The Sun. — London, England, 1821-03-15 00:00:00

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Witness the young Scottish youth, deaf, dumb, and blind from his birth, communicating the few ideas he possesses to his sister ! reduced almost to the miserable condition of a vegetable, he yet succeeds in surmounting partially the cruelty and privations of nature. TIMBER DUTIES. THE LONDON JOURNALS. , . Of relieving. ontdescription of the Comniunity by laying the burthen on all . the others. The . pub-, lie feeling, on the coniary, is, that the .relief, must be general; . -and that as their determination is to be honest,, and . to pretere faith to the na tional creditor, it is.only by rigorous retrench nent tliat this can be done. Ec.onoiny„the most, scrupulous, therefore, is indispensible; and we trust the independent part of tlte'peoPle's repre 7 , Sentatives will per Severe however small the tui.; • notifies may bey in,enforcing its rieceSsity. . . FACTS and STATEMENT'to shew the IMPOLICY of the proposed ALTERATION in the TIMBER \DUTIES. [DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS tice, That on Friday, the Igt,i* InsiOnt, they will be r qltill to receive Tenders in writ;;, ' , ;,•.z?vt up), and - trent for One Thousand Sacks of KILN DRIED HOUSEHOLD FLOUR, to be subject to ,the as7;al warrant', of Twelve Months ; One Thousand Quarters of ENGLISH PEASE —Fire Hundred Sacks of BISKET MEAL; and IVO/ Tons br KEW OATMEAL; to be delivercd info His Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, in: tree spare of nue nianth, A Comparative Statement of the Proceeds of Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, and Memel Timber, accnrcling to the present rate of Freight, Charges, and Market price ot the same respectively ; to, illustrate the effects of the.. duties WHICH IT is SAID are contemplated by the Select Ctsintnit= tee of the House of COmmons, to be recommawled to - the Legislature QUEBEC YELL(v PINE TIALBEB. Present sale price per Load of 50 Feet • £3 5 0 Charges. Prime cost in Quebec free on board last year £1 2 . . Insurance on Ditto Rafting.............. ................... - Ponding three months . 0 I' Commission and dcl crederc ... 4 per cent. Brokerage 1 ditto by equal weekly proportions, awl 'to be, paid for by Bills PaYerble, without Interest, sixty days drier triltr. 7 F,eC OottillollB Of the ,Contracts InalJ be C':2l the &ere tor7i *, t N" regard frill he bid to rrnu Ten d er in uybieh /hr. Prier sura h net he inserted ill words. 'Pt leoEtth) or that Le delivered to the _Board 'before Oar o . : Clock inr, the - said Friday, the 16th Instant ; nor antes.% tbr Per -4"),1 who Inahrs the Tendrr, nr sane Pernn oft his Way, qttevdsi to answer when called for.. Times:] 5 per cent. - -0 .4. 3 '3 Ada to those charges the dut}•,proposed .47%)0 VICTU-11 I. I NC- OFFIC E,' Obirth 6, 1 84 t THE. COMMISSIONERS . - far• VICTUAL , LING Hisll,4.7ES7'Y'S NAVY y !freehereb No ire That on Titesday., the 37-ft of next, they will he ?early to receive Tenders in wrlting KTealed and (real for the pippin (on .wporate ContrartA) of sneh tinantities 8 ," PROVISIONS% RUM, and VEGETABLES, as mon he ""u'lnderl for the nse of His Hairs, y's Ships and. VeSNCIS at th e Ports undermentioned, viz.:— Belfast, (!arriclifervii, Larne liar- PROVISIONS InVlr, and Newry, Londonderry and Longtaswilly, Gslway. ,R.,171,1. Londonderry aria Louzilswilly.- ' E PETABLES, Leith, Leith Itoad,:, and the' Firth " Fdiniinrgh. , Par•thi, space of Twelve Calendar Months front the ; 7. • , f May next, and . further until six nvinths warain , r'shall ° f r' for the termination of the Contract, the' onTditions f '' ) ; . 'hich ' , wilt be seen at the &cream's U//ice, at this Clo t he, V arptyinir to the Collectors of His Maft.sty's Customs at * ae " 7 "• , t, l ondonderry, Galway, and Leith resoecticely. "a ragard will be had to at Teuder in which the Price, ' 4 Oli not be inserted in yards at length,wr thatshall itot he de fi vered to the Board befo:v One a'Cuich: on the said Tues.