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ENGLISH BEES-WAX, to be delivered at Deptford, Woolwich, Chtaham, Sheerness, Portsmouth,. and Ply . %out& Yards. Patterns of the Nails, Tacks, and Brads, with a Sample of the Bees-Wax, and a Form of the Tender, miry be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party, or an 4gent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter ad dressed to the Navy Board, and signed by two responsible Per4ol 4', engaging to become bound with the Person tender i4g3 in the Sum of 10001. for the due performance of the Collir2Cl for Copper Nails, and 4601. for the due performance Ac Contract for Bees-Ira:v. £5,000 AT VERY LITTLE RISK, NEXT TITEsDAY. InikRROLL,'CONTRACTOR for thePRE --• SENT LOTTERY, is anxious to express how much .1',7 le is flattered by the general satisfaction afforded to: his nd.; and the Public, by his offer to tike back (at a very triflinK loss) all the BLANKS, Snall Prizes, and Undrawn iNutthers after NEXT TUESDAY'S Drawing. - A Prize of 4 '5,000 will be decided in the First Five Mi. mites Next Tuesday, and maybe gained by a very small Risk, viz. on a WHOLE TICKET, ONLY TWO POUNDS ! Other Shar es ONLY FOUR SHILLINGS! ktlte r Shar es in pi-oportion, as will be clearly shewn' h y t h e follo wing statem en t o f what must .be paid for a Ticket or 'i h are, and what will be given back for it, whether drawn or !Indrawn, any time on or IP-fore the Ifith of December, am, after the Purchaser has had the Chance of the ,C 5,000 anti ail other Prizes to be orawn Next Tuesday, December 11th, Ticket 22 IS 0 ...... £2-1 18 0 may receive back £ Half ........ 13 5 0 may receive back l2 0 0 Qtlar 'er ...... 6 13 0 may receive back E'‘ , l .... .0... 3 7 6 . may receive back Sixtce fl '" • . 1 14.0 may receive back tu„ !krt, and Sh ares arc S e llbi g a t CARROLL'S_ Truly For ate (illices, 19, CORN 111 LL, and 2.N, QNFORD S I RL I: 1 „ b Isere lie Sold in Shares, the Last. Day, of Drawing, NOvein er 2 0th, No. 11,486, a Prize of £30,000. j and J. SIVEWRIGHT strongly recom • mend the advantages offered on TUESDAY NEX ; a t '""xt Day's Drawing, the lith•De,7ertther, when 5,0001. , east, is sure to be drawn from the ‘Vbeel, which contains 1 3 ' •X 4,000 £I.OOO £5OO £2OO S 4 &c.—ALL MONEY! AND NOT TWO BLANKS TO A ,PRIZE;! A1;11 utcoasers between tlie2oth November and. ifth De r, hare the option of returning their Tickets and Shares t 4 tl c undrawn, - or drawn small Prizes•orßlatils), after t)11 i the4Tharlce of the 5,0001. and - other Capitals drawn bri4, 1 1..... t Day. this Plan the Riskis very trifling, as I, i _,. Cost Price. ITo be Returned. Risk. l ia s "," r et . .... P• 24 18 0 I £22 18 0 £2 0 0 (1,„••. ....... 13 5 0 12 0 0 1 5 0 lii, : ,l er ...... 6 13 0 6 '0 0 0 13 0 Ni ^ n til ........ 3 7 6 - 3 0 0 0 7 6 xt!enth...... 1 14 0 1 10 . . 0 0 4 0 1 1 .1 ;u:kets and Shares are n Sale at N 0.37, Cornhill ' '' b°l- n ' • d 38 'Ha market, London. Also by their A zent,. , 411 , y B. Those Purchasers tyho intend returning their Tickets or Shares, must do so before the 11th December. • To T. TAYLOR,• Esq. N 0.9, New Bridge-street, London. 4WslnunEw St 13 EG leave to inform you, that ever since the ~hicYear 1790, I had been afflicted with the Lees Venereal, , froM its - obgtinately resisting every course of medicine dr e scribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un seteralsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis be4rged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to °! the most inveterate nature. In the sprig;; tit last year oj wsorder had got to such a head as nearly ow to put a period M Y existence—l had a large ulcer , on the crown of my head, ; en each arm, and my,legs were brokc'ont in a frightful State of ulceration riht was-dreadfully painful, amPhail been in a' te of for the last seven years ; my left had also large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave me such excruciating . pain, particularly when warm in bed, n early to"deprive me of rest ;, in this lamentable state, I great by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received so I , v t a cure b y them hem), to take your Leake's Patent Pills, fo„' c h r began to do on the 26th o. May ; in the coo .sLt of a 4 10 . ' n ight I began to receive beuefit—in little more than a s u n th the ulcers on my headand arms were sundly healed—, tt ." after , th e sores my legS. healed also ; ; leaving, how l) 'Z'f.! considerable discolouratiorn in the skin, and pant in the - 7 of the left, which, by the blessing of God, attl a little ttnk,er Perseverance in your invaluable Medicine, sulosoled t h e nodes dispersing, the skin vcgairring its natural hue, and _ l° nOcturnal advice a n d thusliecame, sf our liberal advice and medicine; perfectly free from all -my terner complaints—have recovered my former spirits and ,jengt4, and am become jolly astonish fat, in which state havisig ntinued many months, to the ment of alkeho