The National Register. — London, England, 1819-12-06 00:00:00

A POLITICAL IVARNING. The Dallis Weekly Register contains an able Review of the Political State of Ireland, for the last thirty years, ;oldressed as a warning to Englishmen : The article is entitled " An Address to the Constitu tional Englishmen," to whom it is recommened at the present momentous crisis, as en example replete with warning and instruction. lu its detail of the inroads made upon the newly acquired Constitution of Ireland down to its final overthrow, the following passages de rive peculiar interest front the circumstances of the pre sent times. " Public meetings of the people." says the writer, " constitutionally convened to deliberate upon grievances the most notorions and intolerable, were held so be treason in disguise, and were dispersed or overawed by military farce. To be the friend of free dom, was to be marked for public dishonour—no rank tom integrity could save the victim t—for instance, two popular Noblemen, the Duke of Leinster, and the Earl of Claremont, both of them venerable from their exalted station their years, and their tried virtues, were degraded from their offices of Lord. Lieutenant of Counties: the first was dismissed. the other insulted into a resignation. l i lpott the subject of military violence, I can mention elle or two examples, which at the present moment may seem worthy of your attention. The town of Belfast had long taken an honourable part in the cause of National Reform, and was regarded as our graat northern emporium of public spirit; it therefore became expedient to terrify and humiliate it. In looking over the records of those tunes, I find that •on the 15th of March, 17y3 (at a season of profound local tranquility), four troops of dragoons having arrived in the vicinity by different routes, galloped iuto the centre of the town by its two opportita extremities with their swords drawn, as if in full charge.' The account goes on to say, that • they proceeded to attack every per son of every age and sex, who happened to be in the streets.'—Would you not have supposed (without the Slate) that the writcr was here describing your Itith of August ? This outrage was never brought befcre the Parliament. It was well known that any demand of enquiry into it wool I have been aswered by ' referring the victims to the ordinary tribunals of the country. " At a subsequent period, a meeting at which the I)uke of Leinster was to have presided, was publicly en. nounced to take place in the county of Kildare, to con sider a petitiou to the Throne on the redtessofgrievances. The est:nitw i t before the slay of the intended assembly, a military force with field pieces, &e. appeared in the neighbourhood ; the Comm: Aiding Officer, on being questioned, candidly admitted that he had positive orcera to fire upon the p..ople. if they should persist in their design of assembling. No public caution to that effect having been given, a Nobleman How in Ireland, who was to have taken a No in the proceedings of the fol lowing day. waited mom Mr. Pelham, the Secretary, to ascertain the truth of so extraordinary a measure. He found the Secretary as candid as the officer, and, in eon s, quietic, announcing without hiss of time to the putsli the atolruce which awaited them, fortunately presence an incalculable effusion rtf h ))))) au blood. limy memory is correct, it was for Its inielllloll of pres;ding out this occasion that tke Duke of Leinster was degraded from the Lord Lieutenancy of the county. These are a few specimen. of the working of the Pitt o -in in Ireland. The hunts of a Newspaper do not enable the to dweU nn all its parts; upon its mis chievous and unnecessary suspensions of the Constitu tion ; the et ))))) rents powers granted to Magistrates, and (the Met suable consequence) their enormous abuses, followed up in due order with acts rt 4 indemnity ; its measures of smilistary vengeance on the popular press; its cot owl team:net. on the athiiihtistraitiou of justice; its open encouragement of venal Sheriffs, packed juries, spies, and ittlormers. 