The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-09 00:00:00

Of diugrate) for 4° a hot and short war,b. i red hot
war, which shall blaze like the books we so valiantly
and bees short, dashing, and de.
burnt at Washington,
tisieess the memorable exploit that gave the British
gad to wave over the walls of Plattsburgh,--in the
bands of the " unarmed, unprepared, and contempti-
ble,' Americans. Will they never have done with
daybing in this way? 0! but Mr. Jarexasox has
the audacity to say we forced America into the war.
Was she.not forced into the war some way or other;
'Rd was it not in consequence of the little liberty
we were pleased to allow her? She was not allowed
to be neutral—she could not remain so. It was the
dying injunction, the last legacy of the father of her
independence, the prophetic spirit who saw the evils
which must attend her leaning on, and allyiug her-
self to European Powers, to have no political con-
nection, further than neutral trade and friendly
commerce gave rise to, with the States of
the continually embroiled hemisphere of Europe.
The children of this great parent wished to obey him,
but they were not permitted—the power of the
ocean was in the hands of Great Britain—and not a
keel erns allowed to plough the wave but must sub-
mit to her inspection. Had America never sent a
ship into the European seas after the Con-
tinental wars broke out, she could not have
preserved her neutrality; for Ships, Colonies,
and Commerce, wa% the cry on one side, and ma-
ritime rights, search, sink, barn, and destroy, on
the other. If we (lid not force America into the
war, who did ? It very- ill becoines those who would
force her out of the list of independent States, nay,
mho, if they could, would push her and civilised
mankind back into barbarism, to say that America
was not forced into the war—that she is not justified
in maintaining her right to be treated as a free and
independent State; or, after what has occurred, to
con'inue to assert that she is unable to support these
with glory.

NaitiL INTELLIGtENGE.

