The Sun. — London, England, 1821-12-07 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. OFFICIAL REDUCTIONS. Ma. EnlToa — lt may, perhaps, be matter of surprise with some of your readers, that since the time your columns were first so liberally opened to discuss the propriety of reducing the Salaries of Public Officers, so little use has been made of them by those who are principally con cerned in the question. But it must not be sup posed that, because little has been said through this medium, the , Officers have little to say. The truth is, they have a good deal to say, and also very much to the purpose. It must be obvious, however, to every reflecting mind, that when chal lenged, or invited, publicly to justify their pre sent demands on the public purse, they cannot step forward with a bill of partioulars. It only a charge of round general items they can hold up to the public eye. To his Majesty's Government, it is, that they must detail the particulars of their case. Since, therefore, they cannot lead the public through the divisions of off►ce, and explain their various duties—the eco nomical improvements that have already been made—how business is conducted, check upon check—the great additional trouble occasioned by this system of management, and so on : as it is impracticable to do all this, they must be con tented to remain altogether silent before them, or confine themselves to such statements as give but a general and indistinct view of their situa tion. But as public clamour has done something towards placing the Officers,in their present pre dicament, it seems fair that some explanation should take place, in justice to all parties con cerned. For this purpose, several communica tions have already appeared in your Paper. I would, with your indulgence, give a few additional observations on the same subject. Inquiry and Economy, two grand Inquisitors, have been, for some time past, particularly busy in the Public Offices, ransacking all before them. Their grand object is to save money ; and with this in view, they seem to be making a new va lction of of vial talent, labour, lime, and inie agritg. How important it is, in this valuation, so formally annortnced, to carry with them a right standard ! and how important also it is that their first estimate should be a just one. In having once set down the value of a few offices, it is very likely that the ideal standard applied to them will be either thrown away or neglected, and that the salaries fixed for these offices will be used as a standard by which to measure the remainder. It seems that, in some departments, it is de signed to reduce the salaries to the level of the year 1792. I can hardly imagine there are any offices under Government that would now be sufficiently paid by the salaries of 1792. For, assuming - that they were then adequate to the times, and that on comparison it is found that the priceof some of the maidarticleSollife are much the same as they were O. years ago, yet it will be found that many other expences are much higher Man does not live by bread alone." House-rent is higher—Taxes are heavier. The state of society is different ; there are many things now classed, with the nicessaries or com forts of life, which at that time were not with drawn from the catalogue of its luxuries. How different in every rank of life is the style - of edu cation, of dress, of furniture, &c. &c. The offi cers of Government are a component part of the British Public, and as thegeneral state of society rises, they ought likewise to rise and preserve their rank. Supposing, therefore, for the sake of argument, that the officers were sufficiently paid in 1792, the differences just enumerated are suf ficient of themselves to justify the salaries being higher now than at that period. _ _ ..But these are circumstances which affect him in his private character only,—without the walls of office Has a member of society at large. Let us now pa'ss to the interior of oilice, and take a passing view of things there, and see .whether they remain the same as they were thirty years a. , ;(). Is there not a higher rate of talent and of education employed in most departments under Government? Is it not likely that the country has been benefited, in many respects by this ac cession of ability in t h eir servants ? Has not their trust been heavier—their responsibility and cares, have they not increased in proportion ? Have not the attention to economy, the schemes to check accounts and prevent frauds, and the vastly augmented 'concerns of Government, heaped upon them, time after time, considerably more labour and . difficulty ?