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Such had been the - encouragement to extended cultivation during the war, the prices of corn betwe - en 1800 and 1812 had been at the hiahest• and no CON uttAcT FOIL FLOUR. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS WILSON. pretends to talk of its " credit and character!" This is almost on a par with its ." belligerent triumphs over Government."—(Rid.) FOR THE SUN. ON THE PAST AND PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS COUNTRY, ON SATURDAY NEXT, JUNE 2, his Majesty's Servants will perform a New Grand Serious Opera, altered from Metastasio's celebrated Opera of Demo- Phonte, called DIItCE. To which.will he added, a FARCE and other ENTERTAINMENTS, as will be expreiscd in-fu ture Advertisements. 'Places to be taken at No. 7, Duchess-street, Portland place; and at the Box Office of the Theatre. WITH A VIEW TO THE RELIEF OF AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. THE GALLERY is NOW OPEN, with a COLLECTION of the ANCIENT MASTERS, from Nine in the Morning until Six in the Evening.—Mr. WESrs PICTURE of " CHRIST HEALING the SICK," is also Placed in the Gallery, with a Proof to sheer• the advanced state of the Plate, and which Mr. HEATH has assured the Directors shall he completed before the let of July next. Admittance Is.—Catalogue is. By Order, JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. 14 EPTFORD VICTUALLING-YARD, May 18,1831. THESE are to give Notice, That on Thursday, the 7th of June next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, — l :* 6 e exposed to PUBLIC SALE, at His Majesty's ' e tuallin g Y a rd, Deptrord, sundry Lots of - the following z 'ROVISIONS and STORES, now lying in the said Yard, - Thßread, Bread Dust, Flour, Flour Sweepings, Raisins se, Pease, Pease Screenings, Oatmeal, Oatmeal Sweep, lags, holl, Callavancs, Bakehouse Sweepings, Essence of Malt, D and Hops Butter, Cheese, a nd Vinegar : ',e ,Beef, e Pork, Suet, Stigar, ager, Butt, Puncheon, Hogshead, Barrel, V T alf-Hogsh ea d, Kildertin, and Small Cask Staves, Wine ..s, Hogsh e ad, Irish Tierce and Barrel Staves, Heading "ght and dry; a quantity of Timber, Iron, Fire Wood, &c: Deposit of 451.. per cent. is to be ma de upon the amount V . L each Lot at the time of Sale, and the remainder of the par "ase-money to be paid before the Stores are removed, for wkich P, r u rPue a peri o d of fourteen working days will be allowed Jr°7ll the day of Sale; the Buyers particularly observing that 'lid less than one half of the quantity is to 64 taken away 2° , "in the fi rst seven days, and the remainder in the Seven 1 "Ilowin g flays, otherwise the Deposit Money zeal be finfeited, and the Provisions or Stores remain the property of the, c "cn, as no extension of time will, on any account, be granted. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, April 18, 1821. THE COMMISSIONERS f or VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY's NAVY do hereby give - "olice, that en Friday, the 15th of June next, they will be '.early to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up) and treat for lire Supply' (on separate Contracts) of what FRESH BEEF 'nay be requir,d for the use of hiJ Majesty's Ships and Ves lie.fil at the Pails under mentioned, for Twelve Calendar oath: f ront the period against each expressed, viz.:— . Milford Haven lst July Stranraerand Loch Ryan 1821. Leith, Leith Roads, and the 1 10th August 7'o Ftitb of Edinburgh be paid for by Bills, payable, without interest, sixty days Vier date. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the Seere .73l'e Office. at this Office, or by applying to the Collectors his Majesty's Customs at Milford, Stranraer,.and Leith res pective/y. No regard will be had to any Tender in which' the Price not be inserted in words at length, or that shall be delivered to the Board before One o' Clock on the said 'riday, the 151 k of June next, nor unless the Person who 'llakes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, attends to answer when called for. 4.:Each Tender must also be accompanied by a Letter, signed t,',fo responsible Persons, engaging to become hound with tenderise, in the Penal Sum of L. 500, for the - Performance of each of the Contracts. PIC7'UA LL ING- OFFICE, May 1, 1821. KE COMMISSION RS for VICTUAL -Gee 1•ING His MAJESTY 'S NAVY do hereby gave No yAt'hat on Friday, the in of August next, they will be fo r receive I enders in writing (cealed up), and treat Supply of all such quantities of 'SEA PROVISIONS 11•,: Q ,Y he required for the use of His Majestn's Ships and afr e 'l at Jamaica and New Providence, during the space be, ,„ 4-l e 4 e Calendar Months certain, from the Ist of Novena je.