The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-15 00:00:00

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the peccadilloes are treateo lit filial affeciion A ant it
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is quite natural Atli Chines& should reget tt at iklyl
should disturb so amiable a family arrangement. Besides,
though the distance Is immeasurably great `between the Cor-
poration of Limerick, and the Court of Chancery ; yet to
begin to cortect abuses anywhere, is laying a stone tower 's
building a bridge from one Court to another, and the Court
of Chancery, and its innumerable peeadilioes, may be
reached at last. The Chancellor is old ; but he is also wise
and it is a part of prudence to run no risks. This excellei.t
friend to the Constitution 'as by law established, thinCi
abuses would be much better remedied, because more legally
so, by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in Council, as the.
sworn representative of the King. Perhaps the Chancelloi
thinks so, because he knows 'that the Lord Lieutenant in
Council is a cipher in such matters ; and knowing his own
want of power too well to meddle with them, would be likey
to let them alone. This is the way in which his Lordship
wishes abases to be remedied. But, pray, my good Lord
Chancellor, bow can any thing be more legal than an Act of
Parliament? Surely, if Acts of Parliament to destroy pub-
lic rights are legal, Acts of Parliament to remedy Corpora,
ties abuses must be legal too. It was natural for a Chan-
cery Judge to
.give his friends much joy at the prospect of
litigation without end, so we will not make one comment
upon the unseasonable merriment; but the Chancellor gets
en to object to the fixed allowance of 50W. a-year as the :A-
lary of the Mayor of Limerick. Mind what you are 7abolt,
says the Chancellor, perhaps astonished that any public s:•-
buy sholld be so low as 5041. " Why," says he, "if this
estimate be admitted in part, some otaer Mayoid might be
considered as not entitled to oue half they had!" Hire is a
prudent foresight of this venerable Statesman " Keep up
" the digalty of eke; by keeping up the salaries. There
" is no true greatness, but what estimates BO &f by pounds
' sterling. Double the salary of a map, anal you double
' his capacity at the same time !" Tnis is ;the clot of
once. After all, however, in his abundant metcy, Vt.
Chancellor swoild not oppose the Bill; but he
oiled that " it would not be drawn into any pre-
cedent." Lord Redesdale followed the Chancellor;
and was almost equally patbetiu :lion the subject. It
was quite shocking to find that the Bill should make
s' the Miyoe and Aldermen, and Common-Councilmen,
" of the City of Limerick, just nothing at all ;" and
that " it enacted that about two thousand, and those
41 amongst thelowest classes in society, should meet, ,:e•
bate questions, and thus at their pleasure, be compe-
tent to controul the Corporation." This is truly drew.=
and there is only one consolation, which* is, that the
" higher classes" have done so much mischief, that any
change for the Porie could hardly be anticipated, let,the
managetn eat, either of Corporate or National butanes,.
tall into what bands it might; and particularly in Ire.
land, where mischief has long worn its most destructive
form.; This Noble Lord also reprimands the idea of mend-
lag a Corporation merely by Act of Parliament, instead of
having recourse to the magic operation of the Great Seal,
which was probably never affixed to-n remedial measure,
since such a thing bis been known. This is the old
recommendation to wait till abuses remedy themselves.
and then, whin the sky falls, we shill ritch larks in
abundance. This Noble Lord was pleased that the
Chancellor bad noticed the trifling salary awarded to the
Mayor, as " it was possible that the citizens might he-
"come more affluent, so" as to look down With disdain
.* upon the iniportante of a Miyor, who was adnted to a
6' salary of SOUL ; and in this exigency what mutt be
" done ? Another Act of Parlianient would be required
"to provide file an additional salary!" lAd any adieu!-
, boy everdream of using such argemests ? Does Lord
Redesdsle think the President of America is less respect-
ed, because he, has only 600 W. per annum, than George
the Fourth, with his half million a year? Arid can be
seriously think that a Mayor with 5001. a year, would
be despised on that account, when Noble Lords, and
illustrious Ladiei, do not disdain to receive sinecure
appointments of single hundreds I if the inhabitant;
were opulent, they would probably Chide in opulent
Mayor; and then, instead of w noting a larger salary,
might dispense with any. We can assure his Lordship.
that if society chose, it could find abundance of men %.).0(
would serve it much better than it bas been served, with-
out any remuneration. •
The Irish Tythe Bill was forwarded tilti its road to M.
come a law. We have before said, that as demonftrating
practically the right of the Legislature to interfere on the
subject of tythe-property, we approve of the me:isore
but to most of its details there are exceptions. The only
thing that could make it useful to Ireland has been
omitted ; we mean the clause to compel the Clergy to
take a reasonable compensation. As the matter stands.
where the Priest can collect his tythes, with any thing
like facility, the Bill will he a dead letter, for he will
bare nothing to do with it, if he would lose a shilling
by itseffective operation. But where the mischief of the
present system has been carried so far, as to render it
impossible to collect tythes, the Clergyman will demand
a commutation, and secure himself in that way. The
Bill has also had an eye to the " benefit of the Church"
in another way. Agistment Lands are sot now, it ar
pears, subjected to trite ; but. by the present Dili, a cons;
pensation for these is to be awarded to the tythe-owner.
This is evidently giving the Church a new right to the
property of other persons. It is said the agistment
lands are brought forward in aid of the poor people,
who pay tythcs ; but we see no clause to exempt the pour
people ; and are, therefore, compelled to conclude that
they are only brought forward in aid of the
Clergy alone.

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Mr. Hunt having been invited to dine with the Re-
formers of Birmingham yesterday, the Proprietors of
this paper anxious to furnish an account of the proceed-
ings, have meaged a geutlq man to attend the dinner;
and Tux NTATIteMAN of to-morrow will contain as
full a report of tire Meeting as we may be able to receive
by the Poet.
The Rev. Mr. Kenny, late a Catholic,priest, read his
recantation on Sunday, at St. fslartiu's Church, in pre.
sence of Archdeacon Putt and a numero :s congregation.
The preventive service for England, against smug-
gling, cost last year 1403141. Ms. 54d,
It is reported there will shortly be a coinage of Matte
Sovereigns.
Oa Saturday next the ceremony of laying the first
stone of the Royal University Infirmary for Children,
will take place in the Waterloo Bridge Road, when the
Duke of York, as Vice Patron of the Charity, will pre.
side, assisted by several distinguished characters.
IVe understand that Hans Burk, Esq., of poetic cele-
brity, has purchased the beautiful estate of Culverden.,
late t4e pi upar3 of I.:Lionel IYardell, at Tunbridge Wells,