The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-09 00:00:00

TOUR "11-1.40UG.1-1.. GERM ANY.

The following Extract frOm the Letter of a
Gentleman, who. travelled through Germany dur-
ing the last summer, contains some interesting
ptitticulars. relative to those places which he vi-
sited _ _

'" From Berlin I directedpy conrse.to Leipsie,
for-1 %Vas anxious to get into Saxony--a country
%%hose history, both ancient Hod modern, entitles
it to the attention of politiciaesand,philosophers:
The scenes which were acted within thecompiss of
its territory three yearsago arc still fresh in nitr
!flint's, and the 'vestiges of a fierce and bluntly war
'presented -themselves in every villageo• 'Neither
110118eS, nor tt'kes, 'ilor the roads, over which we
passed, bad recovered from the devastations of the
contending armies. You may judge, then, whe-
ther it was notB delightful relief to, spend some
time at Wittenberg; the residence of the gteAt
LUTHER. At length we reached Leipsic., What
'I -expected to find in the appearance of this city
it would not be easy to.tell. If Iliad formed any
conceptitio
eon the subject it4Vall Very itidefinite.
But the .nifr4f, name of the place is so associated
in our. minds s'iitil the..glories of victory and
the emancipation of Europe, that it WAS abso-
lutely paieful to find the reality deformed, with
all that is most 'disgusting- in a mercantile
town, and without any one compensation for its
disadVantages. It is true there is a Utiiversity
and a whole host of lecturing Professors, arnneg
whom there is hardly one that has, and, perhaps,
none. that deserves .to.- have, the reputation of,a
man of deep,leetning or bright genius. HoWever,
the King of Saxony, like some othei Gernian
Princes, is not ashamed to oblige hii subjects to
study them, and the ,scholars use C.oll4C(reritly
1111'ml:1'00-4 may- add, respectable. ' It is int.-
.possible to survey the environs of the towli
without emotion. It has been proposed to erect a
monument on that field , where the Allied Princes
received the news of the victory. A Church,. 1
believe, is intended, as the.most uppropriale -me-
moyial.which can he here erected, and the design
is, revilers, good-. A simple Cross, made of two
tall trees, with their withered leaves 'and gardens,
still stand on the spot where the Sovereigns then
priiyed to God. As ,long as this cute stand, 1
i shotii,l not wish to see Key other nmutnettein- its
place.
From Lei psic we went to Dresden ,having first
'sisited Oneiszen, which is very !wet lily situutedon
the banks of the Elbe. There are many objects at
Dresden likely to. attract the notice of travellers.
',k h t fiallery of Paintings is now restored,, and, of
course, is called by , the .citizens, and all good
• Sax Ons, the finest collection in Europe. The li-.
lirary is very extensive and. curiously selected.. Be..
•lideS"these, an mary, certaittly much superior in
extent awl variety to that of the Tower, with many
other curiosities, give to Dresden, in this respect,
:the highest rank among the cities of German,.
The country around this beatttiful city is like, all
the rest of Saxony, exceedingly rich, and more
beautiful.where "itsrises toseards,Bohetnia, That
npt or
et tsedteatVoa titisci anti
ooriol
emmaitat t: c
itsravect, whichry lies
aptly
c between a
ilt
at
he
Saxon " StVitZerililltl: 11l .these 11101104ns '5;04
meet some tracos of that ..brave people'.whom
Charlemagne in vain endtevOuretl - to. ;destroy, hip

We have to-day no Foreign Arrivals whatever,.
•
and are therefore compelled to rest upon the in-
formation 'previously received from France. In
our remarks yesterday on the King's Speech,
we observed upon the incousistenq .44 an-

ticiputing great Changes when it was at the
same time averred that the Charter was to be
the inviolable rule of the Governinent. It now
appears that we were misled by au error of the
press in the translation ;—the words being ‘,‘.great
charges" and not changes, 84 indeed ttit contest
might have justified as in supposing.
_Or
course our observation on this point falls to .the
ground" and the French Ministers are just as con-
sistent as they were before.

The best proof we can give that , we. do not
subscribe to the charge of malignity urged against
the Times Newspaper by our Correspondent A. B.
(See our first page), 'is the insertion of
.his
Letter. We could indeed have wished that, it hod
been less virulent in its censures, but there is so
much information in its facts, and sound sense in
its arguments, that we could not refine it a place
in our publication. .

