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re/ i~ " So all our pack upon the floor is cast, And all I boast is—that I fall the last !" Son, cried out, with a loud voice, " The race or MAHOMET is going to be extinct ; and the reign of the Ottomans is at an end ;" at which words he plunged a dagger into his heart, and expired before the eyes of the Janissaries. It does not seem to have been observed that this heroical catastrophe is closely copied from that of Torn Thumb, where King Arthur, in like manner, slaughters himself upon a pile, composed of his daughter, Queen, and courtiers, exclaiming— Surely there is some grace in the Turks, when their Sultans are so well read in Fielding ! We give extracts, in our preceding columns, from the French Papers of Wednesday, which ar rived this day.---An article from Vienna of the 29th of December, taken from The Universal Gazette, revives the report that the Turks have accepted the Russian Ultimatum; but it is rather remarkable, if this be the case, that The Austrian Observer of the same date, the official organ of the Cabinet of Vienna, should observe the strictest silence on the subject. This Journal ha• always shewn great readiness to publish every intelligence at all favourable to the Porte ; and from its silence; it may fairly be inferred that there is no truth in the report, and that, in all probability, it has sprung from the same source, and fabri cated with the same views, as that received from Frankfort a few days ago. Yesterday it was said, in some of the Foreign Journals, that the King of WURTEMBURG was to take the command of the troops of Poland ; and by an article from Frankfort, in the Papers received this day, it Appears that his Majesty is on the point of setting out for Petersburgh, for what purpose the French Censors chuse to leave us in the dark, as they have judged proper to suppress that part of the article which probably threw some light on this Point. PUBLIC SUtSCRIPTION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY.-We have heartfelt pleasure in referring to the letter of " An Englishman and a Freeman of Cork," and to the Advertise ment announcing the commencement of a Public S ubscription, "for the purchase of food and fuel for the distressed peasantry of Ireland," inserted in our Paper of this day. We cheerfully under take the task with which our benevolent Cor respondent has thought fit to honour us, of re ceiving the Subscriptions, until proper persons are a PPointed for the application of the fund to the i ' l lPortant objects of its formation. As, however, the Subscription cannot fail to proceed rapidly, and to be large in its amount, we think that the sooner a public meeting is held, and the final ar rangements are determined on, the better. The e xigency, too, is pressing. No time should he I °st in adopting the necessary measures for avert- H 1 the horrors of famine, with which the Irish l'oor are threatened; and which already stare them in the face. All feelings of indignation at the criminal conduct of the infatuated peasantry a re lost in commiseration for their wretchedness, !NI for the sufferings of their destitute wives and innocent families. We have added our humble to the sum which has been handed to us ; 44 1 we most earnestly implore the prompt and effe ctual aid of th e b enevo l ent f or t h e relief of the greatest calamity to which any people can be SUbjeCled. to another column we have inserted an au thentic statement of the noble conduct of Earl ptTzwit.u.tx toward hi s numerous tenantry. generous sacrifice which his Lordship has rti .a .ge fur the preservation of his tenants from li 111 ) is, we believe, unexampled, and excites the Ciest a d m i rat i on of his Lordship's disinterested r eficenc e . i , l 'etter s d a t e d t h e 3d instant were received t o -3 , t ,,"day from Madrid. The question relative d e .e dismission of Mi n i s t ers h a d not t h en b een o t - I t , l i d ed• At a C ounc il o f S tate, h owever, held th at prec e di ng d ay, i t was voted unanimously o . :` two of them should retire. A division of q ln tli °rl afterwards arose, whether the dismission tr l i ti lti be i mme di a t e , or b e delayed till the sub iiir,"si€4l of th e au th or i t i es at Cadiz and Seville 46 41 (1 tak e pl ace ; w h en 17 were for the former, 11 1 4 13 for the latter arrangement. As soon as s ol j 4 cant offices in the Minist r y were filled, and the r estrictive. laws h a d b een passe d aga i nst th et listurb ers o f t h e. public peace, the sittings o f ter . u-A traordinary tort e s, it was expecte d; would 14 4 : 1 1 i Ij uate. The tranquillity of M a d r id re m a i ne d tsturbed.