The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-09-24 00:00:00

concerns.

The slow but sure progress of well-grounded
opinions oil the hardships and oppressions of the
tithe system is at length likely to attain a favour.
able result. Those with whom it is mound and
becoming that any preliminary measures for its
amelioration should originate—the gentry of Ireland,
are coming forward ; and in me instance a pub-
lic meeting has already been held its the county of
Waterford, at which resolutiotis were passed esl•res.
sive of the espedieucy of correcting a system which,
buth in and out of Parkernel'', has been reprobated
as a principul cease of that habitual resistance to the
power of the laws which leads to such revolting scene,
of cruelly and bloodshed amongst the lower classee
of the people of Ireland. Whet) this subject list
been mentioned in Parlisment, some of those who
are the firm supporters of the existing state of thinv,
talked fearfully of infringing the rights of the
church and unsettling all established and undoubted
titles to property. Some recent instances in thir.
metropolis !Prove that the clergy are not backward
in enlacing their claims to the utmost limit
allowed by law; sod is it to be supposed that • tithe-
proctor—an underling—whose name, from the mouth
of an Irish farmer or peasant, embodies their worst
conceptionsof outraged feeling and legs! extottion,
will not h and oppress where he can do so with
impunity ? The tithe questioo has frequently en-
gaged the attention of comprehensive and states-
niaulike minds, but its great difficulties and intri-
cacy seem to have paralysed their exertions, and it
has hitherto beets like some inveterate disease, whose
bur: ful progress we daily experience, and of whose
East termination we can have tin doubt, but which
overwhelms the sufferer with such despondency that
he is content to let it remain without remedy, lest
the effort for its cure should prove too violent for his
constitution. There is now, however, greater
probability than ever, that the Gordian knot will
be unravelled. If all the counties in Ireland shall
bold meeting•, ■od give suitable expression to the
feelings whirl, are prevalent motto them open'
this subject, Parliament will not, cannot refuse to
listen to their representations; and like another
leading question, intimately connrcted with the
tratiquillity of Ireland, the consequence of discus-
snits must be, if not immediate relief, that the
necessity of some change in the present system of
collecting tithes will be still more stroogly sub-
stairiated. The Doke of DEVONSHIRE has set
is noble example, and if the Irish landlords partici.
pitted more fully and generally in his spirit tine
sentiments, the two countries would be more nerdy
as•jmilated in the features which should di-aingenst
their ctensiesion,

COMA MUNSTER kid en audience of his MA-
J ESTY yesterday.
The FAH of LIVERPOOL visited NIG CANNING
at the Foreign °thee ye,tertlay.

It 11. not yet der.oled whom we nre to hare to
sticee•tl the Maryut. of lIAST I N GS to ludin.

THE FUNDS —The market yestercla wai %Pt%
steady, and n doing: Co,sols f,r 1111 t,
8I 81!; New 4 per Cents. 10012; India li
47 49; Exchequer Bills, 3 1 ; !small ditto, 4 3
Commis fur Account, 10,.—Foreign Stocks
Siramsli New, trs} ; ditto. 7u; Neapolitan, 771;
City Builds, 1071 x; Danish, 89/ ; Pr u,siar, al.
FEVER.—We are sorry to state, 'hit during the
week freer has inarte the most rapid strides iu this
town, nut wiihst.indiog the utmost energies which
have been devoted to subdue it ; It I`; out DOR to
be checked by the operation of a greatly extended
Fever Hospital, which can have no sitect noon the
herodrecla of iiISPO I hat are outside its walla not
street, or lane, or alley, in this town, in which Lum-
bers of fever Faintols are not to be pound, and it
would appear that the disorder is locoaning more
contagious every day, notwithatendin,4 the alient•
two iu the weigher.—(trattruy Advertiserl