knew* 'me ' am at a loss in what ter,rns to express my gratitude, but You; . for the good . of other suffering mortals, to make: l e o ls MY ease as public as possible, as I shall ‘riii every ocea n / in so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humble servant, M ALEX. UItKER. - 'wan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. Witnesses tothe above Cure: — joll ° Thompson, No. 3, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh, John fil'lntosh Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. LobrePared and sold by the sole l'roprietor, THOMAS TAY -110 ") . Member of the Royal College of Sur g eons, . at his co,;: , No. 9, New Bridge-street, London; where, after a c i ,l"ant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice parti arlY directed to the cure.ot Venereal Complaints and thase tikidental to the Parts of Generation, with t hat inviolable l ', l c e r t eey Which men of his profession should always observe in R rat 4 9ses,, he tiattert himself the advice arid assistance he ul tonslY administers to persons taking this Medicine, will at-te,i,tecined, by a discerning Public, as an advar.tage seldom jl P a6 le, and v,:id of all ambiguity. sold, by his appointment, for the convenience of those a distance; at the Tovshop, No. 103, Oxford-street; ,plsborougles, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, or:: i ' l 'btidge, Edinburgh ; Mr. Callwel 's, Lublin ; and of j i .o eia Pei son in every considerable town in Great 'lliitain and z , 1 4. in boxes of only 9d, each, stamped, and sealed up I+ 3 , 'till And pliin directions, -viiereby persons, of either 113 eIcttke themselves with 'ease, 4. , pted, secrity, and safety. IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL MEETING. On Monday a nurnberof the most affluent and respectable Agriculturalists of the County of Sussex assembled at Lewes, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present depre§sed state of Agriculture. The large room at the Star inn was lit,erally full ; and on the proposition of Mr. ELLMAN, sen. the Right Hon. the Earl of EGRE-. MONT was, with unanimity and universal ap plause, solicited to take the Chair.--His Lord ship, in complying with the request of the Meet ing, said, that it had not been his intention, on entering- the room, to take. so prominent a part in the proceedings of the day. his reason was, that he had considered the Agricultural question attentively, but had yet found himself unable to come to a decision on so intricate a subject. However, having assisted at various Agricultural Meetings, he would certainly obey with pleasure the wishes of the present Meeting, and listen to what any of the Gentlemen present should •be prepared to state. - Mr. ELLMAN, sen. having presided at the Meeting of the Agricultural Association, begged to mention the object of assembling on the pre sent occasion. Many Were of opinion that it would be a preferable course to call a Meeting of the County, but for himself he must say, that 'on such occasions, where a diversity of opinion would be certain to prevail, he was persuaded there would be many talkers and few hearers ; and that consequently little benefit would be. found to result. There were, h e und er st oo d, several Gentlemen present, who had been de puted from the eastern part of Sussex, to state what were the feelings and opinions there upon the subject; and he should therefore sit down in expectation of hearing from them the sentiments of that portion of the county. Mr. Li sac (a Magistrate from the East Of Sussex) said that he had attended a Meeting held at Robertsbridge, on Saturday, on which occasion he had been deputed to-attend at Lewes this day. He was authorised to express a hope that a County Meeting would be called, since that would be certainly • the most efficient mode of giving to the consideration of the subject that importance which was so highly desirable. In the part of Sussex where lie resided, the distress. was truly alarming ; and lie spoke not merely of the condition of the occupiers of land, but also of. the state of the landlords and clergy, who, as well as the former, severely felt the 'pressure of the times.--The reduction which they had. been, cotnpelled to make in their incomes was • very serious. He would mention a fact, which was in itself sufficient to prove the justice of what he had stated, as to the amount of distress. The number of men out of employ in the Eastern District was most alarming , ; so Much so, that 'it had been computed there were, at the present moment, in one Rape` alone (that of 'Hastings,). no less than 1,000 persons in such a predicament ; and this appalling calculation had . been corrobo rated by - Mr. Barton, of Battle, the clerk of the local Magistracy. When however, he said- that there were so many men destitute of employnient, he meant to include in the number those -who had been hired by the 'farmer without occasion for'their services, at a rate greatly beyond the actual value of their work, lie giving, perhaps, ten shillings for what could have been . performed equally well by horses at the cost .of one. The complaints. now expressed proceeded from men who, during the war, had come cheerfully for ward to support their share in the burdens of the country, and who considered it a duty equally binding to conic forward as they did now. Mr. HAVILAND was, also deputed to attend' from the Eastern part of the county. He had not however been aware that the ; Gentleman who had last spoken would be present.