The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-26 00:00:00

1 re-expended as to increase the number of unproductive con-
, earners, and to lessen the number of producers, it would have
the direct effect of diminishing the gross amount of annual
wealth created by the country ! It would enlarge the demand,
and diminish the supply.—Supnose, on the other hand, a coun-
try having millions of its people unemployed, in which there is
a vast power of production dormant, though there is very little
Pectigh—in which, though supply could be immensely ex-
tended, there is not a sufficient stimulus to production,—not an
adequate and efficient demand.—lt is obvious that in such a
country the remission of every tam would be injurious, by add-
Tg to the number of unemployed labourers, and at the same time
diminishing the number of those whose demand caused employ-
Ment, and consequently production. The remission of every tax
• would diminish both the demand and the supply, and thus
render that country, however poor, still poorer than it was be-
fore the abolition of the tax.—ln the case of Ireland, it-would
be beneficial to enri6h a portion of the unemployed peasantry,
io order that by their demand and consumption they might
give birth to the employinent of and production by the otherpor-
tion of the people now unemployed, and unproductive-of wealth
ither for themselves or others. Such an imposition of taxes in
Ireland, therefore, if the view which we have taken be correct,
as would convert one-half of her idle and unproductive pea-
santry into consumers of a superior class, would greatly add to, in-
-Btead of diminishing, the national wealth; and, by the demand for
labour which it would occasion, and the proportionate share of
lthe produce of that labour which would necessarily fall to the
n: of the labourers, would rapidly elevate the whole popula-
won to 'a condition of comfort greater even than that enjoyed by
the People of England.
The position which we have here laid down is of immeasur-
able importance in political science
i and we should be glad to
'II 24et it rigidly investigated by ourintelligent Correspondents,
or others.

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
.Letters which have been received from the Agricultural dis-
tricts this morning, are far from being of a satisfactory nature.
to Norfolk and Suffolk, a very bad spirit is abroad, and even
the farmers now do not express their distress by grumbl-
- but in plain and intelligible language. At Snape, in
.11,ffolk, one gentleman, a few days ago, had his stack-yard
and all his premises destroyed, and only a sudden change
If wind saved the village itself from destruction. During
the whole of last week, many firings have taken place ;horses
''are been shot, and much property destroyed in different
Parts of these two distressed counties. The farmers complain
//tore of heavy expences, and want of demand for their pro-
duce, than of low prices ; but they cannot conceive what bene-
fit would be conferred on them by levying heavy taxes, in order
that the receivers of these taxes may be enabled to return them
'again to the formers in exchange for their productions. The
rgolnents on this subject want much explanation before they can
c comprehended by mercantile or agricultural men. It is a
tinge paradox to assert that a seller can. be benefited by ibis
141virig money to a buyer, in order that the buyer may be enabled
to Pay him, the seller, for his property.. This, however, appears
t° be one of the strange doctrines of these strange times.—.
There is a large arrival of all kinds of grain at Mark-lane, and
e Corn.market continues in its usual state of dulness. The
gu
'lle.iit white wheat is saleable at 58s. a quarter, but every other
oescription is lower, and sales cannot be effected at 2s. to 3s. a
9naiter less than the quotations of last week. The best malt-
'lV Barley cannot be sold above 255. Stained and inferior
7.l4lnPles are 15s. to 18s. Potatoe Oats are worth 255. for the
~Aest quality. Other descriptions sell at all pricel3, from 12s. to
"3* a quarter. Flour is very dull, the finest at 5Gs., and other
itta go as low as 375. a sack. The quartern loaf ought, con-
sequently, to be cheap, but the quality of it must be less fine,
proportion to the reduction in its price.--In provi.
°4B the same dulness exists. There is a great quantity of
Batter in. the Market, which has been held over for betVir
paces, and of which consequently the quantity has seen daily
Increasing. The trade, in consequence of the open weather, is
arises
great measure supplied by English growth, and hence
urist-s— a difficulty in disposing of the Irish. It has in many
quarters been proposed that Irish Butter should get a farther
preference by the imposition of an additional duty on Foreign
'tatter and Cheese, but there are well-informed merchants
woo think that it would be highly hostile to the welfare
°f the community to impose any additional restraints on
Foreign Commerce. These Gentlemen, indeed, believe that
Lo remove the restrictions on Foreign Trade 'is the best
and only relief which even the Farmers should look to, if
they reflect calmly on their present interest, and future pro-
aPeets, for an -a.dvance in the wages of the labouring classes
can alone create a steady demand for farming produce ; and
this advance can be best obtained by a liberal interchange of
commodities with Foreign Nations.—This is a holiday at the
Bank of England, and very little business has been.done in the
Public Funds. The Consols opened at 801 1, and closed at
80k j, being a shade lower than on Saturday. The Spanish
Bonds still continue in demand, and they have been done at
64. There was 'a general idea that these securities had.
been sold in Holland at 70, but this is not the fact.—lt
.
reported that a private express from Paris brings the
price of the French Fives on Saturday, at 90, being a
tthan alf per cent. higher the last price. There are
llettersr from St. Petersburgh of the 2d, and from Ham-
'l4'o of the 19th current. The exchanges are lower in both
Places. The quotations from St. Petersburgh are 911 21-32.
Amsterdam is 2, and Hamburgh 1 Grots. lower, Of the Rus-
54Lan Tariff nothing further is known. It is understood that
the Emperor has gone' to Warsaw, from whence he was to pro-
ceed to the Army on the Pruth. On the whole the news are
'l;3t pacific. There are no later accounts from Turkey or
(?reece. Many intelligent Greek Gentlemen still doubt the
death of Ali Pacha. The whole story has an improbability
about it, and it first came from Corfu, where many falsehoods
and calumnies against Greece have had their origin.—(Morning
taronicle.)

