Star. — London, England, 1822-06-08 00:00:00

to be AdIAN:, it Was for the House to o. fi r , h ,.. 1 ,-, sn ienout opinion of those petrats Mitt • 0 4" TN had : red, that a change in the pd. t owanie the pr,:motion of prosperity hitint , e ta,:, then, sotne of the arguments of the Hon,. 'orpo ,he, whose observations, almost all of them, , t he necessity of some measure, and the propriety, indeed, c h it k•nd of measure which at present was proposed. si Hot Baronet hail most citrrectly spoken of Ireland, as go f„r many years by little else than measures of emergency ; P" o bject was now, instead of having a relaxation of law one a; ; the et . a nd a par laysm of violence the next, to have a stratly‘ I 1• nt police—a police which should not only . r oni.h crime, but to prevent it ; and which, by habW l "„,,• the people to obey to law, might probably in the end 1 , .. 116 , t sect of attaching them to it. But the Hon- Baronet "" :c o the measure as unconstitutional. How was it unconsti irlt.ol, Fo xed pn what principle? It was not a measure rro any new law, or created any new crime, or * t '"', c ,4 any new °Nicer, or set up any new authority.— .„, ,hen. was it unconstitutional ? The difference now pro lp,j the mode of appointments was this :—The consta ' acre now appointed by the Grand Juries; and under st.st m they would he nominated directly by the 5.:1,1y there was nothing unconstitutional in that.— ~ clown was the fountain of all executive power, what T i z. :,l Cr could it make whether the Crown appointed the ma and ne magistrate the constable s or whether the Crown the constable directly ? And if it was possible that ;ejected system might become a job, this was quite c h eat ,sisting system . was notoriously and avowedly a job. *meant to cast no reflection upon the Grand Juries of Ireland; s e wocrt. the power of appointment was divided among 24 per ,. rlc h o f whom was exempt from responsibility, and shifted 1 7 i111t u pon his next neighbour, the appointment could not r esolve itself into a job; it was a job' from the nature of s:eot, and not from any fault in the parties who worked ~„1, rt the new system there was far less probability of such a ro.,,,:ttniation. With respect to expense (Mr. Plunkett con measure would he really a measure of economy.— ..,..alter of Baronies in Ireland was 250. Take the scale of , ; !:.rt constable to every barony, and the probable cost un new system would be this : t"l, I constables - - V. uy cnnnables - - . vectors, four at £5OO a-year u.tce magistrates, 10 at SOO £32,500 175,0t0 2,000 8,000 Total —£217,500 r....r hat was the real expense under the existing system? It : the last year, ;Aroruat Constables - ,e 2,907 police - - 102,113 r, tate: r, venue poi ce - 23,104 : I .:i:ary assistance to the revenue - 24,550 Total --£1:8,664 e 7' question was, not whether the existing expense was too . . llut it was a comparison between the expense of the two The new system would be dearer by about £40,000 .ad it against that were set the various advantages would accrue—the saving in egperse of several prosecu • . ,—:ire saving of time, now given up to the watching for and .0. prewntion of crime, the account would be neatly : but the House took into its consideration the saving t; ,u!,lic morals, and the probable restoration of peace, °be& anu sober nabits, to the country, the ad'ahtage in favour d fra : system wvtiki be prodigious. The measure, however, 'vas or, ( r. Plunkett concluded) intended as a remedy for an' :crane aid pressing evil. However he now recommended aop,Mil, he should rejoice in the ;appearance of circumstances ,:lould make its operation no lenger needful. Many of ..; ; ;Lsziohs of the Hon. Baronet opposite would be found 14- valuable when the House went into Committee, but he aus: oppose the re:erence of the Bill to a Committee above stairs. l'..0;:el FOS MR wished to have some proof of the charge ropscting a Magistrate having employed the peasantry to s potatoes free. Sr tr. PA It NF.LI. said the fact was notorious. ilAleral HART bore testimony to the sobriety of the inha :atas of the North of Ireland. He would support the Bill 4 uefitl. S. RICE said, that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr, I...nkett) had rather misled the House. Ile would not object :he Bill so much on the score of expense as of principle. The Ili was anything rather than • one calculated to conciliate the e r .e to the law. From the case of the County of Longford, rt • .:parent that the present system was not inefficient when e.; .!y adreinistered. