The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

same principle as such of them as have woods open to
cattle.after,a certain number of years'
.growth, will find
that, owing to, the admission. of sun and air, and the tread,
ing dowit, of brambles, Ike. by these means, they are
much superior in value to those kept constantly inclosed
and unfrequented.. At any rate, they must know that there
is more injury done to underwoods by hares and rabbits in
one winter's night, than by all the nutters in a whole
season. Tittt there lies the tub—,the hares and rabbits may

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To lement the infatuation of large bodies of men upon
questions which affect, in the ' most serious manner,
their own interests, as well as those of the community,
would' be to tube a 'very childish trouble. The more
deeply men conceive their individual prosperity to be in-
volVed in any given subject of legislation, the more in-
capable are they, in one respect, of exercising a sound
judgment upon the, nature of the law or laws to be
adopted ;: inasmuch as what they have on one side, they
are apt to lose on the other—selfishness and prejudice
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leading them astray more frequently than practical. knew-
,
ledge or eiperience guides them. Nor has any class of
men in England much right to exult on this account, over
the folly or narrowness of their neighbours. , Wherever a
monopoly is to be broken up—no matter on what grounds,
or in What branch of the national economy, WhetheiSialati-'
time, manufacturing, or uppertaining to the latiths-the
same eagerness and violence are ever visible in those who
fancy themselves to hate been enriched toy the old mono-
poly—the same deafness to reasoning, and imputienee of
reform. The shipping interest would never understand
the iinpoisibility of enforcing any longer the old navigie
tints law of England, except by submitting to retaliatory
measures, which would rather have crippled than served
our uterine, and sensibly impaired the general freedom of,
that cornmeree by whose prosperity the Shipping interest
is nourished. So with the manufacturere: their minds
appeared ,long and invincibly ignorant that the old prohi-
bitory system of, this empire was, since the peace of IEOS,
working its own final destruction. They could not for
years be made alive to the fact, that a prohibition acted
upon by England only, and, therefore favourable to her
alone, was a widely different thing from a prohibitory sys-
. ,tern to he universally acted upon, by foreign nations who
had hitherto waved it ; and therefore one, the disadvan-
tages of which would tell against: this cotuttry-s-a mane-
factoring and commercial country---with even Mori' bit-
terness than against any other on the globe. Tilt' Illatal-
facpuen forgot that if their own prohibitory laws gave
them a nominal comMand of the home market, the new
adoption of a similar 'code else Where, would equally expel
them front every foreign market; and therefore, that if they
meant to enjoy in fist ere the sweets of a free mercantile inter-
course, they must henceforth be satisfied to grimt a share of
whet they looked for. The went of candour was on many
points as extraordinary mitten of acuteness in our matetfiettn-
mg body. The clothiers insisted for a consideruhle time that
foreign' wool should' be exonerated from the import duty,
but that it would be nutmeat° their interests if the Wool
of home production should be exported free. The
cotton . people were willing that machinery for then
trade should be exported furtively and piece-meal, but
would not hear of its . legal exportation, by which
the smuggler might be checked, and the iron-manufactories
benefited. In the same way they would permit our al,
titans to timuggle themselves abroad—(for hoW, indeed,
Could such a practice- be prevented ?)—but they must be
banished for ever from their 'country, by leaving it in the
character of transgressors; thus being forced to remain
abroad, and to spend inhaniehment the fruits of their in-
dustry for the Sole benefit of strangers. The silk-manu-
faeturers reprobated the substitution of a tax out foreign silk
for the ancient prohibition of the article, out principles
which; if they Went. for army thing, were calculated to prove
that as the dernand for foreign silk had been heretofore
largely and regtilarly supplied by the smuggler, they, the
British silk-weavers, must:be ruined by a tax of thirty per
cent. to the Treasury -being added as a clog upon the-ille-
gal traffic. The common sense of all these relaxations of
our system is, that. the rivalship of foreigners must improve
the- English fahrisa, and give ,our manufacturers, by And
hys is valuable share of foreign coneomption, besides a
practical monopoly at home. But if the • other
.classes of
our comitrynien have ail tranegressed, and all been forgive's,
where the spirit of natural selfishness was permitted to
practi, e on their good rionie, there le yet one powerful out
exten,it e fitly, who are entitled to it similar privilege, and
are not disposed, if we may judge front then proceedings,
to abate one particle of its free enjoyment. The agricul-
turista are that body. The agrieultund body is divided
into two brandies, the landlords and the tenants through.;
out England, whose immediate interests are apparently
distinct, although substantially they would be *like pro-
moted by a removal of prohibitions from the trade in corn.