—(Morning Paper.) bOtract of a mercantile letter, dated Corunna, tip i er tlber 22 A new Address h as b een sent. q a ° t he King f rom thi s pl ace , request i ng him to tel li n g e his Mi n i s t ers , and it is hoped th a t thi s e ver 'ilstrance, joined by so many others from Part of the Peninsula, will be attended h a : success. This step alone is necessary to the it4lllise the w h o l e country, an d it is hoped th e his will have th e goo d sense to see this. left this plac e some d ays ago, conformably bell order s of Government, and he is now un- P uente Deume. H ere t h e greatest tran sir T tY prev a il s. " I\i ew nom As RunnoN, of West Jesmond, near AN„ cast ie-upon-Ty ne ,l ate l y ma d e his usual aunual 11 0 ' ll t od uf Coals t o th e P oor of the neighbour , 14 43 ' L• 0 which was added a purse of Ten Gni ' t.O b ,I*st • e di stributed among them. FOR TIM SI:S. SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE IRIS PEASANTRY. Mg. EDITOR-The Public is indebted to you for havi.lg stated the lamentable fact, that there is a deficiency of fond for sustaining the Irish peasantry until the ensuing crop of potatoes. With the promptitude of feeling which I trust the cry of distress will ever awaken in English men, a few of my friends have subscribed a small sum, (see Advertisement in the front of our Paper,) in the hope of thus originating the attainment of a sufficient fund, from the benevolence of the British Public, for the purchase of an adequate stock of potatoes and fuel, to be gratuitously bestowed on the Irish poor, in order to avert the horrors of a famine. The English Public, Sir, has never failed to manifest its sympathy for the sufferings even of foreign nations. The wretchedness and misery which are about to devour our unfortunate fellow subjects in Ireland, will not, I am sure, cry in vain for relief. I appeal, therefore, at once, without hesitation, to the hearts of my benefi cent Countrymen. It is sufficient that the fact of a scarcity has been stated and proved. They know the duty which they owe to humanity ; and I know•, from experience, the manner in which that pleasing and generous duty will be performed. The Gentlemen connected with Ire/and, who lately held a meeting in London, will. I hope, give their aid in furtherance of this desirable object. The humane attention which you, Mr. Editor, have paid to the distressed condition of the Irish peasantry, and the temper and moderation, free from the slightest tincture of party-spirit, with which you have endeavoured to find a remedy for their afflictions, induce me to place in your . hands the sum which has already been subscribed by a few private friends, and to request that you will give publicity to the design, solicit the co-operation of the benevolent for its accom plishment, and receive such Subscriptions as may be sent you, until proper persons in Ireland are appointed to receive and apply the same. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ENGLISHMAN AND A FREEMAN London, Jan. 11. OF CORK. REDUCTION OF RENTS. NOBLE CONDUCT OF EARL FITZWILLIAM. On Wednesday last, Earl FITZWILLIAM gave a dinner at Milton House, near Peterborough, to the farmers who hold lands under him in that neighbourhood, to which they had previously been invited by circulars, from his Lordship's steward, WILLIAM SIMPSON, Esq. Before the tenants were introduces to the dining-room, the Noble Earl stated to them that he had taken their present situation and prospects into his most serious consideration. He knew that, in times like these, it was impossible they could be enabled to pay their present rents ; and he had been further assured of this by the candid communication of some of his tenants, who had kept regular accounts of the re ceipts and expences of their farms. He was perfectly satisfied, in his own mind, that the reduced price of the produce of the land was now permanently established, since the sovereigns and shillings had become the circulating medium. His Lordship properly considered the interests of the landlords and tenants as mutual; and said he was aware that the latter had embarked ca pitals upon their farms, for which and their la bour it was just and fair that they should be remu nerated. But he would guard them against the delusion that the price of corn would rise; he was fully of opinion that it