The Sun. — London, England, 1821-01-16 00:00:00

ET Eit.3 The annual Ciection of the Mayor of this Bo rough took place to=day' at the Court Lek.— The proceedin g s: of this CoUrt have become sin gularly conspiclnms -the eyes of the Country, h 3 `hey have rise to the discussion of a question of .t . rtat importance in a constitutional point of vi evr , namely;. whether the Sr reiraTti of the Leet,can pack an.ii select a Jury for the put.- 'Pose of managing the business of the Court, 90 a 3 tO suit the Lord's purposes ; parti.cularly in t?Oluination of Officers, which is• a Matter of ":I',,ftuence, here, as the Jury appoint the Mayor, 1: 17 ,.5. 13 Returning 011izer at our Elections ; but ti 9 1 .3 is not the only evil, great as it.is, for hence 3 °' , lrCeS of Justice are corrupted, and the Lord 14 la-vested with an eng i ne o f - oppression, which 1 111 a..y use most Nexatiously towards those who I ceuture to oppose his Parliamentary influence in I t " had been for some i . (4 1 4 Y 4 .,, busy in conj ec t ur i ng th e p er s o n upon whom a° nlayors.ity would, devolve; but the only two ' Ya.fulidates who were mentioned as likely to suc c."d: to it were Mr. M LTCHELL, a very respect able Soli c i tor, the partner of the Steward of the i iretland Mr. TnomAs CHITTY, a Contractor for I C Carriage of Flints on the Turnpike Road.— ' 7° l l. in this instance was right;—Mr. CHITTY 4,` - `'been selected to till the important Office.— Rev. Mr. WHIcitER, the late Mayor, and 0 )" , attEndants, entered the Court at eleven he attendance of suitors was very nu bp rl3l - 18 .. , The bdsiness of the day was opened itl6 1. ,he Steward. In the course of the proceed it w,s dkcovered; that, notwithstanding the t'kp Quo Woo - unto-Informations which had been -kta g,nst the late Mayors,on the ground of their r 'lug been nominated by a packed Jury, both ° a ‘ d , w hor4 had filed disclaimers, the Steward had 11:iered to his old practice, and dictated the 4 141 , 'S of the Jurors. Upon 'this, Mr. ATC E50 . 1.c, tos'Aitor of the Court, who was present, rose and si c 'k an objection to the proceeding, But the . 4Nkrd, in a manner at. once dignified, cour ;.:od gentlemanly, over-ruled the objec eracti his determination to adhere to a f or • .which he had very beneficially - observed e re " (4 t 471 sixteen years. The objection, how was repeated, with an, intimation that it, ` d b he ren ewe d i n th e C our t o f Ki ng ' s B enc h. a u IlSilleSS of the day then proceeded, and the retirett.to consider their presentments: and, ern tiwir - z.return, it Was found that they had a n . e ti et e4-11rt CUITTY into the office of Mayor; Is the have greatpleasure in stating, that, such e state of the Borough, not a single offense tl, e - ta_Uder the cognizance of. the Jury. After I,ld 1 or4'hipful Mayor had, in a very effecti ve th e ,-,"'Proffice, essive manner, t a ken th e o a ths of urt was dissolved, and the Mayor and the 4r y '4,,lourned to the Dolphin Inn, where they .4 4 i, c1 „ th epleasure of Mr. Jor-LiFrE's company to Ihe day has been rainy and gloomy, jnuch damped the usual hilarity of Kali c e4ion, and not a little disappointed the aPle `folks, as it .n e cessarily p r e v ent e d th e di d Pageantry of the procession. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. te t 7, 3 aturday the Poll finally closed at twelve_ \V"::?o l 'fben the Mayor declared Sir HENRY ben-""-A er I VlLsori duly elected, the numbers f liettry Wright Wilson h arivs FAT Cy • p n I . , ntholte, Esc! . I° aS Y immediately came -forward, and th".` d?Y greeted by his friends., He address iectors, thanking them for the high tr, tll€ l had conferred. upon him, and a&sur htt 1 11 that he should always be found at his ru Parliament, supporting- his King and the ~cled lure of his country ; . and jocosely con .by wishing that ." the devil might fly fat i him" if he abandoned either, or the .11.ntereks of hi s C onst i tuen t F• r t e‘ , l ,` Ross next presented himself and was re 11'1, Widi en thusiastic applause, - not only to s tl i , s °WTI, friends, b u t by th e fri e nds of 'fea t other Candidates. His, speech was very t l. l 4 .'fil was greatly 'applauded. Upon coming 4 a lid a t part of it w hi c h .p l e d ge d hi mse lf to 104,1 E again upon the first vacancy, he . was t 1 1,11.? greeted ; and numbers of the Elec- N 4 4 ' e arin , the colours of the other two Candi ;l,`Os' P r 'ssed forward to the front of the buSt ii'lat'ikana shaking him heartily by the hand, ?li a V him for the honourable line of conduct t o `Thserved and declared that he should be t oil ' 1 41 1 .. tne next general Election. 