The, resentment or both th,,Hp classei is loud and fierce, but
just in the end es erroneous, and as pardonable as that of
the manufacturers. The landlords dread, by a repeal
pANSION-HOIISh,. young man, na.med S.tedroon, who.
of the corn laws, rt fall of their rents het an indefinite , ' A
zailn t.,l)ie service of some commercial house in the city, as porter;
amount, and .yet have" had the: address to pomade the t mu& before the Loen Mellon, under the following
farmers, by whom the rent is paid, that thew immediate eir' emn0.,04,.
. previous night,
interest is Identified with that of the parties who receive its Mr. Johnson, of Bell-alley, stated, that op the
This its; to a- bystander, an amusing effect of policy On ante after his family had retired to bed, he was alarmed by a :vielent
hand, and prejudice on the other, In the East of Kent, a knocking at the door. The blows were redoubled, until he beard
hody of agrieultneika have in fall assembly declared, that the panels successively give way. On going down, he found the
the opening of the Ports deserves the reprobation of every ceded
struggling with a neighbour and a watchman, who suc-
ceeded with great difficulty in securing him. He had come pre-
landowner and farmer! Now, what will he the effect of a
rrerl foirdolesilterate wrkork. lie was armed with a terribly long
fill ,of prices ?admitting the- fall to continue) upon the
" farmer'?" Why, that, being unable to continue the pey- knifeservanta )girl,a a'''rTleatiPo:e "With" object. appeared to be to get ut a
whom he was in love, and who was
Merit of
,a high 'rent, his landlord must he eontented to take
in the employment of Mr. Julinsion. In fact, he confessed that
a reduced one from hint. This ,is the length and breadth such was his purpose.
of .the pie/Ouse operation of opened ports, and of a free Thu young man, in his defence' admitted that he hail been in
mule m corn. And is this a thing to be reprobated by
love desperately with his cousin, Sally Harris, who was in Mr.
the fanner ? Sorely not. - Such a change will be the cam- Johns oo's employment. Sims had encouraged his addresses ; 1w
roencement of new age of comfort an security to the .1)C- had beers repeatedly invited to the house, and had taken both her •
her neuter's daughter to the play, whilst Mr. Johnson
copier of an English farm. if prices are once suffered to self and
find their natural level, it is clear that those forced and er- was from home. When he was too late, they accommodated hint
tificial inducettienta which have grovn 13itt of -the old mono. with a hell there. Ii e meetioned other instances of good-will
A al.id.he
could.
nutobl
bear
rtviarils him, and had refused to eak to him,
poli, to raise 111(11V corn than could he carried off by a steady tootrwarnbels l'init on the Imert of Sally Harris, who pedals omehow or
an regale emeeimption, wilt not beneefort It orbit.
farmer pays a fixed tent. If one year of monopoly pro- sally Harris,
a mart;
flippant
knew not what he did.
likely to drive 'a
young oran,t ber vent girl, ,wh appeared very 1
duces an enormous price—for inetance,' 100 s. or 110 e, per
quarter—the farmer, fur the most part, Hints up tO his re- anus
spokeo_
.distraction, came
f him as a mere stranger. She admitted that she bad
eeipts, and, in the next year, sees in a state of ciativatioll receives) attentions froth hills, but as her emit disliked him, and
thousends of acres, whteh, but t4u• the high price, would as !ale Witt; always obedient, she bad declined to have any thing
still have been left in Pasture, One extreme begets more to say to him. Vor this he had threatened Si, take her life,
another; the fall is in proportion to the rise ; and the tin- and his own arti.i. it. ' She pretended ignorance of his visits to
fortunate victim of these impolitic vicissitudes is ruined. the lumiew, as did also the other young girt, who Was in charge of
it with
i her.
