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. sited. Mire him od in his Conclusion. Another consideration, which. he sled, contributed to the miserable situation of the Irish peasantry, to which bite present unfottanate star of that country was so greatly owing, was the extremely law price of labour. !his, he observed, was, in many parts of Ireland, not more than five..pence per day ; though the Tents paid for land, were, upon the whole, as high, or rather higher, than those paid in England ; and one of the leading expedients which he recommend to ameliorate the condition of th poor in that countrv, would he, to raise the prices ot labour.--iVith their present wages, it was astonishing how they could protraet exist ence : to many parts of the provic.c.T ot Munster, he understood these observations would particu larly apply. Another leading consideration, and which greatly contributed to the present state of Ireland, and the distressed condition of the poor, was the system in general adopted by absentee landlords, and which, in some points of view, though they mostly lett their estates at lower rents than others, in the first instance, operated as a great grievance; what he principally adverted to was, their praelice of letting their lands to what tvcre called " middie-men," who usually let them out a,Tails to the occupying tenant at exorbitant rents. This system was equally injurious to the head landlord, and the person who tilled the ground. By absentees Le did not mean those Noble Lords who attended their duty in that House, Lut great landed proprietors, who rarely, if ever, visited Ire land; and he instanced some case: where, by the adop tion of a dderent plan, the occupier of the ground Was considerably benefited in hia situation, and the rents of the head landlord at the same time grertly increased; and he also adverted to some proceed ings known to himself, which, he contended, evinced the necessity, vita a reference to the amelioration of the gate of Ireland, of some alterations in that part of the system. All these consideratiens combined, indeed, and the notorious internal situd tiin of Ireland called for it, shrived the neces- city of tut is:qt:iry into the real state of that va luable and important part of the United Kingdom, in order that Government and the Legislature may, as far as praclicala* ascertain what steps w ere pro per and necessary to be taken for aniaioraiiiig the condition of its iahabitants, and the of that part of the empire. A great majorii yof the people in that country were, he contended, ob viously dissatisfied with their present condition ; and, 1w feared, that the Loge armed force, which it was found necessary to maintain in Ireland, was not so much for the purpose of repelling invasion, as to suppress insurrection. With a view to obviate every thing unfavourable that might be apprehended, and to lay the ground work of the ben tidal results to which he had alluded, he would move their Lordship, " That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that be would be graciously pleased to appoint Com missioners to inquire into the present state of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, and to order that the said Commissioners do report the state of each county ; and that the same be laid before His Majesty and the two Houses of Parlia ment." On the question being put : The Earl of LIMERICK rose, and observe!, that as an Irishman, he must decidedly oppose the motion of the Noble Earl, as likely to produce great mischiefs. Indeed, for a long time, he should not have supposed the Noble &sit to *lave been speaking et Ireland, till, by further attention, and the fre quent repetition of the word, be found the Noble Earl meant to apply his observations to that part of the United Kingdom. In the present instance, he assured their Lordships he would intrude upon their patience but a very short time ; and. first, be would observe, that one of the leading prop. Sickens of the No!sle Earl, as he understood its ap plication, would go to deprive the Protestant esta blished church of Ireland of its means of sup port : he allnded to the destruelion of tythes. Were their Lordships prepared to accede to any propo sition that would tend to that?