1 0 ,': 1 3 --snio PE then stepped forward, and was 1 1'41 f 4 ' .11 21 cheered by his friends. He thanked :tl, o „,'' the support they had given him, and bF t Q t hat though defeated, his principles 1),-tail-°,,t s ubdued. That' he had rather be a ~ti\, than lose his principles, or s uccess at. the price. of his honour. lie 11,Nity 4i plimeitted the Mayor upon the i-mpar -0 h had evinced,, and Mr. Ross, upon ' 11 1114 14- Q- 1 1 11 N.i i . holl e ni i i - rablmannr in which ha d . fNeci himself during the election ; and con that if the Electors should call 'qtria47 4 ices hereafter, heereafter, would be at their 4 'Phe us ua l ceremon y of chairing the C andidate then followed. A B C CRS= TIOCWrif. MUM et oll s horn Charleston, dated Nov. 9..8 4,q11 3 4 the Spanish ship La Constitucion, with Ili t l',.ati ea " f 3,600,000 dollars- in specie, and the Vtl arvi t th e G enera l C ortes in Spain, from lcell y 4 . 0 f Cub a an d th e P rov i nce o f Cam lib' s ailed f rom Havannali on the 10th of () t o. ," for Cadiz. tli f 7dor . O'CON NEL has published a Letter irish Catholic- dissuading them from A 1 -) P.ti t • 6 ) rnmg- art 64 unreformed Parliam ent. t}q'si o se hill has " been found at th e Middlesex yo ou the Coroner's warrant, against Ri ick' 5 7 , fot-th e murder of CHARLES MARTIN, h ltd ,Yor, who, it niay be recollected, was the blow of a stone, after fighting a is opens his splendid new Theatre lv Thursday next ; the company is " Mr s amP as at th e CG Rotunda," with the A :OUNG. Yvt:YE . LIC 4 -MEETiNC4.§. MEETINGh SPEFeIi O, J. FLEMING, ESQ. k.P. Fait 'Flit GI)IiI;ITY OF SOUTHAMPTON. FLEmnia. on presenting himself was re ceived with strong- marks of disapprobation. -It was some time before the High Sheriff, With the aid of the popular speakers, could obtain a hear ing ; but when the uproar had subsided, the Hon. Gentleman spoke as followS " GENTLEMEN—Thcre having been a requisition fOt Meeting for the purpose of addressing the House of Coin mons, I am therefore attending here this day to rereire arv y directiOns you may lre pleased to give me with respect 16 the presentation of it, as well as to hear the ?pinion of the -pre sent clistingOished and respectable Freeholders of ttie County, npnn the important question announced for discussion. I assure you of my perfect readbierii to present the Addrest proposed, or any othei you may he pleased to decide upon, couched in the proper and respectful language due to the ond character of that assembly, and I wish I could add, a conscientious promise . to support the prayer of it iu my place there as your Bepiesentative. It is-not my wish to disturb 11. e unanimity so much to be desired by those who have promoted the petition ; but soy object. in addressing you, is to express my respect for you as my constituents, and because I feel you hare a right to demand, and it is my duty to afford, the fullest exposition of my sentiosents upon a question of such great public impottaoce. I have never deceived you as to my political opinions. I promise you I nerve will ; and it witch gr i eves we to differ in opinion with any enlighteard Freeholder of the County. But lam now compelled to do so , anti I have the courage to say, that, I can subscribe but to very few of the opinions which I have beard this day, or with the mode of Address proposed. In deed it is most painful to use to differ with any'one, but if toy judgment be defective, 1 trust you will believe - that my intentions are honest and upright, and that I feel zealous for the welfare of my beloved country, loyal to my King, and anxious, fur the rights, liherties, happiness, and prospe rity Dies-cry class of lay fellow subjects.—(Cries.of " Braer!") —I will now briefly endeavour to express the principles upon which I feel myself bound to differ from the promoters of the present Address, and I am sure that I shall be heard with the indulgence that every free minded Englishman, who claims attenti in to his own opinions, is ever ready to concede to the opinions of another. 