Star.
London, England, 1831-06-17 00:00:00

The catalogue of crimes and punishments would be sufficient
to convey to every man a proof of the efficacy of the pro-
ceedings under this commission."
Of the efficacy we have a vcry extraordinary ad-
mission—enough of itself to give sight to the stone-
blind - enough, we should think, to cause a reversal
,if the entire proceedings, and the adoption of
,onie course directly the contrary. Let us hear
-mr candid and humane orator, who, be it remem-
ilored, still speaks as Attorney-General of Ireland :
I•• It may not be improper for me to notice the effect pro-
loctd by these proceedings. lam free to confess that I
1 tem expected any immediate effect.; but that time would be
h:cessary to accomplish the object of the commission. The
+habitual wickedness of this county, the long estrangement
.i the people from the path of rectitude, propriety, and vir-
tue, made it impossible for Inc to believe that they could,
hry any means, suddenly check themselves in their
career, and become amended and reformed subjects of the
-calm. lam not at all surprised to learn from unques-
-1 honable authority, that during the sitting of this corn.
mission, murder has been perpetrated, outrages committed,
houses thrown down, and that excesses go on with very
little abatement, because it is to time, to reflection, to the
rhmeniltrance of the heart-rending scenes we have wit-
nessed, aid of the sufferings and miseries introduced by
crime into the country that I look for the effects of this
:ommission."
If reason and the printing press are ever to be
of use, they formally contradict this pleading. If
the scenes described would not deter by their im-
mediate effect—we frankly state, that time will
rather obliterate than increase the warning of pu-
nishment. No ! This, "we fear, is a case beyond
the terrors of punishment ; and we return to our ,
old points—THE C A USE !—THE REDRESS !—this
is what human nature demands—this is the cure,
the sole cure in such cases—worth all the racks,
tortures, gibbets, convict-ships, crucifixes, or
punishments ever invented. REDRESS, is the
golden word to cure such criminals, and prevent
the repetition of such crimes.
Let us hear our amiable legal orator, for we
never read a more effective forensic discourse :
~ I pass from this subject and come to the present condi-
tion of the county, the CAUSES of which it is important to
investigate and ascertain. I merely advert to this that I may
not be considered to have passed this topic unnoticed—sin
tonnEcrlow or TIME CAUSES must take place else-
where—but this I will say, my impression is that the great
cause of the misery and poverty of this county arises from
t!,e injudicious management of property. In exercising that
;:ght over property, which man derives from the social
compact of society, the landed proprietor should remember
that, while for his own sake, he exercised it with discretion,
yet, for the sake of his fellow-man, he should exercise it
with humanity." (Loud applause.)
Now, after reading this sentence,ls there a man,
worthy to be so called, who will not drop a tear of
pity over the victims of such a system—over those
' aho suffer by the letter of the law, because they
were UN II EEDED Victims ? For what do we pay
the Irish Government, Magistracy, local authori-
ties, and clergy, if none of them would condescend
1 to be the advocates of these poor people, and in-
struct the Government in their wrongs, before their
ignorance, their sufferings and their natural pas-
si,ns led them to take the law into their own
' hands ? But these having failed in duty, and the
Administration and Parliament being ignorant of
the wrongs so pathetically, and, we doubt not, so
justly described by this eloquent minister of the
laws—on whom ought the sword of Justice to fall?
—are there not as guilty as those who have been
ecnvicted—and is it not a case, the strongest upon
record, for royal clemency to the legal sufferers,
and for immediate ENQUIRY and effectual RE-
' DRESS ?
Nothing can be more able and eloquent than
the above description of the wrongs, and the title
I
to remedy : as a question, therefore, of justice and
i humanity, we leave the case of these 88 convicts
to the consideration of this enlightened nation.
Land being the natural inheritance of all men,
and by convention a mere grant from the Crown,
for the common benefit of the King's subjects, does
not, proof of abuse, incur forfeiture by the laws of
Nature and Society ? Is not this the real question
and remedy pointed out by the ATTORNEY-GENE-
RA L ; and if no other consideration will restrain
the cupidity of landlords, ought not some examples
to be promptly made, and, if necessary, a law
passed, to determine right and wrong ?
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ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.
The French Funds have receded one-half per
cent. since the last prices, in consequence of which
our Funds, which left off yesterday at 82 183 for
the Account, opened at 82 i, and at present may
be quoted 82 i i.
In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet.
Mr. Rothschild still continues indisposed.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols have been fluctuating during the morn-
ing from 821 to 83k, for the Account : at present
they are 83 to I.
In the Foreign Market, Brazil Stock is lower.
THREE O'CLOCK.
STOCK EXCHANOE.•Bank Stock, 1991 9 81. Three
per Cent. Red, 811 2. Three ter Ct. row. shut. Three
and a Half per Cent. 1816, 89j 1. Three and a Half
per Ct. Red. 891 f. Three and a Half per Cent. New,
shut. Four per Ct. 1826, 881 j. Long Annuities, Jan.
1260, 16 13.16. Annuities, Oct. 1859, 16 13-16. India
Stock, —. • ditto Bonds, par 2 prem. £lOOO Exchequer
13111 s, 12 11 ; £5OO ditto, • £lOO and X2OO ditto. 13 12;
Advertised, 10 11. Corht.olsfor Account, 82j / I 31.
The topic of conversation in the City this morn-
ing, entirely relates to the affairs of Belgium, and
the restless state of the French ; it is still the
general opinion, that Prince Leopold will soon de.
part for Brussels.
Accounts from Memel state, that the Polish in-
surgents of Lithuania are assembling in very great
force on the frontier, and are making an attempt
t.) drive the Russians out of Polangen, with an in.
te.ntion of obtaining possession of the sea coast.
It is supposed that Diebitsch is going to unite with
the corps of Generals Rudiger and Roth, in the
palatinate of Lublin ; and afterwards to pass the
' Vistula at Pulaway. The cholera morbus has made
It+ appearance in the government of Grodno, and
the recruiting of the Russian army in that district
b 43 been suspended.