The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-13 00:00:00

[MORNING .11ERALD.)

We are sorry to witness the tone of harshness
towards the landed interest adopted by some of
our cotemporaries in, discussing the question of
the Corn Laws., Tiltwe.can annihilate the Na-
tional Debt, the: Tithes, the Poor Rates, and
other burdens of which the eland bears so
large aiid dispeoportionate 41 share, it is both
unreasonable and imPosSible to expect that
the British farmer' can compete with the
untaxed grower of Foreign Corn. Corn
being in a state fit for. immediate consumption,
must be considered Much more in the nature of a
manufacture than of a raw material ; and upon
that ground alone is as fit a subject for a protect-
ing duty as any of the former ; and therefore
until the manufacturrs of woollen, muslin, silk,
&c. are prepared to admit the woollens, muslins,
silks, &c. of foreign countries duty free, it is quite
out of the question that they should expect corn
to be so. A great point will be gained if the
landed interest are prevailed upon. to give up
the system of averages,
.which we hold to be
the most objectionable feature of the Corn Laws.
But we do not know why those who have partaken
in no small degree of the difficulties and depression
of the times should be treated with acrimony, and
pre-condemned as a public nuisance, and an ob-
struction to national Prosperity. They. are one
link (and that a most important one) io the con-
necting chain of society ; and are entitled rather
to favour and partiality, if any should be shown,
than to bitterness and hostility. 'there is one
point connected witli corn which., we apprehend,
affects the consumers, especially those in the me-
tropolis, more than =any thing arising out of the
Corn Laws ; and that is, the disproportion which
always exists between the price of bread and that
of corn. This, we believe, is seldom less than
from 15 to 25 per cent. upon an average; indeed
there is generally the former difference (15 per
cent.) between the price of the same description
of bread at the shops
,of what are called cheap
and full priced bikers. This the Corn Laws have
nothing to do with; nor would their repeal
alleviate it. But we are not sorry to see that some
new Companies have started up, which propose to
grapple with
.the evil, and which will perhaps
have the effect of bringing the sellers of flour to
their senses. At the same time we are surprised
that those of our contemporaries who can reason
so learnedly. upon time - theory of the subject,
should overlook a practical grievance so ob-
noxious as the one we allude to.

[MORNING CISRONICIA.3
The rumour of an intended Congress at Milan,
although discredited by-some of the leading ope-
rators, and directly contradicted by an eminent
Capitalist, had an effect yesterday upon the Eng-
lish Funds. Consols, for money, were done at
and for the next account at 93r,-i, which
were the closing prices. In the Foreign Market,
a gloom hung over all the Securities, but those of
South America were particularly heavy. Colom-
bian Bonds, which on Monday fell to 89f, yes-
terday closed at 89f, and Mexican Bonds at 78i.
The announcement that a new Loan was about to
he negociated for Peru might have had some ef-
fect towards this depression. Greek Scrip was
about per cent. better, for it was said positively
that advices had been received from Paris that
Prince Metternich and the Dauphin had spoken
of the necessity of doing something for Greece.
This information probably rests upon some chit-
chat of the Parisian Salons—but as the Dauphin
is daily becoming more liberal, credit is readily
attached to any rumour which places him in a fa-
vourable light. Danish Scrip remained nearly
the same as on Monday. Spanish Bonds closed
at 231;f.There was not so much done in Shares
yesterday,
_and the prices were very heavy.
As a proof of this, it may be mentioned, that
the Shares of the Honduras Indigo Com-
pany, which, a month ago, were done at
8 to 10 premium in anticipation, came out
yesterday at only 2 to 24 premium, and at the
close of the Market- were as low as one to two.—
Considering that this undertaking promises so
well, the lowness of the premium shows clearly
that the rage for •shares is rapidly subsiding. A
St. Domingo Company, for mining and trading,
is advertised, under a grant from the President,
who seems anxious to cultivate a good under-
standing with the English nation, by opening to
them such sources of enterprize us he possesses.
This is the only new scheme announced yester-
day. It is understood that the Lord Chancellor
will really bring his Bill for the regulation of
Joint Stock Companies into the Lords imme-
diately after the recess. The affair seems to have
Puzzled the sagacity of the Chancellor, for it is
said that the draft of the Bill, like the prospectus
of a new publication, has been sent round to se-
veral of the Peers on both sides of the House
their perusal and opinion. for

There has been considerable mortality amongit
the Yeoman of the King's Guard lately. Four are stated to
have died within the last month. The last who died was Mr.
Skelton, aged upwards of 76 • he died on Sunday. He had also
been many years one of the House of Commons' Messengers.
His last illness was brought on by an accident that happened to
bins a month ago, in falling down the gallery stair? of the
House of Commons, by which fall he broke four ribs, and
otherwise much injured himself.