The Journals which usually contend against
the radical Reform of a noisy Faction, which,,in
Politics, like the lowest and most ignorant Schis-
matics in ' Religitin, take to. field-preaching
anti proselytism, are accused of undervaluing
that respectable, portion of the population which
consists of Tradesmen and Mechanicks. This
is a moat unfounded charge. In the first`place,
%ye deny to these assemblages the character of be-
..
ing;tricitings of •respectable trademen and meclia.
nicks. We say they are mere moth' the great
majority collected from motives of curiosity, and
not taking any, part in the scandalous proceed..
lags which generally assume the shape of lying
Resolutions, and disloyal tiiatribesi miscalled Pe-
nnons, ',Anil; in, the 'second place, we deny to
,the itinerant Orators and Jacobin Spouters who
r • •
gure ee Odic oectisions, all good character what-
ever. They are neither respectable :tradesmen,
nor hOnest INlechanicks,- ner reasonable Politicians,
nor informed Alen. They are sheer bravvlingdeniti.
goguet, who themselves abandon the shopvr thetool
where they might,be respected,, to enter upon the
diseuSsion of topics Fiterc they cannot even be
tolerated. It is their ignorance, their presuinp-
tion, their effrontery, their mischievousness in
the latter capacity which we censure. Let the
cobler stick to his last and we will commend anti
not dispraise him ; but when he starts forth with
fury in his eyes, and folly on his tongue, to cobble
the political system of Europe, he becomes the
fit object for ridicule, scorn, and condemnation.

, 11l would we discharge our public duly were we
not to protest against the impudent pretensions of
a clamorous patty : were we not to detlare
that the voices of a couple of, Journeymen Printers
and a Tubaccouist. at Glasgow, though uttered to

gaping crowd—that the gpeeclies.ofa Gin-shop*
man luta Et. Barber in London though applauded,
in City Hall—that the orations of the .common
Cicer.o's and Demosthenes' of Westminster or
Southwark, though attended by a numerous
rabble—that the writings of the five shilling
Hatnpdens of Birmingham, though effectual
in • stiring up a pass' ble riot—that the
effusions of the Travelling Jacobins which'
o"erburthenect Liverpool vomits forth for Country,
use—that any or•all of these exhibitions and de-
clarations are what they prutend to be, the
strength and opinion of the Nation. Under all
their braggardism and exaggeration, the little difty
and worthless, but active, Faction is visible; and,
with all their thew and all their clamogr, they are
—._ •
` hitt the refuse of our Social System, apAthe gni"
serable minority of our Country's numbem