WeltTrY CORK MlMl'ltta '-'—' • THB
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DEPRESSION Or-ORAIN. • On Saturday last another meeting of those who •
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At the meeting held in Cork on the 28th tilt. of generally take a leading part in managing the affairs
the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Freeholders of the
of the Irish Catholicsl was held in Dublin. Owen'
Countrof Cork,
i O'Connor, Esq. of Ballynagar, being called to the
t.
Mr. CoUSTINAT, of Ballyedmond, stated, that I Chair,
read the answers of the Earl of Fiegall and
; Sir Edw Bellew, Bart. to the letters addressed to
it would give the Country Gentlemen much satisfac-
them beardm, as Chairman of the former meeting.—
tion to be enabled to inform the Farmers, that some
! The Noble Earl and the
Imeasure had been adopted likely to relieve them in worthy Baronet expressed
I their readiness to concur in the assemblage of an rig-
the present state of depression of the Grain market.
gregate meeting; but were of opinion that the time of
He observed, that a particular inconvenience wall
felt iwltonsequence of a determination entered into Itsl 'fleeting
ought to be deferred till the return of
purchase any I Dr. Murray, who has been deputed to Iton;e, to •
by the purchasers of barley, 'not to
• s.
which should not carry 48 stone to the Winchester learn the sentiments of the Pope respecting the ar
rengemant of the ooints at issue between the Irish
bushel. The season had not been so good as others, I
, Catholics and the British Government. After some
and it was well known that not one bushel out of 60
or even 100, would carry the weight desired. • He I conversation, it was agreed that the meeting shod
: take place on some clay prior to the "nth. January;
wished to know whether any thing 'would be given
to be tired by Lord Fingal!. A Committee nf thirty-
for the bushel weighing 46 or 47 stone, and COM-s'
• plained, that neither the brewers nor distillers showed :one Noblemen and Gentlemen, commencing with
Lord Fingell, of whom five shouhl he a quorum, was
any disposition to co-operate with the landlords to- '
wards alleviating the distress of the farmer.. lie 'then named, for the purpose of pre paring a draft of
Houses of
did not feel a doubt but the landlords would bea a new Petition, to be presented to both
obliged to remit a portion of
Parliament after the recess ; to promote subscrip-
the rent, but it was too
lions for defraying the expences; and to manage all
much to expect that they only should suffer by the
idepression of the times, and he thought it would be other matters connected with the promotion of the
{ that fair to expect that the consumers of the grain, Catholic claims.—The regular business of the meet-
; ins being thus concluded, it was proposed, after the
• who had participated in the profits hitherto, should
, nowephow it disposit' to take some share in the usual Vote of Thanks to the Chairman,, to adjourn
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, consequences of the depression, and to gito am en- to Thursday se'nnight.
THE CATHOLIC BOARD AND MR. CURRAN.
couragement to the holder of the barley either by
Counsellor LUDY rose, and said he was anziobs to
the reduction of spirituous and malt liquors, or by ; say a few words on a subject which was interesting
purchasing such barley as the country afforded, even
to all who heard him, before the meeting separated.
at a reduced price. Mr. Courtenay repeated his
I—[hear, hear n—lle alluded to a document which
wish that the consumers of grain would enable the
! had been lately published in a Ministerial newspaper,
Country Gentlemen to bring back some encouraging
i and attributed to the late Master of the Roils. Since .
news to the farmers.
ithe publication of that paper,. he had several convey
Mr. lizamisu felt himself called upon to say a few sations with that distinguished persouage, and in all_
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words, in consequence of what fell from Mr. Courte- he had most distinctly declared; that ho never saw
nay. He stated, that barley of an inferior quality' the article in question, until it appeared in the paper
would not answer for malting; and the brewers alluded to.
j.Mr. Curran had certainly written a let-
were bound by solemn oath, and the alternative of ter from Paris, in which he introduced the Catholic
it contained none of those gross per-
heavy,penalties, not to use any uumalted grain in the i Board t but
i sona
to him. He (Mr. Luby) had the letter in
stance of the seed having been sown in ground
lities which characterize the production that is
manufacture of porter or beer. He attributed the
present inferior quality of the barley to the circum-
. his attributed
pocket, and if the meeting felt any curiosity to
not adapted to the growth of that description of , know its contents he would read it...--[A universal
grain ; and he stated that this occurred in sonar- cry of read' read!]—Mr. Luby accordingly read a
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quence of the very large price given for barley in the ; long letter, in which there was an episode dediested
latter years, which induced every landholder to en- , to the late Board, which certainly bestowed no trick-
deavour to raise a crop of barley. As to the price; names upon individaals, but which was, if possible,
of porter, Mr. Beamish observed, that although the i more sarcastic and declamatory- against the general
price of grain had fallen, still the duties and the' measures of this Body than the letter of the Curre-
price of hops had risen. Mr. B. added,
that In spondent.
point of fact, his house had bought the quantity of' Mr. O'CoNNELL asked whether Mr. Luby had any
barley usually purchased by them, in the vicinity of I
objectiont to furnishing the Meeting with a copy of
Mr. Courtmay,--and while they were thus buying , she letter 7
grain of inferior quality in the county of Cork, they '
I Mr. LUI; Y said, he had not the slightest objection,
purchased barley of much superior quality, and at a ! and that one should be left with Mr. Hay, for gene.
!less price, out of the county. Mr. Beamish ap.
al use.
proved of the application to Parliament, but he de- I Mr. o.c osexer. then took a record • which con.
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i nied that the landlords had any right to complain i tained Mr. Curran's warm panegyric on the Board,
