The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-12-08 00:00:00

THE STATitS F I p . I `7' se - STATE OF IRELAND. , t~ 0 , , DI[OII THE DUBLIN EVENING POET, DEC. 4.] A sew feature is beginning to develops itself in the South of Ireland, the appearance of which, we bail with incased satisfaction, and which, we Imagine, will be welcomed by every friend to the peace et Ai Country with equal pleasure, We allude to the manifestations now made in Waterford, Clare, /Wry, Cork, Tipperary, sad even Limerick itself, by the Resident Gentry in those counties,to confederate, — for the purpose of restoring those districts to tran trinity. We are sorry to perceive, however ; that in several of the Resolutions the gentry are loudly calling out for the Insurrection Act. It would, perhaps, be un fair to speak very severely of them for this. In estimating their conduct we should, as far as pos sible, put ourselves in their situations. If we lived in the centre of a volcanic country—if we felt the ground rock under our feet, and saw the streams pouring from various directions to our doors we should, very naturally, apprehend a general convulsion that might threaten ruin to ns all. In such circum stances we should not be very solicitous as to the means of escape. We should take the shortest and most direct road to avoid the eruption, and we should be inclined, perhaps, to deride these who told us that the ordinary bounds and fences would be amply sufficient to protect us from the inundation which had surpassed already in its frightful career so many impediments. It must be acknowledged, that the analogy is but too correct with regard to the state of Monster. Law, human and divine, appears to be set at nought—murders have been done in the olden time, but they were solitary and far between. Assassination never appears before to have been formed into a system. To deprive a human being of life was, heretofore, the last resource of hatred and desperation ; it now appears almost one of the principles of the insurgents. ,at least, seems to be the sentiment in Munster at ptisent—a sentiment but too amply justified by the oc currences which have taken place in four of the southern 'counties. We cannot be surpriied, therefore, however, we may deplore, the demands of the Munster Gentlemen for the Insurrection Act. The Constitution, we main tain, would have been sufficient to avert the evil at its _.....seasent, bat the powers of the Constitution were not put into action by the resident Magistracy, and they seem now to be persuaded that it is too late to have re- ,_course to theme' They, therefore, call for the re-enact ment of this terrible law. They may have it, but we feel as satisfied as that the sun shines, that the insurrec tion Act alone will not do now. Why not, it will he asked, it was sufficient formerly why should it not .be found equally efficient now ? It mfficient lien the ; to 85 ; .5. The rlce and ground rural pro second, suppost. rdes, al coo often lers not sometimes to share in their feelings, and to parti cipate in their interests. They necessarily possessed and they exercised an influence over them. It was, in some instances, the influence of terror—in some, perhaps, it arose from a community of feeling. But, whatever was the source, the influence, beyond a doubt, was exerted. The Middlemen are almost entirely swept away. The fourth class went first, the third next, the second are now going rapidly into ruin— and there will soon he hut one between the landlord and the tenant—perhaps, in many instances, not even one. This is a comsunimation which Patriots formerly desired—and, we do admit, it is a consummation most devoutly to be wished for in the abstract. Bat the cusses which are producing this Revolution in the ad. ministrati 'n of Landed property, are the very causes of the present insurrection. These causes are the rapid decline of a quarter of wheat from 130 shillings to 49, and under. In sending away the Middlemen, some of the checks which operated upon the fears or hopes of the Peasantry, have been swept away along with them. Those persons who were, heretofore, in hostile contact with the poor, arc now poor themselves. —They participate in the feelings of the poor ; they participate in their plans. The Middlemen, of the fourth and third degrees, have now no interest separable from those of the lowest of the Peasantry. Their feelings may, naturally, be sup posed to be still more exascerbated, Most of them have been reduced from comparative comfort and competence to the extreme of poverty. The late regulation between landlord and tenant which transfers to the Quarter Sessions the business which, heretofore, should be transacted in the Courts above—which simplified the process of ejectment and distress, and reduced a tedious, but wise routine of forms, into a short and summary execution — snaking Justices of the Peace, instead of Judges of the Land, the last resort between Landlord and Tenant. This