The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-21 00:00:00

'FOIt THE SIT"'.

Ma. EptTnlit,,---Dnring several years I have read •
yourTisper with itstrrest and approbation ; it ha's
been directed by a uood -sense and temper; a
loyalty anti patriotism, which .made it equal to
any, and 'preferable to most ; therefore, and in
the exercise of thai impartiality which has
also been the attribute of THEStnj. I trust vow
will insert the following observations on the ite-
'tints anti Hem-arks relative to the Meeting hell
at the London Tavern, on Thursday last, for the
discussion of Mr. OwEtes Plan. In the first place
it is proper to state, that there really was no rude
and brutal abuse of Mr. Owen's exertions. Mr.
Waithman, Mr. \Vooler, and even Mr. Hunt,
front whom I differ widely as Lidos from the
Pole in all political respects—these, and every
other Speaker, gave Mr. Owen praise for his phi-
lanthropic intentions. I went there to meet Mr.
Owen upon a question of humanity, and I must
think you have taken across view of his proceed-
ings, or I am sure you would express your usual
disapprobation of the following specimens of Mr.
Owen's sentiments :

" The Ministers of this Country, and I know
" them well, do not possess sufficient energies
" and practical knowledge to lead the public
" mind as it ought to be led."
" They are now as conscious as any atl►er class
" in Society that the way in which they find then►-
` selves advancing is the high road to confusion
" and misery."
Of the excellent, humane, and enii&ened Lord
Sichnouth he says—" Still, the Secretary of State
for the Home Department is pursuit►g, ana, for
some time to come, I fear must pursue, a course
which creates, in its consequences, more .cruelty
and ininstice than can be obvious to him, and many
others.; therefore I must oppose, (notwithstand-
ing I feel a regard for the individual!) with all
my powers, the errors of the system under which
he acts."

Now, Sir, when a man had printed elicit pre-
tensions as these, I went prepared for something
uncommon. 1 thought the Political Alcbymist
must have found the Philosopher's Stone, what.
ever my friend Major Tureens (who is a tolerable
judge in such metiers) might say to the contrary;
brut when Mr. Owen came'forward, anti read; not
ttpoke, his Address, my expectation was succeeded
by disappointment. I found,!however, that this
good and amiable Gentleman was but the dupe of
his own credulity ; it seemed a new light had
burst upon him at Lanark, diet
,ire had started
-under its influence to the metropolis of the uni-
verse, and ascended the forum of modern Rome,
to telt the Cosmopolites who surtoiluded
" that they had lived in utter darkness, ignorance,
and superstition ; that :in the 18tlt century the
'Dove of truth had, for the first time, gone forth
front the ark, never to return." Ile then called
upon them to enlist under the banners of his ex-
perience, and was proceeding with the allegory,
when be became involved in all the mazes of
metaphorical confusion. Indeed, Sir, bad you
been present, you must have instantly retnarked,
thatin the Plan of his Village he had forgotten a
mad-house ; and how much more melancholy that
madness is, which slcall be unattended by iospira-
time.. He proceeded h these words twhieb he
has also published)—“ I should' have been de-
lighted beyond any thing which I can now 6no.2an-
gi,go to ti;OCertt that the Gov,aanotent,
the Legislature, or any parties in the Country,
had possessed the requisite knowledge and practical
expetience, to remove the physical and mental
evils 'antler which we and other nations are now
suffering. I patiently and calmly for years sought
for this knowledge amongst the most enlightened.
and experienced of all classes, sects, and parties
in the State !"—(of Lanark i)—" I attended the
proceedings of time Coalmines of both Houses of
Parliament. Soon, however, to my mortification,
1 learnt that the knowledge and experience neces-
sary to enable them to comprehend tire subject,
did not in any degree exist amongst them!--They
(both Lords and Commons) speedily involved
themselves' in an heterogeneous mass of particu-
lars, admirably calculated to confound their intel-
lects, and disappoint every hope of the country."
I think I have quoted enough to thew that
downcast modesty concealed none of the charms
of the Village Plan. The letter which was read,
and the extracts of letters which were given, made
nothing for Mr. Owen's Plan there was one
croaking Justice front Hampshire, and two Reve-
rend Politicians from Suffolk, who thought it a
mighty fine thing ; but their names were perhaps
prudently concealed. The string of Resolu-
tions being read, and the first Resolution put,
Major Torrens, in a philosophical and argumen-
tative speech, proved to demonstration, that
Mr. Owen's " Practical Theory was founded in
error, contrary to all experience, in the face of
reason and deducted fact. He fought Mr. Owen
upon his own ground, with his own weapons;
and if he did not convince Mr. Owen that he
(Mr. Owen) was wrong, lie satisfied the audience
that be (Major Torrens) was right.
I took occasion to say " that I deprecated tilt
idea tbai any individual conic there
hostile to Mr. Owen, but that we had a 'right,
and it was our business'to question his mental j
ability." If, I exclaimed with honest warmth, a
man starts front obiseurity, and presents himself
to time world to say, " you have lived in ignoeance
and folly--your Government—no Government on
the Continent—(noise)—neither Houses of par-
liament, no sect or party—(noise)—have any en-
lightened ideas." Mr. Owen's party drowned my
voice, Sir, or I should have said, " It was too
much for a man of such feeble intellect to tell us
in bad English, that we were born and descended
from blockheads, and that we were blockheads
ourselves, to attempt to persuade its, although he
had evidently persuaded himself, that he possessed
the only Hahn in Gilead, that the great men who
had conducted the helm of time State through such
dangers, to such everlasting glory, were inferior
to him, that he could instruct them, and both
Houses of Parliament, and all time Talent of what-
ever Party," &c. &c. I however proceeded to
state my objections to the Plan, supposing his
calculations bad been correct, amid though Major
Torrees had not proved Mr. Owen's figures in

THE SUN.

aDLILM QV'S DICERS FAUSUNI ALIDEAT.

LONDON,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1817.

Last night and this morriing we received the
Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday last. The
former, from which,we give extracts in' another
Column, announce the arrival at Paris on S nur-
day evening, of thesKing of Pizussn, under the
title of the Count de auPrix, and also of the
Duke of WELLINGTON.

The following are extracts from the Journals
of Monday :

" PARIS, Auc. 18.--Yesterday, at a quarter be-
fore two, the Count de Ruppin (King of Prussia),
attended by the Count de Goltz, the Prussian
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary, and three Aids-de•Cnmp, proceeded to the
Thuilleries to visit the King, Monsieur, Madame,
and the Duke d'Angouleme,

" The Count then went to the Nine of Ely 56e
Bourbon, to visit the Duke - and ,Duchess ale
Berry.

" The Count tie Iluppin dined yesterday with
his Majesty and the Royal Faniily. 'I he Aids-de-
Camp attached to his suite dined With the DnEe
d'Escars, first
,Maitre. tillotel of the King's
Household.

" '['he Count cje Rnppin went on Saturday
evening to the Theatre des Varies.

" The Count de Boo' Schanenstein will make,
it is said, a short stay at Pails. His Excellency
proceeds to Aix in Provence.

