The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-13 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY 13.

There was a good supply of all descririwns of Cattle at mar-
ket this morning, amongst which were a great number cf the
inferior sorts, but owing the coolness of the weather, and the'
butchers having clear shops, prime meat obtained lost Monday's
prices, and the trade was rather brisk ; but Lamb is somewhat
dearer.
Beef 2s &1 to 3s 4d
trareal
Mutt Qr. 2s Od to 33 Od Pork 25 ta to 3s 104
Lamb .... . to 4s. V 4.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

AZiRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS,

May 13, 1822.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
'the country has answered with alacrity to the
cafl of the town in aid of the unfortunate sufferers
from famine in the south-west of Ireland. A
meeting was held at Bath on Friday, at which
James Godfrey de Burgh, Esq. made a forcible
appeal in behalf of his unhappy countrymen to
the humanity of his audience, followed by a
liberal subscription. At Chester a ball was
given on Thursday, on which occasion the Ladies
kindly collected the money at the door. Bristol
and. Gloucester have also entered into the cause,
and a requisition is in the course of signature for
a" meeting at Liverpool, for the same generous
purpose. Shrewsbury and several other towns
are preparing to follow the example. The
Mayor of Portsmouth, in compliance with a re-
quisition numerously and respectably signed, has
convened a public meeting in the same Ynevo-
lent cause, to be held on Wednesday next. A
considerable quantity of oats and potatoes was
shipped in the course of last week at Plymouth,
and other potts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for
the south of Ireland.

[MORNING POST.]
It is with heartfelt satisfaction we find that all
our suggestions for promoting the means of relief
to our suffering fellow-creatures in Ireland con-
tinue to be promptly adopted. Our appeal to
the Managers of our Theatres has already been
answered by a notice from Drury-Lane Theatre,
that a benefit for this humane and God-like pur-
pose will be given on Saturday next; and we
have no doubt that this laudable example will
be cheerfully and speedily followed by the
Managers of every other Theatre in the Metro-
polis. We are further rejoiced to be informed,
that " the' Grand Jury of the County of Middle-
sex, now sitting at Westminster, formed of some
of the most respectable Gentlemen of that City,
have determined to recommend in their several
parishe,s, that the endeavour to assist their dis-
tressed fellow-subjects in Ireland should be taken
into immediate consideration, that all the aid and
relief possible may be afforded them before their
-want and suffering increase and spread too far."—
Most candidly do we congratulate the friends of
humanity upon the splendid progress which their
cause is thus rapidly making. sum little short
of 25,0001. has, we believe, been already raised
in London ; and it is delightful to be able to add,
that the good work is likewise thriving in all
other parts of the Kingdom. At Bath and
Brighton considerable sums have been subscribed.
At Liverpool, Chester, Plymouth, Cheltenham,
and various other places, the same humane feel-
ings have already manifested themselves. At
Chester, where a Ball was given on Thursday, a
most interesting scene presented itself—that of
the principal Ladies of the city and neighbour-
hood attending at the doors and receiving the
money, which is immediately to be forwarded in
aid of the fund. Thus, in a very short time,
thank God, the thousands of miserable beings,
men, women, and children, who, but a few weeks
since, had famine glaring upon them in all its
horrid forms, and who scarcely dare to hope for
any thing beyond protracted and lonely wretch-
edness, will know the luxury—a luxury but
faintly conceivable by those who have never felt
the actual, or the dreaded, privation—of enjoy-
ing a sufficiency of wholesome food.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We apprehend it is now tolerably clear that
the' Minister will not succeed in obtaining his
loan from the public or the South Sea Company,
and that he has no other source but that of the
Sinking Fund (out of which he may take it with
the greatest saving to the public), and if persons
-were even to offer, we cannot understand how
Parliament could sanction the terms they would
demand (viz. from 4.1 to 5 per cent.) while the
Commissioners are getting for the five millions
annually laid out by them only 31. 18s. per
cent. We have before stated, and we now
repeat, that this alone would oblige the Mi-
nister to take the Sinking Fund, unless, in-
deed, he is determined to propose the most
audacious measures to Parliament, trusting to
his never failing majorities. However, we
think, on such a proposition, even these would
fail him. It has been rumoured that the Bank
might bid, but we now understand there is no
truth in this rumour, which we imagine arose
from the proposal of lengthening the term of the
Charter. Even this, we understand, will meet
with very determined opposition--265,0001. per
annum for the management of/the Public Debt is
a sum which must be minutely examined, as it is
not impossible (we should think) to save one
hundred and sixty-five of this enormous charge.
Therefore we call on the Country Gentlemen to
pause a little before this sum is continued for
eleven years beyond the period of the present
Charter. As this subject will come under dis-
cussion in the House of Commons this week, we
trust we shall find the Country Gentlemen sup-
porting those who endeavour to lessen the charge
on the public purse.

