The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-22 00:00:00

try indjwe know 'not Why a man, whose business it
is to transfer-stock, is to be insulted with opprobrious
epithets, more than the man who conveys landed pro-
perty, or purchases on commission sugars, wine, or
other commodities. Instances, too, have been very
rare in which the public have•sustained any losses by
stock-brokers, in the regular course of business : and
when such instances have occurred, it has generally
appeared that the parties have themselves been engag-
ed in some speculations which have led to the ruin Of
their broker as well as themselves.
In another column will be found a letter to the
..
Editor of the Tunes on the subject ; and we-subjoin
a paragraph, taken from the Morning Herald to-day,
on the same topic:—
A. philippic against the stock-brokers, which has appeared in
a Morning Paper to-day, has excited the indignation of those gen?'
tlemen to a very high degree. The writer has designated the
whole body, without a single exception, as a set of rogues. Of
course nobody will imagine that we shall ever become the advo-
cates of stock-jobbers : they are a body of gentlemen, indeed,
with whom the conductors of the paper in question are much
better acquainted than we are • for, unless common report lies
most egregiously, few persons have employed more of them than
their present accusers. The stock-brokers themselves--at least,
that portion of them with whom we have conversed-14Y
they did not expect such an attack from such a quarter. 'll4
have borne the stabs of other newspaper writers patiently ; but
" this," they say, " is the unkindest cut of all," and ".Et to
Brute?' is the general exclamation.—Herald. that

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We could hardly believe the evidence of our own
senses yesterday, when we read in the Chronicle the
the
etes .cocounultdrY,tioitn heitlsp
following Leading Article, describing the flourishing',
state of the Revenue, and the. general prosperitY Pf-
• - -
but we were immediately
the same Journal which had so long endeavouredfionrequigiirlingandwhdoethmeerstithsc nvairsa.o..
to give the blue devils to every person who
ventured to think on the state of the country ?
••• . .
tainly was the same Chronicle which had always
been, wrong ; and .that therefore we ought not to allow
our
.spirits to be toe much elevated by its present
glowing description of the political and financial pros" .
them, suggesting
perity of Great Britain. But our readers will be join'
u
patient to share the happiness which this article is we
answered that it cer-
calculated to excite, and we therefore hasten to give it
only whether they will question the
motive, or the information, upon which it is found''
Government are assured of the firm determination of Fraud to
preserve peace.
We learn from a quarter on which we place the utmost rrii;
ance, that the Revenue is rapidly improving, and the peeerp'
grr
remain
qmnlucfgei
15p,ueedteshii.efaxot
continue
next
rtrxiwndt
twelve
yisevet
erael.ss betweene
months Tar heeipresent
France
rPenearlyseornattautndgant l end.
measures,
quarter will considerably exceed that of the corresponding quart:
of the last year. We would fain hope, from this cheering jut's"'
,Ewngolianind,crenaoseloathne pill
ill,:
should •theilwr.,
expenditure, we are assured, much less than might be sutre'M
The flourishing aspect of the Revenue has thrown all the '''''
veil:merit people into great spirits.
Great hopes are entertained in well informed circles, that °tit
intelligence of the measures about to be adopted by England, pit
the concurrence of France, will have the effect of discourse-
able to the general belief, which
ing the insurgents, and preventing f.e spread of revolt. VT,
argue, that the success of the insurgent'. hitherto is chiellY ercri,
create, that Frauce and Spain would support the insurrection,
s.:
that England would be afraid to declare herself. -They infe511,1101:
all the doubtfully inclined, a large body of every country'
vitel etc.
_the receipt of intelligence so fatal to the hopes of the ultinroarhesiode
cesa of the Insurgents, immediately range themselves °
of the Constitution. 'ests andlhe ,Alk
That our fondest inclinations are agsint the rn
oleo,
t howerer,
greatins have been taken
1, ,
solutists we need hardly declare. We base 16° thaw We ocen.we
been disappointed in our hopes of the P.?su however, ti;ot
are far from being sanguine tow'
ourselves hope,
ill tarn
out to he
those who are more sanguine than w
right.
this inorning will
ing subject ; and, as its article of
munity, we
afford delight to the manufacturing corn
The Chronicle, to-day, resumes the
subjoin it also :--- ti of the state of
We yesterday. alluded to the flattering accocintivernment
peop;e.
the Revenue, and the consequent spirits of the.
u°ellihe
from thr
Good or had news seldom come alone. The ttan
...„.,,,iiitiou,
manufacturing districts would aloe to varr
....:1'" „...ser
turning raptly 10...01.
that the industry of the country is re
nue .
syniptoi
state, and that the prosperous state of the Reve ti
tic of a general prosperity. same a.nliv.en.;;
allow that we are
Our readers will do us the justice to
~ that the
late
not of the number of those who concefive 1
ittaiity- 00
stagnation of industry was the result of an
foreigner*.
restrictions on the
the part of our inanufacturers, to compete
~
e_..,1„ the
That the restrictions on trade, and more
.4 .1.
,(3.*.,,,ti t„
cramp the industiy of this country, by preventing .I%‘"llying fur
between us and nations possessed of no othermmeas,ns, "i l'i3O to co'
our goods than their agricultural I'e and tenuet u
~
prot_ ut. , .
west then' in° ry
rich ether nations, by inducing capitalists to ir.
vo_ll the g o
in countries in which the lower price of food me r'_en 1„g 111
But this cause had De ,, _
neral rate of profits, was obvious.
as a
__ool.„„leti by
importation of agricultural prodaiiie,_ttecit;uvie
operation, and the stagnation of our industry w c''ry.r in fact,
a price of labour lower than that of any other covers)
of
the 10.
the low price of our goods has actually ruined
sr. ~: iii 1,1;1.0
nufacturing establishments in the United States; l! irfith „„ ,e
of heavy protecting duties, were unable to compete "
their own markets.