"M. Santini, Es-I ttissier of the Cabinet of
Buonaparte, has been transferred from Milan to
Mantua, tinder an escort. ,

" They %Trite from Pau, the lath instant :
The French Consul Saint Ander informs, by
letter of July 28th, the Chamber of Commerce at

13,1,0t;ne, that tiSs
Algiers, and has ektended its r‘ivagei on the c 0,1,1
of illorocel) and to Gibraltar. 'rile authorities of
this Department have adopted ail the necesSai y
inei3sures to prevent the introd'netion of this
scourge into our ports.'

[We havie reason to believe thLit the French P.
rers are in error in stating, the conannuication ot
this t:reatifol malady to Gillraitzir.}
" FIVE PER CENTS.—Sat (11.636 GSf. 50c.

" LUBBC, AUG. 4.—A Russian Ukase has bcekt
published, by whit') the Treaty of Commerce be-
tween Sweden and Russia, ,respecting Finland‘
is indefinitely postponed. This Ukase is so much
the more agreeable to the Swedes as the Emperor
of Russia has extended the dispositions to Nor:
way. The commerce hi produce and ,articles of
the first necessity with Finland can now be freely
carried on without any check, as heretofore, when
Finland was a Swedish province.
-4` There is again a talk of the marriage 'of the
hereditary Prince Oscar with a GeMiati Ptincesi.
It is understood that the negociatians relative
this object are far advanced.

" Letters from Norway state, that a Genera
and Extraordinary Diet of Norway will be con-
yoked at the end of September, which the Princ6.
Royal will open in person, 'and then declare hit
son Viceroy of Novi ay.
" DRESDEN, At/G. 6.—r-713e proposition for
imposing duties on English manufactures imported
to Leipsc has been rejected, as prejudicial to the
freedom of commerce.

" The free exportation of grain leas been esta-
blished in the States of Saxe Cohonr~, and the
other territories pf Saxe propose to tnllow the ex-
ample.

" BAMBERG, AVG. 9.—The Prince de Harden-
berg still prolongs his stay at Carlsbad ; the use
of the baths is very advantageous to his beatib.
The Prince de Sebwauzenberg will remain
about 1.5 (lays at Carlsbad, and then go to his
estates in Bohemia.

• it is said that M. de Capo d'lstria has fre-
quent conferences with the Princes de Harden-
berg and Schwartzenberg. The Count de Cara--
man, French Ambassador at Vienna, is expecter)
at Carlsbad evety day. Mr. Lamb, the Euglish
Minister at Munich, also continues to reside tit
Carlsbatl. There are many conjectures y
the object of the negociationS between tlie,e
ferent Miaiisters, but :here is uo eto
as it is known that all the great poo rrs I,a,e
the best understanding with eaeh other,.
there exists no subject of dispute amongst thew.

" CONSTANCE, AUG. °;."—rilt2,.itlitit? zle Lirittivi'et
has been refused permission to rezitie in the king
tiorn of Nyurtemberg."

, By a Leeward Island Mail, which arrived (;:
morning, we received letters frow
dated the 19th ulr. ; but they euntain
from the Spanish Main of ;importance. No-44,,T,
counts had been received of AI i I
illus.'s
Squadron since it sailed front the Otoiloko.

New-York Papers, of one day later, rirrivei
this morning. The tollowing are Extracts:—

(Franz the New York Commercial .Ideertiore'rf the I Sth ult.)

• " The survey of the American Coast, recently
ordered by Govetnment, is to be cominenced at
Portland. The United States vessels lying in the
harbour of Newport are to be employeki this
service, and are now preparing for the yoy4ge.

The Legislative Assembly of icurA Scotia
has been prorogued from the 23(1 June to the 21ti
of October.

(From the Commercial Advert k•er rf..lalg 19.)

_ .
PUI.'ETO CABELLO, ON THE SPANISH MAINE,
JUNE 30.—After leaving the Copero we had a f 3 ,e
passage to.withia 10 leagues of Laguira, our Nit
of destination, when we Nvere unfortunately he-
calmed, and fell in with a Sl>.tnish_l►rivateer, the
crew of which boarded, and brought us into this.
port. Co:in-my to all law, the vessel and cargo:
were immediately condemned, and both sold outhe
4th instant.—Mr. WILSON, as SUQU SS itiformed,
or theSe proceedings, Camelrom Lagaira, hut (fur
utmost endeavotirs for a restoration of the l►roper•
tv were of no avail. What will add to the asto.

aishment of all Americans is, that :nstead of being,
taken by,what are called the Patrim 5, whom we
hto cause to dread, and who are' at war with theke
were captured •by-• the
.very people.
% :.9•lbi(b)tenrs: we
we came to feed, the Spaniards that ac-'
knowledge the Government of the Kin 4 111SPA17.T.
The marauders also robbed me of Tart of tny'
clothes.—l slyll'remain here tief> ui thfee eco
longer, in the expectation of hearing from a ..ItulgiF
%Ott; lives about 2'oo ogles iron, thi• place, on',
whose sanction or reversion of this con,ftninatiota •
much depends."

That the plague has broheo Alt,,irit auti
other poiuts of the coast of Ar:teat do. Mr.
M'aiNNEL, the British Consul, %slit)
ewes tills alarming new, adds, that the dm.ase
\was ititrodoced to Algiers by a cnriv,kis of M., •rtt
returning from itheea, -who afterwartll proccANctit
over laud to Morocco.

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SHIP NEWS.

EXTRACT or A LETTER FRon OUR CoRRESPONDENT
AT LITERPooL. JATFD AUG 19.

- Arrived this day, the Draper, ADAmt, froin New York,
oailed July 20.
The Loan, from New York, Is also off.
Cargo of the Belle Sant-age, from New orleans—Al6s bar-
rels Flour, 907 sacks Wheat, 13 bales 'Cotton, .3tll bandied
Staves.

Cargo of the Tdris, Goin Clezltleston-.-351 bales Cotton, 553
barrels Tar, 20 hogsheads Tobacco, 7 hundred Staves.
Cargo Of the ('timberland, from Mootreil--.-26d4 barrels
rlour, 312 barrels Ashe, 211 InUldred Staves.
All the vessels mentioned as ready for sea will sail in the
morning—none sailed this tiy.

FALMOUTH, AUG 1 S.—Arrived the Princess
Charlotte packet with a mail from the Leeward
Islands, 34 days from St. Thomas's ; also the
Providence, CoßNisn, from Gibraltar. The
packet tell in with several vessels on the borders
Of the Channel, endeavouring to beat to the
Westward. The following packets are detained
here by contrary words :•-,...Mariptis of Salisbary,
for Jamaica ; Swiltsure, for New York and Ha-
lifax ; and Manchester, for the Brazils.
DEAL, AuG. 20.—Arrived, and sailed for the
River, the Mariner, HERBERT, from New South
Wales ; Georgians, BoYEs, from Havanna!) fur
Antwerp ; and Plantagenet, CUMMING, front Ja-
maica. Came down from the River the Alliance,
for New Orleans ; Colonel Allen, for Buenos
Ayres Waterloo, for LiNon ; Admiral Berkeley,
for the South Seas ; 'and Commerce, for Prince
Edward's Island.

