The National Register.
London, England, 1820-02-27 00:00:00

STATE OF IRELAND.

The Hon. Mr. KNOX asked, whether the Government had
adopted any peculiar measure to suppress the severe proceedings
of aimed parties in Ireland, particularly in Galway, and the
west of that part of the country.
Lord CASTLERF.AGII replied, that extensive measures
had been adopted to cheek the proceedings alluded to; _built was
considered.• that the police power, aided by the military, would
be sufficient to put down the disturbances. Ile did not appre.
head that there was any thing of so serious a nature as would
require any renewal of so severe a measue as the Insurrection
Act. (Hear, hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that
the House do now adjourn to Monday.—Agreed to.
Adjourned to Monday.

As the General Election is likely to follow so
closely on the nomination of the Sheriffs, we think
it may not be amiss to remind our readers. who fill
the offices of Sheriff or Under-Sheriff, that by an
Act which passed in the year 1813, the Election
Writs are to be delivered to the Sheriffs by the Ge-
neral Post-office; and for the purpose of enabling
the Postmaster General to execute this duty, every
Sheriff is required, upon his appointment, to signify
to the General Post-office, the place where his offi- -
cial business is to be transacted during his Shrievalty.
Every Sheriff' who neglects this part of his duty, is,
of course, guilty of a misdemeanour ; and if an.
election should be delayed in consequence of such
neglect, he would also be liable to be punished by.
the House of Commons.

SEIZURE or RADICAL COFFEE.—OR &Iraq
morning several persons, venders of Hunt's Radie4l
Coffee, were visited by the officers of Excise, and
considerable quantities were seized and lodged in
store of the office in Broad Street ; a singular trick
was played upon the Excise people, on their appli-
cation ut the shop of Mrs. Carlile, in Fleet Street,
for the same purpose ; it seems that a messenger
had been dispatched, apprising Mrs.*Carlile with the
probability of a similar attention being paid to her
stock of this imitative article, when. she caused a
sack to be nearly filled with ashes• and other dirt,
with a small quantity of the delinquent article at
the top; shortly afterwards the officers arrived,
and actually seized the sack and its cmitents, and
conveyed it to the grand store in Broad Street,
where it now remains. Several other persons have
also been proceeded against, and the legallity of
selling the powder and also the herb tea will Le
shortly decided upon.

LORD NELSON.--Lora Nelson was, from his
infancy remarkable for his disinterestedness old
intrepidity. When at sch►ol at North Val-Lam,
the master, the Rev. Mr, Jones, had some remark-
ably fine pears, which his scholars had often wished
for ; but the attempt to guther,thera was, in their
opinion, so hazardous, that no one Would undertake
it ; when Horatio, on seeing all his compa.
nions staggcted► came forward and offered to
brave the danger. He was accordingly lowered
down from their dormitory by some sheets tied
together ; and thus, at a considerable risk, secured
the prize ; but the boldness of the act was all that
the young adventurer regarded ; for on being
hauled up again, he shared the pears among his
scimol-fellows, without receiving any for hims.2lf;
and added, " I only took them because every other
boy was afraid."

Thursday last an escort of diagoors. brought from
Exmouth to Ply It a gang of six or sewn smugglers.
They were the crew of the Rose, 'snuggling CHILI'''.
bound from Cherbourgli for the English coast. She was
taken at break of dat, sin ‘‘trltiesday se'neight, off Bta►
Head, by a revellue coiner belonging to this port. 1'
appeared by the evidence in Captain Nlacrea, his racers.
'r.(l wine of his crew, that the cargo, Collslstills of tiro.
anal between 2 mid Jou e...lss id spirits. must hint' hero
thrown met board very early in the mnntint, as 110011 as
they discovered the re%ei:rie cotter. zither a long exam].
station of worm:4es, and hearing the poilessional assimaht
of the defelidatits, Ih.v were colon-I.cl, and committed
to Devonshire Gard, whence thry will be tarn ard-
ed, under a receid Act iil Parliament, to Music of Ids
Majesty's ships of tsar, litiprew.ed scanieti, ottil in
ease of desertion to lie severely punished. as :bat
directs.