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German ()beers:et. lea' received a letter,
Ithe any .rrmanent interest in lands, the :view. 4
e;litorg him with the fate keenest:co I tursl wealth of Ireland rapidly increased—a spring
was given to the energies of her people.
The preleible stregestions of the Bank Corn- l The law took away the worst chains of the pea-
miller% with regard to the time for resuming cash r rent, and 'deiced the plough-share in his hand, giv-
psystieuts on the part of the Ralik of England, still low him, wt the lime time, an assurance that the
Heim! food for conjectures. Every shy presents reward. of his industry should no longer lie meiz-,1
some new and contradictory fancies on this subject ; ou by an informer, but should descend and he pen
and yet, although this circumstance should teach the tressed by his children. The consequences exceedol
public that those who give currency to thew
various the hest hopes of the Patriot ; under many pose •
suppositions must be utterly ignorant of every thing . Ilona—under heavy tithes—under many resinalielio .1
that pa,ses in either Committee, strange to say. disqualifications, the people set their hearts on oo
person. will he found to give full credit to each of dustry, and they turued the wilderness of helmet
them as it enters on the little course of its Wit- I into a garden.
metal rxistetice. It would be tennis task to wider- I A long war tended greatly to encourage th. veto
teke the examination of the rumour, of any single I cultural interests of Ireland : the farmer 1011114 t 4
day, Iseeame they are sure of being driven from (pick sale and a high price for the produce of the
the stage on the following morning by some land, sod all the energies of the people were ere.
newer favourites. It is also generally believed that played in its cultivation. Of course, living. he.
the Report of the Committee appointed by the came valuable as agriculture increased. It would
Muse of Couture'ss will be presented nit lleoday not, perhaps, he an extravagant supposition to as.
slime, that the tithes of a parish at the prsent day
or l'uesday, corisripiently all surmise must soon he
terminated, and we would prefer to argue a prin. i bring ten tunes a larger sum than the tithes of a
ciple connected with the currency of the country parish lootight immediately after the Act of Agist.
with reference to the actual suggestions of the Com- teem ; yet, notwithstanding the great increase of
mitten, than to the 100011.0 l suppositions of any psi- agriculture, amid she coneerinent increase of chord.
vets iiiitiveltial, however respectable. With revert, revenue, it will he !...real that the onions of perishes
however, to a statement made by a Morniug Palter have increased in latter times far beyond any torie.r
of testerday, homely, that the Committee bad re- period. Thus (we speak from the statement of
',silver] to recommend "That the. Rink should open Sir JOHN NEWPORT). from the year 1718 I. the
for 1153 went, in specie on the Ist of January next, at year 1780, a period of 02 years, they amounted to
the rate of 811. per ounce for standard gold, and 37; for the 20 years following they amounted to :25.
that this rate should gradually he lowered in the and within the last IA years there has been an in-
next two years to the Mint price of 775." we can- I crease of :14 unions—some of these Ullloll* Colitilll.
lint avoid expressing our firm conviction, that no i ing 10 and 12 parishes, covering whole districts of
Minister of England, or Committee of either the coo tory for a space of 20 Irish miles in length
Rouse of Parliament, could be so very 'nowise, not i and 12 iii beadtle
to use a harsher expression, oi to advise a procedure 1 The effect' of this system are obvious. It is
so maurfestly unjust. It would be difficult to 1 clear that no Clergyman can attend to the spiritual
imagine what advantage could be expected to result I wants of his parishioners, covering as they (LI so
front the resumption of payments in specie, in the great a spare of cotiiitry—it is 'ever that it is not
manner [leeks described. which did not previously for the purposes of religion, but for tb. 'imposes
exist iii a paper currency. We at present complain tof avarice, of pride, and of luxury, that those
that the circulating medium is deteriorated in the;l 'stenos have taken place. Odious must that sp.-
exact proportion of the difference between the Mint i tern appear in the sight of God, and shameful in
and the market prices of gold ; that is, between the sight of man, which deprives the people of re.
4/. 14. an ounce, at which gold is now quoted, and I ligious instruction, of the example of a moral re-
-31. 17.. 101 d. aim nonce, at which rate it has been , eidetic Clergy, merely to contribute to the avarice
issued from the Mint. Now, by putting gold at t of some rich, proud, and luxurious priest ; whilst
4!. I'. in the pace of the paper, which hears i the humble. the teemed, the modest and pious
precisely the same value, we obtain no other l Clergyman—the true Minister of Christ—die true
possible result than that of keepiiig the cur- i guardian of religion, oppressed with a heavy ri-
rency of the country depreciated. with the diorite I mily, but ignorant of the arts of servility and of
vantage of substituting an expensive, in the place i falsehood, which too often recommend the wi-
rd a cheap medium for transferring property.: worthy to power, pines in want in a country allele
Piper toast he admitted to be a fir better circulet- ; the revenues of his church are beyond belief, and
iimg medium than gold, provided it is convertible !. almost beyond computation.
into gold at the trill of the holder ; but this proviso 1 We submit to those who affect to feel so much
is not added for the purpose of gratifying the eyes i alarm at (ee trust) the opproaching liberties of the
of the holder of paper with the occasional sight of ! Catholics, that the church is much more likely to
onel, us if that were in itself a good, but beceroe be endangered by the system of urricirs, and by
this convertibility affords the readiest assurance to 1 the nos-residence of the clergy, than by the zu;-
the country that the channel of the general cure I mission a the Catholics to the honours, the hie,
relic), is not varied at the caprice of individuals, *legs, arid the bberties of the Constitution of their
and coneequeritly that the standard of salts will I cootttre•
1 To the perusal of such men we recommend
remain free filen sudden fluctuations.
the statement of Sir
_JOHN NEWPORT-we ft.
commend them to consider the letter of Colonel
BAGWELL. OR that extraordinary document we
have not room to observe; but indeed observation
is unnecessary—it explains itself, and carries with
it a melancholy interest. We are glad too that Sir
JOHN NEWPORT, with becoming candour, hes
mentioned names. In legislative proceedings
there should be as little diaguise as possible; every
thing should be open, candid, and free ; and now
the Lord Bishop of KILDARE has all opportunity-
of answering a charge, coming from no ordinary
qui,uawrteerb,ealineteleof ,
andoetoerrdminuaieryd ekniendu; tioltHlheLloiberdsrthiiels'
of his Catholic countrymen. This certainly isnot
very peculiar in a Bishop ; but we submit to him,
that, besides the oppression of the Catholics, there
may be other means found of guarding the Pro-
testant church : such, for instance, as not altowir.:
a favourite three appointments its his diocese— i
not perunttieg two entire parishes, after stilocribil e
a large sum for a church, to be kept witlerut any
place of religious worship for a number of years—ia
not permitting clergymen to absent themselves alto.
er
power, the purity, and the security of the Pones-
agebtuhs: fromwo u
itdheti
tend
tant church of Ireland, es the oppression of the
npdariashelisn.sucThhetoPretvheentigonlooryf,ll.t.l7e
millions of the people.
We cannot conclude this article without noticing.
in terms of warm and siucere applause, the comb', t
of Sir JOHN NewpoßT. To his indefatigable lio
duatry—to his active zeal—to Ins knowledge, hi,
abilities, and his integrity, Ireland is largely el.
debterl : always present iii the debate--server ab-
sent on the division—always at the side of Oppos.
lion, when they are right, yet never agoiiist t'"
Minister, but when he is wrong—independent, on! •
Out tUrblitellet., and zetilons, without ostenratioe--.
advanced in life, yet still retaining the ardour''
youth, which is elways kindled where the inteorso
of has country are concerned, he brings below to
the best portrait of 1111111011.01, tifieleilt, and you' '
tutionel Member of Parliament. •

