The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-06-26 00:00:00

wY- . . .... . . , . Tier Cwt • . . . a 9 • 4) N... 5.5.t1t ' \44 .'J cs . ._ • - It ~.. •• ....... . ..,...... .....,..,,,,....„,_. goirwl 4 joi - , 4 l cX - zUC 1. 1 • • :a' • , • .i ~'n t ..;gir ffi/ LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1823. , . " The Caste for which HAMF DEN fell in the Field, end arDlOlll 7 died en the Scaffold!" ; PRICE SEVEN PENCE. NUMBER 5708 EAST INDIA HOUSE, JUNE 210 s, 1523. lIPHE Court of Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East hidies, do herelw give notice, That the Court will be ready to receive proposals in writ_ lag at any time on or before Wednesday the 23d of July nest, from the Owners of such Ships, of the burthen of about 930 tolis. and also of 1200 tons, and upwards, Builder's' measurement, as have performed their contracted number of six voyages in the Company's regular service, specifying the rate of freight at which they may be willing to let such Ships for three additional voyages. The Tenders, with the words "Ship Tender," on the cover, to be ity sealed up and left with the Secretary, at or before twelve o'clock at noon, on the said Wednesday, the 23d of July next, beyond which hour the Court will not receive any Tender. • JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The particulars of the terms and conditions under which the Ships will be enraged for the Company's service. may be had upon application at the office of the Clerk to the Committee of Shipping, on or after Monday next, the 30th EAST ISOM HOUSE, June 25114, 1823. THE Court of Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, do hereby give notice, That the Court will be ready to receive proposals in writ ing on or before Wednesday, the 23d of July next, from the Owners of Ships of the bprthen of 1200 tons, and upwards, Builders' measurement, specifying the rate of Freight at which they may be willing to let such Ships for one voyage. to and from China in the Company's service. The Court further give notice—That the Court will be ready to receive proposals in writing, on orbefore Wednes day, the 23d Juty next., from the Owners of Ships of from sop to IWO tons, Builders' measurement, which have per formed their contracted number of six or seven voyages, specifying the rate orFreight at which they may be willing to let such Ships foe one additional voyage In the Compa ny's regular service. The Tenders, with the words " Ship Tender" on the coves, to be severally settled up and left with the Secretary, ster.before twelve o'clock at noon, on the said Wednesday,' the Mg July next, beiond which hour the Court will not mobs any Tenders. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. e The particulars of the terms and conditions, upon which tbe Ships will be respectively engaged for the Company's service, may be had upon application at the Office of the Clerk to the Committee of Shipping, on or after Monday next, the 30th instant. FONTHILL ABBEY. Just published, in foolscap Svo. price 2s. 6d. or in demy, price 4s. STORER'S DESCRIPTION of FONTHILL AB BEY, with eight interior and exterior %Imes, form ing No. 1. of the port folio. Ite description was written and the drawings made by pertnisAon of Mr. Beckford, whilst the building and all its internal arrangements were in pristine splendour. The port folio is now publishing in monthly numbers, 2s. 6d. each, containing 8 beautiful Plates with descriptions—nine num bers are already out. The First Volume, containing 60 en gravings, may be had in boards, at the Publishers, or any of the Booksellers, price 15s. An edition of the work is panted on large paper, at 4s. per No. and a very few copies oh India paper, at Ss. per No. Published by Sherwood and Co. Paternoster-row. NEW RUSSIA. This Day Is published In Bvo. illustrated with coloured Plates of Costumes, etc. price 10s. 6d. in boards, A JOURNEY from RIGA to the CRIMEA, by WAY of KIEV; with some Account of the Colo. nization, and of the Manners and Cesiems of the Colonists of New Russia. To which is added, a Second Edition of Notes relating to the Crim Tartars. BY MARY HOLDERNESS. ei The " Notes on the Crim Tartars," appended to the above work, were originally publithel in a very liniited impression, which having been very favourably received - (see the British Critic, Literary Gazette, Monthly Maga zinc, New Edinburgh Review, and others), the tether has been induced, from their connection with the present work, to attach thereto, rather than reprint them in a distant vo lume. London: Printed for Sherwood, Joues, and Co. Pater noster-row. • On the 7th of July will be published, in 3 vols. 12mo. price 18s. THE WILDERNESS, or the Youthful Days of Washington, a Tale of the West, by SoLostort BecoNosionr. Printed for A. K. NEWMAN & Co. Leadenhall-Street. Where may be bad the following works published this Spring : LOGAN. the Mingo Chief, by the Author of Seventy-Six, 4 v4ls. If. 4s. The See, a Tale, by the Author of Precaution, &c. 3 vols. IS.. SCARLET HANDKERCHIEF, by the Author of Zelica the Creole. 