The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-23 00:00:00

[PRIG 17, SEVFNVENCr.

very good care, wiiiie Off•y deplored, it it l-t.t he ill ,it
scieutific,Lorientatiou ttos..oo.e; w,tth a!, only •
becopattig- patriots ;autt;orators,of their oe. to.amp„.
the 'effects:,---tolieep•out of the- vje.s of the impa-
tient an& discoottrnted populace their real, 'and
indubitable capses,—Every transition front-veal to -
peace has been followed by niore:or less pot?itc..,.::
.emharrassineutut,tas vast?ebangeS have talien
place sine,- the American war in the•coodittoit of
the country, all of which have tidied to her attil-
vity, weal h, and :Ower-, by their reSpectiye_ and
their collective influences ; so, every socb,srsansi-
whileshose , progressive,
must, in flie,natt.ire of thingS, occesinti, a7greater
derimgement-'—though a ninre.rapitr and effective.
amelioration they 1111111lately-tOI4OW, .
The ill effects of a fiansitioti from,war to peace,
were all enhanced.4iy the• dvfi irticy in the stock
of public food. Wnti a:.ifepriv uion of ethploy.
tueni there waS a dinrinution of the essential re-
visities for trbliisterice—and
this cause operated,
(7""jOintlY with aootb.cr, calculated to unfit those
who, mustsufferuhe Most, for endiojng their suf-
Y.
ferings With the best spirit.. Many efficient causes
of the increased wealth, and power, and enter-
prise of the country, produced (inch is the.con-
stitution of mankind, unfortunately) consequen-
ces of a different degree.- It• the discoveries its
mechanics increased the products of labour, they
also increased the gains di those who laboured—
anal with this n love of gain spread itself widely,
and betame.diffusedamong those whO are dootn:-
ed to toil for'their support. As, the sources' of
prosperity enlarge themselves, the seeds of vice
will keep pace with their enlargement ; and pd.
verty-will wear a more desperate aspect, when it
is stimul,sted by surromuling affluence, and tempted.
by increased seductions. As education' scatters
its temptations, impudence and presumption wilt
tick up its windfalls; and hence springs half
knowledge, compared with which igMliTillee is
bliss"-that disgnsting -which disaffection
!owes, its birth, rind a Seditious- Press almost all its
-mischief. So that in the very bosom of olUJlence
.and civilization those vices tiestli it hick appebr
destined to restrain the grnwtth of social pi Ospe-
hy infloming casual misfortunes—h,f a•gg•rix,
vaiing accidental dktressis, and per certing• tran-
sient embarrassrnentiby being alw,iys•ready to
give energy Hod power to. every contingent
tatioll of evil, and the worst of alPthreetiens..ln
!LOS disposition ot things, it :we -vs:amine Closely,
we shall find stalicieht reason tor thOse agitations
with s which society has been incomiitdded,..aod
upon which so many Sinister been
haz-arded. Whnever ss ll patiently.. andliberatly
examine the 'question, will be satisfied, that it- is
not always just' to charge a Government with Abe
inquietude of the distressed clAsses of the people
that occasional want of ethployment is not na-
tional beggary, nor contributions to the State the
evidence of general insolveneY; that imdtte com-
plaints arc tuft proofs of public spit it, nor undue
reprobation of superior integrity, tHleots, or W:s.
thou; and that clamour, and violence, and folly,
the lust of change, and the fury of levolution, may
be all hi motion, though the .country were the
most prosperoUs upon earth—the people the most
renowned, and tbe Goveininent the most moral,
wise, and. free in the world.
Since all,this monrntul railing has been rolled
off the tongues of discontented or ambitious no-
litidans, a few grand cardinal truths have disclosed
themselves, very little in unison with such strains
of despondency and despair. In te memory
.ot
man, public credit never was at so high a standard
as the present-and the true value of money being
taken into consideration, it is prodigious. Never
before were so many State suitors to the opulence
of the United Kingdom for pecuniary aids. All
those countries, with which our sorry Patriots
have so dlsadvantageously compared our Own, are
unable, without our assistance, to extricate them-
selves from their embarrassmeut, or to raise them-
selves up hum their depression. FOrtign mer-
chants can only regulate their concerns by the
courses of British trade---foreign Sovereigns can
only meditate. plans of amelioration in favour of
their subjects, by means of 'British loans. Fo-
reign marlics are 'compelled to throw themselves
open to Briti•li ludostry and coterprize ; while
domestic prosperity is unveiling itself, and
ing satisfactory ittOications re-appeering in:fresh
spowtour and brilliancy.. Let its have those facts
to contort us.„ aPd the croitking, phi-_
losophers permission to comfiert themselves with
fictions J4,despair, and fables of destruction. P.
[ro be coptintled.]

CIIIIIST'S HosriTAL.—Yesferdity being Si, Mat-.
thetv's MI, 'the Anniversary ut the Chttrter of
ibis ancient and bonoaranie Lst it ni the.
Lotto. it.IAYOR,• Aidernten, Sheriffs, and t.tovcruors
of the several Royal- Hospi.ds, attended divine
service at Christ Clint ch, Newgate-street. The
Church %vas filled with
.a Most respect able cidi-
grega.lon, who, tt ter divine service, repaired
the (-item 11311, in the tiospittd, ,vhich was fitted
ap for the occasion ‘vith a rust' ant in the centre,
tor the youthul orators, and bcticlies for the ac-
commodation of the company. At the head of
the Flail sat the Loan iNlAvott, Aldermen, and.
Governors of the beveva; Royal Hospitals, %vim re-
ceived much pleasure from the orations de;iveretl
by the two senior schohirs of that
The English oration was spoken by Master Wm,
l'utn.:"...orE, the senior sch,dar of the English,
Grammar School ; the subject of which %V is the
benefit arising to socioty trout the several
lustvtlltions. The La in oration was on the S.tinc
subject, and uaLi (kik vrtti by Alaster GEottGE
JutiN 8a00g.•,, the scnior of the batiti
(-3ra.ninar hoot Atter {he orations, the Loall
111 Pi-R, and several of the company. rewarded (lie
• it% it youtht.l otators with pecuniary presents, and
departed litetly 6tatitied.

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