The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-27 00:00:00

MARRIED.

On Saturday, the 25th ult., at St. Illarylebone new church,
William Newham, Esq., of Great Portland-street, to Miss
Walker, of Castle-street.

DIED.
On the 24th inst., after a few days illness, in his 68th year,
Mr. Wollaston, of Brighton.

LONDON JOURNALS'.

DAILY

:tsfront the Morning Papers, Jan. 27, 1825.

[THE TIMES.]
is now said that the fresh levy of soldiers is
lowa to Fifteen Thousand Men ; and that
al; large a force the British array is to be in-
creased, though it is more than probable that llis
Majesty's speech, on the opening of the session,
will coon:ref-ice with a declaration of the peace-
demeanour and friendly sentiments of all
the Powees of the world towards this country
and each other. How perfect and secure, also,
is the internal tranquillity of England : so that
if we ever are to be in a situation in which the
presser. of a large standing army might he al-
leviated without danger, in that situation we
are at this very moment, when an aggrava-
tion of the burden is unfeelingly contemplated.
Suppose any intelligent person; a stranger to
the sinister rumours ❑ow afloat on this sub-
ject, were informed that a change to the
amount of 1.5,000 men was to be operated in the
English army, would he not, in this season of
peace, immediately infer that the change contem-
plated must be a reduction ? And by what rea-
soning could he be made to believe, that the pro-
longation of peace ought to lead only to the pro-
eressive accumulation of the burdens of war ? It
is hardly worth the while to enter into any argu-
ment respecting the disposal of the new levies,
or an equivalent force, when the whole is but a
pretext to cover a public wrong. But 15,000
men are to- be divided, in certain proportions, be-
tween Ireland' and India. And how many thou-
sands will then remain in England, performing
the constitutional service of barrack-keeping, or
undergoing the fatiguing duties of parade ?
The more we consider this measure, the more
it appears to us,. and so will it appear to
the country, " a mere job." A letter in
this day's paper, signed " A Labourer," de•
serves very general attention. We know that the
statements which it contains are true, and that
they apply to a very large district in the quarter
from whence the letter comes, and to some thou-
sands of parishes in England. Here, indeed, is
an argument for increasing the army ; and, should
these sufferings continue, for the e►nployment of
it also, not iu subjecting and tranquillizing distant
or neighbouring countries, but in relieving misery
at home. Yet humanity would dictate a different
course : and a different course, or courses, we
recommend to the Legislature. Let them, by di-
minishing farther the public expences, allow the
opening of the ports and a free trade in grain.
To keep bread from the mouths of a population,
thus starved by their employers and those who
should be their protectors, is to participate in the
cruelty and wrong. A parish vestry, and more
particularly in the country, is now become a pub-
lic begging-hatch,. to which those philosophizing
political economists, the farmers, send their
labourers for relief, instead of paying them their
proper wages.