3 vols. ISs, SKETCH OF HER OWN CIRCLE, by Miss RUSSELL, 4 sots, 11. 4e. MODES or Lira. or Town and Country, S vols. ISs. Vaacat TUB POET, a Tale, 3 vols. 10s. ed. IRON BEDSTEADS AND HURDLES. j'EFS, COTTAM, and LIALLEN, have on Sale a great variety of Iron Bedsteads, with improved iron bottoms. viz. four-post, tent, French, and half-tester Bed steads; stumpliedsteads for public institutions; also wrought on Gates. and Fencing. Invisible straine d-wire F e ncing; cast-iron Palisading for Areas; light wrought lion Fencing for Cottages, Ornee, Berceau, and Trilliage. Ornamental Garden Bordering, Garden Engines, Syringes, Garden Rollers, &c. . Not Houses, Cucumber and Melon Frames, every kind of Agricultural Implements as usual, particularly the Hay making Machine, new Revolving Harrow, and General Beatson's new Cultivator. Wrought and cast-iron work of if, ever) kind. At their Agricultural Repository, Winsley-street, Oxford street; and Cornwall-road, Stamford-street, Lambeth. IBLIC NOTICE.--ROBERT WARREN, Black tig Manufacturer, 30, STRAND, begs to caution the Public against a spurious composition being sold under his name, by means of imitation labels. These may easily be detected by observing that the genuine has Ropy. WARRRN signed on each label,—all ethers are counterfeit ; many of which are interlined, in very small characters, with a different address between the " No. 30," and the word " Strand." ROUT. WARREN also begs to add, that his sole Manufactory is at 30, STRAND ; nor has he any connexion with those pretended Warehouses professing to be branch establishments of his. All persons giving orders for WAR awes BLACKING are particularly re quested _ to take notice that the real Manufactur er is ROWE. WARREN ; 30, STRAND. It is strongly recommended to shopkeepers and others who aredeceived by such vile Impostors, to return the trash to the parties from whom it came, as being a punishment Butt able to base fabricators of *sortie% so essentially necessary to the fashionable world. This genuine and surpassingly brilliant Blacking stands unrivalled for its peculiar excellence in keeping the feet per fectly free from damp in Wet Weather, preserving the lea ther sensed pliable, and producing the most elegant polish ever beheld, retailing its pristine virtues in any climate. Is Sold by every respectable vender in Tows and C oun t r y, i n Bottles, at od. 10d. ltd. and 18d. each. r . - . 4, 041. NA et 0 r , T. 'r. A • gal* leir .1.• glow W►" --- rr NOTICE TO CREDITORS. ALL Persons having any Claims or Demands on THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN, EARL OF EGMONT, or upon his Son, LORD VISCOUNT PER CEVAL, are requested forthwith to send an Account there of (in writing) to us, with the amount of their claims, and" the date and particulars of their respective Securities, in order that an arrangement now in progress to seem and discharge the same, may be carried into execution. VINES AND ADEY. Solicitors, 6, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn. PIANOFORTES and PEDAL HARPS.—The im proved Patent OBLIQUE PIANOFORTE, now so much in request, cannot be seen for sale any where but at JOHN WATI.EN'S. No. 13, Leicester-place.—The fol lowing second-hand Pianofortes and Harps, good as new : —A Cabinet, 60 guineas, for 38 guineas ; elegant Rosewood ditto, Bit guineas, for 00 guineas; Square ditto, 0 guineas ; two new Ilarps, one 45 guineas; Double Action ditto, 80 guineas, cost 1201., eery great bargains. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS....-AVEDNIZSDAY. Mr. BROG DEN brought up from the House of Com mons, the Irish Court of Chancery Bill. He also deli. vered a message, stating, that the House of Commons had agreed to the amendments made by their Lordships in the Irish Grand Jury Presentments' Bill. Mr. Bicknell, from the Court of Great Sessions in Wales, presented certain returns from the Carmarthen Circuit. Mr.Tornlins,from the Treasury,presented a supplement to the Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry, re specting the Irish Revenues. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented the Second Report of the Committee on the Appellant Jurisdiction, which was ordered to be printed. The Irish Commercial Credit Bill was committed.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. A Clerk of the Treasury laid papers on the table rela tive to the Customs of the'lsle of Man. SLAVERY. Lord LOWTHER presented a petition from Appleby against Slavery.—Ordered to be printed. The Report of the Scotch Juries Bill was agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow (this day). 