The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-18 00:00:00

" SEIZURE OF A BRITISH VESSEL.

" The Elizabeth City Star of the 9th inst. says—,
A British schooner put in at Ocracock Bar, on
Thursday, the 31st ult. in distress, said to be the
same ordered off from Baltimore lately. She has,
with her cargo, been seized by the Custom-house
officer at Ocracock; in consequence of putting se-
veral bags of coffee on board a small craft belonging
to this port, which craft was also seized, and both
ordered to Washington, North Carolina.'
" PROSPECTS A-HEAD.-By every mail which
arrives, the important and gratifying intelligence of
the daily increasing popularity of General Jackson
is made more and more manifest. From public
meetings held, and public addresses delivered; in
different sections of the country, and from individual
opinions from respectable sources received from va-
rious parts of the Union, we have come to the
conclusion that Andrew Jackson will be the
next President of the United States."—Mercantile
Advertiser.

THE CORN LAWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stf.,—lt appears " passing strange" to me, that
the vast majority of the people are so passive under
the sore and unnecessary punishment inflicted on
them, by the extremely high tax upon Corn, exacted
by the present Corn Laws, which are a disgrace to
the country, and an oppressive burthen to all—ex-
cept, indeed, the chosen few—one highly favoured
class—for whose sole benefit, it seems, all other
interests are to be sacrificed, and to be considered
but as the" dust of the balance."

" Would you ruin us ?" exclaim the landholders,
when this subject is agitated," can you suppose that
we, with our enormous national debt, and with
almost 71C plus ultra taxation resulting from that
debt, and in a country not so highly favoured in
climate as a great part of the Continent, can afford
to sell our Corn at so low a rate as they ?" We
answer, " no, certainly not; we would not injure
you, but protect ourselves : for God's sake have a
tax, but let it be not greater than you are fairly
entitled to, to counterbalance these acknowledged
disadvantages. Remember that it is upon a neces-
sary—upon the very staff of life—and, therefore, be
content with a protecting duty, which will place the
landed interest upon an equality with the other
interests of society." _ .

A simple question occurs from these observations.
If the existing Corn Laws be so unjust and oppres-
sive, why not change them ? The plain reason is,
that the Legislators themselves are directly con-
cerned in the matter. Two parties are contending,
and it is referred for decision to whom ? why (tell
it not in Gath) to one of the parties themselves!
and how it would be disposed of, therefore, required
a very small portion of penetration to guess; for
although I sincerely respect (as in duty bound) the
hereditary Legislators of the State, and esteem them
at once the ornament and safeguard of the Constitu-
tion, yet I humbly submit that they are but men of
the same passions, and compassed with infirmities in
like manner as we, their more unfortunate brethren,
are; and that it is too much to expect an impartiai
judgment from one of the parties themselves, whose
dearest interests are involved in the decision—who
must view their own cause with a partial eye—and
of course are naturally inclined to favour themselves.
What then is to be done in this dilemma ? I counsel

the people, from one end of the kingdom to the other,
to express their sentiments in respectful petitions;
to require no favour, but only a system of Corn
Laws, which will equally 'respect the interests of all
classes of his Majesty's loyal subjects.
The people have been quiescent of late, partly
because of their confidence in the sincerity of the
then Ministers, to carry through the salutary mea-
sures of that excellent man, Lord Liverpool; and
could never contemplate that, under any circum-
stances whatever, a portion of those Ministers vi,ould
desert the glorious cause, which they had but a short
time ago so happily taken in hand. But, alas no
sooner were they out of the atmosphere of Downing-
street, than they became new creatures. Having
laid aside their ministerial spectacles and substituted
the glasses of Opposition, every thing appears in a
new light—their optics become suddenly more pene-
trating into the defects of their late compeers, and
of the measures proposed by their united wisdom ;
and they absolutely join the Opposition, to defeat
the new Corn Bill; and attempt to justify their
conduct by pretences, which cannot fail of being
duly appreciated, even by the most moderate under-
standing. Had they but followed the example of
Peel, how much better would it have been for the
country and for themselves I What a rich harvest
of popular favour would they have reaped in due
time ; and though for a short space removed from
his Majesty's Councils, they would, in the mean
time, have seated themselves most firmly in the af-
fections of the people : but now have they not lost
themselves and their places for ever?
I will not be so cruel as to hiss them as they
retire off the stage, after making a very indifferent
hand of the parts assigned them : let them present
themselves no more before the people in the same
characters, and we frankly forgive and forget them ;
but we shed no tears at their political death. But
turning our attention to our rew friends, let us
endeavour to support them in the mighty struggle
which is about to be made to bring the landed