PORTSMOUTH, A.'G. 20. Sailed the Good
Statesman, Quest, and Benevolent transports, for
Chatham ; Ciasar, TAYLOR, for London ; and his
111ajesty's ship Tiber on a cruise : the latter has
brought ul► again.

NORTH JHIELDS, AUG. 18.—Passed by for
'London the Inverness, from Greenland, with 6
fish.

LEITH, AUG. 18.—Arrived the Royal Bounty,
DtIYSDALE, from Greenland, with 4 fish.
AUG.Hutt , lB.—Arrived the Thornton from
Straits, with 2 fish, 50 butts ; also the
fol:owing from 'Greenla.d:—ltichard, 2 fish,
140 butts, 3500 seals ; Cato, 5 fi,h, 135 butts ;
Ilighflyvr, 2•fish, 95 butts, 1050 seals ; Alfred,
3 fish, 106 butts, 110 seals; and the Perse-
vet tHiCe, 3 fish, 80 butts.

THE ALCESTE —As his Majesty's ship Alteste,
with Lord AMHERST anti Suite on board, was
%created 4,0 a siitiL.ll,roCk in die Straits of Gas-
per, situate directly in the hiiheito supposed fair
track of ships, we give the following extract of a
letter, desciihiogtiiis newly-discovered danger :

' The West side of Gasper island bore from the wreck, N.
fide: revs E. North End of Pub leat, S. 40 degrees E. and the
small island on the West side of Polo Lest (called by the
Malays Polo ChicallA, or Saddle Island) S. 5 degrees W.
Distance from the nearest part of Pula Lest between three
and lour nUles. The rock, or rather small coral reef, is steep
to. The cast of the lead just before the ship struck was se-
venter', fathoms, which was about the depth we had, by both
hand and patent leads, kept constantly going from passing
Gasper Island.
" By the above bearings it will appear that the Alceste was
steering in the fair o. cot channel, as laid down in all the
charts, for passing about mid-way between Pule, Lent and the
Three-feet Rock discovered by Lieutenant D. Ross, and per-
fectly clear of all indicated danger. It was very probable
that the look-out man at the mast bead would have seen and
given unties of the ruck time enough for the Alueste to have
passed on either side of it, but the sea had the whole morning
been discoloured by fish-spawn on its surface. During the
fortnight we remained at Palo Lent, we !tad opportunities of
observing how very inadequately these straits have as set
been surveyed; and how much is still wanting to renal' them
securely navigable." •

A few (lays ago, as the Britannia packet, hound
for Ostend, was sailing off the North Foreland,
it descried a ship's boat in great distress. The
breeze was stiff, and the waves broke over its
aides, so as nearly to fill it with water. The Bri-
tannia, with great exertion, saved the n►en on
board, who were six of the crew of the Severn
ship of war, together with a Lieutenant. It is
supposed that their object was to look after
smugglers, when they encountered the peril front
which they were thus extricated.

Baltimore Papers,have reached town to the 2d
of July, but they furnish us with no particulars
relative to the farther progress of the Patriots,
Wilt) respect to the capture of Amelia island, we
ere t►ow informed that tl►e true date of that im-
portant event was the 30t1t of June, inste“tl of
the 22d.

By intelligence received at Baltimore, we
understand that something like revolutionary
moyements had taken place at Ilavannah, both in
the city .and the interior of the

Adviees have come to hand from Pernambuco
to the 27th of June. It appears, that -since the
restoration of that city to the rtoyal Government,
the disaffected have been completely awed into
tilence. - The. most rigorous measures bad, in the
It►ean time, been put in force against those who
had openly aided the Insurgents, and, in many in-
:minces, against those of the inhabitants who had
not actually opposed them. The property of such
Persons was, for the most part, sequestrated, with
view to final confiscation ; and the proceeds
were expected to realize a considerable sum.--
Trade at Pernambuco was likely to revive.

CORUNNA, JULY 30.—0 n the 26th inst. the
itinisian schooner of war and her prize were li-
Ilerated trimi quarantine. The French Consul acrd
erossian Vice-Consul here have released the prize,
'ith every thing belonging to the vessel, and tilt.;
tit uaining cargo, for the sum of 5,000.--berd-dol-
thrs, and some donations to the officers of the
schooner, on account of On owners of the vessel
411 d cargo.

POETRY.

IMPROMPTU,

On lietiring- of the recent Accoirchen:cnt of a 'OX.

'Twere strange, so long within his grave,
ais Widow now a child should have;
But not that Fox's party creed,
Ti) latest times, shoiild nersbrhici treed:

I.lti ES,
Composed 'after attending the Meeting of the Bible Societlf At
Wellingborough, on the lith Instant. •

0, what shall he the young man's guide

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Through this dark world of sins and cares;
And gently lead him the hand;'
And keep him frnu► its dangerous snares ?
The best of buoks-..the Bible.

O. what shall be a firm support
To those whose pains proclaim their years;
And bear their sinking ,ionls above
The sorrows of this vale of teals?
The best of books—the Bible.

0, what, when prosperous scenes arise,
And cluster thick on every, side,
Shall, by its sacred precepts, keep
Our hearts from vanity and pride ?.
The best of booksthe

Or, what, when adverse winds shall blow,
And stormy clouds th'e skies conceal,
Shall ease the mind, and calm its fears,
And gracious promises reveal ?
The best of books—the Bible.

What, from " the cradle to the grave,"
In joy or rro 'Or woe—
Uan true content or pteasnre give,
And hopes of endless joy hettow
The best of hooks—the Bible.

Then fly ahrnad on wings of lore—
With thy bright beams Ull nations hicss:
FOr Britain's sons shall speed thy flight,
And Britain's Gore shall glee success,
Thou best of books—the Bible.

Wellingborough, August, 1817.

REGISTER OF FASHION.

WINDSOR, AUG. 20.—This morning her MA-
JESTY and Princess ELIZABETH_ took an airing to
Frogmore. Princess AUGUSTA and SOPHIA rode
out on horseback in the Park. The Earl of
MACCLESFIELD left the Castle this day for Slier-
bourne Castle, Oxfordshire.

BRIGHTON, AUG. 19.—The weather to-day has
been trnly inclement--the night was damp and
boisterous, and the wind still rages from the
south-west, with almost ceaseless rain. The
PRINCE REGENT has sometimes appeared on the
Palace lawn to-day, but exercises of 'pleasure on
either the rides or walks have been generally de-
clined. The Duke of YORK took a cold bath at
WILLIAM'S this morning. The Marchioness of
DEVONSHIRE. is at IVestfield Lodge, where her
stay will be about a fortnight.

