The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-09-07 00:00:00

ITIE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON',
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, Ig2 2.

New York Papers to the 17th ult. have arrived.
We stated yesterday that the yellow fever had agsiii
made its appearance in that city ; but it does nut
appear that its progress has been great. The Iwt
Report of the Board of Health slater, that confident
hopes were entertained of being able to preveut the
fever from spreading.

We have received German Papers to the 29th
list, but they throw no light upon the recent mili-
tary operations between the Greeks and the Turk..

The Paris Papers up to IVednesday contain no
intelligence of any interest. The defence of the pri-
soners its the conspiracy of la Rochelle, before the
Assize Court of Paris, is not yet terminated, but
draws tor close. The examinations of the sitnelivs
against Gen. BERTON and his accomplices at Poi-
tiers, present nothing worthy of remar Is. The eel.
dence in the last day's sitting went to prove that
PONBAS had the tocsin rung at Thouars, the white
flag pulled down, and the generale beat. The Abbe
JAOAULT, priest of ThOUSIS, and others, deposed to
acts of authority performed by the conspirators iii
the name of the sovereign people and liberty. M.
J AGAULT praised BECTON'S manner of behaviour.
FUXDIII.-Five per Crust. Consols opened at 941. 35c.;
closed at 941. 20 c. Bank stock, 1,6321. 50 c.—Neapoldar
5 per Cents. 7q. —Evhatige on London, one month,
251. 40c.; three ditto, 251. 30 c.—(Courr
September 3.)

A Flanders moil has arrived, with papers from
Brussels to the sth instant. A letter from Corfu
mentions two ernes of hOrrid cruelty committed by
the Greeks, upon which the writer observes, it is
afflicting that religion sod huturnity should have
to deplore excesses of which Christian soldiers should
never be guilty. This writer, however, forgets that
these excesses were acts of retaliation provoked by
the excesses of the Turk., the first aggressors, whn.e
crimes and cruelties have set the example of relent.
less ferocity, arid driven their opponents to madiliss
and despair.

We seldom see an account from the other side of
the Atlantic which dues not speak of the destruc-
tive activity of the pirates against the property of
British merchants. The losses have been so severe
that a merchant freighting a vessel for an Atlantic
voyage, buds at this moment a 'serious difficulty in
inducing any underwriters to secure the cargo.
The premium in mans• instances has been 420 per
cent. and is seldom leas than to guineas. It is int-
possible not to feel such • slate of affairs to be
highly disgraceful to the British Government, who
having at their disposal • navy superior to all the
other navies of the world combined, should yet
suffer the most important branch of our commerce
to be made a prey to pirates. Our merchants must
led grateful to the naval force of the United States,
which has been frequently exerted in defending
Blitisb property from the gripe of the robbers, but
it is very hard that they cannot look with confidence
to their own Government fur protection in return for
the enormous taxes to which their trade is liable.
W hen this subject was noticed last Session in Parlia-
ment, it was pertly and ignorantly observed, that the
United States were as much bound to watch over the
trade of the Atlantic as we should be to prevent
piracies off Spithead. The Lord of the Admiralty
who made this remark ought to know that the duty
of protecting the trade of Great Briton' is not con-
fined to latitudes or climates, but that wherever
the British flag is seen, there, too, it ought to en-
joy safety and respect. But do our Ministers mean to
recognise in the Americans an exclusive so►ereignly
over the western Atlantic, by conceding to them the
duty of exclusive protection I There was a time wheu
the Cabinet of go6laud woyld pot Pup co.uotepooctli

roeh s notion, and when io tuglish Noose of Cu.m
mous would have spurned at am Minister who could
have ventured in tXCOSiI of his own neglect to eg.
mei a seutimeut so degrading to our national cha-
ncier. There can be no hesitation in saving, that
it oar Ministers do not immediately send out a
oval force sufficient to protect our commerce on
the Atlantic from pirates, they will compromise the
dignity of their Sovereign, and betray the best uud
most sacred interests of their country. ,

