier, iii- l Boot- 1 12 0 21 12 018 0 0 14 0 closers: JJJ Tailor Mason 1 8 0 21 12 018 0 010 0 Labourers of every description in London are paid nearly twice as much as in Paris. Here, the mason's assistant receives three shillings per day, whereus, in Paris, he earns only fifteen pence; a porter i;r Paris can only demand Is 3d. for carryilig a heavy load a long course §. The ave rage weekly earnings of the carpenter, cabinet maker, shoe-maker, tailor, and mason in London pre 71. 2s.—ln Paris, the average wages of the five trades here enumerated, added together, are 41.65. which is something less than three-fifths of tire wages given in England. It must here be observed, that the highest wages given in France are at Paris, and that the disproportions between Provincial and Metropolitan wages in that coun try are much greater than in this, so that it may very fairly be calculated that tire French mechanic in Paris and elsewhere receives less than half the amount of the wages given in England. Some intelligent IVriters who have made it their study to ascertain the average amount of earnings of the French Operative Classes, have stated the advantage of the English Artisans as 3 are to 2, over those of France; and of Labourers as 4 are to 2 ; but my own knowledge of the subject is de rived from very close investigation, during more thail a twelvemonth's travels in different Pro vinces of France, and I feel that I am perfectly warranted in the conclusion that I have drawn in favour of the English Artisan. In my next Letter I will consider the present prices of provisions in the two Countries. I am, Sir, Your very obedient Servant, G. M. • I hare in a former Letter mentioned the fact of there being nu Parochial Fonds fur the Poor in France. The Clergy are the public almoners, and skive to none, however distressed, wilt, arc nut of the Roman Catholic Faith. t 'flie French Mechanics and Labourers are paid by the day ; too many of them work ou Sunday, on account of the lownesa of their daily wages. There arc many Government Buildings in Paris on which the irfasons work during the Brunt, one of the Cato-street Conspirators, could earn from two pounds to two pounds ten weekly. Many Boot- Ouse., ears t n4ee pounds. The aterage here is rather dimi nished t ban tAticrwisr. Course is, from any one part of the City to another, withoet stoppiag or going /111 where else. What would a London Porter say at carrying a trunk Prow Whilechapvl to . Prt:VATE ,I.:M A.!:THE:CiTC C6P7'17;"P;):•;1:-/HNCZ. PARIS, APRIL 16.—1 t is said that M. VILLBLLR has been consulted on the new law of Elections. I know no one more capable of framing one with profound judgment. M. V. is a real Royalist : his greatest mistor:une is, that he sniffers himself to he deceived by appearances, and to associate with :hose who arc only Royalists in name, i. e. the Ultras ; for by their indiscrete Leal, and their iidicolous pretensions, they disgrace the cause they profess to serve—the happiness of trance is not their wish, they only breathe vengeance and tlory in the climes committed by their partizans. 7tr.Ler.t.a, on the contrary, is a philosopher, that :0 perhaps he disdains the nem,: he really ‘eishes the happiness of his country, and is the enemy of all initigue r and especially of all exag geration ; and no doubt his great talents would have been employed lung ere this in the Ministry, had he not the fatal weakness I have stated. What the new law of Elections will Ise, we know not ; the former was excellent, at least it svotild have been so in England ; its only fault was, that it lett open a door to intrigue. Its author, M. Da CAW!, seems to have thought like SOLON, who omitted to make a law against parricide, be cause he regarded the crime as impossible ; in like manner M. Ds CAZII3, confiding in the so much vaunted honneer Francuis, did not take the pre cautions necessary to prevent abuses and the eva sion of the law. There seems to be a spirit abroad in mare king doms than one, not pet haps precisely to resist the laws, but to evade them. Hence the Radical Meetings in England, in which treason attempts to put on the garb of legality ; and hence the necessity in France of laws extremely severe to tneet all possible cases, and of which the evil disposed complain so loudly. And why do they complain ? Because they are the enemies of or der, and, like porpoises, only can spew :heir heads in a storm. The nov