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compel the disturbed districts of Corks And their
fellow subjects of Limerick, to defy death and
.proscription daily for the love of public justice,
to assemble, and to deliver upright verdicts, in
defiance of the gun, the scythe, and firebrand ?
It is much if Magistrates can be found to incur
this peril, but it is certain that the supply of
Jurymen would fail, or, if procured, would prove
in most instances, ineffective. The offence pro-
vided against, that of being from home by night
-without sufficient ekcuse, must be estimated not
by its abstract moral quality, but by its conse-
quences in times like the present. The Insurrection
appears to be in many places, a driving of the
country, an assembling of all people that can be
enticed or forced abroad in a particular district,
who form a tumultuous body, of imposing ap-
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Pearance in.point of numbers, but ready to dis-
solve upon any check or discouragement, and
equally prepared to unite again, when urged by
threats, impelled by curiosity, or tempted by oc-
casion. The effect of the proposed law will be,
'we should hope, to thin these tumultuary gather-
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F 3) which, from their nature, so easily elude
the shock, and so severely task the vigilance of
military bodies-; to render such assemblages less
attractive to those who wantonly and mischiev-
"sly join them, and, in some measure, to coun-
teract by menaces the effect of menace on the
Nods of those who are driven into them by fear.
The statute will also, it may be supposed, facili-
tate the punishment and removal of persons who
may be sufficiently known as principal agents
in the disturbances, although they may, not
have laid themselves open to any , proceed.
jag under the usual and permanent laws.—
. While we justify these measures on the ground
of necessity, we of course deplore them as a part
of the evils attendant on civil commotion. The
Powers conferred are of a magnitude which must
be alarming even to those who wield them ; our
earliest hope is that they may be exercised with
Judgment and with moderation, but at the same
time with'that salutary vigour which may hasten
their abolition by effectually and speedily re-
`l moving the necessity for their existence.

We have read with sincere concern the expres-
sions attributed to Lord FOLKSTONE, in the de-
bate last night on the Insurrection Act, respect-
ing the personal character of Marquis WELLES.
LEY. Without any breach of privilege, we may
be allowed to question the prudence and policy
of Lord FOLKSTONE, in giving utterance, at a
Moment like the-present; to reflections and opi-
nions so well calculated to neutralize any mea-
sures which may be in the contemplation of the
Noble Marquis for healing the distractions of Ire-
land. If it had been possible for Lord Yomc-
STONE to impress upon the minds of the Irish
People that the present Governor is a man of
despotic disposition, what impression would be
more likely to fill the loyal and well disposed
Part of the population with alarm,—with suspi-
cions of every measure proposed by the Noble
Marquis and the Government, and 'with a secret
hope that measures which they were thus induced to
view with jealousy, and dread, should be frus-
trated ? What more likely to strengthen the
cause of the, insurgents-, and to give a political
character to: their_ outrageous proceedings, than
the idea that the British Government had select-
ed a man of despotic disposition for the head of
the Government of Ireland, and that the first act
of the British Legislature, after his appointment,
had been to clothe such a character,—" the
LUONAPA ItTE of India,"—with despotic power!
IS Lord FOLKSTONE, acknowledging, as he does,
" the brilliancy of the Noble Marquis's Indian
Career," and the important services which he
rendered in India to the Empire, prepared to
shew that the measures which he pursued
there were not dictated by the circumstances
°f his high situation, but by his love of
glory and the arbitrary character of his prin-
ciples ?—ls he prepared to shew, acknow-
ledging, as he does, that the Marquis WeLrEs-
-I,ty is " a man of brilliant talents, who had dis-
Played resolution, vigilance, activity, and deter-
mination in the pursuit of his objects,"—is be
Prepared to shew, that the Noble Marquis, pos-
sessing these qualities, is not the very man whom
the 'present distracted circumstances of Ireland
imperiously require to be placed at the head of
its affairs ? Fortunately for Ireland and for the
empire, Lord FOLKSTONE stood alone on the
ground which he had so unwisely taken ; and the
overwhelming majorities for the passing of the
Insurrection and Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts,
triumphantly establish, both , the necessity for
the adoption of those measures, and the confi-
dence of the House of Commons in the illustrious
character to whom the execution of their powers
is to be entrusted.

