The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-09 00:00:00

TUE MARKETS

CORN ENCILINGF., SEPT. 9.-4Ve had but fen. arrivals
Wheat or Oats this tudrning, anti the sales in each were heavy
at Monday's prices. Barley and Malt were very dell, and,
ii
any thing, rather lower. Pease and Beans supported thea
price. In other articles there was no olterati4.n.
English Wheat =lBs. 525. Gls. Fine Grey Pease -50 s. •••--A.
Fine ditto - —s. —s. 82s. Tick Beans - -
Forel. - 523. 755. tintrill Tick Beans '47s. 50s.
,
Rye - - - I's. 225.
Barley 425. 30i. 1 Fine ditto - - -
Fine ditto - - 3qs. —s. I Poland ditto - -19 i. 26s
Malt . -- - (As. 70s. f Fine ditto, -

. - -2:.
Fine ditto' --- -7-2 s. 78s. Potatoe ditto - - Vs. VIA
White lease (boil.) 5-2 s. 625. Rape Seed 331. —l. peel aQt.
Fine ditto - - - 645. —s. Fine Flom. - - 703. M.
Grey Pease - - - 395. 465. Seconds - - 655. 7u
SmeilfrlELD, SEPT. 9.-I:his- day's Market was not wet
supplied with the different kinds of• Cattle ; Pork was dearer
Mutton ',and Lamb were cheaper ; liver and Veal sup/Jul-red
last prices; and the trade„ for the rivrit part, was not 0v,..e
brisk. The sales in the Hay-market were not lively ; Cfov,.::.
has got hp in price; Straw fetched last price ; Hay has f. 41,1,
in price. Thu following prices and numbers are a 'eocre.:t
statement :

To sink the 01141, per stone ,if Bib.
• , Beef, 4s. 4d. to, Ss. Sit. ;w1 utttm, ss. Otl tts. 0(1.
Cs. to 7s. 64. Lamb, 53. to 6s. Od. Pork, is, to Ss.
•Binsts, "00. Sheep and Lambs, 6300. Calvei, Pigs,
300.

Veal,

HAY-MARK ET.
Hay, 31. Os. to 51. Os. Straw, 11. 10s. to 21. 04. Chver,
51. Os. to 71. 7s.

IVew Mode of Pacifying tllad Bulls !---On Wed.
rtesday se'nnight, as Mr. WILkiNsoN,
,junior,
farmer,' of Lemon, Notts, was entleavouring to
appease the anger of one of his own hulls, by
giving him some sugar, an article which had s
• good- effect before, the animal, though chained,
dragged him to the ground, and by kneeling upon
.him, broke an arm and a leg, the latter receivieig
one of the most dangerous compound fractures
which can possibly be conceived ! ! •
A most melancholy occurrence _took place, on
Lancaster Sands on Saturday morning se'nuight.
Two chaise-drivers, belonging to Mr. Pei T-r, of
Lancaster, having taken Lord G. H. CAVENDiSIi
in his carriage the preceding evening to Holkar,
Hall, were returning with the four horses, but
having loitered on the road, they imprudently at •
tempted to cross the Sands from Kentsbank when
the tide was making ; the consequence was, both
of the men, with one of the horses, were drown-
ed ; the other horses saved their lives by sWim,
ruing. The body of one man, whose name was
DOBSON, was found the same, clay, but the other,
named DAWSON, not till 'Thursday last. The first •
has left a widow and three children, and the lat-
ter a widow and one child.

About two o'clock this morning the greatest
alarm was excited throughout the city by a cry of
fire, which broke out in an out-buildiug belong-
ing to the Angel Public-house, in NlTaterbeer-
street. The flames raged .with such fury, as to
threaten destruction. to the whole neighbottt•hood ;
but by the active exertions of the inhabitants,
assisted by some excellent fire engines, it was
happily got under, but not
.until the stables,
hrewhouse, and the whole of the out-houses,
were entirely destroyed. It is singular that these
premises have been on fire three times Within the
space of twelve months.—(Exeter Flying i'vyt,
Sept. 8.) , - -

