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'- soldiets" of Napoleon, they must
improvements to which he points the we;
closing the era of revolution?, so fatal to Ili
Europe, they may sorely obtain" indemnity .
and security for the future."
ADVERTISER.—The consent of Parliament, it 781- Vdsmea
pears, is to be asked for the fiaal robbery of the tea-
payers of Groat Britain, by surrendering the remainder
of the debt, amounting to some miliions, which were ad-
vanced on account of the distress in Ireland. That dis-
tress, if the landlords were not the sole cause of it, they
were the chief means of aggravating. It is now propped,
" to petition the present Parliament for the total repeal
of the famine tax." Irish impudence has long been a ,
proverb of a world's notoriety, hut it has now exceeded
all former notions of its extensibility. The capital sum
of eight millions, granted by a single vote of the Par-
liament, is by no means the total amount of money con-
tributed by this country for the relief of Ireland in con-
sequence of the distresl, ostensibly occasioned by the
/enure of the potato, but, in reality, a necessary conse-
quence of the coedemeation of millions to absolute de-
ence on a EincYle, uncertain, and perishable root,
affording at the best, from the same quantity of raw pro-
duce, three-Lurths less nutriment than oatmeal at very
neatly the same price. Of the debt of eight millions, one-
half was more generously then justly remitted at ow)
by Parliament. The whole was voted for the
relief of the Irish, who were represented to be perishing
by hundreds, in consequence of the failure of potatoes.
Did the landlords suffer it to be so applied? It was
said that the money contributed from ell sources
towards this relief was insufficient, and in 1848, a depu-
tation of landlords waited on the Earl ~f Clarendon to
solicit his approbation of a scheme for extracting auother
grant from Englishmen. His Lordship flatly rei'ised,
and as flatly accused the landlords to their faces of
having diverted the greater portion of the money from
a people who were said to be perishing of hunger inter
their own pockets. He meutiarred that numerous cases
which had come to his knowledge, in which substantial
farmers had claimed and obtained regular relief, through
collusion of the parochial or district authorities, and
many others, in which landlords had placed tenants
who were in arrear of their rent on the relief lists, in
order that the money might go to the liquidation of
their arrears. In fact, the administration of the national
funds for relief of the starving poor wa3 converted into
a gigantic swindle for the profits of ahe landlords.
Greater frauds upon the nation and Government
during the progress of the alleged famine Wets never
practised. The papers teemed with represeettations of
the excessive mortality, and Dr. M'Hale estireueted the
;deaths at either two or three millions, all of which he
charged as crimes upon the English Government, and
especially Lord John Russell, though every member was
anxiously and walously exerting all his energl'es to
undo what was truly the work of the Irish landlords', as
we shall soon demonstrate. Dr. APHale, in his virtuous
indignation, forgot that the census and other records of
social progress would furnish most satisfactory means a
detecting deliberate falsehoods, as well as of correcting
honest though erroneous statements. These documents
throw a considerable doubt upon the reality of the
" famine" itself, and enable us to deny the existence
of the asserted excessive mortality. For instance,
in the ten years ending with that of the last census,
the population decreased 1,659,330, and in those
years 1.289,133 persons had emigrated from Ito-
land. Computing from these numbers by any pro-
bable rule that we may select, in the hope of ap-
proximating to the truth, we shall be satisfied that
Ireland was not afflicted with a prodigious mor-
tality from famine in the true sense of the word. But if
Dr. Melle.le's extravagantly improbable estimate of the
deaths from famine were true, the murderers were not the
English Government, but the Irish landlords, who now
desire .to repudiate the debt, which they contrived to
plats iu their own pockets. Let us see how the case
stands on the supposition that two or three millions of
people, in a population of eight millions, perished through
the failure of the potato. Had that root perished in
any other country in the world, no such dreadfnl
consequences could have been produced, because the
people could have fallen back upon other and more
nutritious food. But the Irish could not do so,
because the landlords, by exacting the most exorbi-
tant rents, had long compelled them to export all
sorts of better food, and condemned them to the
potato for their sole subsistence. If, therefore, a
great mortality ensued on the failure of the potato,
to whom was it owing but to the landlord? Even
during the time that Dr. M'Hale's imaginary millions
were dying of hunger, the landlords were causing the
wretched survivors to snatch the food from their reach,
and export it to other markets for their shamefully high
rents. According to the Doctor's teaching, we must
call this conduct most inhuman; and that others may
judge of it, we abstract, from Parliamentary returns,
the following quantities of food exported before and
during the year of the alleged famine:—
Average per year from 1842-45, 219,414 qrs. wheat
Total in 1846
Average as above 86,122 qrs. barley
Total in 1846 61l
Average as above 2,506,538 qrs. oatmeal
Total in 1846
Average as above
Total in 1846
Average as above .. 1,366,990 cwt. oatmeal
Total in 1846 ... 553,147
Besides this food, affording three-fourths more nutri-
ment than the same weight of potatoes; there were
exported, during the sceculled famine, 186,483 oxen,
bulls, and cows ; 6,363 calves ; 259,257 sheep and
lambs ; and 480,827 swine; besides an incredibly
enormous quantity of dried, cured, and salted flesh'
meat, together with butter, lard, and other articles of
human consumption. Under these circumstances, we
deny the right of the Irish landlords to expect any fur-
ther relief from the payment of a loan, which seems to
hive been exacted from us by a scandalous fraud, and
converted to their own advantage. Whether they call
the payment of the interest or instalments of the prin-
cipal a Famine Tax, is of little moment; for whatever it
may be named, it is a tax occasioned by themselves.
