The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-16 00:00:00

14, or, 21 years were allowed them, there was
every prospect of their being able to get back,
not only the capital or grand Outlay, but interest,
and a handsome surplus beyond such capital
and -interest,-,then -we are of opinion- that the
country would, have -been bound to have given
them a fair extension of Charter, in order to such
proapective return for time lost and money
embarked. The Evening Paper in question ap-
pea'rs to us to use a singular argument, when it
assumes that because a concern has had an ex-
clusive monopoly for a given number of years, and
that such monopoly has been highly beneficial to
it and to the public, that the monopoly should
be continued ! In our opinion, the same thing
Might be said respecting every patent granted
for a new invention. That Paper also states a
curious proposition, namely, that any concern un-
der the direction or. controul of a Legislature
must he-more beneficial to the public than under
the direction or controul of an individual or a
company, and it dares any one to assert to the
contrary. Now we dare assert to the contrary;
for we believe that the legislative management of
nny trading concern is the worst of all manage-
ment, and we have Spain as a striking instance
of the fact. It is well known that the Govern-
ment of that country either had in possession,
or directed, most of the manfacturing esta-
blishments of Spain, and yet we have heard that
they mostly, if not all failed. The reason is evi-
dent; for in general, any concern directed by
the Legislature, becomes, in time, so overloaded
with people recommended by the Legislature it-
self, to the comfortable births of frOm 501. to
„SOU a-year,' that the money given to such ser-
vants more than equal the profits. This is too
much the case with even Companies. In general,
an individual at the head of an establishment
will get one servant to perform as much
as a Legislature will get three servants
to perform ; for in the case of an individual,
if a servant do not do his
.duty, the 'former
may speedily get rid. of him ; but, in the case of
a Legislature, where, perhaps, there is a quorum
of five appointed to superintend the concern, it
is the most difficult thing possible for the five
to agree to the discharge of a servant—as in
all likelihood A, one of the quorum, has intro
duced his relation No. 1 (to avoid having him
on his own shoulders), and 13, on the same prin-
ciple, fastens on the concern his friend No. 2 ;
and we will imagine, that all the servants, in the
process of timer are attached to, and stick to the
concern in this manner. Then when Nos, 1, t?.,
and 3 become idle, and ought to be discharged,
here is A to ray to 13, if you get rid of my lazy
relation No. 1, your lazy friend No. 2 shall go
too, and so on. C says the same thing, and as
A, B, and ,C are three Legislative Directors,
out of the five of the quorum, Messrs:. Lazy
No. 1,2, and 3, 'remain, in spite of D and
E, the minority or the quorum. It- is. thus
that, in process of time, almost all trading
establishments, regulated by either a Legislature
or a Directory, when put in competition with
establishments carried on by individuals, break
up. in reply to all this it may be said—" What!
dispute the honour and Integrity of a. Legislative
Directorship; men chosen from the rank and talent
of the country ; men placed In that sphere of
life in which it is impossible they should be influ-
enced!" Our rejoinder is—" Look at the many
men who were violent Patriots when they had no
part of the good things in the gift of the Crown,
yet when they got into power, turned round and
became as violently loyal as they were previous-
ly furiously patriotic. Men, whether high or
low-born, are much the same in their nature,
having strongly implanted them the powerful
principle of self—from the infant just horn, that
bawls lustily till the nurse -puts it to its mother's
breast, to Alexander the Great, who cried,
it is said, because there was nothing else for
him to do in the way of conquering. We un-
ci,erstand that at the time we wrote the ar-
ticle for which we have been called to an ac-
count, that the Charter had just expired. We
are sorry for that, as, on a principle of justice, we'
think the Charter ought to have extended to the
same length of time given to the London pocks.

The Archbishop STEPHEN HOLOWEZTO) Pri-
mate of the Kingdom of Poland, died at War-
saw on the Vth ult., in a very advanced age.
dn Wednesday the Lord Provost, Magistrates,
and Council, voted the freedom of the city. to
Major-General Sir Tnoato BH.ADEORDI K.Q.B.
gommander of the forces in North, Britain, and
to Itear-Admiral Sir Jour.; P. BcitEprotto,
Naval Commander on the Leith station.

On Thursday the Grand Orange Lodge of
Munster was opened in this city. The, different
Officers, &c, who attended on the occasion,
amounted to more than fieVenty. We under.
stand that the new system of this loyal and sea.
sonable institution has been brought down from
Dublin; and is in progress of commtoication
among the Brethren.---(Cprk Advertiser.)

' ST Ettlel Lao rds...-1/411 foribifr public acts of
violence have been attempted by the labourer,
who so foolishly forsook thir employment at the
(steam looms in this city and neighbourhood.—,-
-At. a meeting, held yesterday, on, the Green, we,
hear that it was determined by .a majority of 73,
of the workers to 542, to, continue, to hold out or
'stick by,,00e., mother tilt they got things their own
"'kr!' Of this we' Iplievo there is.not the, smallest
ProsPPet• Is is with deep, concern, however,
we !elm., that a plot bps. heel), regularly or.
gauized to, pit to. death SOCatt of the Masters
and Proprigtors of three looms. The man
'who reti at the foreman belttoging to Air.
mi,ll has been, aPPIe4O"I4", and c°ll
feSsed. thr.kt he was pmplay;eit, retaiaed, and
'Bald; to; accomplish On,. horrid porpoos.
wages, he says, were rtsjed by, meet's of sixpence
or one shilling, per week paid, those who chase
`to, contribute., Ono of the instigators, and who
furnished the person alluded• to with the pistols
to, accornpWr the diabolical deed is in custody,
`anti. and we do hope that, no, stone will he left uu.
turned to ding to iight.an4 purtishrnent such bor.
tible associations 'as those, a disgrace to the age
and our c0untry,.......-kesterdey we learn that one
ReTson was severely injured by vitriol tbrobvnfrorn
tho h-ttoti of some miscreant ot a;iscrvariti,--
(G:tusgegiCourier) Sept. la.)