The(tattle Market of Canterbury, .on Saturday
last, presented the novel sight Of a lot of Fleiaiiit
bullocks, which had been importer) from Ostituri.
They were animals of a large bony make; and iii
general -seemed to require some English feeding
to render them fit for the butcher.
on. Wednesday last, at Aston, several victual-'
lers Were'convicted in mitigated penalties of 201.
and. costs, by the presiding Magistrates, for hav-
ing- made use of Grains of Paradise in the bre‘ving
of ale ancl.beer. 'ShoUld any victualler be h;:r...
after discovered using Grains of Paradise,
other noxious ingredient in the brewing of ale Or,
beer,.not. only the whole penalty; which is 20!.
will be inflicted, but such victualler will not be
again licensed.—(l3irmilThd)n); • •
Fro.nithe great and interesting occurrence of aTI
the CapitalTrizes being still in, the Wheel; more
new adventnrers are becoming Candidates for For-
tune's- immense dispensations on Tuesday nest,
than has been experienced for niany years.

CORN.

REPORT FROM THE SELECT C&.\IMITTEE OF THE

HOUSE OF COMMONS ON ,PETITIONS RELATING

TO THF.' CORN LAWS OF THIS KINGDOM.
,[Col7elizrliq ji•Oin TUE SUN of Yesterday.]
Your CeiMin'ttee having briefly stated the prin-
cipal tesult of their inquiry into the state of our.
own agricultnre, and the circumstances which af-
fect the growth and price of edge in the United
KingdoM, it remains for them to bring before the
House, in a like -manner, the substance of, the
evidence which they hate procured respecting the
trade in foreign corn, which seems naturally to
form the second, and only remaining branch of
. this important subject, as far as it stands referred
to the consideration of your Committee.
They have, in the first place, to express their
regretatnot having been able to procure any in-
formation respecting the expence of raising corn
in foreign countries ; but, al-though their endea-
vont's have failed in this respect, your Committee
have collected such evidence,. on other points, as
appears to them very important for the (Inc con-
sideration of the corn laws.
It; appears from the statement of Mr. Scott, a
member of your Committee, confirmed by the
evidence Of other witnesses acquainted with the
trade in foreign corn, that, in the countries bor-
, &ring on the Baltic and the North,Sea, wheat is
grown,not so much for the consumption of their
own population (which is supplied by rye and
other inferior -grain) as for a foreign market :
that, front, Poland in particular, the greatest part
of tke wheat annually produced, is regularly sent
down- ro the shipping ports of the 'Baltic for ex-
portation ; and that' .these are the only , ports
of ,Ettrope ,to which the countries not
,grow,
ing wheat enough for their own consump-'
tion can r'esor't, with a certainty of procuring
an annual snpply. In these pOrts it appears, from
the evidence, that' ibe price of wheat is not regu-
lated, as it is in countries where it forms_ the ha-
bitual'snbsistence of the people, by the state of_
the home-market ; hot almost entirely by the de-'
wand in the other countries of Europe, which-are"
in the habit of making large porchases in the-Bal-'
tic : that the market price of wheat at Dantzie,
forte instance, is not.so much affected by the ahem-
dance or deficiency of the crop in Poland, where,
be th-etittantity.mOre or less, it is grown for ex-
patiation, as it is by the price in the markets of
London or Lisbon. It is, therefore, obvious,
that; if the prices in 'these and the other import-7
markets should be very low, the price
ill the ports of the. Baltic nutst fall to meet them ;
consequently there is scarcely any price in our
.own market, which, under circumstances' of a
:general abundance in the other parts of Ehrope,
would be sufficiently low to prevent an importa-
tion,.of corn from those foreign pOrts at. which a
considerable supply is annually accumulated for
exportation only. The evidence of Mr. Scott, on
this point.,' appears to your Committee to be so
material, and his-knoWledge and experience give
so much weight to that evidence, that they-can-
not forbear inserting it. It is as folloWs :
"Supposing the growth of wheat in this king-
dom to below an average ertip, do you think that
aey importation that could be reckoned.upon froin
the Baltic, would prevent the price of wheat in
the home market from rising above 80s. a qtiar-
ter?--4 think not.'' •
'' Do' von-think, that importation from ether
quarters-'aiding that from- the Baltic, would pro-
hece‘that 'effect ?-IJuiess ttoder circumstances of
a general ahundance.in the oountr,es not habitu-
ally-exporting corn, I think not.
Supposing the price of t in England to
be &3s. a 'ipla:ter, and 'a general abundance in
• Europe, do yott think that a considerable impor-.
tation could take place into this country
.1 do !" . •

