The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-02-04 00:00:00

\^.: Cam' . - , • - 7 , - r e , I 1 i . . . 41 , mb,„ 1. , , 41 *llk . . , . . ... I. • % . / . 11164 t . • • , ; k . - 17 x , 1 t , 1 • 1 -IkA w i 1 1 ... • I ••• , . 4 __ •.,.... , , s • ~ , Nyo . . . 1 I LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRU., ,4, 1824. No. &994. mwm.---- - I MPElillA L PA RLIAM ENT. • r HOUSrO RDS.—FaBRUMIT 3. This, ay Parlialtientir ened by Commission, his Ma. 1 j ect ot health not permit rim to do it in person. At s houthalf,past two*clock the Royal Commissioners, Lords LIVF.RISOEL; KLDOH, BATHURST. &e. took their seats in the i r ro bes, act4dlrlgffailthecustorepry practice. A llesasee welt then sent to thtHouse oVCornmons, to re• attire the attendance of that House below the Bar, to hear his Alareavv's Speech read. In a few minutes, the SPEAKER. followed by a considerable body of Members, presented him• self at the Bar. The Lotto CHANCELLOR then read his Majesty's Speezh, which was as follows : ~ My Loins AND n ENTLEmitm,—We are commanded by his Majesty to express to you his Majesty's deep regret, that. in o naequence of indisposition, he is prevented from meeting ra in Parliament upon the present occasion. p , It would have been a peculiar satisfaction to his Majesty, i to he enabled in person , to congratula t e yo u o n the p ros p erous condition of the country. „ Trade and Commerce are extending themselves both at home and abroad. „ An increasing activity pervades almost every branch rinailufactullb. . 5° " The growth of the Revenue Is tech as not only to sustain public credit, and to prove the unimpaired prodoc tires's* of our resources, but (what is yet more gratifying to his Majesty's feelings) to ',lace a diffusion of comfort among the great body pf tllipeOlt/e. " Agricniture is Increasing from the depression under which it laboured, and by the steady operation of natural causes, is gradually re-assuming the station to which its importance entitles it, among the great interests of the na tion. " At ncefortee . r period 'has there prevailed thronghont all (looses of the community in this Island, r more' chterftil• spirit If.. order, or a more just sense of the iolvaotages which, under the blessing of Providence, they enjoy. "an Ireland, which has for some time past been the rwreibis Majesty's particular solicitude. there are 'indications of amendment, and his Majesty relies nr oomnr confirmed' endeavours to secure the welfare and happineas of that part of the United Kingdom. " Nis Majesty has commanded us further to inform yon, 6* he has every reason to believe, that the progress of sir internal prosperity and improvement will not be dis turbed by any interruption of tranquillity abroad. " His Majesty continues to receive from the Powers his Allies, and generally from all Princes and States, as. soranci s of their earnest desire to maintain and cultivate the relations of friendship with his Majesty, and nothing' iacmived on his Majesty's part, as well to preserve general peace, as to remove any causes of disagreement, and to law closer the bonds of amity between other Nations and (ire it Ittitain. .* The Nerociations which have been so long' carried on throtigh his Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople for the arranerment of differenres 'between Russia and the Otto man Porte are, as his Majesty flatten himself, drawing near to a favourable termination. " A Convention has been concluded between his Majesty and the limperor of Austria, for the settlement of die pecuniary claims of the country, .nkkon the Court of Vienna. " His Majesty has directed that a Copy of thidt Conven tion shall he laid before woo, and he relies on your as si.rance for the execution of some of its provisions. '• Anxionsly as his Majesty deprecated the com mencement of the war in Spain, he is every day more satisfied that in the strict neutrality which he determined to observe in that contest (and which you iiirdially approved), be best consulted the true interests V his people. "With 'respect to the provinces of America which have de tlzred their separation from Spain, his Afajesty's conduct has been open and consistent, and ids opinions have been at all 111111.