„'`Lext, and further until six months warning shall be given termination of the Co the Conditions of which ue Seen a t th e Secretary's Office. shat! regard will be had to any Tender in which the Price 'ot be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be de 41aered,to the Board before One o'C'loch on the said Fri • t ae Sist of August next, nor unless the Person who o t e3 the Tender, or some Persoit on his behalf, attends, to est,. er "en called fort nor will any Tender that contains .a-i„ r a vagant prices upon some articles, and prices much katle be l o a the real talue upon others, be considered as proper to by a tte d E • e a eh Tender must also Be accompanied by a Letter signed :h e w p ° responsible Pe r30718 ' engaging to become bound with gk e ar t" tendering-, in the Penal Sum of 15,0001. for the performance of the. Contract. SUSSEX PROVINCIAL GRAND 'LODGE. AGRAND LODGE for the • , County of will be held on Tuesday the bth day of June .11 , 1 at the Stevie Hotel, Worthing. e D. P. Grand Master will then Install the Master and ' de ns of the • Royal Susses Lodge No. 720, lately establish td in Worth' al;te l i a fi s e ters and - Waidens of Lodges having any charge of a ar e natur e to brim; before the Provincial Grand Lodge, it, writing to give at least three days notice of the same, 7.lT i T r .;g, to the Provincial Grand Secretary. tre thr i'. P. Grand Master will be happy to meet as many as c , ll e n °f the Craft (Subscribing Members to some Lodge) kre sent make it convenient to attend, w ho . will be required to P. 10, 11 ernselves to the Provincial Grand Pursuivant, B. r. °f the p‘ ll %, who will a tt en d f or th a t p ur p ose on th e morning Prori,ses!tral, from 8 t o 9 o ' c l oc k. Preci sei ' le 'al Grand Officers arc requested to be in attendance tv n,la 6 t nine, .; Co — and of the-R. W. D. P. Grand Master, D. .IACCiUES, Chi e h e Provisional Grand Secr e tary and R e gister. N. /3 ,'!eri Alay es. 1821. w i • lets for Dinner and Dessert including a Bottle Ist th e n e 15 s. to be had of the Provincial , Grand Steward, or f ar of the Steyne Hotel. HANTS SAILING MATCH. rjrnE following PRIZES - will, be given by h t 3 l - IN FLEMING, Esq. M.P. to he sailed for by Ves s Property of Freehold er s o f th e C ounty o f H ants, on t 4 3' Prevtous to the Annual R ega tt a at Cowes, this pr e - Yeartt - V. 641 mimeos. ..- tto 25‘ Hl . 35 Register -Tonnage and und er '2O ---i btlitto 1 a Ditto and und e r oa ts Ditto and u n d er 1 .„ (4 8 Tons and tinder to" S tart from a Vessel station e d b e l ow the Quay at its;l.9 l-} pion, and to pursu e a course to the I s l e of Wight,, ilti l ': i l'g on the Starboard hand, the Vest Black Middle Buoy, 11%, 5 , urris 'Castle, then to a vessel moored off Cowes Harbour . , le t . 4. 'g her on the South Side, and then taking a N.W. di : , 44th I°ll for-the RetUrn, passing the Red Buoy on the West '4 the Brambles, on the Starboard hand, and thence vnig into Southampton Water. 41,sels sailin g for the Three Firtt Prizes to be subject to ht4:44be!ftegitratiosas as are issued for Clow conduct of the Pilot til e `!at the gene:-al sailing match at es; and the Boats to 11(14:4lne regulations as conf orme d to by the Ryde Sailing h,2 1 .• The names (4 Vessels and Owners, ,with the Colour. ( 40 .:et.ntend to carry, t o b e sent to John Ward, Esq. a t E as t Wh o 4 ! at the latest ten slays previous to the day of sailing, itlo_ will th ereon appai n t a d ay for the owners to draw lots zt r i 4 i h s nic.tations they dry respectively to take at the time of ROYAL HOSPITAL FO SEAMEN, AT GREENWICH , May 9.4, 1821. UCH Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying this Hospital with - Fire Hundred Sacks of FLOUR, may deliver in their Propos:di to the Directors of the said Hospital, at this Place, on SATURDAY, the '2d of June ensuing, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon ; and iN the mean time be furnished with Forms of Proposals, and acquainted with further particulars, by inquiring at the Steward's Office here. N.B. No Proposal will be received after the hour aforesaid, nor will any be attended . to that are not agreeable to the sai4 Forms; nor unless the Parties personally appear. Just published, price Cs. 0. rr, HE PAMPHLETEER., No. XXXVI. or• 'eftlie BEST PAMPHLETS (iutirc) of the day, un Both Sides of every Question. CONTENTS : 1. On the necessity of Striking off part of the National Debt. [Original.] 2. Two Letters to Lord Byron, in answer to his Lordship's Letter on the Rev% W. L. Bowles's Strictures on the Life and Writings of Pope. By the. Rev. W. L. Bowles. 3. On Criminal Jurisprudence, with the Draft of a New Penal Code. By J. T. B. Beaumont, F.A S. (Continued front the last No.) 4. A Lettel to the Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, &c. in reply to his Letter to the President of the Board of Trade, &c. By Captain R. E. Broughton. LOri g inall 5. On the Present DepresSed State of Agriculture. [O6- 6. Sure Methods of attaining a Long and Healthful Life; with the Means of Correcting a Bad Constitution. By Lewis Comoro. [Translated Irma time Italian.-33d Edit.l 7, Brief Observations on the Copy Right Bill; in a Latter to the Bishop of Norwich. [Original.] B. Further Considerations on the Corn Question, &c.