IncLAND.—Thirteen men have been appre-
hended, charged with being engaged in the des-
perate affair with the police at Churchtown.
Several of them are stated to have been taken
with arms or accoutrements of the police in their
possession. The accounts of outrages received
this morning are not very numerous. Amongst
the more Fer'ous and extensive are the details of
some affrays in the barony of Innishowen, in the
county of Donegal, between the Revenue Police
and the country people. In one of these rencontres,
the peasantry offered a fierce resistance. The
()Meer had his arra fractured, and some of

the police are said to have been killed. The
Dublin Correspondent received this morning
states, that no great hopes are entertained of
the re-establishment of tranquillity, from the
reluctance which is manifested ou the part of the
peasantry to surrender their fire arms. Ninety-
Right stand of arms, it is true, had been obtained
from them in the County of Waterford, and
thirty-nine stand from persons in the county pf
Kerry ; but in the Cpunty of Cork, notwith-
Standing the professions of the peasantry, only a
very small portion of- arms had been given up.
The Insurgents continued to be held in awe by
the presence of the military, and the active exer-.
tions and vigilance of, the resident gentry, but
the. disposition' to outrage was by no means
abated.

Charlestown Papers to the sth ult. arrived
this morning, which contain nothing of any in-
terest.

MERCANTI LE Sill I'M NG, &c.

DEAL, FEB. B.—Wind S.W. and moderate.—The Betsy,
Read, for Madeira and Grenada; and Heart of Oak, Robert-
son, for St.-Vin&nt's, have sailed for Ramsgate harbour.—
Arrived and sailed for the River the Kitty, Quiller, from St.
Michael's. The outward-bound appear to be all well.
COWES, FEB. Clarissa, King ; and Pactolus,
Graves, from Batavia, have sailed for Amsterdam.
GRAVESEND, FEB. B.—Arrived the City of Edinburgh,
Wisornan, from Bengal.
HARWICH, FEB. B.—Arrived the Princess Charlotte packet,
with mails from Cuxhaven ; the whole of the packets so long
detained came out at the same time. Sailed the Prince of
Orange packet, with a mail for Holland. '
PLY MOU TH, FEn. S.S. %V.—Arrived the New
Euphemia' Faith, from London for Fay al ; Ocean, M'Nielage,
from ditto for Jamaica ; Glory, Morgan, from ditto for Deme-
rara ; Endeavour, Mosselman, from Shields for Jamaica ;
Frederick and Louisa, Nielson, from Copenhagen, with .her
cargo of wheat damaged ; and William and Thomas, Lane,
from St. Michael's, with loss of bulwarks. The Glory has
lost her boats, bulwarks, and every thing off deck, and on
bringing up in the Sound during the night, parted her chain
cable, but the anchor has been since recovered. The Dutch
Galliot Windlast, Engelman, front Palermo and Messina for
Antwerp, having been repaired, re-shipped her cargo yester-
day, and was ready for sea, but it appears she now makes con-
, siderable water, and will be obliged again to discharge her

cargo.

