The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-02 00:00:00

on them. But we may soon have an opportunity
for treating this important subject in the manner
it deserves. It is a question in which England
is deeply interested; and we are. only surprised
that, with the example before them of the bene-
fits which are enjoyed elsewhere under a diffe-
rent system, the English have put up so long
with this evil.—(lbid.)

[THE TIMES.]
The Agricultural Report, about which so
much anxiety justly prevails, was presented last
night. It will be in the hands of Members to-
morrow. But Lord Londonderry deprecated any
discussion, till lie should introduce the measures
which were intended to grow out of it. It is
therefore clear that something is to be done, or
attempted. For our own parts, we should be
content to relinquish any chance there may be
of good to be produced by his Lordship's legis-
lative measures, if we could be sure that he will
do no harm. In truth, his Lordship cannot de-
precate discussion more ardently than we do
action.

We regret to state the continuance of con-
flagrations in the county of Suffolk. The cri-
minal men who commit acts of this nature can of
course do themselves no good by the destruction
of their neighbours' property. However, as they
are not likely to be people in a station of life to
peruse writings calculated to induce them to alter
their conduct, we shall not address them much :
we would rather turn to our gracious Governors,
and. ask them what 'they may/ think to be the
cause of that disordered state or the public mind,
which is evinced beyond all contradiction by the
acts of which we are speaking. Is this the result
of good government, diffusing plenty and happi-
ness ? If not, is it not worth the while to alter
the system, were it but a little, and for the sake
of experiment ?—(lbid.)

[NEW TIMES.]
Accounts have been received from Edinburgh,
containing the melancholy intelligence, that Sir
Alexander Boswell expired on Wednesday after-
noon at three o'clock. We have elsewhere
quoted the various accounts given by the Northern
Journals of the fatal affair of honour in which
this Gentleman fell ; but we fully agree with
The Morning Chronicle, that on such an event all
premature judgment should be carefully avoided.
Occurrences of this sort are commonly interwoven
with so many delicate considerations, that even
on a full view of the evidence which can be at-
tained, a man of the least sensibility or honour
will feel great reluctance to pass a decisive con-
demnation on either party. How much more
necessary is that reserve, in a case like the
'present, and in the present state of affairs ! On
one point all must be agreed—that to choose
a moment when the unhappy sufferer has just
expired, or is expiring, and when his afflicted
widow and friends are hanging in the deepest
affliction about his death-bed—to choose such a
moment as this, we say, to insult over his dying
agonies, and to torture with mockery and insult
the minds of those who are already inconsolable

—is the act rather of a fiend than of a man.—
We read, with absolute loathing, in The Times
of yesterday, a letter dated Edinburgh, March
2.7,—the very day that poor Sir Alexander
breathed his last ! The writer was aware that
there were " no hopes " o the wounded man's
recovery—that 44 his spine was injured," and
" both of his extremities completely paralysed."
Good God ! was this a time for reflections on
his memory, for brutal scoffs, and for turning
even his festive gaieties into subjects of unfeeling
and exaggerated reproach ? Who could write
such a letter, at such a time, we cannot conceive,
and do not wish to guess. There is but one paper
in the world, we believe, that would have pub-
lished it ; and that is the paper, which, in an-
nouncing the death of the venerable, pious, and
excellent Queen Charlotte, loaded her name
with calumny, even before her Royal Corpse
was cold !

[MORNING POST.]
Some discussion incidentally took place in the
House of Commons last night, relative to the
present state of the Agricultural interest, which
deserves to be particularly noticed. Mr. Stuart
Wortley, in presenting a Petition from certain
Owners and Occupiers of Land in Linlithgow,
praying that a million of money might be expend-
ed in relieving their existing distresses, specially
called the attention of the House to one para-
graph in it, which was rather of a remarkable
character. The paragraph in question considered
the utmost reduction of taxation to be totally in-

adequate to afford the Agriculturists any relief ;
and, on the contrary, deprecated such a step as
injurious to the best interests of the country.—
The Hon. Member for Yorkshire declared him-
self much disposed to the same opinion as the
Petitioners had thus expressed, and availed him-
self of the opportunity to arraign the conduct of
the Bank of England, in not loweringtthe rate of
its discounts, as had been generally expected,
and thereby assisting the Agricultural classes in
raising money to alleviate their distress, at a: re-
duced rate of interest. To illustrate the correct-
ness of this charge he observed the Bank of Eng-
land obtained a higher interest for its advances
than any other establishment of the sort in
Europe, Four per Cent. being, for instance, the
rate of Discount in Paris. Mr. Manning, a Bank
Director, while disclaiming any authority to offer
more than his individual opinion upon the subject,
replied to Mr. Stuart Wortley, and put forward
as a proof of the willingness of the Bank to as-
sist the country, the fact that its whole capital
of fifteen millions was lent to the public at three
per cent. The Hon. Member further denied
that lowering the rate of discounts could possibly
reduce the interest of money, or contribute to
relieve the distresses of the Agriculturists. Any
measures f6r forcing dow❑ the value of money
he considered injurious, as driving capital into
foreign funds. Mr. Iluskisson, although one of
the official persons alluded to by Mr. Manning,
would now only give his opinion of the Bank as
an individual Member of Parliament. If fifteen
millions were lent to the public at three per
Cent. the Bank, observed the Right llonour-
able Gentleman, had for that consideration
obtained advantages which no other esta-