law on the liberty of the Press is nearly rendered abortive, by the faculty it leaves of publishing pamphlets. Had it submitted to the Censure ail pamphlets tinder 10 sheets, it would have done wisely ; as it is, political poison is dif fused with impunity throughout the social body. Clue bookseller advertises, that he intends pub lishing 300 and odd pamphlets : he bas his news carriers and every thing ready, and means to pub lish one every evening. Is this,- I will ask, obe dience to the laws ? And can those who are lovers of social order either tolerate or app ro ve such cunshict ? Certainly nor. His MAJESTY Is better in health, and will shortly be able to resume his drives. THEATRICAL RBOISTER. Perin-ma Last Niel. TULA rag ROYAL. Daunt-Latm.--Drutus: Lucius Junius Brutus, Mr. Kean; Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After which, Siiakspcare versus Harlequin. TUEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA/IDE:. — T he Antiquary: Jona than Oldbuck, Nlr. Liston • Miss Isabella Ward o ur, Miss Stepheus. After which, Cure, Law, and Physic. PRICE 0 THIS OAT 't Bank Stock 2214 3 per Cent. Red. ....62H 611/ a per Cent. Cona.7o 694 70 691 34 per Cent. 4 per Cents 5 per Ct. Navy Ann losp STOCKS ONE 0 CLeiCIC. Bank Long Ann. 18 1-16th IS Imp. 3 per Cent. Atm 69i India Bonds 975. us. pr. South Sea Stock Each. Bills, 2d ..... 4s. 51. pr. Cons. for ttc.7of 68i 70i 69i Dul)liri, I Guernsey and Jersey. Due—l Waterford, 1 Gottenburgh, 1 Ilawburgh. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIORROW. Morning, 38 minutes after 7. 1 Evening, 7 minutes after t. THE SUN. !MEM QUIS DICHRE rittsum AUDYAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1820. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday last. The Chamber of Deputies pn Sa turday took another dose of Financial Accounts, and again adjourned the Debate till Monday. There is not a word of news in these Journals from Spain. The following are Extracts : " Pants, APRIL I6.—The King will receive Ladies to-morrow. His Majesty transacted bu siness yesterday witb the Duke de Richelieu, and M. Roy, the Minister of Finance. The King gave a private audience to the Baron de Machau, Capi taine de Visisseau, on his return from a mission to Senegal. " It is believed that the Court will on the sth June proceed to pais the summer at Saint Cloud or Fontainebleau. " Judicial prosecutions have been commenced against the Editor of the Journal du Cher, and those of several other ultra•libernl Journals pub lished in the Departments, who have inserted the announcement of the subscription opened in favour of those individuals who may be detained by virtue of the law suspending individual liberty, with the addition that subscriptions might be re• ceived at their offices. " The Lectures on Modern History, et the e Duplenil, by M.Reoul Rochelle (one of Cole Ctilscri), hare been pror,8:0;1-a',1; 8u;I:en1led, in consequence of the disorder caused by persons going there and calling out a bay le censcur. " It appears to be certain that Louvel will not be again interrogated I►reviotss to his appearance before the Chamber of Peers. The instruction respecting him is terminated. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday .. 73 f. 80c. DEPIIRRED SrocK. Of the 22d March 1820. RB f. 25 c. " VIRNNA, APRIL 5.-1( is snid that the de parture of the Emperor and Empress of Austria for Bohemia is fixerl for the 22(1 May, and that they will hsve an interview sit Prague with the King of Prussia. The report that the two Monarchs will proceed together to &jut Peters horgli, although in general circulation, wants " BeaLIN , Aram 4.—lt is said that the ar rangernettt 4)f the Provincial States is tini,lied and approved of, and that when it and tl.e ne►v Mu nicipal System ate carried into execution, the or ganization of the States-General will be com menced." THE Qt:rArs.