- 4 ' , , the sd dprir next, ut:r nnleSs • the Persoli who '"akes the Milder, or some Person on his behalf, attends, to a nswer when called for , , Pach T en d er must a l so Le accompan i e d b y a L etter s i gne d a.,/ two respo ns ibl e Persons, en„sraging to become &mild with 1 tendering, in the Penal Sant of 500/. for eh;: due pe2f)rmanee %Teach of the Contracts. BRITISH GALLERY, PALL MALL. - THIS GALLERY, for the - EXHIBITION Rad SALE of the Works of Modern Artists, IS OPEN ri•IILY from Ten in the Morning- until Five in the Evening. Admission, Is.—Cmalogue, is. By Order, JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET -ROUSE. NOTICE TO ARTISTS.--.Ail WORKS ,intended for the ensuing EXHIBITION must be sent, — n on MONDAY, the 9th or by Six o'ClOck on TUESDAY, t lath of APRIL NEXT, after which time none can pos,: \:t1 1.6. %1y be received. Th e R egu l at i ons necessary to he attended na to ay be found in die Catalogue of last year, or obtained at opal .Academy. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. Sec, iLTIMA MANUS !—The close of the Lot tery the Finish of the Contract, and the anal Deci 7 Cry Capita 1,-1\ amber,—Ticket,—Shata.—ndPrize, (17 th ` i 'q , place NEXT SATURDAY, St. PATRICK'S DAY, th e •• t 'f Alarch), *hen th e Th ree P r i zes o f 21 , 000 1 ., an d a ll I , ,!" t her Capitals and Prize, mu s t he drawn. • ;",ets and Shares (wari - anted nodrawn) are selling by N AIn l • SIVEWRIGHT, Contractors, :17, Cornhill ; 11, L,tt corn ; and 3s, Haymarket ; win shared and sold, in the 4 Pitals "3' just ended, 2,053 (Class 8) 21,0031., and st..vetal other 1 ,,,,._------ . ________ __ I,g, LOTTERY FINISHES' NF,XT SATURDAY! .r.,,,: C ONTRACT FINISH Es NEXT SATUII DAY ! ref C..kPrl ALS MUST'COM E. I7;. O THER PRIZES NIT'S'Is COME NEXT -SATURDAY ! EXT SATURDAY will be a busy day in ttok .. the L o tt er y wor ld , as A ll the Three [9.1,000 Prin.., 1 - 4,73 ? other Capital, Every other Prize, Every Numbei , Every 1 , ,;. and Every Share MUST BE MAN\ N NEXT SA 11,_,ItnAy, t7th Instant, , (ST. PATRICK'S DAY,) for on that til l Y fLe Lottery entirely finishes, and it is also the finish of : Contract. r ... ,.." A few Undrawn Tie!.:ets and Shares are still on' Sale at h."R's Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross, and by 4 . 4 y - tents in the Country. 1 +4-1- . 13 1SU has already Sold and Shared in the pre,ent 4 1" f r!' 2,053 q.ilass A) 21,0001. anl several other Capitals. ,o x e,, The Pi ice'nf Stocks is affixed, knurly, against BISH'S A / ,'",e, itt Carnhill, by which the Public can see the Hue ktl6l4 3. '''s • - g------. ' '''''' '' '''' __ ....--.................. r '•••• FOREIGN LITEItATURE. Ne. XIX.I t e l ? 1 :-IT AND DUMB.---The interesting article in pt.'`Qi in the Journal des DZbats, and which RP -11)::. in TnE SUN of the 19th ult: relative to . 0 bh -ur 'lP of the Abbe Janet on the Deaf and r t o, fr e ,, n u, has suggested the following reflections b lbi , the pen of M. Paulmi er . Bayi ng g i ven Lust; c ity to the original article, we think it b u t As 3 insert M. Paulmier's remarks and criti _ _ 1„ l e opinions of ma n ki n d are di v id e d respect a :eat" and Dumb ; some regarding them as Z--cies -of oracles, while others rank them be t: a nimals. 'Why outrage thus these unfortu tl. ate beings ? It is not necessary to exaggerale dilliculty of affording them instruction in ° M e; to enhance the talents of their instructors ; 11171 t is 't, ' in the power of a single dash of , Pen divest them of reason, while we fre ,4ltly s e e, them in 'small hamlets supplying all by the mere natural resources of t heir own minds, to the great astonishment and t° nfusio n of th e i r gi,:nderers. Increase th e num-, t ier of senses of the ii:.eot as ranch as you will, give him the language.of the Gods ; suppose ~e wisest of men t o h ave 'hen dopriVed at his u irth of the .organs of hearing and 5 - peecii, our !frort s in both cases will proce equally vain ; for t he ideot would never loose his natural stupidity, a nd Socrates on Other band .would still pos 6ess his great mind and fine genius. Socrates, deaf and dumb, would speak the language of ges tures, the natural, 'primitive, caul universal lan guage ; a language which