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tiplication of cottages, and so regulating the work to he performed
en his estate, as to afford a constant succession of employment. to
his labourers. An Irish landiarek, on the contrary, who has not
to apprehend the consequences of a compulsory levy fur maintain-
ing an aged,4tickly, or superfluous population, has not the same-
interest in 'opposing an over production of the labouring ,class.
Whilst he can obtain a high rent for a small inelosure of lot:atop--
ground, and the erection of a Iliad hovel, he is not deterred by the
possibility of subsequent expense from permitting or encouraging;
the indentation of his estate by the establishment of such fruitful'
nurseries of pauperism and idleness nor is it possible to account
for the appearance of much fine property in that country being
thus disfigured in the neighbourhood of populous towns, and by
the ?rides of public roads, except
,we suppose such ;Tots to be good
begging eituations.
" When the wretCheffeondition of the lower class of the Irish 4t
alluded to, we are often referred to the nun-residence of opulerit
proprietors as the cause of it. , I believe absenteeship to be much
'oftener the effect than the cause of the semi-barbarism of thecourt.
try. The spirit 'of the Constitution is wholly adverse to a was
pulsory residence, and till that spirit be gone, a migratory liberti
cannot be withdrawn. Residence in a country, whence not milk
the means of living, hut of comfortable and ,splendid enjoyment,
are drawn, may be exalted into a duty, but of that imperfect obliS
gallon, that when either health, the education of children, a quirk
pillow, or even social' predilection, is set against it, it would not
have that weight in the scale which Ireland would wish it to have.
But residences -alone, if it could he enfortA, Would not be sun-
dent ; for oflithat use would the preeence,of an individual be,
except he were *objected to a compulsory expenditure, which is
still less consistent with constitutional rights ? And, if the whole
returns of the best estate in Ireland were spent in the support anti
the hospitalities of the mansion-house, the influence of that expetis.
&ore would IniVe little effect in bettering the condition of those
attached to a large estate, except in the immediate vicinity where
it was disbursed.
" Ia the reign of Ilemy. VIII., when the lords of the soil were
generally resident on their estates, the evils of pauptrion and va-
grancy, of which Ireland now complains, were as prevalent in
both England and Ireland as they are in the latter country at the
present day, Under the English policy, subsequently to that
reign, has grown up an intermediate population, which, if it hat
not rendered the residence or non-residence of the proprietors of
soil a matter of indifference, goes far to compensate for their ab-
sence. Complaints are never heard from Liverpool, Manchester,
and a thousand other places which might be- named, of the ab-
sence of ground landlords, nor its any thriving' agricultural district
would their presence be felt, in any sensible degree, as converting
poverty into plenty.. Few landlords are more than temporarily
resident on their estates, and, when there, have little temptation
Or inclination to incur a large expenditure,•bitt reserve the bulk of
their' incenses for circulation in places to which they are attracted
by other considerations 'than those of property and tenantry.
However delightful it may he to witness the interchange of duties
between the high and the low, to see charitable and humane at-
tentions repaid by gratitude and attachment, it is not upon the
bounty of an individual family that a. poor population ought to be
encouraged to rely fur the supply of their real wawa. A better
race of subjects for all national purposes are those who look for
support to the skill, industry, and capital which are engaged in
mercantile and agricultural pursuits, which can constantly and
fairly remunerate their labour."
The author of thiS pamphlet then goes on to assert
that any plan for ameliorating the condition of the Irish
to be effectual, must have its ground-work in a measure
which shall have the power of correcting and eradicating
their erratic and mendicant .• habits. Laws which are
intended to alter the habits of a nation,.must convince
the.coininon sense of the. majority that they are foUnd,-
ed in reason and justice ; a Character which doeS not
belong to the Irish statutes on this subject, which
acknowledge the existence of pauperism, and,forbid
vagrancy.' and mendicity, without providing any sub-
stitute for them. An Irishman's plea for begging is
necessity ; and. he 'cannot be answered by asserting
that there is any local provision for unavoidable indi-
gence, or adequate employment for labour. The un-
settled' state of the country is an effectual bar to the
lrowth of that species of population, which, in Eug
and, is above tall value as a tenures* of available wealth
to the State, and of comfortable existence to the poor.
The introduction of a poor system, similar to that of
England, with a better machinery for its management,
is a 'necessary accompaniment to any attempt, either by
fOrce or conciliation, which can ever hope to tranquil-
. lize the country, as to encourage the investment of ca-
pital' in' business, promote domestic trade, and the
culation of money in the internal
,parts of the island,'
•
and produce that important' link. in
.society, without
which Ireland, can.lettlicr be very happy or quiet. ,
The argumenti. of this pamphlet appear to.us to
be altogether Irresistible, and we hope that the con-
sideration of the question of extending the. English
system of Poor Laws to Ireland, in which we see so
much .justice as well as 'expediency, will be taken up
by the new Parliament in . a very early stage of its
existence. • ; ,•.
•

