The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-11-01

10 spienlid, but her people ere MI Mn (
ble--Her fields are cultivated, bsat they 4
flourish from the moistened bfox Of I
oppressed vaasals. Her n,ountaIris are
romantic, but the Gre of Tree don, 70 lot,
ger CLEANS through the dark recesses
thns once shielded the rude champio,
OF liberty; her public and private works
rivet attention, but they declare TO the
astonished beholder the lamen,able con-
trast between iordly afnuenec and the
most at ject penury.
For some time previous TO my arri-
val In that country, the state of affairs
had undergone a material and unex-
Pected change, not unexpected by .
number OF enlightened characters, blu,
totally unlooked for b, that arbiter CT
princes, the great - lord Cas,leresgh.
and his cslcDIs,iDB compeer Mr.. Va,
sit,art, The former gentlemen had al
ready presided al the committee table
OF monarcbs--5e recommended The es
'stlishment aud establishment OF
Louis on the throne OF France in oppo-
si'lou to the wishes Of the people, and
he voice OF mankipd--hN resolutions
we're carried at the point Of the bayo-
nes--hers ditary government was resto
cd, and England was supposed to have
reached the Climax OF glory, 20 enjoy
tor years rich harvest of national and
individual prosperity, as a Just reward
!or the moneys she had expended, and
the ifves she had sacrificed.
But 10 bow diGercn, has been the
ssait OF that unholy combination OF EN-
perors ard kiogs--how opposite to the
ambitious expectations OF the Irish
pes'ate /! Instead - wealth, poverty
has mere deeply iDden,ed her wither-
Jig Rrasp-iBstead of commerce uni.
yerssl: and a general demand for her
various manufactures En,'iand is com.
| PEELED 10 crowd her docks with empty
I shipping, and 10 force her articles a,
chose prices that nuse eventually ref
1 Der her as. bankrupt in purse a. she il
In honor Notwithstanding the lille re.
| ports Of those individuals " no would
induse US To believe that The presen,
condition OF the United Kingdom is in
fnj ely superior 10 the present state oil
| continental Europe, and even on q pal
With the increasing prosperity oil this
| &C untrr---the people oil England are be.
yond doubt IN most depl,rable situa.
| ton. From one extreme end Of Bri.
\ tain 10 the other, thousands are oct Of
employ in the metropolis alone, one
hundred ord tsvenry thousand nefssn.
Fare destitute II Ihe nseesSaries of lie
fand throughout the king dom in proper
ION. I he cry Cor bread is the music o.
the times but like the music Of bar,
barons age, il sounds discordantly t.
modern ears; il has no charms for roy
| 81 dissipation, or 5ae refined hpmanil,
Of a court.
rhe labenjng elsss IS are not ,he onl,
sufferers. Enc middle ranks Of socie.
IS have long since experienced the
dreadful effects Of legitimate " su-
thirty, and notwithstanding The presen,
declension at prices in the various srti-
cies OF prnvisicn, they have beer com
PEELED 10 lessen The daily consumption
of food to prevent tor season tie Total
failure of their concerns. Even menied
men ard The most extensive landboi;l
ers, have adopted measures OF re,renasi,
ment--thcy 100 have gradually dimin-
ished their household expenses, and
when took my departure from Eng
land, on the Ist Of Sept. JaSt, Forty
Thousand Hvery aervanss were then out
oil employ, discharged in consequence
OF the general stsgnation of bnsincss--
and to prove the perverted appIicat! ion
OF that amor patria, that " love of ceun-
try" Which has long been the boast OF
Eaglishmen, the very men who have
thus acted, are now within the precincts
of Paris and Brussels, enrichiog ihase
countries that have SO fatally impoyer.
ished their own.
Such indeed is the actual state Of az.
fairs under the auspices Of a minister
who has already betrayed The interests
OF one country, and who must, ere long,
sink with the importance Of the other.
RODERlCK WIN. M'sINNoN