% frankly avowed to Spain and to other Powers. His Majesty has appointed Consuls to reside at the prin- Civil ports and places of those provinces, for the protection of L.. trade of his subjects. _ " Ist° any further measures li!s Majesty has reserved to an unfettered discretion to he exercised as the circum witres of those countries, and the interests of his own people rpay sppea • to bis Majesty to require. ••til NTLEMESI OF THE house OP COMMONS,—II:s Majesty hi directed us to inform you that the Estimates for the year ire prepared, and shall he forthwith laid before you. '• The numerous points at which, under present circum• Prim, his Majesty's naval force is necessarily distributed, and the occasion which has arisen for strengthening his arison in the %Vest Indies, have rendered unavoidable lame augmentation of his Establishments, by sea and Ind. " His Majesty bas, however, the gratification of believing tiat, notwithstanding the increase of expence incident to tlese augmentations, it will still be in your power, after priaiding for the services of the year, to make arrange ants in some parts of our system of taxation which may alb n 1 relief to certain important branches of the tli.tiomd "MY LORDS AND GENTIESIEN, "1113 Majesty has commanded us to acquaint von, that Le has not been inattentive to the desire expressed by the llous e of Commons in the last Session of Parliament, that weans should be devise 1 for ameliorating the condition of the Neer° SI ives in the IVest Indies. " Ills Ilsjesty has directed the necessary information re lating to this subject to be laid before yon. " Ills Majesty is confident that yon will afford your bast attention and assistance to any proposition which may be submitted to you, fur promoting the moral improvement of t ae negroes, by an extended plan of religious inst ruction, led bysncis other measures as may gradually conduce to thantne end. "Hot his Majesty earnestly recommends to you to treat it the 'hole subject with the calmness and discretion which demands. `To excite exaggerated expectations in those svlio are th e objects of your benevolence, would be as fatal to their i rlfare 4 to that of their employers. • " And his M a j esty assures himself you will bear in lofiil that where the correction of a long standing and c i !Plitated sy s t em, and the safety of large classes of his i 'l 4 ys subjects are involved, that course of proceeding 410 1 e likely to attain practical good, and to avoid qtrarati on of evil in which regard shall he paid to r",v.lerations of justice,and in which caution shall temper teal," i; he Speak er th en retired from the bar, and the House I,di..telv adjourned during pleas are. ,"t live sac o'clock the Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on Woolk. cT he Earl of LIVERPOOL moved, according to annual yclia 0 R such occasions, the first reading of the Select Bill. The Bill was read the first time. tht Speech of his Majesty to the two Houses and odia was then read by the LORD CHANCELLOR, after .), by the (;leek. tit s 1.41 SOMERS then spoke to the following e ff ect : —ln i t to Propose that their Lordships would return to his Er ?,itY a humble and loyal Address, to thank him for his liZt?os c ondescension, lie felt a sincere joy and satisfac ,io which he was sure every Noble Lord would join The Cause for which HAMPDEN fell is the Field, .*d SYD4l% — died ;oaf the Settfold !" him, at having heard the statements with respect to public affairs which were contained in his Majesty's most gracious Speech. These statements were to him a satisfactory assurance that the affairs of this country were in an im proving situatioo, and that we were tending to real and permanent prosperity. He felt great happiness in having to call the attention of their Lordships to a Speech which contained fur the most part only subjects of congratulation. There was, however, he was sorry to say, one topic upon which their Lordships would agree with him in thinking that they ought to dwell with feelings of lamentation— he meant the illness of his Majesty ; and their Lordships were called upon in a peculiar manner to regret that in disposition, because of the earnest and patriotic desire ex pressed by his Majesty to join with his subjects in the pro spect of permanent happiness which the present peri o d afforded. He was sure the House would not be backward in expressing its satisfaction at the statement that the trade and commerce of the country were flourishing, that an in creasing activity pervaded, every branch of manufacture, and that such was the fruitfulness of oar resources, that the whole people experienced the gratifying fruits in the diffusion of comforts amongst them. It was fit and proper that he should.now recal to their Lordships' attention the ailloatton aibich Ibis conntrit had been placed, as 'com pared with the situation in which it now so happily stood. And first, he would ask of their Lordships to' remember how few years had passed since we were engaged in a bloody and tremendous contest. —Let their Lordships recollect that the enemy with whom we were engaged