interest to reason; let us, then, be ready with in-
numerable petitions for some reduction in the tax on
Corn. And that the people, under the blessing of
Providence, may succeed in this, their most just
demand, is the most ardent wish, and sanguine hope,
of your' Obedient Servant,
Norwich. A FRIEND TO BOTH SIDES.

CHILD MURDER IN WHITECHA PEL.—
This morning a good deal of excitation was created in
Whitechapel by the discovery of the body of a female infant
in a dust-hole. The body was first perceived by a "bone-
grubber," who instantly gave the alarm, and informed the
parish officers of it. The appearances were such as to
leave very little doubt that it came to its death by violence,
and those were strengthened by the umbilical cord being
drawn tightly in two folds about the neck. The covering
was an old piece of blanket, and the situation in which it
was found is strongly indicative of there being some foul
play. Occurring so shortly after the liberation of Sheen
the horror and feverish feeling it has, excited may be more
readily
imagined than described. A Jury have been sum-
moned to Make the necessary enquiry. They sit this day
at the Workhouse, Whitechapel-road, at three o'clock.

COURSE Or EXUMA
Amsterdam C.F. 12 3
Ditto, at sight l2 0
Rotterdam 2U. 12 4
Antwerp l2 4
Haraburgh IN U. 37 1
Altona U. 37 '2
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto 2 U. 25 80
Bordeaux 25 80
Berlin
Frankfort on Manic, Ex. M. 154
Petersburgh,rble... 3 Us. 9}
Vienna, effective 1 2 M. 10 9
Trieste do.
Madrid 34
Cadiz 341,E
Pilboa 344
Barcelona 33
Seville 94
C; ibraltar 45

NA
Arrived. Due.
• America 0
O Brasil 0
O Buenos Ayres
I Dublin
O Flanders I)
O France
0 Gottenburglt
O Guernsey &Jersey 0

HIGH WATEX AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning.... 2 minutes after 10. I Evening minutes after 10.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1827.

Wc received last night the Paris Papers of
Sunday, and the Gazette de France dated Mon-
day morning.
The Quotidiennc states, that a letter had been
received in Paris from Lisbon, announcing that
a new change had taken place in the Portuguese
Cabinet, in consequence of M. de PALMELLA
having declined to receive the Porte-feuille of
Foreign Affairs, which had therefore been con-
fided to M. de VILLA REAL. Our lasi private
accounts from Lisbon expressed great doubts
whether PALMELLA would accept office, and
we therefore are inclined to believe the Quo-
tidienne's statement. The same paper asserts

that guerillas are multiplying in the northern
parts of Portugal, in which districts the Consti-
tutional Government can raise no recruits for the

Army.
The French inhabitants of Bona have all
reached Toulon. At that port, ana at Brest,
great naval activity prevails. Several ships of
various classes are fitting out, destined, as it is
asserted, for the Mediterranean. The accounts
which we continue to receive of naval prepara-

tions, both in the ports of France and Russia,
sugkezi the inquiry whether they. are not much
more extensive than their avowed object can pos•
sibly require ? The activity of our Lord High
Admir'al, and the Naval departments of this
country, however, ensures that we shall uot be
behindhand with a Fleet wherever other nations
send one.