even children begin to use hefc,re they know how to speak ; and a lan gauge ivhicll the - instructors of the deaf and fillyith have not created any more than philoso— pllers have i nvente d speech. Let us carry our Lciuiries a little farther and observe the innate Phihisophers make-the powers of the mind de pend - too much on the-external senses ; but it ap pears to us that it is this internal innate power which gives impulsion to the senses when called into action by external objects, and induces•imi tation, the principle of the fine arts, which com prehends the language of gestures. The instruc tor does not teach this language any more than he invents it; on the contrary, it 1$ from his .pulpit that he receives the lesson. The march of nature and instruction is as follows : an object strikes the senses of the pupil,. the master draws a pic ture of it, the image is impressed on the pupil's mind, and instantly the idea is engendered ; the sign immediately follows, with which the pupil is inspired by nature, deriving its elements in the sensations he has experienced from the object. The general principle of every sign is to retrace the forth of the object, and to imitate the uses to which it is applied. • Some years ago a deaf and d i umb youth (Cloche de Thionville) who taught several pu pils to speak and to distinguish the various in. elections of the voice in the articulation of sounds, was presented to the Royal Administration of Deaf and Dumb at Paris. This young man still receives lessons every morning from his master in prosody, by reading aloud passages from Tele machus, the works of Homer, Buffon, or Racine, which he understands very well ; and at this moment he is engaged in revising the narrative of a journey which he performed during his last holidays. In the month of .September, 1817, this inte resting pupil and the young Pages of Perpignan, also a pupil of the Institution at Paris, had the distinguished honour of being presented to the King, and of conversing a short time with. his Majesty, who encouraged the exertions of the master by his approbation. Notwithstanding these striking testimonials in favour of the mode of instruction pursued at the Royal Institution at Paris, M. Jamet still thinks there is something wanting, which is, that the deaf and. dumb should be able to speak the lan guage which •he studies. The pupil has indeed (ho. says). a written—language, but uut a enansial language : he can only converse in it with a pen in his !laud. We wish M. Jamet would tell us what he 'means by this manual language, which he has brought to perfection. Can it be the ma nual alphabet, which is so happily and frequently used at the Institution ? We do not believe it. Can it. be only natural signs simplified ? That is not probable. If M. Jarnet means by signs brought to perfection, the conibination of several signs into one, he cannot be ignorant that this operation has been carried into practice in the classes at the Institution, since the first existence of this language, not only as the channel of in struction, but particularly in the conversations between. the masters and pupils, which are car ried on by gestures and signs quicker than could be done by words. - - The signs expressive of the words historian, and to prophecy, cited in the article which we are answering, are the same as those used in the classes of the institution at Paris. ,We could not employ any others, since signs in general express ideas and not words. We only ask M. Jarnet to inform us whether, when he holds the fore-finger of the left hand over the shoulder while the right hand writes down the word, the pupil invariably translates this sign precisely by the word histo rian, and does not hesitate between this part of speech and the other words of the same gramma tical family, such as history, historical, historically, historiographer, R:c ? M. Jamet will doubtless perceive the necessity of finding a sign to desig 7 nate the part of-speech to w:deh this word belongs. To make the thing more clear, let us consider -sig:” in two points of view : Ist. as doctrinal signs or signs of instruction : 2d. as signs of usage or conversation. For instance, take the word animal. The functions of an animal are respiration, action, watching, sleeping, drinking, and eating. We call the attention of the pupil to these different functions ; ideas arise at the same time that w , ‘ make the signs of these functions, to which we add that of the genus or species. The collection of all these signs concurriog to represent the cha racter of one kind of beings, forms a single com plex sign, which we call a doctrinal sign Ora sign of instruction. Again, if the pupils wish .to speak of an animal in conversation, they make ellipses, according to the practice in languages, in aid of analogy, and preserve only the single characteristic sign, which in this case is that. of respiration. 'We ought, however, to remark, that the lan guage of gestures and signs, like the spoken lan guage, is not only an analNtic method, as observed by Condi'lac, but also a •ytzthetic method. Is not then this operation of reducing several signs into a single one, That is to say, to the simplest expression, that which M. Jamet would consider as the pelfeclion of signs ? If so, the honour due to it: may be justly claimed by the pupils themselves, since it is partly their own invention. We have no other motive for publ4hing these reflections, than the great interest we take in whatever concerns, the deaf- and dumb, our love of truth, and the desire of . being useful to science. Freight on ditto ... 1 19 3 9 10 0 4 9 Being a loss to the Importer for every Load ' • 1 4 3 NOVA SCOTIA, OR NElir BRUNSWICV, TIMBER. Present sale price per Load of 50 Feet £3 0 0 Charges. Prime cost. in the country • , '£l 0 0 Insurance on Ditto 0 0 5 . Rafting Ponding 0 1 0 Brokerage, del credere, and Commission Duty as proposed Freight 1 16 5 2, 5 0 4 I 5 Being a loss to the Importer of per Load 1 1 5 BALTIC TIMBER. Memel sells at present for per Load £6 5 0 Charges. • First cost at Memel £l 7 0 Insurance on Ditto Duty as proposed 2 15 0 Rafting Ponding three months 1 0 0 Commission, Brokerage, and del, credere Freight on ditto • 4 11 7 1 1 0 5 12 7 Leaving a Profit to Importer of per Load Ol2 5 The Ship Owners are at.present navigating thdir Ships at a positive Loss ; and it is absolutely necessary to have an increase on the present Rates of 25 per cent. and assuming the same to be obtained, the statement will stand thus : QUEBEC. Loss to the Merchant as above Add 25 per cent. on Freight Shears a loss to the Importer of 1:1 16 9 NOVA SCOTIA; OA NEW BRUNSWICK. Loss to the Merchant as above v .1:1 1 5 Add 25 per cent. on Freight 0 11 3 Loss to the Importer -C1 12 8 MEMEL. Profit to the linporter as above _ 14, 1:0 p 6 Deduct 25 per cent. on freight Leaving still a profit of £0 7 By 'adding the present Sale Price of the Colonial Timber (from the respective places), to the loss as stat,4 before, and subtracting the profit on the Memel Timber frorit the present sale price above, it will show the price at which they can be sold without profit, and the comparative price they will bear to each other : viz. : QUEBEC TI3IBER. Per Load. Per Foot. Sells at present - - - - £3 5 0 £0 1 3; Add Loss as per foregoing statement 1 16 .9 0 0 6 The price at which the Importer will 1 , 7 0 2 01., be able to sell without any profit j " NOVA SCOTIA TIMBER. Sells at present - - - - £3 0 0 IV 1 23 Add Loss thereon, as before shewn 112 8 0 0 71 Shews the Price at which the Im porter will be a bl e t o se ll without 4 12 8 0 1 104 any profit - - - MEMEL TIMBER. Sells at present - - - X 6 .5 0 £0 2 6 Deduct.profit, as before shown - 0 7 2' . 