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gonl d. ) was bound to state that, on the establishment of the new cant. all the extraordinary expenses that had been incurred 'teat,: be given up. Nearly 5,000 new Officers would be created the Bill. • t was in vain to attempt to combine the dudes of P•lice and au Excise Officer. In the County of Donegal, s:tich was in a state of perfect tranquillity, the number of S!a ,..trees was one to 25,000, while, in the disturbed districts, the s: ? onion was one to 3,500. It appeared, then, that it was so wait of Slagistrates that the distutbances had arisen. i.eJ Oil N NEW t 'Ora said this system of Police was a 'e state of arbitrary power, granting to the Government bi.blm the sole power of regulating the details of the Polite of Wind. Ile was authorized to say that the moment this Bill rumber of most respectable Magistrates would throw up . ;emissions in that country. This Bill• seemed so corn p: e,a d. viation from every principle favourable to Ireland, that it co, J rot give his assent to it; and if it passed, be should con. eier ; eland no longer as his country. PEEL certainly thought that a great object would be pines; I,y appeintieg some substantial persons to act at the bead e muscle , in Ireland, similar to She laird Lieutenants of Couto ee in england. Ile wished some plan were adopted to reform the Magistracy of the former country ; but reform it how they would, they would still have a defective Magistracy, on account of the Feat extent of absentee property, which could not be efftctually repese..teu by any agent or middleman, however respectable. IVhat a stare must a country be in, where there was not a Ma iterate within the distance of twenty or thirty miles, and v.htre, consequently, scarcely any legal redress was to be had! , slid not wish a general stipendiary Magistracy, but to leave it to the l ord Lieutenant to appoint such a Magistracy in ex t:C:llt eases. Tb• y had at present 21.000 troops and 4000 yeo sultry, to enforce obedience to the laws; and did not that show :ace ,ity for sonic amelioration of such a state of things? and it . ;:ely it would be much to get of the expense of some re metes of the line. He contended, that the constables appointed ay the Lord Lieutenant were much more effective than those sppoilited by Grand Jury presentments. He was glad, how ries to find that the salaries of constables had been reduced to ti .-year. He thought it highly desirable that the Bill should I is allowed to go to the Committee, in order to try to find out ise e remedy fur this great and apparent evil. Before they could ittroduce the British Constitution into Ireland, they moot give her as efficient Police, and the fair and free administration of justice. Mr. ABERCits 11l E agreed that a remedy was wanted fet this evil ; but that did not take away his detestation towards is s Bill. It was calculated to drive every honest independent non horn that country who could well and efficiently serve it. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought the Bill should te to the Committee, and there it might receive modifications. This was not a party measure; and they must all see that he nd could only be governed like every oth er country, through Es natural means. Lord ALTHORPE had hoped that the Government of Ire land had been intended to be conducted un more constitutional tteciples than were contemplated by this Bill, making the Ma st. eacy subset silent to the Executive Government. CHARLES GRANT was placed in a painful situation, Then he telt himself obliged to dissent frotn this Bill. He was %bilged to oppose not only the details of the Bill, but the general preter d le upon which it was founded. Before the present tees. Sure was r e sorted to, he wished to ask why some s y stem less sNettienable in its nature was not tried ?—(hear, hear).—This Bill, it adopted by the House, would go to place the whole of Ireland under an armed police—a gendarmerie--subject to the immediate amtroul of the Lord Lieutenant—( Hear, hear).