—He begged to corroborate most strongly what had been said by' Mr. Lambe, as well relative to the existing distress, as to the propriety of calling a County Meeting. He was persuaded that such a course would have a much better effect, and he doubted not that an example on the part of Sussex would be followed throughout the kingdom. Mr. ELLMAN, jun. said, that an allusion hav - ing been made to the hop plantations, lie would beg leave' to'read from the Evidence-offered be fore the Agricultural Committee of the House of Commons, a question 'put to Mr. Barton, to gether with his answer. It was as follows : " Have not most of the farmers in your district a hop garden ?-=-No; . I think at least one-half of the district is not what is commonly under stood to be in the hop country. The place I live in divides that part Of the country; to the' eastward of me there arc a good many hops ; to the west they are not found to answer ; unless they will grow any where, and then they can - get no return for them ; the greatest distress I know of is in the parishes in which there are no hops at all." Lord EGREMONT having expressed a desire to know the real situation of the poor in the neigh bourhood of Lewes, 11Ir. ELLMAN, sen. stated, that in the parish of G lynde, Where he resided, the poor rates had risen very ►materially during the last 20 or 30 years. There had, it was true, teen a trifling deduction of the amount within the last two years; but it was chiefly attributable to the cir cumstance of his having himself given employ to men, who would otherwise have been compelled to derive their support from the parochial funds. Ile had paid for labour during the laSt year no less a sum than from 1;400/. to 1,5001. a great proportion of which had *certainly been useless to him. 'ln the neighbouring parishes, the poor rates had been very little diminished. In that of Ringmer, there were a great nriny persons out of employ, or degradingly occupied in carrying sea gravel, or what is still worse, in poaching and thieving. Lord EGREMONT felt anxious to ascertain whe ther in the rapes of Lewes and Pexensey, the proportion of unemployed paupe 4 lo was equal to that in the rape of Hastings I Mr. PAYNE said, that in Rh:timer, where he resided, there were at present about or 30 persons out of employ. In reply to a question from the Noble Chairman, Mr. P. observed, that they had not the means of reducing the poor rates, in consequence of the fall in the price of corn. Mr. HAVILAND stated, that in Berwasi► the number of pauper 4 had greatly increased, so much so, indeed, that out -of a population of 1900, there were actually 400 (that is, including the whole families) unemployed. Wadhurst and other neighbouring parishes were similarly situated. Mr. LAMBE remarked, that the poor rates af forded but a very deceptive criterion, by which to estimate the real amount of distress. In the east of Sussex, there prevailed a system of bil leting the poor; that is, the farmers mutually bound themselves to maintain each a certain pro portion of paupers, who were thus prevented from resorting to the parish for relief. The rates were by this means apparently kept down, but if, in such a manner, the farmer paid nine shil lings for labour, which he could have had per formed for six, the surplus of 3s. ought in reality to be added to the amount of the rates. If he went to the market for labourers, he certainly would pay much less ; and whatever might be the temporary result of the plan, he felt con vinced that the poor rates would be unavoidably increased. Mr. Hercnnis said, that if any Gentleman from Hailsham were in the room, .he would give a lamentable-account of the state of things in that parish. He himself had witnessed a heart-rend ing scene there a few days ago : he alluded to the occupation of drawing gravel, which was, as had been truly said' by another gentleman, most laborious and degrading. An additional evil too was, that the men-thus employed usually con cluded their 'labour by ten o'clock, after which time, havitig nothing to do, they had recourse to poaching. • Mr. INGRAM had considerable property in Hailsham ; and he must say, that he thought it disgraceful to see paupers occupied in the way which had been described ; as a further proof of the - feeling which prevailed upon the subject, he mentioned that they had received from the lower orders the'degrading appellation of convicts. He (Mr. I.) agreed with Mr. Lambe, in thinking the poor-rates a " deceptive criterion." It was, per haps, presumption in him to intrude upon the Meeting ; but as no other person had done it, he would take the liberty 'of stating what he consi dered to be the only mode in which relief could be afforded. Every possible encouragement ought to be given to the agriculture of this coun try. 