There is some expectation that the QUEEN will
give up Buckingham-house for the accouchenteni of
the Princess CHARLOTTE, as a residence far less
exposed to noise than Cameltord-honse, as well as
nearer to the Great Officers of State, who must
he summoned upon the occasion.
On Monday Earl St. VINCENT gave a grand
dinner to a select party, at his seat at Roches,
Essex ; after which a ball and cold collation
was given to a numerous assembly of the fashion-
ables of that county, which consisted of all the
delicacies of the season ; dancing was kept up till
tour'o'cloek in the morning.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyle left their homse in Upper
Brook-street yesterday for Paris.
The Duke of Rutland left Belvoir Castle a few days since
for Derbyshire. _ _ _

The Dowager Duchess of Rutland has left town on a
tour.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesea, and the Ladies
Paget, left town yesterday for his Lordship's seat in Stafford-
shire.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a
large party of distinction yesterday, at their seat, at Hatfield.
1 he Earl of Shaftesbury left his house in Grosvenor-square
yesterday for Bognor Rocks. Her Ladyship is gone ona visit
to Richmond.

The Dowager Countess of Shaftesbury leaves town ibis
dav, for the Continent, fort wo years.
the Countess of Westmorland leaves town in a few da)s
for Rome. _ _

The Earl and Countess of Sefton and family sailed on Tues-
day firm Dover to Calais.
Count l'heotolii and Bulset left Warren's Hotel, Charles-
street, St. James's-square, yesterday, for the Island of Corfu.
The Count and Countess de Byland and family arrived on
Tuesday, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the
Continent.

Lord and Lady Castlereagh came to town yesterday, frOm
their seat, Neorth,Cray.
Lord Sydney left town yesterday, for his seat, Frognall,
Kent. •

Lord and Lady Dudley and Ward left their house in Park-
lane yesterday, for NVottliing..
The Wellesley estate, in the County Meath, is purchased
by Daniel O'Callaghan, Esq. of Cork, for 6ii,0001.
Baron Hon►peseh arrived yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond-street, from the Isle of Wight.

CHAD-STEALING.-11 the 'subject were not too
serious for levi►y, we might suppose that Mr.
MALTHUS, at least, must derive some consolations
from these frequent thefts, as it seems as if Nature
had declined in fertility with respect to the human
race.

On the sailing of the French expedition for
Egypt from Malta, under BUONAPARTE, the fleet
was intentionally dispersed in order to arrive
without being noticed. They had no sooner left
Malta than they learned that NELSON had pene-
trated their design, and was in pursuit of them.
Expecting every hour to be come up with, and
being too weak to risk a combat, it was the-reso-
lution of BrioNAPARTE and the rest of the persons
on board the L'Orient to blow her up rather than
be taken prisoners; but that the memory of those
who perished might be preserved, and their fea-
tures known to posterity, BUONAPARTE caused
the portraits of eighteen to be taken on two sheets
of paper, and to be rolled up, put in bottles, and
committed's° the waves. The names of the per-
sons are-:—(First drawing)—Desaix, (dead) ;
Buonaparte ; Berthier, (dead) ; Kleher, (dead) ;
limeys, (dead) ; Dallimer, (dead) ; Monge ; tier-
thollet.—(Second drawing)—Rampon ; Murat,
(dead) ; Junot, (dead) ; Lasnes, ((dead) ; geg-
nier, (dead) ; Belliard ; Desgenetts ; Snurkanki,
(dead) , Caffarelli, (dead) ; Larey. Titus of the
eighteen, eleven are now no more. The por-
traits are executed in medallions, in India ink,
and now ornament the study of Baron Latter, at
Paris.

CALS.

till.o, A iS;t TH ..

ikfr. rt.Aiision., who, as we informed the Public
sotne time ago.; hits been invested .with the ma:
nagement of this theiAtre, is, we find, itidelatigAble
in preparing it 'for the openliqt.of the 'season. So
zealot's and active indeed is tel.'s iten"tletnati, that
we are assured he daily visits the .theiitre, and
remain's there from six in the morning till nine at
night. We have only to hope, that equal Teal,
aetiVit y, au:l judgment, will appear in the selection
of draMatic novelties, the revival of works of ster-
ling awl established limit, and in the choice of
Performers 'calculated to do
.justice to the dia.
ratters which way be assigned to them. For our
own part, we shall do otur duty in giVing faithful
, criticisms, as far as our judgment extends, On the
works, and on the Performers who may be brOught
forwattl. The following, we underitanil, ate th'e
chief alterations which have been resolveti on; anti
are now in active preparation :

" The whole space before the curtain hai been
embellished and improved. The seats throughout
the Boxes have been new covered. The colour-

ing and oranaments of the several circles have
beep changed. Instead of the surrounding green,
which cast its sickly and jealous hue on the cheeks '
and countenances of the fair spectators, a lighter
and gayer complexion is given. The ground is
French grey, variously and tastefully ornamented,
while the general and predominating colour is
a delicate and beautiful pink. But the most re-
ntal kable, perhaps, and certainly the most
valuable alteration, has been effected in a new and.
liberal' accommodation for the half-price visi-
tors-;.-instead- of being kept ou the cold paved
floor, where they used to wait often in tedious
expectation-of the time for admittance, they will
at once be introduced by an easy anti elegant as-
cent of new stairs, on each side of the principal
box entrance to the Grand Saloon, where they
may remain until the time of half-price. It then
becomes open. to all the box company. The sa-
loon itself will exhibit a striking improvement in
its parts, disposition, and general appearance. In-
stead of the large- sofas and couches distributed
generally on time floor, seats are placed much more
commodiously at the sides, while the new stair-
case at each end is elegantly canopied by a Chi-
nese cupola, another of larger dimensions being
elevated in the centre, and the whole is to be bril-
liantly illuminated."

I'HE EDINBURGH THEATRE closed for the sea-
son on Saturday last, with The Beggar's Opera and
Rosina. At the end of the play Mr. MURRAY
came forward, and, in conformity to custom,
returned thanks to the audience, . in behalf of
himself and the rest of the Theatrical Company.
His Address was neat and appropriate. The fol-
lowing passage we feel pleasure in extracting,
because it is a tribute due to the meritorious
character to whom it relates :
" I cannot conclude without reverting to an occurrence of
the most essenthil consequence to the interests of the drama;
I mean, Ladies aod Gentlrmen, the honours paid to 1 hat great
pride of our profession, Mr. Jotix K.Ests LE—honours, confer-
red not only on his retirement from public life in the Theatre
Royal, Covent-Garden, but on the hoards from whence I have
the pleasure of addressing you, and where the display of his
transcenbut powers have' been secured to the Edinburgh
audience for seven successive seasons. To the feelings of
that great actor such honours must have been gratifying in
the extreme, and to the hearts of the profession in general
they hare spoken with the,most stimulating effect; fur what
ttmly. whaa .awb, armed too great,
where success is so rewarded. It is true we have lost the
immediate presence of our illustrious master, but his exam-
ple remains s' like a great. sea-mark " to direct our labours in
your service. Ladies and Gentlemen, requesting your pardon
for this intrusion on your time, until the commencement of
the next winter season, both in my own name and that of the
company in general, I most respectfully take my leave."

