The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-02 00:00:00

blishment like it possessed, and no boon
was therefore given. He further delivered it as
his conviction, that though the Bank neither caus-
ed the agricultural distress, nor could wholly re-
move it, yet by lowering its discounts, he thought
that distress would be very sensibly relaxed. The
Right Hon. Gentleman at the same time disclaimed
all idea of dictating to that Corporation, which no
one had a right to do, or by any means to interfere
with ; but still he felt satisfied that the measure
he spoke of would be extremely beneficial to the
nation. Mr. Huskisson concluded by forcibly re-
marking, that the object in establishing the Bank
originally was not to create a firm of State
Bankers, but to facilitate and assist all the opera-
tions of commercial intercourse, and thereby
promote the public welfare. During this dis-
cussion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
announced the determination of his Majesty's
Ministers, under the advice of the Law Officers
of the Crown, shortly to introduce a measure
in our opinion of great advantage to the landed
interest. We allude to an act for remitting the
ad valorem duty at present payable on the trans-
ference of mortgages from one person to another,
and merely subjecting the indorsement on the
mortgage in such cases to a common deed duty.
IThis appears to us a most judicious and benefi-
cial arrangement.
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[MORNING HERALD.]
We learn from the last account in the Irish
Papers, that the spirit of crime had not yet been
extinguished in the counties of Cork and
Limerick. It would seem, however, that the
organization is in some degree broken, and
the system of desperate legislation, enforced
by the terror of " Captain Rock's" name,
abandoned. The recent outrages are chiefly
acts of vengeance upon accomplices, who had
given information, and appeared as witnesses for
the Crown—or else attempts upon witnesses to
appear on some approaching trial. The calendar
is still dreadfully heavy, notwithstanding the
dispatch by which the Judicial Inquisition, un-
der the late Acts, has been conducted. The
Administration of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land appears quite null. The Executive Govern-
ment seems scarcely to move its little finger. As
to the proceedings of the Special Commission
under the revived Acts, these are matter of mere
routine in Ireland. Lord Wellesley merely took
up a trite and clumsy instrument of Government,
which he found there ready to his hand. He has not
as yet attempted to disguise the clumsiness or re-
lieve the triteness of his adopted Administration by
a single original Act, whether of vigour or of
grace. We are informed that a famine is appre-
hended in some of the disturbed districts during
the spring and the beginning of summer. No steps
appear to be taken, or in process, to prevent or mi-
tigate this dreadful visitation. The situation of the
poor is wretched in the extreme. From the quantity
of rain, the crops have fallen dreadfully short of the
requisite stock. Yet in the counties of Cork and Li-
merick no preventative of starvation is thought of,
unless indeed the exportation of Whiteboys may
be regarded as such. In the county
,of Clare,
the Grand Jury and Magistrates are acting
with more prudence and humanity. A nume-
rous meeting of the Grand Jury and Magis-
trates was held at Ennis, to take into conside-
ration the means of alleviating the distresses of the
poor, and of preventing starvation. The distress,
particularly in the western part of the country,
is such, not only among the labouring classes, but
among those of a higher order, that the means of
the gentry are no longer adequate to afford relief
to all who require it. Under these circum-
stances, a Resolution was come to at the meet-
ing to which we have alluded—that Govern-
ment should be applied to for assistance. No
answer had yet been returned. The application
was warmly seconded by Sir Edward O'Brien,
one of the Members for the county, who both as
an individual, and as a public man, has exerted
himself most strenuously to alleviate the sufferings
of the poor, and preserve tranquillity. Be has
supported the application to the Irish Govern-
ment with all his influence, personal and poli-
tical—urging not only the claims of humanity,
but the expediency of giving relief, as the means
of preserving the public peace.