would not ; it might fluc tuate, according to seasons, but in no material degree ; and no alterations in the corn laws could possibly have the effect of raising its prices. "[his being the decided conviction of the Noble Lord (for he stated his belief that the average price of corn in the years 1792, 1794, and 1795, would be about the standard at which it would now keep) he had been induced to lower his rents, to meet, in some degree, the exigency of the times. His Lordship then informed his guests, that they would find sealed letters on their respec tive seats in the dining:room, stating the rents that had been fixed upon for their farms, which he trusted would prove satisfactory to them. In conclusion, the Noble Earl forcibly recommended that the labourer should have fair and sufficient wages, to enable him to live, and live well, and to support his family without apply ing to the parish to make up for deficient wages; for nothing, argued his Lordship, tended to de grade the labourer more iii his own estimation, than obliging him to apply for parochial relief. We understand from creditable authority, that the reduction which the Noble Lord has made to his tenants is from 45 to 35 per cent. including 15 per cent. which was remitted in 1815. An ex cellent dinner was provided, which was partaken by about eighty tenants. Lord MILTON pre sided, and addressed them in a most able and eloquent speech, enlarging upon the observations made by his noble father. Many excellent toasts were drank, and several songs added to the con viviality of the party. Part of the plate belonging to the Ex-Empe ror of FRANCE has been brought to this country from St. Helena, and was taken to the Treasury yesterday by Sir HUDSON Lowe ; it weighs up wards of 4000 oz. and we understand is to be sent to the Mint. It has been much defaced by the order of BUONAPARTL, FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl of Gower, in Stanhope-street, ; Sir John Swinburne, Bart. in Grosvenor-place ; Mr. and Mrs. Elphin stone, in Baker -street; Mr. Sargent, in Montague-square; Colonel Bell, in Duke -street, St. James's; Mr. Pepys, in Lower Berkeley-street ; Colonel and Mrs. Cameron, in Lower Brook-street ; Major Sneyd, in Upper Brook-street ; Sir Wm. Jolliffe, Bart. in Bond-street; Rev. Mr. Jolliffe, in Clifford street ; Major and Mrs. Howard, in Wimpole-street ; Sir John and Lady Smith, in Baker -street; Lord Kensington, at Fen ton's Hotel, from Paris ; Lady and the Misses Lovett, at the St. James's Hotel, from Hants ; Sir Edward and Lady Berry, at Jordan's Hotel, from the Continent ; Lord Dormer, at Kirkham's Hotel; C. C. Western, Esq. M.P. at the Bruns wick House Hotel. BATH Annlvar.s.—Earl and Countess of Northesk, Lord Blaney, Countess Chapelles, Lady E. Carnegie, Sir I'. and Lady Crawley, Sir J. C. and Lady Hippesley, Sir T. and Lady Shelley, Sir J. Gifford, Sir 11. Strachey, Hon. and Rev. E. Taylor, Hon. and Rev. Mr. Wyndham,—Rear-Ad. Cochet, Gen. Fraser, Col. Palmer, M.P., Col. Willing, Col. Parry, Capt. Baker, Capt. Burdett, Capt. Cumberland, Capt. Ellis, Capt. Houlton, Capt. Haynes, Capt. James, Capt. Lear, Capt. Tyler, Capt. Stevenson,—Rev. M r . an d M rs . Wi c kh am, R ev. Mr. Barton, Rev. Mr. Bold, Rev. Mr. Elsdale, Rev. Mr. Howard, Rev. Mr. Hu:nby, Rev. Mr. Mackie, Rev. Mr. Trenow. The Duke and Duchess of RUTLAND, we understand, are going to publish their Tour through Belgium, the joint literary production of this Noble Pair. The Prints, however, are to be copies of Drawings by her Grace.—lt must be highly grati fying to find persons of their elevated situation thus adorning their rank by literary taste and talents, in this age of levity and dissipation ; and the pleasure must be still heightened by such a distinguished example of conjugal harmony. The Epiphany Dinner, given by the Sheriff of Newcastle upon-Tyne, (Alfred Hall, Esq.) to the Corporate Body, at Dodsworth's, the Queen's Head, on the 6th inst., was deservedly the theme of general praise by a numerous party who partook of it. It is within the mark to observe, that the most exquisite viands and highly flavo ure d w i nes , " taste after taste, upheld with kindliest change." The Assembly at Leicester, on 'Wednesday evening, was fashionably and numerously attended ; amongst the company present were—Mr. and Mrs. Legh Keck, Mr. and Mrs. Mundy, Mr. Winstanley, Lady Elizabeth Norman, MrS. Finch Simp son, Colonel, Mrs. and Miss Burnaby, Mr. Mrs. and Misses Mansfield, Mr. and Mrs. Pochin, Mr. and Mrs. R. Norman, Mr. and