The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-05 00:00:00

It will scarcely obtain credit, but it is neverthe-
less perfectly true (as we know from a private
account), that an application was made to the
Lord Lieutenant to sanction a repetition of this
irritating, and, therefore, unwise ceremonial, on
the 29th of September, the Dublin Lord Mayor's
; that this application was strenuously urged
and pertinaciously repeated, and mildly but
firmly negatived as it deserved to be ; in fact, an
assurance was required, that it would be omitted,
as an indispensable preliminary to the Viceroy's
acceptance of the Civic invitation. We are in
possession of the names of the persons who made
this unseemly application to the King's Repre-
sentative. Had their application not been fol-
lowed by the rebuke it deservedly met with, we
should have felt no hesitation in consigning them
to an unenviable notoriety ; as it is, it is better to
suffer a specimen of impertinent bigotry, not
likely to be repeated, to sink into merited obli-
vion. We repeat our conviction, founded upon
what we consider a decisive authority, that the
state of Ireland affords rational grounds to hope
for a progressive amendment.—Morning Citron.
The accounts from some quarters of the coun-
try speak more favourably of the state of trade
than those of the past week ; but it is evident
on the slightest examination of the facts men-
tioned by our provincial cotemporaries, that the
improvement, if any has taken place, is entirely
one of degree, and that nothing has yet occurred
to justify us in announcing that the country has
returned to a state of even comparative prospe-
rity. More cotton, it appears, has been disposed
of at Liverpool during the last week than during
some that preceded ; but the demand from abroad
is still for cotton yarn, and not for cotton goods,
and there is, therefore, but little in the improved
sale for congratulation. It appears, also,:that
the workmen in various parts of the country are
in a state of insurrection, if we may so state it,
against the masters—in some cases from the
want of employment—in others, in consequence
of a reduction of prices—and in one instance
from the effect of improved machinery. All these
occurrences add to the distress of the times,
and particularly to the distress of the working
classes—spread a gloom over the face of the
country, and alarm and want of confidence
among commercial people ; while the failures
which occurred on Saturday have added to the
panic, and we believe we may state with truth,
confirmed an opinion which had been previously
gaining ground, that the affairs of the country
are in all but a desperate condition. On this
subject, therefore, our readers will bear with us
in adding a word or two to the many which we
have already published, on the state of the
country. And, in the first place, it ought to be
borne in mind that the inevitable effect of return-
ing to a metallic currency, and doing away with
the small notes, would be a fall in the price of
labour, and of every commodity of which labour
formed a component part. The value of our
currency was raised by the measure alluded to,
and a less nominal amount of it, therefore, could
be given, compared with what had previously
been usual. That the working classes should
comprehend this change of things, or indeed the
community generally, was not to be expected,
until experience had taught them ; and it has ac-
cordingly happened, that while one class has
held out for the same wages which it was accus-
tomed to receive in a depreciated currency,
another has insisted on receiving the same
price for the commodities which it had to dis-
pose of—and hence, on the other hand, the
strikes of the workmen against the master, and
the all but complete stagnation of trade, both
in the wholesale and retail branches. Nor has
this been the only evil of the change. The
greatly restricted facilities of the Banks in afford-
ing that accommodation to the trading commu-
nity which they were wont to supply, has sent
many to the Gazette who might otherwise have
been carrying on a successful business, and re-
duced others to a state of comparative inactivity,
who, but for the change in question, would
have been affording employment to numbers of
distressed artisans. The suppression of the
small notes has, in fact, greatly aggravated and
extended all the irremediable evils under which
the country laboured, and increased them to
such an extent that it is now generally re-
ported, that either a repeal of the Act
must take place, or a large issue of one
pound notes on the part of the Bank of
England. With regard to those who have been
thrown out of employment by mechanical im-
provements, there is not only- no -remedy which
can be applied to mitigate the evil, but even no
reason, so far as this country is concerned, why
such improvements should not be adopted.
Whatever improvement or useful invention may
be made here is immediately made known to our
American and Continental neighbours, and, if
English `manufactures did not take advantage of
them, their .rivals undoubtedly would, and thus
would both-the English capitalist and the English
workman be thrown out of the foreign market,
which, as every one is aware, is not sufficient to
consume the supply. Though we regret therefore
that " single-hand weavers" should be thrown
out of employment by those who have been
taught to work machines of four times the
amount of power, we see no remedy for
the evil but in the " single-handed weavers"
learning to
.weave on the improved invention.
Such changes are daily taking place, and it
would -he as easy to arrest the planets in their
course as to check that march of mind which is
daily giving them birth. To conclude, though
the country generally is distressed, there is no
good ground to despair. The debt is heavy,
and the expences of all the public departments
are heavy ; but the country has still within it
all the main elements of its former prosperity—
the capital of its moneyed men, not to be
equalled in any country on the globe ; the in-
dustry of its manufacturers, which is not to be
matched ; the enterprise of its merchants, hi-
therto unrivalled ; and the intelligence of the
community generally, which is not surpassed ;
and confident we are that it only requires a wise,
a vigorous, and an economical Government, to
render these productive of as great a state of
prosperity as the country has ever known, and
to make the nation as much respected and.feared
abroad as when its navy rode triumphant in
every quarter of the world, its merchandise
found every market open, and its commercial
marine an unrivalled welcome in every port.—
Morning Advertiser.

- The North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry
Cavalry (about 800 strong), under Colonel HoaNER, will
assemble in this city to-morrow (Saturday) for eight days'
training and exercise.—Buth .liesald.

On Tuesday night the Ariadne steam-packet
while proceeding in the dark down the 'West Channel, on
her way to the islands, accidentally ran foul of a small
fishing hoy, belonging to lichen, which had imprudently
attempted to cross her bows, and immediately sunk her,
the force of the concussion being so great, as to cut her
into two unequal pieces, on one of which that floated, the
men en board were providentially eaved.