'I will comc to the point. The great object is to censure nod to obtain the dm. missal .of his Majesty's present Ministers, for having brought forward the charges, and instituted the proceedings against the Queen. No one can lament more deeply than I do the .;;;ecessity of those proceedings, andno one cast feel more sen sibly the disgust which the details 'must (save excited in every delicate mind, and their injurious effects upon the morals of the people. I admirthat the chat acter and honour •of the country have been effected ; but I cannot think that Ministers are to be charged with all these calamities, and the less so since, as you have heard from the honourable mover of the Address, they made such efforts to avoid them. In my opinion, the moment her Majesty's return was deter mined upon, Ministers were irresistibly called upon in duly to . their King and country, and let me add also, in justice to the Queen herself, to institute a solemn and public investigation into the truth of the scandalous rumours that preceded her arrival ; and even if their counsels had been directed by the Noble-Earl's (Carnarvon) political friends, I do not think that some proceedings could have been avoided, and•certainly none could have been more lenient—(Hisses.) --•Nothing could- mom! the temper, moderation, anti ;copal , tiality, evinced by the Noble Lords of the Cabinet, who as sisted as judges upon that occasion. —(The hisses and groans here continued fur some time.)—lf you are not ready to hear me, lam quite ready to wait your pleasure. I would to God that every other member of that illustrious body had 'shesen. himself equally divested of party spirit, and equally anxious to elicit the truth, with the view of obtaining sub stantial justice; and in comparing the conduct.of Ministess, I am sorry to be obliged to add, that the charge of unconali : tional proceedings comes from certain parties with a very ' bad grace, particularly whets these persons themselves, in the year 1800, instituted what was called the Delicate Investiga tion, and tried and condemned her Majesty without rein eon fronting her wills her accusers, or hearing her defence. I wil not enter into a detail of the evidence now before us. 11 can bat lead to one eonclusion in every mind not blind and perverted; still I roost heartily concur with that expres sion in the Address, hoping, that for the sake of tilt peace and happiness of the Country, some means may be tumid of setting this unhappy question fur ever at rest. I should deprecate any renewal of the proceedings; nor have I any fear that any such proceedings are cootemplated. The object of the other Address has been explained to you. It I - was not Meant to call it exclusively the opinion of the county, but merely a wish to declare the opinion of those whose names were undersigned ; and I cannot conceive that the promoters of that Address are censurable for giving an opportunity to the inhabitants of every village of signing it as well as the inhabitants of the more populous towns. I cannot recommend it with the eloquence of the forme► speakers, but as for myself, I am proud to declare, that in) signal nre is affixed to it—(Hisseq—and I am sure that no one here would hesitate to subscribe to those principles which would - uphold.the country again . st the attempts of those who would endeavour to subvert its. Constitution. I may apply the language of the immortal Shakspeare : " Who is here so vile that does not love his country ? if any, speak ; for hint have I offended." And let ins add; who is here so base who does riot love his King? if any, speak., 7 -(Hisses, Fillui cries of The Queen, the Queen!)—l ,know that I ass add Lessing men as loyal and patriotic at any in the country; and in speaking thus freely, I know that I shall but deserve the approbation. of every honest man."—The Hun. Gentleman recited amidst many noisy testimonials of disapprobation. PETITION READ BY MR. ALEXANDER RARING. " To the flonourable the Commons of the United Kingdom . of Great Bri ain and Ireland in Parliament asgembled. " The Petition - of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Hants, convened by the High Sheriff, in'the Shire Hall of the said county, on the 12th of January, 1821, humbly sheweth that your petitioners have witnessed with the deepest concern the disgusting and must impolitic pro ceedings which have been recently intituted against her Ma jesty the Queen,which no public interest called fer;and which every motive of justice as well as policy should have prevent ed. They have seen with Inkii.