0 0 1 Shews the Price at which the Im porter will be able to sell without 5 17 10 0 2 .11. any profit. • - - - JJ Consequently the Canada Yellow Pine Timber has only 16s. ld. per Load or 4d. per foot advantage. over the Baltic Timber, which is not a sufficient difference to enable it to come into competition in the market. And as Red Pine Cost £2 Is. Gil. at Quebec last year, if from this Cost is deducted that quoted for Yellow Pine as above (viz. £1 2s. 6d.) there will be 19s. to add to the above 1..'5 ls. which will bring out the sum of £6 Os. 9d. for the price of Red Pine ; consequently this article will Cost about 3s. per Load more than Memel Timber. _ . The foregoing licing the comparative Statement of the Arti cles in Arne of Peace : if it is prorwed to make the Ditties a Permanent Measure, in case of 14 ar the Statement will then stand as follows : • QUEBEC. To Prime Cost Duty and Charges Ll 19 3 Carrying Freight of last war - 5 I 9 9 3 • BALTIC. To Prime Cost Duty and" Charges - 4 11, 7 Carrying Freight of last war - - 2 0-0 \ 611 7 0 17 8 By this statement it appears, that the Baltic Timber can be imported in War into London 17s. Bd. per Load -less than the 'Canada Yellow Pine; and less than the Canada Rea fine by £1 6s. 6g.• per Load of 5(1 feet. St. Patrick owes St. David a turn, as the Gen tlemen of the Stock Exchange would term it, or, as is commonly said, " One good turn deserves another."—On the Ist instant was the ,Second Drawing of the Lottery, and it was also St. David's Day, on which Day an entire Prize of £ ) 21,0(30 was the property of one of the Tickets sent to Ireland ; therefore St. David behaved very politely to St. Patrick, and we think the Shamrock will not be outdone in politeness or generosity by the Leek ; therefore as next Sa turday is St. Patrick's, Day, and the Last Day of Drawing of the Lottery, the Hibernian Saint ought to draw a X 21,000 to be the property of the Taffies, and that would be paying the Cam brian Saint in his own way.—This may easily be done, as there, are Three ... 3 21,000 Prizes to draw, and «l 6 must be drawn NextSatarday. The Town Crier of Westbury, in Wiltshire, a few daysago,proclaimed by sound of bell through the principal streets of that town that his em ployer was ready, to serve the inhabitanbi with a quartrn loaf, a pound of bacon, and 4 sack of tatoes,for two shillings ! • [British Press.] ' Advice, we understand, have reached town from Italy, stating that a strong Russian;arma ment is actively preparing in thee Black;Sea, for .the purpose of co-operating. effectively. with the ' Austrian army, agaihst the Government: of Scaly is said to 'be the chief object of the RuSsian..expedition, and an opinion prevails in' Italy that by some secret understanding . be• tween the combined Powers; Russia is to hold possession of the island of Sicily so long as the Austrian army shall . maintain the occu pation .of • Naples and the Neapolitan. territo ries on the , Peninsula. - The Russian Mitiister at the Porte has reeeived instructions to demand from the Turkish Government a free passage for the Russian fleet, and the Austrian Minister is to promote this object with his utmost influ ence. Russia has long desired most earnestly to, poSsess a naval establishment' in the -Mediterra nean, and Sicily offers the most tempting means of enabling that ambitious power to realize her wishes. We further learn that the Austi ian Ca binet, as if apprehensive of the policy which might, in the event of an unsuccessful campaign in Italy, be pursued by the Sardinian Govern ment, has proposed to the King of Sardinia to exchange Piedmontese troops, to the number of 20,000 men, for Hungarian troops to an equal amount : the former to be incorporated with the Austrian army, while the latter were to occupy. the fortresses of Piedmont; &c. The proposal, we understand, was instantly and indignantly re jected. orning Herald.] There is nothing of material Interest in the forei g n arrivals of yesterday. The accounts from Spain are scanty. A private letter in the Paris Papers states, that Madrid was quite tran quil, and the Ministers have, resumed their port folios. The latter statement is very doubtful.