—With regard to the Noble Earl's description of the state of Ireland ; with resped to the condition of its peasantry, the low prices of labour, he must have made his cal culations upon what was the state of those things st great many years since. He had, from the con sideration, whether fortunate or unfortunate, he could not say, of living a great many years in Ire land, much personal and local knowledge in these tripods. He could sofar controvert his statements. And, with respell to what may be mattes cf opi nion, his conclusions were form-a from authorities, very different from those referred to by tne Noble Earl. He knew full well, and was f ree to con f ess , that the situation of Ireland, in many of the parts adverted to, was by na means so favourable as that of this country ; nor would :hey near a comparison ; but for this he would contend, that Ireland had been for many years back, and still continued in a state of progressive improvement and amelioration, and which there was every reason to expect would increase every day : to adopt the measure recom mended by the Noble Earl; therefore, especially when the situation of that country, menaced by in vasion, and the Empire at large, embarked in an arduous and extensive warfare, etas considered, would be impolitic and dangerous in the highest degree. His Lordship thtn shortly adverted to the general nature of tae Noble Lard's address to the 'louse, a great part of which applied to the ques tion of Canonic emancipation; a subjes which had recemly, so fully, a.al so temperately been can vassed in that House, And solemnly decided upon by their Lordships. On that part of the Noble Earl's speech, he should not, there ire, over a single ob servation. He then adverted to a few of the Noble Ear observations respeCting the absentee land 1-ads, and particularly to a ciicumstance intro duced into that part of his speech, wnich, it seemed, admitted a very different inference from that drawn by the Noble Earl. Be apologised to their Lord ships fur this short occupation of their time ; for Lis part he felt it decidedly his duty to oppose the Motion. The LORD CHANCELLOR was about to put the question t when The Duke of NORFOLK :ore, and begged leave - -...rsosevatioos on the aubjea. With re tons effeits, which the Noble ske, seemed to apprehend, in agreed to, he confessed no present/ al themsel►es to his to opera few obr,ervatia I .oat to those miseitea who had List spot e4se the motion was sea adprellenaions Pt mind. . With tripe& to the ;Aileen:taut subjen of tythes. his Grace observed,. that finding the :ew in that tespett coeval in this country, with the laws for the conservation of every other kind of property, he considered them as entitled to ~ ,u al regard. They were the property of the church, to be respeCted as such, and involved consi derations affetlting the union of church and state, which, he trusted, would always continue to support each other. With respeß to what had been said as arising from the topic of Catholic emancipation, he fully agreed that that important suht had been fairly, fully, and coolly discussed by t ie I louse, and thoty,li he filmed one of a comparatively small mi nom-j, who thought it WAS proper their Lordship s should go into a committee on that subjeCt, yet, he bowed to the decision of the majority of their Lord ships, and pradically must consider such decision as rightly made. Yet he seemed to think that, trom those discussions, matter transpired, which tended to shew the expediency of such an enquiry as his Noble Friend proposed. In some points of view, he disapproved of partial quota tions fr,un authors ; they required a great portion of the context, in order fully to ascertain the sense of the writer ; and one particularly, whom his No bls Friend had mole than once quote 3 that evening, cotrealy, no doubt, one with whom lie ltd the happiness and the honour to be long acquainted, the late Archdeacon Paley, went on to say, speak ing of the subjea of tythes, that which, in his mind, operated in a different way from what his Noble Friend seemed to understand it. Advert ing to the state of the established religion in Ireland, he observed, there existed, some years ago, that which should induce him to think the superior clergy of that country highly iv ory:tensible. He alluded to the circumstances of many parishes of considerable extent, and which paid all the clerical dues, being not only without a clergyman, bat even without a chute). He thought the most favourable epoch for re dressing many of the grievances adverted to by his Noble Friend, as affecting Ireland, was the occasion of the adjustment in 1742. when Ire land was relieved from the commercial fetters of this country. A peculierlr favourable opportunity was then presented. With respeek to the question before the House, lie thought it was one that de l mended an opinion from some of His Majesty's Ministers. . . . . Lord HAWKESBURV observed, the motion uncle: consideration was one which he should feel it hi: duty to resist, were it o:ly upon the ground of its being very ill-timed: it also involved con siderations, which, under the present circumstances and situation, not only of Ireland, but of the Em pire at lags, which would induce him to objet to it. NVith a Noble Earl, he tlicught it would be produaire at present of misci..eeoas effefts. With him, he thought that a gm .t deal c:f the Noble mover's speech was applo—ible to the question of Catholic Emancipation; which, with the Noble Duke, he thought had been most fully, fairly, and temperately considered in that House, as much SA as any topic that ever