•nation an attempt to inflict punishment for an offence unknown to the laws of England by an ex post facto 11111 of Pains and Penalties; and they can not too strongly censure the injustice with which the Queen's accusers have presumed by their own act to inflict degrada tion and punishment, not only before trial, but even uefore accusation, by erasing her Majesty's name from the Liturgy, when, far from deeming any criminatory proceedings against the. Queen to be essential to the national honour and interest, they themselves•consented to offer her fifty thousand pounds a-year of t public money, and proffered her the homage and gratulation of both houses of Parliament. " YOur petitione, , A have beheld with afflktion the general discontent whir)) those disgraceful measures have produced, and humbly, but earucttly, ray that your Honourable House ! tulopt.the earliest and tritest iffecival means to ‘ remove ohst - .lclc:s to any fiatisfactUry at rangen - wn , .. which thost. • ittlrmPer::te Connsels nitre raised, theltroyers the tscophe hare been rufn . sed., to the (;111ec ;1, and to ;rt .- smut.. the inunettiafe'restoration of her Majcsly's •slatne to the Li turgy.. And,'kutir Peti . tionerfi furtii.:r pray that yoU twill not suf , ler tiny fresh procerr'tiogli to Iry commt , twed ngaiost tter.Nla justy, bur that you will resist every attenipt to rtiire ill any manner, however di , grtised tor utodified, measures which, ; it. Their. success had been as great' as the i r failure has InTu couhl on.iy hay.l been derogatory to the honolir of tire Crown, and injurious to the hestintertsts ot t he country." THP. NORTHUMBERLAND MEETING The high Sheriff for the County of -Northum berland having refused to convene b. Meeting of .the Nobility, Gentry, and Freeholders, in com pliance with a requisition whiCh was forwarded to him, the parties who signed that requisition convened themselves, by their own authority, on Wednesday last. When we add, that Earl GREY, Sir C. MoNcK, and Mr. LAINIBTON, ,were the principal supporters of the Address that was moved and carried, we need not explain to our readers its character and tendency.—Like the Hants and Bedfordshire- Meetings, the junta who managed the business, had it all their own way, and triumphed—not over their opponents— for there were none—but without them. Mr. Orde, indeed, stood forth, in despite of clamour and insult, and with manly sincerity avowed opinions hostile tn the purpose for which the Meeting was- called. At first, a determined dis position was manifested not to hear him, because it would be subversive of are great- principle which distinguishes all patriots—thator listen ing to themselves only. ma t , as - 4218 eritiernan seemed no less determined to wait till they. did hear him ; and as • Earl GttEy hinted that his own speech could not be delivered till they had listened to Mr. 011. DE, an unwilling audience was von chsafed. The sentiments which Mr. ORDE has fearlessly delivered, were furiously, but impotently, at tacked by Earl C REP, whose oration, as usual, contained an ample portion of sophistry, and of un supported assertion. In some parts we must sup pose the Noble Earl has been incorrectly re ported, as for example, when he says, " the Mi nisters proceeded to the third reading of the Bill of Pains and Penalties, with a majority of nine." They proceeded to the third reading with a ma jority of twenty-eight ; and they carried the third reading by the majority of nine. The No ble Earl also lays down the doctrine very au thoritatively, that in consequence of the aban donment of the Bill, the QUEEN stands now as " fully absolved from all guilt, a 3 if the accusa tions had never been instituted against her." Of course, he means that her Majesty is legally ab•- solved from all guilt, in reference to any penal consequences. He cannot intend to imply, that she is morally absolved, or that she has come out of the inquiry pure as " unsunned snow." . We have, indeed, his Lordship's own authority for the exact contrary ; and, if we had it not, our . own confidence in the fact would remain just as strong. In his speech on the 3d November ) he thus ex presses himself :--- ." I am sure•the Noble Earl (LtvinTooL) must feel that if the Bill .be read a second time it will be his duty to pass it, if he can,• through the Jiouse. If it should- be read- a second time, I, mysey; am. inclined to thi-dk - l'eat I shuttled deent it the less evil to pass, than to reject it. Let it be read a second tune, and the WHOLE MISCHIEF WILL BE DONE. As far as it is in our power to do so, we should AFFIX A_ STIGMA UPON THE QUEEN WHICH NO ULTERIOR MEASURE WOULD EFFACE." My Lord—The Bill teas read a second time ; it was read a third time. Will your Lordship permit us to think with yourself, that " A STIGMA HAS BEEN AFFIXFD upon the QUEEN, which HO ulterior-measure can efface ?" Why, then, should those who are of that opinion—an opinion held by a large majority of the Country—suffer them selves to be deterred froth expressing it ? The fact is solemnly recorded, that a majority of the House of Peers declared, by their votes, that the QUEEN had been guilty of adultery and of licen tious conduct. We agree with that majority. Have we not a right so to do, as clear and as positive, as the right of the minority, to dissent from it ? It is not in our power—as reasoning beings—to refuse our assent; and we have yet to learn," that such being our opinion, formed upon evidence publicly produced, and fortified by a majority of the judges, before - whom it was pro duced, we are not at liberty to avow it.