—lf these questions may justly be answered in the affirmative,—and I will - appeal to any man - Wert informed - u - pon the subject, whether they may not be so,—why then, (leaving entirely out of account the reasons be fore-mentioned affecting him in his private cha racter), they form an overwhelming argument against paying the Officers of the year 1821 with the salaries of 1792. A PUBLIC SERVANT. (To he continued.) • ORIGIN OF THE Enna LINEN MANUFACTORY. —When WENTWORTH, Earl of STRAFFORD, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he, at his own ex pence, imported and sowed a quantity of superior flax-seed, and the crop succeeding to his expec tation, he next year expended 1,0001. for the same purpose ; erected loonis, procured work men from France . and Flanders, and at length was enabled to ship for Spain, at, his own risk, the first investment of linen ever exported from Ireland. Exulting in the success of this fa vourite scheme, he foretold that it would prove the greatest means of enrichment which Ireland had ever enjoyed ; and his sagacity is amply at tested by the industry and wealth which the linep-manufactory continues to diffuse over that portion of the empire.—(Strafford's Letters.) YORK WIIIG CLUB. The annual dinner of this Association took place at the Assembly Rooms, York, on Mon day last, when about 400 of the members and siters sat down to a sumptuous entertainment pro vided from Etridge's Hotel. MARMADTJKE WYVELL, Esq. M.P.., in the Chair ; Alderman DUNSLEY, Vice-president.—Among the company were— Lord Viscount Normanby, Hon. T. Dundas, M.P.; J. G. Lambton Esq. M.P. ; D. Sykes, Esq. M. P. ; T. S. Dun combe, isq.; H. Witham, Esq. ; Colonel Cradock ; George Palmer, Esq. ; Colonel - 111‘Lean ; M. Stapylton, Esq., (My_ ton,) &c. After the cloth had been removed, " Non nobis Domine" was sung in exalter: style. The CHAIRMAN tben gave—" The King, and may he speedily dismiss his present evil advisers," which was drank with three times three. The next toast was—" The King and Constitution ;" which was followed by " The memory of our late injured and beloved Queen."—The latter was drank in silence and standing;. The CHAIRMAN, then rose, and said that he felt the highest satisfaction at seeing, on that occasion, so numerous and respectable a company, for he attached the utmost importance to asso ciations of that description. The forMation of the York Whig Club had been the means ,of rousing public spirit; it had defeated the Tory faction ; and, by the exertions of its Members, had secured the independence of their city. lie did not look at it as important in a merely local view,_ but he considered it to be of great general advantage. When they saw associations formed for purposes hostile to public freedom, and par ticularly to curtail the liberty of the press, it behoved the people to take such means as would effectually secure their liberties ; and he thought they could adopt no better mode to frustrate the designs of their enemies, than - by establishing associations similar to the York Whiz Club. With these impressions he proposed the health of " Sir George Cayley and the Whig Club of York," which was drank with cheers. Mr. Ihacnovt: (Editor of the York Herald) read a letter from Sir George Cay, ley, who was now on the Continent, which had been received by him in answer to an intimation to attend the meeting, assigning the reason of his absence. Mr. LAMBTON rose amidst enthusiastic cheers. It was, he observed, in such a union as he then beheld that he looked for that spirit which alone could awe the minions of despotism, and abash the slaves of power. 1 - Vhatever difficulties they had experi enced—whatever obstacles they had met. with, they had com pletely overcome them. They had succeeded in discomfiting the Tory faction, as his lion. Friend had justly observed, in their city, and established its independence; and he would tell them what his lion. Friend could not tell them ; that they had - elected for their Representatives two as honourable and inde pendent men ita any in the kingdom, whose every vote, so far as he could judge (and he had been almost a constant attendant on the House), had been regulated by a sincere - attachment to the liberties of the people, and a veneration for the purity of the Constitution.—(Applause.)--Those liberties, and that purity, could only be restored and maintained by a union of the mid dle and the upper classes ; and it was on that principle he con sidered that the York Whig Club had set a noble example— (Cheers)—and in the present times was calculated to pro duce great public benefit. They had seen but recently, a bill of the most atrocious nature brought into Parliament—a bill. of Pains and Penalties—a bill at variance with every principle of justice—a bill, of which he trusted he should never wit ness a parallel. The voice of the people had on that occasion been exerted with success ; it had prevented the bill pass-' ing, and had at last extorted that reluctant justice in favour of the Queen, which would otherwise have been denied her. —(Great applause.)