was one of the most formidable which it was possible to encounter. We had to contend against a mighty nation, which had been but then recently erected into a re public; that republic, from its very nature, infusing a spirit into the people of the country the most favourable for the put• poses of war, bringing shout that energy and that violence which always followed 'treat changes, nni these were coupled with the circumstance of the notions and principles cultivated by the new Government being of a nature to flatter the pride of the multitude—these were the sources from which the ene mies we had to encounter derived their strength, their valour, and perseverance. Such was the nature of theenemy that op. posed us—thnt challenged our incessant activity—that by it, uncompromising hostility to all order and sealed institutions ; and because it carried desolation wherever Its arms were suc cessful, roused our efforts to resist its mischievous progress,— But nfter the lapse of a little time the whole power, and weight and influence of that republic were concentrated in the hands of ono who, whilst he showed himself not unable to wielu the government of such a force with effect, equally front his temper and spirit, threatened the security of the happiness of all man• kind. Their Lordships could not forget—for it had been often urged upon them, that the violent ambition of that man had menaced the very existence of this country. They could not forget that these terrible Means of destruction were organ ized and set in motion by a man who, like the Itomen Em perors, concentrated in Isis own person all the power enjoyed by the republic which had preceded his reign, and whose cha racter, like that of the first Roman E smeror, was such as to melte him to unite in his person all the power that was 'threw(' through a variety of agents under the former eunstitutian.of Government. Rut by the steady, undaunted, persevering ex ertions; of tl& country, this formidable adversary was driven from his place of power, and that threatening and imminent danger averted, and liberty and security restored, principally by the indefatigable exertions of this country, which would never yield—never submit to the terms of such an enemy ; yes, indeed, on one occasiou we consented to terminate a bloody conflict, in the hope that we might put a period to the waste of blood, without any peril to the hopes of security that were entertained by thereat of Europe. But this compromise was . entered into in part with a firm determination never to yield to the power of France, and never to allow her despotic Ruler to obtaiii the least advantage over us. It was a proud satisfaction, then, that principally by the efforts of this country the ambitious asd indefatigable enemy, Napoleon Bonaparte, late Emperor of France, was reduced to a situation of the most complete weakness. Bat whilst we rioiced in tile event, and took credit to ourselves for the accomplish ment of a purpose of such magnitude in the means, and such universal utility in the end, we could not expect that we would have been discharged at once front the effects of our extraordinary efforts; we found, after we had suc ceeded in our task, that we lead gone beyond the power to which our resources exten led. We had, donlitless, re stored liberty —we bad iiiiia:;ed a sense of security amongst mankind—we had establialird our own liberty on a basis that promised to be permanent, but we sadly and severely felt the results of the struggle. 1 lIs t,• al l 0 1 enjoying those comforts which were, perhaps, t. h i ha s tily anticipated as the immediate consequences of a state of peace, we were plunged into distress; there was a loss of , trade; our manufactures were in a state of decay— in short, lee must say, the country groaned under the new peace; the general stagnation and embarrass ment had their effects on all orders of the country, and dissatisfaction and discontent were spread through many of its classes. But what was now the happy prospect which the country presented, as described in his Majesty's Speech? The country now was happy in the prospects which its present situation gate ample reason to enable them to count upon. Our manufactures were in full em ployment, our trade and commerce were flourishing, our credit had risen to a height which he believed he was jus tified in saying was unprecedented in the history of the country. These were all subjects of mach congratulation. It was to him a source of great satisfaction that agricul ture, which had experienced the severest chock from time effect of the late struggle, was now in a condition which justified the favourable description of