The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-22 00:00:00

THE WORDS OF WISDOM.

P_ VER-TRADING—EA-POPULATION—AND.
OVERpY-.n.ODUCTION.
Our wise men and sagei—our public orators and
writers—our Dr.'s our LL.D.'s our M.A.'s—our
A.M.'s and A.S.S.'s, and our numerous host of learned
men, with many words and little knowledge, have been
for years labouring most profoundly to make us under-
stand the wisdom and sublimity of the above motto.
Another very knowing and active set of gentlemen are
trying to enlighten our understandings by preaching and
talking to us about free trade—in everything but money
—but that it is necessary to retain the money, to afford
the wealthy capitalists an opportunity of exhibiting their
great goodness in allowing us, when it suits their pur-
pose, the honour of making trousers for sevenpence per
pair, and shirts for one penny farthing each, &c.
Also to show us, in the fulness of their wisdom, how
they can increase the markets by destroying the demand
and starving the consumers.
And the people, inspired by the aforesaid, cried
Amen, so let it be.

Some few silly people said, the Money Currency had
much to do in retarding or promoting the well-being of
the people.
But the people, at the bidding of the Wise Men and
Philosophers, turned a deaf ear, and laughed at the
want of knowledge on the part of these simple people of
sublime sayings and doings, of the learned Philosophers
Political Economists.

And 10, and behold, it came to pass in the year 1844,
that the few silly people. notwithstanding they were
laughed at, continued to say the wise men and philoso-
phers, commonly called political economists or wisdom
personified ; and who also boasted of much learning
one filling a professors chair in Gower-street (M'Cul-
loch), another scattering wisdom from Oxford (Senior),
others from the haunts of law and commerce (Tooke,
Torrens, Lloyd, and others).
Yet the few silly and perverse people continued to
say, notwithstanding you have much learning, you have
very little knowledge of men and things ; and these
silly people denied the truth of an assertion put forth by
their great philosopher whom they called Malthus, who
said the people had no right to live when they became
too numerous, and must be starved out of existence in
obedience to the new philosophy.
In vain did the people say, let us produce, consume,
and exchange with each other, and we will provide
enough and to spare. We contend your philosophy
promotes immorality and crime, and creates envy, ill-
will, and strife among men ; but one learned philosopher
said (Senior, see Note 1) they had nothing to do with
morality, their business was with accumulation.
Another wise man made known his wisdom and know-
ledge, by saying he had never thought about it (Jones
Loyd, see Note 2) ; yet, notwithstanding, the philoso-
phers continued to say the people had no business to live
unless they understood the wise doctrine promulgated
by them of supply and demand, and the more they pro-
duce the less they ought to consume, &c.
Supply depends on demand, they said, and demand is
governed by money ; and to increase the demand we will
lessen the money.
Two more daring than the rest (Loyd and Peel by
name) said we will show our wisdom practically, con-
sequently Loyd wrote a book, and Peel framed a law from
that book and they said thus :
We will set up a golden calf, and the wondering,
cheated multitude will worship the invention.
We will give bits of gold iu small quantities at a fixed
price, and only with these will we allow them to make
their exchanges. It shall not be more than 20s. per
head for the population, and small as is the amount com-
pared with the peoples wants, we can manage to mono-
polize it in the hands of a few, and thus will the people
soon know and feel the true doctrine of our friend and
predecessor. Malthus. There will be too many to live
under these crippled arrangements—consequently some
will starve.
Others will fight and tear, .and kill each other, with
cares and anxieties in these money scrambles. Some
will become cheats and swindlers, others will steal, and
thus we shall promote emigration.
And the people, through their representative, shouted
and cried " hurrah ! for the wisdom, philosophy, and
learning, of Lloyd, Peel, and Company." W. K.
Note I.—The preface to Mr. Senior's Books on Poli-
tical Economy.
Note 2.—Mr. Jones Loyd, in his examination before
the Committee on Bank Issues, is asked among other
questions, as follows :-
2. " Have you ever considered what would be the
effect upon the minds of the trading and working-
part of the community if the value of stock and wages
fluctuated, and were subject to sudden depressions by the
action of the currency.
" Answer.—l must admit I have never reflected on such
topics ; because I feel assured if I was to make the
attempt I should only lead my own intellect into
great confusion, &e."

PILGRIMAGE TO THE TOMB of JOHN RAY—A
pilgrimage was made on Wednesday last to the tomb of
John Ray, the naturalist, at Black Notley, Essex, by
the President (the Lord Bishop of Norwich), and several
fellows of the Linnean Society. The party left town by
the first railway for Witham, where they were joined by
J. H. Pattison, Esq., who being the proprietor of the
house in which Ray spent his last days, invited these
gentlemen to take luncheon beneath its roof. Proceed-
ing to Black Notley, about six miles distant from
Witham, the party reached the village church about
twelve o'clock. On the south side of the church rest
the mortal remains of one of the greatest of British