Miss Ord, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Cheslyn, Miss Her ricks, Mrs. and Miss Langdon, Miss Fosbroeke, Mr. and Miss Walker, Mr. R. Cheslyn, Captain N. Story, Mr. Charlton, Mr. 11. M. Phillips, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Lechmere, Mr. and Mrs. Evans Hartopp, Mr. E. A. and Miss Burnaby, Mr. and Mrs. Heygate, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Clarke, Miss Osborne, Mr. and Mrs..l. King and Miss Avlin, Colonel and Mrs. Hulse, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graliam, Mr. and Mrs. Calvert, Mr. Roger Manners, Mr. Knapp, Colonel Cheselden, Captain Windram, The Bail at Loughborough on Friday evening w•as attended by most of the principal families in the county. POETR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. Though Earth were a Paradise bower'd with roses, Where 'Winter's rude blast never wither'd their bloom ; Though Spring gave each flower, that its chaplet composes, And gifted tie wreath with her sweetest perfume : Yet Eden itself must a wilderness prove, If bereft of the blessings pf Friendship and Love ! Though Youth's every feature with beauty is beaming, And Fortune's gay smile gilds the morning of life ; Though the banners of Fame o'er its lineage are streaming, With laurels empurpled in Victory's strife : Yet the heart must a desolate wilderness prove, If uncheer'd by the blessings of Friendship and Love ! Let Heroes seek fame where the battle storm rages, And Glory's bright beams all their radiance impart ; An ardour more pure my ambition engages, A passion more tender is fix'd on my heart; — All its dearest of wishes and hopes only rove, To the home that's made happy by Friendship and Love ! Like the Spring's fickle breeze, tho' this heart has been changing, Wealth, Beauty, and Fame in their turns to pursue ; Now wearied, it sighs for repose from its ranging, It seeks an asylum, dear Rosa, with you ! And flies pn the wings of afl'ection to prove, That the ark of its rest is the bosom of love ! . g _i.•. zs;1'::-'7p.:'-',e,.i- r ,i , ) A •v t ?) - :4-, • , v k, % 9,,,.:- °4 .._, ••:ep , - , Tf -.' ;:70. -- ~:kViii; • p .- Avi k - .--7- - A7.- • ~. • f. : :;- - Q g t:- . , r . 7 1 14 ' ' 4.4 ' 10). 1 , . THE THEATRES. DRURY-LANE.—Othello was the dramatic at raction last night at this Theatre. KEAN seems to be a favourite iu this character, and he cer tainly supports it with great energy and feeling. CoopEß's lago was a well-digested and effective performance, and Mrs. W. WEST gave a very affecting portrait of Desdemona. The house was very well attended. COVENT-C .4 RDEN.--Miss M. TREE, we regret to say, is still too much indisposed to resume her station. The part of Julia, in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, was last night assigned to Mrs. Bo yr.E, who lately performed Sg/ v i a , i n th e same play. She had an arduous task in following so interest ing an actress and singer as Miss TREE, and she was at least a respectable substitute. The new pantomime increases in attraction every night, and it is really a very gratifying treat to the ho liday folks. The number of children that attend it, and their happy looks, form a very gratifying. addition to the pantomimic sports and the pictu resque scenery. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEF.K. The Quorndon Hounds, on Monday, at Saddington ; Wed nesday, at Aylestone Village; Friday, at Oadby Toll Bar; and on Saturday, at Glooston Village. Sir Edw. Smythe's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Sundorne Castle ; Wednesday, at Acton Burnell Kennel ; and on Fri day, at Atcham Bridge. The Cheshire hounds, on Monday, at Norley ; Wednesday, at Three (4reyhotintle ; Thursday, at Keiminchom Hall ; and on Saturday, at Daresbury. The Eari of Scarbrough's Hounds, on Monday, at Barnby Moor ; Wednesday, at Aston ; and on Friday, at Sandbeck Park. The Earl of Harewood's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at the Kennels: Wednesday, Kirkby Ovcrblow ; and on Friday, at Kippax. The Badsworth Fox Vounas, on Tuesday, at Hut Green; Thursday, at Ringston Mills ; and on Saturday, at Bretton The Hatfield Harriers, on Monday, at Bell Shaw; Wed nesday, at Sandal] Grove; and on Friday, at Holm House Wood. The Sheffield Harriers, on Mondad, at Thurgoland Bar; and on Thursday, at the Kennel. Where is it likely that Scolding Wives most abound in this Country ?