The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-07 00:00:00

IRELAND.—We have given in our preceding
' columns the extracts from the dispatches of the
Marquis WELLESLEY which have been laid be-
, fore Parliament, and which represent the gradual
increase of the Irish Insurrection, and the la-
mentable inefficiency of the civil and military
force. Lord LIVERPOOL, it will be recollect-
ed, stated, the day before yesterday, in Par-
liament, that 11Iinisters intended ,to propose that
the Irish Government should be armed with
extraordinary powers. It is to be presumed that
the Noble Marquis has asked for those powers,
though Ministers have very properly not thought
fit to give publicity to those parts of his Excel-
lency's dispatches which develop his plans. The
papers laid before Parliament are not copies, but
extracts, of his Excellency's communications to
Government.

Yesterday we had no arrivals from Ireland.
The accounts received this morning, we regret
to state, are very unfavourable. Amongst the
distressing details which have reached us, are
those of the murder of Major lIA az, by a party
of the insurgents, in his house near Rathkeale,—
the disarming of at least one more party of the
40th regiment,—an attempt to assassinate two
Magistrates,—various outrages in the counties of
Limerick and Cork,—and an attack upon a party
of the armed police, four of whom were murdered,
and eleven wounded, and their horses destroyed
in their stables.

The murderers entered Major HARE'S house
about midnight of the Ist instant ; and proceed-
ing immediately to his bed-room, dragged the
unfortunate Gentleman to the lobby, and there,
in presence of his lady, perpetrated their hor-
rible crime by shooting him in the chest. The
ball entered at the right and passed out at the
left side. The assassins then rifled the house of
three guns and a quantity of ammunition.
A letter from Charletille of the Ist states, that
several small parties of the 40th had been over-
powered on the preceding Monday and Tuesday;
and that the insurgents had in this manner cap-
tured thirteen muskets, a serjeant's halbert and
sword, and a quantity •of ammunition,--at the
same time violently ill-treating the soldiers, but
sparing their lives. One of these affairs was
with a party of four men who had been left in
charge of Glandulf Barracks. IV hile two of the
soldiers were carrying up the furniture to Glatt-
duff House, the insurgents surprised the Barracks
and captured the entire of their arms, accoutre-
ments, and ammunition.

One of the Magistrales who was attempted to he
assassinated was GEORGE MAS,,y, Esq. of Glenwil-
Ham. He had presided as Chairman at a Special
Sessions, held at Newmatket, and was fired at
on his return,—the ball passing so near his fore-
head as to stun him. The particulars of the at-
tempt on the other Magistrate, and his name,
are not yet furnished. There have also been se-
veral attempts to assassinate private persons—
many houses have been attacked, and some of
them burned.

- But the most fatal and desperate affair which
has yet occurred, was about ten o'clock in the
night of the 31st Jan. at the village of Church-
town, six. miles from Charleville. Sixteen men
belonging to Major CAR•rEn's Police, and five of
their horses, having been quartered in three
houses in the village. A large well armed party
of Insurgents commenced the attack by shoot-
ing the sentinel. They then .set fire to the
thatch of the houses. The Police gallantly
avfended themselves until their ammunition
%v•is c,;pended, and the burning thatch was
in masses upon them. They then surren-
dered, after an hour's fighting, and de ivered up
their arms. The police had four men killed and
eleven wounded. Their horses were destroyed
by the conflagration. The Chief Constable had
both his arias broken, and was otherwise wounded,
The insurgents carried off their dead and wound-
ed ; and by mistake the dead body of one of the
police, which was Sound the next morning in a
di!ch.—The scene of the action presented, a
frightful spectacle. The dead bodies were fright-

I fully lacerated,—full of cuts and holes,—pins
tearing the flesh of the dead horses,----and the
street covered with blood, which could be traced
two or three miles from the village. The
remains of the murdered policemen were con-
veyed into Buttevant by an escort of the 40th
Regiment, and a party of Police under i'sI.IJOR
CARTER. The wounded were humanely received
into the house of a Mr. CRofr, and treated
Frith great attention.

The firing and conflagration during the action
were heard and seen at a great distance. After
its concluiion, the air resounded for sonic time
with the triumphant shouts of the assailants.

The Coroner's Jury, on the body of Buckley,
have delivered the following special verdict. We
presume that there will be further proceedings :--
" We find that the deceased, Patrick Buckley,
Came by his death on the morning of the 18th of
January, on the lands of Ballinard, in conse-
quence of a gun-shot wound inflicted on him by
some unknown person, who was one of a party
of yeomanry commanded by Lieut. Huogerford,
accompanied by a Constable ; and that at the
time said Patrick Buckley came by his death, he
and one Richard Barret were prisoners, and
peaceably in' custody of said party. We also
find that said party of yeomanry was at the time
attacked by a mob, who attempted to rescue said
prisoners, and a private still which had been de-
tected at work, and, seized a short time before
by Richard B. Norcott, Esq. and a party of the
Revenue."