- 7 --The report of Ole speedy art iv E il of THE QUSEN, which we mtntioned yesterday, is, we find, still more strongly prevalent this day, and is now combined with certain ru mours of consequent changes in Administration. We are still incredulous as to the intention of her MAJESTY to revisit this Count► y, au are yet less inclined to give credit to any ru mours of Ministerial Changes. It is said that :he QUEEN has appointed Mr. littovonAm her Attor ney-General, and has invested hint also wit b some other authority, which she is understood to have a right to delegate, but which has not been sufficiently explained. In the certainty of her' MAJESTY'S actual return, it is under stood that some investigations will po•itive ly take place, which it was determined t o a v o id, unless her own act and deed might render them absolutely necessary on grounds of the utmost importance. The treatment which we understand that our AMBASSADOR has received from the new Govern ment in Spain, has been of such a nature that we should not be surprized to bear of his sudden re turn, even without the formality of taking leave of the present Sovereign of that Country. • Mr. HAMILTON, one of his MAJESTY'S Under Secretaries of State for the Foreign Department, left town on Saturday last for Bareges, as al leged on account of ill-health, but, as surmised, on some Mission of importance, especially as the place is so near to the frontiers of Spain; end as no person, from abilities, experience, snd in tegrity, is more worthy of the confidence of Go• vernment than this Gentleman. We are reluctant to make any observations that can have the slightest tendency to affect the case of any of the Persons whose conduct at present is under legal investigation, but it appears to be evi dent that there has been a chain of conspiracy against the Government, emending through va rious parts of the country. Such facts have transpired as seem fully to justify all that the late Lotto MAYOR declared respecting an intention to set fire totheMetropolis. The Public must recollect the rancorous abuse and the low ribaldry with which that worthy, active, and enlightened Ma gistrate was assailed on that account, and it is not possible to say too much in praise of the arm ness, fortitude, and prudence which he manifested on the occasion. Though attacked in so many quarters by the malevolence of Party, nothing could provoke him to make any revelations which might put the Incendiaries on their guard. We trust, therefore, that any of his deluded fellow citizens who have joined in the censure which was so freely cast upon bin], will now give credit to those intimations of impending danger, by which that danger was happily averted. For our part, we conceive that he is entitled to the gratitude of the Country for having by his activity discovered the danger, and by his zeal, energy. and prudence averted it, and preserved the Capital of the World from that de• etructio❑ which would probably have spread universal consternation over the Kingdom, and brought on this happy Country ail the horrors which attended that dreadful shock to the Govern ments of ali Statea, the French Revolution. France has not recovered from the shock, and Spain seems to be in imminent danger of speedily suffer i ng un der the same horrors. The existence of the best form of Government that human wisdom ever devised, which may be considered as the true character of the British Constitution, is a matter o: too much importance to the freest and happiest people on earth, to be brought into hazard by any false lenity, which, in fact. Ivoslld not only be iniuertce but ert;tl:v ru the country. Thu c(cre, wi,fit:v?r may appear to be attached to the character of those who have been convisred of seditiou s practices, no fest of p,irt y tnurtner• .►r parry via' lence should prevent the infliction of exemplsl punishment. The danger which we have escape't by the vigilance of the Magistrates, the fide' lity of the Military, and the timely enactment of wise legislative measures, was of a very for' midable nature. Yet, in spite of the salutsrf Laws its question, certain incorrigible Demo' gogues, some possessing rank and property thol ought to have rendered them more cautious, hafe attempted to disturb the Country, and have. beer brought to legal conviction. A suitable degree of punishment should, therefore', be inflict' ed on them as an awful warning, and 0 14 higher their rank, and the more extol' sive their property, they are the less entitled to that lenity which might reasonably be s wat'!' ed to poor ignorant men, who have nothiog to lose, and who might hope to rise to a► better condition in a general scrsmble for spoil, amhil t the loin of the Country. The following is an Extract from the Liver' pool Paper received this morning " Downing-street, March 25. " 5t11,-1 am directed by the Earl BaTitoko f to transmit to you a Copy of a Dispatch ‘shich brit been this day remeived from Major-Gencral LING