of the consumers of grain. in answer to the Address of the 30th of April last.
Mr. Monsoon, a distiller, defended the distillers 1 The question of adjournment was then put and '
agalust the charges made by Mr. Courtenay against carried; and after Mr. Seegrave was voted into the
them. !Chair for the purpose of returning thauks to Mr.
Mr. COUIMINAT begged that nothing more would ' O'Connor, the Meeting dispersed.
lir
than he had said for himself ; he
having iiintod charges against any person. - The following is the letter attributed to Mr. Cur.
'''' Mr. Monnootispreidedded; ins stated that the house', noon() which he denies to be genuine:
of which he was a Member puechieed 25,000 bar. I " The Catholics, who are the loudest complain.
rels of barley within a few weeks; that the distillers ' an", have, in my mind, the least of which to com•
had still a very large stock of whiskey on hands, for ' Plain ; they do all they can to embitter the posses-
which they could not obtain sales; he added, that his I *ion of others, whilst they do nothing to secure a
house bad paid thirty thousand pounds duty within participation to themselves. When I say the Catho.
two or three months, and he considered it ver lies, you, who know my opinions, are aware that I.
y
severe that it should he sought to attach any blame to ,mear• their miff-deputed Delegates, the Catholic
the distillers, when the blame should rest with the I Board. Indeed, a medley of more ludicrous, or, at
landlords themselves, who had set too high a value; the same time, of more mischievous composition,
on their lands, and would now wish, under cover of , could not have been well imagined ; it was a drama,
lof which Physicians without fees, aw vets without
a merciful interference on behalf of the farmers to
induce the consumers of grain to give more for '
briefs, Shopkeepers without business Captains with-
the article than it was really worth, and thus out commissions, and Bankrupts without certificates,
enable the farmers to satisfy their landlords at the were the component characters ; every wretch who
expense of the consumers. Mr. Morrogli admitted I was too vain for a counter, and too vulgar for a
the existence of the evil, but attributed it solely to the ' drawing-room, aspired to eloquence ; those who
exorbitancy of the rents which had been gradually i
could not rave could vote ;' and those who could
increased, until they had reached a price entirely' not vote could legislate.— Quicquid agunt 80.
1 mines,' was their motto ; and, like Anachar.
too high for ordinary times. ! sis Cloots, they were all orators of the ha.
Mr. COURTENAY explained, that he did not mean
man race—out of compassion, perhaps, to the
to impute any improper conduct or motives to either
; individual country which might otherwise have
the distillers or brewers. He merely wished that
.n doomed to their enviable appropriation.—
they would enable him and the other Country gee-1
We
With Freedom on their tongues, they founded a
tlemen to inform the farmers, on their return ' Despotism; in the name of Christianity, they erected
Inquisition an amongst them, that something had been done towards I .
nquisition ; they bearded the Courts ; they
alleviating their distress.—He would wish to know i abused the Government; they taxed the People; at
whether the distillers or brewers, would purchase at .
ewry and Tipperary they directly attacked the
any price, however low, the barley which they now INt freedom of election ; they put all the Printeri in
called inferior, because it did not return 48 stone to .
i gaol, and toasted the ' Liberty of the Press.' They
the bushel. . I rent asunder the sacred curtain of the Roy al Nup.
Mr. BARRY, of Lemlara, followed on the same
tials—one who •English,
spoke bad Irish, and worse
side and defended the landlords and farmers with l•
I 9 announced himself as Ambassador to the Spanish
considerable ingenuity. He maintained that Ireland ! Cortes - another enacted a Penal Code out of his
being an agricultural country, was as much entitled own imagination, and verified. one grievance by
to protection for her agricultural interests, as Great caging his publisher; that uothing might be wanting
Britain was entitled to protection for her manufac.
to complete the system of public and private
tures. Mr. Barry wished to know whether any, and,
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nuisances, they chose a kind. of learned pig for
i
,if any, what price would be given for the barley now' th • -err Secretary, who, with his portfolio on his
called inferior. back, ran you down at any distance, and al-
Mr. MORROWS was not prepared to state the price most grunted you to death with the burthen
at that moment, but he could assert that a very con.! of his correspondence. In short there was no-
siderable portion of the barley purchased for his ' thing too grave for their ridicule, or too ridiculous
house, consisted of such grain. for their solemnities.; every man played Punch to
his ownenusic, and rung the bell to his own praises;
when there was no danger they all roaro—and when
there was, they all .ran, thrusting, ilea so many
ostriches, the safest and the silliest part about them
into the first receptacle solid enough to confine it;
they put on the Armour of Achilles, but, unlike
Achilles, they expose nothing but their heels, the
only members they had which gave sign; of anima-
tion. They had one merit, however, and that was a
strict impartiality ; for, if they denounced their foes,
they imprisoned their friends—those who differed
from them they slandered—those who agreed with
them they enslaved. In short, the universal fate was,
either to be their dupe or their victim. Not content
with the enemies that bigotry had arrayed against
them, the Helots proclaimed hostilities against each
other; and a heartless, headless, stationless Aristo-
cracy, hurl their very manacles at the mob to
t
which WIXOM inferior. It is scarcely possible to

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Yesterday a cue came on before Mr. Serjeant
&cm:.l and Mr. EVANCE, Union-hall, respecting a
Benefit Society, held at the Running Horse, Black-
friars'-road. It appeared that great disunion existed
amongst the members for some time past, in which
lest he insulted

!the landlord took a part, until at last .
" the Secretary, wbn thought his life in danger if he
43 -to the house in future, and determined to re.