The ungracious measure of moving amend-
mentsto an address was never, we think less called
for, or resorted to, on less defensible grounds,
than at the commencement of this Session. The
postponement recommended by Sir FRANCIS
BURDETT (and after him by Mr. How-lousy) was
insisted on by these gentlemen, as more respect-
ful to his MAJESTY than a precipitate answer,
and as affording the members time to deliberate
on the matters touched upon in the Speech, be-
fore they committed themselves by a reply.—
, We know that great differences prevail as
to the fittest manner of shewing respect to
Kings, but, to our apprehension, there could
be nothing very complimentary in returning
a late reply to his. MAJESTY'S communication,
when it has been usual to deliver a speedy one;
in reserving the Speech for a leisurely considera-
tion, when the practice has been to answer it'
with dutiful promptitude. If this were admitted,
it would be difficult to say how far respect might
be carried without Wcoming fulsome; whether
an Address sent up at the end of a fortnight
would not be better received than on the second
or third day ; and whether it might not be con-
sistent with the profoundest submission to offer
no Address at all, till Parliament was on the eve
of rising. Mr. IlonnousE urged, that Members
ought to have time for considering and digesting
the matter of the Speech, becauseiit was wrong
that the intercourse between a King and his
people should be a mere farce (for a Royal Speech
and au Address to the House of Commons may,
it seems, be called a farce) ; but is the Hon.
Member himself_ in sober earliest when he as-
sumes that the Houses of Parliament meet,en-
tirely unprepared for 14 topics to be laid before-
threw by Est y, and that in' a whole
evening's debate they cannot make up their
minds as to the answer they should return, unless
a day or two should have been allowed them for
previous study ? Even if this were the case
(which no one is simple enough to suppose), we
think the most conscientious mind need not he
greatly perplexed in resolving on a suitable an-
swer to a composition expressed in such general
terms as those of the KING'S Speech. And, as it
was very aptly observed by Lord LONDONDERRY,
" if the Address were understood as implying
that, by agreeing with the Speech, Parliament
would be pledged to support certain opinions and
sentiments, then the Hon. Baronet should not
have moved that the consideration of the. Speech
should take place on Thursday, but that it
should be postponed for three months; for that
period would scarcely carry them through the
consideration of all. the subjects which were ad-
verted to in the Speech—our foreign policy,
revenue, expenditure and retrenchment, com-
merce, manufactures, and—above all—the state
of the agricultural interest." But, if Mem-
bers were unable, at the usual short notice,
to comprehend and come to a determination
on his MAJ ESTY'S Speech, how completely
and hopelessly must their faculties have been
bewildered by that of Mr. Ilusic, on the credit
of which they were required to vote the second
amendment ! Here, at least, were complicated
facts, and topics, to many persons, wholly unex-
pected, and here was an address which the House,
by adopting, would have been pledged to cer-
tain sentiments and opinions. By this amend-
ment they would have stood committed to a de-
claration that reductions, the amount of which
was as yet unknown to them, were insufficient and
must be increased. It will be seen; on referring
to the reports, that Mr. Ilusit's motion amounts
to- an implied, if not express, condemnation of
plans which have not yet been disclosed. His
MAJESTY says in the Speech, " I have directed
the Estimates of the current year to be laid be-
fore you. They have been framed with every
attention to economy which the circumstances of
the country will permit ; and it will be satisfac-
tory to you to learn that I have been able to
make a large reduction in our annual expendi-
ture, particularly in our naval and military esta,
blishannits." Now, what does Mr. IluamE pro-
pose in his Amendment to the Address ? 6"fo
entreat that" his MAJ ESTY " will be gra-
ciously pleased immediately to direct such re-
ductions in every branch of our expenditure,
from the highest to the lowest department, as '
shall ,enable us, forthwith, to relieve his Ma-
,usTy's faithful people from a large portion of
that burden of taxation," &c. Would it not have
been as well,'if such an appeal as this was con-
templated, to wait till Parliament knew what
had been the extent, and would probably be the
effect, of the retrenchment actually made ? And
is it regular, or rational, or business-like,
to suggest reductions before it is stated or un-
derstood upon what amount those reductions
are to tele place ? Both the amendment and

the details with which it was prefaCed appear to
us entirely out of season, and the course taken
by Mr. llumE, on this occasion, must lead many
persons to embrace the paradoxical opinion,,that
a man may be a great financier without possess-
ing, eve❑ in a common degree, the gift of a clear
head. This Session opens under auspicious
circumstances in one respect, that Parliament
does not at present seem likely to be troubled
with many of those idle and merely quarrelsome
discussions, which may rank under the head of
Interruptions to public business. Sir ROBERT
WILSON'S case, we perceive, will be brought
forward on Tuesday ; and Mr. BENNET will
make a motion respecting the late QUEEN'S fune-
ral " the very first time his MAJESTY'S Ministers
shall mention the word ' SUPPLY.' "

