The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-11 00:00:00

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Nery tre.c.....—The same protwli ,'''llikitlz, irdicided,
would give evety body but four'4liiveas a plate,
somehow or other gives five times thett..surn to every
body, while it remains undivided.
Dlcs.—How the deuce can that be /___

FRANK--1 am not deep read epougbilKtell tliee
how it is :-1 can only say, dike so it I
fancy it is all along of the xiti4rdation... •
DTCK—The circulalioni-=-What lost mean fiy
the circulation ?

FRANK—Why, that when some have more
money than others, they spend it upon things
which the others provide tor them : and so it goes
from band to hand. Thou knowtst the big pond
near our common I

DICK—I do—and an ugly useless thing it is—
fit only for the ducks and geese to dabble in.
}RANG—Aye, and'smelis mainly bad into the
bargain. Now, Dick, if that same pond were
a nice running river, we might bring its waters
through our fields, and they would carry health
and fertility wherever they went.
DICK-1 see. And so thou would'st say of
Stagn,m, Moifty.
FRANK—Exactly. There is no having a num-
ber of small streams without one deep fountain.
But as 1 was saying, thou art a carpenter. Sup-
pose the Squire should lose his estate, he can't
repair his fine mansion :—nor build the hot-house
and conservatory he talks of : nor order new fur-
niture, nor set up a new carriage..
DicK—l don't care about his carriage and
furniture , bat I should be sorry to see the car-
penter's work stopped in the house and grounds.
FRANK—And others would he as sorry to see
him wi hoot new tables or coaches. Look at all
the treat men .about us :—if you take away their
money, they can purchase no fine things ; aid if
no fine things are purchased, how many poor folk
must he thrown out of bread altogether !
DICK—I should be sorry for that, too.

FRA K— The luxuries of the Rich are the support
of the Poor. But without riches there Cdll ie
no Ncuries. Why, Dick, thou wouldn't be sur-
prised how little the richest man in the Country
spends upon himself :—for, after all, he can have
hut meat, drink, clothing, and lodging.
MCK— What dose thou reckon then all his see•
vants, and horses, and the like ?
FRANK'—.I reckon them his contribution to the
support of others. The richer a man 13, the more
people he supports ; and the better friend he is to
the Country. Putting the Radicals aside, who
want to overturn it, the only enemy the Country
has, is the rich man who hoards his money or-
spends it abroad. I wish I had money enough to
build a Palace that would cost ten millions.

DICK-Olt fye, Frank ; what a wicked ex-
travagance that would be, while so many poor
folks are downright starving
FRANK—Not the wisest thing in the world,
perhaps, toward my own family:--hut certainly
the kindest thing I could do to the poor.
DICK—How SO ?

FRANK—OnIy think of all the work it would set
afloat. Stone must be quarried And hewn, bricks
dug,and shaped, wood felled and planed ; nut to
mention the coals and the iron, and a thousand
other things. ‘Vhy, man, the whole Country
would ring with hammering and sawing-; and
then, all the busy hands that would be cutting,
and digging, and driving !—Then would come the
Upholsterers, and the Carvers, and Gliders, and
Silk Manufacturers, and Lace 'Makers, and
Weavers.

DlCK—Enough, enough, Frank—thon'lt make
my head giddy with the notion of all this work.
FRANK—Aye, but—if every man is to have his
four guineas and no more, there's an end of it all.
NOthing but selfishness, and solitude, and silence,
and idleness, and poverty, and plunder.
DlCK—Heaven keep its out of it, Frank, it
this is to he the consequence !—But I'll thank
thee to-morrow to spew me the results of le-
velling up for I begin to be qui►e sick of level-
ling down.