.A Morning Paper (the 'Post) which rarely
misses an opportimity to advocate 'tend advance
the cause. of the. Public,,bestowed 'some pains yes-
terday.in illustrating a-subject which, if properly
understood so as -to lead too counteracting sys-
tern, *add do more for the advantage of the
People of this Country than all the blessing` which
Reformers promise, even were their. senseless
siohs realised. •
•
IVe are much gratifiedqsaYe the Editor) sr
observing that the suggestions which we have re-
peatedly thrown out, respeclifi competition for
reducing the price of the most important neces-
series Of life, hare heed reduced to practice in
different parts of the Metropolis, to then reat be..
refit of all who choose to economize by heeOtning
their own caterers,: One botcher Isavitig adve"
tilted to sell mutton and beef generally in any (purl".
ticies, at Gd. per lb., was soon met by a coMPetitor,
in anotheer quarter; who gave public riotice that .
he would sell the verpbest joints, as sirloin, titc. at!
t hat price. if the latter tan gain a fair profit by
such sales,- it May easily be imagined how pfufit.,
able, under all eircuoistanices, must be the trade
oC
a. retail, butcher, who sells his meat
at fire highest
nines we'
peice he can obtain for it,. From tie
have made, it appears that mutton, which sells ott
the average between 7d. and 8(1. per lb:, affordsthe vender, at the present time, a gain of 301..Pq-
cent. ! This profit is so enormous as to am 004
aysOlttle extortion, because it results from oni.
rice
t?ination amongst the trade, to keep
at all, events; and this- combination canon
thap
ly he
nt
overcoe by the establishment of numbers such
situps as the two we have mentioned."
rf •indeed is the true sotto irm of neatly all one
distress .—the kernel of the nuCof national cola-
mity.. It...is conspiracy in the hands, and contbi.
nation in the heads,,. which oppresses the cony
Politic. Great Capital has led to monopolies so
exorbitant, that there' is no such thing as fair trade
in Britain ! It is not the relative statepftletnandand
ay"
4upplf which regulates pm. prices in any one
. ,
bticte consomptioa. 'Monopoly enables a few
individuals to feed the Market as it suits them-,
selves. were thrown in Myriads
upori"our shores, the' supply in London worda
not be a single- fin the ruorl', or a single sbilliPt
the cheaper, sir long the Tanks of Glavesen.r
d
could contain the surplus quantity; and tarp_
•
the wholesale dealers to bring tiitst the peoP°"
tion which secured their profits to Billingsgate',
The granaries of England may sink under the)r
loads—a few Capitalists take care that the return;
at Mark Lane shall answer their ptrrpose.
fill their pockets at the expense of a suffering COnr,
munity, The West India Colonies may four
the E
their produce of. sugars and coffee —lot its
teas and sPicesibe north its oils and tallow, ird
the poor reap no benefit front the abundance.. All
these articles' are as' dear or dearer than the/
were. •Juntal of ever), trade in London m't
e
.weeklY'and fix the prices at' which: 164 ni i°
sell. And thus what the great Capita
lis'
at first hand, and the retail consp
second, the impost undiminished, onnlitig-
la still levied on the gerieral.„consumer ; end I"
tress `•pervatles every rank of the commit" ,a
'irator at
'And litiw can it be otherv)ise when Bakerl4-
Flonr4actors• 'determine 'the .price 01 Brea f.
Smithfield-Jobbit•s and, Butchers„ the atrie '''"-
Meitl—Tallow-Chandlers the price of 'Can4lel
rhe
Chee.emongera :the. price of 'Euttcr
and, in fine, the sellers of everynecessary of life,
a

tile price of tfint in which they deal. ,
ot,
The Statement the Post presents .PPY
but lve fear

of remedying this to a certain degree )
tile Public is not trite to its Own interest in ails
respect. Cheap Tradesmen, as they are styled,
are not sufficiently encouraged. It is a mere spurt'
and no sooner have they bught the old dealertto
ro
their senses and a reduction of price, 11 c°4l/Pea
. s. ell
titian, than they are deerted, and the pareiit's
return to their accustomed channels. To
101 do !et 4
a
and substantial good the man, wto who by ,Ver' rtbtF
.
ought
his rates, has produced this benefit,
supported to the end.
It may be thought that AS the PractiCe
• ot •, 0

T+

totting the hietrst possiblc prices is so grtv:rill
it Would counteract itself, as each pteying on
each is the snug on. balancing as each dealing
faitly with each. This would hold good were the
whole community in trade ; but there k a middle
mass tvhich is affected by these measures, the
brgest anti most important part of the Na-
t►on. It is this mass that is cut between the

scissors of contending extortion : and it is this
%Odell causes the. dis:ress so absurdly imputed, to
a few sinecure places, which the Organ of Oppo-
sition itself allows arc not paid out of the public
money, but out Of private tees of office. But we
have alleged all the arguments for which we can at
present find !room on this topic, and have only
to conclude' with an observation from the Morn-
lug Plist, to the justice of which we fully sob-

We have 'no hesitation in asserting, that no
sobstamial or permanent relief can be found for the
distress and poverty of the umltittide‘till the price
of provisions shall, by different-means, be made to
fall to the level of diminished income ; for although
those who have money will persist in paying fixed
prices .as long us they are able, yet they will con-
fine their expences to those things with which they
cannot dispense, and this necessarily militates
aghinst trade and against all who live by it.

i.o4j) wiirrwor:rur.
IFrom Me DribUit Evevi.qg Correspondent, Nov. 6.]
Tile Following hulletitt was issued yesterday

evening

" Plimax Park, ninths!, Evening, roar o' Clack, p. ,n.
Tbc Luctl Lieatenant is as welt as lie was yvsterday."
(Signed, &c.)