pernicious Law accomplished, in two seasons, or three, what the natural operation of the times would not have achieved for live or six. It had the effect of sending the small farmers away, one after another. The Lands were then put up to the best bidders. Character was a secondary object, when execution could be so speedily obtained. It was little regarded. We speak, of course, generally. If the man was not forthcoming on the next Gale day, he had the Corn in his Haggard, and the Sheep in his Field. The process would reach them instantly, and it was seldom stayed. Thus has the operation of this Law accelerated the crisis, which is, beyond all doubt, coming on, and which the working of events would have caused in the end—but which, without this Law, we are satisfied, would not be marked by the terrible characteristics which have rendered it so hideous.— To sum up there were some gradations, heretofore, betsma.likt Rich and the Poor—there is now scarcely 1111) road to Munster, will be In our opinion, quite as decisive• The very character of such aComtnission is initi favour as well as the character of the venerable persons who compose it. They proceed armed with Constitutional ?owers, and they are free from the passions, the rash ness, or the terrors which must influence the resident Magistracy, to whom the Insurrection Act would give such formidable powers. They, at least, will act with greater discrimination and justice. The Magistrates on the contrary, would be made, by this formidable mea sure, in some respect, Judges in their own cause. It is a servile war. Well, you arm the Gentry with powers tO,l tramport their serfs without the intervention of a Jury. This is wrong in principle. " But it has worked well." Granting this for the sake of the argument, though we shall take leave to deny the fact—it will not work well. Scores and hundreds may be sent across the sra, but if you sent thousands (and fifty perhaps will be the greatest number that will go) you will not be enabled to ling ' ment the incomes of your estates, or to live in quiet. Millions remain behind, and must remain. They must be supported. God and nature say that they shall not starve, and your estates can scarcely now pay for the price of the labour expended in their cultivation—taking that price even at the Irish estimate of labour. Try the Insurrection Act. We tell you, emphatically, it will fail. It must. The frightful Population of the Country, and the frightful amount of the debt, have written this truth in marble. But you are beseeched not to make reductions, lest your generosity should be attributed to terror. This is the ex-I treme of fatuity. The reductions are already virtually made. In spite of yourselves the rents, before this day twelvemonth, must be, take them generally, what they were forty years ago. Reductions, indeed, by way of , boon !—such reductions were never. made in Ireland. Necessity is upon ye, and to necessity you must submit. Would it not, therefore, be better to accommodate your differences—this is a phrase, no doubt, hard to be stomached, but it must be gulped down—would it not, after justice be done on the immediate agents of the present Insurrection, and the Judges, without the Insurrection Act, will cause that justice to be done— would it not be better, we say, to enter into an amica ble arrangement with " your poor people," than to continue a war without object or aim ? There must be general balance of accounts. You must open new ones—you must clear off the old score—you must turn .over a new leaf, if you wish to live in Ireland—and, if you leave it, out of Ireland, be assured, you can get little rents hereafter. There is another point, also, to which the Landed Proprietors must direct their attention—we mean the modification of the tithe system. The system must be thoroughly reformed before the tranquility of Ireland can be fixed on a sound or permanent basis; but, upon this subject, we shall have much to say. It is really astoni - do not see what it bei convinced how utterl' is as a remedy for thi evil, of which they shi We perceive that Irish Interest4oll should seem, to cot What business have have something to they do address the tell them to go hi as well as insolent, in we cannot allow it to notice than we can bebi CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, DEc. [The following is a brief sketch of the ordel-,'"or ra ther the disorder of the proceedings in the course of the dep.] The Keeper of the Seals laid before the Chamber two projets of law relative to the prosecution of crimes committed by the Press and by other means of publica tion. The object of these projets is.to continue the two Acts (one of the 31st 'March, 1820, an►i other of the 26th July, lS21) to the end of the Scissions of 1826. The Minister, in a long speech, discussed the provisions, article by article, giving reasons as lie went, for such amendments, verbal or substantial, as he intended to propose. The reading of the 6th Article which protects " the independence of divers persons invested with a public character," excited murmurs. In stating the substance of the Article which punishes outrages committed by words, gestures, and threats against the Repositories of authority, or of the public force in the exercise of their functiots, or on account of that exercise, expressed himself as follows —" It is painful to reflect that some members of this Chamber have been several ways insulted, or menaced by tumultuous assemblies." A great number of voices on the kJ?, " l Ah, IA! You admit it them:" 1 , _ . The Keeper of the Seals repeated his phrase. M. Benjamin Constant.