FRENCH PAPERS.

(Prom the Elate.)

PARIS, rtiEl,T,•t.=--It is not true, as reported by the
Drupean Blente. and the ennstitutionnel, that 4,000 men,
under the orders of Misag,- have overrun Catalonia, pro-
claiming Charles V. The latter of these Journalists goes
even the length of asserting, that they have attempted to
take possession of Seo d'Urgel.. We beg to inform the
Novelist •of the Dropenu.Blane, that there is a French
garrison in ,Seo d'Urgel.
A letter frOm Tarsus of the 30th May, states, that the
plague his committed dreadful ravages'at Adana • the living
can no longer inter the dead. In a number of quarters,
which have been shut up, the few survivors that have not
been attacked by the plague, are dying of diseases, gene,
rated by the dead bodied, left rotting in the houses. The
Pasha, who arrived there four days before, has communi-
cated the infection to Taraiis. From 15 to 20, out of
every 50 attacked, have died 'there. At Adana, on the
contrary, 49 nut of every 50 attacked, have died.
Captain Parry, so celebrated by his voyages in the North
Sea, is ut present in Paris.
(From the Journal des Debuts.)

PRIVATE CORRF,SPONDENCE.

Limitary, Auti., 20.—The Princess Regent, by a decree
of the 17th, has dissolved the commission charged with
the fixing of the place for the meeting of the Chainberii of
Peers and Deputies. Her Highness, giving: due praise to
the zeal of the Commissioners, and approving the restilt
of their labours, appoints for the sittings of the Cham-
ber of Peers, one side of the Palace of Roeio, and for
those of the Chamber of Dephties, the apartments now
occupied by the junta de Juros at the Terreiro de Pace.
Her Royal Highness also directs, that the necessary changes
shall be immediately commenced in both places, for the
new destinations assigned to them.
By another- Decree, her Highness commands, in virtue'
of article 14.5 of the Charter, which empowers her to
make those alterations for which a law is not necessary,
the suppression of special commissions in civil find crimi-
nal matters.,
The Commandant of Tras-os-Montes 111111OUTICCII, by a
letter,. dated 12th August,: that he had caused the arrest,
in the villages of , Vinemes and Algoze, of tWo agents of
the rebels, who had taken refuge at Zamora, in Spain.
It is said that the Count de Villa Real is to be appointed
Portuguese Ambassador at Madrid, instead of M. Gomez,
who resided
h * continuance in Madrid for seventeen
has lux:ro
there as Charge d' Affaires, and who, from
years in succession,
me too eompletelv identified with the principles*
absolute pow '.
'
polder to be to fulfil his functions under a
representative govern able
ment.

(!turn the Pilote.)
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VlA.l3l`Allt COR3I.ESP(NDYNCX)
AUGSBURIIII, AUG, 29.--The last-news received from
COnstmoinople by Way orucharest (throe h which a
g
courier dispatt•hed by the 'Russian Embassy passed on the
liith in great haste to Akerman) 'is by no Means iatisfse-
B,
tory. According to, this. news, Which, hOwever,
requires
confirtnatimi, the Capital of the ()atonal' Empire has been
the theatre of some tumultuous and sanguinary scenes.—
It appears that the Sultan, in pursuing his plans of reform,