'For instance, the cultivation of clover-seed was capable of giving much employment ; and the fat and tallow which are brought from Russia a■d Buenos Ayres might be procured at home. In short, all that our own country could produce, Government ought to encourage ; and in this way much might be done. The real cause of the pre sent difficulties was, without doubt, taxation : while money was plentiful we could get on, not withstanding the pressure of imposts; but now that the value of the pound-note was reduced to 20s. all parties experienced difficulties. One (and per haps a principal) source of relief would be found in encouraging the produCtions of the soil ; an other, in making every possible reduction in the expenditure of Government. The means and necessaries of life not being now so high as in 1792, it could not be deemed a hardship to bring down the revenues of public officers to the same standard. He spoke not of -the poor clerks ; he did not think they were the persons who should be made to suffer ; on the contrary, they merited all that they received ; but he-spoke of a reduc tion in the salaries of those who could well bear a diminution of income. Another mode of relief might be, to take off the taxes which pressed hard upon the lower orders, and to make up the deficiency by a property tax. These were the, views which he entertained -upon the subject, and these the modes of relief which he should feel disposed to point out. He did not, however, offer them in the shape of a specific proposition, but merely as,a declaration of his sentiments and feelings. I Mr. ELLMAN, sen. conceived that the ques tion at present before the Meeting was, whether an increase or diminution had taken place, in the poor rates. ,From his own personal means of observation, he had no hesitation in saying, that the rates had very materially increased- within the last four or five years. The money which a farmer actually paid to his labourer beyond the actual value of his work, amounted, he was con vinced, to as much as the whole of the poor rates, and he knew not why' the farmer, -more than others, should be compelled to pay at such a - rate. He disapproved of the plan of billeting mentioned by Mr. Lambe. There• had been two or three meetings at Frarnfield on the question whether men should be billeted or: paid by the farmers. Last year a system had prevailed iof putting up to auction the labour of paupers ; and this, perhaps, was a fair criterion. Last year there were strong hearty men who could.get no more than sixpence a day ;, and a short time ago, he happened to be at a •friend's in the eastern part of the county, who, hiring aloung man:of 23 or 24 years of age, would give him no more than ten-pence per day. To himself, who occu pied nearly the whole of the parish in which Jae resided, it was a matter of perhaps little cone (pence whether the wages were paid by himself, or paid out of the rates; but to those who lived in ilarge parishes it became a very important ob ject: He did conceive the farmer was not bound to pay more than what was a fair price ; in which case the poor-rates, he was certain, would be doubled, since there were at this moment many more men out of employ than at the same period lastyear. MT.,MARTIN observed, he had .been informed by Mr. Marshall; that in his parish there were 100 paupelta out of employ. To so high a pitch, indeed, had things proceeded, in consequence of the • poverty and dissatisfaction of the poor, that the overseers were threatened, and actually con , ' sidered themselves in danger. He left the Meet ing from this to judge what must be the situation of the parish. He scarcely knew if he was au-' thorised in stating (what he had been Cold by Mr. Marshall) that so enormous were the poor rates, as to determine him to dispose 'of hiS estate, finding they absolutely consumed, it up. Mr. ELLMAN, jun. rose for the purpose,of ad verting to what had fallen from his father, who had said that he conceived it to be a point of little importance to himself individually (as oc cupying nearly the whole of the parish in which he resided) whether his labourers were paid by himself or out of the poor-rates. With all de ference, +he (Mr.Ellman, jun.) thought that there was a . very material difference, at least - as- to the . amount of reliet which he was entitled to expect. By hiring labourers from the neighbouring parish of Ringtner, the work might have been done for half what it had actually cost ; so that out of the 1,0001. which had been paid, 750/. ought in fact to go to the poor-rates. Beddingham, the parish in which he (Mr. Ellman, jun.) resided,' was little burdened with poor, because there being only three or four occupiers, they bad agreed • to take the • men themselves and, find them work, in order to prevent their becom ing a burden to the parish. He had seen men employed in drawing beach, .as had been already described, and it was indeed a pain ful sight. One of them (the leader) -worked . with ;a bell about his neck. These men had . 