The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-21 00:00:00

Tl-1..E RECENT'S CA? AL.

Mr. HARtirsoN summed up the evidence in favour
of the-Bill, and enlarged on the grounds taken by
Mr. WARREN in his opening. He contended that
the eligibility and great utility of the projeded Canal
had been completely made out, and that not a single
objeeion to it_could be maintained.
Several Counsel for the opponents to the work
were subsequently heard in reply, as whom
the matter most observable proceeded from Mr.
ADOLPHUS, who, in a•vely able manner, advocated
the peculiar interests of the parish of Pancras.-4-le
concluded by' acknowledging that the proposed
measure was one of very great Utility and public be.
nefit. It was planned (he said) 5y Wisdoniand pa,
tronised by Riches; and what wisdom projealed and'.
riches supported, would, he trusted, be perte6ted
in a manner suitable to the immense powers of two
such important agents.

The following obs'ervatimis are so, pertinent and
just at the present moment, that we readily adopt
them :--

Our attention is, at this moment, demanded
with peCuiiar energy for the internal situation of
our native laud. Wei live in an awful era; the
world is in flames 'around out Isle, and the con-
flagration is only kept at a distance from as by that
natural barrier which is
_our glory to'rule by the
spirit, firmness, and unanimity of the .people.—
Wretched indeed, beyond the common wrqclied-
ness of a fallen nation, should we be, were .we by
oor own dissensions and intestine broils to bring
down upon Britam that fate which has.u/nhappily,
in our times, attached io the major part of the na-
tions of Europe. We could look no where for
consolation in our mistortune—we could-find no so-
lace in our misery; for the GOD OF NATURE has
, placed the BARRIER OF SALVATION between us and
our foes—our Constitution and Laws, our Clim to
and Situation, haw' made us a people, in heart and
in valour, in mind and in nerve, at least equal if
not supc-rior to any people on the face of the earth.
It then we sink, THE FAULT IS OUR. OWN 'and, in
our degradation, e shad only enjoy the melan-
choly and heart-rending consolation of refleCting
that our own crimes bane brought the ruin on
Our heads.
" Ttiese are very general observations; but they
'apply, we lament to ~av it, to the riots and tumults
which 'have prevailed in this town and various parts
of the country. These disturbances can have, no
other effeat but that of increasing
stile evils against
which they 'are direCted; of tenderipg the misfor-
tune of a scarce ha, vest more intolerable ; of 'un-
nerving the energy and destroying the vigour of the
country; and, of course, laying us prostrate-at. the -
feet of our inveterate enemy, who needs no other_
incitement to persevere in his system (in which our ,
'commercial distress has its origin) than to know
that it is severely felt, in this country. A riot "
Manchester, or a disturbance at
.Leeds, cannot open
the ports of the Continent to our trade, but must.
have the contrary operation; and confirm Buonaparte
in his determination to infli4 a continuance of evils
un his own subje&s, because they induce a belief
that England is more sensibly affected by them, and
must, therefore, yield first.
" The destruttion of machinery cannot amend
the market for our manufaaures, but must render
them more unworthy of competition with the tna-
nutaathres of other countries. In tine, tumult and
dissatisfa6tion never can restore us the loss of an
imperfeat crop, but must enhance and eiaggerate
that evil, and add further' miseries,to one in itself
of sufficient magnitude :to require all our patience
and for titUde.

". Would to Heaven we could instil these plain
but wholesome-truths into) the hearts of every one
of our misled Townsmen and' Countrymen, whoSe
passions are inflatned by the designing; and their
resentment direeted against their Government—
their Government which, FOR ITS OWN sattn,
MUST be anxions to save them as much as possible
from the load pressing upon them—their Govern-
ment, which is at present engaged with firmness
and resolution against their common enemy, the
cause of nearly all their troubles; and rendered
doubly inveterate from the circumstance that, if
they adhere steadily to their loyalty and faith, they
offer the only remaining effedual bar to theprogress
of his career to universal sway.
" In dedicating so much of our -columns this
week to . accounts of disturbances in various parts
or the kingdom, we have been aduated by the mo-
tive of skewing ihe labouring part of the commu
nity, that in no instance has any good arisen from
these lawless practices. Where the high price of
provisions was the plea, such measures are more
likely to prevent the owners from exhibiking in fu-
ture their property for sale in those markets •where
their own lives and it are in jeopardy.
" We were in hopes that the good sense of the
labouring poor in this town, would have prevented
them front fol:owing the unworthy example of those
dim-ids where outrages have been committed ; but
lit is this day our painful task to record such ails as
will be long remembered with abhorrence by every
lover of peace, and every admiter of the wise laws
of the land. In diSeharging this part of /our duty,
as public-journalists, we shall, however, be as brief
as possible."—(Shegield Mercury.)

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A drur ken affray occurred at 'Ramsgate on Thurs-
day night, at a public-house, between some..sea-
taring men and some soldiers of the Leitrim Militia,
which endyckeriously, one•ot the soldiers being 'se-
verely, wounded. The Magistrates investigated the
circumstances on Friday morning, when a young
man, named Austin, belonging to a brig at the pier,
was committed to _Sandwich jail to take his trial
for the OiIeJOCC. The-,wounded man died on Sunday
morning.

A figTt took place yesterday at St. George's-row,
Paddington, between Tosgrove, a boatman, , from
Staffordshire, weight under_ t Q stone, and a mart of
provincial note, called Trent Billy, weight, 14 stoner.
,They stood and hit without shifting for about three-
.quarters of an hour.. Fosgrove had an advantage in
being a dreadful heavy_righi-handed hitter at the
head, and by frequent repetitions his opponent was
compelled to give in when no longer able 'to stand..
Paddington Jones seconded the winner. The battle
was for 20 guineas.