—She gained a momentary triumph, but the struggle cost her her life ; the frail constitution of woman could not sustain the momentary assaults made upon her character and peace ; and though sure gained her cause, the malice of her enemies sunk her to the grave. At such a moment, it might have been expected that her enemies would have desisted from their unmanly course ; that her errors, her misfortunes, and the enormity of her persecutors, would have found a period. But even then the Ministers could not abstain from venting their mite of empty spite over her remains, by endeavouring to de prive the people of the last opportunity of evincing their respect, attachment, and regret towards her. The meeting knew that on the occasion of her funeral the peace of the metropolis h a d been endangered, and that two Englishmen lost their lives—he might almost say were murdered. But that atrocious act would pass, as others equally atrocious had passed, with impunity,— it would be screened by the same veil that protected the authors oftheoutrage atAI anchester.—(A pplause.)— The Ministers knew that they were guaranteed by the majorities they could com mand. But there was a trial which they could not escape—a jury that could not be packed—a court that could not be in fluenced, but which would undauntedly pronounce the unerring dictates of justice—he meant the bar ofpublicopinion.—( Immense cheering.)—At that bar their majorities would not avail them ; from that bar they had retired condemned, and public execration would pursue them even into the recesses of the ca binet. In the same spirit in which they persecuted the Queen, they had dismissed Sir R. Wilson, advising his Majesty to that act upon the ground of anonymous depositions and secret slanders.—(Applause.)—ll is gallant friend had demanded the names of the authors of the information secretly given against him, but they had been refused. Be (Sir R. Nlilson) wished to know who the informers were, in order that lie might prose.. cute and bring them to justice. But there was no foundation for the insinuation of crime. Sir Robert was not dismissed for being guilty or suspected of enure,—unless it was a crime to attend the funeral of the Queen ; for it was this act of his that caused his dismissal. That the Ministers, in attempting to de fend the dismissal of Sir R. Wilson without hearing, would en deavour to shelter themselves under the plea of prerogative, he (11r. Lambton) had no doubt. But he would tell them, that -the prerogatives of the Crown were given for the benefit, and not for the oppression of the people,—(Loud cheers.)—The adviSerS of the act would have to meet a fearful responsibility ; and they ought to be known and accountable to - Parliament. They may now, indeed, say, as. their tools have said, that Sir It. Wilson being no longer an officer is not amenable to trial by court-martial, as no precedent - exists of an officer of the army being tried after his dismissal. -But, unfortunately for this argu ment, a i precedent can be found—such a trial had been granted. lie alluded to the case of Lord George Sackville, who, for alleged misconduct at the battle of Minden, was cashiered without trial. He (Lord George Sackville) protested his innocence, and de manded atrial. The opinion of the Judges was taken, and, six months after his services - had been dispensed with, he received the benefit of trial by court-martial, as he had demanded, and underwent its sentence. This case went directly to prove that, according to precedent as well as to justice, Sir Robert Wilson was still in a situation to demand trial by court-martial. (A pplause.)—But the time .was not come for the full dis cusaton of this subject.. In the meanwhile, the-tools of power —those worthies who slander alike the living and the dead— deal in veiling and falsehood, and -seek by the basest means to excite prejudice against his gallant friend. When Parliament met the case should be fully discussed, and though Sir Robert Wilson might himself at present refrain from noticing the ca lumnies published against him, because lie despised them—and having judged it most advisable, at present, to defer stating his case, because it might be premature and aftbrd his enemies a handle—it did dot prevent from (Mr. Lambton) from saying that no ground whatever existed for charging his gallant friend with any other offence than that of yielding to the dictates of huma nity, knd a wish to•spare the wanton effusion of blood.—(Loud and reiterated cheering.)—lt was remarkable, if we looked through the world, to see in almost every part of it the progress of liberal opinions, particularly in South America under the auspices of our gallant countryman, Lord Cochrane ; and lie hoped, that although that glorious cause had met with an adverse issue in Italy, to see it again burst forth there with re newed vigour, increased strength, and better prospects of suc cess.—(Loud cheers.)—We had seen it triumph in Spain and Portugal, in which countries it was fast diepelling the clouds of superstition and ignorance ; and it was now progressively ad vancing in a country above all others dear to the classical mind—Greece, famed for its warriors, its poets, its philo sophers, and its statesmen ; and we beheld a remnant of that glorious race endeavouring to emancipate themselves from the bondage of their Turkish oppressors; and he trusted that among Englishmen they would not want that encourage ment and assistance which the people of this country could afford.—(Applause.)