'to work but half the day, and what was the . consequence ? There were at - this moment 160 prisoners• in the Lewes 'House of Correction ! The distress in the parish of Ringmer has not greatly increased, judging 'from the poor-rates alone ; but these were a very uncertain criterion, and would be so, till the system were adopted of paying for labour only what it was actually worth. And why should it not be so ? Look at the manufacturer—he turns off his hands the instant there is no occasion for their services ; he pays little or :nothing to the .poor-hates ; and thus, giving for labour only what it is intrinsically worth, he has not the same claim with the agri culturist for relief. If .the manufacturer pro duces an article for which there is no sale, he has but to dismiss his workmen ; whereas, if the Agriculturist should produce an article which sells at a reduction of 50 per• cent., he has no, .such facility. On the contrary, he has to pay. in :rates what he may not have to pay in wages ; and therefore, he repeated, 'the Agriculturist had a better title to•relief. Mr. Ellman concluded by saying that he had prepared Resolutions, which,. according to the pleasure of the Gentlemen pre sent, he would now read, or 'postpone till a County Meeting, should such a measure be de termined upon. Lord EGREMONT. thought that a County Meet ing would be of little utility, unless some one should be prepared with a specific proposition. 'He had heard gentlemen say various things, all however inapplicable to every part of the coun try. In some places the poor rates had been diminished, and where the case was different, it wasp, he felt persuaded, owing to local causes.—, One cause was an increase of population, which had, within the last ten years,.been very great. If a County Meeting should be convened, it would, he >presumed, be with the view of peti tioning Parliament ; and then, in all probability,. we should- witness the same result as-we had seen last year. Tie could .not forbear saying' that a mass of more contradictory, of more frequently Tefuted,evidence than was then presented to Par liament, had never fallen within his observation. For himself he would,observe,.that he was ready (and so he was sure were a great many other gentlemen). to devote himself entirely to the investigation of this . important and intricate question. He confessed that he was at a loss to say what was the real cause of the present dis tress ; it arose, doubtless, from a combination:of causes, and he did not think it in the power of any gentleman'. to point out a remedy. Still it was right to discuss and investigate the subject, —His Lordship 'then stated, that in Yorkshire, where he had a consi4erable estate, ,and 'where the population had increased as much• as in Sus sex, he was.informed by his agent that the : poor rates were not more : than . seven-pence in the pound, and 'the distress far from being -general or -severe. He was, persuaded that "the amount -of the rates was attributable to . the low:price:of corn. 'He felt anxious to . know, Whether, , lir the east of: -Sussex, with an increase' of ,population, there 'had been a' falling-off in cultivation ? -.For the last year and half, he .had • been .persuahled that there was something peculiarly..distres.siugi in that district. ' One important point which •had been' little mentioned on the : present. occasion, was the low price of corn. The question was— did such low prices arise from the importation: of foreign corn ? He firmly believed that for the ast two years there had' been little competition. His own opinion was, that the ))resent difficulties were caused by a too hasty attempt to alter the currency ; for it could scarcely be supposed, that a system ) which had been the work of twenty years, could be, without incouvenience, so suddenly abolished. Ile also took shrott to. himself for having voted in Parliament in fa vour of the abolition of the Property Tax, .since he was now persuaded that on a "mo dified scale it would be the most salutary measure that could be adopted. Every man, however`, who mixed in public affairs, would often do things which he would afterwards .be compelled to regret. It was said by many that the debt of the country was a great evil; yet 130 one could say that it was a loss to the nation.; on the contrary, it was but the transfer of property from one class of the community to another. It was, in his opinion, _a mine of wealth ; and he was persuadek... much evil would result if a