carne before Paws anent ; and that being solemnly decided upin, by a very large majority, not only of that, but of the other branch of the legislature ; he felt it unnecessary to offer a single observation upon all the relevant part of the Noble Earl's speech. With respell to the im,sortant consideration of tythes, on whirls the Nob:e siecretary, in the course of his observations, laid considerable stress; he most cordially agreed with the position of the Noble Duke, that they coasti:uted property, and that of the most sacred kind. Indeed, the Gen tlemen alluded to by the Noble Earl, bUssrs. Emmett and (*Nevin, when they were exaniined on the part of the government of Ireland, seemed to have given their evidence very ingenuously upon that subjeft ; they. after giving their opi nions as to the wishes of the Irish peasantry, for the abolition of tythes; went on to admit, that were those abolished, the rents would be imme diately raised by the landlords, in a proportionate degree, so that the relevant situation of the peasantry would, so far, remain the URIC -•••• In Ltd, to abolish the tythe, would be to rob the Clergy; they were their property, and, in the eye of the law, equally sacred with every other descrip tion of property. The benefits of them were, an Taft, equally experienced, and enjoyed by the land owners, as it was obvious that these, from the consideration of their lands being liable to tythe, purchased them proportionably at a less rate; and this was a consideration, indepen dent of the political and religious points of view in which the subjeet may be considered, which should place them, equally with every other species of property, under the proteEtion of the laws, and such, he trusted, they would for ever remain. In concluding, his Lordship alluded to the very ad vanced period of the Session, and the consequence of their attendance as highly improper for the con sideration of a subjes2 of a nature equally general anti important, and which branched out into such a variety of interesting details, and which additionally operated upon his mind in inducing him to decide against the Motion. The Earl of SIIFI'OLIi spoke in explanation, and stated that his ideas did nut go to the abolition of tythes, which, he agreed, should be considered as the property of tee church. He adverted and en forced some of the propositionf he had in the first instance advanced, and referred to the aft of Eli zabeth, which recognised the principle, end en joined enquiries of the kind, as we understood Isis Lordship, through the medium of the Judges, who were to report the result of their enquiries to the Crown, and which be thought it would be well to aft uf.on. After some farther observations, the question was put, and decided in the negative, with out a division. The Committee of the whole House on the case of Mr. Justice Fox and also that on Meore's Di vorce Ball. was ordered to sit tomorrow. Mr. Rickman (Secretary to the Speaker of the Huse of Commons) presented certain accounts from the Commissioners of roads and bridges us the Highlands of Scotland, which were ordered to lie on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER counted the House at four o'clock, and there being only thirty-eaves Members present, the House ens adjourned, of course, till to-morrow. THE BRIIISH PRESS. LONDON, WF.DNIZSDAY, Just: 19. The Jolly Tar privat:er, of Guernsey, is arrived at Heltord from a cruise ox the Canaries. On the 14th of May, at half-past 3 a. rn. in lat. 28. 16. N. long. CO. 56. W. she fell in with a fleet of large ships, steer ing about S. S. W. with the wind at east blowing fresh ; and at day-light counted 18 sail apparently of the line. These are supposed to be the outward-bound East India fleet, which sailedfrom Portsmouth on the 21th April, under convoy of the Blentie;rn man of war. The East India fleet consisted of seventeen ships, and the BknS:int, so that the number ezialy cor responds. Some think that it was Lord Nct.sotes fleet ; hut his force was by no means so numerous ; and it appears by a letter from an officer on board the Viaory, that his Lordship's squadron wai off Cadiz so late as the 10th. The Hamburgh Mail due on Sunday, arrived yesterday, and, if the time since the combined Toulon and Cadiz fleets sailed, could be reconciled with the distance of the Canary Islands, there would be probable cause in the fol lowing extraEts, to conclude, that the ships seen by the . 7•.'1 . 