The Sun.
London, England, 1821-07-14 00:00:00

Which prevailed at the convit'ial board, and
' the silly exhibition of party feeling in poli-
tics which was made by Mr. COKE and some of
his Whig friends, who were more occupied in
idly complimenting one another on their own
consummate talents, political purity, and disin-
terested patriotism, than in devising means of re-
lief for their distressed tenantry, there was at bot-
tom but one feeling of despondency and despair
amongst the great majority of both land-owners
and land-occupiers, who inwardly felt that the re-
lief of which they stand so much in need, was
not to be obtained by dispatching bumpers to the
health of Mr. BENNETT, • Lord ERSKINE, Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT, or theformidable Mr. JOS EPII
HUME, nor even by entrusting these or any similar
immaculate patriots with the administration of the
national affairs. It was in vain to attempt raising
their spirits even by the exhibition of Mr. COKE'S
fine crops, or by details of new and more pro-,
ductive processes in Agriculture, or by the pro-
duction of improved Implements of Husbandry.
The Agricultural Report had informed them,
and their own observation, the state of the Mar-
kets, of Corn Warehouses, and of their own De-
positories, confirmed the truth of the infor-
mation, that they must look for relief chiefly to
a diminution or production—that is, to the
ruin of the greater portion of themselves ; and
fine crops, therefore, more productive methods of
management,and improved implements, offered,not
the remedy, but an aggravation of the evil for
which the remedy was required ! This desperate
state of the Agricultural Interest is, however, so
alarming—is of such vast importance to the future
condition of every class of the people, and to the
revenue, that we are astonished it has not excited
a greater degree of public attention. The Re-
port may be considered as a digest of the opinions
of some, of the most celebrated and popular
(though perhaps not the most accurate) Political
Economists of the present day ; not, it is true, as
to any efficient remedy for agricultural distress,
.but as to the. causes of the distress, and as
to the primary consequence, (the diminution
of production) to which the continuance of that
distress must give rise. The Public, therefore,
are left (the -Ibause of Commons being declared
an unfit place • for the discussion of questions in
political economy) to discover a remedy. Mr.
Ric.tano has proposed his remedy,—which is to
cultivate none of our land that is not at present
worth a rental of 20s. per annum, and at once
to render the country dependent upon fo-
reign nations for the supply of a great
part of its food ! What says Mr. COKE
to this proposition of his friend Mr. RICARDO ?
What say many great and little Land Owners
to this scheme of one of their Whig Oracles,
which would go far to annihilating their incomes ?
What say the people to a proposition which
[ would annihilate a large mass of capital,
curtail immensely one of the great branches of
their industry, and expose them, in the event of
a war, or of a general failure in the crops on the
continent, to the danger of an absolute famine,
with little or no advantage, for all this positive
evil and prospective peril, to any one but the fund-
holder? Mr. COKE'S land, we believe, is generally
worth not more than 15s. per acre. It would there-
fore be thrown out of cultivation by Mr. Rrcaano's
Plan, and be reduced in value to about ss. per
acre, which would reduce the net income of
that Gentleman by not less a sum, perhaps, than
40,0001. per annum !! ! The farmers would
have to seek new occupations, or their
capitals would be, in a great measure, ren-
dered useless. Their labourers would be
deprived of employment, and would become an
additional burthen upon the already overburthened
poors'-rates ; and immense sums, to the amount
of not less perhaps than 10 or 15 millions per
annum, now employed in rewarding the in-
dustry of our own people, and in fertiliz-
ing our own soil, would pass from our hands
to stimulate the agriculture, and to increase the
population and power of countries with whicl
we might ere long have to wage an unequal war.

Yesterday the Duchess of CLARENCE visited

the Duchess of KENT, at the King's Palace at
Kensington ; the Royal Duchesses afterwards
rode out together.—Yesterday the Princess Au-
GusTA and ft select party-dined with the Dukeand
Duchess of CLARET CE.—The Duke of Yortx,
the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and the Princess
SOPHIA, visited the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and the
PrinceSs AUGUSTA yesterday.
Yesterday his MAJESTY gave a grand dinner

to Prince Esterhazy, sen: and the Duke de
Grammont, Ambassadors Extraordinary from
the Courts of Austria and France, specially
appointed to be at his MAJESTY'S Corona-

tion, their Excellencies having been previous-
ly introduced to his MAJESTY. The Duke of
Cambridge, Prince Esterhazy, jun. the Austrian
Ambassador, Princess Esterhazy, and the Lord
Great Chamberlain, were among the party.—lt
is expected that the. KING will give a splendid
ball at his Palace in Pall-mall, on Friday even-
ing, the 27th instant. '

Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl
Of LIVERPOOL, Viscount SIDMOUTH, and the
Marquess of LONDONDERRY, had audiences of
his MAJESTY, at his Palace, Pall-mall.--The
Duke of YORK visited the KING yesterday.
The King's Palace at Pimlico' was yesterday
again thronged with Nobility and persons of
distinction, making respectful inquiries after the
Duke of CAMBRIDGE, on his arrival in England.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAm-
BRIDGE intends leavirt', town on the 27th instant.
Her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA will
accompanyher 'Royal Brother to the Continent.

. -
DOVER, JULY 13.-- Arrived this morning, from
on board the Lady Cockburn passage vessel, the
Prince of SAXE MrINENGEN, brother to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of CLARENCE. The
Vigilante arrived at the same time from Boulogne,
having on board the Swedish Ambassador. They
were received with the usual honours, and about
four P. M. set off towards London.

Prince NICHOLAS of IFtu,sstA, and the Prus-
sian Ambassador, arrived at Dover from Calais
on Thursday, under salutes from the batteries,
and immediately set off for. London to attend the
Coronation.