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THE STATESMAN

the village of Chol:n, 15 worsts from the great high
toad. Of this I have to inform your Excellency, as
likewise that the Marshal of the Nobility of the
towns of Sytscliewki, and the Land Commissary at
that place, have rendered me every assistance in this
undertaking."

REPORT FROM Finn-MARSHAL ReFUSOW.
11.roarcliefka, Oct. 49.

As he had received intelligence that the corps of
Murat, of 50,000 men, was on the river Tshernisltua,
at a sufficient distance from the other forces of The
enemy, to enable him to act against the said corps•—
our army advanced from Tarushina to the Nara in
r..veral columns, which were followed by our right
wing on the following night. All these troops crossed
the Nara, under the command of General beneigsen,
whilst the remainder of our army followed his move-
ments by the main-road. Before day-break these
troops had reached the appointed place, together
with the 2d, 3d, and 4th corps of infantry ; they
passed, in the same order, through a forest, from
which they rushed upon the enemy. The Cossacks,
under the command of Count Orlof D.liisof, who had
almost turned the enemy's left wing, and were rein-
forced by several corps of cavalry under Gen. Muller,
with thetd, 3d, and 4th corps of infantry, fell upon
the unguareed enemy with such impetuosity, that the
latter could not maintain his position for any length of
time ; but very soon betook himself to flight ; our light
troops pursued him with artillery, heavy cavalry,
and infantry, as far as the borough of Woronow.—
The enemy's loss, on that dlry, was 1000 prisoners,
and about 2500 killed, a standard of honour belong.
leg to a regiment of cuirassiers, and 38 pieces of
cannon, 40 ammunition-waggons, and the whole
baggage olthe enemy, including that of the King of
Naples, taken. Our loss of only 3()0 men is eu-
Lanced by that of the brave Lieutenant-General Ba.
gawut, who fell at the• beginning of the bat-
tle.--General 13ennigsen also received a slight
wound from a shot, which, however, did not pre.
vent him from continuing in the command, even un-
til the pursuit.
At this moment, we receive intelligence that a re-
giment of ,Cossacks has taken 500 prisoners with
General Daru. Kutusow also writes, with his own
hand, that this victory was distinguished by the stea-
diness and regularity of our troops. Those who have
witnessed it, compare it to a well-directed maticcurre
on the parade.

REPORT FROM mAnut-ca:NERAL Now.%IsKA (41"10.
Moscor, Oct

0.1 this day General Baron Walu.gerode gave
orders to his van, under llowaiska, to advance from
.Nikoisk upon Moscow. The whole corps folloaed,
under the command of Major-General Bettkendorff.
Baron Wiazinetode attacked the enemy's out-
posts in the city with great impetuosity, and com-
pelled them to retreat : but in pursuing the enemy
to the Kremlin, Gen. Winziugcrode separated from
his corps, and. hastened forward to Nrsuntle the
bo,tile Commander to cease a useless tiring. Avlitch
could not hinder us from taking the town. This te.
merity was the cause that this brave and esteemed
General, together with the Captain of cavalry Na.
rishitin, were suddenly seized by a detachment of die
enemy, which suffered them to come quite near,
without paying any attention to tho white handker-
chiefs which they waved as flags of truce, and thus
they were taken prisoners. Hereupon Ilowaiska
pursued the dispositions which the Gederal had pre-
viously directed ; took the Kremlin,• and the whole
city, in which the enemy left his hospitals and a
great quantity of ammunition.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
rammr, NOVEMBER 20, IRI2.

