The Sun. — London, England, 1817-09-26 00:00:00

OW i At 4 :En' the on, C me )(16 to. the tr bC► pn, lef rot iki . . We hive again the pleasure of stating„that the rep or t of a contailions fever at place, which We copied frorit a Morning- Raper last week; is without founda_tioti, .received a letter this day front the loyal :Conditctor of the_ Birmingham Herald, ed ,titaining . .the'following et count of the result of the inquiries of Dr.JoHNsrotat,lll‘) emi nent Physician of . that town, and who ranks high profession.— . " The Geneial Hospital has but one case of fever of any kind; and there ire 120 patients. The Workhouse, ithicli, for the last twelve months, has. been .so crowded that the poor have been obliged to lie do'ivu by turns, has not any epidemic disorder. The. Disfiensary tome clw o pf i , levet-, but this Clia - iity take 4 the range' of the whole parish, and in a popalatiOn of 90,000 snots Some ,nth - Will always exist:'....-w e feel it our duty to give the. foregoing account, lest ~the,prevaleuce of a' false and ahrming report might bejujurious to the ensuing MustcAt. Fes- TIVAL, which has excited expectatiVi all over the country, and .which trust‘will he will attvini ed, as it was institut-ed for the purposes of heue• volence, and which, tram the preparations made for it, and, the Performers engaged, is likely toile ctie of the very best description.. 'I'HL Tlil:.~ FflE. Mr. MAywooD, Who has acquired a consider. 'able 'stkare of provincial repute as au Actor, last bight made his first appearance on the London BoardN, at-DrttrynLane Tneatre i in the , charaett:r of Shy/.,c/c. This Pei former, we are assured; was C(intic'Actor of great brit the extraordi nary sneeess of Mr. KEAN, it is said, induced him to try fortune.in the other province of the Drama. He is in size and stature like , Ml>. KEAN, end like hint has very expressive eyes.—Mr. MAY tvonD, we midetstatol, was• strong'y impress 'ed by the terrors of a London Audience, and therefore, whateven might be objectiOnable In - his• acting might , to be viewed with can dour and intrulgcnce He . :delivered the text With an evidently just , conception of the Author, find gave a good outline of the part. His - utter mre was -•rather tro rapid, and he moved about 'with too much agility for " Old Shylock." His action also was , somewhat redundant', but be never came ." tardily oft There was some resem •blance of the'late COOKE in his gestures, but in getteraliheirserniett to act front his own 'feelings and conceptions. He occasionally pitched Iris voide ' too_highs, but- it • mast be difficult iudeed for a Performer,: who bas - -not been ace's -coated to so large an area as that of a Loudon "Theatre , ,' to regitla , e his -tones with a . proper adaptation ro so wide•au extent. - A little practice will soon remove this error. Upon the : whole, MAYVVfmn acquitteA Itimselt . so well, even-in this short trial, and muter all his awe of Lootlon 'Crilicistn; as to'shew ri,rt beis entitled to a place 'in the Metropolit all Stage, fo'whiCii we doubt not 'that he will prove acquisition, part icalarly at he is " armed for either: field" of the Drama. The House was etoiviled, -awl the new Performer was 'received With - sucti'litreral and zealous encourage men( , that we'Tuoveive it will dissipate. his fears 'and enable . „hisatext .performance to appear ith still gtvat •rin• SPOU.i iN;; IN IT.LLIGLNCE. BETTING NI"I'ATTERSALL'S, SEPT. NEWMARKET ST. LEGER. . . 3to 1 agst Arne. ' • 64 tu '1 ago Student. G to I-- lodus. I 7 to I Itoila. • • Svr EEPSTAKEs. ( 1 1 7 .500G5. EACII, AT NE,YMARKET. 