—Yes, insulted, and by yourself. The Keeper of tire Seals obsorved that the Courts,adher int to the letter of the law, determined that Members of the Chambers were nut comprised under the desigsadoe of Magistrates, or Persons invested with public Ibtimi rity. The Minister entered into a long discuuioa 4 the Liberty of the Press, in which he entleavonred to show that the groundlessnees of the opinion that till freedom of publication should be permitted in every in stance where a representative Government was esta blished. He concluded by saying that such was the subject of his projet, which was to continue the above mentioned laws for five years longer. GEN. Pov—W hy not for an age? M. BOONE DE FATE—III five years you will set be here. M. Culler ascended the tribune to read the piA, t*. but his voice was weak and ttetpulop. Several Voices—Under ! A Voi&—Moreboldlyl M. Mechin—Have respect for thi aufferlng of M. teak efforts to make being finished, ' conversation between sides of the Hew, against the provision a • for continuing the Censure, and aghinat the Ministers generally, as *wed in our other columns. The Keeper of the Seals followed Mm, bat in conse quence of an interruption from the left side, followed by the greatest confusion, be retired to his seat. The tumult Increasing, and several Members claiming the right to speak, the President was obliged to interfere with some degree of violence. - - I and J. SIVEWRIMIT strongly recommend the el • advantages afforded on the Next Day's Drawing, NEXT TUESDAY, 11th December, when 5,0001. at least, is sure to be drawn from the Wheel, which contains 1 3 1 1 . 3 4 .200 &c. &c.—ALL MONEY. ~ AND NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIDE! All Purchasers between the 20th November and 11th Decem ber, have the option of returning their Tickets and Shares, (whether undrawn, or drawn Small Prizes or Blanks) after taking the Chance of the 5,0001. and other Capitals drawn on that Day. By this Plan the RISK is very trifling, as under : Cost Price.- To be returned. Risk. 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Consols opened this morning at 771 sellers, and now they are buyers with very little business, doing. Several files of American papers have been received *hi% morning. Those from Boston are the latest. They are dated the 12th of November. [FROM THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL GAZLTTE,NOV. 13.] We have in our hands two numbers (one 7th Sept. Let toot pinto be given lo men who have already ruined the nation, and woad - ruin it again if antho sity were left or entrusted ii. their bands." . Extract of a letter from Washington, Nov. 6:— . , .Preparations are making here for tt.e meeting ,of Con gress, which will be iitAess,thitta a . metsib. Tli:;rand electioneering e g as kidiiglito it is sielki„Vt sir pzened, as soon after the mlli liWrd, for feeling . 4iti the pulse of the bleinbere 4,:teieijea , ..xtporsion of IRO whom are new ones. The prominent eiticii 1 the next Presidency now spoken of, being on t a pretty active canvass is expected. No one has any idea of a Congressional canvass. It would damn any calve which shoulC...dopt one. Of coarse the indivi dual exertions must Mktire greater, and the canto." . begin the earlier. It is Otimated that ez i. incumbents in office, some 's/ , whom havii - la., c..: tive appointments from fifteen to thirty . years, wilt be i invitd to fold up their . 1 7 Otes and retire with decency. The President, it is suggested, wilt readily hearken to the general voice, when assertained from the members. If there are honours and emoluments they ought to be shared by the community. Extract of a letter from the Havaunah, dated Oc tober 16 : There were some disturbances in the election in la Salmi, (outside the gates), and the troops charged with ball, preparatory to resist, or rather put down popular commotion. Three weeks the election was going on, but now it is over. Mexico is convulsed. There is no doubt but that kingdom will beindependent, and Puerto Rico will soon follow ; bat we shall out. tected from At a late hour last night arrived the usual sets of Paris papers of *Key, Monday, and Tuesday, tope thee with a Moniteur of Wednesday. This morning the other paperrof Wednesday hive reached us. The Cham bers have not been dissolved, nor have the Ministers`re= signed ; and the struggle between the conflicting par ties conflate» with unabated vivacity. On Monday a new projet of law was presented, which produced an extremely animated debate, and gave occasion for a di‘ ision on a point no otherwise important, than in showing that the coalition between the Ultras and the Liberals still subsists, and has a second time defeated the Ministers. 