The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-14 00:00:00

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SOLEN QUIS DICERS

LONDON,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 189.1.

We have received the French-Papers Of TO'
he
day, 'Madrid Journals to the 29th alt. (seel
tI
Fourth Page), and aFlanders Mail, from NOit
we give Extracts in OUT preceding Cotuning.
r
A very importnt article will' be found un''
the head of Antwerp. 'lt states, that at the
Nit
parture of the last Courier 'which arrived in ti,'
town: from llamburgh, a report was in circtilr
tion at the latter place, that a 'very 'WOO"'
'4T
COMMUNICATION had been made BY A GO.
NORTHERN POWER TO THE COURTS OF ..C(l..
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PENHAGEN AND STOCkHOLM, in order,
. _
is said, TO FORM A MARITIME CONFOSr
,
ATION OF THE THREE PowEits.—The arty'
cle adds, that the greatest activity pre
,in the dock-yards of Holland, and that tile
c°
Government was exerting' 'every effort' -to 1)1.3
it
its Navy in a respectable. condition; Whence
• oe
may be inferred that this activity is not une,
nected with the negociationS in the North. ,
'SIr
Another Proclamation -has been issuectlTY.
-- - 7
THOMAS MAITLAND, the Lord 'High Corno) e
sioner of the lonian Islands adverting to"og
late disturbances in those Islands and renew.
ce
his ordinances and regulations for the observa,
of the strictest neutrality between the 11
and Greeks and theirm-utual allies. It p.r9bi
to
bits the entry.of any ship of_ war belengog.
either of the belligerent parties into the lonia
ports :a measure which had it been resorte.,
rt
when the.neutrality was first proclaimed,.
#
have.prevented the recent insurrectional mw
ments in those Islands.

THE PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENTS.
sn"-t
have, in our Paper of to-morrow, an import°,
notice by Mr. JOSEPH PINSENT, a Political't
nomist, who, though he has not yet, Per" Pr
risen 'into celebrity, because his views are oie
posed to'some of the prevailing and fashion°
entitled to
but erroneous, theories, is certainly rip
the attention of- the country, and particAlfllo-
under existing. circumstances, of the Landc-
terest. Mr. PINSENT -Proposes, to '11614' a' VI)

Meeting, .ori .;the krkliitural),:Manufacturin g %
Slliffljog, Colonist ~ `stud-Inte rests, to
Which Nreetinkit is.lris ilteution to. submit cer
twin -
resolutions,
:founded- on true Priniiples of:
Economy, and :
111.40.).0.,-aftplied to, --to akjok,.,i,Coniinittee fort
ttis*sySten of CpinmerCe;
and Finance, We shallralkithave a letter from
PINSENT,
_III to-morrow's SUN, illustrative
and explanatory of 'lris prrircilill"es and views.,-.
ie recOMMend'the'siriciii,i7consilleration. of them
to ;the •Cliairtnnu'-nd 'Gentlemen of the
assemblage to-morrow of the Smithfield Club,
and: to the country at large, . .
...;
-We have little' hesitation in saYing,thatif .Mr;
PITT had been alive, -he-would have adopted at
once the Sy-stein' reCeniMetidedby liar. i't'vsExT;
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. .
and, whatever difference of opinion there may be
as to the -wisdom of Mr. Pt-yes-political measures,
there are. few who, .-refusa to bun the: merit of
well'understoOd the 'means of ;4nulating
. . „
and Protecting the internal industry; and conse-
quently..of-increasing the wealth and the power
'tf the Empire.—Mr". PINSENT'i-•propositious
founded on the facts, that the profitable employ-
.merit of our own 'people iS- the .only sotircc of
prosperity ;--and thitt agriculture is the,
'foot of national wealth—a flourishing agriculture.
Stimulatingand propelling, all the-other branches'
of industry, while a declining agriculture .uld-.
..matelyinvolves all the interests of the Empire
Zn deCay. • This is strictlY.correct ; for,:though
it may at first view appear,: that agriculture
rnig,,ht: flourish, even after,the decline-of inter-
.-Tialmianufactures,: from the -admission.of
.foreign
manufactures for home consumption at a lower
price than they could be:fabricated:for. at home,
yet, as the consequent poyerty of the manufac:
turing population must necessarily contract the
Lorne market forigricUltUral produce, the agrf-
cultural interest itself would speedily fall a vice
tim to the seeming cheapness of its -supply of
'manufactures.-- On the other hand, though the
. . „. . • •
2-manufacturers might apparently flourish_after-the
decline of agriCulture,',..aiidrdarinki the low price
Qr. agricultural prodnee;_yet'the'conseqUent po-
verty of the agricultural population
.ruins the,
Lome, market formanufaCtuies,' :and'. through
the seeming- cheafincsg- of his lood-- involves
the manufacturer -himself . ruin. The low.,
. price of the.. agricultural -.produce, too, can
..•
only continue during the_ prkess. of decay to all
the national interests. If it were possible for
manufactures to continue flourishing after!the
decline of agriculture, the
_price of agricultural
produce would in time
,becOme high, conse-'
quence of the diminished supply, and the- country
would have to pass through the ordeal of partial
scarcity, requisite to render. the extensive cul-.
tivation of the soil again profitable to the
capital embarked in it. On the other hand,
~ it is impossible for agrieulture in this country
to flourish, unless.. manufactures flourish also
. for agriculture cannot, , afford sufficient ern.:
~..ployment for
.all our population ; and the_ ap;..
parent cheapness of foreign manufactures would
be enormously. over.-balanced by the increased:
.burtlien _or. poor's rate thrown upon the landed'
~ interest, who, if they were tempted to expend
large sums, .on foreign manufactures, from their
seeming cheapness, would in the end find them;
as they would always in fact be, excessively
dear. Say that the agricultural interest expend
twenty millions a year on foreign manufactures,
. .
which could be fabricated at home for twenty
two millions;—if they in, consequence pay ten-
, millions.in poor's rate, they in fact pay thirty.
millions for those foreign manufactures, Which
apparently cost only twenty.
It
_would be very easy, if we bad room, to
sliew that the same mutual dependence exists
with our Shipping, Alonied, Colonial, and.-East
India Interests. The fable of the bundle of
rods is strictly `aPplicable to their present con
<Edon.