1 The Lottery Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to - morrow (this day.) The Exchequer Bills' Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow (this day.) The Cattle Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. The Oyster Fishery Protection Bill went through a Committee, and was reported. The Report tobe further considered that day three months. Sir 0. HILL presented a petition from the linen , mer chants of Coleraine and Londonderry, against the impor tation of Foreign Linen Yarns Bill.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition ,from John Richards, praying for the repeal of the Combination Laws.—Ordered to be laid on the table,and printed. 1 On the motion of Mr.Sergeaut ONSLOW, the Usury Laws Repeal Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Friday next. PETITION OF IRISH ROMAN CATHOLICS. Mr. BROUGHAM said lie hell in his hand a petition signed by two thousand members of the Roman Catholic community in Ireland, complaining to the House of the general state of oppression in which they were held, not only 'tiri'account of the inequality of the law as regarded them, but on account of the inequality of its adminis tration. The petitioners stated their grievance at length and with great acuracy, but couched in language perfect• ly respectful to the House. As it was his intention to ground proceedings on this petition to-morrow (this day), It was unnecessary for him to state more now, than their complaint of the inequality of the law and its administra tion. Refore.he sat down, he ought t o state that this petition was signed, in the course of a few days, b y the most respectable portion of the Ro man Catholics of Dub lin, and would have been signed by as many thousands as there were now hundreds, but that it was necessary that the petition should have been here, before the mo tion of which he had given notice could come on; be sides, that it was desirable to present it before many of the Irish Members had left town. The Honourable Gen tleman concluded '4 moving, that the petition be laid on the table. The petition having been laid on the table, Mr. BROUGHAM, on moving that it be printed, said that to-morrow he would move that it be referred to the standing Committee on the Courts of Justice.—The peti tion was then ordered to he printed. Mit. HiYDON. Mr. BROUGIIAM said that he held in his hand a petition, which he was sure the House would hear presented with un feigned concern, when they knew the person from whont it came. The petitioner was Mr. Hayden' the historical painter; ho must be known to many emb ers for the attenr tion and enthusiastic zeal with which he devoted himself to his profession. But, unhappily for himself, he confined himself to that department of the profession of paint ing, which did not fUrnish employment for more than two, and refused to enter upon the more lucrative branch of portrait printing. without was now unhappily confined in the King's Bench, the hope of relief, and it was a source of deep and melancholy reflection to him, that after nineteen yearsspent i n forming a collection of some skelthes. casts, and valuable paintings, out of the smell gains of his profession, sad which Wraiths objects of his daily study, that this collection, which was so valuable, and which he had I spent the beet past of his life in putting together, should bei swept away under an execution, and at a moment when he was separated from his Wife and children. Ile did not apply for assistance in his dwn case. Ile stated the matter as • public concern, and founded his observations upon the Re port of the Committee which sat in lsl7 upon the Elgin Mar bles, in whiCh they stated the advantages whin must result to the arts from that stupendous collection, and particularly inculcated the cultivation of the arts and sciences as coedit °lva to.the well being of every Government. Tne House gave encouragement to sculpture and architecture; and Mr. Haydon asked why some of that encouragement was not be• stowed upon historical painting, which constituted so im portant a part of the arts. Private encouragement was of little use, because these paintings were too lar g e for the rooms of private individuals, and it roust therefore be very limited. Cabinet pictures were preferred, as best suited to small rooms, the historical pictures being fit only for the hills of large public buildings and for altar-pieces. One million of money bed been voted for the encouragement of architecture in the building of churches, and Why not a few hundred pounds for an historical pain hug in each church!