7. to-4 apt Grey Skim._ f .5- to .3 apt Equator. No betting on the Lierhy, Oaks, and Port Statics, must m the betting men being at Doncaster Itaees. DONCASTER MEETING, TUESD.IY, SEPT. 23. sw,,pst.hes of tugs. eacilt. for two-year old colts, Bst. 21b. fillies Sst.Two-yr old COUISe. (13 Subset ibeis.) Mr. F. Lumley's ch. c. by Cu•trel - - - _ Mr. Clitridge's ch. c. Brol her Peter, brut htr to Abbot John Duke of Let d's b. f. Octavia' , a, by Octacian - . The f o llowin g also started, but were not placed : Lora Fit ZWi II:1111'S b. c. Cartlettio, by Cervantes bi t wilson's h. f. by Thunderbolt, out of Sophia Duneutube's h. c. by Governor, out of Laurel Leaf Mr. C.aw,ouifs h. c. Rasp, by Ilucepinilus %% On easy. Match for 100 gs. h. ft. Last Wile. Mr. Nlichaelson's ch. c. Abbot John, Bst. 2lh. - I Mr. Wilson's b. c. brother to Raphael, Sst. 51b. - 2 Swecpshii•es of I Ogs. each, with 9.bgs. added by the Corpora tion, fo. al! ages, three yr olds, Gst. 71b.: four, 7st. tilb.; five, Bst Gilt.; six and aged. fist. 121 b. St. Leger Course. The to be sold fur 200 gs. if demanded, &c. Mr. It. Fraul•'s gr. g. Alget itte, 3 yrs old - . I Sir 11. R. Gratiani's br. h. Mad Tout, by Wbitelock, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Scott's h. c. bi Orville, 3 yr s old - . Pulse of Mon iltoter b. c. by Governor, 3 yrs old - - 4 The Corporation ite of' 501. for horses, &e three-year olds, est. 71b. ; four, 7st. 991.; tire, Sit. 311,.; six and aged, Sst. 101 b. Mares allowed 311,. Two-mile heats. Mr•. Cattersod's !). c. Sober Robin, 3 yrs old - - I I Mr; Watt's h. c. Cacsinho, 4 yrs old (rec. 30gs) - - 3. 2 Mr. Clifton's br. c. Prince Nicholas, 9 yrs old - - 2 3 EDNEsDAY, SEPT 24. Produce Stake; of 100 gs. each for 3-vr old colts, eq. 71b. filli es Bst 41b. One mile and a half (10 Subscribers). Mr. Wilso , i's eh: c. Voting Wizard - - - - - I Mr. Peirce's gr. f. by Orville - - - - 2 Lord h. c. - - - 3 5 in 4 on Young Wizard, who won easy. The Lainbton stake- of lOogs. each h. ft. for colts. Mr. T. Diincomhe's b. by Dick Andrews - - - - I d br. Pi•prercorn - - - - 2 t,..scepstalies of 2finigs..each,-.-Mr. I'oirse's Orville f. rec. ft. Sweepstakes of 5065. each.—Sir J. B. Graham's The Duchess rec. ft. Tbe`Gascoigne `fakes of 100 gs. cicb.—Cults Bst. 51b.; . • fillies, Bst. 21b. Mr. Watt's h. c.-Whitelock - . - 1 Mr. T. Duiiconil;e's ch. c. Helena - - - - The Wdert Cup for any horse.-. Four Col. King'. b. h. Fulford, 5 yrs, Bst. 31h. - - 1 Mr. Lallil,toll's , gr. C. SilemiS, 4 yrs, ist. 71b. - - 2 Mr. Wilson's b. e. Parlington, 3 yts, est. - - '- 3 , First year of the renevt•ed Doncaster Stakes of logs each, with 9.00 added by the Curporalion, for all ages.—Four miles (14 subscribers); Sir B. Graham's, The Duchess, 4 yrs - - - - 1 Mr. Watt's Captain Candid, 4 yrs _ - - - - 2 Mr. Duncombe 1 St. Helena, 3 yrs - - - 3 Ld, Skipjack, 3 yrs - - - - - 4 CIIRISTOPHE. the Chieftian of Hayti; is wisely providing for the'llitnte ciiilization and moral im provement of his ; :eolintr" .. He has appropriated tin immense stitri ?o'.Yl►e building and endowing a College, in which Profess Ors of every branch of learning and science are to be established, and liberally rewarded . . In ;he ettablishtnent of this College, as well es in some other !natters, Crints- TOONE has had the good sense to solicit time advice of Mt. Witagatunct. A CA 1 Al A • ) ; - - - jERUS4I,.ENA • a POEM; . . . Whith obtainrcl the Chartcyiloes Medal 'at the ttulablidge Cuairitencement-,Juy 1 e 17. • .' By CttAtTrctit HARE.rT4AVNSSNI,,..ESiI. Fellow Comm oner.of Trinity Hall. My Spirit some trans'pot•titti 'Cherub frets To • bear me where the towers of Salem stood,' duce glorious towers, now sunk.. • MiuroN Ode en the Passion. flusled. *it h her crimes,' and swul'n stivb impious pride, ltebellions,Judah still_key God defied : Then on haiali's eye plophetie rose ~• The lenktlien'd,vl,.,ion of. hertatore woes; • • Then, with his country's fearful fate iinprest, The s.tcrett fervoe labn.ulang. to bi'SJ)reast, Against the guilty race breathed the deep vengeance of t Almighty's ire. •.• • " Hear, (1) 0 y e HeaV'n,3,,awd thou, 0 Earth, give ear, Aii4J treinhling shrink tlit awsu), solinds to ttt*l " The Lord --thef....tird hat li,s i holzen froth oil high; <` Whose.vuice is. fate, whose will is destilq• " Svc (i ) from afar thr/ dread avengers (None, " Fierce as despair,. insatiate as,the tomb. , ; • " Heard ye their wheels, like whirlwinds, sweep around ? " Hem(' ye their tnunderit.g coursers heat the ground ? " Mat k'd ye their spears niove,on in long aria;,, " Acid shield on shield flash back the beam (tidily.? " O'er (3) Salem's walls Destruction sternly low'rs, " And frowns ',lark horror oti her destin'd towers. " 0 , A.'11 to the dust, (4) she mourns her slaughter'd bands; "Aid strives fa vain to lift her fetter'd hands." 