—While other countries were thus rousing from their languor, it was certainly singular that in England there should appear to be so much apathy ; for although we possess more freedom, perhaps, than most other countries, and stand foremost in the rank of nations, it was yet impossible that we could possess any real or true liberty without a reform of Parliament.—(Enthusiastic cheers.)—The only efl'actual means , of securing the benefits of good gOVernment, itas to provide an honest and - independent Parliament. Without such a refOrm, the people could never enjoy the advantages contemp lated b y our ancestors at the Revolution of 1688—a reform embracing a wide extension of the elective suffrage. With regard to himself, he had given a pledge of his wishes to obtain such a reform ; and he trusted' they knew him too well to suspect that he would de sert that pledge. He certainly had submitted a plan to that ef fect; but he was not bigotted to it, and he should be most ready and willing to aid any other which he deemed preferable.' Hav ing introduced a motion in•favour of reform, he thought him self bound to bring forward a plan for the purpose of ob viating the objection that the Reformers had no distinct or practicable plan. From the way in which the House uni formly treated that question, he considered it futile to expect that it would ever reform itself; and if it were to be reformed, it could only be by the power and operation of public 'opinion, acting, he might almost say, on the fears of that assembly.— That such might be the result was his fervent prayer ; and he concluded by observing, that if his. services could ever be of any advantage to the city or county of York, it would afford him the utmost pleasure to devote them on such occasions._ (Loud applause.) The health of Lord Normanbv and the other visitors of the Club was then'drank with enthuslastn. Lord Nonaiaa'anr rose, amidst loud cheering. 'W the applause had subsided, his Lordship observed, that if he were to take the honour that had been conferred upon him as a mere compliment to'himself, he shduld best express his gratitude by thanking them as-concisely as he did sincerely ; but he felt that an expectation was coupled with the introduction of Ids name, that lie would support the cause which they were then met to promote; and he pledged himself to further, as far as lay in his power, the obects, and maintain the principles of that as sociation.—(Loud cheering.)—Were his feelings lukewarm, there might be reason to induce him to adopt a different line of conduct. But he felt it to be a paramount duty to support those measures which could alone check the progress of that corruption which - was preying upon the very vitals of the State, and threatened the total extinction of the liberties of the country.—(Applause.)—With these feelings he trusted that the principles of that club would daily become more general. There were certain difficulties opposed to their progress, but by a manly and steady perseverance those difficulties might and would be overcome- as by such perseverance in a firm line of conduct, -that ;lob had conquered those obstacles with which it had had to encounter.—(Applause.)—lt was vain to conceal that they were contending against fearful odds. The spirit of Toryism had so many raninificatiOns,— so many holds on the follies, *ices, and passions of mankind, so many temptations to the cupidity of the selfish,—it held forth To many prospects of advantage to the corrupt, —its power had been so consolidated by the length of time it had pre dominated, and every fresh instance of corruption so added to its strength, and every fresh instance of profligacy so in creased its means, that it must be owned it had become extreme ly formidable_; yet he did not despair of crushing it by a firm and manly perseverance. That monster of corruption, the na tional debt, had enormously increased during the present admi nistration, and the collection of the revenue now exceeded the amount of the interest of the debt when the present Ministry came into office. It was vain, therefore, to attempt to conceal the magnitude of the power which they had to oppose, the various wineings anti intricate operations of the system through all its' parts, seen as its influence was in the dead vote of the daily petitioner at the Treasury, the unprincipled servility of hungry expectancy, and the arbitrary measures of the actual possessors of official power and emolument. Yet, not content with all these sources of power, the supporters of administration had endeavoured to prop their cause by other and still more disreputable means. They had esta blished a system of misrepresentation and calumny. Disloy alty and sedition, in their mouths or from their pens, had be come cant words, applied at random to all who opposed the will of the Minister. They strove to mix up the safety and per manence of all those institutions which the country esteemed as valuable and sacred will the preservation of their own—he hoped temporary—usurpationk.. Above all, they endeavoured to con nect loyalty to the Sovereign with servile adulation of them selves. But he trusted that his Majesty would see through their arts, and that, by going more among his people, he would he better able to judge of their feelings and opinions ; and, though his Majesty might not experience that warmth and vola- ' tility from his English subjects that he had witnessed in a sister • part of the kingdom, he doubted not that the people of this coun try were as loyal and as much attached to the King and the laws, as any , other portion of his Majesty's subjects, however they might disapprove the acts of his Ministers.