We yesterday gave a variety of intelligence re-
ceived by the Gottetiburgh Mail from Russia ; and
in a Second Edition we published the snbstance of
the Bulletin issued by Government, which had been
received from Lord CATIICAnT, dated Petersburgh,
Novontber I. By this Bulletin it does not appear
that any Official Account had then been received
at St. Petersburgh from the Russian Army ; and
the reports of fifteen thousand French having
laid down their arms, and lost a considerable
quantity of baggage, &c. between Smolensko and
Moscow, wants confirmation. The reports from
General STstsatvit. and Count WlrrovisTrin, to
the ;:rith ultimo, state several advantages gained
over the enemy ; that a corps of Bavarian
troops had been cut off from ST. Clues army, and
its their pursuit they had taken 800 prisoners,
and found 300 horses killed on the road, the cannon
Is:longing to which, were supposed to be buried in the
marshes. Sr. CPR's army had retired to Lapelle, a
ton a in Russian Lithuania, 55 miles south-west of
Polotsk, waiting for reinforcements; and Generals
Sam's:tr. and WITTGENSTEIN were following him,
and had taken a considerable number of prison-
ers, cannon, standards, &c. From these differ-
ent accounts, we receive no information of the
French army with IlosApAars, since his retreat from
Aloscow ; but the probability is, that he is in his
route to Poland, where his whole army will most
likely take up their winter quarters, unless a general
battle has previously taken place in the neighbour-
hood of Smolensko, towards which place General
Kontsow was advancing with his main army.

A di3pateh has been received from Lord CATO.
CART, dated Petersburgh, Nov. 1. He incloses the
Bulletin of the action, 18th October, which are tin-
der trans!Ktion.

Also report • from Gen. SIEINIIEIL and Count
WITTGENSTEIN. The former in his pursuit Of the
enemy had taken 40, waggons, 2'2 standards of the
Bavarian regiments, SOO ducats of the military
chest, -7 officers, and 100 men prisoners, on the
25th Oct. ; and on the 2fith he took from the enemy
7 pieces of artillery, and made 7 officers and 150 pri-
soners, besides those taken in various recontres of
rear-guard, wherein the enemy had much suffered.
Count IVITTGENSTEIR reports, that by .the opera.
tion of General STLINIIEIL, the Ravatian corps was
separated from that of General Sr. CYa,—he him-
self, in the pursuit, had taken SOO prisoners and 10
tumbrils. lie found 300 horses killed on the road;
and some timbers, the cannon belonging to which,
he supposes, were buried.in the marches. The ene-
my had retired to Lepelle. He adds, that Sr. CYtt's
corps is so weakened, that it is impossible for him to
attack again till he is considerably reinforced. Ge-
neral STEINHEIL dates from Koubliche, on the 26th
of October, and Count WITTGENSTEIN, on the same
day, from Outchatchi. Lord CATHCART states, that
nothing of moment had been reported from the Grand
Army.
" The French were in the utmost want of pro-
visions and forage; and the Russians were greatly
superior in the number and vigour of their cavalry.

" The French left several thousands sick in Mos-
cow, in the most miserable state."

By letters from Gibraltar to the 4th inst. it ap-
pears that the Algerines have recently captured sere.
ral of our merchant-vessels and coasting craft, anal
shown other unpleasant and hostile symptoms of en-
mity against this country. We understand that Mi-
nisters have received dispatches to the above effect.
It certainly reflects disgrace on the different maritime
powers of Europe, that they should alternately suffer
themselves to be insulted and injured by this petty
and savai;e hoide of marauders.

We have been accused of endeavouring to render
this country discontented with the war, and to this
charge we plead guilty. But we may be permitted to
urge in arrest of judgment, that we hare thus enclea-
.voured, because we are convinced that this is the
only meal's by which its duration can be shortened,
and a rtiod put to its complicated miseries. It is
only by the voice of the people, temperately, yet
perscve►ingly expressed, in favour of pacific mea-
su►es, that Government will be induced to take any
effectual steps to accelerate the return of peace, and
to abandon that fatal policy, which has long been
the bane of this country—the system of making
Great Britain not merely a party, but a principal in
every contest that arises in Europe, we had almost said
in the world. War, notwithstanding all that State-
smen have said, and all that Sophists have written in
its favour, is an evil of an enormous, of an incalcu-
lable magnitude, and must, sooner or later, make
itself felt by the misery it produces, even among
those who are removed from the immediate theatre of
its operations. It would be as rational to expect
ease in a paroxysm of the gout, or tranquillity in the
accession of a fever, as a state of permanent prospe-
rity in war; and it is happy for the general interests
of the world, that such is the constitution which the