9 Tar were the combined squadron. MADRID, Nov 20. Last week several couriers arrived here from Lisbon, in consequence of the arrival of the English expedition under General Craig, in the Tagus ; which, 'however, sailed again on the 10th ins:ant. It is generally reported that this expedition is bound. for Gibraltar and Malta; but it is sus. peaed here, that it is destined to attack Teneriffe and the other Canary Islands. These, however, arc in a very good state of defence, and will receive sue. cours by the Cadiz squadron, which sailed in con junftion with the Toulon fleet. EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTIIR TROY lIAI4- BU2OH, JUNE It. A friend of mine at Amsterdam writes ma word, that advice has bften received tht-te, that the Toulon fleet has landed 1d73 men at the Canary Islands. ITALY, MAY 20. When Jerome Bmaparte arrived at Alesundria, he found there a letter from the Emperor at Milan, upon which he immediately set out for Genoa. The substance of the Report of the Military Com mission, in the case of Duauc and Hossocis, lately tried and convieted of being spies, in the pay of England, translated from a Paris Paper, is given in our subsequent columns. Lord GAST/NUN fleet being seen off the Lim-a, without having come afterwards into port, is thus explained, in letters dated last Thursday from off the Lizard : His Lordship on that day stood across from off Brest to the Lizard, in line of battle, ma noeuvring the fleet I on Friday he resumed his sta tion on the French coast. -.The Scarborough. SCOTT. was lost on the .I,lth April at Jamaica. coming from OH Harbour to join the homeward-brand convoy. As many of the crew as the idly boat would hold were saved at Black River ; but fears were entertained for sevqn men, the remainder of the crew. The celebrated Stu IL LER left a widow and four children, under age. The Duke of Well SI Alt has undertaken to provide for them. :leftists% had not attained his forty-fifth year; but his genius was is full force. What the literary world regret most is, his Ihstory of the Low Couairi,s, of which he has given but the first volumes. All Europe has already, from the beginning, placed this work among the writings which have done most honour to the age. His Dot Carfos, his Mary Stuart. and his freiaresa, with their irregularities, and even whim sicalities, must live eternally, but his tragedies are only to be read in German. This language, in its nature so harsh, has become sometimes untranslat able from the pen of SCHILL6I. The offender who has been so long in Kilmain ham gaol, called Capt. Dw v ea. of the mountains, has refused to go to Botany Bay. He requires to be sent to America, he and three of his myrmidons, with their families, and the expence of such voyage to be defrayed for them; an audacious request with which government will not comply. lie is therefore to be tried, if he persists. and his three followers. Four others of his gang have consented to go to Botany Bay, rather than stand a trial. (Fr eeinaa's journal.) The Captain of the Fens, of Hull, and a sailor, made their escape from prison at Verdun, in France, on the last night of April, having first secured a stock of provisions. Proceeding by bye-roads, they reached a wood on the third day, in which they made themselves a small hut with some timber which they found j and while reposing in it for a few hours, were attacked by a wolf, which made se- vend attempts to get in to them, but without effect. On the fourth day, their provisions being expended, they were obliged to attempt procuring a supply at a small village, where they were taken into custody, and marched beck on the road towards Verdun, by four men. from whom, however, find ing their muskets not charged, they escaped , after travelling about a mile. Arriving on the banks of the Sere, sear Barre Libre. they swam across the river, and travelled onward towards the Rhine. on the basks of which, near Biberack, they arrived on the 9th of May, and, party by force, partly by mo ley. obtained $ passage over. From thence they passed by *fly of Hesse Cassel, through Ger many to Embden, which they reached on the 21d, and taki. whoilors g pping there, with four other British badsa shoo ofeeed their escape, arrived is this ovary air" ear sr. This Lady gave a most splendid ball and sopp. t . on Monday night, at her house in Grosvenor -square. !' •I'lw grand entrance was lighted by a superb the gallery by Chinese lamps. Three spacii:,,, rooms were thrown into one; two glasses, twelv e feet high and sir broad; these glass-s are so j ; ,!;, ciously placed, that when the doors are opened, they reflea no each other and dazzle the si g;; rpposite these superb glasses are placed two Grecias lamps, with the finest diamond cut drops ; at etch side of the glasses are two beautiful gilt hrancltes with numerous lights. The cornices round room are inlaid with gold. The pahnels and ,h,. r cases are plate glass, with gold moulding s 'l!,, chairs and hangings white damask ; frame: of nulled gold. The most beautiful and osiorif.... : , flowers were arranged with the greatest 1, through them. The dancing was commenced twelve o'clock. by Lord JA mks Musaw and !,s\, METHUEN. The music, under the diseOion of :eh, Guw. The hack staircase, which the cr. - lir:1-r went down to supper, was decorated with flows r; different coloured lamps. On the landing.pi., ; bower was formed of rows and heueysuckles. per was laid in three rooms, two tables in ese , covered with every delicacy of the season; t:c choicest fruits and fi lest wines graced the te;:it t board. Thew ronor: are supported by which wete ornamented with flawars and wres.g of variegated lamps, and bad a most beautiful eal'e.cr. At two o'clock this elegant party sax s f• Jwi t , supper, and it was sir; before they had all ret:tz.. So jodielou4 were the arrangements made is L a spacings house, that, numerous as the company see-.., every person was accomatodazed. In 4sis elagrt assemblage were the Duehe:iC;—. %tat burd. lzh Nurthiiiabealead, and G , Aft42. The Sl.vrhinn vai Sa.:l.Litary. C,lnve.