— This would be sufficient to encourage men of genius to de vote themselves to that department of the profession, which wis now so much ne g lected. He begged pardon of the' House for having said so much ; but, feeling as he did for the individual, and anxious for the encaaragement of the era, that the House should comply with the Report of the Committee, he could not say less. Ile could not but regret, that while so much etwouragement was given to poetry and eloquence, so little was given to the Sister arts. He only knew the individual from the accident df the petition having been co nfided to his hands. To other Members he was much better known ; but what be did kno* of him was highly Ito ueurable and creditable as a Matt. Sir C. LONG said, that he could not deny that suffi cient encouragement was not given to historical paint ing, unless when connected with portrait painting. Mr. Haydon requested him to present the petition, to which be had no objection ; bat he at the same time told that gentleman that he was unwilling to raise hopes must end in'dieappointment. The petition was then putl into the hands of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and he admitted that into none better could it be put. If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman could point out to him any i way in which he could encourage historical painting as well as sculpture and architecture, lie was ready to adopt it; but he confessed he could not see his way. He WIS quite at a loss to discover bow this department of the arts could be encouraged. Mr. BROUGHAM, in explanation, said he did not think the Apollo or the 'Venus equal to the Elgin mar -1 ides as works of art. • Mr. CROKER also bore testimony to the beauties of the Elgin marbles, and expressed his hope that some ad vantage might result to the individual from the petition ; bat he deprecated the principle adeaneed.in the petition itself, - is preference that ought to be given to what was technically termed among artists " historical paint ing." In his opinion, portrait painting was the only true historical painting. The petition was then brought up, and ordered to lie on the table. Lord G. CAVENDISH presented a petition from cer- Isis inhabitants of the West Riding of Yorkshire, l against any alteration in the Wool Duties.—Laid on the table. Mr. 8, WORTLEY presented a simliar petition from Bury, in Lancashire.—Laid on the table. Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from a manufacturer of Drogheda, in Ireland, against the Union Ditties, so far as related to foreign goods in an unfinished state. — Laid on the table. LORD LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. Mr. HUME rose to submit to the House his motion respecting the propriety of abolishing the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and the other offices immediately connected with it. In calling the attention of the House to the Government of . lreland, he disclaimed any idea of casting the slightest imputation on the conduct of the Marquess Wellesley, though he confessed that lie found himself very much disappointed with respect to the re sults which were anticipated from his administraion.— The Noble Marquess was placed in a situation of pecu liar difficulty. Having gone over to Ireland with the best possible intentions, his great object was to place the Catholics and Protestants on the same footing ; hat all his efforts were marred and thwarted by the faction that had so long distracted that country., It was ex pected that, on the Union bring carried, some measures of conciliation would be adopted towards the Catholics ; but subsequent events clearly showed that every thing like conciliation or concession was completely lost sight of. He held in his band a paper drawn up in the year 1822, which showed the relative situation of the two great parties in Ireland, with respect to official employ ments. Loolaing at the Act of the 33 d of the late King, which gave to the Catholics eligibility to certain of fices, lie found that its operation had hitherto failed of producing the desired results. All the public offices were at present in the hands of the Orange faction, or the Protestant Ascendency men; and it was (rite im possible for the Marquess Wellesley to alter the system on a sudden. In the Post Office department there were 4d6 persons employed, of which number not more than 25 were Catholics. There were belonging to the Royal Dublin Society, including Governors, Deputy-Go veruors, Clerk, &c., 134 persons, not more than six of whom were Catholics. There were 16 Commissioners of the Paving Board in Dublin, ant only i 2 Catholics. The Com missioners of the Port of Dublin included 35 persons. and not one Catholic. There were 26 Commissioners of Wide Streets, and not one Catholic. la the same manner, there were 74 Commissioners of the Linen Board, and not one Catholic. That Board had 71 officers in its pay, and only 3of them were Catholics. There were 61 Commissioners of the Stamp Office, and not more than 2 of them were Catho lic . In the household of the Lord Lieutenant there was nos a single Catholic. In the Court of Chancery there were t°fel persons employed, not one of whom was a Catho lic 6A . i Th a e l re were • 22 official persons attached to the Court of King's Bench, and not one of them a Catholic. There were fa Ireland 184 Coroners, and not more than 14 of that num ber Catholics. In the Excise department there were 265 Re venue officers, of whom only 6 were Catholics. In short, out of 2,440 public officers, there were only 196 Catholics, show ing a disproportion which was altogether extraordinary is a country where the great majority of the people were of the Catholic persuasion. In the law department there were 160 official persons, and only a very small proportion of that number Catholics. Ile made these statements to show the great difficulty which the Marquess ‘Vellesley must experience in his endeavours to alter a system which bad grown up with the perverted institutions of the country. If he could prove to the House that all the bust twos of the Lord Lieutenant might be as well transacted in England as in Ireland, ,he thought it might be worth while to consider whether an office should not be abolish ed which tended to keep up discontent and distraction, and served only as a focus for party ?