MILFORD, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Juno, Starling, from
Yarmouth for Belfast, leaky, and pumps choaked, and must
discharge • Lady Ann, Edgar; from Marvport, with her masts
sprung; Ann, Johnston, from Bristol for Malta, with part of
her cargo thrown overboard.
WIIITEHAVEN, FEB. 6.—Since the Ist inst. we have ex-
perienced a succession of heavy gales ; on the 2nd, it blew tre-
mendous, but the shipping received very little damage. The
Four Sisters, Sherwin, from Dublin, unable to make the har-
bour, drove on shore near Workington, but expected to be
got ff when the weather moderates.—Yesterday, the Mary,
Clough, from Gottenburgh to Dublin, came on shore between
the Pius, and the sea running high, she struck heavy, but next
tide she was got into safety , after discharging part of her
cargo.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Louisa, Smith, from
Cork, with damage, having been struck by a heavy sea.
FA1.310 TII, FEB. 7.—Wind S.S. V.—Arrived the Lady
Arabella packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in 11 days; Henry,
Quick, from London, for Sthyrna ; William, Mnggridge, from
ditto, for Africa, with loss of main-boom, sails, bulwarks, and
boats ; Lively, Parker, from Gibraltar ; and Lark, Orfeur,
from Cadiz for London. On the sth inst.; in a tremendous gale
from S. W. by W. the latter vessel was struck by a violent
sea, which hove her on her beam-ends, carried away her bul-
warks, fore and aft, jib-boom, jib, &c. and stove the long boat;
she is also leaky. .
The Maria, of Dublin, from Quebec, having put into Mil-
ford about two months ago under jury masts, sailed from
thence 30th ult. and is lost upon Searles Point, Isle of Man ;
the whole of the crew, 13 in number, except the Captain and
two men, are saved.

ROMBERG•—We have already stated that the
family of this great Composer, VIZ. A WIDOW and
TEN CHILDREN, have been involved in the deepest
affliction by his death. Mr. HIES has exerted
himself on this melancholy occasion with the
most anxious zeal, and the whole of the vocal
Performers, the instrumental Band of the OPERA
Housr, and several other able Professors, second-
ed his humane views ; and the Proprietors of the
Royal Harmonic Society have offered to open
their Rooms at the Argyll Institution, in order
to support the ensuing Concert for the benefit of
`the unfortunate family. All this kind assistance
is rendered gratuitouslN, and we doubt not that
the Public will heartily co-operate in support of
so laudable a purpose.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, the SPE 11CF.R., at-
tended by the SERJEANT AT ARMS and principal
Officers of the House of Commons, proceeded in
State to Carlton Palace, to present the Address
of the House of Commons to his MAJESTY. The
Marquess of LONDONDERRY, the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. ROBINSON; Mr. CLIME,
and Mr. DUNCOMBE (the Mover and Seconder),
and several other Members, joined in the pro-
cession.

The Princesss SOPIIIA having received from
the KING apartments in Kensington Palace, has
disposed of her house, opposite Hyde Park, and
at the corner of Connaught-place, to the Earl of
SHANNON.

A Meeting.. of Ship-ewers was yesterday held
at the City of London Tavern, to take into con-
sideration whether any and what steps should he
adopted to avert the consequences with which
the Shipping Interests are threatened, by the
recent Resolution of the Jamaica Planters, to
reduce the rate of freight to ss. per ton, when a
series of Resolutions were entered into, for which
see our first Page.
A letter from Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, states,
that a small squadron of French ships of war,
consisting of the Amazon, 58 guns, the Esperance,
28 guns, the Curieux, 18 guns, and the Leon, 8
guns, arrived there from Brest on the 21st of
November last, and sailed on the 4th of Decem-
ber for Rio Janeiro.
The Ist Battalion of the 3d Guards will march
from Chatham Barracks on the 23d inst. they
are to be replaced by a battalion of the Cold-
stream Guards.

The body of Mr. SMITII, the gallant young
Midshipman of the Severn,- who lost his life in
endeavouring to go off to the wreck of the
Thames East .lndiaman, at Eastbourne, on Sun-
day last, has since been found, and a Coroner's
Inquest having been taken upon it, the corpse
has been removed for interment in the family
vault in this County.—(Kentish Gazette, Feb. 8.)
Wednesday a tradesman of Exeter received an
anonymous letter bearing the post mark of that
city, inclosing a donation of 1000/. and expressing
a hope that it may make his latter days com-
fortable.