0 greatly-fall'n, how humbled is thy state! \Thy hehrs . iii,w bare, thy courts how dcsolate Where Juy was Wont the uigbtly dance, to.lead, Shrieks the lone nat, and hungry vultures feed; There the deuce dragon finds a place of rest, And no , ingscreecti-owls build their secret nest. No more, Bethesda, o'er thy rieiiert springi Descending Seraphs wave. their healing wings; Nu inure sweet sounds, at Worn, or eve, declare that hostrangelie hover Uis the air: All—all is fled ; and Desolation reigns, Without a rival, o'erthy ravaged plains. O dayvidivine, of you may inortal sing, When God himself was Israel's Guard and King ? na the eloquenr,e of earthly speech Fail from a height, which fancy scarce can reach ? To know Creation's Monarch ever nigh, A staff in sorrow, and a friend in joy; To see HeaV'n's glories visibly display'd, And all it's Straphim in light array'd ; These were thy rights, 0 Israel, this thy boast, These the high joys thy disobedience lost. : . Bear witness, Hermon, thou whose dewy sod • ' , Hat felt tile fottisep of a present God; • • And, Carmel, thou, whose gales, w,itL incense fraught, The munours of a voice divine haVe caught; What dreams vStatie o'er the riierY How swell'd the pious tionsport in his soul ! E'en now, when o'er your long-fotsaken sweets The Pilgrim lingers, in your loved retreats, • Steal visadnary torms along the rate, And more than music whispers on the gale. 0 had I pinions, (5) fleet as those, that hear The dove exulting thro' the realms of air, Then would I visit every holy shade, Where Saints have knelt, or PrOphets tuitsing - stray'd; Bend with a sigh o'er every relic near, And pay each shrine the tribute of a tear. Where o'er the waste, in rude disorder thrown, Neglected he you crumbling heaps ut stone, 0 who (sad change!) the blest abode could tell, Where God's own glory once vouchsafed to dwell ? l'es from the ruins Fancy still can raise Th' imperial structure, bright beneath her rays; Swift to the view its seat tied wealth restore, And bid its vanisli'd splendors bearu once more. Ev'u as 1, gaze, (6) the tkiMen-spiras ascend,. With graceful sweep the long-row'd arehes beud; Aspiring shafts the heaving dome sustain, And all the fabric grows along the See, as it rises, see the world . cumbole It's various gilts - to deck the work divine : Nature no more her secret treasures bides; The mine uncloses, and the deep-divides. .'Mild o'er the wave the tav'ring breezes play, And waft the Tyrian purple.on it's way. - Herpurest marble rocky Par.'s lends, tier sweetest odours soft Idume blends; On Caravel's heights the stately cedar tails, And Ophir sparkles on the polish'il See, while the slow-ex i ianding gates-unclosey - How bright within the boundless lustre glows ! .. • Here the tall palm for ever lives in gold, There sculptur'd flowers their fr. tted leaves unfold; While ever-huritiug lamps depend froth high, Countless as stars, that throng the-midnigut sky. But far within retires ttiti, dread abode, Jehovah's throne—the Oracle of God; Two cherub's there. with mimic glories bright; High o'er the Ark their guardian wings unite. Thine were these mighty works, by thee design'd, Ilelov'd of God, and wisest of mankind. • What (7) to thy. Sire the will of Heav'n denied To thee it gave, propitious, to provi.te. Yet, while thy temple in the dust decays, Lives the full splendor of his sacred lays. 0 skill'd to.strike the many-sounding l)re, With all a Prophet's—all a Poet's fire; What bt'east, that does not. kindle 'at thy strain ? What heart, that melts nor, when thy strings,cumplain ? Hark, how the notes in mournful cadence sigh, Soft as the breeze, that only wakes to die. Changed is their tone; th' impettYlithehieasures sweep, Like the fierce storm conflicting with the deep. Now all th' angelic host at once-combine. Their golden harps in unison with thine., • I•istatic