—(lorn ing Port.) At a Vestry Meeting of the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square, held on Saturday last, a Loyal Address to his MAJESTY was agreed to. A Loyal Declaration was signed by Lord Cm- CHESTER, and all the Magistrates assembled at the Sussex Quarter Sessions, (with the exception of two, Messrs. THORP and D'ALBION,) on Sa turday last. A Meeting of the County of Lanark was held at Hamilton on Thursday last,, when a. Loyal Address was moved by Sir C. LOCKHART, to which an Amendment, recommending. economy, &c. was moved and carried by a majority of four : the numbers being for the amended Address 94, against it 90. The Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of the City of Glasgow voted a loyal and constitu tional Address to his MAJESTY, on Monday. A public meeting was, held at D'Arcy's Rooms, Dublin, on Thursday last, on the sub ject of the dispersion of the late County Meeting at Kilmainham. Colonel TALBOT was in the Chair. Mr. FINLAY read the report of the proceedings of the Committee appoint ed to obtain redress' since the last meeting.-- The Committee, he said, had presented an °Ad dress to the Lord Lieutenant on the subject, but no answer was returned. Mr. Curran moved a Petition to be' presented to both Houses of Par liament. It was nearly a transcript of the Me morial to the Lord Lieutenant. The motion was carried. DOWTON is gone to-Ipswich, where he is en gaged to perform during the present week. The Windsor Theatre closed its short and un profitable winter season on Saturday last. AGRICULTURE ASHBY DE LA Z( -- )t:C1-1, JAN. 6, 1821. TO THE EDI COIL Sits—Although the Agrlctiltural Question is now :almost worti thread-bare, still the mind of the public seems as much diVided on its merits as ever: I therefore trust some further remarks nt the subject will not be deemed' superfluous; . particularly if they 6o towardS 'elucidating . a question which so many conflicting opfnions on both sides, and not always very consistent argu ments on either, have rather tended to confuse: It will best 'answer this object, to put the case in the form of questions, leaving the answers to be supplied by the reader. The first I shall put will be general questions, either 'founded on ac knowledge-4 principlei of political economy, or deduced 'theefrOni. 1. Is not the general price of labour (omitting its fltictuations from demand) founded on the price of food ? 2: Does net the taking-into cultivation soils of an inferior quality to those already under the plough, tend to increase the cost of provisions . ? 3. Are not the prices of articles of manufac ture (generally speaking) affected by the price of labour ? 4. Can therefore a commercial nation maintain a progressive prosperity, if she resorts, for the supply of' her_ increasing population, to the cultivation of soils, inferior to' those already in cultivation by their 'neighbours ? _ 5., Must not the consequence be - that she could not afford her manufactures so cheap as before, and that her foreign trade must of course decline ? 6. Would it not therefore be better to import the additional quantity of provisions she required by the increase of her population ? 7. What injury would this be to the Farmer? Could the foreign grower of corn, on soils of equal fertility, undersell him in his own markets, when the price of labour was nearly the same in both countries ? 8. Is not the produce of Agriculture (except what is caused by improvements in the science) limited by the number of aeres you possess ? 9. Are there any limits to trade and manu factures ? 10. Is it not better to apply any surplus ca pital obtained by commerce, to some profitable branch of trade, rather than employ it in the cul tivation of soils; whereby the cost of provisions is increased ? 11. Would not that be a wholesome state of things, in which nations were left, by• an unre stricted commerce, to the full benefit arising from their natural advantages, or the habits of their people ; and is it not therefore advisable to ap proximate as much as possible to such a state of things ? • 12. Would it not therefore (arguing in the abstract) be politic, to abandon any branch of commerce in which we could be undersold by our neighbours ? 