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11:MH PE/MANTRY.

+COE AUTltort oF " yr rocaMsooa," To Tin 'Lot-
ion ne " Tor: Bur rrsa UN Tlia STATE OF
IHt mita FetaaN IRV.
" insists hwitiptant retinentur diu.--watinsen.
these times, ve.len tn, Mande worti tithes
'Sway all uutisideration of ark other, when
44,,s sw.ilowed up Ilonaparte, and the aptlerungs of
Fun-ore, and our own more immediate burdens and
are lost to the contemp!ation of the fate of
the .New Theatre, it is scarcely to ne expected, that
Cie misery of the poor peasantry of Leland, which
' haw increased, is increasing, and ought uo las di.
niiisherl," can hope to attract all the autentien it
dpscrers: that the attempt, however, shall be made;
I know it will be as agreeable to your nature. 7UI
t is imperative on your duty, to promulgate the
facts which I shell lay before you.
The Et,gltsh and Scotch know nothing of the
state of flies Irish peasantry, and the book, which I
am about to quote, is far too costly to be couch
circulated, or ivied. Sir Jonah Barrington, one of
His Majesty's Counsel at Law. Judge or the Hugh
Court of Admiralty of Ireland, 14c. has just pub-
lished, iu quarto. Part the First of a work. entitled
" Historic ctncetlotes, end Secret Memoirs, of the
Legislative Vision," which part contains very little
letter-press, and Its price is one guinea, iti conse-
quence of halfo•doarn tine engravings, bv Heath,
of Lords Cornwallis, Clare, Moira, ,Qr. 'the facts,
therefore, which err there related, and which ought
to lie InAsir 114 common as the sir we breathe, trt.e,
as it were, .tifled in their birth-wit is, to the public
at large, a sealed hook. ‘Vhat we want is a plain
statement of the circumstances, in a popular form.
as it relates to compass and expense. It is impos-
sible that such monstrous abuses could be suffered
to prevail, if thee were thoroughly known on this
situ,- • .1" tile water. Theextract subjoined is but a
ape rimer' of the general oppress'on of that part of
the population of irelnnd. But it is enough—
.' Presetasg stones, *twotilst wake theta capable !"
Sir John C.sirr, who had a maudlin lore-sick fit
on him, during the time of his travels in Ireland,
sued was a stranger there to all that lie ought to
bare looked iiito, described sod exposed, told me
tdrootiiiii.4 but their gentle virtues. and " uariroPed
feisty of heart ;" lied he unfolded such a tale as
Sir has, his writings had made tne weep
almost at much as they made me laugh.
Your., Asc.
THE. AuTooa or P. R.

Nobs. 20.

EXTRACT.
" The Protestant t lergyinati generally lets his
tithes to a proctor or farmer; the wealthy parish-
ioners rent their's from the pinetor, upon reasonable
terms, .Inch prevents their interiereuce. The re-
maining tithes of the parish, being those of the
peasants, are then advertised to be cooed (a sort of
auctiop) at some ale-house : the bidding com-
mences at eight, frequently so late as eleven or
twelve o'clock ; the proctor (and in some instances
the rector) superintends the sale; each cottager's
tithe is set up distinctly, and every bidder, accor.
shod to the liberality of his advance, gets a ,glass
or two of strong whiskey. to encourage him : the
cm tiger.* pride to purchase his own tithe increases
with his inebriety ; puffers are introduced ; the sale
raised; and, when the cottager is at length declar-
ed the buyer, a promissory note is drawn for him;
he. being totally illiterate, puts his mark to it, and
when he awakens nett day from his intoxication, he
is informed of the nature of his purchase. This
cant generally lasts several nights. The cottager
not punctual) is then served with a law process,
called a cici/ bill, for the amount of the note ; a
decreer, with costs, of course, issues against him
and the blanket (his children's covering) or the po-
tatoes (ins ee/yr food) are sold to pay the expenses
of the proceeding. The attorney and proctor un-
&resod each other, the costs of recovering a erowa
often exceeding it guinea ; amid the catholic permit,
instead of a tenth, frequently yields up the whole'
of his seimty, miserable crop, to support a pastor
of the protestant estahlishment.
"Linable either to beer or coooterart the owes.
anon ot• tithe proctors, the beggared peasant he.
coulee .1 is cooteuted, gradually riotous. and at Irligih
desperate, •nt) the catastrophe generally cnoreltirles
by the p4ristporiers rine:rally/ cattin,.r, the proctor's
tars of, and the proctor (according to lore) banging
the parishioners.
"• varionsroodes of collecting ti 'lies i n Ireland
of w!.Acti this is not the morsel are therefore 4 sills_
jest a t unworthy the inquiry of the legislature, or
onortapied to the ditty of a Parliamentary Coin-
/111mi. : and the Right Honourable Secretary
(4,landas) must have inure than common sagacity, if
he 1.411 discover the (with disorders of a people,
without Mquiring what ails them ?" or find a
mode of setting their 1111114 at ease, by rendering
them hopeless."
.