Creator has ordained; were it otherwise, wars would
be eternatt For, unhappily, there is too great a por-
tion of selfishness in the great mass of mankind to
antler them to be very anxious about the removal of
evils which do not affect their own interest, or at
least, come under their own observation. The de-
tails of a battle, in which thousands and ten thou.
sands of their fellowmen are destroyed and cut
to pieces, are read without emotion by those who
would shudder at the sight of a single mutilated
human body. And, we may add, that this sus-
ceptibility diminishes, as these horrid details are
rendered more familiar, by the long continuance of
hostilities. And yet, the sufferings of a single battle,
if they could be brought home to the imagination,
would Shock the most obdurate feelings. If we could
take an account of the sufferings, and unutterable
agonies of those who, though mortally wounded, yet
languish for hours in the field of battle ; of those
who are rendered miserable for life, by wounds,
which though insufficient to destroy life, are incur.
able, and destroy its comforts ; we should be over-
whclmcd with horror, and be ready to exclaim, "that
no cause could justify so costly and horrible a sacri- '
fice." But how minute and inconsiderable a part of
the calamities of war are the sufferings of one battle ;
how many such battles have been fought since the corn.
mencement of the present contest: and were we to'
carry back our retrospect to the last war, of which
the present is the consequence and the continuation, j
we should find the subject almost too vast for the 11
imagination to grapple with. If we could view
those innumerable victims of war, whose bodies
lie immured in the bosom of the earth, piled into
an immense pyramid, whose top would reach al-
most to Heaven ; if the blood of these victims was
collected to form a moat round this horrible strut..
ture ; and if we go gin further and surround
this pile with the myriads of orphans and widows,
formed by these innumerable battles, where could
we find the advocate of war, who would dare to'
step forward and say, " Yes, I approve of this sa-
crifice, but it is insufficient, the pile must be raised
higher, a deeper and wider meat must be formed for

the Wood, the number of widows and orphans must
be still further augmented, for this is a war for reli-
gion and the preservation of social order !" No,
not a men could be found, but would be struck
dunth at the horrid spectacle, the most infuriate
advocate of war would be silent. This to be sure,
is an imaginary scene, those bodies lie concealed
from human observation, shrouded by a thin co-
vering of earth, but to the eye of the Dory
they aro preseut, they are remembered by him,
and must be accounted for when he 'maketh an in-
quisition for blood. And it is an awful considera-
tion that crimes are not lessened, because multitudes
participate in the perpetration of them ; every in-
dividual must be answerable at the bar of the Su-
preme Judge, for that blood which his incitement
and concurrence has contributed to shed. Noy
more, every man who does not, as far as his sphere
of action and influence extends, endeavour to stop
the effusion of human blood—to shorten the dura-
tion, and lessen the fury of the pitiless storm of
war, must be considered as consenting to the death
of their fellow creatures, and as an accomplice in
their murder. To those who, in reality, believe in a
righteous judgment to come, these are considerations
of weighty import.

STAITESNIAN OFFICE, Two O'CLOCK.

In the course of last night Government received
some further Dispatches from St. Petevsburgh. These
came from Lord WALFOLZ ; and are undorstoOd to
he merely an echo of the accounts previou,sly
ceived from Lord CATHCART, ria Gottenburgh.
—The defeat of the French, near Smolensko, with.
the loss of fifteen thousand of their army, is
again mentioned ; but the various account', are so
complex, and so evidently exaggerated, that it is dif-
ficult to separate the intelligence which is new, from
what has been already before our Readers. ,We are,
however, in hourly expectation of receiving further
accounts from Russia, which, we hope, will enable
us to give the real situation of the contending armies.