TitORTREAL, SFPT. following Coyle.-
men of the North-West Company, and Apure-
!tended' by a warrant of the gad of SELKTIM at
Fort William, arrived in town 1,44 t Settrohtli even-
lilt:, vit. the Hon. lkl‘firt.t,tvasv,
ALEX, APKENZIR. JOHN M'DoNNFLL,, IIUWT
Dl‘Gtt.t.ti, D. Joust NPl.,sucift,ist, aotl STNIONT
kRAZF.P. They were accused cif ttiutec, hut
aftk'r a laborious investigati,A till Thursday tore-
noon, were athnitted to hail.

FROM IlurNos-A}Res, Jinx 24:.—We have

pretty enerect jniormation tliat the Portagnesc
, expedition, with 10,000 troops, his arrivis,,l,in the
lifer. )—Against the truth :of
this areount we have letters direct of the 12th of
August.
Her AI‘SGSTY, the l'aurcEsses, and the Duke
rent Dildit SS Of Gt.ocOrsTßa, will go to Bigh-
ton about the 9th of next Month. . .
Yesterday Viscount SrtiatovTtt, the Russian
Ambassador, and Count MUNSTER, :1;311 auclienres
of the l'arttca URGENT. at Carittin-honse. At
three o'clock his Royal Highness lett Carlton.
Douse for Windsor, tit he present at tlie-celetna-;
tion of the Princess AUGUSTA.S birth-day.
The letters from Boston are to the. 9th tilt :
they represent trade still to be is a very bail state
with the English dry goodstuen in all parts of. the
United StateS, 'bin particularly in the Southern
States. American 6 per cents. were 91 Exch.
en London, 4 per rent.. premium.
The American I'vers mention that 'very exten-
sive fitcl- have taken place in the woods, ptirtictl!
lady. in the district of Maine, the County of Ox-
ford, inadding the towns of Paris, Albany, 13e-
-Bte. New Hampshire„bas greatly suffered.
Earnpeans can have little idea of extensive WS!
trietß bPill4 on are, •carryin,~ dothiction for 20.
end 30 miles. These papers state that the at coo-
'Orem was darkened 'at such distariep at sea that
several shipwrecks ha:l taken place,on the coast,
tern new Boston.
- Furnis experienced a farther rise y,:ater.
day :-----3 per cent. Consols lett off at 02i. tor acct. ;
62:5; for money. . All foreign exchanges Jell* but
very little business was done.
A Brussels Jourir4l urges the'getteral aslnption'
of resolutions by the people to abstain trout the
wrarine of English manufactures. " Since the
Tariff. is insufficient, some patriotic measure of
this it says, '' is the antsy means left 01
ptervikting that inundation of lititivh,gootts -which
must nit-emelt-elm the native manttlarttires with de•
structintt." It remalks, Ai a justification, that
the English thernselYes act upon Ihis•principle
both in. their I uw' 111141 tlSatreS. •
It is affirmed, that on the day 01 the marriage
'el the. Empetor of Aostata,'soo,ooo florins will
Ise distributed among the poor 'of Vienna, that
they may take part in the joy which this union
must give all the 'snhjevts (4' his Majesty, All
articles pawned at the Monte de-pieti for sums be-
low 300 florins are' to be redeemed at the public
.expence. . <
The vessel which was lost near the Texel
the 20th ac 21st alt. i 8 supposed to he the Brit.:,
taut, ELLts, frmn Naplei and Galipoli to Km.
literaant. tome cask Of ail cast on shore having
the same markS upon them as those shipped in
the Brilliant.--,(Marning. Paper.)
The Prince-or- Saxe.COhourg packet, Captain
LADD, sailed WI Tileol.ly last from Rottertiam,
and arrived on Thursday, By the passengers we
learn, that the eieportation of potatoes and pearl
,barley beet, prohibited, and that' of corn was
daily expected to take place. The distress exist-
tog in several partS nf Holland ,was very great,
owing to the Failure the harvest, and the in-
eessint rains tipit have prevailed in thst country.
At a numerous anal most respectable' meptingot
Noblemen and Gentlemen, held at Downpatrick
on the 211 instant, a deputatirot was directed to
wait on Lord CASTLERCAVH EtkileStitlg his Lord-
'hill's acceptance of a public dinner, to be given
there on Monday, the 18th instant.
he LORD Mavort was re.sworn into °nice
liestuday with all tile " pomp and circumstance"
Itt wiiieb he seems so mitch to delight. Ha after=
words bad a party to dine with Win.