its i inprovensent contained in the Speech berme their Lordships. Agricul ture was now as it was, truly stited, recovering from the depression which had borne upon it. Ile was happy in being able to hear out the terms of the Speech by the re sults of his personal experience. For if lie understood the expression in the Speech correctly, it was meant that agriculture had been progressively improving. Ile could state on his own knowledge, that agriculture bad been for some time undergoing a favourable change, and, within a recent period, that improvement had been more rapid. He was pleased also with the Speech on another ground, because, whilst it stated the fart of the improvement to have taken place, it also held out an encouragement to the landed interest that it would regain, and retain, that station and importance to which it was entitled amongst the great interests of the nation. He was not aware that the opinion was prevalent, but be did not hesitate to say that the opinion was a mistake, which took it for granted, that if property changed hands, things would go on as they now did with the same prosperity and general satis faction. This was a mistake. He was aware that in this great commercial country, it was a happy pert of the system to get rid of the old feudal resttaiuts which pre- j vented the removal of property from those bands in which it had been originally vested. The change from the old feudal institution to that mode which was now in practice, was a change highly beneficial in a moral and politi cal sense. But it was quite another question whether or not the same degree of happiness and tranquillity would result to all classes connected with agriculture, were the land to change proprietors; he did nut think that there would be any thing like the same &Tree of happiness enjoy e d by those parties,if that change were to take place. Now pm prietors would find themselves surrounded by strangers-- the peasantry and all those whoUrpended on the soil would have no connection with the new prop r iet or —h e would - - have no sympathies, no feelingoin common with them, and the result would be We there would be neither happiness for the one, nor securitrisfor the other. Before he quitted this subject, he she& not fail t remind their Lordships of the exertions which Fere main by the landed interest dur ing that glorious stile which was made by this country against the commlipeelifeehr, - Though other interests might have occasionally contributed more and exerted more ener gy in support of that‘truggle, yet he would he bold to say, that on the whole hio interest had a larger share in provid ing the means of defending the country from the desperate enemy that assailed its liberties, and its existence, than the interest. whose imptovement he was happy to find, by the testimony alluded to in this Speech, and by his own experience, was rapidly improving from its depressed state. During, the progress •of that eventful pe riod, to which' lie had • just directed their Lordships' attention, it was a happy feature in the domestic economy of this country, that the Noblemen and the Gentry under took. as they still' continued to discharge, to ad m i n i s t er half the judicial business of the country. The yeomanry, inspired by patriotic motion, sod stimulated by example, formed tbewvelves into organised bodies, for the purpose ottoolitting - foreign 'invasion or quelling domestic feuds. lie Was loamy .the able to eon tulate this country ow-tlns im bi c h is so stalking in this solid branch of the State. Having said ttint tench, it 141) due from him to suggest to their Lordships that, if the situation of the country was such in all its departments— if the improvement was so striking. from a rondi•i a n suc h as lie had described, as immediately succeeding the peat:, they were called upon to acknowledge that the Government under which that change was effected had been conducted on steady, wise, and patriotic principles. lie ball now al luded to several essential topics in his Majesty's Speech several still remained of as important a character, to which it was necessary he should direct their Lordships' attention. Ibus far the circumstances of this country abounded in topics of congratulation ; but the situation of a 7.