— [Original, continued from No. XXXIV.] . _ - 9. On Marriage and Divorce ;'• with reference to the Pam phlet in Nu. XXXLV. [Original.J 10. A Letter to Lord Byron, protesting against the Im molation of Gray, Cowper, and Campbell, at the shrine of Pope. Printed by A.J.Valpy ; sold by Sherwood and Co.; Black, Kingsbury, and Co., London ; and all other Booksellers; where it may he had regularly, by giving a general order. Each Number, on the average, contains ten or twelve Pamphlets, thus reducing the price of each Pamphlet to about sixpence. The peculiar advantage of• this plan is, that it forMs an imperishable Record of the most valuable Pamphlets. Complete Sets may be had bound, or in Numbers, bs. bd. each. Four Nos. arc published Annually. _ _ *.* This Work is particularly adapted for Clubs and In stitutions. TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, May 31. [BRITISH PRESS.] The prices of the Funds stiff continue to rise with great rapidity. Consols for the Account were yesterday at one o'clock 772, and policies, we understand, are opened in the City, giving 45 g uineas to receive 100, if the Consols in the present account reach 80. • The expectation of such a rise, if very general, would of itself be sufficient to accomplish this event; but, independent of this, there is, we fear, an ade quate cause operating silently and securely, which must produce this effect. There is no demand in trade for the employment of capi tal, and money, which might under other cir cumstances be profitably employed, is now turned into the Funds, and causes this great rise in their prices. Capitalists prefer to receive 4 per cent. with safaty and certainty for their money than to risk it in the doubtful, and, for the most part the dangerous speculations of trade, during the embarrassments and difficulties that now press upon the commercial world. It is in this view of the matter that we express our " fears" that the funds will continue to rise, for the prices of our Government securities must, under the present circumstances of the country, be in a great degree the measure of the profits of Stock in the ordinary pursuits of commerce. [NEW TIMES.] To those who fondly imagine that his Majesty's Councils have of late years preserved the State from hostility, it cannot but occasion some sur prise to learn, that there exists, at•this moment, and, in the very heart of the metropolis, " a Bel ligerent Power triumphant against Government!" Mortifying reflection! that the Statesmen who preserved Europe from bondage, should have fallen beneath the proud foot of a new and hi therto unknown conqueror ! that they who were in vain assailed by Robespierre and Buonaparte, and whose cause was so gloriously supported at Trafalgar and Waterloo— Quos sieque Tydides nec Larissneus Non anni ilunitiere &cm, non mills carinta, that these illustrious personages should be defeated by the Knight of the woeful coun tenance in Printing House-lane. Yet that such is the fact we are assured by no less an authority than the leading, or as we suppose it Must henceforward he styled, the Belligerent Journal itself. The disinterested Editor thinks fit to let the world know, that he has a perfect contempt for Government Advertisements ; that his paper looks better without. them ; that they would disfigure •his columns; and as to the money which he might pocket for their insertion; it is a matter totally beneath his consideration. At the same time he does not forget to hint, that his " charges" are very " reasonable ;" his habits are extremely regular ;" and his" way of doing business" perfectly "tradesmanlike." A .cotorn porary has drily observed, that this reminds him of Casca's observation on Caesar's refusal of the Crown—" but for all .that, to my thinking, he would fain have-had it." It is unnecessary for us to go at length into the general conduct of The Times in regard to the Manchester Meeting. Nobody who attended to it dispassionately can be at a loss to conceive why respectable individuals should at that parti cular period have discontinued their patronage of a Faper so shamefully conducted ; and yet it [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Constitutional Association .was again brought before'the House of Commons Commons last night by Mr. Brougham. Iteally'this - body is pro ceeding with amazing strides in its 'career. Already it sends circulars, forsooth, to all the Magistrates of the country,. dispatches its myrmidons to the different shops of news-venders, &c. threatening some of them - with .prosecution, and receiving declarations of contrition • from others. Truly, this is a most impudent attempt to lord it over. the press of the coltittry. Mr. Scar lett contended, that the object 0f.,...the So ciety was illegal. The, Solicitor General, on the .other hand, maintained the : peversc. If the object is illegal, we trust the 100 and odd persons who have conspired with a number of silly old women. and others to disturb the peace of society, will be rewarded according to their deserts. But whether legal or illegal, there can, as Was observed by Mr. C. Wynn, be no doubt as to the impolicy of organising in this manner one part of the community againSt theother. He forcibly called the attention of the House to the effects produced by the Orange Societies in Ire, land. If the subscribers to this Society think that they will be allowed to have - it all their own way, , and that no reaction will follow from their irritating measures, they will soon find out their error. [MORNING POST.] The House Of Commons sat - till one o'clock this morning, discussing a variety of subjects.