Do you think it could at-any price below 635.
supposing,the duty net to counteract such itniior-
ration ? It is difficult to state what price ivonld
be sufficiently low to preVent,m) importAtion froth
those parts that. annually have a considerable
quantity to -'spare.' , • •
Under the' circumstances aboVe stated,would
not such an importation tend materially to depress
the hinne•market, even though thi prices were as
low.as '63s. per -iitiarter''?,--Undonbtedry."
You .Itafe stated, 'that no importation' that
could be reckoned upon, would prevent the price
Oh corn, in the home market, from rising above.
bqt.;. in the event of our own growth, being'be-
hiw an average crop ; now do you think that, in
the event.ilfithe protecting price against impotta-
tion being raised from 635. to SQ"S. the quantity of
corn..imporled would be diminished -one ,single
bushel, in the •event of our own growth being
..ny thing below' an average crop ?---42ertainly
not. -,

On the other hand, were a large importatinn
to take. place. such as. vote have stated under Cer-
tain circUrnstances may happen., when,the" price'
is at or below 637. ,would not the effect be to dis-
courage the growth of wheat in thiS kingdoin'?
Certiunly it xvould."
,The evidence of Mr. Charles Frederiek lien-
rings, a native' of Elbing, locally.acquaintcd with
th districts of Polamd from which the corn is sent
to the ports of the Hattie for e*portation; and
himself a corn-factor of considerable werience
in London„. is in substance_ I;be 'same 'as that'of
mar. Scott on this important part of the trade in
foreign corn:
Two obvious, but
.very important -inferences,
are to he derived from this evidence; Ist. That in
the event the price at vdlich foreign` corn
should be adMitted to importation duty tree being
liiiscd.fi'om 635. to 80s;per quarter (assuming for
thcsake o!'argmnent, the latter to be the price ne-
cessary 'for the protec ion of time British erroweo,
this altcr'ltlo" woulf in
o no degree check the im-
pOriatlOn of corn ftoto toretq ,n countritn,
'evei. the- tilwiltityy•Own
in this kingdOni.should
Ire bilow no average crop. And 2il. That, under
eelatin cirrinnstanees, a pr time ice in e hOme marker,
so law as to be tiltotr,ethet• inadequate to
m the'renneratiein of the lanisl. grower, t:6ght be
!
by .au'inqmriation of fo-
still further depress'ed
reign' corn,- if the law,should not iuterfeie to
check•such importation:
Imt .France, it appears b'y the evideUce, the
grOvt•th of wheat is, in common e s , fully Ade-

quate to bet consumption ; a i 1 that it is only oc-
casionally, when her own h trvest is very detii-
cient, that any considerable purehase- arc inade
on her account in the Baltic. This country, on
'the contrary, having been for many years habi-
tually and extensively depernlalt On a to reign sup-
ply, our demand has borne s.) large a, proportion
to that of other countries,. that the Baltic prices
are principally governed by those of the British
Market. That this is the case, N!ven in Ihe
a-
pre-
sent year, is in some degree corroborated by,
paper furnished to your Committee by Mr. John
NVilsOn ; by which it appears', that, on the 17th.
of May last, the price of wheat. at atutzie was
front ,350 tot*. 380 per last, making, at the. then
exchange 'upon London of 14.15; a price of about
21. 9s. 10d. per quarter; but that, on the 3d of
June, when the exchange upon Liindon had risen
to 18-I'2, the price of Dantzic wheat immediately
followed it ; so that, notwithstanding this great
improvement of the exchange in favour of this.
country, the prices at which wheat could be pur-
chased by a hill upon London remained' nearly
the same, viz. f. 370 to f. 390 per last, or 2/. 10s.
Sd. per quarter.
If this .country, either from policy or necessi
ty, sh-ould continue to. depend on the import of
foreign corn for the subsistence of a portion of
its pbpulittion, it is obvious, from all the evi-
dence, that the Baltic is the only part of Europe
upon which we can rely for a steady and regular
supply ; that Spain and Portugal are more or l'ess.
Our habitual competitors in that market and that
France resorts to it OCCritiMiztily, when our own
harvest is•deficient. Occasionally, also, the GO..