—Such a measure was altogether at variance with the principles of a free Government. He implored the House to consider well the na tive 01 this measure. It was one which not only affected Ire land, but might vitally affect England also; for, if the prin t:PlC Was once established with respect to one part of the empire, what was to prevent its being acted upon in another?—(Hear). Ile dented that there was in the Irish people an invariable deter mination to oppose the law. It was a Well-known fact, that, Ist some oases, one or two constables bad taken the leaders of riotous fe!gs, and carried theM off in custody, front the midst of bun dyed-, of their adherents--(Hear, hear). --Ht deprecated the adoption of any system for Ireland that was not to be adopted for Lngland ; and he particularly deprecated the present system, bst-us , it was one which went to encourage espionage in every part of the country—(Cheers).—He was glad to bear the 110 "Viatell in the terms it dessered, as a disgrace to the 13ri- 3 90 11 , them. pendidy'Magistrates a: salaries of setloo .-year each. 11141 Lord Lieutenant could move this large force whereVer he pleased; and hyrever much eonedeoce he placed in ilia Mar- . quis Wellesley, he could not agree to grant him such unlimited Power — (Clicers). Such an extent of patronage wept direttly to break down the prima** of the COnstitutioti—(Cheers). In conclusion, he entreated the /louse to reject the Bill, If they ~, w ere determined to do their dilly, not only to Ireland, but to the / Bridsh Empire—(Cheers). Mr: iMA RTIN, of Galway, was of opinion such good would result from adopting the measure now proposed. \ . I Sir N. coLTHURST supported the measure. 1 Mr. GRATTAN opposed it on constitutional grounds. ' Mr. V. FITZGER A I.D thought the present state of Ireland called loudly, and imperatively for a change of a description to ameliorate the state of that country, and he was persuaded the measure now proposed would have that effect. Mr. BROUGHAM was decidedly hostile to the principle of this Bill. Ile considered it so radically objectionable, that no , amendment it could receive in a Committee would render it less objectionable, and therefore be should now oppose its going another stage, as recommended by the Noble Marquis. he concluded by moving as an amendment, that the Bill should be read a second time this day six months. Mr. 1). BROWN opposed the Bill. Mr. S. CA BEW supported the Bill. Lord EBRINGTON opposed the me was then cleared for a division— •The Gallery For the second reading - - 113 For the Amendment - - SS Majority in favour of the Bill - The Bill was then read a second time. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY postponed the Report on the Corn 134 11 to hianday next. On the motion of the Cnatmsz.tos of the Excumarmi, the House was ordered at its rising to adjourn to Monday. ILL TIIEATM&NT OF ANIMALS BILL. Mr. BUXTON rose, on the order for the third reading of this Bill, and recommended the Hon. Member by whom it was introduced. to withdraw the 13111, for the purpose . of introducing an amended measure next Session of Parliament. • Mr. IL MARTIN could sot consent to abandon the 13111. Mr. MONCK opposed the Bill, and moved as an Amend ment," That the Bill be read a third time that day six months." Mr. MARTIN defended the Bill. A law was passed agairist the picking of pockets or the stealing of peaches, and he saw no reason why animals should not be protected. Mr. SCARLETT opposed the Bill. He thought it would be ridiculous to legislate upon such a subject as the present. — Indeed, if the principle were adopted be could rot see where the line was to be drawn, or why there shouli not be a punishment affixed to the boiling of lobsters alive, or the eating of oysters alive !,-(Laughter). Mr. HOLFORD expressed a wish that the Hon. Member would withdraw the BBL He (Mr. H.) really should not, as a Magistrate, know how to act, if a postboy were to be brought before him, under the present Bill, for riding his horse too hard. Mr. MARTIN said, was satisfied of the propriety and justice of the measure ; and, as he thought the majority of the house was with him, he should press it. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, and the Amendment was withdrawn. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. Adjourned at Half-past One this morning to Monday. