The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-18 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Dec. 18.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze, and dull weather, with 9'
dense fog.
BRISTOL, Dec. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived—Lord LondeS-
borough, from Mauritius.
LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 17—Ilion, from Mauritius; Blue Jacket;
from St. Michael's ; Main, from Quebec ; Princess Royal,
from Marseilles ; Bertha, from Iquique • Regina, from
Antigua ; Lord John Rvssell, steamer 'from Dunkirk
Medora, steamer, from Valentia.
Arrived, Dec. 18 —Forth, steamer, from Hamburg; Nor-
Arrived,
steamer, from Dunkirk; Fyencord, steamer, from
Rotterdam ; Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp ; Whisper,
steamer, from Delfzyl.

Passed, Dec. 17.---Venetia, scpreEwAl'istllea°mllcima,Y
Baltic, for Cardiff ; Charente, screw steamer, for Mar-
seilles—all from London! Marian, ship, from Trinidad,
for London. for° rnO
no
rgio ;

M. VICTOR HUGO, we regret to learn, suffers
severely at this moment from a malady of the eyes, which
prevents him from reading or writing.
THE " ARGOSY."—Of the new sixpenny magazine
we believe Messrs. Sampson Low and Co. sold upwards of
20,000 copies on the day of publication.
THE LATE KING OF THE BELGIANS A BRITISO
OFFICER.—The late King of the Belgians was the
senior officer of the British army, having been made a field
marshal in 1816. He bad for some years the colonelcY ei"
the sth Dragoon Guards, a regiment specially named, after 4,
his first wife, " The Princess Charlotte of Wales's;" 1)11:
this he resigned, together with all pecuniary advantage;
connected with his military position. His death Willie,:
course cause no promotions or changes in the service.
senior officer of the army now is Sir Edward Blake:
ei'
and he, with Lord Gough and his Royal Highness the
Drake of Cambridge, constitute the field marshals of tb
British army.—Army and Navy Gazette.
THE MANUFACTURES OF THE WESTERN STATES':
New England wants a high tariff to protect her w°r°:
shops against the competition of all other worksh°P;
nn Pennsylvania wants a high tariff to protect her furueeea
against the competition of all other furnaces. The rai
fas for
hionable
all high tariff men to desire that those who have to I'4
shall be compelled to pay high prices to those who ha,if°
to sell. Everybody who has anything to sell wants it tecl,4
high enough to shut out the competition of all other sellea—
in the same market, so that a monopoly may be enia::
And it is a remarkable but not surprising coincidence t-t
every man who wants a high tariff also wants a low* e
ioal
tl/
rency. A debauched currency is the parent of speculat ss
extravagance, and spendthriftiness. Men do not /oleo
money in farms, houses, mills, and other improveratt
which permanently enrich the State, when they knoW t";,-0
a thousand dollars thus expended will yield only half
the
profit that can be gained in speculation, in railway sharei,
in Government stocks, and other evidences of debt Wllics,
are " protected " against payment by the tariff which 5110
pension has put upon specie. The enormous profits tb
realised by the few speculators go to enrich the other feuo
monopolists who are in like manner "protected " hYrW
tariff, which the Government has placed upon etir
1
would be competitors in the same market. Of crge
the Government must have a revenue, a
revenue, and this must be raised in part by tariffs h) -00
portations. Therefore the tariff should be adjusted tiPlie
a revenue basis, and not a protective basis, for the N're.lll
tariff will, as its name implies, produce revenue' wl'st:ra
protective tariff will produce only protection. e,,,tio
t
manufacturers must meet the competition of the A-0.00
States, which is far more " oppressive," to use the iafeeo
of the hour, than any possible competition with Bexei:irot
countries. The only effectual protective tariff for the 00
would be one erected on the crest of the Alleghardee"
is, of course, impossible, and would be unwise if Petstr
for it would compel the ninety-nine consumers of
°)" tecl
factured goods to pay two prices for every Pr°lsoiso
article they might buy, that the one manufacturer
become rich out of the excess paid for his product's tior
and above what they are really worth. Therefore neje, is
the:Western manufacturer nor the Western cone° pat
interested in keeping up a tariff dyke at New York- t°,oo
out foreign goods. The producers and consunleloy e
two great classes who neither speculate nor en.'„,,iag
monopoly—the people who are not protecteP fronl P7t,00
their debts or their taxes—are left to pay also thei'torg
and the enormous profits which the protected sPecu:iots•
and manufacturers are enabled to put in their own P°ci the
What the great West, and the great South, arid, are
great centre of the Republic want, and will derc°tiiat 16‘,
free labor, free trade, and a sound currency—labor 1.10"
free to command the highest price in an oPer' 111;10e
wherein monopolists shall not be " protected 11.01 e
laws or peon regulations; trade that is free to Ptire:cof
the lowest and sell in the highest market that °Pe „, ea'
petition among buyers and sellers shall preseriti;;ooo
rency based upon the actual value of some tangibly fry f
and not liable to the fluctuations inseparaba-othet;
paper promises, redeemable only in °lle tour' e•
Under tho healthful operation of these three, till its pr,,
will quickly start into a growth unexampled ita 3,l„opet
vious history. The waste places of war will (-I,:ft:ritesch
r
and the whole land will gleam with the gold!.:
tnto
of abundance. The poor will become rich, win
though possibly no longer revelling
hundred-per-cents, will not become poorer.. :aeroott'ci
proteu:oafeo4
tories—those much desired but too often °lie_ tijae,
sources of a nation's wealth—will come in_ d_ll:,, ioftioA
will enjoy all the more vigorous life because
was not forced in a " protective " hothouse. e
'DV
spring up as a vigorous tree, acclimated to
th raillo
nature and the unrestricted industry of man P
fa de
e ago
for them. And in no other way can they ever
age'
Tribune. a vigorous maturity or healtilio iLg
Tribune.