— They went out of office under circumstances which render their return so quickly very im probable. It is true the secret faction may have been terror-struck by the ferment which the ru mours of a plot and the dismission of the Consti tutional Ministers had excited in the capital ; and it is probable that the force of public opi nion may have again forced the Ministers back upon the Sovereign. If that be fact, important discoveries may be expected. Tine Government will of course bring to light the intrigue which kid to the unprecedented anomaly in civilized Go vernment ofa Sovereign going to the representative branch of the Legislature with a speech of which his advisers knew nothing, and which was in fact a sort of act of impeachment against then). It is generally suspected, and even alleged as known fact, that the Emissaries of the Congress of Laybach are endeavouring to do that in Spain by intrigue, which the bayonets of Austria are expected to effect in Naples. In the one we are sure they will fail, and there is some probability of their failure even in the other. The aspect of af fairs in Italy has confounded the Congress ; and it would appear from an article in our extracts from the Paris Papers underneath, that there is some disposition at Laybach to re-consider the Naples question. This is more probable than would ap pear at first sight. Naples, instead of a divided people, weak and agitated Counsels, and an un trained force, presents unanimity, enthusiasm, ardour, directed, as far as it appears, with pru dence and resolution—that Kingdom presenting, not an easy conquest, but an arena crowded not only with native champions, but with many en terprising spirits from other countries. [New Tunes.] Extraordinary pains are taken to delude the people of this country, as to the state of affairs in Naples. The French liberal press is busily at work 'to perSuade the world that the rebels are in great force; that the Austrians, alarmed at the unexpected resistance they have encountered, are 011 the point of retreating ; and that their re treating will be the signal of a general and combined insurrection throughout Italy. We have endea . voure - d to ascertain from the most authentic and impartial sources what foundation there may be for these various statements. Yesterday-morn ing a foreign Officer of rank arrived in town, who had had an opportunity. of passing through the Austrian army on its march -towards Naples. He states, that it is in an excellent state of organiza tion and discipline, and supported by a most complete and effective train of • Artillery. As a military man, lie expresses an unhesitating opi nion that the Neapolitans do not possess the means of making any stand against so powerful a force ; .and from a variety of circumstances which he states, it seems probable that negotiations had already begun, which were likely to end in an amicable adjustment of the affairs of the king dom of Naples. The Pope is likely to act as mediator on the occasion ; and when we consider the diplomatic talents of Cardinal Gonsalvi, who of course will direct the counsels of his Holiness, we can entertain little apprehension of any but a fortunate result.. [Morn ing Chronicle.] The public will see with satisfaction the ac count of the strenuous and seasonable opposition that is made-to the keeping up an army of such enormous extent in a time of profound peace, and of universal misery. A motion was made last night to reduce it, only to the trilling anmunt of 10,000 men, and yet this. was opposed by Government, supported by those adherents who have no other remedy for popular distress but that If we are to judge from some Of the reporH which are in circulation, the Agricultural Com- . mittee has been engaged ,in listening to certain theories' respecting the circulating medium, and its application to the purchase of agricultural products ; or rather, the application of beef and wheat to the purchase of Batik-notes, for such is the quaint language adopted. Agricultural pro dtice is said to have sunk in value to the amount of seventy millions sterling per annuM—We sup pose, through the whole kingdom (perhaps through the whole universe) ; therefore it. phr chases-and throws into circulation 70,000,000 less of currency than heretofore; thefefore there is a contraction of the circulating medihm to that amount; therefore it is not the attempt to return to cash payments, nor the interest upon,the national.' debt,*nor the amount of the taxes—it is none of these causes, nor the whole taken together, that creates the present distress, but the small