NEWS OF THE WEEK.
"THOUGHTS on c.areity " are the most touching of all mental lucubrations; surd when BURKE gave that title to one of his ablest works, he proved himself a proficient in the art of puffing as well as of thinking le i writing. Scarcity of food is now experienced by the bulk of O.. English people ; and at length there is incon- trovertible evidence that the opening of the ports, which has been always pointed out as the safety-valve of the Corn-laws by the advocates of the monopoly, will not render bread cheap or plen- tiful. Yesterday, the average price of the last six weeks having reached 73s. and a fraction, foreign corn was offered "as duty free," the duty paid being only a shilling per quarter. It is stated that upwards of a million of quarters of Continental wheat, in addition to the previous stock, have arrived in the port at London within these few days : but how was yesterday's market affected ? The Mark Lane report of the Courier, which we take at random from the file of papers on our table, says- Tso supply of English wheat this week has been small, but large of Foreign. 'TI :r duty having been declared at Is. per quarter, has liberated all the bonded. We have had a good demand for all descriptions to-day ; and Is. per quarter advance has been obtained on the rates of Monday last."
So, priees are bieiter than they were before the bonded corn was new ,1. But they will be lower? That is not the cal- culation of the interested parties who swelled the demand and en- hanced the price in yesterday's market. Bad English wheat may be purchased perhaps for less; but such would be dear at any price. It is sufficient in this place to state the facts; some reflec- tions which they suggest will be found among the Topics of the Day.