—(Hear, hear). — He was sorry that there was not, last night, a more full attendance in the House, when the Hon. Baronet, the Member for the Queen's County (Sir Henry Parnell), traced all the evils which afflicted Ireland to the and not to the proximate cause. For his own part, he could not see why the term " United Kingdom • should be•applied to Great Britain and Ireland. The lion. Member for Corfe Castle (Mr. Bankes, sen.) expected that when the Union took place, Ireland would become an English country to all intents and purposes, and be governed in the sa:ne manner, enjoying all the blessi nr,s which the English Constitution conferred. But bow, very different was the situation of Ireland at this moment and how much must that Hon. Member find hithself die_ appointed in his expectations ? The Union , so fa r from • serving to tranquillize Ireland, tended rather to promote dissension among the people. The situation of a Lord Lieutenant, s'nce the Union, was one of the most irk some and vexatious that. could be imagined. Ile was on one side surrounded by a party that monopolized all the offices and employments in the State; and, on the other side, he was perpetually called upon to listen to the com plaints of an oppressed and injured population. What ever measures he adopted for the good of the people were sure to be attacked by the Orange faction, and the more he showed himself inclined to discharge his duty with justice and impartiality, the more obnoxious he became to the party that arrogated to themselves an absolute con trol over the affairs of the country.—(Hear, hear.) He would put it to the House whether Ireland was not oo.v governed as a colony, in the same manner as Malta, or any of the West India Islands. But was that such a Go vernment as Ireland bad a right to expect ? Was that a system which ought to be allowed td continue ? To him , it appeared that ne one solid reason could be adduced for keeping op the office of Lord Lieutenant, and the other expensive offices attached to it. At the ti.ue of the Uni on the whole military establishment of Ireland was dis tinct from that of England, and the Viceroy had the en tire control in all the several details, in the same manner as the King had in this country. But from the time the Union took place, the Lord -Lieutenant had nothing whatever to do with the army. It was clear, therefore, that on that ground the Lord Lieutenant could have no thing to do in !Mend. There was formerly a Secretlry . at War for Ireland, but that office had since been aholi r , ,,. ed, and the Commander of the forces had also been re- moved without any ieconvenienee to the pnblid service: There was scarcely a department in Ireland Which did not come ender superintendence in this count: y. cense. quently the office of Lord Lieutenant could rot upon, any lair grounds be thought necessary to be kept up. The . Customs and Excise were now modelled on the English' .plan, and it could not be supposed that the • Poet Office' and Stamp Office, which still contierted'otr the old.sys • tem, would require the superintendence of a Lard Lieu-• tenant.. But it was not for the House to consider mere ly the policy of abolishing the office, hut the expense : which it entailed. He was ready to' adibit that economy alone would not afford Sufficient ;rounds for dOing zy.x.3-,- the office, if it was found of public advantage to keep- it up—but the contrary was the fact. The lion. Gentie man then referred to a paper which, had been printed on• the 2943 of April by order of the House : Ordinary Itsvease - . X 1,662.933 • ' tR43,116t ..• Balances in Bills; sth Jan. 1522 Ditto 1633 310,559 28; 45S Payments ont of Revenue in its way .:. to the Exchequer - - - 273,013 Miscellaneous, for Sundry Accouts 2-15r253 3,7;9.793 521.866 t07,w0 2 . 