London, Friday, October 2...
Tbo Brussels papers state some of the legislative procectl ingn on the subject of customs and taxes. The agricultural inteest appears to be stil suffering there from the low price of grain. Would the superfluous product had a free entrance irito England ! The tessels that conveyed it, if Dutch, would not return, if English, would not go out, empty or unloaded. Our manufactures would find an increased vent; more artisans would be required; and of Gcourse more bread consumed in England, and thus both countries would benefit. If our silk maniufactures are im- proving, wvhy should not we export ? Epitalflelds is nearer the Hague or Rotterdam tlhan is Lyons. The more com- merce, also, is thrown open, the more interests will be con- cerned in the preservation of peacc. then, for examplc, we view the present fisurishing state of Nantes, Bordeaux, llavre de Grace, and all the westerll coast of France, jrorn Calais to Bayonne, and reflect thAt the first cannon- shot exchaliged (distantebe the time!) betvwcen Fiance and 7,ngland, annihilates the prodigious wealth and comfort tberespAringing up,snd reduces the inhabitants into poVetty' and discontent,. we canuot but sliudder at the means of mischief .we possess,-and see the anxiety which the saner portion of our neighbours must feel to perpetuate the pre- sent amity. LONArDOMr FRIDAY, OCTOBER S9, 1824.