fervors seise the trembling soul, And Halleluiahs ring from pole to pole. what (8) feirful Mucus heralded the hour, That gave Judaea► to a tyrant's power ! As sank the sun, amid the western blage Terrific vision* burst upon the gaze. Unearthly spears reflect the setting beam, Swords save, helms glitter, hostile standards stream; And thronging chariots, hurrying swiftly by, Sweep the w►de air, 'till darkness veils the sky. Nor ceased the portents then : a lurid light Shot a fierce splendor from the clouds of night ; It's own sad hue o'er all the temple spread, And on each fear-struck face a ghastlier paleness shed. See ! see ! untoucb'd by any human hand, The temple's Kates— her massy gates—expand Nu earthly souttis,that within !'hear, As wate►s bursting un the dtiafeseil ear, Proclaimirg, as it's awful thunders swell, " 'The Lord no inure in Israd deign's to dwell :' l 7 No mortal foot th' affrighted threshold trod— , 'Tis God's own ruler, the partitig.step of Giudit Yes, thou art now abandon'd to thy ( a le Vain is - regret, repentance comes - too late. • Already onward rush thy.angry foes, Already thy denoted walls enclose! Death with pleased eye pursues their destined way, Aud grim Destruction leads them to their prey. Darker, and. darker still thy doom appears, And ' - ' , orrow's face a blacker aspect wears. In vain with equal harid does Justice deal TO each the stinted, and unjoyous tura! ; With looks despairing, as they ask for food, .Breaks one shrill shriek from all the multitude; No more remains to fan life's feeble fires; And Hope's last throb just fiutiers,.and expires. Ev'n the fond ,mother, seized with madn ess w ild, While in her arriis th' unconscious itifant - smiled, DrovC to it's heart the , unrelenting steal, And quencli'd her fury ua accursext,uteal. Amid the battle's fierce. conflicting-Storro, Deatti , veils the terrors of his awful hyraitea There, e'en if Victory smile not, olory's bears Cast's a clear light ou life's last ebbing stream. (1) Isaiah, 1. 2. ( 6) I hangs, ch. vi. passim. ' L i) Isai. v. 516, &c.aticixxix.G. (7) 2 Sint. vii. 4. L3),lsaiah, xxix. 3. (8) Josephi Ilist. and Tacit. :4) Mem, 4th rem. • lib. v. c. 13. :5) . phalin Ir. ti.' Unt, worn by wasting famine, to decay, " Hour att e r Imur, by slow le:Jets away ; -No eberkiiwz Itn k e, noghtwiu4 Palle No 6inclljti.: fervor of exalted zeal ; -- Sunk i n despair, to $,(1), 'rids—this is death, in all agony ! . , Ye , t..w.rn•by httnger, and o7iprest with ill, Thy - hardy stns remain nnconquer'd still; Weakness. and Strength alikt their weaputis And they, who cannot conquer, scorn to yield. • F3ari4 how without the de dening• tumult 'grow, How,swell the 811.11,4 ot.thy claw-ions Behold, ten thousa.nd litirl7d on high, Gleam o'er the Walls; and Sreut to fire the .shy., Now, Salem, now, the 4. , preatling.'tlatue devours • • Thy !wines, thy, tcuthlr , 4,11 d t by, b,•aillong tilwgrs :• t . IN,w.Veng,;atice swilitic scours tb`.cni a n gu i tke d p l a i n , And Wav es fret piniArs o'er thy c'ouhile•is skin. _ . don : ; S'a!ern smoke, ;ilupg tilgrotttid, ki 4 ott"r it dream, her name ;aii empt sound. To other reitiiiis, frOni.iient far a <l 4 a y; r •Ia ppltt,tlesiiiiir,Le.r- INJt.FHtI reninimt ctray ; Wilily 411 the wunnils .ot tin releitl hate. 73 , •sieinh their fos, a>ta ; Wit It .no kited cor tivrard 11 roLis to ,h Whllejustilt sharpens ee.ry pang they,fech - ' - ,• Yet say, base outcasts of offended Heav'n, Rebelling still as often, as forgirrti,. Say are the woes, that now your race pursue, More than your crimes, pr heavier than your, due? How oft your God has turit'd 'his wrath away, How oft in mercy has forborne to slay ! How long (s) bY.Tentle chastisement he strove To win once more his people to his love ! Ab, call to mind, %shun-in a distant hind '. Forlorn ',e trow'd,beneath a stranger's, hand, Flis hot ilisplrasure on your itigiety. toes Poned the full tenipe it of unsparing Then, as his flock he. tender 'shepherd leads To softer lierbage,andtmore fertile meads, .