con sumption of agricultural produce ; or, in Other words, it is the agricultural distress which both cre ates itself, and a great deal of other distreSs. In reply, however, to this conclusion, We Would ask whether the . circulatingmediuM has really de creased to the immense ail - Jaunt required by the argument above stated ; and, secondly, whether the notes are always, in the first instance, bOught out of the Bank, or the cash out of the Mint, by the agriculturists. Farmers and land-owners of course use the currency, whether paper or metallic ; but. we apprehend the first issue is usually for the promotion of mercantile speculations ; and if from any cause that medium decreases in amount, the agriculturist as 'well as every other.man must take less for his article; whilst in the meantime, taxes being fixed upon the old scale, Govern ment takes nothing less than heretofore from the subject. Its demands do not decrease or aecorn*- modate themselves (so the Ministers will, and so the House of Commons* consents) to the increased . value and decreased quantity of the circulatiiig medium. • • * [Morning Post.] The Army Estimates were again diseussed.lit the house of Commons last night : and those Gentlemen who had so harrassed Ministers' by useless divisions, professedly wishing to g a in an opportunity for others to speak on the subject, availed theniselves of the•opening afforded to in dulge in a new set of impotent haranguer. necessity of the measures proposed was most' satis factorily demonstrated ; the amendments for reduc'- ing the Estimates were successively negatived ; and, the resolutions were carried by large majorities on the two divisions' •which took place. Upon this occasion, we cannot help - again remarking on the conduct of those men who assume an ex clusive right to the title of Patriots, but whosa actions invariably prove that they either do not understand the meaning of patriotism, or under standing it, disdahr.to practise its virtues. It is the 'very essence of their occupation to represent things in the worst light ; and whatever ingennity or - effrontery they possess, is devoted' to this purpose. They are aware that the more th e y darken the picture th e more their work will be admired by the many, and that they can confi dently aspire to the honours of modern patriotism, if they will but abuse the Government and vilify the country. This is a painful and alarm ing circumstance, it must.be allowed ; but it is not of modern growth. 'At every period of our • history, for two centuries at least, the practice more o.r less prevailed ; and it is worthy . of remark, that as the nation advanced in wealth and knowledge, the greater approaches it was said to have made to ruin. The opening of.a new commercial channel, the formation of a new branch in our manufacturing system, Of the ac quisition of new territory, seemed to be the signal for some Melancholy prediction. .Every improvement only accelerated the predestined fall ; and whilst the rest of the world admired the riches of England in her agriculture, innuiner able shipping, vast commerce, and unrivalled manufactures, her patriots by profession saw only causes of grief and anxiety. The line roads and canals which intersect the country, and with whkii. nothing of the kind upon earth will bear comparison; the inexhaust*.ble wealth of our mines ; the unexampled state of culture to which the land has ben brought ; the garden-like ap pearante which it presents; the air of seeuritv, of comfort, and of enlivening bustle, un4ersaliv : all these are but spuriouS signs of pro- Fperity ; and as they are at their height, We are of course nearer to the abySs. However, the country has flourished in spite of prophecy and. patriotism; and, instead - of the approaching ruin with which it has been menaced, symptoms of a thriving stale are plainly manifest. Mr. FIZEELING, ,Secretary to the Post-Office, has, in answer to an inquiry, informed the Chan her of Commerce of Manchester, that no impe diments are likely to present themselves conveyance of the correspondence with Naple's and Sicily, in the usual and ordinary course.