An shinning fire broke out at ten o'clock hist
night, b•-ifir Shot.!writ.

%% r state booth regret, thnt the brave defenders
or Geroula are reduced to the groateot extremity,
According to letters from l'Arriigoo4 of the 4th,
they weir so •arniehtruni for vorision.4, am to have
hero oldsgsd for some rts)s poet miti,i( to tattooist
too n, nice sod horses. Theoe vonsuined, there WU
atternatire but to surrender.

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LAW INT.ELLICENCE.
C3VRT 01 KING'S BENCH, GUILD...ALL, Roe. 30.
Settings at Nisi Prim:, before Lord Eusat-
Bonin 4U-
•••••••••••
CONNOR V. J AMC&
This was an 'tenon brought to recover the price
of a horse and cart, which were destroyed by the
neglect of the Defendant's serra'it.
Mr. PAUL stated, that his client, the Plaintiff,
was a dustman, and the Deft-adant a merchant of
respectability in the city. He then related :lie evi-
dence, and said, that if his witnesses preßed the
case, according to his instructions, the Jury Inca
give a verdict for the Plaintiff, aho only we'd fur
seventeen pounds.
William Durridge deposed, that, in the month of
February hart, he saw the Defendant's servant _riv-
ing his chaise-cart through Slmreditch, going to-
wards London; that he attempted to drive the
horse between a waggon and a brick cart ; the cart-
chaise got entangled between them, there not
bring room for it to pass. The shafts were broken,
the horse, being frightened, ran away at full speed,
carrying with hint one of the shafts and a footstep.
The accident was caused by the cervanes attempt-
ing to drive between the waggon and the brick-
cart, where there was nut room fur Min to pale
through.
William White deposed, he was standing by the
side of the Plaintiff's horse and cart, at the corner
of Halloway-lane, Shoreditcli, when his saw the De-
fendant's horse coming at full speed ; he ran with
his breast against the shaft of the Plaintiff, which
bloke, and ran through him, arid he immediately
expired. The curt, from the chock, tilted up, and
the Plaintiff's horst war suspended by the reek and
nearly strangled ; he died in three days afterwards.
He was worth 011/0111 101. and it would cult ilbout
31. to repair the dust-cart.
Mr. ti•itanw, in defence, observed, that the De-
fendant's horse was a spirited animal, which cost
140 guineas ; it took fright, and ran away vials the
servant, long before the chaise-cart Caine in con-
tact with the waqvin and the brick cart, in which
case there cool.' lie no neglect on the part of the
servant ; he is.aild prove that he did every thing in
his power to restrain the horse; the Defendant was
sittErient laser .n ready, his horse having been
killed ; he would tell them what was the meaning
of the story told to them that day; fur, could it be
believed. that a !weer being held up by the head
for two 'inflates, would cause his death? no; but
it was to save the Defendant's horse froth go-
ing a hunting, a term well known to dustmen; not
Odd h.' Arab to follow the hounds, hut that he was to
be carried to them. He concluded by observing,
there 1..47. not that kind of evidence before the Jury
upon which they wouldhe justified in giving a verinct
fur the Plaintiff ; he would prove there secs 110 tie-
glect in the case, and the Defendant would be en-
titled to their verdict.

henry Collins, the Defendant's servant. who
drove the horse after being released, deposed, that.
as he got opposite to the front of Snote(!itto
church, thehorse ran away with him and
cart ; he could not pull :.iin in or inminge inns
that he rushed between ti..en and the brick-
cart ; there was not room between them ; and if he
had been able to manage the horse, he would have
prevented his going ; the witness was in danger of
having lost his life.
Lord Et.z.ssaottouosi—.4 Were you accustomed
to drive ?"

I. I war., my Lord ; I had been in the custom of
driving for eight years before."
Lord Et.t.etraoitome•—.. Did you use your
best efforts to prevent the accident
" I did, my Lord."
Lord F.l.LFNilormean—.. This pats an end to
the Plaintiff 'a case. The declaration states the
cause of action to be, the neglect of the Defendant's
servant, and it is in evidence that he used all due
diligence to prevent the injury that has been sus-
tained. Let • Juror be witisdrawsi."—Which was
accordingly done.