• S—Carti “•%, m, Euston, Harrington, Ktni , olll. {Nonlife, roulett, Putt4thugumr, Wasw,x, Sufi .Ik, I) zn.l Row-Lorry. 1.4 , 11 , .;.-Verth . ";llli .116 Tlie last arrival at Bristol Hotwells ire ; Sir Thomas 012!111011 j Rev. Charles aereefard ; Mr. J. Eustac." and Mr. J. bodice, Mw Rakie4, Miss Bin l.ni, Mr. aid Mrs. Ashley, Mr. sad Mr.. &okra, Mr 1.1..d0t, Cgs. lioulten, Sir Thomas and Lady Burke. The last arrivals at Cheltenham are : Lieut. Col Stuart, Lieut.-Col. 11..nlwickik„ .M.rjrir Whiv, fiArAer, Mr. and Mn B.crn, Mr. and MIL C. V1 , .. , r Mr and \t,,, 14:46:burn, Mr Mrs. and Mir GroMnitlot,k, Mr, 3ild Mi,s Clirtqign, Mr. and Mid Prier. The Duchess of GORDON left her house in Cdra. berland-place, on Monday, and yesterday set ci for Scotland, where the Doke will meet her. The Hon. Mr. KNOX will leave town on S4:2r day next for Scotland. The Princess Royal of Demi& ARK was safely a livered on the Sd instant of a Princess. The Earl of K 10414 ha E gave a grand dinner in Monday. at his house in Portman-square. An Etymologist having observed that Irelical meant the land of Ire : Nay, nay," said a Cott. ney, " Ifireland means a land of slivery." The Countess of STAfialthlitag. and her sister the Duchess D'Urist.t.. who have so long hem de taMed in Holland visiting for passports, are arrived at the scat of Count ST•URt;lts6at3. at TWitt , enham. . ......_.... Mrs. LEIGHTON has issued cards for a rout E. her house, in klarley-Street, Cavendish-square, on t:. , ... 21st inst. Mr. Taorr Ea appears to have set t':. risi,; ,-, for the season. It was the first care of tt,e f.r.mv :: the Opera-Houscarn Saturday eight, to destroy RA beak/. Lord EDWARD SOMERSET, Lord ViSCnerlt Dcli• :As - , Sir WILLIAM GUISE, Bishop of GI-mg:sty, the Rev. Mr. HIPPISLST, and d.e Rev. Mr. Wa• L xs, are appointed Stewards to the Glotunte Music Meeting. On Friday night a grand Gala was given at Dud. dingston House, Edinburgh, by the Countm d L,ou DON and Mot Ilit s which was attended by all ea fashionable people in Edinburgh and its nrio bossrbood. During the cry of " Got:, Geoid, " at the Or House, on Saturday night, a Frenchman in the gallery observed, " des. English be ever cryin; fa de money." On Wednesday last the Dowager Countess of Co CHESTER, and her daughter, Lady EMILY PturAs, arrived at the Rock 1-louse, Brighton, to reu" 1 until the Countess's new residence, at Mallini, 's seat of the late LcKit SPENCe. Esq. can be gat regal for their reception. Master BR rr 'I was to close his engagement at the Live:pool Theatre on Monday lasts in the ' ha ' ream. of Gillielltil Yaw, dr DelLerer I a;; Cosa'. in the Tragedy of that name, revised and a ltered by a person of distinSion, and now rust licea4 by the LQIILD CHASISEILAIN. Yesterday the remains of Mrs. WALKaa, relia; R. WAI KER, Esq. were moved from Ocogt street, Hanover-square, attended by three rtnno ing coaches, and her own carriat, to Michel Grove, Sussex, where they would met by tilt tenants, who were to attend at the interment. The Manchesier packet was thirty.one days fon Tortola, and brought passengers laentmiant . C o lonel ELLIOT, and Captain and Mrs. GP saki‘ R. A. DANIELL, Esq. M. P. his lady and dattbh• ten, arrived at Truro last week, Battle was on Saturday last honoured by a V . I . si from His Royal Highness the Duke of Cassies who inspefted the in battalion of the King's C man Legion, on their parade at the barracks; 0! which be vis:ed the Abbey, and then proceeded vii Lieut.-General Dos, and the Officers of his Staff. Bexhill. where we updentand he will remain 110171, days. Died on Monday, at her father's home; 1,?. ~ j Admiralty, Viscountess RAM IL a on, wife of 1 ,0 1 Jonas, Viscount R 4 n X LAPIC, in th. sonny of Vr ic low, an 4 Baron Jolla, a Nana, in the county Meath. Her Ladyship was delivered of a daue on ilatardai last. who reavited but a few I"' she was daughter of Bir Paittar Iltstisah ' fed only named is Assam la* ' Senn tending o f the T to t, hON n one Cr ynJ 14S 11 c apied t 0:11t 6 Itqf gel Y p ric .1 in S Imo e.cle"" bmt the f e<tvid a (14.11 tNr or , k v ..v h earh•tt r~ ^~' h ey.tlll 0 of tli tri oft! in i tk lial , • i 4 . ~./. , .. 10. illilli k ...NW' 0 , 111 , i :-.; C. ' ~f . ~ g‘... - ~. z, 111115. METHUh.N'S 61f.11ii . It; LT, ....-.....,_