Th:tt the potato failed, and the poor suffered, we admit ;
it forties an incontrovertible reason for compelling the
repayment of every farthing advanced in compliance
with the pretence of: a famine; but that there was anything
like a famine, or that state of the earth when it ceases
to yield fruits for the sustenance of the inhabitants, we
emphatically deny, and point to the preceding state-
ments of food exported to raise rents for our vouckpra.
The census and the emigration returns also prove That
the mortality during the distress was shamelessly and
fraudulently exaggerated, with the object of imposing
upon the well-known humanity, charity, and liberality
of Britons.

STEAM TUG WANTED.
Sealed Tenders (in duplicate) will be received at the Office of
the Agents-General for Crow's Colonies, No. 5, Cannon.row, West-
Tt ster, until Thursday, the I Ith of November next, from all parties
desirous of furnishing a Steam-tug for the service of the Harbour of
Fort Louis. The Tenders will be forwarded for the decision of the
Government
of _Mauritius, so as to arrive there by the 15th of Janu-
ary, 1853, the day fixed for their delivery in the Colony.
For the information of parties tendering, the following description
ofthe spe.ies of vessel required is published: and notice is hereby
given, that no ten.ler will be taken into consideration which is not
in accordance therewith.
l. A strong, thoroughly well-built, wooden paddle-wheel vessel,
with two engines of 100 horse power each.
, 2_ As the ordinary employment of the vessel will be that of a Tug
In Port LoUls Harbour, it i§ required that she should not draw more than
10, or, at most, 11 feet of water, when so employed, and carry-
ing a week's consumption of coal ; but it is required that she should
Possess the necessary qualifications of a sea-going vessel, and be able
t° carry
Subject to the above essentia
l conditions, it is desirable that her
length should not exceed 120 feet from the after part of the stem to
the fore part &lite stern•post, and that her registered tonnage
should not exceed 300 tons ; or that those measurements should be
exceeded as little as possible.
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4. The vessel must be co Bred with 32-oz. copper and copper-
fastened ; of brigantine rig ; fitted to tow or lash alongside of vessels,
and with plain accommodation solely for the Captain, Officers, and
w.
5. The engines must be on the " side-lever" principle, or of any
"Perior di scription adapted to the purposes to which the vess. the
ls
,
required : to be fitted with expansion ~ear to work half steam
boilers to be of iron, and the machinery fitted with the latest im-
Provements.
G. The vessel must be fitted for, and supplied ith, two long
Pivot Guns, of a calibre adapted to her size, one forward and the
other aft ; and be furnished with the usual and spare gear ; two
suits of sails; anchors, cables, hawsers, and• all necessary marine
stores ready for sea, together with three hundred round shot fur the
guns,
7. The party furnishing the vessel must engage to supply and de-
liver at Port Louis, new iron boilers and funnels when required, at
a certain price, to be specified in the tender.
8. The tenders must be accompanied with plans and specifications
Of the vessel, an inventory of all necessary stores, and an estimate
of the priceto be -paid for the whole en delivery of the vessel in Port
Louis.