The Edinburgh Evening Courant, from which we
have extracted this passage, and which has long
been distinguished for the judgment, acumen, and
liberality of its criticisms; speaks in high terms of
the able, spirited, and impartial management of
Mr. MURRAY, to which, from all that we have
heard, he is fully entitled.

Bermuda Gazettes have arrived to the 25th of
June. be infectious fever, which had made its
appearance at Antigua and Grenada, has entirely
subsided. The Governor of Bermuda, in a pro-
clamation' dated the sth of June, states, that the
fever in these islands having abated, he revokes
his proclamation of the lith of April, in which.
these islands being afflicted with a pestilential and
infectious fever, he prohibited all ii►tercourse be-
tween Bermuda and the aforesaid \Vest India
islands.

The following official communication is given
from the British Consul at Washington :

TO THE COLLEC. JR OF THE CUSTOMS AT BERMUDA.

SIR,—I -am happy to acquaint you, that upon the official
communication to the American Government of the Acts of
Parliamentbv which American vessels are admitted into the
ports of St. George and Hamilton, in the island of Bermuda,
directions were given to the different Collectors to exempt
British vessels arriving in the United States from those ports
from the alien► war tonnage duty of one dollar and a half, in
pursuauce of the Act of Congress passed on the !4th of 'last
January. _ _ _

AMERICAN MANUFACTURES —The Editor of the
New York Columbian a few days since copied from
this paper an advertisment, notifying that the ma-
chinery and implements of a woollen-factory in
Baltimore. trouliNie offered for sole by unction • he
may now farther inform the advocates and friends
of domestic manufactures, that the machinery and
implements were offered as advertised ; that for
some articles 1-10th part of the original cost was
bid ; for some 1-4th ; and not more than one-
half for any. Such is the estimation in which
domestic manufactures are held.—(Baltimore
Gazette.)

A reduction of five serjeants and five corporals
is, to take place on the next ‘24th, on the Staff of
the North Devon regiment of militia, whose head.
quarters is in Barnstaple, where a depot for the
lodging their arms and accoutrements is to be-
built immediately.
Monday se'snight the Bath Anti• Climbing Soci-
ety furnished tack master chimney-sweeper in that
city with a malline for'sweepin ehimnies for the
use of the public. The next day the Sooty Gen-
try went round :be town in a body, displaying their
new insignia, 4;rnaniented with, ribbands, and ac-
companied with music, to the gratification of nu-
metons spectators, who liberally rewarded the
Poor- boys. We should be glad to hear of such
exhibitions btcoi9ing general.

MIT. OF THE COUNTRY.
,
AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, &c.

The Manchester E:rch ge Herald, alluding to
the-improved .mite of the country, says—" For
the last three week, althOtigh we have observed
with the higheit giatificatiOn the progress
01 improvement throughout the cOrnmercial
world, we have forborne t() offer comments,
beeasusr we were riot aware that the ,re-action,
so !kb in promise, had as yet actually reach-
ed the poorer, part of the ,commtinity, or ame-
liorated thekr condition. Brit now; when the
•itnprovewent is beconie so obviooS in every
branch of British 'manufacture, that the Most pre-
judiced and sceptical cannot doubt the fact—tvlieo
the wages of workmen are raietl, and the Trice of
provisions, front the prospect of a Most abundant
harvest in country, and one of the most rue 7
!tunable fecundity, reaped and realised throughout
the major part of Europe, we may venture, with-
out the fear:of being thought premature, Ito offer
our heartfelt congratulations to our Readers,
Mir townsmen, and our country, on the happy
change which a few weekS has brought forth. Thu
murmurs Of discontent are dying away ; returning
comfort?, arc smoothing the wrinkled brow of Care,
and cheerfulness once more illumines the faces of
the working ilaises; whO, by an increase in the
value of labour; anti a very material reduction in.
the prices of the necessaries of life,
:can now sa-
tisfy their children's hunger, Without fear ofstarvr
Mg when the loaf they are cutting is consumed.''.
The weather in thiS part of the country has been.
variable during the last week, but we had one or
two very fine days. On Sunday, about 1 o'clock,
we were visited by a thunder storm; attended by a.
very heavy fall of rain. • The corn every where.
throughout the cownty, looks as fine as (lie most
Sanguine persons could wish or expect. The bar-
vest is begun, and some eery beautiful fields of
wheat are falling around us under the sickle of
the reaper. Oats have been cut sotile days
(Maidstone Gazette ) -
Wheat was cut and stootted on Friday in a field
at Rooth; between Beverley and Brandsburton,
which look's remarkably fine, and the crop preo
MiseS to be abundant.--(Httll Packet)

LAW 'INTELLIGENCE'.

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUG. 20.

014. ER- HOUSE.

WATERS V. TAYLOR.

Mr. ITARi yesterday had submitted to tha Court.,
that Waters, on paying the money agreeably to hit
Lordship's order of that morning, was entitled to
be put into possession.
LORD CHANCELLOR.—Let him hate possession,
without prejudice, and on condition that he quit
at the pleasure of the Court.
Sir S. Itosm..Ly represented the hardship of Xra-
ters being allowed to deduct the amount of the
mortgage whicl► Taylor had paid into totirt; and
paving only the surplus.
Loan CHANCELLOP..—.Mention it to the to-mor-
row morning. . _

LORD CHANCELLOR (this morning).—Now, Sir
Samuel, what statement have you to mike in the
case of Waters and Taylor
Sir S. ROMILLY.—Mr. Taylor paid into Court
the sum of 300/. due to Mr. Waters, as execu-
tor of Mr. Gould. This sum, by the accumula-
tion of interest, amounts to 59311. Mr. Waters
now deducts this sum as part of his mortgage upon
the estate. It is, therefore, obvious that he holds
a double security for this sum. Ile has the mo-
ney lodged for him in Court, and he retains it in
his own hands.

Mr. MILLs, solicitor for Mr. Waters, afldressed
the Court in explanation of the right of Mr. Wa-
ters to deduct the sum in question ; the ealoda-:
tion he had made was by deducting Mr. Waters's
mortgages from the general fund.
LORD CHANCELLOR.—What is the general fund/
Mr. MlLLs.—The whole amount of the pro-
perty of both parties in the Opera-house--that is,-
Mr. Waters's 7-161145, and Mr. Taylor's 9-16ths.
The LORD CHANCELLOR protesting that-- he
could not understand the statement,

Mr. DwritiF. took up the skein, and codes-
poured to elucidate the intricate calculations. Ile
referred to the master's report as conclusive.
LORD CHANCELLOR.—You both acquiesce in
the correctness of that repeit.
Mr. MILLS.----We do, my Lord.

LORD CHANCELLOR.--Then I'll take it home
and read it. This is the most unpleasant duet I
have had for a long time.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY again tdpented very slowly.
what li had formerly said,.and his Lordship Wrote
it dtiwn.

Loaf) the mean time, you
pay the money into Court.
Mr. MILLS.—Yes, my Lortl.-further hearing
postponed.

THVRGAR V. THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TRANS+

BORT BOARD.