—Answer, Shrews-bury. Sir T. LAWRENCE has recently completed a whole-length portrait of his late Majesty, GEORGE 111. The commission was given by the Corpo ration of Liverpool, whose room it is intended to decorate. A paragraph crept into our Paper of yesterday, stating that on the preceding day, being the birth-day of Mr. Fox, a large party met to cele brate it at Greillon's Hotel. Mr. Fox's birth day is on the 24th. A view of the tomb of BUONAPARTE, in the island of St. Helena, taken by a British Officer who is arrived at Glasgow, has been presented to the Hunterian Museum. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10.-(PORT OF HULL.) COPY OF A TREASURY WARRANT. Treasury Chambers, Dec. 1. After our hearty commendations, having considered your Report of the 3rd ult. on a Petition, requesting permission to warehouse Salted Seal Skins at the Port of Hull, these are to authorize and require you to allow goods, enumerated in Table D - of the Act, 43 Geo. 111. chap. In, to be warehoused at the Port of Hull, for which this shall be your warrant. (Signed) VA NSIT TA R T. B. PAGET. G. H. SOMERSET. DEAL, JAN. 11.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Levant, M'Kibbon, from Belfast ; Wellington ; and Dash, Nicholls, from Limerick': Friends, Clark ; and Charlotte, Bardwell, f rom Li verpoo l ; William Nelson, from Samarang for Amsterdam ; and Endeavour, 3lesselman, from Shields for Jamaica ; the latter remains. Came down from the River and sailed the Princess Marv, Clark, for the South Seas ; and Louisa, Raffington, for Jamaica. Sailed the L'Aigle for the South Seas. An anchor weighing 13. 0. 14., belonging to the Sneaton Castle, for St. Vincent's, has been landed here. I'ADSTOW, JAN. 10.—A large quantity of American timber and deals have been seen floating near this place ; some casks of butter have been picked up on the coast, marked " Cork." SCILLY, JAN. B.—Arrived the Sally, Diamond, from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Bristol, with loss of sails, rigging, bulwarks, stancheons, anchors, cables, &c. and cargo damaged ; she must discharge to repair. The Prince Regent packet, from Penzance to Scilly, was struck by a sea on the 4th, which earned away two men off deck, bulwarks, stancheons, boat, &c. Ar rived the Betsey, Power, from Swansea to Cork, leaky, with loss of mast head, &c. CAST LETOWN, JAN. 6.—A very fine launch, Clinker built, marked Wm. Mathews, has been picked up on this coast. FALMOUTH, J AN. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Mar garet, Lively, from Prince Edward's island. Sailed the Blessing, and Erin, for Waterford ; Mary, for Jersey ; Mary Anne, Horatio, Linen Hall, Ilaford, Hebe, Candish, Speed well, and Sportsman, for London. HARWICH, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Leicester packet, with a mail from Holland. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 11.—Congregations will be holden for the purpose of granting Graces, and conferring Degrees, on the following days in the ensuing Term, viz.— Monday, Jan. 14 ; Thursday. 21 ;---Tuesday, Feb. 5 ; Satur day, 16 ; Tuesday, 19 ; Thursday, 23.—Tuesday, March 12 ; Thursday, 21; Saturday, 30. PREFERMENTS. The late Dr. Hannington is succeeded in his Prebendal Stall by the Dean of Hereford Cathedral ; and in his Rectory of Hampton Bishop by the Rev. H. Huntingford. The Rev. D. Williams, late Curate of Mansell Gammage and By Ford. to the Living of Wigmore, on the presentation 6f the Bishop of Hereford. The Rev. Hugh Owen, M.A. Rector of Stapleton, Salop, to the Archdeaconry of Salop. The Rev. Geo. Bellett, to the Vicarage of Sampford-Arun dell, on the presentation of Win. Bellett, Esq. PREACIIERS AT ST. MARr's.—Rey. Mr. Hill, of St. Ed mund Hall, Sunday morning; Rev. Mr. Bardgett, of Merton College, in the afternoon. _ NATIGATION COMMITTEE.----all official Report has just been presented to the Navigation Com mittee of the City of London by the officers appointed to make a survey of the banks of the River Thames, for the purpose of ascer taining the extent of the injury done by the late floods, and in order that the proper re pairs may be carried into effect. Some idea may be formed of the amazing height to which the water rose in the river, without an easterly wind or sudden thaw, from the following ex tract from the Report :--" It exceeded by four inches the height to which it rose in 1771, as recorded by a stone let into a wall at Shep perton ; and two inches higher than it is re corded to have risen in the same year by a stone let into the wall of Isleworth church-yard." It is nevertheless gratifying