• ,He led his chosen people far awaY, r guide in darkne ss their dereileiliy - Ues, -- Lo, at his word th' °heti - mot depths And whelnk th' Egyptiao, in -th,etr J . 0141014 tide ; • While rescued Israel, free aolu r every car e , . . Gains th e Wi s l i 'd b atik, an d potrrs.the vocal prayer. Front the cleft rock seeStiddeir•ri4l-/ rebound; And spread fresh verdure o'er the thirstyground4 Yet si ill anew your disobedience sprung,. And discontent still murrour'd on your tongue; To gravel) idols still the knee re how'd, - And join'd in Bard's courts th' incestuous crowd.. Still in your .pride ye inock'd the threatening Seer, As the deaf adder shuts her reckless ear; Pinned i n th e P rophet ' s breast tle unhalloved sword; And dared to slay the chosen of the Lord. . Swift - into light th' expected years roll on,. Th' Almighty F a th er sen d s h i s promi sed. Son.. Not as when Sinai view'd the law reveard In fearful lightning, aaditi thunder seal'd; Now peaceful Omens cheer the drooping eat tit, And:hail thelitlings.of the Heav'nly birth. 'Twas (In) in the solemn stillness of the night, When the mild moon diffused her cloudless light ; When all the wear i e d world lay•hualeal The.wajiefill•shepherdswatch d their tobled sheep. Clad in the radiant glory of the skies, . • • A form ang e li c b urst upon their eyes; And, slowly stealing on their wontrring ear, Rose the glad sounds, 'twas Hear'n itself to hear, " Joy td the would ! ye nations cease to mourn, " Now is the Christ, the promis'd Saviour born And, lu, descending, the celestial train Swell the full chorus of the rapt'rous strain;. Till ou the gale the rititri departing die, And all the vision melts into the sky. . . Did ye not theri..with bursts of transport raise The loud hosanna!) of exulting praise? With trembliug homage round his cradle bend, Watch every look,, and every smile attend; And all Greation'S noblest gifts combine To form an ofrring for the Babe divine ? Or, when his mortal part matured to wan, His earthly ministry at . length•began, • • Did ye nut crowd his heaenly words to hear,' And drink instruction with delighted ear . ? No—liarden'tl still your stubborn souls temain, As sterile rocks resist, the softening, rain. Tho' to the blind unwonted day returns, And_ pale Diseise with h ea l t h' s new ardor burns ; Tho' ev'n the grave his mighty will obey'eli Unnsovi.4l, untouch'd your listless eyes surv'ey'd. - Drivi`n (11) Mr° . the world, unknowing where to lie, Despised, rejected, and condetun'd to die,.. Before his foes behold Messiah stand, Meek (12) 4s , a lamb beneath,the shearces•band. • 0 turn on yonder faded form your eyes, Oppress'd with 'sorrow, and consumed in Sighs! Mark that pale brow, with heavenly blood embrued,. Where itesignatiiin blends with . Fortitude; Those' lips in inward prayer that, gently more, • Those eyes, yet beaming with uncomluer'd lut.e; That meek composure, that angelic air, Those holy looks; and say, if Guilt be there ! 0 love unbounded, more than words can tell, Tho' hymning angels on the theme should dwell : Not to one Iwo*, not one age confined, But flowing ever on to all mankind ! See, on the cross those limbs in torture hang, Convulsed, and quir'ring with the deathful pang! A deeper sorrow dwells-upon that face, Than Pain's severest agony could trace; Er'n otiw his spirit mourns Creation's woes, And breathes compassion for his cruel foes. See, by a world's united crimes opprest, He bows his head submissive on his breast. Now fades the light frog t host. expiring eyes, And Judah's King—her-Lord—her Saviour dies ! •4 . • Can this he He before whose awful nod Ev'n•seraplis shrink'? is this the Son of God ? Heir of the world, arid Mcnarch of the sky.? • The voice of Nature shall itself reply. Else why, 0 Sun, conceal thy face in dread, Why tremble E ar th, (13 ) a n d w h y give _up thy dead'? Why reads the temple's mystic veil in twain, And fearful thunders shake th' affrighted plain? • Yet, blind to truth, say, wretched outcasts say, Wait y e the saviour , of a future day.? • Lo, he has lived to bless, has died to save, And burst•t !tritest fetters of the grave! Awake, redeened Jerusalem,(l4) awake, , And from the dust thy sullied garments Shat:Cl' From thrgall'd eeck unloose the servile b an ds, And cast' the tetters from thy captive hands. Break forth, ye. mountains, into joyful song ! • Ye barren wilds, the rapt'rous strait) prolong ! • Barrett' no mire ; unwonted verdure'gretWsi . And the dry desert blossoms as the rose.