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1822. ills FUND& STOCK EXCHANOK, TWELVE o;c3,ocw. There appears a spirt in the Market this morning, but no business of any consequence doing. Consols for the Account SOL and Reduced 79. .. . FORMS MARIE:T.—The Spanish Bonds are now sought after; Chilian Stock is still in demand; Russian Bonds remain nomi nal. Not much business doing in the Foreign Funds this morn ing. Chili= 766 I ; Russian 814 ; Spanish Ohl 614 (in demand); New 614 ; Prussian 854 ; Danish 854 ; Neapolitan 72; ; Co lombian 1001; New 814. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. The Market this morning exhibits very distinctly a tendency to a further advanCe. Some purchases have been made by indi viduals who usually act upon hifortnation, and the price has ad- raced.—Current prices : 3 per Cent. Reduced 1S 79e 79-3 i per Cont. 901 4 per Cents. 961 i-4 per Cent. New, 96 Bank Long Anne. 20 1-16—India Bonds 465. Exchequer Bilis of £lOOO, Is. dis. is. pre. par Ditto Small, par, 41. pre.—Consols for Acct. 1101 It will be seen from the proceedings in the House of Lords last night, that that busy controversialist, the Bishop of PETER.. sosoucu, has been exercising an ultra orthodox authority in his Diocese. This Prelate, who delights in wordy warfare, and who has long been at war with the Evangelical part of his brethren, has contrived a string of 87 questions, to which he demands cate gorical answers, in order to make sure of the opinions of all the Clergy in his own little Diocese. Like a politic Churchman, however, his power his only been exerted against Candidates for Orders, or poor Curates seeking Licenses. It had never, as Lord Hoixaxo observed, been. visited on Clergymen about to be insti tuted to Benefices ! The Bishop, who was without an advocate in the House, defended himself on the ground that he had a right to examine the Clergy as he pleased in his own Diocese: but not a Lay, nor even a Spiritual Peer, could be roused to support the High Church prerogative of the Prelate of Pxuasosounn, who I must have felt some mortification at his standing thus undefended• The French Papers of Wednesday, received this morning, contain the Message of the Spanish Cortes to the KING, on the state of the country, which it describes as afflicted with dreadful evils, in consequence of " the continual attacks of wicked men, and by the blows they utieeasingly aim at its wise Institutions." They complain that a horrible desigrt has been formed to stop the progress of liberty and knowledge, by pointing out as crimi. nal the most innocent and legal Meetings, and persecuting with fury the most illustrious patriots. That the Government adopted a slow and crooked march ; the passions were excited ; foreign machinations prevailed ; men's minds were inflamed and sus picions excited." " Sire," continues this Message, " the Spanish nation, on seeing the Constitutional system proceed with such slowness, has become a prey to the most painful distrust. This distrust exasperates men's minds; it increases every day, when it is clearly seen with what ardour a foreign nation—or rather the Government of that nation, uses its ir.fluence to increase our troubles, foment our complaints, and abuse our holy revolution by every kind of imposture and calumny. " Sire, the nation considers its liberty in danger, seeing how slowly proceedings ase taken against those who openly attack it, and with what insolence the enemies of the Constitution speak of their sinister projects, and their approaching victory." Speaking of the Priesti, who have been at the bottom of every plot against the Constitutional System, the Cortes, in their Mes sage, say, " The Cortes, Sire, desire you to look upon those Minis ters of the sanctuary, those ambitious Prelates, those men who, having Quitted the world and its interests to devote themselves . to prayer and virtue, even now, in the path of the Gospel, bring ^ 1 . 11011 . 