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The Funds rather declined yesterday until one
o'clock : but they then took a larnurable turn,
and rose per cent. No specific cause waa as-
signed. The fluctuations in the mousy market
seem to be the effect of some secret and mysterious
management and combination.

The proceedings in the House of Commons on
Sir Jolts NLWPORT'S motion relative to the state
of the. Established Church iii Ireland, will be read
with a deep and anxious interest by every man who
regards its preservation. From the statement made
by the Right Hon. Roma. t, it appears that the
union of parishes in that country has of late years
considerably increased. One fact, indeed, which Sir
N EsvociaT stated, pretty clearly shews :lie scanda-
lons extent to which this abuse has been carried. One
of.these unions contained not less than ten exten-
sive parishes, hut the pious incumbent, feeling, no
doubt, that he could cure the souls of another
parish quite as well as lie did those of the ten he
already possessed, modestly insisted that another
parish should be added to the union, lie was,
pei haps. a Mall Of 44 good interest in the church."
But a difficulty presented itself.; there was then no
parish to be disposed of in Me county ; but the
li.llllldaries of n county were 110 t to limit his pious
'idioms, and a parish situated in another county was
added to the ten that was already blessed with the
care of this Reverend Gentleman.
The system of unions cannot be justified on any
ground—it is a most shameful and scandalous prac-
tice—yet we fear that Sir JOHN NEWPORT, and
Mr. GRANT, who seconded his motion, will be
charged with the crime of innovation.
The system is an ancient system !—it is so—it fol-
lowed as a necessary consequence the Act of Agist-
ment, which having relieved the demesnes of the
rich from the payment of tithe, wisely and hu-
manely visited with the exclu►ive Lurrtett of that
tax site tillage of the industrious poor. Tillage
was then in o low state in Ireland—the tithe of a
pati-h was found insufficient for the maintenance
of the clergyman, and hence the cause mid the ne-
cessity of a union of parishes. But this cause no
longer exists, and has not existed for a great num-
ber of years. Since the repeal of that part of the
Code which pit:stilted Catholics from hav-

The town of itoscrea WWI most brilliantly ithimi-
natrd on Tuesday evening last, to test 4 thepy ef
its inhabitants on the return to Colville of ihe
Honourable FRANCIS A I.DROROVGH PRlTTlkoitter
being (contrary to all precedent in the county PI
Tipperary) elected nfourils time to serve in the im-
perial Parliament.