13. Does not the culture of bad soils come un der that head ? ' 14. Would the throwing out of cultivating bad soils, diminish the profits of farmers of good soils, provided rents fell'accordingiv ; and would they have less stimulus to the improvement of their land ? 15. Which gives the greatest encouragement to a farmer to improve his land—Security of high prices, or security of possession ? Let me now apply these general questions.to our own case. Ist. Can Great Britian maintain her present power without foreign commerce, (i.e.) can she exist as a great nation by her internal resources alone ? 2. On what is her naval power founded ? 3. Whichi composes the chief part of her ex ports—Agricultural produce .or Manufactures ? 4. Can ✓ the export of the latter, to any great extent, be maintained with au increase in the prices of labour? 5. Would any further protection to Agricul ture, occasion an increase in the price of Pro visions ?, 6. Has not Great Britain a great deal of land under the plough, inferior to what is cultivated among the countries of Europe ? 7. Can she grow sufficient corn for- her own consumption, without having recource to very poor soils ? 8. Would it not be politic gradually to with draw these soils from culti•ation ? 9. Is the protection now afforded by the corn laws sufficient to preserve soils, not of a very inferior quality, in cultivation, supposing rents to fall to their due, after throwing out the bad soils ? 10. Supposing taxes to fall in proportion to the reduced prices, would not this protection be wore than sufficient to preserve good soils in cul tivation ? 11. Have not prices so fallen, that SO shillings are now equal to • what 100 were at the time the Corn Laws were passed ; and is not, therefore, the protection to the farmer three-fourths more than it was at that period ? 12. Is not this more than sufficient to make up for any defect in the return of averages ? 13. Is the quantity imported within these few years, sufficient to account for the present low price of corn.? 14. To what then is it to be attributed—ls it not to causes which have affected Agriculture in common with all branches of home trade ? 15-. Supposing the. present system of protection to Agriculture to be exchanged for one of Port duties ;. what amount of duty would satisfy the Yeti tioners ? 16. Must it not be the difference between .40s. at which. it is said foreign corn can .he irriported, and 80s. fixed. in 1815, as' the price at which corn could be grown upon the. worst soils.then under cultivation in England—That is =h)s..per quarter ? . 17. Would not this amount almost to a total prohibition ? 18. Would such a prohibition be consistent with the principles already admitted ? Now the obvious answers to these questions will slim ) I think ) clearly ; that any additional nrotection cannot be g • cv agricultqe ; Safety to the State ; and further that the 17.rtner of soils .6f no very inferi'or quality, has no real gro - unds of complaint; norany,catise' - for'fbfure apprehension . , distinct froni the Manufactdrer except in the article of rents, which t hope be fore i ong_to see lOwered the poor rates, which certainly did atone time bear hard on the farmer; I, look upoil them to be in a great ineatire tralized.—The Magistrate has opened hi's..e,ves to the dafig,er of the system, and the Par,iilt Officer has - become too hard for the- Pauper. „ But the Petitioners for corn duti'es Say "...All we want is the a.rne protection that Trade . hai: ; " I answer our Trade -(nearing that trade.which we ought . . to maintain)- requires nopefection; but moderate prices of labour.--All such brat the of commerce as .are not founded_ on right . prinfi 7 pres, such as the silk trade, Sz,c ()light like the cultiVation of bad soils; as soon as possible to b 4 abandoned. No doubt the present great differ.: ence in the rate of labour at hOme and abroad; requires that some protection should be-giVen many of those branches of our home trade, which do not rest altogether on machinery; bt:t I hope.. before long we shall be in a state to do without it'. On the same principle we will admit that some protection is now necessau to AgricultUre;. and it has it. But if you extend that prolctiou to the growth of bad soils, yoU at ence confirm the evil complained of, and eventually both . Agriculture and