The following is one of the most recent communi-
cations from Sir ROWLAND HILL'S army :
" HEAD-QUARTERE, CUELLAR, NOV. 3.—A Field
Officer, who left Sir R. HILLS army after the ac-
tion of Puento Larga and Aranjuez, speaks highly
of the great order of the General's army, on their
march to join Lord WELLINGTON. COI. SK%RRITT
arrived very seasonably to display the brilliant gal-
lantry of his brigade at Puento Large. Sir R. HILL
is full of admiration at the manner in which this bri-
gade was conducted from Seville, a distance of 400
miles, under the most severe privations and difficul-
ties. There was no dread of advancing into the
country in the brave troops, but a general emulation
to do their duty. The order for marching was given
out at Seville by Col. SILERRITT."

That excellent Officer, Lieut.-General DoTLa,
will shortly resume his command, and give his assist.
anre to the Spanish Legions, organizing at Cadiz.
We understand that Major-General Belowxv,
from the Sussex district, is to succeed the late Lieu-
tenant-General ENGLAND as Lieutenant-Governor of
' Plymouth, and Commander of the Western district.
The Modern Masons are to give their zealous Act-
ing Grand Master, Earl tiozaA, a splendid dinner
on the 13th of January, previous to his departure
for his Government in India. The Duke of SUSSEX
is to preside on the occasion.
The report of the KING'S indisposition originated
in nothing more than a slight paroxysm, which • his
MAJ uric experienced last week, but from which he
is happily restored to his former tranquil state.
Previous to Vice-Admiral Sir JAMES SAI:MAREZ
leaving Gotteuburgh, he received a most superb
I sword, which was delivered to him by Baron ESSEN,
Aid-de-Camp to the CROWN PRINCE., accompanied
by a most flattering letter from his Royal Highness,
expressive'of the sense which the Swedish Govern-
; ment entertained of the gallant Admiral's merits.—
' The whole of the hilt is elegantly set with brilliants,
of exquisite workmanship, and of great value.
An Admiral was yesterday appointed at the Admi-
ralty for the River Thames, between Chatham and
the Nore. Sir CMARLES HAMILTON will in future
only command the River upwards, from Chatham to
London.

We understand that it is in contemplation to re-
ward the further acts of distinguished bravery mani-
tested by the troops of the German Legion io the :
late conflicts • in the Peninsula, by making them re-'
gimeuts of the line, and giving tbem numbers ; in •
which event the German- cavalry regiments will be.'
the 26th, 27th, 2flth,.29th. and -30th ; and their'!
linfantry the' 105th., &c. We suppose the corps • Of
the Duke of Batunowtot will have the same privi-
leges.
The Duke of LEINSTER is *id to have declared his
determination to reside in Ireland the greater part of
the year.
The 2d battalion of the 73d Regiment, now in
the Tower, mustering only about 450 men, were
not strong enough for the duty, the men scarcely
r getting one night's rest in a seek. A detachment of
the Guards, therefore, do the duty of the Tower
out-posts. The Ist battalion of the 73d are above
1200 strong, doing duty at Port Jackson, command-
ed by Col. Maceuatutze, who is also Governor of
Ithe place; they are continually augmenting, by de-
tachments going out, and doing duty nil board the
convict ships,ind on arrival join the regiment, which
accounts for the weakness of the 2d, and strength of
the Ist battalion. The place being remarkably
healthy, very few fall by sickness.
The Medway, a fine new ship, of 71 guns, was
launched yesterday at PILCHER.s yard, upon tile
Thames, it: presence of •a great concourse of spec-
tators.
The ships Lord Cattlereagh, Ktrmee, and if
ren fh.Hnga, Jones, arrived at Prince of Wales's
IBland on the 3d of May last, from Bengal, all well,
and were to proceed for China in a few days.
Sir GOBERLY WEBSTER, on his return to Both-
Abbey last week, was met by his tenantry witi.
I torches, and his carriage was drawn by the populace.