to learn, that, although very serious injury has been done in many places to the towing-paths, and to some of the finely-constructed locks, yet the navigation of the Thames in the City district was never im peded for an hour, nor were the up-country ves sels for any length of time. From Christmas day till Monday the 7th may be stated as the longest period. We are happy to state that the Earl of Esstx was yesterday considered out of danger. His Lordship was suddenly attacked by a quartan ague, early in the week, in consequence of a re pelled gout. he report of the Marquess of lIERTFo RD'S in disposition is incorrect. A letter was received from the Marquess on Monday, in which he says he was never in a better state of health.--(Bel psi News-Letter.) Mr. Jerningham, of whose exertions,in recover ing and restoring a daughter to her father, such honourable mention is made by Mr. Love day, in his petition to the Chamber of De pnties, in France, is not, as seems to have been supposed by the French Advocate (by whom the petition was drawn), a Frenchman, and only ori ginally of English extraction, but an English gentleman accidentally at Paris, a brother of Sir George Jerningham, Bart., and Secretary of the Board of British Catholics. It is stated in a' contemporary print, that there will be four eclipses in the course of the present year, none of which will be visible ; this is not correct ; of four eclipses in the course of the pre sent year, viz. two of the Sun and two of the Moon, both of the latter will be visible ; the one occurring on the morning of the 6th of February, and the other on the night of the 2d of August.— ( Kentish Gazette, Jan. 11.) BURGLARY AT LADY MANNERS'.---On Saturday night the town residence of Lady MANNERS, in Grosvenor-square, was broke open by thie ve s, w h o ga i ne d access from the back part of the premises, and robbed the house of several sovereign, five livery coats, &c. belongihg to her Ladyship, with which the depredators escaped. On Tuesday last John Fuller, a convict, escaped from the 'Retribution Hulk, lying at Sheerness ; several soldiers and guards belong ing to the ship, went in immediate pursuit, but without success. Fuller is a native of this County,. and convicted at the last Assizes, with Walter Price, for a burglary at Mo. - He had left the Retribution Hulk a short time with other convicts, prior to an inspection taking place, and by some means contrived to evade the ob3ervation of the centinels and effected his escape. This is the second time this dar ing character has escaped from custody. He has several times been flogged, and repeatedly imprisoned. He is well known by the nick name of " 'Scope Gallows," from his having a large wen on the side of his neck, which he used jokingly to say 44 would prevent Jack Ketch from putting a rope round his neck." The Se cretary o f State received information on Wed nesday of this man's escape, and it was trans , [flitted to the various Police Magistrates in the metropolis.—(Kentish Ga,:clte, Jun. 11.) FOR THE SUN. MODERN POLITICAL ECONOMY. [LETTErt Vl.] MR. EDITOR—A very little while ago, there was a person, calling himself ABRAHAM TUDZLA, who commenced a series of letters in a Morning Paper; and, that he might escape the trouble of arrangement, and cast aside all coherence of thought arid design, he told his readers that he should put down things as they occurred to him, and write excursively, like a great genius. Consi dering the convenience of this plan, I wish I had ostensibly odopted it, for I find I cannot avoid it by any means. My sweet friend TUDELA (mu sical name) has resolved all Revenue into a sys tem of borrowing, from which we should judge him to be the X. Y. of the Stock Exchange ; but he has not said that this must necessarily in- • elude the principle of sinking the eapitalin long an nuities, without which it would be impracticable. If I mistake not, this was the original method of borrowing, but it did not answer; for coy parts I wish it had. Mr. RICARDO has, with equal ingenuity, discovered that the different qualities of soil is the occasion of rent ; for that if land hal been (ill of one quality, AND BOUNDLESS, there would have been no rent at all. There is an old saying, that " If the sky should fall, we should catch larks." - A man may speak the truth, and yet speak to no purpose ; for I suppose we may limit the foregoing proposition to any Specitic kingdom, or portion of the earth (Island or Cc::- tinent) and it is not true that if land were all of one quality, there would be no rent. If England were all of one quality, the consequence would be —what ?