- Behead, all Nature proves a - second birth, - - New skies embrace new -created'earth : Prom the glad scene for ever. WM: retires, Pain its mit - wire, and Death himself expires. ' .• Ye angels, strike ibe full-resounding lyre, SWelloite glad atoms, all ye heavlrtiv choir ! She comes ! (;5) . she comes t descending, front on high. • • Holy mrty meets thC'•ravish'd eye' Bride of he. Lamb, %vit limit a spot, or st a in, Cleatts'd•of her 'Crimes, and ransom'd of her chain. Look a,t her gates, her glorious tow'rs behold-, More clear than chrystal, - and more fair than gold. There dwell the Lord's ltrdeeru'd, in glory bright, Gaze on his face, and live amidst his light : Taste the delights, that time can ne'rr destroy, • - Eternal fulness of unfatling joy. 9) Psa!rn cr.°:and cvi. paSsinh . (13) Matt. xxvii. 51, 52. 10) ii. 8,9, (14) Isaiah, hi, 1,2, 9. 8. "(15) Rev. xxi. 1,2, &c. Idern., 7th veree. *** We iusert the ahiive'l'4grWith great pleasure, as we understa n d that, besides its intrinsic merits, it is the produc tion of a very yUilng and very amiable Author. . , . ARRIVALS Al' iiRUSSELS t Among the persons of distinction lately arrived here are— Mr. Dondas, with his suite; Mr. James, late senator of the American Congress ; Holme Sumper, M.P.; Mr. Rochefort, Consul of his Britannic Majesty, from London ; Colonel Stanhope, Aide-de-Camp to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, returning to England ; Count liatow , ki, Grand Master of the Hunt to flit! Emperor of Russia, fur the kingdom Poland, from Pales; Baton Humboldt, Ambassador from Prussia to the Court of London; and Count Bulow, Secretary of Legation, front Frankfort, ou their way to London, PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. • Tbi follovring judicious observations ap'neari-d on , the first'ofthe present Month in The Libnimro Evening Courant, but an influx of matter pre vented ou t insertion of. it before this day. It is • . . • highly gratifyin g reflect on the advan . 'ages hat. the people at- large must derive from those PnbllcjoUrnai s %;liich inculcate sonar! pritt ,eiples, facts without adulteration, and :,firuily. support the,interests and Cons: tltion .••. ' . , ' of the Confitry. The Edinburgh Ereilinft- Courant has lon; , been ' Conspicnous among. thes-e 5 cintslittuion a l, and truly patriotic Journals, and it:11'111st give pleasure to all good subjects to know that tlic . re is so excelkot a Journal in the second #etroptilis of this great Empire. The imtnediate PretjecessOr of the' present Proprietor was a' man of exemplary good sense, 'knowledge, and probity. k • ,• . • 1 • He wail ,not a passive slave of Government, but acted from his own long experience- and. sense of right, and his liberal feelingi and enlightened judg. • ; I In• meta .always directed him to .cite proper ,Course. We feel no slight pleasure .sin observing, that his Successor follows' the same 'laudable career of public spirit . , and., genuine patriotism, and there fore the high Chtiracter -and extensive circulation of his Journal nius' t be considered as the natural and rtneritra result 'of the Soundness of his prin ciples, and the ability, knowledge, and persever ance which be displays in supporting the true in terests of his country GENERAL VIEW OF THE CREDIT AND COMMERCE ---- OF THE COUNTRY. 