The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-05 00:00:00

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Extract of a Letterfron 25, 1821.
46 Iythe accounts We'S..ea,orth.ci:7-state of things
at home, England seems .to-labour under some
distresses, :which do not appear to be likely, to pass
away of themselves, but to require some decided
and energetic measures to
_be resorted to;, ichile
they may base some efficacy of remedy. There
is always, in the polite regimen of mild and con-
stitutional Governments., an apprehensiOn..of ap-
plying-. vigorous remedies, ivhich too- commonly
has made the recourse to them too late to be of
the service or defence desired frOM them. Saper-
added to what seem to be evils deeper seated, you
have had the sinistrous•efforts of those into.whose
hands the QUEEN has unhappily.- fallen,- to pro-
duce some national disquiet or 'commotion. The
coolness and strong- good sense of the largest
,portion of the.
_British people can, we make
sure here, be much and long relied on, yet.
party vehemence and collisions,- like the in-,
toxication of liquor, or the stimulating. delu-
sions of opium, will, for a time, cloud the.;
intellect, and confuse and warp the judg-
ment .of too many ; inciting disturbances, violence,.
or convulsions, which the actors or inciters would
have shuddered to contemplate in anticipation,
and would blush deeply to reflect upon. When
the fermentatiOn which has been so industriously
excited by the case of her MAJESTY shall have
subsided with you, other embarrassments (as
they of late appear to us here) will rerpairi2which

are not of a quality SO temporary. Circumstance;
which should give restored or 'extended emploYij
ment to your manufacturers would partially, adds
for a time, relieve Mitch. of the suffering whicif
has been felt among your working classes ; V 1"
discontents and riotings'wOuld be allayed in a cor,,
responding degree. But it appeass idle to expect/
with confidence,' that' the general improvementl
from this means alone, could ever be of stfc4
amount as to restore the population of Britain. td
the ease and forgone comforts of a high dema6d
for all their labour and productions of the fiel.d9
the mine, the loom, the anvil, and so many others'
Chance, or the ordinary course of events, undi"
rected and uninfluenced by wisdom or policP
must not be relied on for the restoration or support
required. Judicious efforts and sound regulations
alone. are capable of freeing the country from tl)e
pressure under which it appears to us to.groaner-
Ilf the extension of foreign trading be considered
with you as a. means suited to alleviate-the pres-
sure, and ease the- difliculties of Old England,
which we read of here, we imagine that India
;
can furnish' beneficial openings to thiS class c"!
remedy.- The use of articles of British prodoc"
lion and export is gaining:ground rapidly, here,;
English printed cottons -are now carried in COns';
aeiable quantities as far as ilajpootana, and fiu"
a *ready sale, 'if they be of handsome patierl'
Before the road, now perf arty secure,
central India, was rendered passable for valuabiet
commodities,' the market was but limited;
condition, as well as the arrival of too rliatYt.
ships together,. .occasioned - so 'many edrgoes
he 3
one time to be upon hand at Calcutta.. 11'
warehouses now are so far from being ro/er;
stocked,. that before
.the arrival of two vessels
from England, in the last fortnight, all linror°l,
articles Were exorbitantly high ; mustard
.11°e1
sold for 9.05.-a pound ; cheese, 10.5.; ham, till;
.half crowns per_ lb. ; a common round, hat, tfr,
guineas. Tbese, undoubtedly, were prices arls
in g from unusual scarcity ; but it surely caniw t,
be so very bad a trading, which admits, even iva
cidentally, of such an exaggeration of price an,
profit. Your dried hay will hardly.soon e°111:i
(1
into vogue:here, to take the place of the 'l%
leaves of China. Some moisture had reached
on the passage, or sort fermentation,
t
which injured its aromatic flavour.,L-Govurnale%
bond's' are now at six per cent. premium, tholloc
they bear but half the usual or legal inteN4he
the country.—This is a tolerable evidence of tin
credit of the Company and the Government. :le
all other respects there is great and increesi:ii,
prosperity in Ilindostan. The augmented ca',.o
ration of the Upper Provinces within thee
years is surprising."
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