The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-07 00:00:00

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It is well known that a l'e dims is at mew!
handed nbuut to the rarities, for their siguaturw,
which Originated io On anOilyllllllll correspondence
in w London Paper, and has far it% sole obiert the 5j
imposition of what are termed lEgh-proterting
tie% Oil all " corn, meet, flour, rye, oats, peas,.
beans barley, wool, flax, hemp, hides, talk*.
%veds, butter, cheese, poultry, ve,:etables, applth
and pears," imported late litiß country%
We cannot account for 1.1101 an attempt as tli% to

remove nil check to niotiopoly„ slid the hiet
ing stiapulus England afforded foreigners to trade
with her, At no time could we Move expected it —buy
least of all at the present. Our poor are Ore At
weighed down and degrudert to pauperism ; and it is
sought to raise the ;price of 'wady all the net-reser',
of life utuet be recollected that alien tin. lase
Corsi Bill. was brought forward, *Os. tier tooter oar
admitted to be a rentuitterittiog price L►►
by the agriculturists thrru►elvr'. 'Fitts, price lb.
whole period since the enactment of tier c
Bill fully averages. We were last harvest Ist sr.l
with a ;plentiful crop of this gram, a►ttl st►tl the o.
quisite currelicy is preserved. For But ley, emelt
tom taut wish it higher who his the- ►ll4llll-st rpm': '
Lelitig for the national welfare. Why then is it ~
pried to slier the law, whilst a reniumeratin.g pe,•,

is übbliaed ? It is alleged that the torn rrturii.
not properly given iu ; hut this surety multi lie 6t
the discretion' of the grower, as well •s the put-
cliaver. If either or 1101 h report a higher puce
than they have obtained or given, or neglect to
',lake any vomit, the coin!dairst falls upon thetn-
selve• ; and each must lie tilde to correct the Hoe-
cur:ciesi ut the Gthrr. If an erroneous morle
dr4aitig the ay._rage has been adopted, that would
uottoubtedly be corrected on a proper tepresents.
lion to Parliament. _ .

lf, as the projected Petitiou sets forth. the pro-
duce of this country may be torreased to the fall
quantity required for our crnisumptioli, at least let
us wait till that is effecter!, and till such abundance
is freely brought to market, ere we imiiii.e a dart
which must otherwise, us truly is the oh* si
its advisers, rase the pi ice of the staff of life
to an ent.rtuous !trivia, lienefivisf to ho cis... 01
the community. High prices of corn must Mow
every thing tlse to a level with them, b-gta-
ning with !Jon-, rates, tithes, mil rent:. Ties
would be a mere deprecittion of the value of ounte.
and the consequence must be the aeiniliilation elute'
commerce. To prove that the effect of import-
ation is only to check monopoly and mancesro
not to glut the country with the commodity, but
merely to supply the market of the raetropoln„
which would otherwise nitro he rait:ed by ticti.
lions 'comm.. it is sufficient to hint at tiw small
amount of the weekly teturns of British corn
there. compurcd with the foreign, and at the defue
litt:e to state, that although out tens than twenty
milleals quarters of wheat are consumed yearly In
this country, ti:tt imports average little mare t su
half a ntillioa. 11119 is the mighty quantity which
is said 10 carry what, ought to be the prtifila 0i Eng-
lish cultivation into the coffers of foreign traders!
If it is compared with the number of land (wets.
Piers. it will be found not to deduct quite wit
quarter from the produce required of each of thew!

WATERFORD INFIRMARY, DEC. 31.—The wr-
tality of tins week is unexampled in the expereute
of this Institution : six males and four females hate
died since the last weekly statement. Many per-
sons, fur whom application has been made, could
not be accommodated in the Hospital ; but it due.
not appear that any increase has of late taken pie,
in the number of ruff•rers from the epidemic.
It is the custom in Hainburgh, in case of le %wide.
to deliver the body over to the Theatre of Anatomy.
'l'bis disposition is far preferable to the disgustuy,
and disgraceful practice of this country. A Jet,
hanker of Hamburglt having lately cut his throat
in that city in a state of mental derangement, las
hotly was ransomed by the Jews for the purport al
burial at the large t•tina of 3,000 &wins.