The Sun.
London, England, 1821-02-21 00:00:00

AVERAGES OF CORN.

Mr. ROBINSON gave notice, that he would, On
Monday next, move for a Committe'e to take into
consideration the Acts of the ROth, 44th, and
45th of Geo. 111., and submit a motion on the
present mode of striking the average price of
Corn.

-The other Orders of the Day were then dis-
posed of, and the House adjourned at TEN
O'CLOCK.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

(DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.]

[Morning Chronicle.]
Though the account of the passage of the Po
on the c2.9th ult. seems in some measure confirm-
ed by a variety of paragraphs in the French and
German Papers, doubts are still entertained of
its truth ; for, as by.the course of post direct in-
formation from Milan might have been received
in England ten days ago, it is concei'ved,that had
the event taken place on the 29th, we should, long
ere now, haveheard of it by that channel. A little
time will serve to clear up these doubts. Every re-
flecting man who considers with attention the con-
duct of our Government, the Circular of Lord
Castlereagh, and the language held in the House
of Lords by Lord Liverpool, must see that Mi-
nisters have not merely favoured, but actually
laboured to promote the views of Austria,
though, while they admitted the right of Aus-
tria and the other Italian States to interfere in
the internal affairs of Naples (" provided
only that they were ready to give every rea-
sonable assurance that their views were not
directed to personal aggrandisement"), they
felt themselves obliged, for form's sake, to protest
against the general doctrine of interference laid
down by the Holy Alliance. Austria, we suppose,
is ready to assure us, that she has no views of
territorial awandisament ; and she may therefore
enter Naples when she pleases, with their good
will. When Buonaparte entered Holland and
Switzerland, he had always a protestation ready,
that he entertained no views of territorial ag-
grandisement ; and when the Batavian and Hel-
vetic Authorities were obliged to dance attend-
ance at Paris, Batavia and Helvetia were nomi-
nally independent. There is no arguing with
those who can believe that if Austria take mili-
tary possession of Naples, and dictate to that
country what government it shall have, Naples
will not be to all intents and purposes as much
subject to Austria as Holland or S wit±erland was
to Buonaparte.

[British Press.]
The Allies, in conjunaion with the degraded
king (A Naples) act with reference to NaFles,
as suitably enforced by the mode in which they
ha ye undertaken to execute their projects. It hail
been previously supposed that 'the Allies would
have afforded to the Parliament and people of
Naples some alternative, whereby they might, by
prudence and moderation, escape the misery of
a foreign and hostile invasion ; and it was even
reported that the Duke de Gallo' had beea

trusted with a certain proposal from the Congress
of Laybach to the Parliament, for modifying
the Constitution that had been previously adopted.
No alternative, however, has been offered; the
Allies proceed at once to extreme violence,• and
no matter with what sentiments of good faith,
moderation, or wisdom the mass of the people
of Naples may chance to be influenced, the
whole nation must pay the penalty of their pre-
sumption in daring to seek for freedom, and
submit to the presence of an insulting enemy.—
No sub►:►ission can ward off this dreadful visi-
tation, the Allies are determined to give the Ne-
apolitans a surfeit of revolutions, and nothing
will satisfy them until they have elevated the
standards of the Holy Alliance over the towers
of San Elmo, or ostentatiously extended the pro-
tection of the Austrian tiag over the King's Palace
from the neighbouring castle, to which it has long
and habitually looked for succour and defence.

[Tice Times.]
Petitions are now pouring into the two Houses
of Parliament, complaittingof the distressed state
of agriculture. It is a satisfaction to be able to
complain, and to excite even barren sympathy ;
and we fear it is not likely that much further good
can result from these petitions. The House of
Commons cannot create, by artificial means, that
demand for the first necessaries of life which should
remunerate those who produce them up to the ex-
tent of their wishes or the calls of their necessities ;
and even could the price of grain be thus raised, the
House cannot by any legislative act render the con-
suming population, now so impoverished, compe-
tent to purchase corn at a high price. At present,
when the corn is comparatively cheap, are the
poor too highly fed; or mechanics and manufac-
turers too well paid That which Government
can do, without any violation of faith to the pub-
lic creditor, is to diminish taxation by reducing
expenditure : and the effect of every measure of
this kind would no doubt be immediately felt,
both by the agricultural interest and the
whole community. But Ministers have no par-
tiality for this mode of relieving the general
sufferings. It seems to us that the petition-
ers have injudiciously changed the subject
of their complaint. They and others some
time ago called out against the pressure of the
public burdens. In that case we think they
were right ; they correctly specified the cause of
their grievances ; and the Minister was in error
who superciliously imputed to them " an igno-
rant impatience of taxation." But from the
change /which their complaints have taken, we
think the same Minister would now be justified
in logic, though not in humanity, if he should
charge them 46 with an ignorant impatience of
distress ;" for though they feel the distress, they
overlook the cause by which he and his colleagues
occasion it.