vernment of France appears to permit the 'exporta-
tion of a part of her own produce, *at only for
alimited time, and when tier own markets' are
very much depressed. This therefore is a,resoni.ce
Much cannot be reckoned upon Oy an habittially
iurporting cOutiti y. It may be foaheoming when'
least wanted, alut withheld at the moment of our

greatest heed.

it a fact, not undeserving the attention of
the house, that u Considerable duty, appears to
be levied on all corn expbrted fi•oiu the Piltie.--
Your Cominittee have reasonto'believe, that this
duty leas been greatly increased o❑ smite deca-
slops, when the wants-of tbis country were most
pressing. Indeed, it cannot escape observation,
that revenue being the object for which a duty is
imposed, and the prices in the Baltic being go-
verned by price here, the scale of such a duty ad-
niits of being- inereased in proportion to the de-
gree of scarcity and consequent high.price exist—
ing in this country. a •

From a' consideration of, this and the many
other inconveniences, both domestic and political,
which, in a country like this, cannot fail to grow
out of a. state of habitual,. and extensive depen-.
deuce on a supply of'fcreign corn, your Com-
mittee have great satisfaction in. observing,,that
of late the export of corn from Great Britain and
Ireland has nearly, if not fully, balanced the im-
portation. Looking to this important change in
our situation,,to the abundance which we now.
enjoy, and to the great -and extensive improve-.
merit arcade in cultivation both here and,..in
land, your Committee cannot but indulge a hope,
that wehave nearly-arrived at that state, in which
nothing but a discouragement and. mist:iglufit'
falling off, pf,ptly own agriculture can again drikc
us to the necessity of trusting to large "importa-,
tions of foreign corn, except in unfortanate sea-
sons, .when it,may be necessary to resort to this'
resource, to supply the • deficiency .of our own.
harvest

Should, this eXpectation be confirmed, as they
trust it will, by the of future years; it
will be highly gratifying to the view which your
Committee take of this important national con-
cern. - They-are -convinced that a reliance on fo-
reign importation, to a large a tpoun't, is neither
salutary nor safe for this country to look to as a
permanent System.; and that many of the.sacri-
flees. and prival iOns to which the people have been
',obliged to submit, during the htc long and ar-
dhotis conteSt,• would have bein materially alle,.=
_slated if their means of subsistence lied been less
dependent on foreign groWth.' lf, compelled by,
the fregtient recurrence of those sacrifices, and
privations, the country has at made exertions
which wilt enable
.us, under ordinary Circum-
stances, to hold ourselves independent of the pre-
Carious aid of foreign supply, your Committee,
Without venturing to suggest the mode, cannot
doubt that it will become the .wisdom, and will
consequently be the policy of Parliament, on the
one band, by protecting British agricolttire, to
maintain, if not to extend, the present scale of
its exertions and produce; and on the other, con-
sistently with this first ohject, to afford the-
greatest possible facility
,and" inducement to the
import of foreign corn, whenever, 'from adverse •
seas Ons, the stock. of our own growth shall be
found inadequate to the consumption of the United

K i)gdoni.

." As connected with the general interests .of
.
trade,. even independent of the 'great object of
occaionally.supplying our own wants, it is evi-
dent that this country possesses pecuiiar adran,
tagcs for becoming a deposit, for foreign corn.
It can only be made' so by allowing the ,free
import of, grain, to be bonded
.and
,warehoused,
tree from all duty, and as mach as possible
from local ,charge's or.
.haraSsing regulations;
and by the owners: of grain so bonded being
permitted,` At' all times, and under all circum-
stances, .to take it out of the warehoUses, either
fir :exportation of for home Consutoptibn ;
'subject, in the latter case, only to the same
riiles and duties as may be applicable to any
other corn immediately entered for, that purpose.
Your'coinmittee are so forcibly impressed with
.t!le importance of this measure, that theY cannot,
concludc'this 'Report WitliOut stating their opi-
nion—that any encouragement which could insure
tai this country the benefit of becoming the place
of intermediate deposit in the trade of corn from ,
the north to the sou;.h of Europe, 'would, inad-
ditinti to other. very important advantages, hart!..
at all tithes a tebdency.to 'keep the price more
steady 'hi the hotoe market,_ and to 'afford to
the country a security, the hest perhaps that..
in the present increased,state-.of our popAttio,),...
can be devised, agi,tirBt the effects of a deficient,
harvest.,
July fig, 1211.