Mr. AGAR moved, on the part of the Plaintiff,
that his Lordship would direct that the defend,
ants ,should pay into Court the sum of 60001.
which they admitted by their answer to be due to
the plaintiff and others, owners of the ship Mor..
ley, for freight. He,. contended, that the stint
being admitted to be due,• was ground for hii
Lordship to order the money to be paid into
Court.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Counsel for the de-
fendants, admitted that his clients had acknow-
ledged the stun to be due to the Plaintiff, but it
did not follow that the-defendants welt!, perso-
nally liable.- The Trawpnrt 'Beard was now
dissolved, and the business transferred to the
Navy Board, where all contracts and agreements
made by the former were recoverable from the
latter, but Comld not be done without a supple-
mental b:11 was filed to bring the Navy Board
before the Court ; but the Defendants on no ace
count could be made personally liable. -
Mr. AGAR replied.
The LORD Cu ANCELLoR refined the order, and
said, he could vot, see how the defendants were
It the plaint id' would go to the Navy
Office he world he paid 5 and requested that he
(his Lordship) might not be again troubled with
tootions of this nature.

PARLI ENTARI PAPERS.

." P.IPtR§ RELATING 16 the sALT DUTIES, &c.I
(tontinuctl from yosterdwis§UN.)

(No. 12.—Mt: Carter.)
I proceed to make the statement which is de-
sired dr-me, of thoie particular circumstances
whiCh have. come to my knOvrletige as Secretary
to the Association for the Relief of the -Mann-
fact Lit ing and Labouring Poor, relative to the
operation' of the Salt Duties, amd the disposition
of the lower orders to a Fish Diet.
As to the allowance of duty-free Salt to the

and its Sufficiency-, I ant mot aware
,:tnat for any department of. the Fisheries the
allowance has been particularly remarked as, in-
adequate, excepting that for dry-salting in bulk
,tart the North Sea and Iceland Fishery. It
/May however perhaps be doubted, whether this
acquiescence does not arise from the enervated
d depressed state of the Fiihcries, occasioning
a disinclination -to every enterprise beyond the
accustomed limit, and preventing those experi-
Thews und perfection in curing, Which-might in-
crease the trade and advance their prosperity. I
have understood that the Downs Society, which
is conducted with 'great ability and intelligence,
ere ;resolved • to .attempt -a competition with the
hitch in the Salt Cod trade its the foreign mar-
kets ; but to do this-with any chance of success,
they have found it necessary fast to request an
ulloivance of double the quantity of Salt which
is now given by Statute,
The North Sea and. Iceland Fishery had for
some time ceased, When the Association .in the
year 1812 offered to the ishermen, to secure them,
IS/. a ton for she fisli•%Osich they should thus
catch and cure. The Association renewed this
'offer twice

Tons. Tons.
•
To the first instance 100 of dry salted,andao of fresh Cod.
In the 2d. 'instance ditto - - 100 ditto.
In the third instance - 600 - ditto - - 300 'ditto. •

• • In all - 1,850 Tons of
ash were taken and brought to.market in consequence of this
ffer, and none of which would otherwise have item) caught.
The allowances of S,,alt, duty free, had with them proceeded
uninterruptedly finder the 25th Cits'i. Ili. cap: 65, Which did
not at all limit the quantity of Salt for dry-salted fish. When
the Associattoo, however, renewed their offer in 1814, the
fishermen were, tit their-great *surprise._ directed to make their
entries under the 41st Geo. 111., cap. 21st, which allows
221bs. only ; nor were they perMitted at the Excise Office Id
make their entries otherwise. The 381.1rGeo. 111., cap. 89,
calicoes 501 h, per cwt. for • all dry and unpacked Cud,. and.ap-
ars to have been intended to. relate to the curing of fish on
shose only. The 41st was passed to citable. the fishermen
slightly to salt fish in barrels flit- the consumption of Lon-
don, and so as to preserve it for about-fourteen days after
its arrival.
The cured fish on the Iceland station. is placed in/the hold
of the vessel, and is thus salted. IT'ene fish should. not suf-
6ciently take the salt, a stream of noxious fluid is produced,
-which will spoil the whole cargo. The Salt is continually
draining front the fish, and passes into the bilge water. Thus
a much larger quantity of Salt is indisOeniably required than
foe any cure on shore, Where the fish is plated in_ vats,'and
the brine partly made. front sea-water, may, by being
strengthened, he moreover repeatedly .used.
Frota all that I can learn, less than 70 lbs. weight of Salt
on 1 cwt. of fish were this's never used : I believe the fisher-
men have always used very touch more. • It is therefore
scarcely necessary to add that the offer of 22 lbs. per cwt.
amoutited, on the above occasion, to an absolute.proltibition.
The Assilciation applied to the Lords of the Treastiry, arid
en assurance was given, that if the fishermen should be pro-
leciasil for exceeding the_ allowance of Salt permitted by the
rxcise, the proceeding should be superseded. The fishermen
however, with one or two exceptistis, refused to avail them-
Selees of this kind• of security, and ahandotied the Fishery
altogether. lit the itsult the Committee had the mortification
to find, that after inducing these men to taake preparations
ous a state fully as large again as that of the preceding year,
When they Caught 900 tons of fish, and after leadih; them to
loco' expences of 401. or 501. in erecting stages, their at-
tempt was completely foiled through these obstructions from
the Salt Laws.
I understood that one poor fellow,. presuming that he bad
been rightly informed, entered under the 41st Geo. 111. being
the Sprinking Act, allowing the 22 lbs. only, and then pro-
ceeded to the North Sea. On his return, at Gravesend, his
surplus Salt was thrown overboard by the Excise Officers on
that station, under the old regulations of 12 Anne, cap. 2,
and he was afterwards called upoti to account, under subse-
quent rtgulaticos, 'for the Salt of which he had: been thus
Ignorantly deprived.
• To prevent a recurrence of these inconeeniencies, the As-
sociation recommended that the old Acts should he repealed,
Anti the regulations of the Sprinkling Act extended to this
Fishery, with a specific allowance Of 70Ibs. of Salt per cwt. of
fish. The suggestion was partly adopted, with the•alteration
of 501bs. of Salt: ouly, which the 38 G' o. 111. had already,
given, in general terms, fur unpacked and dry fish : the con-
sequence, I thtderstand, has been, that nut a vessel has since
guise out to dry-salt fish, nor has any thui been cored, ex-
cept by, the dexterous expedient which I shall hereafter nos
tics!. I locution it as a circumstance in illustration of the ge-
rie'ral principle I have further to advert to,—that this clause
in the renewal of the Sprinkling Act, thus unexpectedly al-
tered, was made to enact, That. the olloteance by Ow said Act
•prr.s-cribed shox4l be altered, so far as relates to Con', &c. cured
under the authority of the said Act, by dry-salting in bulk.
Any other subject might as properly have been referred to
that authority.
. I was told by a respectable person at Gravesend; who
is the owner of loot fishing smacks, that when this Associa-
tion firstotade their offer, he sent a.vessel to the North seas.
Jt had the misfortune to, ship a-sea; the water ran through
the hatchway and spoiled about 10 bushels of his salt. On
its arrival: Ire•ruentioned it to the exciseman; and then anxi-
ous to do every thing to satisfy hint, went to a shop at iiravess
end And purchased Salt.,' duty paid, .to the amonnt of the de-
tcl-ency, and offered to the (Airier to throw it into the water.
The exciseman said it•woold not satisfy him. His captain
arts shortly afterwards served with process. ,He sent the
t iptain to London.
Tia, captain offered to give any proof of the fact of then Salt
having been.thus spoiled which might be required by the Ex-
Oise, but could get no Satisfaction. He paid seven guineas,
-which he understood were for the costs, and the matter pass-
: eti over. He wilts thus of course discouraged from !liaising
any.other similar attempt.. -I will mention another circum-
stance, a hich this person told me, tending to show that no-
filing is too ;; i!! toe to escape this baneful vkitation. He
sold others were attempting the fishery off the Dutch coast
for turbots, in order to supersede the purchasing of them
from the Dutch. The Dutch haVe, however, an accessible
it'd abundant supply of bait. There is enough of it to be
found near the Isle of Sheppey, but to keep it street it was
• necessary
.to salt it, which he .and the others were obliged
to do with Salt duty paid; they made no application fur an
allowance of Salt duty free, being well persuaded they should
he refused ; and owing to this, by no means trifling article
of expense, and other inconveniences not experienced by tire
Dutch, they were in the end 801. minus on the average of
each vessel.
*. • Ilwas informed by a:fisitermart, a person of good character,
whit had a vessel of his own, that the same difficulties .oc-
eared to him so far-hack as 1798, which the Association be-
- gortyo encounter in 'lBl4. When the Sprinkling Act passed,
vpwilling to give up dry-salting, and having tried to do it
:slith 50 lbs. of Salt, and spoiled all his fish, he and others
n:sorted to an expedient, which, though nut. so employed in
this case, will serve to show flue pm feet ease with which Salt
roily* be smuggled by the fishermen, after all the vigilance
and rigours which the Excise can .employ.. I' hey cured a
part ot'the fish at the rate of 22 lbs. of Salt on a cwt. of fish,
for the: London market; agreeably to the Sprinkling Act,
t pey expended what Salt they thought convenient on each.
cwt. of fish. As to OW other part of their cargo, b efore their
rival atifravesend t hey took all the slightly salted fish out of
t .e.ias-rels, sprinkled them* with Salt, passed ,off the whole
, ;it, y.satts.d cod. andnliterned an allowance of .501bs:* of Salt
' ~rrcash ey.4.. ut fish, as welt for She sprinkled as for the dry-
]. oi,al fish