2,501 3,t02,594 £1,393 772 66,613 .1,482,355 Miscellaneous Services • - - 571,72 S Paid for Public Works 383,734 Received ditto - • 161,391 22.2,312 3,004,721 Civil List Expenses - Army Services - Ordnance - - £797,%73 ACTUAL sxcgts TO PAT VIE DEBT OF IRELAND, Vlz. Interest of Debi% Ireland, exclusive of SinkinOund - - .C 1,113,909 Charge of Irigh Debt in England of 83,944,904, in Jan. 1817 2,78001 3,896,699 197,873 Deduct Surplus of Revenue - Actual Charge of Ireland to G. 11. in 1822 - - - P 26 Considering that Ireland had seven millions of inhabit ants, he thought that it ought to be made in every re spect an integral part of England. Instead of its being a source of strength to this country, it was now a sourer, of weakness, and must always continue so till its political condition was altered. In the year 1792, the expense of the military establishment of Ireland amounted to be tween 510,000/. and 520,0001. a-year, now it was 1,500,0001. The established salaiy of the Lord Lieute nant for a long time *as 20,000/. a-year, but it had subsequently been raiser) to 30.0001. Now he would ask the House, if all the duties of the Lord tieutenant meld be done in this country, why ought not that money to be saved, more particularly when it was considered that Ireland did not yield revenues enough to pay her own ex penses ? The charges incurred by the Lord Lieutenant's establishment amounted to bet Ween 39,000/. and 40,0041, a-year. In his opinion the greater part of this sum might be saved. He calculated that the whole expense of the Vice-regal office, including the charges for public build ings, was from 100,000/. to 110,000/. a-year.—The Lord Lieutenant had little or nothing to do, for every thing was done by the Chief Secretary. Bat it might be said, that the Lord Lieutenant had to preside at the Council Board, which was useful only for issuing prockt mafions, and doing other matters of an isdilferent n *tuns. Every thing of a necessary or useful nature might be done in the office of the Chief Secretary in London. By the arrangements contemplated in the Bills now before the House, all the patronage was taken away from the Lord Lieutenant, and he was left no more than a stage poppet, except in the point of expense to this country. — All the general business was performed by the Chief or the Private Secretary, and the Deputy and two other Clerks of the Council did all the business of the Council Office. It was his duty now to show whit was the busi ness of the Chief Secretary for Ireland. He had ten Clerks and a Head Secretary. The duties of his office consisted of the business of twelve different tle partinents. Ile felt satisfied that all those ofiices might be safely dispensed with altogether, or trans ferred to London. The first department was that for general correspondence. With that departinent there could be no difficulty, as a record of that cor respondence could be as easily kept in London. The second department regarded, the customs and excise, but the business of the customs and excise was transacted by another Board, and had now nothing to do with the. Secretary's office. The third book, or department, con tained an entry of the 'country letters, which might as well be sent to London. It was impossible, besides, that a Chief Secretary in Ireland could act with the itnpar tiality the Secretary in Louden could. The fourth book was a general account of civil affairs—namely, a record of all the orders made by the Lord Lieutenant. he fifth book contained an account of civil peti'ions, each of which, wnatever was the subject, aas s sit with a fee of ten or five guineas to the Solicitor or Attorney-General : that was the chief uec of that department. The siet`t contained an account of ecclesiastical all'airs, and was rendered of no use, as no Bishop was appointed or trans lated wiLhout the sanction of the Government in Eng land. The seventh department referred to the Treasury business and the offices connected with it. Great abuses formerly existed in the accounts of those offices, bet the whole of the business was at present transacted in Lon don. The eighth book was nothing more than an ab stract of the business done in the absence of the Unief Secretary. The ninth regarded stamps, &c. with which the Secretary had now nothing to do. The tenth aul eleventh books respected the police, am) the correspond ence with the heads of the police departments, and tae Comas of Law, which could be dune iii the Secretary's office in London. as the same business fur Scotlond was done. The twelfth book was the record of the King's letters. By Act of Parliament the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had power to grant pensions to the amount of 8001. a-year, and that sum was always granted to a frac tion. The pensions granted by the present Lord Lieu ' tenant were 2001. a-yeat to Edward Johnston, 1001. a-year to Mrs. Anderson, anJ 500/. alear to Lord Kinsale. 'that power of granting pensions to that amount entail ed an expense of 12,00 J/. every year. Ile could nut bot complain that if pensions were to be granted at all they were not conferred on individuals fur some useul lie services. 'l'bere was not one of those dep impute that could' not be dispensed with he ,rans er i ng the little business that remained for them to Londo For. meilv a josrney to Ireland was a work of time, of trou ble, and of expense - . By means of the roads straiplelcd .~