The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-03 00:00:00

litis•shis All fair, .while it lasteil.wwe now feel
th4'upfprori.iate effects, ell --aie-lusers. beltatitc,
for all llare equal cause of complaint—the farmer
has been obliged to sell his coro at low prices to
the speCalator in the market, and re-purchase-It iu
flour at high prices:; be landlord gets In; rent ; the
clergy. ao 'tithes; the tradesman no orders ; r 1;
.labourer no employment ; the poor rates are rakei:,
.stibscriptious solicited-, and if this he not found
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sufficient, the poor-omit still be
it then becomes not. only therluty but the in-
terest of every indivilloal to use every exertion to
procnee provision for the perm' on the ratio with the
allo.wances to be .a'ff'orded them, as ‘'sell as to aid
them •,•b.y subscriptions ; for it the subscriptions
and poor totes be sior sufficient for the i;xpersiii-
tore, the rates must HMI will he raised, and 'al,
. though.niany houses in a Palish trill *be tumble to
insy Ilietue, they will be paid by tliose, who arc
able: Thus there is no. one so rich, *lto is itch
strongly -interesterf'to Aeep. down 'the prices at
leti!st. for mite poor, if -only to keep • down the ex-
'pentli(ure. • . • -
'-'lt.thett:ll.eltorei all to. tliminisict.the use of tom;
,in their raniilies,,,-t 3 tima bread, mint, antlimta tries
at redhead prices—to perstaure the pour itreenno
mire: for themselves, atut."to- set theite 'Oa ex-,
ample--rto argue, t 6 reaSon'with them,: and 'not:
offended, heeausehere,and' there we. see therrt.'
.It , vie...Melttl to .verve ti, L poor„,anir,
servhig, theta serve ourselves, we must titirtk:
fpr them; if ntany'of them thought- for --trfem..,
selves, iltey wohld.not lie .now in thiS tleplorablei
.situation.

SVe have most liberal asinerations in almost
every palish ; but many of those association's give
only money, anti leave the Tow to. purchase at
high prices. This ist wrong ; bee it, 4e only
enabling them to feed tie speculators •,irvltigh
prices by purchasing. We should procure for
them such articles as they are lsabit
eating at the -cheapest Tate pospihle; but to }dive
them salt tisb is- dearer than, meal; NA: thqy 4n4.)sit
utvi will drink 'in proportion is saltness, ,uo,,r
colird rye on it constantly* urithort
Th'e first thing to becovercntur is., the price:ol
hread—for there lies the greatest diaienlty, anus
when we consider that the first attack oit 2s. is
17111: we most see its grsnd nit:esti-ay.; Oft ago
evils let us choose, the lasst--the parish baker:or,

the pzirish 'pauper. We citunol assidttone indivi-
dual at this moment 4titlioot lisatingiviotliVei and
therefore we ought to serve the poohst!ohitat4n
p,teferenee. ti• •
There artrindleitluals.who,..hiVeatioptett a very
good plan, which ts'by giving tickets to the poitr
for certain articles of eating to a certain iimqtait
hut they hare t (miessed tficy. might 1i are 310ne
move good by having agreed first fora
vri,zo, as their little would itsve been
.made intro
by having 'agreed for their .lok or beuevolena‘
at 1411. -at bread now may be bougliticitisk:
stead of , '

Setal[3l2ocl:4oons. -01 10 or 12 personi would
(19 more real good 'to the poQr auto ~the.psisit
associations *, being tie indepunderti .pant es',"
sinhll guerrilla troop in the war against poverty,:
'who might send.some one, whom they evuldtrnat,
to billingsgate, when the wiltd is easterly, for
the purchase of small e oil fish, which they might.
'.clisttibute among poor pet sons trhom they knew
to be deserving of it. The directors of the various,
ine'etitigititoses 'in the , iNfetropolis 'might dO the
or' form small associations ernong them.
seNes for the ,thany pout among them, - The
'owners Of largernanittactories might do the seine