— The amendments made in the Lords to the Grampound Disfranchisement Bill were taken into consideration, and, after a conversation in which a variety of plans were suggested, the whole were agreed to ; and consequently the Bill as it came down from the Lords will now pass into a law: Mr. Brougham was pleased to make another attack upon the Constitutional As sociation,in the absence of the Attorney-General, whose duty he thought proper to point out. The attempt to prove the illegality of the Patriotic Association alluded to comes with rather an ill grace from Mr. Brougham, after the decision of the Court of King's Bench on the pplica tion made against it last week by one of the per sons now under prosecution by its means ; besides which several Societies of a similar description for prosecuting offences against public morals have long existed without any one attpmpting to question their legality. But, as the Marquess of Londonderry observed, it should seem as if all the sensibility of certain learned gentlemen of the present day was reserved for the crime of libel and sedition. The Solicitor General placed the question in a most clear and satisfactory point of view ; and Mr. Brougham, very prudently, did not attempt to take the sense of the House upon the subject. rTHE TIMES.] The Allied Sovereigns disavow any intention or view of territorial aggrandisement ; and we are most ready to confess that the conduct of Russia, the chief Power, coincides with this pro fession. Austria retains military possession of Naples ; but as there are motives for this occu. pancy sufficiently strong to be found in the poli tical state of the country, we do not feel our. selves justified in accusing Austria of a wish to appropriate the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It is with the principle of interfering in the Go vernment of Foreign States that we are disposed to quarrel. And if this principle is to be main tained in one instance, why not in all ? These very circulars of the Allied Sovereigns are so many proofs of the weakness of those who issue them, by their omissions and reticences, as of their strength, by references to past successes and exultation in happy events. Why is not Spain ,mentioned or alluded to in any of the ; official declarations from Laybach ? If the High Allies undertake to snub all reform that is not conceded by the will of the Sovereign, and does not spring from his fiat, let them traverse I t rance and pass,the Pyrenees. What a reproach to their Councils, what a sarcasm on their empty boastings, that Spain should now be in open ho - stility to the wishes of its King, and proceed ing (with no very well regulated steps we fear) to the redress of its grievances and the reform' of its constitution ; and that these self-appointed directors of the destinies of mankind dare to allude to events so much at variance with their rules, and which are as notorious to all the world as the rising and setting of the sun ! Take such a sentence as the following, for ex ample, from the declaration before US :—" The " Sovereigns have not hesitated to proclaim, " with great frankness and vigour, that they re " gard as legally null all pretended reform opc " rated by revolt and hostility." Place this by occurrence that now t t a h k e e s s id p e la o c f e a a t n3 l;la o d ne rid . a ; il 4l - &what becomes of the vigour of the Allied Sovereigns, who undertake to repress all resistance to constituted autho rity. ? • We fear the zeal of the, Emperor of Russia is not well seconded by his more cautious allies; or a crusade for the establishment of legi timate authority might have been undertaken ere now to the banks of the Ebro. That which heats suddenly, cools with equal rapidity. His i mpe , rial Majesty may become disgusted with the frigid temperament of his allies. We recollect a Sovereign of Russia who was once bent upon en countering Buonararte in a single combat, and subsequently, as much disposed to..fight the other Sovereigns who would not second his chivalrous enterprise, (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) The Landed and Agricultural Interests con tend that, on account of heavy taxation they can neither derive certain rent from land, or living profits from cultivation ; that while there exists any important trade in Corn, although such Corn might be exchanged partly for British Manufac tures fabricated by the consumers of British Corn, the rates and taxes prevent the possibility of their supporting this competition. Agriculture being - unquestionably the most itrsportant 'braneb of national industry, and the prosperity of all others depending principally upon it, the rapid and continued decline in the prices of all agri