Manufactdrer will be int-dB - 0 in one common ruin. iven to ay.' Unquestionably the farmer suffers COhSider 7 , able distress at -present ; but it is because . rents and- tn.es absorb an undiie 'oportion_ of the produce of the land. If these are re ihiced within reasonable betinds; he • will find that the lowest price which he has secured for his corn since the war, will go nearly as far as the 80s. did when the Corn Law Were enacted, and. which sum was then thought to afford a sufficient profit on his capital and indUstry. All will readily agree that Agriculture is of the greatest importance, and I am for giving it every possible 'encouragement consistent with the general, welfare ; but I do not .see how a farmer is injured by the fall in the price of his produce, provided his out-goings diminish in proportion.— The hest pOssible encouragement, that can be given to Agriculture is by' the prevalence p s i' leases ; for until they become general, the post will never he made of the soil. Instead of pestering the Legislature with un availing petitions, our Agriculturists would do well to consider that their interests are inter woven with tho'Se of the State,• and that as long as their cause is in the hands of the chief proprie tor of the SOU; they can have_ little to apprehend distinct from other classes of the community.— Those who turn their talents to the advancement of the science of Agriculture, by teaching how the land can be made to yield the Most at the least expense, Will confer a greater benefit ou their country, than they who. labour ; 'like our Patriots for corn duties, to keep us ; or rather to create high prices, which it is clearly proved are incompatible with the existence of our foreisu trade. Sir, .. I am, Su., your obedient Servant, LES r ERI ENSIS. SPORTENG INTELLIGENCE, BETTING-ROOK inn S to I agst Reginald 12 to I apt Gustavus to 1 agst Charm 4, JAN. 13, ISn. BY. 14 to 1 agst Ni‘ , rt.l 16 to 1 agst Ju ke 0.4 Kg. I U. tot agst Sistet to .Sterl. trap, . For the •Ridillesworth, Reginald, and the Seliunt colt are favourites. 4 to 1 agst My Lady • • • SAINT LEGEII. 9 to 1 agkt Tack Spiggot, 15 to 1 apt Santibech It to] - My Lady 20 to 1 - any otlker. 15 to 1 - HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. The Fail of Derby's Stag Hounch meet oo Friday, at Oh Heath. H. JolJifre. Esq.'s Fox Armfuls. on. Thursday,.at Horst Hilts ; Satuitlay, at Copt horn Coounnto. The. Surrey Fitx Hounds, on Thulsday, at Godstone; Satur day, at Farley Green. The Harriers meet terry day. • Ni t ,j e sty' s stag. Hounns, on. Friday, at .the Turnpike gate bevontl Stains, on the Sunbury 7 roatt. The ( . 2roxton Hounds to tuorrow, at Paxton Wood; Friday, at Knapwill Grore.- .TIIE Ir.A.LIAN OPERAS The apprehensions which were at one time entertained, that the Musical ,World would be deprived of the Italian Opera for the. approach ing season have vanished. A Committee of Noblemen have undertaken. to Superinteld the management of the general concern..; 'Mr.EnEas, of Bond-street, (who is understood to have made large .pecuniary advances for the purpose of meeting the necessary expenditure) undertakes, it is said, the stage management and the musi cal department is under the direction of Mr. AYRTON.. The following inrormation is extracted from the, particulars of sale lately. circolated : " The interior of the theatre, appropriated for the accommodation of the audience,. consists of four principal tiers of boxes, a ;very large area or pit, and gallery. In each of the tiers of boxes, there are forty-three boxes, making altogether one hnndred and seventy-two, of which sixty eight are, and will continue till, 'the . year . 11325, private and distinct property ; leaving one hundred and four.. for the use and support of the 'Opera establishment, by being let from, !season to season, at such rate of subscription as can be 'obtained, and which has been generally, regu lated and fixed by the expenses incident to the establishment. The subscription, for the three last .seasons, was fixed at :Mt. for each of the subscription boxes in the three lower tiors,• and which together . are eighty in fintriber.. In the second tier, ,np stairs, there are tw,mty-faiir re served for the establishment, whiCh have. been let at 2001.. There are also twenty-five boxes in the tier adjoining the gallerY;'which -have been let for, 3001. each the sealoti. Th(i' money re ceived for. the admission to pit unit gallery, the: money, arising from 'Vetting- the - theatre and concert-room, tias . .y4ried frol4 10 t0,1'2,0001. per season." • • •