—(-Applause.)' —lt was not surprising that, possessed of these various sources • of . power, almost nnhmited, the systematic violation of public opinion had been progressive; and accordingly they had seen each successive year fertile in encroachnients on popular right. The daring attack on the meeting at Manchester was followed by the birth of the monstrous bill of Pains and Penalties ; and again this year they had seen sonic prominent traits of a similar description. It remained for the 1-ith of August to shew that the petty malice of power could extend even to the grave, and that, in furtherance of the policy manifested towards the late Queen in her lifetime, the Authorities of the country, after her death, were Placed in opposition to the best feelings of the people. He should have hoped that the spirit in which the proceedings to which he alluded had :been commenced would have ceased when life was extinct in the object of their persecution; and that they would not have carried it to a point which he thought must have startled some of their most devoted adherents.-- This led him to the case of Sir Robert Wilson, who had been dismissed from the army without trial, without hearing, and, lie might add, without accusation—(Applause.)—He agreed with his Hon. Friend (Mr. j4ambton), that the Ministers, in this instance, had acted under a fearful responsibility. They should recollect, that the odious and forced exercise of dormant prero gative had, ere now, led to consequences which no man could wish to see recur.--(Applause.)—The evils which he had men tioned, he considered, were to be traced to the defective state of the representation of the people.—(Loud cheering.)—lt had been justly remarked, that without a properly constituted House of Commons, the liberties of the country were written in sand. The House of Commons had reversed its natural and proper character, and instead of being the representative of the people, and a check- upon the Government, it was the representative of the Government, and a check upon the people. (Loud applause.)—But under all these circumstances of discou ragement, it was consoling to reflect that we were fighting with the spirit of the age on our side ; and if the people were united, firm, and persevering; he confidently anticipated that, sooner or later, they would accomplish that change which was so essen tial or the respectability of the Sovereign, the independence anti purity of Parliament, and the liberties and prosperity of the people. His Lordship concluded amidst loud cheering. " Sir Robert Wilson ; and may every Officer in the British Army and • Navy be equally attached to the liberties and best interests of the people." Mr. LAMBTON returned thanks, and apologised for Sir Ro bert Wilson's absence. - The lion. T. DUNDAS, M.P., returned thanks on his health being drank; and was greeted, on rising and sitting down, with reiterated cheers. Mr. Mann ovr prefaced, with a few appropriate remarks, the healths of the City Members, which toast was greeted with the warmest acclamations, and drank with three times three. " D. Sykes,•lisq., M.P., and the independent Electors of Hull." Mr. SYKES returned thanks. J. S. DmicomnE, Esq. returned thanks on his health being drank. " A. NVitham, Esq.; and may an end be speedily put to all civil and political disabilities, on a ccount of religious opinions." 3lr. rrlArci thanked the company in a long► speech on the policy and justice of placing the Catholics on a level with their fellow subjects. On the health of Earl GreLbeipi; given, Mr. Lambton briefly returned thanks. That of Earl Fitzwilliam, the Vice-Chairman. and various other toasts followed. Mr. Lambton left the room about 10 o'clock • the Chairman soon after quitted ; nd the whole comp an y broke u p , and dis persed with apparer\ satisfaction. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM for supporting and edu cating the Children of Soldiers, Sailors, and Ma rines, Natives of Scotland, who have died or been disabled in the Service of .their Country, and of indigent Scotch Parents resident in Lon don, not entitled to Parochial Relief, Cross street, Hatton-garden. —At a Quarterly General Court of the Corporation, holden this day, the following Children were elected, viz.:— Votes. Thomas Ewing - - - 627 Henry John Tulloch - 593 James Sutherland - • 518 William 111.‘Kay - • 419 Walter 111.‘Gregor - - " , 399 David Macrae - - Dcc. 6, 1821. 