cultural. productions, and the extreme distress of the whole agricultural population, may well be deemed the chief cause of the 'present adverse circumstances of the industrious classes of every denomination. And these effects are extended to foreign commerce, by diminishing the con sumption of foreign productions, and contracting the exchange of equivalents. The Merchants and Manufacturers urge, that by promoting unrestrained freedom of intercourse with foreign countries; receiving their natural productions, and opening profitable markets for them ; encouraging their prosperity by so doing, and consequently increasing their inclination and ability to consume our manufactured and colo• nial produce, are objects essentially necessary to the interests of a great portion of our population ;• to the profitable employment not only of the peo, ple, but of a great, mass of capital both floating and immoveably invested in machinery and buildings; also to the support and encouragement of shipping and seamen. Above all, as " " tional defence is of much more importance than' " opulence," they are indispensably necessary for the maintenance of our most powerful, and in our insular situation, most important means of national defence and security, the British Navy. _ _ _ The public at large are assured, by painful ex perience, that dissaffection and discontent are en gendered in those who usually support themselves and families by their personal labour, by the want of employment; that the decay of industry is the birth of crime ; that the poor man cannot himself command employment ; that we should commiserate, not reprehend . , l►is inactivity: The public, too, expected that peace would bring plenty and happiness, and therefore oppose any measures which seek to restore prosperity to any class of producers, by raising again the prices of the necessaries of life. ' Amid the several interests, only apparently, not really, at variance with each other, po3sibly the impracticability of minds, rather than mea sures, may be most opposed to effectual relief. 13ut we are all links of one great chain of corn- WWI interests. Efforts must be made to preserve, as it were, an indissoluble chain. Let us not permit prejudices, or contracted views, to ob scure the truth. • Fortunately, on account of an important disco very in Finance, there do exist the means of reducing the capital and annual charge of the National Debt without violating public faith. Admitting, as every considerate person must ad mit, both upon principle and policy, that public faith towards the national creditor must be held inviolably sacred, the National Debt might be relieved by measures which are perfectly practi cable. And the attention of Members of Parlia ment is most earnestly recalled Co a plan, more than four hundred copies of •which were sent to them last June. By lessening the amount of taxes, we diminish the material component part of price, WhiCh con.. sists of taxes of various denominations; by re ducing that portion of the expences of produc tion, we command cheapness, although with fair profit to the producer; by keeping down 'the ex pences of subsistence, ►tint enable the labourer, artizan, and manufacturer to consume more and better food upon lower wages, If 'the price of labour be reduced, this component part of price being also diminished, the expences of •produ cing. corn, every other article of food, every species of manufacture, will be further dimi •nished alld the cheaper our goods, the more they will be consumed. And although this would not. raise the price of corn, and consequently the rent pf land, that real will command more of the real necessaries and luxuries of life,and therefore its real value will be increased. According as we make progress in the reduction of taxes, and in accomplishing these results, we shall advauck to wards circumstances favourable to permitting that perfect freedom regarding commerce And compe tition ,with foreign nations, which, upon the soundest and most natural principles, might then best promote the most enlarged prosperity of every .branch of national i►►dustry, and regain all attendant national advantages. But with regard to increasing the power of re strictions, m e may, upon mature consideration, actually doubt their succeeding in raising again the prices of the productions of the land for any permanency. independently of questioning their policy, we may doubt the certainty of their success. It was ascertained, in 1813, by a Committee of the }louse of Commons, that We grew suffi cient r!rn for our consumption ; " that the " supply fin the last year was equal to the " consumption, for the first tine since 1764. " For the value of corn exported frornthe United " Kingdom in 1812 to foreign countries amounts " to 1 ; 498,2291. while 'the value of foreign less than 1185 inclosure bills had been passed that period. And in the six and thirty years pre ceding :SOO there had been, according to CHAL MERS'S estimate, 1532 bills passed, includii:4 2,804,197 acres of land. That we grew an in dependent supply in 1812 and .1813, was 'furthEr proved by the sudden fall in the prices of corn hich the importation of 1814 occasioned.:— ,Again, tht low prices of the years 1814, 1813, and 1816, were additional proofs of the Lupe supply being greater than the consumption. It was universally admitted, and it was confirmed by the Report of the Board of Agriculture, that the interests of Agriculture sustained so much injury by importing foreign corn, as to have ruined great numbers of farmers, thrown out of tillage some hundred thousand acres of land, and a mul titude of peasants out of employment. The distress of these years diminished, for the time, the energy of production; accordingly there was an advance of price in 1817 ; and im portations of foreign corn both in 1817 and 1818. But the high prices of these years acted as a new encouragement to extending the tillage of arable land. The subsequent low prices of labour, and the cheapness of materials for fencing, have been additional inducements to cultivating and in. closing waste land. Since 1812 inclosnre bills have been passed. Both Ireland and Scotland have greatly extended the tillage of arable hula since the termination of the war; and have sup plied England with a continually increasing suc plus of corn beyond their consumption. Ireland, it is said, last year supplied three times any former quantity. On account of the lower ex. pences of production jn 'lreland, and the more profitable market prices of England, the conti nued increase of that supply will be encouraged. The improvements also in the science of cultiva tion in every part of the United Kingdom pro mise-increased production, as well as economy in all its expences. But while the home supply of corn has been augmenting, have not the low martet prices for a considerable time proved that consumption has not kept pace with increased population ? there not been obviously rather a comparatively diminished consumption of bread corn, and la increased use of rice, as \veil aS a much more nerally confirmed habit in the people to consume potatoes ? Upon the whole, it appears that our Agricul ture, which subsequently to the year 1764 had not kept pace with our manufactures and commerce, had by. very rapid strides arrived in 1812: 1814 to a degree of productiveness which fully supplied our whole consumption, Although it is material to remark, in proof of the principles we have advanced regarding the effects of taxation, it was only in the dearest years that the great en couragements to cultivating waste land occurred; in the scarcity of 1800 and 1801, when in three years 322 Bills, were passed, and in the scarcity of 1809 and 1810, when 481 Inclosure Bills were passed in four years, 1809 to 1812; being an ave rage of nearly 115 Bills per annum, in years of 'high market prices for corn. But in six cheaper years preceding 1800, only 00 Inclosure on the average, were passed per annum ; and in six still cheaper years preceding 1794, only 39•• Taking, therefore, all these circumstances into consideration, ' when We contemplate raising the prices of agricultural productions as a measure for relieving present diff►culties, should we not pause to question the possibility of successfully, as it were, opposing, by human laws, these ex tended powers of nature herself ? Does it not appear to be fully confirmed that the Nation now produces more corn than is sufficient for its own consumption ? And if it be admitted that the market price does not comprehend the taxes and expences of production, while importation is pre vented below a remunerating price, this fact also proves the home supply to be greater than the demand of the consumption. But even if a new law be made with the view of raising the market price beyond the taxes and expences of production ; and if the law should succeed in raising the price for a time, would not such higher market price be an additional sti mulus to extending the cultivation of arable land, and to increased production ? Would not in crease'l production, instead of raising, afterwards lower the market price ? It might be possible, should the ensuing sea son prove particularly unfavourable, and the harvest unusually unproductive, that such a law, assisted by speculations in our markets, might - . for a time raise the prices of corn, and so rapidly as to occasion much distress in the existing situa tion of the poor, and great irritation in the public, mind, in the present temper of the people ; other wise it would appear that the cultivation of such an increase of arable land has been extended over so large a surface of these Kingdoms ; the powers of nature so put put in operation are so much augmented and expanded, that, combined with other circumstances, the new law may ut, terly disappoint expectation. And the view taken of the supply and demand for corn by the corn-merchants i❑ this country, who are inferior to none in penetration, intelligence, and the com mand of capital, appears to be somewhat similar, as an expected new law does not appear by the declining market prices, to encourage speculation,. (To be continued.)