The brig Peace, W ILLI.IIII 11. Mint I„,tiL 4
er,
from Oporto to London, was captured by a Fie
lugger privateer, of 17 guns:tint 1 men, off neat lei
;,
head, en the morning of the 14th inst. The c
tain, assisted by four of his men, attempted to
e%).. ver his ship by attacking seven Freedmen, wh,
were put in possession of her, in which att,mie
and three of his men were badly wounded (the C.,r
sere;
tain, it is much feared, mortally)—after a ;,:
and unequal contest, the crew of the brig
wer. 07(i.
powered by the Frenchmen, who directed their co,ee
towards Dieppe, but fortunately were &stele(' e
his Majesty's ship T ian, and retaken by he...
She is now in the Londou Docks.
Mr. BRANDE has lately determined, by a series
accurate experiments, that the colouring matter at
blood is not dependent 111)041 the presence of
has been commonly rcceivest; and has renders,! ;t probable that it may prove more useful in ti.o art •
dyeing, than has hitherto been imagined, siaee neit:wr
the alkalies nor the acids (except the nitric), ease
much tendency to alter its hue. The readiness ton,
with which its stains are removed from substteces
to
which the mordant has been applied, seems to render
it peculiarly lit for the purposes 4 the calico printer.
46 By impregnating some pieces of Woollen cloth %eel
solution of nitrate of mercury (Inner caustic). or of
corrosive sublimate, and afterwards steep; ;,g them;,
watery solution of the colouring matter of the blood, I
succeeded (says hip. BRANDI') in giving them a per.
mattent red tinge, unalterable by washing with soap.
and by employing the ammonical solution of the cp.
louring matter, calico and linen may be dyed with t
same mordant." lt is not a little remarkable that
bloomadder,erdis, itnstetliebiry tiiitieles and ii
most durable Art
ill('iand3ers,together with
reds ; end
that it has ever been found a necessary addition to
ensure the permanency of the colour.
Last Sunday night, as three boys of Beth city were
attempting to steal pohltre in one of the gardens,
which had been robbed before, at the bottom of the
Crescent fields, the oldest, about 17 years of ago,
and hii leg so dreadfully
was shot bilyaat
bsperiwnags
conveyedl in great agony to the
i'
Casualty Hospital, where it was cut off to save his
P
life.

There is a pleasing novelty in .the revival of old
custom!—at least so it would appear from the plea.
sure the Public express at the return to the old mt.
:hod of drawing every Ticket separately from tha
Wheel, instead of determining two or three at once,
as in the late Lotteries.