'There can be no doubt that the commerce of this country, - along with that of the world at large, has for some years past been exposed to serious derangethent ; and the consequences aris ing from this state of things 'have. been severely felt by all those whose livelihood depended in any degree on the 'ancient state of Commertial rela tions existing in Europe. The merchant-has beers ruined by the want of a market for his gititelik, and the mechanic has been exposed to suffer Worn the want of a market for his industry,' while;:- in the course of this disastrous period, the price of pro visions has fluctuated between the oppOSite ex tremes of extraordinary cheapness and extraordi nary dearth. - • All the et its to which the ittbourer wavformer- ly exposed wt re necessarily aggravated 41 the 'scarcity of subsistence, while rem:dog plenty brought not with it tall the aII eV,Jt.tr il of his un happy condition which might base been expected, for the cheapness of provisions was of little avail to him while he was without employment, and without the meahs, therefore, of purchasing a suf ficient quantify - of subsistence, at however re duced a rate. For some time past, however, the country has been recovering from this extraordi nary depression ; some Civourable symptoms in its condition are now perceptible. Its commerce now finds a reviving demand for its products, anti the increasing plelity - of.money has began to re animate its languishing industry.. Armid.all these ,various and unloOked-lor changes . ; amid all the *complicated principles of action which, set in mo tion-the-vast and nicely regulated machine , of mo dern society, it is, a utmost curious, as well as an instructive task, more especially where such pre cious interests are involved, to trace effects to their couses,, and tp endeavour precisely to ascer. tain the source of all those fatal disorders under which our commerce has been suffering, that eve may, if possible, prevent their recurrence, and that we way thus derive instinction for the future from the unerring► experience of the pa,r. Politi .cal economy differs from some other sciences in this, that we can make no experiments .on the objects in which it is conversant. But the great map .of society lies open to our inspection, and it is only by a diligent and doss examination that we can disci etiy trace out all its intricate rela tions,,and that we eau, in this manner, reconcile II ar l iarent aflonlitlies, by referring each par etiiar fact to the operation of some general a w. In any, logniry of the nature proposed, there are three points whiCh present themselves to our consideration ; Ist, What were. the imm e di ate causes which produced the stagnation of our com— merce ? 2dly, Is it likely that it will revive, and to what extent ? end, 3dly, What is the cause of the present increasing pleaty of money, and what are likely to be its effects ? 1. The immediate causes w hi c h pro d uce d t h e decline of our comnierce appear to . be stifficientiv obvioos. During, the whole, course of the last and former wars, thecommerce . and manufactures of Britain were iththe moat flonrishingeomlition, and many Causes'concurred to ,give to.this mot , try, a very Jarge proportion of the . trsde of th e The distractions of trance, in conse quence of the Revolution, and the wars which desolated the Continent, the effect of Which was to diSs'ipate anddestroy the funds of productive indiistry, were_ both adverse to the prograss of commerce. In the meantime, Great Britain, eau. joying domestic prosperity and peace, was rapidly' accumulating cHpiial, and it4iprovin g in mann-. (Rehiring skill. "f be greet and increasing demands, both of Europe and Anterica,g,avii a new and ex traordinary stiniiihs to every s; , ecies of induatry. T o supply this grownig nvirkct, rnanufae!nring cstaiaistonews were exl ended, labour was wore and mote subdi,ided, new and ingenious nrr, y "as ererled, and, wider this system, the in.. thisry of Britain, in place of directly ponkcing; a supply of gonimoilit es, Suited tr, her,ovvn par ticular wants, came at length to be geath ia n y ailapted to the general sor.IV of the world. All h r great man.tfactitring ahlishme nts produc e d a ssirplus of their ! rticular commodi ty a b ove what Was required tin home consuminion. This stir exPorred, and m foreign cu rop 1 0 ' 71 e() ct.' r %s s • there was a (Imam! at home, Were iropprted in return. in these circumstances, our mannfacturers evihntly depending on the fn reign market for an ,outlet to 'their produce, they I