. zen comp:allied to me of another very serious

tonveni;ltce they had to encounter from a reee:a
of the4lxeua: oa,aerN au..Graveeitd.. They required tht rusher-
men, though they 'shbuld arrive at ally boar of the night, or
on a,Sunday, or with any cargo however large, and although
the fresh fish might he sickly, and minter it requisite for them
to drop down into salter water, at all events, at all hazards,
and notwithstanding the expellee, to discharge 'all their car-
goes of salt fish in twenty-four hours alter their arrival, and
no longer to have the eight days which had been assigned for

this purpose.
The particular advantage of the Sprinkling Act, I believe,
consists in its allowing the fishermen to di,charge their car-
goes and reeved inotediately on another trip, without in-
curring the delays incident to accounting- to the Eielse on
every art ival. It' is a'Sirlmg illustration of the salutary effect
of relaxing the Excise regulations, ,that the bulk of all the
salt fish consumed by the Metropolis is now caught and cured
under the provisions of this Act, allowing that facility ; and
I believe the fishermen were before in the practice of throwing
overboard the chief part of the fish of
.which this supply of
excellent food now consists., • .
If the fishermen remain faithful to each other, it appears
to me that they may smuggle Salt to an enormous amount
with the most perfect facility, and with little hazard of de-'
tection froth any vigilance and, sagacity which the Excise
would be able to exercise, by simply sprinkling their slightly
cured fish with Salt, and presenting 'it to the Ex-eistautin as
dry-salted cod, as did thelisherman before referred to.
As.to the inquiry whether sailors and poorfishermea.can
take the benefit of the preSent allowanceS, it may be observed,
that by the 35th Geo. HI. cap. SD., before any person cats take
any Salt into his possession fur curing fish, he must give secu-
rity, to be approved of by the Coannissioners or the local Ex-
cise Authorities.. in -trelJle the value of the duty on ail his
Salt. Ide way, if he pleases, accommodate any person, with a
supply of his Salt, and either the presence of an Officer, or
notice to hiM,is necessary in every step which is thus' taken.
I am not aware of any illustration 1 can further give that point,
nor is it. perhaps very necessary. •
The circumstances of the loss which has beta referred to,
incurred by the Assbeiation,.by Salting mackarel, are these :
The Association have been in the practise of offering to se,.
cure the fishermen 10s. per 120 for all the mackazel they could '
not °filet wise sell at that
,price, an offer which has had the ef-
fect of greatly increasing the supply 'of that fish. On the last
occasion of this encouragement being given, they were, short-
ly before the fishery t) au, recoannended to salt tbe imsckarel
they might have occasion to purchase ; a large quantity..sad-'
tinily arrived, and Salt, duty paid, was expended on them :
this was dune on a perfect cotiviction that the duty wonld be
returned, on, the circumstances being proved.: there was of
course 110 indis.posil ion nil the part of Government to this ;
but on a reference to the Excise, the Association found that
t hey could get no 'other satisfaction than was to be derived
froat.a dry recommendation not to return the duty.
In making the above statement I hope .I shall not be con-
sidered as presenting any thing in the character of a cunt-
' plaint against any class of authority ; I am making my state-
meat without reserve, with the details which . have been re-
(wired of me, and with 'the freedom which the nature of it
seems to resider necessary.
The evil adverted' is a yoke which civilized Europe seems.
with one consent to have -framed fir its own neck, without
doubting its comeliness.aad ; so far front- supposing
that the regnlallous for sccttring the duties are too rigurotts
and too severe, or 11::.t too much sti ictness is exercised to ac-
complish the end intended, m. humble opinitm is, that nap.--
nalty can be too heavy, no discipline too rigid, to secure
thie
due observance of the Salt 1.-tws, to overcome the unequalled
tempta- ion itt their infraction, anti that the present adminis-
tration of them is perfect .mildaess compared with any thiug
which would completely attain that object. • =
Front all the observation I ha've had an opportunitynf
malting, smuggling is a matter of comparative ease, even witl+
all the care and energy that is now exercised, to. he ordinfity
difficulties which the fishermen have to encounter in puas-uu