The shortest way, perhaps, to arrive at accu-1;
rate conclusions on this subject, is to suppose
that a strict community of interests exists among
all the inhabitants of a country. It is obvious,
that, under such circumstances, the employment of
their own members would always be preferred by
a people to that of foreigners. The Legislature'
should always suppose this common interest to-
exist ; and, by regulating duties, should secure to
each interest a protection adequate to its value
to the State; and thus, under the existing circum-
stances of society, compel all parties to do that for
the general welfare, which, under other circum-
stances,all parties would do from choice. Althoktgli,
at present,anci indeed at all times,all parties ave
an interest in the general prosperity, -it is quite

farcical to suppose, as, the fashionable Econo-
mists must suppose, to render their theories at all
deserving of codsideration, that the conduct of
- all individuals' is influenced ;Solely. considera-
: tious of the public good.

::‘+!
.IFA Sit IOr
tl tAluti!fir, M.S.-2"rh c Earl, of Mexborougli and
th 4 &liille,ixi," Piccadilly ; •the -Hon. 1\ lr. and Miss
Past, at the DiiWagei,Lady:Brownloi's, in.llill-street, Berke-
ley-Square; Colonel and Mrs.. Douglas, in Somerset-street ;
bon. .John Tollenaiche, at the' -Duchess of Roxburgh's, in
Portman-square ; Earl of Lgremont, i 7 Gro.svenoi-place, from
:i"atiyortli, Sussex ; Lord and "Lady henry M. Hcrward,
at
CPUlsolf a Hotel; Lord and Lady Burghersh, at the Bruns-
wick
House Hotel, from Brighton ; the Hon. Archibald Mac-
donald, in Connaught-place,*froin Scotland ; Gen. Greville, in
Hill-street; W. Baker, Esq. at ditto, fron'a.llayford Bury ;
G. C. Oxendon, Esq. at Mivart's Hotel, from Aberdeen ;
Rhodes Mills, Esq. at Jordaii"- Hotel; fiorn Berkshire ; Capt.
" Jones, 10th litissars, at Fenton's Hotel ; J. Page, Esq. at ditto,
from a tour.

DEPARTURES.—CoIoneI and. Mrs. Graham,:, for Brighton ;
.ttle earl of 'oleiii;all, for :Brig ton'; Iran. C. GUN' endish, for
Cowdery, Sussex ; Lady Jonesi• for Wortiv House, Hants ;
'iijnera Dodswell, from Kiikham's Hotel, for Pool Court,
Worcestershire ; Sir John Croft, from Cou4on'3' Hotel, for
Dodington Park ; Viscount Lake, froth the Cocoa Tree, for
Trine Park,..Herts.
CitaxGEs:—The Hon. ana Rev. Lawrance Dundas, from a
'tours Harpole, near Northampton ; Mr, and .31rs. Bristow,
:from Cheltenham, for Bath. -•- • • -

Ills Royal Highness-the Duke of York entertained a large
party to dinner yesterday at York House.
The Earl of Plymouth is entertaining a number of distin-
guished friends on a shoOting party, 'at hiS seat, Hewel, Wor-
cestershire. , -

Earl 9Tosvenor has invited :a large party to spend the Holi-
days, at his seat, Eaten Hall neat Chester.
"Ve are happy to state that the, Cotmtess of Warwick was
~c,ensiderahly recovered, when the last Accounts left Warwick
Castle.

•
'The Marquis of Hertford's health bus iMproved since his
residence at .Sudbourne-hall. ~ • •
Mr. Greenwood had a large dinner and evening party yester-
day, at his, house, in Audley-square. ,
Sir B. Bloomfield left Carlton Palace, yesterday, for the-
'slOct:house; at Hampton Court, from 4whence he proceeds to
Brighton.
Preparations are making at 'Wickham Abbey, the seat of
,Lord Carrington, for the reception of company..
It is ,said that the improvements:at Battle • Abbey 'will re
comnience in the spring.
• OnAtvro .Civic BALL. .41' NEWCASTLE.-.:—On Tuesday
eveninglast the Annual Grand Ball took Blade at the Mansion
House, Newcastle, under the presidency of Mrs. Mayoress
. (Mrs. Aubone Suttees): -• The-S(1116m . was as fashionably in-
'tense' is on any former oecasion. Thelefreshments were abun-
lant and excellent; and the obliging attention of- • Mrs. Mayo.
Irda.4' aided- by:- the courteous detWeanour of the worthy Chief
.Magistrate_, imparted the most lively satisfaction to as numerous
lati'asseniblage asVe eVerwitriessied-within the walls of the Man-
sion House. It were needless to add that the gay Votaries of
Terpsichore had an' aritp/e share Of enjoyment, and kept moving.
" the-light fantastic toe till a late hour in the morning.

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