The following is one of the reports in. circula-
tion concerning, the arrest of the four English
merchants at °Paris, to which we have before
alluded. 'The Police having received informa-
tion that M. MACERONE, known by his political
Ivritings on Naples, was expected at Paris, and
that he had-sent forward a man on horseback to
Itr. WILLIAMS, one. of these gentlemen, to ac-
quaint him with his approaching arrival, a police-
qicer was sent to Mr. WILLIAMS'S lodgings,
Midi instructions to examine his papers. Mr.
\VILLIAMS was on the point of setting out on his
return to this country, but he was detained until
Lis papers were inspected ; and there happening
to be three other Englishmen lodging in the same
Louse, they were in like manner detained, as
"yell as every person in the house. After the
examination of Mr. WILLIAMS'S papers was con-
tiude4, and the house searched without finding
INIAcErtoNE, all the parties were released.
WILLIA]sts we understand left Paris for
'London on Wednesday last.
Letters from Hamburgh, dated the 19th inst.
4nd received yesterday by the way of Holland,
4Peak with the utmost certainty as -to the war
between Russia and Turkey, and add, that se-
veral speculations bad been entered into in' con-
formity with that expectation. They reason too
14 this way, that the Emperor ALEXA.NDEII. has
11°1v upwards of 200,000 men near the Turkish
firontiers, in which the most material expence has
een in'curred, and therefore cannot• recede.—
?tally mercantile letters, received yesterday from
Paris., speak exactly in the same tone respecting
the expected rupture betwei'n Turkey and Russia.
A Gentleman who left Lisbon on the 9th inst.
Consequently several days later than the advices
received .by the last packet., states, that the Por-
tuguese Government and Cortes had received in-
formation of the recent occurrences in Rio Ja-
lleiro, previous to his departure.
Letters from Cadiz, dated sth inst. and re-
volved by the mail of yesterday, allude to the
great expectations the inhabitants of that mer-
cantile,city entertained of the present Cortes de-
claring it to be a free port ; in which case, no
doubt, a great revival in trade may be expected.
The Seizure of Arms Act expired yesterday,
the 25th of March.
The LORD MAYOR has appointed the Common-
hall to be held on Thursday next, and not Fri-
;lay, as announced yesterday—to petition Par-
lament for a reform in the representation, and a
reduction in the public expenditure.