The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-04 00:00:00

STATISTTCS.

The sudden reduction of nominal value in nut
currency of Prices, and the consequeni cutttractiorx
of credit .and circiiktlon, arc serious ittconve..

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niences to many, but not radical or coditri,i4 dii-
.advatatagesl they were to a great degree 'lse-
cessary and inevitable, if we are to continue ant
coibmerce with ..the, neighbouring ilatious. If
wheats have gone hack in price froM:9os. to 605.,
gold has gone equally with it, from 51. 15s to
31. 195., and silver froth 6s, Bcl.- to 4s. 10d. At
this tune, 'the exchAngcs of Europe, Agia, both
Americas, and-IreLipd, are to much In the favour
of our exports, and claims and balances of ac-
count, that only bullion, can acquit. them, ;Ina
this is pouriiie in from till sides to u large amount
weehly. • ,

Both the wool and the flesh of sheep have this
year lost too mud; of their value, to the great
discouragement of the tiockmastels the wool
alone of n Merino sheep has At some time brought
305.; the carcase little valued, and very indifferent
meat.

Barley-bas been this year In the country at 18s.
a quarter, and since at 425. a great variety ; the
farmer who put his three bushels of wheat per
acre into the ground for 18s: 'ta 21s. will find his
crop of this year or`thirty-fire to forty bushels,
on fair hinds, repay him better or 70s: tt quarter,
than if Ms Seed 'Cora had-cott•bitrt, Its it has some-
times, three guineas per ncre and
.extra labour itt
the sowing. .
Potapes.are expected to sell )eland, As low as
9d. a basket of mOre than 1.31,c0n, itt
•Wiltshire, hai• unexpectedly advanced in n rail
sale lately to 9d. per lb. The Wihshire dairie4
have found it difficult this year r sell Their butter
at 10d. per lb.;\ the London continuer to ,buy his
at 20d. Some fathilirs have inspnrted direct; this
cannot, be tuuelijmitated ; but that the grower of
food should not l)e able to sell even. cheap, and
that theconsu6er should at the same time be unable
to buy, but at high prices, which check his con-
sumption, a double distress, anti an abuse:of
practice and of market, greatly to be avotded..--
This obtains sornething too much in the trade of
fish. The catcher and the consumer cannot'
"near"- one another enough, and more markets
than one ate wantedfor 1,290,000 people to resort
with convenience and a Lair competition.
The present harvesting, will require and employ
many more hands thao,,is common, from the short•
ness of the days, and the anxiety to clear the
groutid_and carrY home quickly ; all the straw too
will be heavy—to-My-in very close Manufacturing,
ruining, iron, and COIL mine districts, can the
want of employment for labourers, sailors, so).
diers, or the Irish, be urged in many places truly
for the next six weeks.

Home production, consumption, anti eircula-
tions, are of the first importance, use, and value;
are alone true riches ; giveeese .to. all, and are
themselves sufficiency : the 'soil well laboured,
toads Nveli kept, the fleece employed, raised,
and the potteries worked—what. more can .be
raised; and formed, and manufactured, ormachini-
factured, by the numbers and industry of the
people 2 The art, skill, and economy of ,our
Mechanism is the food • and element .of. the
'commerce of . foreign export, and exchanges of
foreign productions of couvenience or luxury, fur
thy wines, fruits, silks, and Other products of
southern clinics. Then conic the rich returns of
our colonies, and Asiatic settlements and.pows-
skins, lopporting a noble nuvigation. Lastly, to
shake off the cumbrous and useless superflox of
the precious metals, we send ,them in fine. largo
Arks, half empty, to China, where we are stilt
graciously allowed by the Great Emperor to bring
away a few of the dry leaves of
.his tea-weed in
return, prostrating ourselves, and thanking hint
also for the permission, favour, and condes-
cension!

That ell values and incomes , are not yet lost
among us, is most evident in . nn extensive. parish
joining the metropql4ovhere a tom, by 4 recent
assessment, is charged in tithe' os.: alyear, and
st
sow' lOs.l though, in„Gornivall, this year', five
calves have been sold together for 12:,5, eats for
.1.93,, and liiMbSO At fair.* tecentlyi 7s.
each. The fleece, the skin,.and the careose,
equally exceed the present rate of Consumption oe
'demand, and no animation is Tot Co -fleece the'
poor, or skin ,onrAlitlis any longer,. We may.
lanegionrselves poor,
..but should be thankful to,
Providence "that %ye are yet standing in the midst
of plenty.