'l'h coolol not last without pro ducing couserpietiees is inch a child might hate predicted. The people, wearied and h fllcd m their constitutional efftiris, became impressed wok the cons »lion that lution was more attainable titan reform, and resorted to • c. You know the Usite." S.icli is the Intel summary related in a subdued tone of the real history of Ireland, upon the moral of which st was he worth your while in yonr leisure mo ments to re fleet. It rightly studied it will equally deter you from any acts of illegal violence (let all the odious oh that renialii with your enemies), and Oil the other hand it will want suit against the dato t ers of unconstitutional apathy, or of hit ph wit reliance 011 the wisdom and 1110. tires of the present directors of ynur destinies. Upon this lanes point (before 2 kite duns')- a single- word.— Not only is she same system, which reduced Ireland to what she is, at work upon Eng.land, but some of the ;Identical into who gave tier the dea.h.blow, and who must in consequence be impressed with a horrid confi dence Mite powers of the sword, ate now rii . joying rank end authority SOWN you; after having exhibited such ta lents for tragic scenes upon a provincial theatre. they have now assumed the more ambitious task of drawing sights and :ears front an imperial audience- It may lie 1/01th your %%bile to remember this. It nay be north your while to ask yourselves, what claims t h e y can have upon your confidence Wmild you intrust your byes to the pretender whose noxious om its had a ril; a brother or a friend to the grave ? Between you and them what constitutional sympathies can subsist lit • whatever twat' the present contest may mid, they feel sure of tittir rewaut—what honourable interest then can they he supposed to take in the event 2 the same that the ha smug vulture takes iii the issue of a figln—lit tt.e scull ix tcomoscote as. it 'nay he still hare his feast. 1). y-tu nut livseetve titan in such men.every feeling of cows try must he .tead ? %Vnat sympathy did they slew Mr mem own. wowu they devoured, sill its tot sass of satiating then rapt lit were exhausted—or Cats you Inc a inomens doubt ii.e they ttttt st have committed. Of {let of their ettsignitlollt Ihe very appearance oath birds of prey upon your shores, is the dearest I.ruoi .eksi khan they' we cloven to tom abroad, the carcass THE NATIONAL REGISTER. in which they had fed at home must hate been picked to a skeleton. Be not then so infatuated s to rely on their patriotism and fidelity. They betrayed their origi nal duties—can they respect any new ones! They They have claimed and found the deserter's welcome— but arc they to escape the deserter's fate, that of being foe ever the of of vigilance. suspicion, and con tempt 2 " These remarks (in my view not unimportant, but such as they are) I offer to your consideration, To me it appears that the warning our history holds out, is at this moment entitled to your peculiar attention—that tt should be received as the solemn communication of a departed friend to his snrvivor to reveal the designs of an enemy against his life. Perhaps I may err in any esti mate of your danger. hitt when I compare the pat t with the present, I cannot but tremble at what is possible.— I have before my eyes the mournful soeciacic of the hu miliation that may hefal a once proud and generous nation. I know that uis asked among you, " what has become of the voice of Irelatitl2 Is there to be tio public expre:ision of het sorrow or indignation at everts which WI our breasts with anguish and alarm 2" Alas ! to ask such a question is to confess your ignorance of It. r conditioe. We are now in a state in which, ors such a subject, silence is wisdom. We dare not provoke the retaliation which the display of any inspriulent sympathy with you might bring clown UllO4l us. But du not therefore imagine that we are luokina on with hearties* tincouccrn upon your struggles.