9. The vessel must be built under the inspection of a Lloyd's Sur-
'reyor, and be registered in the highest class at Lloyd's.
10. She must be delivered at Port Louis in a condition correspond-
ing to the certificate of the above officer, all damage sustained, and
411 defects discovered, on the outward voyage, being made good be-
ore delivery.
11, The party tendering must be prepared to give bond in a penal
Sam of 2,0001. (two thousand pounds sterling), binding himself to de-
liver the ve..sel to the Government of Mauritius, at Port Louis,
Within a period not exceeding fifteen months from the date of the
contract ; subject, however, to a further reasonable delay, in the sole
event of the vessel experiencing severe damage on lier passage out.
5, Cannon row, Westminster, October, 1852.
• G. ILULLIE, Agent-General for Crown Colonies.

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THE BANK OF INDIA.
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THE MELBOURNE STEAMER.
(From the Times.)
The " sweet little cherub" who presides over the
destinies of seamen evidently confines his attention to
the interests of the merchant service. The ablebodied
mariners who ship for a voyage on board any of be(
Majesty's vessels must take their chance, and struggle on
to their port of destination as best they may upon the
most inefficient compounds of wood, iron, and canvass
that the world has yet seen. There is really no dis-
guising the fact—there is a fatality over Queen's ship&
Cali the result melancholy, call it ludicrous, call it ex-
pensive—call it what you will, ships constructed at the
most reckless cost for the public service will not go
through the water with the same conditions of speed and
security as vessels belonging to private owners. Vt 76
will nut assert just now that anybody in particular,
from the Duke of Northumberland down to
lt the
veriest, apprentice in Devonport Dockyard, is in fau;
we only look at the simple, unmistakeable result. The
ships are, no doubt, excellent good ships, co
thenstructed
engines on
the most scientific lines—the .power ot is
nicely adapted to the proportions of the hull—the of-
ficers in command issue precisely the necessary orders,
and their ship's company obey their directions in the
most zealous and efficient manner; but the ships won't
sail or steam in the required direction. That is all that
is amiss about them. Ala an illustration of this asser-
tion, we would call attention to an announcement from
piymoutb, which we received last night by electric tele-
graph, and which will be found in another portion of
our columns this day. It is to the effect that
the Melbourne screw steam-ship, in getting under
way in Hamoaze yesterday morning ran between
two hulks, fouled one of them, end did herself
very considerable damage. The brief announcement
talks of jibboom, catheads, and anchor carried
so away, of
shattered davits, of chain-cable run out, and forth.
Of course, as the vessel is now the property of the
Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, the Gletru.
ment people will say they have nothing to do with he
catastrophe. We cannot certainly, fix them with the
direct responsibility of an act which, after all, may he
simply an accident; we simply say, here is another Go-
vernment vessel in trouble. It will be remembered that
the Melbourne was originally built for the Queen's ser-
vice, but, utter a vast expense had been incurred, was
declared incapable. She was then handed over to
the company abovementioned, and under their aus-
pices steamed away from Gravesend on Friday,
the Ist of October. The account of the disasters she
met with in the Channel, and how the water rushed in
has been already before the public. On
at every seam,
she reached Plymouth, and, after un-
Friday, the Bth,
dergoing a thorough repair at the hands of the dockyard
people, started again yesterday on her voyage. It is
our duty to lay the result of this experiment before our
readers. The Melbourne has been true to her parentage,
and bids fair to distinguish herself even amidst her stag-
gering sisters of the Royal navy.
PLYMOUTH,
having
WEDNESDAY,
made
3
The Melbourne mail steamer,
defects, was to have soiled this morning for herooh
P.M.r
er
destina-
tion, but in getting under way in Hamoaze this morning
with the ebb tide, she ran between hulks, and fouled one
of them. She carried away her jibboom, catheads, and
anchor, let her chain cable run out, brace the boat
davits,
and did other damage, which will cause further
dotention to the ship.

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THE CESAREWITCII.--It is high time that this
offensive and disagreeable name was effacedof from our
delectable racing
records. It was created in
consequence that
individual, the Emperor of Russia, contributing 300/. to the
stake; but that amount, with a magnanimity worthy of
the man, has been withdrawn years and years ago, and it is
now an ordinary handicap, without the addition of one
farthing as bonus. It is true the Jockey Club do mini•
nally contribute 300/.—that is on
.tcur .pap/ler,mo. but they do not
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