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impulse may be given by Government, but it will
be little felt and will avail nothing, unless it be
communicated throughout society in all its orders,
by the Clergy and Magistrates, and by all the
respectable members of the community.—The
chief thing then to be hoped is that the Irish
Gentry themselves' will be roused by the present
misfortunes of their country, and feel the force
of the moral responsibility which is imposed upon
them. The peasantry on their estates are fa-
mished and ignorant ; is it surprising that they
should be rebels and barbarians ? Instead, there-
fore, of revelling iu England, or clamouring
against the negligence and misrule of Ministers
in the Taverns of London, let them betake them-
selves to the post of duty. We exhort them to visit
their estates, to inquire into the characterand con.
duct of their Agents, to provide means of instruction
for their poor uncivilized dependents, and con-
ciliate them by charitable attentions and a dig-
nified hospitality. If Lord WELLESLEY be thus
assisted by men of property in Ireland, and by
the Clergy and Magistrates in every district, we
are confident that he will not remain many years
in that country without making it an ornament
and support to the empire, instead of being as it
now is and has long been—a source of weakness
and shame.—But if instead of lending this assist-
ance, and thus applying the natural and obvious
remedy to the dreadful disorders now raging,
any individuals who possess property and in-
fluence in that country shall attempt to draw
away public attention from the real causes to
others purely imaginary,- and shalt pretemd that
the savage clans who are now plundering and
murdering have been brought to this state of
barbarism, 'because a few Catholic gentlemen are
not admitted into Parliament and Offices of Go-
vernment, though during all the disturbances
this grievance has not been once mentioned by
the Insurgents themselves,—if any individual, on
so absurd a pretence, should attempt to assault
fur Constitution, we pledge ourselves that we
will make diligent inquiry as to his own personal
conduct in the discharge of the obvious duties
above recommended; and if the result of our
inquiry be such as we expect, we shall not be
withheld by any delicacy from unmasking him to
the country.
Having expressed our sentiments in the, fore-
going observations, it gives us much pleasure to
find that Sir J. NEWPORT gave notice last night,
in the House of Commons, that he should on
Monday next move a Resolution, with a view to
insure a full attendance of Members of tha

House on Wednesday, the 24th of April next,
on the question relating to the State of Ireland.
We should be surprised that the Hon. Member
should defer the consideration of so important a
question -to sosdigtant a day, if we did not pre-
sume that he waits -to see what measures the
Marquis WELLESLEY will adopt in the mean

qme, and how far they may operate towards re
meoring peace to that distracted country.

QUEBEC TRADE.—The Quebec Commercial
List contains the Imports' and Exports at Quebec
in the year 1811, of which the following is an
abstract :

Entered 434 vessels, 102,786 tons, 4645 men.
7 Value of Merchandize, paying 2i per cent. £536,191 1 5
Ditto of Free Goods - 10,108 4 I

X 546,299 6 6
Cleared 436 vessels, 102,398 tons, 4644 men; five cf which
•
vessels were built this year, containing 1064 tons.

We observe that insidious allusions have been
made by the factious writers against the COM-
MON SERGEANT, because on some recent occa-
sions he checked the Counsel, who was using.
language unworthy ,of the character of a Barri-
ster, which always should be united with that of
the gentleman, and which was totally incon-
sistent with the dignity of a Court of Justice.
With this view, the character of Judge JEFFREYS
has been artfully brought forward, with malig- •
nant allusions to the COMMON SERGEANT, whom
the scurrilous writers dare not of course more
openly attack.=We hope, however, that Judges
on all such occasions will be equally ready to
maintain the dignity of their respective Courts ;
but we rather hope that the Gentlemen of the
Bar will afford no occasion for such laudably re-
prehensive interference.