— Were there nothing else thou the late affront offered to one of the most respected of your nobility, that alone would have put the heart of every honest trish.i.an nt motion. We do not forget that it was Lord l'itzwilliatts who once came to us the messenger of peace and free dom. Ile would have humanized our commas—he would have checked the aggression of a despotic faction —he would have made the interests and rights of the s u bj ect I,h, e rol o of hi s administration, and therefore he was sacrificed. That an occasion should be taken of exacting (rem him a further expiation nved ito sorprise ; as the friend of inland, he owes a long atonement to the political heirs of Mr. Pitt, which you may be certain was nmoverlooked by the advisers of his recent dismissal. Under these circumstances we should not have been slow to 'emitting to such a man, and to the cause in which• he is embarked, our homage and support. — Yet, though our tongues may be tied, our hopes and prayers are wilt that cause. Every rational mind in the country sees that its dearest interests are indissolubly blended with yours. We 'nay have found ourselves hound to abstain from all interferet.ce in those particu lar plan.; of reform upon which your own opinions are divided i—utu one deep persuasion is, that the lovers of a free constitation among you, by whatever mane you may be called, are those to whom alone we can in every emergency look up for protection and redress. NATIONAL GOOD. FROM A PAMPII LET JUST PUBLISHED.] "As the desire of travelling and spending their time and property abroad has increased amongst the nobility and gentry—in the same degree has con tempt and neglect of the best interests of the nation manifested itself in their conduct. Why, therefore, should we suffer them to go on in their own way, without stating to them the real state and situatiati to which we are reduced ? It is most undoubtedly national good that ought to sway the proceedings of the principal men in the nation,. inasmuch us the good they possess cannot be permanent without it. The language of many who spend their money abroad is, that what they spend is their own ; but they should recollect the weight of outlining they cause by absenting themselves from the country. The following may serve to give them some idea of the effects produced by their absence, copied titan a Provincial Paper:— " The demand for our own manufactures has been diminished in no inconsiderable degree by the number of our gentry, who, bit, as it should seem, by what may be called th‘. travelling ictrapiiida. can only be cured by a dance over half Europe, or at least by a jig to Paris. Ife some of these bitten ones will, like the traveller of Shakspeare's Maw sell their own lands to see other men s ; then to have seen much and to Lave nothing, is to have rich eyes and poor hands.' But if they should not sell their lauds, by theia absence they impoverish theta, which is much the same tiling; far these gaping idlers take, according to a fair calculation, about twelve millions yearly out of our country, that is, about one-eighth of the whole income of Lug. land.. It has been calculated that forty thousand hands are, by this wanton emigsation, thrown out of employment in London ahme. To export one eighth of the nations' income ism subtract one eighth of the emplo meat, by subtracting one eighth of the demand—a grievous evil But to forbid such emigration would be an invasion, it is said, of the liberty of the subject, and these itinerants are suffi ciently rich and powerful to resist a tax on absentees, which would be most soiu ail. Could, however, the foolish rage for travelling and living in France tar cheapness, b restraint d , much of the lack of demand fur our own mattutactuies would be undoubtedly removed by increased home consumption.' " Thousartis an•i tens of damson& are spent in mere gew-gaw tiouseuse—ant I t o: toys, or rather perhaps, what is worse,. tiffeigu vice, and new till lies—lace, suss, &v. dtc. which are prohibited in tilts country, but which are sougia after and bought with DEC. 6 avidity in France. When some of these spendthrifts return, we see all the chewy colours of the butterfly displayed in females, and all the tricks and attitudes of a French barber are open to full view, by the dandy youths (or exquisites), Frenchified in prac. Lice, and, I am afraid, in principle also. " Dr. Young, in 1744, said, As we arc at war with the Power, it were well if we were at war with the manners of France. A lend of levity is a land of guilt—a serious mind is the native soil of every virtue, and the single character that dues true hm. nour to mankind.' Had the Doctor irmv ken living, what would have been his feelings on this subject?" .4M EU IC-4N PA PEIIS. Bosrom, Nov. 5.—A Buenos Ayres Gazette et the 18th of August contains a decree, forbiddin g every European Spaniard to•leave the country with out a special license, under the penalty of the confiscation of his property.