313. M. S. METCALFE, Sec. At Mrs. PiTz HERBERT'S, Battersea, the Rosen burg strawberries are growing naturally in the kitchen oarden : the crop is very prolific, and of superior flavour. FOit THE SVN. THE PRICE OF BREAD. Mn. roa—Your Correspondent, IsvEsTi- GATOR, no doubt is actuated by a sincere regard for the public welfare in his - attempt to reduce the price of what is called the staff of lye, and if his data were right, his deductions would natu rally follow ; but from all I can hear from those conversant with the subject, he is under a mistake in supposing that a sack of hour will yield eighty three loaves. lam assured that after the neces sary processes are gone through, with great care, the common average product is eighty loaves, and no more. Piccadilly, Dec. 4. AN INQUIRER. FOR THE SUN. IRISH GLOVE MANUFACTORY. Mu. Eorrott-1 shall feel obliged to any of your Irish Correspondents to state, through the medium of your excellent Paper, the reason why it is so difficult to purchase in England and Scot land the Limerick and Cork Gloves, which are so universally admired,. Does it arise from the duties imposed on their importation into Great Britain, or some other cause' Whatever creates this discouragement of their consumption here should be removed, as the manufacture is much approved, and there is a very prevailing wish amongst our females to encourage it. Bath, Ike. 5. A. B. IRELAND. We quote from a Morning Paper an account of a man and his wife having been murdered in the County of Roscommon, and we find it neces sary to add a report . , which is currenf in town, that the victims of their vengeance were •a Magis trate and his wife. We have made diligent in . - quiry respecting the truth. of the report ; but, though we have not been able to trace it to any sufficient authority, we must say, that persons who are well acquainted with the state of the county, do not entirely disbelieve the rumour.— (Dublin Correspondent.) On Sunday last the Commander of the Forces spent several hours in inspecting the various de partments of the Military depot at the Pigeon- House.—(Mid.) Extract of a Letter from Cloumel, dated the 2d instant, at eleven o'clock at night :—" A serious business occurred in this neighbourhood since yesterday. About a week since, two brothers, of the name of Power, living at Four-Mile- Water (county of Waterford), were taken under an execution for debt ;. but the constables, being too few, were obliged to submit to a rescue, great numbers collecting for the purpose. In formation being lodged against some of the leaders, a party of soldiers from Caller, and a constable (fifteen in all) proceeded to their habitations early this morning (at two o'clock), and suc ceeded in :taking them. Information flew through the country at once, and all determined on an other rescue; they fired on the. soldiers, who, seeing it ivas impossible to proceed, retreated into the Castle near the bridge. In the mean time, thousands from all quarters collected, to aid in the general cause, and, no-doubt, would have destroyed- the party, but they were told that, if any attempt were made, the prisoners would be. immediately shot. In this predica ment they remained until a reinforcement of an officer's guard brought them clear, at four o'clock this evening. The prisoners (one a shoemaker and the other a smith) were brought into Clon mel gaol,:at six o'clock." We are sorry to hear that the evil disposition has begun to evince itself in a remote part of this county, on the borders of the county of Wick low.—(Carlow allorning Post.) We understand that Government has, with prompt and judiciogs liberality, granted fifty pounds to John Shea, of Tubber, in the county of 'fipperary; for the purpose of giving a slated roof to his house. Ile was brother to the late Edmund Shea, the atrocious burning of whose house, person, and family, Ireland is at present deploring.—( Vatoford Mirror.) The Rev. F. Godwin has collected all the arms from the farmers in the parish of Donough more, and has deposited them in a place of safety, where they are well guarded by a body of arm ed men. The Rev. Mr. l3eresford has done the same in the parish of Inniscarra. Many other 'Magistrates are following their example, and have been equally successful in this pursuit. The different person; who sell gunpowder in this town were visited, on Friday, by the Chief Con stable and a party of the Nice, when every pound of that article in their possession was de livered up.—(Ennis 'Chronicle.) DESTRUCTIVE FUSE IN THE LIBERTY.--At eleven o'clock on Sunday night, an alarming fire broke out in the concerns. of Messrs. WALTER BURKE and Co.; the Police collected imme diately, and proceeded to render every possible aid towards extinguishing the raging flames ; but the progress of the devouring element almost de fied human exertions, until near seven o'clock yesterday, when the engines at length proved successful in extinguishing the fire. The entire of the concerns were, we lament to say, consum ed ; the wind having been very high, considera ble damage was done ; in fact, gill the property of this extensive establishment fell a prey to the flames, with the exception of the account books, some plate, and a few finished cloths. A large quantity of manufactured cloth, wool, store houses, furniture and utensils, together with the dwelling-house and furniture, were consumed.