- other country, intimately connected with ns, was of a very different nature, and called forth the regret of every body. The sister country, Ireland, he was happy hi being able to believe, was in the while much in-nde I in its resources and temper. He was once resident in Ireland, but that residence was short, and therefore lie should leave it to the Noble Lord (Viscount Lorton) who intended to second the Address, who ha I besides a great stake in Ire land, and was long resident there, to satisfy their Lord , ships of the statement found in the Speech. Respecting the measure of tithes, how e ver, he kn e w him se lf t h a t it It Id already done good, and was extending its b;nefits. But the Speech stated, that there was no danger that our internal prosperity would be disturbed by the interruption of tranquillity from abroad ; and, it is added, that not hing is omitted on his Majesty's part to draw closer tali boons of amity between Great Britain and Foreign States. Was not this statement, at the resent ti ate, in tat encettraginfr t and to be rejoiced in ? Even the lonz-pending and diffi cult neginiations, through our A 7ohissador 41 CUlli1:11111- nople, between Russia and the Porte, were stated to be drawing near to a favourable issue. With respect to the Convention which had been concluded between his Ma jetty and the Emperor of Austria, for the settlement of our pecuniary claims, for long-furnished loans nu tlic Court of Vienna. he, for himself, must confess, that lie si as glad to bear of it, as it redeemed the pledge of his Majesty's Mi nisters last Session, and, also, as some persons read tiouhted the fact. The next subject he conceived it praper to touch upon was Spair ; anti here, again, what was the simple fact ? England, by observing a strict neutrality; had avoided much bloodshed ; for seeing the - weakness of the Cortes, we must otherwise have become the principals in any such war: while our Government coal!' not felt I that harrier- once in the internal affairs was required on aceroint of the in- 1 more become residents on their estates. But, ilionoh teres's of this country. lo„ , he woul i t attk their I„,.,j e l i t p . , much good has been done within the last five years, still remains to he accomplish! hetore Ire the King to b e s u pp or t e d b y considerably more us against the Constiottron? Or teal the Constitution to he supported, on the other hand land can emerge from her present barbarous and aject against the Ki ng ? E vents h alt s l iewn, w h at h e b e li eve d state. lie would frrther say, that there was a great d e al which was altozether beyond the control of Ministers, to have been so, th a t th e Sp an i s h C ons tit ut i on was no t agreeable to the people of Spain ; it was, in effect, a Re- whatever might ba their dispositions towards Ireland. The publican Constitution with a nominal Monarch at its bead; melioration of the condition of the peasantry most de tomb pend on the landlords, who ought not to neglect interests it was without that joist admixture of aristocracy which were inseparable from their own. In the year constituted the principle of adhesion in well tempered le"e2, a spirit to inquiry respecticg Ireland hail been steak monarchies,. and fitted Sovereign Powers fur mutual inter ne disliked. t ii Flied, which was attended with the hest results. Ireland rodese, while securing their stability. affairs of this import a nce, a ll Ult r a te m ; it tended to in that year experienced a severe v i s it a ti on . w hi c h, how ever, might he regarded as a bl e ssing, cons id er i ng t h e ar dent spirit of Cloristien philanthropy which it h a d ca ll e d vitiate good systems, and even to e nh a nce, the evil of bad ones. In the unhappy st a t e of Spain. God only tould forh in every part of England ;—a spirit never to he for know the result. If, notwithstanding . , she were unhappy gottee. as it had dime more towards rooting out inveter•te in herself, we could not mitigate her miseries by plunging err en. than it'a the means that hail been resorted to for Toe alteration in the tithe system was also prodne at once into war. into an unnecessary war. 'lt appeared that one great misfortune of Spain was owing to the atre 3 . live of some good, and the people were gradually becoming reconciled to it. Here he must not omit staling that a so greattNitor their li estates; t ya nd C a o n r d tes he b r e e i being d e i n s u c l o d n rnangredbefirpoin r eflect i n g residi ng o on upon rtie c . iety recently formed, called o the British and Iri s h Ladi e s' Society," deserved the gratitude of every linen who wished advantages which accrued to this country from mix well to the interests of Jeri Ind. This Society, which was lure, through residence, of the higher with the lower Patronised by two of the Royal Princesses, hall for its ob- Southorders in the State. With regard to the policy which iris Majesty's Government bad pursued to the Provinces of give employment to the female peasantry of that country. either in spinning flax, which would increase the America, which