A steady price, founded on genera returns of productioe
rh,, 1.... MAYOR cenyured the two females for having im-
• over ,the earth, not on local end partial seasons, will best
properlyintroduced the, prisoner into the house during Mr. John-
enable the farmer to pay a steady rent. A steady pricer of
snn's i
absence. At the Wane time, the prisoner must not be
wheat will enable the MatlllfaCttlrer to calculate hie expense allowed to manifest his disappointment by breaking Mr. John-
in the shape of wages with so much accuracy as to rve son's door to pieces, or disturb the whole neighbourhood by so
greater conlideltee and solidity to his sPecol.tionq• Phe violent a display of passion. His Lordship sentenced him, unilar
poor-rates, , less eneroacited upon by fleetuationa mid re- a late Act, to pay :44 for the deetageritme to the door, and or-
verses in then market for goods, and in the demand for tiered him to Sind sureties to keep the peace in future.
labour, will he essentially lowered in favour of the farming Danis, a waterman, was summoned before the Loan Mayon
interest, and, finally, whutever may now be, his npprelien.. for taking a passenger from one of the stearn-boats out of his re-
slam, the landlord himself will share the benefits of this gulag taro. Tas
The decision in this cause is of some importance to the
new principle of rege and larire .
security, in the amend re- Pahl"
turns of his estate, while the rtevenue'will draw its portion gentleman, who
Davis the defendant, called as a wittiest% a
of good from the impenant duties. we-seta assured that stated, ;hat he was on board the steam-boat in question, and
the East Kent " reernhassisso will mile io a v
ar
or two Wished to come on shore. He cereiinly felt the danger of which
tot the fallucy of their resent. fertre,—Timer. - " . - D frequent compleint bad been made to Isis Lordship, in going on
.. shore in a wherry, burdened to within three or tour invites of the
Certain Lords, stand very simple Gentlemen, including water: by eight
,persons, and in that condition forcing a way
among the latter a i:e li
‘'w of soma Coliege at Oxford,wbo amidat a--crowd of goats and, watermere who were struggling to
are owners of Woods and forests, belie, ,it seems, thought it get foremost. lie eau- the defendant on the outside of the crowd,
worth while to wage war against the-hoinous.sin of gather- rind 11 dll
ca_e Amn to take him on shore. For this purpose he waltea
ing netts; and encouraged by the lute which has Befallen is censider,thle time, and in tio case would he not be ready to
sundry apple-stealere at Weymonth and elsewhere, have wait one hour, rather than go on shim, in the usual Manner. He
regulations with respect
determined that the unusual Crop of mits of this yeetes 4tOnnitted,' that whatever might be the
shall rat her than that the poor
growth rot,
them. The. Learned Gentle.
should 1.,,,,
root turn-keeping,i he lira) a right too go on ahore in the mariner he
wit , most safe and convenient,
benefited by taking and selling
of the " The Loan Mayon, on. looking at the act, with the advice of
, nutter,' the city solicitor, decided in favour of the defendant'
man from Oxford repre.,sente the irruption t
a ease of cavil war
into some forest in Buekingliamshire as . , would; have Ewen liable to a tine if had lied for a _ fare vat of
cthe whole force of the polise tast„,, it ,. he
for p , The latter
and appliee at Bow-street .or ., but was perfectly competent any passe»ger to en-
h h robablv mint ff a
to be rent down, but the Magistrate, t ong p gge tom in preference to those who were in turn, No passenger
he affair, 1 .eferred the could be ' .
ing neither rebellion uor treason in t , .