4 . The chief attack on Ministers was made by an Ultmi-royalist, M. Delalot, who charged them with -poisoning the Royal ear, with perfidy and with calumny of the Chamber; and his charges were energetically re-echned from all sides of the tbar Hof • Ail eel; SOW bad the wit to " The object of this Article, - says the speaker, " isle distinguish the vile libelist who breathes nought bet .ruarchy and drestruction.„„Vtiz the oeolir4eoas chins, the laitkful subject, who ~tones only l i mo /motives of duty and the public interest, and who, in censuring, proves his The projet places all public . bars, Jurors, to a I I~ or deeds, or symbols or disturb the public p.. 4 4 notice moots ave r iiyAl and 'imprisonment, I a .._ . ... • francs to 6,0 -bop iesalsars4bees years. The otp,Srp ro jet of law that was' presented relative jert o #o... fy of the Press, was fur continuing is .!.6468211 subu :t iti tt ic tr oa 3 r l n s a t h M a a n r ti ch period , 1820 1e , st an p d o 2 bs fol oo lt July, to the Censire, till the end of the Session of 1816.4., , The siatecls w of the Minister upun these projets of law, and the reading of them, were followed by a eel stormy attempt to enter into discussion upon the sob. jest, which is forbidden by the rulesif the Chamber. till they have passed the Committees. Scarcely any of the speakers were allowed to finish, and on a division , in which the Ultras and the Liberals voted together. the proposal of the President to proceed immediately to the consideration of the Budget tees rejected. and it was decided that the Budget ;horld not be tn neked till after the Bureaux had beenveavecti. The likP n • ties know that as long as they keep the puree stri n g s of the nation in their hands, the Ministers ate at tht mercy ; it is not astonishing therefore that they sbou).l not be disposed to part hastily with a power which is at this moment the only safeguard of their political ' exigence. The Paris Papers contain but little intelligence of s general kind. It is said, however, in an article from Angsburg, on the authority of letterk from Constanti nople, dated Nov. 2, 4 ' that the Grand Seignior had caused all Persians found in his capital to be kiwis** ed." A portion of the Janissaries had been sent ( te Asia tiopfose the invaders, and Tartars laa .l been Ho Patched hp the Paella who besieged Alia at Joanoies,t. carry an order for his recall, as the Grand Seignior iq tended to give him the command of the army actin; against the Persians, with the Pachalick of Enmas , . Letters from Smyrna, of the 26th of October, mentionn. the renewal of massacres in that city. The French Funds had recovered more •.:n could have been exprel 4 under present circumstances. They closed on Tars 4 el • 0 • . - . was found sufficient formerly—it was found se when I. 'ada were constantly on the rise—wl q v ... ti r 'Of ok;o£11t was .risbtr from GO to j 5; h to fF. ; :. - 0. - t4;3 i in. I ''„t,j,, , .1 )30 shillings i i g 0 . , ?, got . 1;64 woutp t . ~ }..ri , s, perseverai i . p; 1.. .1 1 . h tenantry, .6. hp wire, were kept A.- ,I: , hor thi,incessant ,u.Hatt fur Agricultu .., qtr.: :: 1 ....6 1 ' 4 ' ly. ~._...9,4.4 • ,: i .j...t0 the -14iwi for s . . Tlvae Itilddresien, particularly t et i k+st grac though they were instruments of oppres*t to I—were, nevertheless, tun near the LoweillArdt - Da. DiDGLDDSZIS• II iffier .• swa Cuvier. 1 1 The present is a servile war against Rents. Granted. The Cou t asillor of State male . st; Now the best way to bring this war to a termination, is himself unierspOd. ...• bet, we oonesive, to re-enact the Insurrection Law. This The reading's of the.projeti bei law, it is very possible, will have an immediate. . ect— • M. Delalot, after Mach violent i • so far as regards the actual commission of outrage. But tome of the Members of the two " N - the Spatial Geouniseims r which will-be soda es the spoke in the strongest laanaer a i lk `'. • -- i- - 4. -- ...,-. - • ;'-4kt •S - ••••••`7 . 4. i pt, ~.\ .. ~..:4; ..• ' -l ''''" 4 ' ' ... . - -- .la' • - - k -, . .% • . --.`". * Ai- Mall Have 11113C1/ to Say. . - outrage on a religion, is to comps 4 an c*rage ail • tonishing that the landed proprietory the other 12th Sept.) of the Brazilian Newspaper, published at Bahia, and called the Golden Age of all who profess it." In to,pport of the kw, the is before them, and that they are not ~ 'tzleaker continues, " for, the law which wouldsveage tterly inefficient the Insurrection Act Brazil. It breaths an ardent constitutional spirit, ..