—A regulation on the encouragement of privateers. All neutral vessels engaged in the service of the Government of Spain are to be considered as Spanish property ; privateers are to be allowed one half the value of Spanish ves. gels of war and transports captured and sunk at sea, and 500 dollars for every cannon se taken. Prises brought into port shall be free of duty, and a bounty of 50 dollars allowed for every prisoner brought in. Another decree prohibits the exportation of salt provisions and every species of grain. A private letter from Buenos Ayres, of the 14th August, states, that the recent change of Supreme Director has given much satishietiou Dun Jobe Rondeau now occupies that situation. Nothing was known of the situation c,f Coreis, other than a report that he had some time Fince dis- appeared from his family and friends, who feared ha was assassinated. The Curacoa Courant of October R. says--" Ac. counts from aiaracaybo state, that the town of Ca. cus, which is about three days' journey from the former place, has been occupied by the Patriots, under Bolivar, who is said to be an his return Mora Santa Fe, having, left a strong force behind him to garrison that place. A great number of people had arrived at Mariumybo, with different articles of their effects, with which they fled, on the appearance of the Patriots, to Cucuta. Nov. 6.—By the arrival at Bultitnore, on the 24 inst of the schooner Tenant, in 30 days, from Car thagena, we learn that Bolivar's army was tvithia i 0 miles of that city, and it was expected that place wuuld BALTIMORE, OCT. SO. —United States Bunk Stock was on Thursday, at Philadelphia, 98 dollars L,ffered, 99 asked, but, as usual, no sales. lit N..w York 98i offered, 99 asked, no sales. Commodore itogers has left New York for flit Lakes. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S adZETTR. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. G. Phillips. Argyle Street, We4tutuabier, manufacturer is bronh.:, frutu Dec. 4 to Jan. b. BANKRUPTS. T. Abbott, Knarc.trorough, York. innkeeper. Solicitor, Mc Spence, Threadneedle Street. W. Dotson. Newcamie upon Tyne, chemist. Sole. Messes Marr;ott. Brookauonk, and Fart], Gray's Inn square. AL Match and J. Shute. (xspurt, niercnauta. cols. Mean. Dyne and Sun, I..nteuln's Inn Fields. .1. Saundersun. Sutton. and T. Masters, Patton, Bedfordshire, corn tacit/is. Sols. Mews. Egan and Waterman, Essex Street, Strand. - B. Clark. Birmingham, tarpaMing maker. Sol. 111 r. 1.1. munch, Lincoln's Inn. C. Welk. Hadluigh, Suffolk, salesman. Sol. Mr. Nelson, Barnard). 3. Goodier, Knutsford, Cheshire, victualler. Sok. Memo. Adlington and Gregory, Badford Row. T. Hubbard. juu., Coventry, ►ilkman. Sob. Messrs. Wood cock and Taw, Coveutry• .1. Lee. King street, Cheapside, warehouseman. SOL Mr. Tar,en, Threadneedle Street. R. liolrojet. Ilalitaa, 1;;k„ jeweller. Soh. Aleuts. Morten and W dliainson. tray .* Inn Stivare. J. I lantock, Stairs, mast maker. Sol. Mr. Si‘elton, Old Vadry H. Jolimon. a/dron, SWAMI, tanner. Sole. Mc , ua. Palmer and France, Bettfoni Row. P. litadtay, Jewin Street. Cripplegate. silk manufacturer. Sol.. Metart. Pure, %Vtlnania, and Mute. Lincoln'. 11,11. S. Grintwoott, lures. Suffolk, nierch.u.t. Sol. %Ir. Nelson, Rimed'. lon. P., P.. J. and B. Dixie, Falcon Square, Lmwell Street. Road, smiths Sala. Att-ssrs. Ste%ens atul V, ood, Little Saint Thomas Apostle. J. Hirst. rower Street, cotton broker. Sul& Messrs. Herd AM Johnson, Temple. W. Booth and I. Brandon, Beech Street, Barbican, fish Trief• &Kati. Sol. Mr. Hamilton, Tavistock Row, Coy. nt (;:trden. Myers, Newcastle opus Tyne, linen draper. Sol. Mr. Hanley, New Bridge Street J.,.1., and J. Nlurnmet, Elland. York s hire. worsted sph.r.ents. Sole. Mssrs. Wriglesworth and Crealey, Gray's Inn Square. DIVIDENDS. Dee.ll. T. D. Latham an.: J. Parry, Devna.hire Square merchants -14, R. P. Ciflham, King Street, Landreth. brewer— et, W. Padgett. Vale. alt, Surrey. grocer-21. M and J. Mae i'mutll. and J hm.hel•. Woad tctreet, Inerch..nts G. Ilrase, Cotnthe:cral Hama. auga. L oker—rf , G. I London . It. H. Hunt. Great Ya.r. oa. . • ii.e atai;i naire..ant—Lt. N.; t h, Leakra.r, (tx:.4l,,t.irt., farmer —lll, J. S. br.q. Comisenkstet Uulldinga, merchant—vs, J. Chumbill, lumber Strut, Clem Macke, common brewer. WI