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London, England, 1825-12-27 00:00:00

, advocates for the *zeta/ion ft barn, range them-
AO*
selves eadreltotetur torol haiderrtlso
.ffo politital. th
ether personal lo . regard to they Say it is alleged to
be dangerous to the vontemeatitr to ghee our deptindeoce
for food on the will of foreigners. in regard to the
secoAd, it is allege! that the importation of fOreign
corn will be tuitions to the native agricultsuid.,
—Oa the first point, little is requisite to he said. It
h'gh prices will not induce foreigners to send ui sup
;plies, then mankind have changed their nature. It ,
diey will not part with cora, in those 'countries where'
it Pi only uit raised for want-of cunsuMers, and where
it is a mere drug, although they ate offered in exchange
for such a commodity, which is to them useless, the
productions of our looms, forges, and incomparable
'workshops—productions which are of the fist necessity
to their very existence and comfort ; why then, we
must perforce return to our own cultivators—and
acknowledge that the whole world is bound by a spell,
and that, for the first time, it has happened in human
society, that men are dead to a sense of their own
interests.

The people of the O'lio and Mississippi can raise corn
in abundance for all Europe—if they could only find
purchasers to carry it away, and pay the merest •bilk
to the cultivator. The ['ache of Eovrr,with his doable
crops, is in the same situation. It is admitted by the
Landed Interest, that corn at Odessa is only thirteen
shillings per smarter—and in Poland and Germany,
they arm, there is a surpitts of corn on hand equal tq
seven years' consumption of all the people of lingland.
Besides, there are the Agriculturalists of East,South,and
West Africa,of the vast regions of South and North Ame-
rica. Will all those countless myriads of corn-growers
unite at the same moment in one confederacy, to starve
these islands, and to injure themselves ? Not one of
dims are .manufacturers. From the nature of agricul-
tural pursuits, in thinly peopled countries, manufactures
are for ages impossible, and inconsistent with those
pursuits. Bat yet the productions of the artisans are
indispensable to their first necessities. Besides, our
fleets and shipping command the sea, and the in-
creased employment they would receive in the extension
of commerce. sustains and perpetuates their supremacy.
Where, then, is the danger of trusting to commerce for
a supply of corn ? Such an argument is so utterly
destitute of reason, that it can only be addressed to the
most ignorant vulgar.
With regard to the second argument, the personal
I interests of the Landholders, which is, after all, the only
point on which the question really hinges, it is doubtless
of great importance, and well worthy vt the most im•
partial consideration. We think that the danger. to
'their interests is greatly exaggerated, and• ia many in-
stAnces capable of being averted altogether.. But this
part of the subject we must postpone to another op-
portunity. . -

This forenoon we received French Papers, including
the Leoik t.l yesterday. One of these Papers contains an
article from Zune, which will be read with great in-
terest. It appears that the inhabitants of Missolonghi.
after so long and so bravely defending the town against
the hordes that have besieged it, are determined to re.
sist, to the utmost, the new attack with which they are
threatened, and perish, but not surrender; that they
may be seared the sacrifice must be the wish of every
Christian end Patriot. The following are extracts :
The Mode of Sunday coataitts a letter from Warsaw
of the 12th inst, stating Oat the previous accounts of
the indisposition of the Emperor ALEXANDER, received
at St. Petersburgb, had been so likarming, that public
prayers for his recovery were ordered in the churches.
It further -states, that a Courier had afterwards ar-
rived from Taganrok, bringing accounts that hopes
,here entertained of the recovery of the EMPEROR;
SE now became joy at St. Petersburgh, and Te
Deum was ordered. While this was performing, the
Grand Duke NICHOLAS entered the Church in great
grief, and announced the death of bis brother: he
then proceeded to the Senate, where he proclaimed his
brother, CONSTANTINE the First, and afterward. took
the fad' of allegiance.
The same letter states, that the last words the EN-
?SRO* pronounced were evitienee of his profound re.
siguation to the deere sof Prrovinexcs. Some hours
before his death he had the window blinds opened, and
looking on the fine sky of the Crimea, he said, 44 What
a Jae Jay I" The house in which the EMPEROR died
was so small, that after witnessing his decease, the
Euraiss had his body almost in her sight from her
wn apartment.

ZANTE, NUMBS= 11.
The intrepid defenders of Missolooghi, perceiving
that they are on the point of being attacked by sea aad
land, have resolved to sacrifice their lives for their
country, and have .taken a last farewell to tbis.world;
amidst religious and milker/ ceremonies. • After it'
general review, in which each Chief embratel
soldier. the Bishop at the same time gave them
benediction, sprinkling holy water en their stiadorrlf.l
which were decorated with crowns of laurel. At Albal
same time by sent of to Zante and Ceptialnnlx An'
archives of the. Gavottes's% as well asibe old ineis,
women. and children. This separating' einiii4; *de,
greatest grief. All conansunktation is still *pet with.
,Missolonghi by sea and land, and numerous bodies
-imps have entered, as well as a reacigaisatity of prr~
iisions. They are also working on the tostteeies. This
ground, already bathed in blond, will Issijefes4ed inch
rlig:inch„ as there•is no live of retreating. .
• Nigtitliagito..Thcanss 17..•
Our news front the Mores is to the 10th November,

by which it gppeirs chit. atter the arrival of the Captain
•Patha, the new plaskof the campaign was the grand
subject of' discUidon, and that Ibrahim -Packs and the

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