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London, England, 1818-01-29 00:00:00

LIMERICK ELECTION.

The SPEAKER acquainted the Hume that he hail
received a letter front Thomas llourchier, Esq.
Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, enclosing a Petition
from John Tuthil, of the county of die city of
Limerick, Esq. complaining that -- Vereker,
E•q. was unduly elected tr. represent the said city
in Parliament.

The Petition was then read—and it was ordered
to be taken into consideration un Tuesday the ftd
of Mardi.
ADDRESS TO THE PRINCE RECENT.
Mr. kVouxtiousn brought up the Report of the
Address voted to his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent.
Lord Mt 1.-roN—o I do not rise, Sir, to oppose
the Report, in every part of which I perfectly con-
cur. The lust paragraph, which refers to the erec-
tion of a greater number of places of religious wor-
ship, I have observed with particular pleasure.—
( Hear, /sear.)—No person who live•, during any
port of the year, in this metropolis, can avoid re-
marking the lamentable deficiency of churches,
when compared with the population.—(Hear, hear.)
—I only wish to suggest, whether it would not be
proper, before snaking any call on the public purse,
for the erection of places of public worship, to in-
vestigate the state of ecclesiastical property, with
the view of making some part of it available for
that purpose, if possible. If it be found that no ec-
clesiastical property exists, winch can be so applied,
I shall most cheerfully bear any additional burden,
which the building of those places of worship may
require. One point, which I have much at heart,l
wish to state on this occa►ion. I hope, that, in the
erection of those churches, the greatest attention
will be paid to the convenience of the lower orders.
—Merry, hens.)—We cannot enter a parish church
in the kingdom without observing the encroach-
ments mad; by the honied proprietors on what I
conceive to be the property of the inhabitants of
each parish. Whenever all enclosure of !sews lakes
place, I believe the Eccleroastisal Court issues
what is called a faculty. I should like to move for
an account of the number of faculties issued within
the few last few years, by which the encroachments
I have alluded to would ut once he seen—encroach-
ments, which, in my opinion, we ought to guard
against as much as possible."
Mr. CVRWEN—" However disagreeable it may
he to offer remarks which are opposed to the state-
ments contained in the Address, which has passed
unanimously—and however flattering it may be to
the feelings of individuals, and to the nation at
large, to be told of the great improvement which
has taken place in our situation—yet I conceive
shut we ought to pause and inquire whether those
improvements are such, us warrant a statement that
the revenues of this country are increasing, and are
likely to be increased—or whether, in point of
fact, there is no ground for such an assertion. It
would be a dereliction of my public duty, if, under
the existing circumstances of the country, I re-
frained from offering my opinion on this occa-
sion—and, however unpleasant it may be to the
House, to state any thing to them that may
weaken the feelings of pleasure which this pic-
ture of growing prosperity has excited, yet, in
the discharge of my parliamentary duty, I am
called on to deliver an opinion, very different front
those which other Gentlemen have entertained. I
do this, in order to pot lit and direct the attention of
the country, from one end to the other, to the great
sourer of its evils—that not 15 moment uauy be lost
111 the voleavioar to deers'! an adequate remedy. It
is ith astonishment I have heard the statements of
our prosperity, coming the quarter in is Inch they
have originatVd—ersianating from those who ought
to be better acquainted with the teal situation ot• the
country than Individuals can pretend to be. We are
told that 1111 frit•tures are in a flourishing condi-
tion. Hut is it not notorious to the I ion. Gentle.
wen opposite, that this is not the fact ? they
nut know, that the most co:is:dr:table wanufactu-