EDWARD JERNINGIIAM, Esn.--On Tuesday last
died, at his house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square,
in the 75th year of his age, Eow.JERNINGIIAM, Esq.
brother to the late Sir W. JERNINGIIAW, and uncle
to the present Sir GEORGE JERNINGRAMI of Costis-
sey, in Norfolk, Bart. He was sent in the earlier
part of his life to France ; he remained some time in
the English College at Davey, and was removed
to Paris, where he improved himself in classical
attainments, till he had nearly reached his twenty-
first year. lie was a good Latin scholar, and was
tolerably well acquainted with the Greek. The
French and Italian languages, but particularly the
former, were nearly as familiar to him as that of
his native country. In his mind benevolence and
poetry had always a mingled operation. His taste
was founded upon the best models of literature. The
first production which raised him into public notice
was' a poem in recommendation of the Magdalen
Hospital, and Mr. J. Ilimway, one of its most
active patrons, often declared that its success was
very much promoted by this poem.--lle continued
occaidonally to afford proofs of his poetical ge-
nius, and his works passed through many edi-
firms. • They are uniformly marked by taste, ele.
gance, and a pensive character, that always excites
tender and pleasing emotions. In some of his works,
however, as in The Shakespeare Gallery, Entho
siusm, and The Rise and Fall of Scandinavian
Pocky, he displays great vigour and even subli-
mity. The first of these Poems had the following
elegant and spirited compliment from Mr. Bouts, In
the following passage: " I have not, for a long time,
seen any thing so well finished. He has caught
new fire, by approaching in his perihelisons so near
to the Sun of our poetical system." His last work)
published a few months ago, and which has
reached a second.edition, was entitled, 44 The Old
Farewell." It is not unworthy of his best
slays, and it breathes an air of benevolence and
grateful piety for the lot in life which Providence
Ind issigned to him, highly honourable to his
begirt as well' as to his talents. His family has
all of the Roman Catholic persuasion, but he very
early conformed to the Protestant faith, and remained
in it till his death, having received the Sacrament ac-
cording to the rites of the Church of England, oa
Vednestlay last; His illness had lot% continued, and
was very severe at times, but he here it stills the firm-
ness of,a Philosopher, or, rhtliei, with the patience 3114
`ire,signation of a true Christian. He had, for the
whole of his life, enjoyed an intimacy with the highest
people in this country, and was particularly intimate
with-the celebrated Fur! of CnesTrnemo and the
present Earl of CARLISLE. He vas for several weeks
honoured by having been au inmate with the Prince
of 'Wat.i:s3 at Brighton, soon 'after the marriage of
his Royal Highness, and was favoured with the
Priuce's atteutiots and condescending inquiries duriag
his last illness.—lt may be finally said. that "his life
twharso gu
ge ;It t
tl eh,e"
wa
on
rdhtth‘avth
ev sha•vfve wh
?ivnne
mire de:fermi:an sof;
of
ifs esteem and respect, wit hitt their circle of action.
than this Gentleman.

The fate of Lieutenant Gilawe, consiciel
of the murder of a sorjeattt of masino-, o board !`s
vessel, was yesterday derided WA um's." -
stand he will be executed on Monday next.
SPARRING..—There aas a numerous meetinz
the amateurs cf boxing yesterday, at the li if r• 1
Rooms, for the benefit of Ford. !everal .ets-to
took place, but thAt betwixt Richmond and ilarilter
was a display of first-rate science. Several rudian-
ing matches took place amongst those. of fps, ',el-
fection in the art. All the Itickmansworth hero"°
attended, except carter and Faller, who are not sr-
rived in London.
The fasting woman, Mrs. Ann Moore, at the vil-
lage of Tetbury, in Staffordshire,
is yet in e%irtence
—though she ii es nether eat nor dratil, a. y
for upwards of roar years and i

To nu EDITOR OF rite STATESMAN.