II ENT-ARK AiiLE and A I'l' i'A.;rIING. I N LD!2.N'T

' . In the commencement of a war, or theloirsting
out of a revolution, t';e mind is but litilr accns7
touted to contemplate the hOrrors ti..d calamities
with which every fresh octant enee, or evert two
of events, is prodnctive, as well national as
in an individual point of view—how nrany4athers
have lust their children--how• many children have
lost their fathers, their sisters, and their bro-
thers—how ninny families are' ruined and turned
adrift upon the: wide world, and each heart doom
-
• ed to brood over its mei) sorrows and stifferiag.s,"
" alike unknowing and unknown," to thcise' upon
the right and the left of the road, andhiS solitary.
wanderings among the mass of mankind. If such
be the natural consequen6es of wow, (and few
there are who, can reflect opou the sithject. , but
must allow that every incident of warfare is preg-
nant with much misery,) let the reader only hula-
. gine the Wide-spread ruin and des,olation which,
the late long and bloody contest has pro-
duced throughout all the ramifications of society, •
and he will be the better prepared to feel that
sympathetic glow of nature wat m his heart which
occurrences such as the following are alone caps.-
ble:of producing :
The Captain of., the Don schooner, from Got--
tenhurgh, while delivering a cargo of deals and
iron to illessrs. Head and Co. of Newcastle, a
few (lays -ago, was accosted by a iniserable=look7
lug you ng.man, just returned from a Frgncli prison.,
heseyching a little employment. The captain,.
in reply, said," he was sorry that he was not in,
want of airy additional hands, as his crew 'was
fully adequate to•discharge the cargo. The young
inan, iii ret9rn, expressed his regret. but urged
the Captain. in sufer hilts to w_or7conly
,for his meet,
as he was literally starving for want of 'fbodr.
Commisserating the youth's. unhappy situa-
tion, the Captain complied with the condi:
I
tion, and, the young man went 4cm-fully to
work in the' hold among the crew. Olner-
ving, on the second day, the eagerassiduity of
the stranger to discharge his dirty, the captain
asked him, of what•place lie was a native ? "Ler-
wick," he replied. " Ln•wiek—Lerwick !" re—
joined the Captain, " and what your name ?"
" James Work," replied the youth., Palpitating
with eager anxiety, and a'.;:raid he might be mis-
taken, the Capt-tiiii immeJiately inquired if he
had a brother " I had, said he) but it is a long
time since I saw him." " What is his mute---his
name ?" almost lireathlesslyinquired the master.
Laurence Work," replied the youth. "Thep
you must have had letters Troia your brother?"
says the Captain. •" Oh yes, "Sir. ". Conte,
come, come alone with me," said the Captain,
hastily, and immediately hurried him into the
cabin, " Have yon any objections to spew isie
those letters from your'brother ?"--askltd the Cap-
tain. " Certainly not," said he, and-immediately
produced them.. :I'he Captain, assitred. then al-
most to a certainty'who the young man Was, -
duced corresponding letters to hitnself, and npot
the mutual correspondence• being Aaidi upon the
table, each • exclaimed " Brother!" and they in-
stantaneously rushed into each other's arms, and
for several minutes their feelings were- so over-
powered with the warmth of their affections, that
neither of them could speak till tears cam's' to their
relief., Here is a picture of real life; withoht the
aid. of liction,:in that of• the iron, hard-favoured
...British sailor, subdued by the feelings of brother- .
ly affection, pountraying the sympathie3 of the
heart by tears. Oh, Nature ! ifos/v—lantifal is
thy, work, when unsophisticated by the tricks,
the chicanery, and tau selfishness of this' world.
—To explain the. cause of the brothers: being
unacquainted With each. other's countenance
at first sight, it only necessary to state, that -
the
,younger,broCher, when a perfect youth, .wars
captured, ict the-early•part of .the war by a Frejich
privateer, arid had grown :dito manhood in a
French .prison. The result of this singular disco-
t7ery deserves also to -be recorded bro.,
then had the yonn,r;el•ohe immediatelynew.olothed,
and, till he s..,as betttr pray ided'for, shipped him
on hoard of his Own ves:3el, wherothey had now
leisure to reconnt their Milt Ha L- a (IVeRt tireE; tisti
condole each other the hard fate or, being. so
long estranged from the endearments of'farnily so.•
ciety and brotherly affection.