Plople malty boast of the undoubted.--the 0600
i Dells'
privileges of Englishmen, and of that enviab'e z ht
i1:l iv id
ual,—a
individual--the
dium of their freedom—the Liberty of the Press' "
their boasts are worse than ridiculous, while the
disgrace
present monstrous Law of Libel is allowed t°, ,
yy,„,„
the Court
--s, for the public protection of
at-
characterstuta...--
tornies. All law that
the benefit of the public—not for this °I. c ail,
enlighten and cheer adnsee
and is Wily
paramount to every other consideration. i,
then shall our laws be ostensibly made like the light "'
Heaven, far thegeneral comfort antlblessing of the cow:
'nullity, if their virtue is to be directed to a comer, ','„
the private benefit of low minded
1
verse is mocked with a boon never to be OrtY;
Id„but by communion with the outcasts °ldle ert,o,_
religion tells us thaLtruth is the fountain of .10atl''
g orious.
rogiriplirtdifeiisssi
eestictl:t
Nosi.:l))tiee:msa:di
oee . i
ti,
and the practice of our divines inculcates the I
sentiment--but the practice of our COUrti Of La!,
leads to a different conclusion—for there truth, the All
tribute of the Almighty—is declared to be 4 Ctlrs)
(or a libel, which terms are nearly quo:1)11'4:n%;
greater in atrocity in proportion as truth is Moll ,-.
nifest. Thus we have the law of the land--e Cbrisi ;
tian land—at direct variance with the law of t
Almighty—a precious absurdity for Judges to Ten'
cile to common sense, which ought to be the stan`l,srop
of all law, as truth ought to be the foundation 0;
justice.
The practice of the lust month in our Courtgo°ii
law is as different to the common feelings of the Pu'h) t'
as light from darkness ; and sorry are we to observe t.l-
- of the Bench lending itself to the comment*
don of such practice—for the oinions of men placed il.l
owp
roirsi
~eigruletfnooerruogtuhhget
stpeonu
thLmi goodciehliet
re e i n accort lt 0 1 c'
—tenlidbeernacit,Yof all d`pullibleiteenitaelstS
Jima, the improvement and impartial_roteetical 'f
virtuous citizens. But how widely different is the pro
tice ; let the verdicts of our Juories, and the Ong
of.our Judges in alleged casts f libel,
testify 1 vin'
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