respecting the appearance of a contagio o disease at the Mauritius, and its existence Jib board the merchant ship Bainlaidge, whid brought that dispatch to this Country le quest you will submit this matter to the initnedig ill consideration of his Niajes:y's Must fiunuratil ° Privy Council. (Signed) HENRY GOULBUttS, " The Clerk of the Council in Wnitins. (COI'Y.) " LIVERPOuL, "GOVEIINNIENT-tioUSH,MAORITIUS, " Loau—l have written your Lordship very fully this opportunity, the Bairitridge, which is proccednig rectly to Liverpool, reporting for your Lordship's inforriiti‘ l the particulars of a disease which made its appearance on the 19th last month, and has carried off a great n o inb ,f of coloured population and some of the white inhabitants / f I have now deemed it advisable Cu require of the Captain: the Bainbridge to enter into bond not to have any ciunrool'': cation with the shore after the arrival of the ship, fuvtl;of than way be indispensably necessary to the delivery a letter to the Collector of the Customs, which accoel l panics this (a. copy of which is herewith inclosed), “ 0 " ; the Collector shall have signified his assent, and may probably occasion this letter reaching your Leirj‘ ship before any other dispatches transmitted by the li l; ; sent opportunity. Thu crew of the Bainbridge has soffo c ' very much, and three of Ler men have unfortunately did ; and though a voyage to Europe at this season of the y e ar ar pears to afford the best means of re-establishing the hcal lf) of the crew, and will, I trust, remove any apprehension al l° disorder being contagious, still I have thought it advisable Id restrain the communication of the Bailiblidge with the sho ts ' ( until the proper Authorities shall have an opportunity satisfying themselves that uu danger can he a;iprehetideil• " RALPII DARLING, Majur•GeneFal. " To.I be Earl Bathurst," MgETtNO OP PARLIAMENT.—It is UndCrate ;1 that both /rouses of Parliament are expected assemble on Friday next. Having met, the Co''' , mons will forthwith be .sworn in, to the imnil.),o' of forty at least, when the House will proceed f q the election of a Speaker. Friday the Lords also meet, and proceed to administer the oaths usual at the commencement Of a New Parli , inrc" i ,' It is probable that on the following day (Sat" i t i day) ,the Royal Approbation will be annonn:', to the Speaker of the Commons' House, ii chosen, as customary, on the preceding d' ° : Nothing but routine business is expected ';1 Friday and Saturday. Butte Houses will,. in probability, then adjourn from Saturday to Td e !; clay, as 111onday is fixed for the celebrai int) of h i MalasTY's Birth•day, the 23,1 of April, George's day, happening to fall u;ion Sortd 4 i next ; and on Isuesday, the 25th, his Ml.tesc will proceed in state, to open the first Par 11•Inell that has been convened in Iris reign. Memni.a PservANED for OttarreY and ZUILAND S:11: 1 L , John Balfour, Esq. DUTY ON Hors.--An application by the .`...;01 95c i , Hop Planters has been lately sent to Governme ll respecting the Ditty on Hops, prayint.; for t+'' c % O l tension of the time of payment. The reply r. LUSHINGToW is dated Treasury Chawb er o 28th March, IS2O, stating, that the Duty %vole th he extended to the Ist Septener, provided t l , Hops were lodged in pret»ises approved of by . ", 50 vernment, and under the joint lock of the and of the Owners ; but where Government 11 ' r ' j no security but the Poles on the Ground, one o' l , l must be paid down, and the vo ers enter i t ' ll i secutiti4 , s to pay one third on the lit of AOO 5 and the remainder on the 20th September: WesTstrterrart bt:ng of Faster Term, the Loan CHANCS Fitleo'ol at Lincoin's Inn Hall, at his usual time. Sh° r alter, the VICE•CHANC,BLLOK and scVen Of t o , Judges, with the principal Counsel of the Clu' o it eery and the Courts, waited on his, LordsVP-' took breakfast. They then accompanied. ,c Lordship in procession to opetz the Coor ts Westminster. The Chief Justices of the 11;:i' 3 r . ,,ir Bench and Common Pleas, with the Chief 13 ' s oce of the Exchequer, together with Mr. J.'" / ;1 4 Ittcuaapsom, were not of the p cy, they engaged ou the trials at the (lid tieiley. 3itstiot Courts broke up at art early hour. firST sat early in the ntOrning itt the Yestert-hy a French ccurier woieed at Ole deuce of Comic CAKAMAN's, the French ,%+% Affiires, Portbrod-place, French Court. tin ed • 1 I I 2 , 1