— (Dublin' Paper.) • PRICE OF STOCKS T.IIIS DAY AT TWELVE: 0 - CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. 76i a Bank Long Ann. ............ 'IPI 3 per Cent. Cons shut India Bonds Os. 06 ' 4 per Cent 96 Excheq. Bills, ...I pr. par 29 5 per Cent: Navy Ann shut .Cons. for Opening 78 77i HIGH WATER AT IONDO: Morning, 58 minutes after 0. , N BRIDGE TO-31ORRO I Evening, 31 minutes after THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE F.II.SC:II AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDJY, DECEMBER 7, 1821. We understand that an Evening Paper W again hawked about the metropolis last night/ containing a pretended rumour that the Earl TAL' BOT and Mr. GI:As; Lord Lieutenant and Secre tary for Ireland, had been assassinated. We have not heard the name of the paper which has' re sorted to this most unjustifiable means of ob taining a notoriety ; but we cannot too strongly reprobate the eagerness with which a forced cif' culation is too frequently given to the most olis' chievous falsehoods, by this gentlemanly method of inducing the public to look into the colum o of obscure jonrnals. The state ofarfairs in Ireland, Cod knows, is sal' ficiently lamentable, without the gross exaggera tions and inventions which are got up and palmed upon the public for the base object of filthy lucre• The Dublin Correspondent, received this M ornin4 l indignantly and eloquently lashes some of th e London Papers, particularly the IWO rn Chr 6 " nicle, the Times, &c. &c. &c. for the hardihoo d with which they intermeddle in Irish affair`' while every line they write betrays their ignc rance of the actual condition of that country, and successfully exposes the heartless flippancY and senseless crudities which alone distingu►s l► their speculations upon the subject. It appears to us, that the great remedy f' t Irish disorder must be to give a more beneficia l direction to a portion of the industry of the po' pulation than it has hitherto obtained. Th c sources of employment are either so limited, or the remuneration for labour is so inadequate , that the mass of the people are in a conditioo of extreme misery. No reduction of rents, no abatement of taxes, —no relaxation of tythes , probably, would be found a permanent Cur e for the evils under which the peasantry groan for, if the peasantry be habitually idle—if they be generally ignorant and uninstructed in the duties and obligations of social life—if they b', for the most part vitiated and demoralized, t he mere abatement of their burthens might 009 operate as an inducement to increased idleness 9 without adding to their comforts, and certainlY without necessarily inducing any beneficial change in the habits and morals of the people. The successful establishment of the Mer lll° Factory at Kilkenny is a noble proof of wh at may be done for Ireland, and of what the lowe r classes of the Irish are capable of becoming. It is with a view to their effecting such peruine t ' t changes in the habits, dispositions, and cog" forts of the population, as have been produ ce ed by the enlightened and philanthropic pro prietors of the Kilkenny Factory, that t he residence of the Irish Gentry upon th eir estates can alone be deemed desirable, or lie rationally expected to prove beneficial. I V mere residence of the land-owners, unless th e ' also exerted themselves patiently and unceasing l i to devise and carry into execution extensive plans of public employment, of public improve' tnent, of education and general ameliorati ° ”' would be fruitless, perhaps more injurious O a !' otherwise; while on the other hand, it iS cer tainly possible even for absentee Landlords t'; promote these objects almost as effectually a s they resided on their respective estates. [Extract of.h Private Letter from Dublin, dated the 3d inst.l " It is impossible to describe the constero2. tion which prevails in this capital. Two bon" dred veterans have been added to every regial ent in garrison. The Bishop of KILLALA left I ► i4 residence in the country with his wife °- daughter, without even a servant, and came t° the house of a friend in Dublin, where he `" 5 l obliged to borrow clothes for his daughter, ar!ti departed immediately for England. It is salt o that he was threatened to be burnt alive, t e event that might be apprehended, a fter t" horrid atrocities that have already been on': milted. It is said that Sir IlAacounT his is accompanied by two Police Officers for protection whevever he visits Dublin, proof that, after all the clamour about .tYthej rents, &c. &c., religion is not a little conneoee with the dreadful outrages that h ave taken Pl ac os ; as the Baronet' has long been one of t he 111 strenuous props of a Protestant AscentlancY this unhappy Island." strollso Charleston Papers arrived this morning to L " 16th Nov. The following are Extracts cc ITAYANNAII, Nov. 3. —By the arrival of . t o i l, schooner Margareita, in .4 Cays, fro n "