1 1 11 e swiinen stoop to mix ham: RYY lid WOW in -owe hand and the sward in tbd ether, t 7 1%4 their . Mime ; • entombing *touches behin4 chair atideaty, thief Nag aroulaßthe ten* of reheat* t they Wight 119prile, pillage,• and burn die cities ; they would cause rivet% of blood to dow ; and wound, .in fine, entreat un happy Spain - Into a frightfurtheatre of CM' war, in the deceitful hope of erdugulshing for ever the fight of civilisation, the spirit of liberty, the Throne itself, and the national representation." The Address, or rather 'Remonstrance, sails upon the Km to confide power to men only who regard the public liberties— to repress the excesses of those Functionaries who overstep or &bine their power, and unite with the National Representation in securing to the country the benefits of the Constitution. These Papers contain no new ialformation relating to Russia and Turkey; and there seems considerable doubt as to the ex tent, at least, of the evacuation of Moldavia. The report of a victory gained over the Turkish fleet, under the C.apitan Pacha, In the waters of Sdo, appears to be confirmed. This forenoon we received a German Mall. bringing Frank fort Papers to the Id indant. The Proclamation from C.nrfu gives another instance of the tendei mere ks of the Loan Mott COMILVIKINZI4 and of the feelings of the Government towards the Greeks. The following are extracts I CORFU, APRIL 20. The allowing document has been published here t • Conformably to the act of neutrality proclaimed by the lonian Government, on occasion of the miseries of war and in surrection which bare broken out- in Epirus, the Peloponnesus, and adjacent countries, which act has been approved by his Majesty, the august and sole Protector of these States, it is as necessary as useful, with a view to the special interests of the States, that such of the lonian subjects as, abusing the paternal indulgence of which the Government has given reiterated proofs, have violated the national laws and the first duties of honour, by risking the highest interests of their country, should be sub ject to the penalty due to their criminal conduct. In conse quence it is ordered as follows; " Art. I. The subjects of these States who, in the course of the said troubles have taken, take, or shall take, an active part in the war, in favour of or against one of the partie s at war in Epirus, the Peloponnesus, or the Islands, countries, and seas adjacent, are banished for ever from the territory of the lonian Islands and their dependencies. " 2. Their property, real and personal, of every description, shall be confiscated as the law prescrilies. " 3. Whenever they, shall fall into the hands of the Govern. went, they shall be treated according to the rigour of the law of the Srate,exacted to this effect. "4. he time from which the application of the preceding regulations shall take place is fixed at twenty days after the Pro clamation of the neutrality against those lonians who have taken part in the war in Epirus • and at forty days after the said Pro. clamation against those lonians who have taken part in the war in the Peloponnesus and the other countries and 'seas above mentioneth----Corfu, April 2, 1822." VIENNA, MAY 25. Metalliques, 76g.—Bank Shares, 692 2-5. Professor Hallasehka of Prague, has informed us of the ap pearance of a new Cor net in the eastern hand of the Charioteer. It is already so bright as to be visible to the naked eye. Its right ascension and northern declination are increasing. TURIN, MAY 20. M. Pons discovered a Comet from the Observatory at Mar. lia ' near Lucca, on the 14th May, at 9 h. 15 m. N.W. near the horizon. It 4s at present in the atarioteer. It is pretty bright; Its nucleus resembles a star of the fourth magnitude. BOLOGNA, MAY•IB. A sudden storm, which arose last Saturday at noon, brought destruction over fourteen of the most fertile communes of this province. A torrent of hail, of which the stones weighed from six to nine ounces, broke and destroyed everything; the strongest trees were stripped of their foliage, and the roofs of the houses aU dashed to pieces. Thus these countries, which lately pre sented a scene of the greatest fertility, are now desolated and laid waste. mami••••••••••• It is reported that the Congress, said to be about to assemble in Florence, will meet there in the month of July. The cir cumstance, however, of their meeting at all is somewhat doubt ful at present, and is not credited by parties connected with Go vernment, and likely to be well Informed upon the subject. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, his Royal Highness the Prince of DIXIGARI, attended by Count Mores; his Ambas sador, and a numerous suite, embarked in two of the KING'S State Ilarges, at Vauxhall-bridge, for the purpose of visiting •end inspecting the Docks at Deptford and Woolwich. A report that his Marasee and the Dukes of Yoex and Ccaarses were et the party, was industriously circulated along the shores, and , as the barges passed the crowds saluted them with " God save the /Tag." On nearing the Tower the batteries fired a royal salute, land most of the shipping raised their colours to the mast-head. The KING and Duke of You are at Windsor, and the Duke of CsAarres, contrary to his expectations, was detained at Walmer Castle, in consequence of the precarious state of health, of the Duchess. At twelve o'clock the barges reached Dept ford, where the Illustrious Visitors were received by Mr. Cur entomtia, the Chief Commissioner. Wednesday, Thomas Musoaavz, Esq. aged 20, Commoner of University College, Oxford, youngest son of the late Sir Joni: CHARTISM Mutosava, Bart. of Eden Hall, Cumberland, was un fortunately drowned near Inky, by accidentally falling ever the side of a boat. Last week, at Tetbufy market, a farmer sold a miller 20 sacks of wheat for 81. which is only 2s. per bushel ; and, last Saturday, at Chippenham market, a farmer sold a miller 20 sacks of wheat at 7s. Bd. per sack. These prices are lower than they have been for the same article for 100 years past. The Tree Mercury says..-" Mr. Webb Hall, the pretended exclusive friend of the farmer, disappointed in his schemes, is now exhibiting his poriotism. From his Presidential Chair at Henderson's Hetet, he has sent a letter to his affiliated Associa tion, in which he advises them to give notices to quit their farms in whole bodies—by whole districts." Two estates at St. Kitt's, for which £4.5,000 were refused five years ago, were knocked down at the Auction Mart on Tuesday for 5C16,000. Waesraan House.—This celebrated spot, once the princely residence of the TILNGY family, has been the centre of attraction ever since the 22d ultimo; the magnificent furniture, massive silver plate, paintings, and sculpture • Gobelin tapestry, ancient and modern books, wines, &c. &c. being advertised for public sale. Every description of vehicle has been put in requisition, and immense crowds of elegantly dressed females have daily vi sited the house and grounds. The Catalogue has been divided into three parts, each of which sells for Ss. and admits three per sons. The visitors have been so numerous that the rooms were heated to suffocation. The out-houses are furnished with re freshments of every description, and the place has the appear- anee of a country fair. Numbers latterly were disappted from seeing the celebrated Grotto, as several persons that were permitted to view it, at the commencement of rhewing the pre mises, conveyed away fragments of the works, and did coast derabk mischief. THE brusEtm, No. VII. (a new Weekly Journal devoted to Lrrsaaruaa, Firs A ars, Scissor, Arrimumas, the Daasta, &c.) published Bth June, (price Bd. in London and its Environs, or free by post, ls.) contains:-1. The Picture Book, No. I. London.-2. Letters from sParis.-3. Spare 4. Walks in London.—S. Sale of Mr. Perry's Tlbr?ry.-6. Ori ginal Poetry, Masque of the Seasons—St. Omer—A Sonnet...- 7. Fine Arts t the Exhibition-.. British Institution—West's Pic tures—Statue of the late Duke of Kent—French Exhibition for 1822.-8. The Drama: Drury-Lane—Vauxhall Gardens.-9. Reviews of the Fortunes of N'igel-.Beacebridge Hall—Physlog nomical Portraits—Britton 's Cathedral Antiquities—The Ocean Harp.-.--With Varieties, Faced's:, Epigrams, Chinese Proverbs, Charades, &c.—Books publishing, &C. &a.-Published ty Join. 69, Fleet-street, every Saturday ; sold also by all Book selkr;, Newsmen, Postntastyrr, ..` . , NAVAL IX TELL Ili ENCE th e juitenit, 60, Wit toiliallisioneS 011 l‘teldit ; A. W estnsau., and Ltoutimana &us and MMus, aeB sF pointed to be. • The Phtehe Ann, of and for !Ow fork, from New Wm* eras wrecked near the /Wise about the itch bf The Ilarriet, of and for Halifax, front Jamaica. was wrecked • the 26th of April, on the hers Poem Key*. Th. crew le. mined six days on a desolate island, and were taken off by the Charles, Jaaami.s, of St. ,Thomas's, and arrived at New York . the 15th ult. • Wttal.s Snip tattrimucz A oceirus.