Stn,_Your Correspondent, who has chosen, un-
der the signal° re of Pt nr.icoee,to make some remarks
upon the Letter I addressed you conceruilig the
Corn Trade, instead of answering the arguments I
then brought forward in support of my opinion, by
fair reßSollilig And manly argument, has only endea-
voured to weaken Weir force, by asserting, what is ;
untrue, that I am a Corn-dealer; and, being one of
the fraternity', am an interested person, and there-
fore undeserving of attention ; but the circumstance
of my being one of that hody of men, would not of
weaken my arguments, however it might my
bare asei tions ; and let me tell your Cori c.pondent,
that Ins le.stimeif, high-sounding name, will not give
weight to his assertions, unless supported by better
arguments than ho has brought forward, and that a bad
cause is always betrayed by abuse being substituted
for reasoning. All his assertions, therefore, so far
from having the effect he intended, have only served
to confirm the truth of my remarks ; nor do I think
that the most ignorant of the vulgar (to whom he
Evidently addresses himself), can be deceived into a
belief of his opinions, by the stale abuse he has la-
vished upon the poor Corn.dealers. The effect of
this choice composition upon myself was no other,
than that of exciting a hearty laugh ; and really, Sir,
in these gloomy times, it requires something more
than commonly ludicrous, to relax the features into
a smile. It is not the Corn-dealer and myself, aloue
who fall under his weighty condemnation; but we
are likewise told that Dr. ADAM Smirn, has betrayed
great ignorance, was unacquainted with human na-
ture; in short, knew nothing at all about the sub-
jut upon which he has written, and that the
`4 Wealth of Nations," which has hitherto ranked
higher than any work of the kind in the estimation
of the learned;--which has frequently been referred
to in our Senate, by Boyne of its most enlightened
Members, as a work of the highest merit ; must
cease to be admired, because Punetcoee condemns
it. Notwithstanding, however, this severe judg-
ment (which is doubly so when we consider the im-
portant character of the Judge), I cannot so easily
lay aside my early prejudices in favour of this Au-
thor, whom, from my youth upwards, I have been
taught to admire; and whose works, for years, have
been my study and delight. Pciercoee first denies
the assertion of Dr. ADAM SMITU, that the interest
of the Corn-dealer and that of the great body of the
people, are, at all times, even in years of the greatest
scarcity, the same; but, in endeavouring to contro-
vert this fact, he has unintentionally brought for.
ward an additional proof of its truth. Ile says—
" That Corn-dealers have been known, in years of
scarcity, to keep back the grain until it was abut-
bitchy spoiled."—Now, I would ask, as it might be
for the interest of the public that he should have
sold it sooner, was it not undoubtedly for his own
interest to hare disposed of it before it was spoiled ?
And would it not have answered his purpose better to
have obtained a lower price, than have kept his stock
till it was worth nothing ? Either then the Corn-dealer
will bring a proper supply of grain into the market,
er he is influenced by different motives from the rest '
of his neighbours.; and, in this instance, self-interest
ceases to influence a man's conduct. PuaLicota
really seems to think that this is the case—that the
Corn-dealer will starve the poor to ruin himself ; or, '
in his own elegant language, " screw up the poor
p :blic to the highest pitch," in order to enjoy
the pleasure of " turning bankrupt and hanging
himself." This, Sir, is the powerful kind of reason.'
ing PIBLICOLA employs; this is his method of dis-
alaing a knowledge of human nature; this is wis.
rota, in comparison of which Dr. SMITR betrays
umplete ignorance. I stated, on the authority of
!)r. Serra, that if it were possible for a great come
eauy of merchants to possess themselves of all the
orops of corn in the kingdom, some danger might
he feared on the score of monopoly ; but I likewise
stated, from the same author, thecae immense vi-
tae of these crops puts it out of the reach of the
capital of any such company of private individuals.
Wile says PDDLICOLA in reply ? Why nothing more
than what lam ready to allow, and indeedwhat might
be inferred from what I had already stated,—" that
they are many companies of Corn-dealers,"—hot he
cannot say that they are connected ; and does it not,
therefore, suggest itself to the mind,' even of Puma-
(vs, s, that where there are many companies trad-
ing in the same article, under equal advantages,
that there can exist no monopoly In answer to
Dr. Sattre's opinion, that Legislative interference
in this trade is impolitic; he asks, with an air of

triumph, 44 why did onr Legislators feel themselves
,inder the necessity of enacting such severe laws I
• bet!l people ?" A strange argument, Sir,
you wilt a;,nw, in favour of the policy of any mea-
sn re tlrq !ht. Government thought itself under the;
• 01 adopting : upon the same grounds the
policy of th., /;;x; enacted against witches, and all
the cruelties they sanctioned, may be justified, and
Every foolish law that has ever disgraced the
Statute Book of this or any other country, may
thus be defended. However, the Legislators of the
reign of CUARLE4 IL, tacitly condemned the po-
licy of the measures pursued, in regard to this
trade, by the Government of EDWARD 'Vi. and
his successors, by softening the rigour of the laws,
till then in force against certain Corn-dealers, 'and
it then became unlawful to buy corn to sell again,
Only whorl its price exceeded 48s. the quarter. But,
I am i•et oitiioUt hopes that the wisdom of this, or

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