—What would the political economists say in this case ? Not that there would be no rent ; because, by the accumulation of property, the land would be likely to fall into parcels unfit for single occupations ; or into idle hands ; or, by inheritance, into hands unacquainted with rural affairs. Well then—would the rents be all equal . No—because, in the vicinity of cities and towns, which must be supported by country products, the difference of carriage, and the high prices of garden-stuff, hay, green food for horses, &c. make commodities dearer, and render the same soil of much more value to the owners : therefore, if land in England (or in any populous; country) were all of one . quality (which happens to be a very silly supposition) there would nct only be rent, but a considerable difference in its amount per acre. For my own part I more than doubt the other provision ; if land were boundless as well a 4 equable (although the world which we inhabit is not made so ; and th ere f ore th e sup p o illion is foolish as well as useless), appropriation of pro perty, and therefore rent, might very well Intv•'! existed. If civilization be supposed ; and the cultivation of the earth for accumulated popula tion, locally fixed, and living in society be sup. posed,—all the consequences are likely to follow which we see and experience ; excepting, indeed, that it would not necessarily follow that immense landed estates should be given in fee-simple to an Aristocracy, as with us. But since rent doe not fall on the consumer, this is no injury to the public; indeed I am prepared to skew, that un der an enlightened and liberal administration of estates, it is a blesssing to a nation. But according to Mr. Ricardo's system, we owe all our evils, political and civil, to the in equalities of our soil. The whole world of indus. trious people have become subject to labour. Some on the earth—some above it—and some under it—because land lies in hills and vallies.— and part of it is sandy and poor—and other parts loamy and rich ;—our chalks, clays, and gravels, have brought us to a fine pass ! With out hills and mountains we should probably have had no springs and rivers ; bat this is no thing to a Political Economist. If laud had been all of one quality, it would most probably have been all level, and those who please to look into Burnet's theory of the earth, may be almost persuaded that at first it might be so ; but if he could be sure of it, it is not so now, and therefore the question is useless.—ln order to arrive a: this solution of the origin of rent, Mr. Ricardo only just, supposes that all the richest parts of the land were oocupied first ; which is just as false and nonsensical as any other principle in the modern school. We need not go back to suppose that this country (or any other) must first be inhabited by a civilized, sharp-sighted race of people, who fully explored it, and settled upon the river sides, and other fertile spots : nor add, that if they had not so multiplied that the vicinity of their settlements must be wanted for cultivation, they might have escaped all the evils of high rents and taxes. I say we need not follow the pro gress of society this way, because it did not thus begin with us. Let us go over to America, and see what really happens in our own time.— Mr. Ricardo might, in common prudence, have looked across the Atlantic, and he would have seen a case in point ; Jr his propositions be not true there, how should they be applicable any where ?—ln America many poor tracts of land are settled and populous, and many extensive rich ones are yet in a state of nature. How does this happen ? —Truly, since civilized men are prone to Society, and are associated, moreeNer, for self-defence, as well as to supply their mu tual wants ; they first build a town, and having settled there, the adjacent lands become valua ble. In the further advance of population, other towns are laid out, and some of these where na vigation invites, although land is poor—or other local reasons, as mines, &c.'produce like effects : thus it happens, that much poor land is cultivated and improved, and much rich land is neglected for many ages in all countries. Also, it chews that land naturally mean or poor, or inferior, but favoured by local advantages, draws more rent than the best in a situation remote from populous towns. I remain, Sir, your's, &c. APERTUS.