[MORNING HERALD.]
It has been asserted, and with truth, that

proportion as the taxation of a country is in-
creased, in the same proportion will the prices of
the productions of that country be increased.
This position has been strikingly exemplified in
the case of the late war with France.—Now, as
the prices of the produce rise with the rise of
taxation, so also those prices fall in proportion
as taxation is reduced. But in Great Britain
the taxation is in the present year, and was in
the last year, a fourth part less than it was
ten or fifteen years before ; therefore, upon the
operation of that cause alone, the prices of pro-
ductions must have been lowered. The precise
amount it would be difficult to get at;. but the
proportion must be very considerable. Should
not, then, the present depression of prices in
England, particularly of her agricultural produce,
be ascribed in part to the repeal of taxes This

Is a view of the subject which has not, as far as'
we are aware, been taken, in or out of Parlia-
ment, great as has been the variety and dif-
fuseness of the written and spoken pamphlets
on this threadbare subject. This view sug-
gested itself to us, and we feel it due to justice
to urge it, though it may run somewhat counter
to the popular humour, and remove from the
shoulders of Ministers a portion of blame and re-
sponsibility. But upon every question, and par-
ticularly upon one so deeply interesting, and
upon which right notions are so desirable as this,
opinions should be expressed, not with an eye to
popularity or party, but only to truth. Cer-
tainly, the anticipation of Mr. Peel's Bill, by
contracting the circulation, must have lowered
the prices, though not to the extent ascribed to it.
That extent it is impossible precisely to calculate.
Mr. Ricardo has affected to calculate it with
some nicety—But how can he do it ? What data
has he that are not to be had by others ?

[NEW TIMES.)
We noticed in our last the Meeting held at
Fife House, which terminated with an appoint-
ment for Tuesday next, by which time it was ex-
pected that the South Sea Company would de-
termine whether or not they would bid for the
whole of the Pensions and Annuities. A Meeting
of the South Sea Proprietors afterwards took
place, when the proposal to bid for the whole on
the part of the Company was negatived ; but it was
agreed that those who chase to subscribe should
enter their names in a book for that purpose.—To
speak freely our own sentiments, we must con-
fess that, skilful as the plan was in its first con-
ception, a prejudice seems to have been created
against it by some particulars, which may easily be
corrected, in the mode of carrying it into execu-

tion. It was no doubt desirable to divide the
burthen of the Pensions and Annuities between

the present age and posterity ; and for that pur-
pose it became necessary to allow individuals or
public bodies to contract for supplying the re-
quisite sums ; but we own it strikes us that the
contractors should have been allowed to take the
chance of the lives falling in. By precluding
them from this, the spirit of speculation, which
was essentially necessary to the completion of
such a plan, was. paralysed. It became a dry
question of time and of the amounts to be paid, and
afforded little or no inducement to the enterprising.
spirit of speculation. In the next place, the sub-
mitting a question of monied speculation to
a large body of proprietors, was a measure very
likely to defeat the plan. The false notions of
liberality which prevail in the present day, lead

to the discussion of all questions in numerous
assemblies, without regard to the fitness of those
assemblies for determining on the point at issue.
We are satisfied that the South Sea Company
would have best consulted their own interest by
taking the contract ; but we are equally satisfied

that their interest would have been better con-
sulted by many other modes of deliberation than
by that which was adopted. The negative of the
meeting therefore does not surprise us ; and we
entertain little expectation of success from the
opening of a book to receive assents. The re-
sult therefore will probably be that no Company
will take the whole, but that it will be taken in
parts by the various Insurance Offices and other
great bodies, or wealthy individuals.