We have given i❑ our front page extracts from
the French Papers of Monday, (those of Sunday
are still due,) which arrived at a late hour last
evening. They contain no decisive intelli-
gence respecting the question between Tur-
key and Russia; but it would appear that
the modifications proposed by the Porte to
the Ultimatum of Russia are not of a nature to
satisfy the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, whose an-
swer is expected to arrive at Vienna about the
30th of January. The tragical death of Prince
CALLEMACIII has excited the liveliest indignation
in the Russian capital against the Ottoman Go-
vernment; and the journey of Prince CAN'rAcu-
ZENA to Petersburgh is confirmed. He is de-
puted by the Greek Authorities in .the Morea
to wait on the Emperor ALEXANDER, from whom
it is generally believed he will meet with a favour-
, able reception. In corroboration of the friendly
disposition of the Emperor ALEXANDER towards
the Greeks, it is assertedin a letter from Leghorn
that the venerable IGNATIUS, formerly Arch-
bishop of Larta, who has been for some
time living in retirement at Pisa, ti:tt; re-
solved on proceeding to Argos, in consequence
of letters he has received from a member of the
RUssian Cabinet, for the purpose of assistiug in
the discussion of the measures to be adopted by
the rising Grecian State. The French five per
cents.,' we learn by private letters of i'vlonday,
closed at 89f. 25c. They opened at 88f. 60c.,
and gradually rose in the course M the day until
they reached the closing price.

Since writing the above, we have received the
French Papers of Sunday at a late hour to-day.
They are almost entirely filled with the resumed
debates in the Chamber of Deputies on the Law
respecting the Press. The discussion on the pro-
hibitory articles of this Law closed on Friday ;
and on the following day the Chamber pro-
ceeded to consider Title H., which relates
to the mode of prosecuting offences of the Press.
The first article under this head (the 12th of the
original Law-Project) introduces a new right of
high importance. It empowers each of the two
Chambers to prosecute offences against itself, by
calling the offender to the bar of the House, and
condemning him, if they think proper, to the
pains and penalties authorized by the laws.—
M. DE CHAUVELIN proposed an amendment, the
object of which was, that the " person arraigned
shall not be condemned, unless eight-twelfths
of the House concurred_ in the vote,—that he
should be allowed Counsel,—and that the Cham-
ber should be governed in passing sentence by
the law of the 26th May, 1819." After some
discussion, M. DE CHAUVELIN withdrew his
amendment, in order to make a separate article
of it ; upon which the House proceeded to de-
bate upon the original article, which was finally
adopted by a large majority. The discussion
was then resumed on the amendment of M.
DE CHAUVELIN, which was discussed paragraph
by paragraph. The first, which provides that the
" person arraigned shall not be condemned, un-
less eight-twelfths of the House concurred in the
vote," was further amended by Gen.Sen.tsTlANl,
who proposed that the majority should consist
of five-eighths, as in the Chamber of Peers.
Both these propositions were rejected, as were
also the other divisions of M. DE CHAUVELIN'S
amendment. The next object of discussion was
the 13th article, which authorizes the Chambers
to judge and punish offences committed by the
Journals in reporting their sittings incor-
rectly and with bad faith, and gives the
same power to the Courts and Tribunals to
judge and punish falsified accounts of their pro-
ceedings. After a warm and animated debate,
this article was also adopted. Gen. SEBASTIANI
moved an Amendment by way of rider to this
article, proposing that the mode of procedure
should be regulated by a special law, which was
rejected. The Chamber then adjourned to
Monday.
American Papers have been received in Town
this morning, one day later, (from Boston) from
which we insert the following PROCLAMATION: :
" COLO?dIIIANS! the Book of the Laws which
I have the glory to offer you, as the will of the
people and the pillar of your rights, settles for
ever the destiny of Colombia. Your Represen-
tatives are penetrated with the sacredness of
their authority, and will sacrifice every thing to
preserve the sovereignty of the people. Colom-
bians! the General Congress has given to the
nation what was necessary—good laws, founded
on liberty and equality ; it has thus formed one
family of the people, it has decreed that the re-
sidence of Government should be transferred to
Bogota, as a central point from every extremity
of the Republic.

" Venezuelans ! your patriotism and your vic-
tories promise to Colombia your firm adhesion to
its laws, and glorious possession of your repose.
" Cundinamarcans ! the Supreme Government
has been transferred in the midst of you,—Co-
lombia hopes that you will preserve it as a sacred
deposit confided to your virtues.
" Inhabitants of Quito ! the clanking of your
chains has reached the liberating army, who are
now marching- to your relief; and can you doubt
of your liberty ? and when frbe, would you de-
lay to embrace those who invite a country to its
independence'
" Colombians ! the law has designated the
Vice-President of Colombia to be Chief of the
State, whllst I shall be its soldier, &c. &c.
" t3ivert at the Rosari,, of Cucuta,
#4 BOLIVAR."
Bth Oct.