declared their independence, be iect to confidently trusted that it would he approved by the tinge. staple manufacture, o r i n an y ot h er i n d ustr i ous pursu i t Every thing hail been done by His Majesty's Ministers fur which would enable the po or creatures t o support them to those Colonies for the prot e ction of o ur wid e ly ex t e nd e d We commerce of this country. They had sent out Consuls oat these cursory rema r k s w ith respect to t h e state of Ire selves ie comparativ e ease an d com f ort. H av i ng thrown trade, but they h a d done nothing inure, and nothiug more ought to be done. It was stated in the Speech land , lie entreated their Lordships to take a candid view of able to the Government. L-t the people of Ireland be res- Irish allairs, and not to believe that the evils were attribot that some edition was required to our Lind and Sea Forces; cued from the demazogites who now abused their under hut, notwithstanding the increase of the expense so to be standiage, and who wood urge thous on to acts that would hoes' red, it will he in one power to meet the demand thus .terminate iii their ruin. lie had now to apoloeise to their called foraefter first providing fur the services of the year. Lordships for havine. intr 'flexed matter witich might no: lie now carne to the question as to Nero Slaves in the be considared as altogether relevant ; but so anxious an West Indies. This was, lie knew, a complex and delicate interest did he feel on the subject, that be could not subject, which he looped their Lordships would handle with forbear from trespassing thus far upon their Lorciellipe caution. But, it should be obeerved, that their Lordships indulgence. (Hear. hear !) The Noble Lord concluaed were not imelicated in the desire and recottotteodetion of by seconding tile Address, ito which lie expressed his eutire tie other House alluded to in the Speech. He could cote urreuce. agree in the propriety of amending time condition of the Slaves in that quarter; but, in so doing, their Lordships motet not hastily trench upon the rights of the Planters, The Marquess of LANSDOWN then rose, and be.ein who had been encouraged by Act of Parliament. Let by expressing his satisfaction at the improved state of agri their Lordships do all consistently with •justice to both culture, as indicated by the Royal Speech, an improve sides; this, indeed, wa s th e o bviou s li n e pointed out by meet which lied arisen, not so much from tile adoption of common sense; and, if so, ;it was the fittest course. If, particular measures of legislation. as from the gr 'dust upou the whole, we bad so rapidly recovered from the of- and natural progress of things. Fully sensible, as be al feet. of those miseries which followed the war of good gc- i ways had been, of the gnat difficulties which the vernment, we ought to recollect that this arose from the country had to struggle with, in consequence of her excellence of our Constitution —that system which was es- I enormous debt ; yet he never was one of those who des. tablished by the wisdom of our ancestors, and he hoped ponded of the powers of renovation which she possessed would be perpetuated in our posterity. It was among the I within herself. He felt particular satisfaction at witnes- great benefits of our Constitution that it corrected all evils ing the progress which certain remedial measures had as they arose;—(Near! from the Marquess of Lansdown.) made in diminishing the burdens and adding to the re -and he trusted we should never be so bewildered by vi- sources of the empire. Their Lordships woad readily • - 'nominee as, like the dog in the fable, to mistake the she- perceive that he alluded to the remission of taxation dow for the substance. He thanked Noble Lords for which had taken place in the course of the last Session; their indulgence. The Noble Earl concluded an address, and also to the great and ittiportant measure for extendoir which enebodied the Royal Speech, and assured His Isla- time interests and freedom of trade, topics iv ich had : een jesty of the sympathy and support of the Hous e . f requent ly i d ye t e d to, au d a l e ays w i t h d ou b t an d r itti laurd LORTON assured their Lordships that it was with culty. till a better and more auspicious period tang in al feelings at once of diffidence and satisfaction that he toss I clearly to appreciate their merits. It was now asceriamee to Fecund the Address which had been so ably moved by that increased freedom of trade conferred advantages far his Noble Friend. The hopes which the Royal Speech beyond what the most sanouire advocates of the measure held out were most exhilirating, and