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London, England, 1821-10-20 00:00:00

verntitent, and we aecortagly find that as man as
the intelligence reached Dublin a Privy Council
was immediately summoned, for the purpose of
devising such measures as the exigency of the case
might require. We further learn that yesterday
morning a strong detachment of artillery marched
from Woolwich, under the commend of Major
GARDINER, for Holyhead, where they are to embark
for Dublin. Tins force will probably be directed
towards suppressing the evil spirit which now pre-
*Os in the county of Limerick, and winch chinas
imperatively the inilime attestiii at his .Majetty's
Government.

Wilt relent( to that diiturbences, it is to hi
temasked es a anigniar eireumtemice. "Mt lee,
hale been hitherto cordhied ahnoit exelesitely tb
one county in heisted, and that they arigieased
upon the estate of a 'Fs/eternise Nobleman. This
circumstance nonentity leads to the hiference that
to local causes alone me these moureful effects
to he miribused. Bet then Mines the difficulty or
wieurtaining "dud those comes ere, and to the eye*
of petsons earesteneod to view heisted from dis-
tance, stunting presents itself so readily fur the en•
roaelliteg of the mestery,as that the British Gomm-
meet has not been generally beneficent to Ireland
in its principle and operation. and that ahseaaee
landlords create an impoverished, soul conwqueutly a
disease tonere! and towhee tenantry. If these, however,
were the exclusive causes of the enistiug distort:e-
motes *Limerick, how commit teepees that they do
not produce the same baneful remits load other parts
of Ireland, where they are no less efficiently opine.
tire ? If the British Government of former days
stewed end stressed no sympathy at the *Wests
and welfare of the people of Ireland-4i it were en-
jest, tyraisirital--whe, lifter the lame
of any years, are its effect. to be discernible io the
aunty of Limerick only ? The curse of absen-
tee landlords does not ornict the comely of Li-
merick more severely than any other away of
Ireland; nor is a rapacious, *testi. and igno-
nint agent peculiar to one absentee estate. If
there causes alone produced Me present disemb-
ances, they could not fail of being eqoolly felt in
every other part of the abaci. mid of producieg the
souse agitstioe. To other names we mast teak,
sod. perhaps, the most promiseot Eason them is
the mey rinejleiort *ate of fete twagieirwcy of the
comets, tlf Limerick in general. There are, nu
doubt, within that celerity time in the eameasion of
the peace eery highly distinct:abed by these
quaLties which tend to constitute an active and
efficieut Magistrate; but the office hoe within the
county of Limerick, mom the. ia any other part
of Ireland, been very math degraded by the man-
lier in which it has of late years hem conferre4
soli exercised. Where there is a moot of pet-
moat respectabifety in a Negated*, linkmen
dent even of energy and intelligence, the office
ceases to exercise the man heoelkiall pest of its
itiflnence over the minds of the people. There
are no people in the world more readily deepened*
fey deference to the claims of high halliard hew-
diary rank than the lower orders of die people of
Ireland, and the absence of these chants * their
estimation will generally be foetid Fatal to the per.
anal influence of Amy Magiarsate who mance
found his pretensions to their confidence and re-
spect upon merits of the highest astute. Brit
should they see a Mogirtritte forget his duty, and
degrade his high office to the wretched purposes of
personal profit, who eau he surprised at their hold-
ing him iu contempt and abhorrence ? It is notorious
that the ioefficiericy of the Magistrates of Limerick.
generally speaking, it lamented end mudesimed
by the Gentlemen of all the neighbouving counties.
end it is to Ibis source we ass satisfied that the
county of Limerick owes its present (eternities, its
from the same source it has oth-catty very often de-
rived results of • nature precisely similar. The
county of Limerick has on many Declaims been
afflicted by the lama rearms outrages, while every
other part of Ireland has enjoyed the most
oedis-
turbed tianquiltity. The inquiry that is now in
the act of being pursued respecting die antis-ma-
segment of Lord Coverer( Air% estates in that
county, may probably be attended by some public
good, but we have no hesitation iu saying that the
exivtiog evil would be must effectually convected by
on imenirtird ea( the couseneesion of the peeve
in the coon:- of Limerick, sad by placing the
msgiriracy of the county upon the mime footing of
birth, sank, fotubryie
the
i, energy.inegua mewl the
is displayed
amigishouring Counties.ienftelsowligence,of that

Sir Ream SHAW, Bart. Mis bats appointed
to the vomit Colontlcy of tbe City of Dahlia
Militia.
A lislan article in the French papers awe..
that the Charge d'Affaires in Portugal (Mr. %Vika,
has Isis the country without ins pautports. fir
is represented to have taken glom at the avowed
.dekrininistion of the Cortes to reform the tariff of
the Portuguese customs, in pursuance of the tsth
article of the Treaty witit F...glaud of IS fik.
A pnhlic meeting was held et Margate on Wed-
nesday last for the purpose of establishing a Biblc
Society for the Isle of *Mutt. The Earl of
LUSIAs 001. was in the Chair, and strongly recap-
mended its establishment.

'At the Tountbn Sesiroos for the Csuntrof
Ilsrset. held on Mondry last, Mr. Ws. MARDI,
cis& and priocipol emiotoatela ade. Beeves, keeprr
Miassotos gaol of filooliste, was isispaie'l
keeper of I Icheliter gaol. 'Mr. IS his, he rim"
sequence, uuder the sonetiou of the LotolMATOg.
•PPOinkil his oso to be he• (bask mid ygiacipsl ss-
luotuot, oeihjoct to timapppiebobee et she VS*t of