reduc tion of the debt should take place. For him self, his Lordship said that he had ,not, inor would he ever have, one farthing in the funds ; and therefore in what he had stated he could of course be influenced by no personal feeling. ,He must say that he thought. them a sort of bakilic iii which all might take refuge ; and that we should find ourselves much poorer without them. He had, during a life of 70 years, witnessed many and . various, revolutions, and he must say, that any one who could bring himself,now to speak confidently on the subject, must be of a .very different frame of mind from his own. He thought that before a County Meeting should be decided on, the measure ought to receive the most careful consideration. Mr. HAVILAND begged to remark, that ere a Meeting of the County could be assembled, some time must necessarily elapse,during which a spe cific proposition might be ,prepared. In reply to what had fallen from his Lordship, Mr. H. said that in the east of Sussex, the land was not per hapi so well cultivated as it had been some time ago, and this was owing to the inability of the farmer. Mr. ELLMAN, jun., in reply to one part of his Lordship's speech, begged to read an extract from the Report of the Agricultural Commit tee ;—" For example, let it be.supposed , that on the 15th August next, the average price'of wheat .ascertained in the usual mode should be 70s. 11d. per quarter, whatever may be-, tt.)e possible scantiness of the forth-coming harvest (a fact not then capable of being ascertain ed,) the ports will , remain shut till the 15th.N0 , -- vernber ; but if that average should be 80s. ld.- whatever maybe the abundance of the ,forth-corn ing harvest, the ports and the warehouses of fo reign corn will be opened at least for six weeks, and in all reference to the principal exporting counties for ~three months." In 1818, the ports were open,,-and no less than 600,000 quarters of foreigrk . wheat were imported, which thus met the early and abundant harvest of the following year.. The supply for London was estimated at 16,000 quarters weekly, one-eighth of which would have been -foreign corn.—Now either 600,000 more quarters of English and Irish wheat would have been consumed, or .some of the im portation of foreign wheat must still remain un sold. In June last, he knew that 30,000 quar ters remained on hand, which the factors .had 'orders to sell whenever it reached a specific price. The consequence was, that the , London market, which, it was well known, had an astonishing influence on all others, had, till the last harvest, been much depressed. Lord EnnEMONT, adverting to an overflow of stock in the markets, said that it might be caused either by •too great a growth, or by the poverty of the farmer forcing him to send his corn for sale. If the latter were the cause, it must be expected that in the spring a scarcity would take place, and consequently that prices would rise. •This Lordship mentioned that he 'had not yet called in .his,Mirhaelmas rents; one individual instance of this kind might , be of little avail,,but if all could afford to do so, the greatest benefit would result. Mr. lllTcniss was of opinion, that the primary .cause of the present distress was to :be found in the resumption of cash : payments, And the conse quent diminution of the circulating medium, ,which had the effect of. checking,speculation ; sincepow the agriculturist : had 'neither inclination, • nor means, to indulge in it. lie -believed ,that this year would not expire without the ports. being -opened. 'lf the growth of, our own . country be too large, the n ,uestion, in his opinion, resolved itself into a small focus. ,By laying on foreign corn aduty.equivalent to the poor rates and other charges, with which the English farmer ,h.as : to con tend, and of whiCh the foreigner knew nothing ; the former would be protected4lt was•well known. that . the foreigner could bring corn into .our markets at 81. and 8/..1.05. which it •was impossible for the English. farmer to do. •Pursuing : such ,a sys tem, as he recommended, no „locking-top of : the ports would be necessary. The .agriculturists, said Mr. li., had. never received : great land ,naw, all that they asked was a. fair ; return ~for their capital .and industry. As,an ; i<ncliy dual, he coal& truly say, -this, was.all .that. t he4vished. Ile had no.objection to riseearlyancl;.verk- Bard ; but he+ looked for, what - he ,was ; surely, eaki4.led ~to expect, the •sarnepprofit :as . the 4 - nerchatit,and manufacturer. received. The subject •,,was ; , one which required much and ,:detp POllsideration obutit must ultimately resolve itself:iititto: t his— • that, the farmert cannot pay 205.% isthile.ncishing only 1,45.. or 115 s. It was- impossible that such .a coorsenf..Altings. could,Jong coatilwe, -,and it was .most, painful: .to,a -man ',Whose , ondence was not called question.to i telhas - circutbstanced. No ,one (he cared ••not :might • be)