lie could net help could anticipate; arid it ebould lie known that relexatiol , coneratulating their Lordships and the cou n t r y a t large such, for instance, as those that had taken place in o 111 lon the n our i s hi ng state of our trade and manofacturi 5, as j I rate between Great Britain and Irelanu, wrre Olt air.,..:. also on the progressive improvement of our litiancee. The', of removing ancient prejudices; while restrictions wotala PIaCE agrte;l.tural intern r. too, which had for some time been depressed, was rapidly reviving, and the general aspect of our affairs afforded the cheering hope that the coaotiy would very soon overcome all the difficulties which hue had to encounter at the termination of the arduous strug gle in which they had been so long engaged. He :Millis .• indeed well congratulate their Lordships on the arrival of a new and glorious era. But these subjects had been no forcibly and so eloquently treated, by hi s N o bl e Frieftel who held preceded him, that he felt it quite unnecessary for him to do more than merely to ad v e r t t o t h em i n g e - f neral terms. There was one topic, however, in the Speech, on which he might he permitted to say a few words, and with respect to which, as an Irishman, he must feel lee lv interested, He trusted that nothing like party spirit would operate in the minds of Noble Lords, in considering the present state of Ireland; •and he entreated their Lor . •!- ships to preserve their understandings unshackled, while speaking of evils, the causes of which were heyosifl the cult troul of Government. 'Fite first and greatest evil was to be found in the moral state of .e people. who from their na 'tural indotemeins might he made the strength and oroa ment of any country, though they were now sank to the lowest pitch of degradation and debasement, solely front •the want of those endowments being duly cultivated and • 0 1 4 -Improeed. (Hear, hear.) The case was very different in England, where the pivulalonsits in the highest state of eiviliz,:tinn and moral improvement. Great allowance.c ought therefore be made for this unhappy c ou n t r y, in which there Was a determined Nsistance offered to the progress of educatiou and the distribution of the Scrip- • 1 tures. The consegnence was, that the great tuaj i iiis t k t i 4e . ; q*, the people indulged in the g r os ses t su p ers titi ons , a minds were so einititt-red through the influence of dem.... • • gogues, that they placed themselv,s in hostile array against the religion and Constitution of the land. The Noble Marquess now at the head of the Irish Government, had greater difficulties to combat than any man who was rvor placed in a similar situation. Howev-r, he devotecfii e. all his splAndid talents to the ardoons task, and much good had a!ready been done under his Administration. Their Ltrtls`dpe !mist be aware that the most pernicious means were resar ed to by domagogites in Ireland, with the view of perverting the public mind. There was in that country a sort of i.nperinin in imperio, which, must be put down berore any perm ',tent cure could be sfrecterl. The popu list:on of Ireland eas immense, and the povrty of the lover orders was ma;niy t he at; tihute.l to the absentee system. It was a well known fact, that the property drawn from I viand by abeentees, amounted to 2,000,0001 Theist were two classes of absentees, one of which he should de signal • the legitimate end the other the illegitimate clasp. Time (Lost . lass nos rocnposed of persons ulna had large estates in Ireland in addition to their hereditary estates its Rnglatdi, and bad a fair eacuse for residing in the latter country. lint still they ought not to forget the duties im pose! upon them as Irish landlords ; and above all, they ought to b. most particular as to the persons they selected to represent them and manage their afiairs. In some few instances he was happy to say, that the proprietors of the soil had themselves attended to the interests of their te nantry ; and he was happy to recognise now before him cat sin Noble Lords who needed no impulse from him, in order tamake them consult the welfare and prosperity of those who held land nnder them in Ireland. The second class of absentees consisted of persons who had no heredi tarisroperty is England, and who consequently hod no excuse for leaving their native country. They certainly wou'd derive ninth snore importance from residin:r on their estabm, and minismring to the wants of their tenants. le deed, be had Lard that same of them had lately returned, en I that good effects had resulted from their having once . . • ! •• • I • I t • C ; ' • • • • 4 ry • I • • I 1 • i 1 •