tug their legitimate occupations; and that, to a serious ex-
tent, the evasion of these duties operates as a bounty 'to the
dishonourable, and consequently, in this way, as a further
discouragement to thsehonest, who are-thus placed in circum-
stances of unequal competition.
Wish all the kindness and attention which I well know that
Ciovernment.. is ever anxious to show to the welfare of the
poor fishermen, 1 verily- believe, the
„Fishery can never be
carried on at ail under the regulations; which are indispens-
able, and the severity which must. be exercised to give any
complete effect tie Salt Laws. lf,such an institution, so sup-
ported and possessing such faciliticiSas the Association,.deal-
ing, too, with the very sources of authority and information,
has been thus interrupted atul inconvenienced, what must
poor uninformed fishermen suffer, regulated by officers as ig-
norant as. themselves, and who can scarcely have any know-
ledge of the intricate regulation; which it is their duty to
enforce ? .„ - • . •
As to whether the.poor would be induced to use fish, if it
were plentiful and good, I would state,
As to ?Mir of the Metropolis 1 •
In 1812 the Spital-fields Society obtained fists fromstir As-
sociation, and sold it to the poor Of that quarter, and so eager
were they to obtain it as to resort to the shop till twelve
o'clock at night, to purchase at the low terms at whit% it was
offet'ed them. I understand that immense qmmtities of fish'
have recently been afforded to the peor of that district, and
that it has been found a most acceptable relief in the leresent
emergency. The same remark Wall 'apply to the Poult• iii tar
populous vicinity of, Tothill-fields, who were highly gratified
with a quantity of herrings which the sissociatiotsatforded
them thrmigh the Parochial Committee ; and so on grit were
they for a further supply of fish, that under' the special cis-
eumstances a second grant Was made of herrings for these
poinspeonle, though inhabitants of the Metropolis. They are
in the habit of cat hug fists; but when the poor of London ob-
tain it, it is generally half• rotten, and conseqn,•ntly is most
unwholesonle and disgusting food. The eireninstaoces of the
pour of London have lately
.come less within my observation
than those of the poor in the country ; but far as it has ex-
tended I must certainly state, that the poor of the Metropolis
receive fish, if it be in a -..Knurl ,and w/oleAonie stair,' with
willingness and even with avidity; and I believe that the local
Ctimmittees in the-larger districts,. have teund it expedient to
afford a seat of their relief iii fists during the esent exi-
gency. This has chiefly been in salted fish. The poor do, I
believe, generally prefer fish in a salted state.
As to the disposition of the poor in the country to a fish
diet, I would present the following Extracts- of Communica-
tions from that able and excellent-philanthropist, Dr. Booker,
of Dudley, Chairman of the Dudley Association,,comprising
population of near 100,000 persons.
" Fish slightly salted would prove Most'acCePtable indeed !
A liberal kraut of this kind front your excellent Association
in the year 1812, was found to conduce much to the comfort
of the poor."
After distributing the fists, he writes : ", The excellent Salt
Fish„with which you favoured us, supplies an additional-dole
that is received with the liveliest gratitude :" again, " our
portion (of fish) we are now distributing, and the gift is uni-
formly received with great thankfulness."
From a Clergyamo at Modell. in Salop We have found
it necessary to establish a cheap provision shop, at. which we
have been accustomed (amin; other things) to,sell Herrings,
and so great . has been the demand_ for-. 600- that we have
never Sold • less than five barrels of them• iisany-one day of
sale." The population of Madely is Irons 5 to 6,000.
From . a Clergyman at Stoerbridge, in -Worcestershire:—
" The Herrings in particular have proved it bonus to the
Odor,! of tire most essential benefit.. We sold them at-a-very
low and reasonable rate, on account of the extrauteindigeoce
of the purchasers, and they have produced 401., which, after
the expence of carriage is paid, will be laid put iii employing
the poor in repairing the roads." Teiity-fit'e 'barrels . of
herrings were • sent to Stourbridge. The population 'of the
parish is 9,100, and 4,830 were then supported by it.
Without multiplying instances, I may state, that I know
of ho ease in which fists has not, in the present emergency,
been an acceptable relief to the distressed. •
If Fists be acceptable to the poor, and even as a matter of
purchase, and at a place where no language can too strongly
describe their indigence and wretchedness—if it be acceptable
to the poor in the interior of the kingdom,'and •when the in-
ferior meat is so cheap, and to the' poor of London where it is
so accessible, and where inferior joints are so low in price,
arid so abundant,—it can, I think scarcely be doubted that
the poor would use fish if it wet e good and plentiful.
' As to what the increase of fishermen would be, its any given
time, in consequence of an a 11aneipatio.,t1 front the Salt
Duties, I feel quite tot a loss even to Conjecture, when I con-
. sitter :he superior .'energy, ability, and enterprise of British
seamen—the unequalled advantagesof our insular situation—
our timers beset with countless myriads of those which arc
presented to %rich men as the reward,of their tells—the ad-
vantages Which have been so much monopdizedby the Dutch,
with means so inferior to mu own.—When, again, I advert to
the undoubted necessity of a free us,e of Salt, without duty,
foe rendering fish an article of trade, and the heavy respon-
sibility of security in treble the duty, and a ditty thirty'
to forty times its intrinsic value—the toecesSalY "14116e5-of
obtaining it—the strength of the temotations,to fraud—the
consequent number, intricacy, and rigout.of the restrictions
and regulatioes—the absointe and inevitable incompetency of
the general body of those who have to expoutaand eisforce
them—abe,equal ignerance of the poor fishermen vet) are to
observe thee, ; and when, in particular, I advert to all the
trouble trod all the 10Wwhiclethe Assacisitiob liaTa entieio-
terci, with all the advantages it had withiu its, power, and

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releet' how V this, and much more than this, must operate
on those who are uninstructed, an.l poor and.friendless ;
Rod when, after all, I hod such -an accumulation of evils, the
Fisheries of our country are carried on at all,-,-what the ul-
tithate consequences may be of removing all of. them, by an
abolition of the Salt Duties, I cannot. estimate.
The present situation of the fisheries, and, as far as I have
had the nteans•of observing, of all connected with them, is
bad indeed. At Bridport, where-the manufacture of nets,
sailcloth, &c. is carried on, the town appeared recently
to be on the ere of a general bankruptcy. The popula-
tion is 4,000. In December, 1,200 of them, able to work, were
without any employment, and those who had it obtained but 1 s.
per day; 1,770 were on the parish, and the poor rates les,
in the pound at-rack rent. In February they state, the poor
rate had been doubled since the former period."
At Harwich the poor rates were lately ils. in the pound,;
at Yarmouth, 15s. -td.; at Walmar, 145.; at Deal, 15s. At
Northwich, where the great Salt Works -are, the poor rates
were recently, when I last heard from thence, 20s. in the
pound, and all of i he above at rack rent..
The Fisheries, therefore, most urgently at this time require,
as welt as merit, some substantial relief.

As to, lastly,
Ilow far the proposed emancipation would increase employ-
ment, I must refer to my answer to preceding inquiry,
and add to it, that I have no doulat each vessel, for every one
to whom it gives employment at sea, produces, in the various
items of expenditure, and in the sale of the article, employ-
ment to six on land;
[To be continued.]

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