- -1. ' :-. r the great, the rooted, the permanent . •As outrage when upon an individual only, ooght in li 4 denounces in strong language particular public a: 7.0 1 ,41 degree to put ,i sh i t when offered to d i „h o l e ~. 7 shall have to comglain. hat there has been a ~t wed - o f t h e ficers, who are accused of expresOng opinions adverse. entislait'inity. AU refleion is, for its ttisciinets . "per. :. v ID ( London, callorAt ..i: • - . to t , - c•-•.' . , .isoersi ; ..bais- :.nd r -.,:',..- 7l•t . Id ‘ attaches the , t their 1 . . 11 ..—.:^ convene "artist* , . ; ~ A 4.. " o te •, , e tit tif *it ..- . -- - .~• •••41 , 4 -t• ~..cv ae-T,...., ave they *London • • ? ',t .:, % ...; .1 it i ft y - ...also t w et iti o W e d w ith i n &Aloe, , pia' ~,,,• •• • • " - -.. . • -.- • ~- . " • • :o say to this interest in our n , v . i 41 , :. -: . ;10 . h .., ...„. “ we en iiitt mos t •,. • ' ' .antrage directes . Nests relignit u- tile King, we hope his Majes , ' - - .... . ..• 41 :I" . .. "` Se p t. ". ". .97 1 19:tgoised by the la ws, soci et y does but . rotect itself." The renal .., giving signs of the highest sa- iome. But there is something so sillyt next article is tur the protection of Rstyalty, and declares it, in the conduct of those persons. that t is • . ./i.. jactlitical regeneration. It is necessary punishabfe all attacts tip- the Royal dignity, the . it to pass without a morelngtbened tbat peiiiiie 41( known proldif and information be rights or the authority of the King, the inviolability d in bestow upon the subject his day. chosento govern in the remote parts of the Brazils. his person, and the order of succession to' the Threw . ,__. _,____ .I._ __!___ ..._ ......... .....,.., 1....... ..1......1a. Si '13%.• ..1t;...* esetl.ia Article. " aura the masker. " is lb s respect for the laws and his loyalty." The ices und'n the tpecial protection of the laws authorities, ;pets& ug• Members of the Claw Drs, and Minioers :if Re' on, who are pr. n s insult offered by . ord end frodMilt .entation of their p tjell'stiiiisi trill including the exhibition • 'els or any sips Is destined to propagate a spirit of rebellion, ' thersblic peace, are also noticeeliTh e pettish. "berths and Instwisonnsent. ittioit from 5° ( You find a ma j or i ty against yee, Almemblt. la addres s i ng the Minister. • . l lt sap„, " the late Electi o n s h ave f rustrated all your ei. fore, you yeyuou resolve e t re red b u r c e e ek to ir nmuvres. 1 e t r o v i pi sen il ity, s— and,i e the re. m ute words, you mean to dissolve the Camber of De pat ees • . but even this gill not do ; you cannot but be s wat : that-a new Chamber equally formidable to you mink returned.. What is your next scheme ? Yon prop ose to set aside the late Law of Elections, and fns. another, which may be sure to give you a majority.—; And Low is this to be done ? The Legislature will not repeal the law to accommodate you. Oh ! this difficulty does not deter you. You will set aside th e law by a Royal Proclamation! Yon will annihilate the Charter—you will act on the principles of a pa rt despotism." The Keeper of the Seal moneted the tribune in reply, but from the awkwaidneas a ehi g si. Ma :idols, appeared embarrassed and ineffective, and ins induced to descend amidst shouts of laughter..... T he ' Ministers seem encouraged to retain their as eel o ott. able places, by the hope, that the eoalitios a • ~, • them is too incongruous to last. TAe ssr , ' • which, of course, expresses their senti men t s , R A " an alliance founded on contradictory pri nc i p l es it • .4 1;; impossible." The great point on which the coalithm has been formed is an agreement relative to the affaita of Greece. "As far," s .ys the Jouraci des Delmar, " as regards the Greeks, the fact has been long before the public. Everyday we behold Royalist and Liberal writers expressing an unanimous wish for the deliver. ance of the Greeks, and the expulsion of the Turks," kc, The occasion on which the conflicting parties tried their strength was on presenting a projee of law, respect ing the Liberty of the Press. There were two proposed.. this subject in the sitting to which we have alluded. le the first, additional explications were suggested of the lees in existence relative to the punishment of offences com mitted by means of the press, or other ways of publics. tion. This projet was declared by the Keeper of the Seals, who was charged with its exposition, to be sup. plementary to that of the 17th of May, 1819, on tile same subject. That law was described as having con fined itself to the designation of abuses, according to the object of their authors. The intent of this teat de. dared to be to protect liberty and punish licentiousness by establishing the precise limits of both, and doom. stealing where the one ran into the other. The first ar. title is fur the punishment of blasphemy, in the lona At outrage upon the Religion of the State. On ~'a subject the Minister observes, that "to commit ail - reiigier i - I.trage oil