. - tercel to take those who Were its turn unlesi he thought
ball • how many pr r
troops of ole •
ReVerend applicant to White ,
t learnt; but The complaint wait therefore d' ' d The complaining
horse and foot he applied for there we have 110.watermari &Oar 111 . Isms"
k arm et tat this decision would be the ruin of turn-
if a last of ridicule would do any thing, we thin the)
fr r T kftping,
of nutters must soon see their assailants put both to a) t HATTON-oArtutN.
these —Two' fellows named .lohn and
and shurne.. The pretence for all this hubbub is, that Thomas Burroughs 1 1' ' h
Idestroy the same seafarin man w the atter 'laving the appearance of a
people= injure the woods, and disturb atu, g g , were placed et the bar under the following fhter•ant
ow, ne for the first of these reasons, though these poor chair,
people break down a, few hazel branches, they actually do Mr. Henry Milhourne' a young
s gentleman who hail recently
the underwoods much more good than harm, upon the come up toLondon err the n
• ttrP"' of completing his studies in

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destroy the woods with impunity;, they may devour the
subsistence of thousands of people.; . and, above all,. may
till our gaol's with their victims, .but their lives are actually
more detw to:their .possessors, unless when taken away by
themselves, than. the happiness, . prosperity, liberty, or
even life of their fellow creatures. •
.But in point of we
do not believe it is true that nutters do tiny great injury to
game, and do little more than-drive it into the open country,
adding thereby to the sport of the true. sportamap—,which
hy , the bye, half these fat Dukes, lazy Lords, and indolent
fellows-Are not. But, let it,. on the other hand, be sup
posed (and in doing so we know that we do not overrate
the matter) that Itlo,ooo,men, women and :children, earn
upon an average a piece by this labour ;. that they Oils
bring-into existence • 200,QQQ1. worth of property, which
would otherwise. perish and be unavailable; are they not
at least as good citizens as .the- preservers of game? But
suppose we appeal: to the selfishness of these people, raid per-
suade them that at leastonehalf of this money is savedto the
Poor Rates. We wish we could appeal to a higher feel-,
ing, .and.convince them. that:what they lose by this. harsh-
pegs in the love and attachment of those whom nature and
society have made in, some measure dependent upon them,
is of infinitely more importance than, they, as it would seem,
eau imagine. But if these united considerations will net.
make them just or humane, we must shame them out of
their conduct by, holding it up to alternate ridicule and dis-
gust.74.lfonting Herald.
There is nothing more' true, than • that arbitrary, power
always leads to worse evils than it was meant to remedy.
This truth is manifest in the greatest affairs of the world,
and in the minor regulations of society it is not unexem-
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plitied. The power' givA 'to Magistrates, with' respect to
licensing public-houses, is of an arbitrary character, and
good and just Magistrates will adopt a corresponding cau-
tion in its exercise; hut as the ,Commission is not always
adorned with • men whose virtue: is too strong for their
passions or interest, such an authority often tends, in prao,
tire, to abuse and
,oppression. In London the incessant
witch which the Press keeps over the acts of men in
power, has a great effect in purifying the adMinistration of
Justit4itt. all its departments—though disgraceful exeep-

lions still occur, which make one regret, that as an organ
of opinion; its influence, even in the metropolis, is not
still greater. But in the country there is less of the whole-
Some rigour of such a moral " surveillance" practised, and
therefore there is more danger of arbitrary pbwer becoming
partial .and unjust. In the: case of .the licensing system
this is frequently-too apparent. The law having. allowed
Magistrates to refuse a licence without giving any reason,
it often happens that such a step is taken when no fair or
honest reason can be given and,individual oppression is
committed in.a Court. with closed doors, and against which
there is no possibility of redress. Local jealousies, per-
sonal pique, or conflicting interests, too often lead to de-
cisions which should be the result of impartial and dispas-
sionate justice, and so the moral character of the person
applying, or the inconvenience or advantage of the house
in a public point_of yiew, are. less considered, sometimes,

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than iho private feelings or interests of those who decide
on the application. There are, indeed, Magistrates in
every county who scorn to pervert the offices of justice to
personal objects; but instances arise where they can only
express the sentiments of an upright though unavailing mi-
nority. We should not so often see examples of partiality
or oppression, if Magistrates were obliged to give a reason
for their decision. tt may be worth while for the Legis-
lature to consider whether it would not he better to licence

the indiVidual than the house, which would toake the exa-
mination olpersottal claims more neeesSary, and give leSs
room fot the operation of a very oppressive monopoly.—