rers in the county of Lancaster are losiog large
sums !toady ? It is true, they carry no the print-
mg of cottons ; but they do this, out because they
have a demaiiil for their mantill:tin es, but be-
cause they wish to give employment to tho.e who,
with t it, would be this they do to
the ruin if their pries ite fortunes. hit fair, thee,
when this is ootintinisly the ease, to speak so coolie
dently of the tlourishiag, state of the country ?
This is a true stateineet of the case. It is the opi-
nion of thousands of persons connected with this
manufacture, that the trade is at 641 tow ins ebb,
that no man eau einhaik iii it %%hill safety. The
trot king mauufactui eis are now receiving lus. a
week for 12 hours work. Would the master employ
them sit that rate, it' he thought trade was likely
to revive ?—or would the individuals continue
to work Cur such a pittance, if better prospects
were opening oil them ? But the fact is, that
Bose pour people would he willing to work 14 or
16 hours a-day, fur 2s. extra. Why thee, Sir,
should the country he filled with fallacious hopes,
when the reality is the very reverse ? Hundreds of
thousatids are still out of employment ; and, un-
less some unforesteti circumstance occurs—unless
some great and sudden prosperity bursts upon the
country—the Purr's-rates will he larger is the
present, than they were in the last year. We are
also told of the flotivirltitig state of our hamar, s.
This is equally devoid of foundation. It is noose
rious that the most inquisitorial pnac have
brew resorted to, for the purpose oi finding
out the state of every man's ethos. Indivi-
duals are surcharged beyond their ability to
pay ; and they are taken limn their homes and from
their business, often three or four days—mid I be-
lieve in the metropolis, three or four weeks some-
tinges—while their 10-tenons are investigated. cud
the situation of their :ft M. is discussed. But. Sir.
notwithstanding all these efforts. there will slot be
au increase of revenue—for, such is the pressure of
taxation, that, if' it h raised by severe means in one
quarter, it will as certainly Ire depressed iu another.
What, Sir, is the state of Ireland ? That question
will probably be •0011 discussed, by prisons lii.ne
competent to undertake the task than I I/111. lint
I know that country is in the most deplorable state.
The revenue has fallen from twelve to six mil-
lions—awl even that catmint be borer. In this
country there is a deficiency of revenue,
compared with expenditure, of 8,000,000/. If you
add to this the unfunded debt, 13,00440001., you
will hod, on the whole. sit absolute deficiency to
the amount of 27,00().000/. if these are facts, are
we doing our duty to our constituelits and the
try, in sufferiug such flattering statenituts to he
promulgated, unnoticed, when the truth is the
very reverse ? I see men remedy for this lamentable
situation of affairs, but a determination to go fairly
into the state of the country. and to adopt measures
of reform, more extensive than I have any hopes of
hearing proposed by his Majesty's Xlinisters. This
alone can wave the country from inevitable ruin. If
the maxim of a sufficient for the day is the evil
thereof,' is to he followed—if 110 attempt is to be:
made to improve the state of the country—then the
greatest dangers may be apprehended. Painful as
it is, I have kit myself called on to say thus :noels.;
in oriler Ilia vie may deride oil au efficient inquiry
into the state el our affairs. It is the weight u(
taxation that thietiteos t lee runs of the country—and
only by removing it 1::111 the country be saved."
The Report was then agreed to, and tlie Address
was ordered to be presented to his Royal Highises4
the Prince. Regent by such Ilembers of the House
us are Privy Counsellors.

3IESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE QUEEN
AND PRINCE LEOPOLD.

Ir.nra CASTLEREAGH, before lie proceeded with
his motion oil the above subject, moved, that the
Address of Congratulation, sent to the Queen and
Prince Leopold, on his marriage with the Print ss
Charlotte, should be entered as read—which was
accordingly done.
Lord CAMP:REACH I rise. in pursuance of
the notice I gave last night, to move ill Message of
Condolence to her ntjesty, and his Serene High-
ness the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, on the lamenft:l
and untimely death of the Princess Charlotte. in
advertiug to the record* of Parliament on thus sub-
ject. I du not find that it has been the !practice of
this Iltitise to vote Messages of Condolence oil such
occasions, except to the Crown. lint this is a case
so peculiarly interesting—a case winch has so pain-
fully selected the feelings of the country—that I
hope the House will not be guided by piecedeut its
mai king their sense of the calamity which has be-
railt n toi, but that they will act under the influ-
ence of those seattinietits of deep regret in which
the a hole engine has participated. Certainly,
when I say that this Is • case altogether without
precedent, its whatever light we may view I
only tlec!aie that which is not merely the feeling
that prevails in this country, but which, I larlieve,
pervades even foreign nations. if we look to ell
the ciicunistances connected with it, we must re.
gaud it us an occurrence in the highest degree tra-
gical. almost at the seine niometit, of
both mother and child, is • misfortune, whether
contemplated in a private or a public !Knot of
view, of a most distressing tutture. Such a cir-
cumstance would carry the most poignant narrow
into the bosom of a private family—but how
much greater must be the grief which it produces.
when the melancholy event blasts the hopes of an
entire nation l We may judge of the feelings of
her illustrious father, under this dreadful calamity,
when we see the effect it has had on society at large.
The House, on the occasion of the Princess Char-
lotte's most auspicious marriage, carried their con-
gratulations not merely to the foot of the throne.
but followed up that mark of respect by addressing
her Majesty. and the illustrious Prince. on that
joyful event. As we had the satisfaction of emu-
',ling to those illustrious individuals the feelings
of p:rastare which that 'tenni created—so is it now
our titat to rxirez.s to the same quarter. our deepest
sorrow, Shut the bright prospect which then opened
on us and on the comitly, has beets so soon over-
clouded. IVbatever exioctatimis might have been
formed by the country, with respect to that mar-
riage, I ant sure I speak the sentottents tit' the
House and of the public, w hen I say, that they
were not only equalled, hitt greatly surpassed. It
was a marriage of mutual inclitiution—a marriage
blooded ou sinidut dy of character—during the
whole course of which, private comfort war closely
connected with public 'Whatever cents