—Lettes Were tsceiveti st Neirport, tin Friday last. from Captain EACL, of the ship Frederick Augtistnit; of that port; on a whaling Verne, dated November 15, 1821. She strived hound Cape' Horn. after * passage of three months sod four days from that port, and bad then taken four whales. On the 31st of October, Captain EAU pat into St. Mary's, whey a small boat Came off with Captain . Maim, of the brig AWN of Boom' Captain Motion in. Mused, that his vessel bad been taken by the Spaniards, while lying in the south bay of St. Mary's-that be had made his escape that morning from ()rico. where he was to have been shot the next day. Captain Mosson. also stated, that Captain Resew.; of the ship Hero, of New Bedford, was shot at thico, four days after his capture; and Captain CLARX • of the British ship Per. severance, was shot about four months after It was said, that when Captain Russaii was brought out to meet his fate, he tea quested his executioner to shoot him directly through the bead, which was refused. On Captain Eases receiving the abets information from Captain Motion, he immediately got under way, and proceeded to sea. Captai n Motion was landed it Vals pants° from the Frederick Augustui—afineriam Piper. FALWOUTII, JUNN 6.—Wind S.E—Sailed the Ceres, MAT. maws, for Rio Janeiro. Arrived the Jane, Wrus, from Sts Lucie, in 38 days, for London ; and James, &Om Boston td Rotterdam. Poirsarouen, Jens 'Z.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived thi Fos• hound, blaresitasori, from the South leas, for pnividons. Due,, Jews 7.-..C.ame down from the River last night and • sailed, the Cane Grove, THOMPSON, for St. Vincent.bs ; Georgina, Wasass, for Berbice; Santissima, Gowan's, for Bilboa. Arrived and saUpd for the River the Caledonia, BasaWn, from Grenada. Two vessels are coming through the Bar, supposed to be the Jack Tar, from Jamaica ; and Elizabeth, from Quebec.—Seven o'Clock—The Caledonia has put beet, and will sail again at tide time. Cussoss•House, Jams ?.—Ships Entered Inwards i—Lord Melville, from Calais; Elizabeth, from Nantes; Flare, train Moniker; Telemachus, from Rotterdam; Marshal Blucher, ditto; Jeune Isabella, front Ostend; and Andromeda, from ' Calcutta. Entered Outwards:—Rachel, for Hattiburgh ; Pere de Famille, for Marseilles; Tobago, for Grenada; 'Thus, for Alexandria ; Po, for Naples ; Charles, for Tobago ; Mary Anne, for Riga; Flying Fish, for Ostend; Aurora, fur Cork; ans) Betsey, for Tobago. Cleared Outwards :—Heroes,for Calais; • Emma, for ditto; Mary Ant*, for Dublin • Thames, for Que bec; Winchelsea, for India ; Lord Melville, for Calak ; and Joseph, for Oporto. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. It appears by the official Reports of the Committee appointed at Dublin, that contagious diseases are rapidly extending over the country. In the south and west of Ireland, very many have already fallen victims to the dysentery, typhus fever, and cholera morbus. They are all most fatally prevalent in some parts of the county of Mayo. At an adjourned Meeting held at Swineford, to consider the distress in the barony of Callen, in the county of Mayo, it was stated that an unparalleled degree of distress exists in seven parishes, amounting to a fourth, and in many instances to fa . third of a population of about 27,000 individuals. The Mayo Comdata:lux, published at CastLbir, gives the fols lowing detail : " The awful and most melancholy duty of announcing the fres quent visitation of death to the habitations of our unhappy fellow creatures, who have, by the use of nettles and other herbs, for a while averted the blow—until, in fact, their stomachs refused to receive the unnatural food—continues still to devotee upon use Two cases of this lamentable description, which have occurred since our last publication, between this town and Turlough, are unfortunately too strongly attested to permit us, with all the caution we exercise, to doubt the facts. It has also been stated to us, from unquestionable authority, that two other persons , Richard Blugan and his wife, of Kilbree, have died from want. Amongst the many painful spectacles which are every day wit nessed in this town, we may notice one which came under the observation of the Gentlemen of the