Naturalists. The tomb is of a pyramidal form,
and is inscribed with an elegant latin epitaph
from the:pen of the Rev. W. Coyte.c It is iri good pre-
servation, but the inscription is rather' illegible, and it is
said that the Linnean Society intends to restore that
portion of it. The Bishop of Norwich appeared to take
especial interest in the scene, but was obliged to leave
early. About one o'clock the party assembled at Dew-
lands, the house from which Ray's pure spirit took its
flight in 1705 ; it is now a farm.house, and here they
sat down to a cold collation provided by Mr. Pattison, at
which that worthy gentleman and his lady presided.
The memory of John Ray was drunk in reverential
silence. The party before separating recorded their
signatures in a work belonging to Mr. Pattison.—" Der-
ham's Life and Remains of Ray ;" which will doubtless
be treasured by that gentleman as an interesting memento
of the visit.--Norfolk Chronicle.
The tax on wool being new wholly repealed,
foreigners can send their wool to the British market
duty free. The consequence will be that, as our manu-
facturers can get wool cheaper, they 'will make cheaper
cloths. ',These will be sent to foreign markets, and
being cheaper, will be sold at a less price than foreigners
can make them. An impetus will thus be given to
trade, more hands will be employed, and being em-
ployed, they will be able to consume more agricultural
produce. The demand for agricultural produce will en-
hance the price,
even the British and thus moving in a circle, all classes,
wool growers, whose wool cannot be
used except mixed with foreign wool, will be benefited.
We wish that the same principle was applied to every-
thing as well
that it is indisputably certain the more we draw from
foreigners, the less we shall grow of our own. This is
as wool. It is stated by a Contemporary,
false ; for in proportion as foreign wool has been im-
ported, the growth, manufacture, and consumption of
our own have incensed also.—Brighton Herald.
THE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.-011 Thursday,
the 11th instant, a special meeting of this society was
convened by the Rev. Edward Blencowe, one of the
Rural Deans for Lynn Marshland, to meet at his rectory
at West Walton, for the purpose of examining the
churches of West Walton and Walsoken. The members
of the society, together with other guests of Mr. Blen-
cowe, arrived at the parsonage about twelve o'clock, and
proceeded to the church, which is said to be the finest
specimen of early English architecture in this part
of the country. The majestic and beautiful tower,
which stands apart from the church, has suffered
little from either time or ill-usage ; but the church
itself has bee' so cruelly mutilated, that of all the
beautiful windows which once adorned the building,
one alone remains to tell the tale. The roefs, both of the
nave and the two aisles, have been shorn of their fair pro-
portions; and windows of every and of no shape, have
been from time to time inserted, without the slightest
regard to the character of the building; all this is in-
deed deplorable; and not the less so, that it has been
the fate of half the fine churches in the country. But,
on the other hand, much still remains of unrivalled
beauty, particularly in the interior of the church.
The clustered columns of the original building still
extend the entire length of the church from west
to east. Under the auspices of the Rector, centuries
of whitewash and filth have been cleared away, and
many of the pillars now display their original marble ;
and such has been the effect merely of careful cleaning,
that the light, flowery, and diversified capitals of the
columns appear as if fresh from the chisel. One of these
fine pillars has been entirely rescued by Mr. Blencowe,
from a bed of plaster in which it had been walled up
and once again its finished and beau-
is displayed as a model to the artists
modern times.-IVorfolk Chronicle.
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—On Sunday evening last, and the
previous, two illiterate fanatics, who re-
fusedir names, harangued a crowd in the
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market-place, Huddersfield, on what they were pleased
to term, "The sacred advent of our Lord ?" They
spoke of the visions, horns, and beasts of Daniel, and
thebee Revelations,Scripture,fulfiexcept the last, the Day of Judgment, had
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prophecy of
1780, the moon turned into blood the same day !—the
stars had fallen from Heaven in 1839 !—and that now,
there were false prophets,—the earth was filled with
wickedness, and they were marrying and being given in
marriage, &c. ! I and that, therefore, the end of the
world was at hand, "even," said they, "at the very
door." They also said, they were sent by God to warn
the people of the " immediate destruction of the world
by fire," and condemned the clergy as false teachers,
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churches and chapels I! I And strange to tell, many
seemed to believe their story, and at the conclusion,
eagerly bought their books at ls., 6d., and 3d. each
from which the parties reaped a good harvest I—Sunday
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Times.
THE CROPS IN InELAND.—We have been informed
by a person who recently travelled from Dublin, and passed,
on his way to this city, through parts of the counties of
Meath, Louth, Cavan, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, that every-
where the wheat promises to be an excellent crop. Barley
also
ats,
lal;ll3),titthtahteogn guanotoidtygr sown is very limited. Earlyound, appears well headed,
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and will be more than an average crop. Late sown oats,
however, appear short, but thick in the ground. The early
sown flax, in general, looks well, but that of late growth is
likely to prove a failure. The hay crop is both thin and
lopaokrtsie wuei
short, and will, in all probability, not be half so abundant as
that of last season. In the potato crop, in some places, par-
tial misses appear; but on the whole it appears promising,
especially those planted at an early period of the season. The
pasture grounds have lately improved considerably, yet it
must be admitted that it as been a very bad season for
Eras.—,Derry Sentinel.