•
the Montt), might entertain with respect to the re.,
sults of this alliance, the tirboleity and propriety
which weue thrown over the whole course of their
conduct. gave the nation every ;rano.s to hope that
its loudest twisters would he fultifled, sod low
created a still deeper regret at the inelauclioly
appointment of its pleasing anticipations. I feel
this to be a soloject on which it is impossible to en.
large, without espetteocing the most painful seem.
tintosenitl, ut the swine titrie, weakening this fir•
tiered feeling of serfrow which lietrades the Home.
Those feeling[ of regret are not confined tat this
comtry—they are expressed ire every foreign State.
where the Inelaticholy intelligence has been re-
ceived. The saute unanimity of feeling—the sante
unfeigned sterrow, which have In:irked the proceeds
logs of the 'l.:minty, without doors, will, I am cone
winced, be osauifested within these wells. I ant
sure the utmost anxiety will be shelve', to convey to
her Majesty metal to the Prince of Saxe.Cobnrg, the
sincere expresoon of our regret oil their great and
irreparable lost. I shell slow move—
" That this deluge JO validate with her Majesty or the
calamitous and atithisely death of bar [Loyal illtiltuesa the
Princess Cbartatti:."

The SPBAttItR—« There is no precedent, as far
as I know, of any condolence being carried beyond
the Crown. The case on which the Noble Lo.d
seine to hate founded his iiresesit motion it, the
address of congratulation, which, wince few months
ego, was voted to Prince Leopold and the Queen.--
and. though there is no thtect precedent of con-
&tient.* beyond She Crown. yet the Noble Lord
has put it to the House, whether it will not be
proper, on this ocestauti, to wake a precedent ou
purpose." _ .

The motion being put front the Chair—
Mr. CaLenart' said. after what hail taken place
el►ewhere, lie should feel himself aautilig iu duty
to his Constituents, if lie did not Izive his negative
to this motion. lie thought lac wi,ulit hest dia.
charge his itu4y, by merely waking this 'lecke*.
nuns :..ithout statist; the reasons which influenced
He acted thus at the expense of his owls
leelings—and lie thought the Ficuse would per.
crive, that he ass not wanting in respect to them,
if Ite abstained front entering at large into the
yu!., imi.—(Hear, hear.)
(.oral CASTLEREAGH said, the manner in which
the Ilu•t. Gentleman had given his negative, with.
out. adducing anpreason fur it, precluded him from
ma king many observations. He could only winos
at the motives which governed his conduct. But.
if lie surmised the reasons of the [lon. Member
coreectly, he could say that Were was not the
slithtest colour or foundation for them.
M►. M. A. TAYLOR would follow the example of
his Hon. Friend, and, without stating Ins reasons,
-oppose the motion. _ _ _

th! motion was ultimately carried—wine 1. w
Members calling out ‘• No P'
Lord CASTE EREAGH said, the Mean could
-
only be communicated by one Member— aid he
should propme that Mr. Ditbrowt-, who varu. meet
in the habit or waitiisit on her nijesty, thoultl
attend with the Condolence of the noose.
Tne motion was agreed to.
Lord CASILEREACH then moved,

" This this House slo condole with Iris Serene Highness
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, on the calauuituu► luad nu-
timely death of Ih. Pi lucess Chu Mite."

IlltoueatAx was convinced that on this
rwrion there would not ht a dneentisag voice.—
(Ilene, hear.)—The whole country, without ex-
ception, sympathised in the sorreme•of this Ulm-
•trious Personage—(Hear, hear)—who had en-
cleared herself to all classes of the couuunity.-....
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CA LCRA FT begged leave to state how heartily
be concurred in the present (notion, aleich swot be
perfectly agreeable to the House and the country.
Hawing raid this, it would be impertinent ?end two.
blesoine in him if lie were to detain the (louse by
stating what his individual feelings were.
Tie motion was :ten agreed I,ord John
'rhymer was avpoiuted to wait on the Prince of
Saxe-Coburg with the condnlesice of the House.
Mr. J. Smvnt moved—