Relief Committee, who were engaged in the distribution of meal, to persons who had • tickets, on Friday evening last. " There are .between five and six hundred families receiving the poor pittance which can be afforded to them, and there are more than twice that number, we believe, in great distress, who cannot be attended to at all. One of those creatures , wh o had no ticket, crawled to the spot from whence food was adminis tered, and, as if it were the last and greatest effort of her ex hausted nature, she immediately sunk into a swoon. Some means were of course employed to produce her recovery, and on loosening her clothes, it was discovered that her body was tightil swathed with a bay-rope, for the evident purpose of compressing the bowels and stomach! When animation was restcred, stfe was provided with temporary relief ; but even for such an object as she is, there is no room upon the poor list. We have expe rienced, to a considerable amount, perhaps X6OO or upwards, the benevolence of the London and Dublin Committees, and of Government, but more must come from some quarter, or num bers of our poor will perish." . - The XlOOO note lost on Thursday by a messenger from the Committee for the Relief of the Suffering Irish, was yesterday returned to the Secretary by a clerk to an eminent mercantile house in Broad-street, who had found it. The first Report of the Select Committee upon Grand Jury Presentments of Ireland, states the amount of last year's levy at upwards of £720,000; it recognises the greet inequality of the pressure of the levy, and recommends that a uniform system be adopted, withinit delay, in every part of Ireland. FAIR or Pisces:owe, Cuurery or Duscist.-11te above fair was held en the 27th ult. a riot of a most serious kind occurred there. Some of the military, about fourteen, stationed at Gar.: ristown,• having been called out to quell a riot that occurred at the fair, and having arrested nine or ten people, some of whoni were handcuffed, they were closed on by some people at the fair, who succeeded in rescuing the prisoners. A desperate conflict ensued, In which several of the soldiers were knocked down ; a Tolley was discharged by the soldiers; one countryman 'was wounded, and it is thought mortally. Yesterday, a stack of chimnies of the house occupied by Mr. Boyle, a tailor in Aldersgate-street, fell with a crash that drove in the roofs of she adjoining houses, occupied by Mr. Newman, trimming-manufacturer; Mr. Todd, cheesemonger ; and Mr. Goodman's billiard rooms, in Bull and Month- meet. There were several children in the houses, and a woman long confined to her bed, where the roof fell in, but no personal injury was done. Monday afternoon, a fire broke out in some fanning building', situated about four miles from Ch,atteris, in Cambridgeshire (the property of John Fryer, jun. Esq.) which comp letel y destroyed an extensive barn, granary, and other buildings, together with four or five hundred months of wheat and several stacks. It ori ginated from a 'park falling upon some dry, stubble, from a piece of lighted turf, which a labourer Was carrying from one part of the farm to another, where he wits going to burn the land. The loss is calculated at h'3ooo. Thursday night, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Bigr, tallow-chandler, in Old Gravel-lane. Immediately adjoining were the pans of Air. Waite, grease-molter, which added fury to the flames. They speedily communicated to the timber-yard of Mrs Pilkington, whose whole stock, as well as those of the two first named Gentledien, were Consumed. Behind the house of Mr. and Teri Biggs, resided Mr. Jones, a milkman, wh o, in savirtg his cows y ten or twelve ip number, bad hie face and hands severelym b ner at urnt. One :gethofofthlCouy, committed Oyer f two of the Counsel to prison until the Ist of June, for contempt of Court. G amma . Neq. pominated by the Loan MATOR at . the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday last, for the s'i'ns of Mc ift; has paid his fine to be rimed serving the said diet. I • 7 ..Irr:7 ••• '•. 4 •4 • " •1 7.7 7 ":7 7 4: '--- - '. -1- 7 ''. - Jr: . -- • ' •.• .. . . . • - . ' ' - - • - • • ...• .- • .. . . . , , 4 7 ' 1 • . . • 1. ' • . . . • • - i • . . • ••.. • • . 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