We alluded in a former publication to resolu-
tions of several of the pr,iicipal proprietor, of
Isoch in the county of Suffolk not to use machines
for thrashing corn during the ensuing winter, that
the agricultural labourers might he thereby pro.
vided with employment. This example, we un-
derstood, has been followed in several in►tances,
sod us the motive is undoubtedly humane, no
look can well be found with it. We should la.
'cent as sincerely as any persons the sufferings of
the poor in consequence of the want of labour,
sad cannot deny oar impression that the idleness of
the lower classes of the people in the agricultural
districts is the rank hot.bed of every vice, and that
it ought, as a flagritat evil, to be discouutenancrd
by ICV:fy means; but we must at the same time
coufess that we should regret to see the ingeitioue
device', of mechanism, as applied to useful arts,
discouraged, solely upon the ground of their be-
.ing hostile to the employment of manual labour.
The application of machinery to the purposes of
printing corn fur the market is, perhaps, not to
he compared, in point of importance, to the neater.
uus other matters io which the merhunical arts hive
bees most profitably exercised ; but the principle
iurolved in the consideration of the question is the
some in all cases, and they who would propose the
putting down of machines in the farm-yard, where
they are used to supersede human exertion, most
iu support of their consistency argue for the sup.
premien of all the mechanism which is used in our
extensive manufactures of wool sod cotton, and
which, in these articles, notwithstanding every die.
advantage of domestic taxation, and foreign rivalry,
has given to British ingenuity and eoterplise a de.
tided superiority in every musket in the world.
lu pursuing, however, a general principle of po.
litical economy, namely, that every article is to be
produced with the least possible expense of la-
hour or money, we must not shut our eyes to some
obvious eircomst•ucce that relate to the political
sell-being of the country. We feel that improve-
ments of any kind cannot advance far before the
genius or disposition of the age, and that on mat-
ters of public lateen( even the prejudices of the
populace are entitled to some consideration. We
have lately seen the great agriculturel couutiea of
Suffolk, Norfolk, and Lincoln, agitated by the
hostility of the people against these thrashing ma-
chines, which the lower classes of the agricultural
pot of the community hunted after and de-
stroyed wherever they could find them. During
the lest winter, a kind or rebellion raged in
those counties, and the extreme power of the law
ass invoked •gaiust many of the offenders.--
With such • feeling existing in a large portion of
the people, there is no wisdom altewn in urging
even an improvement, and for this reason we com-
mend the conduct of those who have resolved dur-
iug the next winter not to use the thrashing machine,
as they will probably thereby prevent the reeurrence
of much serious disorder. The cruse of science
may, indeed, in consequence of ►uch a proceeding
be in some degree retarded, but its eveutual
triumph cannot be doubted. Political wisdom CUI.
SIM/ in adapting ourselves t• circumstances, ■rid it
Is always well evinced by ■voiding • positive pre-
sent evil, at the expense of delaying the attainment
of a contingent advantage.

The LORD CHANCILLOR bad SI) audience of the
Kisu ye►irrday.

LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 4.-Mr. CAPINIPIO left
tirstuttlo (loose this murutng fur Statford.hire.--.
About note hundred G;ntletnen waited for hun at
Lo* 11111, and about sixty equestrians proceeded
about four miles oil the London-road, Bahl then
took leave of him.

The chasm made in the Cabinet by ttie doosh of
the llierituts of LONDONDERILY, i• "at yet filled
wP• The friends of Mr. C•NNING contiose to en-
tetlain hopes got M►atalera will stall thrm•elvea of
hit Weals for that purpose.
The tweet? individuals arrested on charges of
high tresses% to Do Win sod Armagh, an June loot,
and since confined in Kilmaiuh•nt gaol, Dublin,
were discharged on Tuesdey without tend. We
oust presume it was found, upon inquiry, that
the charges could not be substantiated iu evidence.
These unfortunate individuals appear to be of the
lowest cla►s of the people.

Tex
Flits Da.—The market continues looking
P 11. sad very steady, Consuls were yesterday
"HI for Money, aid 801 64 for the Ac-
count; New 4 per Cents. pa 100 ; 34 per
Cents. 92f4; ludia Bond., 49 prem.; Exchequer
s 6 7 prem. All the other stocks are now
shut for the dividends. Foreign Securities t Old
Spanish, 654 66 ; New ditto, 634 64 6441
Danish, 813,11; Prussian, kgi 904 ; New ditto. 874;
Neapolitan, 774; Colombian 864; Chili, Ilia,
There appeal" to be • great isicreare of crime in
the 'metropolis and aubarbis; upwards of 300 priso-
ners bare already been committed for trial at the
"Wog Old Bailey &salons, which commence on
Wednesday nest, being 100 Inure than at this hese
list year. Many of the charges are of a very serious
"lore) and among them area great number for
highney robberies. It is calculated that upwards of
SC* will be committed befogs Ow Seism) ropclude.

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